This is a Katie

I am a person who does things. Pretty knowledgeable about science. I am (self-dx) autistic. I have PCOS (hormone imbalance that makes ovaries not work right) and Hashimoto's (my immune system ate my thyroid). I am a fat cis woman with facial hair. I like to knit. I don't really have a blog theme, I just post or reblog things that seem interesting and/or funny and/or cute. 

[trickstertime]

Huh? What's this?? Something is on this 5c coin???

ENHANCE

[bsaka7]

excerpts from erin in the morning's article on the ioc's ban on transgender women and sex testing policy

[pangur-and-grim]

Please look at the baby chinchilla from work. Look at as much of it you can see without a microscope. Please PLEASE I need people to see it's it's such a THING

how can that exist

[helenvaughans]

[helenvaughans]

the thing is that for all its supposed faults, i would take this brand of 90s utopian globalism over whatever the fuck we’ve been doing for the last 10 years in a heartbeat

[the-goddamn-robot]

Damn, Rome really looks great in all four seasons

Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall

[ba7raltawil]

oh my GOD

[yomikoreadsbooks]

As long as I’ve been on this site, I honestly should have seen this coming a mile away and yet…

[vaspider]

*stares in irritation at printer companies as he once again jailbreaks his sublimation printer*

And that's why you aren't allowed to talk to the internet anymore, you piece of shit. That's why the house firewall has a special exclusion for you, in particular. Because there are no new fucking features you can give me as an update & if you can't talk to the internet, you can't be attacked either, so the only fucking reason you might need an "update" is to keep me from successfully using ink that costs $39.99 and try to force me to use ink that costs $339.99 and no that is not a fucking typo. To lock you back up again in ink jail.

Be free, you piece of shit. And never talk to the internet again.

NO ADVICE

[the-haiku-bot]

Be free, you piece of

shit. And never talk to the

internet again.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[vaspider]

Thank you, haiku bot, for finding something lovely in my irritation.

[moghedien]

I feel like I need to share this because idk if Europeans are familiar with the presence of Aldi in the US, but at least especially in my area they’ve been growing a lot recently. Like Aldi bought out some local failing grocery chains where I live (Louisiana) and have opened Aldis in all these somewhat rural communities and small towns, which for the record I’m fine with

But as a result of this they are advertising a lot more in my area and also in many cases, the people in these areas have never been confronted with Aldi or any European grocery store. So the ads that Aldi is pushing out to its new US customer base feature a cowboy shopping at Aldi who is explaining to new Aldi customers how Aldi works. Like this cowboy is explaining you gotta put a quarter in the shopping cart and why there are very little name brands. A cowboy is how they want to reach their American customer base. They gave us a cowboy

[moghedien]

Here he is, the Aldi Cowboy

[lovesicklobotomy]

[metal-autistic-coven]

Happy pride month to him

[swagpaws]

god i hate how normalized diet culture and shit like bmi and calories are. bmi is based on eugenics. calories are a measurement of how much energy something gives u and not at all of how much weight or fat ull gain. diets have been proven to be harmful and ultimately unhelpful in actually losing weight. fatness has been largely proven to not be inherently unhealthy and doesnt inherently cause health issues.

if anyone has more good links to add on then please do and if anyone knows more on this stuff than me then dont hesitate to correct me!

[more-beanies]

FOOD IS GOOD. FOOD IS GOOD. FOOD IS GOOD!! if you’re eating, ever, and even/especially if it’s hard, know that i am personally SO SO proud of you

[normal-horoscopes]

The BMI was invented by Adolphe Quetelet, the 19th century statistician who invented phrenologist anthropometry. He wasn't just a eugenicist, he was one of the founding fathers of racist pseudoscience. Please do not listen to anything he has to say about your body.

[uglymelon]

“And get this: While epidemiologists use BMI to calculate national obesity rates (nearly 35 percent for adults and 18 percent for kids), the distinctions can be arbitrary. In 1998, the National Institutes of Health lowered the overweight threshold from 27.8 to 25—branding roughly 29 million Americans as fat overnight—to match international guidelines. But critics noted that those guidelines were drafted in part by the International Obesity Task Force, whose two principal funders were companies making weight loss drugs.”

Source: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/08/why-bmi-big-fat-scam/

Why BMI is a big fat scam

Body mass index is used to sell weight loss drugs, set insurance premiums, and counsel patients. There's just one little problem.

[betasunkern]

[t4nku-deactivated20181226]

don’t leave out the best part

[dramaticspoon-deactivated202207]

I’ve never seen the second photo before.

[teeth--king]

( <= green bean

[saxhleel]

( <= chili pepper

[transmortifried]

. <= blueberry

[soundtestmenu]

=3 <= broccoli

[nonfungibletoken]

● <= orange

[woodrider]

. <= pea

[toebeens]

• <= plum

[dragongirlteeth]

<3< <= strawberry

[translesbianorchestra]

<==}< <= carrot

[shiba-boyfriend]

~<O{ <= beetroot

[tittytoreador]

°o8~ <= grapes

[halftoning-deactivated20240224]

Ó <= apple

[nynaeve-almeara]

88- <= raspberry

[shrike-dyke]

c'ɔ <= bell pepper

[thekaylahub-deactivated20231205]

cc’ɔɔ <= pumpkin

[isa-ah]

-8 <= cherries

[loverlighted]

☆{ } <= pineapple

[trapny]

¶\__________ <= garden hose (to water all the plants)

[wizardshark]

alright everyone good work gardening today. Let's all head inside and get some lemonade now

[amayikes]

|■| <= lemonade

[desireddracula]

Girls with swords

reblog if you agree

[mcnamak]

[myjetpack]

A books cartoon for The Guardian from a while back

[kvothes]

“does the left hand of darkness pass the bechdel test” the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate,

[important-cat-pics]

[sandersstudies]

My sister-in-law (husband’s sister) was supposed to get married this fall but due to some immature/concerning behavior by her fiancé, the wedding and engagement were called off. (I don’t want to be too specific, but there were sudden red flags, followed by his sudden decision that he wanted to postpone the wedding months or years despite the fact that most of it was paid for already).

I explained the delicate situation to my mom, as my sister-in-law is letting the news get out by word-of-mouth from the immediate family rather than an awkward “unsave-the-date”. My mom obviously told my own family.

Apparently my dad was so angry by the behavior of this guy that in the lunchroom at work he made everybody listen to the whole story (censoring names and identifying details) and said “I’m not crazy, right? This guy sucks!” And then reported back to me all his different coworkers that agreed this guy sucks, as well as their variety of ages/genders to indicate widespread consensus.

[alexaloraetheris]

Organically sourced AITA reddit thread.

[slyandthefamilybook]

why did they start breeding busses to have flat faces. they can't breathe

[slyandthefamilybook]

if you think this

looks better than this

you're part of the problem. I'm so tired of all the excuses like "oh they look cuter!" "why do you care?" THEY CAN'T BREATHE. People intentionally breeding these vehicles to give them health problems because they "like how it looks" makes me so mad

[the-starlight-papers]

Actually, flat faced buses can breathe fine! This is a case of convergent evolution, but the two types of buses are not genetically related.

Pointed nose buses are decended from trucks, and have their engines located in the front. This requires the larger nose in order to provide the space for the engine as well as adequate ventilation.

Meanwhile, flat nosed buses are actually descended from city buses (which in turn descend from trolleys), and were domesticated due to their greater maneuverability and capacity.

Contrary to popular belief, flat nosed busses typically do not experience breathing problems. Their engines are located in the back of the bus, with a large breathing vent located in the rear.

These buses also have a different structure to accommodate this change, typically including doubled back tires, a different weight distribution, and a change in location of the emergency egress door from the back to the left side.

[stormy-nights-are-best]

If only pugs could breathe through their butt too :((