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I’m talkin’ necromancer, but in a hands-on kind of way. I’m talkin’ rubber boots thick with freshly-turned mud. I’m talking palms all calloused from the effort of it all. I’m talking biceps. I’m talkin ruddy cheeks and a tan. I’m talkin shoving spell components into ratty overalls and scribblin’ incantations in the old almanac. I’m talkin bringing back Patches ‘cause the mice got in the grain and no one else was quite as good at chasin pests away. I’m talkin asking the old donkey if she wouldn’t mind another spin, only the mare’s just exhausted what havin just had twins. I’m talking grandpa said, before he went, that he felt he wasn’t done, and he’s really gonna miss the golden wheat under sun. And who am I, in the end, to deny a dyin’ wish?

I’m talkin bringing a yellowed lantern into a field of moonlight and puttin up a scarecrow you’d swear just waved back.

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When I visited the United States Holocaust Museum for the first time, I was struck deeply by one wall with absolutely nothing on it, except for this quote: 

“Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?”

Hitler often used it to cite how history would forget about his “final solution”, as they didn’t remember the Armenian genocide, did they? 

My family is in America for the sole reason that the first Armenian genocide drove them out. My grandmother knows nothing of what happened to her cousins and aunts and uncles, and still, to this day, the Armenian genocide is not recognized by Turkey. 

It’s happening again. The Azerbaijan and Armenian conflict over Artsakh, an area that Azerbaijan claims is theirs, but is inhabited heavily by Armenians, has been restarted, and the people living there are in serious danger, as Turkey is now lending their military aid to Azerbaijan as well, while the rest of the world is turned the other way. 

I know we’re all so fatigued from the shitshow that has been 2020, and how difficult it can be to comprehend yet another tragedy, but if you have a moment, please just educate yourself on what’s happening in Armenia and Artsakh, educate a friend, and take a look at the some of the resources I’ll link below, I would be so grateful. Don’t let history annihilate my people again. 

explaining why the conflict has re-started

a help Armenia carrd

donate- the Armenia Fund

what is Artsakh? 

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2020 has been a massive bitch, and my family has ended up homeless. I beg you, please share this so we can get back on our feet  I don’t usually e-beg like this but we are really struggling, and after this night in holiday inn we will probably be forced to move into an extended stay for the foreseeable future, and that place like. really fucking sucks. stopping my transition because of this would be my worst nightmare, and we would really like to move somewhere with LGBT protections, thank you so so much

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vibin

i have simply decided to be very cute 🖤🖤

@maditheanimaniacuwu @dinorexesgorawr @irrlicht-ghostfront @boabbq and just. all of my mutuals im tagging all my mutuals. legally required unless u dont want to also anyone else who wants to do it go ahead

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HEY IF ANYONE KNOWS ANY GOOD MAGICAL GIRL DISCORDS HMU

ideally one friendly to both classic, cheerful stories and new-wave dark ones

... and, of course, would be chill welcoming in a sarcastic, depressed autistic 19-y/o no-college hobby artist obsessed with cartoons and pretending she knows Anything about good storytelling. bc hoo boy I know that can be annoying as hell and the second someone gets me started on poorly-handled allegory I Will Not Shut Up

but other than that people say I'm alright so. yeah

(I like the second kind more but I know there are big problems with a significant majority of them and just haven't had much of a chance to get shoulders-deep in the lighter style like I have Edgy Skin-Deep Allegory And Eldritch Power Of Friendship™ lol)

(please. I have like zero friends who know much about this stuff. I must rant)

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there’s no way borzois aren’t creatures from hell just look at this fucker

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shiny gastly for a friend 😈✨

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“Cat hugs owner’s hand and won’t let go”

(via)

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why’re giraffes so violent

most big herbivores are, frankly. if you have a pretty steady supply of food and don’t have to worry about missing a hunt and starving to death, you can afford to throw your weight around more and generally be more aggressive!

that’s why the most dangerous big animals in the world are almost all herbivores.

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Rate his hats

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Instead of saying "brb" we should just say "Fullmetal Alchemist" and when we get back we just say "Fullmetal Alchemist" in a slightly different tone

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Grey Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum) of southeast Asia.

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can you please tell me how you deal with pests in the garden because your plants look soooo healthy and beautifuk. i started gardening this year for the first time (excessively, due to boredome because of quarantine) and i have an amphid INFESTATION that i can't seem to get rid of😩

Ok but you may not like the answer.

These funky lil dudes:

North American Yellowjackets is a common name refering to two genera of Hornets,  Vespula and Dolichovespula, and these Neon Flying Babes are THE MOST voracious predators of catepillars, aphids, beetle larvae, and other bugs that like to chow on crops and flowers.  There’s an annually reoccuring nest on my house (last year it was 30 ft over the front door, this year I think they’re under the porch) and that hungry-ass colony LOVES my garden and there’s usually a dozen hunting in it during daylight hours.

100% plant-safe, organic, nature-based and highly effective pest control.

Contrary to popular belief, they aren’t aggressive- I can water, weed and harvest with them around and they don’t give a shit about me.  The undeserved rap comes from the unfortunate circumstance of:

1. Yellowjackets are sensitive to the color Yellow it looks like other yellowjackets, and Yellowjackets love hanging out with thier buddies and fucking up rival wasps.

2. Yellowjackets are freaked out by sudden motions, like plants waving in windy conditions or humans waving arms in a panic

3. Yellowjackets release a pungent odor when crushed that causes every other yellow jacket in the are to FREAK because under normal circumstances, a crushed friend means HIVE IS UNDER ATTACK RED ALERT IT’S A FUCKIN BEAR GO GO GO!!

4. Yellowjackets fuckin’ love cooked chicken.  the smell of a bucket of KFC will summon every yellowjacket for half a mile around, instigating a hornet turf war, and when some kid inevitably panics and smashes a wasp, they go from Hype to KILL A BITCH and then someone gets stung in the eyeball.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But as long as you move slowly and aren’t eating a chicken sandwich? they don’t notice you.  Wasp has other, caterpillar-related prioroities.

Oh and to keep up with the really teeny pest like mites, treehoppers, microisopods etc, I also encouraged a shitload of these to hang out: 

This is the Bold Jumper, the big jumping spider you might see around, which has bonkers good vision and can even see the moon about as well as we can. They’re harmless and adorable and my only complaint about them is that sometimes they want to hand out on my arm and not leave and I’m always worried Im gonna hurt them trying to budge them off.

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ride em cowboy