DocBaltic

Ph.D. | Solarpunk | Millennial | Parent

[wizardpostsdotorg]

obsessed with the dumbass single use normal powered Regular Gem

one time

[and-then-there-were-n0ne]

stephanie h. murray, we need to lower the errand-running age in america

[hotvampireadjacent]

The Panera bread wanter

[exxos-von-steamboldt]

[delicatefury]

I just googled this and… yes, it’s absolutely real.

And there are so many articles and videos and discussions. Like, the scientific community is buzzing about this.

So much research will have to be redone because the data was absolutely compromised, off by orders of magnitude, by using standard lab gloves.

The world is probably not horrifically contaminated by microplastics. Sterile laboratories, however, are contaminated by latex and nitrile gloves.

Thank God someone bothered to check.

[json-derulo]

I have a wild idea. what if we supported our claims of fact by linking to a reliable source. better yet, what if we went hogwild and just straight up linked to the actual unpaywalled study

[shetheyslain]

Dahling you simply must read this book! It’s all about this devious little caterpillar who simply gorges himself on all manner of divine things

[boomer-mythology-destroyer]

[psych0science]

Some incredibly niche memes that only I find funny

[goldensunset]

dude i love how chill and selfless you are 😄 by any chance is your wildest fantasy to be Useful?

[thoughtportal]

[wizardpostsdotorg]

"if tumblr goes down find me a-" we have been making these posts for a decade now.. either i wake up one day and its gone and i take up cigaretts to fill the void or 40 years from now i post my 5G cancer xray results direct from my neuralink

[mielmelon]

inside your body is PITCH BLACK your cells do all of that in the DARK

[babelady]

self care is swallowing lit matches every 5 minutes so that ur cells can see whatever the fuck they’re doing in there

[bowditch]

i think that parenting culture in america* puts way too much focus on the concept of making memories, especially for moms. like yeah, it's great to make sure kids have good memories. but "mom spirals into controlling panic while getting angry/despondent that her family is tired/grumpy/arguing when they should be MAKING MEMORIES and everyone STOP BEING WHINY and MAKE MEMORIES" is a scenario that is so common that it's a stereotype, a cliche.

when you're overtired, doing most of the planning, working on a budget, and juggling multiple small humans, maybe the cultural focus should NOT be making memories. it's such a bullshit goal that puts pressure on parents (especially moms) to produce an unrealistic friction-free ideal experience. the desire to "make memories" usually includes "nothing can go wrong or it will Corrupt the Memory." any hiccup is a threat to all a parent's work. any emotional state in a child or partner that isn't Happy Gratitude and Fun is a threat to the Memory Making.

i think instead we should be encouraging parents to not worry about memories. just take a breath and focus on the day that's happening. make the DAY, whatever that is. don't bear the weight of a future that lives in your imagination. handle the hiccups, the emotional states, the fun things with a focus on "what helps us right now, so the next fifteen minutes are better/good?"

i think when we focus on Making Memories we actually make it harder to make good memories. and you can't predict what a kid's brain will remember two decades later! they might remember an exciting outing or they might forget it happened; they might remember the tiny thing a parent did almost every day that the parent didn't even think that much about at the time!

but if a parent is equipped with healthy expectations and can pivot to meet a need in the moment, everyone is more likely to actually have a good time and feel secure, vs the stress of performing happiness to not upset the parent who is insisting everyone Make Memories.

and this isn't a thing parents (again, esp moms) generate internally in a vacuum. this is because society and parenting spaces put SO MUCH PRESSURE on parents to Make Good Memories (yes days, big trips, big parties, etc). and it's hurting everyone.

*america because it's where i am and most of the parenting content i see online and in real life parenting spaces, but i'm sure it exists other places

[technicallyclassyperfection]

Don Quijote x Mœbius

[transhuman-priestess]

[mads-schubert]

Part 3 in my weekly poster series for 2026. Prints available here, all profits in March will be donated to the Phoenix Legal Action Network in an effort to support immigration defense

I'll be rotating non-profits on this one month to month to assist aid in other areas so suggestions are welcome!

[depsidase]

[boomer-mythology-destroyer]