Machine God 38

Where I flood you with reblogs of things I think are neat and maybe sometimes I'll actually post something original. Maybe. (art at nichtschwertart.tumblr.com)

[riotb0nes]

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[woowoo-woman-deactivated2017121]

The earthy smell of rain is one of the most divine scents I’ve ever beheld.

[beemovieerotica]

i have a box of bacteria that produce that scent and i sniff it whenever i need to feel something real

[punkrorschach]

is this a personal box of bacteria?

[beemovieerotica]

my bacteria

[noticesghosts]

How did you get a box of stinky bacteria

[beemovieerotica]

they were part of an abandoned project where people were complaining that giant industrial chicken farms smell like shit (because they are covered in chicken shit) and so it was some scientists’ idea to mix in petrichor-scented bacteria into the chicken litter/manure so the farms would instead smell like grass after the rain. idk why it never took off but the bacteria is mine now and i huff it hard.

[slygirlboy]

its awesome as fuck to have an evil castle in a bog i get to just sit in my chambers everyday and watch as the forces of good slowly sink into the mud as they try to approach

[slygirlboy]

why is the treeline rising

[slygirlboy]

SINKING SINKING SINKING

[slygirlboy]

[wikicamp2]

[blinkpen]

man. remember early in the pandemic, shortly into the telework phase, when a lot of women started vocalizing “wow, i didnt realize just how much time, energy, and even money i was wasting on dolling myself up for work every damn morning, until i didn’t have to do it anymore. i don’t think i’ll go back to doing that when we return to the office? i won’t be a slob or anything, of course, i’m just not going to go out of my way to look pretty at work"  and then,

so many people proceeded to lose every last crumb of their shit about it, writing the most asinine crybaby articles ever where they were just. utterly horrified by the possibility that more and more women might become comfortable looking natural/plain and completely opting out of the expectation to look as appealing as possible at all times, even when all they’re doing is spending all day in a cubicle. that was bonkers. lmao.

[blinkpen]

some ladies were like “during lockdown, i saw myself in the mirror without makeup much more often, and got used to it, so now i don’t feel as anxious for others to see me without makeup on either. i’m comfortable with the face i have, it’s fine just the way it is”

and some absolute dork ass losers heard this and went “truly, this is the death of femininity”

[blinkpen]

TERFS who think they’re welcome on my posts: you’re not. the freedom to reject conventional beauty standards should apply to and be shared with trans women as well, moreso, in fact, because trans women are literally held to an even harsher, stricter standard when it comes to rando third parties feeling entitled to meticulous over-performance from them - demanding they put every last possible ounce of resource and effort into altering their appearance just to be seen as acceptable, demanding they “prove” their validity through excessive glamour, to ensure they are not “faking” - and the consequences for a trans woman if she does not flawlessly comply with these demands can be so dire as to be lethal for her.

That should not be the reality these women have to endure! That is a horrifying injustice, and anybody who not only lacks compassion for that, but promotes the ideologies that enable it, is not welcome here. I will not debate with you on the matter. Get lost.

[blinkpen]

so this post is making the rounds again, but only the version without this very important addition on it, so, as a reminder,

[wombrion]

og

[retroscifiart]

Marc Hempel ‘Spaceman: Daydreaming Can Be Dangerous’. I originally posted only the first page of this brilliant comic. Now here is the full illustrated story. Scanned from short lived sci-fi magazine Questar, February 1980.

[70sscifiart]

I’m writing a science fiction art collection right now - gonna try to see if I can get this entire comic into it!

[thecyndimistuff]

I think you guys constantly undermine the exploitation and colonial abuse that Hawaiʻi and Polynesia endures. i promise you indigenous polynesians aren't focused on being excited about representation in the live action moana they're much more concerned by the disney tourism propaganda they've been constantly pushing in their slop movies

[medievaljournalist]

so you know that cursed sword that slowly drives whoever wields it mad & causes mysterious illnesses? you guessed it: scabbard was absolutely loaded with black mold

[retroactivebakeries]

exploring the lost tombs of the catgirl god-kings and translating the names and histories engraved on their funereal stelae. here lies the warrior-queen Thistle of the Effectuating Blade, whose silver tongue and sword-arm toppled the empire of the armadillogirl merchant princes. The Tortoiseshell Empress, her name stricken from history by her decree, founder of the bronze age indus valley catgirl civilization. Ember-in-Ash the Happily Married, who ended the catgirl-doggirl war. all very respectable catgirl demigods. & btw their ghosts are watching you.

[littoralreverie]

ps/2 ports turned out perfect for turning into ear studs

dunno why I have a reaction to saying 'ow, my port' when I accidentally lean on it tho

[littoralreverie]

there's been some interest in how these were made, so!

i bought a pack of 10mm stud earring bezels, a bunch of pcb mount ps/2 ports, and 10mm OD stainless pipe (not pictured), all from aliexpress

the original plan was to use inline ps/2 ports but the metal sleeve on them was really soft and deformed easily when trying to cut with a rotary tool, so i settled on stainless pipe instead

step 1: remove the metal housing and pins from the port and deconstruct it down to just the centre plastic bit with some side cutters (extract the pins before cutting it down to the centre bit, metal is crunchy)

step 2: cut a ~10mm length of the stainless pipe (don't be like me, secure the pipe properly and use eye protection when using a rotary tool)

step 3: mix up some two-part epoxy, gently align in the stud bezel and let dry

alas they're far from functional ports, but it's a cute lil project and will look good on you :D

[heedra]

tangential to last reblogged post, one of the single biggest things you can do as an adult to improve communication between you and children and increase their overall ease in ANY situation is to allow them to express emotions to you without minimizing it. it can be very very tempting to bust out 'it won't be so bad' when a kid is afraid of something or a 'you'll see them again soon' when a kid is homesick but i promise you, i PROMISE you that the kid will be better served by a "that DOES sound really scary" or a "you look like you feel REALLY sad that mom is gone". you will not escalate things by bringing further attention to the hard emotions, because things escalate when a kids reality is denied by those with power over them.

[teathattast]

[segamascott]

this is honestly such a good idea

[fluffiest-fox-kira]

Signal boost.....

[toskarin]

prosecutor: and when you got out of the shower, your hair was slicked back, wasn't it?

defendant: indeed it was

prosecutor: at a time like that, glancing in the mirror, a guy might be tempted to pull the elf face

judge: prosecution shut the fuck up

[dogpuppy]

[miyoria]

duckduckgo fuck yourself

[miyoria]

trying to search for like the one thing that treats us like any other girl for once!! only to be met with a reminder that we are considered a porn category first. it makes me so very sad and upset.

[miyoria]

(via @transfem-tomgirl)

imagining a world like this is the first step in making it real. i want to see a world like this become real in my lifetime because tgirls deserve to be girls when they are young.

[spaghettibastard]

trouble on the moon 

@boarofthenorth100