Artie :) 24, Aries, they/them, queer, near London. Formerly known as desdemonasarahmckenzie. My AO3 is also aerialworms and my art blog is @aerialworms-art. I tag nsfw posts as #suggestive, so if you're a minor please block that tag or don't follow me at all. If you'd like me to tag anything else or just wanna chat, feel free to shoot me a message! Navigation on desktop is the blue j by the bottom circle.
Trap idea: a small mechanical box that extends a hand with "place 1 gold coin here" engraved on it. If a coin is placed on the hand, it retracts into the box and extends again moments later without the coin.
Scrolled past this agakn and just can’t get over how much I love it. We need to make things beautiful again and this is such a wonderful example. The beadwork on the wires of a utitarian object, contrasted with the grey concrete.
I teach my 7th graders about the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide.
I bring in a graduated cylinder of it and we talk about how it’s used in nuclear power plants and gmo crops. How inhaling even the small amount I’m holding can lead to suffocation or even death. It’s found in vaccines and cancer cells, but also in infant formula and pet food. It is a huge component of acid rain, can cause severe burns, and has been found in places that were thought to be the most pristine and unpolluted locations on earth.
We talk about how there are little to no regulations on this chemical. No bans, no warning labels, and most manufacturers don’t even have to disclose their use of it in their products.
My students are outraged. We talk about what we can do. Create posters and flyers to spread awareness. Contact our senators with petitions to ban DHMO. Spread this information all over social media.
Then I explain that the real problem with dihydrogen monoxide is that….when I am thirsty…there is just nothing else as refreshing, and then I watch their looks of absolute shock and horror as I drink the entire vial down.
sex isn’t sexy unless it’s a little bit gross. have you forgotten that you are a divine ape? plastic smooth skin, plucked hair, painted faces, scripted reactions, scrubbed til only the smell of perfumed soap remains, proportions that are conflictingly cookiecutter yet unattainable, none of this is even a little bit interesting.
you can laugh at napoleon’s “home in three days, don’t bathe” letter to his wife, but there’s more sexuality in that one line then there is in the entirety of the hypersexualized but painfully unsexy internet.
daylight savings is actually truly one of the most evil things in the world. just casually forcing us to confront the fact that time is fake while torturing insomniacs, autistics and schoolchildren across the globe. when will the agony end
ideas conceived by the truly deranged
America mostly observes DST, but landlocked Arizona does not, but inside Arizona is the Navajo Nation which DOES, but inside the Navajo Nation is the Hopi Reservation which DOES NOT.
Its worse when you realize that there’s multiple layers of “Navajo nation inside Hopi Reservation, and Hopi Reservation inside Navajo nation” going on
The surrounding pink/brown is Arizona
The top right yellow corner is the Navajo nation
Any pink/brown inside the yellow corner is Hopi reservation
Any further yellow inside that is further pieces of the Navajo nation inside the Hopi reservation
And I think there’s even a city or two inside those yellow pieces that are Hopi, but are too small to see on the map
I calculated once that you could travel in a straight line between two points in Arizona and have the current time change 10-12 times because of this
I had to find it. and yes, if you include the border between AZ and NM, you would have to change your clock a total of 12 times, or 11 if you’re only counting time changes within state lines.
i like working at plant store. sometimes you ring up someone and there’s a slug on their plant and so you’re like “Oh haha you’ve got a friend there let me get that for you” and you put the slug on your hand for safekeeping but then its really busy and you dont have time to take the slug outside before the next customer in line so you just have a slug chilling on your hand for 15 minutes. really makes you feel at peace with nature. also it means sometimes i get to say my favorite line which is “would you like this free slug with your purchase”
@holyknuckled you get it. lterally what are we here on earth for if not to occasionally impose gastropods upon unsuspecting customers. this story is delightful
