slowly

always learning

[moon-calves]

just wanted to let you all know i don't believe in magic anymore

i'm finally free!!!

[moon-calves]

i spent years desperately trying to find a solution to insitutional oppression in woo and magic and wellness grift bullshit. it's not there! i'm still disabled and my big plan of never going to doctors again post-medical trauma ended up really hurting me long-term. handing the reins to your health to a bunch of new-age grifters instead of your shitty doctors won't fix it, trust me.

i don't know what will fix it, but it's not agate water or taking doses of vitamins and herbs so big you have diarrhea or giving your blood to demons you saw on tumblr.

i especially regret the "research" i did and posted about here re: herbal effects on hormones. it was mostly vibes-based and a lot of it was likely dangerously wrong. i wish i'd spent that time talking to a competent gynecologist or endo instead; i could have been in less pain from my then-undiagnosed endometriosis many years earlier.

if you need a sign that you should re-examine your relationship to magic, astrology, spirituality, mysticism etc - here it is.

[pmamtraveller]

by Anna Scott

[mycoblogg]

FOTD #114 : purple brittlegill! (russula atropurpurea)

the purple brittlegill (also blackish-purple russula) is a mycorrhizal fungus in the family russulaceae. it grows with both coniferous & deciduous trees !! it has been recorded in europe, asia & eastern north america. :-)

the big question : can i bite it?? yes, though it's not particularly recommended. it is said to taste.. hot?

r. atropurpurea description :

"the cap is 4–10 cm (1.5–4 in) in diameter. it is dark reddish purple, with a dark; sometimes almost black centre. at first it is convex, but later flattens, & often has a shallow depression. it can also be lighter in colour, or mottled yellowish. the stem is firm, white, & turns grey with age. it measures 3–6 cm in length & 1–2 cm in diameter. the closely set and fairly broad gills are adnexed to almost free, & pale cream, giving a spore print of the same colour."

[images : source & source] [fungus description : source]

[mycoblogg]

FOTD #129 : jackson's slender amanita!

jackson's slender amanita (also american slendercaesar, & eastern caesar's amanita) is :an agaric fungus in the family amanitaceae. it is found in canada, mexico & the US, forming mycorrhizal associations :-)

the big question : can i bite it?? this mushroom is edible, but not particularly recommended for consumption.

a. jacksonii description :

"the cap of the mushroom is 8–12 cm wide ; oval at first, becoming convex, typically with a central bump ; sticky ; brilliant red or orange, fading to yellow on the margin ; typically without warts or patches ; the margin lined for about 40–50% of the cap's radius. the red pigment fades from margin toward the centre with age. gills are moderately crowded to crowded, orange-yellow to yellow-orange to yellow. they are free from the stem or slightly attached to it ; yellow to orange-yellow ; crowded ; not bruising. the short gills are subtruncate to truncate. its stipe or stem (90–140 × 9–16 mm) is yellow & is decorated with orange fibrils & patches that are the remnants of a felted extension of the limbus internus of the otherwise white volva."

[images : source & source] [fungus description : source]

[moon-calves]

and just in case anyone needs to hear this

i know i had followers on here back when i was in the thick of it who were also prospective converts to judaism, and i really need to say:

don't trust zionists.

don't let them convince you that converting is a way out of your privilege and into a warm and loving community.

warm and loving communities don't commit or defend genocide.

warm and loving communities don't try to convince you that it's necessary to kill tens of thousands of people and attempt to destroy an entire culture in order for the jewish people to have a homeland.

don't fall for the propaganda.

zionism is not synonymous with judaism, but zionists would REALLY like you to think it is.

[moon-calves]

astrology is bullshit too. complete nonsense. i love you!

[tender-somethings]

[moon-calves]

just wanted to let you all know i don't believe in magic anymore

i'm finally free!!!

[rosieandthemoon]

Solange Knopff

[thefaeriefolk]

[mouseshouses]

New life

[vulgarirex]

God Jul!

[pngblog]

[seabeck]

Growing on logs

[jetix]

2022-10-03

[nyannxxio-deactivated20260102]

some of the brightest mushies i've come across in the wild, spotted today.

[moon-calves]

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