[arcane-machine]

[somethingmissingthiswaycomes]

Straight up this would not be funny to me it would be miraculous and I would be too happy to be amused

Did a quick search after typing that and found an article on it from a couple hours ago.

Vote in the midterms, Americans.

[gn005virtue]

Hell, some of you might not even need to wait until midterms because of 2025 special elections. Every seat in the House that is projected to be up for grabs is red.

It should also be noted that turnout for "off year" elections is almost always lower, and House Speaker Mike Johnson is already contending with one of the narrowest margins in US history. If House Republicans want to successfully further Trump's agenda, they need to be in lockstep because there is next to no room for defection.

If you live in Florida or New York, take a couple minutes to look up who your representatives are. If it's Matt Gaetz, Michael Waltz, or Elise Stefanik, you might already have the opportunity to do the funniest shit imaginable.

[girls--complex]

[girls--complex]

[girls--complex]

[fag-frog]

The Moral I learned today:

Take Shrooms and get buff

[gudamor]

This is what happened to Mario Mario

[girls--complex]

Deduces from above exchange a Moral imperative to imitate the example of Mario Mario. Googles "How to Emulate Mario". Instantly killed by Nintendo of America.

[lilja4ever]

the david zwirner gallery and the felix gonzalez torres foundation in the smithsonian removed the descriptive plaque for portrait of ross in la by felix gonzalez-torres. the old plaque explained portrait for ross' origins as the artist's partner's aids related death, and replaced it with a plaque with absolutely no information about the piece itself, who ross was, or who gonzalez-torres was either. portrait of ross was also reeranged to lay on the floor long ways instead of in a pile as it typically is situated, and the plaque outside the exhibition FOR GONZALEZ-TORRES omits his sexuality, as well as his aids related death. i'm in utter disbelief

The Smithsonian's queer erasure of an AIDS artwork should alarm us all

By omitting the tragic story behind Felix González-Torres "Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.), the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery i

[fleshengine]

oh they just like... Changed it. That's not the same art piece anymore.

[penny-anna]

I'm not really a HanLuke shipper but I can imagine them hooking up early in their friendship & then Han later after various revelations having a personal crisis over whether or not it's weird to have sex with both halves of a set of twins

[penny-anna]

& like he can't ask anyone if it's weird without admitting that he's already done it. he could talk to Luke about it bcos obviously Luke already knows but he's kind of avoiding the subject with Luke in case drawing attention to the fact that he's dating Luke's sister prompts a shovel talk. he's pretty sure Luke can kill people with his brain now and he doesn't want to have that particular shovel talk if he an avoid it.

[cipheramnesia]

If Han came to me with this kind of question, I would be very supportive and make sure he didn't uncomfortable about having to ask the question because most of all this is about his feelings.

However, I would also desperately need to know if Luke used the force on that thang, and Han also knows I would ask, which is why he never brings these problems to me.

[penny-anna]

[theotherendcomics]

[movemequotes]

Once a little boy went to school. One morning The teacher said: “Today we are going to make a picture.” “Good!” thought the little boy. He liked to make all kinds; Lions and tigers, Chickens and cows, Trains and boats; And he took out his box of crayons And began to draw.

But the teacher said, “Wait!” “It is not time to begin!” And she waited until everyone looked ready. “Now,” said the teacher, “We are going to make flowers.” “Good!” thought the little boy, He liked to make beautiful ones With his pink and orange and blue crayons. But the teacher said “Wait!” “And I will show you how.” And it was red, with a green stem. “There,” said the teacher, “Now you may begin.”

The little boy looked at his teacher’s flower Then he looked at his own flower. He liked his flower better than the teacher’s But he did not say this. He just turned his paper over, And made a flower like the teacher’s. It was red, with a green stem.

On another day The teacher said: “Today we are going to make something with clay.” “Good!” thought the little boy; He liked clay. He could make all kinds of things with clay: Snakes and snowmen, Elephants and mice, Cars and trucks And he began to pull and pinch His ball of clay.

But the teacher said, “Wait!” “It is not time to begin!” And she waited until everyone looked ready. “Now,” said the teacher, “We are going to make a dish.” “Good!” thought the little boy, He liked to make dishes. And he began to make some That were all shapes and sizes.

But the teacher said “Wait!” “And I will show you how.” And she showed everyone how to make One deep dish. “There,” said the teacher, “Now you may begin.”

The little boy looked at the teacher’s dish; Then he looked at his own. He liked his better than the teacher’s But he did not say this. He just rolled his clay into a big ball again And made a dish like the teacher’s. It was a deep dish.

And pretty soon The little boy learned to wait, And to watch And to make things just like the teacher. And pretty soon He didn’t make things of his own anymore.

Then it happened That the little boy and his family Moved to another house, In another city, And the little boy Had to go to another school.

The teacher said: “Today we are going to make a picture.” “Good!” thought the little boy. And he waited for the teacher To tell what to do. But the teacher didn’t say anything. She just walked around the room.

When she came to the little boy She asked, “Don’t you want to make a picture?” “Yes,” said the little boy. “What are we going to make?” “I don’t know until you make it,” said the teacher. “How shall I make it?” asked the little boy. “Why, anyway you like,” said the teacher. “And any color?” asked the little boy. “Any color,” said the teacher. And he began to make a red flower with a green stem.

~Helen Buckley, The Little Boy

[lynati]

…

[bogleech]

I hate that I hesitated to reblog this just because I expect people to think it’s pretentious or melodramatic when it’s seriously real as fuck and I’ve witnessed it

[stellabat]

Fuck man

[drogonea]

My mom likes to refrence a story she read

About a guy who escaped North Korea

He said living there was like living in a pot

And he grew up there, so he grew into the shape of the pot

But once he was out

And the pot was gone

He was still in the shape of the pot

And he had to work really hard to grow outside that shape

I think its the same with alot of things

Art, gender presentation, decoration prefrences, food, hobbies

You forget what made you happy in favor of what kept you alive.

[benepla-deactivated20200506]

[highvelocitywatermelons]

I scrolled down hoping for an explanation and found only more questions

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Is this about that dream someone had where everyone suddenly remembered their past lives and the kin drama got turned up to 11 and you had to publicly declare your past lives and ariana grande was a founding father?

[mint-corset]

What the fuck I love this website now

[supreme-leader-stoat]

For those missing the context.

[jtightpants]

[ralfmaximus]

Reblog to come play this stupid homemade board game we're all making.

[happybunnykat]

"He would not fucking say that" but it's "He would not handle someone having a breakdown in front of him like that."

[happybunnykat]

He would not set boundaries like that.

[happybunnykat]

He would not know those therapy techniques

[happybunnykat]

He would not have that good an understanding of his own sexuality.

[happybunnykat]

He would not appreciate poetry like that.

[tiktoks-we-like]

[tired-gay-bean]

Comedy fucking gold I’m sorry

[sandersstudies]

Somebody tell Hollywood I've found proof that a plot twist can be predictable and yet still amazing.

[mamoru]

yeah maybe just avoid all food with chicken in it in the united states for a bit...just until they figure out all of who is in possession of the listeria chicken (also includes a lesser amount of beef and maybe other meat)

[mamoru]

if you saw the chicken get slaughtered yourself, or you know for a fact that the food you are eating contains no ingredients from brucepac, then you should be safe from the brucepac recall. but this recall is millions of pounds larger than the boar's head recall that shut down delis across the country.

the origin of the ingredients in food are not listed on the package or on the websites of most institutions in the case of restaurants and industrial food type places. the united states government does not even have a complete list yet, apparently. whether or not food contains ingredients from brucepac is almost impossible for a consumer to know.

if you do call or email to ask, you want to ask, "where do you source your chicken/meat/etc?" or "do you source any meat or poultry ingredients from brucepac?" and go from there.

[mamoru]

consumer brands that have at least one item involved in the recall (so far, the recall list is updating daily, consider this list incomplete):

trader joe's, good and gather, boston market, atkins, dole, marketside, red's, little salad bar, fresh express, HEB, whitsons culinary group, rao's, michael angelo's, el monterey, fusia, trader ming's, amazon fresh, meijer, giant eagle, kroger, signature select, taylor farms, raley's, michelina's, eat!, garden choice, jenny craig, great value, udi's, wegmans, 7-eleven, freshly made, a bunch of generic brands, ready meals, amazon kitchen, home chef, racetrack, save mart, bistro 28, and don pancho.

most of the recalled items are ready made foods like salads, chicken tikka masala, chicken and rice, chicken fajita, chicken piccata, chicken fried rice, pasta, pasta salads, chicken lo mein, chicken alfredo, meal kits, pasta bowls, quesadillas, burrito bowls, burritos, tacos, enchiladas, taquitos, wraps, and frozen dinners that you just heat up. refrigerated and frozen foods.

and this is in addition to a TON of bulk food that is in the freezers of restaurants and food industry type places, and ingredients that are used in generic ready made foods across the country.

the recall list is incomplete. all of the listeria meat has not been located, identified, or removed from circulation yet. although a hefty chunk of the recall involves salads that have gone bad by now, many of the recalled items have best by dates into 2025 and 2026.

USDA/FSIS recall link (most recalled food listed here)

FDA recall link (just a few of them are listed here)

[mamoru]

october 15-17, 2024: the recall has expanded by a few million more pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat, and most notably now contains more beef. this recall now involves nearly twelve million pounds of chicken AND beef.

FSIS announced that contaminated beef and chicken was also sent to schools, and there is not currently a full list of which schools received the listeria meat. a "preliminary" list of schools has been released here.

states on the preliminary list with at least one school that received listeria-contaminated meat: PA, OH, FL, MI, NY, DC, TN, IA, MO, WV, NJ, GA, IL, KY, WI.

new brands with at least one recalled item: nutrisystem, thrive life, kitchenmate, valley food storage, evol, premier. several brands that have previously recalled items now have new items involved in the recall.

new type of recalled food worth noting: freeze dried chicken is now involved in the recall.

according to the FSIS, the list of schools and list of recalled items are still incomplete. there are still more contaminated foods that have not been named or removed from shelves, and these lists are being updated as more are discovered.

if you buy your meat raw and cook it yourself, you are not affected by this recall. this recall involves chicken and beef that is purchased already cooked.

this recall will continue to expand. the official recall list now includes the date last updated. thank you to whichever FSIS employee started adding the date and time!

[petermorwood]

That's ... unsettling.

[serial-unaliver-deactivated2024]

[ayeforscotland]

I mean this should be a serious scandal with serious ramifications in the months ahead. Not sure that’ll be the case.

Source.

[thewitchqifrey]

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES 2023, dir. Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Dale

[small-witch-big-hat]

LIVE ACTION PRACTICAL EFFECTS TABAXI

[captainlordauditor]

I recently watched this and was blown away by this entire scene. This was a one off pair of characters with no names and no lines. They exist entirely to demonstrate the paladin being a Good Person by saving a baby. After he does this, he goes and gives money to a beggar - who is a dragonborn. He is one of two dragonborn in the film, and neither one needs to be a dragonborn. It would have been so easy to make the tabaxi and dragonborn characters humans, or slap some ears on them to make them elves, and they didn’t. They really went out of their way, building practical effects for the tabaxi and dragonborn when they didn’t need to… this is a movie that loves its source material and it also loves being a movie. People working on this movie cared.

I really missed that.

[captainlordauditor]

#and the birdman#don’t forget the birdman YES! AND the birdman! Now the birdman couldn’t be human because Plot Reasons demanded he have wings, but he was also almost entirely practical effects!

[monarobot]

This movie was so much fun, loved how lovingly made all of the creatures and effects were

[a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark]

I love Jarnathan

[rogue-of-broken-time]

Oh! Oh, I have the artbook for this movie!!

Can confirm, Jarnathan (the aarakocra, or “birdman” as some people here call him) was all practical effects! His face was an animatronic mask, his feet were articulated high-heel shoes, and he had three fully-functional talon-like fingers on each hand too!

The directors Daley and Goldstein could have made him entirely CG, but they instead went to Legacy Effects, who specialize in prosthetics and animatronics and puppeteering, because they REALLY wanted Jarnathan to look and feel authentic.

According to the artbook, the wings on him were a backpack, a self-contained mechanism that weighed around 60 pounds. The wings extended open to about ten or eleven feet!

I love this movie! :D

[tinfoil-catholic]

@dangerously-human

[reachperfection]

[estrogenesis-evangelion]

if you've never been clinically depressed, this is the short version

[seven-oh-four]

honestly this screenshot just says everything

[help-help-i-need-an-adult]

How do we bully them into making it their current motto?

[saints-row-2]

im only saying this once

the only acceptable jobs for spider-man

broke high schooler

broke college student

freelance photographer

high school teacher

unpaid intern

pizza delivery guy

research assistant for doomed scientific project

guy who stands on street and spins sign for quiznos

being spider-man

and thats IT i dont want any of this “hes a genius tech ceo making millions” SHIT. Spider-man is BROKE and he missed rent this month and he has a tiny apartment and thats how its MEANT TO BE. he doesnt make money because he is our Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-man and not fucking Tony Stark.

[poiplefunguy]

how about dog walker while in spiderman costume

[crutchie-morris]

you. you get it

[thequantumqueer]

im imagining “being spider-man” as his full-time gig and i just

he has a patreon. the description is just the words “I’m Spider-Man” and all he ever posts is specifically-requested selfies from people who want to be sure its really him. pinned to the top of the page is a picture from the top of the empire state building (not the observation deck, the real top) of his spider-gloved hand holding a bagel that is on fire, with 34th street in the background