Just dudes bein bros

yet another horrifying story about disability tech companies taking the money of disabled people and then abandoning them. this one is about $150,000 eye implants. company went bankrupt, many patients are now without vision again and unable to remove the implants without risking their health, but having the implants in is also extremely dangerous and makes it impossible to get life saving MRIs. the company responsible did not even think to contact its patients when it was going out of business and ending support. people have devices in their brain that now do nothing except potentially kill them. there is nobody who offers replacement parts for these devices, any maintenance, and people are having their implants break without any support to fix or remove them.

fuck these companies. fuck this shit. it keeps happening. these fucking companies make products for disabled people, offer them hope, take their money, then bail. even if bailing can fucking kill people and if they used up all their money

this is why tech startups cannot replace healthcare overhauls, better benefits, accessibility, policy changes, more funding, and more studies. expensive, temporary technology is not the answer to accessibility. it is not feasible and it is not safe.

there is zero accountability and shit like this is always happening.

Sushi Studios on Instagram / Etsy

happy new year. have some tigers i did for a client

honey is the only food product that never spoils. there are pots of honey that are over five thousand years old and still completely edible

i also want to point out we know it tastes the same even after thousands of years b/c archaeologists who discovered two thousand year old honey tasted it. presumably right after they looked at each other and went “what the hell here goes nothing”

I’m pretty sure they also identify human remains by taste. Archaeologists are straight up freaks.

No, no no… you identify bone from rock or other substances by touching it to your tongue. If it sticks, it’s bone. The taste itself has nothing to do with it. And most archaeologists won’t lick human bones if they know they’re human.

…and I realize that doesn’t actually do much to prove archaeologists aren’t freaks.

mai nam is jane and wen i dig i fynde some roks both smol and big i put my tung upon the stone for science yes i lik the bone

I’m sitting with a bunch of archaeologists and we just laughed so hard we CRIED we’re getting tshirts with this on them

I will never ever get tired of seeing bredlik poems. It is really one of the seminal art forms of the century. I am not being sarcastic. 

Things I remember reading online that I wish I had screenshotted: Story of a trans guy, estranged from family, who got an invitation to his sister's wedding, but their parents had specified that he'd better come in a dress or not come at all. But they hadn't seen him in almost 7 years and didn't know that not only was he on T and had surgeries, he's a passionate weightlifter.

So if I remember right he sent the sister a heads-up beforehand and the sister was like "holy shit do it", and he showed up in a pink, frilly dress, and sneakers. No makeup, jewellery or anything, just this bulky, hairy dude in a dress for no particular reason.

Their parents, naturally, still got mad despite of him following their exact, specific instructions in order to "not embarrass the family", and after the wedding the sister made sure to pick as many photos of the wedding as possible with the brother visible in them, because it was now a funny family story of bringing the family together by pissing the shit out of their parents.

All hail the king and queen siblings.

Boss shit

Literal actual goals

that was intensely satisfying

WELL DONE!!!

I watched the first few seconds, said “is this motherfucker actually,” AND THEN THE MOTHERFUCKER ACTUALLY

He caught the train! He is an excellent hunter!

Every time I see this I’m so proud of him.

Listen I don’t ship real life people but Emma Watson and Tom Felton would have been the power couple of the century

i'm gonna cause some controversy and say homeschooling isn't the solution to issues caused in public schooling. you have no idea how many cults and horrific child abuse cases were able to exist because of lack of oversight in homeschooling. in these cases parents pull their kids out of public school once teachers or other students noticed signs of neglect. one case I recommend looking into to understand what i'm talking about (well, if you can stomach some gruesome details of child abuse) is the turpin family case, aka "house of horrors". there's a several part documentary on it available for free on youtube.

EDIT: here's an article on this case + abuse in homeschooling in general

As a survivor of physical and emotional abuse (as well as educational neglect) by homeschooling parents, I really appreciate you talking about this. This is a subject very near and dear to me, and one that desperately needs more awareness brought to it. As a child in this type of situation, you feel isolated and voiceless. As an adult, I still often struggle to feel heard, since barely anyone seems to be aware of this issue. Homeschool associations and families intentionally amplify success stories and minimize cases of abuse and neglect because they fear public scrutiny and government regulation.

I'd like to call attention to the website Homeschooling's Invisible Children, which is one of the few places dedicated to documenting instances of abuse and neglect in homeschool families.

In particular, I would like to mention Hana Grace-Rose Williams, an Ethiopian girl who was killed by her foster parents, and Adrian Jones, who was tortured to death by his stepmother. These stories illustrate how the most severe abuse often happens to black children, particularly international adoptees and those without stable family situations. Heavy trigger warnings for both (but especially the latter) for graphic abuse, torture, and murder of very young children.

Once you start digging, the sheer number and severity of these cases is overwhelming and distressing. US homeschooling laws are incredibly lax and amount to not just a crack in the system, but a huge, yawning abyss. Thousands of children are trapped in this abyss, many for life. r/homeschoolrecovery on Reddit is full of stories of adult former homeschoolers who struggle to live normal lives due to isolation and stunted social and educational development. I firmly believe that homeschooling needs to be made illegal, or at the very least heavily regulated.

wow thank you for sharing this and providing resources.

This is the real photo

Who on God’s green earth photoshopped their butt cracks to be larger and smaller. Why would anyone do this.

I originally meant “Lara sent the fabric and Martha made the costume” but now I can’t stop thinking of a Superman AU where Jor sent his wife along with his son and Martha and Jonathan happened upon this Space MILF™️ and went “throuple?” so Clark Kent grew up with three parents

Have you seen the post about Bruce thinking Butler was the third parent? Because Bruce and Clark being pitying together is a brilliant image.

Diana: my mother-

Clark: singular?

Diana: I - yes.

Bruce, pitying: I bet you don't have a butler either.

Diana, confused:.... No?

Clark and Bruce: oh you poor thing.

Excuse you Diana Prince has 800 moms she was the only child on the entire island of Themyscira you honestly think they didn’t all take a hand in raising her

That's an extremely valid point and I cant believe I forgot that.

Revised version:

Diana: My mother-

Clark: singular?

Diana, louder: My mother number two hundred and twelve-

800 mothers and one combat aunt

Forbidden cheese

potion of donald duck noises

Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.

Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.

But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”

Okay but…if someone wants to take me on a date to a Barnes and noble and get me dinner and a drink and then let me peruse the stacks like I’m not saying no. A sandwich, a beer, and 2-5 books on various topics I hope I’ll someday read about? Good night.

The Swedish equivalent of Blockbuster is now best known for its candy, snacks and sodas.

This is El Ateneo Grand Splendid, an old theatre turned bookstore in Buenos Aires:

The stage itself was turned into a cafe:

You can’t even begin to comprehend the massive amounts of money this place makes, despite the fact that they turned the theatre boxes into reading nooks like this:

I’ve literally spent days holed up in there reading books for free while also consuming massive amounts of coffee and pastries.

Adapt or die, people.

Take me to Buenos freaking Aires… Leave me in this bookshop… Never look for me, you will not find me again.

trying out the new paints with a color study

[id: gouache painting of a black and white cat on a bright yellow background. she looks down at the viewer with bright blue eyes. she's wearing a blue collar with a round blue bell and a big red heart with the letters "ty". on the second picture there's the same painting surrounded by gouache tubes. /end id]

the cowboy hat in question

every day i think about senor y senora gucci y bugs