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Mom sent me this! Most of the kernels I planted have sprouted, although one of them forgot it kinda needs to be green to live (the one mom helpfully drew an arrow pointing towards). I don't have high hopes for that one's survival 😅

Friend brought a purple popcorn cob from America, and I mayhaps have saved some before popping them 👀

Odds of them growing to harvest in Finland are minuscule, even in our greenhouse, BUT it's not always about the harvest. Sometimes it's about having fun while growing something 😌

You know what you REALLY can’t kill in a way that matters? Mint.

Grey seal at Archipelago Sea National Park in Finland

(photo from nationalparks.fi)

Today was 4th day in a row when I barely got out of bed and STILL somehow the thought of not bring it up at the workshop passed through my mind, even though I know full well not adressing it and going back to 2 day weeks is a sure way to bring back depression...

Goddamn it... When I started at the worksop last year, my initial contract was two 4 hour days per week, and we would add a day or two once I was up for it. That happened in early March, with a note that if 3 days/week negatively affects my overall wellbeing, I will go back to 2 days per week.

Since March, I have been progressively more and more tired and I have had more migraine (plus other stuff) and I have been dreading going to the workshop, and I finally admitted that I need to discuss about going back to two day weeks...

There is some serious progress though. It's not that long ago, that I would've been disappointed in myself and ashamed for failing. Now though, while yes, I'm disappointed, I am not at disappointed at myself, just at the situation I had hoped would had gone differently. And there's also just the fact that I noticed and admitted the situation before it's gone too far.

this is going viral on the tweeter currently so. for you also. miku is not ai!!

idk who needs to hear this rn but suffering is not noble. take the tylenol

“You shouldn’t self-ID as ADHD/autistic, you’re turning a very real mental condition into a trend” Ok then stop saying delulu. Stop speculating on which cluster C personality disorder the criminals you hear about on the news have. Stop saying “schizoposting” and “acoustic” and “is it restarted?” Stop using “psycopath” and “sociopath” as catch-all ways of calling someone a bad person. Stop saying “the intrusive thoughts won” when you bleach your hair and then turn your nose up at people who suffer from very real, very scary urges of physical/sexual violence. Stop saying “I’m so OCD” as a way of calling yourself neat. Stop treating BPD/ASPD/Bipolar as inherently abusive. Stop saying “OP I am living in your walls” without tagging for unreality. Stop diagnosing complete strangers you’ve never met on r/AITA with NPD.

You first. If you don’t want our disabilities to be treated like trends then stop belittling and minimising them. I’ll NEVER judge a person for trying find labels for their symptoms when an apathetic, racist, sexist, ableist healthcare system refuses to. But I will absolutely judge a hypocrite. Which a lot of you are

A thing I love to do is telling prepper dudes that one of my disaster readiness skills is making stuffed animals. They never get it. Like, my dude, when things get very bad and we're all sharing overcrowded shelters, you're gonna want the power to comfort children. Trust me.

Image Description: The "I bring a sort of X vibe to X that X don't really like" edited to say "I bring a sort of all these rules are made up vibe to sexuality and gender that exclusionists don't really like"

Your moral ocd is lying to you and tumblr is lying to you. you do NOT have to reblog any post you dont want to and you dont need to justify it and youre not prejudiced against a certain marginalized group if you dont reblog an Upsetting Post about a Current Issue said group is facing

Goddamn it... When I started at the worksop last year, my initial contract was two 4 hour days per week, and we would add a day or two once I was up for it. That happened in early March, with a note that if 3 days/week negatively affects my overall wellbeing, I will go back to 2 days per week.

Since March, I have been progressively more and more tired and I have had more migraine (plus other stuff) and I have been dreading going to the workshop, and I finally admitted that I need to discuss about going back to two day weeks...

There is some serious progress though. It's not that long ago, that I would've been disappointed in myself and ashamed for failing. Now though, while yes, I'm disappointed, I am not at disappointed at myself, just at the situation I had hoped would had gone differently. And there's also just the fact that I noticed and admitted the situation before it's gone too far.

UBI needs to happen. via antiwork

Random bee behavior fact for those who wish to read, just because I feel like it and because it’s late and I’m stalling on sleeping:

Bumblebees may seem like passive, cuddly, and docile creatures, but they won’t hesitate to defend themselves if they feel as if their warnings aren’t being read or taken seriously.

I.e. the photo and diagram below, when a bee feels threatened they will raise one or more of their legs into the air, signaling to whatever or whomever may be bothering them as a message essentiality saying: “hey, back off, too close!”

species pictured: bombus pascuorum, bombus impatiens

If their defensive posture goes unnoticed or ignored, they may be pushed into defending themselves by stinging (which is also a stressful experience for not only one such as yourself, but also for the bee.) If you ever find yourself getting close to a bumblebee while taking pictures, walking close to them, or just admiring them, remember this posture! If a bee does this, it is simply asking you to take a step back as it feels it is being threatened.

Now you can understand and use this knowledge to your advantage if you ever come across one in the future. (Of course, because it’s very hard not to anthropomorphize animals, I do have to admit that they do look pretty cute when doing it. Just remember to respect them though!)

going through the hades 2 stuff and im sorry but i just have to ramble a second because look at Hephaestus

he's not just a wheelchair user but also an amputee. an above knee amputee. wheelchair users are already next to nonexistant in video games but amputees exist in this really...disheartening? spot where they're pretty much just reduced to "person with a cybernetic limb" - it's always just somewhere from "just a cool visual design" to flat out "superpower". I can't think of a video game amputee that is actually disabled by their limb differences - I'm all for futuristic worlds where prosthetics and other disability aids are far advanced from what they are now, but that's not really what's implied by these designs. They're just... Cool designs that in no way reflect on the real-world experience of being an amputee.

Look at Hephaestus, though. Look at that prosthetic. Whilst stylised it very much looks like it functions like common mechanical knees - knee bends when thigh is lifted, knee straightens when thigh is lowered. He's a wheelchair user as well as a prosthetic user - every prosthetic user I know is also a wheelchair user as a prosthetic is not usable in every occasion and also cause exhaustion and pain if used constantly.

Whilst we can't see much of his wheelchair the position he's sat in and the wheels very much evoke active wheelchair to me - this carries on to very specifically the thickness of his arms. Whilst a lot of Hades designs are muscular Hephaestus has very noticeably thick arms - which makes sense, as active wheelchairs require a lot of arm strength.

Just overall this design is making me want to cry - he's not just an actual wheelchair user in a video game, he's a realistic depiction of an amputee, a disability usually brushed over in order to give a character a fun design quirk and nothing else. He's fat and he's hot and he's a realistic depiction of an above knee amputee. Oh my god. Oh my god?

The only clinic in Scotland has decided to pre-comply with recommendations set out in the Cass Review ahead of the Scottish Government’s actual assessment of each recommendation.

Management should be hauled over the fucking coals for that.