To Be Decided

[mina-logan]

Some art about coffee and certainly nothing else

[batmanshole]

crisp glass of water moodboard

[rxttingcorpse]

[pronouncingitwang]

at some point in your life you will be boiling fruit, water, sugar, and lemon juice in a pot to make a syrup or jam. the instructions will tell you to simmer for a certain amt of time. your timer will go off and you will look at the pot and go, "hm, this doesn't look thick enough. maybe i'll let it go for another 10 minutes." this is the devil speaking. it's only so liquid right now because it is at boiling point. it will thicken when it cools down. learn from the follies of my youth and do not let this happen to you

[yokowan]

at some point in your life you will be making a sauce or a stew in which you need to add cornstarch to thicken it. and you will prepare a slurry of starch in cold water and think "this looks like way too little starch to thicken this amount of liquid." this is the devil speaking. cornstarch instantly polymerizes at 95°C and if you add too much it will turn into an impossibly thick goop.

[le-jardin-inculte]

at some point in your life you will be making some sort of cream based dessert that requires gelatin to thicken it. and you will soak some gelatin sheets in water and think "this is too few gelatin sheets for this amount of cream." this is the devil speaking. it will thicken in the fridge and if you add too much you will end up with milk jelly

[shithowdy]

at some point in your life you will be baking cookies. you will take the sheet out after twelve minutes as the recipe instructs and the cookies will still be glistening and soft. "these don't seem cooked enough," you will think to yourself, "i should place them back into the oven until their edges are nice and golden." this is the devil talking. this is how you get dry, overdone cookies. the cookies will continue to bake on the warm sheet for several more minutes and then harden up after sitting on a rack for a while. trust the process. trust the process.

[whitachi]

at some point in your life you will be adding a small pasta to a soup and you will think "that is not enough small pasta." this is the devil talking. the pasta will absorb the stock and expand. this is how you end up with a soup that is a solid mass of soggy ditalini.

[araceil]

At some point in your life you will be adding garlic to a dish and you will think "that is not enough garlic." These are angels speaking. They are correct. Add more garlic.

[studyblr]

cherish the quiet, little moments. reading your book in your bed with a cosy blanket. noticing the colors of the sky. watching the rain outside through your window. closing your eyes and just taking a breath. the sun shining on your skin. the small smiles and eyes lightning up.

[json-derulo]

"you were always such a good kid! we never had to worry about you :)" thanks! you actually should've, though. like about this specifically

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

no matter how normalised it gets I will die on the hill that it is rude to record strangers in public without their consent

[cattoonxd]

Never give up without a fight

[heymacy]

insp. by this post by @wine-dark-sky

[macgyvermedical]

Happy Smallpox Eradication Day!

On May 8th, 1980, smallpox was declared eradicated. Meaning there is no natural spread of smallpox anywhere in the world.

Smallpox infections date back at least 3,000 years. There are smallpox scars on the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses V.

The last documented person to have naturally contracted smallpox was 23-year-old hospital cook Ali Maow Maalin, who survived the disease in October of 1977.

The last person to die of the disease was 40-year-old medical photographer Janet Parker, infected in a lab accident in the summer of 1978.

Smallpox was a terrifying disease. It was horrifically painful and killed 1/3 of the people it infected, leaving the rest badly scarred.

We got lucky with smallpox. It had no animal reservoir. Being that it only infected humans we were able to vaccinate our way to eradication.

Today variola major, the virus that causes smallpox, officially exists in 2 places: the CDC in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and the Vector Institute, Koltsovo, Russia. It is likely that many other countries have samples as well.

Deliberate infection with cowpox to prevent smallpox was the first effective vaccine. We owe every other vaccine to this one breakthrough.

The smallpox vaccine causes a scar at the injection site. You probably know someone with a smallpox vaccine scar. Routine childhood vaccination for smallpox ended in 1972 in the USA.

We used the smallpox vaccine to vaccinate against mpox in 2022. Because of this, I have given the smallpox vaccine. We also vaccinate researchers and others at high risk.

Be grateful you live in a world that does not contain naturally spreading smallpox. It has a long and awful history.

[decadent-hag]

Where that New England Gothic post

[countkunt]

my personal favorite

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[turgidturnip]

You don't even need to be a journalist, experts LOVE answering these kinds of questions. I, a regular-degular idiot, recently contacted the Smithsonian asking what kind of ink to use on mineral paper for maximum longevity, and I got a very detailed response in under 48 hours.

[zooophagous]

I know I sound like your mom but you kids need to stop fucking vaping

[joshgrobanscock]

1) Vaping is confirmed to cause cancer. Vaping coats the lungs with toxic substances, such as heavy metals and benzene, which are known to cause cancer

2) Many vapes contain diacetyl, which, when inhaled causes popcorn lung, or scarring of the lung

3) Ultrafine particles, when being inhaled, can be lodged in the trachea (not good!)

4) Ultrafine particles can also constrict the arteries in the lungs potentially causing A HEART ATTACK

5) Vaping is relatively new. Not much studies have been done in comparison to tobacco. Plus, the vaping companies are powerful people. There is a large chance that they are purposely downplaying and even burying any evidence that vaping is harmful - just like the tobacco companies before them. They do not care about you, or your health, or the truth. They only care for money

[letsoulswander]

Also STOP VAPING INDOORS AROUND OTHER PEOPLE. Holy shit, if you're gonna wreck your lungs at least give me the option not to wreck mine.

[cephalopodvictorious]

It’s such an issue that the MTA had to run a campaign about it

[yeahokayillreblogthat]

yeah okay ill reblog that

[stripedroseandsketchpads]

Please I’m begging yall as an asthmatic, your fruit-flavored vapor will still give people around you who are smoke-sensitive attacks. So will weed. Don’t do it inside; if you’re at a bus stop or something try to not stand right next to people or move downwind of them if you can.

[venom-princess-deactivated20250]

[uvb76fan]

This is literally how you actually improve ADHD symptoms btw

[wtf-is-hockey]

Having Ilya punch a rapist in tlg bores me because it is exactly the kind of performative writing decision I’m used to writers doing for the sole purpose of showcasing what a good man their male character is. Making your male character punch a rapist makes him a hero. Punching a rapist symbolizes being an ally to women and respecting consent, but it doesn’t actually tell us anything about how he views women or consent. It is how a lot of real life men approach being “allies” to women and respecting consent - it is about looking like they respect women and consent, more than actually respecting women and consent. The fact that in the show Ilya’s best friend is a woman and that he lends authority to her expertise on hockey says so much more to me about how he views women than punching a rapist because he has nothing to gain from that. It does nothing to make him look like a hero. And Ilya saying “No - is okay,” to reassure Shane that it’s okay if he’s not ready for anal, and then readily postponing plans to have penetrative sex despite clearly really wanting it right then, and then asking “Still okay?” multiple times throughout their first time having penetrative sex also tells me so much more about this character’s view of consent than punching a rapist does, because it doesn’t symbolize respecting consent, it is respecting consent.

[eyecandy2012]

My favorite Ally moment from Ilya:

1. When he tells Scott Hunter that what he did is good after MLH and celebrating with him in a club much to Scott's astonishment

2. Bringing Troy Barrett to the Kingfisher in New York

3. Telling Troy is doing great work by raising awareness on assault and how to find help via his socials and confronting Commissioner Crowell when he learns he tries to silence Troy

4. Skipping All-Star Game to go to the funeral of Duncan Harvey (who struggled with drug addiction and mental health issues)

5. Reaching out to Ryan Price (who also came to the funeral) and asking him to become a coach for the Irina Foundation camp, saying he wants to be inclusive and keeping this his touchstone

6. Reaching out to Max (transman, former female player and now unable to compete) and ask him to be a coach as well

7. Getting everyone silent in the locker room when Troy wants to come out to the team

8. Every occasion Ilya is kind to women, like in the episode 4 scene when he apologised to the bartender on behalf of his rude teammates

9. All the times that man has hyped up women around him: Svetlana, saying she knows EVERYTHING about Hockey, Jackie Pike who could do much better than Hayden in his opinion because she runs the ship and her husband is nothing without her, Leah as a multiple Champion in the Olympics and PWHL, Yuna, his mom (I don't want you to think she was weak. She wasn't.)

That bisexual man has become my baseline in terms of what I want in a relationship ISTG

[ladytengen]

[thatdisasterauthor]

Also, not gonna lie, it is so refreshing to have a major cultural moment that's just FREE. You don't have to pay a cent to watch this on NASA's YouTube. There's not a single ad, not a single sponsor plastered anywhere. It's just smart people doing cool things.