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I was @smarmypenguin. My old account got hacked. I'm pretty much a contradiction in everything.

My reading comprehension sucks.

[𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 @txsalth2o]

Every July…

[Diana Alastair💚🤍💜 ⚢ ❌❌✡️ @sappholives83]

Once again, @TheSun has demonstrated its total lack of both journalistic ethics and basic human decency.

The man featured in this article is a police officer. He was viewing child sexual abuse material as part of ongoing investigations. He was deeply traumatized by what he saw, and he does not deserve to be pictured with such a disgraceful headline.

Officers who are required to look at this kind of material are devastated by it. PTSD is pretty much a guarantee. This work shows you the absolute worst of human nature, things you couldn’t have imagined even in your darkest, most twisted nightmares. I’ve worked these cases. I’ve seen the things that pedophiles enjoy, the things they do to kids — and toddlers, and babies, and even infants. Sometimes the victims die. Sometimes you can tell they’re going to. And even when there’s no violence involved, the victims — children — are suffering right in front of you and there’s nothing you can do about it. For people who are wired to protect others, there’s very little that’s worse.

The Sun owes this man and his wife a printed apology and a clarification. It is no small thing to stand by a spouse who works law enforcement of any kind, and to stand by a spouse who is traumatized from working CSAM cases is even more difficult. These two people deserve better than this deliberately misleading headline.

[Explore Macarons @ExploreMacarons]

Cucumber Salad with Thai Chiles and Peanuts https://t.co/ZlLKs90Tgh via @foodandwine

[Spill The Memes @SpillTheMemes]

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[Matty Dread @MattyDread]

Love this. Word play grandmaster lever #Comedy #Jokes #WordPlay

[Marie Isabella @MarieIsabellaB]

We need more sign wars🤣😂

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

“Restrict your cat’s movement after surgery.”

Sure, sounds good. But have you ever met a cat? Cats are liquid with knives on their toes.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

On a rainy day, a group of fish is crossing a road.

Climbing perch fish can live without water for six to ten days in moist conditions, and can breathe atmospheric oxygen.

[Stephen G. Adubato @stephengadubato]

I once had a student who got triggered by a person saying the word “r*pe” in class. And went on a tirade about how people are so insensitive about sexual abuse. And had to leave the classroom.

When she got back, I immediately went into damage control mode and was like “I am so sorry this happened, plz lmk how I can help to avoid triggers, give warnings, etc”

And she was like “no I’m sorry for freaking out lol. My dad molested me as a kid and whenever someone says the r word I freak out for a second then I calm down. I’ll be fine. It’s something I gotta learn to deal with. I can’t expect the whole world to adjust to my needs just because I went through a horrible thing.”

I was utterly disarmed by her response. And began wondering why we began encouraging the opposite kind of response.

[georgie • raging @gtubebarbie]

i’d let my cats get away with anything like the police could come and say “ur cat robbed a bank” and i’d be like “omg🥹 by herself?? she’s so smart what a good baby”

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

After 15 years, Indonesia’s rare Rafflesia bloomed, the world’s largest parasitic flower that smells like rotting meat, has no leaves, and lasts just 5 to 7 days.

[Paul Bronks @SlenderSherbet]

Me watching a documentary about psychopaths and how they "prefer to stay at home, don't have many friends and can get very upset over a minor inconvenience"