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hired a galapagos finch at my burger joint and after 2 generations it evolved to take peoples orders

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one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become

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Hello! I hear you're vibrating with barely contained positivity so I'd appreciate it if you could weigh in on what I should make for dinner. Last night we had roast cauliflower and black bean tacos with chipotle crema and a sort of curtido style slaw, so I want to do something different tonight. Maybe Indian? Or Thai? Any ideas?

ok what you're gonna do is put your protein of choice in a bowl with some natural yoghurt, turmeric, garlic, ginger, chili powder and ground coriander seed and leave that in the fridge for at least half an hour

then you're gonna toast some cardamom, cinnamon, and garam masala in a pan, then chuck in some chopped onion, garlic, and ginger, and a whole chili until the whole thing's fragrant af

then you're gonna pour in some almond milk, plus some red wine if you feel fancy, simmer it for a bit, and blend the shit out of it

brown off your protein *in the same pan*, add your protein back in, and simmer some more

then you're gonna stir in some cream and serve over rice, and add some flaked almonds if you're feeling *extra* fancy

(it's pasanda it's my fav curry by a country mile)

#curry??!!! #i hate cooking but CURRY

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what if i just rest my eyes for a second

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IG : @emperorofmischief

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Breaking News Alert: our gracious prince has found the beautiful young woman who came thrice to his ball—once in a dress shimmering like starlight, once in a dress luminous as the moon, and once in a dress as golden and radiant as the sun on a summer day—only to discover that she was a scullery maid working in his own kitchen! needless to say she has been executed

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everyone loves Predynastic Egyptian Terracotta Bowl with Human Feet. shout-out to a real one

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why was this so sweet, what did he expect people to say, "no mr. brian may from the band queen, you do NOT have permission to play the sea shanty, put down the guitar and go back to the astrophysics" like,,,, what a silly goose

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#ALRIGHT THE FACT THIS CAME UP ON MY DASH WAS A COMPLETE COINCIDENCE #I take the hint though

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One less frequently discussed form of procrastination is when you get an essay back that actually got a decent mark, and instead of working on the stuff you have to do for your next looming deadline, you spend an hour re-reading your own essay, obsessed and delighted by your own slightly nonsensical arguments, like a cockatoo admiring and preening itself in the mirror of its cage

#There was an exact point where I tilted my head a certain way to admire a footnote and was like 'wait a minute this behaviour feels familiar #And then realised that it was familiar because I have seen budgies and cockatoos do the same thing and that's not a good look #Got to stop it really wasn't much more than a competent essay and the only reason I'm so delighted by it is that it's taking my mind off #the revision I actually have to do for an exam on Monday and the dissertation proposal due on Tuesday that I've not written a single word f #You also then spend the next hour worrying at the minor points you got wrong like you're a dog that needs to wear a cone #Which is not helpful either but some of the implications of these 'minor' mistakes will keep me up at night I know it

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Tumblr is so lucky to get to witness the cutting edge of Celtic Studies research in real time (me and my friends being weird about medieval texts on the internet)

#We're privileged

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“Walktopus” Octopus Candle Holder by Scott Musgrove

http://thefabulousweirdtrotters.tumblr.com/

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actual criticisms of academia:

cost of education acting as class barrier

exploitation of graduate workers

colonialist past and present

ties to military industrial complex

danger of power structure entrenching and justifying orthodox views on social issues

criticisms of academia that get made:

those damn ivory tower academics are wasting money learning about things