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I wish it was easier to talk about mobile phone addiction without sounding like a boomer

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one of the many good things about getting older is that your grocery hauls get sexier

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i seriously cannot comprehend the sex drive that makes one exclusively horny for captain america looking movie hunks or the victorias secret angel archetype of tall underweight women with generically pretty faces in bikinis. that shit is like carbon monoxide or infrasonic noise to my libido like my sexual senses cant even clock it

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i have noticed that only the most unhealed people resent the love & appreciation others hold for nature

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Along the lake path yesterday. I just remembered that I was passed by someone doing health walking on the path and she said sort of patronizingly, “Have to stop and take pictures.” Making it sound like I was doing something reprehensible, maybe instead of walking fast? I said “That’s part of what I come here for. I have a blog.” I shouldn’t have bothered. She was on her way. It rankled for a while but I shouldn’t feel ashamed of showing people here some of the beautiful things they otherwise wouldn’t see. Right?

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out of boredom, i just made a mocktail out of pomegranate juice, lime juice, grated ginger and a chopped up ghost pepper and shook it up in the cocktail shaker with ice and strained it and it still just caused me the absolute worst pain in the lining of my stomach for a few minutes but that's what i get for trying to feel something i guess

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Cauliflower Pumpkin Tikka Masala (Vegan)

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Much worse things in life to be than bored

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Denying the role that individuals need to play in combating the climate crisis is the leftist version of climate change denial. Anyone responding to suggestions of realistic, accessible changes to reduce your own impact with anything resembling ‘100 companies are responsible for most of our emissions so this is pointless’ are engaging in science denialism.

There is no way that collective action takes place without individuals making changes in their own lives. Yes, the rich are more responsible than the poor and yes, what we need is systematic change. However, there absolutely are things we can and should be doing to reduce our own impact and put pressure on polluting industries through direct action and boycott.

These include stopping or reducing flying, eliminating or drastically reducing our consumption of meat and dairy, buying second hand where possible, repairing, recycling and supporting environmental action and rewilding efforts. None of this in isolation will mend the world but its a hell of a lot better than passing the buck while refusing to make any changes in our own lives.

I know that the idea that climate change is caused by someone else; somewhere else, and that it’s up to them to change instead of us is seductive rhetoric, but it’s also extremely dangerous. It encourages the kind of apathy that plays directly into the hands of corporations who want us to feel powerless and to continue to consume as we do now.

We can’t just sit around and wait for The Revolution; we have to live revolutionary lives.