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Endangered Species Sightings from This Year

This is thought to be the first time in over 20 years that a blue whale was spotted off the Coast of Massachusetts.

I highly recommend watching the video and listening to the reaction of the people on the whale watching boat--the cheers and emotion in some of their voices, especially the woman saying "I'm trying not to" when someone jokingly tells her not to cry.

This is the first time ever that a mother clouded leopard with two cubs has been spotted on a game cam!

"After being considered regionally extinct for over a century, giant anteaters have been spotted roaming once again in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state. Scientists have concluded these returned natives ventured over from Argentina's Ibera Park, where conservationists have released around 110 rescued and captive-bred anteaters since 2007."

Over 100 years and the anteaters are finally coming home!

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some EDS reminders (i’ve been seeing a disturbing amount of misinformation):

- collagen supplements will not help (the issue is your recipe, not a lack of ingredients).

- avoid chiropractors (disturbingly, i’ve seen some advertisement toward people with EDS specifically). neck manipulations by people without real medical certification can be deadly or seriously harmful, and that risk is exacerbated by the lack of connective tissue integrity.

- the idea of the MTHFR gene as a cause of autism, hEDS, immune issues, and GI issues is not at all substantiated. MTHFR gene mutations are incredibly rare, and they come with a distinct set of symptoms.

- hEDS is not a rare condition.

- it’s incredibly dangerous to use mobility aids without medical advice. i entirely understand this isn’t a possibility for everyone, but at least consulting a physio is critical. improperly sized or used canes can cause serious upper body problems, braces without ongoing pt deconditioning, and manual wheelchairs are very simply not good for the human body. this is a complicated topic, benefits and losses need to be weighed from person to person, but be mindful and seek advice.

- hypermobility ≠ eds. symptomatic hypermobility ≠ eds. eds is systemic and not self-diagnosable. it is not “peer reviewable.”

peace and love. stay safe friends.

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i think ive got a blood pressure problem i dont think ur spozed to hear blood pumping in your pillow

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It's really a thing.

Actually, it looks like my peach hair.

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99% of "mysterious disappearances" esp of people in their 20s who start acting weird for 48 hours and then vanish are not mysterious, thats just when a lot of reality-obliterating mental illness tends to kick in and it's pretty easy to get a short circuit in your brain that makes you go family guy death pose in joshua tree national park. it's not any less tragic, it's just a documented phenomenon and not particularly predictable. its a big reason the medical advice is for people with a family history of schizophrenia to completely avoid weed and psychedelics. "people just go crazy sometimes" is a principle of human health that used to be a lot more accepted prior to the american midcentury and to a certain extent thats a healthier way to conceptualize and prepare for the risk, as opposed to the modern assertion that anyone acting weird is dangerous and broken forever.

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Things are happening on reddit

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ok well this blew my mind

This is also true with filmmakers. Western filmmakers pan their cameras mostly left to right and Iranian filmmakers do right to left.

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Lately when I have found myself in a profoundly bad mental state, I have been attempting to override it by playing DJ Crazy Times "Planet of the Bass" in my head on loop. I'm sure I'm forming some weird pavlovian associations right now but that's a problem for future me.

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Honestly, if you see an angel that’s all eyes and wings and wheels of fire, you should be worried. Like, not because it’s going to hurt you or anything, but because scripturally, angels invariably appear to ordinary people in human form. In general, they only show their inhuman true forms to prophets – which means if you’re seeing them like that, they come bearing responsibility.

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'Oil of Vitriol' is such an funny name though like, a guy had a beaker of this stuff, spilt it, ate through his table, and he was like

'yep. that is one ANGRY liquid.'

Vitriol comes from the Latin vitrus, meaning glassy or glass like. Vitriol, also known as sulfuric acid, has a clear glasslike appearance, and is highly corrosive.

The emotion is named for the alchemical agent, not the other way around.

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Hunter S. Thompson wrote this a week after 9/11