Hungry Nikita

What if I read and also watch my (soon to be) third grader play soccer? I’m also a middle class professional? I’m confused by this. Is being a librarian the ultimate flex because it’s part of my job? Lolll

I keep seeing more and more of these “nobody reads, ever, and it’s elitism to think or suggest they do” posts and it’s hard to see it as nothing more than hit dogs hollering the way I want to. It’s just so objectively wrong. The book industry isn’t a charity and it keeps putting out thousands of titles per year. My Libby holds run 20+ weeks sometimes and physical books are only a little less, and I live in a middle income area. People are reading. Why is there so much investment in insisting that it’s an elitist rich person activity?

Okay for those of you living in pitiful ignorance, take a raw ear of corn with the husk on and cut all the way around the base (as pictured: above the point where the husk meets the cob, so that the entire husk is severed but still wrapped around the corn. Do not cut through the cob.) Then, with the husk still on, microwave it for 5-7 minutes. It'll basically steam it inside the husk. Remove from microwave --it will be hot, so use a mitt or a towel--and firmly pull the top of the husk/silk, which should come off easily in one piece, unsheathing a flawless corn on the cob. If it doesn't, you probably need to cut a little higher around the base, so all the leaves are severed. No picking off silk!

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me and the boys, felsírtam

Flags Mashup Bot is really out here trying to start World War III

You know how we call things "pseudoscience"... the media analysis that's being done on twitter and tumblr should be pseudohumanities

Please, go ask an immigrant to Norway, or hell, any POC at all, to tell you their biggest political concern. It probably won’t be fucking fishing quotas, Chris.

it’s amazing how women are able to navigate crowded rooms without ever touching a palm to a man’s lower back

it’s so weird to me that people act like gay men can’t be intrusively touchy with women

“it’s weird how pedro pascal is really handsy with women” “umm he’s gay” what does that have to do with it lol. you do know that gay men can still be misogynists and weirdos, right?

I completely agree with the main point, there’s no reason to give gay men a misogyny hall pass. But it’s particularly galling in the case of Pedro Pascal, who is not officially out. I know it’s an open secret and his reasons are no one’s business but his own. I just don’t know why people should excuse his actions due to his membership in a group he won’t publicly claim.

making wetfood slop for the beasts and all three of them are weaving around my feet and desperately begging like “MOMMMM PLEASE GIVE US THAT WE LOVE THAT WE WANT IT PLEAAAAAAAAASE CAN WE HAVE IT” like. yeah guys i wasn’t planning on keeping it for myself i don’t think any of you have ever seen me decide to drink salmon pate soup out of your three individual cat bowls. but i guess you never know

still thinking about the dog gender essentialism thing bc it’s So bad man. i’ve legitimately seen multiple people repeating the phrase “a girl dog will love you, a boy dog will be in love with you 🥺” and i personally think that people who say this need to stay exactly 1000ft away from all boy dogs forever