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my collection

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"redemption arcs are toxic, you shouldn't try to fix someone!"

actually it is so important to me that being in community and experiencing human connection can save people. thanks

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There’s this guy in town who owns this little house, and a while back he rescued a street dog that was going to get put down. Turned out she was pregnant.

Problem is, he has mental health & drug issues and couldn’t afford to get them all spayed & neutered, so now there are 6 grown bitches with 15 puppies total, and they’ve dug under his fence in multiple places but he can’t afford to fix it so they go roaming all around town. (When I say can’t afford it, I mean his house is currently running on a generator because he can’t afford his electric bill.) He’s also a day laborer so he cannot take multiple full days off work to take them to the vet an hour away. He’s in a really rough spot.

He’s not a bad person. He’s just overwhelmed.

And this little conservative town with 6 churches for 300 people, have they tried to help their neighbor? Have they adopted the puppies he’s been trying to give away? Have they offered resources?

NOPE! All they wanna do is talk shit about him and complain about the dogs but never lift a finger of their own. And they come to his house to yell at him and cuss him out about the dogs, which does not exactly engender in him a cooperative attitude, as you might imagine.

So after a while of this going on, my mom gets fed up with all the NIMBY bullshit and starts talking to the guy, because she’s done animal rescue for 20-odd years and has Connections. He’s resistant at first, but when he realizes she’s not being an asshole to him on account of his addiction or the dogs, he decides to let her help.

She gets to work organizing and networking. Finds a non-profit that will cover vaccinations, spay/neuter, and flea treatments for all the dogs. Talks the next-door neighbor into paying for materials to fix the fence, since this guy can do the work of it himself. Gets him in touch with another non-profit that will adopt out the adult dogs.

Less than 2 weeks after she decided to do something, all puppies have been to the vet, 10 puppies and 4 adult dogs have been adopted out, and the second non-profit is coming by next week to pick up the remaining 7 dogs to ship them out for adoption.

I’ve learned a lot of things from my mom—some good, some bad—but I think the most important positive message she lives as an example of is this: sometimes, when something needs done and no one else is willing, you gotta stand up and say “I’ll do it.”

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Firm believer that all trans guys should have fangs,,, testosterone should give you fangs

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one of my favorite things to do in limited perspective is write sentences about the things someone doesn't do. he doesn't open his eyes. he doesn't reach out. i LOVE sentences like that. if it's describing the narrator, it's a reflection of their desires, something they're holding themselves back from. there's a tension between urge and action. it makes you ask why they wanted or felt compelled to do that, and also why they ultimately didn't. and if it's describing someone else, it tells you about the narrator's expectations. how they perceive that other person or their relationship. what they thought the other person was going to do, or thought the other person should have done, but failed to. negative action sentences are everything.

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People with scars are allowed to exist openly in public even if it triggers you. Queer and trans people are allowed to exist openly in public even if it triggers you. Fat people are allowed to exist openly in public even if it triggers you. Visibly disabled people are allowed to exist openly in public even if it triggers you. People of color are allowed to exist openly in public even if it triggers you. And I could keep on going, but I'm sure you get the point

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Driving permit practice tests:

How far away do you have to be from a truck to be visible by the driver?

300 ft

400 ft

500 ft

600 ft

Actual driving permit tests:

You see a cyclist by the side of the road, do you:

Speed up as you pass them.

Call the police.

Slow down and give them space.

Hit them with your car as hard as you can to drive them off the road.

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Parmotrema stuppeum

Powder-edged ruffle lichen

This foliose lichen grows in grows in roundish rosettes up to 20 cm in diameter. It has elongate, seperated lobes that have rounded tips and cilate, sorediate margins. The upper surface is dull gray to pale green, and the lower surface is brown-black and black rhizines. It rarely produces apothecia, which are substipate, and have a brown disc. P. stuppeum grows on old trees in mild-temperate, open woodlands.

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they should invent a staying up late that doesnt guarantee less sleep

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heartless?

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Haven’t posted for a bit, so I grabbed a bunch of Gemvale Kevin sketches  and slapped some color on them. Also I discovered glowy luminosity settings, which isn’t good for anyone.

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i love carlos AND his priorities

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