neodymium klefki

"has a hint of, how you say, jet fuel"

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

Hand-drawn swan warning sign, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

[silvereyedowl]

@elodieunderglass

[elodieunderglass]

Look out! Be aware!

[what-even-is-thiss]

We often think of a monarchy as passing down power from father to son or parent to oldest child but that’s highly based around the official English system.

Historically that’s not necessarily how it always worked. That’s why you get so many wars of succession going on especially when the previous king forgot to appoint an heir in time.

The eldest son wasn’t always guaranteed a spot. It could be the king’s brother, or one of his other sons, or his nephew.

Some countries have also historically had a very strict no girls allowed policy. England has mostly prioritized men but keeping it within the previous monarch’s children is of a higher priority than no girls allowed. In some countries the no girls allowed policy is more important so that’s how you might end up with a monarch with many children who appoints his nephew or cousin or something as his heir. Either because all of his kids are girls or because his sons are too young or because his sons are idiots and he doesn’t like them.

Then there’s stuff like the Roman system where you could adopt an adult for inheritance purposes. So you could take an adult man and say for legal reasons this is my son now and he is in the running to inherit my position.

And all this confusion is why the English put into place a playbook on how to do a line of succession. They really simplified it. Oldest son that is an Anglican and has never been Catholic, go to daughters if no sons available, go to next oldest brother or brother’s kids if no children. Keep going up the family tree to look for more heirs if no siblings. Gender requirements were eventually removed. They’ve got everyone mapped out. No confusion about who’s in line for what and when.

Historically though this has almost never been the norm. There’s been so many wars and rebellions in history because people didn’t like who the last guy appointed as his heir.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Anyways this is also why one true king plots are so funny. Oh a succession war. Yeah that really makes you so unique and different from all the other kings wow

[krajtaz]

mutuals do this with me

[messier51]

my observation from 2 months of kittens

[myjetpack]

A book must be an axe for the frozen sea within us - Kafka.

(My cartoon for today’s Guardian books.)

[trueblueboygenius]

this would catch a lot of you

[themarchingbeetle]

[begaydodrughailsatan]

Unrestrained autumn fun

[i-can-kazoo]

Non-jews of tumblr:

how many jewish holidays can you name without looking it up?

none

1-3

4-6

7 or more

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[council-of-beetroot]

My goyische mutuals and followers are required to reblog because I'm curious

[neodymium-klefki]

DID YOU BLAZE MY POST

Hahaha oh dear I did - I have an Ad-Free subscription that got converted into Premium so I get one free Blaze a month, and the thought "oh I should use this" crossed my mind at the same time that your charming neutrino post crossed my dash

[neodymium-klefki]

apple bottom jeans (jeans)

boots with the grip (with the grip)

now thanks to OSHA, no-one will slip

[thanook]

"there better not be an almost massless particle fucking up our sensors"

the notorious neutrino:

[neodymium-klefki]

well actually my pronouns are they/them because I contain multitudes

[bumblebeebats]

Pisses me off when some products are designed exclusively for children. like I'm not saying we should get RID of stuff designed for kids, but why can't there ALSO be fruit snacks for the working adult. You know. Squeezy apple sauce pouches that say "Yes Debra, I am twenty-six years old and eating an apple sauce pouch on the train as it is a convenient, spoonless, healthy snack, and I refuse to be ashamed of that, goddamnit." Popsicles that say on the stick "FUN FACT: Remember to renew your passport at least 7-9 months ahead of the expiry date, as many countries will not let you travel if you have less than 6 months of validity left." Do you see my vision.

[katestewartt]

"It is my privilege and honor to be able to tell the story of a mother with a trans daughter."

[beyondthisdarkhouse]

Once I asked @elodieunderglass why petrochemicals are a non-renewable resource and she explained that it all formed so long ago funguses hadn't been invented yet. And I haven't been the same ever since.

[icysilverthread]

Does this mean that we humans are filling the same ecological niche as fungi?

Because we are decomposing (transforming and living off the energy of) the same plants that fungi round one couldn't. Fungi just can't handle plants that have been dead so long they changed all the way into rock, and we can.

[shitacademicswrite]

[wishbow]

Daria anniversary poster for Mondo - April 2024 - pam wishbow