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28|she/they

[jeanritchie]

you have to let yourself be a weird woman or you will not survive

[helenvaughans]

[itsmistybitch-deactivated202605]

These posts are sisters

[lierdumoa]

[mulchmouth]

Im going to hold your hand when I say this. It is not realistic to expect yourself or your family to be able to survive solely off of food you have foraged or grown in a garden. People with more knowledge and experience have tried and failed. What do you think happened to all of those communes in the 60s? Most of them failed. Famine and malnutrition have been constant companions to humanity until industrialized farming and food supply lines came along.

It feels like a uniquely American capitalist take to assume these traditions will make you completely self sufficient. You need a lot of people, a lot of time, a lot of knowledge across a lot of subjects, and a lot of luck to provide for everyone's nutritional needs.

So should you even bother trying to be more self sufficient with your food? I argue yes. Foraging and gardening are fun and will teach you so much about many things. They are deeply rewarding activities that can supplement your diet. There are herbs I haven't bought in years because I grow my own. There are dishes I can only make with foraged ingredients because I can't get them in stores.

You may not have the power to do everything, but that doesn't mean your efforts are wasted. Getting 5% of your nutritional needs from food you have grown or foraged, even for a season, is a massive accomplishment.

[rosstmcd]

It takes approximately 2,000 calories a day to fuel the average human. A family of four needs roughly three million calories in a year. You're not going to get that from a backyard truck garden and a couple of chickens.

But you can get variety, flavor, and vitamins even if the bulk of your calories are coming from somewhere else. And if you grow more of something than you need, it gives you something to trade or gift to other people.

[brandneweyescd]

[girlblocker]

[urboymutual]

[hellygf]

[divorcegirl-deactivated20220819]

[gales-boyfriend]

[transdeans]

[madscientistenthusiast]

[testosteronetwunk]

[pisshandkerchief-deactivated202]

[random-chaos-thoughts]

Unrestrained summer fun

[ashbelero]

You just can’t get this kinda shit on any other platform.

[sansarya]

Middle-earth Meme

↳ [1/5] Elves: Legolas

[reputayswift]

I think he's in a really good place <3

[anarchopuppy]

sometimes being a fan of something means not wanting them to make any more of it

[mysillydragonhoard]

This is the plot of Midnight Mass but in reverse

[deadgenerations]

in more pleasant news: this year is seeing the biggest humpback migration in Australian history, bigger than it was PRE whaling. That's right, there are more humpbacks migrating off the coast of Australia than there were BEFORE industrial whaling started.

A huge, fat W for environmentalists and Greenies. what an achievement

[lumsel]

we did it! we saved the fucking whales!!!!

[the-tao-of-fandom]

These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there are 50,000 of them

Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is

Further info for those interested

[pnwnativeplants]

Environmental activism works!!! If they tell you its hopeless they're lying and/or selling some shit!!!

[traegorn]

[otpbutmakeitsteamy]

i suffer from 'men are hotter banged up' disease. unfortunately there is no cure.

Bloody and bruised >

[the-pen-pot]

Don't you think you owe it to readers to give them what they want?

No? What an odd take. Read my fic or don't.

[bigmouthlass]

What do I look like, Burger King?

I write for my enjoyment. If you'd like to share in that, you're welcome. If not, please move on. This isn't school; nobody's going to flunk you for not reading things.

[rockabillywife]

Fingering the plot hole

[scratch-meowt]

my hottest take

[keeper-of-the-flames]

Counter point, those machines can make me a peach sprite.

[pusheenthenerdcat]

guys did you know the tech in that nefangled machine revolutionized preemie healthcare

[maimonideznuts]

[pusheenthenerdcat]

yeah the guy who invented them made incredibly precise infusion pumps (as opposed to gravity fed ivs) which not only meant they could give medications to teeny tiny babies safely, it's also used for insulin pumps and portable dialysis machines. the key element is that it's a peristaltic pump so the liquid stays in sterile tubing for safety

(unholy drink cloaca uses it to dispense precise amounts of flavored sugar syrup)

[hedgebotherer]

Then how the haters loved him,

As they shouted out with glee,

"Unholy Drink Cloaca

You'll go down in history!"

[naamahdarling]

You DON'T get this on any other site in quite this format.

[importantcatpics]

[depsidase]

[mctreeleth]

they need to make a menstrual cup with a tap on the end. vampire fratboys should be able to do a keg stand off my vagina.

[mctreeleth]

thanks for the advice tumblr but this post doesn't actually need to be seen i'm just trying to unburden my soul of it like it's some sort of dark passenger i need to exorcise out

[feyosha]

WICKED KEGGER

[leafy-yezi]

Escape the boring party to watch floating jellyfish in the rain.