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Personal blog with a lot of food and arts and crafts type photos! She/They

[cutecipher]

reblog if its okay for people to send you $5,000 dollars with no strings attached

[natalieironside]

I think the aversion in our society to coming up w/ utilitarian answers to ethical questions (my favorite hobby) has caused us to cede way too much ground to the assholes of the world in the vein of "Evil will always triumph because good is dumb," as Dark Helmet put it. Like.

Laypeople (and also a concerning number of scientists) have often got the idea that unethical human experimentation is some sort of ultra-effective super science that would fix all the disease and discover all of the medicine and we only don't do it because it isn't nice (see: every science fiction show ever). No! Jumping straight from abstract theory to human trials is a terrible way to do science. It produces incoherent results and useless observations and nonsensical conclusions. We have pages and pages of historical precedent demonstrating this.

And lots of people have got the idea that totalitarianism is some sort of magic super-government that does all the government stuff really effectively abd efficiently and we only don't do it because it isn't nice. No!!!! "Let's put one idiot in charge and do whatever dumb shit they say" is the worst way to organize any project at all, let alone an economy and a political machine. Fascist regimes are models of corruption, waste, and inefficiency.

And so on

[itsabear]

mengela discovered nothing. 731 discovered nothing. Residential school trials discovered nothing. Unethical medical trials are just cruelty by mediocre people. None of the doctors in these unethical trials were outstanding students or notable doctors. We dont need science fiction we just need history and honesty.

[natalieironside]

In addition to its being niceys, ethics is a form of rigor. Someone who disregards ethics is (1) Doing It Wrong and (2) just as likely to disregard any other forms of rigor they decide they don't like.

[psalmicwitch]

To put it bluntly, the only way to end homelessness is to house people or kill them.

That's it. Those are your options. Homelessness doesn't go away based on "crime crackdowns." You will imprison the unhoused, and when they are free, they will be unhoused again. Or they will die in prison.

When you burn encampments or force people out without their stuff, they remain unhoused or freeze to death.

After working with the unhoused, it's become abundantly clear that those who don't want to support them instead want them dead.

There is blood on the hands of every government and organization that controls the homeless population with force instead of compassion.

[anotherjen]

I've been out of laundry detergent for about two months now and I've just been using a tiny splash of bleach (it's value corner regular bleach) and a few sprays of oxy clean (or sometimes this enzyme degreaser pre-treatment) and it's been working fine.

At first I was probably using too much bleach, but I scaled back (my washer is small) to around a tablespoon and like... yes I got a couple little bleach spots on one of my towels but that's really it.

I assume the bleach is probably worse in the long run for wear and tear on the fabric, but, ehhh, it works right now? The main thing is I wanted to avoid putting anything in the wash that's not designed for cleaning clothes, so I'm not gonna try using other kinds of soap.

I will probably get some laundry soap at some point again, but, yeah you really do not need a lot. (And I have some KOE stuff I bought off the tiktok shop if I want it to smell even more fresh, just a little spray of the diluted product, better than scent beads and won't gunk up the machine.)

[anotherjen]

The hold music for DSHS is all over the place. The bit with the phone boop sounds sprinkled in is not fun to listen to.

[sleepy-bebby]

If anyone wants to know what a leopard seal sounds like 🦷🩸

[bandydear]

Leopard Seals are what happens when god needs a lizard and all he has is a mammal

[gallusrostromegalus]

I'd recommend turning the sound on. The seal is not screaming. It's not very loud at all, actually, but the noise it's making is Much Worse.

[commiescummie]

i said what i said

[trelleste]

Toothpaste. It's just frozen toothpaste.

[commiescummie]

[anotherjen]

I am in favor of mint ice cream and I am in favor of mint and chocolate, but I will die on the hill that chocolate chip/chunk pieces in ice cream is the WORST AND STUPIDEST WAY to enjoy chocolate and ice cream!! The best is hot fudge, and second is fudge swirl, and third is chocolate ice cream specifically the Kroger rockey road that has marshmallow swirl instead of mini marshmallows.

So like... mint ice cream with a marshmallow swirl and hot fudge or chocolate shell would be my platonic ideal.

[anotherjen]

My grandma who was born on Christmas birthed her third and final child, a red headed boy, on the 4th of July.

Rip grandma(who passed on the birthday my younger cousin and I share), happy birthday uncle Jamie.

[anotherjen]

I have been 42 for 6 hours and I made baked rotini. Back to bed.

[gambitgambino]

I love these two goblinoids so much im not even kidding

[anotherjen]

My hair right now feels like it could be really cool with some refinement... I've been growing it out to see if I could make it a mullet of some kind, and I like the red root purple coloring. But it is objectively a slobby mess in its current state.

I don't really have the expendable funds to go to the kind of hairdresser with alternative specialization to make my dream a reality, nor do I go out enough to justify the effort, but maybe I could give a shot at doing it myself if I had a good blueprint... I have clippers and am fairly good at working on myself with two mirrors. I just don't know exactly what I'm going for.

[anotherjen]

My hair right now feels like it could be really cool with some refinement... I've been growing it out to see if I could make it a mullet of some kind, and I like the red root purple coloring. But it is objectively a slobby mess in its current state.

I don't really have the expendable funds to go to the kind of hairdresser with alternative specialization to make my dream a reality, nor do I go out enough to justify the effort, but maybe I could give a shot at doing it myself if I had a good blueprint... I have clippers and am fairly good at working on myself with two mirrors. I just don't know exactly what I'm going for.

[decemberdancer04]

Reblog this if you had to learn cursive writing as a child

If you were ever told or were made to learn cursive writing when you were in grade school. I wanna see how many of you suffered like I did.

[anotherjen]

If you were a kid today 15 or 12 and your weird aunt you never see gave you a bag of odd things for Christmas just in case you might appreciate the gesture... (all of us are neurodivergent)... would that... be good?

I have some esoteric unopened items that are never going to show up on a gift guide but I'm very broke right now.

For consideration:

Gold freckle decals (2)

Pink fake lashes (set of 7 pairs)

Pastel rainbow wig (new in package)

Auburn/white ombre wig (new in package)

Approximately 4 cups foam clay (unopened?)

Gently worn Mandlalorian costume

Full face shield sunglasses, oil-slick rainbow finish

Crocodile staple remover

Gallon zip lock of loose minibrands

Uhhhh probably more stuff too... idk...

[anotherjen]

It's been a while! I'm on tiktok now mostly, cosplayandfood there. But I thought I'd come back here in case the tt ban goes through, because I do love scrolling and I don't think I'd be good at youtube lol. Anyway. That's all! Just trying to familiarize myself with the platform again haha

[anotherjen]

Sophie on TikTok

One-off “Spike” variant available on my site along with the original Skinby! Do you think he’s worth the tendonitis? 🙃 #art #furby #piercing

Yes

[anotherjen]

Tiktok, PLEASE STOP TAKING DOWN MY VIDS #fyp #foryou