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House Bill 1069, also known as the "Don't Say Period" bill, which passed in Florida's Republican-controlled House at the end of March, means what you think it means. 

The bill proposes banning any form of health education until sixth grade and would prohibit students from asking questions about menstruation, including about their own first periods, which frequently occur before the sixth grade. If passed by Florida's Senate and signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, the ban will be effective July 1.

This bill also says that “it is false to ascribe to a person a pronoun that does not correspond to such person's sex.” It would further prohibit discussion of gender identity and sexuality in Florida schools, extending the effect of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill from prekindergarten to grade 8. It would prohibit trans and nonbinary teachers and school employees from being referred to with their correct pronouns, stating that they “may not provide to a student his or her preferred personal title or pronouns if such preferred personal title or pronouns do not correspond to his or her sex.” This, along with all the legislation in different states criminalizing gender-affirming care, is making it a fucking scary time to be trans in America right now. If you’re a Canadian resident, please sign this petition calling on the Canadian House of Commons to extend the right to claim asylum in Canada regarding trans and nonbinary people.

This is also why I want Disney to win the current legal battle it’s having with Ron DeSantis over the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, even though they’re a giant mega conglomerate that doesn’t actually care about queer rights. As much as the mouse is bad, DeSantis is infinitely more. Lesser of two evils, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and all that. It would be so cathartic to see him get absolutely destroyed by Mickey Mouse

i....found a rare shoegaze tape. legit. band does not exist online. tape is at least 20 years old. This is so Sam

ok ok....track for you from rare tape. ripped by me

I HAVE SOURCED MORE INFO!!!! from my friend who works at an nz audio archive and they HAVE THE TAPE THERE? COVER:

Final info ive put together after i have just looked over the insert notes (inside the other tape) sent to me by my friend:

This band had Steven Wells and Andrew Bain in it - they went on to be in a pretty popular NZ rock band called Fur Patrol from late 90s-2000s, so this is a precursor to that. in the notes they also thank Campbell Kneale, a prolific underground nz musician in bands like Birchville Cat Motel and Black Boned Angel. they also thank "Drinkwater".

reason for a snout is so you can stick your sniffer in areas, in order to get an accurate sniff. this was necessary back when god still hadnt finished the big jigsaw puzzle yet and there were unfilled crevices everywhere. end of chapter 4.

chapter 5: the smoothening of reality and decline of snouted beasts

A first-hand account (originally from a Salon.com message board circa 1999) of a woman whose two primitive-type dogs – a Basenji and a New Guinea Singing Dog – found an elk carcass, holed up inside it, and refused to leave it.

An assorted list of my favorite excerpts:

  • It’s way too primal in my yard right now.”
  • If ever they come out, catching them and returning them to a condition where they can be considered house pets is not going to be, shall we say, pleasant.
  • What if you stand the ribcage on end, wait for them to look out, grab them when they do and pull?” “They wedge their toes between the ribs. And scream.”
  • Sometimes, sleep is a mistake, no matter how tired you are. And especially if you are very very tired, and some of your dogs are outside, inside some elks.
  • in a follow-up story about a basenji who got his head stuck inside a Thanksgiving turkey, while his two basenji friends gnawed on the outside. “I sent it in to one of the dog magazines but they did not print it, they said it was ‘too contrived.’ Obviously they did not know anything about basenjis.’
  • “My mother has gotten multiple copies [of this story] from friends, asking if my dogs are *really* that out of control.”

It’s brilliant, and I am so glad it exists on the internet. 

@why-animals-do-the-thing please tell me I can laugh at this

Yes, yes you can. Sometimes living with dogs is not graceful - this is a great example.