morning thunderstorm

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[morning-thunderstorm]

Humans adopting animals behavior

OK, so today I found out people don't believe it is real.

I asked around my social circle. Only those who didn't have pets or acquired them only as late teens and adults claim that.

Others: those did have pets as kids? They know the truth.

You do adopt parts of animal behaviour, sometimes their ticks and triggers too.

Never in my entire life (21) has there been a single moment when there wasn't at least ONE cat around. Dogs appeared later, but cats? They were always there.

Do you know what cats do when they are attacked? Correct, they raise hackles, hiss and claw and bite. Guess what is my first instinct to when I am attacked?

Crouch, hiss, claw the face of the assaulter and their eyes out.

I have been getting martial arts training for 7 years. 7 years, at least twice a week. And my instinctive response is still to claw and hiss and bite. Actually using my training requires conscious thought, and my trainers, two ex-military who know what they are doing, are endlessly frustrated with me.

I always butcher reproduction training (where we play out scenes of assault under trainer's watch), because having manicure means I leave at least scratches. (that guy who tried to rob me is still sporting scars on both cheeks. I had a flare for cat theme that week and nails were sharp)

I love cuddles. I adore hugs. The most peaceful and pleased I will feel? Lying in my parents ridiculously large bed, surrounded by family members as we talk and joke. Physical contact and the need of it is a thing. Rubbing my face in your neck and hugging you all the while? Normal way of greeting after not seeing for a couple of days. Constant headpats, side hugs and pecks on cheek for kids are normal. Purring is a thing two youngest do. Loving sunny spots and afternoon naps comes from spending afternoon naps with cats just a hand grab distance away. Half the time I dozed off under one or other cat's purring. It was a hard thing to adjust to when school rolled around and couldn't sleep my usual hour-two-three.

What will trigger me, tick me off or set my nerves?

Lack of contact or aversion to touch from family. If family members aren't cuddly, there is something wrong, and it's big.

Someone unfamiliar trying to to touch me. Just like a lot of cats, I hate being touched even passingly without my consent. Family and friends? Cuddle the everloving God out of me any time ever. Strangers? Do not approach or you get glared at and if you don't stop, I will either make you stop or go away.

Displaying my displease with people doesn't go in shouting. I hiss and huff and practically never scream. Besides, hissing is a more effective scaring technique.

Our family's cats were of one litter, mostly, kits of previous ones, and were always behaving affectionately. It rubbed off all of the children. We all are like that. It is going to be hereditary because not having a cat is weird as hell for people like us who always had them.

So, to sum up. Kids are like a sponge. Accepting behavioral patterns from all examples around is what they do. Examples do not have to be human. Impressions set in childhood are really hard to shake off later in life.

[thesociologicalcinema]

Frequently I encounter non Native folks who tell me they think reservations are some form of reparatoins to Natives from the US government. I even had someone close to me tell me they thought reservations were places to “reserve” our cultures.

Where I’m from (South Dakota) reservations were concentration camps where they sent us to die after they stole and colonized all of the land every US citizen occupies. In the early SD Rez days our ppl had to get permission from district agents (white settler men) to get food, fix our homes, or even leave our community to travel to another community on our Rez to visit relatives. We couldn’t hunt cuz they killed millions of our buffalo. If we didn’t get permission from the white settler agent we couldn’t eat, fix our homes or visit relatives because we would be violating US law & could be arrested. Also our cultures & ceremonies were illegal under US law until the Indian Religious Freedom Act in 1978.

So plz educate the ppl you love and care abt because everyone in the USA is living in an illegal settler colony, Indigenous ppl survived their genocide & we’re her to say these settlers never gave af abt us & never will.

~ @FrankWaln

[guerrillatech]

[raspberrychainsaw]

Note: on most, like 95% of ads you can click the exclamation point icon in the lower corner of the ad and select 'stop seeing this ad' then just report it as whatever (my favorite is inappropriate) to immediately skip both ads. Fuck YouTube premium

[everyones-beau]

I'll do ya one better

uBlock Origin for firefox or chrome

YouTube Vanced for android

i got nothin for apple but yall probably have the cash, just get premium if you have an apple at this point

[composerinprogress]

Hey now, you’re an all star

listen to what I orchestrated

SoundCloud

[architectofimagination]

THIS IS FUKING AMAZING WHY CANT I SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE I WANNA SHOW IT TO EVERYONE. LITERAL GOOSEBUMPS

[eltrolodecadadia]

[zekthesans]

composer IN progress????

NO, YOU ARE READY FOR THE WORLD. IN FACT, THE WORLD IS NOT READY FOR YOU

[dragonterra88]

Jiang Cheng’s summary:

I couldn’t resist and I’m not sorry HAHAHHAHAHH

[cqlfeels]

I mean…….. Just canonically speaking, JC saw LWJ and WWX holding hands on a cliff and pushed WWX off it. So I’m not saying this meme is canon but it’s not not canon either

[should-be-sleeping]

I mean, sure, whatever at this point.

[razielwriter]

all hail the glow cloud

[triplefrustration]

*Hades voice* Do Not Limp Your Wrist at Me, Boy

[triplefrustration]

this was originally about Hades the game but i heartily welcome the percy jackson people enjoying it whyever the fuck that is

[triplefrustration]

what i am discovering from this post is that a degree of fatherly homophobia is a universal constant in nearly every portrayal of hades

[martianbees]

See I’m I’ve the mind that (at least in Percy Jackson and Hadesgame) Hades isn’t home of phobic. He just doesn’t take being gay as an excuse for being a rebellious youth. Like “sit down boy. We’re all gay. You still have to do your chores”

[junkartie]

“Women these days are so immodest hrr grr” have u considered men just arent slutty enough? Show some titty bitchboy

[irresponsible-black-unicorn-dea]

I'm upset how much this has me laughing. I spent 20 minutes trying to decide on a photo to post and punked out 😂😂

[fibre-foxx-deactivated20230202]

Punked out? Come back here and finish the assignment!

[irresponsible-black-unicorn-dea]

FINE

[writing-prompt-s]

The castle is stormed and ruffians run about through the halls. The young prince hides in the kitchen, but is found. Now all that stands between him and his would be assassins is the castle cook. She twirls a steak knife in her hand and squares off against the invaders.

[ultrafacts]

Whittier, Alaska, is a town of about 200 people, almost all of whom live in a 14-story former Army barracks built in 1956. The building, called Begich Towers, holds a police station, a health clinic, a church, and a laundromat. Its hallways resemble those of a school . One can often find residents shuffling around in slippers and pajamas.

Because the winters are so ferocious, the town’s only playground is indoors.

(Fact Sources+more info+pics: 1 2) Follow Ultrafacts for more facts

[letloosethekraken-deactivated20]

This is some dystopian young adult novel bull.

[jmindigo]

To be fair pretty much all of Alaska is some dystopian young adult novel bull in one way or another. 

[walkingoutintherain]

I have only been to the outside of Whittier, that one time I took the ferry from Valdez, and it’s grim-looking as hell.

This also neglects to mention that the only ways to reach Whittier are either the aforementioned ferry, bush plane, or a 2.5 mile-long, approximately 15′x15′ tunnel through a mountain that looks like this inside:

The AKDOT website reassures us that “During the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake (the greatest magnitude earthquake ever recorded in North America) the tunnel suffered no significant structural damage and no cave-ins.”

Also please note that though most of the population now lives in the Begich Towers, the townspeople used to reside in the Buckner Building, which is now abandoned and just. Sitting there. Empty. The building that used to be a whole town. Looking super fucking haunted:

“The constant sound of cascading water echoes throughout the complex. Bears have been reported both wandering the upper floors in the spring and hibernating on the lower floors during winter.” 

[tiffanarchy]

that last building isn’t abandoned, it literally says the bears live there now.

[eclipse-strider]

This is some Metro 2033 shit. I love it.

[rayshippouuchiha]

Uraraka's quirk legit CAN'T just be "oop I turned off gravity hehe" because MOMENTUM WOULD STILL FUNCTION WITHOUT GRAVITY!!!

Meaning Izuku would have still ate pavement during the entrance exams when he was falling from the sky. He had ALREADY reached terminal velocity when she used her quirk on him. Turning gravity off for him wouldn't have done a damn thing to save him!

*cry's in logic* the only way gravity would have saved him is if she can CHANGE the vector and effect gravity has on stuff!

Plus! The sports festival! That debris STAYED IN PLACE! And if you wanna say 'oh it's because even without gravity air would still provide friction eventually preventing movement!' THAN HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE INFINITE RESULT ON HER BALL TOSS!!!???

I'm losing my mind about how poorly explained/explored all these kids quirks are.

This is why I like logical izuku fics where he's just like 'thats.... That's NOT HOW IT WORKS GUYS!' because he's explaining exactly *how* those quirks could theoretically work within our understanding of science and physics, AND he tends to help them better use/train their quirks.

Oh fics where Izuku is like “....uh you know that’s not how your quirk works right?” and then destroys a bunch of people’s understanding of their own power are some of my favorites

[rayshippouuchiha]

sesshomaru asexually reproduces. is a sassy bitch who sits down and mediates and opens his eyes to two babies in his arms

Only acceptable way to have Rin involved in any Sesshomaru related childrearing is that he someone ended up with two babies (probably through sheer force of will) and she’s the only one he trusts to see to his children because she is, in all ways but blood, his eldest daughter.

[rayshippouuchiha]

For the demi god Cloud verison I keep thinking whenever the gods are summoned they kinda ignore the battle if Cloud is around. They are like those parents that stop and recorded whatever the precious little wild gremlin is doing and going "you're amazing sweetie!' and going look at my precious little nephew I can't wait to tell you're father. Ah does baby want a piggy back ride? And he ends up on Bahamut's back like a little kid despite being a full grown ass adult and they all see him as a precious fetal baby while humans see him a major wild card that puts Genises to shame

Na see, Cloud’s birth?  It’s practically a miracle. There are so few of the Old Gods left freely roaming Gaia instead of only been accessible through materia.  And of those still roaming Gods only a rare few still strong enough to manifest physically, not to mention long enough or well enough to sire children on mortals.

And, for that matter, since the Calamity there are far too mortals left alive who would be able to carry and birth the child of a god. So much was lost when the Cetra were decimated.

But there are a few lines still left alive who carry the possibility in their veins.  And the Strife line? It is not Cetra but it is ancient.  

So when Claudia Strife comes down from the mountains and grows heavy with child the Gods feel a ripple spreading outwards in the Lifestream.  They sit up, they take notice.

When Cloud turns 9 the summoning materia for the gods stops working.  All but Leviathan, beloved and revered in Wutai, going dark and dormant across the world.

Why should they answer the call of the humans who no longer worship them, no longer remember them as more than tools, when one of their own walks Gaia now and all they have to do is wait?

[toxictiktoks]

[fatsexybitch]

Stabbys great grand pappy, Slashy

[nickelwounds]

highlighting @werewolf-boi 's threatening tags

[randomencounters]

Encounter: security sentries outside the lair of a particularly unhinged villain

[kjell000]

@sepulchritude

[carcaneloce]

“An Umbrella"  for Bokuto.

[carcaneloce]

Now with frame-by-frame sheet!

[metalheadsagainstfascism]

If you live in Alabama and you have a trans child age 19 or younger and they're receiving hormone therapy, get THE FUCK out now.

The state of Alabama has just made it a felony to give trans children ages 19 or younger hormone therapy or affirmation surgery.

Trans Lives Matter and stay safe.

Alabama Senate votes to make hormone therapy and surgery for trans youth a felony

Health care professionals who attempt to provide gender-affirming care could face up to 10 years in prison.

-fae

[sen-thebootbimbo]

IMPORTANT ADDITION: The Alabama House bill that will accompany this bill forces teachers and medical professionals to out trans youth to their parents.

THIS WILL KILL TRANS KIDS.

This combination of legislation is The most violent anti-trans legislation to date in the US. If you can do so safely, get out. Get out now. Get your children out. Please.

[illiterateagenda]

So I’m aware I haven’t really posted anything in a while but I hope this reaches someone. My brother’s name is Efren. Growing up he used to tease and make fun of me, but among all the teasing he also helped raise me along with our mom. When he was little he wanted to be an architect. But his is the story that a lot of Mexican American working class families face: either take the opportunities available to you to attain your dreams, or curtail those in order to take care of your family. He chose his family. After graduating high school he turned down full ride scholarships in order to stay and work to help pay the bills. It was just him, my mom, and me. After a couple of years we got stable enough economically that he was able to go to college, but after graduation we fell on hard times again and instead of finding work in his field or applying to architecture school like he always dreamed, he decided to stick around and help us again. It’s because of his choice to help our family that I was able to go to college too, something that for a time I didn’t think was possible. It’s because of him that I was able to apply to and get accepted into a PhD program in the hopes of becoming a professor. It’s because of him that my mom has a house to call her own. My mom and I owe him everything. Yesterday, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). He’s uninsured. I’m a student, our mom works in childcare. There’s a high success rate for remission if he gets treatment, but we can’t afford it. He’s all me and my mom have, and we can’t lose him. He chose family growing up, and it’s my turn to choose him. Please, any donation helps. I just want him to come home.

I know times are tough with covid and everything so if anyone could please just spare a dollar or a reblog thatd be great. I can’t lose him.

paypal.com/Yulenni

cash.me/$pastandfuturequeen

venmo: @Yulenni

https://gofund.me/832d4f6e

[illiterateagenda]

Update: 1/20/2021 11:30AM PST

First off, thank y’all so so much for the generosity, advice, and kind words y’all have shared. I honestly thought this might get a couple hundred notes I didn’t know it would get over 12k!!!! I’m so incredibly thankful to everyone who’s reblogged and donated and messaged me. Y’all truly don’t know how much it means to me and my family.

Now I wanna post a couple updates here. A lot of y’all pointed out that hospitals should have financial aid or pointed out some charities that could help, and for that I’m very thankful. Yesterday we applied to the hospital financial aid but they told us that he likely only qualifies for a 50% discount on their sliding scale because of income. We’re incredibly thankful for that help of course, but 50% of $30k/month is still $15k/month for treatment. I also spent yesterday applying to different cancer charities and Catholic charities and Latino charities and government assistance but ofc cancer related assistance is in really high demand and a lot of charities are strained thin because of covid and people losing their jobs.

I’m incredibly grateful for y’all’s extreme generosity, so far through the gofundme, Venmo, cashapp, and PayPal we’ve received $8,327.64 and I’m absolutely blown away. I’m in tears writing this I didn’t know people could be so generous. I know times are tough with covid and a lot of families are going through the unimaginable. I don’t know how much more this post can circulate on tumblr, so now I’m just asking if y’all could do this:

Please spread this post and the gofundme link on your other social media.

I’ve made this post on Twitter that y’all can retweet (link) but I don’t have Instagram or Facebook or Reddit because I’m admittedly kind of a hermit. So I’m incredibly thankful for everything y’all have done, I’m just hoping that maybe some of y’all will spare a retweet or a repost and help get the word out to as many people as possible. Thank y’all. God bless.

Help Efren Pay Leukemia Bills, organized by Yulenni Venegas

This is my brother, Efren. Growing up he used to tease and make fun of me, but among all… Yulenni Venegas needs your support for Help Efren

[illiterateagenda]

UPDATE: 2/10/2021 @ 12:51PM PST

Apologies for the late update. But first and foremost I just wanna say:

Thank you so much.

We’re blown away by everyone’s generosity, I never thought that this would gain as much traction as it did, and Efren also wants to say thank you so much. Words really don’t do justice to the overwhelming amount of support and love that we’ve received though this and though everyone reaching out and offering your kind words and suggestions. When I showed this gofundme to Efren he was speechless, both my mom and I cried because now he gets to stick around just a little bit longer, and that would’ve never happened were it not for everyone’s support. So a million times, thank you.

Now for the (actual) update: Since we heard about the diagnosis, we’ve been applying to a couple of different charities and to St. Francis’, SCCA’s, and UW Medical Center’s financial aid departments respectively. I want to give a quick shout out to people who offered advice and helped us navigate this whole financial situation. Thanks to everyone’s help, Efren’s been able to see a whole army of doctors and hospital staff (Efren says there’s too many to count) and he’s gotten his first round of chemo with more to come in the following weeks. Because of you guys, he’s been able to laugh and talk shit about me for the first time since we got the diagnosis, something I never would’ve thought I’d miss. The bill has gone way WAY down, so now we’re looking at a total of $25k instead of $200k, mostly for meds and the initial emergency room visit.

We never expected this much help and generosity. We’ve set up a payment plan for the remaining amount so it’s not gonna be due all at once – this is a long road to remission as I’m sure some of you may know, so hopefully a combination of payment plans and a diet of ramen packets (I’m kidding mostly) will help us weather this storm. Again, my whole family and I just want to thank each and every single person who’s donated, shared, and sent kind words or prayers our way. God bless you all.

(Including the funds from PayPal, cashapp, and Venmo):

$19,084/$25,000