It's What Keeps Us Out Of Trouble...

Currently obsessed with Star Trek, Chicago Fire, Hogan’s Heroes and M*A*S*H! And completely in love with Spock, Cpl Peter Newkirk, and Lt Christopher Herrmann. Some politics mixed in with whatever else I think is interesting or pretty. feels weird to be 30 but here we are Shout out to ilee-font for letting me use their amazing art as my profile pic. seriously check them out!! Bi, progressive christian, scientist trying to spread joy and kindness to myself and others. my ao3 is corporal_mischief_maker

[nudesornaw]

if you’re having a bad day, here’s a cute little marching band

this actually made me cry with joy also one of them is eating noodles

[readsquirrel]

It just keeps going and getting better. *^^*

[involuntaryorange]

Me two minutes ago: “cry with joy? an animation of cats playing instruments made someone cry with joy?”

Me now: (sobs into a tissue) “OH MY GOD THAT ONE IS PLAYING TWO RECORDERS AT THE SAME TIME” (blows nose)

[son-of-a-tenth-place]

CAT PARADE IS BACK

[senoritafish]

Yay!

(And not only are there two playing two recorders at a time, one has a party blower [what the hell do you actually call those things?!] instead. And one is juggling.)

[babyspacebatclone]

Duck head! Chicken head! It’s like a Where’s Wally/Waldo of joy and marching!

[soundoftheirwings]

Gotta tell you guys something wild in the Chinese fan sphere

So some fanartist drew a “sexy” (read: booby) version of a (cartoon) character who is traditionally very non-sexualised. Fans of the character got mad about it because it’s kind of groundbreaking how that character is written and portrayed and this art totally ignores the entire point of the character. They demanded the art be deleted. In response to that other people said, well what the fanartist did may be distateful but they have every right to draw what they’re into. The two sides fight for days and each starts a harassment campaign and even report their “opponents’” accounts.

So far so typical. But things eventually come to a head and they decide that this will be settled by votes - not through a poll. Through donations to a children’s education charity via each side’s portal. Whoever can get the highest amount of donation wins.

And that is how this charity received over 1 million in donations in three days lol. Oh btw the “freedom of expression” side won by a landslide (960k to 40k)

[sprinkledsalt]

I think the short answer for why there were regretful Nader voters but not regretful '16 or '24 Stein voters or anti-voters is online radicalization tbh. Back in 2000, you didn't have the entire internet constantly blasting "Dems suck shit" in your face for years on end, or an online community of self-righteous assholes constantly reassuring you that your indefensible, immoral decision on Election Day was akshewally radically progressive praxis and that you're a poor little meow meow who couldn't ever do anything wrong. It's just a daily echo chamber where people can be insulated from the consequences of their bad choices to a certain extent and coddled that they were sooooo right and everyone else is just a filthy [insert leftist buzzwords here] for pointing to the blood on their hands. Relatedly, you could say Republicans sucked in 2000 without all the cool kids immediately feeling the need to reassure everyone they still thought Democrats were Cringe, too. The culture was just different back then, and current, modern internet culture dictates that Republicans aren’t great but they’re a force of nature who can’t really be held accountable, but Democrats are the ultimate force of Cringe and evil in the world who must be taken down at all costs and you’re the ultimate genocidal cringe lord if you voice any support for them in any way. I also think internet echo chambers encourage people to double down and never admit they were wrong across the political spectrum

[zartha]

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991) dir.: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

[thinkingabout-girls]

this pride it is mandatory that everyone is nicer to lesbians. especially trans lesbians

[maxknightley]

in the contemporary world, the most fundamental human right - and, it often seems, the least protected one - is "being both Allowed and Able to go Somewhere Else." the rest is commentary.

[maxknightley]

the torments of prison are predicated on Not Letting You Leave. the most terrifying and degrading aspects of childhood are predicated on Not Letting You Leave. misogynists wail and moan and fearmonger about divorce and equal opportunity employment because they Allow Wife To Leave. borders and immigration restrictions exist, in no small part, to Prevent People From Leaving countries where they will be exploited and/or oppressed. fuck you for trying to leave. fuck you for exerting any control over your life whatsoever. that makes you the one at fault, actually.

[str-ngeloop]

david graeber described three fundamental freedoms: freedom to move, freedom to disobey orders, and freedom to reorganize social relations

[prudencepaccard]

fundamental human right

[makingqueerhistory]

We are going to spend Pride Month working to fight book bans this year! If you want to join or keep up with us, check out our Patreon!

[growingpaynes-art]

"This is the way."

[thorsbaratitty-blog]

“Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.” - Eartha Kitt

[tinykittygardencat]

she sniff sniff

[dragon-in-a-fez]

You're funny. I like you.

Unrelated to that, do you have any DNI?

man I gotta go to bed, I thought this said "DNA" and I was like, that is a weird question and I fucking hope so

anyway, no, I run my blog like I would run the country if I ever became supreme dictator-for-life: everyone welcome until you do some bullshit and then you get fired out of a cannon

[notaplaceofhonour]

drives me nuts when journalists say Platner’s tattoo “resembles” or “looks like” the Nazi totenkopf. it’s literally the exact same shape.

if someone got a tattoo that had the exact shape of the letters that spell the name “Sharon” you wouldn’t say they got a tattoo that “resembles” the name Sharon. you’d say they got a tattoo of the name Sharon.

[wikicamp2]

[chrispineofficial]

saw an annoying post. but i’m being so brave about it

[chrispineofficial]

i’m obsessed with you. shall we get married

[thranduilpcsp]

[deadmaidclub]

i got into star trek as a bit and now unfortunately ive realized its one of the most beautiful shows ever. its about love and family and exploration and warmth and possibilities and a hopeful and wonderful future. and its also so so fucking stupid

[ratbastarddotfuck]

you have to forgive the printer because it's one of the most machine-ass machines we interact with on a day to day basis. that thing says kerchunk. hardly anything says kerchunk these days. you can't get mad at her when she kerchunks up a little.

[digitalsymbiote]

Crazy that tech has gotten so bad that we're doing printer forgiveness now