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Lovely Subway Tile Art at 81st St B,C stop at Museum of natural history

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my gf said something sooo insane about helly the other day and i cannot stop thinking about it. she was like. helena and helly’s relationship is almost maternal. the way helena created helly as an extension of herself, to serve her interests, to try and impress her own family. she scolds helly, talks down to her like a child. “i understand you’re unhappy with the life you’ve been given” “i am a person, you are not”. the way she envies and resents helly’s freedom. the way she feels entitled to helly’s life and is now living vicariously through her in the most literal sense. what if you created life and now they’re experiencing the things you’ve always wanted for yourself. what if you created life and they were flawed and loud and demanding and they were loved more than you’ve ever been. and you hated them for it. the mother/daughterisms are insane my girlfriend is insane

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happy severance day! here's some studies I've done while waiting for the new episode

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i don't want her memory. i want my own.

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teambuilding activities

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Imagine scarfing down chinese food like a rabid animal only for jeff bezos to come and sit next to you and insult your dead wife, so you go home and get a lobotomy about it

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SISYPHUS GETS A 9 TO 5

[spoilers for all of severance season 1. words by northernlion, brain worms by me]

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severance was already a cool show but it fundamentally changed when the line "you carry the hurt with you. you feel it down there too. you just don't know what it is" dropped. i think the premise of the show was fully actualized

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The fetishisation of the subordinate is such an interesting part of Severance. Helena pretending to be Helly in order to receive the affection from the severed workers that would never be bestowed on their boss. The creepy doctor believing that he’s in love with Gemma and trying to manipulate her into reciprocation, even when it’s obvious she loathes him. Cobel’s obsession with Mark, to the point she’s convinced she has a right to him both in and outside of the workplace. How people in power delude themselves into believing those under them are their equals, all the while sexualising and exploiting the complete power imbalance that exists in that relationship.

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The connection between Lumon’s clear intent for people to sever all unpleasant/boring parts of their life at the expense of the many innies and their own identity+ the show runners insistence on doing things the hard way (re: complex camera shots, shooting through cables, making a whole building to film in, seemingly very little greenscreen) + the emergence of AI irl as a salve against doing anything hard or inconvenient (write my emails for me, attend my meetings for me, pick my media for me, live my life for me)….

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and obviously you find yourself thinking oh i do wish i could get severed to do this one thing. would you actually maybe not. but you do wish you didn't have to undergo medical procedures you do wish you didn't have to do the things that give you anxiety you do wish you didn't have to do tedious tasks that barely even require you to be present for them. it's tempting. that's why the premise works. but the premise is also that somebody has to do it. somebody has to go to the dentist and somebody has to get on that plane and somebody has to write those thank you notes. just like somebody has to clean the house and somebody has to harvest the food you eat and somebody has to make the clothes you wear. you can't eliminate inconvenience you can only delegate it. you can't eliminate suffering you can only delegate it. and always the easiest way to live with this is to see that somebody as less than. less than you less than people. and if that somebody has to wear your body to do it well maybe it's not all that different. they're not a person. you are. it's capitalism all the way down baby

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Feline Footwear: Top Cat Sock Patterns & Ready-Made Options: 👉 https://buff.ly/HdTxBZd 😻

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Well, that's definitely not a common cast-on stitch these days.

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(to the tune of Tik Tok by Ke$ha) wake up in the morning and i write severance fanfic and then its night im in my bed and im writing severance fanfic

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Hot takes many hate to learn: ethical hunters are primary data sources for a large portion of ecological population studies and play huge roles in environmental stewardship projects well beyond what many PhD students or scholarly sources usually claim.

Y'all hate a number of them for genuinely feeding their family while exploring a passion for nature, and thus treating them all like the much smaller, albeit louder, subgroup of pro-gun fooligans that just want to kill stuff.

That's a person, perception, and permission problem - not a hunting problem. A hunting problem, in my eyes, are those that ethical hunters would face in their experience of the hunt; not a problem that pro-gun fooligans run into trying to kill stuff.

I don't mean to argue the use of guns in hunting either - I mean to say an ethical hunter knows the limitations of practicality for what equipment is used for each prey species - anything above that is useless and below would just be cruelty to animals when you injure, but fail to kill

Ethical hunters are very aware of this already - many decide to not shoot a gun even because they find it against the spirit of the hunt/the intentions of their hunting trip, or because they prefer a real challenge

Regardless of means; hunters contribute so much to the environmental community, ecological research conservation, and revitalizing areas of habitat far more often than any papers I find credit then with:

- hunters go where others won't, they remain a hella distance from wild animals (if they're good) and maintain a safety caution in those herds/flocks to remain scared of people, gunshots, and other human disturbances - which is really needed to deter ill intentioned folks from luring them closer to people, taking them through habitual exposure, or stealing them straight up from a human-made area the prey is known to frequent

- hunters advocate for what they kill; they don't want poisoned meat, they don't want damaged hides and pelts, they don't want to have to question the health of their own food supply - that's a large reason many turn to hunting - and a large reason why many advocate against the use of lead in wildlife interactions, against poisons used in different areas, against developments that endanger habitats their prey rely on

- hunters want to see more animals and plants return to the land than most city environmental activists; many of them already deal with nature conditions as is on their hunting trips, many embrace this and see it as a vital element to learning to hunt - becoming in tune with, and understanding the environment of your prey - the only thing deteriorating that environment further does is drive away their prey and lower population numbers - hunters know this lowers bag limits, yearly tags, and catch counts so many work explicitly in the business of advocating for better land and forest management to ensure future flocks and stocks of animals

- hunters care for more than just the animals they hunt; a healthy wolf population keeps deer populations in check = more can be harvested safely as opposed to when they over flood deer yards, destroy a whole area too soon, and leave to find resources outside of normal migration routes - healthy bears catch fish out of waterways leaving harder to catch fish to replenish stocks and grow healthier populations next season - healthy predatory birds maintain various agricultural, urban, rural, and wild ecosystems by operating as pest management, things that normally parasitize hunted prey populations devastatingly quickly

- hunters want to know more about animals which drives scientific research; anecdotes and hunt trip photos are key demographic info cards from every trip captured, it provides historical records that allow future researchers to pull their own data and conclusions from without having to assume various details

- a hunters drive to know more about their prey is a key driver in getting people to care about that species, it's needs, the important habitats it has, and special requirements the species need to thrive in order for folks to both help and hunt the best possible prey in the healthiest conditions possible for them

- hunters supply the samples for testing: chronic wasting disease(CWD) is largely on deer hunters to report by submitting necessary samples every year - they don't wanna eat bad meat either, and they don't wanna spread it - COVID is massive in white tailed deer populations because they act as wild reservoirs waiting to infect others, we only discover these herds when a hunter submits samples - winter tick is a deadly moose parasite and unless reported in photography, anecdotes, or from pelt samples; scientist would never be able to identify wild infected herds - internal parasites are often reported by those who leave gut piles after their hunt as many will photograph unusual/concerning organs for their own peace of mind when consuming the meat too

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I dont believe tumblr only decided to show me your page today.. that is CRIMINAL you have an extremely expressive style and you’re super talented!!

I hope you have a wonderful day/night too 🔥

This is my gooble Singetail

@andiirandii’s Singetail! I really liked his patterned red wings, so I wanted to put them on full display. I did take some liberties and added extra swirls to fill out the wing, because the angle I chose made them look a little empty. Also on display: my attempt at drawing talons/hands. Thank you again for the extra head refs you provided me :D

Close up shot featuring original colors:

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I can't stress enough how much I miss StumbleUpon