more or less a virgin sacrifice

utopians:

I was really led to believe before watching the x files that it was like. “strange phenomenon happens, it’s ambiguous whether it was paranormal in nature, Scully thinks it’s explainable but Mulder has a crazier explanation” but no. every single episode has been “Mulder sees absolute, unambiguous, incontrovertible proof of the existence of aliens but Scully happens to be in a different room every time”

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tlaquetzqui:

kaijuno:

Never before has an animal’s face so clearly expressed “You think you’re hilarious, don’t you?”

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someofusarequeer:

someofusarequeer:

aropride:

some birds are very intuitively named. looked up a sparrow going chipchipchip in my yard, it was a chipping sparrow. saw a black bird with red wings, it was a red winged blackbird. gray bird that sounds like a cat? gray catbird. the first time i saw a house finch it was perched on a windowsill. However, some birds are the red-bellied woodpecker

I gotta google something real quick

who named this bird

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jesticutioner:

aegimeda:

venort:

reallybadblackoutpoems:

imagination (1963) - harold ordway rugg

“chekhovs cat / schrödingers razor / occams gun”

Chekov’s Cat: if you see a cat in the first act, it will probably be relevant later. (example: Alien)

Shrodinger’s razor: an unopened box may or may not contain the solution to the story; there’s no way to know without opening it. (example: Monk)

Occam’s gun: the simplest way to kill off a character is to shoot them. (example: Bambi)

i have been cracking up at this for the past 3 minutes

Chekov’s Box: If there is a container introduced in the opening act, it will be opened later.

Schrodinger’s Gun: Treat every gun as if it’s loaded unless you’ve checked it yourself.

Occam’s Cat: If you hear strange noises at night, it’s probably a cat.

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thegeekstressart:

I’ve been slowly working on illustrating my own Tarot deck about black cats.

I have a long way to go, but I’m nearly done with the major arcana.

Here are some of my favorites:

I set myself a design challenge (as I often do). I wanted to limit the color palette and the brush styles to create a very consistent look.

And since each card focuses on black cats, it forces me to think deeply about symbolism and design to make sure the meaning of each card is clear and each design is unique.

But there’s still a lot of variety coming through. It’s not all class, or all silliness - just like cats

I have a forearm tattoo of the cats in this one ☝️

I’m so happy with how both of these two managed to feel dark, but adorable at the same time.

And then there’s this one absolute diva:

Most of these used my own feline friends for reference.

There are more but I don’t know yet how many I want to share online. If I can actually complete the entire deck I would love to have it made. But I have a ways to go, so for now I continue to chip away, one card at a time.

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lunarriviera:

kosmogrl:

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skymallnine:

Peak Star Trek is when some rubber-forehead aliens are cavorting around going “teehee look at how humanoid we are! we have the same problems as you! this is a Metaphor” and then the camera pans to a Federation human who is regrowing their own limbs like a salamander.

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lonnson:

wholesome-animal-images:

The feared sting-ray

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stripedroseandsketchpads:

shadeslayer:

can non natives stop acting surprised and performatively jokey “uhh what lol!” about ice going after native americans. theyve been doing this for years and it ramped up last year and i had to hear all the stupid “uhhhh where will u deport them to 😜 silly republicans!” comments as if its not always been about detaining torturing murdering using as slave labor scattering communities through fear and intimidation etc. be an adult and act with maturity please. its not quirky or confusing its directly in line with americas racism and white supremacy to make sure native americans are eradicated

Dozens of Native Americans report being questioned or detained by ICE

The Navajo Nation said dozens of Native Americans have been questioned or detained by ICE agents, even though Indigenous people can't be dep

cbsnews.com

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — inclu

ProPublica

‘We can’t have this happen again’: Salt River Pima citizen nearly deported - ICT

One day before she was set to be released from an Iowa jail, Leticia Jacobo’s family discovered she’d been slated for deportation

ICT

Native American actor says she was detained by ICE officers who said tribal ID ‘looked fake’

Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was stopped by four masked men in Seattle while walking to bus stop

the Guardian

A repeated issue is the ICE agents not recognizing Tribal IDs as “legitimate proof of citizenship”. It’s also about spitting in the face of tribal governments as well as their citizens and not acknowledging their laws/functionally their nationhood.

twinkhole-destroyer:

someone is putting up pictures of me around town and they all say I’m ‘wanted’. which is nice

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sawnoffdoublebarrel:

knew from a young age that i was weird and unfixable

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