Inqwaba yeZinyoka

sihle, anginalo uhlanga 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇿🇦 ungangibizi ngokuthi ngiyisiphukuphuku. angiyisiphukuphuku. ngingungqingili.

[amygdalae]

*Steve Harvey voice*

KILL

[pwesident]

[divitiasdraconis]

[paper--machete]

[ashubii]

This is why I have TikTok

[esdruxule]

[captain-price-returns]

I think this might be one of the most incredible, unsettling and symbolic photos of today’s America I’ve ever seen. I can’t stop looking at it. It’s perfect.

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

And if I said Megamind is one of the few movies that understands Superman.

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

And if I said Megamind through its three subversions of Superman shows a deeper understanding that the point of Superman is that he was loved and taught to love by good, present parents, and because of that he is able to return that love to a world even if it doesn't always accept it, and he is not corrupted by his power, than many other films either subverting or playing the superman story straight.

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

Megamind has three Superman subversions. One is obviously Megamind himself. He was not raised loved by the world, but rather was loved by those hated by the world. Because he was still raised with love, he does care about other people, hence his character development. But because he didn't receive wider love growing up, his own is misplaced at first.

Metro Man was not loved growing up in a way that mattered. His adopted father was clearly very absent, and while we don't know much about his family, their relationship seems superficial. Because of this, his sense of duty to the world is also superficial, hence his boredom.

Hal wasn't raised with power. He gained it and was shown how to use it by a 'space dad' who only taught him power and not love. Hence, he sees it only as a grasping means to an end.

All three of these subversions, in their negative space, create the silhouette of the superhero that they are parodying. That silhouette is of a space child that came to earth and was cared for very deeply by the world, and taught love through his experience of love, and because of that holds fast to his duty to the world. Which is Superman.

[demoncity]

KITANA Mortal Kombat 11 (2019)

[hollowboobtheory]

I have to upload this as a video bc you can see her think this in real time

[verumex]

[dog-collared-deactivated2024040]

puppyplay patches - pt 2

[sulfurousdragon]

Inspired by Spyro, here's Shaun, a viking/norse ancestry dragon.

[videntefernandez]

The recent art of Kael just fucking stabbing Jude over and over again while Jude says "quit it" was way too funny to me. It just had 'misbehaving cat continuing to bap something after you have tried to tell it not to' energy. More of Kael just being difficult perhaps?

Oh Kael is a professional at being an annoyance

[lesbiantahani]

Jenny Slate, Stage Fright (2019)

[ryebreadgf]

Ugly, Bitter, and True by Suzanne Rivecca

[homemade-ghosts]

John Mulaney on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2020)

[eugeniedanglars]

“Robin Williams and Why Funny People Kill Themselves” by David Wong

[seravph]

letters from Medea, salma deera

[unsatan-offical]

hey can I tell you something. linux mint just released a big update. I know this because I got a notification telling me the update was available and I could install it if I wanted to. I didn't because I forgot about it, and lo and behold the update did not install itself or even so much as prompt me a second time. later I remembered and looked for it, it took about a minute to find and I didn't even have to look it up. It had a link to the page on what (exactly) was gonna change and was very readable and clear. I clicked the update, it ran a few things, then was like "hey I'm done, the update will kick in when the computer restarts". I went on doing my thing. when I restarted the computer, it ran a few things it normally doesn't and BOOM the computer was updated. I disliked it. the ui on the start menu was slightly different and the remapping software I needed to use my keyboard properly didn't work. so guess what? I went into Timeshift, a utility installed by default (but easily uninstallable!) on the standard Mint installation which saves a "snapshot" of the OS every however often you tell it to (for me, once a day), and told it to revert to my last snapshot. Tells me to make sure I have no unsaved work, then runs some whatever for two minutes and restarts. BOOM the computer is back on the old version, no huss no fuss no coconuts. the old start menu is back (it probs would've been easy to reconfigure it in the new v but) more importantly, my keyboard works exactly how it's supposed to again, just like that! and by the time the next major update comes out the bug in my keyboard util will probably have been fixed. and if it doesn't, no prob! just ^^^^^. or use a different one. or send a request. or find the command that makes it work anyway. less than 10 minutes googling easily.

Hey. Hey Windows users. You don't know how bad you have it.

[menaslg]

Keeper of the Old Lords

[anarchopuppy]

Urban Hacker Bench (uHbench)

A beautiful and sturdy public/garden bench from a standard euro pallet in 8 easy steps using only common tools. Almost no wood pieces are left out. You could also reuse the nails.

This project is totally free (as in freedom) and follows the principles of OSHW (Open Source Hardware). The first design, released in 2012, was published under The Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. The actual version (v1.5) is now under the Free Art License 1.3

Read more…

[anarchopuppy]

The removal of seating is one of the primary ways capitalists turn public spaces into places of consumption, rather than socialization, play, relaxation, reflection, etc. By leaving no spaces for people to simply sit and exist, we’re forced to buy things to fill our time instead

It seems simple and insignificant, but reintroducing seating can be a radical act of reappropriation. Plus, they can be a place for rough sleepers, or make bus stops more comfortable, and open people’s eyes to the potential of direct action - it’s your community, and no one should be able to stop you from improving it

And, it’s free! Pallets are easy to find, building this takes like 15 minutes tops with a friend, and all you’d need to buy is maybe some nails. Easy praxis!

[mysteriouskod]

I would LOVE to see benches in more places!!! I have nerve damage in my ankle, and other chronic pain in my lower back/legs that make it really hard for me to go anywhere by foot (despite the fact that I love going for walks) A good walk can quickly become infuriating when I NEED to sit down and cannot find one /anywhere/ The most recent example of this is when I went to PA to visit my partner for Christmas. We took a walk down town to visit his favorite game shop and get some tacos, and half way through the trip I REALLY needed to sit down. I think we walked for about 20 minutes before we were able to find /anywhere/ for us to sit down.

I dont want to have to sit on the ground everytime I need a break, but I’ve done it, and gotten a ton of nasty stares.

We should really start doing this.! I think it would be a lovely idea for everyone, even if they aren’t like me and just want a place to sit to people watch or wait for the bus

[lasesmed]

it was a hard and fun job

and im loving the end result

do note that you are probably gonna fuck up a board or five when doing this, especially if you’re unexperienced with crowbarring, so prepare multiple pallets so you dont run out of parts

[theoutcastrogue]

Ah, I’ve been dismantling pallets a lot lately. (Unexpectedly got into carpentry. Long story.) EPAL aka European pallets are those with the blocks between the boards, and depending on how they’re made, that may be the easy part or the tricky part. Here’s the standard method with hand tools, i.e. hammer (preferably claw hammer) and crowbar, and maybe pliers if the nails are bent:

If you can’t fit the crowbar between the blocks and the boards for some reason, there’s no elegant solution, there’s only brute force. Brace the pallet against a wall, and knock the blocks with a sledgehammer. Like so:

So-called North American pallets don’t have blocks, they got 2x4 boards connecting the thinner ones, and this particular bench design doesn’t work with them. But if you need to, you can take these apart with a small sledgehammer and a few blocks of wood, and you’ll need a claw hammer or crowbar to take out the nails:

[victusinveritas]

A collection of time travel humor text posts, not censored by me.

All of these really made me laugh, and laughter is a very good thing sometimes. All of the time, actually. Unless you're doing something that requires a still hand or silence I guess.

[risingpilots]

There's so much going on here....

[gotterhag]

This gave me new life