how 'bout that?

[everythingfox]

Baby elephant thought man was drowning and rushed to save him

[wakandamama]

HE JUSTA BABY 🥺

[urbanfantasyinspiration]

A baby the size of a truck 🥺

[thespectacularspider-girl]

I love elephants so much.

[thekanucklehead-deactivated2025]

When I was in Nepal, I went to an elephant sanctuary and saw this little guy. The little bundles of grass in his front of him were “sandwiches”, brown sugar and salt wrapped in sweet grass, and he was swaying from side to side while he ate, like a little food dance.

[divagonzo]

Reblog for someone to make you a dozen sandwiches for this weekend’s little happy food dance.

[hesgaypetra]

[counterpunches]

#i am begging you

[ghostalservice]

RENO MY RENO! Canadians fix people’s home improvement mistakes and are super nice about it but FIRM with man who don’t finish projects!

[mizufae]

so far some shows that have worked for me:

Lord & Ladles - scottish chefs cook historical feasts in historical mansions! you meet wacky old money people and learn about strange things their ancestors got up to! you get to watch as world-renowned chefs fail at catching a fish! someone makes a hedgehog out of marzipan! people in the olden times ate some crazy shit! every episode ends with the chefs cheersing each other while lying on vintage furniture!

Big Dreams, Small Spaces - cute british people have cute yards that cute gardening man helps to make into much cuter yards. one lady wants to grow vegetables to share with her neighborhood. one lady wants to sculpt a huge mud head covered in moss coming out of the ground. one dad wants a garden for his down’s syndrome kid so he makes a sensory garden with a thousand different smells and textures. one couple wants to grow flowers for their wedding. it’s all wonderful.

Nailed It! - a bunch of people probably got high and decided to throw money at this show idea. everybody tries their best and everybody comes away either having learned something helpful, having had a rollicking good time, or having won a bunch of money. all the judges are good sports and nobody is made to feel bad for doing bad. also there’s some fucking crazy shit they get up to with modeling chocolate i tell you what.

Skin Wars - actually a lot about artists and their craft??? not really at all about sexy ladies being naked??? very cool stuff done by people with atrocious fashion sense and a complete willingness to buy into the moment. a few bad apples but mostly the reality-show-ness is pretty toned down and people are there to make cool art.

A Cook Abroad - chefs go to different parts of the world and learn about food there. A dumb white guy makes bread with adorable egyptian ladies! A british man gets exhausted by the length of roads in argentina and is only recharged by steak! An awesome woman makes cheese in france!

Love Your Garden - british man does garden makeovers for wholesome deserving families with special needs. Maybe a little bit on the weepy side of things but his assistants are all great and have fantastic hairstyles and people in wheelchairs deserve flowers!

Puffin Rock - this show is supposedly for babies but it is SO PRETTY and SO CHARMING and it’s about animals and nature and stuff and doesn’t really completely shy away from that?? like, one of the characters is a little rodent and the seagulls are the bad guys and he’s actually afraid of getting eaten?? anyway baby birds sing songs with baby bunnies and play splishsplash with baby seals and snuggle with baby animals of all sorts in a beautiful hand painted island.

Animal Airport - hey did you know some crazy shit goes down in Heathrow?? Did you know that there isn’t rabies in the UK? Everyone’s doggies and kitties have a long trip but they all get home in the end and also there are turtles and cheetahs and bugs and fish and everything!!!

[mishafletcher]

this list is so relevant to my interests it hurts.

i’d also suggest the bbc historical farms series–it’s not on netflix, but it *is* mostly on youtube. the metafilter guide that originally introduced me to it is here. there are a bunch of different series of it, now, and each one is a group of archaeologists and historians living on a period location–victorian farm, they live in a farmhouse from the era, and they farm and raise animals and etc wearing period clothing, using period tools and sources as guides. and it sounds like it could be cringey, but they’re all experts in their fields and actually really invested in trying to do things well, so instead it’s a bunch of shows about teamwork and being friends (most of the core team stays the same) and learning things, and it’s delightful.

similarly, the sweet makers and victorian bakers have modern confectioners and bakers recreating period foods wearing appropriate clothing and using cookbooks from the era to guide them. (warning that one of the sweet makers episodes deals heavily with the history of sugar, and the slavery and horrific abuses associated with the same.)

[cleverclovers]

If you want something positive, somewhat peaceful, and food craft related to watch on YouTube, look up loftypursuits (they make candy if you’re unfamiliar) and manaboutcakes (I might have a bit of a crush on the host)

[chalkletters]

I need my Netflix to have this category.

While I’m at it, I need Netflix to have the ability to make, curate and share playlists. Why isn’t that a thing?

[ceekari]

@as-i-emerge

LOOK

[jumpingjacktrash]

i know it’s obvious, but: everything david attenborough ever did. it’ll be animals rather than people, except for one miniseries – ‘human planet’ i think? something like that? – but his voice is so soothing and kind and pleasant.

[wolffyluna]

I’m not sure if they are one Netflix, but the people who made bake-off also made ‘The Great British Sewing Bee’ and ‘The Great British Pottery Throw Down’  which are also good.

[redandpointy]

To this list I would add Grand Designs which is about people with HUGE DREAMS as homebuilders and how they make it work or don’t but it’s just lovely

[indynerdgirl]

Adding 

7 Days Out - might not be soothing for some people, but it’s a fascinating show about how huge events are put on and all the work that is done behind the scenes.

The Big Flower Fight - just like Bake-Off, but with flowers & florists

Next In Fashion - a nicer/friendlier version of Project Runway

The Toys that Made Us - history of iconic toys

The Repair Shop - people bring precious family heirlooms to a wonderful group of craftspeople who fix them. 

[reesa-chan]

Moving Art is a series that’s images of scenes from around the world, largely just shots of nature, set to music.

[aniseandspearmint]

No one’s mentioned Face Off! Face off is a 13 season reality tv contest where make up artists compete to win a HUGE cache of make-up, a trip, money, and legit job offers (and usually a car or something like that). No bullshit ‘for entertainment purposes only’ line in the contract, too.

There’s NO catty fighting. All the drama is in the skill! The contestants do not hate each other! They actively HELP if one of them is struggling.

The one time anyone tried any throwing under the bus crap, they were tossed out the door asap.

[throwthewindowwide]

The Great British Design Challenge fits perfectly in this category. It’s lovely, low stakes and everyone is nice and creative.

[ibakesouffles]

stop everything, this is bitty doing research for his thesis

there's more lmao, unhinged bitty energy

[thunder28]

I lost it at- should be pale- and he fucking compared it to his own pasty arm. Legend

[annesmiless]

Some eaiser variations of push ups to help you build the strength to do a traditional one!

[moniquill]

I don’t generally reblog ‘fitness’ stuff but gaddamn could I use some more arm strength.

[the-goddamazon-deactivingsoon-d]

Push-ups are my worst nightmare. I can only do 44 before I pass out on the floor.

[maxxiegalaxy-deactivated2022032]

“I can only do 44” hahaha omg I can’t even do one.

[o-lascaux-o]

yes good

I was always frustrated how my P.E. teachers wanted all of us to go “all-or-none” and basically hurt ourselves without letting us build up from square-one like in the first gif.  Then they’d fuckin yell at us for not doing it right >:|

Knee-pushups is not square-one.

[arkilliandragon]

When I got my first personal trainer, she had me doing push ups almost standing upright in the weight lifting bars so that I could do 15 reps and 3 sets of them. It’s more about the technique of the push up, and if you’re pushing too much weight, you can’t exersize the correct muscles within their tolerances. This post is pretty important tto know cause of that.

[jhameia]

I was introduced to the knee push-up last year and it was such a fucking game changer. I had NO idea it was possible to work those same muscles just with a slight variation in position. 

[personal-scientist]

I wanna just verify that these are excellent for building strength, both as someone who took weights class in high school with a good teacher, and as someone who’s had a lifetime of physical therapy (not for my arms specifically, but I’ve spent a lot of time in sports medicine centers). And again, if the vertical one in the first gif is difficult, you don’t even have to lean into it like that. Start standing, and only lean as much as it takes you to lower towards the wall.

And remember, many exercises can be modified in this way! I did an image search for “modified pull up” and got exactly what I was looking for right away, which is this:

Doing pull ups on a lower bar, or from the straps with handles that gyms sometimes have (called the TRX - they can also be used to support yourself during squats and some balance exercises) is a lot easier than jumping straight into vertical pullups, and lets you build up that muscle with exercises that are still comfortable and safe for you, so you can do more sets of more reps.

As a general rule, always start with lower-strain exercises and practice good form before you work your way up. You don’t want to have to unlearn bad habits that could lead to injury later as the difficulty increases.

[jecook]

@imfemalewarrior I’m assuming you’ve seen this post but in case you haven’t—it seems like your kind of thing

[imfemalewarrior]

Here are push up and pull up progressions! 

-FemaleWarrior, She/They 

[peppervl]

Because I have serious issues with core strength and cannot do a sit up or a crunch without using muscles I shouldn’t and hurting myself, I looked up core exercises for beginners (because modified sit ups just have me ways to make it harder), and here’s what I found.

All from here, which also includes sit ups with the idea that you start up and don’t go all the way down.

[rosslynpaladin]

This stuff on the bottom is some of the stuff I do for physical therapy, can vouch for it

[imfemalewarrior]

Here are some things that can be done at home (anywhere you can lie down horizontally comfortably with scrunching up). 

Planks are also good; start with 5-10 seconds and increase from there by 5-10 seconds as it gets easier to hold for that long. 

-FemaleWarrior 

[randomslasher]

I need to also say these are really useful for people with chronic pain/injury issues, too?? Like, I don’t know if I”ll ever be able to do a full push-up because of my back issues, but these modified ones look doable. Same with sit-ups–those are a BIG no no for people with messed up backs, in a lot of cases, but I really need to be able to strengthen my core and these modified core strength exercises look doable! (Some of them at least). 

This is great!!!

[kieraelieson]

Ooh, maybe I can actually do these!

[official-lucifers-child]

and the nice thing about all of these is that you can literally just get up and do some of them without needing to spend time getting dressed and going out and doing a shitton of things, you don’t need special equipment and weights, you just need yourself and a bit of space!!! and remember, something is better than nothing!!! doing five modified push-ups is still more than 0, so be proud even if you feel like that’s not enough!!!

[karlrincon]

This dog is both a good dog and a bad dog at the same time.

[thenatsdorf]

[sandersstudies]

My favorite part is when the kitty runs to the window and looks out like “the outside stuff????? It is inside?????”

[strawberryjellystuff-deactivate]

i

i had to

[anexperimentallife]

[suriel]

this reply in the comments tho

[thatdisasterauthor]

This did not go where I expected from the first tweet and now I am laughing so hard I am crying.

[wordsaremylife]

😆😆😆

[somecutething]

This is probably rhe most incredible dog related thing I’ve seen this year.

(via What_About_Bunny)

[somecutething]

#5 - The Talking Dog

Posted on SomeCuteThing on November 10th, 2020

This blew me away. I had no idea that studies like this happen. Apparently there is also a cat that does this type of thing! It’s amazing!!

[chibird]

Productivity guilt is real, and it’s so hard to do nothing after being conditioned to be productive with every hour (lest we fall behind on school/work/life). I’m trying to help myself with this as I go into vacation-mode soon, so I hope you all can benefit from this reminder too! 

Chibird store | Positive Pin Club | Instagram

[funny-tik-toks]

Thera the deaf ferret gets a surprise!

[mumble--bee]

😲

[kimmycup]

This is what PURE JOY looks like.

[justcatposts]

Kitten mimics his human petting the dog 

(via)

[adhd-owl]

I don’t know how to be “romantic.” At all. My idea of romance is just talking to you for 8 hours straight on a first date. My idea of love is “I see that you are struggling with depression and part of that is how much you hate your job. I’ve sent you several job listings and I made you a professional portfolio website for your art.” My idea of love is inviting you to go running with me (even though I hate the idea of someone invading that private activity) because your self-esteem is being affected by your body image (he never took me up on it, and that’s fine. But I know that having someone to exercise with can help folks with depression). My idea of love is researching everything there is to know about your physical/mental health condition(s), to the point of knowing far more about it than you do. My idea of love is sitting next to each other in silence while we each play different video games. But I don’t know how to be sweet and lovey and comforting in the neurotypical sense. At ALL. And I have definitely been accused of being “uncaring and cold,” because folks with ADHD can be Spock at some times, and B'elanna at others. Being in a relationship is  VERY DIFFICULT and time-consuming when you have ADHD, and it’s part of why I feel exhausted all the time. Folks with ADHD and Autism struggle with relationships, because they express affection and empathy in a totally different way than what is the societal norm. I almost shared this thread last night, because so much of it rings true to me, but then I got upset that I wish others did the same for me, especially because executive functioning for MYSELF is such a challenge. But then I realized that those are ridiculous expectations. Managing my expectations is something I am always working on, but being vocal about my feelings and needs is also something I’m working on.

[adhd-hippie]

[ID: Tweet from SaveTheNeurotypicals @sneurotypicals “Saying ‘I love you’ in neurodivergent

- I saw this article/study/website and wanted to share it with you

- Here is a thing about your favorite thing

- I would spend unstructured time with you

- You can share my silence

- I researched your problem, here are all your options

- You once told me about a completely irrational thing you hate and now I remember not to do it/to keep it away from you every time. 

- I learned your allergies/sensitivites.  Please confirm if these ideas I have for avoiding them are helpful.

- You mentioned one of your health conditions the other day and I have no background in it but I read everything I could and now I have follow up questions.

- I love your project so much I thought of some ways to make it even better

- Do you need a ride home from your mundane errand that should be no big deal but is actually a Big Deal?

- I see you’re freaking out.  That’s cool I will chill here in silence until you need me.

- Thumbs up

- I will make that phone call/blook that appointment so you don’t have to.

- I knew you would forget so I did X

- This is your reminder to do the self care thing.

- Do the self care thing.

- Do the self care thing.

- I’m not getting off the phone until you confirm you have done the thing.

- We made plans and I had a shitty day on the day but I didn’t cancel because I knew I would enjoy seeing you more than I would enjoy staying home. 

- You screwed up something people don’t usually screw up and you’re probably embarassed so here is a story of my best screw up.

This went viral! Some points to clarify: Neurodivergent is an umbrealla term for people with conditions like autism, ADHD, OCD, DID, bipolar etc.  No, neurotypicals don’t “do this too”. NDs do these things repeatedly and sometimes exclusively, & put in a shit ton of time.  I suspect this is so relatable because these are things anyone with anxiety might be drawn to, instead of more theatrical/socially demanding forms of love.  NDs often have social anxiety or other issues impacting our relationships, and NTs may as well, for different reasons.  /End ID]

[violaboss]

I’ve seen a lot of curious people wanting to dive into classical music but don’t know where to start, so I have written out a list of pieces to listen to depending on mood. I’ve only put out a few, but please add more if you want to. hope this helps y’all out. :)

stereotypical delightful classical music:

battalia a 10 in d major (biber)

brandenburg concerto no. 5

brandenburg concerto no. 3

symphony no. 45 - “farewell” (haydn)

if you need to chill:

rondo alla turca

fur elise

anitra’s dance

in the steppes of central asia (borodin) (added by viola-ology)

if you need to sleep:

moonlight sonata

swan lake

corral nocturne

sleep (eric whitacre) (added by thelonecomposer)

if you need to wake up:

morning mood

summer (from the four seasons)

buckaroo holiday (if you’ve played this in orch you might end up screaming instead of waking up joyfully)

if you are feeling very proud:

pomp and circumstance

symphony no. 9 (beethoven; this is where ode to joy came from)

1812 overture

symphony no. 5, finale (tchaikovsky) (added by viola-ology)

american (dvořák)

if you feel really excited:

hoedown (copland)

bacchanale

spring (from the four seasons) (be careful, if you listen to this too much you’ll start hating it)

la gazza ladra

death and the maiden (schubert)

if you are angry and you want to take a baseball bat and start hitting a bush:

dance of the knights (from the romeo and juliet suite by prokofiev)

winter, mvt. 1 (from the four seasons)

symphony no. 10 mvt. 2 (shostakovich)

symphony no. 5 (beethoven)

totentanz (liszt)

quartet no. 8, mvt. 2 (shostakovich) (added by viola-ology)

young person’s guide to the orchestra, fugue (britten) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

symphony no. 5 mvt. 4 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)

marche slave (tchaikovsky) (added by eternal-cadenza)

if you want to cry for a really long time:

fantasia based on russian themes (rimsky-korsakov)

adagio for strings (barber)

violin concerto in e minor (mendelssohn)

aase’s death

andante festivo

vocalise (rachmaninoff) (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

if you want to feel like you’re on an adventure:

an american in paris (gershwin)

if you want chills:

danse macabre

russian easter overture

egmont overture (added by shayshay526)

if you want to study:

eine kleine nachtmusik

bolero (ravel)

serenade for strings (elgar)

scheherazade (rimsky-korsakov) (added by viola-ology)

pines of rome, mvt. 4 (resphigi) (added by viola-ology)

if you really want to dance:

capriccio espagnol (rimsky-korsakov)

blue danube

le cid (massenet) (added by viola-ology)

radetzky march

if you want to start bouncing in your chair:

hopak (mussorgsky)

les toreadors (from carmen suite no.1)

if you’re about to pass out and you need energy:

hungarian dance no. 1

hungarian dance no. 5

if you want to hear suspense within music:

firebird

in the hall of the mountain king

ride of the valkyries

night on bald mountain (mussorgsky) (added by viola-ology)

if you want a jazzy/classical feel:

rhapsody in blue

jazz suite no. 2 (shostakovich) (added by eternal-cadenza)

if you want to feel emotional with no explanation:

introduction and rondo capriccioso

unfinished symphony (schubert)

symphony no. 7, allegretto (beethoven) (added by viola-ology)

canon in d (pachelbel)

if you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:

st. paul’s suite

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

l’arlésienne suite

concierto de aranjuez (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

pieces that don’t really have a valid explanation:

symphony no. 40 (mozart)

cello suite no. 1 (bach)

polovtsian dances

enigma variations (elgar) (added by viola-ology)

perpetuum mobile

moto perpetuo (paganini)

pieces that just sound really cool:

scherzo tarantelle

dance of the goblins

caprice no. 24 (paganini)

new world symphony, allegro con fuoco (dvorak) (added by viola-ology​)

le tombeau de couperin (added by tropicalmunchakoopas)

carnival of the animals (added by shadowraven45662)

if you feel like listening to concertos all day (I do not recommend doing that):

concerto for two violins (bach)

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

violin concerto in a minor (vivaldi)

violin concerto (tchaikovsky) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

violin concerto in d minor (sibelius) (added by eternal-cadenza)

cello concerto in c (haydn)

piano concerto, mvt. 1 (pierne) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

harp concerto in E-flat major, mvt. 1 (added by iwillsavemyworld)

and if you really just hate classical music in general:

4′33″ (cage)

a lot of these pieces apply in multiple categories, but I sorted them by which I think they match the most. have fun exploring classical music!

also, thank you to viola-ology, iwillsavemyworld, shayshay526, eternal-cadenza, tropicalmunchakoopas, shadowraven45662, and thelonecomposer for adding on! if you would like to add on your own suggestions, please reblog and add on or message me so I can give you credit for the suggestion!

[shutyourmoustache]

Just shut up and watch

[locusimperium]

[swan-archive]

locusimperium:

A few years ago, when I was living in the housing co-op and looking for a quick cookie recipe, I came across a blog post for something called “Norwegian Christmas butter squares.” I’d never found anything like it before: it created rich, buttery and chewy cookies, like a vastly superior version of the holiday sugar cookies I’d eaten growing up. About a year ago I went looking for the recipe again, and failed to find it. The blog had been taken down, and it sent me into momentary panic. 

Luckily, I remembered enough to find it on the Wayback Machine, and quickly copied it into a file that I’ve saved ever since. I probably make these cookies about once a month, and they last about five days around my voracious husband - they’re fantastic with a cup of bitter coffee or tea. I’m skeptical that there is something distinctively Norwegian about these cookies, but they do seem like the perfect thing to eat on a cold day. 

Norwegian Christmas Butter Squares

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 egg 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour 1 tsp vanilla ½ tsp salt Turbinado/ Raw Sugar for dusting

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Chill a 9x13″ baking pan in the freezer. Do not grease the pan.

Using a mixer, blend the butter, egg, sugar, and salt together until it is creamy.  Add the flour and vanilla and mix using your hands until the mixture holds together in large clumps. If it seems overly soft, add a little extra flour. 

Using your hands, press the dough out onto the chilled and ungreased baking sheet until it is even and ¼ inch thick.  Dust the top of the cookies evenly with raw sugar.

Bake at 400 degrees until the edges turn a golden brown, about 12-15 minutes. Remove from the oven. Let cool for about five minutes before cutting the cooked dough into squares. Remove the squares from the warm pan using a spatula.

[brawltogethernow]

So I tried this recipe.

And it is GREAT.

It basically makes the platonic ideal of commercial sugar cookies, only in bar form. When I give them to people (which I do a lot, because this is one of those simple recipes where the results seem very impressive), I just tell them they’re sugar cookie bars.

[davetheshady]

Life hack: add white chocolate chips and sea salt

[mxxnlit-witch]

I made these today for the equinox with sea salt caramel chips and they are simply amazing. Let’s see how long they last with six people in the house!

[christinaseas]

i want to try these

[slugbo]

@cyber-moth

[everythingfox]

Owner asks dogs to hide because customer is scared of dogs

(via)

[whitesol]