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What are you reading rn, why are you reading it, and what format are you reading it in (physical book, ereader, on your phone etc)

infectedarea

Michael Connelly - Resurrection Walk (ebook)

N.R. Walker - Galaxies and Oceans (audiobook)

hustlenest

can we talk about how murderbot’s entire survival strategy is just "if i ignore the emotions hard enough, maybe they’ll disappear"?

like, this terrifying, heavily-armed security cyborg will literally hack an entire planet's defense grid without breaking a sweat, but the second a human says "hey, you did a good job and we actually value your existence," its brain completely short-circuits.

murderbot facing an army of rogue combat bots: [calmly planning a tactical counter-strike while streaming season 42 of its favorite soap opera]

murderbot facing a genuine, heartfelt thank-you: 系统错误 (SYSTEM ERROR). ABORT MISSION. DO NOT LOOK THEM IN THE EYE. WHY IS THE HUMAN CRYING. PLEASE GOD LET ME GO BACK TO MY CUBICLE.

it’s the peak "i have the power of god and anime on my side but zero interpersonal skills" energy. martha wells really looked at the most lethal sci-fi trope and said "what if he was just a deeply anxious introvert who just wants to watch tv in peace" and honestly? mood.

lokihiddleston

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (1999)

kropotkindersurprise

February 5, 2026 - Around a thousand people demonstrated in central Athens, after a Greek Coast Guard ship rammed a refugee boat in the Aegean Sea, killing 15 people.

Antifascists took to the streets chanting slogans such as “Athens – Minnesota we fight together, against the system that murders us,” “open borders for refugees,” and “we live together, we work together with the migrants, fight the nazis.” The Greek Coast Guard has been caught attacking migrant boats before, purposely puncturing boats, ramming them, and even shooting at them. [video]

victoria-pedretti

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU 1999 — dir. Gil Junger

memewhore

facts-i-just-made-up

what are fish

Fish are a prank by Ichthyoscratchi, the god of convergent evolution. There's not really such a thing as "fish," but rather a ton of various utterly unrelated creatures that all evolved into roughly the same thing. Just look at this:

That's a South Fudlian Skunkfish. Then look at this one:

That's NOT a North Fudlian Skunkfish! That's a Non-Reticulated Norwegian Loogiedrip. Not only are they not closely related, they are as genetically different from each other as humans are from bananas. And not even those humanoid fleshy bananas they have at Whole Foods. The old bananas like you see in Donkey Kong Country games.

How about these two here:

Think they're the same species? Nope. Not even the same genus, family, order, class, or even phylum. On the left is a Phlebotomous Zebraflanked Wooting Cludslurper, on the right is a Spood. One is edible. Other kills you if you smell it across a high school gym.

"Fish," what a scam.

theeclectickoalastudent

You are wise in the ways of Science. How have you learned so much?

facts-i-just-made-up

Where anyone studies fish- A school.

daily-deliciousness

Best carne asada fries ever

fuckyeahanarchistposters

"No War but the Class War / Eat the Rich"

Graphic by Jesse Lee Art

ladydorian

"Why are you so focused on NSFW bans/puritan censorship/policing of adult and queer content while there's war & genocide happening?!" Oh sorry I didn't know I was only allowed to focus on one human rights violation at a time.