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I Talk About the Pokemon Anime Sometimes
Tay/Taylor, She/Her, twenties! Hoenn coordinator enthusiast, accidental and apologetic ignorer of asks and DMs, and occasional artist. Hate/annoying anons will be given the bullying worksheet from pokemon learning league (seriously).
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New bugs, this time from Hoenn!
Available as prints and other merch formats!
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the b-side to the satoshi-kun compilation video...except, "gou-kun" didn't get a rise out of him, so to establish dominance gary just pretended to forget his name instead - until he couldn't seem to STOP saying his name, anyway
#HELL YEAH#genuinely there's so much discussion to be had about names and ships here#bc like here's the thing. pokeani ships. we're all sort of grasping at whatever we can find#but that means we get to REALLY go into the weeds of each and every action. which i think is fun!!!!#this means we get the luxury of looking into things like how many times/the manner in which a character says another's name#and that's just a normal thing to do here. that's how it works with pokeani. it's great lmao#like you get to write essays on things most fandoms would consider ridiculous or tiny. not here it isn't ksdjskdjsk#also genuinely back on topic 10/10 editing amazing work taylor
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why you hatin on the red hot chili peppers, man?
although i don’t agree with your taste in music, i have to respect your ability to type out this message while longboarding across campus
#ok but why ARE you hatin on the red hot chili peppers#dani california? bop#by the way is a great album even if it's largely nonsense#i love it but good god#genuinely the people complaining about taylor swift lyrics rn would not survive your average rhcp song#they do this thing. right. where they write lyrics so abstract and nonsense and vaguely sexual that you start thinking you're stupid#for not understanding what the fuck they're on about other than the weird sex stuff#i don't want to misuse the word gaslighting bc that's a real tactic people use#but like. these songs do the nonsense version of that. they make you think you're the problem#for not understanding a single damn thing they're saying#to this day i'm like. okay is this genuine nonsense or have i just not done enough psychedelics to be fully enlightened to rhcp?#is there a deeper meaning? or is i like dirt genuinely just. the song that it is?#like idk maybe i am the stupid one here. but can any of yall tell me what Minor Thing is about. genuinely.#it's my favorite off of By The Way. i don't know what any of it means.#am i an idiot?
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The knowledge of some common plants
Since many people don't know most of the plants around them, this is information on some plants that are commonly seen in many places throughout the world
This is Lamium purpureum, also called Purple Deadnettle.
It's called deadnettle because it looks like a nettle but it doesn't sting you
This plant is a winter annual—it grows its leaves in the fall, lasts through the winter, and blooms and dies in the spring
Its pollen is reddish orange. If you see bees with their heads stained reddish orange, it is likely because they have visited Purple Deadnettle
This is Trifolium repens, white clover
It is a legume (belongs to the bean family) and fixes nitrogen using symbiosis with bacteria that live in little nodules on its roots, fertilizing the soil
It is a good companion plant for the other members of a lawn or garden since it is tough, adaptable, and improves soil quality. According to my professor it used to be in lawn mixes, until chemical companies wanted to sell a new herbicide that would kill broadleaved plants and spare grass, and it was slandered as a weed :(
It is native only to Europe and Central Asia, but in the lawns they are doing more good than harm most places
Honeybees love to visit clover
Four-leaf clovers are said to be lucky
This is Achillea millefolium, Common Yarrow
It has had a relationship with humans since Neanderthals were around, at least 60,000 years, since Neanderthals have been found buried with Yarrow
Its leaves have been used to stop bleeding throughout history, and its scientific name comes from how Achilles was said to have used Yarrow to stop the blood from the wounds of his soldiers. A leaf rolled into a ball has been used to stop nosebleeds
It is a native species all throughout Eurasia and North America
This is Cichorium intybus, known as Chicory
The leaves look a lot like dandelion leaves, until in mid-spring when it begins growing a woody green stem straight up into the air
Like many other weeds, it has a symbiotic relationship with humans, existing in a mix of domesticated or partially domesticated and wild populations
It is native to Eurasia, but widespread in North America on roadsides and disturbed places, where it descended from cultivated plants
Its root contains large amounts of inulin, which is used as a sweetener and fiber supplement (if you look at the ingredients on the granola bars that have extra fiber, they usually are partly made of chicory root) and has also been used as a coffee substitute
A large variety of bees like to feed upon it
This is Phytolacca americana, known as Pokeweed
It is easily identified by its huge leaves and its waxy, bright magenta stem
It can grow more than nine feet tall from a sprout in a single summer!
If you squish the berries, the juice inside is a shocking magenta that is so bright it almost burns your eyes. For this reason many Native American people used it for pink and purple dye.
It is a heavy metal hyperaccumulator, particularly good for removing cadmium from the soil
All parts of the plant are poisonous and will make you very sick if you eat them, however if the leaves are picked when very young and boiled 3 times, changing out the water each time, they can be eaten, and this is a traditional food in the rural American Southeast, but I don't want to chance it
British people have introduced it as a pretty, exotic ornamental plant. I think that is very funny considering that here it is a weed associated with places where poor people live, but maybe they're right and I need to look closer to see the beauty.
If you see magenta stains in bird poop it is because they ate pokeweed berries- birds can safely eat the berries whereas humans cannot
This is Plantago lanceolata, Ribwort Plantain
It grows in heavily disturbed soils, in fact it is considered an indicator of agricultural activity. It is successful in the poorest, heaviest and most compacted soil.
The leaves, seeds, and flower heads are said to be edible but the leaves are really stringy unless they are very young. Of course, it is important to be careful when eating wild plants, and make sure you have identified the plant correctly and the soil is not contaminated
I have also heard the strings in the leaves can be extracted and used for textile purposes
and that's some common plants you might often see throughout the world
#YESSSSS#i also see a ton of wood sorrel and wild blackberries#i always WANT to see ramps and pawpaws but i never do#I also see a ton of magnolias and dogwoods. i've got a kousa dogwood in my yard#but i never know what to do with the fruit
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reblog this and tell me in the notes which book you've reread most in your life, pretty please!
#DK Publishing's The Ultimate Horse Book tbh#also it's been years and years since i've read this one but my copy of The Last Olympian literally fell apart at the spine#i had a rough time in middle/high school and that book was my go-to for escapism#i had entire pages memorized#like yall don't understand the depths to which i was a pjo kid lmao#i stopped staying caught up after magnus chase ended but i still love that series and the nostalgia i have for it#i have a signed copy of the first magnus chase book somewhere from when i saw RR talk live
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feeling the need to post again about this. i'm standing with every single person who is protesting for palestine right now. especially all the people at these universities setting up encampments and having guns and police brigades pointed towards them. these are PEACEFUL protests and should not be threatened with tear gas, force, or even snipers pointed at them. palestine needs our voices more than ever. we're nearing 50K marytered palestinians when there shouldn't have even been 1.
if you personally cannot protest in public for whatever reason it may be, at least voice your support for protesters who are and also voice your support for palestinians. they need your voice. their voices are getting silences constantly online whether through suppression or the IOF marytering them along with everyone else.
i stand with every palestinian in the world. i stand with every protester in the world speaking for palestinians.
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE!!!!!
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I’m also interested hearing what exactly the ship is that you based your answer on, if you’d like to share!
(This was meant to be fandom specific but doesn’t have to be. Be free!)
#common#I mean. definitely past its prime#sometimes it feels like wandering old ruins that were once an entire kingdom#but common skskskdkdj
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not fair that the cuntiest woman in this world is a muppet (ms. piggy)
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Instagram: clementinemorrigan
“… the memory hurts, but does me no harm …”
Hozier, Abstract (Pyschopomp), Unreal Unearth, 2023
Understanding this distinction is the key to growth and maturity as a functional adult human being.
#'hurt' in itself is a morally neutral emotion#this is FULLY personal opinion coming up. big ol' disclaimer.#but at this point in the game I feel as if accountability has become this idea of retaliatory justice. specifically online#it isn't. but it's wielded as one. i rarely see accountability defined with coherent steps for the 'perpetrator' to take.#i feel as if there's larger discussion to be had about what accountability even is. both online and for interpersonal conflict#especially as the two further conflate and interact with each other#like what IS accountability? do you want a private apology? a public one? if public then why? to clear your name? to cause shame? to punish#or to warn others? about what? does it concern them? or do you want it public to clear the perpetrator's name and slate? why do you want it#do you want the person to say they were wrong? to you or to the world? what specific form of accountability do you want from this person?#i feel like a lot of people call for accountability as a vague public rally of justice rather than a constructive part of conflict#what do you want held accountability to accomplish? what is accountability to you?#because it's not a bad thing. it's incredibly important. but for me‚ accountability when i was wronged#is more 'don't do that again and sit down and talk with me about how we got here' and not a public affair#and i feel as if it's only ever called upon as a public affair in online spaces#there's situations in which there has to be public communication of some sort obviously#and there's situations in which public discussion is inevitable#but i think it's good to maybe take a step back and figure out your own relationship with the concept of accountability#for the sake of everyone around you. so when you inevitably get into conflict#you can understand what you actually want from the other person to make things a step towards better#finally bc this one has been big for me: do you want accountability at all? would it accomplish ANYTHING?#or is it drawing out something already too far gone? i've found peace in no-contact and not seeking retributions that i won't get#in extreme or specific situations#but that's situational and sliding off topic#idk i just think we should all take a step back and think about what accountability even IS to us as individuals#and what it can accomplish or if we're just using it to lash back out
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what the fuck is sntv I'm so confused
speak now taylor's version !!
#DHKSJFHKSDJFNMDBVMJFHAKSDLHFKSAVFMHKGSKK#feelings for queue#this one took me the fuck out lmfao#nsft
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#mostly just confused as to where the hell someone got an 'e'#tayler. it's happened about four times which feels like at least three too many
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if you're cringing at the genre conventions of the genre you are writing in then why the hell are you writing in it. either have something substantial to say about those conventions or shut the hell up! i will not cringe alongside you at superhero powers and spaceship battles and big eldritch worms and bone magic. i came to this story to SEE that shit and I don't appreciate it when an author tries to pretend they're above the very things they're selling themselves on
#this mindset is so helpful in combating the 'let me put myself down before anyone else can' mentality#like no actually. people come to you for the thing you're belittling yourself for and it does them a disservice to condescend yourself#and by extension them#also. you will find more people worth your time by sharing things that make you genuinely happy#rather than by trying to be the smartest‚ most high-brow‚ most critical and intellectual person in the fandom space.#i mean. you'll find other hipsters who think they're the next fandom socratic philosophers who are so high above it all#but where's the things we actually genuinely enjoy and find connection in???? where's the unabashed joy of creation for idulgence?#tldr don't try to be too cool to partake in silly trope because that shit slaps#and you'll be happier engaging with other people who also think that shit slaps#than to engage in pretensive criticism of trite‚ reductive fandom cliches and brain-dead shippers that you want to look better than#but that's just my opinion idk#and i'm still working on actually putting that into practice but it's a process!
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I become exhausted when post-consumer/reuse ideas become trendy because I'll see someone on the community page asking where they can get 20 1-gallon milk jugs for their indoor gardening projects and the answer is obviously the waste bin, after drinking 20 gallons of milk. But they dont mean that, they mean where can they buy them new and already clean. But the point of using gallon jugs is to make clever use of things you already have, not to buy more.
Like when pallet gardening was a thing but people wanted brand new clean looking pallets instead of going to the hardware store loading dock and asking if they could take broken and used ones.
Like yes we get that ot looks cute and it's a solution to a problem but the point of it was to use things that would have been otherwise tossed.
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