#news report:

[peachtalia]

the actual dumbest shit I’ve made this year

alt text for my handwriting is too fucked to read

[elierlick]

The brain does not magically mature at 25. Actual neuroscientists note some 8-year-olds even have a greater "maturation index" than 25-year-olds. The myth misunderstands basic neuroscience but is still used for anti-trans policymaking like the Cass Report. https://slate.com/technology/2022/11/brain-development-25-year-old-mature-myth.html

[fer3112]

Based on recent events

[marvelsmostwanted]

Today in 🍂✨October surprises✨🍂

• Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Secretary of Labor Julie Su quietly assisted in winning labor rights for dockworkers, ending a strike that could have had catastrophic economic consequences. (10-4-24)

• In Springfield, Ohio, where Haitian migrants have been blamed for the disappearance of local animals with Trump claiming “‘migrants are walking off’ with geese in the town” and “they’re eating the dogs” - a lie also promoted by JD Vance, Ohio’s own sitting Senator, with no evidence - it turns out that the missing geese were actually the victims of a 64-year-old white man who was hunting illegally. (10-3-24)

• A Trump-appointed federal judge blocked Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan again after another judge reinstated it earlier this week. (10-3-24)

• Republicans and crazy Facebook uncles everywhere have spent this week spreading disinformation about the FEMA response to Hurricane Helene, including AI photos of Trump standing in floodwater and wild claims that Biden is sending money to undocumented immigrants. In reality, the Biden-Harris administration has provided substantial emergency assistance and both Biden and Harris have visited the region. Meanwhile, it turns out that Trump was the one who redirected money from disaster relief to send to ICE during his presidency. Shocker. (10-4-24)

• Seriously, though, Trump is not who you want to call in an emergency. Before allowing disaster relief to reach victims of wildfires in California, then-president Trump forced aides to show him an electoral map to see if he had voters there. He evidently intended to withhold the aid if he found out it was going to mostly Democratic voters. This would be a career-ending scandal in any other political era but alas, we are living in this one. (10-3-24)

• Finally, far-right extremist and Oklahoma superintendent of schools Ryan Walters intends to put Bibles in public schools, which is already disturbing, but in a stunning display of corruption, the only ones that meet his specifications are the so-called “Trump Bibles” that include the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. They go for $60 apiece and Trump gets fees from each one. (10-4-24)

No, wait, I’m going to say that one again:

In Oklahoma, taxpayers’ money will be used to put Trump Bibles in public schools. Their money will go directly to Trump. Not a joke!!! Not an exaggeration!!!

…Surely the voters who are still undecided are lying, right?? Right?!

30 days until Election Day.

Go to vote.org for a sample ballot, early voting dates, and more. Seriously, we have to win.

[gifs-of-puppets]

Sesame Street (1969-Present)

[arctic-hands]

I'm not upset discussions of Sally Ride these days don't leave out the fact that she was a lesbian and therefore the first known queer person in space (albeit a fact only known after her death), but I hate that the fact that what is left out is that she, while part of the Roger's Commission after Challenger exploded, was the whistleblower who made sure the information for the defects of the O-rings made its way to Richard Feynman, who then famously, publicly, and on camera demonstrated how icy coldness (such as the cold and icy weather the morning before Challenger launched) could critically deform the O-rings used and keep them from forming a seal. This was also only revealed after she died. (x)

Whenever Sally Ride comes up these days among my (overwhelmingly queer) friends, we all acknowledge that she was a lesbian and celebrate what a role model she was not just for girls but for queer kids (and adults) too, but everyone is always surprised when I bring up the whistleblowing thing, which I think is damn shame and a disservice to her legacy.

[mast3r-rainb0w]

President Bowser Reveals the Nintendo Switch 2 by Mast3r-Rainb0w

Kicking it off with the year 2025, Nintendo has officially revealed its successor to the Nintendo Switch… known as… "Nintendo Switch 2". Yeah, not a super innovative or original name, but I still plan on buying one regardless, lol. Anyways, have a funny comic with a very "original" reference to it. Enjoy!

[mobiused]

Missiles are imminent. You don't understand what it's like to miss out on a basic necessity such as sleep due to the torment of Israeli aggression, night after night. It wears you down to the point where it's hard to function. And yet miraculously, they keep going. Abood once told me he's in love with life - despite everything - and that impossible optimism is what keeps him going through it all. Can you imagine the sheer determination it takes to keep surviving, keep pushing on, under a regime that threatens your life every damn day?

Again, they have no choice but to relocate just to stay alive. It's the middle of winter and they're freezing with nothing to keep them warm. Starving, unsafe, and almost nowhere left to go, the only thing that can help is your donation.

Vetted proof here.

We began a new campaign due to problems with GFM. It's currently at $0 / $50000 so please help!

[hinamie]

every so often i have to relearn how to draw yuuji or he starts fighting me

[froggydraws]

Ballad of the fox

[hood-ex]

Dick said "TT" in the Nightwing preview!! I actually love the idea of him picking up that habit from Damian. I know that probably wasn't Watters's intention buuut... I'll take it as a headcanon.

Nightwing (Vol. 4) #121

[adairtrashart]

i did a little manga redraw thingy for @xmajordumps awawawawa

page i referenced under the cut (dont know which manga its from but i do know that yoshiko nishitani drew it)

[autisticat23]

[inversionimpulse]

Fallout New Vegas is one of the best games of all time not for any of the great stuff it actually has in it, but for how funny the brain disease it gave Bethesda is

[sunatsubu]

smitten reporter has no chance against the flirtations of brucie wayne