#but thats not whats happening here

[dashiellqvverty]

the thing about bbc merlin is that in many ways it is very tragic, in the sense that so much bad shit that happens could have easily been avoided if charcters had made different choices, hadn't been so wrapped up in prophecies, had trusted people and communicated openly literally ever, just generally got their heads out of their asses. like i know thats the point, they are trying so hard to do the right things and protect people but the story is unavoidable. HOWEVER it is all soooo fucking poorly executed that none of it is effective. so instead of thinking "wow what a tragic story about fate/destiny/whatever" you walk away like "well that fucking sucked for no reason. i hate that fuckass dragon" and i sometimes feel very cinemasins in the way i pick apart the logic but the thing is the show is written in a way that makes the characters come off as so stupid and always making terrible choices rather than like. tragic victims of circumstance.

[uwu-scraptrappy]

TW boy on boy cannibalism that's also sexualized a little like nothing explicit but yeah be warned

He done ate him goddamn eyeball‼️‼️‼️‼️

[luvelii]

Spent too much time in fandom hell again

People really don't know what words mean anymore

[clownowo]

been replaying the Portal series I think this is where its heading

[roppiepop]

is a dream a want

[aashiyancha]

[crunchchute]

duude

[subdee]

Reading more about how this move won't just cripple research universities, but tank local economies in college towns across the US. Also that it's specifically written into the funding riders that only Congress can change the rates so this is yet another highly illegal power grab by the Executive office.

Anyway if you're an American and you want to do something easy, here's an automated bot that will send an email (free) or fax or letter for you (costs less than a dollar):

https://resist.bot/petitions/PBNZEY

And here's a phone script for calling senators and Reps:

As much as it sucks to be saying "call your reps" at a time like this... We really are in call your reps territory. It's still illegal for the president's office to do this and we want to keep it that way for as long as possible. No amount of after-the-fact mutual aid will bring all the University labs back.

Yesterday the National Institutes of Health under the Trump administration announced a new policy that will dramatically change the way the United States funds medical research... Every dollar of NIH funding generated about $2.46 in economic activity. For every $100 million of funding, research supported by NIH generates 76 patents, which produce 20% more economic value than other U.S. patents and create opportunities for about $600 million in future research and development.

As Christina Jewett and Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times explained, the authors of Project 2025 called for the cuts outlined in the new policy, claiming those cuts would “reduce federal taxpayer subsidization of leftist agendas.” Dr. David A. Baltrus of the University of Arizona told Jewett and Stolberg that the new policy is “going to destroy research universities in the short term, and I don’t know after that. They rely on the money. They budget for the money. The universities were making decisions expecting the money to be there.”

Although Baltrus works in agricultural research, focusing on keeping E. coli bacteria out of crops like sprouts and lettuce, cancer research is the top area in which NIH grants are awarded....

Sorry to keep posting Heather Cox Richardson but this is just ghoulish. Once those labs go dark because they aren't being funded they are not coming back online in four or even two years. The researchers can't wait around that long to get paid, new grads will stop going into those fields. It's just wholesale destruction with destruction as the stated aim.

Lawmakers from Republican-dominated states are now acknowledging what those of us who study the federal budget have pointed out for decades: the same Republican-dominated states that complain bitterly about the government’s tax policies are also the same states that take most federal tax money.

I never thought the Leopards would eat MY face, say the members of the Face Eating Leopards Party.

But hey, this is something I can 100% call my senators and Reps about, because it will definitely affect us locally as well. So there is a chance to slow-roll or delay this just as has already happened with the dismantling of USAID.

....

If this is bad for the US in the short and long term - bad for Republican states, bad for health outcomes, bad for the economy - why are we doing it?

A reminder that the Heritage Foundation has ties to Victor Orban's Danube Institute:

Why are we doing it? Because destroying research universities helps to drive the US voter base permanently to the right which helps consolidate the power of right-wing politicians. Ask Victor Orban. Hungary saw 10% of the population LEAVE the country after he took power. The Florida strategy writ large.

[abstractfrog]

SILVER BLAZE PART THREE - happy jonkday everyone. one of these days i'll draw a scene that doesn't take place at night

[vypridae]

"he's going to watch something dumb, xanzen do you want some content??" "SOMEBODY SEDATE ME!!!!!"

[gingerswagfreckles]

Btw if you blatantly lie about Israel or the war in Gaza and someone calls you out for lying they are not in fact "defending Israel" they are calling you out for spreading mis or disinformation. In case that wasn't clear.

[conspicuous-clown-car]

AYO what the hell is happening here?? 🤨

jk

[cubbihue]

In the aftermath of Peri's tantrum, the Leisure Court Fairies discovered that nearly every Pixie within close proximity of Poof were completely drained of magic.

Fairies are presumed incapable of stealing magic-- not unless they are a bonded pair, where magic is shared. Therefore, the underlying reasons remain uncertain to this day. Cosmo had been the only Fairy to remain conscious during the blast, but researchers were unable to extract much information from him.

Thankfully, all Pixies, including Timmy, made a full recovery- with all their magic intact.

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[mummer]

rhaenyra outsourcing motherhood to rhaena and assigning her that passive feminine role was REALLY interesting….. rhaenyra as a character is at her most fascinating when she is forced to navigate and ultimately perpetuate the gendered structures she despises and wishes she could transcend— the seeds of her tragedy already sewn here. just great character work

[bunnieswithknives]

Dev this is serious stop beatboxing.