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"nothing is real atoms never touch each other youve never touched anything in your life" ok. well when i pet my dog he is soft and when he licks my hand it is wet and that is far more real to me than whatevers going on at an atomic level

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たかよう

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The round menace...

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illustration commission of Krinari, the great Duke wandering his halls for FracturedPhosphor ✨ commission info here

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Shel Silverstein predicting ChatGPT in 1981

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ppl who celebrate fictional character birthdays are annoying pass it on

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@korya-elana @the-sour-patch-crew

Gaining its strength from the moon’s rays, this loyal pokemon is the perfect companion for quiet night walks and stargazing.

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Gender essentialism is still cringe if it is directed against cis people btw. Ive basically had someone say to me that cis people are biologically incapable of understanding less normalized gender identities because "their brains work differently". If anyone has this opinion please come forward now so i can block you thank you. The reason cis people dont understand gender in the same way trans people do is because trans people are naturally more exposed to the discussion about gender because we have to think about it a lot. Cis people, who have never doubted their identity, obviously dont think about it as much, if at all.

Cis people arent inherently more stupid than us, or less capable of talking about gender on a biological level. What would that even look like???

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Not that anybody asked, but I think it's important to understand how shame and guilt actually work before you try to use it for good.

It's a necessary emotion. There are reasons we have it. It makes everything so. much. worse. when you use it wrong.

Shame and guilt are DE-motivators. They are meant to stop behavior, not promote it. You cannot, ever, in any meaningful way, guilt someone into doing good. You can only shame them into not doing bad.

Let's say you're a parent and your kid is having issues.

Swearing in class? Shame could work. You want them to stop it. Keep it in proportion*, and it might help. *(KEEP IT IN PROPORTION!!!)

Not doing their homework? NO! STOP! NO NOT DO THAT! EVER! EVER! EVER! You want them to start to do their homework. Shaming them will have to opposite effect! You have demotivated them! They will double down on NOT doing it. Not because they are being oppositional, but because that's what shame does!

You can't guilt people into building better habits, being more successful, or getting more involved. That requires encouragement. You need to motivate for that stuff!

If you want it in a simple phrase:

You can shame someone out of being a bad person, but you can't shame them into being a good person.

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Sarah Sze Implants a Fragmented Installation of Individual Mirrors in a Lush Hudson Valley Landscape

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A little different from the things I usually post, but I thought this might be helpful to some pet owners out there.

A few of these tips might seem pretty obvious, but I wanted to cover all the bases for those who might not have dealt with hot weather and small pets before.

I know some clever pet owners have come up with other tricks to cool their animals down, so it’s worth looking into extra solutions too. This is just supposed to be some starter’s tips.

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im american and i knew that like in kindergarten so i think some of you are just stupid sorry

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I love the people in my life that support my dignity to risk and understand that helping me make bad choices in a safer way is better than getting pissed at me.

My friends do not like the fact i go on walks. I leave school (<- fully allowed to) to walk around the fields behind school to calm down and regulate myself. This isn't the smartest thing to do because I am at risk for medical episodes or just fucking walking into traffic. But they have a proper go at me for it so I just don't tell them anymore.

And I get why. However, they don't seem to understand all the stuff I have in place to keep me safe, including but not limited to, certain people being able to check my location, multiple forms of ID (state and medical), stuff in my bag, etc. And they don't understand that I'm allowed to take risks even as a vulnerable person (even if the risk taking is a bit more controlled.)

But my SEND person sat with me for a few minutes with google maps earlier today after I told her I need to go on a walk, and showed me a better route that i can walk which is still An Escape but is a bit more accessible and closer to civilisation in case something happens. A very nice route too, might I add. It's still far away from noise and houses and you can't hear the road, but it's never more than about 500m from a road.

And actually something did end up nearly happening today which I'm not ready to talk about but it would have been a hell of a lot worse if I hadn't chatted to her about where to walk and stuff.

So yeah. Dignity of risk is cool.

Not looking for advice on my situation – like I said, I have a lot of support irl.

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Baby bird season is incoming and I’d like to remind everyone that birds do not have a significant sense of smell. Bird parents will not reject birdlets because you have handled them.

If you see smol birbs with few or no feathers on the ground, you can safely put them back into their nest, bird parents will still care for them.

If you see smol birbs with some or most feathers on the ground, please leave them there, as bird parents are probably nearby watching and feeding.

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still not over how much I love this

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Iceland is fucking bizarre my name change made the news