In the lands of the North

where the Black Rocks stand guard against the cold sea, in the dark night that is very long the Men of the Northlands sit by their great log fires and they tell a tale... Noggin the Nog and other fandoms. Runs mostly from a queue. lol what's a side-blog

[smoothjazzdigit]

Have you guys seen that clip

Go off Kermit

[juliathefacesofevil]

we're just normal men

[oddjoblin]

Why the heck is this dude trying to confirm if the frog puppet is hetrosexual???

[karnalesbian]

assessing the situation before he shoots his shot

[defilerwyrm]

Happy Pride to Kermit the Frog, questioning king

[storm-of-feathers]

yeah yeah rainbow capitalism is bad and whatever but like. when I was a child, being pro gay was not the popular or lucrative choice. I'm happy that times have changed.

[storm-of-feathers]

I miss rainbow capitalism. I do. I miss when it felt like public opinion was still pro gay. I understand it was always an empty gesture, but it mattered in a sense of knowing how socially acceptable being queer is. If that makes sense.

[sistertaxon]

actual criticisms of academia:

cost of education acting as class barrier

exploitation of graduate workers

colonialist past and present

ties to military industrial complex

danger of power structure entrenching and justifying orthodox views on social issues

criticisms of academia that get made:

those damn ivory tower academics are wasting money learning about things

[yesornopolls]

is it cheaper to fly to another country than take the train to the capital from where you live?

is it cheaper to fly to another country than take the train to the capital from where you live?

Yes

No

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[marlynnofmany]

Small joys on Tumblr:

When your notes make a perfect cat

[marlynnofmany]

Kitty has an exclamation-point tail because of all the attention

[save-system]

[i-am-the-hero-alfred-jones]

Is this the cat that boops?

[marlynnofmany]

It is now!

[uss-edsall]

Does anyone have this picture

But it’s a parody of Master and Commander’s opening title

I swear I have seen this before and I cannot for the life of me find it

[kesslersymbolic]

This image?

[uss-edsall]

YES

[eddardsharpe]

[bacony-cakes]

PNG'D! (i didn't know the font so this is taken directly from the image)

+ bonus italian navy vessel

[catgirl-kaiju]

[queenofheartsdeservedbetter]

"How do you read so many books??" I am simply trying to avoid reality, what are you doing

[duckprintspress]

Pick up your ticket for Pride!

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[adaine]

the death of dvds is so fucked. what about bonus features

[adaine]

far far away idol would never happen now

[moghedien]

I feel like I need to share this because idk if Europeans are familiar with the presence of Aldi in the US, but at least especially in my area they’ve been growing a lot recently. Like Aldi bought out some local failing grocery chains where I live (Louisiana) and have opened Aldis in all these somewhat rural communities and small towns, which for the record I’m fine with

But as a result of this they are advertising a lot more in my area and also in many cases, the people in these areas have never been confronted with Aldi or any European grocery store. So the ads that Aldi is pushing out to its new US customer base feature a cowboy shopping at Aldi who is explaining to new Aldi customers how Aldi works. Like this cowboy is explaining you gotta put a quarter in the shopping cart and why there are very little name brands. A cowboy is how they want to reach their American customer base. They gave us a cowboy

[moghedien]

Here he is, the Aldi Cowboy

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

“If voting did anything they would outlaw it.” Is such an insane take to me, because literally all of human politics for recorded history has centered around Outlawing the Vote.

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

You know what? I've had a rough day, so I'm gonna wind down by getting on my soapbox about why I believe all of human politics for recorded history has been centered around Outlawing the Vote.

The vote is innate to any just system. If a person is affected by a law, the person must be able to affect the law, and the vote is the most basic expression of this innate truth. Wipe away all culture, all history, all context, place three humans with amnesia in a white box with no memories, and you will still have the vote. Because humans are innately equal, their political power should be equal as well.

Unfortunately, this obvious truth is often obfuscated by bias and illusions. The fact that we can hear our own thoughts but no one else's creates the illusion that we are the only interior human and all others are exteriors, and the fact that we have an innate in-group favoritism is often mistaken for genuine moral superiority to the out-group. Thus is the hierarchical mindset born, and the suppression of the vote begun: I should have more political power than you, so you shouldn't have a vote.

The first major form of vote suppression was to make the vote so illegal it is nearly invisible. Only a small number of people (nobility) will have political power, and even among them, direct voting will be as minimal as possible. Power will be traded off via lineage and the only "voting" will be which of each lineage will be chosen. A group of nobles technically "votes" to decide whether to nominate the king's nephew or his uncle. The process is sometimes formalized, but most often kept confusing and ambiguous to avoid the vote. Because all parties are using either implied or actual force to "vote", votes are inherently unequal and hierarchy is maintained.

The second major form of outlawing the vote is limited suffrage. A small portion of worthy people shall vote. These people are inherently more worthy, because they are better educated, rich, male, of the correct race, of the correct bloodline. If you cannot legally limit suffrage, use various loopholes: poll taxes, literacy tests, prison reform, age requirements, special IDs. While a small group may have equality through the vote, hierarchy is upheld, and people remain bound by a law they cannot affect.

The third major form of outlawing the vote is rigging the vote. If one cannot stop the people from voting, one must find a way to minimize their impact. Gerrymandering is the most obvious form, but there are many ways to encourage certain groups to turn out while discouraging other groups in order to sway outcomes in your favor. All subject to law can vote, but votes are unequal in effect.

Millennia of effort has been put into finding ways to stop, obfuscate, minimize, exclude, rig, and interfere with the vote. If they're not done trying to stop it, we're not done fighting for it.

[anja-nuehm]

Quick (unfinished) drawing of dandelions

[keplercryptids]

[image description: a drawing of dandelions against a blue background. Three of the flowers are in bloom and one is a puff.]

[fipindustries]

ok this looks ultra mega based, are you kidding me? can you imagine the bullshit i could get up to with this bad boy? fuck yes i want ten

[mint-corset]

Wait are iPhone bros coping because Apple has to be more universal? Lol.

[such-justice-wow]

Boo hoo i'll be able to add more physical storage to my phone and be able to change out batteries if they degrade as well as all these other optional features I won't have to touch

[lectorel]

Continuing in the trend of political cartoons depicting milquetoast moderate positions seem so much cooler and more badass than they are

[domina-honoribila]

I love how they add totally absurd things no one is asking for to make the idea look crazy. And still, I must emphasize, failing to make this look like a bad idea.

[teaboot]

"Is this what you want? Is this ugly stupid bullcrap what you want??" the biggest loudest idiot in the room asks, holding up a picture of the hottest looking shit I've ever seen

[cranberry-branflakes]

which heart did you get when you liked this post?

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when reblogging, please add the pride tags I've included! if not, anybody liking your reblog will only see regular tumblr hearts :)

[rimonoroni2]

din djarin is a fun character To Me bc he has the attitude of a deeply disinterested, exhausted retail worker except his job isnt standing behind a desk, it’s being john wick in space

[thesobsister]

Cartoon by Paul Noth for The New Yorker

[dailynarnia]

is jake gyllenhaal gay??

why would you ask us, a narnia blog, this

[helloitsbees]

happy pride month to this post specifically