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My life got spared by this swan. It could have been ended right on the spot, but I found mercy, an attribute to God himself, and I feel now in peace with myself. This swan checked me out, checked that I didn't have foodstuffs, that I wasn't foodstuff (at least not that day), and left. You will not believe it, but I got spared, in spite of offering nothing but my annoying presence. Nature is wonderful.

Höckerschwan (mute swan) am Eckensee im Oberen Schlossgarten, Stuttgart-Mitte.

GBBO: “A s’more is basically just an Italian merengue sandwiched between two ganache-covered digestives”

Americans:

in case anyone in wondering, this is Paul Hollywood's idea of a s'more

You know what, their absolute inability to grasp Mexican foods makes more sense every day

summary of loustat in every universe:

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again but it is absolutely an example of civilizational inadequacy that only deaf people know ASL

“oh we shouldn’t teach children this language, it will only come in handy if they [checks notes] ever have to talk in a situation where it’s noisy or they need to be quiet”

My mom learned it because she figured she’ll go deaf when she gets old

My family went holiday SCUBA diving once, and a couple of Deaf guys were in the group. I was really little and I spent most of the briefing overcome with the realization that while the rest of us were going to have regulators in our mouths and be underwater fairly soon, they were going to be able to do all the same stuff and keep talking.

The only reason some form of sign language is not a standard skill is ableism, as far as I can tell.

For anyone interested in learning, Bill Vicars has full lessons of ASL on youtube that were used in my college level classes. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/billvicars

and here’s the link to the website he puts in his videos:

https://www.lifeprint.com/

Update: you guys this is an amazing resource for learning asl. Bill Vicars is an incredible teacher. His videos are of him teaching a student in a classroom, using the learned vocabulary to have conversations.

Not only is the conversation format immersive and helpful for learning the grammar, but the students make common mistakes which he corrects, mistakes I wouldn’t have otherwise know I was making.

He also emphasizes learning ASL in the way it’s actually used by the Deaf community and not the rigid structure that some ASL teachers impose in their classrooms

His lesson plans include learning about the Deaf community, which is an important aspect of learning ASL. Knowing how to communicate in ASL without the knowledge of the culture behind it leaves out a lot of nuances and explanations for the way ASL is.

Lastly, his lessons are just a lot of fun to watch. He is patient, entertaining, and funny. This good natured enthusiasm is contagious and learning feels like a privilege and not a chore

And it’s all FREE. Seriously. If you’ve ever wanted to learn ASL

tis the season

I forgot about this

I haven’t seen this show up on my dash ONCE yet this Chanukah season I have to do everything by myself

You know that joke about autistic adults with low support needs taking self-diagnosis tests to figure out if they are indeed autistic and seeing questions like “Do you struggle with wearing socks?” and answering them like “Oh, no, I have a System!”?

That.

Hey, just a general PSA: if your anxiety has shades of magical thinking and/or hypervigilance? Please, specify that to your support network. Especially if you have access to a mental health professional.

I went years thinking these thought patterns were just chronic, severe anxiety. Anxiolytics didn't help. Anxiety management techniques weren't making a dent in my doom cycles. It sucked.

It was my new therapist who had me actually define my thought process when spiraling. My description to her sounded a lot like this post.

As I then found out... that is not typical anxiety, severe or otherwise. In my case, my "anxiety spirals" were obsession. My need to ruminate was a compulsion. The lack of support with these things meant I then got worked up into anxiety. So, I got switched onto meds for OCD and had DBT integrated into my care. It's only been a couple months, but my anxiety is finally under control for the first time in my life.

Our psyches are highly individual, and mental health conditions don't have perfectly defined boarders. Symptoms can bleed into each other. We can normalize one experience as a wholly different thing. As a result? Learning to specify 1. how you're struggling, and 2. what your experiences are is so important. Getting the support you need is really hard if everybody's on a different page about what the problem is!

A compendium of Art Nouveau wonders, Riga, LATVIA

if you're inconvenienced by a strike, blame the boss, not the workers

RARE BIRD SEEN FOR FIRST TIME IN 140 YEARS

Here’s some pictures - they’re so damn pretty!

[ID: Three pictures of a small, robust bodied bird standing on leaf litter on the forest floor. It has a glossy black body and tail, chestnut colored wings, yellow legs, red eyes, and a red beak. End ID]

@todaysbird​

welcome back 🥺

Just discovered while researching Blue Jays for a commission that due to climate change, the Blue Jays' range has been expanding... which has led to instances of hybridization with Steller's Jays as their ranges overlap??

Look at you!! You are so goddamn pretty and cute!?

Thank all of you fellow bird nerds for validating my secret suspicions about this very dignified gem of a bird, who I am 100% sure is also an absolute agent of high-volume chaos.

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

Might I add:

The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

The woman who raised the changeling alongside her biological child

The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

The adventures of a space roomba

Cinderella finding Araura (and falling in love)

I don’t know a snappy description but the my nemesis cynthia story certainly lives in my head

hilariously, these are almost all in my fic tag. so, a compiled list from the notes (and some extras):

I am in love with you /p

it’s safe to say i think about this video at least four times a day, i can quote almost the whole thing from memory

This video hit me like a bottle of Dasani water going 60mph

I love it

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Guarantee this was deliberate.

Perfect fit

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