Platypus is not on fire

-ancient roman posca: water, red or white wine vinegar, honey, salt, herbs (coriander, mint, thyme)

-switchel: water, ginger, vinegar, sweetener, lemon, salt

-ayran: yogurt, water, salt, mint

-sees the reports of the heatwave in Europe-

Before continuing, I'm going to talk about that beautiful deleted scene between Thor and Loki before the coronation ceremony. I still think it's a shame that we were deprived of that moment between the two brothers. For me, that scene was necessary. It gives more depth to his character. It highlights the brotherhood between Thor and Loki and makes the transition from brothers to enemies a little more heartbreaking. This scene also shows Loki's love for his brother. This shows that he is not fundamentally bad. Every deleted scene proves it. Everything that follows is a chain of consequences due to his choice, which will take on disproportionate proportions and lead to the accident in Jötunheim. What he discovers in Jötunheim is the reason why he will be completely mentally and emotionally unstable.

After Thor enters, Loki appears from behind the curtains with a smirk, having just set up his “little prank” to delay his brother's coronation, because, according to him, Thor is not ready to reign. As soon as they are placed side by side, Loki asks Thor if he is nervous. Thor starts laughing and replies, “Have you ever known me to be nervous?” This response rings false, as Loki mentions a situation that allegedly took place in Norheim where Thor was nervous. Thor comes up with a lame lie that it wasn't nervousness, but “rage of battle.” In this scene, Thor seems to think that nervousness is a weakness. At least, that's the impression he gives me. This may give us a clue as to how a warrior in Asgard thinks. Seeing that Loki doesn't believe him for a second, he adds that he couldn't have fought his way through a hundred warriors and gotten them out of there alive if it had been otherwise. Once again, Loki seems to remember better than he does, even reminding him that it was he who hid them in the smoke with his magic to facilitate their escape. Thor bursts out laughing, and what he says next really got me thinking the first time I saw the scene. Especially with the servant's reaction, who starts laughing in agreement with his words. He says, “Some do battle, others just do tricks.” It's just a joke on his part, but the servant's reaction is striking. Is one style of combat more highly regarded than another in Asgard? Is it frowned upon to use magic rather than weapons? Why would magic be frowned upon in Asgard? Especially since Loki has often used it in battle to save Thor and his friends? From what we can gather from Thor's words, Loki seems to have saved them on several occasions by using his magic to facilitate their escape or deceive their enemies. So why mock his tricks? They have helped them out of many situations in the past, so his magic should be viewed favorably. He shouldn't be criticized for that. There is a theory that emerged at some point. A theory that I don't believe in. In a nutshell, this theory claims that Loki is the only sorcerer in Asgard. Apart from him, we only see Frigga using magic and no one else. Some people therefore believe that magic in Asgard is reserved for women and weapons for men. According to this theory, Loki is mocked for learning magic instead of embracing physical prowess like his brother. This theory doesn't seem correct to me, because in his biography, it says that he is the most powerful sorcerer in Asgard, which to me implies that he is not the only one. So, I tend to think that the servant laughed in agreement with Thor's words because Loki, being mischievous, malicious, and playful, must have used his magic in the past to play tricks on the palace servants and even others. This is undoubtedly one of the reasons he earned his title as the god of mischief. Perhaps magic is seen as a cowardly technique, something that is not considered real combat. That's also possible.

To 2025:

Hell, they even cover the devastating heaviness of MASS SHOOTINGS without censoring or watering anything down.

They've been doing this for YEARS, and it's ALWAYS handled with dignity, respect, seriousness, understanding, and love.

This clip is from 1968 and discussed assassination after Bobby Kennedy died.

is the ability to process these things.

taking away the words for bad things

means when they HAPPEN- and bad things will still happen around us-

WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THEM without the WORDS.

When the word is accurate, USE THE WORD. Say Death. Say Murder. Say Rape. Say Prison, say Riots, say War, Say Famines and Disease. Say Bigotry. Say Hate crime. Say Racism. Say Fascism. Say Abuse. Say Hurt. Say Pain. Say Grief. Say Fear.

We must not lose the Truth of what a word means.

This was never going to be a happy story. Thor + Loki

There’s just

so many of these

and I think it’s incredibly funny but

I just read this bit from the artist and

This is a "plein air" painting which means I set up my easel right across the street of this Chase bank in my city and painted it like it had caught fire. The police questioned me on the spot. Three weeks later Homeland Security was knocking on the door to my home. The question they kept asking me was "Do you hate these banks?" I can honestly say yes.

for any address to twitter you can replace the “x.com” with “nitter.net” and you will be able to browse as if you have an account. Lifesaver.

Italian puts a G before L or N, as in tagliatelle and gnocchi.

Portuguese puts an H after L or N, as in Julho and vinho.

Spanish doubles the letter, as in llamo and cabaña (???).

The secret here is that the letter "Ñ" was originally "NN". The squiggle on the top is actually a second, teeny N, being worn as a hat, because why waste horizontal space when you can just stack the letters for convenience?

We should be treating teens as more adult than we do. I don't mean some lowering the age of consent creep shit, I mean presuming competence. Get a job, learn life skills, learn to cook, be fully responsible for a pet, walk places alone (in daylight) or with a friend, have intergenerational friendships, teach skills to littler kids, be someone people can trust with more than wiping their own ass. Be someone they themselves can trust to do stuff and go places. We're stealing children's confidence by treating them like they can't do anything. Treat them like they can and should do many adult things and more will find the confidence to practice at them.

When I was still nursing in NY and occasionally helped out our colleagues in ER, several times I saw small children who'd been taught what to do save their whole families from burning buildings by having been coached in how to use the phone to call for help and say what the trouble was, even when their parents and other older kids were unresponsive.

MY LORD?? there is no way I can follow you there!

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