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[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50355249] Striped Owl || Asio clamator Observed in Brazil

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Reblogs greatly encouraged!

What's this? A little calendar teaser and update for everyone??

You betcha! We're getting close, so here are the facts so far:

Calendars will likely be up for pre-order in June/July.

Since they are for 24 months, they will likely be $20-$30 USD.

The charity we'll be donating to this year is A New Way of Life Reentry Project, who provide housing, case management, pro bono legal services, advocacy, and leadership development for people rebuilding their lives after incarceration.

I'm hoping to do a run of 500 calendars!

I'm basing that number off the previous poll I did about the mullet!Stan calendar, so I'm hoping there will actually be that many folks purchasing it. But that's where you come in. YES YOU! In order to make this calendar a success (and to ensure I don't end up with 300 of them taking up space in my house), I need all of you to be sure you reblog this post, share links on other social media sites, and generally do whatever you can to spread the word.

I have faith we can make this happen!

Preview pics by: @dragon-tidbits @gruvu @devisopod

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As with the horse poll, please regard these options as sliders. The extent to which each one deviates from 1/6th of the total will determine the amount that canine aspect deviates from the "average."

I will draw the dog we make. :)

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Stop putting coconut in everything challenge holy shit

#had to reorder something bc I didn't realize the butter it came with had coconut oil #I don't have like. a coconut allergy. #but I noticed a couple months back that I seem to have some sensitivity to coconut #it's almost certainly the sugar content bc certain sugars and I aren't friends #so coconut oil is almost definitely fine #but for now I'm avoiding coconut in all forms #and holy shit they sneak it into EVERYTHING #mad props to people who are allergic to it y'all are strong #speecher speaks

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#aaaaaaaaaaa love it #Phineas and Ferb

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IG : @emperorofmischief

#such smarties!!!!! #I love ratties so much #video

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Collection

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I never thought I'd say this but here it is!!

The long lost Gravity Falls "Next Time On," reel has FINALLY been found!

This right here is what made this show happen and the reason why every new Disney cartoon also has a next time on reel. GF's last big lost media hunt is over!

Alex Hirsch said that he was okay if this ever was to leak. So, if this goes down, blame Disney!!

#Gravity Falls #video

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vulpixen replied to your post: “had a v fun thought for the Storm Chasers AU the...”

Stan would call Angie "Hurricane" and Angie might call Stan "Scorcher".

​Angie might come up with a different nickname for Stan. maybe Twister. or something ironically cutesy, like Sunshower.

but omg HELL YES Stan calling Angie Hurricane. he starts calling her that shortly after she joins the team.

#vulpixen #Storm Chasers AU #response

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which is definitely not an omen

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Ryouiki Tenkai

#sick as HELL #Amphibia

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I am CONSIDERING making a follow-up video to my Gravity Falls AU fandom deep-dive analysis from last year.

AUs covered in the 2023 video include: Timestuck AU, Monster Falls AU, Reverse Falls AU, Relativity Falls AU, Transcendence AU, Blind Faith (and Reverse Portal) AU, Drifting Stars (and Grifting Stars) AU, and the One of Us AU.

I'm thinking about making a follow-up covering any AUs I missed, though it depends on interest. Also, I intend to focus on AUs that were a collaboration, like Monster Falls or Timestuck and Blind Faith, where multiple people wrote and drew for it.

Leave a reply below if you can think of an AU that I missed.

Again, NO PROMISES that I will make a follow-up. I'm just thinking about it.

#Gravity Falls

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had a v fun thought for the Storm Chasers AU

the storm chasing team (in particular Stan and Angie) might protest being called as such, but they are all dorks. and bc they are dorks, I think they come up with weather-themed dorky little nicknames/codenames for each other.

AND for their team as a whole.

currently accepting suggestions lmao

(Stan named the special car they drive for storm chasing "Stanmobile II" btw)

#had a kinda rough day and want some lightness #Storm Chasers AU #speecher speaks

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She brings some of her best pictures to her interview with Stan. Stan is incredibly impressed by the high quality photos taken up close

Fiddleford, a protective older brother, is less impressed and more frustrated his baby sister got so close to such dangerous storms, particularly tornadoes, which can change direction without warning. something Angie, a meteorologist, knows very well

*slams hands on desk*

WAIT

Angie in Storm Chasers AU isn't just the team trained meteorologist she's also the team camera person

#btw yeah tornadoes can change direction suddenly #so don't trust it to go in the same direction when you decide to watch from your porch #Storm Chasers AU #rebagel

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The other day I saw a comment on a video of a Mountain Goats song that said they finally figured out that the overarching theme of Mountain Goats songs is radical kindness.

And like, okay, your interpretation is valid, and given the song it was commented on ("You Were Cool"), understandable. But I also think it is very, very wrong.

In my opinion, there is no one theme to be applied to all or even most Mountain Goats songs. There are too many concept albums for that, for one thing. But if I had to choose a theme that pops up the most, it wouldn't be radical kindness. It would be radical acceptance.

Acceptance of a troublesome, complicated past or present. Crucially, not forgiveness or moving on or revenge. Just accepting that this happened and regardless of how I address it, I have to live with it. "Prowl Great Cain", "No Children", and "Romans 10:9" are a few off the top of my head that I think fit into that general idea. And, funnily enough, I think "You Were Cool" fits as well.

Within that theme, there is a subtheme that I see the most, which is moving on without enacting revenge, forgiving, or seeking forgiveness. Which makes sense, given how many songs (especially earlier songs) are about John Darnielle's history of drug addiction and the abuse he experienced at the hands of his stepfather. "Up the Wolves" (my personal favorite), "Small Green Things", "Picture of My Dress", "Never Quite Free", and sorta kinda "Heretic Pride" are some that fit.

However. I do think that trying to condense the discography of the Mountain Goats into one theme or even one major theme is not the greatest thing. Individual albums, yes. Like I said, there are a lot of concept albums. But there are so many powerful and complicated songs that you have to really think about and understand John Darnielle's past to Really Get. Saying there's one theme, and in particular saying that theme is "radical kindness" minimizes and reduces the complexity of much of his work. There are multiple themes that show up multiple times, but there is no one theme.

There are songs about drug addiction, and domestic abuse, and the Khmer Rouge, and Dungeons & Dragons, and divorce, and toxic friends, and professional wrestling, and a hawk you see in your backyard, and a book series by someone kinda racist, and a character that appeared in a song in an earlier album.

The songs of the Mountain Goats aren't about one thing. And they never have been.

#idk folks I guess it's thinking about the Mountain Goats hours lmao #The Mountain Goats #speecher speaks