Rook2pwn

Hey all, Rook here! I tend to reblog whatever comes across my dash so be prepared for fandom stuff, social stuff, funny stuff, pretty stuff, stuff stuff, and whatever else catches my interest. I do post art here sometimes and I do have an art blog: rookdoesart.tumblr.com Check it out if you wanna see the things I make both professionally and causally. Have a flippin' good day! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Current obsession: Voltron with the ships Klance and Hance. You have been warned.

[herius-is-drawing]

Be punkrocker, be against ICE‼️

[gem-st4r]

so anyway yeah iron lung movie was very good

[kyrillkableh]

Bro why r u acting like someone just di- ooohh

Will prolly redraw that when i have access to my laptop again

[ghostie-ghosty]

The Fortress of Solitude

Breaking and entering is a normal part of flirting, right?

[skopostheorie]

Can't decide whether it's funnier to say "my hungry ass could never work at a" and then say something that implies you're eating something truly grotesque or something that just, makes no sense

[skopostheorie]

"my hungry ass could never be a brain surgeon" awful. 10/10

"my hungry ass could never be a truck driver" ????? 10/10

[yanoharuhito]

EATYIGNIN TIJOK;L'HE????

[see-the-wires]

[naamahdarling]

You're right, that would be shocking.

[libraford]

Happy to see this in places where I usually find white nationalist stickers.

[ao3cassandraic]

Near campus a bit ago:

[profanepeddler]

No hay país libre con ejecuciones en la calle.

[missmaemikaelson]

It been a minute since I posted 🙃

[monkeypng]

the fuck you lookin at keep scrolling

[dare-to-dm]

My grandma often used the “royal we” when speaking about herself, an affectation I had never encountered in anyone else.

When I was young, I asked her why she referred to herself as “we” and she told me that she always carried a tiny mouse in her pocket, so she was never alone. Of course she couldn’t actually show me the mouse, because it was “very shy”.

Anyway, this is now how I visualize the Royal We Mouse.

[igayorhm]

It's so weird to me that blocking has turned into such a serious thing only reserved for if someone did something wrong. I witnessed some discourse a few months ago around some content creator blocking someone and it blew up. They were harassed for "blocking someone for no reason". And I was like ??? cause there was a reason. They simply didn't want to see the blocked person's posts.

Blocking does not have to be some big gesture. I block people for being assholes but I'm also willing to block someone for giving a dumb take about my fav character. I've blocked people because I was tired of seeing their posts in a tag I'm browsing. I've blocked people who had opinions I agreed with but they were an ass about it. I've blocked people simply because I didn't like their personality or the vibe they gave off.

It's not that deep. You don't have to save blocking for "bad" people. If it brings you peace then do it. I promise you that you'll enjoy your internet experience much more if you block instead of engaging with the thing that's upsetting you.

[hussyknee]

If I tell you this is a horror dance number it still won't prepare you. That last move was so terrifying even the judge was like "Let go! Let go!" If you told me they're actually possessed I'd believe you.

The music is a remix of the song Mere Dholna from the Bollywood movie Bhool Bhulaiyya, a remake of the classic Malayalam horror-comedy Manichitrathazhu. It's about a young bride that seemingly becomes possessed of Manjulika, a dancer of the ancient royal court whose tragic death has turned her into a vengeful spirit, one who evokes the wrath of the goddess Durga Kali. In the iconic scene that is repeated across remakes, the groom and his family discover his bride dancing in the dead of night in a manic, disassociative fugue, wearing a moth-eaten dancer's costume and a face smeared in kohl, ash and vermilion. She's hallucinating that she's Manjulika dancing carefree for the court with her lover. The upbeat music is deliberately incongruous with the pathos and creepiness of the scene in reality, especially as it crescendos in the bride's head to the moment when the king decapitates Manjulika's beloved in a fit of jealous rage.

This specific number is by the all-male troupe B Unique, performed for the Indian reality talent contest Hunabaarz. It's a modern fusion based on Bharatnatyam that turns up the creep factor by 200% and is basically a showcase of contortionism and synchronicity. One of the most perfectly choreographed and executed dances I have ever seen. Truly incredible!

The group is still taking their work across the world's talent shows. And yes, that guy is hypermobile enough to do that with his neck. XD

[thememedaddy]

[gaycop]

STOP SANITIZING THE INTERNET

[lacnunga]

I bring sort of a 'peasants of the past were not as debased,uneducated and dirty as a lot of pesudo-medieval fiction makes them out to be but this new wave of attempting to sweep the very real indentured servitude, corporal ownership, poverty and lack of basic human rights under the rug isn't achieving what you think it's achieving' vibe to the party that people don't really like

[theconcealedweapon]

They use the second amendment as a reason to openly brandish guns for no reason other than "because I can". Think of all those times when people carried assault rifles on their routine shopping trips.

Then, when someone actually uses the second amendment for its intended purpose, to fight back against a tyrannical government, those same people complain.

[saywhat-politics]

Teens are doxxing their own dads for being ICE.

Round of applause to these teens.

@mjmadison23

Everyone say hi to Duane Cottrell.

Duane is an ICE Special Agent from Texas.

[modern-politics111]

New filtration technology could be gamechanger in removal of Pfas ‘forever chemicals’

Researchers found a new way to filter and destroy Pfas chemicals at 100 times the rate of current systems

[partisan-by-default]

Researchers also say they have also found a way to destroy Pfas, though both technologies face a steep challenge in being deployed on an industrial scale.

A new peer-reviewed paper details a layered double hydroxide (LDH) material made from copper and aluminum that absorbs long-chain Pfas up to 100 times faster than commonly used filtration systems.

“This material is going to be important for the direction of research on Pfas destruction in general,” said Michael Wong, director of Rice’s Water Institute, a Pfas research center.

Pfas are a class of at least 16,000 compounds often used to help products resist water, stains and heat. They are called “forever chemicals” because they do not naturally break down and accumulate in the environment, and they are linked to serious health problems such as cancer, kidney disease, liver problems, immune disorders and birth defects.

Current filtration technology like granular activated carbon, reverse osmosis or ion exchange absorbs Pfas in water, and the chemicals caught in the filter must be stored in hazardous waste facilities, or destroyed. Destruction of the chemicals typically involves a thermal process that subjects them to high heat, but that leaves toxic byproducts, or essentially breaks larger Pfas into smaller Pfas. There is no technology that fully destroys Pfas on an industrial scale.

Wong said Rice’s non-thermal process works by soaking up and concentrating Pfas at high levels, which makes it possible to destroy them without high temperatures. (aph)

[depsidase]