let your life sing

queer anarchist geeky library assistant

[sosuperawesome]

Embroidery Kits

Kiriki Press on Etsy

[dct239394cvvd098dffgggp]

2012 avengers fandom was just a lot of people trying their hardest to care abt hawkeye but still shoving him in vents in every fanfic like some fucking rat

you know what. fair play

[westiec]

tags by @theleakypen :

Nice glutes, Parker thinks as she hoists herself up through the plenum and shimmies towards what she was planning to use as her stakeout spot. There’s a butt in her vent.

Well.

There’s a whole person in the vent, which is of course only hers in the sense that she was planning to use it, but it’s the butt she can see, given the position the interloper is resting in.

“Who are you, and why are you doing child’s pose in my vent?” she demands. In her ear, she hears her boys responding to the monkey wrench in their plans Parker’s just stumbled upon, Eliot demanding to know how the hell someone could’ve snuck into their damn con without Hardison’s monitoring picking up on them, Hardison responding that there’s only one team on the planet who could possibly mask themselves from his surveillance, and if it’s them, then—

“Aww, Leverage, no,” replies the person attached to the butt. “Did you guys get hired to take down one of ours again?”

“Alec, babe,” Parker says into the comms, “did you neglect to mention that this particular super bad guy was actually a super bad guy?” She hears Eliot’s dammit, Hardison, we talked about this as she gives a friendly little poke to the left abductors of the Avenger’s sniper who sniped her perch. “Hi Hawkeye, fancy meeting you here!”

“Hey Parker,” Clint Barton aka Hawkeye aka the other member of her Ventilation Amigos Club says, “let me just— Tony, can we patch in the Leverage crew to our comm band? They’re here too. Yeah, we bumped into each other.”

“Oh, Legolas, my fine-feathered friend, you know I always love hooking up with Hardison’s tech,” she hears, Tony Stark’s voice suddenly coming through her earpiece loud and clear. “One of the few systems out there that can almost give JARVIS a real workout. Hello, Robin Hood Incorporated, welcome to the party!”

“Oh, I’m sorry I’m only almost fast enough for the slickest distributed network AI in the world; I’ll work on that for next time y'all crash one of our parties,” Hardison snipes back. Parker can picture the eyeroll.

“Perhaps a shared Google calendar,” JARVIS’s voice cuts in. The smooth, dry tones of the Avengers’ hacker somehow make “Google” sound like a dirty word, and she and Barton snort in unison. He stretches out from his folded pose and wriggles to one side of the vent, leaving her just enough room to squeeze in beside him and get some fresh air on her face through the return grate. She grins at him in thanks.

“So,” she says to their newly assembled supercrew, “I guess we’re going to Plan S?” Eliot groans and Hardison mutters curses in time with the furious tapping of his fingers against the keyboard.

“What’s Plan S?” Barton asks.

“Stands for Supers,” Parker replies, before Hardison jumps in with, “Or SHIELD,” and Eliot adds a sarcastic, “or Shitshow, which is what these jobs always seem to turn into.”

“It’s a versatile letter,” Parker agrees, ignoring Stark’s oooh, Cap, he said a naughty word over the comms.

“Official Avengers policy is that Leverage doesn’t exist,” Captain Steve America Rogers chimes in, cutting across the chatter. “So you certainly couldn’t be held responsible for anything that goes missing in the course of any shitshows that may or may not happen to occur today.” Parker grins. Learning that Captain America, of all people, could be such a sneak had been one of the best days of her life. “We’re all in position, and Nat’s signaling me that our target’s on his way. Parker, do you wanna call it?”

She runs through their plan again, this time accounting for all the additional manpower she suddenly has at her disposal, and winks at Barton as she finishes up. “All right people, let’s go steal a supervillain!”

[aniseandspearmint]

*glee* Oh COOL

[faint-glimmers-of-hope]

I think Donna Noble has a very long list of iconic lines but one that often goes massively overlooked is

and personally I think it's a crime

[aplpaca]

That rabbit/hare post is messing me up. I’d thought they were synonyms. Their development and social behavior are all different. They can’t even interbreed. They don’t have the same number of chromosomes. Dogs, wolves, jackals, and coyotes can mate with each other and have fertile offspring but rabbits and hares cant even make infertile ones bc they just die in the womb. Wack.

[aplpaca]

These

are more genetically compatible than These

and that’s why morphology-based phylogeny has Issues

[thellamamongler]

@aviculor

[aviculor]

The problem is perspective. People always think dogs are the ‘standard’ animal, the metric to use for whether or not two organisms “look like” they’re related. When in fact they’re a massive outlier due to the fact that we fucked up this lineage of wolf beyond recognition with selective breeding. It’s why people always say “breed” when they mean “species”, especially when talking about groups like lizards which can’t even be defined cladistically since some of them are closer to snakes than each other. To say nothing of fish.

[thetinybutimportantthings]

I once read an article that emphasized there is no such thing as a fish. Sharks and rays, lamprey, lobe-finned fish like lungfish and coelacanth, bichir and sturgeon, and of course the multiple infraclasses of more “modern” fish groups are all only very distantly related to one another. They’ve maintained semi-similar body structures only because there are limited ways to efficiently move through water as a vertebrate. 

This

And this

Are more distantly related from one another than you and I are from a lungfish

Which is absolutely fuckin wild.

[bogleech]

Not only that, but all of us air-breathing land vertebrates, all the lizards and chickens and people and frogs, are closer to one another than those three “fish” are to one another as well.

[i-have-approximately-4-bones]

these

are genetically closer than these

[i-have-approximately-4-bones]

and…

these

are genetically closer than these

[i-have-approximately-4-bones]

and my personal favorite, it really fucks with people…

these

are more genetically similar than these

[augustdementhe]

COOL. 

[varkarrus-deactivated20200511]

just the other day, one of my friends mentioned this book, “Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History,” which apparently has a (tongue in cheek) chapter that argues that Cows are actually Fish.

[spaghettioverdose-deactivated20]

https://twitter.com/jijijibli/status/1391829463630024704?s=19

[cargopantsman]

*whistles nonchalantly *

[panspanther]

Palestinian throws a rock. Media : “terrorism”

Israel bombs people in their homes. Media : “self defense”.

[hookandtumble]

The journalist who recorded the video is Hind Hassan for Vice News. She has requested that the source is given when her footage is proliferated online. She is still on site covering the conflict and you can follow her for more information.

[m-interior-m]

Source

[august-persona]

Should I:

A) finish reading Dogsbody.

B) work on that sort of well worded rant on why Witch Week is a lgbtq+ story.

C) buy The Dark Lord of Derkholm, Deep Secret, or Cart and Cwidder (I genuinely can't decide which to read next someone help me).

Or

D) do my goddamn homework.

If you answered D, you're right, but also shut up.

[letyourlifesing]

E) All of the above?

I'd read Cart and Cwidder first of those three. The other two are aimed at older and different (still brilliant) to her other books.

[chechula]

ok, so this year I made a submission for Folio Society illustrations contest..since the theme was Howl’s moving castle, it was a real challenge to draw illustrations somehow different from the movie! If you want you can vote for me here (but there are so many better artworks…decide for yourself :D )

[mirkwoodest]

Obsessed with the fact that this really happened😳

[pyloncats]

a short comic for trans day of visibility about being isolated during the quarantine months

[missmentelle]

Is it possible to “beat” mental illness? Or does it depend on type/circumstance?

“Beating” mental illness is actually the norm, not the exception. Most people who have a major depressive episode never have another one. 80% of people who survive their first suicide attempt never make a second attempt. 93% of Borderline Personality Disorder patients achieve remission. Up to 74% of people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder achieve significant clinical improvement in their symptoms, and 20% achieve full remission. Half of Generalized Anxiety Disorder patients achieve remission after the acute phase of treatment. Even disorders with relatively low rates of remission - bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, schizoid personality disorder - generally become milder and easier to manage as you age. Psychiatric symptoms tend to peak in your 20s and generally drop off as you get older, especially if you seek treatment. 

This is why the narratives we use to talk about mental illness matter so much. Right now, the dominant narrative is that mental illness is “an imbalance in the brain” and that it’s largely something that people are born with. There are upsides and downsides to this. The upside is that it promotes the idea that mental illness is not the ill person’s fault, and it helps us understand that mental illness can impact anyone, regardless of their life circumstances. The downside, however, is that it’s sort of given us this idea that mental illness is inborn and unchangeable. People have taken on the idea that “that’s just how my brain is”, when the reality is that, for most people, mental illness is less of a stable trait for them, and more of just a shitty thing that they are going through for a little while. The idea that mental illness is just “in your brain” also erases the very real connection between your life circumstances and your mental health - while it’s very true that a wealthy person in a happy marriage can become depressed, it’s also very true that living in poor conditions and being in an abusive marriage can be the cause of depression, and that improving your life circumstances can lessen or eliminate mental health conditions. 

If you have a mental health condition, it’s very important that you not resign yourself to the idea that you’re going to be like this forever. Chances are, you won’t. Even if you have a mental health condition that is associated with low rates of remission, it is possible to make leaps and bounds in your functioning, and to get to a point where managing your condition becomes second nature to you. Our understanding of mental illness is improving every year, and new therapies and treatments are becoming available all the time. If you seek treatment and do your best to manage your condition, you have every reason to believe that you will make huge improvements. 

Hope this answers your question!

[c-ptsdrecovery]

(Adding that all the books I’ve read, and my therapist, agree that PTSD/c-PTSD, with treatment by actual trained trauma therapists, is generally recovered from in approximately 2 years, give or take! Recovery isn’t just possible, it’s the NORM)

[c-ptsdrecovery]

Having checked the notes, it looks like the orig post needs some clarifications

If you have a mental illness, it may be that you will struggle some with it for the rest of your life. Many mental illnesses are not “cured”, they are “healed”. Imagine somebody who has broken their leg very badly. The break heals, but for the rest of their lives, they have to be careful with that leg. They have to know their limitations in physical exercise. They have to listen to their body, and when their leg aches, they have to take a break. They may have to do physical therapy exercises a few times a week to prevent further problems, and their leg sometimes still aches when it rains.

But they are, for the most part, healed. They are up on their feet, they are functioning well, they are having a contented and fulfilling life. They are still dealing with their disability, but they are recovered from it.

That’s what recovery is like for a lot of people with mental illness. You may struggle with episodes of emotional pain for the rest of your life. You will probably have to be mindful of how you live your life, and keep an eye on your mood and your thinking so you can intervene when necessary. You may need to start healthy practices that will help you to maintain mental health. You will sometimes cycle back into issues you dealt with years ago.

But you can have a contented and fulfilling life, despite your struggles. You can learn to live and deal with your disability, and it will not longer define you. You can reach your goals and live a good life.

A note: if you have been struggling for many years with mental illness and it doesn’t seem to be getting better, there are a few possibilities:

–You may have been misdiagnosed. I struggled for years with “depression and anxiety”, and I couldn’t seem to kick it. Then I did a lot more research and realized what I actually had was Complex PTSD.

–You may be living in a traumatizing situation (and you might not even know it). My symptoms got considerably worse when I finished grad school and moved back in with my parents. It took me a few years to realize that my parents were actually emotionally abusive. My mental health was getting worse because I was being traumatized by toxic people, and I had never learned to identify their behavior as abusive, so I didn’t even know they were traumatizing me. It is possible to recover from mental illness while still in a traumatic situation, but it’s harder and it takes longer–and you have to KNOW it’s traumatic so your treatment can compensate for the current trauma.

–You may be getting ineffectual therapy. There’s kind of a general idea, both among the public and among many therapists, that talk therapy (or in some cases, CBT) are a cure-all for mental illness. This is not true. You may need a therapist who has specialized training/experience in your particular diagnosis. For instance, there are only three forms of therapy that have been proven to really work for ©PTSD: PE, CPT (not cbt!) and EMDR. The therapist has to be genuinely trained in one of these forms of therapy (not just noodle around with having you hold buzzers while you talk or something). If you have DID or a similar diagnosis, you will probably need a therapist who has been specially trained in working with multiples/systems. I had EIGHT THERAPISTS over the course of my “depression” treatment before I got an EMDR therapist: and I only got her because I specifically sought out an EMDR-trained therapist!

I didn’t make any progress in recovery for many years because I was misdiagnosed, I was unknowingly still dealing with ongoing trauma, and I was getting ineffectual therapy. Now that all three of those issues have been dealt with, I am seeing real progress in my recovery. I’m not there yet, but I’m headed in the right direction. It is definitely going to take me more than 2 years because I had to deal with ongoing trauma while I was in therapy, but I can see progress occurring.

The idea that recovery from mental illness is possible is meant to be a light at the end of the tunnel for you, not a stick to beat yourself with. Be kind to yourself, and don’t despair. Things still can get better, even if it doesn’t look like it right now.

[angels-are-watching]

Can we please talk about how our history teacher sent a barbie to the smithsonian as proof of the presence of man two million years ago

[bonequeer]

pleas,e for the love of God read the whole letter, there are tears streamign down my face rn

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Can we please talk about how your history teacher has done this sort of thing enough times that he has his own specimen shelf in the Smithsonian

[physticuffs]

“yours in science” tho

[sinesalvatorem]

“B. Clams don’t have teeth” is the part where I lost it.

[flyingpurplepizzaeater]

@zozi-writes

[coffiend-jackalope]

The letter says:

“Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, labeled “211-D, layer seven, next to the clothesline post. Hominid skull.” We have gien this specimen a careful and detailed examination and regret to inform you that we disagree with you theory that it represents ‘conclusive proof of the presence of Early Man in Charleston County two million years ago.’ Rather, it appears that what you have found is the head of a Barbie doll, of the variety one of our staff, who has small children, believes to be the ‘Malibu Barbie’. It is evident that you have given a great deal of thought to the analysis of this specimen, and you may be quite certain that those of us who are familiar with your prior work in the field were loathe to come to contradiction with your findings. However, we do feel that there are a number of physical attributes of the specimen which might have tipped you off to it’s modern origin:

The material is molded plastic. Ancient hominid remains are typically fossilized bone.

The cranial capacity of the specimen is approximately 9 cubic centimeters, well below the threshold of even the earliest identified proto-hominids.

The dentition patters evident on the ‘skull’ is more consistent with the common domesticated dog than it is with the ‘ravenous man-eating Pliocene clams’ you speculate roamed the wetlands during that time.This latter finding is certainly one of the most intriguing hypotheses you have submitted in your history with this institution, but the evidence seems to weigh rather heavily against it. Without going into too much detail, let us say that:

A) The specimen looks like the head of a Barbie doll that a dog has chewed on.

Clams don’t have teeth.

It is with feelings tinged with melancholy that we must deny your request to have the specimen carbon dated. This is partially due to the heavy load our lab must bear in it’s normal operation, and partly due to carbon dating’s notorious inaccuracy in fossils of recent geologic record. To the best of our knowledge, no Barbie dolls were produced prior to 1956 AD, and carbon dating is likely to produce wildly inaccurate results. Sadly , we must also deny your request that we approach the National Science Foundation’s Phylogeny Department with the concept of assigning your specimen the scientific name ‘Australopithecus spiff-arino.’ Speaking personally, I for one, fought tenaciously for the acceptance of your proposed taxonomy, but was ultimately voted down because the species name you selected was hyphenated, and didn’t really sound like it might be Latin.

However, we gladly accept your generous donation of this fascinating specimen to the museum. While it is undoubtedly not a hominid fossil, it is, nonetheless, yet another riveting example of the great body of work you seem to accumulate here so effortlessly. You should know that our Director has reserved a special shelf in his own office for the display of the specimens you have previously submitted to the Institution, and the entire staff speculates daily on what you will happen upon next in your digs at the site you have discovered in your back yard. We eagerly anticipate your trip to or nation’s capital that you proposed in you last letter, and several of us are pressing the Director to pay for it. We are particularly interested in hearing you expand on your theories surrounding the ‘trans-positating fillifitation of ferrous ions in a structural matrix’ that makes the excellent juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex femur you recently discovered take on the deceptive appearance of a rusty 9-mm Sears Craftsman automotive crescent wrench.

Yours in Science,

Harvey Rowe

Curator, Antiquities”

—————————————————————————————————-

(sorry if there are misspellings or wrong wordings. this was long and i was reading it off my phone)

[dendrytes-deactivated20211218]

“I for one, fought tenaciously for the acceptance of your proposed taxonomy, but was ultimately voted down because the species name you selected was hyphenated, and didn’t really sound like it might be Latin.“

[professorsparklepants]

I love that that entire last paragraph can be boiled down to “keep it up, you mad bastard.”

[bae-in-maine]

That was a fucking trip.

[gottasketchfast]

Polly from Fire and Hemlock! Done with oil pastels:

I thought that part where Polly still has her stage makeup on while her hair was down sounded so visually intriguing... and when I came across my oil pastels I just knew I had to draw her!

[miscreantbread]

the real reason howl kept his castle moving was tax evasion

[never-forget-viva-la-pluto]

This sounds like a joke but I read the book this is the literal reason

[guerrillatech]

[pisshandkerchief-deactivated202]

Holy shit that's so cool

[misevolimo]

A close up of the second pic:

[a-method-in-it]

The piece is by Alex Hyner and its name is "Twenty Skies." You can buy a print of it (along with some other really cool-looking art of his) for $25 here: https://www.alexhynerart.com/art/alexhynerart

[classicslesbianopinions]

you may not like it but every greek tragedy is a musical

[classicslesbianopinions]

directors 2000 years from now, holding a translated script of wicked: okay so we know they put these parts to music but we have no way of knowing what the tunes were. it was based on an ancient myth called “the wizard of oz” but we have no way of knowing how close it was to the original because we only have fragments. we’ll have to speak the choruses

[hoziergf-deactivated20181219]

I always get so fucking mad when I remember that it’s actually a 16-year-old Algerian girl who influenced BOTH Picasso and Matisse. and. No one gives a rat’s ass about her work which was very focused on women and nature. History -or people dare I say- didn’t bother to remember her name because she was a young Algerian woman and no one cares about Maghrebi/Arab women. unlike P*casso & M*tisse who both became legends, almost gods both during their lives and after their deaths, no one knows her.

Her name was Baya Mahieddine.

[dirtinmypocket-deactivated20210]

[sliceofpearpie]

i hope that more people know about her now, especially seeing as OP literally linked to an article about a Baya Mahieddine exhibition in 2018.

It is remarkable that she had such a strong practise and had great influence at 16. Despite various disruptions that caused her to stop painting, she returned to her practise from the 60s until the end of her life.

It was within her work that Baya found freedom. The world she painted, after all, is one where women assert their individuality and are free from the men who attempt to brand them with labels, keep them inside the home, or hold them back in any way. “If I change my paintings, I will no longer be Baya,” the artist said in 1991, after her husband died and she’d returned to painting. “When I paint, I am happy and I am in another world.”

More on Mahieddine’s work here.