Post-Nuclear Holocat

Transfemme, she/her or fae, pan, 30's, Floridian transplanted to Seattle. I'm made of magic glowing blue shapeshifting plastic. I've never been alive!

[genatrius]

One day Thundarr will slay all of the evil wizards, and mankind will be free of their machines and their sorcery.

[mutant-what-not]

Hunter S. Thompson aims at his IBM Selectric typewriter, Woody Creek, 1989

[chillyfeetsteak]

wheeeeee wahooooo lalalala

[icaseybaybee]

[screampotato]

Suddenly struck with a need to explain to you how boat pronouns work (I work in the marine industry).

When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".

When the boat is still being built, your say "it".

When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".

When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".

When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.

If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").

If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")

If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").

If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.

If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.

I hope this has cleared things up so that you may not be in danger of misgendering floating objects.

[glitched-out-mess]

[theramblingvoid]

Hit "view post" and lost it

[adultlikers]

[porksweats]

e me a mail

[fortooate]

make the attachment a pic of a snail

[jumpingjacktrash]

give me two gifs

of critters in clover

[nuclearcarrots]

then photoshop them on the CLIIIIIIIFFS OF DOVER

[laurasinele]

I still reference this post today. And yes, when I say I reference it I mean I sing it.

[hellofursuits]

Source

[eshpur]

✣ Medieval Jimothy ✣

[cuppydogshane]

My Name is 8 PM. and I am always arriving when you atrent Looking

[genatrius]

What is the fucking deal with Pirates of Dark Water? Why is this show so good? Rene Auberjonois is here, Frank Welker is here, everyone's tan and hot, the animation is incredible. Ecomancy?? Chongo-longo

[genatrius]

Everybody's getting transformed into things and shrunk and evil brain-potioned. This thing's got so much going for it but I never hear anybody talk about it

[genatrius]

What is the fucking deal with Pirates of Dark Water? Why is this show so good? Rene Auberjonois is here, Frank Welker is here, everyone's tan and hot, the animation is incredible. Ecomancy?? Chongo-longo

[autisticadvocacy]

Hector Ramirez shares their truth about autism: “According to our Native and Indigenous peoples, we know of our stories that people with autism have been here before, even before Tylenol.”

[thequeenoftheentiregoddamnworld]

Hey, hey, look me in the eyes when I tell you this okay? The whole "do trans women or trans men have it worse?" debate going on right now is the most obvious CIA bullshit on earth cause honestly we've both got it pretty shitty and fighting each other isn't helping anyone

[genatrius]

Whenever someone brings it up I'm like, what are you even talking about, what are even these acronyms, I've never heard anyone use these in real life queer spaces even once. Like, agreed, obviously fucking CIA bullshit.

[tmbgareok]

[jennelikejennay]

When I see people say "abolish copyright, it only serves big corporations," I imagine saying, "The whole system of employment only serves big corporations....so abolish wages. People appreciate service workers and will tip them even if they don't have to."

Like. Clearly you have not tried to pay the bills on book sales.

We definitely need to reform the copyright system so they actually protect small creators instead of Disney, but a state of total anarchy has never yet been demonstrated to protect the vulnerable. In the absence of regulation, the strong oppress the weak. Bad regulation only helps them oppress the weak more, but no regulation is not the answer.

How to do that is a complicated question. I have some ideas. But I feel like once the end goal is protecting the individual who does the creative work, it's not that hard to brainstorm better solutions.

[genatrius]

I just hope some day you can make a living off the fact you're a human person who was born once, and you can write books or sing songs or jump around in circle or whatever as a side thing.

[pseudomantis]

[is-the-owl-video-cute-deactivat]

a squirrel or perhaps a cardinal posted this

[phaeton-flier]

How about you mind your own damn business

[chonklatez]

@21st-century-minutiae

[21st-century-minutiae]

The first post depicts what would be considered an excessive amount of sunflower seeds. Sunflower seeds are a common (usually salted) snack in the early twenty-first century. Their consumption is not notable. What is notable is the sheer mass presented in the photo. Salted seeds store well, so there is little reason why an individual could not have an "eight month supply", and if they truly consume a larger than normal amount and eat it daily, this supply could be a reasonable size for a single person over the course of most of a year. But humans are bad at estimating volume and do not generally encounter long term supplies of sunflower seeds (usually, they are bought and consumed as desired on a week to week basis, alongside other snacks). So the general response would be to marvel at the sheer side.

The first response humorously links the behaviors of stockpiling seeds to the behavior of rodents and small birds, animals both known for caching large supplies of seeds to eat. Cardinals are not a caching species, per se, compared to other types of birds like Chickadees, but they are known to eat seeds in their diets.

The final response adds to the joke with a humorous visual. Cardinal in the early twenty-first century, can refer to small birds or high ranking officials in the Catholic church. The first is known for their red plumage, the second for their distinctive red garb unique to their specific rank.

The image depicts a squirrel in what is clearly the uniform of a Catholic Cardinal: a Squirrel who is a Cardinal. The implication of the image is that this squirrel cardinal is defensively replying to the second poster, humorously declaring that the accusation is spot on.

People in the early twenty-first century would have the context to understand all this, recognizing squirrels, the bird cardinals, the Cardinal uniform, and the concept of caching seeds.

[genatrius]

That's some lovely writing @21st-century-minutiae but I'm afraid you've majorly missed the mark.

If you look closely at that image, you'll see that it is not a huge quantity of sunflower seeds, but sunflower seed hulls. While humans in the 21st century possess the technology to remove sunflower seed hulls at industrial scale, they are often sold with the hulls still on, which are removed and discarded one by one as the seeds are consumed. What's unusual about this image is that this individual has collected all of the hulls for all of the seeds they've eaten in eight months, instead of disposing of them immediately.

Also, since hulls take up less space then complete seeds, even over eight months, those collected hulls account for quite a large volume of sunflower seeds.

[validblogname]

one fight at a time

[lizardlicks]

Black Hills drilling project canceled after backlash from tribes

A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local grou

[wizxrdpendrxgon]

The backlash was a major lawsuit from 9 tribes alongside other lawsuits from advocacy groups like NDN Collective. You can support NDN Collective by donating to them here.