Meerkat's Notepad

Hi folks. I rarely post but when I do it's shitty drawings I made in the notepad app on my phone. Sometimes I write poems and post them. Otherwise I just be rebloggin' random tings and stuf.

[pixelskylines]

Rocky Rodent (SNES) (1993)

[cowboytaay]

heaven adores you elliott

[todays-problematic-ship]

HMS Cockchafer (1915) - Wikipedia

HMS Cockchafer (1915) - Wikipedia

HMS Cockchafer was a Royal Navy Insect-class gunboat. She was built by Barclay Curle and launched on 17 December 1915 as the fourth Royal Navy ship to carry this name.

[aukkenopsia]

pajama idea i had last night in bed while rolling around in pain from cramps

[spiribia]

it doesn't matter to cats what kind of bad week you're going through, they'll come into your room and start doing repeated bulldozer attacks on you

[penny-anna]

what the hell is going on

[penny-anna]

i believe in you Binface. you can do it. this could be your moment.

[penny-anna]

Please god it would be so funny

[penny-anna]

there is no downside to voting for Count Binface. its not taking away from other candidates bcos they aren't any and the more votes he gets the stupider Farage looks.

[penny-anna]

for people out of the loop:

Nigel Farage is the leader of Reform UK, a far right party who are currently in the process of a serious bid to become the UK government. they are just straight up evil.

Count Binface is an intergalactic space warrior with a bin on his head. he likes to run as a novelty candidate in general and mayoral elections. a big thing he likes to do is run as a candidate against the incumbent prime minister:

(Also pictured: Boris Johnson, Elmo)

Anyway, in brief:

Nigel Farage is currently in the midst of a big scandal about his finances

He has decided to deal with this by 1) making a show of nobly resigning from parliament and then 2) immediately running in the resulting by-election

He has stated that he is letting 'the people' judge his actions and implied that if he wins that will prove that he has been exonerated in the court of public opinion

His goal was presumably to get a big resounding win over the other parties, proving that The People still love him.

the other parties have thus far decided that this is a 'vanity election' and, well, there is one very easy way to ensure that he will not beat any of them, and that is simply not to play.

and as a result the only person who has so far confirmed they are running against him is Count Binface. no matter the outcome this makes Nigel Farage look like, u know, a fucking clown.

[butterflyslinky]

So what happens if Count Binface actually wins? Does he join Parliament? Does he have to take the bin off his face?

[penny-anna]

I've seen some people saying he would have to give up his title but it would seem that is no longer the case as of 1999; so, no, he can keep his ceremonial bin if he wishes.

Important to note also that Count Binface is the alter ego of comedian & political satirist Jon Harvey who seems to be an intelligent individual with reasonable politics. As I said no real downside.

[penny-anna]

The no hats rule clearly does not apply to him. He is not wearing a hat. It's a bin.

[mechemeerkat]

Count Binface does have a platform for those curious. Among other things, he promises to:

Cap the price of 99 pence flake ice cream treats at 99 pence

Build at least one (1) affordable house

Make the bosses of water companies have to swim in the rivers they manage

Require cyclists who break the highway code have to ride unicycles

And he does add a few bits specific to the county he's running in, which is frankly more than Farage does.

[ratsquinks]

BREAKING NEWS: miso soup the rat is very happy. peace and love on planet earth

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[farcryfromhere-moved]

[evilwizard]

just a heads up. im gonna do a big curse soon

[evilwizard]

okay so honestly i wasn’t expecting they’d be able to hide the body for this long

[evilwizard]

LINDSEY GRAHAM ?

[whataboutbobbed]

Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 - )

[rhyfeddu-partyofone-deactivated]

“Uhura never had another name during the series. One of the fan writers wrote “Upenda” - which means “peace” in Swahili, I understand — not officially, but in some of their fan writings. And it sort of took hold. But when they were going to do the official history of Star Trek in a published book, the writer called Gene and asked him was “Uhura” her first name or her last name? Gene said, “Well, Nichelle and I never decided.” We always leaned towards it being her last name because it’s taken from the Swahili “uhuru” which means freedom. So it would sort of be like the same as “Freeman.” So he said, “You can make it her last name.” The writer said, “What about her first name? I’ve come up with one in Swahili. It’s Nyota.” Gene said, “I can’t give you that permission because Nichelle and I named her together, and she has rights to that, so you’ll have to call her and get her permission.” So he gave him my number, and he called me and I laughed and was delighted. He said, “I have a name and it’s Nyota.” I said, “That’s quite beautiful. What does it mean?” He said, “It means ‘star’.” I said, “You can have my permission!” So I have since said that her name is Nyota Upenda Uhura, which would mean a free-floating star: “star of freedom and peace”. I like that.”    — NICHELLE NICHOLS

[nyancrimew]

had a dream where i invented a new currency and i had to market it to every country for adoption with a short slogan. i went for "inspired by the penny" with indonesia and it instantly failed a public vote.

[ifsrecords]

Inspired by the penny

[dailycatsblog]

[wifegideonnav]

i support women doing things with their hair that make other people upset 🥰

[wifegideonnav]

and i extra support girls doing things with their hair that piss off every adult in the vicinity

[catchymemes]

They supporting

[pukicho]

Sometimes my dad likes to put little pills in my food. And in those pills is more of the food.

[reyna-daisuki]