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He had been full of ideas lately.

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Celebrations marking the beginning of marriage equality in Thailand are underway at the Government House.

Source: Thai Enquirer

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Wait. Neil gaiman wrote Coraline?

The good omens guy?

How did I not know that? I’ve got a cousin that’s obsessed with Coraline!

I’ve watched both and read Good omens, I just-

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The white death has haunted humanity like no other disease following us for thousands, maybe millions of years. In the last 200 years it killed a billion people – way more than all wars and natural disasters combined. Even today it's the infectious disease with the highest kill count.

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More Far Side Blender Recreations

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Lemme tell you a gay little story about an eagle.

Our town (~9,000 people) has a couple garages, but there's a big one on the main drag. My family has been going there for decades. I drive past it every day.

There used to be a huge pine tree on the corner of their lot, but last year it became a hazard and had to be taken down.

Shortly thereafter I drive by and see they've hired a guy to chainsaw sculpt the stump into a bald eagle.

Birds own my heart, but nationalism makes me twitchy. I withhold outright condemnation of the eagle, but I'm skeptical. (The original owner—an objectively Good Dude—sold the business to a younger couple a few years ago, and I don't have any knowledge of their whole deal.)

Then it turns out someone on staff is really into making costumes for the eagle. Every holiday. Every month. Stuffed turkey, witch costume, menorah headpiece, bunny ears. These people love to dress their bird.

The changing of the eagle suit becomes a source of joy every time I drive through town.

Until June, when the eagle is bare.

Now look, maybe I'm expecting too much asking my garage to celebrate Pride. But this is a small town. Every time I drive by that stupid eagle—this thing that has previously brought me so much joy—I feel hurt. I feel reminded that there are plenty of people in my liberal bubble who don't consider my community worthy of celebration. I drive to work, I feel bad. I drive home, I feel bad. The eagle is mocking me.

Then my A/C quits working.

So I book an appointent to bring my car in—and realize what I have to do.

I pick all this up at a thrift store for under ten bucks. I print the shirt with some weird heat-transfer fabric crayons I find in a cupboard. I loop gold elastic around the sunglasses and pray they'll fit on the eagle's head. (It is also important to draw your attention to the price of the feather boa.)

(Nice.)

My reasoning is thus: if I show up with a complete costume ready to go, someone will have to look me in the eye and say "We don't believe in that," at which point I'll be finding a new garage. But if they let me dress the eagle, then people in town get to have the joy I've been missing since the start of the month.

I listen to a lot of hype-up jams on my way over. I hate confrontation. I also don't wanna have to find another garage. I want to believe that this decision isn't actively antagonistic, but I'm not particularly hopeful.

I talk through the A/C issue with the guy at the desk, hand over my keys, then take a deep breath.

"Who's in charge of the eagle?"

"Oh, that's all Dylan. Second bay from the end."

I walk down the row of hydraulic lifts and find a disarmingly smiley middle-aged man pouring fluid through a funnel. I introduce myself and explain that, since the Pride parade is this Sunday and the eagle seems to be missing a costume, I have taken the liberty of making one myself, and can I get his blessing to go put it on?

Dylan grins this absolutely giant grin and goes

"Oh hell yeah."

So that's what's up now.

Happy Pride.

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A quiet summer afternoon.

The sun is shining through the foliage, touching the grass, making angel’s hair look like a halo.

Being by your side is the only heaven I ever dreamed of ❤️‍🩹

New summertime artwork for Good Omens Artbook 😇

You can already find it on Kofi! ✨

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Ozzy Osbourne Warns Kids Not To Snort Liquid Death

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dog fambly

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two cicadas just hatched right next to each other. do you think they were friends when they lived in the dirt

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no thoughts just bear

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I love you. Take care of yourself. I'm sure this isn't surprising to hear coming from someone on the mental illness website, but I empathize very strongly with depression brain making all the good stuff feel fake and all the bad stuff to feel real. We'll keep up with the memes for you while you take your break. Thanks for being one of my favorite persons who says thoughts on the internets, and for being my favorite unpaid intern for a coffee (and tea!) subscription company who gives its profits to charity.

Stupid fucking tumblr making me cry in the club.

Thanks for all the kind words as I battle depression. I am doing the stuff I need to do in consultation with a great mental health team. This is the worst, but as I said in my video today, despair is a lie. No simple story can ever be fully true, and there is no simpler story than, "Nothing means anything."

So let's keep deriving and making meaning together. I'll be gone from these parts for a probable month or so, but I hope to return in August.

And if not, well, tumblr has survived without me before. :)

Love you, nerds.

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wholesome laffy taffy jokes

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i’m losing my mind