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Reblogging blog for amusing piffles found on the internet

[ilkkavilli-deactivated20190331]

So back in 2016 there was this adaptation of the “ABC Murders” and I don’t know about you but I love these designs. 

[zyzscribbles]

Important question

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

Okay but I think these two are onto something

[verbrannt74]

Test subject

(no bird was harmed)

[perioddramasource]

David Suchet as Hercule Poirot & Zoë Wanamaker as Ariadne Oliver AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT (1989 - 2013) 13x01: Elephants Can Remember

[rookheeya]

David Suchet and his favorite Poirot line

[spankerella]

@ perfectunion

[wizardarchetypes]

Massachusetts Uber, Lyft drivers certify first statewide ride-hailing union amid automation fears

Drivers in Massachusetts for ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft have become the first in the nation to certify a union.

[theartofbeingblack]

Marjane Satrapi, cartoonist and film director, best known for Persepolis

22 November 1969 - 4 June 2026

[asteroidtroglodyte]

TIL the reason you don’t find much Lyme’s Disease in California is not because we don’t have Ticks, or Lyme Disease Vectors; but rather: because the Western Fence Lizard (if you live anywhere in California this is your regular Garden Variety Lizard) has adapted a passive immune response that makes their blood lethal to Lyme Disease Bacteria. Any Tick that feeds on one gets its gut cleansed of Lyme Disease as a side effect.

Fucking neat.

[iheartvelma]

There is a new vaccine going into Phase 3 trials from Valneva and Pfizer as well as a monoclonal antibody-based prophylactic treatment being researched at UMass!

[dragon-in-a-fez]

"the only cure for this weird disease is the special lizard blood" is a Star Trek TOS plot that escaped into the real world

[eliotheman]

”This portrayal of a marginalized group was wrong then and is wrong now” and “This portrayal of a marginalized group was very progressive for the time period and paved the way for more representation while likely limited by factors outside of the creator’s control” are two statements that can and should ABSOLUTELY coexist and be kept in mind when interacting with older media

[lemonylemus]

Great example

[soaptaculart]

HERE IT IS. MY AA7 SALES PITCH. WHO’S READY. (Spoilers for AA6 ‼️)

In which Athena takes centre stage, dealing with self doubt over her ability to stand on her own as a lawyer and fill Apollo’s shoes in his absence. But her life is about to be shaken up majorly by the return of Franziska von Karma - along with her niece and nephew, who will each play a big role in Athena’s journey, as her rival prosecutor and assistant respectively

More comics and doodles under the cut, for the sake of saving your poor dashboards  ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓

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[soaptaculart]

Sebastian has to age out of his school uniform at some point right

[soaptaculart]

My very specific headcanon that these five characters have a group chat called The Girls and Klavier has always wanted to be in it so badly but they won’t let him be one of the girls

[d-does-art]

I googled if deer shed their antlers after making this… They do. Let's just say this happens because of the season, lol.

This was supposed to be a funny/dumb idea.

I just like Luffy putting his hat on sad family members.

[dizylizy]

[depsidase]

[astriiformes]

The polar opposite of corporate accounts trying to come across as hip and super friendly are the ones for libraries, aquariums, parks systems and the like, that are basically just trying to get people excited about learning and the wonder of history/science by posting things like this:

[mangopatch]

[demonladytakkuri]

You know how much I would lose my mind if I was at an aquarium and turned a corner to see a wild ass heron staring at a fish tank

[soberscientistlife]

Make that make sense. People have to quit blaming the poor for being poor.

[to-dance-beneath-the-diamond-sky]

it’s literally sooo much more expensive to incarcerate people than it is to house and feed them. In my state it costs $90,000 to incarcerate a single person for one year. $90,000. Other states are even more expensive. for comparison, my rent is $1,050 a month. The annual cost of my housing is $12,600.

A word of advice for people advocating for criminal Justice reform to republicans and people who literally do not care about human rights: use these numbers. Republicans and conservatives and even moderate Dems don’t actually care about moral appeals of why it’s wrong to criminalize homelessness. They do however care about how much tax money this would cost to enforce. It makes financial sense to NOT incarcerate people. (Obviously it makes moral sense too, but most people don’t actually care about that)

[shofarsogood]

It's so much more expensive to put people in jail. If they are in the custody of the state (jail or prison), they have to be given food, clothes, heating, and healthcare. Most of the people who are homeless have health problems--either problems that caused them to lose their homes, trauma from being on the street, substance abuse disorder, anything. The average person experiencing homelessness is much sicker than the average American.

At this point, the largest healthcare provider in the U.S. is the Department of Justice. And legally speaking, they have to provide care. (Granted, a lot of places will avoid that as much as possible, but ideally, they get what treatment they need.) There is a giant prison in Rochester, MN, because it's next to the Mayo Clinic. It's where people with rare and serious illnesses go. My old psych prof worked there part time, providing counseling. He saw people who committed horrendous crimes getting surgeries and chemo. To be clear, prisoners should be getting surgeries and chemo. They deserve healthcare. But it's jarring to hear that a murderer got a tumor taken off his lung while his victims' families have to pay out of pocket for therapy.

I also need to point out that if you're giving people housing, you're just giving them housing. Maybe you include heating, water, and electricity. You aren't giving them clothes (uniforms). You aren't paying guards. You aren't installing metal detectors and cameras. You are just giving them a place to live. That's obviously much, much cheaper than prison.

I am horrified that I have to resort to spelling this out, but yes, this is the only argument Republicans will listen to. Give them the cost-benefit analysis

[my-dailydreams]