[depsidase]

[bastionkeeper]

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Lean into the funny idiot archetype so that when you’re unexpectedly hypercompetent at something they give you The Look where you can see them reexamine their entire perception of you in confusion, respect and no small amount of fear, and when you keep playing funny idiot they will be forever wary of you. Let them find out, incidentally, that the jester keeps a knife under his hat, and never figure out how to deal with that because they won’t abandon their boxes.

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

i keep mine in my fanny pack :)

[returnsandreturns]

i HAVE to stop looking at shelter cats until i'm moved but BUNNY

[returnsandreturns]

bunny is still there and apparently hasn't been adopted because she's very skittish and shy but so AM I

i assume they don't put cats on layaway but i might go this weekend to see if i can say hi, at least. and then bring her home on, like, june 5th when i'm all moved and settled if she's still there.

[returnsandreturns]

bunny 1.5 years and a few pounds later

[browsethestacks]

Pokémon

Art by Sephko

[dollefront-deactivated20250908]

[bonerfart]

i just did the BOFA thing to my mum and she goes “that’s very rude” and I said “i’m sorry, i meant it as a parody” and she said “of what?” then i said “a parod-eez nuts” and i heard my dad laugh from the other room

[ivan-fyodorovich-k]

[organical-mechanical]

Fun fact: there’s a virus that makes bugs iridescent

disease that makes you beautiful then kills you

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

i feel like you guys would appreciate this fact

[canid-sys]

OKAY

THIS IS CALLED INVERTEBRATE IRIDESCENT VIRUS 31 or ISOPOD IRIDOVIRUS

THERE UNFORTUNATELY ISN'T A LOT OF INFORMATION ON IT

BUT IT INCREASES BUGE MORTALITY AND TURNS THEM SHINY AND BLURPLE

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

There’s actually multiple of them, each targeting a different host

For example, invertebrate iridescent virus 3 mainly infects mosquito larvae

[gallifreyanconsultingphilosopher]

@onenicebugperday

[stuft]

[eveninginparis]

washed up gun from lake michigan

via coravioletwalters

[nonasuch]

[viralfrog]

[definitely-not-a-plant]

ah yes, lasagna

[cannibalchicken]

[thedepressionoftrees]

I love Wikipedia subsections that are just absolutely unhinged out of context

Peak comedy right here

[supreme-leader-stoat]

[catmask]

i literally love when people realize positive reinforcement works like yes its so silly isnt it. but it literally works humans love juice reward too

[liberalsarecool]

The cruelty of racist white men.

[wolf840]

Does anyone else remember when Elon was like "if anyone knows how to end world hunger for 6 billion USD, I'll fund it" and UNICEF was like "we're going to spend a month to make a plan to end world hunger for 6 billion USD and Elon is going to fund it" and Elon was like "actually, nah" and then bought Twitter instead?

I think that was one of the worst things I'll ever see in my life.

[tiredspacedragon]

I still think that should be the thing for which he's the most famous. It should be brought up every time he's mentioned. In any news article, any interview, any history book. "Elon Musk, who was offered a chance to end world hunger and turned it down." Put it on his fucking gravestone.

[hotdogmexicano]

tiny death roll

[worldbuilding-tomfoolery]

ballet

[tamamita]

The US is truly incomprehensible

[leonardcohenofficial]

this is real

[squirrelstone]

The sponsor, Earl Carter, is doing this to distract from the bill he sponsored immediately before this, H.R. 1160, which appears to classify all traveling doctors and "advanced care practitioners" as independent contractors (can't be 100% sure as the text hasn't been released yet, but it sounds like it's gonna be exactly what it says on the tin).

If you've ever seen a post about doordash or lyft drivers being overworked and underpaid, this is basically the same thing but for doctors. Here's an article about why independent contractors are bad for the worker, but here's the cliff notes:

shit pay

no benefits

social isolation (coworkers changing frequently, so you don't have time to make friends or even proper acquaintances)

not actually independent workers/still tied to a company

They dressed it up by adding this reasoning to the end of the title "to help alleviate physician shortages, including in underserved areas," but it's just political theater. Any physician would still need proper licensing, and there are already systems and travelling doctor companies in place designed to address underserved areas. The only difference is that the companies would be "required" (i.e. CEOs have been chomping at the bit to do this) to make all these doctors ICs instead of salaried employees.

All this to say, when you see some outrageous shit like this, look for the stuff that's been released at the same time. That's what they're actually trying to get passed.

[theconcealedweapon]

[boy-yuri]

This happened in 2025.

His name is Chris Gatlin. He’s a Black man. AI has, for years, been worse at recognizing Black people. Black activists have been speaking up for years about how police use of AI will perpetuate racism in the justice system.

The victim repeatedly told the police that he was not a reliable witness due to sustaining a head injury from the assault. On top of this, police pressured the victim into identifying Gatlin as the suspect, even though he had already identified two other suspects. It took 17 months police to finally hand over the bodycam footage, which they conveniently forgot to say existed in the first place. The case was dismissed soon after.