melissa

i can’t stop laughing

Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.

Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.

Black-and-white photo of a man standing outside in bright sunlight, holding a short haired tabby cat. But he and the cat are looking towards the camera. Behind him is a wall that is partially covered in some kind of robust foliage. Cursive writing covers the lower third of the postcard. It has been transcribed in the post.

Real photo postcard from my collection, 1916. Text says “This is your congenial mailman and our pet cat Tab. Tab is 12 years old and I wish he would live 10 more.” 🥹

Map showing tens of thousands of protests across the US between Trump's inauguration last year and January 31, 2026.

The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.

besides the fact that english, scottish and irish literally means multicultural, imagine going to 17th and 18th century english people and saying that irish and scots are just as influential and equal to them. lol. lmao.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

In an official update, Discord suggested users who encountered prompts from Persona are part of “an experiment” and that the information will only be stored for seven days. How the tech will be used in the long term is yet to be known. When asked for comment, Discord told Kotaku its work with Persona was part of a “limited test” which has since been concluded.

Also want to point out there's no indication that Discord "distance" themselves from that company. It's far too vague of a headline and in the article itself doesn't confirm that either.

YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office Welcome The Stranger

This city is home to people of countless faiths. But no matter what you believe, one thing unites us: we are all New Yorkers. We will not allow ICE to terrorize our neighbors.

youtu.be/uoU9Img_B40

If you live in the US, call your fucking representatives and tell them that repealing Section 230 is a horrible idea. If Section 230 is gone, you can kiss Bluesky goodbye.

i recently exchanged my kindle for a kobo and i don't like it 😭 the main issue is the texture, i can cover up the back but the plastic surrounding the screen is a sensory nightmare for me. and most cases are made for a different model that's slightly thinner so they leave some edges exposed too 🤧

whatever this material is that cases for tablets keep being made with is evil. the texture makes me wanna die

ICE has completely broken our social contract.

They manipulate social trust and are creating lasting damage to our most basic social foundations

besides itslian americans i don't think there's anyone who rides columbus' dick harder than the hispanohablante caribbean

the king of Cubans for Trump out here talking like his family came over on the mayflower. acting like he was born to US citizens and isn't one of us ~anchor babies~ who he'd love to deport to their moms' country

A warning sign reading "danger not only will this kill you it will hurt the whole time youre dying"

Roses are red,
These times are quite trying

The anti-trans propaganda push is one of the best examples I know of real-world disinformation in action.

Violets are blue
Roses are red
Someday it will happen
And he will be

Me at 20: I’ll have it all figured out by the time I’m 40.

Me at 40: wtf do you mean they rearranged the grocery store

Hey y’all. I haven’t talked about this much publicly, but for all of January and part of December and February, I was knocked out by a truly gnarly sinus infection and the worst bout of burnout I’ve ever experienced. Between that and the store getting royally screwed over by multiple factors at the end of last year, things are pretty rough right now. I’ll go into more detail another time, but the TL;DR is that the majority of the garments we were supposed to have in stock for the holiday season were so late that they only became ready for sale in the past few weeks. I know a lot of people are struggling right now, everywhere. And frankly, with ICE still very active in my city, it feels incredibly selfish to ask for help when I know others have it much worse. But I’m not really sure what else to do. We have a lot of bills due, and because we received the bulk of our inventory four months late, we don’t currently have the funds to pay them. The good news is: we have a lot in stock now. And it would mean the absolute world to us if you would share this. The clothing in my store is made with certified ethical labor and designed by a queer, neurodivergent three-person team. We carry sizes S–6X in some garments and XS–8X in others. We specialize in mid- and plus-size clothing and pride ourselves on extensive fit testing to ensure our clothes actually fit properly. We think about and accommodate things many retailers forget — like the way belly curvature affects length, the need for wider sleeves and necklines, the reality of thighs and fupas existing. And our clothes have real, usable pockets. We ship domestically from the US and the UK. As a bit of a Hail Mary, we’ll be running a sale next week. Some items are already very low in stock and are expected to sell out on the first day. Thank you, truly, in advance for your support. It means more than you know. 💛

Items that have all or most sizes in stock, with a lot of our top-selling sizes): #store
-crystal cluster skirt
-thistles skirt
-ocean cotton maxi skirt
-black petticoat
-dungeon delver button-up shirt
-gallery skirt
-butter cookies skirt
-ocean sunswept maxi dress
-hiss button-up shirt

people who write novels in second person are absolutely demented tbh

friendly reminder that heliosphere is run and developed by a single developer who ACTUALLY understands the tech behind mods and mod distribution and deserves your support far more than XMA or anything else

新人狱卒

#エリクトニオス #ff14 #erichthonios

highly recommend buying from them, their stuff is so beautiful and the free honse print is so nice and bright... i seem to have lost mine though, my honse print decided to run free and i miss it 🥲 but seriously, check out their shop!!!

Excadrill, a mole Pokemon, eating/napping with human miners

Love this Pokemon card art of Excadrill on a union break with human colleagues in a mine.

"If one can get a Nazi tattoo innocently..." then uh surely the person does not have the knowledge or intelligence to serve in public office?

At a minimum they're saying we should elect someone who stapled their dick to a wall. And that's the charitable interpretation of the tattoo.

Donate to Haven Watch MN – Support at the gate, care beyond it, organized by Haven Watch Haven Watch was created to help individuals released from ICE detenti… Haven Watch needs your support for Haven Watch MN – Support at the gate, care beyond it

As always, donate if you can and boost if you can't.

Detainees are walking out in t-shirts and pajamas in the MN winter, unable to speak English, with no money, I.D., or resources, and Haven cares for them.

gofund.me/608979105

Digital drawing of a pink heart-shaped box that says “OOPS…ALL BUGS. assorted chocolates” on the cover with colorful bug-shaped chocolates inside.

got you some chocolates. don’t worry about the title

okay that's quite enough external world for me today. good night yall