the whale is a horse and he loves me

having a computer room was a privilege, some of us had to walk all the way to the library and make a booking to play neopets on the computer. but things change, now i drive my car to the library.

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm one of Senator [THEIR NAME]'s constituents. House Republicans are trying to insert a multiple articles of anti-trans legislation, including a full transgender healthcare funding ban, into the F-Y '26 budget. I'm calling to tell the Senator to stand up for trans Americans and vote NO on any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown. [you can stop here at 0:20 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't] This care funding ban follows the map the G-O-P charted while attacking abortion. Democrats lost that fight by giving in to the G-O-P an inch at a time. Giving an inch at a time on trans care will devastate trans Americans and it'll get Democrats nothing in return but contempt. [you can stop here at 0:40 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't] Right now, the most popular Democrat in the U-S, [Zo-RAHN Mom-DA-nee], is campaigning on making trans healthcare cheaper and easier to access, and he's only got more good will because of it. [you can stop here at 0:50 if you want to bail out—but it's better if you don't] I'm asking the Senator to refuse to allow any anti-trans language including a healthcare ban in the F-Y '26 bill. Do not vote for any bill with that language. This IS worth forcing a shutdown. Standing with trans people is the right thing to do and it's politically smart. Voters and donors show up for Democrats who fight.

so: what do we need you to do? two things.

1.call your D/I senators. find contact info here: reps.fyi

what do we need you to say? try the call script below. adapt it; make it your own! there are bailout points written in, in case you get nervous. but please *call.* 🧵

This is very funny thing for a President to say, but it's a truly fucking bananas thing for a President to voluntarily tell everyone he said.

commission sheet featuring examples of art ranging from full render starting at 50 dollars, black and white shading starting at 30 dollars, and sketches starting at 15 dollars

New commission info sheet with new contact email!

WHILE DRIVING A CAR?

Adrian Bliss hitting the nail on the head - that stare into the camera at the end, chef kiss 👌

“Making Art In 2026”

Nature headline "I invented a life-saving frog sauna." Photo of said frogs in said sauna

have never clicked a headline so fast www.nature.com/articles/d41...

the purse thing is blown now but they very rarely check for a rotisserie chicken under your very large cowboy hat

About 15 years ago, I had a very vivid image of a moment of story, a character caught with the stain of a sacred blue dye on her arm.

About a half an hour ago, I finally finished the last page of The Firelight Isle.

Thank you to everyone who didn't give up on it, even when it took an age!

Something I love about this show is how they consistently use the procedural nature of it to try new things. What a lovely listen this was.

it is not about sports. it has never been about sports. it is about banning trans people from public life entirely AT BEST, and at worst, forcing them into situations that will endanger their lives. this is why we don't play along with the "just asking questions" sports bullshit

a very long grilled cheese sandwitch on a griddle

therapist: long grilled cheese isn't real, it can't hurt you

long grilled cheese:

A billion sprinklers just so summer can cosplay as spring.

Reddit post headed "Roomba accidentally saw outside and now I can't delete "room 1" and "room 4" showing a map of the Roomba's picture of the world, which includes an ill-defined patch of outside listed as "room 1" and "room 2"

roomba accidentally saw outside

We are RIGHT HERE

I often think about when I was doing a food tour in Paris and the guide was waxing lyrical about French butter to the point where he went around to everybody in the group like: "Where are you from? US? Your butter is terrible? Netherlands? Not as good as French butter." and so on (1/2)

Then he got to us and we said we were from Ireland. He paused and then with extreme gravity and hushed reverence he said "Irish butter is comparable to French."
I randomly felt a bout of National pride I've never experienced before or since.

It's so pleasant to be able to scroll on here and not endure a barrage of targeted ads 😵‍💫

orange cat lying on floor with square lights reflected on his flank that resembles lit windows

live action catbus looking pretty sweet

This violates R.I. Gen. Laws § 11‑24‑2.3 on its face which provides protections for gender identity in public accommodations in Rhode Island.

Brown University is openly admitting it will brazenly violate Rhode Island state law. I expect lawsuits will follow.

Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

we all had that one friend who would bring like 3 bowls of soup to the club. Trying to hold them all at once while on the dance floor, "watch out, im holding soup!" he would yell

A four panel comic titled Bird Sounds. In panel 1, labeled thrush, a wood thrush sings its beautiful eeohlay song against a forest background. In panel 2, labeled wren, a winter wren delicately sings tweedly tweedly tweedly. In panel 3, labeled warbler, a yellow warbler delicately sings sweet sweet. In panel 4, labeled heron in a death metal font, a heron screams KRAAGH against a background of fire.

Bird sounds.

Graph of maternal mortality rate against year for the UK. Rate bounces until and down around 500 deaths per 100,000 births until about 1940, when it falls sharply. It’s been very low (~1–3 per 100,000) ever since.

This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.

I have an overlarge glass of wine because the bartender tried to describe the size in milliliters and I panicked.

I shall now rate the mattresses in the following cities based on having stayed at one hotel there.

*clears throat*

*sips wine*

I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡