The Thorn Patch

All the random shiny pebbles I like and whatever media I'm currently fixated on. Currently that's The Locked Tomb.

[so-much-for-subtlety]

[magnusttsisgay-official]

Jarvis, pull up that variable meme.

[maplecinnamonbun]

i’m reminded of the developer of a mapping software who had a variable named ‘legend_handles’ that got refactored into ‘leg_handles,’ ‘leg_hands,’ and finally ‘feet’

[galileosballs]

Let's say I really wanted to reduce the number of children who die in car accidents. Car accidents are really bad, right? Nobody disagrees about that. And it would be much better for both the environment and the kids' health if they spent more time walking, or taking the bus. Perfectly reasonable. More cars off the road, safer roads, fewer kids getting hurt, healthier kids. A win-win!

Therefore, let's ban children from traveling by car and require all cars to have a scanner on the door that scans the government ID of everyone who gets in the car to make sure no kids are in there. After all, kids get hurt in car accidents all the time! We need to ban this right away!

[byjove]

Sleep deprivation is such a common abuse tactic (especially in intimate partner scenarios) that I feel like is discounted or not recognized as a sign of an abusive relationship. Your partner doing shit like provoking arguments in the evening and not letting you go to sleep until you ‘finish it’, playing video games on full brightness and at full volume in the bedroom while you’re trying to sleep, repeatedly waking you with loud noises and having absolutely no consideration for your sleep schedule is a major red flag. It’s so easy to brush off in the moment because accidentally waking someone is one of those hazards of cohabitation that can be brushed aside and easily excused and so many abuse victims only begin to realize it was a calculated pattern of behavior after getting out and getting to sleep. Sleep deprivation is a torture method and a very effective method of abuse and control, lack of sleep puts you on edge and makes it harder for you to think. Abusers will often do this the night before a major event in their victim’s life like a job interview or important social gathering so the victim is not as prepared and/or cannot enjoy the event and it can have serious consequences on your academic, professional and social life.

Like I said, your partner occasionally waking you up is not necessarily a red flag on it’s own but if they’re doing it repeatedly, they refuse to attempt to adjust their behavior and/or they belittle you for being asleep at a reasonable hour, that is deliberate cruelty and blatant disregard for your health and wellbeing. If this is something occurring in your relationship and they are unwilling to listen or be more mindful, it’s time to reevaluate your relationship because you are incompatible at the very least. It’s one of those very small things that can and will indicate where the relationship is headed.

[kaijuno]

[byjove]

btw, the Canadian wildfire smoke is all the way in middle Appalachia

[wonderlandifulcat]

[byjove]

Neighbors to the north, I know we’ve had beef recently but please avoid burning down.

On a serious note, if anyone has any donation links to help the communities under evacuation orders like the Mishkeegogamang First Nation, I’d love to share those.

[wonderlandifulcat]

Links to Help out that I have found:

DONATE - Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity

Individuals who support the goals and vision of AN7GC can make a donation. The ways to donate: call us, mail your donation, use Paypal or Ca

100% of donations are dedicated to supporting Namaygoosisagagun emergency response and community recovery efforts.

Moon Time Connections

Supporting Indigenous menstruators across Turtle Island by ensuring they have access to menstrual products, and by providing vital menstrual

Donations go towards making sure communities have access to menstral products during times of crisis.

True North Aid provides practical humanitarian support to northern and remote Indigenous communities in Canada through community-led project

True North Aid has a Wildfire Relief program and provides practical Support to remote indigenous communities.

Emergency Response - Ontario SPCA

Learn how the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society helps animals during emergencies with disaster response, preparedness resources and emergency

Ontario SPCA and Humane Society is helping with emergency food, supplies, transport, and first aid for displaced animals and are helping families keep their pets when they are displaced.

There are more but these are a good start.

[beardedmrbean]

[paverics]

“my father is a boy and my mother is a girl so i’m mixed” is the funniest possible response to someone asking your gender and it came from 6’5 Viking footballer and notable weird little guy Erling Haaland on a Snapchat

[theconcealedweapon]

[patheticwhimsy]

Why don’t we ever talk about the fact that leonard nimoy had to walk off set because of tooth pain and show up at his dentist dressed as spock

[ears-and-eyebrows]

Also Brent Spiner broke his mandible during the filming of ‘The Game’ and had to be taken to hospital dressed as Data

[jeshala]

Jonathan Frakes got hit with a part of his quarterstaff when it was smacked with a sword and had to go to the hospital dressed in his Q-pid Robin Hood rags.

[necrofuturism]

Tracy Scoggins didn’t have to go to the hospital, but while she was filming “Destiny” in full Cardassian makeup, she “took the opportunity to walk around the lot at Paramount and scare the schoolchildren on buses. Until finally Security called the stage at DS9 and said, ‘Could ya’ll do something about keeping your aliens contained over there?’”

[source]

[nephrysai]

Robert Duncan McNeill had an episode of Voyager where his first major make-up day gave him the appearance of gnarly burns all over his face & hands and he said he then ‘gleefully skipped off to the nearest 7-11 to bask in the horrified looks as he casually shopped’. XD

[theladyshenanigan]

I remember when Nana Visitor told us a story about going to the hospital in her Star Trek outfit (I cant remember what for) one of the interns there was freaking out until it was explained to him that it was just makeup and that her nose did not, in fact break and crumple like an accordion, and that she was there for something else.

[iamthecutestofborg]

I remember reading that Armin Shimmerman once had to race home to his family after an earthquake still in his quark makeup.

[narwhalsarefalling]

Andy Robinson also went home after that earthquake in full Garak makeup and the traffic lights weren’t working so people had to make eye contact at the intersections and he says everybody always let him go first

[memegetter]

(for those who haven’t watched all the treks yet)

In order of appearance, Leonard Nimoy and Brent Spiner:

Jonathan Frakes in his Robin Hood Rags (in the fur), Tracy Scoggins in Cardassian makeup:

Robert Duncan McNeill (not sure if this is from the right ep) and Nana Visitor:

Armin Shimmerman and Andy Robinson:

[beardedmrbean]

Next up someone is going to claim that the Narnia series isn't kids books.

Kids books is probably not the best way to word it, you can enjoy them at every age, including your childhood, as you get older you may find new truths in them, but they're still good for any age.

[taelenne-deactivated20130920]

how do u know the porn you’re watching is totally consensual

that these women weren’t forced into this work

that these women are of age

that these women were treated properly on set

that these women are okay with it being released in the format it has been released(onto which website/etc)

you fucking don’t

[polarbong-deactivated20230616]

IF YOU’RE WATCHING HIGH-PRODUCTION PORN FROM MAINSTREAM COMPANIES, YOU CAN NOW BE CERTAIN OF ALL OF THESE THINGS. The major companies require an STD test every fourteen days, and some even require WEEKLY tests. They go to great lengths to make sure the performers feel comfortable on set and their actions are consensual, before and after filming.

They go to very, VEEEEEEEERY, perhaps annoyingly great lengths to verify age. If I lose ONE of my government-issued ID’s, I’m totally fucked fr work with these people. We also have to sign a LOT of paperwork, on video, while LISTENING to someone tell us “this will be published on the internet. is that okay?” to which we answer YES. More into amateur porn? That’s okay! You can still take measures to ensure that you’re buying safe, consensual porn! By buying it DIRECTLY from female performers on websites like MyGirlFund. Then, you don’t even have to give money to one of the big porn companies, which many of us understandably have some qualms with. It goes straight to her! I realize there are problems in sex work. NONE OF THEM GET SOLVED BY CONVINCING PEOPLE TO STOP PAYING US. YOU ARE STARVING SEX WORKERS WHEN YOU DO THAT. But hey, when have radfems ever given a fuck about the women they actively harm with their misguided efforts?

[sumikatt]

I think there’s a really odd gap in general supply chain knowledge in which people scapegoat AI as this new devastating environmental concern, when internet data centers have been an environmental problem before that. The internet already had the infrastructure to support it in 2017, before GPT-1 was released. Data centers are not a new problem. The internet already had a large physical presence, but people didn’t really think much of it until there were new AI-related developments (and then attribute all data centers to being related to generative AI? Where do people think YouTube videos are stored? The literal clouds in the sky?)

A Makeship plushie has a bigger carbon footprint than a thousand LLM queries but it is seen as an acceptable environmental impact, because it has been deemed socially acceptable to contract low wage factories in the Global South to make toys to sell to customers worldwide at a 3000% markup, with all the profits staying in the Global North. Not many people think of that environmental impact

[exoticoyster]

Gideon the Ninth: uuu murder mystery, surprisingly tragic

Harrow the Ninth:

My reading experience so far

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

Cracked up laughing at the advertisement a over this

The comic is such a mood though. I want to help but Cannot and so just. Flounder

alas. just flounder

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

Two days in a row and still nothing! And a couple weeks ago, AND again a few days before that. give me my thunderstorm!!!

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

Hmm.

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

It did not.

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

100% chance of precipitation? right now and for the rest of the day?? Well you said that 2 hours ago and it's still sunny out

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

Well it wasn't nothing, but that was definitely only sample sized. The kind of portion of thunderstorm they'd give you in a little paper cup at the grocery store to entice you into buying the full thing.

[pterribledinosaurdrawings]

It's done this twice in the past week, and once we got some big clouds and a bit of strong wind and some thunder, but then nothing happened. Please. take away the humidity.

[loreleywrites]

you solve the mystery of what to have for dinner one night and you think "hell yeah case closed forever" WRONG there is a dinner mystery the next night too

[systlin]

Getting down on my knees and thanking the humans who invented dishwashers and washing machines.

[ihonestlydontknowwhattocallthis]

InsNe that dishwashers are more efficient and easier than just washing them manually but they also use less water. It’s a win win situation

[systlin]

They ALSO sterilize dishes, due to operating at a far higher temperature than human hands could ever tolerate. It's a win every way.

[systlin]

Made this post about 15 minutes after the repair guy who fixed the pump on my dishwasher packed up his tools and left, as the dishwasher was whirring along doing my dishes from that morning.

He said the exact same thing, which I did not know before that, so spreading this knowledge.