Genuinely we need a future where we can just swap bits around with each other as needed because I *hate* how easily I grow facial hair but I bet you'd absolutely kill it and I'd give you these genes in a heartbeat.

I figure if I've only got one double-sided A4 sheet to work with, I need to be more efficient about it than drawing out five separate maps

I'm very shape motivated. It's how I tackle jigsaw puzzles, too - I don't start with the edges, I start with "how many pieces can I assemble that are part of the same portion of the picture and then see if any of those pieces connect to other parts of the picture". Niger looks like a fish to me.

Instead of just trying to Draw A Map of Africa that has geographical features, empire borders, contemporary borders, language distributions, and cities mapped out on it, I'm trying to draw the *shape* of each individual component with a general idea of where I should be looking for it.

Fuck ICE is a Greeting. Stay Safe a Farewell.

The correct answer to anyone demanding that you provide proof of your anti-govt activism on public channels is "sorry Fed-Bob my lawyer says I can't play with you"

really fucked up the way so many people had their brains broken by covid so badly that they are somehow mortally offended by other people wearing masks