straight to hell, boys

The absolute Madness and Glee in that neighbour's laugh. Priceless.

incredibly, the architect behind both the building that melts cars in london and the building that burns people in las vegas foresaw this exact problem happening for BOTH buildings, did not do anything to prevent it, and describes the effect as "phenomenal". King

my city now has a doorbell for the fish in the canals. you would think this is an april fools joke, but it’s very real! 🐟🔔

how does it work??

these fish often migrate to more shallow waters to reproduce. they know exactly where to go, but in some places there are lock gates in the canals which the fish can only go through when open. big groups literally just wait in front of the lock until it opens. which can make them an easy prey for predators

so they placed an underwater camera in front of the gate which you can watch on a live stream (hehe). the site also has a button you can press to alert the lock keeper whenever fish are spotted waiting

oh and here’s the site! https://visdeurbel.nl (in dutch)

the fact that chickens, who produce eggs for families and are fairly low-cost pets after initial expenses, are not allowed in many areas due to noise but dogs, who are considerably noisier and considerably more a risk to people are, is kind of ridiculous

The banning of chickens in cities has definitely helped contribute to the creation of food deserts in said cities.

HOAs disallowing people to grow their own food is another example.

I recently read an article that argued against allowing chicken ownership in cities due to the fact that urban chicken owners might be more “ignorant of husbandry needs of chickens” and anyone could decide “on a whim” to purchase chickens 🙄

This is an absurd argument considering the VAST collection of extremely high-maintenance and fragile species that are freely available as pets without any concern for their husbandry requirements. It is incredibly easy to purchase a sugar glider or a chameleon on a whim, and both of these animals are far more difficult to keep happy than the sturdy chickens that humans literally domesticated thousands of years ago. Chickens are useful and personable animals that make great pets, and if you’re worried people won’t know how to care for them the solution is to improve education rather than thoughtlessly banning an animal that is actually a great option as a pet for low-income families. I would much prefer to see people choosing chickens as a pet over the dozens of high-maintenance and non-domesticated animals available at the corner pet shop.

there’s nothing barring you from bringing an endangered parrot into your home or even apartment that yells at <100db all day every day

However we had to convince my town that our 6 hens weren’t going to ruin our well (???) lmao. don’t worry you can dump pesticides on the same lawn and they won’t care.

I’m not a classicist, but I suspect one of the reasons so many of the Greek gods are portrayed so unflatteringly was less because they were seen as villains than because they represented their domains.  Of course Zeus sometimes misuses his power, that’s what a king does.  Of course Artemis’s wrath is wild and painful, that’s what nature can be.  Of course Hades snatched away a young girl from her mother’s arms, that’s what death does.  This is one of the reasons callout posts for some gods comparing them negatively to ‘nicer’ gods are kind of missing the point.

I know next to nothing about botany but the phrase “feral sunflower” is hilarious to me

i keep thinking of this

steve rogers on his 5th bowl @ 3:54 am on the balcony of avengers tower: guys did u k. did u kno they called her Peggy bec

natasha: what

steve: B. 😂😂😂BEcause She

tony with the straightest face: because she what steve

steve:

tony: why did they call her peggy steve

this remains the single best piece of Avengers fanfiction ever written

anyway. i think everything is secretly at least one of the following:

(a) a ritual

(b) a resurrection

(c) a haunting

(d) an apotheosis

(e) fate

(f) a labyrinth

(g) a funeral

@olreid is CORRECT

alright i made some really fucked up flowchart concepts. Im still workshopping it

male directors are like “i know just the actor for this role, my fave male bestie who i’ve cast thirteen other times” like im going to assume you’re gay as hell 

do you think scorsese and de niro have kissed. it’d be less gay than saying “i’ve worked on nine films with this other man”

i’m literally losing my mind over this

Holy shit that's so cool

Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, late 70’s

“Around the Cake” (1962) by Wayne Thiebaud & other slices