What the heck is even happening?

"Hey, Gen Z, we're gonna relabel vacations into something else now and tell you how you really should be wary of taking vacation because it might impact your financial future."

the idea that failure is an individual failing and not the oppressions of a broken system.

Like firstly on its own thats absurd and horrific and torturous and a hideous precedent to set on level of control thats acceptable. I hate it on every level. If people want to "scroll" - whatever that means on gaming apps?? - thats their business.

And what next, the lights dont turn on after hours? The internet doesnt work after hours? Its not the governments responsibility to police teens nighttime activities its just not.

Second, what about people using the internet and such for homework? Sorry teacher I couldnt finish the government shut down my access. I mean if it lessened homework that itself wouldnt be a bad thing.

But there are a million other reasons someone might be online/on social media/gaming/reading the news/looking at art/ "scrolling" at any hour and thats their business!

Its hard enough being a teen to begin with, theres no third spaces, theres nothing to do, people complain if you do gather in public, thr main freedom they have is being online bc even their physical location is tracked to the minute by their parents, thr gov wants to keep restricting things, and what exactly are they offering in return? Building community centres where people can socialise in person and idk exercise and breathe? Social support services for people who arent getting what they need? Mental health services?

And you just.

Said no????

Two main characters are Spy and Scout. They are both mercenaries hired by the same company, who work on the same team. They notoriously do not get along and are complete opposites.

Also, Scout grew up without a father, but is convinced that his dad is the famous singer Tom Jones, who he’s had a lifelong obsession with.

One of the longest running jokes in the tf2 fis the idea that Spy is secretly Scout’s dad. This theory started because Spy had an affair with Scout’s mom many years ago and has had feelings for her his whole life. As it turns out, Spy actually IS Scout’s dad, and knows he is, but fucked off when Scout was a toddler and basically chose to never be part of his life until they were reunited by chance years later as mercenaries. Some of their teammates have caught on (Sniper and Heavy, specifically), but Scout refuses to believe Spy could ever he his dad.

Some years later, Spy and Scout are both in Australia for work. Spy is saving their teammate Sniper, and Scout is fighting in a nearby battle. Scout is mortally wounded, and just before his death, is found by Sniper and Spy.

At Sniper’s urging, Spy decides to confess the truth of their relationship to Scout in his dying moments. Almost immediately, however, he changes his mind and instead decides to keep up Scout’s fantasy that his father is Tom Jones, to give him peace as he dies.

Spy can essentially shapeshift (forgot to mention that), so he makes himself look like Tom Jones and then tells Scout basically everything he’s wanted to tell him for years but never could, and it’s a really emotional moment.

After that, Scout dies in Spy’s arms and we get this really heart wrenching panel.

this is not life-threatening, but also who wants weeks of diarrhea and a fucking parasite in them lol. if you suspect you've already had this and it's passed, i would see a doctor. you might need an antiparasitic anyway. if you're actively sick, see a doctor and they might be able to prescribe medication to help you get over it faster.

try to avoid eating raw vegetables, scrub fruit with a produce brush and rinse thoroughly with water. again, don't bother with premade greens or bagged salads. if you buy lettuce, remove the outer 2-3 layers of leaves.

Only high temperatures will kill cyclospora. It resides in what is like a shell, which is highly resistant to water and most cleaning chemicals. The substance it uses to cling to food is so strong we don't even fully know what its limits are. It may be best to avoid fruits and veggies you can't cook. Scrubbing only works if done hard enough and on foods with no hiding places (Like cucumbers and grapes). Peeling the skin off is your best bet at avoiding it however, scrubbing is not guaranteed.

You have been turned into this type of mermaid!!

I shall be a New Zealand Longfin Eel mermaid!

Bad Bunny did half of the music video for “Yo Perreo Sola” in drag. And I cannot emphasize how much the genre is saturated with machismo bullshit and Bad Bunny just refuses to participate in it.

His video for “Caro” is also a celebration of breaking gender norms. Most of the video is performed by Jazmyne Joy as Bad Bunny.

The Amur Leopard and Clouded Leopard (which recently celebrated its 50th cub born at the zoo!)

The Sumatran Tiger

The Red Ruffed Lemur and Ring-Tailed Lemur

The Cotton-Top Tamarin and White-Cheeked Gibbon

The Colobus Monkey and De Brazza’s Monkey

And the Mexican Spider Monkey!