The Iron Horse

The real Cholma since 1998. Don't accept the awesome-free pretenders!

[liberalsarecool]

Trump built a $10 billion trap and walked right into it himself. #BBC #discovery

[thecholma]

[teaboot]

Too bad the prophet Cassandra never met Odysseus

[teaboot]

They say if she made a prophecy Nobody would believe her

[edgar-allan-possum]

I’ve gotta say, that is exactly the kind of stupid thing that probably would circumvent a curse.

[elidyce]

Cassandra: YOU ARE ALL GOING TO REGRET THIS SO MUCH YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW. 

Odysseus: Regret it why?

Cassandra: You won’t believe me if I tell you. If I prophecy, nobody believes me. That is my curse.

Odysseus: … I’m Nobody. Fill me in. 

*A couple of months later* 

Odysseus: HELLO PENELOPE, I AM HERE PRECISELY ON TIME AND NOT YEARS LATE incidentally I rescued and adopted a Trojan seer while I was away, she’s great, got me home really fast, Cassandra this is your new mother who’s not going to treat you like shit. 

Penelope: … I’m going to need more details, but okay, sure. 

Cassandra: *in tears* I love you, new family. 

[cipheramnesia]

Cassandra: Penelope, I’ve had another vision.

Penelope, sighs: Go tell your father.

[val-the-bun]

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

[Image description: a screen shot of a Tumblr tag: #athena smacking apollo upside the head: you’ve ruined a perfectly good greek tragedy is what you did. look at it. it’s got found family. description ends]

[francescathelibrarian]

Clever.

[packyanderson]

What with the big movie out, this needs some fresh reblogs.

[porcelainbae]

[thecholma]

Personally, I do not want to fuck any of those horrible people. HOWEVER, I would gleefully shove them all into a certain billionaire's rocket and launch them all to Mars.

[reject-tiefling]

They are all waiting for you outside the bathroom

[liberalsarecool]

MAGA will say it on the campaign trail.

They will say it online.

They will say it on FOX News.

They will say it to your face.

But they will NEVER say it under oath.

Because it’s a lie.

[liberalsarecool]

Lindsey Graham died Friday and his unqualified sister has already been sworn in. Remember when Mike Johnson refused to seat Adelita Grijalva for 50 days after she was elected?

Epstein Files are at the bottom of every GOP move. Corruption and double standards are manifest. They treat their government like a Mafia family racket.

[psychic-waffles]

We're at the "JK Rowling is personally funding litigation to try and destroy AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL" stage of rabid UK terf brain.

Screenshot via Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net on bluesky

Tldr Amnesty International, global human rights organisation, published a report called 'A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK'. In it is detailed, amongst others, a whole bunch of transphobic groups and organisations, including Beira's Place, JK Rowling's trans exclusionary sexual violence support service. JK Rowling threw a shit fit and got Amnesty to take the report down by threatening libel. This was obviously not enough, because you can't appease a fascist, so now she's going to bankroll a bunch of lawsuits anyway through the JK Rowling Women's Fund.*

You can read an archived version of the report here, please save it and share it.

*Not so friendly reminder there is no way to engage in the wizard books without enabling this shit.

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

hmmm

[rubykgrant]

You BEHEAD Marie Antoinette?

[commodorecliche]

you CHOP her head like the GUILLOTINE??

[quadradaz]

OH OH CHAOS FOR FRANCE! CHAOS FOR FRANCE FOR 1000 YEARS!!!!

[petermorwood]

Pity I hadn’t seen this closer to Bastille Day… :-D

[liberalsarecool]

The 10 Commandments are technically Jewish, from the Torah, and are not in the New Testament.

Maybe the Sermon on the Mount or the Beattitudes would be a more Christian choice.

Quote Jesus, not the Old Testament.

[whosname]

[id. A twitter post by @/Bennieeexyz Jury duty letter came addressed to my cat. Not a mistake. "Felix Martinez" - that's his full name according to his vet records. My last name. His first name. Somehow he's a registered voter now. Called the county clerk. Me: My cat got summoned for jury duty. Clerk: Is the name correct on the summons? Me: Yes, but he's a cat. Clerk: Is Felix Martinez a legal resident of this county? Me: He's a legal cat. Clerk: Sir, if the name matches our records, he needs to appear or file an exemption. Me: He can't file anything. He has paws. Clerk: You can file on his behalf. Me: Under what exemption? There's no box for "is a cat." Clerk: (pause) Check "unable to serve due to medical reasons." Me: What's the medical reason? Clerk: He's a cat. Me: That's not a medical condition. Clerk: It is if it prevents him from serving. Sent in the form. Got rejected two weeks later. "Insufficient documentation. Please provide medical professional's statement." Took the letter to my vet. Me: I need you to write that my cat can't do jury duty. Vet: Why is your cat summoned for jury duty? Me: Excellent question. No good answer. Vet: This is the weirdest request I've gotten. Me: Can you just write that he's medically unfit to serve? Vet: On what grounds? Me: He's a cat. Vet: (started typing) "Patient is unable to serve due to species-related limitations including inability to speak, read, or comprehend legal proceedings." Me: Perfect. Sent it in. Got another rejection. "Summons is mandatory. Failure to appear will result in contempt of court." My roommate thought this was hilarious. Roommate: Felix is going to jail. Me: This is serious. Roommate: Bring him to court. See what happens. Decided that was actually the only option left. Day of jury duty, put Felix in his carrier. Brought the entire paper trail of rejection letters. Checked in at the courthouse. Clerk: Name? Me: Felix Martinez. Clerk: (looked at the cat carrier) Is that Felix? Me: Yes. Clerk: (long stare) He's a cat. Me: I've been saying that for six weeks. Clerk: Why didn't you file an exemption? Me: I filed three. All rejected. Showed her the letters. She read through them, expression shifting from confusion to disbelief. Clerk: Someone rejected the veterinary documentation? Me: Twice. Clerk: (called her supervisor over) You need to see this. Supervisor read everything. Looked at Felix. Looked at me. Supervisor: How did a cat get registered to vote? Me: You tell me. Supervisor: This is a data error. Me: Took you six weeks to figure that out. They dismissed Felix immediately. Apologized for the inconvenience. Supervisor: We'll remove him from the voter registry. Me: Appreciate it. Supervisor: (pause) Out of curiosity, how would he have voted? Me: Probably whatever party supports universal treats. Got a formal apology letter a week later and a voter registration card. For me this time. Apparently I wasn't registered, but my cat was. Roommate: Felix committed voter fraud. Me: Felix committed nothing. He's innocent. Roommate: That's what they all say. Felix is sleeping on the jury summons now. Fitting end to his legal career. end id]

[sizvideos]

This campaign defies censorship in social media to raise awareness for early detection of breast cancer

[iamanemotionaltimebomb]

this is actually super fucking smartass of them

[snake-lady]

Reblogging as this is so important everyone! My mum had breast cancer and that shit is not nice so please check yourself ladies and gents! 💕💕💕

[tkthegoddess]

Always a reblog. 💋

[lyra-invisa]

I will forever reblog this when I see it because its so important

[theragamuffininitiative]

Source:

Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

Among the many reasons I am clawing my life back from Google.

[wilwheaton]

“I hope we see more close calls or more Democratic senators defeated in primaries, though hopefully in cases where the states are blue enough and the challengers strong enough to hold the seats. There are no seats to spare. There’s no margin for losing a couple seats to make a point. But there are also plenty of senators from pure blue states that could be won by almost anyone who’s not truly feral. We just spoke yesterday again about the necessity of Supreme Court reform. And the John Hickenloopers of the Senate are not cut out for that. They won’t get it done. They must either be replaced or convinced by primary close calls to rethink how they approach their jobs. To be clear, Hickenlooper isn’t the worst. I’m sure he’s a nice guy. I’m sure he’s an able leader in other moments. But he’s representative of the get-along-go-along mentality of the Senate Democratic caucus, which is doing the doing the equivalent of debating a new fire alarm system, perhaps even some new fire retardant insulation eve, while the house is literally on fire. You’ll need to end a few of their careers to jolt the remainder into reconsidering their approach.”

— Hick for a Loop - TPM – Talking Points Memo

[dduane]

KOSA again, with a different name… and they’re trying to sneak it past you before July 4th. CALL YOUR REPS!

The KIDS Act Would Require Age Checks To Get Online

Buried inside the KIDS Act are provisions that will push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation p

Like the man said…the shadow takes another form and ruses again. Time to make some calls and let them know we’re watching.

[victusinveritas]

[frasohei]

[dduane]

An excuse to visit this Dublin pub

(For non-Irish folks: "lads" is a local unisex plural. Also: "skint" = "broke". )

(a little article about the pub is here)

Meanwhile, next time I'm up in town, Imma go over and have a glass of wine there (though it's a bit out of my normal stomping grounds) and thank them. 🙂

The Thomas House (on Google Maps)

[slipping-into-madness]