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If yesterday taught us anything, it’s that you don’t know what’s viable or what’s possible til you at least try. We actually don’t have to take what we’re given. If enough of us get together and touch and agree we can do, create, and have better.

A handsome elvish man with a complex hairpiece made of leaves and berries.

Sketch study of Elvish hairstyles for Thranduil.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

Saddest thing is seeing all these aspirants looking for the magical art space or situation or person that will make their art life dreams come true.

There isn't one. If you can't work through the bad stuff, you'll never get to the good stuff.

Healthcare should not be a for profit thing.

The newest edition of The Onion featuring the headline Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled Don and Jeff: Time Pedophiles

Know something that’s never down due to AWS? A gosh dang newspaper.

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

reverse omens!

#goodomens

A Tom of Finland drawing of a well-endowed leather daddy accompanied by text that says "AI art? Sorry I prefer gay guy art."

Every once in a while you can still find something good on Facebook

"What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid."

@ryannorth.ca the challenge of getting a dog out of a hole takes many forms

doomscroll break

sharing this portrait of Phileas as a reminder for you all to watch Around the World in 80 Days✨

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

There it is

Healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right #MedicareForAll @salaambhattiva.bsky.social

PREACH

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_ar...

Two drawings and two small photos of the cat, Pyaari. The drawing on the left is wearing a blue dupatta. The drawing on the right is in a gold sari with a dupatta on the head.

Pyaari is so decent 🥺

A photo of a cat in a little superhero costume with the caption, "If you're feeling depressed or overwhelmed today, I just want you to know that David Dastmalchian adopted a stray cat that approached him during the Suicide Squad shoot in Panama. Then the costume designer made her a little Polka dot Man suit."

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via Very important Positivity

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Bud Abbott

Groucho Marx

Happy Bud Abbott/Groucho Marx day to all who celebrate it.

As a former gamer, I cannot overstate how big of a deal this right-wing takeover of Electronic Arts is.

Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Even tho it's bird combat season I'm still a sucker for a hawk sitting there being pretty 😇🥰 🪶