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@museoftheelephant Jedidiah cat /j

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@carrionhearted <3

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Being a young adult is so strange. You enter a coffee shop. The 20 year old girl waiting behind you cried all night because she just came to a new city for university and she feels so alone. That 27 year old guy over there works a job he is overqualified for, he lives with his parents and wants to move out but doesn't know what to do about it. That one 24 year old dude already has a car, a house, and a job waiting for him once he graduates thanks to his dad's connections. The 26 year old barista couldn't complete his higher education because he has to work and take care of his family. The 28 year old girl sitting next to you has no friends to go out with so she is texting her mother. That couple (both 25 years old) are married and the girl is pregnant. The 29 year old writing something on her laptop has realized that she chose the wrong major so she is trying to start all over. We are not alone in this, but we are actually so alone. Do you feel me

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Went to the beach today and found a cute crab

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Lasiocampid Moth (Labedera primitiva)

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truck stop tiger

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WAIT I HAVE AN AWESOME HOUSE DESIGN

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I'm trying to write a post about tick safety and avoiding tick bites, but a lot of the info on websites is like "Avoid going in the woods, in plants, and where there are wild animals" and "Activities like hiking and gardening can put you at risk" and I'm like thanks! This is worthless!

As ticks and tick borne illnesses are expanding their range, I think it's important for people to be educated about these things, and I think it's especially important to give people actual advice on how to protect themselves instead of telling them to just...avoid the natural world

Rough draft version of Tick Advice:

Ticks don't jump down on you from trees, they get on you when you brush against grass, brush, bushes etc.

Ticks get brought to an area when they get done feeding from an animal and fall off them. In the USA, the main tick-bringing animal is deer, but I've seen plenty ticks on feral cats and songbirds.

Ticks get killed when they dry out so drier areas with more sunlight are less favorable to ticks.

The above is useful for figuring out whether an area is likely to have lots of ticks, and how vigilant you have to be in that area.

Wear light-colored, long pants outside. Tuck your pants into your socks, and tuck your shirt into the waist of your pants. Invest in light, breathable fabrics idc

IMMEDIATELY change out of your outside clothes when you come back from a tick-prone area, wash them, and dry them on high heat to kill any ticks that might be stuck on.

Shower and check yourself for ticks after coming inside. Hair, armpits, and nether regions in particular. You can use a handheld mirror or rely on touch; an attached tick will feel like a bump kinda like a scab

While you're outside, you can just periodically check for ticks by running your hands down your legs and checking visually to see if anything is crawling on your clothes. Light colors make them easy to spot, and they don't move fast.

Combing through each others' hair to check for creepy crawly critters is a time-honored primate ritual and is not weird. When hiking, bring a friend who will have your back when you feel something on your neck and need to know if it's sweat or a tick

If you're careful, you can usually catch ticks before they bite you, but if one does bite you, it's not the end of the world. Since tickborne diseases are different regionally i suspect this advice will differ based on where you are, but the important thing is remove the tick with tweezers (DON'T use butter, a lit match, or anything that kills the tick while it's still attached, please) and contact a doctor to see what to watch for. Most illnesses you can catch from ticks are easily treatable if you recognize them when symptoms first appear

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Grey-winged Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans), family Psophiidae, order Gruiformes, found in northern South America

photograph by Kow Hao Rui

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Moment of appreciation for my ceiling spines, and the ceiling spine lantern ambiance

#they look very lovely :3

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Last song I listened to: “My Kink is Karma” by Chappell Roan

Favorite color: blue or purple

Currently Watching: Black Sails

Sweet/spicy/savory: savory

Relationship status: single but insane over someone

Current obsession: my renaissance festival job!!

@sitrucoda get in on this bitch lol

Ahhhhh, thank you sm for the tag @reikunrei 🫶🏻 ⤷ ｡˚ੈ✩‧₊˚nine people i'd like to get to know better ｡˚ੈ✩‧₊˚

Last song I listened to: Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall by Simon & Garfunkel Favorite color: Uhhhh, probably lilac. Although, I do love a good baby blue Currently watching: Just finished catching up on 911 (!!!) Trying to figure out what to watch now Spicy/savory/sweet: Sweet Relationship status: Very single, might try dating again once I move Current obsession: Collecting queer pulp fiction - just bought a bunch and am gonna start reading those.

Tag, you're it (no pressure): @fizzypineapplesoda @kiirotoao @greenfiend @bewilderedbuck @sleepymrshmllow @fluffyfangirl and anyone else feeling it!

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"well if it's not androgynous what should a nonbinary person look like??" ***EXTREMELY LOUD BUZZER SOUND*** WRONG!!!! YOU GOT IT ALL WRONG!!!!!!! NOBODY "SHOULD" ANYTHING!!!! THAT IS NOT WHAT QUEERNESS IS ABOUT!!!!! GO TO THE CALM DOWN CORNER AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID.

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HAAANK! THAT'S NOT ART BY THE OP HANK! OP REPOSTED IT WITHOUT CREDIT! HANK!

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i hate that "that that" is grammatically correct. why is english the joke language

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how long before the "outside agitator" tag gets added to the protests ongoing at unis across the US?

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she knows she’s not allowed to bark at the cat, so her loophole is just to make a bunch of noises that are not barking instead.