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benj. | 27 | enby (they/their/them) { alterous & demi-aroflux } Expect anything.

[superdogbiter]

You have officially become a witch but you can't choose a cat,snake or owl as your familiar.Which out of these choices do you choose to be a witches familiar?

A species of shark

A breed of dog

A species of crocodile/alligator

A species of bug

A species of whale

A species of bat

A species of wolf

A species of big wild cat(Like a lion or a tiger)

A hyena

Other:(Put it in the tags but remember it can't be a domesticated cat or owl or

Voting ended onApr 22, 2023

Specify in the tags please what species or breed of animal you would choose as a witches familiar if the most obvious were off the table

Let's have fun with this

For example for me it would be a great white shark

Also yes men you can interact with this poll too

[thevastnessof]

zuko has a customer service voice that he got from working food service and he does in fact use it during his reign as firelord when important people are getting on his nerves but he cant afford to lose his temper. it terrifies anyone that actually knows him bc its completely different from how he usually talks. i dont who that cheerful helpful-sounding man is but that is not our boy

[showerthoughtsofficial]

The brain is just 8 lbs of meat that sits in complete darkness and plays a video game of what it thinks is the most realistic thing ever.

[willow-wanderings]

it’s 3lbs, not 8. also it’s not really meat, it’s mostly fat with some water and salt. You have a wad of soggy bacon inside your skull. And this blob of gross unprocessed jello somehow manages to run a complex biomechanical suit using less electricity than it takes to work a lightbulb. And people wonder why humans are so fucking weird and have odd experiences that aren’t actually real. I mean, if a bowl of tapioca pudding managed to hallucinate so vividly it invented calculus, it also going “dude, i heard a weird noise and i’m 100% sure it was the ghost of the neighbor’s cat which hasn’t actually died yet” would be just as expected as anything else.

[shadows-and-starlight]

Thanks, I hate it!

[tam--lin]

In light of increasing anti-trans and anti-abortion laws in the United States, I am once again humbly requesting you inform yourself about jury nullification, your ability as a juror to vote against convicting people being prosecuted under unjust laws. Nullification was instrumental in legalizing abortion in Canada - it informed jurors can use it to help protect healthcare workers and protesters in the US, too.

[batcoins]

#however DO NOT (caps: do not) let the person vetting the jurors (idk how it all works) know that you know about jury nullification #it will disqualify you

(tags by @faggotry-enjoyer)

You will definitely be dismissed if you mention it during the selection process, so save it for the deliberation room. Then teach.

[flementbrax-deactivated20231216]

Whale knives designed by Tetsu Yamashita and made by Toru Yamashita in Tosa prefecture.

[astrodael]

the idea that your friends won't like you if you're too weird is wrong you just need better friends for example one time I told a friend whenever I was losing my mind I laid down on the floor under my desk and stared at it until I was better and next time she visited me she taped a bag of salami snacks to the underside of my desk with a message saying "going insane all by yourself, handsome?" which I only saw months later when I had a breakdown. that's friendship.

[leafwashere1]

hey, it really stresses me out to do this, but i need some help.

im a disabled transgender male, currently about to go homeless and not able to work because of arthritis and nerve damage. I need money for food and my phone bill, and to be able to contribute some rent to the people who are currently housing me. if you can donate or share i'll be sooo grateful.

cashapp : leafgriffin8685

[gumuhit]

you’re going to love again, find a job again, create art again, do what you love again, feel powerful again. you’re going to be back on track. i don’t know when, but you are going to feel like yourself again, eventually. this isn’t the end. hang in there.

[hellsalreadyraised]

okay is buck a

blond (or some variation of that)

brunet

Voting ended onApr 20, 2023

[tsnbrainrot]

eyeballs to entrails | can we rest now?

[birdwithinternet]

It seems like there's more positivity on Tumblr than other platforms (*cough*Twitter*cough*). Like, you can say "I love you, bestie." without anyone calling you corny or childish.

Y'know what? Reblog this to let your besties know you love them.

[anxiouslittlecarrot]

I want everybody who’s calling Ken a Trophy Husband to know that he’s actually a Trophy Boyfriend, because when Ruth Handler invented Ken in the 1960s, she was adamant that he would never marry her and instead be her “handsome steady”, so that Barbie remained a figure of independence for the little girls and was never put in the position of housewife.

Her house is hers. She bought it and furnished it with money she made in her own job. In STEM, in politics, in healthcare, in fashion, in academy, in customer service. Her credit card is in her name (women in the US couldn’t have their own regardless of marital status until 1974). And it’s all pink and fashionable because femininity and badassness aren’t mutually exclusive. No matter who you are, you can be anything.

That’s why Barbie’s slogan is “you can be anything”. Teaching these ideals to little girls is why Barbie was created. Empowering women and empowering femininity is the original meaning of the Barbie doll. It’s not that you have to be all this to be a woman, but if you are all or some of this, you too are awesome.

And somehow pop culture deliberately changed that narrative. Sexualised, bimbofied, and villainised her, when she actually isn’t responsible for the impossible beauty standards — people are, she’s just a stylised, not-to-scale toy like most others.

Men are frothing because he’s just Ken and I guess they were expecting her to be just Barbie, but that’s exactly what Ken is. Canonically. A badass woman’s himbo boyfriend.

This movie has the potential to change the way we collectively see Barbie radically into what Ruth Handler’s intended, I’m so very excited

[copiouscouples]

I get this show is a sitcom and not a documentary, but the teacher in me wants to see the truth of teaching being told. What current public education is actually like. This show is such a great vehicle to educate the masses. 

Yes, teachers can solve many problems, but we can’t solve ALL of them. My heart broke for Janine when that mom tore her to shreds. It’s unfortunately an experience that all teachers face - nasty grams from parents. But I’m glad that was shown. I’m glad the student’s behavior was shown because that’s common nowadays. I’ve taught in suburban, urban, and rural districts from lower to upper middle class and every year, without fail, I get at least one student that comes in acting that way. This is our new normal. I wish it wasn’t that way, but when parents refuse to accept their children are problematic - the kid’s behavior will go unchecked. I hate that for Janine and that she can’t solve this problem, but it’s realistic. We can’t fix everything and Barbara’s advice was so good. Just because we can’t fix it doesn’t mean we don’t try.

Teaching isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. It takes grit and determination to get up and go to work each day when you’ve got a particularly challenging year. And I love that this episode highlighted that.

Ava and Melissa need to impersonate Gregory and Janine more often because that was hilarious.

[anxietyproblem]

[wvterways]

[probablyasocialecologist]

Putting solar panels in grazing fields is good for sheep

Sheep living in pasture with solar panels benefit from shade in hot weather and more nutritious grass – and they stop weeds from growing on the panels.

Sheep living among rows of solar panels spend more time grazing, benefit from more nutritious food, rest more and appear to experience less heat stress, compared with nearby sheep in empty fields.

Earlier research suggested that agrivoltaic farms – which combine grazing animals with solar panels – offer more efficient renewable energy at lower overhead costs, as well as reducing wildfire risks. The latest findings show that the practice is also good for animal welfare, providing further evidence for a win-win situation, says Emma Kampherbeek, who carried out the work while at Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

[…]

As for pasture quality, the nitrogen content was higher and carbon content lower in the solar panel fields, suggesting that the vegetation in this pasture – which was greener – was more nutritious and more easily digestible. That might be due to the reduced exposure to intense solar rays and to dew dripping off the panels, providing much-needed moisture, she says.

The results are likely to be even more pronounced in warmer seasons, she adds. Additional research is under way to analyse the data taken from temperature recordings during her study.

Sheep make good candidates for agrivoltaics because they are efficient foragers, keeping weeds off solar panels, and are small enough to pass under the panels, says Kampherbeek. And, unlike goats, they don’t chew the electrical wires.

The findings strongly suggest that solar power centres should be designed with a partner animal species in mind, she says.

[snigepippi]

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2357545-putting-solar-panels-in-grazing-fields-is-good-for-sheep/

[gods-no-longer-tread-here]

Here’s a thought.

Neurodivergencies like autism, ADHD, and OCD have a genetic component and can be passed down through generations.

Neurodivergent people have never been treated well, so when we find something enjoyable, with people who appreciate us and are willing to work with us, we stick to it fiercely.

There’s a lot of family businesses–farms are a good example–that are kept alive through passion and intense interest. These businesses tend to be very traditional or structured, and remain mostly in one place.

In conclusion: it is possible that a good number of family businesses where passion is a bigger motivator than profit are owned, run, and staffed by generations of people with similar brain structures. I think that’s really nice.