you ever see a ship that just makes you go “what.” out loud. where did it come from. why are these two fucking. are we 100% sure they, like, want to do that.

CHRIS EVANS Birthday greeting to a young fan (via @brettgursky)

I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN IT

Will my suffering never cease

- went to good Friday evening service even tho it's not a day of obligation, didn't go yesterday evening to Maundy Thursday for a variety of reasons

- priest manages to fit homophobia and transphobia into his sermon. Not even gay marriage. Just unions, that let ppl share taxes and have hospital visiting rights. And big bad scary surgery. Like. Completely unrelated to the matter at hand. Says SO LITTLE abt the Passion, managed to talk for 10 minutes without really saying ANYTHING. Takes Pilate's 'what is truth' and instead of engaging in the long philosophical and theological discussion around that question, decides to use it as a rallying cry against wokeism and a godless progressive society.

- my two ex best friends were there. Ran into them. + One's husband, who I introduced her to a decade ago. Like I'm mostly over that, no longer shitty and resentful, fully know that it was partially my fault and born from my own terribleness at 19 and undiagnosed untreated mental illness. Still uhhh hurts tho??? As a reminder?

- music bad. Ok I'm petty. I'll give the trads (1) point. I don't like guitar mass. I will NOT agree with the trads in assigning moral weight to my aesthetic preference. It's simply a preference, which does not make any musical form inherently superior to the others. But the triduum really lends itself to Latin hymns and chants, in my heart. My other fave church music is traditional Black spirituals. I would greatly prefer either. But just. If it sounds like an acoustic version of a pop love song. I just. I can't. I KNOW I'm the weird about Jesus romantically girlie. But I am not vibin with this folks

Literally would have simply Walked Out. Hit da bricks during the homily. But was with my family so 1) cannot out myself 2) did not have house keys on me, so I was suck regardless

Anyway I said I wasn't going to do fun things today but I'm so upset and cranky and I did chores all day, I am going to catch up on dungeon meshi. Marcille is my best favourite cringefail girl I'm obsessed with her and surely the wlw neurotic fussy mage who loves her friends will not betray me like this

Who lives in the mansion?

NINAS GUIODE TO THE MANSION!!!! tldr: me, jeff, clocky, dina, x-virus, toby, arcane, tim, annnnd ej!

Man. I just can't help but imagine Critical Role x Baldur's Gate 3 drabbles or a fic or something of that some sort. Idk, I just think it'd be really funny and also a chance for some really cute scenes. Especially with the Mighty Nein.

Now obviously there'd probably be SO much mistrust between the two groups, but just imagine if you will(possibly very minor spoilers under the cut):

Caleb and Gale(and maybe Essek) talking about wizard stuff and cats.

Jester introducing everyone to Artagan. I think Astarion would either like him or fucking hate him.

Karlach, Yasha, and Beau just working out together. Buff lesbians

Fjord and Wyll bonding over shitty patrons. If it's post Ukatoa then Fjord giving Wyll some hope about his situation. I just think it'd be sweet.

Caduceus and Halsin. That's it. I think they'd talk for literally HOURS, just drinking tea and talking about random shit and their respective circles 'n such. ALSO, I'm just imagining them sort of gossiping about and spilling their respective party's secrets to eachother. They'd be silly lol

Jester overhearing the whole convo with Astarion and Tav(if there's a tav in this??) about him not being able to see his reflection and immediately getting to work drawing a portrait of him. As soon as she shows and gives it to him, he's his usual sorta sassy self about it but he absolutely cherishes it.

Also I feel like Astarion would see different bits of his own past in some of the Mighty Nein, specifically Caleb and Yasha, and it'd piss him the FUCK off.

Jester and/or Molly reading the groups fortunes just for fun, the Oracle of the Moon Deck has some cards that would make the groups fortunes REALLY INTERESTING. Maybe Molly also pulls out some of the old circus tricks for fun.

On the topic of Molly, I think Lae'zel would have this very confusing respect for Molly? She'd find them really foolish at first and not think much of them, but I think she'd then see them actually in combat and be impressed with their skills.

I feel like Nott/Veth would just start mothering some of the bg3 party. Like not heavily, but a bit similar to how she does with Caleb. I could def see her pairing up with Astarion to steal some shit. Maybe King joins in if he's there.

Jester giving some of the group tattoos. Not everyone would get them obviously but I could definitely see Karlach and I suppose Tav going for it.

Nein Sided Tower shenanigans. That's all.

demons on a show bench. finally.

06-07-23 Why Patagonia helped Samsung redesign the washing machine

Samsung is releasing a wash cycle and a new filter, which will dramatically shrink microfiber pollution.

Eight years ago, Patagonia started to study a little-known environmental problem: With every load of laundry, thousands (even millions) of microfibers, each less than 5 millimeters long, wash down the drain. Some are filtered out at water treatment plants, but others end up in the ocean, where fibers from synthetic fabric make up a surprisingly large amount of plastic pollution—35%, by one estimate. Fragments of your favorite sweatshirt might now be floating in the Arctic Ocean. In a collaboration that began two years ago, the company helped inspire Samsung to tackle the problem by rethinking its washing machines. Today, Samsung unveiled its solution: A new filter that can be added to existing washers and used along with a “Less Microfiber” cycle that Samsung also designed. The combination makes it possible to shrink microfiber pollution by as much as 98%.

[…] Patagonia’s team connected Samsung with Ocean Wise, a nonprofit that tests fiber shedding among its mission to protect and restore our oceans. Samsung shipped some of its machines to Ocean Wise’s lab in Vancouver, where researchers started to study how various parameters change the results. Cold water and less agitation helped—but both of those things can also make it harder to get clothing clean. “There are maybe two ways of increasing the performance of your washing machine,” says Moohyung Lee, executive vice president and head of R&D at Samsung, through an interpreter. “Number one is to use heated water. That will obviously increase your energy consumption, which is a problem. The second way to increase the performance of your washing machine is to basically create stronger friction between your clothes . . . and this friction and abrasion of the fibers is what results in the output of microplastics.” Samsung had already developed a technology called “EcoBubble” to improve the performance of cold-water cycles to help save energy, and it tweaked the technology to specifically tackle microfiber pollution. “It helps the detergent dissolve more easily in water so that it foams better, which means that you don’t need to heat up your water as much, and you don’t need as much mechanical friction, but you still have a high level of performance,” Lee says. The new “Less Microfiber” cycle, which anyone with a Samsung washer can download as an update for their machine, can reduce microfiber pollution by as much as 54%. To tackle the remainder, the company designed a filter that can be added to existing washers at the drain pipe, with pores tiny enough to capture fibers. They had to balance two conflicting needs: They wanted to make it as simple as possible to use, so consumers didn’t have to continually empty the filter, but it was also critical that the filter wouldn’t get clogged, potentially making water back up and the machine stop working. The final design compresses the microfibers, so it only has to be emptied once a month, and sends an alert via an app when it needs to be changed. Eventually, in theory, the fibers that are collected could potentially be recycled into new material rather than put in the trash. (Fittingly, the filter itself is also made from recycled plastic.) When OceanWise tested the cycle and filter together, they confirmed that it nearly eliminated microfiber pollution. Now, Samsung’s challenge is to get consumers to use it. The filter, which is designed to be easily installed on existing machines, is launching now in Korea and will launch in the U.S. and Europe later this year. The cost will vary by market, but will be around $150 in the U.S. The cycle, which began to roll out last year, can be automatically installed on WiFi-connected machines.

How do you think jillian and superion feel about it when they first notice slasher lilith and camila being interested in the other?

"That's a new development." Jillian slides up next to Suzanne, head gesturing to the strange tableau unfolding. Below them, Lilith is sitting on the table carefully cleaning a knife. Camila sits a few spots down, giving Lilith space but also close enough to strike up a conversation. Last Suzanne could overhear, they're talking about the fast and the furious movies, something about roll cages or computer control over cars or something along those lines. The conversation has been going for a while now, long since Suzanne excused herself from the room.

"It is." Suzanne nods. It feels odd to not overhear them but its been months of the three of them working together as a unit, she trusts Lilith.

"Are you sure it is... wise?" Jillian says after a long moment. Below them, Camila throws her head back and laughs at something Lilith says.

Suzanne's eyes are sharp, glittering points. "What do you mean?" She has trusted Lilith not to snap for years now, Jillian knows that, has trusted Lilith in her own way too.

Jillian stalls, rubbing what she hopes is a soothing hand on Suzanne's arm. "I just mean that Lilith is..."

"A traumatized killer who could very well be the poster child for cluster b personality disorders?" Suzanne snaps. This argument is well-trod territory between them.

"I was going to say she's quite a bit older than our brilliant young hacker."

Oh. Well.

A wry grin. "You're quite a bit older than me." Suzanne says.

"That's not the point." Jillian huffs.

Jillian stands firm, wrapping a hand around her hip and pressing a small kiss to Suzanne's shoulder. "Okay."

"It kind of is, darling." Suzanne leans back, letting Jillian hold her up. "Lilith's only seven years older, she didn't get to have many interactions with people her age, Camila makes her laugh, I see no real reason to separate them." She lists off. She's gone through the pros and cons of letting this little thing grow over and over again. She can't find it in her heart to list a real con.

"Okay?"

"Okay. Lilith is your daughter, you know her better than me so if you say this is a good thing then it's a good thing." Jillian says. They stay there for a while longer, watching the young couple who Suzanne is fairly certain aren't an actual couple yet. Jillian speaks up again sometime later. "She looks happy. Well, as happy as she ever looks. I can never get a read on her."

There's the ghost of a smile on Lilith's face as she looks up from her cleaning to see Camila's laugh. Its enough. It will have to be enough.

"Yes, she does."

While I definitely can't judge someone from comments they write on an Ao3 fic, I find it incredibly funny and ironic that some people's comments sound like they actually, unironically, genuinely loathe Binghe and guess where I found them? Under a BQ fic that is written from LBH's pov. I'll be honest I was pissed at first but then I thought about it and realized- ah. What a Peerless Cucumber type of behaviour. It really is funny, after all.

I’ve had these ideas bouncing around my skull about what if Yagami and kuwana were cats so I sat down and scrapped together a couple of (very rough) refs of the designs. I chose a tuxxy for Yagami for obvious reasons, and a calico for Kuwana because he has the calico attitude. I have a few more pieces cooking with these two, but who knows if I’ll finish them given all the schoolwork I’m dealing with lol 😂

what are your favourite shows of all time?

Ahhhhh the question of all questionssssss

In no order (because who are we kidding):

The West Wing

Star Trek: The Original Series

Doctor Who

Torchwood

The Devil Judge

The Untamed

Will and Grace

Golden Girls

Daria

Arcane

Firefly

Supernatural

Stranger Things

KinnPorsche

Hannibal

Euphoria

Guardian

Heartstopper

Assassination Classroom

Yuri on Ice

Merlin

The Magicians

Fleabag

House MD

Gilmore Girls

Moonlighting

every time i have to go somewhere with adults i realize just how revealing literally all my outfits are

small piece of good news I just found out about; the state of Illinois has eliminated cash bail

starting to think the whole thematic idea of vampirism is lost on some of y'all. fym "his pulse raced," his heart doesn't beat. this is your chance to get creative and build on that- find new ways to describe how one might feel things, or even address how wrong it feels to know your heart should be racing, but it remains still and lifeless in your chest.

obvious exception is if they've fed recently. it brings flush to the skin, warmth to the body, heightens the senses. i just need more people to address that these are undead. these are corpses.

the concept of an unlife of cold, faded numbness only remedied by taking life force from the living is so fucking rich with narrative potential, why are we ignoring it

Idk maybe it’s just me but it’s…kinda weird that Ingo called lady sneasler his wife (there’s already people shipping those two unfortunately)

Are there actually ?? like for real people wanting ingo to hook up with the cat