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So are we ready to admit the world is doomed yet <3

No cuz I'm not a little bitch

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Reblog daily for health and prosperity

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Taste is the most important factor in nutrition.

Because you get the most nutrients from the foods you'll actually eat.

So add cheese, oil, spices, vinegar, sauces, etc. Try them roasted or sauteed or pureed, etc.

The actual secret to eating lots of fruits and veggies and other nutrient dense foods is:

Make them taste good. That's literally it.

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now more than ever, it is imperative that you spend time with people you love and doing things that you love. be prepared but please please please don't dwell on things that have yet to happen. you have to have hope for a better future in order to build one. it's gonna be okay. we're gonna make it. i love you.

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With shit hitting the fan everywhere and becoming very scary and stressful, I cannot emphasize this enough: stick together. Check on your friends, your loved ones, your neighbors. Be aware of your community and what's happening in it. Shit is going to probably get worse before it gets better and the most important fucking thing is to Stick Together. Do not let people fall through the cracks that are opening up, don't let people disappear. The only thing we can rely on is ourselves and our own actions. Do good with them. Do as good as you are personally able to do, no matter how small. We need to stick together to survive this.

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you don't want that china tea set. you want the time to sit at home and leisurely sip tea, doing nothing.

you don't want that lacy fast-fashion camisole. you want to be seen as desirable.

you don't want that niche, subscription-only exercise class. you want community.

you don't want that trending aesthetic. you want acceptance, you want enough space to live in that things are tidy and organized, you want health, you want love.

you want to live an existence beyond the paywalling of contentment.

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Stay informed, but resist the urge to doomscroll, or to stay glued to the news all day/night long. Get your news from actual news sources, not social media. (This is an important strategy to prevent misinformation and disinformation.) It's okay to take a step back from the news, turn off the push notifications, etc. It doesn't mean you don't care, or that you're callous/selfish/a bad person/etc. Your brain was simply not meant to handle everything, everywhere, all at once. (And that's true no matter how privileged you are or aren't.) It's okay to use Tumblr for fun, or for other non-activism-related things. (Same with any other social media site you use.) It's okay to not devote every waking minute to activism. In fact, it's good to take a break every now and then, for the sake of your mental and emotional well-being. And with that...

Please, please, please take care of yourself. Make sure you're eating and drinking water, getting rest and sleep, showering, taking your meds, checking in with your support system, etc. etc. etc. The causes you're fighting for need the best of you, not the rest of you...and more importantly, you need the best of you. You are your most important ally. Rest and self-care are not rewards for success, and they are not selfish, or frivolous indulgences. They are absolute necessities, and they are part of the work. Think of them as an act of defiance against the people, the forces, and the systems that want you to disappear, or to burn out and give up.

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DTWOF 503, Alison Bechdel

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I got a seed organizer for Christmas and now have organized my collection.

Now that I can see them all I realize that I have so many and can't possibly plant everything. If you are looking for something specific or don't have the money to buy seeds and want to try gardening let me know and I can send you some.

I get to work on my garden plan for the year now!

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If you stop looking at your phone in every free moment it will feel a lot more anxiety-inducing at first but after a day or two you will settle into a slower way of thinking and eventually you will spend the whole morning looking at the sun rise through the window while you sip coffee or hold your sleeping partner and your thoughts wont feel like they’re on a treadmill

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im telling you all... its so worth it to spend a whole evening make 100 million homemade gyoza (even though it takes so long) and freezing them all to have perfect delicious gyoza just the way you like them anytime you want at a moments notice. they seriously take like 10 minutes to prepare from frozen and they are so good. i just had a dumplings and noodles feast you wish you were me

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you deserve a life free of exploitation by a parasitic class

you deserve a life spent pursuing what will make you and your community thrive, not a life of menial labor to line the pockets of your boss

you deserve a life where your value extends beyond your ability to perform labor for someone who doesn’t care about you, except to the degree that you are necessary for his or her profits

you deserve better than capitalism 

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Holy god. It’s the bomb of all Drama at work today.

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So… I got a notification from the State Department at like 8 PM Pacific that my passport was approved, and I was quietly thankful and stunned bc my legal gender in Oregon is listed as X, or undeclared, and that's what's on my passport. I'm pretty sure someone(s) worked late to get the X passports done today.

I was already really grateful to whoever in the Seattle Passport Office worked late to get these things processed on the last Friday before That Man gets back into office... and then I got a notification that my passport shipped at fucking midnight Pacific and whoever got that shit out the door so it couldn't be picked up on Monday and like, denied and shredded?

They're my fucking hero.