Joe Albietz

• X-Men is about civil rights. If you didn't get that, you didn't get X-Men. • Black Panther is about civil rights. If you didn't get that, you didn't get Black Panther. • Captain America literally fought the Nazis. He is the embodiment of fighting the alt-right. If you didn't get that, you didn't get Captain America. • The Empire in Star Wars is fascist. The Rebel alliance is Anti-Fascist. If you didn't get that, you didn't get Star Wars. • The Punisher isn't meant to be a role model for police or armed forces. So much so that the writers of The Punisher made him actively speak out against it in a comic. If you didn't get that, you didn't get The Punisher. • Deadpool is queer. He's pansexual. Fact. If you didn't get that you didn't get Deadpool. • Star Trek is about equality for all genders, races, and sexualities. As early as the mid-60s it was taking a pro-choice stance and defending women's right to choose. One of its clearest themes is accepting different cultures and appearances

I don’t know who wrote this, but it’s absolutely perfect

November: "Die Grippe-Impfung? Die habe ich noch nie genommen!"

Februar: "Doktor! Ich bin seit 2 Wochen krank! TUN SIE DOCH WAS!"

Jedes Jahr.

Roses are red
Violets are red
Everything’s red
Retinal hemorrhage

(Not mine but I love it. If anyone knows the author lmk)

Tipp: Lego hat auf seiner Homepage mittlerweile die Bauanleitungen für seine Sets bis zurück zum Jahr 1996 hochgeladen. Mit etwas Kreativität und einem großen Steinevorrat kann man also coole Sets nachbauen, die man sich nie im Original gegönnt hat.

Unit
smbc-comics.com/comic/unit (click for bonus panel)
#smbc #hiveworks #comics #webcomics

I’m so excited for you to enjoy The Expanse! Just so solid too to bottom, but Shohreh is transcendent.

Oh, I have been, I’ve just been quiet. I’ve pared my social media down to just here. It’s been nice!

It’s been way too long (and please, call me Joe)! It’s great to find you here! Looking forward to catching up!

Federal government to start providing free coronavirus tests once again Americans can again order four free tests through covidtests.gov starting Sept. 25.

The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is reviving a program to mail free rapid coronavirus tests to Americans.

Starting Sept. 25, people can request four free tests per household through covidtests.gov.

Iceberg Efficiency xkcd.com/2829

Real landmark accomplishment from @ahandvanish.bsky.social, Eric Topol, Lisa McCorkell and Julia Moore Vogel. Such a valuable survey of what’s known about Long Covid; fantastic to see it getting disseminated so widely.

Theodin saying 'let this be the hour when we draws swords together' to Aragorn, followed by a picture of the two of them holding up white pieces of paper with a child's illustration of a sword

#WholesomeMemes

Whenever I debunk pseudoscientific nonsense, some jabroni replies “you must be a lot of fun at parties”

First of all, fuck you, I am a lot of fun at parties.

And why is no one ever mad at the person who lied to you? You’re only mad at the people who pointed out you were lied to.

Coach Beard really has it in for Trump

There's always at least a 30% chance of finding out that your favorite science fun fact is something first discovered by Dr. Otto Von Racism during an attempt to make children more flammable.

They should have sent a poet.

A warning sign overlooking an elevated hiking path in Jeju-do, Korea. The sign warns the reader to “not lean” and to “watch your step”

A good warning sign on the whole, but undermined by the graphic. If you don’t want me to lean don’t make it look *so cool.* Never seen a block figure with so much Harrison Ford energy.

Slide show during a stage play in Korea showing emergency procedures including how to perform CPR and call EMS

Slide show during a stage play in Korea showing emergency procedures including how to perform CPR and call EMS

Public health and safety done right: Saw a stage show of “Nanta” in Jeju. Emergency procedures covered fire exits (good), how to use extinguishers and hoses (bonus!) then went next-level with EMS activation and a practical crash course in CPR in multiple languages. Took no extra time, saves lives. 🧪

A highway bridge in Busan overlooking the water and city with a warning sign reading “Danger Zone”

Little known fact: Kenny Loggins found inspiration for many of his most famous lyrics while daydreaming on bus rides through Busan.

Noted, and incredibly easy to comply with on that route. So. Many. Tunnels. Also gratified to find water and newspaper in easy reach, but the overhead racks would have been a *tight* fit, and nary a single duct tape roll nor baseball team.

Picture of a high speed passenger train car to Busan, and a tablet playing the movie “Train to Busan”

Watching Train to Busan while on a train to Busan is a wonderfully immersive experience.

Picture of a credit card scanner in Korea reading “Easy Check” but with the “C” in orange on a green background.

Fun example of not-so-accessible design for the colorblind. Reads “Easy heck” (overconfident) or, if you allow for possible Korean-to-English misspelling “Easy hack” (which legitimately made me pause).

Two cats in a cat tree with a black dog also in the cat tree.

Happy Caterday to those who observe, and their canine allies.