I miss you, Oman Au

emergent property. 30-something.

[pmamtraveller]

Theseus in the Minotaur's labyrinth, by Edward Burne-Jones, 1861.

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

all of them

[nthfunct-deactivated20231201]

construction workers were a superstitious organization who thought orange objects could ward off vehicles, or even control people.

[pharmafelon]

Legend has it their most important ritual was destroying a section of a road then smoking cigarettes around it for hours on end. Experts say this was to bless the area

[archaeo-geek]

The most important priest wore the white hat, and many of the supporting clergy carried ceremonial shovels to lean on during these intricate rituals.

[ocularcannibal]

they had cool sceptres nshit

people would totally just obey without a second thought

[allcops]

“The police spend very little of their time dealing with violent criminals—indeed, police sociologists report that only about 10% of the average police officer’s time is devoted to criminal matters of any kind. Most of the remaining 90% is spent dealing with infractions of various administrative codes and regulations: all those rules about how and where one can eat, drink, smoke, sell, sit, walk, and drive. If two people punch each other, or even draw a knife on each other, police are unlikely to get involved. Drive down the street in a car without license plates, on the other hand, and the authorities will show up instantly, threatening all sorts of dire consequences if you don’t do exactly what they tell you. The police, then, are essentially just bureaucrats with weapons. Their main role in society is to bring the threat of physical force—even, death—into situations where it would never have been otherwise invoked, such as the enforcement of civic ordinances about the sale of untaxed cigarettes.”

— An excerpt from Ferguson & the Criminalization of American Life by David Graeber (via actjustly)

[noneedtofearorhope]

since i think many will have had the memory slip with just how many other atrocities have occured in the past 11 years, or are simply too young to remember, the last bit about the sale of untaxed cigarettes isn’t just some hypothetical, it’s a reference to the killing of eric garner

Killing of Eric Garner - Wikipedia

this is the origin of the slogan “i cant breathe”, which was revived in the wake of the killing of george floyd.

[alanshemper]

On this day, 17 July 2014, Eric Garner was murdered by police enforcing a civic ordinance.

[txttletale]

medieval peasants actually had access to far more Doritos than we do nowadays

[chequerootlurks]

A lovely, glossy Grapevine Beetle!

@onenicebugperday

[squiddity3]

Saw one of these the other day! Mine was shy. (Or laying eggs.)

[offalteeth]

Her name is Hamburger, and she is a princess.

[omegaversereloaded]

Im crying right now. Im going to kill myself after posting this. He is so ugly. Im going to drop a boulder on my head and die flat because hes so ugly. I syill love him but hes disgusting

[masturbatress]

Lestat

[demonius-darkblade]

I hear being kind is punk but is it ska? Is being kind ska? I don't care about being kind unless it's ska.

[marwyn]

Is your first name canon in asoiaf

Yes

No

Sort of (spelled differently, etc.)

Remaining time: 2 days 6 hours

Here’s the character list on the wiki for reference

[ethanmaldridge]

New cryptid

[ethanmaldridge]

The people have requested a print, so it's up now in my shop!

[roseschmits]

Crawler pots

Porcelain

Available on www.roseschmits.com

Free UK shipping, worldwide available

[kuttithevangu]

the new fantasy genre, popehunk, encompasses all books in which historical figures responsible for real atrocities are presented as sexy and potentially suffering from a cute lil' anxiety disorder

[innerchildabortionclinic]

interesting kink assortment on the dash

[errorschacha]

Not to indulge in childish fantasies but what if every time I checked the news it wasn’t worse?

[vedurnan]

human and bug relations will change by the end of the century

[nataliehall]

A wolpertinger