MandaPanda

I don't dance.

[akboro]

[dduane]

Terry knew.

[petermorwood]

"...the kind who brushed the dog and told their children bedtime stories..."

That passage leads into this one:

Yup.

Terry knew.

[neroushalvaus]

Trevor Noah interviewing Judith “Badass” Heumann

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[neroushalvaus]

I’m glad so many people have discovered Judith “Judy” Heumann through this silly little gif set. I am sorry to say she has died at the age of 75. She was known as the mother of disability rights. In 1970 she sued the Board of Education to become a licensed teacher and she won. In 1977 she was one of the organizers of the 504 Sit-in, a 24 day protest for disability rights. You can learn more about her story from her book Being Heumann, the picture book Fighting for YES! or the documentary Crip Camp.

Judy Heumann believed in the inherent value of each disabled individual and would never back down on what she thought was right. Her friends and fellow activists remember her as a strong leader.

Judy Heumann

December 18, 1947 - March 4, 2023

May her memory be for a blessing.

[huffylemon]

damn ok lake superior

[songsofwaterandnight]

Ok yeah that lake is superior

[the-year-before-time]

“Trollet som grunner på hvor gammelt det er“ by Theodor Kittelsen

“(Troll Wonders How Old He Is)”

[neil-gaiman]

My favourite Kittelsen story was his reaction when he heard another Norwegian artist had started drawing Trolls as well. “How can he draw Trolls?” he is said to have asked. “He’s never seen a troll.”

[manda-panda-dancing-bear]

[manda-panda-dancing-bear]

Just a casual game of Warcry

[manda-panda-dancing-bear]

Happy (Late) Halloween!

[pikestaff]

"Stop saying 15 year olds with weird interests are cringe, they're 15" this is true however you should also stop saying adults with weird interests are cringe because who gives a shit

[themythicalcodfish]

To wit:

[switchelsweets]

I want to share some wisdom from my high school art teacher.

In my AP Art class, there was a girl who was just starting to experiment with mixed media. At this point she was still playing around, trying to decide what direction she wanted to go with her portfolio. So one critique day, she brought in an abstract canvas with some rhinestone highlights and painted and real peacock feathers. She loved sparkles and peacock feathers so she thought she’d try introducing them a *little*. And after everyone had given some input, the teacher gave her his advice, VERY roughly paraphrased here:

“So here’s the thing… I do not like this style. These are just elements that do not speak to me personally, but I see that you like them, and you’re doing interesting things with them.

“My biggest critique is, I only merely *dislike* this piece. I want you to make me HATE it. Go crazy with the things that you like. Don’t hold back trying to make it palatable to people like me. Because I am NEVER going to like it. And if the audience does not like it, it should drive them crazy seeing how much YOU love it.”

Her portfolio was chock full of neon colors and glitter and rhinestones and splashes of peacock feathers and it was a delight. Our teacher despised every piece lol, but she got great marks and I think even won some awards. And more importantly, she was happy and proud of the results. Because she didn’t limit herself by trying to appeal to people who were never going to enjoy what she enjoyed.

Takeaway here: be as cringe as you want. Don’t limit yourself based on other ppl’s tastes. They’re not you, and you are incredible 💕

[manda-panda-dancing-bear]

Has any part of a story ever made you as hungry as this passage from LOTR made me? 🤔

[manda-panda-dancing-bear]

Just some casual at-home wargaming.

[manda-panda-dancing-bear]

The best birthday gift I've ever received 💖

[yazmmy]

As Told By Ginger S1E12 “Come Back Little Seal Girl”

[manda-panda-dancing-bear]

So proud of my new car finally rolling over to 666 miles. This brought me an inordinate amount of joy today.

[libraford]

"Youd be an excellent mo-"

"Absolutely not."

[headspace-hotel]

I've been reading facts on Wikipedia again, and i'm overcome with the need to terrify non-Americans with the most underrated Terrifying American Thing: TORNADOES

Due to a quirk of mountain and ocean placement, the east-central United States has a higher number of tornadoes (particularly exceptionally strong tornadoes) than any other place on Earth.

And they're so fucking scary oh my God

[headspace-hotel]

Reasons tornadoes are So Fucking Scary:

they can form really suddenly and move really fast, so you have like a few minutes of warning when one happens

their behavior is arbitrary and unpredictable. They can obliterate your house and leave your neighbor's house untouched

the most powerful tornadoes are so strong that it's nearly impossible to even measure them because measuring equipment is straight up obliterated in those conditions, but they've been known to exceed 480 km/h wind speeds.

please just read this wiki article it's the scariest fucking thing ever

like with F5 tornadoes you'll see a lot of stuff about trucks, SUVs, furniture, appliances from homes like refrigerators etc being "lost/missing" and you may think to yourself "how does something that large just get 'lost' surely there's a better description of what happened"

and well. the above article does provide the 'better' description. And it's "granulated."

As in, "debris from many of the obliterated homes was finely granulated."

[sevdrag]

welcome to ohio

[aerodaltonimperial]

Midwesterners just go stand outside and look for them when the sirens go off

[manda-panda-dancing-bear]

Apparently I'm unapproachable.

[manda-panda-dancing-bear]

Also I thought things were going okay, not great, but okay. But no, I'm just a bitch who doesn't want other people to succeed I guess.

[manda-panda-dancing-bear]

Apparently I'm unapproachable.