sheepish is a really funny word. fuck im so nervous (turns into this)

found this three year old draft buried in my files. is it funny? I don't remember

I love a highly specific pet advert

I really do think an important component of activism is to make sure your motivation is based on a desire to help/improve things for the people being harmed by a system, and not hatred for the ones doing the harm. both for mental health reasons, and because either way you're training your neural pathways and it's gonna turn out a lot better for literally everyone if the question on everyone's mind after achieving a goal is "how/which people can we help next, what's the next step for improving things" and not "who do we need to attack next."

the easiest people to attack will always be whoever’s closest and whoever’s vulnerable.

#in the first bridgerton book daphne describes her crush feelings as if her heart is playing the queen of the night aria from the magic flute#which i can totally see if you have never found out what the words mean. very high and fluttery.#but the lyrics are along the lines of THE VENGEANCE OF HELL BOILS IN MY HEART. IF YOU DON'T MURDER THAT MAN I WILL DISOWN YOU.#and i laughed so hard i had to put the book down

oh my god??

I'm so glad they got Ted Chiang -- a wonderful writer of science fiction and thinker about technology, in my opinion -- to write this essay. My favorite line was this:

Brainstorming session to figure out what we're gonna do because the king likes Daniel more than me and you

3. We could throw him in the Tigris, let him float a while, then we'll all sit back and watch him meet a hungry crocodile

5. We could give him jelly doughnuts, take em all away

7. We could use him as a footstool

This story from @guardian_us was mind blowing to me. What are your thoughts?

ladies and gentlemen, Phtalo Green

This is literally my favorite color. 😩 Smaragd green is another dark shade of green that I’m absolutely obsessed with.

Goddess of Depression by Victor Nazarenko

oh this is extremely fun. i did NOT do all that well but i can see myself getting good. i will be doing this regularly.

the poster that this incredible illustration is based on is extremely striking. but while searching for it, I also found earlier posters for conveying this message along with a corresponding one for summer, and I fucking love them. absolutely lovely graphic design work. (both are from 1924, artist is Austin Cooper)