#And is now gone

[scentedluminarysoul]

Wolf statue from where I grew up (ish)

Kids always rode it and I loved putting my hand in its mouth

And, uh, human statues from a nearby place

Dog sculptures turned golden from tourists petting them throughout the years

[r0semultiverse]

Like music to my ears

[hinamie]

to moving forward

[symphonyofsilence]

Let the poor man rest.

[qiinamii]

we'll do fine.

[junewild]

what do you say to a trans person who’s sharing after-surgery pics?

[blueskittlesart]

Dear Big Brother

kind of a sequel to this comic

[qualityrain]

[bastardiando]

posting across the targetverse here bc it did numbers on twitter

[z13lovebot]

🪲🐟

[rlyehtaxidermist]

archangel michael, brandishing his trumpet, ready to play the song that signals the end of the world: who are you and what are you doing here

weird al yankovic, accordion in hand, ready to play the polka that signals the end of the end of the world:

[pangur-and-grim]

something bad might have happened and I’m really freaked out right now.

[aashiqeddiediaz]

you know what boils my blood.

over the last 2 weeks, i've seen countless patients walk into my urgent care center, symptomatic for so many things, refusing to get tested for covid and flu, citing that they don't want to knowingly bring it to their holiday tables. i had a patient tell me, verbatim, "i don't want to test for covid, because i don't want to be the asshole who brings it on a plane."

i understand that - i understand that holidays are times where people look forward to meeting loved ones that they might only see once a year, or where they get a break from the hectic back and forth of their lives.

but here's the thing - whether they get tested or not, they will bring whatever they have to their holiday tables. it's pure recklessness to know that you're sick, and walk into someone else's house spreading the disease.

today, january 2, i saw 91 patients, many of them who have tested positive for covid and flu. many of these patients are the same ones who didn't want testing 3 days ago, until their events were over, and now, they will have to reach out to everyone they know to let them know that they were positive because they were showing symptoms well before their event.

the next week or two? we're going to see many, many more, all people with symptoms that started around christmas. these are the only two viruses we test for rapidly in our office, but they are potent and can be fatal in many people.

so here's why i wrote this post, and maybe it's a little late, but - if you care about your loved ones, please get tested if you know you're sick. it doesn't have to be at a clinic if you don't want it to, because the over-the-counter tests work just fine too (if you test within 5-7 days of symptom onset). just...please don't try to run from the knowledge that you might have covid, because immunocompromised people, elderly people, people with co-morbidities like asthma, pregnancy, diabetes, etc...many of them may not recover. and they may not be sitting at your holiday table in the future because of it.

[rystiel]

i keep seeing people say the doctor shouldn’t have feelings for rogue because he’s married to river…? river song… who has also married multiple people… one of the most polyamorous characters in the show…?

[michaelwheelers]

I know who you are. You're Fire and Ice, right? In the flesh.

[yeehawpim]