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As a former band nerd, I can tell you that this instrument is finally being used as it should be :D

Also here’s a link to the entire song if you want it - there’s more silliness!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6vBezPo3T0

The slapstick guy is named Grant and according to a YouTube comment:

bones refuses to use autocorrect because it fucks with his shitposting

ive been buying more stuff on bandcamp because it supports indie artists way more than spotify

reminder to buy on bandcamp fridays!

these specific friday events (that do not happen every friday, it varies)?

artists get 100% of what you pay for their work. On bandcamp friday all proceeds go to the artist.

You just KNOW they talking about anime.

She’s wearing a Naruto shirt, his jacket has the Leaf Village symbol on the sleeve.

They’re definitely talking about anime (probably Naruto).

my fave part is that they’re at a coach fashion show

thranduil sleeps calmer knowing even if his son married a dwarf at least he married The Supermodel dwarf and singlehandedly crushed the hopes of single dwarves and dwarrowdams everywhere

this is my headcanon and you will never take it from me.

listen, just Listen for a second, okay.

Gimli Gloinul is from the line of Durin okay, he’s from the line of KINGS, his bloodline stands up against Legolas’ perfectly, if the elves and dwarves got their shit together for a hot second they would be like “YES, PERFECT, A DIPLOMATIC MARRIAGE TO BIND OUR HOUSES TOGETHER AND NEVER SHALL THE TWAIN THROW ONE ANOTHER TO DRAGONS…again.”  because you have a king’s son and a king’s nephew which, well, I love Dain but he’s not an EREBOR KING and GIMLI IS FROM THE FAMILY OF EREBOR KINGS.

And Gimli acts like he’s from the line of Erebor kings, too, okay, he’s a diplomat and a warrior and a nobleman, he’s the sort of person who SAYS things like ‘faithless is he who says fairwell when the road darkens’ and stares down Elrond Peredhil in his own home when his strength and faith are questioned.  And he’s the kind of person who swears his allegiance to people he barely knows because it’s Right and Good and Gimli knows it.

And Thorin Oakenshield was handsome, and his sister the lady Dis is beautiful, and Gimli’s cousins Fili and Kili were fine young dwarrows, and Gimli’s mother is a great beauty.

Basically my point here is that Gimli, proud strong gimli with his firebeard hair and bold laugh and mithril tongue and clever fingers, broke the hearts of everyone in Erebor and not a few people outside of Erebor when he married a goddamn elf.  Like.  Not even Arwen Undomiel (WHO MARRIED A GODDAMN HUMAN, it’s been a weird couple of years in Middle-Earth, everyone wonders strongly if they’ve been drinking too much).  Like he’s not even marrying a great beauty of the elves, Legolas isn’t ugly by elvish standards but also he’s nothing particularly special, and he’s not a great diplomat, and he’s BARELY a king’s son because everyone knows that Mirkwood elves are…a little odd.  Legolas is a big cheerful hunter who sings songs he doesn’t remember all of, who chatters to trees and has no sense of the right thing to say even if he’s developed enough self-preservation to know the wrong thing to say, and FOR THE LOVE OF MAHAL HE FIGHTS WITH A BOW.

“GIMLI” Gloin bellows “YOU TURNED DOWN THIRTY-TWO SUITORS FROM FINE DWARVISH LINES FOR THIS”

“Ignore him, amrâlime, he’ll get over it” Gimli says in amusement as he beckons Legolas over to his forge, where he’s carefully smithing mithril-inlaid gold marriage clasps that will grip fine elvish hair.  It’s too hot in the forge to wear shirts, if you’re working.  Every dwarf in twenty feet stops what they’re doing to watch Gimli’s biceps flex as he holds up a jewel for Legolas’ inspection.

“YOU COULD HAVE HAD A HAREM” Gloin wails from down the hall.

#a headcanon I never knew I needed until this very moment

@deadcatwithaflamethrower

This is like the perfect marriage of headcanon comic and headcanon ranting.

Okay but is no-one going to talk about Thranduil being secretly pleased that his son’s marriage is giving the dwarves conniption fits? Because that’s the best part of this. “My son is marrying a dwarf?! The disgrace of it all- Wait what’s that you say? He’s the handsomest dwarf? The other dwarves are going spare over this? No one can understand why Gimli would fall for Legolas? … Well of course my son seduced the most eligible, richest bachelor in the land. As if anyone else stood a chance? Bitches get on our level.”

i adore this post

Legolas, local himbo, possible middle earth equivalent of ‘Florida Man’, married up.

Gimli: You’re late to our wedding?

Legolas: Babe I’m sorry, there were like fifty dwarves I had to duel for your hand on the way here, there was nothing I could do

plus size cosplayers are the true QUEENS

Thank you for including me 🎆!

Fun, someone said the words “prior authorizations” around me and now I’m pissed off at 730am on my day off. I go off on this rant all the time. ALL THE TIME.

Oof. This man gets it.

“With our brothers and our sisters from many far off lands. There is power in a union.”

I know here on tumblr.org many of you are not that into the sportsball, but I know you love righteous drama and pettiness, and oof, do we have some for you over in football land.

So Hungary, as you may've heard, has put out some anti-LGBT legislation that would ban the depiction or promotion of homosexuality to people under 18. It's not quite law yet but it's just got to get through their president Viktor Orban who is, unfortunately, a shit.

Meanwhile, football, no the other kind of football- the one with the round ball, is currently having a big European tournament. Euro 2020. Yeah, they didn't rename it. Doesn't matter. Germany were due to play Hungary last night in Munich and they asked the governing body of the tournament for permission to light up the stadium in a rainbow. Like this:

But they said no. Specifically, they said no while dressed in a rainbow pfp and claiming that the rainbow isn't a political symbol:

And Germany, bless them, looked at that and said, ooh bitch it's on now.

Munich city hall got out the banners

Here are the fans going to the match

The German captain Manuel Neuer in his rainbow armband (which UEFA had previously made noises about disciplining him for, because they're bastards all around)

A brief selection of the many stadiums across Germany that lit up in solidarity

And last but not least this absolute madlad who ran onto the pitch during Hungary's anthem

Viktor Orban stayed at home and sulked, and Hungary got knocked out of the tournament.

How to Stay Cool Without A/C

A lot of Northerners were very kind during the freeze in Texas this winter with tips on how to stay warm for people who had lost heat. This is an attempt to repay that favor for people in the Pacific Northwest and other northerly locations who are facing dangerous heatwaves without built-in A/C. My qualifications to give this advice are that I was a summer camp attendee and counselor with no A/C for many summers in humid-ass central Texas with highs over 100F basically every day. Hopefully some of it will be of use to somebody who isn’t used to the heat.

1) PUT ICE WATER IN YOUR BODY. Ice water is your best friend and the #1 way to drop your body temp. Drink more than you think you need (like, at least a half-gallon a day and closer to a gallon or more if you have to be outside doing manual work all day) to cool your insides down and stay hydrated. Have some bananas, trail mix, or a sports drink to help replace the electrolytes you’re sweating out and keep you from getting cramps, but try to have most of your fluid intake be water. I used to take a giant water bottle, fill it part way with water, and freeze it on its side so the ice would slowly melt over the course of the day and my water would stay cold longer.

2) PUT ICE WATER ON YOUR BODY. Cold water, ice, or a damp rag on your head and neck, the backs of your knees, the insides of your elbows, and under your armpits will help you cool down the best, because your blood runs close to the surface in those places. Cold packs designed for injuries or lunchboxes, bags of frozen vegetables, etc. can substitute for ice water as well. Even room-temp water will pull heat away from your body better than body-temp sweat will, especially if it’s humid, so if you don’t have enough ice, the sink, bathtub, or hose will do fine. Dipping your feet into cool water helps a ton as well if you have to sit and work and don’t want your clothes to be wet.

3) WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO GET SO MUCH ICE?  To make sure you have enough ice to last you the weekend, especially through a potential power failure, I recommend getting a cooler (even one of the cheap styrofoam ones is fine in a pinch) and ~10lbs of ice from the big coolers at most gas stations, drug stores, or grocery stores. Try to do this now, before anybody loses power, and store as much in your freezer as you have space for to keep it from melting. You can use it for drinking or to keep your food cold in a power failure. You can use it for a party later if you don’t end up needing it during the heat wave, but you will probably be very happy you had it.

4) AIR FLOW. Being inside a room with the windows closed is the worst possible place to be if you don’t have A/C, because glass windows create a greenhouse effect and the hot air can’t escape. If at all possible, find a shaded place outside where you can catch any possible breeze. If not, open all your windows and, if it’s safe, doors so you can get a cross-breeze. Hopefully you have window screens to keep pets and kids in and bugs out. If not, you’re gonna have to do your own risk assessment. Fans of all sizes and descriptions are your friend; ceiling fans should be set to spin counterclockwise in summer. Even if you have A/C, finding or making a handheld fan will be worthwhile for when you have to venture outside. If you aren’t in a situation where you need to conserve ice, blowing air over a cooler full of ice will give you a makeshift A/C. 

5) SHADE. You will probably immediately notice that direct sunlight is a miserable place to be when it’s super hot. Find or make a shaded location, and don’t be afraid to move around to avoid the sun as the day goes on. Stay on the shady side of the sidewalk whenever you walk someplace. Try to shade your windows as best you can without obstructing airflow using blinds, curtains, shutters, etc. especially if they’re directly in the path of the sun. Do not be a jerk to your neighbors if their shade solutions are ugly. If you can get a shade for your car windshield, I highly recommend it, as the steering wheel, dashboard, seatbelts, and even seats can quickly become too hot to touch in a sealed car and will hold that heat for a long time.

6) CLOTHING. Light-colored, loose clothing that is as close to 100% cotton or linen as you can find is your friend. It doesn’t necessarily have to be short as long as it’s breathable. You will sweat through anything you wear, so I personally prefer only wearing machine-washable stuff. Sun hats, sunscreen, sunglasses, aloe gel for sunburns, mosquito repellent, anti-chafing supplies, etc are all worth looking into if you aren’t used to spending time in the heat.

7) TIMING. Try to stay out of the sun and avoid doing anything strenuous in the middle of the day when the heat is the worst. If you have a choice, plan to be more active early in the morning and late at night when the temperature is more bearable, and take a break in the middle of the afternoon.

Here’s a graphic from the CDC about how to recognize heat-related illnesses and what to do about them. I will add to this that if it’s hot and you stop sweating, you are getting to a dangerous level of dehydration and need to drink something BEFORE you start having more serious problems.

Tip from an EMT: the big difference between Heat Exhaustion and a Heat Stroke is confusion. If someone seems overheated and in distress, but can still hold a conversation and answer questions appropriately, they still need help but not as drastically. Most of the time it can still be reversed by simply getting them into a cool environment and giving them cool water to sip on. Electrolyte replacement will be a must.

If they seem overheated and are slurring their words, unable to answer your questions appropriately, or unable to talk at all, those are key indicators that they may be having a heat stroke and need medical attention ASAP.

For my muslim/hijabi sisters:

[Image transcript follows]

Heat-Related Illnesses

Heat Stroke:

What to look for:

What to do:

Heat Exhaustion

What to look for:

Get medical help right away if:

Heat Cramps

What to look for:

Get medical help right away if:

Sunburn

What to look for:

What to do:

Heat rash

Infographic provided by the CDC

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If anyone wants to chime in with ways to recognize sunburn on darker skin, that’d be much appreciated!

In the mean time, here’s three links I have to homemade air cooling systems; they’re not a perfect solution, especially since two of the three need electricity, and the fourth one makes me boggle a little, but they still might help! (Note: The second one is basically outlined above by OP!)

Hey, so I was born in the desert and have lived for the last couple of decades on the southern US Atlantic coast, and this post is a goddamn gold mine of info.

For hydration, water is the best, but ANYTHING that isn’t alcoholic is better than not drinking.  And don’t drink ice-cold liquids when you’re really hot; lukewarm to cool until your body has cooled off a bit.  (Basically, your body is already struggling because of the heat, so please don’t add to its workload.  Give it some room-temperature water at first.)

Oh hey, that’s a good bookend to “Don’t put a person who’s too cold or hypothermic in a hot bath”; doing so can be a major shock to their system. I know that with metal pots and pans, going from hot to cold or cold to hot too quickly can warp the metal quite badly; doing so with glass can outright shatter it. Doing that with a human body won’t have exactly those results, but it can still be pretty bad! Play it safe instead, and work up/down to more desirable temperatures.

Oh, also no salt water. Don’t drink from the ocean if you’re looking to hydrate.

Also, I debated with myself about this, but I want to make an exception to the note (under the advice to hijabis) that layers are bad.

IF your garments are made of natural textiles, very lightweight, and draped loosely around your body, your clothes sort of make your own personal cooling system.  Several layers of loose, super-light, natural fabrics create airflow around your body: basically a Classical Greek aesthetic.  You want fabric that is so lightweight a single layer of it is translucent; when you drape three or four layers of it, the cumulative effect is opaque, so your body is well covered. Example for modern clothing items: a pair of ankle-length trousers, with a long skirt on the lower body, and then a loosely cut tank/vest top under a long-sleeved shirt/blouse, and a shawl draped over the head/neck/shoulders, all of super-light, natural-fiber fabrics will keep you covered AND cool.

Say no to anything heavy, tight, or synthetic, and layers can be your friend.

I am a Midwesterner and I’m here to help those needing info on how to stay cool in heat AND humidity the old fashioned way. (Those that can find the post related to Europe’s extreme heat event several years back, reblog a good pant leg iteration.)

Polyester unless it’s a performance fabric is not your friend. Linen is the best but flax processing is intensive so consider your related natural materials. Cotton will become uncomfortably soppy and if it is tight, various colonies will get out of hand. If you aren’t allergic, wool can be useful for the same reasons cold and damp are its more common use. Here the idea is to stay breezy and insulate against solar gain. Light color above and against the sun if you’re stuck in place. For those wondering, jeans were originally meant as covers to wool trousers for prospectors too far from water/laundry service. Note, if you air out the wool it doesn’t need to be washed as frequently as cotton.

For buildings, you want to minimize your post noon direct sun. Air movement will make you feel cooler as your personal humidity will be transferred to the air; dehumidifying similarly will improve comfort. Anywhere nights drop in temperature you’ll want to set up a convection current to vent the hot air otherwise trapped against ceilings. A good way in a residence is to open windows low and exhaust high--that’s for your multistory house where the main floor is not heeled into the earth.

You’ll be refreshed by hot water washing and solar gain can help you on that. Also, a bit of sour will keep the spit coming between drinks and meals.

Fierce kitten tries to fight mama

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I was going to caption this but then I listened with the sound on, and they had it covered.

“When they examine your bones in a thousand years, you will only ever be seen as your biological sex”

1. I’m very flattered that you think my skeleton will be examined by scientists. Thank you for believing in my longevity.

2. When I’m a skeleton a thousand years from now, I plan on being dead so tbh I don’t see this being an issue.

3. I have an anthropology degree and I’ve worked with bones (not my focus, but it was still part of my curriculum), and yes we do use terms like “female pelvis” or “male proportions” when discussing remains. Even though I’m a trans person, I’ve never once been bothered by this. Gender and sex can exhibit themselves differently in a variety of contexts and language can adapt accordingly. Tbh I’m more concerned about my job security and my access to equal healthcare, rather than the gendered language my physical anthropology instructor uses.

4. In studying these bones, I can say that the sex or gender of the specimen I was looking at was the least interesting thing about them. Do you think archeologists thousands of years from now will care what biological sex I was? No, they’d probably wonder why I have a piece of metal permanently glued to the back of my teeth. Or the fact that my jaw is misaligned. Or what my joints can say about my daily lifestyle and level of movement. These details can help paint a broader picture of what life looked like back then on a physical level. That is the story my bones tell, not the shape of my pelvis or brow ridge or whatever.

5. Ur mom examined my bone last night 😂✌️🤙👅👅

“I always remember having this fight with a random dude who claimed that ‘straight white men’ were the only true innovators. His prime example for this was the computer… the computer… THE COMPUTER!!! THE COM-PU-TER!!!

Alan Turing - Gay man and ‘father of computing’ Wren operating Bombe - The code cracking computers of the 2nd world war were entirely run by women Katherine Johnson - African American NASA mathematician and ‘Human computer’ Ada Lovelace - arguably the 1st computer programmer”

- Sacha Coward

Also Margaret Hamilton - NASA computer scientist who put the first man on the moon - an as-yet-unmatched feet of software engineering, here pictured beside the full source of that computer programme. #myhero

Grace Hopper - the woman that coined the term “bug”  

- @robinlayfield

Grace Hopper did more than coin the term “bug”. She invented the first program linker in the early 1950s, for the UNIVAC I. A program linker translates instructions from one language to another (for example, numerical codes that represent instructions translated to machine code that computers can read), which is the very foundation of how computer’s operate independently. she also pulled a steve rogers and tried to enlist in the military a bunch of times and was denied. then, an exception was made for her when she joined the navy reserves, and she ended up serving for over 40 years (half of which was active duty). she retired from the navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper. she was born in NYC in 1906. Grace Hopper was a fucking badass.

also computing was typically a job for women (many of whom were black women that made incredible contributions) back in the day, so it’s absolutely fucking wild that straight white men think they are the foundation of computer innovation. men PUSHED women out and took the credit.

Reblogging to do what the failed education system never did.

let’s not forget the incredible women who made it possible for india to go to mars!

THIS IS EVERYTHING THANK YOU SO MUCH MANGO FOR ADDING INDIA

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….Definitely Not Steve may have made me laugh so much i had to put down my coffee.

ME TOO. I bet Definitely Not Steve just goes by “Cheryl” cos she gets tired of explaining.

Getting tucked in

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Things Terry Pratchett Did

Made fun of the “unnecessarily naked/scantily clad woman,” “sacrificial virgin,” and “sexy heroine” tropes in his first two novels.  The first was described as being the most powerful of her clan of dragon-riders and the nakedness was properly treated as unnecessary in a clear parody.  The second turned out to be one of the more level-headed (while not well-educated) members of the party after her initial introduction, and also had a spine and knew (and got) what she wanted.  The third was described as wearing sensible clothes, was pretty but not sexualized at all, and was practical and smart.

Wrote an entire novel to critique the unequal treatment of “men’s magic” versus “women’s magic” in the fantasy genre.  Portrayed witches as just as if not more capable than wizards (when it comes to actually helping people, in particular), and also generally having more common sense than them.  Nevertheless created a little girl character with wizard powers, and had her decide neither wizard nor witch magic was sufficient and develop a new kind of magic all her own.

Included sex workers in his worldbuilding.  Made jokes about them the same way he did every other kind of person of any profession, but was also highly respectful and never critical of these jobs.  Described the head of the ‘Seamstresses’ Guild as one of the most influential people in the biggest city in the world.  Never showed or described in detail any sexual violence, including against these workers.  In fact, made sure to say that anyone in the city who harmed a sex worker would be dealt with painfully, embarrassingly, and/or lethally by two fearsome elderly ladies.  Even his more ditzy stripper character quickly smartened up and learned some true self-respect–not by quitting her job but by realizing she didn’t have to take any shit from men.

Included strong female friendships aplenty.  Included female enemies who were enemies over things other than men.  In general constantly passed the Bechdel Test and not only that, left it in the dust and had way more meaningful and realistic representation.

Five words: Dwarf Women Are All Trans.  More words: And there’s no way to know if some of them were trans in the way we Earth humans would understand it, too, and he clearly didn’t think that sort of genitalia-based gender labeling mattered.  Did not turn his trans dwarfs into a joke, but treated them simply as people–including a scientist/forensics officer in a police department, a prominent fashion designer, and the literal King of all dwarfs (who subsequently came out as Queen).  Portrayed transmisogynists as unequivocally wrong, and had protagonist characters stand up for and protect their trans colleagues and friends.  See also: had genderfluid characters in two of his books and at least one trans man, as well as confirming canonically that there are gay wizards, one of whom is really good at football.

One of his mainest of main characters was a blunt, bad-tempered, prideful old woman who is also good to her core.  Didn’t gloss over her unfriendliness or excuse it, but made her complex and interesting and overall likeable despite all that.  Also had a very amiable old lady character who also had a temper and would throw hands with anyone who’d mess with her family or best friend.  In general, steel-souled old ladies, wow.  Also steel-souled young girls.  

Said he was incapable of writing a weak, wilting female character, and honestly I can’t think of a single one in any of his books.

Please feel free to add to this list with other Things Terry Pratchett Did because I definitely didn’t say them all!