Irreverent Distractions from my Life

-includes a mix of marvel, discworld, and whatever else I am reading/watching at the moment.

[robertreich]

They don't want you to know the REAL reason Social Security is in trouble https://robertreich.substack.com/p/they-dont-want-you-to-know-the-real

[pmamtraveller]

Cats by Shou Xin

[thememedaddy]

[holy-punks]

My favourite translator said that when she was an ambassador for Hungary she took all these Japanese politicians on a tour and she was trying to circumtranslate ‘merry go round’ cause she didn’t know the Japanese word for it by calling it a ‘horse tornado for children’ and they had no blessed idea what she was saying and she finally started running in circles going up and down and they go ‘ohhhhh, in Japan we call those ‘merry-go-rounds’”

[byjove]

Someone mentioned how they were having a hard time creating a world for their fantasy fiction geographically because they kept reinventing the island of Britain, which also happened to my good close enemy George R. R. Martin. I would like to suggest North Carolina. I know that sounds absolutely ridiculous but North Carolina has an awesome geographic setup for a fantasy kingdom, I think. Inhospitable barrier islands, constantly shifting shoals in the sound, swamps with alligators, venomous snakes and carnivorous plants, lots of very flat and somewhat sparsely populated farmland, foothills, mines, mountains full of mysterious phenomenon that were originally very difficult to navigate and people still get lost in today. It kind of rocks.

[the-ice-queen-623]

AND VENUS FLYTRAPS ARE NATIVE TO THE CAROLINAS!

[byjove]

There are actually 36 carnivorous plant species native to North Carolina, roughly half of all carnivorous plant species in the United States are found in North Carolina! I added the carnivorous plant detail because that’s something I love about the state. We have so many fucking bugs that the plants keep evolving to eat them.

I love that giant man eating Venus flytraps are worldbuilding staples in untamed tropical fantasy settings but they’re actually native to a small region in the Carolinas.

[byjove]

And I agree with the notes, the Chesapeake Bay + Great Dismal Swamp (partially in NC anyway) and the South Carolina Lowcountry would be good geographic additions to this.

[softwaring]

[yonallaart]

Guardian Vol. 2. [Hungarian edition]

Interior illustration I made for the Zhen Hun vol 2. [hungarian edition]

♡ / ↻ — are appreciated😌

[thememedaddy]

[damagecontrolstyleaggression]

I can't believe Anthony Stewart Head has died. RIP, you gave us an iconic character

[halondrus]

[manga-and-stuff]

Source: Vinland Saga ヴィンランド･サガ

by Makoto Yukimura

[sunflowersosa]

Nigerian Pride 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇬

I meant to have this out yesterday. Happy belated pride. :)

[nayarazune]

thaisha how I missed you

[fia-bonkginya]

[ID: two critical role screenshots. Aabria, as Thaisha, says, "I am a druid of the Circle of Ancients, and I will speak to all dogs." END ID]

[randumbkatt]

terrifying jmage

[great-and-small]

New shoes

[elodieunderglass]

unhelpful aubergines

[sergal]

everyone shut da fuck up this is the only thing that matters

[sergal]

Oh My God Damn

[maimonideznuts]

Voluntary first past the post voting only demonstrates a party's ability to motivate people to vote at all.

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I continue to maintain that the Australian combination of compulsory voting with ranked choice voting, is the greatest advancement in democracy in centuries.

Compulsory voting shifts the onus ensuring your access to the ballot box to the government. One Citizen, One Vote, No Matter How Remote.

It's hard to restrict the vote when everyone has to vote by law, and compulsory ranked choice voting gives a better median representation of national opinion.

You say "it's my right to refuse to vote", people do that all the time, submit it blank, draw a penis on the ballot, write that you're voting for the Loch Ness Monster. You can also not turn up and pay a small fine.

[maimonideznuts]

I will stress... No matter the system, vote. Always vote. Vote in every election. If nothing else motivates you, just remember that you need to vote because there's someone you cannot stand who is voting in that election, even the local one, for something that is going to bother or hurt you for the rest of your life.

[robertreich]

What are your thoughts?