#Texas is the worst

[daughterofdessalines]

A Black couple living in Dallas say their 2-week-old daughter was taken from them because they decided to have a home birth with a midwife.

Home-births and midwifery services are increasingly sought out by Black pregnant people and families over traditional hospital settings amid a mounting maternal mortality crisis exacerbated by systemic medical racism. Black pregnant people are three to four times more likely than white pregnant people to die from pregnancy-related causes, per the CDC.

When Black pregnant people and families can’t feel safe seeking pregnancy and birth-related services from the hospital, and can’t feel safe choosing home births and home care options that draw police attention.

[rejectingrepublicans]

[whatbigotspost]

there isn’t a word strong enough for the level of JOY I’ll feel if this dumb piece of shit finally loses his senate seat

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DELICIOUS ITS SO DELICIOUS

[mentheii]

second-worst friendship ever

[entropy404]

you can take a boy out of midwest emo but you can’t take the midwest emo out of a boy

[thequeenofsastiel]

It was honestly so hard to watch Kant dismissively say that once he and Style were done getting info on the brothers, they'd both go to jail. Especially given how horrific prison conditions in Thailand are(I do think you should look it up because it's important info to have, particularly if you ever plan on visiting Thailand, and also so you'll have context for what exactly it means for characters in these shows to be threatened with imprisonment, but be warned, it's not an easy thing to learn about). Just the fact that Bison has been nothing but very sweet with Kant, that they've had such fun times together, and Bison is giving Kant his heart, the way that Kant can just casually say that he's helping send Bison to jail, without any indication that he'd fight for him at all, is breaking my heart. I can understand him not caring about Fadel, but Bison? Truthfully, I have no idea how Kant actually feels about Bison, or the experiences they've had together, past enjoying sex with him. Was he actually into the BDSM play they did together? Does he like Bison at all yet? I mean, I know he eventually will, but it's unclear to me at this point if he truly likes Bison.

I think he does. I think he's genuinely enjoyed his times with Bison. But honestly, that just makes the whole thing worse. The fact that he can actually like this man, yet be willing to send him to prison? To Thai prison?

Then there's Fadel. Fadel, whom I expected to hold out longer. It was so hard to watch him finally give into his feelings and reach out to Style, only to get the cold shoulder. I'm also not sure if Style actually liked Fadel in the first place. I think there was attraction. But genuine like? I just don't know. I don't even know if Style truly wanted Fadel to be his boyfriend before he found out he was a hit man. He sure as shit doesn't want Fadel now. So we're going to have to watch him pretend even harder that he wants to be with Fadel, and I think Fadel will see through that.

I do think this'll have a happy ending. I think the brothers will avoid prison by helping take their "mom" down. But it's gonna be rough going.

If you want a quick rundown of Thai prisons:

[ratatatastic]

i love the poker table and all the shit that has come from it if not because you can see exactly who's the loudest persistent bitch there and who exactly finds that endearing spoiler alert its exactly who you think it is womp womp

deeply important to me on a "whos the best and whos the worst at the table" maffhew and benny insisting forsy is the best because of his good pokerface and his consistency and even swaggy agrees that forsy is pretty good meanwhile benny cant help adding an "ekky thinks he's the best" while he's at it and swaggy has to get his two cents in as well: "and [ekblad] thinks he's pretty good."

and when forsy gets asked best and worst he decides he can't say worse and instead only lists the people he think are the good and: "ekky's pretty good actually but he's very... he's a little bit more wild so he's got some big swings."

and at first it's like oh maybe this is a benny/swaggy bullying ekky moment as they're prone to wont to do (ekky deserves it and likes it) but then forsy immediately says afterwards that c*usins is: "but i think nick c*usins. hes doing pretty good. yeah, I know, I know... we're gonna get him though."

which immediately discredits why he thinks ekky is a good player because both benny AND demers were like c*usins is the WORST at poker

and if you think oh forsy is just a carebear of a man and he cant choose the worst- NO HE DOES NOT. HE ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT BECAUSE in the same interview he has no qualms of naming lundy as the worst playoff beard (2nd year in a row btw): "its gotta be one of the finns probably... lundy" and calling out luosty for his culinary abominations: "luosty is eating—he's putting raw onions in the pasta which is... yeah thats a little... weirdo, weirdo!"

this is just forsy whos very bad at hiding his bias and will warp the world in favour of it because he'd rather die than not pick ekky for TWO whole questions (best at poker and best playoff beard)

and with primetime panthers we learned that ekkys too loud and pushy for both benny and swaggys taste that they both elected him as the worst seatmate on the team plane which is so comical that mr. im not very good at poker but I still sit with them and get shocked when ekky bounds over and wants me to play too would say such a thing huh

and the double whammy is that swaggy prefers forsys who's the complete opposite of ekky

and i just think everyone going, forsy is nice quiet and reserved in his facial expressions and ekky is loud insistent and not as good as he thinks he is, is just sooooooooooo

[hidefan]

IDK why but I often think about RG saying Tommy breaking up with Buck was "the worst day of Buck's life". Like even he recognizes how important the relationship was/is 😔

[galacticnova3]

@onenicebugperday Bit of an unfortunate update, but not without hope.

A week ago as of posting this, Green Bean Casserole had a pretty severe mismolt. I think they fell and got stuck behind their favorite stick in an awkward position after leaving the exuviae. I only found and assisted them the next morning, but by then their exoskeleton had already hardened up. Thankfully all of their limbs are intact and functional, but, well... The situation is far from ideal, as you’ll see.

At first I was pretty worried they wouldn’t make it; they seemed to be struggling to move around due to the deformity, falling when climbing and generally looking wobbly. I moved them to a different terrarium set up for my flat headed snake Absinthe, both because of the softer substrate and the lack of skinks that might be bold and attempt to take advantage of a weakened mantis. I wasn’t even sure if food would be able to pass through their system, and they had no interest in prey at all, which wasn’t a good sign. However, with some adjustments to the layout of the temporary terrarium I moved them to, they did climb and manage to hang from the lid with some effort. GBC seemed like they were a fighter, and the day after the bad molt they accepted and ate a grasshopper, so I decided to see if I could get them to their next molt and hopefully allow them to recover.

They’ve since adapted to their new shape, and I’ve moved them back to their usual terrarium for easier monitoring and better sun access. They’re climbing and hanging without falling, eating well, and drinking water droplets from the screen lid when I water the terrarium. I’d say they’re about as close to thriving as they could be in this situation! Here’s how they’re looking today. Ignore the escapee grasshopper in the background, its jailbreak was short lived…

I do feel a bit mean for making this comparison, but…

There’s a bit of a resemblance, isn’t there?

[fischiee]

i will not be taking critiques at this time

[oso-nan]

head trauma

[sluttylittleslashers]

THOMAS ALL DOUBLE CHEEKD UP AND FOR WHAT

[genericpuff]

I'm from San Antonio! while I'm painfully white, I've gotten to participate in and observe a lot of Mexican-American culture! we have Fiesta here every year, and the Battle of the Flowers is a big enough holiday that we get the day off of school for it lol

Texas does suck for multiple reasons, but I do like San Antonio a lot! I think a lot of people tend to stereotype Texans as white, bigoted hillbillies, but San Antonio has a probably majority population of Hispanic people, and I think that's pretty cool :)

I've literally never heard of the Battle of the Flowers before, so I googled it and omg???

It looks absolutely stunning! Thank you for sharing!!! 🌻🌹🌷

[sketchbook-of-shadows]

I :3 I'm going to kill :3 the next person:3 I see :3 who draws Thomas Hewitt :3 or Bubba Sawyer :3 LIKE A FUCKING TWIG :3 LIKE STOP DRAWING THEM LIKE SKINNY MANGA BOYFRIENDS WITH HIDDEN 8 PACKS I SWEAR TO GOD IN 2024 WHY IS THIS STILL HAPPENING

[agentark]

do you ever think about how most of the Freelancers got an AI that complemented their skillsets and/or their personalities in mostly positive ways (North the perpetual older brother getting sweet baby Theta, laid back York gets logical Delta to keep him on task) whereas Tex and Carolina get assigned to Omega and Sigma, AIs that enhance (or would have enhanced) their most destructive qualities (Tex's anger and Carolina's ambition)