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jan. 2025; Parker

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With all due disrespect anyone who thinks a full grown adult can survive off of 12$/hr in 2023 should die

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I've seen this before, but it's been years and it just came across my Twitter in its dying days. The words are from a favorite author of mine, Maggie Stiefvater, and they are the words I most need to hear when it comes to dealing with chronic pain and illness. I didn't need this the first time I saw it, six years ago. I need it now. Maybe you do, too.

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RICK WITH THE SUN AND THE STAR BOOK

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Evolution?

Some people dismiss dreams as randomness in the brain, safely to be ignored, when living one's life, while simultaneously believing that evolution is directionless and random and is to be taken really seriously as the touchstone of all biology. To quote: Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution." (Can't remember who said that, though.)

As if anything in biology makes sense.

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Myocardial Infarction (Heart attack) Intro! with a mnemonic

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Here you go, to all premed/biology/Year 1 medicine students, General Terminology summarized.

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In the heat of her hands I thought, This is the campfire that mocks the sun.

Jeanette Winterson, from ‘Written On The Body’

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“If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does not entitle one human to use another for his or her own ends, how can it entitle humans to exploit non-humans?”

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Peter Singer, Animal Liberation, 1975.

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“Character is timeless. Ageless. We live back and forth in the past, or in the present, or in the future. With the young, one lives in the future. I prefer that. Changes occur constantly according to the vision, image, or myth which possesses one. We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another, unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations. We never discard our childhood. We never escape it completely. We relive fragments of it through others. We live buried layers through others. We live through others’ projections of the unlived selves.”

— Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1944–1947, edited by Gunther Stuhlmann

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The same feeling of not belonging, of futility, wherever I go: I pretend interest in what matters nothing to me, I bestir myself mechanically or out of charity, without ever being caught up, without ever being somewhere. What attracts me is elsewhere, and I don’t know where that elsewhere is.

The trouble with being born, Emil Cioran

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Sun Phases

The Sun is just as powerful and magical as the Moon. Although the moon takes 28 days to complete one full cycle, the sun completes its cycle within a day. Making it perfect to perform specific rituals/spells if the moon isn't at the phase you want.

Of course, Sun Magic carries its own energy as does the Moon. Some rituals/spells might do better during the time of the moon.

Dawn

This phase of the sun is connected to fresh starts, beginnings, or change. This is a good time for focusing on new jobs, new love or relationships, new path, or a new way of seeing things. Dawn is also great for rejuvenation such as renewal of hope and trust, recovery of good health, and restoring physical energy. Use this time to also consecrate your items.

Morning

The energy from the morning sun expands, making it very strong and active. Projects revolving around building, growth, or expansion works exceedingly well during this phase. Use this time to build on the positive aspects in your life, and resolve situations where courage is needed. You can also increase the warmth and harmony to your home, family, and relationships. Need to work on your heart issues (romance, sex, relationships)? Now is the time to handle those problems.

Noon

The sun is at full power as it peaks the sky at high noon. Matters of the heart, dealing with finances, justice, and protection are great to focus on during this phase. This is an excellent time to ask for extra strength and energy to help get through the rest of the day. Health magic does well during this phase too.

Afternoon

Descending from the sky, the sun energies become more receptive, less brash, and much more discerning. Set time aside to handle projects that need clarity, professionalism (anything requiring a strategic approach), business matters, communications, and all interactions with other people. Rituals focusing on exploration of ideas, adventures, and travel are also good to do during this phase.

Sunset

Slowly disappearing from sight, the energy of the sun is diminishing. Use this time to tie up loose ends, getting rid of bad habits, and eradicating personal aggravations such as; stress, confusion, and poor health. This phase is perfect to cleanse things such as tools, crystals/stones, a ritual space, or even yourself. Sunset can help uncover deceptions so, divination work is good to do during this time.

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Come see our epic bear paw shaped stain by the restaurant entrance for only $300 per minute.

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A Brief Boris Pavlikovsky Analysis

It’s simultaneously hilarious and infuriating to me how at-odds with each other the interpretation of Boris by book fans is, versus the interpretations of people who have only seen the movie (admittedly, I’m talking specifically about Finn super-fans). I’ve seen an abundance of people who represent him as some sort of “bad boy,” who’s into the occasional drug-use, drinking and rule-breaking - an notion which, to be fair, is perpetuated by the movie. In reality, Boris’ character is so much more complex, and I’d be willing to bet that people who love the idea of him as a “bad boy” would actually hate him in the book. 

As I mentioned, Boris’s character is highly sanitised in the movie; he does drugs, but we don’t see countless sequences of him and Theo frequently using hard drugs. He drinks, but not in the same way as his book counterpart, who drinks beer like it’s water, and spends every other afternoon getting wasted with Theo. He’s both physically and verbally violent, such as his use of the n-word and certain scenes in which he hits his Kotku or is violent toward Theo in the pool. He’s incredibly intelligent, but he’s brash, his moods swing, and he can be aggressive. Unlike in the movie, book Boris is not always likeable, but he still comes off as sympathetic, and this is the core of his character. 

Boris is primarily characterised by love and optimism. In the closing moments of the novel, Theo reaches the revelation that “Nature (meaning death) always wins but that doesn’t mean we have to bow and grovel to it.” Boris shares many of the same traumas as Theo, and has lived an even more unstable life, dealing with a physically abusive and neglectful father and frequent moves across the globe. Unlike Theo, however, who is enslaved by such traumas until adulthood, Boris understands this sentiment even as a youth. Him and Theo represent antithetical ways in which to deal with trauma: Theo, who refuses to move on and lets it consume him, and Boris, who lives in the moment, moment-to-moment, never surrendering love and optimism. He embodies the very philosophy that takes Theo years to understand. 

Of course, that doesn’t mean all of his actions are inherently good, but this only contributes to the complexity of his character. His excessive drug use is bad for obvious reasons, he’s not always a good judge of character (i.e. his fondness for Larry), and he’s made to live with the consequences of his impulsive actions (stealing the painting and losing Theo, for instance). But as Boris himself states, “as long as I am acting out of love, I feel I am doing the best I know how.” And this is true: he risks everything to get the painting back, he comforts Theo in Vegas in the only way he knows how, he admits that he’ll never quit drugs until it kills him, he’s impulsive, he loving, he’s optimistic, and he’s human. This is what movie stans who only view him as bad boy Finn Wolfhard are missing out on. This is why I always recommend the book to people. This is why Boris Pavlikovsky remains one of my favourite literary characters to date.

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