The Immortality of Contracts:

Chapter 1: A Plague in The Vale

It is often speculated how Changsheng and Baizhu came to be. But the years it took is known to only them.

You'll never see it coming~

DOCTOR FISHER GET OFF THAT MANS FACE YOU’RE A SCIENTIST NOW ACT LIKE ONE

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TIL anyone who's going to overwinter in Antarctica has to have had their appendix out. Because removing an appendix that's not causing any trouble just as a precaution is way better than having one that's about to burst when you're on the ass-end of the planet with no way to be rushed to a hospital if shit gets real.

No, by the way, we absolutely did not think of this ahead of time. A dude named Leonid Rogozov got appendicitis in Antarctica. Fortunately, the expedition's doctor diagnosed him quickly and knew how to remove an appendix. Unfortunately, our man Leo was the expedition's doctor.

What did he do? Well, he set up a mirror, gave his belly a shot of novocaine, presumably told a colleague, "hold my vodka," and he removed his own fucking appendix. He survived.

Aye, but let us not forget Jerri Neilson, who, after presenting with breast cancer while on the same research base in 1998, first biopsied her own tumor, then gave herself chemotherapy while continuing her regular duties in terminal condition until she could be safely evacuated.

She had practiced the surgery on raw chicken as directed prior to the actual procedure.

She then went into remission, and lived a rather happy and healthy life until receiving a bone cancer diagnosis seven years later- after which she claimed her life continued to be enjoyable.

Which is to say- Damn, you'd think they'd have some surgeons willing to rotate out by now!

Elon Musk bought the company. He has nothing to do with the development. #CosplayEngineer

No. I will not have you do this.

Dr. Nikola Tesla did not sign bad contracts. He signed an excellent contract with Westinghouse to bring AC power to America. Westinghouse was the big competitor against Edison Electric, which ran DC power. Thomas Edison was a massive prick and Edison Electric went around doing its best to convince everyone that AC power was dangerous, most infamously by electrocuting an elephant to death and developing the first execution-style electric chair using AC power. All of this cemented in the mind of the public that AC power was dangerous and deadly, while DC power was somehow safer.

By 1890, Westinghouse was in trouble. George Westinghouse went to Tesla and laid out the truth: if he honored the royalty contracts that he’d agreed to pay Tesla, he would go bankrupt. So Tesla tore up the contracts. He walked away from millions, maybe billions of dollars because he believed that wireless electricity should be free to the world. Westinghouse went on to bring AC power to homes across America.

Tesla wasn’t a bad businessman. He was an idealist who hated capitalism.

Sharing a tent

I don’t get it

oh I get it

the ninth doctor was lowkey so under appreciated. he was the perfect combination of rascal (mostly) benevolent god and slut

imo he was the most considerate doctor, who was the most aware of his power and the people he was capable of hurting. he was cynical and moody and war worn but he cared so deeply. he loved knowing he’d lose. he kissed a servant girl on the forehead that sacrificed herself who no one would remember except for him and rose. and at the same time a right bastard <3

The contrast between Nine's absolute glee in, "Everybody lives, Rose! Just this once, everybody lives!" and the cold self-recognition of loathing in his "Only a killer would know that" dinner with the Slitheen leader. Eccleston was so good.

#the thing about eccleston is that he was ANGRY#and it always showed#but anyways that tangible anger always made his moments of joy greater and his low moments more impactful than any other doctor#because instead of a joyful being who occasionally shows flashes of deep pain#he was a being of deep pain who STILL believed in the universe#and in people and in life#even if it hurt#and you know it did hurt#unlike most of the other doctors he was a presence#because you could feel through the fucking screen that every moment of his life weighed on him#but that he still could not bare to miss a second of it

^^^

Keeping those tags because they're so good

As someone who was recently in Fukui, this isn't even scratching the surface of how mad the town is for dinosaurs.

For example, here is the outside of the train station:

If you thought that they were only outside the station, think again!

The last dinosaur has a crab, because the region is known for seafood.

You can even buy coffee emblazoned with dinosaurs!

And that's not even getting into how you get to the nearby Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. Behold, the Dino-Liner:

And if you're like, man I don't know how the museum will top all of these dinosaurs, boy do I have news for you.

And then you get to the cafe:

But, eventually, it was time to head back to the train station...on the dino bus.

i cant get over the king charles portrait. they made that thing to age in his place. that painting hangs in the house of a too-friendly family you find in the post apocalyptic wasteland who inexplicably has a ready supply of fresh meat. if mario jumped into that painting he wouldn't find a charming platformer he would be flayed and hanged like a medieval criminal by an unseeable force in a droning red void. that painting is a color blindness test for people who work in IT but believe in the divine right of kings. that painting is going to weep the sequel to blood. after he dies charles is gonna crawl outta that thing like sadako.

this painting is what ultrakill speedrunners see when they close their eyes. if you showed this to the romans who flogged jesus theyd think this painting is excessive. this painting is the blood cavern from space funeral. it's the color out of space.

jegus tapdancing christ it is actually that bad

So the artist is Jonathan Yeo. His statement:

Listen. Buddy. I hate to be mean to an artist but when i first saw this I physically recoiled. If this had been done in another style and the background still matched the color of the coat I don't think I would have liked it but... this looks like it was composed of raw meat. Dude. WHY.

(I went and looked up the artist's work, and his style does overall involve a lot of this sort of heavily textured use of color. But none of the others hit me this way. He has one of Idris Elba that's a bust portrait and he isn't wearing any clothes, and the background is the same color as his skin, but like... there's more contrast in the portrait shading so it doesn't feel like Idris Elba disappears into it, and it's just not as upsetting a shade.)

LOOK at this thing. It's even more vivid in person, and it's HUGE.

Actually I'll say that the contrast between Charles's head and the rest seems like it's better in person. But it's still overwhelming and kind of upsetting.

Thank you for the explanation, and the artist's name! I couldn't tell if the bloody overtones were deliberate or not, so I looked up some more of Jonathan Yeo's art for context - and I'm glad I did. He's worked in a lot of mediums, but let's focus on the portraits, because they're fucking great...

I love these. Zoom in; each one is technically masterful but also very empathetic, delicately filling in exactly the minimum details necessary to convey the sitter's character and humanity.

So let's compare the portraits of Idris Elba, Helena Bhonam Carter, and Dennis Hopper:

To the portrait of Sgt Geoffrey Pattinson:

Okay so the blood-red staining every inch of a warmonger's portrait is 100% intentional and means exactly what we all think it means, Yeo just can't say that out loud.

my latest cartoon for New Scientist.

Blackout poetry exists on a dual axis from "banal" to "insightful" on the input side and "kind of deep" to "incredibly fucking dumb" on the output side, and while taking something banal and producing something kind of deep is well and fine, for my money taking something insightful and rendering it incredibly fucking dumb is where the real art is.

#i stuck the word 'banal' in there twice specifically so that 'anal' would be low hanging fruit#but i genuinely did not anticipate 'banana' --@prokopetz

I just saw a video of someone saying something along the lines of “being without ADHD medication is like being without a wheelchair! If people were waiting this long for wheelchairs and having to crawl around their homes then something would be done immediately, so why can’t I get ADHD meds??”

And just, can people stop assuming that wheelchair users get handed everything on a plate. Because we absolutely are not.

People wait months and years for wheelchairs – yes, even non ambulatory people. That’s months and years of suffering, of crawling or being confined to bed or stuck in unsuitable wheelchairs.

Yes, medication shortages are serious and need addressing… but making comparisons to wheelchair users when not knowing a single thing about the processes of accessing a chair in various countries is not the way to go about it.

Not to mention that even if you do have a wheelchair, you still need funding to modify your home to make it accessible. You need funding to build a ramp to help you actually leave your door and make it to the car or sidewalk. And have you tried navigating the world on wheels? So many places say they're accessible when they're really not. Because they didn't count the " tiny two inch step" as an impediment. But it is. Or the gaps between restaurant tables doesn't fit a chair. Or else the ramp they built is too steep. Etc

Your adhd med access problem is real. But you don't need to act like wheelchair users have disability on easy handout mode when they really don't

Omg I've never been tagged in one of these before so thank you!! <3

Its so hard to pick 5 favorite songs, so I'm just gonna put my top 5 streams from this week according to my Spotify stats :)

Lets tag: @ariacherie @thatweirdcatlady @tinyfishtits @tinalbion @figsnpassionfruits

eyyy thanks for the tag Moeitsu 🤗💕

I’m definitely a ~ finds a good song and listens to it for eternity ~ kinda gal so here are some of my all time faves on repeat

🌪️ Child in Time by Deep Purple

🖼️ Mona Lisa by Dan & Drum

💿 Goodie Bag by Still Woozy

🌳 Juno by Choker

🐈‍⬛ Cool Cat by Queen

Alright ima tag: @oiledupjohnmarston @thefrogdalorian @cupiidskiss @kingsstew @nonelaag

Ooo thanks for the tag!! first time i ever got these kinds of things lol!

I listen to a lot of different genres so my playlist is all over the place💀 but here r my top faves

1. ADHD by Kendrick Lamar

2. California and Me by Laufey

3. The Blonde by TV Girl

4. DEATH by Melanie Martinez

5. Blood On The Dance Floor by Michael Jackson

Lemme tag: @frogus @creamqueen @fattydodoo @ratbrainbabycowboyprincess @slicedmayonnaise

HEYYYY thanks for the tag!!! ʕ⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴥ⁠ꈍ⁠ʔ i live for these games hehe so let's see,,,

1. Suffocate - Knocked Loose ft. Poppy

2. Blinding Faith - Knocked Loose

3. Don't Reach For Me - Knocked Loose

4. Roy - IDLES

5. Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Eachother - Orville Peck ft. Willie Nelson

I've been obsessing over Knocked Loose new album !!! RAH

tags: @greenwitchess @lilianwashere @longlost-soul @long-lost-soul (don't remember the name of your new blog)

HIIIII!!! Thanks for the tag <3 you always seem to tag me when I'm on the train, it's crazy

1. Taken For A Ride, Tally Hall

2. Tear Me Apart, Solya

3. Girls, Girl In Red

4. Something In The Way, Nirvana

5. Europapa, Joost

Tags!! @nameless-network @colourfulmes @linkberries @candymoth-art @ineffablehomosexuality

1. Nintendo 64, Alex G

2. Rule #34, Fish in a Birdcage

3. The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie, Colter Wall

4. Come Along (Edit), Cosmo Shelldrake

5. Once and for All, The Crane Wives

Tags: @servusapollinis @emptymilk-bottle @vamp1re-chem1cal @thes0und0fdrums @spoopdeedoop

music time aw yeah, cosmo shelldrake and the crane wives is extremely based of you

this time the music man says top 5 are:

1. good luck babe - chappell roan

2. velvet ring - big thief

3. little chaos - orla gartland

4. nobody’s saviour - rowena wise

5. obsessed - olivia rodrigo

tags (anyone and everyone pls join in too): @rotten-milk-and-honey @mxkn @spidervision @icedandcubed @seven-winged-liar @just-a-sunshine

yippee thank you for tagging me!!!

at the moment my favorites are:

1. I want you to see me now - nussy andrews (tbh the whole fuck the orchestra album)

2. pinpondash - pinponpanpon

3. panic attack at the disco - dandelion hands

4. cut - panchiko

5. cry for me - castle rat

tags <3: @1800fucku @floris-faye @sexlesssnakebaby @stripestar128128 @starfall-reef @kenopsia-ksp @punk-dad-sharkz

omg ty for the tag!! here's mine

tags!! : @aurae-rori @wanderingtheark @bamgyuu @serendipminie @delphientropy

(please lmk if you don't want to be tagged!)

Yum yum songs 1. The Killa (I Belong to You) - TXT 2. This Is What Makes Us Girls - Lana Del Rey 3. ball w/o you - 21 Savage 4. a&t - 21 Savage 5. Raindrops (Insane) - Metro Boomin, Travis Scott @kitty-meowskers @blak-ie @reminscingskylight

Bam, The Killa!! Anyway, my weird music taste is getting exposed

1. Mirrorball - Taylor Swift

2. Oblivion - Palaye Royale

3. White Sparrows - Billy Talent

4. We Don't Have To Dance - Andy Black

5. Yen - Slipknot

@c-h-pictures @durasposts @valssafeplace2 only if you want!

In no particular order:

1 - Be a flower - Ryokuoushoku Shakai

2 - any song by Runrig (also, as a bonus, check out What Time. It's not a song, it's the drum section from their fairwell tour "The Last Dance" and it's a work of art.)

I didn't specify any so, here's a list of Runrig's music that I highly recommend. They're a Scottish rock band, so if you ever wanted to hear rock music sung in Scottish Gaelic.

Pride of the Summer, Alba, Maymorning, An Toll Dubh, Cnoc Na Feille, The Place Where the Rivers Run, Every River, Loch Lomond, The Year of the Flood

There is so much more I haven't listed that's also beautiful. They have 45 years worth of music, please check them out.

3 - Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

4 - You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi

5 - TEXAS HOLD 'EM - Beyoncé

I know it said 5 but I need to keep going. Five isn't enough.

6 - Training Season - Dua Lipa

7 - One Night in Bangkok - part of the "Chess" musical (Written by Sir Tim Rice, writer of many musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and The amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Evita, Disney's Aladdin, The Lion King, Chess which was in association with Benny and Björn of ABBA, and Andrei Konchalovsky's adaptation of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.)

8 - Lian Cheng Ci - Lu Han

9 - Something Of The Night About You - Steve Steinman

10 - Doctor Doctor - UFO

11 - Kill The Lights - Set It Off

12 - Writing on the Wall - Will Stetson

13 - YELLOW - Yoh Kamiyama

14 - BLACK MEMORY - THE ORAL CIGARETTES

15 - Fearless - Rolling Quartz

16 - Enban Hirai - Hello Sleepwalkers

17 - Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf

I got them all in there at least once, I'm happy.

@fictionally-attached @waytoobsessed @depressed-eldritch-horror

So, that bit about Tim Rice was supposed to say "Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker"" but I'm a bit drunk and straight ass forgot to name which Tchaikovsky.

@countingsunflowerpetals you too! I'm curious now

Working on a new series for a gallery show I'll be part of in May!