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Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, A dog and her puppies

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Hidden cabins, roaring waterfalls, and endless peace…Norway’s wilderness

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Favorite thing about the Red Note shenanigans: Mongolian ranchers suddenly gaining a rabid following of American horse girls and being like "we knew you had cowboys but we didn't know you value and love horses as friends like we do, this is excellent"

Mongolian rancher 🤝 American horse girl synergy I guess

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This little girl loves her human enough to follow him in places kittens don’t go.

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We're all so tired and fatigued and barely keeping things together anymore.

This is exhausting. We need breaks, however we can take them.

This isn't burying our heads in the sand. Its survival.

Try not to doom scroll or depression nap too much today if you can.

Try for me, I want you to be ok. I want you to be here tomorrow. And next year. The whole thing.

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When you get rejected by Pixar by Felipe Hansen

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GOLD AND SILVER

Finally, the two guardians together! The Lugia I painted recently was commissioned as a pair for the Shiny Ho-Oh and they look so nice together, don’t you think?

Find me and my art elsewhere!    

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So you found a dead body in the woods

The worst thing you've worried about, going on hikes, happens. This happens often, in the grand scheme of things. It's always joggers and dogwalkers and hikers. My unlucky day came on October 24, 2022.

So what do you do when you find a dead body?

Look in the other direction and take a breath. Panic wont help you or them.

If you are comfortable, approach them and try to help. If not, it's okay. I was unwilling to approach (they looked real dead) and my 911 operator was 100% totally supportive and okay with that.

Walk a little ways away. There is no reason why you need to keep staring at them. It's okay. Seeing a dead person is really wack!

When you've caught your breath, call 911. My first thought was "Oh god, I don't want to talk to cops." and, good news, it's not cops! 911 responders are different people. They are trained to talk to you, to reassure you, and to help you. They are there for you. They understand you are freaking out. They are kind and patient.

Your new buddy, the 911 person, will help you figure out where you are, exactly. They have access to your location via cell-tower and GPS, but if, like me, you were off-trail (oops), they might need your help navigating to you. I offered to also send a photo, and he provided an email, which he received immediately. I deleted the photo I took right away.

Hang out on the phone with your dispatch friend. They're going to want to keep in touch with you as the paramedics approach. Are you freaking out by chattering too much? Are you freaking out by being dead silent? Both are okay! Apparently, my panic response is to become Super Midwestern Chatty. I was able to make him laugh, which I count as a win.

Holler to the paramedics. My paramedics came deep into the ravine-filled woods, about six men, steering a rolling bed thing. We shouted at each other until they made it to the body. It would have been funny, watching them fumble along, if it wasn't so serious.

Get out of there! The paramedics don't need anything from you. They're busy doing their job. They shooed me back to the trail and to the parking lot. I didn't have to go anywhere near the body.

Meet cops in the parking lot. In my situation, the cops didn't want anything from me. They were just picking their noses in the parking lot while the paramedics did the real work. The cops said thanks for helping, while covering their bodycams, because they're pigs.

Go eat donuts. Christ, that was a lot. Let yourself comedown and get some sugar to kickstart your system.

Feel good that you gave a family closure. Yeah, that sucked. Yeah, your therapist is going to hear about this. Yeah, next time you come to this location, you're going to need a friend with you. But you did the right thing. You'll never know their family, but know that you gave them closure.

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Art by Samuel Smith

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since it’s a scary time to be trans: refuge restrooms is an app which maps gender-neutral/single-stall restrooms. it’s community-mapped, so it’s possible you might be the first person to log the restroom locations, but hopefully it’ll help some people.

please reblog this post if you’ve got trans followers. stay safe.

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genuinely so scary that you can't access the page on the ssc website that guides you through changing your sex designation. so so fucking scary. they are already making our lives harder. they are already taking what little resources we have.

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I really like winnie the pooh, Can you draw winnie the pooh pleaseeeeee

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Where you the person behind the bear and cop show scam?

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accidentally doomscrolled all day, gave myself a massive stress headache

and then i took a shower and now im planning a collection where part of the profits will go toward enviro conservation work

bc i might as well channel my anger into what i do best, i suppose. anyway its called Grow Stubbornly and its gonna be the most stubborn, hard to kill native plants. i think thats the vibe we gotta carry for the forseeable future

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Shiny Ho-Oh painting process . This is a very basic step-by-step process of most of my traditional works. Trying to condense everything in such a short video was a challenge but I hope this gives you an idea about how I make my art!