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Screenshots from the Game Changer episode "Second Place" where Brennan Lee Mulligan is saying "we're here celebrating what I can only describe as the sickness at the core of America".

happy presidents day

Photograph of the statue of Perseus, grimly holding up the severed head of Medusa.

We don’t like resistance stories without a cathartic revolution, they don’t feel like blowing up the Death Star. They feel like loss. They’re not. We need to revisit these worst case scenarios to see that, even when resistance didn’t *win* it did *work*. It saved lives & livelihoods. 23/?

nice job gang

re last repost: truly going to be a field day when “gram-negative bacteria needs to be deprived of zinc” hits the public…noooo the zinc supplements :•( nooo what about the necessity of zinc :•((((((

me:

professor x: yes, i can read minds

me:

professor x: yes, i suppose the name alvin and the chipmunks alludes to he himself not being one

Amazing to think that if Herman Melville had been born 170 years later we wouldn't have got Moby Dick but an elite-tier shitposter arguing with everybody about whales being a type of fish.

A white enamelled skull stares out from a gold mourning ring. The skull is surrounded by a ring of rubies which appear quite dark in this image.

The reverse of the bezel of a gold mourning ring which is enamelled with a floral design. The flower has six bold yellow petals which appear quite striking against the white enamel.

A colourful reminder of mortality in this gold ring which has a skull and crossbones shaped bezel, enamelled in white. The skull is bordered by rubies - which look quite a bit more purple here than they do in real life. c.1550-75. From V&A #skystorians #mementomori

if/when i finish the hapgood translation it’s time for either a divine comedy reread or a moby dick reread. which is unfortunate for everyone who knows me

you empty and stupid contented fellows!!! satisfied with your place!!! i’m different from you!!!!! i’m different from you!!!!! i still want to do something!!!!!!!!! or do you struggle too? i pity you i pity me i pity you!!!!!!!!

if nobody got me i know one very specific dave malloy quote/song got me

they did not prepare me for debt and financial aid anxiety when they told me barbie could do anything she wanted and so should i

told her ab adding a history minor on top of italian&anthro and she was like “don’t you want to do public health” YES but given recent events i am prepping for alternative paths as well

had a meeting with my advisor yesterday and her conclusion was that i have too many interests for my own good 😔

I would encourage everyone to read the UN human rights office report on the full list of Israeli violations in Gaza

If you don't have the time or inclination, look at this graphic, which is a breakdown by age and sex of the fatalities

This is a war on children www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

the people on my instagram have not earned them (and also the first two crop strangely/the second two have weird lighting) 😔

perfect opportunity for me to show the besties some of my absolute favorite non-instagrammable travel pics