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I still think that my favorite urban legend/folklore fact is that there are certain areas in New Orleans where you cannot get a taxi late at night not because it isn’t safe, but because taxi companies have had recurring problems of picking up ghosts in those areas who are not aware that they are dead and disappearing from the cab before reaching the destination and therefore stiffing the driver on the fare causing a loss for the company.

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Bad art is better than no art

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trying myself on a new hobby and feeling very humbled... 😅

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saw your post about the importance of Not Killing Insects and 1) i agree, but 2) out of curiosity, Are You Vegan? many people have many different takes about the morality of killing animals, and im just interested to know where you lie in that

(genuinely. only on anon bc some people go actually full hater at the existence of a vegan /lh)

no, i’m not, not that i have anything against people who are vegan (honestly i find it commendable).

but personally, i see a difference in killing for use vs. killing out of annoyance or fear.

the world, and nature - isn’t set up to be a deathless system. a lot of animal’s most important role in their ecosystem is keeping other more successful species in check. an ecosystem cannot thrive when one species grows exponentially. eating animals is actually, within the bounds of nature’s great system, very environmentally friendly.

the problem is humans fucking suck, and we’ve taken everything nature has set up in a perfect balance and ruined it.

this is something i’m actually very interested in, because in the US alone, about half of all food produced goes to waste.

so imagine, you kill four cows for food, only two of those cows would actually be eaten. i find this downright horrifying. honestly, being a vegan sounds great. not because i’m opposed to killing animals for food, but because within our current system, half the time we’re not even doing that.

if you’ve ever passed a cow farm in the south US, it’s out of some kind of horror film. mud and shit and thousands of cows smushed into one space. and remember - somewhere around half those cows will never actually be eaten. just killed and tossed in the trash.

the amount of food that is simply thrown away at grocery stores, restaurants, and from catering businesses etc.. it’s fucking crazy. (they have to, but they shouldn’t have to). ridiculous customs on what food should look like to be edible, etc…

our entire food system is in shambles. it’s a combination of greed, ignorance, and pure misinformation.

i mostly eat beans and fruit exclusively at this point in my life. i’m not the biggest meat eater, i find it kinda gross. but no i’m not a vegan and i don’t think it’s the solution either.

actually - this is something i’ve been thinking about and planning since high school -

i think we should eat bugs (like, as a whole of society. i know A LOT of places already do this).

does that sound crazy coming from me? the bug lover? lol

it’s something i’m pretty passionate about. and lots of people are already doing this. you can find many great resources on raising crickets for food.

i’m my opinion, switching from a food source like beef and chicken to one like crickets is absolutely ideal.

obviously i’m not a genius and i haven’t figured out how this would work but, i think it’s an idea that has merit.

for one, quality of life:

for the same space you could raise a few cows in a shitty and horrible mud pit, you could raise a dozen x100 (idk) crickets in the loveliest bug terrarium of their dreams. cricket paradise. not to mention it would be way way cheeper.

and, yay! more jobs.

also, importantly: bugs are packed with so much good stuff

they’re just a far more sustainable option and so many countries already do this.

it would take A LOT OF BUGS to sustain a whole country like the US, i’m completely aware of this. but bugs are fucking amazing and reproducing, and they’re also great at staying alive, and surviving to adulthood.

you can give a bug a great quality of life for much less than what you can give an animal like a cow. and killing them humanely is much easier/cheaper (because everything comes down to the money lets be honest).

switching our dominant food source would cut down severely on waste, resource and land usage, and malnutrition. and it… would be as hard as you might think.

just….. get a whole bunch of people open to eating bugs LOL (i still find the idea incredibly gross myself but we’re working on it)

i hope to do this myself, i’d love to have my own garden and my own cricket food source in the future when i have the means.

EAT MORE BUGS

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Trans folks: DO NOT get your passport updated yet. The Trump Administration is refusing to comply with the judge's ruling that the State Department has to respect updated gender markers.

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since it's pride month, I want to share some of my ocs 🤲✨

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"South African entrepreneur Phumla Makhoba is on a mission to solve the “global south housing crisis.” And she’s doing it by using clothing waste.

Her invention, Texiboard, is a material that combines fibers found in textile waste with lime cement to create a durable, affordable, and circular building material.

The result is a textured, white square, almost tile-like, that is created with recycled materials — not emission-generating wood or concrete.

“It can be used to make furniture, flooring, walls, or even your entire home,” Makhoba said in a video for social media account We Got Earth.

The first iterations of the Texiboard included colorful cotton threads that were compressed together, with multiple attempts to remove cracks and seams and perfect the ratios of size, shape, and material mass.

With her design firm, Studio People, Makhoba has been working since 2022 to perfect the TexiBoard. 

Makhoba has since created a solid panel, with shredded textile fiber and natural lime cement fully cured. Finally, it can be formed into a full sheet of building material.

Once realized, the Texiboard will confront the estimated 92 million tons of clothing waste generated around the globe each year. But it will also provide safe and stable housing that Makhoba says only 20% of South Africans can afford.

“Growing up, I saw two worlds: one with polished buildings, and one built from scrap,” she said in a video. “I always wondered, why do some people get homes that last and others get homes that leak?”

Now, the Texiboard design is available as an open-source resource, and Makhoba and her team host in-person workshops for locals living in shacks to learn how to build their own supportive and sustainable housing.

“Just having a roof isn’t enough,” Makhoba said. “A real home should protect you from the weather, work for your daily life, and not fall apart in five years.”

Her approach includes a full theory of change. Right now, Studio People is in the input process, building partnerships and funding to scale their operation. From there, they hope to develop a fully sustainable supply chain to manufacture and sell Texiboards and help build affordable housing for people in need.

Once that dream is realized, Makhoba outlines the tangible output of this work: Economically inclusive waste management, circular building materials, green jobs, and a sustainable housing and manufacturing market.

“Informal settlements can be transformed when we all work together,” she shares on the Studio People website. “Texiboard is the seed of innovation that will create updated trade jobs in the innovative building industry.”

Although the Texiboard is still being completely perfected, the goal is to provide a weather-proof, cost-effective, and circular way to house people by democratizing the act of building.

“Our goal is to create an egalitarian and sustainable urban environment, helping shack dwellers and youth out of poverty,” Studio People shared on LinkedIn.

“We empower the underdog, including people and businesses, to co-create solutions in our fight against the housing crisis, unsustainable building materials, and unemployment — one board at a time.”"

-via GoodGoodGood, May 28, 2025

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Adèle Haenel on the sex scene in Portrait of a Lady on Fire and on shooting sex scenes.

Bonus:

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malá otázečka - proč všechna hudba z reklam na radegast zní jako něco z netflixáckýho zaklínače?

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Are fedoras really that bad?

YES YES THEY ARE

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Okay, let's talk about the Freedom Flotilla publicity stunt. Greta Thunberg and the others were arrested for trying to illegally enter a country's waters while bypassing border security with undeclared goods. They are going to be returned to their homes promptly and unharmed. What few humanitarian supplies there were on the ship are going to be sent to Gaza even though it won't fill up the truck sending it.

They were in international waters. now idk if you know what that means, but it means they weren't in waters owned by isreal, meaning Isreal had no right to intervene. If any country has the right to intervene once they got close enough, it would be Palestine being that the freedom flotilla was trying to get aid by water into Palestine.

Plus, entering ocean that is owned by a country is not illegal in itself, and if memory serves me right, international law dictates that ocean bordering countries can claim 11 nautical miles of sea off their coast. Peaceful foreign vehicles are allowed passage through these territories as long as they are just that... peaceful.

I'd like to know the source where you found the supplies ended up being sent to Gaza, and the members of the freedom flotilla were left unharmed. Being that Isreal is barely letting aid from doctors in and clearly isn't averse to harsh treatment.

(edit) I'd also like to add that you say "publicity stunt" like it's a bad thing or a scheme, OBVIOUSLY GRETA THUNBERG IS TRYING TO GET PUBLICITY, SHE IS AN ACTIVIST, SHES SPEAKING OUT AGAINST GENOCIDE. It's not like it's something she's trying to hide. She's encouraging people to draw their attention to this.

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Greta Thunberg is the courageous person that threatens all weak men.

It is zero surprise that immature and hateful MAGA/GOP are envious.