OctopusMonkey

Everything John Watson, Johnlock, animals, Oahu living, and everything I find strange, stranger and wonderful

[sovietpostcards]

Working women by Alexander Samokhvalov (USSR, 1920s-1930s)

[micdotcom]

In May 1939, as the Nazis were tightening their chokehold on Europe, the United States government rejected the SS St. Louis, a German passenger vessel carrying 937 refugees who were trying to dock at the Port of Miami.

Almost all of those refugees were Jews fleeing violence in Germany and Eastern Europe, according to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The ship was eventually forced to return to Europe, where 254 of its passengers were killed.

On Friday, to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a pair of Jewish scholars — Russel Neiss and Charlie Schwartz — started tweeting the names of the people who were aboard the SS St. Louis, under the handle @Stl_Manifest. Read more

[plum-soup]

Bus drivers who see you running and open their hole are better public servants than any cop.

[one-venti-neurosis]

their what now?

[confusedbyinterface]

[housesinmotionmp3]

every time I see a photo of a bear it’s like. that really is the ideal animal. large. fat. virtually indestructible. vaguely resembles both a large dog and a person. absolutely could and probably would maul me but nonetheless looks extremely huggable. 10/10 creatures, immaculate

[sharlatan-ka]

No reason why bear ears need to be shaped like that except to tempt us all

[lmaonade]

me: *walking*

my cat: i am going to run in front of you. i am going to sprint in front of you so fast mid step and you are going to punt me into the sun

me: okay sir yes sir 

[everythingfox]

“How he lets me know he wants to sit on my lap”

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[everythingfox]

Real life pokemon

(via)

[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

This blew my damn mind

[glowin-theshark]

[d-eadnam-e]

I fucking KNEW there was a difference between address and address!

You address a person by their name.

You give someone your address.

[nyanbinyuri]

i hate this god damn bastard language

[artemispickle]

Other Things To Do To A Drunken Sailor

Draw a dick on his face in Sharpie

Add his boss as a friend on Facebook

Eat the last of his Nutella

Text his ex with a “U up?” message

Tell the IRS he owes back taxes

Log in to gmail and change his password

[voidbat]

every single one of these fits the rhythm of the song. i sang each one of them. :D my mom’s addition was always “hit him in the face with a vick’s inhaler”

[brighteyedjill]

I don’t know why this is so funny, but it is. Sing it. Go on. I’ll wait. 

[rainbowbarnacle]

EAR-LAY IN THA MOOORNIN’!

[paulnewoman]

Gay USA (1977) dir. Arthur J. Bressan Jr.

[ledbythreads]

The text is from a poem by Black Lesbian poet Pat Parker (pictured) . My copy is from Naming The Waves Contemporary Lesbian Poetry - ed Christian McEwan 1988.

[blumoonoctopus]

She died in 1989, but was ana amazing poet

, not just for her time, but for the ages

[everythingfox]

I- what?

[babyanimalgifs]

Manatee with twin calves at her sides (credit: SeeThroughCanoe) 

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[everythingfox]

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

[yumekoba-deactivated20210608]

“I’m so anti-fascist I report my friends and neighbors to the feds”

[indianaconservative]

“I would have never snitched on Anne Frank! Anyway, here’s a person I’m related to at the capitol!”

[ndiecity-deactivated20241101]

Hey I don't know if you know this but snitching on someone for storming the capitol with intent to kill someone is not the same as snitching on someone for the crime of... *checks notes* being a jewish child

[nubbsgalore]

nordin seruyan photographs a snail in central borneo asking a frog if he wants a ride

[kristenbouchard]

sometimes you have to pretend your kitchen is a club dance floor and get a little whorish while cooking your frozen pizza. it’s called living deliciously in a pandemic

[animalcrossingmemes]