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Plant of the Day
Tuesday 14 April 2020
In the roadside verges and beneath hedgerows the white flowers of Stellaria holostea (greater stitchwort, adder's meat, star-of-Bethlehem, wedding cakes, daddy's-shirt-buttons, snapdragon) are shining. These wildflowers bloom from April to June; and when the the seed capsules are ripe they can be heard 'popping' as the seeds are expelled.
Jill Raggett
03/02/2020
The Long Room, Trinity College Library
Dublin, Ireland
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28.03.2020
Breakfast with my little one.
It's a beautiful day, the sky is blue, I'm feeling like cyan. Lovely color's.
concept: youâre not absolutely fluent, but now you donât have to switch tabs 20 times to translate words in a ten minutes video in your target language. thereâs still a lot of words and phrases and conditions you donât know, but now youâre no longer afraid to strike up a conversation with a native speaker. yes, you have your accent but you know they can understand you and you can understand them. you can express your thoughts and emotions in your target language. you can even think in your target language. and most importantly, it doesnât feel like a target anymore, you can feel it in you. itâs your language.Â
Apotheosis of St. Ignatius Andrea Pozzo â1691 âPainted ceiling in the Church of St. Ignatius, Romeâ
Casa no Tempo, Portugal, Arq. Aires Mateus
Quarantine update
Hi kiddos, so let's talk about real shit today.
I donât want to be pessimistic or make someone anxious however I thought it would be important to talk about the covid-19, because of many reasons.
BE CAREFUL, please be careful my little flowers, this is dangerous in many ways and I love you all. Wash your hands many times, isolate yourself, do whatever you can to protect yourself and your family.
COUNTRY SITUATION, as many European countries, mine is in emergency state, with means, if we do shit, we have no rights and police can do whatever they want. Most of people are in isolation at home, the others can only go to work and if necessary, grocery shopping or pharmacy.
UNIVERSITY, so my university choose to give us online classes, which means, every day, since 8am till 2pm I have video conference classes (itâs fun and awkward at the same time) to be honest I like it a lot, Iâve been closed at home for almost 2 weeks, so it helps having something normal to do.
WHAT ABOUT PROJECT? As some of you know Iâm in architecture, and itâs a practical course, so making a project without the physicality of a class, not being able to have a professor drawing on my stuff and the making of models it getting difficult. But we can do it, its difficult but manageable, so letâs keep al l the cookies packages and make models of them! Also, my professors are really cool and good humans, it helps.
NOT GOING INSANE, funny thing about me, Iâve been diagnosed with generative anxiety, so itâs getting a little difficult do be at home. HOWEVER, there are some things that can help. To me, it is really good to make things as normal as they can be, make a routine, classes, speak with friends and my boyfriend, do exercise, read. I will give you a list of things you can do at home and have been helping me at least.
Hope this little rant helps in some way and if any of you need to talk be my guest, I am here for you guys.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Allegoria della Notte (1524 ca.  - 1531 ca.)
Plants are just like⊠Too much sun. Not enough sun. Ground too wet. Ground too dry. The pH balance is wrong. Thereâs not enough drainage. I donât like terracotta. Feed me. Stop feeding me. God was killed here. I do not vibe with this soil.
I wasnât depressed that day.
BerlĂn, Schlesische StraĂe, edificio âBonjour Tristesseâ, por Ălvaro Siza Vieira, 1980-1984.
O primeiro edifĂcio projetado por Ălvaro Siza fora de Portugal e apelidado de âBonjour Tristesseâ tem uma histĂłria especial. No inĂcio dos anos 80, tendo acumulado experiĂȘncia em cooperativas de habitação social no norte do paĂs, o arquiteto foi contratado para desenhar um edifĂcio maioritariamente destinado a imigrantes turcos em Berlim. Com eles desenvolveu o projeto, aprendendo as suas necessidades culturais especĂficas e desenhando em conformidade, mas ao mesmo tempo criando espaços suficientemente flexĂveis para que servissem tambĂ©m outras comunidades. O nome foi pintado, durante as obras, por um dos grupos de extremistas e neo-nazis que se opunham Ă presença daqueles imigrantes no bairro. Era muito trabalhoso picar a fachada novamente, pelo que o arquiteto nĂŁo batalhou para retirar tal apelido - e afinal as pessoas que lĂĄ moram ainda apreciam as suas casas, passadas quase quatro dĂ©cadas.
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before University
You are going to feel like dropping out. I would say to stick it out for the first year and sit for finals. If you get a good grade for your finals, that could really give your confidence a boost and motivate you to keep going. And then, if you still feel like dropping out or changing majors, you should do as much research as possible.
Feeling pressured to do more things. During my first year, I said yes to everythingâeven things that I didnât feel like doing. I felt like if I didnât, Iâd be missing out on something really important or fun. FOMO, basically. However, more often than not, I wasnât missing much and these opportunities will arise again very soon.
Buying too many unnecessary things. I bought so many stationery and notebooks before I started uni in hopes that they would motivate me to study. I ended up not using even half of them my first year. At least, Iâd be set for supplies until I graduate.
Revising in uni is not the same as revising in high school. I used to think I could study last minute for a test, like I did in high school. I learned the hard way that that wasnât the case at all. Now, I review the topics after every lecture. The key is to keep up because all those lectures are going to pile up really fast.
Past papers are your new best friend. I find that professors have their favourite questions that they like to give out. During finals, they might even use the same exact questions as they did in tests!
Failing/Getting a low grade in a test isnât going to ruin your life. I once got so caught up on that one test. But luckily during finals, I snapped out of it and just tried my best. My final grade wasnât too bad. You live and you learn.
Wear whatever you want (as long as it doesnât get you in trouble). When I wear a hoodie and sweatpants, I get comments that I look like I just rolled out of bed (which I did, duh). And when I have really nice makeup on and do my hair, Iâm trying to impress someone. I think people just like to run their mouth and itâs nothing personal, so you shouldnât care what they say anyway.Â
Keep in touch with friends outside your university. It can really come in handy during times when you really have to vent about someone in your classes. They can also help you keep grounded and have a different perspective.
You donât have to love the library. Iâm the kind of girl who studies lying on her stomach on the bed with papers and books surrounding me and my cat stepping on them occasionally. I think the library is too quiet and public for me. And if youâre the same way and prefer the cafe or elsewhere, then thatâs okay too. The goal here is that you get your studying done.
Stay healthy. Whenever itâs near finals, I would abandon every other responsibility except studying. I would stop eating healthy and quit exercising, all in the name of making time to study. But they should go hand-in-hand with studying and not one or the other. I find that the better I take care of myself, the better my grades are. You should also get enough sleepâthis, I never fail to do.
21.01.2020
Today was a bad day. I had an exam which I don't know how it went, than I was way to tired so I slept an hour and when I woke up I just couldn't concentrate on my project. So, to compensate it, I'm gonna pull an all-night today.
Let's be real, bad days happen, you just have to stay up and do your best.
Repeat after me: - Veganism is not affordable - Veganism is not cruelty free - Veganism is not the best choice for everyone
Repeat after me -Iâm an idiot and wrong. -Veganism can be made affordable. -Veganism is fucking cruelty free. Thatâs what itâs all about. - Veganism is the best choice for everyone, if everyone did it. -Iâm a fucking asshole for making this completely wrong text post and should shut the hell up now.
Exploiting undocumented immigrants, and other workers is cruelty free? Nearly 500,000 children as young as six harvest 25 percent of US crops.
But I guess brown people donât fucking matter.Â
People are literally starving in South America because all the Quinoa crop is being exported mainly for white vegans who want to live âcruelty-freeâ but donât care about brown people as much as they do about animals.
plus, 4 of the 8 most common food allergies (soy, wheat, peanuts, and tree nuts) are common vegan substitutes.
i would literally starve to death if i couldnât eat cheese or meats because my body cannot process nuts as they are too rough on my intestines and cause inflammation
Veganism is incredibly expensive depending on where you live, mostly if there are no local farms near you. Plant food prices skyrocket, and food deserts exist. Veganism is not even close to cruelty free. You cannot be cruelty free in this country (USA) unless you 100% grow your own food because we use slave labor to pick it. Plus this doesnât factor in all the harm being caused by the transport of your food, by the truck that carried it around. Veganism is not the best choice for everyone, because some people cannot survive off of a plant based diet. I had tried for a good while, and my chronic illnesses spiked from it. Plus the constant monitoring to make sure I was receiving adequate nutrients triggered my ED to hell and back. Veganism is a great way to start lowering your negative effect on the planet, but that is all it is, a starting place. Your work is not done just because you became vegan and you do not get to throw stones at others because you still live in a glass house. Furthermore - it is absolutely possible to lower your footprint while still consuming animal products - you just have to be selective about what kinds and where they are sourced from. I have a permaculture based garden planned out for when we get land that actually has a smaller footprint than the typical vegan who buys everything at a store does.
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Actually, none of us can survive on a plant-based diet. We cannot manufacture B12, and the so-called âplant-basedâ sources of B12, it turns out, donât produce it in a form we can digest.
B12 is found in all animal products.
Additionally, although humans can manufacture taurine (only found in meat), not all of us can manufacture enough taurine. This is why some people get sick when they go vegetarian.
To survive on a vegan diet you need to artificially supplement B12 and possibly taurine. Period.
A diet that requires artificial supplementation is, by definition, unhealthy. And while the cost of vegan B12 supplements is low, when youâre already paying more for your food⊠Taurine supplementation, if you happen to be one of the people who needs it, is another added expense and hassle. A few vegans have also found it necessary to supplement carnitine, which is considerably more expensive. Oh, and most vegans donât get enough calcium and end up with bone problems. Many are also Vitamin D deficient, especially if living at high latitudes, if dark skinned, or if religiously using sunscreen. And Vitamin D2 (plant derived) is not as easily absorbed as D3 (which ONLY comes from animals), so you need even more of it.
Then thereâs protein.
I personally cannot properly digest nuts. I react the way lactose intolerant people do to milk if I consume pistachios, walnuts, or pecans. Almonds are actively toxic to me. Hazelnuts mess with my brain.
Because I am on thyroid medication, I am not supposed to consume large quantities of soy, as it can make my thyroid worse, throwing off my dosage. I can have some, but I cannot use it as a major protein source. This is also true for trans men (the phytoestrogens intefere with testosterone therapy), cis men with low testosterone (same reason) and women with a family history of breast cancer (elevates risk). Excessive soy consumption has also been linked to early puberty in girls (Again, phytoestrogens) and reproductive/sexual problems in both sexes. Eating a bit of soy is fine, but tofu should not be used as a meat substitute except for the occasional meal.
This limits my access to non-animal proteins to beans and grains. If I was gluten intolerant as well (Iâm not, but itâs in my family), it would be a real problem. The only dairy substitute available to me is rice milk (and rice causes many of the same problems environmentally as raising beef).
Oh, but itâs better for the environment, right?
Nope.
In addition to the already-mentioned quinoa, weâre cutting down rain forest in Mexico to grow avocados. Rice production is almost as bad for the environment as factory-based beef production for similar reasons. Also, plant-based foods, esp. fruit and fresh vegetables, are more likely to end up being wasted.
Studies indicate that if we all gave up meat tomorrow, all 7 billion of us gave up animal products forever, the good side would be the reduction in antibiotic use and greenhouse gas emissions.
How about the bad side?
1.3 billion people would lose their jobs overnight. 1.3 billion. 987 of them are poor.
Another thing that Ban Eating Meat Tomorrow types forget is that veganism is not necessarily the most effective use of farmland.
Uh, what?
The statement that if everyone switched to a vegan diet we would need a fraction of our current farmland assumes all farmland is created equal.
It simply is not.
I suspect that a lot of this perspective either comes from city dwellers who have no clue about farming or from people in the US breadbasket where there is a lot of high quality farmland suitable for raising food for humans.
The last global census in 2008 said that at that time, if all 6 billion people went vegan, it would need 3,068,444,911 acres of arable land. At the time there was about 3,212,369,959 acres of arable land: That is to say land suitable for raising crops humans can eat.
However, weâre building on, or otherwise destroying, arable land at the rate of about 1% a year and the population has grown.
We literally do not have enough arable land to feed everyone a plant-based diet.
And there are parts of the world that have a worse proportion of arable land to land only suitable for pasture than the US. Scotland comes immediately to mind. People in these places would have to import most of their food. Iâm not sure Iceland could survive without eating fish.
If we all gave up eating meat tomorrow many of us would starve. Iâm not exaggerating or being alarmist.
Iâm also not criticizing people who choose not to eat animal products (just please make sure you get the required nutrients).
I am criticizing the âI donât eat animal products and nobody else should eitherâ crowd. Because itâs not that simple.
Also, bluntly, vitamin B12 deficiency can cause mood disturbances and paranoiaâŠ
But again, if you have to consume artificial supplements for whatever reason (unless itâs a personal absorption issue) your diet is not healthy.
Sorry, itâs just not.
Reblogging again for added info
Vegan leather is plastic
Vegan fur is plastic
Vegan wool is polyester, which is plastic
Leather, wool and fur are biodegradable. Plastics are overall worse for the environment and donât go away for hundreds of years.
The 20's are upon us, so let's bring back going to university in suits, smoking in cafés while discussing academia, wearing bold red lipstick everyday and getting absolutely drunk on weekends while listening to jazz
