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2022-06-18

Hydrangea

Canon EOS R3 + RF50mm f1.2L

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Like the problem with pushing the "positive thinking" CBT approach on everyone with mental health issues is that assuming that people are only suffering because of a completely irrational chemical imbalance or whatever is that we inevitably miss a big part of the context of why someone is struggling by assuming that it's just a matter of "thinking the wrong thoughts" and "feeling the wrong feelings" - a problem that can supposedly be straightforwardly solved by practicing "positive thinking". When actually the material circumstances of your life (are you being abused? coping with past trauma? living in poverty? isolated and lonely? hating your job? dealing with a distressing disability? facing bigotry and discrimination?) usually play a bigger role in your mental health and recovery than how hard you work at just repressing and replacing "negative thinking"

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When a small mammal scrunches up and cleans its face and whiskers with its little hands very rapidly. I just wanted to give you that thought for a moment did u like it.

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wait... i wan a go to puppies world

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despite everything, you still love madoka magica  (happy 10th anniversary!!)

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what can we even do now? i mean this seriously, i've been donating every month, i've boosted, i've tried to share the truth, but it just doesn't stop. what can we do? this is madness it's always been madness, it's inhumane, it's demonic. how can we save them?

you keep doing it. i know it's tough because what you're doing is long-term work in a short-term emergency. but it matters regardless. now is not the time to stop anything, it's the time to do as much as you can. i shared this screenshot before, but here it is again:

from the new yorker interview with james elder UNICEF chief. key part of this sentence: there is big international pressure and israel loosens controls

there has to be big international pressure. you are part of this. israel has spent 75 years becoming as resilient as possible to big international pressure. it takes an international outcry to let in a paltry can of baby formula. but without you doing what you've been doing, there won't be the pressure even for that. and i know you feel like you've been as present as possible, but actually i have noticed many people clocking out of thinking about palestine. i used to get 30, 40, 50k notes on posts about palestine. now i get around ten times less even though arguably far less people defend what israel is doing. that's less pressure on israel, and this is easy goals. bring those people back. keep palestine the topic of conversation.

so anything you do now to increase pressure is the most important thing you'll do today. and for everyone else reading this, don't forget to donate to the sameer project.

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Queen Clarion 👑✨ colored watercolour sketch 🍃

I hope you all are having a great weekend🫶

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Happy disabled pride month to the undiagnosed. To those with no idea what it could be. To those who are pretty sure they know, but can't be certain yet. To those whose doctors are trying their best, and to those whose doctors aren't. To those with test results, and those without. To those whose prognosis isn't looking good. To those scared by the course of their symptoms, and with no idea what's going to happen next. Living undiagnosed is hard, and I wish you all luck.

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posy lamb 🌤️

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there’s this extremely kind soul of a woman on instagram that makes accessible recipes that don’t require standing, chopping, or a stove and she might just have a permanent place in my heart

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A girlfriend is a type of pet that you can kiss

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They’re having fun! The bumblebees are having fun!

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please donate to the sameer project, they're running out of money and losing traction. i gave $50 just now, if you have any money to spare please consider skipping the next online purchase or order-in food and donate, it's really simple and easy to do.