infamous lurker

this blog is mainly run by a queue

[vernadskova-deactivated20230803]

coming home from work to my three weed smoking girlfriends

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

Birds are basically the dinosaurs that managed to “nooo you wouldn’t hurt a cute little baby guy on his birthday” their way out of a mass extinction

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

Alternatively, birds:

(Asteriornis art by Phillip Krzeminski)

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

[homeofhousechickens]

[adult-tomboy]

happy mother’s day to this mallard who brought her 13 newly hatched babies to the pond in my backyard this morning

[hawkpartys]

i really like old species descriptions

the species in question

[zekedms]

I'm out of words to complain about how advertisers can do anything they want that users can't and how much i hate Ai slop apps at this point.

This sucks, man. Jesus Christ.

[zekedms]

You don't say?

Come on, let's see that double standard in action baby.

[akajustmerry]

In light of the no.1 trending topic on this site, I'd like to inform youse that Kitty Kendall, one of the survivors who bravely spoke out against Neil Gaiman and accused him of rape in 2025, has said here and here that if you are looking to support her and other survivors, you can make a donation to OurVOICE (the counselling service Kendall herself used) or your local rape crisis centre. If you can't make a donation, you can help to ensure people do not forget what Kendall and other survivors have gone through and continue to go through as they pursue legal action, and that Gaiman has already spent a lot of money in the attempt to sue these women for speaking out.

[kropotkindersurprise]

If you see one of these things, cover your face and tip it over, if you have any paint or tools with you, wreck their cameras. [video]

[iteration-dave]

I’m a Luddite. You should be one too

Why a workers’ rebellion in 19th-century England is relevant in the age of data extraction, gig labour and management by algorithm.

[phoenixyfriend]

Brush your teeth.

If there is ONE PIECE of hygiene you can do, one rote activity that you can muster the spoons for in the evening, make it your teeth.

Shower? You can skip a shower for one night and just wipe yourself down with a damp towel. Brush your teeth.

Skincare? You can pare down the steps, and your skin can heal from a bit of acne. Enamel can't. Brush your teeth.

Brushing your hair? Fuck it, get a buzz cut! Get a protective style! Your hair will grow back, but your teeth won't! Brush your teeth.

Flossing would be good. Mouthwash would be good. But if you can muster up the energy for just one task, brush your teeth.

And if you can't even manage that, chew some sugar-free gum. If nothing else, it will scrub away a bit of the bacteria and catch some stray food that's loose enough to get with the sticky stuff.

But your enamel doesn't grow back and cavities are a bitch.

(I once had seventeen, during my senior(?) year of college. I know. I know. I have been there. The dentistry was hell. Still is; I consider myself lucky if I have less than three fillings that need repair, and a miracle when it's none. I am not talking at you from my high horse: I am a crab in the bucket with you, but I'm trying to pull you out with me.)

Today, I told my sister to prioritize teeth over skincare because skin heals and enamel doesn't, and she said "really?"

So yeah, this is the PSA: really. Your enamel doesn't grow back.*

Brush your teeth.

* No, the Alzheimer's drug isn't relevant here.

[titleknown]

Dollar General Claims It’s A Discount Store. It’s Not.

We investigated how they charge more for less.

So, we now know on a direct statistical level that Dollar General is literally making the Vimes Boots Theory of Economic Unfairness into a part of its core business model.

Sweet jesus…

[ejacutastic]

True, the chain pays its workers industry-low wages in under-staffed stores that can be magnets for armed burglary. And yes, Dollar Store management targets economically struggling communities, focusing on customers who make less than $40,000 a year and visit the store multiple times a week. “The economy is continuing to create more of our core customer,” CEO Todd Vasos said in 2018.

But to those working class consumers, Dollar General promises to deliver “everyday low prices.” 

In reality, without knowing it, customers are often paying Whole Foods prices for dollar store groceries. 

A More Perfect Union investigation reveals that Dollar General charges premium prices across a range of staple goods—52% more per pound for chicken breasts than its cheapest competitor, for instance—but masks the high cost from consumers by stocking smaller pack sizes.

In other words, Dollar General often charges more for less. It offers low absolute prices for national brands, but in smaller pack sizes than other stores, in order to push per-unit costs higher.

[polyphonetic]

Not only was she fucked into oblivion, but morrowind and skyrim too

[sallizzard]

Every #miku is #canon

[pondnaravit]

[iamtheconfusedman]

Her speech physically dropped me to my knees.

[queersicles]

Her name is Kimberly Latrice Jones and you can read the whole transcript of her speech here

Kimberly Latrice Jones BLM Video Speech Transcript | Rev

Kimberly Latrice Jones released a video talking about the Black Lives Matter protests, inequality, and police brutality. Read the transcript

[probuccalfat]

one time i told a group of lesbian and bi women that i have never watched wicked and they were shocked, gagged, gooped, “but you’re queer. you like pussy. how have you not seen wicked?” yeah. well. i like pussy, not musicals?

[probuccalfat]

i’m this exact post. all this just to fuck women.

[probuccalfat]

“are you going to the lucy dacus concert?” no. i listen to gucci mane.

[veil-of-exordia]

[sistertaxon]

actual criticisms of academia:

cost of education acting as class barrier

exploitation of graduate workers

colonialist past and present

ties to military industrial complex

danger of power structure entrenching and justifying orthodox views on social issues

criticisms of academia that get made:

those damn ivory tower academics are wasting money learning about things

[dungeonmastersconsortium]

"Scam" you mean people are fighting back against housing discrimination??? I don't think these people know what the word scam means

Scams are designed to trick someone into giving up money based on lies. This is just.. asking for information then legally enforcing the law??

Fuck landlords

[that-gay-jedi]

"Are you illegally discriminating against disabled people?"

"Yes."

[athousandgateaux]

Kind of incredibly fucked that StatsCan is asking people their assigned sex at birth v. their current gender on the 2026 census given the everything happening in the world right now. Not to mention the major data breach that happened at the CRA less than 5 years ago.

[athousandgateaux]

Just a reminder that there is absolutely no reason that the state needs to know or collect this information.

[gatheringbones]

that bit in Patricia Evan’s book where she talks about the Teddy fantasy and what projecting the role of comfort object onto other people (and especially women) actually achieves and does for the person doing it and then she zeroes in on the pain, confusion, and fear they genuinely and deeply feel the exact moment Teddy says a line it isn’t supposed to be able to say.

and there’s interesting sadisms at work there.

[gatheringbones]

[gatheringbones]