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my chicken &yup i vaporized him

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not normie enough to fit in but not fringe enough to lean into being a freak, worst of both worlds, pure liminality, just the weird coworker, and unrelatable classmate. and your mutual

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People talk a lot about how people behave foolishly around animals in Yellowstone, but a few years ago I spent most of a couple weeks pseudo homeless around Estes Park and I saw DOZENS of people nearly get killed by elk. Fool town full of wannabee sish kabobs.

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coyote restroom attendant

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hey @wild-west-wind I made this 2-color doodle last night based on one of your Arches photos.

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Utah/Navajo Nation, 11/24

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i think you should be able to emoji react to MyChart lab results

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Unknown -  Jeremy Miranda , 2024.

American , b. 1980 -

Acrylic on board , 10 x 12 in.

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Golden Haze across Fells. The Lake District

Freddie Ardley

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Natural Bridges National Monument, 11/24

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help me get my partner with MCAS stabilized

Hey all.

The good news: I’ve found True Love™️.

The bad news: my long-distance partner is disabled with worsening chronic illness and struggling to live alone in a state with very poor medical care. Most recently, a flareup of what we suspect to be MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) has worsened every other ailment and severely limited what my partner can safely eat, touch, and inhale without risk of anaphylaxis. 

This is scary for both of us. I’m in the process of trying to relocate, but my partner needs more support than can wait on me to find a remote job I can take with me. This GoFundMe is to help me afford to take time away from work (I do not get paid leave of any kind) and help get my partner stabilized with frozen meals and medical travel. 

What your donation will help me cover:

-travel expenses 

-food for me so I can avoid draining my partner’s supply of “safe” foods 

-loss of 3 weeks income as I take unpaid time away from work 

-more freedom to experiment with what my partner can safely tolerate; with MCAS, the only way to learn what is safe is through trial and error, as what is tolerated by one person may not be tolerated by another 

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Moab/Newspaper Rock, 11/24

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hey can i use your photos as painting practice? you're really good at composition and the colors are wild

Absolutely! I just ask that you not use the paintings commercially (unless the final piece is like significantly changed from the photo). Also I'd love to see them when you're done!

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Arches/Canyonlands, 11/24

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I have 300 asks in my inbox and I think I might try to answer all of them over the next little while. A lot of them are gibberish. Could be fun ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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Arches, 11/24

REALLY tough photo conditions in Arches, but worth it to be nearly alone in the park most days! When else do you get Delicate Arch to yourself for like 45 minutes than when it's like 15F and windy. Wish I could have made better use of that time but whatever.

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I think it's really interesting how people who have had close calls with death break into two distinct groups afterward:

Complete peace with it, knowing that it'll happen when it happens and it can't be avoided

Complete fear of it, not able to think seriously about it without spiralling, afraid they won't have time to live how they want

I don't really have anything else to say about that, I just wonder why that is. I don't want to die painfully, but otherwise I recognize I could die tomorrow and thinking about that adds no stress or anxiety to my life. I'm more comfortable with dying than I am running into someone I knew from high school at a grocery store. Why is that?? What a weird way for a brain to work!