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Avery is wounded by your microaggressions at the library.

Photos grabbed from @tttkay & gayatri singh on Twitter. Cat cover by catladylib.

Let’s begin by getting in a comfortable position. Sit or lie down and close your eyes. Or if you’re driving, keep your eyes open and fast forward through this chapter. Now breathe in through your nose. Mmmmm. Doesn’t that smell nice hopefully? Now exhale through your mouth. If you’re on a crowded bus, apologize to the person whose face you just blew in. Quietly say, “I’m sorry I just blew in your face.” And relax. Feel your breath moving through your body. We’re inhaling energy. And we’re exhaling stress. Breathe in positivity and light. Breathe out negative thoughts like traffic… or flight delays… or bad service at a restaurant… or frustration with your boss… or a fight with your spouse or girlfriend or boyfriend… or money woes… or getting your car towed… or losing at Scrabble… or getting left at the altar… or finding out about a wheat allergy… or having one of your favorite socks stolen out of the dryer… or depression. Don’t dwell on any of those thoughts that I mentioned. Say good-bye negative thoughts. We’ll see you another time. Now relax your mind. You’re in a meadow. A beautiful meadow with bright green blades of grass and no ticks. It’s peaceful and quiet. Listen to the wind blow across the meadow. Do you hear it? That was an airplane. Listen closer. Listen to the leaves rustle and the snakes slither. No, not snakes. There are no snakes in this meadow. I shouldn’t have said snakes. Slow down your mind. Slower. Think about how slow you have to drive when there’s someone on a bicycle in front of you in the middle of your lane. Are you annoyed? Don’t be. Today it’s not annoying. Today it’s peaceful. Start to float above the meadow. Whoa. Look at that. You’re floating. Are you scared of heights? Don’t think about that. Picture your wallet falling out of your pocket. You don’t care. Let your wallet go. A stranger picked it up, took the money out, and left the wallet behind. Let it go. You didn’t need that money. You’re floating peacefully above the meadow. As it turns out, there was a tick but it didn’t bite you. So you’re breathing out relief. Feel the energy around you. Now you’re floating above water. There’s a creek in the meadow. Or it might be a brook. You don’t know the difference, maybe there isn’t one. You don’t care. Just picture the creek-brook. Its winding path piercing the meadow. The sun bouncing off the rocks. Don’t think about how dangerous it would be to slip on them. As you approach the water you see a bridge. It’s a bridge that leads to happiness. To the left of the bridge is a cape. Not a cape like a piece of land, an actual cape like a superhero would have. Put on the cape. Now you have magical powers. You can do anything you want in this cape, except fly. As you get closer you realize the whole bridge is made out of dark chocolate. It’s unsafe to walk on but so delicious to eat. Carefully cross the bridge to happiness. Don’t let anyone take your cape. It’s yours. People will try to take your cape out of jealousy, but don’t let them. On the other side of the bridge, they’re showing classic reruns of The Love Boat. Happiness is yours once you cross the dark chocolate bridge in your cape. Be careful and good luck.

Seriously… I’m kidding by Ellen DeGeneres (via x-cusemewhileikissthesky)

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The Heartbreaking Loss That Changed Ellen DeGeneres’ Life

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She is not going to be happy lol

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When an ostracod is swallowed, it emits a burst of light, making the cardinal fish spit it out.

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POKEMON IS REAL

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The chances of getting shot by a female cop are slim, and it’s not just because there are so few women in police departments. Data show that female cops discharge their firearms at rates far below their male counterparts, face significantly fewer civilian complaints and are less likely than men to resort to unnecessary physical force when arresting someone. The evidence is not just statistical. As a veteran female officer explained recently, speaking on condition of anonymity to avoid damaging relationships with her colleagues, “I’ve never been in a fight on my own, because I never had to. I’ve only been in fights instigated by my male counterparts.” Studies also show that female police officers are more inclined to view their job as a public service than men do and are better at communication, de-escalation and trust building — all hallmarks of community policing.

by Christopher Moraff

Opinion: America needs more female cops

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I like poetry because there are no miracles in it, it is like the dream I had about disease nestled marked curled as a burst blood vessel in the eyeball, that to own up to the mark was to look up inside your skull for others to see it. The poem is doomed and swimming in fluid.

Natalie Eilbert, “The Limits of What We Can Do,” published in The New Yorker (via bostonpoetryslam)

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This is from Elizabeth, the musical, performed by an all-female Japanese theater group. This has been my favorite rendition of the song “Yami Ga Hirogaru” EVER, and I can’t find this version of it anywhere anymore! I am so happy that I just found it saved onto my computer today…

Watch “Marcel Dzama - Death Disco Dance” on vimeo 😶

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