this speaking as a cis person. Nothing brings me more joy seeing people find gender euphoria in becoming a mediocre representation of humanity. And I mean that so genuinely. Local boy finds joy and fulfillment wearing a cargo shorts and t-shirt combo. Local girl has transitioned to look like someone’s disheveled aunt, has never been happier. Local person experiences gender euphoria rocking the world’s worst bowl-cut. Without a scap of irony, this shit makes me see the wonder and whimsy in just, being a human. An average, person going through their day-to-day, is a wondrous thing? That’s amazing. And heteronormativity has stripped these experiences of their joy. Like you’re right, wearing a basic girlypop skirt should make my heart sing. Why not? Why are these expressions lesser because they’re normal? All this to say. Shoutout to all the basic bitches out there. Yes that polo shirt does make you look like a divorced golfer dad. Yes, that too is kind of a slay, now that I think of it.
anyway the actual point of fandom is to inspire each other. reading each other’s fics and admiring each other’s art and saying wow i love this and i feel something and i want to invoke this in other people, i want to write a sentence that feels like a meteor shower, i want to paint a kiss with such tenderness it makes you ache, i want to create something that someone else somewhere will see it and think oh, i need to do that too, right now. i am embracing being a corny cunt on main to say inspiring each other is one of the things humanity is best at and one of the things fandom is built for and i think that’s beautiful
For those not tapped into Australian politics, King Charles is in Australia to conduct his “historic first tour to the commonwealth realm” i.e visting countries that King Charles is supposedly a monarch to.
Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe had requested an audience with King Charles for weeks prior to this visit, she wrote countless letters to speak to him. Unlike other commonwealth nations and other former Brisitish colonies, a treaty with Indigenous peoples in Australia was never formed. Their land was never ceded to the British Crown. After being denied and ignored, Lidia Thorpe, draped in a traditional possum skin cloak, stormed in the Great Hall during the reception for Charles at Parliament House in the capital shout the following:
I literally can’t even look at these photos without getting goosebumps.
i love finding poetry in the mundane, and yesterday i stumbled upon something that just hits that spot
So, my partner has an old phone- It served them for many years now, but it has one issue: Charging it is hard. Their current charger is hanging on by a thread (literally), and can barely do its job. The phone and the charger came together: They’ve never used another charger for said phone.
Now, they’ve tried to replace the charging cord several times. But it doesn’t matter how much they’ve searched what damned specific charger the phone uses, none of them work. They finally decided to bring it to a phone shop and ask what should they use.
The guy at the shop looked at the phone for a bit, and explained: “The port itself is broken. The charger you have works with this phone because they’ve mutually broken each other into the same shape, in a way that no other charger is shaped. The port itself has corroded in a way that only accepts the charger that shaped it like that in the first place.”
And while this is of course a frustrating situation for my partner, I feel like there’s a metaphor here. I could write a goddamn story about this. These two half-broken old things have been together for so long they’ve destroyed each other in a way that keeps them from working with anything else. They’ve hurt each other in a way that barely keeps them functioning together, and have been rendered useless with literally anything else.
the united states centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) has linked a deadly e. coli outbreak to mcdonald’s quarter pounder burgers.
right now, 49 infections have been linked to this outbreak. this includes 10 hospitalizations and 1 death. these numbers are expected to rise, and only represent infections that have been linked to this outbreak. the CDC expects the true number of infections to be much higher, because most people recover from e. coli without medical intervention within around a week. and it can take weeks for a confirmed case to be officially associated with an outbreak.
it typically takes e. coli 3-4 days after exposure to cause illness. in some cases, such as those already associated with this outbreak, e. coli can cause death or disability.
so far, the cases associated with this outbreak were from september 27th to october 11th, 2024. infections may have occurred before or after this date range.
the ten states with confirmed cases so far (this list might expand, do NOT rely on this list to keep you safe): wisconsin, oregon, montana, wyoming, utah, colorado, nebraska, kansas, missouri, iowa.
mcdonald’s has pulled the ingredients for quarter pounders in some states while they investigate, and quarter pounders may not be sold in those states for a while as a result.
as with all foodborne illness outbreaks, if you think you are affected by this, talk to your healthcare provider. even if just to record and report that you got sick.
as of when I am posting this, it is not yet known for sure which mcdonald’s ingredient is contaminated, but the FDA thinks it might be onions. there is currently no list of which specific mcdonald’s locations received the suspect onions, or what other restaurant chains, if any, also get their onions from the same source.
this outbreak investigation is ongoing and moving quickly. there will be better answers and more information soon.
i know the joke is that ill accidentally summon a demon but i cant help but think this is just a goat with good Latin skills who is coming to punish me for forgetting that studeo, studere takes dative objects
you sigh in relief that its only your friend the tutor goat and not the duolingo owl
The personal qualities displayed by Trump
in his reaction to the cost of the Guillén funeral—contempt, rage,
parsimony, racism—hardly surprised his inner circle. Trump has
frequently voiced his disdain for those who serve in the military and
for their devotion to duty, honor, and sacrifice. Former generals who
have worked for Trump say that the sole military virtue he prizes is
obedience. As his presidency drew to a close, and in the years since, he
has become more and more interested in the advantages of dictatorship,
and the absolute control over the military that he believes it would
deliver. “I need the kind of generals that Hitler had,” Trump said in a
private conversation in the White House, according to two people who
heard him say this. “People who were totally loyal to him, that follow
orders.”
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