Musings of the Easily Amused

[worldscoolest]

[novelistparty]

at the 2001 Rock For Choice benefit concert

[70sscifiart]

Angus McBride's 1966 "Legendary Beasts" series ran in the backs of the weekly magazine Finding Out. Daisy at Beautiful Books has collected all 36 of them over here - this is just half of them!

[thatdisasterauthor]

On July 6, 1994, fourteen wildland firefighters gave their lives on Storm King Mountain during the South Canyon Fire near Glenwood Springs. Twelve firefighters were unable to outrun the blaze and perished. Two more helitack firefighters were also killed as they tried to flee to the northwest. Today marks the 30th anniversary of that event:

Prineville Hotshots: Kathi Beck, Tamera Bickett, Scott Blecha, Levi Brinkley, Douglas Dunbar, Terri Hagen, Bonnie Holtby, Rob Johnson, Jon Kelso

Missoula Smokejumper: Don Mackey

McCall Smokejumpers: Roger Roth, Jim Thrash

Helitack: Robert Browning, Jr., Richard Tyler

I now work in the district where this fire and these deaths occurred, and there is a lot being done to honor the 30th anniversary. I’ve met a handful of the survivors this year, and also hiked the memorial trail for the first time.

Halfway up the trail is an overlook that shows the whole fire line where this occurred, along with placards explaining the event. When I hiked it, I found that someone had left a little toy fire truck at that overlook, the truck staring out at the line.

I’ll never forget that little fire truck, nor the people it honors.

[pmamtraveller]

The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars, by Greg Mort (1999)

[songsomi]

Gorgonà (2025) dir. Evi Kalogiropoulou Melissanthi Mahut as Maria

[dyingroses]

M*A*S*H + text posts

[dogpuppy]

[nineteenyearoldmeblog]

im fucking crying

[ctchrysler]

just wanted to see what Xii's tattoo would look like red

[ctchrysler]

referenced some claudia mancinelli poses for Annie's mom

[maureen2musings]

Superstition Sentinels

jeremyjohnsonphotography

[puppygirllaika]

"chekhov's gun" my ass. he used a phaser.

[pankendev]

there are places in the world today that are experiencing 40°C for the first time in recorded history. of course there's no way to know whether chucking billionaires into volcanos will appease the sun god but i feel we're doing the scientific method a disservice if we don't at least try

[dancingthroughthedarkwithyou]

[keywestwildlifecenter]

The young Osprey safely rescued Wednesday from a cabin balcony on a Celebrity Cruise ship is doing well in care! Rescuer Sarah was able to carefully get the bird that was trapped behind a glass railing. The Raptor is uninjured and will be returned to the wild soon. www.keywestwildlifecenter.org

[sylvanitchi]

i painted the cutie

[jewishclarkkent]

bruce wayne: son of martha wayne, who is the sister of jacob kane, a jewish man; cousin of kate kane, a jewish woman.

dc: bruce wayne is… what’s the word…umm…

me: 

[visionsthatdance]

[ID: screencap showing an old man saying “Jewish. You can say it, Bob.” End ID]

[weirdgirl247]

every year small towns and indigenous communities across canada are burnt to nothing by horrific wildfires and americans go on the internet to complain about it and blame us bc the smoke has spread to their state. i’m so tired.

go yell at mark carney or your own local politicians about climate change and urge them to do more to stop it. the namaygoosisagagun first nation had their community destroyed today. you can find a link to donate to them here. donate to your local food bank. go to the beach next week when the smoke clears and you don’t have to think about it anymore while the people who’s lives have been destroyed will have to pick up the pieces and try to move forward when we are already in a huge cost of living crisis across the country.

[weirdgirl247]

rbing with other places you can donate to to support those impacted by the fires!

true north aid (an organization aimed at providing support to remote/northern indigenous people in canada)

canadian red cross wildfire fund

ontario spca and humane society (links to their donate page specifically aimed at supporting pets and animals in areas impacted by the fires)

and the anishinabek nation’s page where you can donate to support the namaygoosisagagun nation who had their land destroyed by the fires is still accepting donations

[whitepeopletwitter]

[nynehells]

YOU FORGOT THE BEST PART