#name data

[namesnums]

More American kids are being given unisex names, regardless of birth sex.

Unisex/gender-neutral names can be categorized as follows:

Narrowly unisex names: used for each SSA sex at least 30% of the time.

Broadly unisex names: used for each SSA sex at least 20% of the time.

Technically unisex names: used for each SSA sex at least 10% of the time.

[positronichead]

The comment on levar burton’s unprompted daforge posting………

[snarkspawn]

I really enjoy playing through tnp again like hi it's been a while

[elbiotipo]

Firefox should also come with a tamagotchi like extension where you take care of your own little Firefox, it's the best way to make it popular

[quarks-pussy]

Remade this post of mine

[noodles-and-tea]

Let’s do our best today!

[ajwahoocrowley]

[bugsnakes]

drew this in the car before a meetup. Hi bento boxians

[mostly-natm]

Let’s hear it for the oldest surviving Soong brother!

[iamumbra195]

Not really in the DC fandom and I don't really read many comics but I've been seeing some videos and posts making headcanons about the Al-Ghul family being Muslim and it pisses me off so much.

This interpretation is deeply rooted in Islamophobia and the ignorant notion that every Arab is a Muslim and therefore a "terrorist". The Al-Ghuls are not and have never been Muslims and any parts of the religion found in their characters are likely due to the fact that Arab culture has a lot of aspects of Islam mixed into it and because again, people think that being Arab and being Muslim are the same thing and a lot of the comic writers are white Americans who commonly have this misconception about Arabs.

I'm not going to go into the specifics of everything because 1) I don't know all that much about canon and 2) this is a little hard to explain but I will give several examples that pretty much disprove that headcannon because The Al-Ghuls do things that are considered major sins in Islam on the daily.

Ra's runs an assassin league/cult and despite what many people think killing people is a major sin in Islam except in very specific scenarios where it may be excused like in self-defence or in war. And what the Al-Ghuls do? That isn't excusable in any way.

Ra's' name in and of itself is proof. His name means the Demon Head and I promise you a proper practicing Muslim would not call themself that or commit the atrocities he has on innocent people. I don't know if this is true but I saw on the wiki that apparently a character named Gerhardt asked him if he was a man or a fiend from hell and Ra's, said that he was both and neither and that he was "Ra's al-Ghul". A Muslim would not associate themself with Hell, a place where evildoers are punished in the afterlife.

Talia committed zina (fornication), yet another major sin, and wears extremely revealing clothing despite the fact that modesty is an integral part of the religion.

The Al-Ghuls drink wine, eat pork and apparently Damian was often fed ox blood soup as a child despite the fact that all these things are explicitly forbidden for Muslims to consume in verses of the Quran. (To clarify a bit, in case you're confused about the ox blood soup, Muslims are forbidden from consuming animal blood because it is considered filthy and harmful, much like pork and wine.)

Not to mention the whole thing about Ra's nearly being 500 years old and the Lazarus Pits apparently reviving him every time he dies... but that's a whole can of worms I don't know enough about to open

So yeah, the headcanon that the Al-Ghuls are Muslims perpetuates harmful stereotypes about Islam as a whole. There probably is more to be said about this topic but unfortunately, I haven't read many comics and have only watched a few of the DC animated movies so I can't say much more.

Feel free to correct me if I've said something incorrect or missed something important.

[namesnums]

Top gender-neutral names given to 2023 babies, per US SSA data

These are the most-used gender-neutral names given to babies born in 2023.

[theamazingfeeling]

Miko appreciation post 🎐

[hollis-art]

the silliest of sillies

[the-lavender-clown]

The Star Trek hyperfixation has grabbed me by the ankles

This design is up for sale on my RedBubble!!

[spittyfishy]

A whole bunch of Star Trek art from the last year that I was too nervous to post on their own lol

[gannonssweetandsuave]

doodles under

doodlecades & blue suit benny

uughhhghg I'm so upset with how Veronica's quest ended, it fills me with dread every time I think about it. Doesn't help that we were trapped in Vault 22 for like 2 weeks :/