porygonalbreasts:

worstgirleva:

the thing about bullets is that you can touch them and it’s fine, but if they’re shot by a gun they get so fast they can kill you. it’s the speed that does the killing. so much of martial conflict is just using speed to harm one another

what they dont tell you is that this is true about a lot of stuff. an orchestra standing still is a mild inconvenience at worst. but an orchestra scuttling towards you? thats violins, baby

skinks:

I love that thing when people get a little bit tongue-tied and garble what they’re trying to say so they make a little “blegh” 👅 noise and start over. verbal reset button. hitting the top of the tv to unscramble the signal

madlori:

saywhat-politics:

The school shooting survivor who’s become an influential progressive activist has said he wants to bring uncomfortable truths to the Democratic Party.

The school shooting survivor who’s become an influential progressive activist has said he wants to bring uncomfortable truths to the Democratic Party.

David Hogg, a survivor of one the deadliest school shootings who has become a progressive activist, is the first member of Gen Z to be elected as a chair of the Democratic National Committee.

The DNC elected Hogg as vice chair this weekend, calling the 24-year-old “one of the most compelling voices” of his generation.

If you rightly bemoan the old and stodgy Dem leadership, a glimmer of life emerges. David Hogg was just elected vice-chair of the DNC. He is ITCHING for a fight.

moniquill:

taraljc:

halorvic:

serageranium:

blackwoolncrown:

“In case anyone missed it, the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has now spread to Ohio.

[The Republican Administration] has ordered the CDC to not report on this”

I find it hilarious that he’s ordering the CDC to report on it as if they’re not going to say Well sir we’re currently in the find out portion of FAFO.

If you think you might have been exposed to TB, there’s a blood test for that. The sooner you start treatment, the better – ideally before you have any symptoms:

Also, if you hunt/process/eat game meat, or work directly with cows:

FOR FUCK’S SAKE, DO NOT DRINK RAW MILK.