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Brazilian cherries aren’t related to common cherries at all! They look like this and taste rather sour:
Also, if you’re not used to them, Brazilian grapetrees look really alien:
The fruit is formed in the trunk, not the branches!
so was anyone going to tell me that Brazil has god tier fantasy flora or what
Rollinia Tree (Brazilian Custard Apple)The Rollinia fruit is a large round shape fruit, covered in pointy protuberant spikes that begin to turn yellow in color as the fruit ripens. Fruit tastes are sweet and pleasant; some compare its flavor to “lemon meringue pie.” or lemon sherbert jelly.
It is popular in Peru, Ecuador, Pernambuco-Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia. The name inga is derived from its name with the Tupí people of South America. Its name “ice cream bean” originates from the sweet flavor and smooth texture of the pulp.
I mean I’ve seen Brazilian pizza it doesn’t really surprise me that their fruit is fucked up too
Brazilian fruit is Cool Weird to compensate for their pizza being Horrifying Weird.
Going to brazil
why are 20 yr olds so sad Are u guys ok
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لعلَّ البلاء الذي لا تُحبُّه، يقودك إلى قدرٍ جميلٍ لم تكُن تحلُم به. 💜
Translation: "Perhaps the misfortune that you do not like, leads you to a beautiful destiny that you never dreamed of."
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little ways to change your life:
learn how to write a new style of handwriting. try wearing your hair or makeup differently. find a new perfume you like.
do things for yourself, not for the validation of others. resist the temptation to post everything online.
start doing something you usually can't be bothered to do. like making your bed, folding everything neatly, stretching every hour, going on jogs, making a healthy meal from scratch or sleeping earlier.
make your surroundings as cozy and as pleasing for you to look at as possible.
bake delicious but sometimes deformed pastries. write things that no one "gets". wear clothes and hairstyles that make u happy. crotchet a sock badly. draw a picture that won't be aesthetic on instagram. let go of the perfect image of who you need to be. do things for yourself.
be messy. self-expression isn't always pretty. scribble messily in a notebook. draw messily an idea for a character. write a messy draft for a story.
learn your thing from scratch, whether it's astronomy, greek mythology, flower species, piano, japanese, making jam, drawing comics, or something completely different.
let yourself fully enjoy everyday things like food, commute, and your morning routines. slow down and notice every single thing that makes you feel nice.
appreciate nature, like the sunlight streaming through in the morning, the sound of rain, and the colors of sunsets.
notice the deeper meanings and emotions in songs, poetry and paintings.
let people in. give new loves and friendships a chance. initiate conversations when you want.
read as much as you can. read different genres, popular and unpopular books, classics and new releases. give every book that catches your eye a chance.
enjoy your solitude like you're a character in a movie. if you can, go out for walks alone. visit the park to look at dogs, a café to people-watch, or a library to spend the afternoon buried in a book. bring a journal everywhere with you, and write poetry and quotes and doodles.
collect little things, like vinyls, pretty rocks and shells, stuffed animals, whatever makes you happy.
find a sport you like. pretend you're a superhero. dance like no one's watching. swim like you're a mermaid. exercise is supposed to be fun, so find one that you like.
make self care a priority. this includes taking your meds on time, starting to study for a test after procrastinating for weeks, deleting things that trigger negative emotions, and knowing when to let go and ask for help.
distance yourself from sources of negativity. learn to be ok on your own. know your worth and boundaries.
let go of the past. forgive yourself for the things you regret and start again.
let go of old relationships. there's a difference between missing someone and wanting them back in your life.
let go of your need to be perfect. it does more harm than good.
never compare yourself. it will always feel like a losing battle, no matter how amazing you really are.
keep in touch with people you don't speak to much. even a message can brighten someone's day.
be kind to everyone you meet, even strangers. if someone makes you happy, make them happier. compliment often, and be less judgemental. give someone a smile, you never know how much it means to them.
wake up earlier in the morning. wake up with the sun and fall asleep with the moon.
if you want to be calmer and more productive, remove things on your phone and social media apps that you don't need. (which is most of them).
make a list of qualities in the person you dream of becoming. write about your ideal life with what you have. make goals to be the happiest and healthiest version of yourself.
don't suppress your emotions, but don't overthink them either. have a kinder relationship with your body and your thoughts.
don't be afraid to ask for help, whether it's a teacher, therapist, friend, doctor or parent.
remember that healing and loving yourself is just starting over and over. it's not too late. you're still young and you can move and grow at your own pace. your peak is yet to come.
its 5am and ive been thinking about this video for two weeks straight
This is what my internal dialogue looks and sounds like
Proto-Indo-Europeans be like “*g̑n̥néh₃mi stéh₂tim” and then they take you into the middle of the steppe
It's so much fun to watch Swedes from different regions argue about which one of them "sings" the most when they talk because they both "sing" just as much but in different patterns and they're so used to their own pattern they can't tell they have one
Graph of the different Swedish pitch accents. (source)
(Fun fact: Finland-Swedish speakers actually do NOT have the singing accent. Which is also why when I hadn't been learning Swedish for a long time yet some people in Sweden assumed that I was from Finland. Because my pitch accent sucked)
Native Swedish speakers, I challenge you to say a sentence or two and recognise the pattern from your dialect region!
Witches of Tumblr, what are your go to books about herbs/plants/flowers?
Yesterday I learned my backyard is home to purple ground ivy and its place within herbal witchcraft and herbal medicine was fascinating so I want to continue this journey. Obviously I know a few herbs and plants that are good for certain things but I really want to educate myself deeply!
I was looking into the Green Witch but really all and any suggestions are welcome for a beginner such as myself.
-slams mug down on the table and stands- MY TIME HAS COME.
….Ahem. Yes, I think I can help.
I’m a huge proponent of pairing magical education with mundane learning, both for safety and for context. Thus, books on plants, for spells and medicine alike, make up a big part of my library.
For the sake of convenience, I’ll break down my recs into two categories:
GREEN WITCHCRAFT
Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs (Cunningham)
Garden Witchery (Dugan)
The Garden Witch’s Herbal (Dugan)
The Sacred Herbs of Samhain (Hopman)
The Real Witches’ Garden (West)
The Hearth Witch’s Compendium (Franklin)
The Hearth Witch’s Kitchen Herbal (Franklin)
The Green Witch Herbal (Griggs)
PRACTICAL HERBOLOGY
The Complete Guide to Herbal Medicines (Fetrow & Avila)
Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs (Carr)
Western Medicinal Plants and Herbs (Peterson Field Guides)
Edible Wild Plants (Peterson Field Guides)
Herbal Remedies (Chevallier)
The New American Herbal (Orr)
The Herbal Medicine-Maker’s Handbook (Green)
I also have a few other books that deal with practical gardening techniques and plant-related folklore, which I’m happy to provide upon request.
Please keep in mind that everything should be read with common sense and a grain of salt in mind. I have a lot more books that I refer to, but these are the ones I find myself reaching for most often.
Hope this helps!
Astrology and Paganism
The first sounds quite academic. The other, too spiritual to be scientific. But in our faith, they are one and the same. As always, thank you for your trust in my guidance. But I have already answered most of your questions. Please refer to this list, and explore as you wish.
The Basics
The Truth About Your Sun Sign
The Real Deal with Your Rising Sign
When Your Sun and Rising Signs are One
Your Moon Sign is Overrated
When Your Moon and Rising Signs are One
What It Means to Be on the Cusp
What Your North and South Nodes Really Are
Stelliums and Superpowers
The Compatibility of Opposite Signs
Phenomena
What Really Happens During Mercury Retrograde
The Promise of Saturn Return
Life When Neptune is in Retrograde
Tarot and Mercury Retrograde
Saturn, Pluto and COVID-19
Jupiter and the Tragedies of 2020
Lunar Eclipse vs. Solar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse Coinciding with the Summer Solstice
The Craft
Natural-Born Witch Placements
Astrological Placements for Mystical Healers
Astrology, Animals and Spells
Cartomancy and Zodiac Signs
The Divine
The Gods and Their Planets
How a God Becomes Your Parent
The God Who Attended Your Birth
When No God was Present
When Your Ruler is Retrograde
Why Calculate Manually
The Old Gods
The Old Gods and Their Domains
Apollo
Diana
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter and Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
The Gods’ Rivalries and Alliances
Mercury and Pluto
Mars and Pluto
Persephone
The Rest of the Old Gods
The Greco-Roman Gods as Parents
The Depth and Breadth of Their Presents
How the Gods Avenge Their Children
What It Means to Carry Your Parent’s Name
What the Gods Look Like
What the Gods’ Children Look Like
Traditional Worship of the Old Gods
How to Speak to the Old Gods
What You Can Offer the Old Gods
Ways to Worship Discreetly
What to Do with Offerings
The Gods’ Inner and Outer Circles
How to Know When Your God Has Claimed You
Reasons Your Divine Parent Would Reject You
Tips
Tarot and Astrology
How to Use Tarot to Find Your Rising Sign
How to Strengthen Your Powers
Recommended Astrology Deck
Signs that Someone is Your Soulmate
Soulmate Pick a Card Reading
The Circumstances of Your Birth
One’s Birthday Dictating One’s Name
Views
What I Like About Your Sign
How a Scorpio Really Sees You
Venus, Pluto and Self Esteem
On Traditional and Modern Rulers
On Astrological Systems
On Horary Astrology
All About Divination | All About Spells
Expresiones avanzadas en español 🎨🎫🔌
liderar - to lead
proliferar - to spread
el repaso = el refuerzo escolar - revision
entrelazado - intertwined
sin embargo - nevertheless, however
de gran calado - very important
una obra magistral - a masterpiece
mantenerse imparcial - to stay imparcial
decantarse por algo - to opt for sth
por imposible que parezca - as impossible as it may seem
retomar algo - to resume sth
el plazo - deadline
el local de ensayo - rehearsal room
la vuelta a sus orígenes - returning to one’s roots
confeccionar - to sew, to produce
a la larga - in the long term
el engorro - nuisance
contraer un matrimonio - to get married
ser reacio a algo - to be against sth
hacer furor - to be a sensation
embarcar en un proyecto - to launch a project
de paso - while I’m at it / while you’re at it etc.
por lo tanto - therefore
tan pronto como + subjuntivo - as soon as
con frecuencia - regularly
a lo mejor - perhaps
abajo - below, underneath
un nieto - grandson
fracasado - failed
sentirse agobiado - to feel overwhelmed
en los tiempos que corren - nowadays
de renombre - renowned
prejudicar a alguien - to be detrimental to somebody
lanzar - to launch
apostar por algo - to bet on, to opt for
la inundación - flood
apagar incendios - to put out fires
la cortina de humo - smoke screen
conveniente - useful
uno tras otro - one by one
someter a alguien a algo - to submit/sujugate someone to something
un corte eléctrico - power cut
enfrente de = delante de - in front
hacer cola - to stand in a line
Las entradas se agotaron. - They ran out of tickets.
la taquilla - box office
nada del otro mundo - nothing special
optar por algo - to opt for sth
¿Te da tiempo a salir ? - Do you have time to go out?
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Ugh that post has gotten me thinking about fat acceptance in a way I haven’t in years. I’ve read more studies about weight and health than probably any other topic I’ve ever researched. And every time I see someone wail about health I am just like
Did you know that in post-mortem examinations there is zero correlation between weight and levels of arteriosclerosis and related diseases found?
Did you know that people with an overweight BMI have the longest life expectancy, that those with an “ideal” and an “obese” have about the same life expectancy, and that being “underweight” raises mortality rates more than being “morbidly obese”?
Did you know that losing weight and then gaining it back is worse for your heart than remaining at the weight you started consistently?
Did you know that 95% of people who lose weight do gain it back, and there has never been a single documented weight loss program that has been demonstrated to keep the weight off for five years or more in the majority or even a significant minority of people? Like, telling people to lose weight isn’t much use if we don’t know HOW to make that happen.
Like I have read The Obesity Myth by Paul Campos and Rethinking Thin by Gina Kolata and Big Fat Lies by Glenn A Gaesser (Ph.D!) And Fat!So? and several other books that I don’t own and so don’t remember all of their names I spent like four years reading every single study coming out and looking at the methodology and noting which ones had huge holes or terrible methods and which didn’t (the holes were almost always in the pro-weight-loss studies) and like
Big Fat Lies has 27 pages of bibliography. 27 pages worth of scientific citation. The book content itself is only 197 pages. That’s a page of references for every 7 pages of book. Reading the book is just reference after reference and study after study. Most of these doctors (like Linda Bacon, author of Health at Every Size) started out the same way. They wanted to use the scientific method to find a real weight loss program or health solution that worked and could be proven to work, and so studied everything they could about weight and fitness only to find out that we didn’t need weight loss in the first place. That all the studies calling for it were lacking or nonexistent. That weight and underlying metabolic health have very little relation. That the history of our relationship with health and obesity has little basis in fact and a LOT of basis in capitalism, politics, and fashion. No, really, the association between weight and health was first proposed by insurance companies looking for ways to charge people more by claiming risk. They also charged tall and short people more. And people with different skin colors. When they got in trouble for charging people for things they had no control over and had no bearing on their health, they set out to prove that weight was controllable and that fat was unhealthy to make money.
These are also a lot of the same people who went on to invent the President’s fitness program, so if you went to public school you probably already hate them.
Anyway, if you want a place to start reading about the issue, this article is a pretty good launching pad.
This casual rant is like a primer on weight science. Amazing. I second their book recommendations, and would add to the list Body Respect by Drs Bacon & Aphramor, Body of Truth by journalist Harriet Brown, and What’s Wrong with Fat? by UCLA professor of sociology Abigail Saguy.
I did another post on this topic last year, but I thought it could use an update with some more books! And yes, the last post had people repeatedly adding on queer books by white people, so I’m a bit salty about it.
Other queer SFF PowerPoints:
Massive queer SFF rec post
Trans SFF
F/F SFF
Bi and Pan SFF
Ace SFF
I’m not transcribing all the text, but you can find the titles, authors, information on TW, etc beneath the cut.
When possible, I’m linking to my database of queer books. The page for each book includes the synopsis, content warnings under spoiler tags, and links to reviews from queer readers. If it’s not in the queer database at the time of posting (8/24/19), I’ll link to Goodreads instead.
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