Wildflower meadows are beautiful; so beautiful in fact that a village in Britain has found they act as natural speed traps from motorists slowing down to look at them.

The village of Long Newnton in Gloucestershire has a problem with fast moving through-traffic between nearby towns. Almost all drivers moving through areas they frequent will break posted speed limits, and neither a 30 mile per hour limit, nor warning signs made any difference.

Officials first planted flowers along the roadside during the pandemic to help improve biodiversity.

But they noticed that as well as attracting more wildlife, motorists also slowed down when they passed the flowers.

I want Christian Bale to be my platonic girlfriend

Доброго времени суток ^^

Наконец-то прочитала данную книгу и.. И меня ещё не отошло после прочтения..

Сказать честно, это не ужасная книга. Можно сказать, что это книга, которая меня потрясла и не могу уже от атмосферы чтения отойти.

Вы можете себе представить мир, в котором детей, в буквальном смысле, ВЫРАЩИВАЮТ из бутылей? Можете представить цивилизацию, в котором не одобряют одиночество? Можете представить мир, в котором приветствуется проституция и наркомания (поясняю, в этом мире, буквально, все друг с другом занимаются любовью с РАЗНЫМИ партнерами, то есть у них нет значения "МОЙ", только "ОБЩЕЕ". И наркоту, которую я упоминала, это для них успокоительное, то есть выпил и никаких ссоров, конфликтов, философских вопросов, гневов, гормонов и т.п.). Честно, я с трудом это представила. И даже у меня был шок, что "мать" и "отец" считаются как... Оскорблением. Да, вам не послышалось, оскорблением и шуткой. И в данном произведении там все люди похожи друг на друга (один в один). Я, конечно, это все представляла и у меня мурашки по коже разбежались от такого.

Мне жаль Джона.. Он был сыном директора воспитательношо центра и "бетой-минусовички". Теперь , к сожалению, она алкоголичка и презираемая обществом "дикарей", в котором Джон родился естественным путем. И, скажем так, является героем этого ужаса, "открытием для цивилизованного общества". Джон, как и мы, обычный человек, знающий что такое смерть, любовь, справедливость и боль... Но в цивилизованном обществе он является игрушкой..

Это мои ощущения по поводу прочтения данной книги... А мнение по поводу этой книги - хорошая книга для тех, кто считает себя другим от общества, чем-то "выделяющим". Ну я так думаю, потому что после прочтения я понимаю, что уже ничем не выделяюсь среди общества, где живу. Думаю, это книга подойдёт тем, кто хочет понять общество и сделать его не таким, как в книге.

Честно, я давно не писала посты и не могу даже выразить насколько меня книга поразила. Надеюсь, вам понравилось и ждите новых постов ;)

HOW DID I NOT KNOW CAPTAIN AMERICA 4 IS COMING OUT NEXT VALENTINES DAY EITHER SAMBUCKY IS REAL OR THIS IS A VERY CRUEL JOKE EITHER WAY IM GOING TO EXPLODE INTO A THOUSAND BILLION PIECES

UMM, EXCUSE YOU????

exactly two years ago to this very minute i was listening to all hail west texas for the first time, listening to the mountain goats for the first time, and very slowly having my life changed forever. and now i get to listen to the follow-up to that very album and love it more than i’ve loved anything they’ve done in the last ten years (saying something) and hear it echo through all the room in my heart that’s been carved out by two years of mountain goats listenership and watch it make space for many, many, many more.

ALREADY????

hey so just a tip in case you want to earn supernova achievement the easy way: you don't get it for skipping the hope into the sun

YOU ARE SO RIGHT ABT KIRYU HONESTLY

I’ve ranted to friends before abt how Kiryu is just genuinely so stupid that it comes of as dick-ish and inconsiderate to the people around him ESPECIALLY majima like?? He absolutely knows majima would walk through hell for Kiryu and takes full advantage of that in the worst ways and I don’t even think he fully realizes that that’s what he’s doing. Like please I love kazumaji as much as the next person but really only at a very specific point in time when they were both at their least fucked up gsgdfdf (kiwami 1 obv)

All is to say I agree please put the whole rgg fandom in an intro to literature class I think they’d greatly benefit gsgdf

kiryu is one of my favorite characters BECAUSE he's just so ass backwards. like On Paper he's a good guy: left the yakuza and is trying to live a normal life, has an orphanage and takes care of kids etc etc. but then you like. ACTUALLY look into him and its so funny.. he's such a dick and he doesn't even know and i love him. he just wants to do what he thinks is right and SOMETIMES he's right but his judgement also puts other people in peril (i.e. majima and daigo)

So—

Being eighteen was great, can't wait to see what being nineteen will show!!

Kelp forests once stretched for miles along the English coastline, until they were destroyed by supertrawling. Now they are making a comeback thanks to a local campaign that forced the government to ban the practice. How did they do it? Ask most people what their favourite plant is and odds on not many will say “seaweed”. It’s hardly beautiful, doesn’t smell sweet, and looks altogether … brown-ish. It doesn’t help that seaweed is literally below the surface – out of sight, out of mind. Which means its destruction can go unnoticed, until it’s – almost – too late. Take Britain’s coastal kelp forests. They’re one of the country’s most diverse ecosystems. But most people only have the haziest idea of their value. And value they have, in spades. They’re a vital nursery and feeding ground for a huge range of fish and marine animals, including cuttlefish, lobster, seabream and bass. They help muffle the power of storm surges and coastal erosion. And they can be carbon sinks, too.

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apparently one of the guests at my best friend's wedding this summer liked the wedding crossword i wrote enough that she would now like to commission me to write one for her wedding. we don't even know each other so i don't know if this is going to go very well lol. how do i write a crossword for someone i don't know? should we just start hanging out??? the wedding's not till march so we have some time to become besties i guess. would love to be like "yes my commission rates are you take me out to dinner as many times as it takes for me to understand you and your partner as people and as a couple. but it doesn't have to be anywhere fancy. mostly you will be paying me with Intimacy." yes. great idea. what could go wrong

magda waking up naked caked in dried blood with the wound still oozing slowly in her chest (and it's the kind of wound that Won't Close, metaphysically) in a stone prison in a barrow wrapped up in her own tattered cloak given to her in neverwinter when she was knighted (not that she wanted it. but it had its uses) and realizing she has zero zero zero negative non-existent access to ANY of her warlock skills: 😳

The way I would actually cease to exist if all of these actors were in the same thing

had therapy and told on myself so much... smh this therapist is gonna have me like, on the path to a new hopeful career situation if i'm not careful

watching a cooking video and the guy took out this set of frosting tips and i was filled with an unbridled lust