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What were they expecting ?

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The US is truly incomprehensible

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cold hand attack

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a bunch of upperclassman Sukuna AU + when they become teachers

idk where i am going with this i just like this idea a lot lol

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bro choose every possible cheat code 🐈😺

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Humpback whales breaching: gorgeous, majestic, graceful, embodies all the strength and beauty of the ocean

Minke whales breaching: I will launch myself out of this ocean like a f***ing surface-to-air missile to seek and destroy my enemies

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Procrastinating on Wikipedia and found this...

So there’s a pretty long tradition in math of people coming up with problems they can’t solve, and talking to their friends, and realizing that nobody they know can solve them either, and then announcing to the world that you would get some sort of prize if someone could solve them. 

Usually the prize is a small amount of money.

Sometimes, if someone is really cocky, or the problem is known to be really hard, it’s a lot of money. 

And sometimes there’s Stanisław Mazur, who offered a live goose as a prize for finding a particularly pathological object (a Banach space for which some compact operator is not the limit of finite-rank operators). 

And then, Per Enflo did manage to find such an object. Today, there is photographic evidence that he did, in fact, receive his prize. Go look at that picture, and tell me that Enflo is not 100% pumped about his goose. The older Mazur, on the other hand, looks mostly like “WTF, this fool actually called my bluff”.

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The inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development was fired on Tuesday – one day after his office issued a critical report warning that nearly $500 million in food was about to go bad due to President Donald Trump’s freeze on the agency.

Paul Martin, who had been appointed inspector general for the agency by former president Joe Biden in 2023, was informed by email from the Office of Presidential Personnel that his position was terminated “effective immediately.”

It occurred one day after Martin’s office released a scathing report that warned more than $489 million worth of food assistance was at risk of spoilage after the Trump administration issued an unclear aid freeze guidance, ordered staff to refrain from “external communications” and placed more than 90% of USAID workforce on paid administrative leave.

The office said that while initial guidance provided a funding waiver for emergency food assistance, shipments were delayed globally because staff faced conflicting instructions and were concerned about breaking the order on external communications.

“According to USAID staff, this uncertainty put more than $489 million of food assistance at ports, in transit, and in warehouses at risk of spoilage, unanticipated storage needs, and diversion,” the report says.

The purpose of the inspector general is to conduct independent investigations and audits into any potential fraud, waste or abuse and issue recommendations of its findings – something slowly being replaced by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

After Musk asserted that USAID was “radical” and a “criminal organization,” the administration sought to all but formally dissolve the agency and merge it with the State Department to be overseen by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

The administration has attempted to put thousands of workers on administrative leave and remove contractors who assist the agency. Though a federal judge has temporarily blocked the plan to place staff on leave, it’s clear Musk and Trump plan to follow through with their plan to make massive cuts to the agency.

For six decades, USAID has worked to fight starvation, fund education and work to end disease globally. The U.S. is the world’s largest humanitarian donor despite spending less than 1 percent of its budget on foreign assistance, according to the Associated Press.

Lawmakers have lambasted the Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the agency, claiming that may only be done by an act of Congress.

Organizations that represent USAID workers, companies that contract with USAID, and non-profits have filed lawsuits against the Trump administration, asserting that it does not have the authority to axe the funding that was expressly provided by Congress.

Martin’s termination is also subject to some regulations. The administration is required to provide Congress 30 days' notice before firing an inspector general and provide specific reasons for terminating watchdogs.

Martin was career official having previously served as inspector general for NASA for 14 years and deputy inspector general at the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General for more than 12 years.

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two bugs

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Saying things incorrectly is the DOGE mission.

The intent of DOGE is to mislead. In short, to lie.

Make up fraud. Make up waste. Provide no details. The scam to swindle is manifest.

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suprised more people havent seen the fuller context of this clip cause its way more insane

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I think my favourite concept in Dunmeshi is that... There is an urgency in most of us to sacrifice our peace of mind when push comes to shove. Perhaps to worry means that you care about the emergency at hand (whatever level of emergency that is subjectively) and we pinpoint focus on the task and everything else disappears. Our sleep and diet patterns change even though these activities are pivotal for our dopamine systems and functionally make us feel healthier and help us think clearer. It's self-punishing; the "grind" so to speak — to persevere we have to forget the self and think solely of the object.

But Dunmeshi doesn't let you get away with that. These people's friend is captive in a monster's body, their world is literally ending, and still they sit down to eat. To eat is to live. Only living things eat and it is the privilege of the living. Yes, there is a crisis. Yes they are upset and heartbroken and distressed. But they still focus on the food: the very thing that sustains you and gives you energy to think, to move, to keep going. A moment of gratitude offered to life by actually, consciously indulging in it. They aren't bad people for eating while Falin's suffering, no. It is simply unfeasible to give parts of yourself to a situation while hoping to gain twice as much back. Just take the time to make food, think about how delicious it looks, and eat. Even if you fail, you need to eat. Even if you succeed, you need to eat. You need to live life no matter what. You need to enjoy it no matter what. It is never "inappropriate" to just live your life.

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Spin this wheel to choose your race

Spin this wheel to choose your class

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hiiii i literally love your art!! i’d love to see any Twi art from you :))

There you go, anon!

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Art and Illustration by Kelly Louise Judd

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Here's how the layering for women's outfits would go for the Tang Golden Era period (盛唐).

For those who actually wear Hanfu out these days, we usually forgo the petticoat, or add some straps to it and wear it inside the shirt to hide the straps. For the outer skirt (qixiong), a lot of shops are also adding straps to them just to make it easier on everyone. I mentioned before in a post, without the straps you're always at risk of a wardrobe malfunction 😬

I need to buy a pair of lantern pants...those look so comfy. Some people will pair lantern pants with a cute blouse for a more modern twist on the look, easy to move around in and go out for a nice day :D