competentcuttlefish

My favorite bit of family history trivia is that my Slovak GGF on my father's side and my Italian GGF on my mother's side immigrated to the US aboard the same ship (Konigin Luise). Its first route was Bremen -> NY, and later Naples -> NY.

I just started doing exactly this! It's great seeing artifacts from the ships around the time my ancestors would've traveled, including menus (though they were steerage passengers and almost certainly weren't eating that good).

What's it called when every social encounter feels like I'm playing guitar hero and hitting 65% of the notes

What exactly does a plan to get out look like? People throw this out as if it's a realistic possibility for folks but it really, truly is not. It is difficult for Americans to emigrate and establish a permanent living situation in a country that is desirable, let alone safe for trans people.

Do you know which Dem didn't vote?

MSNBC reports that Trump directs JD Vance to go after 'woke zoos'

China connecting the entire country via high speed rail and revolutionizing EV tech.

The US:

Mickey 17 (2025)

oh i think this is exactly right. people care about your views but they ALSO care about whether you seem real and authentic

Milk is $20 a gallon here. My family can't take more of this.

Almost every day I have had to tell myself that the best thing I can do to make the world a better place is to show kindness when others don't but boy is it hard sometimes.