#remove interruptions

[sighphi]

COVID lockdowns were a giant experiment. It was a failure. Here, a key lesson of the pandemic, excerpted from ‘The Big Fail,’ by Joe Nocera and Bethany McLean.

[transpondster]

Let’s begin with an action scene: I was in midair, tumbling sideways, heading for the floor of the Columbus Circle subway station. Not a place I wanted to be. Where I wanted to be was on the downtown 1, five or ten yards away, doors standing open. I’d made this connection more than a thousand times, though usually getting off the 1, not on it. 

 This time, I was out of practice and I got it wrong. After stepping off the downtown B or C, I took the wrong stairway and had to double back to get over to the right side of the 1. When I climbed up the correct stairs, the stairs I used to fly down every morning, straight from the optimal train door on my precisely plotted commute, I saw the 1 arriving. 

 And then — well, if I knew exactly what happened, it wouldn’t have happened, would it? What I registered went like this: I sped up, or I meant to speed up. Someone cut across my path. I tried to steer around them and my legs … my legs did something else. Or did nothing. The extra walking and climbing had taken too much effort, and my intentions lost contact with my legs. I reached out and tried to brace myself on someone’s shoulder; they were wearing a black-on-white shirt; I was so undone I was trying to make physical contact with a total stranger on the subway platform. I missed. All that was left was to hit the station floor, so I did.

[hubrishazard]

I edited together all the clips of 14 frantically twirling and climbing and sliding around in here like his life depends on it

[333angeldolls]

thank God I'm somewhat attractive to make up for my rock of a personality

[dragonsongmakhali]

"About time!" "Makhali! Balance!"

sharing some starlight cake with the ever-lovely Cyfrenne of @archaiclumina and Callineaux of @reconditerune ❤️thank you for trusting me with your bones! :>

bonus because THEM ❤️✨️

[bluetiefling]

interesting how often the ones claiming that galadriel's season 2 arc was perfect and everyone who doesn't think so is just too haladriel brainrotted or something are the same folks who openly say it's fine if she were to just... fade into the background in season 3 or disappear outright. sorry I actually do think it's sexist for galadriel to be introduced as the central protagonist only for her to be gradually phased out so that gil-galad and elendil or elrond or whichever legendarium dude can have more to do.

[ferronickel]

Streaming Chapter 1 Part 2 tomorrow at the same time as last week, 2:00 PM EST. I know I said I'd start at a different time this week, but some work related stuff came up.

[daldhokli]

putting on makeup is so fun until you come home all tired with no fucking energy to wash your face

[sweetestfaiszts]

big fan of whatever this collage is

[sylvieserene]

I have decided to use the power of editing and my editing skills to change some events of history and you can't convince me otherwise that this isn't canon and didn't happen 😤

First off, Titans #5 (2008)

Next up, the Wedding Arc fix from New Titans (1980) Issue #100 !

[vaggieslefteye]

HAPPY DAY IN HELL ↳ from Hazbin Hotel Season One (2024): 1x01 "Overture"

[bobbole]

These two lovebirds are the best thing from the last Nightmare Country, the rest is suspended for now....

[iguessitsjustme]

Okay everyone. What do we think?

[radarsteddybear]

Disney's put their Hulu stuff on Disney+ for those who are subscribed to both, which means that I can now watch M*A*S*H on Disney+, which is weird. Between the ads and it being cropped for widescreen, though, I think I'm going to stick with the DVDs.

[theindefinitearticle]

If you have AuDHD and want to walk I cannot recommend standing desk + walking pad + noise cancelling headphones enough holy SHIT