[batsandboba]

“scientists don’t want you know” is a phrase that always cracks me up because if you actually meet a scientist they will be shaking and crying like an overstimulated chihuahua with the need to let you know

[clownboybebop]

*street shot of zohran mamdani clad in nasty lil suit and hard hat* five months ago i was elected mayor of new york city. in that time, we have managed to COMPLETELY defeat the Staten Island Minotaur at no additional cost to the new york taxpayer

[herowyn]

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[gawkiebird]

Happy Moon Day to all who celebrate!!

[protozoass]

In 2 weeks I'm leaving Pittsburgh after living here for 3 years!!!

I have a lot of mixed feelings about it. Is it the right move? Yeah, I think so. I want to be closer to my family before I move to who knows where for my PhD (if that even happens!).

Pittsburgh is a really cool city. There's a lot of diversity -an absolute metric fuck tone of coffee/boba/matcha places. I've taken 14 million rides on the 61A/B bus, which I feel a strange fondness for.

Idk, I know I'll miss it. It houses my time as a graduate student. I've met some wonderful people here. God, yeah, that's the hardest part. The people! I love my friends. I love my PI. I love my masters advisor. I love my fieldwork team.

I love walking through Oakland and seeing the Cathedral of Learning (Cathy). Tall, piercing the sky, visible from pretty much anywhere in the city. I have SO many pictures of her. I'll add some below.

My ex BF would scoff at Pittsburgh fairly frequently, talking about how "boring and mundane is it". He wants leaves ASAP. He said that there's nothing to look at. I never vocalized this to him, but I ardently disagree. The Carnegie Library/museums? The zoo? The aviary? The Frick? The beautiful view of the two rivers converging seen from the incline? The kids setting up their hammocks on the lawn to read? The picnics? Pickleball? Studying at the School of Public Health or Scaife? Frick Park? Schenley Park? I could go on and on and on

If you can, please visit Pittsburgh. It's special. Yeah, the winters are brutal and summers sweltering. Yeah, we have a lot of lantern flies, but I think it all adds to the charm.

I'll miss it here

[kosmogrl]

what do you mean I can't control everything, why not

[inlandwest]

[dragonagitator]

via Reddit:

[wondersmith-and-sons]

Which of the following moments in British politics was funniest?

David Cameron allegedly fucking a pig (2015)

Theresa May Brexit deal sees worst parliamentary defeat of any British PM (2019)

Dominic Cummings' social distancing scandal is named #Cumgate (2021)

Matt "Eat Out to Help Out" Hancock caught having affair with his aide (2021)

MP resignations reach critical mass under Boris Johnson (2022)

The Queen dies 2 days after meeting Liz Truss (2022)

Liz Truss who doesn't outlast head of lettuce (2022)

Nigel Farage has to run in by-election against Count Binhead (2026)

I'm American and I never read news from outside of my country

Something else entirely (I'll tell you in the tags)

Voting ended onJul 19

Note: don't let your recency bias decide this, actually think back to what was the objectively funniest time on the internet.

[simoneashley]

#IT'S NEVER DEVIL'SMINIONOVERRRRRRR The Vampire Lestat After Dark 1.04

[charl0ttan]

local bookstores are named like clubs

[i-am-a-fish]

here's a reminder to DO IT! but only if you want

[froufoxs]

let him be evillllll

[protozoass]

Fine if this country doesn’t want infectious disease specialists we can all just get diarrhea parasites while inhaling unsavory levels of smoke

[walmartnoodle]

Wdym you hate Stratt? Without her you don’t get a story

[protozoass]

Pittsburgh is absolutely smothered in haze and smoke from the Canadian wildfires.

I was taking a walk (because I'm an idiot) and all I could feel was, well, this impending sense of climate doom. Much of this is compounded by the people we put in power. The people we elect over and over and over again...And how the "leader" of the "free world" openly admitted to denying the results of the 2020 election, and heavily implied on doing the same with the midterms this November.

Is there a word for this emotion? Despair? Fear? Anxiety? I don't know! Are we going to continue shoving our heads into the sand? Will we keep electing the wrong people? Do people care about this drastic threat to our species? Our survival on this planet? My cousin has 2 kids. One is three and the other is one. I love them dearly, and worry about their future fiercely.

Two positives, however:

Lindsey Graham is dead!!!

Maybe soon Mitch McConnell will follow!!

While meandering Squirrel Hill, I saw many people wearing masks. So, I guess, there's a general understanding that this isn't normal.

[lepidopteragirl]

does anyone know if it is possible to write an email

[feluka]

youre never alone. bacteria