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The Daffodils are blooming at Glastonbury Abbey. Always a lovely thing to see. Spring is on it's way.

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Fibro is hitting hard today.

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It is striking, when walking around Spanish cities, how many pocket playgrounds they include. All the citizens have a place, even the small ones.

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I IMMEDIATELY fell asleep in the toddler's bed at bedtime, right after I thought, oh, she'll be out quickly, I definitely won't fall asleep this time.

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Know Your Rights trainings work. Don’t even open the door. Really, to anyone. If it’s someone important and they know you, they have a cellphone, they’ll call.

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I GOT MY FIRST REAL IPHONE BOUGHT IT AT THE APPLE STORE TWEETED TILL MY FINGERS BLED WAS THE SUMMER OF OH 5 PLUS 4

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I will never apologize for a post

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Introducing New Zealand's latest Bug of the Year- the magnificent Ngāokeoke / Velvet Worm! NZ has two genera: one lays eggs (Ooperipatellus, 1st photo) and another gives live birth (Peripatoides, 2nd). They also deposit sperm which burrow through their partner's skin, but that's another story! 🧪

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“Conditional privileges” Yes they are

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Zoom in. This cat's facial expression is priceless.

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this is why they make popes change their names

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If anyone brings up the increase in autism diagnoses, here's a useful graph and article www.psu.edu/news/researc...

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From the New Yorker, by Ellis Rosen.

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Dreamt about frantically rigging weapons of war together to outfit young people who I could not convince to stay home. Just a Mystery why my brain would throw up such a theme right now. What. A. Mystery.

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Today I fucked up saying the word cleavage and blurted out the novel word “cloobers” so do with that what you will

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Drake is the all-time biggest loser of a rap feud and that includes people who have gotten shot and died as a result of rap feuds

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This ugly guy was inspired by images I saw of Cambrian era creatures, especially Anomalocaris canadensis. I have yet to make a reliable stand for this piece. #retroscifi #foundobjectart #junksculpture

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Kay Nielsen, 1930. #illustration #KayNielsen

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I just had lunch and cocktails with my mom, a fellow survivor who has creatively pursued her own rapist unto the ends of the earth, and she said I should name and shame my rapist because there is no other justice in the world for me… SO BUCKLE UP

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Smell good.

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My latest earworm

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I've printed out thousands of pictures of Rick Astley for the post apocalypse to put into cabinets and cupboards that i've already raided of canned goods

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Look, this is some bullshit.

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naughty blåhajes go in the samla

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Mint chocolate m&m cookies for mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches, because the little bird doesn't like cake.

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Hand sanitizer alone is not enough to fully guard against norovirus, which appears to be immune to alcohol-based products. The CDC recommends thorough handwashing with soap & water coloradosun.com/2024/12/23/i...

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mutters about mornings

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There are so many huge things to fear and discuss that I've found myself taking refuge in minor complaints, like "I can't find the precise kind of herbal tea that I want," or "These tomatoes are slightly too fibrous." There's something so satisfying about a minor gripe.

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Me: mutters incessantly about how annoying I find this show me: "alright" turns show on for expectant 3yr old Also me: buys my little pony toy for 3yr old' birthday At least it's about FRIENDSHIP. Hysterically happy, brightly colored, smiley FRIENDSHIP. Turns on Ruby Gloom for myself