and with your help it can rack up 700k notes on tumblr in 2024

no tumblr this doesnt need tags im releasing it into the wild as god intended

oh my god it’s laika day everyone drop what you’re doing… we honour a little dog who was sent up into space 65 years ago today. she was found as a three year old stray mongrel wandering the streets of moscow. her ability to endure hardy conditions got her chosen as the candidate for a journey she was never meant to survive. she passed away seven hours after liftoff. I hope she died dreaming of chasing rabbits up in the stars I love u laika forever and ever

Never forget, she was loved

She was not killed as an act of cruelty, or simply neglected. People cared about her, and the many space dogs who survived proves it

She was loved

great ritual for honoring Laika's memory (from another thread)

i remember reading this webtoon a while ago about laika, i'll see if i can link it here, and it fucking destroyed me. i read it first when i was 12, and it's never left my mind since then.

Episode 1

Episode 2

really hope the links work!!

PLEASE VOTE. IT MATTERS.

I DIDN’T LEARN ABOUT THIS IN DRIVING SCHOOL

Stop says the red light, go says the green

Wait says the yellow light, twinkling in between. 

KNEEL, SAYS THE DEMON LIGHT WITH ITS EYE OF COAL  SAURON KNOWS YOUR LICENSE PLATE  AND STARES INTO YOUR SOUL

THIS IS ALWAYS FUNNY

@irritatedlifeguard I agree with your tags.

This is only the beginning yall.

Where's that guy that was still arguing about psyops like lagonegirl being fake in 2024 I want him to see this

Hey, some context for those not familiar with PA: this disinformation campaign is purposefully targeted at Bucks. Bucks County is a very, very contentious county. A large part of Bucks is rural Trump country but there are also highly populated pockets of blue. It is the 4th largest county in PA, and it borders #3 (Montgomery aka Montco) and #1 (Philadelphia). Bucks and Montco are huge swing counties in an important swing state: winning Bucks/Montco is essential this presidential election. Both went to Biden in 2020. Trump has been campaigning heavily in both counties. He needs them this time around.

The powers behind this disinformation campaign want to destroy the validity of Bucks/Montco vote counting. They are trying to set the stage for that now. If they can overturn or call into question one or both counties' votes, it's much more likely Trump will win mostly-rural PA. Philly and Pittsburg (Alleghany county) are going to go blue regardless; it's Bucks and Montco that will decide where PA ultimately ends. Think about what Trump supporters in Bucks might do if their county goes to Kamala and they've been convinced their vote was destroyed by The Libs. January 6 let us know that terroristic violence in response to losing is not out of the realm of possibility. A lot of the damage is already done. Whether or not Trump wins Bucks or overall, this is already a dangerous situation.

Happy Halloween! 🎃

aesthetistt

Happy Halloween!! Eat lots of candy and stuff!!!

I love Tumblr’s holiday traditions.

‘tis the season, time to reblog pocketss halloween flight rising comic

there are enough tumblr users who can vote in US battleground states to literally swing the election, do you realize that?? the election is going to come down to like 80’000 votes in those states — that could be your vote! so if you live in pennsylvania, georgia, arizona, nevada, north carolina, wisconsin, michigan, etccc your vote is going to make a huge, huge difference. please for the love of god vote (and if you live in a different state, you still need to vote too)

Lighting at The Monument

Catherine why are you like this

Please god no

Yes

curious to hear y'all's suggestions for the worst possible pasta shape

(Assume that "pasta" needs to be made of sheets or strands of dough with enough surface area relative to thickness so that they can be cooked.)

I was going to suggest fettuccini but twisted with the ends connected to form a Möbius strip, but then I realized that would fuck like hell.

@fishofthewoods I did NOT expect to get such a strong contender so early.

@alilcajun @aralioideae

a couple of challengers emerge

Cavatappi is the worst hands down. I dont know what it is but I've never had good Cavatappi

Moche necklace with gold beads in the shape of toads, 1-800 AD; Peru

all modern jewelry designs are canceled, this is peak aesthetic

this frog necklace from 1000 years ago has the exact same aesthetic as the lego bonsai tree

She's getting cooked on twitter but she's entirely correct

idk dude the Jack Daniel's logo is bigger than the Coca-Cola logo, I think this is a case of if you idiot-proof something nature makes a bigger idiot

Cannabis alcohol and caffeine are all regulated with labels on the packaging, and so long as they take a second to read instead of guzzling at random like a wild animal they should be fine.

people literally died because of a beverage that did not prominently display its (absurdly, dangerously high) caffeine content, and that's just the most recent example. OP is correct and saying "lol consumers are just dum-dums" feels like the McDonald's coffee lawsuit all over again.

Also maybe not everyone knows Jack Daniel's is an alcoholic company.

Plus the eye may be drawn to the pop of Red coloring (The Coca-Cola Logo) on this Monochrome Black and White Can first

It would literally be so easy to standardise this from a design perspective. All you need to do is add a coloured band around the can, for example cyan for alcohol, yellow for caffeine, magenta for CBD or THC (with lettering telling you which is which). Badly drawn with finger on phone vision below:

The bands could state the dose too.

The eye is naturally attracted to color against a monochrome black & white background. In this case, they saw Coca Cola instead of the Jack Daniel's logo. Coke Zero has an entirely too similar design, making this easier to mistake for it.

It's a design failure based on aesthetics rather than logic. All that visual noise becomes static with that little bit of color standing out because of it.

Finding the caffeine and dosage on a drink is difficult because it's rarely bolded, and it's often the same size as the rest of the information. Not all drinks even I clude the dosage. I can manage up to 40mg, any higher results in Problems, like seizures. I shouldn't have to search online for the dosage nor eto even find out if it contains caffeine.

The strips of color at the top of a can or bottle is perfect, but must include the dosage for caffeine, CBD, and THC. Alcohol percentage is always at the bottom and should have a bright strip of color as well. These are a simple solution and will save lives. Especially for those with poor eyesight, folks with allergies to these specific ingredients (I know several people allergic to cannabis and hemp) or sensitivity (me and caffeine), and/or using meds that don't play well with these additions.

Also I know this is controversial with many many people but people who you consider idiots for not reading the label more carefully also don’t deserve to go into diabetic shock / have an intolerance reaction / have a dangerous blood pressure drop / be drunk or high if they don’t want to be. Like idk if people just aren’t catching this part but the person in the original screenshot was looking for coke ZERO, got a big swallow of sugar and alcohol, and almost called 911. They are very clearly diabetic and this is an extremely serious mistake to make.

I dunno how many times we have to have the “should I care about disabled people even tho their problems don’t affect ME” conversation but it’s getting real old. If your solution is ever “just be smarter”, there is someone vulnerable that you are forsaking.

Also everyone is human and makes mistakes. So expecting people to be perfect 100 percent of the time is just crazy. Adding something like the bands would at least help lessen the chance for a mistake

“Are you the witch who turned eleven princes into swans?”

The old woman stared at the figure on the front step of her cottage and considered her options. It was the kind of question usually backed up by a mob with meaningful torches, and it was the kind of question she tried to avoid.

Coming from a single dusty, tired housewife, it should’ve held no terrors.

“You a cop?”

The housewife twisted the hem of her apron. “No,” she muttered. “I’m a swan.”

A raven croaked somewhere in the woods. Wind whispered in the autumn leaves.

Then: “I think I can guess,” the old woman said slowly. “Husband stole your swan skin and forced you to marry him?”

A nod.

“And you can’t turn back into a swan until you find your skin again.”

A nod.

“But I reckon he’s hidden it, or burned it, or keeps it locked up so you can’t touch it.”

A tiny, miserable nod.

“And then you hear that old Granny Rothbart who lives out in the woods is really a batty old witch whose father taught her how to turn princes into swans,” the old woman sighed. “And you think, ‘Hey, stuff the old skin, I can just turn into a swan again this way.’

“But even if that was true – which I haven’t said if it is or if it isn’t – I’d say that I can only do it to make people miserable. I’m an awful person. I can’t do it out of the goodness of my heart. I have no goodness. I can’t use magic to make you feel better. I only wish I could.”

Another pause. “If I was a witch,” she added.

The housewife chewed the inside of her cheek. Then she drew herself up and, for the first time, looked the old woman in the eyes.

“Can you do it to make my husband miserable?”

The old woman considered her options. Then she pulled the wand out from the umbrella stand by the door. It was long, and silver, and a tiny glass swan with open wings stood perched on the tip.

“I can work with that,” said the witch.

god damn

Ten years. Ten years I’ve been seeing this wonderful art piece, and STILL our minimum wage REMAINS at 7.25/hour.

Meanwhile, the cost of living has easily tripled.

And minimum wage wasn’t enough to cover it even before.