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“You called?”

Focusing on light or trying too. Been awhile since did a winged dragon…

Done in watercolour pencils, ink pens and pencils on tan paper.

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Farewell online privacy

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Waiting for a friend. The dragon feels somewhat awkward, but it's nice to have a daily sketch that's a scene vs "just" a creature drawing

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This is the most disturbing thing Sargent ever painted. It is like two bog monsters coming across a cottage garden, and considering whether or not to eat the little old lady who tends it... Unless they've already eaten her... There is a lot of red.

Corner of a Garden (1879) by John Singer Sargent

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Wait, experiments need to be repeatable? That's super inconvenient.

ditches be like "cite your sources" but actually have 0 scientific literacy and are the type to hold on to that ONE article they agree with instead of the measurability and repeatability of a variety of publications from all over the world

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Not sure why I'm weighing in on this. Anyway... While I'm in support of a wool industry, there are a few issues with it. Overall it's very humane.

The wool from young animals is much better quality than the wool from older animals, so animals are often culled for this reason. However, there's a lot of uses for poorer quality wool, so it's not as bad as you'd think, and the animals are usually a few years old when they're culled, so that's really only shaving the worst years of their lives off. So in some sense animals are killed for their wool, but it doesn't seem too bad to me. Also both males and females are used for wool, so they aren't culled based on gender, which is nice.

The shearing process can be traumatic because the sheep or goats are often cut, and pictures of that can look graphic, but... I had a fiber goat that I needed to shear, and I cut myself once with the electric shears, and it didn't hurt much -- the shears are so sharp that cuts hurt much less than you'd think. I was surprised. It healed right away too because the cut was so clean (no torn skin.) And shearing only needs to happen once or twice a year. Professional shearers usually don't cut the animal.

The environment for wool animals is always kept clean and nice, because otherwise the wool is too dirty to be of value, and generally the animals are healthy and comfortable for this reason.

Transporting the animals is also not as abusive as some people think. There are laws in America that say animals need to be let out in the middle of long trips to avoid too much stress. Also, when I transported my goats, I found that they tended to not eat or drink much on the trip, and actually it was best to drive a long distance with as few stops as possible to get them to their destination as fast as possible. Ruminants tend to eat and drink a lot at once, and then spend a huge amount of time digesting, so feeding them right before the trip is important so they'll basically spend the drive digesting. I always offered food and water during the entire drive, but it was rarely touched even when the trip took about 20 hours (driving plus a few stops) because the animals had already eaten. Some goats seem to only want to eat and drink once a day.

Each wool animal is worth a lot, so wool producers are not mistreating their animals too much because if the animal dies, they lose its value.

Unironically, vegans need to be advocating for more and better sheep, llama, and alpaca farms. Wool is one of the best fabrics we have in terms of versatility, longevity and most importantly, insulation. Even wet, it retains 80% of it’s insulation potential.

AND IT DOESN’T SHED MICROPLASTICS

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“The old magic persists thanks to it’s unfathomable power.”

No, the old magic persists because the new magic can’t run the legacy spells I need to do my job, and keeps trying to install spirits I don’t want or need onto my orb.

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Elephants have learned highway robbery

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man showed up to support an anti-trans bill in my home state and then, because he had to wait hours to testify, he was stuck listening to queer folks rally against it

By the time it was his turn to speak, he'd changed his mind

Lawmakers in Wisconsin are currently debating a piece of anti-trans legislation. Assembly Bill 104 (AB104) is a legislative proposal that aims to prohibit gender transition medical interventions for individuals under 18 years of age.

On Wednesday, the assembly’s Committee on Health, Aging, and Long-Term Carelegislature hosted a hearing. Members of the public showed up to give testimony both for and against the bill.

ACLU Wisconsin says the event went on for over eight hours. Some people had to wait all afternoon to ensure they could voice their opinions.

A speech from one elderly man has now gone viral. ‘Larry’ says he turned up to support the legislation. He had to wait in the overflow room to have his moment to speak.

“First of all, I’d like to apologize to you people,” Larry says when he finally gets his chance to address lawmakers. “I was invited here to give my support for bill 104. I have a very little knowledge of gay people and things like that there. So when I came here, my eyes were opened. I was one of the critics that sat on the side and made the decision there was only two genders, so I got an education that was unbelievable.

“And I don’t know just exactly how to say this but my perspective for people have changed. So I don’t want to take up no more of your time. I’d like to apologize for being here and I learned a very lot about this group of people.”

As Larry gets up to leave, others in the room applaud him.

ACLU Wisconsin has shared the video on its social media channels.

“What a great man. The world needs more Larrys”

“This made me cry,” was one well-liked reply on TikTok. “He showed up. He listened. He learned. He changed his perspective. And then he spoke publicly. That is truly remarkable in this climate. Bravo Larry! I’d love to buy you a beer.”

Another said, “He could’ve just left. But he still chose to speak and publicly admit he had been ignorant on something and had since changed his mind. What a great man. The world needs more Larrys.”

On Instagram, someone else said, “Feeling so honored to have been able to witness his change of heart! This man sat in the overflow room for hours waiting their turn and got to witness beautiful and vulnerable testimony (as well as a lot of unhinged and illogical statements). We love to see growth!”

Someone else said, “There she is, that’s the America I remember.”

AB 104 is sponsored by 30 Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin. The state house has 54 GOP Reps against 45 Democratic. The upper house has 18 GOP senators against 15 Democrats.

As of last December, 26 states have passed laws banning gender-affirming care for minors. Such laws impact around 40% of all trans youth in the country.

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The park is beautiful!!! I've seen parks like this in movies, but not real life. The Greek revival architecture is so European... I mean, we have that in America too, but I haven't seen it quite on that scale... I feel like the Greek Gods would totally love that park.

The squirrel is SO CUTE!!!!! He has little tufties on his ears OMG!!!!!

Went to a park recently. Did some crappy photos along the way

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More librarian humor

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Reblogging for larger sample size...

i think we should rename the Classic Tabby to Swirly Whirly Tabby. reblog if you also think we should rename the Classic Tabby to Swirly Whirly Tabby

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You know what time it is folks its 'rambling to myself' time

Growin up isolated from people my age and only ever hanging out w my mom's friends and a bunch of elderly ladies having tea since I was a baby really makes my grasp of age weird. I easily befriend elderly folks but struggle with people my age. I see someone my age and assume they're younger and then they're like "Im two years older than you" and Im like ?????? Youre so young though????? And then Im shocked w the realization that Im Not Very Old. Im not even 30 yet. I feel like Ive already hit the "do it on purpose" stage. I have a deep fondness for younger people/people my age, but I Dont Understand Them. My partner is two weeks on the dot younger than me and we are worlds apart language-wise bc they grew up friends with people several years *younger* than them, very online, very in the know of current trends. Meanwhile I'm over here in my sweater vest talking to my good friend John the nearly-retired philosophy professor. And neither of us know what my classmates are saying and he's trying to ask me and I'm like my good friend I have no clue. I am just as lost as you.

And I still feel so childish for not having my shit together. For not already being as sure of myself as all these older people, or being financially stable, or having my health under control. I'm disabled and chronically ill and burnt out and in debt (IN DEBT. THE ONE THING I SWORE TO NEVER BE.) and its like. Damn.

I just want to take my time. I'm so aware of how much time I have in this life thanks to all these peoole older than me, both in the sense that I know its arguably so painfully short (I WANT TO LEARN EVERYTHING) and in that I want to slow down and enjoy every long second of it. Take one or two classes at a time, work a quiet job for just enough to pay what I owe and set aside some, be able to take time to rest and heal when flare-ups and illness inevitably comes knocking.

Can I retire yet

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It took me a moment to remember where this tag comes from. It's from this ancient logic puzzle, the wolf, goat, and cabbage problem.

A farmer has a boat, and can only take one item with him at once: goat, cabbage, or wolf. He wants to ferry everything across without the wolf eating the goat or the goat eating the cabbage. (If he takes the goat across first, then the wolf, the wolf will eat the goat while the farmer goes back to get the cabbage.) The Wikipedia link above has the solution.

The wolf-goat-cabbage polycule would imply you can never safely leave your other lovers together. 😂 Every romantic encounter would be a logic puzzle.

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still thinking about when i saw a girl on here with ~3 partners and one of them was a lesbian with a “MEN DNI” banner and one of them was a tboy with a “‘MEN DNI’ DNI” banner

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I had never seen this circular-type pattern before... How is this the classic? I'm genuinely very curious about this.

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i think we should rename the Classic Tabby to Swirly Whirly Tabby. reblog if you also think we should rename the Classic Tabby to Swirly Whirly Tabby