Author: annoyedfish

Hihihi hello. I have 2 things to tell you but ill limit one question per ask;; What do you seal your bones with? Lotta people suggest polyurethane but im poor and lazy

vultureculturecoyote:

I dont seal my bones with anything. They are usually perfectly fine without any “sealing” as long as they are properly cleaned.

The only situation I have heard of where someone might need to seal bones is if they are so old they are falling apart or if they have been cleaned with bleach and are flaking.

The only thing I’ve had to seal was an armadillo pelvis that had been in the blazing sun for long enough to make it fragile, and I dipped that in a clear acrylic that’s meant for casting.

Bones that aren’t actively falling apart are pretty sturdy. Heck, I have a catfish skull that still has a lot of tendons on it (because it would fall apart if I removed those) and it hasn’t needed sealing. Bones with nothing more than a few scraps of dried tendon aren’t very hospitable environments for any sort of pathogen, if that’s your worry. They don’t have any more germs on them than the rest of the things in your house.

ms-demeanor:

rightsmarts:

The Imam of Peace drops a MOAB on the U.K. Trump protestors

Hello rightsmarts, the latest in conservative news. I’m just reblogging this because it’s gotten around to the punk side of things and sometimes it seems like anarchists forget that PR is important in political movements.

The balloon cost around $3k to make and fill, the remainder of the money is going to go to take the balloon on tour. People DID donate $52,000 dollars to the Trump Baby.

They also donated $21 million to
The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services

(RAICES) to help the children in detention camps. The comparative cost of the balloon is about a quarter of a percent of what was donated to RAICES alone.

You know what’s great about a balloon? It’s ridiculous. It’s got a fun, airy parade feel. You go to a protest with the Trump Baby and you see people who share your values and are equally frustrated with the world – and it’s hard as hell to show a bunch of people having a fun old time with a parade float as dangerous antifa terrorists.

(Also it gets news cameras pointed at protests of Trump, and at this point we should all recognize the value of big stunts that get you free press because Trump sure as hell did.)

That and it gives frustrated, burned-out activists a bit of a laugh. We’ve got to have levity, we’ve got to be able to enjoy things and have a sense of humor. If we’re all grimly grinding away and donating all of our spare change to the ACLU and only ever talking about the horrible things that are happening we’re going to get too exhausted to carry on. Which is exactly what folks like rightsmarts and Imam Tawhidi want.

Oh yeah, that’s the other thing – imamofpeace up there bills himself as a moderate Muslim who wants reform but he’s supported calls for Muslim immigration bans in Australia. He claims to want reform to prevent extremism but denies extremism in his own sect and only targets Muslims of other sects. He doesn’t have many Muslim followers but he does have a lot of twitter followers who seem to like being able to point to Imam Tawhidi and say “see, I’m not islamophobic, I only want to listen to *reasonable* Muslims, like this guy who tells me how backward all those Muslims are and how they’re preparing to take over the west.”

So a professional pot-stirrer is criticizing activists for spending the equivalent of a quarter of a percent of their donations on a fun balloon that bring out large crowds to protest, creates feelings of solidarity and levity, and is an excellent PR tool.

Yeah, fuck off with your bullshit. People recently crowdfunded a couch for Elon Musk and tried to give Kylie Jenner $100 million so she’d be a round billionaire. Nobody should feel the tiniest bit bad for donating to the construction and display of a protest sign.

The Trump Baby balloon is a good investment on the part of protesters and helped ensure that Trump knows he’s not welcome or appreciated by the people of London.

(hey by the way this criticism of decadence and fun is the kind of puritanical authoritarian shit that you get from the right and from tankies and it’s why nobody likes tankies. bread AND roses, motherfuckers.)

Of all the noises your favorite animal makes, which noise is the Best? (if the animal doesnt make much noise, which behavior is the Best?)

drferox:

These are the Best noises from my favourite animal.

I love this walking inkblot!

Do the wheezy noises mean anything in particular, or is that just what kitty snoring sounds like? One of our cats does that in his sleep, and I’m never sure if he has a mild kitty-version of a deviated septum or if some cats snore. It’s cute either way.