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in my mind my tma grian would just be an assistant and he's got his own agenda

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y'all i swear the best way to improve the vibes in your home is to do irl adblock. i stickered over the most obtrusive branding on my shit and it looks so much better?

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Persist 18 x 24 cm ✦ Gouache and water colour on paper Available as print

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Buf, casi le gana a la prensa hidráulica

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Long-tailed tit/stjärtmes. Värmland, Sweden (January 27, 2024).

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helpful diagram for anyone who needs it

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A collection, for a well loved garf

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he's got two hats now (ghost is very impressed that he's not been explode-ified yet) :)

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shoutout to offputting autistic people

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I just found the cutest and most comfy kn95 masks ever, and yeah ew Amazon but these were so worth it. like all the colors? cuute. the black ones are giving slick cyberpunk dystopian with the structural construction and all. and they crease really nicely to fit different face sizes and move when u talk

it's the second biggest COVID wave yet, and it's been so underreported since we all gottta be back making our employers money... so for real the most punk ass shit you can be doing right now is keeping on masking up and not pretending this shit is normal. plus these really fuck with facial recognition if you're going to any protests nowadays. so totally recommend these rn, they're about to be a core part of my style

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imagine hollow knight where everything is almost the same except pure vessel wears a really pretty skirt

sealed vessel version as well

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BOTD: Townsend's Solitaire

Photo: Grigory Heaton

"Solitaires are slim, long-tailed thrushes that perch upright in trees. As the name suggests, they are usually seen alone. Feeding mostly on berries in winter, each bird maintains its solitary status by defending a winter territory, staking out a supply of berries in a juniper grove or similar spot. These wintering birds often give a soft bell-like callnote; in summer (and sometimes in winter as well) they give voice to a complex song of clear musical warblings."

- Audubon Field Guide

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child handling for the childless nurse

My current job has me working with children, which is kind of a weird shock after years in environments where a “young” patient is 40 years old.  Here’s my impressions so far:

Birth - 1 year: Essentially a small cute animal.  Handle accordingly; gently and affectionately, but relying heavily on the caregivers and with no real expectation of cooperation.

Age 1 - 2: Hates you.  Hates you so much.  You can smile, you can coo, you can attempt to soothe; they hate you anyway, because you’re a stranger and you’re scary and you’re touching them.  There’s no winning this so just get it over with as quickly and non-traumatically as possible.

Age 3 - 5: Nervous around medical things, but possible to soothe.  Easily upset, but also easily distracted from the thing that upset them.  Smartphone cartoons and “who wants a sticker?!!?!?” are key management techniques.

Age 6 - 10: Really cool, actually.  I did not realize kids were this cool.  Around this age they tend to be fairly outgoing, and super curious and eager to learn.  Absolutely do not babytalk; instead, flatter them with how grown-up they are, teach them some Fun Gross Medical Facts, and introduce potentially frightening experiences with “hey, you want to see something really cool?”

Age 11 - 14: Extremely variable.  Can be very childish or very mature, or rapidly switch from one mode to the other.  At this point you can almost treat them as an adult, just… a really sensitive and unpredictable adult.  Do not, under any circumstances, offer stickers.  (But they might grab one out of the bin anyway.)

Age 15 - 18: Basically an adult with severely limited life experience.  Treat as an adult who needs a little extra education with their care.  Keep parents out of the room as much as possible, unless the kid wants them there.  At this point you can go ahead and offer stickers again, because they’ll probably think it’s funny.  And they’ll want one.  Deep down, everyone wants a sticker.

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Thinking about when I worked at a shitty restaurant + one night it was just me + 3 other women on closing shift, so some guy came in the back and waved a knife around, presumably for money but I’m not actually certain, bc he was met with the bartender holding a much bigger knife, a tiny teenager wielding a cast iron pan, an elderly woman holding up a crockpot of clearly boiling water, and me, turning on the meat slicer with eye contact for maximum effect. He left, but the moral of the story is not girl power or whatever, it’s just. Why the fuck would you threaten a room full of underpaid and sleep-deprived blue-collar workers surrounded by lethal weapons.