“lgbt people have been harassed and killed for showing off their sexuality and talking about the fact they have sex, sex has played a fundamental role in lgbt history” and “not feeling sexual attraction can be extremely alienating and asexual people are welcome here since they do not fit into the stereotypical idea of sexuality” are both things that can coexist. you know that right. they don’t cancel each other out

I think people need to use the word sincere more when talking about autistic people. Blunt, straightforward, taking things literally, those words don't always work to describe how autistic people express themselves. But in my experience, it's always sincere.

Stuck.

The way that exclusionists treat ace and aro people often reminds me of how the average person would treat me when I started being open as non-binary. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it a thousand times, we are not enemies. Our experiences do not oppose each other, they are intertwined. If you’re ace, if you’re aromantic, if you’re any variation thereupon; your home is here. You belong here, too. You are beautiful, and powerful; and you don’t have to explain yourself to anyone. You are a valued part of this community.

Oh shit you gonna make me cry, damn it.

Fun Fact: Remora have suction cups on their backs/ heads

Remora are those fish that like to hang out with sharks, presumably because they like Living on the Edge. 

However, (most) sharks are faster swimmers than remora, so instead of spending all their time and energy getting faster & improving their stamina to keep up, these fish instead took the path of least effort: they just grab onto the shark and hold on tight for the ride. 

Like a teenage Marty McFly, holding onto a car while riding a skateboard, one of the most important aspects of this strategy is to hold on tight, so as to not fall off!

Sadly, unlike in this masterfully edited photo, real remora don’t have hands. So instead, they took their dorsal fin and, over time, evolved it into a suction cup. 

I don’t know why, but this fact is deeply funny to me. 

i mean. look at his lil head!!! amazing

there’s a bunch of videos of people sticking them to things, because it’s objectively crazy to see and, yes, kind of funny, but it’s also mean to the fish. I don’t really recommend trying it, just because the fish is probably already having a bad day, on account of being out of the ocean, and doesn’t need the additional stress & risk of injury >.>

Also, these suction cups are really really good at holding on to things, and also, importantly, work underwater! For this reason, scientists have been trying to mimic these funky little structures to design better and stronger suction cups! Yay for biomimicry! 

This has been Fun Fact Friday!

so apparently you can hide Nazis on Twitter by setting your location results to Germany or France because Twitter is legally required to remove Nazi content there, so Twitter always had the ability to remove Nazis, they just choose not to

fucking yikes lol

It’s high key illegal to make any kind of nazi joke or gesture in Germany. People can get fired for it and in extreme cases even arrested. On my class trip to Berlin this kid thought it’d be funny to do a Nazi salute in the parking lot where hitler died (was not a destination, just happened to walk by). He was immediately pulled aside by police who legit booked him a flight home for the next day, without the rest of us. He was suspended for two weeks too.

Funny how the country responsible for this takes full responsibility and fights to make it never happen again, while the US, who spent years basing an entire identity on fighting Nazis, gives them a platform to speak freely and draft members.

Don’t forget they literally came out and said if they filtered nazis like they do in Germany and France the algorithm wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between nazis and republican congressmen.

Self-doubt Headcanon #3. Same Korra, same.

Enjoy, patronustrip

who is she

when im listening to my own library and playlists i feel like a powerful wizard but when im trying to show my music taste to anyone it feels like i have a shame cone on

The only difference between a wizard hat and a dunce cap is the wide brim of privacy

Roommate AU

…and, at the time of his death, he was one of the most hated people in the USA.

The FBI sent him a letter trying to convince him to commit suicide. Don’t let this revisionist bullshit slide. The things they say now about protests, kneeling, etc, are the same things they said about the sit-ins and marches.

respectability politics is a trap.

respectability politics is a trap.

respectability politics is a trap.

Look at this vintage political cartoon. Reactions to MLK and BLM are near identical.

I wish you all very good sex. if you don't like sex, I wish you a very good romance. if you don't want either of them. I wish you a very good bowl of soup and some bread, mate.

so was no one was gonna tell me that the painting saturn devouring his son was found painted directly onto the walls of the artist’s home after he died and that it may not even be depicting the greek legend, that’s just the most common interpretation??????

hello????

Not only was it painted on the wall of his house, it was painted on the wall of his dinning room.

Like imagine you go over to your boy's house for dinner and that's across from you while you eat. Like would you say something or just

This is the painting is question by Francisco Goya. Not only was this painting found, but a series of 13 other disturbing pieces of art called his “Black Paintings”. At this point in Goya’s life he had lost his hearing (well most of it) and had moved into a villa where he became a recluse. This was directly after the Napoleonic wars. These paintings were never meant to be found. They were never commissioned and he solely made these for himself.

This is where they think each of those paintings was placed in the house.

What in the goddamn...?

tumblr finding out about fucked up art history is so fun to watch

Hey @stcndupeight did you know about this?

YES I DID LOL 

@stcndupeight that's one way to start dinner convos