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The criteria for “addiction” being “dopamine” is so incredibly stupid it had to have been invented by the people that try to say porn addiction is real thing

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This thread omg

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solidarity with california.

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On one hand I understand not teaching cursive in school anymore, because it actually is slower than regular handwriting and almost everything is typed on a keyboard now anyways.

On the other hand, so much of our (even recent!) history was written in cursive, and having a whole generation of kids who can't read letters written by their grandparents, momentos saved by their great-grandparents, or even photo albums from theur immediate family seems like a dangerously quick way to detach us from previous generations.

And on the third, related but slightly malformed hand, I feel bad that yet another form of small, everyday art that brings joy in the middle of mundane tasks, which celebrates personality and individual style and self-expression, is about to fade into obscurity because it wasn't efficient enough for today's world to put up with.

Like... if we continue to whittle away the small arts out of every day life, what's going to be left except stark, ruthless pragmatism?

Maybe writing a grocery list is less mundane when you get to feel elegant for a moment. Maybe you're a little more proud of what you write when you see it flow together like a painting

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i feel so seen!!

(twitter thread)

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23 Layer Chocolate Cake (via Instagram)

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Shawn Braley Illustration

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Just received confirmation this beauty will be officially back in stores later this year. Thanks to everybody who has requested it over the years!

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In light of some of the many things happening across the world this year, I thought this Pride Month needed a special illustration.

Happy Pride Month, may we all stay safe, look after each other, and keep painting our rainbows, no matter what. 🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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I noticed you answered a question about an unexpected nest of construction workers outside someone's home. This morning there was a fire in my apartment complex, and the smoke attracted a large flock of firefighters. We were expecting them to fly over, do their usual rituals, and carry off the fire to eat later. The fire is gone now, and there's only water to deal with, but it looks like they've built a temporary nest in the parking lot and it's scaring off local symbiotic species (managers, caretakers, janitors, maintenance) while attracting parasitic visitors (cops, landlords, rubberneckers). Is there anything I can do to encourage the firefighters (loud and messy, but incredible plumage! so friendly!) to pack it up, so we can get rid of their toxic worsties?

if you start another larger fire nearby, they will be attracted to that one and will abandon their current site.

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why is lake superior so dangerous? i cant find anything online that will give my access (not american!)

it's the largest freshwater lake on the planet by surface area, you could lose a couple of smaller countries in there and not even notice. (vs Europe)

on top of that, it's a Northern lake, so the water never really gets warmer than 50 F (10 C) even in the heat of summer, and it's famous for sudden violent storms that destroy ships and buildings alike. this thing has a MASSIVE body count because it's also a major shipping thoroughfare.

tldr it wants to eat you so so bad

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cannot stop thinking about this tweet… AUGH 😭

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OP: Tianjin's streets truly have everything