Blue Bell

Exclusively bullshittery ;) Bluebell, she/her Writing sideblog: @bluebells-scribbles Batfam sideblog: @batfambullshitshenaniganry Tea sideblog: @littleteacakes

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Elvenking and King under the Mountain

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The theory of Tooks having fae blood is one of my favorites. Especially when it comes to Bilbo. The thought of Bilbo acting weird because of something (the Ring) and nobody, not even Gandalf questioning it because "it's probably the Took blood"

And like, maybe flowers wilt and tree branches sag around him when Bilbo's upset, maybe he accidentally makes a mushroom ring around himself when he's enjoying his food. People are used to that already. "Oh Bilbo can turn invisible? That's cool, must be the Took blood." And you have Gandalf trying to remember which of the Tooks could turn invisible. Bonus points if one of the Tooks could actually turn invisible.

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humans are space orks: the common cold

So how do you think our space friends would react to the idea of sickness? I think there are two ways this could go.

Human: "Don't come into my room. I'm sick."

Alien: " ' Sick ' ?"

Human: "With a cold. You know, runny nose, water eyes, all that good stuff?"

Alien: "You look so miserable."

Alien: 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯 "I am going to take you to your sleeping pod and wipe away your nose tears."

Right? But then there's ALSO:

Human: "I'm sick."

Alien: "Oh, no. I know of this thing you humans call sick."

Alien: "Call the biohazard crew!"

Human: "What?"

Alien: "Quarantine this sick human! Bacteria! Millions of them! Yes, a month of quarantine should suffice."

Human: "WHAT???"

Alien: "Ah ah, no speaking, shh shh shh. Germs will come from your mouth."

Human: "Oh, I'll show you germs."

Alien: "Excuse you? What are you doing? No, no - don't you get near me! Not the nose tears! ANYTHING BUT THAT!"

Or, the secret third ending...

Human: "I'm - Ah!"

Alien: "Sick? So are the rest of us."

Human: "By the gods, what happened to you?"

Alien: 𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘰𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 "It's only a Common Flurb?"

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This is so freaking adorableeeee

Ahhh beautiful expressions pabu ♥

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West Lake in rainy days, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China (photos by Lumianvv)

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whatever you do don’t think about bilbo summing up fili and kili’s deaths in a single matter of fact line. don’t think about bilbo sitting in his smial with a candle by his side and the blank page before him all those months and years later trying again and again to describe their deaths, to capture their strength and courage and the bottomless loss of their sacrifice. don’t think of him trying night after night to breathe life into the words, to do their vibrance and joy, the sheer brilliance of life they contained, justice in their memory. don’t think of the written words growing shaky as he crumples beneath the weight of grief. don’t think of the countless lines scratched out, the pages ripped out and crumpled up, the numerous revisions coming to nothing. don’t think of him surrendering finally after endless attempts and putting down the bare facts of it like a barren skeleton, knowing that he will never be able to relay the wonder of their lives and the unbearable pain of them being cut so short. knowing that it will be read as two princes heroically sacrificing their lives for their king and not an unbearable loss of two bright souls. hoping no one will ever ask him of the young lost dwarves whose brightness was so unfairly extinguished. wishing anyone would

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Little ducky having a nap

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the more time you spend in active recovery from any given self destructive behavior or addiction the more you understand the common conception of the "relapse" as defined by a broken "streak" to be, like, so bad for one's own well-being that it would be funny if it weren't resulting in just a lot of misery and death

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I told my girlfriend to think of quitting vaping as training her endurance by seeing how long she can run before she gets tired, then doing it again and hoping to go further next time. She said it really helped her.

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This is the stages of change model, with each circle being a part of the process of growth. You'll notice how relapse is not a failing of the model, or a set back, but an active step in continuing to grow and change. Everytime you relapse, you learn something; maybe a certain time of year is difficult for you. Maybe certain people push you back into the habit. Maybe your other coping skills/replacement habits didn't work how you wanted and you need to strengthen them, or develop new ones. Maybe it's not quite as clear cut and you need to spend the time figuring out what exactly went wrong so you can catch it next time. It doesn't matter the exact lesson, but it's part of the process.

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Octopuses can fit through any gap larger than their beak.

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What a beautiful octopus.

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Common misconception! This is actually a fuck!

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@misidentifying-animals-in-posts May you tell us what this creature is?

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Eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus). Unless the gif is in reverse, in which case it’s a Western fence lizard (Sceloporous occidentalis).

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wait, isn’t this a wimdy??

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Yep, that’s a wimdy!

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Looks pretty calm to me.

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*before Robin is introduced to the JLA*

Batman: *does some complex gymnastics move*

Superman: oh that was amazing move who taught you that? A master from the mountains? A ancient teacher? Someone that trained for hundreds of years?

Batman: *knowing damn well he got yelled at by an 9year old for 6hs to perfect that move* yeah...something like that

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Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers

A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previou

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Let’s fucking go

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This is HUGE.

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

TL;DR Google reeeeeally stepped in it this time.

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Additional source and more details below. Absolutely thrilled to say that this is real. And yeah, it's huge.

For all the reasons above AND ALSO because this particular lawsuit is a defamation case

Privacy lawsuits are hard because most privacy laws are super super weak, and there's very rarely a lot of money or enforcement backing privacy laws for...twenty million reasons, really...

But defamation suits? Those have teeth.

(In large part because, at least in some countries and including in the US, defamation laws protect public figures the least - and "public figures" legally includes most if not all politicians, and a hell of a lot of other rich ppl too)

A Munich court ruled Google's AI Overviews are its own words, making it liable for false claims, a decision that, if it holds, could reach e

A German court has ruled that Google can be held directly liable for false claims made by its AI Overviews, a decision that could put a serious legal dent in the whole “the AI made me do it” defense. According to The Next Web, the Regional Court of Munich issued a temporary injunction after Google’s AI Overviews wrongly tied two Munich publishers to scams, subscription traps, and dubious business practices. The court treated those AI-generated summaries as Google’s own statements, not just ordinary search results pointing to third-party pages. That distinction matters. Search engines have traditionally had more protection because they index and link to other people’s content. AI Overviews changes the machinery. Google is not just showing the web anymore. It is summarizing it, rewriting it, and sometimes apparently hallucinating a tiny legal grenade into the results page.

-via Search Engine World, June 10, 2026

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Thorin

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Nightwing by Edwin Galmon

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You are an unreliable narrator because your coping mechanisms for your deep-seated trauma forbid you from acknowledging the reality of the situation. I am an unreliable narrator because I sincerely have no idea what the fuck is going on.