MELKWEED

Oli She/her

[kosmogrl]

I'll be honest guys, life without a few little obsessions just isn't worth it

[elexecution]

wait........ being a loser woman is the best thing ever ........ #blessed

[afriblaq]

Most people don’t even know her name. Alice Parker is her name. Back in 1919, she created and patented a gas powered heating system when most homes were still using fireplaces and coal stoves. She imagined heating an entire home safely, with different rooms warmed individually instead of relying on one fire source. Even though her system wasn’t fully used back then, her ideas are the reason modern central heating and zoning exist today. That’s Black history. That’s legacy.

[cutecipher]

Did a little digging and found an article talking about her in as much detail as the researcher could find including images from the patent she filed and which discusses how black scientists are often hidden or forgotten:

What we know about Alice Parker, a ‘hidden figure’ in modern heating

Beyond mistaken identity and misattributed invention, huge gaps remain in the history of Alice Parker. Here's what one reporter’s research u

[hazemsuhail]

​Please don't scroll past. This is my brother, Samer. He’s fighting a critical illness, and the treatment that could save his life is completely out of our reach. We are running out of time. Reblogging costs nothing, but it could literally save his life today. Please be his miracle. 💔 DONATION

[hazemsuhail]

I know everyone is busy scrolling.

But behind this post is a real family and a brother named Samer who urgently needs treatment.

[hazemsuhail]

My brother Samer's time is running out. We can't afford the treatment he needs to stay alive.

Please do something. 🙏

[hazemsuhail]

One share could reach the right person.

One donation could save my brother Samer.

[classichorrorblog]

Saw Directed by James Wan (2004)

[theblackparadeisdead]

Oscar's seem to be going well

[sophie-frm-mars]

The US is detransitioning prisoners and just announced that ICE can detain trans people on suspicion of visa fraud. The UK just banned all care for trans kids and is now conducting an "evidence review" into HRT for trans adults and now the biggest DIY HRT web resource just went down.

Trans people need to learn solidarity yesterday, we need to be ready to organise together and set aside anything that we need to in order to get our shit sorted out. Cis people need to take it seriously that the fascists are trying to completely extinguish transess from existence

[tina-snow]

the guitar braided into his hair

[tina-snow]

treble clef

[raptorcivilization]

There’s a BAFTA-winning, Oscar-nominated documentary that posted Kermit gulag

[raptorcivilization]

Mr Nobody Against Putin is a documentary about a Russian teacher that documents - and attempts to subvert - the state propaganda being used in Russian schools to justify the Ukraine war. The guy secretly recorded a lot of footage and had to be snuck out of Russia for his own safety, and so this could be known. It’s been receiving critical accolades and heaps of praise, including the aforementioned award wins/nominations.

My boyfriend just watched it in a theater and noticed something. At one point the movie references the guy who implemented the gulag system, following up on a comment from a history teacher, and this is the image they picked to represent it.

It’s fucking Kermit gulag. They grayscaled an image of the gulag scene from Muppets Most Wanted and used it to illustrate an actual Soviet gulag, alongside actual historical pictures and footage, in a deathly serious documentary. See for yourself, 32 minutes in. There is no reference or citation to the Muppets/Disney in the credits so this seems like a genuine fuckup in the editing room.

[raptorcivilization]

Update: this movie just won the Oscar for Best Documentary

[sparklingspirals]

all the roads lead back to the loneliness ive felt ever since i was a child

[w8rst]

[patronsaintofweepingmothers]

2006

[tommyheavenlysix]

Dracula: A Love Tale (2025)

[thepumpkin-queenn]

[micorizonconamor]

chappell roan backstage for 'visions of damsels & other dangerous things' night one

[sharpenededges]

Marquis Magazine no.8

[cordspaghetti]

book carrie x g way prep school mv au transgender fanon oc illi mcmillin in the knock off sharon tate wedding dress at prom covered in blood as requested by the kind folks in my patreon. carilli if you will