let’s stop seeing sex as the biggest thing you can do to show someone you love them

everyone knows that the real way to show someone you love them is to find them a really cool rock. not a diamond. just a neat rock that you think they will enjoy

Not a rock THE  ARKENSTONE 

Why just one rock Why not three Why not the silmarils

#i’m pretty sure there’s an entire book on the topic ‘why not silmarils’  (x)

And one on why not the arkenstone

You’re right. Just get them a ring.

do not get them a ring

Can’t not reblog this again

you should always be careful when you fall back asleep again after waking up because sometimes you will just have a pleasant little snooze but sometimes you'll get trapped in TIME PRISON. unfortunately there is no way to predict this.

Shout out to the most based character in Tintin ✊🏾

bumper sticker idea

me messaging a casual acquaintance: hello, how are you?

me messaging a best friend w/zero lead-in:

So when are we gonna talk about the east asian fetishism problem in white transfem spaces

fucking gutted to be asian and having to be within such close proximity to these spaces

still thinking about when someone on here made a post about "harmless facebook trans girl memes" and I was like "okay but some of these are sexualizing the school gym uniforms of japanese girls, specifically, here is an article talking about how this is a problem, maybe we should be considerate of this" and she blocked me over it immediately (I was being pretty conversational, so it was clear she just. Wasn't interested in having a conversation about this.)

it is wonderful to celebrate being LGBT, but, ultimately, being LGBT is value neutral. It is indicative of oppression, not content of character, and be wary of people who are trying to conflate those two things.

Hope this isn’t derailing but there’s a very similar phenomenon of white transmascs pulling this shit with south asian/west asian/north african aesthetics especially in the realm of video games (gerudo link being the most notorious example) and it’s fucking gross and exhausting. The discussion on gender-affirming orientalism in white trans spaces is long overdue.

I'm seeing an annoying amount of people in the notes going "don't blame this on white trans people specifically; this is a problem all white people have" – and while you're not necessarily wrong, that's not the point. The thing is, by not cracking down on this, you actively make spaces that are supposed to be safe for trans people into unsafe spaces for white people only. We are pointing to our absence in spaces that are supposed to be for us as well, and you responding with "well, this is a problem with white communities in general" does not solve the problem of us not being able to access the same safe spaces and resources that you can. Do better.

More from the ‘Energy Sketch’ series, these ones inspired by a visit to Holy Island, UK.

If you have seen Ted Lasso you may have noticed these unusual microphones used by the football commentators.

Despite being a microphone nerd, I had never seen anything like them before. So I decided to go into research mode and discovered these microphones are quite fascinating.

They are called "Lip-Ribbon" or "Commentator's" microphones.

They were specially designed by the BBC in the 1950s for extremely noisy environments. Soccer Football stadiums have peaked at 130 decibels so they needed something that would not get overwhelmed in that circumstance.

They use several very clever techniques to make sure only the voice is picked up and everything else is rejected.

First, they use a bidirectional polar pattern.

That means it will accept sound from two directions, but reject any sound coming in from the sides. And since the diaphragm is only exposed on one side, that helps reject sound coming from the other direction.

Next, the microphone is not very sensitive so you literally have to hold it up to your lips (hence "lip-ribbon") in order for your voice to have enough sound energy to vibrate the diaphragm.

That top part rests directly on your lip and there is a little pop filter to keep your plosives in check.

There is a built-in high pass filter so it rejects any sound below the frequencies typically used by the human voice.

But my favorite trick... a labyrinthian internal baffle system.

(I found a diagram of this when researching but then I lost the tab and I cannot find it again. So you'll just have to accept this crude photoshop I did in 30 seconds to help you understand.)

Sound is energy. And that energy is diminished the farther it travels. The inverse square law for sound states that the intensity of sound decreases by approximately 6 dB for each doubling of distance from the sound source. Sound also diminishes when it reflects off a surface.

That is a very sciency way of saying... make sounds go through a tiny maze and only sounds with the most energy will prevail.

So if you have your lip pressed up against the front of the mic, your voice's energy will make it through the labyrinth of baffles without issue. But every other sound in the stadium will have a much harder time getting through.

These mics may even be vuvuzela-proof.

And even more amazing... this microphone was designed in the 1950s and they have yet to create anything better for incredibly noisy environments.

Isn't that neat?

I think it is neat.

Oh, and there is a "nostril grille" on top so you can exhale through your nose!

SO NEAT.

...I've always wondered what the story was with these things. :)

Source (Season 2 - December 5th 2022)

sambaschutte: Happy Sinterklaas to my Dutch friends. Bringing some chocolade pepernoten to the pirates🏴‍☠️✨

Truth is, it reads more like "she can do everything" and "him, it's just Ken"

And ken is a slang used in French that means "to fuck"

So "Him, it's just fucking"

Which I think is even more hilarious

finally a descriptor for whatever the fuck american animation studios have been doing for years

I took Joey, Chester, and all the cats besides Petunia for a walk today

Ed holding on to the rigging requested by @dickfuckk

My favorite part is that my Tumblr post - of all things - is what kept people from being conned into joining Robby Starbuck's fake anti-trans documentary. Read the full article here.

Some good news! The AMA is getting on the right side of some important stuff this week:

I’m the first to bring out snide, “gender affirming care is GOOD?!?????” And “the BMI is racist, fatphobic junk science?!???? CALL THE PRESSES!!!!” comments but I’m taking a sec to acknowledge this is actually really, really good.

The AMA is the largest professional association of medical physicians and carries enormous sway and power. We need them to move the needle on this shit, even if it is frustrating they feel years behind.

Given how little motion there has been shifting things away from BMI, this is a pretty big deal.

Remember that whole “do not criticize the behavior you wish to encourage” bit?

Yep. Yep. Celebrate the victories, no matter the size.

Also note she's said this about being in HP:

(Source)

EXACTLY. And that is why he declared so far in advance. He thought it could thwart an indictment. 

He knew he'd be indicted because he deliberately ignored a request from the National Archives, refused to return all the documents required, did not secure the documents in his possession, told his lawyers to remove some documents before returning others, and lie to law enforcement about what was kept/returned. This goes above and beyond what Trumpsters accused Hillary Clinton of doing.

I encourage everybody to read the actual indictment document.

It's deliberately written as a narrative story and very easy to understand. The DOJ wanted us to see with our own eyes what the former guy did, when he did it, and why it was wrong.

Yes, it's 49 pages, but it's double-spaced with huge margins, crammed with photographs & tables. It only took me a few minutes, even accounting for the times I stopped to re-read some things because they are so batshit insane.

I guarantee you most people defending him haven't read it.

Just because facts don’t matter to Repuglicans doesn’t mean you shouldn’t know them.

Click and read.