#Bought and Sold

[pratchettquotes]

"I'm bought and sold, aren't I?" said Vimes, shaking his head. "Bought and sold."

"Not at all," said Vetinari.

"Yes, I am. We all are. Even Rust. And all those poor buggers who went off to get slaughtered. We're not part of the big picture, right? We're just bought and sold."

Vetinari was suddenly in front of Vimes, his chair hitting the floor behind his desk.

"Really? Men marched away, Vimes. And men marched back. How glorious the battles would have been that they never had to fight!" He hesitated, and then shrugged. "And you say bought and sold? All right. But not, I think, needlessly spent." The Patrician flashed one of those sharp, fleeting little smiles to say that something that wasn't very funny had nevertheless amused him. "Veni, vici...Vetinari."

Terry Pratchett, Jingo

[polniaczek]

guys underestimating jo's basketball skills

2.13 bought and sold | 9.12 a thousand frowns

[julia1x5]

We are so fucked lmao

[wickedzeevyln]

Dream, Defy, Thrive

“Own your destiny, or someone else will eventually take it from you with your consent.” —e.d. maramat | erwinism What did you want to be when you grow up? Are you that person now? Did you take a risk just to be that someone? When we were young—far younger and innocent than we are today—grown-ups often ridiculed our dreams; if not, there’s a kid who would fling words they borrowed off from an…

[galaxirin]

I wonder if 12 year old me knew I would be drawing gravity falls fanart 10 years later

[locksox]

incredibly old (2021) coomer art - available as a print since nov 2021 if you frequent conventions in western australia lol

[captainmaxatx]

Sorry Y/N one of your owners died :(

[bloodydeanwinchester]

i can't believe he sang one of my favorite songs this close to me 🫠

[ganondoodle]

1 year since i got scammed by nintedno leaving me forever yearning for a game we will never get and an extreme worry for the future

[claypigeonpottery]

sold

this baby’s from 2019 I think

I don’t usually fully finish/colour a sketch but I needed to plan so much in this piece

I painted it with underglaze first, before adding the black lines with the mishima technique

I chose blackberries for death and grief, and poppies and forget-me-nots for remembrance. even the frogs that aren’t endangered are so few these days :(

[vamprisms]

one does not simply walk into mordor? thank fuck i hate walking. tell sam to pull the 1998 nissan micra around

[bookishfreedom]

spent my independent bookstore day the BEST way 🩷

[fistfuloflightning]

”I’m not above petty theft.”

Shen Yuan stared at the beggar in disbelief.

“I made a deal with the Beggars Sect and they said I would remain unmolested while I was meeting with their representative. Unrobbed. I want to talk to your—” your manager. He swallowed that quickly though, scowl intensifying. “—your superior. Who should be meeting with me anyway. Give my belongings back.”

The beggar eyed the embroidered qiankun pouch, hefting it as if that would tell him how much was stored in it, not that space storage arrays weren’t intended to hide that fact. “Unmolested? You’re walking through the poorest quarter of the city dressed like that—might as well be wearing a brothel’s worth of red lanterns telling everyone you’ve got cash on you.”

He hefted the pouch once more, then slipped it into his grungy shuhe. “For collateral.”

And then he had the gall to wink.

Shen Yuan was aghast.

If I’d been mugged like this in my last life, he groused, I wouldn’t have cared about leaving anything behind. I’d just run. At least the System had had the foresight to dump him in some no-name npc rich young master that only showed up for half a scene to make overheard comments about Wife #424’s beauty in a busy tea house that would trigger Luo Binghe’s newest addition to his harem.

But Shen Yuan would kill himself (again) before admitting that he couldn’t remember the tiny detail of what town the scene took place in. Which was why he’d approached the Beggars Sect in the first place. For information that he needed dearly. It appeared he’d arrived while the Protagonist was still just a disciple—or was currently making his roadtrip from hell in the Endless Abyss—as the the world at large seemed suspiciously quiet. Not that Shen Yuan minded a reprieve.

He jolted back at an unfamiliar touch at his hip. “I have nothing else for you to steal!” Shen Yuan squawked, slapping the beggar’s light fingers away.

“Perhaps the clothes on your back,” the filthy man purred. “It would certainly decrease your chances of getting robbed in a place like this.”

“Because you’ve already taken everything!” Shen Yuan hissed back, clutching his silk sleeves tight about his body. The movement inadvertently turned him to directly face the persistent beggar. Underneath the bruises and the mud, he seemed familiar. Like, I’ve seen him in a mirror familiar. That thought made Shen Yuan’s skin crawl.

The beggar rolled his pretty eyes. “This lowly one is honored by Young Master Shen’s approval and thanks him for such alms as he had deigned to give—”

Shen Yuan sputtered indignantly. “Hold on! That’s not—”

There was something like predatory amusement in the beggar’s green eyes. “—in return for information on one Miss Li Chunhua.” The tone was short, clipped. Officious. As deceptively cold as fresh fallen snow. Shen Yuan gaped at the sudden personality switch. The man seemed to grow taller, even as he bowed mockingly. “This lowly one is Shen Jiu, representative of the Beggars Sect.” His smile was hungry. “Pleasure doing business with you.”

also on ao3

[karda]

venus flytrap in my cupholder rn im not kidding

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

So anyway you repeatedly say we only feel corn husks and similar inedible parts to cattle but Never add a source to back it up. Having worked on farms I’m afraid for the most part the feeds I’ve seen have been parts entirely edible to humans. And like fuck man 5% of all grown soy is fed to humans or however the stat goes, do you really think the remaining 95% is inedible? really?

Anyway yeah I’m asking for a source here cause I don’t want to add this on to months old post

Ingredients such as “grain by-products” are referring to the husks, stalks, and other “green” parts of the plant that we humans don’t actually have the digestive capabilities to eat. The breakdown of most livestock feeds looks like the above when you actually take a look at it.

Different cattle feed, similar ingredients. Still primarily things that, and I have to stress this, you cannot eat. This one is slightly higher in quality and does indeed have actual grain products included. Some of those are edible to humans. Some are not. Generally cattle are fed cattle cubes with supplemental mineral licks and hay. Some also supplement with whole corn, but I can gladly assure you that corn is not in short supply and even if all the corn sold to animal feed was donated to the poor, you can’t actually live off of corn because there’s very little nutrition in it. Hence why in both human and animal food it’s typically seen as a filler ingredient. Keeps the mouth busy with a meal without making your stomach feel full and you end up eating more without feeling satisfied.

Soybeans are really only often used in feed for pigs because they’re a great source of protein for these animals. I would state that soy is also a terrible option to use as an emergency food for humans in need because while, yes, it is indeed a healthy bean, it’s also one of the top eight foods that humans are frequently allergic or intolerant towards. I’d also ask you for whether your 5% of all grown soy statistic is referring to the beans or the entire plant because yeah the beans are the edible part. The rest of the plant isn't especially healthy for humans to eat. I would say the beans are around 5% of a mature soy plant sure.