i love how castles are like, a fairytale staple and princesses live in them now. those were military installations do you think in 4000 years the irradiated mice that inherit our world will tell stories about princesses living on aircraft carriers

u,m. dont hurt me

The whole "common era" (BCE-CE) has to be the stupidest thing ever and I say that as a Christian who thinks we should indeed have a secular calendar.

"Oh no we can't use "Before Christ" and "After Christ", that's so Eurocentric. We'll change it to something else, like "common era", that's more neutral."

"Oh okay, and what's gonna be year 0 then?"

"Oh, the year of the birth of Christ of course"

they are so gd cute it makes me SICK

art: whoisflattery

Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?

It was a huge milestone of scientific and technological advancement. (Plus, at the time, politically significant). Humanity went to space! We set foot on a celestial body that was not earth for the first time in human history! That’s a big deal! I’ve never thought about it before but now that I have, it’s ridiculous to me that that’s not part of our everyday lives and the public consciousness anymore. Why don’t we have a public holiday and a family barbecue about it. Why have I never seen the original broadcast of the moon landing? It should be all over the news every year!

It’s July 20th. That’s the day of the moon landing. Next year is going to be the 54th anniversary. I’m ordering astronaut shaped cookie cutters on Etsy and I’m going to have a goddamn potluck. You’re all invited.

Hey. Hey. Tumblr. Ides of March ppl. We can do this

One struggle 🫡

if we keep getting fatter and hornier we can abolish all world militaries by 2026

My cartoon for this week’s New Scientist magazine.

Good/terrible news! There's audio!

Oh yeah, this is absolutely true! The area of the North of England where they grow most of it is sometimes referred to as the Rhubarb Triangle. The centre of it is the city of Wakefield, which holds an annual Rhubarb Festival.

Now I'm wondering if there's ever been an episode of a British murder mystery show in which the killer traps someone in the evil rhubarb cave. If not there should be.

It’s called “environmental amnesia” and it’s an actual issue environmentalists discuss how to combat. The climate crisis makes it more widespread but it’s been something that’s happening for generations. The story of The Lorax describes it beautifully. The idea that what you remember is what you consider normal, but if the changes happen slowly over generations, you don’t see how large they are because you don’t personally remember them being very different, even if you were told stories about it.

climate grief is also a thing.

As a brief aside from math-posting:

One of my favorite Finnish idioms is "Älä opeta isääs/äitiis panee" literally "Don't teach your dad/mom to fuck"

It's used in situations where someone is trying to explain something you're an expert to shut them up because it should be clear to them you know what you're doing

Anyway feel free to add that to your daily lexicon if you like

Fixed a spelling mistake. It's "äitiis" (colloquial form of "äitiäsi") not whatever the fuck I had there originally

The Winchester Star, Kansas, August 1, 1930

oh seems very suspicious to see the barbie movie tumblr pop up on my dash after the strike. maybe it was made before, but I’m actually seeing it now

remember:

there’s no boycott on going to see new media

but there is a promotional blackout

don’t do the studio’s marketing work for them

I just checked their archive. They created it Today, July 17th.

prior to the strike they did not have an official tumblr lmaoooo

don’t reblog their shit

It's Wednesday Homer Wednesday

Handsome boy loves a good scritch

licherurlly i did not want to line this so i kept da sketch oop!! anyways season 2 clips are making me go crazy!!

when you're the most handsome of all

Pigeon 1455

mission impossible is a lesbian drama franchise but y’all aren’t ready for that convo

“shoes please” is the most complex and moving sentence in the gay vernacular. rebecca ferguson and tom cruise are lesbians who are in love but they won’t kiss because it’s about the repression of it all

#its about the everything of it all #ethan hunt and ilsa faust are dykes and every single other character is a gay man #shoes please invented homosexuals so really we all have scientology to thank

There's so much going on here that I just will never understand

open your third eye everyone in this franchise is gay...the white widow kissing Ethan for no reason? Ilsa and Ethans repression? the whole fucking Julia ordeal? dyke drama