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Looks like I won’t be marrying Penelope…

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:30:59 -0400

Looks like I won’t be marrying Penelope…
Hopefully the upcoming film will have enough budget for the other 11 axes!
BTS, art refs and more here

March 25, 2025

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:29:02 -0400

the-quotable-alberta-hansard:

Ms Smith: Mr. Speaker, why won’t the members opposite just give us one name, one person they called, one effort they took to try to advocate against tariffs? Why don’t they tell us what work that they did to try to push back against the federal government wanting to impose export tariffs on our oil and gas or on our Saskatchewan neighbour on potash and uranium, like the new Prime Minister just threatened once again in the last couple of days? Why is it that the members opposite, every time push comes to shove, don’t support Team Alberta? They support Team Liberal and Team Carney. They should get onside with Alberta.
Ms Gray: Mr. Speaker, I’ll admit we have not called any racist Islamophobes who want to annex Canada.

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:50:18 -0400

assignedmale:

We never really talked about it but The Ugly Ducking that grew up to be a beautiful swan was still…

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:49:38 -0400

derinthescarletpescatarian:

teaboot:
teaboot:
We never really talked about it but The Ugly Ducking that grew up to be a beautiful swan was still probably pretty fugly from a duck’s perspective
Like that story isn’t about an ugly duckling that grew up sexy, it’s a fucking swan was judged as a duck and hated itself as a duck until it found out it wasn’t a duck and stopped trying to be a duck.
The actual ducks in the neighborhood were probably still looking around at perfectly normal swans like “damn, look at those busted ass ducks”
This is pretty important, actually. The good ending is finding the other swans, not tearing yourself to pieces trying to impress the ducks.

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:46:18 -0400

theconcealedweapon:

I’m sorry I’m going fucking insane over trans people in sports issues the anti trans crowd has lost…

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:40:42 -0400

strandofdna:

catboybiologist:
catboybiologist:
catboybiologist:
I’m sorry I’m going fucking insane over trans people in sports issues the anti trans crowd has lost the fucking plot and then has the audacity to act like its the trannies who are ridiculous
I used to be of the “well the sports issue isn’t really important to me its w/e I just don’t want it to be a gateway into other transphobia” but oh my fucking god we are so far gone. The fencing shit is sending me over the edge. What the fuck.
I can’t even articulate my words so I’m just going to tell a story in screenshots
I am so fucking tired of being gaslit about this
I’m also still so fucking pissed that we have to include “ooo the trans fencer only finished in X place” because its a reminder that trans women will never be allowed to excel at anything in the public eye without being cut down. Fuck OFF
I know the forfeiter, unfortunately she’s from my fencing club. Everyone at our club agrees she did this purely for the spectacle, in a sport that’s heavily steeped in sportsmanship and respect.
If she’s ejected from the club (she might have been already, the club understandably probably won’t issue a public statement) it’ll be because she broke the rules in a direct, intention, and disgustingly public way. At tournaments, they don’t just kick people out, she almost definitely was warned and told to go and fence, then refused again. The rules are unambiguous and everyone knows you can’t refuse to fence. And thankfully USA Fencing already decided to officially allow trans athletes.
But she’ll claim any repercussion she faces is for her politics, she’ll describe herself as a victim and keep raking in conservative money. It’s shitty, she’s shitty, but thankfully most of the fencing community agrees on the absurdity of her claims. She regularly fenced in coed events, and it’s ironic because the tournament allows grown adults to fence 14 year olds but she decided that including a trans woman was unfair. It’s bigotry and looks idiotic, but she’ll benefit because conservatives are deciding to be “woke” snowflakes about trans people
Credentials: I have fenced since 2009, I am a certified fencing referee, and I unfortunately know this woman

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:39:30 -0400

depsidase:

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:37:39 -0400

theconcealedweapon:

I love epic and neal art

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:28:33 -0400

reileionard21:

I love epic and neal art

some of my fav ‘inconsistencies’ between the prequel trilogy & the OT and by fav i mean i genuinely…

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:05:31 -0400

penny-anna:

some of my fav ‘inconsistencies’ between the prequel trilogy & the OT and by fav i mean i genuinely think these were good calls:
it is NOT normal for Jedi to become force ghosts when they die. that’s like a brand new skill Yoda just unlocked. if Luke tried to tell ppl about Obi-wan’s force ghost literally no-one, even ppl who were familiar w the Jedi when they were around, would know wtf he was talking about
R2-D2 knew everything that went down during the prequels and just opted not to tell anyone ever which is fully in-character for him
becoming a Jedi was a whole process involving 15+ years of training and formal trials to determine if you were ready for knighthood and then with Luke Yoda was just like 'yeah fuck it you’re a jedi knight now. burn the jedi temple did. made up all the rules are. gives a shit who does.’
everyone just kind of forgot who the Jedi were within the span of a generation. love that.

nasa-official: nasa-official: nasa-official:if this gets 100,000 notes then i, the worlds greatest...

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:58:30 -0400

nasa-official:

nasa-official:

nasa-official:
if this gets 100,000 notes then i, the worlds greatest space agency will personally shoot donald trump into the sun

200,000 notes to also shoot the republican party leaders who don’t want to fund science into the sun

i am asking once again to help me get donald trump to the sun

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:57:47 -0400

wizard0rb:

inukoinu-k9:
feyd-rautha-apologist:
WAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAAH YESSSS

Tortilla thief!!!

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:53:14 -0400

thebibliosphere:

ALT
Tortilla thief!!!
Holly’s latest obsession is fresh plain corn tortillas. She’s an absolute gremlin for them.
It’s gotten to the point where I have to keep her away from my plate on taco night or she’ll attempt to take them from me.
It’s hard to be mad when she’s so happy to get her paws on them, though.
Tw: loud, happy chewing noises.
ID: a video of a small tan and white Shih Tzu with dark marking laying down on a colorful bedspread, chewing noisily on a piece of tortilla wedged between her paws.

I have Great Tits. They’re a delightful garden bird, with a glossy black head, white cheeks, and a…

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:52:07 -0400

mothyandthesquid:

I have Great Tits. They’re a delightful garden bird, with a glossy black head, white cheeks, and a yellow breast with a distinctive black stripe running down the center. Their wings are blue with a white bar. On an unrelated note, I have perfectly acceptable mammaries.
It seemed only right to complete the British Birds on 100% British Bluefaced Leicester with a classic colourway never before available on this yarn base. You have now seen them all so if you’d like to buy then:
Mothy and the Squid

common origins of suffering, euphoria, and ferret

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:49:24 -0400

mygogglesdosomething:

processes:
common origins of suffering, euphoria, and ferret
substack
The three genders

professor dekarios if he dressed up

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:48:00 -0400

sevibun:

professor dekarios if he dressed up
comms

LET ME EMPHASIZE AGAIN: THE US GOT PAID 30 YEARS AGO TO DEFEND UKRAINE

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:45:16 -0400

belaythatbeluga:

anexperimentallife:
Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear arsenal 30 years ago in exchange for promises of protection.
(X)
(It’s the Budapest Memorandum)

SERVICE DOG PSA

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:43:47 -0400

thetenderpassion:

lumpatronics:

So today I tripped. Fell flat on my face, it was awful but ultimately harmless. My service dog, however, is trained to go get an adult if I have a seizure, and he assumed this was a seizure (were training him to do more to care for me, but we didn’t learn I had epilepsy until a year after we got him)

I went after him after I had dusten off my jeans and my ego, and I found him trying to get the attention of a very annoyed woman. She was swatting him away and telling him to go away. So I feel like I need to make this heads up

If a service dog without a person approaches you, it means the person is down and in need of help

Don’t get scared, don’t get annoyed, follow the dog! If it had been an emergency situation, I could have vomited and choked, I could have hit my head, I could have had so many things happen to me. We’re going to update his training so if the first person doesn’t cooperate, he moves on, but seriously guys. If what’s-his-face could understand that lassie wanted him to go to the well, you can figure out that a dog in a vest proclaiming it a service dog wants you to follow him

I’ll take People Who Aren’t Connected To Reality for 500 please, Alex.

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:02:21 -0400

the-quotable-alberta-hansard:

March 24, 2025
Mr. Lunty: Unlike No-show Nenshi, our Premier is popular in every region of the province, including Edmonton, where her grace, steel will, and diplomacy shine through every day.

I’ll take People Who Aren’t Connected To Reality for 500 please, Alex.

Siiiiiigh

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:53:25 -0400

the-quotable-alberta-hansard:

March 24, 2025
Mr. Lunty: I’m happy to stand today and talk about the strength of our United Conservative Party in Edmonton. As a proud capital region MLA I’ve heard from so many Edmontonians who just don’t feel represented by the Official Opposition. I’m hearing from strong, principled, hard-working citizens who believe in common sense and promoting economic prosperity. What they don’t believe in is the toxic divisiveness and anger, blatant slander, and childish ranting they see every day from the NDP.

Siiiiiigh