I just look at it and like to think about the hands of the people who shaped and placed the tiles covering the shield, like humans have been covering surfaces with tiles for durability and heat resistance for millennia

iykyk😆

my kid basically ended up with 2 gap years due to mental/physical health issues after graduating from his last 2 years of high school during lockdown/covid protocols. he's catching up now but it was a brutal couple of years.

without a doubt.

A burger and fries in a tray. Headline reads “Five L.A. Menus to Stretch Your Recession-Era Dollar”

Recession menus are the new happy hours. Here's how restaurants in L.A. are coping with today's economy, from Long Beach to West Covina.

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By Julianne Le

I really hate how health insurance is an entire fucking scam in this country, and everyone knows that, they are evil villains - but if you make one little mistake with your information, they immediately pivot to treating you like you’re OBVIOUSLY a CRIMINAL who’s trying to STEAL healthcare from them

A couple's team commission

JRR Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings as a side project while brainstorming a list of cool names for defense contractors

ok this made me tear up 💕

mother 3 art of lucas holding up a heart made of psi for PK love. He's surrounded by ribbons saying "what is your favorite thing?" [it's love] Rope snake is hanging out. #mother3 #mother #gameart

Love 💛🌻

Please participate in this if you were able!!

National strike on May 1: no shopping, no school, no working!

Details in the thread below, including other ways to support and participate if missing work isn’t an option for you 👇

no!! it's actually pretty rational when you think back on it. you've been in it all day long & getting more & more frustrated & you are doing all the right things & it's still not working & you just want to cry & then someone comes in & coos & like magic it's all fine & you want to break something.❤️

your moment calm

I think a lot about how illustration rates have been stagnant since basically the form was invented, and the great gatsby was inspired by JC Leyendeckers legendary mansion parties

Picture of the SST edition of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones.

More @stephengrahamjones.com. More @sstpublications.bsky.social. So very.

Canadian doctors obeying a U.S. executive order that doesn’t even apply to Canada is deeply offensive to both trans people and to Canadian legal sovereignty.

We have a chance of removing the Online Safety Act!

Any UK residents, PLEASE take the time to fill out the whole form. If we want to remove ID verification on websites that actually don't need it, we need to take action NOW!

i mean ok, i'm not saying they'll be making an army of these and sending them after us because yes, that's expensive. but these advances in robotics are used in military applications and i think that's dangerous, all kidding aside.

In response to some bullshit going around:

Can we please fucking destigmatize men being nice to / caring about / engaging with kids? These are normal adult mammal instincts; what's fucked up is that we beat them out of people based on gender and/or assume they're inherently predatory.

bring back shame

there is LITERALLY a Black Mirror episode about this. fucking torment nexus shit.

Pokemon fanart of a small Lurantis in a field of colorful flowers, the atmosphere is rainy and there's a big crescent moon behind.

Lurantis 🌺🌙🌧️
Critter for #repostyourart

parts 2, 3, 4, & 5

a woman with long blonde hair is looking at the camera and says `` nice try jan '' . ALT: a woman with long blonde hair is looking at the camera and says `` nice try jan '' .

A gen Z kid told me that using memes and gifs to respond to things is "so millenial coded" like oh I'm sorry I didn't know joy and laughter was a generational thing you sourpuss.

i can! always! <3

Yeah, I’ve never quite got over the profound moral injury aspect of watching so many Americans absolutely refuse to even mildly sacrifice to help others during Covid - watching MAGAs somehow become even more evil was radicalizing.

And now the bastards are trying to destroy MRNA research.

The currently escalating tech backlash must be put in the context of:

“people have been listening to the most insufferable techbros in the world gleefully threaten everyone else with mass unemployment for over 6 years, and they’re sick of their shit”

Frog pours Toad a hot cup of tea while Toad asks about Frog's childhood. From "The Corner" In *Frog and Toad All Year*

“And was it?” asked Toad.

I think our society really is grossly underestimating how important visible accountability is for social cohesion.

May we re-learn this lesson.

my tiny justification is that it takes me forever to use up lip balm! plus $20 is very different than FIFTY. lordt