Any sufficiently expensive technology is indistinguishable from magic
-Not Arthur C. Clarke
Actually me.

protobacillus:

https://www.protobacillus.com

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Went to a panel last night hosted by the people who make the Behind the Bastards podcast.

This happened.

londonloves:

I know the queen is dying but a pine martin has been spotted guys

There’s no way this is a coincidence.

(via higurehige)

etakeh:

etakeh:

Prince Philip is Dead!

Prince Philip is Dead!

Prince Philip is Dead!

Prince Philip is Dead!

Prince Philip is Dead!

• Prince Philip is Dead!

Have a nice trip south, dude.

Sitcom idea: Rush and Philip are “accidentally” booked into the same room in hell.

Hilarity ensues.

(Y'all, he’s dead, and you could have taken him in a fight while he was alive, so??)

Y'ALL

“OH SHIT It’s my wife!”

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antiqueanimals:

Life After the Dinosaurs. Written by Mary O'Neill, illustrated by John Bindon, 1989.

Dunkles is my favorite.

(via sixth-extinction)

neil-gaiman:

Yes. Although it wasn’t a studio, it was a prominent director with a Movie Deal.

Ok it’s been a while since I’ve read it, so maybe I’m out of line,

but

how would that even work?

wavewell:

lotusmasterpeace:

handsometruth5:

I asked that same question in a college class about ancient Afrikan civilizations. My professor gave me a similar answer. But imagine if the entire world actually took heed to this information.

Yes, actually theres a famed historical account that Mansa Musa’s brother (the richest human in history EVERRR) sent a fleet of about 2200 boats (one wave of 200 and another wave of 2000!!! Boats) to America about 150 years before christopher “fuck boy psychopath-deserves to have his name deleted from history” columbus

The end of the voyage left only one captain with one ship returning to Mali, out of the 200 ships that were released.The captain claimed that the other ships and crew members had been pulled into a current and disappeared. (the canary current mentioned in the video)

Mansa Abubakr II began to prepare another larger fleet, and declared to make the journey himself. It consisted of 1,000 ships carrying crew members, as well as 1,000 other ships which were supplies, including trade materials, crops, animals, and gold which are abundant national treasures in the Mali Kingdom.

The strongest evidence even comes from Columbus the Fuckboy, who is believed to be the first outsider reaching America in 1492.

In his journal, he mentioned that Native Americans confirmed, “Black-skinned people had come from the south-east in boats, trading in gold-tipped spears”.

The natives described the spearheads as “guanin”, a word for “gold” in the Mandinkan, the language of the Mali Empire.Chemical analysis of the spearheads found that the gold came from West Africa

So you literally have natives saying “yeah it was some black people here for a min. They came from south America” and literally using their word for gold. Its pretty conclusive what happened. The real issue is society’s reluctance to deal

I *think* this is what Thor Heyerdahl was trying to prove with the Ra Expeditions, yeah? To some extent?

That boat travel between the two continents was absolutely possible?

It’s like people don’t want to admit it…huh. Odd.

(via anarchistettin)

renthony:

Another big reason that streaming-only media is awful?

I’m doing research for a video essay about the Hays Code. I can get a copy of The Celluloid Closet at my library. Know what I can’t get? A pair of queer docs that released as AppleTV and Netflix exclusives.

I’m LIVID that I’m getting paywalled on multiple things that would be extremely helpful to my research and writing. I’m trying SO HARD to go through libraries and legal sources, but streaming-only documentaries are making it impossible. Physical copies need to be made.

I spend a lot of time thinking about how much recent queer media has been streaming-only, with no DVD releases. What if it all disappeared tomorrow because no physical copies were ever produced? What if the streaming companies edit it, censor it, quietly get rid of it?

We know FOR A FACT that Disney+ has been censoring and editing things for the streaming platform. People noticed because they had copies of the originals to compare it to. Sure, changing the dryer to a pizza box in Lilo & Stitch may seem like a harmless change, but think. THINK.

How many blink-and-you-miss-it “first gay characters” has Disney released? How many could be erased just as easily as the dryer from Lilo & Stitch? Streaming-only media is easy to censor. To take away completely. This is why I hoard queer media. What if it disappears one day?

In short: Download your favorite gay cartoons today. That way they will always exist on your hard drive, even if the streaming companies try to bury them.

bluesturngold:

nessamiibo:

Hey, I know this post is cute in a vacuum, but please don’t share ‘wholesome’ home surveillance content and do Amazon’s job of making neighborhoods into hotbeds of police surveillance for them.

Ring’s new TV show sounds like America’s most dystopian home videos

Ring Nation is Ring’s latest attempt at normalizing the idea of people surveilling one another

The Verge

“Ring, the Amazon-owned home security company that’ll sell you a camera just as swiftly as it will give law enforcement access to that same camera’s footage without a warrant, is producing a television show that sounds an invitation to participate in the surveillance state. You know, as a fun family activity.

Deadline reports that Wanda Sykes has signed on to host Ring Nation, a new America’s Funniest Home Videos-style clip show from MGM Television, Ring, and Big Fish Entertainment, the production company behind Live P.D. Described as a 'daily dose of life’s unpredictable, heartwarming and hilarious viral videos’ in a press release, Ring Nation will feature footage captured on people’s Ring cameras presented in a way that’s meant to be entertaining.”

Today I learned Amazon has a form so police can get my data without permission or a warrant

If police convince Amazon it’s an emergency, they get access

The Verge

ACAB includes Amazon

(via anarchistettin)

etakeh:

This message brought to you my Michael Martin Murphey

Here we go, a more useful bunch of information than “GO GET A RESPIRATOR AND PANIC WITH ME”.  I appreciate this person so much.

I hope this information gets around as much as the post I made about cold weather dressing - this is just as important, just in the other direction.

I was guilty of not having enough carriers for all of my animals - I’ve since rectified that.

I also ordered respirators today.  They aren’t that expensive!  You can get them on the Evil Site of Evil for ~20 and up.  Make sure they either come with the filter pads, or you get some.  It’s not always standard.

The following links were provided in subsequent posts:

Wildfire planning resources 

Evacuating with animals

Emergency supply kits

Pre-evacuation prep steps - includes a checklist

If you can’t leave in time

Alix Powell @thatpowellgirl
Y’all remember last year‘s wildfires? @MinkasaurusRex [hey that’s me!]
brought to my attention that is wildfire season again, and I think that calls for a safety thread. These graphics showcase last yeardrought drought versus this years drought. This year has the potential to be much, much worse.

I’ll put the rest in the Read More.

Keep reading

boop. that time again, PNW +

etakeh:

etakeh:

There is definitely one trumpet to go along with the drums in Portland. 

This was moments after being declared a riot, LRAD still…LRADing in the background.

Sad day.  

(source)(please watch the video)(”I”ll see you tonight, guys!”)

(image source)

And also:

Thinking about this guy tonight.

thevaultoftheatomicspaceage:

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Hey all get your red hot covid tests while they last!

We’re at THREE ROUNDS now. If you haven’t gotten all three for your address, you can still get them!

Seriously, it just takes a minute to order. Even if you don’t think you’ll need them, someone might and you might have one.

etakeh:

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I’m super happy to have my collection of kinetic music pieces back in close range.

Now it’s time to clean them up, straighten and bent bits, then start watching YouTube videos on how to repair the music boxes inside.

My favorite one plays “The Windmills of Your Mind”. It’s first one I need to fix.

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This one works pretty well though:

Some of them just need the elastic band that turns the moving parts replaced, but some have stopped playing all together. That’s what I need to study on.

My music box collection.

They are powered with these little guys

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