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Kaledo Art
we're not kids anymore.
Kiana Khansmith
blake kathryn
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oozey mess
@theartofmadeline
hello vonnie
almost home
Janaina Medeiros
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Keni
Sweet Seals For You, Always
taylor price
Not today Justin
YOU ARE THE REASON
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@sixandahalfpenceee
This monolithic formation is known by many names, including La Piedra Del Peñol, El Peñol Stone and La Piedra. It is located in Colombia, and there are a grand total of 740 steps that lead to the top. It has been a source of both worship and conflict for many centuries.
Stunning close-ups of butterfly wings, taken by biochemist and photographer Linden Gledhill.
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Light-Bulb Burning Out
How it works: The tungsten filament breaks, shorting the electrical circuit that makes the filament glow. (Via BuzzFeed)
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wouldisurviveanuke.com is an interactive google map that shows if you would survive a nuclear bomb or not if it was dropped into the nearest city to you. It shows what would happen to you depending on the type of bomb dropped.
additionally, NukeMap is a similar site that has even more interactive options!
sixpenceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee: this baby destroyed 17 houses and was adopted 18 million times……. dont turst this baby….. *picture of the gerber baby*
A quartz geode with coating sprayed inside it for sparkly effect. Fake, but pretty as hell. (Source)
My Unlawful Termination (Read, please)
I usually don’t make posts like this, but I felt that this really needed to be shared. The reason why I’m sharing this is to bring awareness to our society, I know for a fact that I’m not the only one this has happened to. I also won’t be the last
(((Before I get into the specifics, I’ll make it known: I am professionally diagnosed as having ADHD, high-functioning form of autism, depression, and anxiety. I am properly medicated for the ADHD and mood disorders. This means that UNDER FEDERAL LAW OF THE UNITED STATES, I AM PROTECTED UNDER THE CATEGORY LISTED AS “DISABLED”.)))
So, here’s my story:
I’ve recently been fired from my job. This was done out of pure retaliation in response to me standing up for my rights granted to me by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and for reporting multiple incidents against senior employees.
The first incident reported to management involved ableist language used against me AFTER the complete dismissal of my disabilities. “I don’t care about all of that, can you do this? Thanks” was the response I got when I first advocated for my disabilities. The ableist language being, “Wow, are you DEAF, too?” The culprit? A manager. The twist? It was done in front of customers, who promptly expressed their disapproval for the behavior on his part.
Embarrassed and hurt, my feelings on this incident were then not only dismissed by the owner, but also turned around into a victim-blaming defense tactic, questioning me, “What did YOU do?”. Expressing my dissatisfaction with the response from the higher ups, I sternly stated that another incident like this wouldn’t be tolerated and I’d look into filing a grievance if it happened again. NO DISCIPLINARY ACTION WAS TAKEN AFTER REPORTING THE INCIDENT. My promise wasn’t taken seriously, and I was just shooed away with the statement, “This is an adult business, you don’t go around making threats like that”. What?
After this specific incident, I noticed changes in how I was treated. Some of the staff, management and the owner himself would hone in on me, nitpicking at the tiniest most minute things. It became routine that someone (without power) would come up to me and begin loudly berating me on the floor, with customers all around, if I did so much as miss a couple of tiny crumbs while sweeping during the rush. It was then about a month after that first big incident that I was called in to sign a paper. I was being “warned” because there had been (supposedly) 2 customer complaints and 2 staff complaints. When I inquired as to what the complaints involved, I was DENIED the right to know. No physical proof was shown to me detailing there ever was a complaint from a customer.
Before and after this written warning, I had never engaged with anyone who was yelling at me, I just reported it to management. After the warning, I began secretly logging each of these unprofessional incidents in a notebook, detailing what occurred, the date, and who had been informed. My routine reports were seemingly having little to no effect on the behavior of these few staff members, but I continued to do so anyway.
The week before I was fired, on a Friday night, one of the particularly problematic staff members approached me. Aggressively, he demanded, “can you get these f*cking n*ggers off of my front bench?!”, then stormed off. I immediately reported it to management. While I believe the owner yelled at him for his inappropriate racial slur, again, NO FURTHER DISCIPLINARY ACTION WAS TAKEN. Instead, for the next week, each shift I worked with both him and his girlfriend, they honed in on me, harassing me and even resorted to name-calling at one point. I reported this also, and again, nothing happened.
Fast-forward to a week later, and I’m being told (again) that there’s been more complaints made against me. They are telling me I’m just not “working out” and they’re going to have to let me go. Again, in disbelief, I made the request to hear more of what or who the complaints involved. The owner chuckled at me when I asked to read or hear more of the complaints, “no, you absolutely may NOT” was his response. I explained to him that withholding this type of information again was detrimental to my understanding of what it was that I did wrong. He cut me off multiple times while I tried rewording my request, insisting that I’d “find another job, it was no problem.”
So, for those of you out there who feel something is “off” in your workplace, TRUST YOUR GUT INSTINCT, DO YOUR RESEARCH, AND STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS. You REALLY could have a valid, legal case…
I AM in the beginning stages of filing a report with the EEOC and hiring a lawyer. I do have a voice and I won’t be silenced.
Does this blog accept non-abelist scary stories too? And if so, may they be links to someone's work as opposed to an original?
Sure thing! We can post them as links to the author’s post or what-have-you.
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The skull of a young child buried with a ceramic headband. It was found in Patras, Greece, and is dated from 300-400 B.C.E. Currently on display at the Archaeological Museum of Patras.
The result of a bottle rocket being placed under a thin sheet of ice.
Original video (the sound is quite interesting!)
Cubes
“Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant asked us to make a photograph for their documentary photography special, with the theme Food. We transformed unprocessed food into perfect cubes of 2,5 x 2,5 x 2,5 cm.“
Lernet & Sander
A few interesting and creative manipulations done in Photoshop.
Crocoturtle, Catmeleon, and Toucameleon.
So glad you started this blog! Can I just ask a favor real quick? If anything pops up to be submitted that has something potentially triggering, can you tag it for us? I know I personally want miscarriage tagged, and other people might want things like rape/abuse/stalking tagged. Thank you so much!
Absolutely! Odds are stuff of that nature won't be posted in the first place, because what can be fascinating or endearingly weird about those topics lbr
The remains of a Japanese WWII plane, possibly a Nakajima B5N, in Nikko Bay, Palau.
The grave of playwright and poet William Shakespeare, located at the Holy Trinity Churchyard in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.
The epitaph reads, in more modern spelling:
Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones.
