so ummm welcome to my jar:) lemme show you around! theres some holes poked in the top so i can breathe, theres some leaves to munch on, and ive even got a twig! #mytwig
happy one year of this post. and from the bottom of my heart. i did not know what i wrought
The International Phonetic Alphabet consonants found in English, with keywords and relevant parts of the mouth highlighted and colour-coded. (Source.)
Pronouncing each of these in sequence is a very strange and amusing physical sensation, and I highly recommend it.
haha look it’s where those noises live in your dang FACE, TRY IT
Very helpful actually
A pair of Commerson’s dolphins (Cephalorhynchus commersonii) off the coast of the Falkland Islands
mold pisses me off so much
oh you have to eat your produce the moment it leaves the store or the fuckin Hungering Dust will get it. and. poison your food
I ran into this post years ago and to be honest, it has completely reoriented the way I engage with food.
Like. I’ve always sorta understood that things grow moldy or stale or sour or such if left out, but I never really internalized it in a meaningful way.
But now I’m just like.
Yeah. The hungering dust. There exists omnivorous dust in the air that will eat my food if I don’t.
Those bagels have been sitting there for a week. Are we going to eat them soon or are we leaving them for the hungering dust?
Pizza’s been sitting out on the counter for an hour. Everyone’s enjoying the pizza, but if we don’t want “everyone” to include the hungering dust then we should probably put it away soon.
That’s just. That’s how food works to me now. There exists an invisible predator in the air that hungers for your yummies, and it will not hesitate to eat your food if you don’t make the effort to protect and preserve it. And eat what can’t be preserved before the dust can.
Life-changing.
Quail family
Raffles’s Malkoha (Rhinortha chlorophaea), male, family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Singapore
photographs by SG Birder
guys you gotta stop thinking of women in their 30s as elderly it’s just misogyny
you also gotta stop thinking about actual elderly women as lesser human beings. Youth is not a measure of one’s worth.
FLAPS AWAY BASHFULLY
"Friends outside of Minnesota please read. I'm sharing a post written by a personal friend and medical doctor: Friends outside MN, you need to know what is happening here. Everyone knows that ICE shot and killed a woman here on Wednesday. But that’s not the only thing that’s going on:
Yeah, this absolutely matches the info coming from family in MN. (The video y'all have seen of the guy ICE shoved in front of a fucking bus? Taken by one of my stepkid's besties.)
If you're not local, one of the easiest ways to help is to toss some cash towards the following local resources:
And lastly, how to prepare when your city is next:
So pleased I caught this endearing scritch
“do you really wanna be on that medication for the rest of your life :(?” yes actually I would love that. I know what I’m like off it
no you don't understand. i *get* to be on this medication for the rest of my life :)
oh siddhartha gautama, called Buddha, we're really in it now
the past lives in you
Sharing this photo collection from the Atlantic primarily to celebrate the incredible courage of the people of Minneapolis in the face of truly unprecedented state terror.
They are doing this for all of us. This cannot be stressed enough! They went after Somali immigrants in Minneapolis because they were confident that it would be easier than targeting Yemeni New Yorkers or Colombian Las Angelenos. What will stop them from occupying other cities and terrorizing other communities is that they will (again) break upon the resolute courage of the people of Minnesota.
My coworker’s in-law was recently kidnapped by ICE. He’s a father of two and has been living in the US since he was nine years old. They’re currently fighting to get him out, but the legal fees are expected to cost thousands. If you’re able to, please share and donate to help get him out and reunite Adrian with his family!!
YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS
I unexpectedly need to have some serious dental work done. Unfortunately, since I ended up having to put some of my top surgery last year on credit, I can't apply for any other credit to cover things at this time.
Like many, I do not do well at the dentist and now that has collided with my lack of selfcare in my late teens and twenties due to depression. Due to some past issues, and the fact laughing gas doesn't work on me at all, I require full sedation dentistry. I have enough money to cover the three most important things I need done, and the sedation, but since I am going under I would like to take advantage of that and get as much of the other issues taken care of as possible. The goal is a little arbitrary here, but basically, every ~$450 I raise will allow me to get one more tooth taken care of.
It is $150 for every additional 15 minutes of sedation beyond the amount required for the three most important things (an extraction and two fillings), then roughly $250-$350 per additional tooth. I would like to cover at least my four molars that have problems, since the back of my mouth being worked on makes me more uncomfortable than the front so I think I can handle the front without full sedation. But if I can raise more than needed for those four, I will get more done.
Thank you so, so much to everyone who donates!
If you don't want to go through the GoFundMe, I also have my ebooks on my Payhip store: https://payhip.com/AspenAndCopper
Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far! Between the fundraiser and Payhip, I've reached about $1,200. So stupidly grateful. 🥰🥰🥰
Hey everyone, Katy is a longtime friend and a kickass author- here's an opportunity to help someone out AND get a great new read in return!
