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2026 is gonna be a fun year, hopefully...please...

#illustration #OriginalCharacter #art #artwork

"Last Action Hero" (1993)

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Whakarongo: Listen

Is C++ not just a B- tho??

Logs sticking out of pond are lined with turtles that are reflecting

10 Mar 2026 - turtle palooza!
#Herps 🐢

cis friends i want you to really understand this horror

imagine if in half of US states if you were in an accident/got sick and had to go to the hospital

the medical professionals there would FORCE THE WRONG HORMONE INTO YOUR BODY, making it change in ways antithetical to who you are

IMAGINE IT

While we're at 150% funded, that doesn't mean we're done just yet. We're still about a fifth away from a proper quality print run, as well as assets for third-party use.

Help make this project the best it can be!

We have to keep complaining:
stop-paypros.neocities.org

Two men who famously Understand Progressive Women come to shocking conclusion that progressive women vote for progressive things, also having material interests and ideological integrity is bad when girls do it

Above a video of Trump signing the EO, Cartmell writes: "Restoring freedom by shrinking the U.S. federal government one Executive Order at a time. 👏"

The new donor to TOP is very much aligned to the Trump/Musk view of the world. Here he is on X celebrating Trump's EO that dismantles the Dept of Education. #NZpol

Have your say: What should be done to future-proof our ferries? If you rely on ferries to travel between the North and South Islands, you might be wondering how reliable the service really is right now.

I AM GOING TO BECOME THE JOKER

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

any other government would be gone already, AND any other government would've had a snap election triggered by political and media pressure over how bad this has turned out today

but we have a media/pol class *incredibly* committed to supporting and manufacturing consent for capital pillaging

So please, if you can, I’d love to have this thread list pro-Trans everything. Creators, craftspeople, writers, artists, activists…if you or someone you know deserves some celebrating, bring it the fuck on, okay?

Post links if you can.

Buy stuff if you can.

They hate when people stand up.

worth remembering, David Lynch directed “fix your hearts or die” specifically at transphobes. it wasn’t a generic “no mean people allowed” statement, it was said by his Twin Peaks character in defense of a trans woman he cared for and deeply respected.

Collage of 3 photos. Top photo is over of 20 people standing outside with paper plates and kai in the sun. Bottom left is a box of cheese muffins in a GBB box with a GBB flyer. Bottom right is a section of a table with 2 boxes of GBB baking and 3 plates of other kai including sandwiches and scones.

Our Taupō HB Megan Mason had barely unpacked from a holiday when an urgent call came in: after a devastating fire at Taupō-nui-a-tia College, could the Taupō chapter help provide baking?

Read more about this great example of GBs showing up in a really tough time: gbb.org.nz/our-stories/...

valve is so good at cutscenes even the elevator rides are part of the worldbuilding

Erika Moen draws in a cartoony, bouncy style with simple lines and no backgrounds. She uses a color palette of dusty yellows, pale oranges, red-pink, teal, yellow, black, and white. Two women in their late 20s-mid 30s are talking excitedly with each other. "Alright, so Saturday at 6?" Janet asks Bea, looking excited. She has short, scruffy red-pink hair with longer bangs that are swept to the side and held in place with a small barrette. She has a dusty peach-orange skin tone, a trim build, and wears a black t-shirt with an unbuttoned plaid long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows. Her muted orange pants cuffs are rolled up just above her black sneakers. A wallet chain hangs from her right pocket. "Yup, it's a date!" Bea replies coyly, giving Janet a flirty eye. "I can't wait!" Her hair is braided into tight cornrows, her skin tone is also the same dusty peach-orange as Janet's, and she has a huskier, strong build. She wears a dark red-pink T-shirt over a second white T-shirt, along with her muted orange jeans. In a euphoric daze, Janet walks away. Her eyes are swirls and her mouth is curled into a big, goofy grin while little hearts emanate around her head. "Ohmigod, was that your crush?" Asks Erika as she rushes to meet up with Janet. Erika is a curvy 40-something white woman with a muffin top and tattoos on her arms. She has a poof of bangs while the rest of her head is shorn. She wears a black tank top, red-pink cuffed jean shorts, and her red-pink socks rise up higher than her black boots. Still in a daze with her eyes swirling, Janet replies, "She... she asked me out." "Yeah, man!" Erika cheers, giving the thumbs up. "Congrats! Haha, about time one of you actually made a move." Full transcript on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/sti-disclosure-erika-moen

Full-on panicking, Janet asks, "What if she wants to kiss? What if she wants to do more? I CAN'T. I need to cancel now before she finds out and runs screaming for the hills." "Finds out what?" Asks Erika. "...Finds out I have a-" Janet begins to say, before she is interrupted by an enormous teal blob that lands on her back, forcing her to double over. Yellow and teal germ-like scribbles float around and in it, along with the words, "Sexually Transmitted Infection", which are written to look like they're infected and melting. Back in reality without the STI blob, Erika casually asks, "Oh, an STI? Is that all?" "Uh, yes?" Asks Janet, confused and a little offended. "That's a HUGE deal!" Now melodramatically holding the back of her hand to her forehead, she uses her other hand to wipe away her tears as she confesses, "I'm afraid nobody will every want to be with me when they find out. I should just stop dating now!" "Hey, I know it can feel isolating to have an STI," Erika says reassuringly. "but you definitely don't have to become a hermit because of it. You're hardly alone!"

Narration: Did you know that roughly 1 out of 5 people in the USA have an STI?* *As of 2018. CDC, "Sexually Transmitted Infections Prevalence, Incidence, and Cost Estimates in the United States" Five generic people silhouettes are lined up. The center one is colored teal, while the remaining four are orange. "That's about 68 million people! And not all of them even know it." Erika chirps. In her angst, Janet is transported to a dark room where she is illuminated by a teal spotlight. Her posture is full of shame as she retorts, "Augh, Erika, you don't get it! You've never had to tell someone that you have... you have..." Back in in the well-lit present, Erika interrupts, "...Dude, I've told potential partners that I have herpes." "You have herpes?!" Janet exclaims, aghast. "Have we seriously never talked about this?" Asks Erika, with an expression of disbelief. "You TOLD people you have herpes..." Asks Janet, looking completely unnerved and shocked. "...and they STILL wanted to do stuff with you?" "Yeah!" Erika replies cheerfully. "Well, I mean, one person did turn me down when I disclosed. But in general, you just take extra precautions together, is all!" Spinning out, Janet asks, "How do you even tell somebody? What do you say??? When do you tell?" A banner unfurls stating, "Read the rest on Oh Joy Sex Toy .com"

Do you need to disclose your STI and you just don't even know where to start? @erikamoen.bsky.social shares her own approach to this stigmatized subject!
www.ohjoysextoy.com/sti-disclosu...

Titiro: Look

Mrs. Dalloway dallowaying along with all her flowers

For this month's Patreon wallpaper, I drew a cover for MRS. DALLOWAY.
www.patreon.com/c/Shaenon

Im imagining them all attached to you in some way, à la James from Team Rocket.

Did a double take when I saw this email.

For what this means, it's basically that the client began the process to make it a union game, alerting its cast that it would be union, but then did not actually complete the process to do so.

These notices can be rescinded should everything be fixed.

Making their early brews from cobbled together kit in Martin's mum's garage, and then in a small industrial unit in Fraserburgh, they were undeterred by the early rejections they faced. Watt says they would sleep only a few hours a night, often on sacks of malt on the brewery floor, and told of the financial hardship they faced.

Reading an article about Brewdog and shot:

Their rags-to-riches tale would be slightly undermined, however, when it emerged Watt was a millionaire's son. James Watt Senior was one of the most powerful figures in the north east fishing industry and supported his son's business in the early days.

Chaser:

Also, many, many museums and research libraries have digitized historic collections and have free images available for download for many (even all) purposes.

Don't wreck the planet and participate in training surveillance capitalism systems. There's no excuse.

A+ video. Highly recommend sending this to anyone you know who's using AI 😤👏 (it's satire, just so you know)

Sugar being quite obstructive in terms of humans gaining access to the upper stairs

THE GUARDIAN OF THE STAIRS DEMANDS TRIBUTE

BUTT SCRITCHINGS WILL DO

OPINION: In the face of new legislation targeting trans people, remember that allyship is a responsibility, not a trend Allyship is not supposed to be a comfortable title we give ourselves in theoretical support of a community.  It is easy to say we support diversity when we are in spaces where that support feels comfortable or widely accepted, but what about when policies and public statements directly target members of a community we claim...

OPINION: In the face of new legislation targeting trans people, remember that allyship is a responsibility, not a trend

thesunflower.com/105...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

I think people believe the point of progressive politics is to try to convince malicious, bad-faith bigots to not be violent, instead of defanging their movements and making them politically irrelevant.

It's not about "saving the souls of the lost". It's about making sure their harm is mitigated.

Men. We have to be prepared for this moment ahead of time. We must know exactly what we will say and do so that it doesn’t pass us by with our silence.