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Not that there's anything wrong with having something wrong with you

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citationless behavior

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Tangy and Audie 🍊🍍

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WHEN ON PERIOD:

do not crash out

your feelings are NOT valid

do not send that text

don't kill yourself. lock in

do not act on negative emotions until at least 2 days have elapsed

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Paintings by Mia Bergeron

This artist on Instagram

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine Thunderbolts* 2025 | dir. Jake Schreier

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NONOMURA Ninsei, Tea Leaf Jar with Design of Mt.Yoshino 17th century

This tea jar, decorated in bright enamels with a spring landscape of the famous cherry blossom viewing site of Mt. Yoshino, is one of the most highly regarded works of Kyoto’s foremost ceramic artist, Nonomura Ninsei. It is among the largest of Ninsei’s surviving tea jars, and bears one of his most vivid, painterly designs in the lively blossoms in the rich gold, silver and red underglaze pigments that encircle its generous circumference. Ninsei wares are known for their fine wheel-throwing, and this jar is thrown quite thinly for its size. Consequently, it is surprisingly light and easy to lift. It has been discovered that most of the Ninsei tea leaf jars were made for Lord Kyogoku of the Marugame domain on the island of Shikoku. This jar is no exception, and remained in the Kyogoku family until 1955, when it was acquired by the art collector Matsunaga Jian.

Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan

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According to the CDC, in 10 percent of those drownings, the adult will actually watch the child do it, having no idea it is happening. Drowning does not look like drowning—Dr. Pia, in an article in the Coast Guard’s On Scene magazine, described the Instinctive Drowning Response like this:

“Except in rare circumstances, drowning people are physiologically unable to call out for help. The respiratory system was designed for breathing. Speech is the secondary or overlaid function. Breathing must be fulfilled before speech occurs.

Drowning people’s mouths alternately sink below and reappear above the surface of the water. The mouths of drowning people are not above the surface of the water long enough for them to exhale, inhale, and call out for help. When the drowning people’s mouths are above the surface, they exhale and inhale quickly as their mouths start to sink below the surface of the water.

Drowning people cannot wave for help. Nature instinctively forces them to extend their arms laterally and press down on the water’s surface. Pressing down on the surface of the water permits drowning people to leverage their bodies so they can lift their mouths out of the water to breathe.

Throughout the Instinctive Drowning Response, drowning people cannot voluntarily control their arm movements. Physiologically, drowning people who are struggling on the surface of the water cannot stop drowning and perform voluntary movements such as waving for help, moving toward a rescuer, or reaching out for a piece of rescue equipment.

From beginning to end of the Instinctive Drowning Response people’s bodies remain upright in the water, with no evidence of a supporting kick. Unless rescued by a trained lifeguard, these drowning people can only struggle on the surface of the water from 20 to 60 seconds before submersion occurs.”

This doesn’t mean that a person that is yelling for help and thrashing isn’t in real trouble—they are experiencing aquatic distress. Not always present before the Instinctive Drowning Response, aquatic distress doesn’t last long—but unlike true drowning, these victims can still assist in their own rescue. They can grab lifelines, throw rings, etc.

Look for these other signs of drowning when persons are in the water:

Head low in the water, mouth at water level

Head tilted back with mouth open

Eyes glassy and empty, unable to focus

Eyes closed

Hair over forehead or eyes

Not using legs—vertical

Hyperventilating or gasping

Trying to swim in a particular direction but not making headway

Trying to roll over on the back

Appear to be climbing an invisible ladder

So if a crew member falls overboard and everything looks OK—don’t be too sure. Sometimes the most common indication that someone is drowning is that they don’t look like they’re drowning. They may just look like they are treading water and looking up at the deck. One way to be sure? Ask them, “Are you all right?” If they can answer at all—they probably are. If they return a blank stare, you may have less than 30 seconds to get to them. And parents—children playing in the water make noise. When they get quiet, you get to them and find out why.

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Devastating to have more evidence that done IS better than perfect

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"From Stardust we are born, To Stardust we will return"

Disconnected.

They're gone, and it hurts. When the universe is dark and nebulous, tears bring memories and become anchors, guiding lights in the night, pulling closer to those departed. To know that we'll meet again is a small comfort amidst the pain.

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Gaming Dice.

I learned a lot about edges and light and color relationships here.

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sleepy dragons

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Reached out to a biologist to request some info about an extinct species of freshwater shrimp and the email she sent in response was not only lovely and helpful but also kind of poetry to me? People who study invertebrates are actually the most hopeful and compassionate scientists that we have.

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i notice some people in the like lefty/lib pseud public intellectual niche who write shitty substack/medium/etc essays (like yours truly, but not me in particular) are really pushed into this crazy defensive writing style and then the comments are pushing an even more crazy defensive writing style ("oh you didn't address every plight to befall the entire world??" or "this isn't about me. why?") and then they bend over backwards for these people like "oh thank you so much i will include this in the future." and i am so glad i am do not cater to that because it sucks

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The plot of Star Wars but happening to the warrior cats in their forest.

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Flow, movie by Gints Zilbalodis. Fanart