Our vet clinic cat Bob greets me like this every morning when I let him out for the day. He knows how to open doors so we have to keep him in a cage overnight, or else he will eat the fish in our fishbowls! Best part of my mornings.
In response to the pandemic Morrison doubled Newstart - which finally meant welfare recipients could stop skipping meals just to make ends meet. It took a global pandemic for him to consider letting people on benefits live above the poverty line! But it’ll all be reverted back down in 6 months - or maybe even less! So he doesn’t really care about caring about the poor at all, he just didn’t want people who needed temporary assistance to hate him and lose votes! He’s also decided that the votes of the disabled community don’t matter because unlike other forms of support that were doubled - the Disability Support Pension remained low and instead got a one-off payment of $750 instead of a boost. In fact some people had their NDIS support cancelled and are unable to get essentials so Morrison has pointedly ignored vulnerable people and let them suffer!
Scott Morrison literally said Australia never had slavery. He just outright erased Australia’s colonial history - Indigenous people were stolen from their lands and community, forced to work, and were exploited and had their wages stolen - even up to the 60s and 70s. What an abhorrent denial and ignorance of Australia’s racist history.
This is one of the most adorable Pride posts I’ve ever seen
What I love about the imagery of the turtle is that it’s sending the message that they are protecting themselves by being in their shell. It’s not about deceiving straight people (like we are often told), but about the turtle’s own safety. They’ll come out when the time is right and they feel comfortable. 💕🏳️🌈
This is one of the most important messages, in my opinion, for LGBT+ youth. It is okay to wait until you are safe, secure, and comfortable - it is good to wait until coming out will be safe and comfortable for you. You do not owe anyone your coming out - not the people around you, not the LGBT+ community, not anyone. You are owed safety, security, and comfort. If the “be true to yourself” mantra makes you feel pressured, remember that you don’t owe anyone that. Remember that you’re allowed to put your own safety and comfort first.
Zuko, deadpan: Yes. I am Lee, humble tea server, who has kidnapped Firelord Zuko and replaced him. You have seen through my facade. What gave it away? Was it the hair? I knew I didn’t have the crown on right.
Alternately:
Zuko, deadpan: Oh didn’t you know? The Jasmine Dragon was so successful that I was appointed Firelord.
a concept: zuko waiting tables at the jasmine dragon as a well-deserved break from firelord duties, but he does not understand how he keeps getting recognized!!! he’s wearing green and everything!!! it’s inexplicable!!!
“Dragon” is such a vague category of creature with such a ridiculous
diversity of bauplans. It doesn’t matter how big it is or how many legs
it has or whether it has wings or not: you can call it a dragon if it is
kind of snakey, and/or breathes fire (virtually anything that can
breathe fire has the potential to qualify as a dragon).
Case in point, look at all these different things that are dragons:
By the same token we haven’t examined whether “unicorn” can be as broad a category as “dragon.” A lot of creatures across many cultures have been called unicorns, and are described as being shaped variously like horses, goats, deer, and cattle, among other things.
White unicorns are overrepresented in media, but unicorns can be any color. Winged unicorns are not as popular but are just as qualified. Look at this powerful, oxlike winged unicorn from the Apadana in Iran next to its fellow winged unicorn Twilight Sparkle.
Unicorns do generally seem to be ungulates. Which raises the question: is any one-horned ungulate a unicorn? How about a rhinoceros? Some rhinos have a single horn. The scientific name of the Indian rhinoceros is even Rhinoceros unicornis. Since unicorn literally just means “one horn,” I think a rhinoceros with a single horn is definitely a unicorn, and therefore the extinct elasmotherium is a unicorn.
Qilin (麒麟) may or may not be ungulates but they are often considered unicorns despite being very scaly. And since term “unicorn” does literally just mean “one horn” … why stop there ……. if unicorns can be scaly, huge, and extinct, is centrosaurus a unicorn? I think centrosaurus can be a unicorn if it wants to be a unicorn. It may not have hooves, but some qilin don’t have hooves, either.
