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i would rather see the information for an event handwritten in sharpie on a paper towel than see another AI generated flyer

#there’s a leftist event in my neighborhood that is using THE most egregious AI art on their flyer #and it irks me every time I see it on a bulletin board #like you can’t tell me no one in your organization can do basic graphics #you’re a leftist group in boston. c’mon. you must be 40% artists by volume.

lanotteviene

my best friend linen my brother in arms cotton my partner wool my beautiful sister silk

lanotteviene

our sick deranged enemy polyester....

threeture

the demon lord, prince of lies, "Vegan Leather"...

#currently enjoying my new friend hemp actually #not as good as linen but all in all pretty nice

I know I’ve said this before but I am Justified to be annoyed that the book series that meant the most to me as a tween had every female main character breaking gender boundaries and being powerful and strong and accomplished…. and all fawning over men while having little-to-no on-page friendships with women of their own rank.

Fans love to go “but what about xyz???” when I bring this up, which turns it from minor annoyance to actual anger. Saying “oh but the author said later that one (1) side character was a lesbian (though never mentioned it in the text)” or “oh but the author wrote one member of the ensemble cast of a totally different series set in a different universe for a different audience as a lesbian” or “oh but it Was A Different Time” doesn’t actually address my gripe.

you can like the books! I like the books! that’s not incompatible with justified critique, though!

#it happened AGAIN #you can like a thing AND understand the historical context AND ALSO think an author could have done better #of course she was never going to write a lesbian main character but she could have given ANY of them a female friend who was their own age #and not a servant #or a way older mentor incidental to the plot

soooo hard to write about health insurance woes without creating a post that contains Legally Actionable Threats 😔

#à la lanterne shall we say #[redacted] chronicles

shithowdy

it's 1pm at the marsh! come on down, we've got

𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒷𝓁𝒶𝒸𝓀𝒷𝒾𝓇𝒹𝓈!!!

#oh I love this #art you can hear #birbs #birding #contemporary art

had to get blood tests today which started with phlebotomist asking me “So which ones are you–” and then interrupting herself as she read the answer on the computer “Oh wow, you’re doing everything!”

the printout of the lab identification stickers for all the vials was like a cvs receipt 😭

#[redacted] chronicles #they stole SO much of my blood #and I won’t even know if I get a good grade in having blood for like a week :(

meanbuddhist

can we have a kind and gentle monday

#I have invasive medical testing #I need this to be true very literally 😭

getsloud

“If [scribbled-out word] our sexes had been different (one of us, I mean) we could have pulled off a eugenicist’s dream.”

— Letter from T. E. Lawrence to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 4 April 1927

(from twitter)

#!!!!!!#I did NOT know they knew each other #also…. Lawrence. buddy. pal.#polar tag

it’s JUNE IN TWO DAYS 😭🫠

one of many terrible things about the US healthcare system is that it doesn't matter if you have a piece of shit plan or if you are paying for """good""" insurance with lots of coverage, you still spend an inordinate amount of your finite goddamn time on earth ferrying information between the provider and the insurer just to get them to actually work with each other

#the [redacted] clinic keeps trying to get a referral from my primary care doc in a different hospital system because #that is what is required by my primary insurance #but we are using secondary insurance for this so they don't need that #'you are on a managed care plan' get fucked actually!!!#use the insurance I tell you to use! who have explicitly told me they do not require a PCP referral!#for once it's not actually the insurance company causing the problem here. this is the clinic fucking up #inane personal post #screaming forever #[redacted] chronicles

plantanarchy

Got a job working in a national prairie. Any tips for working in the fuck ass heat?

Hydration and electrolytes mostly. Pack snacks and a good lunch, and if the heat makes you not want to eat, liquid meals like protein shakes help. Also, it's surprising how much a good, lightweight sunshirt can be cooling rather than too hot.

I fear I am not the best to give advice on coping with the heat mentally or physically if you really cannot tolerate it because my years of greenhouse work have changed my heat tolerance wildly and I no longer process anything below 100F as truly hot.

My mom's advice has always been not stop moving and make your own cooling wind with your speed lol but I don't mind standing in the heat and just feeling it like a weird lizard.

headspace-hotel

wear linen

plantnerderyallday

As a person who just does not do well in the heat, in addition to the above (hydration, electrolytes, eating regularly, and (linen) sunshirts), I also recommend having a handkerchief or thin towel, getting it wet, and hanging it over your neck and/or head. Also a good straw hat helps a lot. If you're from a not-hot place, getting acclimated is really important. Meaning, take it slow the first few weeks when you start if at all possible, because your body takes that long to adjust. If you can, start being outside or walking during a hot time of day (safely) before the job starts and/or on your days off to help your body adjust.

Do learn the warning signs for heat exhaustion and heat stroke and take steps to cool down as soon as you notice any sort of "bad" feeling. Feeling sick, weak, nauseous, foggy, or head ache are individually enough of a sign that you need to cool down. Feeling grumpy or anxious can also be a sign.

plantnerderyallday

Also, as a landscaper a few more things that maybe not everyone can do, but maybe some can helped by:

Fill bucket with water. Submerge head up to ears at least. Repeat as often as needed.

Pack lunch with ice packs, then use ice packs under your armpits/in bra at lunch/breaks

Wear sunscreen. You don't need radiation burns on top of being hot.

Wear loose clothing that allows for air movement. Also vented shoes if possible.

Do higher exertion tasks earlier in the day if you're allowed to decide stuff like that.

If you're going to be doing some tasks on the south side (reverse for southern hemisphere people) or west side of a structure (building/fence/large rock, etc) and some on the north or east sides, do the south and west sides first thing in the day.

#great seasonal tips #nothing hits like a full head dunk in a bucket of coolish water when you're overheated #also loose linen pants and loose linen overshirt are great for keeping bugs off since there is space between clothing and skin #mosquitos will try to bite through of course but all they get is fabric then empty space #I discovered this birdwatching in the salt marshes of north carolina lol #where the saltmarsh mosquitos don't just want a little blood they want you DEAD #bug head net too if it's bad #it does reduce breeze but also reduces bug so it's worth it #put it over a broad-brimmed straw hat and you've got a kind of DIY beekeeper suit thing going

puppygirllaika

Could you personally navigate a cross-country road trip, door to door, without your electronics (phone/computer/tablet/etc)?

Yes

Voting ended onMay 29

puppygirllaika

every other note on this post is someone going "am i allowed to use paper maps?" yes. obviously. i did not say "without a map", i said without your electronics. And to the like, 20% of people saying "of course, i would simply take the train" that is definitionally not a road trip. i love trains too, but that is a rail trip. a road trip requires taking a trip on the road.

puppygirllaika

#a train can go on the road if you believe hard enough

casey jones off the shits

#oh yeah easy.#I can get to I-90 by memory and roadsigns from here #and once on I-90 you stay on I-90 for about 3k miles across the continent and then reach seattle #as long as you don’t get too far from the highway at any given stop there will always be signs pointing you at the nearest entrance #I don’t even need a map for this one #now if you plunked me down in like. rural maine and told me to do this I would need the map lol #polls

bossymarmalade

Decades before the New York City subway cars were lined with advertisements for niche dating apps, personal injury lawyers, prescription weight loss medicines, and alternative internet browsers, the interiors of many of the city’s trains were adorned with editions of the two-toned mock newspaper known as The Subway Sun. Primarily produced between 1936 and 1965 under the artistic direction of late cartoonists Fred Cooper and Amelia Opdyke Jones, the imitation periodical campaign by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) fulfilled a variety of purposes in the subway system for over five decades. It encouraged polite passenger etiquette, but also promoted local attractions as a way to entice New Yorkers to use public transit — from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

[ x ]

#😭 back when ‘illustrator’ was a viable career #art history hell #golden age of illustration #20th century art #graphic art #graphic design #golden age of american illustration

every time I take a survey and it doesn't have a free response 'any other thoughts?' question at the end where I can critique the survey design I get really annoyed.

wait, no, don't go, you haven't heard my feedback about how obvious the bias in the framing of your questions was!

#cornell lab of ornithology I expected better tbh

prokopetz

I think it's actually essential to children's moral development to be exposed to short stories moderately beyond their reading level where a bunch of fucked up shit happens and then instead of offering a moral lesson or any sort of emotional or narrative resolution it just ends.

#yeah. yeah

The prince, his squire, and friends

#tortall #song of the lioness #alanna the lioness #tamora pierce #I am not tagging them all. figure out who's who on your own.#also for the broader court the Big Reveal is of course what generated the 'prince's mistress' rumors. but for their friends?#100% they assumed Jon and Alanna were lovers and the surprise was that it was a straight affair #my art

punkrock-bottom

I’ve seen you people thirst after men I wouldn’t even feed to my creature

#lesbian problems #you people have baffling taste

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