#just thought that was interesting

[blossomsofopossums]

Oh! We also learned that in the bad future, Donnie cannonly built a robot Raph as a way with coping with his loss. And the arm Leo has is actually robot Raph's arm which is interesting. They also said that April would ride/control robot Raph in battle

#rottmnt #rottmnt movie #just thought that was interesting #also leo somewhat still had his sense of humor #which is nice but i like the darker tone better #save rise of the tmnt #save rottmnt

[atsushis-fangs]

Mrs. Gibson: you lot are back early!

Past Scotland: aye, we- we missed how nice castle Kaerndal is at this time of year, let's go with that. I am not wanted by one of the world's biggest armies led by my own little brother.

Hamish, gesturing towards North: we also picked up this stray rat

@winterwrites23

#hetalia #outlander au #SoT #SoT incorrect quotes #incorrect quotes #hws scotland #hws northern ireland #i did a bunch of research on the ethymology on various names #and I found out that Hamish is basically James and Seán is basically John #Just thought that was interesting

[lesbophilia]

contrary to popular belief "y'all" actually is a word that exists in british english it's just that it depends on the accent and it's pronounced more with a "hall" type of sound. you can kind of hear the "you" in the contraction with some people as well

#just thought that was interesting #inb4 finding out we dont even pronounce 'hall' the same way #anyway its more muted i guess is the right word to use

[elmflowers]

Happy 3/15/23, the day (March 15th) that Caesar was stabbed 23 times.

#ides of march #the ides of march #julius caesar #just thought that was interesting #elm rambles

[divinesouldariax]

so many thoughts abt the second half of ep 24 but what’s sticking out to me is that i immediately recognized phantasmal killer because i’m in the middle of writing a fic where orym gets hit by that spell

#it's pre-c3 and fits into my big spoon medium spoon little spoon collection of course #may or may not ever finish it #just thought that was interesting #fun spell to hurt characters with #thank u matt for throwing it at ash before i could fldkjsd #cr spoilers #other thoughts: man. ashton is having a fucking bad week

[neopronounsmybelovaed]

Hi there! :D

I was just wondering if I could get a pronoun/name check?

It’s for Jasper/CJ, and the pronouns are he/him, they/them, xe/xir, star/stelle/stelles and cor/vid/vids!

Tysm!! :,)

Heyo, this is my friend Jasper, and I don't know much about him, but their pronouns are really cool! I also love xir names, which are really gender. I hope that CJ has an amazing rest of stelles day, no matter what time cor sees this!

#interesting fact about corvids: they actually have the biggest cerebral cortex compared to body size of any animal! #this means that some of them (such as crows and mockingbirds) can recreate the sounds of their environment like raindrops or squeaky doors. #just thought that was interesting #pronoun check #xe/xir #star/stelle #cor/vid #asks #anonymous #it/its #queue/queer

[charlottan]

on a r/LetsTalkMusic post asking why rock isnt as popular any more

#i just thought it was really interesting

[spiritofjustice]

been rereading The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert Paxton-- great book by the way, should be required reading tbh-- and he stated that some of the elements that are generally necessary for fascism to proliferate in a country are polarization, deadlock, mass mobilization against internal and external enemies, and complicity from existing elites.

one can't help but think that's exactly what the U.S. is dealing with right now, and explains a lot about why fascist/fascist-adjacent political leaders are gaining so much traction. fascism does not take root in countries that are stable, and they take advantage of liberalist states (liberal in the more antiquated, non-American sense, the laissez-faire center-right type) that are completely breaking down and, due to its liberalist nature, cannot or does not actively fix its issues.

in addition, fascism also tends to get into the government because conservatives will almost always get into bed with fascists before ever considering allowing leftists to gain control of the government. leftism tends to become extremely popular during these periods as well, thus resulting in major polarization between leftism and fascism and conservatism, and conservatives will select fascists as partners in the misplaced assumption that they will be able to keep fascists leashed.

#psy's no punctuation posts #reading tag #history tag #just thought that was interesting #it doesn't mean that liberalist states that are breaking down in these specific ways will inevitably fall to fascism #fascism isn't like the inevitable end of the road for a malfunctioning democratic liberalist society #but it's the right conditions for fascism to take root if unchecked #like- take for example Germany #two chancellors prior to Hitler took measure to outlaw wearing Nazi / political uniforms in the streets #and cracked down on political violence. then Von Papen got in and immediately removed the law #and- shocker!- Nazi street violence drastically skyrocketed because they were allowed to go unchecked #the state turned a blind eye to them and then got into bed with them because it was easier than allowing leftists #into the government

[radiance1]

Danny: Hey, I need you to be my boyfriend for a week.

Jason: What.

Danny: My parents are coming over and I've apparently accidentally talked about a partner more than once and only realized when they said they wanted to meet them.

Jason, currently still solidifying his power as a Crime Lord: Excuse me?

Danny: Let me get this out of the way, I do not consider you at all a person of romantical interest and a friend. But I need you to act as my partner for only a week until my parents go on their merry way over to my sister, okay?

Jason: Is there, quite literally, no one else to ask this?

Danny: You're my only friend who lives in Gotham, plus we share the same apartment.

Jason: That's almost sad.

Danny: You in?

Jason: Sure, why not.

===

Maddie: Danny, honey.

Danny: Yes mom?

Maddie: I don't mean to.... question, who you choose as your parent but. Well, me and your father was just wandering if he was a... [Maddie gestures with her hand] you know, one of those.

Danny, uncomprehendingly staring at his mother's hand: What.

Maddie: Oh dear, how do I bring this up. You know, one of those.

Danny: Mother I need more context.

Jack: If your boyfriend a crime lord!?

Maddie: Jack!

Jack: What? Beating around the bush wasn't helping!

Danny: Say WHAT?

===

Danny: Hey dude, thanks for helping with this even though you didn't need to!

Jason: No problem, I wasn't doing anything too [Crime Lord activities flash through his mind] important.

Danny: Can you believe my parents thought you were a crime lord though? Weird am I right?

Jason:

Danny: Jason. You are scaring me.

Jason: Haha, yea that's weird isn't it?

Danny: Jason.

Jason: Well, I have to leave now to attend to my totally real and totally not crime related job at the ice cream shop.

Danny: [Squints eyes]

Jason: [Internally sweating bullets]

Danny: Suuuuure, bring me back some ice cream though.

Jason: [Thumbs up and leaves]

#dc x dp #dp x dc #dpxdc #dp x dc crossover #dcxdp #dc x dp crossover #Danny isn't romantically interested in Jason in the least #Neither is Jason romantically interested in Danny #But he needed a partner and Jason was the only one available #Jason somehow managed to balance that and being a crime lord #Jack and Maddie instantly had the suspicion of him being Red Hood aka a crime lord aka a criminal aka a danger to their boy #Danny doesn't know at ALL though and so they hang that theory up because if Danny didn't know then he probably wasn't a crime lord #Jason's identity was almost blown because he pretended to be the boyfriend of his friend #Again Danny doesn't know shit about him being Red Hood he just thought dude was dedicated to his job plus its Gotham #Not that weird to come back with scraps and scratches

[bixels]

Just gonna have to wait and see, right? Just wait and see! Just gotta wait and see! Who knows, we'll just have to wait and see! It's anybody's guess, we'll just have to wait and see! The future is exciting, we just gotta wait and see!

#personal #my art #Fuck your fake ass 'i am very smart!' intellectualizing “observations” and open your god damn ears. #do something for fucks sake. it's sickening seeing videos of ai crap and seeing rows and rows of repliers using their one brain synapse #to type “wow! very exciting!” “haha this is kind of scary! but in a really interesting way!” #and then they go about their day without a second thought while creative industries burn around them #i go to one of america's top tech schools too and it's enough to make you wanna tear our your hair #every day it's seminars and talks about “the potential consequences of ai!” when the consequences are happening NOW #NO MORE DISCUSSING NO MORE INTELLECTUALIZING NO MORE SOCRATIC SEMINARS NO MORE DEBATING. ACT YOU COWARDS #people are getting hurt RIGHT NOW. stop pretending to care when you clearly don't! just be honest and say you wanna make money #my time here has really made me hate academic spaces. you people are so god damn useless and cowardly.

[ursiday]

Arnica might take out the throes that I threw in my head

#bruno your wife shakes the bedclothes as she makes up your bed... #IM TIRED OF LIFE IM TIRED OF WAITING FOR SOMEONE............ #sufjan stevens all delighted people enjoyers make some noise. all delighted people raise your hands etc #lackadaisy #viktor vasko #elsa bastion #fanart #did you know that arnica is in the daisy family I just thought that was interesting :)

[eggsploded]

heiress eternal

#so many thoughts about her #the handmaid #the handmaid homestuck #homestuck ancestors #damara megido #homestuck #egg art #according to hussies book aradia was in contact with the handmaid to receive game instructions #which is interesting considering megidos can speak to the dead and the handmaid is one of the few ancestors alive #so either handmaid channeled a dead aradia or future aradia channeled a dead handmaid #handmaid could of also just manipulated the timeline to make sure aradia was the catalyst for the game being played #or something less more or equally complicated #and without this we just have to assume its maid powers allowing aradia to have flawless instruction of what to do or shes just a #level 3000 gigabrain girl genius at 13 years old #and instead of putting that interaction in the story we got. the dancestor flashes #so im a little miffed about it really

[ritahayworrth]

there's currently a free japanese indie film festival being held online! all the films have subtitles in english, spanish (latin america), thai, indonesian, simplified chinese, and traditional chinese and the films are available to watch worldwide (except japan and some others depending on the movie):

bachiranun (2021)

tenzo (2019), not available in france, belgium, switzerland, korea

an artisan's legacy, tsunekazu-nishioka (2012)

lonely glory (2022)

hanagatami (2017), not available in china, us, canada, uk, and ireland

bon-uta, a song from home (2019)

and your bird can sing (2018), not available in korea, china, taiwan, us, and canada

hey! our dear don-chan (2022)

techno brothers (2023)

a muse never drowns (2022), not available in the netherlands, and canada

a girl in my room (2022), not available in korea, china, and taiwan

follow the light (2021)

the festival will be held until october 31, 2023 :))

#not sponsored or anything just thought y'all might be interested :)) #also what i mean is none of the films are available to watch online in japan because the film festival is in-person there #also i think the ones where films aren't available in certain countries is because they're also being shown at in-person festivals? #ofc you can always vpn those or something #reference #ok to rb #EDIT: turning off reblogs because the festival is over :)

[heritageposts]

Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing the first official documentary evidence of the state's possession of nuclear weapons. The "top secret" minutes of meetings between senior officials from the two countries in 1975 show that South Africa's defence minister, PW Botha, asked for the warheads and Shimon Peres, then Israel's defence minister and now its president, responded by offering them "in three sizes". The two men also signed a broad-ranging agreement governing military ties between the two countries that included a clause declaring that "the very existence of this agreement" was to remain secret. The documents, uncovered by an American academic, Sasha Polakow-Suransky, in research for a book on the close relationship between the two countries, provide evidence that Israel has nuclear weapons despite its policy of "ambiguity" in neither confirming nor denying their existence.

. . . continues at the guardian (24th of may, 2010)

here's also a research paper published in 2004, which, looking at declassified south african documents, lays out apartheid south africa's rational for acquiring nuclear weapons (bombing, or 'deterring,' black liberation groups):

#palestine #israel #gaza #south africa #just thought i'd bring this back up with the ICJ hearings #the relationship between israel and apartheid south african was interesting to say the least #and yes israel has nukes; this is an open secret that the western world has collectively decided to turn a blind eye to

[sisaloofafump]

In case it seems like every third comic has Batman in it... you're not wrong. He's been in 38.6% of DC issues since 2020, with a stark increase of 8% each decade since the 90s and surpassing Superman in popularity. Despite this, there's been a massive drop off of comics where he is teamed up with Superman or a Robin (although the amount of group team ups between Batman Family members has increased, as well as Nightwing solos).

#I made the graphs but the numbers were sourced from ComicVine #idk thought this was interesting #once they embraced the gritty aspect of his character #it popped off #but before than it was really just superman who thrived in the absurd space comics #dc comics #my art #batman #bruce wayne #superman #clark kent #wonder woman #lois lane #diana prince #my graphs #dick grayson #hal jordan #green lantern #barry allen #aquaman #green arrow #martian manhunter #barbara gordon #jim gordon #joker #jimmy olsen #supergirl #long post #like obvs not this installment but later ones get long so I'll tag it here to help filter