The Story So Far

Magneto was right.

[stealingpotatoes]

do you ever think about how much of the original trilogy artoo spent silently watching the drama go down with popcorn

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[wkzuar]

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[queer-as-city-folk]

Animals: a guide

[queer-as-city-folk]

One side has monkeys and tigers and elephants and capybaras, the other? Squirrels and deer

[queer-as-city-folk]

I forgot Bison and Sea Otters

[salekinj]

Have you seen a moose, megafauna are cool.

[queer-as-city-folk]

[queer-as-city-folk]

I DO NOT!!!

[queer-as-city-folk]

[queer-as-city-folk]

[queer-as-city-folk]

I am sorry

[captainlordauditor]

I live in the US and one of the things that really reframed the way I think about animals was when someone I knew in Brazil posted a picture of a marmoset hanging out outside their window and I realized that monkeys were to them what squirrels are to me. Recently a friend in Hungary sent a picture they took at the zoo of a raccoon and it was like my worldview was being shifted all over again because what was to me the mildly annoying, somewhat cute, critter that makes weird noises behind my house at night was a wonder to someone else. They have little hands and bandit masks. They wash their little hands. How is that NOT a wonder? All animals are cool I’m just used to raccoons.

[depsidase]

[tesb]

The Force will be with you, always. HAPPY STAR WARS DAY!

[depsidase]

[shitpostingkats]

Thrawn knowing Darth Vader's true identity is hilarious because basically every other character who knows has some deep angst about it, some horrible internal struggle about reconciling the man he was versus the man he is now.

Meanwhile Thrawn's like "Are you seeing this shit Anakin? Sorry, "Darth Vader" 🙄. Slip of the tongue, it's just one time I knew this really cool guy named Anakin Skywalker and I helped him out with his problems even though I didn't technically have to. Yeah I was a real bro to him. In unrelated news can I have 10 spollars (space dollars)?"

[maswartz]

AI toys for young children need tighter rules, researchers warn

In first study of its kind, Cambridge researchers found AI toys could misread some children's emotions.

[expederest]

[alaniinoi]

[depsidase]

[fwizard]

omfg

[amvs]

​hold on i have to look something up

[amvs]

yeah he’s autistic

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

Vulcans Discussing Human Behavior and Customs

[leebrontide]

Ok the US Attorney General says that she will remove ICE if MN drops all our sanctuary laws, complies with ICE, hands over all our SNAP, Medicaid and voter rolls. They demand control over our voter registration so they can "ensure free and fair elections".

They want to control our elections.

I am dead serious people call your representatives. Get volunteering. Get protesting. Get LOUD.

They released a letter full of straight up lies. Spread the truth. MAKE NOISE.

Source

[rederiswrites]

How interesting. How very interesting. They rejected my Blaze of this post.

Well, y'all. Make of this what you will, eh?

[a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark]

Then I guess we'll just have to Blaze it the old fashioned way, eh?

[megpie71]

Boosting signal. AGAIN.

[mbrainspaz]

idk what neurodivergent young adult needs to hear this but you are NOT supposed to give 100% at your job. I've gotten more promotions and raises since I started giving 40-60%, which my evil CEO uncle informed me is what bosses actually expect when they say 110%. My mental health has improved tremendously. I've spent 2 out of 5 workdays secretly writing my novel for the last 2 years and I've never been more respected and appreciated. Also--when you see glaring wasteful errors in the company's operating systems, say absolutely nothing! Embrace inefficiency. It is your friend in this capitalist hellscape.

[shurale-walks-the-woods]

she’s trying to help

[elliespectacular]

trying to cite a YouTube video but the title keeps changing in order to secure .5% of extra ad revenue

[elliespectacular]

trying to search for a YouTube video but the title was changed in order to ensure less than a percent of extra clicks

[elliespectacular]

trying to show someone a YouTube video but the thumbnail was revised for algorithm appeal so we scroll past it not realizing

[elliespectacular]

trying to enjoy a YouTube video but YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHY I CAN'T 😱

[elliespectacular]

Trying to rewatch a YouTube Video on an interesting topic but I can't tell which one it was since it was just titled "THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING"

[crowns-of-violets-and-roses]

Discussions of trans women in sports often focus on elite/professional sports which honestly I find it hard to care about but the more common scenario of “we’re going to legally ban a high school girl from playing sports with her friends because she’s trans” is just profoundly evil

[zzzucker]

i remember when utah's (republican) governor ended up vetoing a law banning transgender students from playing high school sports when he looked at the numbers, and there were only four trans students in the state playing sports at all. he released a clumsily worded but surprisingly compassionate statement about the decision.

I must admit, I am not an expert on transgenderism. I struggle to understand so much of it, and the science is conflicting. When in doubt, however, I always try to err on the side of kindness, mercy, and compassion. I also try to get proximate, and I am learning so much from our transgender community. They are great kids who face enormous struggles. Here are the numbers that have most impacted my decision: 75,000, 4, 1, 86 and 56. 75,000 high school kids participating in high school sports in Utah. 4 transgender kids playing high school sports in Utah. 1 transgender student playing girls sports. 86% of trans youth reporting suicidality. 56% of trans youth having attempted suicide. Four kids and only one of them playing girls sports. That’s what all of this is about. Four kids who aren’t dominating or winning trophies or taking scholarships. Four kids who are just trying to find some friends and feel like they are a part of something. Four kids trying to get through each day. Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few. I don’t understand what they are going through or why they feel the way they do. But I want them to live.

of course, it didn't amount to much. they overrode his veto. it's just so cartoonishly evil. an entire state's political body so desperate to terrorize this one little trans girl.