Procrastinatrix Extraordinaire

When Medieval & Early Modern Europeans Cleansed with Poison: The Strange History of Antimony Cups and Pills The history of medicine is, for the most part, a history of dubious cures. Some were even worse than dubious: for example, the ingestion of antimony, which we now know to be a highly toxic metal.

When Medieval & Early Modern Europeans Cleansed with Poison: The Strange History of Antimony Cups and Pills www.openculture.com/2025/08/when...

I spent my 20's in heavily male organizing/political environments where the bar was just where you went to finish talking out the project.

There was a lot of sexual misconduct and I am reflecting more and more now on how speaking up about the repeated nature was seen as "proof" of fabrication.

This is important listening. Another historic massacre - this time in West Aus - of First Peoples captured in a diary, in code. The podcast ep on it brings together the descendants of settler perpetrators and First Peoples survivors. Particularly relevant re parallels with Gaza. #Auspol

'There was no crush, no panic, no chaos': First-hand accounts from readers at the Harbour Bridge protest

Opinion | "Police gave poor instructions ... Text messages stated 'stay still and await instructions', but those never came. A circling police helicopter made announcements that were unintelligible."

Sign the Petition Demanding Priority of Public Safety and Health, Halt Permitting Plastic Pyrolysis Facility

If you live in Northern California, please sign this petition. They're trying to build a plastic incinerator in a neighboring town that will flood the air with microplastics and toxic gas

A Panda cub hanging across the limb of a tree, with their head facing downwards. The panda’s round white fluffy butt is center frame as its black hind legs dangle below the branch. This silly Panda is potentially stuck there (out on a limb) with no exit plan.

and you may ask yourself

“well, how did I get here?”

and you may say to yourself

“my god, what have I done?"

Buy a virtual ticket providing a beautiful lunch to a Palestinian refugee from Gaza in Melbourne with 100% of ticket $ going to the wonderful charity Palestine Australian Relief & Action (PARA). Tickets here: tinyurl.com/4tuy2ewa

A study in contrasts: Comparing how media outlets covered the Harbour Bridge protest One of Australia's most iconic landmarks was host to more than 100,000 protesters marching in torrential rain in support of the Palestinian cause. Here's how media outlets covered the demonstration.

Imagine complaining about seeing "baby dolls smeared in fake blood" during an actual genocide.

“Bourgeois anglos for Palestine” sign below.

Thiel-backed tech company Palantir has engaged Australian lobbyists CMAX Advisory

Rule 65: Provide Angle Parking Where Warranted

Angled parking fits more cars without widening streets & calms traffic by requiring careful backing-in. Tucson switched to rear-angle parking & cut crashes from 1/week to 0 over 4 years.

Walkable City Rules t.co/2RtkJjwl7b

They should breed the labubu with the blahaj to create fucked up lil shark creatures called blahbubus

The image is a meme consisting of two panels with text. Top Panel: - Caption: "When you visit America" - Shows two people taking a selfie with the Statue of Liberty in the background. They appear happy and are dressed in winter clothing. Bottom Panel: - Caption: "When America visits you" - Depicts a scene of chaos with soldiers running in a field and large explosions in the background, suggesting a war or military action.

Names of children killed before first birthday

The Post is keeping a list of the 18,500 babies and children killed in Gaza. It just goes on and on and on. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

Folks, please keep up the pressure on these damned companies. My work in trans sapphic scifi partially relies on using Itchio for distribution, so this is very much an existential threat to me. Thank you to everyone who's gotten us this far.

There is a Japanese word that specifically means the feeling you have when you look worse after a haircut (age-otori) and it’s like most of the other languages aren’t even trying anymore

Good morning. ☺️

#OtD 3 Aug 1929 19-year-old communist Yetta Stromberg was arrested with six others for having a red flag in California, one of 24 states which banned socialist/anarchist flags. She took her case to the Supreme Court and won, overturning the ban stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1015...

Gift of Orme Wilson and R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of their mother, Mrs. Caroline Schermerhorn Astor Wilson, 1949

Evening dress #artbots #themet
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Back home, feeling much the same but now also hungry as well.

Will be given IV fluids then sent home. Blood tests all came back clear. Yay?

It’s 10:05 now, am wondering if I’ll get home before 1am…

It is massive. Thanks to Peter Deppeler on Twitter for the footage. #GazaGenocide #MarchForHumanity

March for humanity marchers walking over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

View of Sydney Harbour Bridge from March for Humanity.

View of marchers in March for Humanity on Sydney Harbour Bridge.

View of marchers at March for Humanity on Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Not the best photos but there were a lot of people there at today’s #MarchForHumanity.

Sleep tight. 😌

cactuscloudsart Today I discovered a woman called "Angie the ICE Chaser" on TikTok and she literally just follows ICE vehicles in her car. They become increasingly erratic in their attempts to lose her (breaking sooo many laws on camera) and they never do. She is single handedly striking terror into ICE agents across LA. She also follows them through neighborhoods honking her horn and shouting "THEY ARE ICE!" out her window. There is a GFM for gas money and the legal fees she is fully expecting to come around.

Hero

Thanks, I’m hoping it’s just a bug or something temporary like that.