[facts-i-just-made-up]

Improv theater was considered witchcraft until 1930. In some states it is still punishable by burning at the stake, or another method of death that the audience shouts out.

[gjjuddmk2]

[hihogandalfaway]

(from @ruffboijuliaburnsides)

[volatilevale]

the hottest women you know are living in extremely concerning conditions

[lovertm]

pins by Abprallen

[sandmandaddy69]

[trying-to-bring-joy]

Behold, a dragon.

[sighinastorm]

WILDLY SUCCESSFUL MAGPIE

[frozenwolftemplar]

He makes all the girls swoon

[tearsofrefugees]

Freedom Flotilla launches new Gaza-bound aid boat after interception of Madleen

A Gaza-bound boat carrying activists and humanitarian aid has left Sicily, over a month after Israel detained and deported people aboard a p

[ubernegro]

ICE abducting sex workers now

Sex Workers Are Being Abducted by ICE — and Abandoned by Respectability Politics

Sex workers targeted by ICE need the migrant justice movement’s full solidarity.

Any version of the “First they Came” poem, always forgets sex workers.

[sabinerondissime]

Bohatyrka by sculptor Vasily Korchevoy

[wanderingnelipot]

Here's some more amazing plus size sculptures by Vasily Korchevoy:

"Standing in Marble"

"Luxurious"

"Lush"

"Prosperity"

See more here: (https://www.saatchiart.com/v.korchevoy)

Also check out artist Adam Shultz...

"Untamed"

"Sisters"

"Aphrodite"

See more here: (https://artcloud.com/artist/adam-schultz)

[greenekangaroo]

These are only some of a HANDFUL of pieces of art I have ever seen that truthfully portray what fat bodies look like.

Which makes them very dear to me and also very frustrating.

Because not seeing variances in body is a huge part of why fat phobia persists.

Make more REAL ACTUAL fat art, not that honkai star rail size 10 bullshit.

[the-haiku-bot]

Make more REAL ACTUAL

fat art, not that honkai star

rail size 10 bullshit.

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

[kaz-7350]

People who think that replacing a wild ecosystem (left pic) with a solar plant (right pic) is "good for the environment" are seriously delusional. Solar panels require a global supply chain, (fossil fuel-based) mining and refining of rare-earth minerals, denuding of areas, and regular washing, all of which are extremely ecologically destructive. They also have a relatively short life and become problematic toxic waste afterwards. Humans have existed sustainably for hundreds of thousands of years prior to the advent of civilization and thrived - believe it or not - without any of these 'green' energy technologies. If we wish to survive and thrive again we must return to those ways.

[moniquill]

^These fucking tags though.

The short life/toxic waste thing is a falsehood.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrvetter/2023/10/12/these-two-myths-about-solar-power-are-slowing-the-energy-transition/

The only groups interested in turning pristine prairie land into solar farms are capitalists motivated by profit. Dismantling capitalism is the tack we need to address that.

Yes, we need a global supply chain.

Know where an excellent place to put solar panels would be? Parking lots.

https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/solar-parking-lots-are-a-win-win-energy-idea-why-arent-they-the-norm/

Also the romanticized idea of human thriving in the pre technological past? Relies on ignoring a lot of human suffering and death. Particularly infant and child mortality, disabled folks, etc. Modern medicine also requires a global supply chain.

The idea of 'wild ecosystem' at all ignores and dismisses the land management/stewardship/curation of indigenous people for the past 40k years. The kind of prairie in your picture above is the result of hundreds to thousands of years of controlled burns/fire management. It is a human-curated landscape.

What do you think 'civilization' is?

[homunculus-argument]

[enchantedbook]

'Spirit of the Night', detail, by John Atkinson Grimshaw, (1836 - 1893)

[killadelphia]

[bestiolin]

ciclobangkok

[6vcr]

[lesvegas]

A few years ago while trying to find ways to commit suicide as painlessly as possible, I came across a PDF of Dr. Paul Quinnett's The Forever Decision. Thinking it might go into actual methods of suicide (I read an article once that actually did that and was trying to find it again) I started to read it, and I think I only got about two pages in before I was crying too much to actually see the words.

I downloaded the PDF to my hard drive and I open it again whenever I'm feeling too suicidal to do much else, but not enough to start booking a ride to the hospital. And every time without fail I only go up to a few pages before backing off and choosing to live another day just because suicide suddenly seems even more unbearable than whatever the hell upset me in the first place.

All the book really does is [I'm pulling a summary from GoodReads here as, again, I've read no more than 5 pages] "discusses the social aspects of suicide, the right to die, anger, loneliness, depression, stress, hopelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, the consequences of a suicide attempt, and how to get help."

But it also starts with the author kindly asking the reader to complete the book before going through with anything, and for some reason I'm compelled to really just try to read it all before finalizing everything. Despite not yet completing it (hopefully never will) I think I can safely say it's saved my life at least a few times now.

It's intentionally legal to copy and redistribute this book to keep it as accessible as possible, and it's very easy to find, but here's a link for it anyways.

[charl0ttan]

i swear to god that social cue wasnt there before

[curlicuecal]

Whenever I take a long car ride I end up exhausted afterwards, and I’m always like “why am I so tired? I was just sitting around doing nothing all day.”

But the answer, it turns out, is I was doing something. Riding in a car jars your body in many directions and requires constant microadjustments of your muscles just to stay in place and hold your normal posture. Because you’re inside the car, inside the situation, it’s easy not to notice all the extra work you’re doing just to maintain the status quo.

There’s all sorts of type of work that we think of as “free” that require spending energy: concentrating, making decisions, managing anxiety, maintaining hypervigilance in an unfriendly environment, dealing with stereotype threat, processing a lot of sensory input, repairing skin cells damaged sun exposure, trying to stay warm in a cold room.

The next time you think you’re tired from “nothing”, consider instead that you’re probably in situation where you’re doing a lot of unnoticed extra work just to stay in place.

[ceekari]

opening my body’s task manager to see what’s taking up all my cpu

[mikkeneko]

Also, just to add: we should not lose sight of the fact that the mammalian brain is a ridiculously  energy-hungry organ. A human brain makes up 2% of the body’s weight and volume and 20% of its caloric requirement. Thinking is physical work.

[hasufin]

Competitive chess players carb-load before tournaments. And lose weight in the process.

[headspace-hotel]

It took me an embarrassing amount of time to realize that thinking physically takes up energy. I would be like “why don’t i have energy I’ve been sitting inside studying all day” ma'am it’s because the phrasings, evidences and vocabularies in your brain are eating the energy

[jabberwockypie]

If I’ve been really focused on crafting or something, there will invariably come a point where my brain is just like “Warning! Warning! Out of Energy!”.

Getting a snack usually fixes it.

[kipplekipple]

I get post-exertional malaise from just… Going places. I sit in a wheelchair, I take one bus and spend some time in a different building… And when I get home, I’m sick.

This post helped a little cause I always feel bad about it.

[aniseandspearmint]

leaving the house is abso-effing-lutely EXHAUSTING and it’s okay to BE exhausted after having to do stuff

[elljayvee]

Legit, the exertion of driving a vehicle is why you should have a water bottle and some snacks in your car if you have to drive any sort of distance.