It’s October! You know what that means... 🎃 (via kxvo)

all my life I’ve somehow only ever seen the gifs of this. I never even knew that the pumpkin man was dancing to the Ghostbusters theme. This whole thing is so much better than I ever could have expected from the gifs omg

Luca was a beautiful allegory about the experience or LGBT+ children, but there was also another layer to it that may not be obvious to non-Italians, and that is

Migrants.

Many migrants and refugees get to Europe through Italy by sea. It's a dangerous journey, and many die in the crossing. People who work to save them often face scorn because sadly, some would rather see them drown than reach the coast.

Those who make it to land often face racism, violence, mistrust and/or the threat of deportation after risking their lives to make it there. "CLOSE THE PORTS" is a sadly common slogan, much like "build the wall". Like they're some kind of threat, coming from the sea.

It is not the main allegory there and it's easily missed, but I feel it was worth pointing out for all non-Italians out there.

Cuba’s Abdala Vaccine is 92% Effective

Clinical trials on Cuba’s vaccine candidate, Abdala, have demonstrated a 92.28% effectiveness rate in its three dose application, making it one of the world’s most effective vaccines against Covid-19.

The news follows an announcement over the weekend by scientists of the Finlay Vaccine Institute, who reported an initial 62% efficacy of Cuba’s Soberana 02 vaccine.

The news was broken by journalist Leticia Martinez Hernandez who posted via Twitter, “The effectiveness with three doses of #Abdala is 92.28%. The scientist Marta Ayala has just informed President @DiazCanelB.”

Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel also confirmed the news, stating that “In less than 48 hours, Cuban scientists have given our heroic people, who are resisting the criminal blockade exacerbated in a pandemic, two overwhelming results. In two days we will denounce the blockade to the world, counting on two of our own vaccines. #SomosCuba #CubaViva”

Diaz Canel added, “Hit by two pandemics (#COVID19 and #Blockade), our scientists from Finlay and CIGB, have surpassed all obstacles and have given us two very effective vaccines: #SOBERANA02 and #Abdala. I think of Martí, who wrote that it is not intelligence received casually that gives man honor, but the way he uses it and saves it. There is only one way to endure and that is to serve. Above all, I think of Fidel, who did so much for Science and Medicine at the service of Humanity. He said: Everyone who has a vocation for health, I invite you to study … There is a huge world that is in need of you.“

The efficacy of Abdala places it above other vaccines such as Oxford/AstraZeneca which is 85-90% effective.

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“I am a simple person with simple wants,” I say, scrolling through AO3 and ignoring fics for a variety of petty reasons

is kaminari a furry. it’s for research

audio from here

Animaniacs (1993) S1EP17, “Chalkboard Bungle”

#As an actual teacher I can explain exactly WHY this teacher is a fuck up#Her questions are too vague and not specific#The Warners are smart kids but they are smartasses FIRST and will take every opportunity#Ask them something like what is Sir Isaac Newton’s greatest discovery and they will perform a flawless skit#But ask them what they know about gravity and they’ll fucking drop a boulder on you

Also?

There is ZERO attempt to get on the kids’ level.

“Tell me what you know about the great scientists of the eighteenth century!”

“They’re all dead!”

“You’re not wrong. Tell me what you know about what they did before they died.”

Kids will play. It’s what they do. They will learn far more if you play with them than if you try to be a stick in the ass.

the music they put when she went into the room to see the capybarasvkjfvbggf

Its so hard… seeing other live out your dreams

I want this woman to only ever have nice things

Nice try fuckers.

$175K wasted with every reblog.

Let’s make sure they DON’T get their money’s worth.

Oh hey, my 2020 vision says THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS, MOTHERFUCKERS.

Hey, so what exactly was that cops name again…?

Lt. John Pike. It took more than two years of legal battles to get his name, and the names of other officers involved, released to the public. 

He got fired… but retained his retirement benefits, and got  $38,000 worth of worker’s compensation for the stress he went through after the incident.

The students collectively received $1m, with each pepper-sprayed student receiving $30,000 individually.

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This is the sweetest, best, funniest thing ever! I love it so hard!

I’ve been reading some fics of these two and I wanted to make a lil something ❤

So yeah I Imagined a lil Asanoya first meeting ♥

I wanted to draw that cheerleader Noya from let’s haikyuu for a while now 💖

that poor gay skeleton

The “Jesus Christ!’ took me out.