Eldritch Mlems

Set around a waterhole deep in the desert, the merchants' camp has been a welcome resting spot for weary nomads and adventurers alike.

Cat Island known for its large number of feline residents and small number of people.

Felines have been reported by news outlets to outnumber humans by ratios between 6:1 and 10:1, but as elderly inhabitants of the island have died, the ratio has greatly increased, to almost 36:1.

Cats were introduced to combat rodents on fishing boats but remained on the island and reproduced in large numbers

Transcription: You know what? Fuck you

changes your birth certificate to reflect your current identity

drawing of a birth certificate being held to the viewer by a woman who's doing a trollface ("shave your eyebrows")

Artist: shave_your_eyebrows

The memo isn’t law, but it is the latest escalation in Trumpian efforts to wage war on trans people.

The Golgi Apparatus has a trans and a cis face.

The baby platypus is a fascinating and unique creature. Unlike most mammals, platypuses lay eggs. After hatching, the tiny, fragile babies rely on their mother's milk for nourishment.

These little ones are about the size of a lima bean and weigh around 1 gram at birth. They stay in the burrow, close to their mother, until they are old enough to venture out and learn to swim and find food.

Interestingly, platypuses do not have a stomach; their food passes directly from the esophagus to the intestines. While adult male platypuses have venomous spurs on their hind legs, baby platypuses do not.

There is only one species of platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, and they are native to Australia. Although not currently endangered, platypuses face threats such as habitat loss and pollution.

Conservation efforts are essential to ensure their survival and protect these remarkable animals for future generations.

That paragraph comes from the 1997 book The Bacta War, the fourth book in the series Star Wars: X-Wing

I find it "funny" when fans of sci fi and fantasy rant about how "back in the day, authors just told stories without any woke agenda" -yada yada yada- meaning such themes weren't discussed, but when you actually look back, sci fi and fantasy always was full of "woke" themes (mostly because that was the best (and often only) places where such things could be discussed and explored).

Idk, just wanted to share this and thought it might be interesting to someone here.

Original art by KumratArt

Six trans individuals share what it’s like being trans and incarcerated under Trump.

Archived version without paywall here: https://archive.is/dDAQ8

Unavailable at source, here's their Bluesky

She's growing up brilliantly.

But alas, he's destined to never receive it.

For many people, their first memories of the early years of YouTube will be of silly cat videos, bonkers animations such as Charlie the Unicorn, and grainy home movies that made global sensations of their unassuming stars, such as the young lads behind “Charlie bit my finger”, before people knew what “viral” meant.

Those formative years are a world away from the YouTube of today, the glossy content of which rivals output by megabucks entertainment firms and has made household names, and multi-millionaires, of the likes of MrBeast, Lilly Singh, KSI and James Charles.

During its 20 years, YouTube has left an indelible mark on internet history, popular culture and wider society – especially for the global LGBTQ+ community.

For LGBTQ+ creators and audiences alike, YouTube quickly became an accessible safe space for young people wanting to talk, and consume content, about their experiences and identity, as well as helping them find people with whom they could connect and relate. For the first time, queer people could truly own their story – unfiltered and unscripted.

Ren is sun bathing while I work. Making sure to keep an eye on me.

Cross posting for a mastadon user.

cross-posted from: https://mastodo.neoliber.al/users/Reshirams_Rad_Slam/statuses/114387597054659805

@nostupidquestions @pathfinder With all the buff other spells and debuffs being status bonuses and martials and casters being balanced, what's stopping the best composition from being bards + 3 martials in Pathfinder 2e?

I realize this could all be misinformation because it's AI.

#pathfinder #pathfinder2e