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This evening is the kind of evening that feels like the world is unending and unchanging, yet somehow in a peaceful way... I think it's the moisture hanging in the air?

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Last year I watched the royal tattoo and was amazed by the Highland dancers - at the time I'd been dancing for 6 months, about an hour a week.

I just saw a clip of this year's show and I recognised all the steps they were doing! And I can dance them (not as nicely, but still)

... I wish I felt the same kind of confidence looking at my PhD research

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For the first time in my Spotify history I am not in the top 10% of Taylor Swift listeners - I got demoted to top 13% 🤐

But if we ignore me somehow drastically underestimating how much I listen to Fearless, I guessed decently on my top 5 albums pretty well

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Below the poll is a series of animal images labeled A through J. A is the least close to the birds we have today; J is the closest. If you encountered these animals in the wild, which would you call birds? If you pick a higher up option, then that means you consider all the below ones birds as well - so if you pick A, then BCDEFGHIJ are all birds. If you pick J, only J is a bird.

A:

B:

C:

D:

E:

F:

G:

H:

I:

J:

PLEASE REBLOG THIS SO IT CAN LEAVE PALAEOBLR. I NEED PEOPLE WHO DON'T RECOGNIZE THESE ANIMALS ON SIGHT TO VOTE.

I apologize to all of y'all with vision impairments for whom this poll is inaccessible. Alas, this is an experiment, and I cannot name the taxa. Thank you.

All alt text includes artist attribution; I did not make these pictures myself.

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It's a good thing I didn't have the self-confidence for crop tops when they were a thing in the 2010s because nowadays at the slightest hint of summer I'm like "time to get a hint of midriff out" and I just don't think I could've pulled it off at 13

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Been trying out a self care/ journaling app called finch lately and absolutely love how cute it is!

If you wanna be my friend in the app, use my invite code ZZR3L8VQV7 - I want some friends in my tree town 🐦🕊️🦚🦆🦢

https://app.befinch.com/invite/9osX

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Woke up

Saw someone is going to present a paper on my PhD topic almost exactly working with an organisation that ignored my emails for months

Had a panic attack

Considered dropping out/emigrating to Australia

Bought myself a silly little overpriced drink for my mental health

Called a different organisation who said they're happy to help me with my research

Aaaaaaaaaa

Why are phd's so emotionally draining???

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Travelling is fun, but travelling to conferences for a week almost fully funded by your university is significantly more fun

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Omg everyone keep your fingers crossed I might be managing to make an Internet friend for the first time ever! And I've been on the Internet for a pretty long time it was honestly getting embarrassing

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Just want to get in on this survey thing, ans the question is in my head! I feel like the best group chats i've been in have been 4 to 6 people?

But as of recently I've been part of a 12 person chat and it's also quite nice, but not super active...

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My friends range in age from around 21 to around 32, and in fact none of the 30 and over people know each other but in my head I keep referring to them all collectively as "my 30-year-olds" like they're a bunch of pets

They're all very lovely though, would recommend having some 30-year-old friends

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I'm on hinge occasionally and truly outdid myself today

So one of of those AI recommended matches, a woman popped up who had a photo of herself in a yoga pose with the caption "I can teach you how to do this". She seemed very cool overall so I did want to message her.

About what though? Well, obviously, my first instinct was to try to get in the pose. I got it on the third attempt!

But I also fell out of the pose onto my phone and managed to delete the suggested match.

On the bright side, I guess she did teach me how to do the pose.

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50% living the dream, 50% having my second meal of the day at 5pm sitting on a bus

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ok. icebreaker-type question. imagine time travel exists, but all of the serious super big things that likely come to mind when time travel is a factor is stuff youre not “qualified” for, as a civilian. what stupid, petty, thing do you use time travel for?

personally, i’d buy this one limited-time pin from a con i had no chance of going to, and also buy some transformers animated toys while they were still being sold.

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Sometimes I worry that Scottish children need to be told not to shove their granny aff a bus, but then I remember that German grandmas get stuck in car boots every christmas and go on motorcycle rides in chicken coops...

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my ancestors seeing me shrug off a diarrhea session

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People don’t talk enough about how easy it is to sleep in the dirt.

Like at a certain point on a dig day you BECOME THE DIRT.

And then comfy lil cozy crevices where you just dug start ~calling your name~