seas of tea

teresa. canada. tea lover. ocean lover. ukulele player.

[seasoftea]

depending on what forecast i look at, i'm either getting severe-ish storms this afternoon/evening or i'm dying in a tornado of softball size hail.

[seasoftea]

so far we have 3 active warnings/watches and an emergency alert for baseball size hail

[thequeerlibrarian]

The library I'm working at is in a small town and I wouldn't necessarily say they are conservative, but they are not really used to queer stuff. For pride month I took a little table, put all queer books we had (and currently I'm buying a lot more) on it and decorated it with my pride flag. And no joke, the look on some teenagers (and some adults) faces... heartwarming 😭 Walked straight to the table and looked through the books. It makes me so happy.

[thequeerlibrarian]

Okay so I did this again for this year's pride month and today there was a boy who nearly made me cry... He was watching the pride table from afar for like 10 minutes before he slowly walked towards it and took a book with a gay couple on the cover. He had the book in his hands for like a solid minute and just looked at the cover. After a while I saw his mother approaching and was scared but the mother went to him and asked if he wanted to take the book home. They stood at the table for a very long time and he asked a lot of questions and she answered them very sweetly and it was just nice to see that some representative book covers can lead to an important talk like this because the boy was clearly discovering something important for him and idk why I'm typing all this it was just a very pure moment to witness

[fishpondfish]

it is impossible to watch a movie. every night i think i want to watch a movie. no movie gets watched. because it's not possible

[mousidy]

and yet they keep making movies with the hopes that one day humanity will discover a way to watch them. it's so inspiring

[landsccape]

[edinburgh-by-the-sea]

pale quiet blue

[pyrrhiccomedy]

we're heading towards some record setting humidity this summer so JUST A REMINDER that if you're in any way prone to migraines, this weather is great at triggering them! Be EXTREMELY diligent about staying hydrated if you're going out, EVEN TO AN AIR CONDITIONED SPACE, and ESPECIALLY if you are drinking any alcohol at all! even a single glass of wine or a cocktail! You will feel fine for an hour or two but then you will NOT FEEL FINE. If you have a headache that isn't responding to painkillers and it gets noticeably worse when you move or change elevations (sitting to standing, not like, going to the mountains) then drink a full glass of water and go lie down in a cool, quiet, dark room until it passes! DO NOT LOOK AT A SCREEN UNTIL THE DANGER HAS PASSED. I know you're bored but it could be so much worse!

[pyrrhiccomedy]

I see this is going around again! Happy Migraine Season everybody! Remember to keep a damp washcloth in your freezer so that if you feel the migraine coming on you can lay down and press it against your forehead and temples to give yourself a better chance of ducking it before it's too late!

[literary-potato]

Also a reminder that for some folks, big changes in air pressure can also be a migraine trigger. So if you’re in an area that, like mine, is having a lot of really wild temperature swings (ie multiple very hot days that end abruptly with storms at which point it cools down a lot), might be a good idea to have your migraine remedies locked and loaded, because with migraines the sooner you intervene, the more likely it is you’ll avert the worst symptoms (and will need less medication to do so).

[miauzuli]

As a migraine sufferer, I felt it was my duty to reblog this. Stay safe, everyone!!

[catgirlcadaver-deactivated20241]

I am looking neither respectfully nor disrespectfully. I gaze without recognition of your form, and without understanding.

[theofficialjonbeers]

Me without my glasses

[threetrenchcoatsinatrenchcoat]

i am looking disbespectacledly

[seasoftea]

depending on what forecast i look at, i'm either getting severe-ish storms this afternoon/evening or i'm dying in a tornado of softball size hail.

[parlaypeach]

Hmmm i disagree with you but i could not possibly wade through the cranberry bog of my mind to verbalize why

[wildspringday]

"came back wrong" but it's from work

[mangled-by-disuse]

in happier pride news i actually found this deeply heartwarming

that's solidarity baybeeee

[lgbtlaughs]

Further context: Durham city council (Reform UK) cut funding and support for Pride. The Durham Miner's Association and other trade unions raised enough money for Durham Pride 2026 to go ahead - a direct call back to when Lesbian and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) raised money for mining communities when Margaret Thatcher seized union funding during the miner strikes of 1984-85.

At the 1985 Labour party meet, the motion to support LGBT rights as a party was passed due to a block vote from mining unions.

Stephen Guy, the chair of the Durham Miners’ Association, said that when it became apparent Durham Pride was under threat, he took it upon himself to “encourage the trade union movement to step up and do the right thing, and stand shoulder to shoulder with the LGBT+ community […] They not only raised funds for us, but came to our communities, uplifted our spirits when they were down, and showed their solidarity.”

[valtsv]

i hate it when people ask me to "explain my thought process" like hell if i know

[valtsv]

"what's going on in that head of yours?" nothing i want to be a part of

[schuylerpeck]

being online is becoming.. such a drag. this used to be fun! this used to be so much easier for communities to build! to find art you like! I feel like I open my dumb little screen to write something or find inspiration and immediately enter an espionage scene with a room full of real red lasers in trying to avoid any contact with AI and ads and some horrible news headline and oh! some idiot is trying to convince me nazism had some points, though! and I scroll so quick around this shit and still get so laser-burnt up because my joints and dextrous spy flips and knee bending aren't what they used to be. every screen loves to serve me garbage. it's such a bummer! I open this dumb window to places I used to enjoy spending time on and now feel so gross!! I feel like I'm reaching back for something that is only an echo of what it was! where do we go from here!!

[thelastgoodcountry]

Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi

[aloyhh]

My nervous system wasn’t built for any of this

[wiiwheel]

Perhaps, for the lady, a memory of something terrible she did when she was 14 years old, served before bed?

[loontattoo]

see unfortunately I have this condition where if I am not explicitly told that I am a part of the ingroup then I will assume I must be part of the outgroup