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[ID: Photo of the stacks of a library overlaid with text: This is the only data center I want funded. End ID]

YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU CAN HANDLE CRITIQUE. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU CAN EMBRACE BEING TOLD YOU WERE WRONG. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH UNPLEASANT TASKS. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU CAN DELIVER DISAPPOINTING NEWS. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU KNOW HOW TO BE DISAGREED WITH. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU CAN BE CORRECTED. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU CAN BE TOLD YOU MESSED UP. YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY. YOU ARE ABLE TO DO HARD THINGS.

lyouve

Books are so cool because there are no fucking ads in them

fluentisonus

they're trying to get me to do something called ""my job"" instead of reading about medieval english poaching laws

binturong-of-the-day

The binturong of suspicion

dragongirlbunny

ymutate

Sarah Morgan

'Is it raining where you are? '

batbetbitbotbut

She has more! Here's her website. She lives in the Peak District, England.

"A little shower"

"Proper big rain, that"

She has a lot of sky paintings with good colours but I particularly enjoy her human figures:

In order: Knackered / He's knackered too / The bears are really knackered / The heterosexuals, they're bloody knackered / The lesbians are knackered too / The polyamorous... well, you would be knackered, wouldn't you?

And this was just charming:

"Enjoying a little soak"

casnonotbcofspn

but guys. i don't think we're understanding hard enough. because suppose the world was not informed by real estate or power lines? the hidden river of my life, pursued by love??? guys?

ghost-mantis

On this, the anniversary of the lunar landing, let us also celebrate the greatest post-mission achievement by a crewman.

I refer, of course, to the time Buzz Aldrin (age 72 at the time) cold-cocked a moon landing conspiracy theorist straight in his smug face after being accused of being a coward, liar, and thief.

Yes, someone was indeed dumb enough to tell a man so unafraid of death that he was willing to go into the void on a fragile explosive rocket, a coward.

Said dumbass was filming this confrontation as some sort of proof of moon fraud, but has instead captured this glorious moment of near-cosmic justice for us to loop for all time.

Aldrin was not charged with any crime. He should have been given another medal for public service.

northstarfan

Said dumbass tried to take Aldrin to court for assault and was thrown out on his metaphorical ass, being cited as the instigator of the incident after luring Aldrin into a meeting under false pretenses (telling the former astronaut he was being interviewed for a children's program).

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

cutiebabie

love a good bumper sticker

towerofglass

truth, coming out of her well:

jaubaius

How to surreptitiously stretch within reach of kisses

yay-bunnies-world

oh i feel so low… if there was only a tutorial for a bunny like me to learn how to surreptitiously stretch within reach of kisses

oneheadtoanother

nemfrog

The bugs' circle dance. Entomology in sport. 1859. Frontispiece.

Internet Archive

aurpiment

“It’s easy to assume”: someone’s misconception is about to be amiably corrected

“It’s tempting to assume”: someone’s assumption is about to be criticized

“It’s comforting to assume”: someone’s assumption is going to be read for filth

beardedmrbean

they used to let kids have real fun

afriendofblahaj

There's an xkcd for that :3

Side note: polonium-210 is a very dangerous isotope, however it "does not pose a radiation hazard when kept outside the body", as the alpha particle it emits have very little penetration power and cannot pierce even the outer layers of dead skin. It has still killed countless people, though, not because of children's rings, but because of tobacco. Polonium latches onto and concentrates in tobacco leaves, leading to heavy smokers being exposed to more radiation than survivors of the Chernobyl disaster.

It's always wild to me seeing comments about different toxins like this on information about random things in the past, but it's never discussed when it comes to cigarettes.