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Hollyhocks - Richard Lillash , 2019.

American , b. 1965 -

Oil on canvas

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online communities are so strange because people slip away so easily. you can be on here for years, folding people you've never met into the fabric of your daily life, and then they disappear, leaving only ghost posts scattered across tumblr behind. or their blog stays dormant, for weeks, months, years, until you're only still following them because you remember that they love sunflowers or they were kind to you when they didn't have to be or the last thing they posted was sad and raw and you still worry about them sometimes.

and sometimes they come back when you least expect it, years later, even, and there's this sudden rush of relief like there you are, there you are, even though you barely knew each other.

there's a strange kind of love to it. i don't know you and i want to hold your hand across miles and time zones and oceans. i can still see the imprint of you in this community you left. you don't think anyone will notice or care when you're gone, but we notice and we care and we wish you well.

i hope you're all okay out there. i hope the sun is shining on your face and you are breathing deeply. i miss you.

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Astielle by kitty unpretty is so good y'all! i can't believe i can still read, when i slowly crawled through leguin's novella and 19th century novels but then i realized i can inhaled 200k series in 3 days. so not all brain cells are dead. a cause for celebration!

but i think it's just that i'm lucky to find this crazily funny and beautifully written series. hilarious dialogues, stuff of dream

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James Lloyd (British, 1905-1974) - Bird Nest (n.d.)

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The degeneration near - Hans Parlevliet

Dutch , b. 1953 -

Oil on panel , 40 x 40 cm

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PEDRO PASCAL as CLINT FLOOD Freaky Tales (2025) dir. Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden

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Freaky Tales (2025) dir. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck

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Submerged Table From the Kumpula botanic garden, Helsinki, Finland.

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I truly hate the word "unalive." There are so many other euphemisms that fictional Italian mobsters worked so hard to provide you with and you just ignore them.

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"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor was already a hugely popular song and drag queen anthem in the 1970s, but with the 1980s came the AIDS crisis, and the song took on a very literal meaning.

After the Pulse mass shooting, I broke down crying while listening to "I Will Survive." It is a bold declaration of intent in the face of oppression:

"Will Survive!

As long as i know how to love, I know I'll stay alive!

I've got all my life to live, and I've got all my love to give,

and I'll survive! I will survive!"

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Hmmmm hm. Okay. Worldbuilding/story idea.

One million years after humanity disappears, octopi and ravens have independently developed sapience. And one day an octopus child and an elder raven meet at the edge of the ocean.

Where is your mother and father? asks the raven. I have no mother or father, says the octopus, blushing pale. All octopi are children. Once we’re grown, we will mate and we will die. It is the first and the last thing our mothers tell us.

But that’s horrible, says the raven. It’s not all bad, says the octopus. We play, we hunt, we make games for ourselves in the deep. Yes, but who remembers your songs? the raven says. Who passes down your stories?

What is a story? the octopus asks.

And the raven thinks about this question. And finally it says: A story is how you remember things in the past. It is how you know where you come from, and what happened before you were born. A story can be a warning, or it can be advice, or it can be a silly joke told to make you feel good. Someone remembers the story and tells it to the next generation, who remember the story and tells it to the generation after them.

And the octopus thinks about this answer. And finally it says: Can you tell me a story?

And the raven tells the octopus a story. And it’s a good story. And the next day the octopus returns and asks for another. The next day it brings its octopus friends, and the raven brings its raven friends, and many stories are shared on the edge of the ocean.

Months later, the octopus returns to the raven. I am grown, it says. I am returning to the sea to find a mate and lay my brood. I will not be coming back. I’m sorry.

I will miss your company, says the raven.

I have one thing to ask you, says the octopus. In time my children will come to the edge of the ocean. I would like you to tell them a story I have made. And when they have stories of their own, I would like your children to remember them and pass them down to my children’s children.

Of course, says the raven. What is your story about?

And the octopus thinks, and says: It is about an octopus child and an elder raven who meet at the edge of the ocean.

And this story has been passed down to this day.

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friends, do you have any recommendations of where to buy white/black high-quality n-95 masks that ship to canada? would appreciate tips to buy in bulk as well. many thanks.

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It’s that time of year! 🌈

Updated COVID vaccines are mostly for preventing severe acute illness, but it modestly reduces your chances of getting COVID at all! (54% less symptomatic illness in the following 4 months, in this recent MMWR report.) Best paired with a respirator! People who always wore N95 masks in indoor public settings had *83%* reduced risk of testing positive for COVID, in this 2022 MMWR report.

More info in this zine I made: What's Up With COVID and How to Protect Yourself: 2024 Edition.

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Cannot FUCKING stand when my loose leaf tea says to add tea in tablespoons instead of teaspoons. I'm sorry, bitch. Am I making tea or am I making a table. Let me double fucking check.

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1999 The Sun The Moon and Stars

Greg Mort

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Finally figured out how to permanently disable google assistant on phone