#THIS IS NOT A DRILL PEOPLE!!!

[dixidin]

The way that I got instantly jumpscared...

[fullcolorfright]

16-page zine about a long-term interest of mine, atmospheric diving suits. I love these underwater "robots" and their strange & varied histories

Update: You can buy a physical copy of this zine from my shop, if you’d like!

[reasonsforhope]

"A recent court ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights marks the first time an international judicial body has decided that indigenous peoples living in “voluntary isolation” have a right to do so, and that governments must act to ensure that right.

The ruling comes off the back of 20 years of activism challenging the Ecuadorian government’s encroachment on indigenous lands for oil drilling, and this, as well as other extractive activities like logging, were ruled to be intolerably disruptive to three groups living in voluntary isolation in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

International treaties protecting the rights of indigenous peoples have long been ratified at both the UN and the Organization of American States (OAS), but a case specifically determining whether a group living in voluntary isolation, which used to be called “uncontacted,” were guaranteed protection to allow them to continue doing so has never been ruled on.

While the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2009 and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in 2013 introduced guidelines and recommendations that included a right to choose self-isolation, neither were put into writing under international law, nor included in any treaty amendments.

As such, the Costa Rica-based court’s decision that nation-states, in this case Ecuador, must follow a “precautionary principle” when making decisions about future oil operations that may impede a group’s ability to live in self-isolation.

“This principle means that, even in the absence of scientific certainty regarding oil exploration and exploitation projects’ impacts on this territory, effective measures must be adopted to prevent serious or irreversible damage, which in this case would be the contact of these isolated populations,” said the court opinion, written in Spanish, and translated by Inside Climate News.

The three groups in question are the Tagaeri, Taromenane, and Dugakaeri, who are part of the overall Waorani peoples since they share cultural traditions and language.

Testimony was heard from a community leader of the Waorani, Penti Baihua, and two young women who at the ages of 2 and 6 were survivors of violent encroachment by oil workers who killed members of the girls’ group, forcibly introduced them to modernity, and displaced them to different parts of the Amazon.

In the current case, the court ruled that a protected area the size of Delaware that was established in the early 2000s to guarantee indigenous Waorani (and others) rights was created in such a way as to leave oil exploration areas outside protection, despite being the ancestral home of Baihua and his people.

A 6-mile deep buffer zone surrounding the heart of the Tagaeri, Taromenane, and Dugakaeri’s territory called the “Intangible Zone,” has been repeatedly penetrated by extractive industries, which have built roads and other “colonial” infrastructure.

The court ruled that Ecuador must honor the results of a 2023 referendum, in which voters chose to stop oil operations in that region indefinitely.

The court used the term “living in voluntary isolation” to reflect that fact that there are no unconctacted tribes on Earth, but perhaps as many as 200 who have seen evidence of modernity, and received minimal contact—perhaps from a related tribe that doesn’t live in isolation—and chose to remain without any interaction with the modern world either out of fear or self-interest."

-via March 28, 2025

[taxreturnslut]

ONE PIECE FILM RED IS NOW ON CRUNCHYROLL!!! AND THEY RELEASED FILM GOLD AMD STAMPEDE?!?!

[wikitpowers]

I AM SCREAMING LIKE A MF BANSHEE

WTFWTFWTFWTWF WTWF WTF WTF!!!!

[kindofabastard]

I swear to god if I have to see one more person using TME to either exclusively refer to transmascs/men in a context that would be incredibly transphobic without the plausible deniability of "but TME includes cis people" OR to lump transmascs/men in with a group consisting of at least 99% cis people doing actual harm, I'm gonna explode

[bacchuschucklefuck]

sometimes I think abt how the months coming up to and the prom night in freshman year must feel to class swap sklonda. your perfect kid who has literally never gotten a single reprimand for anything does what can only be described as a quad crit crime combo and becomes a nerd punisher by the end of the night

[gremnda]

Part of the family :]

[vinceaddams]

it's required by law that all jumbled up old button collections must have at least 1 seashell in them

[crispy-art-on-fire]

WELCOME TO LIFE CRASHSTOP aka BlitzPrime sparkling. They have 3 names because I cannot make up my mind if Blitzwing or Optimus were the carrier so this is just for ease of talking about them. (Shortstop for Blitzwing, Safetycrash for Optimus, Crashstop if talking in general or post reconciliation).

They're a natural triple changer and a civilian one at that, which means they literally fits in nowhere. They also don't have a weapon and instead have the power of wind turbines which doesn't hurt people. So mostly in fights they rely on their size and to intimidate their opponent to flee.

As for her backstory:

For Shortstop she grew up very sheltered by Blitzwing because the moment she was born and it was revealed she doesn't have any weapons to defend herself he went into overprotective mode. Making sure he was there for her at all times and protecting her from harm or scorn, though this included making her promise not to show her truck alt to anyone else. If asked Blitzwing will lie and say her sire was Lugnut even when they know it isn't true. This is all stifling for Shortstop. Forcing her to realize that she is different, weaker, than everyone else around her. She fantasized about meeting her sire often before deciding to sneak out behind Blitzwing's back to try to actualize this fantasy.

Safetycrash meanwhile has always known Blitzwing is her sire, it was one of the first things Optimus told her because there was no way to hide it. While Safetycrash and Optimus have a good relationship she cannot help but resent him for not being able to stand up for her. At the academy and growing up she was picked on for being a flyer, because she doesn't look like an Autobot. The only thing that Optimus can do is comfort her and try to stop it when he sees it but he has dedicated his life to the rules that now hurt her and he doesn't know what to do. Safetycrash decides that if Autobots can't have a place for her she might as well meet her sire and become a Decepticon instead.

Blitzwing and Optimus are basically doing the best they can but really their blind spots are where the other excels at. Blitzwing provides action, he can give entertainment, safety, and a plan to follow but he is awful at adressering feelings. While Optimus provides emotional insight and comfort but hesitates before acting. Together they make 1 great parent which is why Crashstop decides after spending time with both of them that she'll have her happily ever after damn it!

[dhmis-autism]

still on my pilot kick. anyways. worstie era!! ♡

[copepodkisser5000]

I'm just interested to see who's popular! >:3 (not to be taken seriously, it's only hypothetical)

[cosmicredcadet]

A character looks straight into the camera and says "I'm not interested in romance" and people will still say "No, it's not confirmed they're aromantic!!!" "They could change their mind!!!" "it's a challenge for them to overcome!!!" "They'll have character development that makes them fall in love"

It's like they are given the most blatant answer to a character romantic orientation and they actively ignore it. all the while all it takes is subtext for people to speak as if it is fact for a character to be any other sexuality.

[halorvic]

[royalarchivist]

Pac: [He] fell, oh my god– I almost killed Ramon, I almost killed Ramon.

Pac: Ah, I miss Ramon, guys. I miss Ramon, man. [He stares at the little Ramon plush for a moment] I miss Ramon, I was a bit of a downer there, sorry.

[ranticore]

trying to design a monster that isn't scary so much as it is just horrible and sad, an absolutely wretched existence