Deela: Captain, we have a right to survive! Kirk: Not by killing others! *pointed look*

Names of Merchant Adventurers from history: Marwood Bustard Butler Burton Dyxon Darton Lancelot Driffield Theophilus Garrencieres York Horner Suckling Spendlove To be honest we just picked out the humorous ones because we are children.

“Elon Musk destroyed USAID as a mechanism for killing off as many of the global poor and non-white as he can before they kill him first (as he, insanely, believes)” is not a conspiracy theory. In truth, it’s very hard to conclude anything else.

David Roberts@volts.wtf · last wk.

For a certain kind of white man, there is no fear more primal than the fear that the people they have abused will gain power and treat them the same way.

columbo: now, i couldn't help but notice, sir, your hands are covered in blood, and there's a shotgun slung over your shoulder, and you're holding a bag that says "I <3 POISON" investment banker, condescending: what are you getting at, lieutenant. columbo: well, my wife, you see, she loves poison-

I don't know how to deal with the fact that the second Pope in a row is so Christian. It's very impressive, but confusing for a guy my age.

Charles Keener@charleskeener.bsky.social · 2w ago

Oh nooo. I am mostly enjoying Star Trek TOS, but every now and then the 60s-ness gets painful. Like right now, when a bunch of white actors in brownface are playing Native Americans who are awed by Kirk's CPR abilities - sorry, god powers. 😬 🤦🏾‍♀️

Thus far, my TRSB fics have been about things like depression and PTSD and recovery, or fantasy racism and cultural appropriation, or tackling the racism surrounding the Orcs in canon. This year I've written a cheerful little story about hobbits having a pie competition. Feels weird. 😆

If anyone would like to see a short video of a vicious beast being disturbed in its lair, this is your lucky day. #caturday

🌟 A blessed Janmashtami to all celebrating the birth of Lord Krishna! In his honor, let’s learn about the woman who gave birth to him, his mother, Devaki.

"All you have to do is sit back and let the machine do the work." *ominous music* Star Trek TOS really was prescient, huh.

And thus Ich wake yn the dawninge And Ich steppe out syde And Ich take a depe breathe and koude ful wel flye And Ich screame wyth al puissance of my lunges What ys goinge on? And Ich saye hey ey ey yey hey ey yey Ich saye HEY! WHAT YS GOINGE ON?

"The area of penetration will no doubt be sensitive." An actual line said by Spock on Star Trek TOS. 😂

Medicare for All is the guarantee of healthcare from cradle to grave—without premiums, copays, or deductibles. That’s it. Pass it.

I just discovered that, apparently, I have had the Half-Elf rant enough times that if I type 'line of', then my keyboard automatically suggests 'Eärendil'. 😂

Achievement Unlocked: Went into Spotlight for one item. Walked out of Spotlight having bought only that item and nothing else.

On this day in antiquity: the final known text in Egyptian hieroglyphs is written down. These two texts from Roman Egypt, written in hieroglyphs and Demotic on the Nile island of Philae, are short, but they nonetheless give us their author's name and their date of creation: August 24th 394 AD.

This is not a cat blessed with an overabundance of brain cells. #cats #orangecat #allorangecatsshareonebraincell

Fuck aphids. Seriously. Bastards won't leave my roses alone.

Thread 🧵 Displaced Palestinians in Gaza are enduring extreme heat for a third summer as a result of Israel's genocide. Here are the conditions they're forced to survive. #Infograph

Damn, FB Marketplace is anxiety-inducing.

have you been in an argument with a friend? Chancleta is here for you. read him the texts. he will listen. Chancleta will not take sides. except he will. he will take your side. he will agree with you. he will find new ways that you've been generous with your friend that you didn't even realize.

This sent me down a rabbit hole as well. I did not know these were a thing, and now I desperately want one just for the Hobbit vibes.

Eb@ebthen.bsky.social · last mo.

I am learning about green roofs which I did not know about before and they are mainly awesome.

When the press hounded Diana to her death, there was reflection, it was recognized that something needed to change. I'm not holding my breath that the same will happen with Arday. I don't expect anyone will take responsibility for allowing an embittered Nazi to lead a pack of dogs like that.

Quite weird to hear BBC News describe Jason Arday as “the black professor accused of plagiarism”. Is every story about a white professor going to include the relevant adjective?

This entire disgusting situation with Arday has shown the horrible priorities of a society built for the ruling class. Our press isn't free, and it is used solely and exclusively to pursue the interests of the ruling class which owns it.

Peet pics! (Peecs?) Find my orange son on OnlyPaws for more premium toebean content. 😆 #cats #orangecat #toebeans #catpeets

TBH what this really suggests is that we haven't figured out how to maintain a robust system of public health in the face of the reality that deceptive communication is an almost guaranteed human thing. If the system breaks down when tested by humans being deceptive, the system has problems.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · last mo.

The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.

“I think there’s a real question about whether these spaces are safe for us and whether we just have to start doing this outside universities,” says Kehinde Andrews, who was the 1st Black Studies prof. in the UK but was recently made redundant from Birmingham City University.” shorturl.at/nxVv5

‘Old racist wine in a new bottle’: Black academics respond to Jason Arday affair

Figures in higher education feel double standards are being used to delegitimise work of minority groups

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Sandeep Bakshi@sandeepbak.bsky.social · last mo.

Rise in Power, Professor Jason Arday. May you find peace. Humanity is not a characteristic trait of academia. White supremacists hounded Arday to his death. And Brown and POC supporters from Cambridge & fancy unis published op-eds to discuss 'standards'. Hope your academic standards are intact. 1/4

Scrooge has a pretty big vault of gold coins that he can swim in. I've never seen Tony dive into a vault filled with gold coins. Scrooge has this in the bag.