befriending the crows they come they caw they feast

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Very fun little puzzle

It's in Annex II (list of things that should not be subjected any longer). Once they update the list, we are good to go!!!

aetna: it's here!! your EOB!! :D :D also aetna: we have sent you a sixth letter to notify you that we no longer cover the medication you need. we cannot and/or will not explain why. we are uninterested in hearing from you. please piss off, and good day.

I miss walking around looking for ferns I am not one who has the plant-lore within my brain, but if I were to try and study it, I would definitely study ferns how do i learn about ferns

hm. kol nidre hits a little different this year, huh

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

HE HAS A JOB NOW

A King of Ash The Winter of Pain The Throne of Sand A Ring of Centuries The Crown of Swords Song of Summer The Lightning Thorn The Tower of Light The Queen of the Forest The Tower of Dusk The Tower of Night The Sorcerer's Song

Truly we are always opening and closing windows. It must be central to what it means to be human. What other creature opens and closes windows so often as we do, or with such purpose? The opening and closing of windows may, in fact, be what defines us AS human.

I think I'm off painkillers, thank god

A lot of 12 year olds are going to learn the phrase "op sec" in the next few years. "Are those burner shoes?" "I didn't think --" "You're not SUPPOSED to fucking THINK, Skylar, you're supposed to follow FUCKING PROTOCOL."

gyokuro my beloved tea mandatory luxury open a tin and it will demand full attention for two weeks you must drink it every day... or it will spoil such a peculiar ethos for a tea

This thread is incredible.

pharmacy website: There is an ISSUE. a PROBLEM. You CANNOT get your medication. It is DISALLOWED. Call the pharmacist, IDIOT. pharmacy on the phone: yeah dw your rx tried to fill two days early. call us on saturday nbd

what a pleasure this cup is to drink out of, and what a pleasure this tea is, too dinggu dafang via @sweetestdewtea.bsky.social. I'm so glad I've got more of this stuff on the way

new cup / chawan from sazen tea

I'm concerned by State Farm’s unfair and arbitrary insurance rate hike on Illinois homeowners. These increases are predicated on catastrophe loss numbers inconsistent with Illinois DOI’s analysis, indicating State Farm is shifting out-of-state costs onto homeowners here.

shocked and dismayed to discover that the reason our toaster wasn't toasting expediently was simply because it has never been set to "toast"

A tiny droplet of oil coalesced on the top of the water film during today's tea session

found out the reason my hair is so damaged is probably because I've been using... the wrong... hairbrush (??)

Fangcha close up. I was curious to know whether the lettering on fangcha actually broke the leaves in the corners, or just bent them. Seems pretty clear the leaves just fold when they're pressed! Img 1: A raised line Img 2: A raised corner Img 3: An indented line

A moment I still remember from undergad classes: in a discussion section for first quarter QM, another student complained that she was tired of the harmonic oscillator. The TA said, "I have some bad news," and then turned and wrote on the board: Everything is a harmonic oscillator

Riven is, in either form, one of the single strongest and most seamless unifications of world design, game design, and narrative I have ever played. It was a masterpiece in 1997 and the remake is a masterpiece today We're so lucky to get games like this. Please go play it

Ok next problem. The low light color balance of this thing is WAY off... let's see if I can fix it

Here is a photo of a 1980s ripe puerh leaf. Some hand-forming processes for cakes use mesh fabric to press leaves together under steam, and sometimes this leaves a physical impression of the fabric mesh directly on the leaves You can see the impression as a repeating pattern in this image

With some really stupid image processing techniques I've drastically improved the image quality

hongshui taiwanese oolong ball oolong, unrolled 1, unrolled 2

dinggu dafang close up

little bug says "munch crunch"

All right, that tears it. I'm getting a low-power microscope to inspect tea leaves. Brace yourselves for close-up photos of many, many teas

Blue Prince is giving Outer Wilds a run for its money as the best game I've ever played

I made this Tak board, too (and now we're playing on it!)

the truth is, tea •in general• is fruity. you hear a gaiwan clink and it might as well be a grindr notification. oh, nice long jing you've got there who's your endo

Holy shit @leslielevings.bsky.social these tea pets are PERFECT, goofy lil guys. Now to find mine a home (and pack the other one off for @wordkerfing.bsky.social...) Serious thanks to y'all for running the Tea4T fundraiser, very important cause, and an excellent way to find cool artists too

I built a tea table

dinggu da fang delicious chestnut lemon broth faded fast

new tea table is almost done. I just need the finish to cure now

when we walk by the roadside we do not imagine the petals of the flowers where they once grew we see only concrete

personally i just want to post to my friends and read my friends’ posts, and maybe find other people to connect with who could be friends. i don’t want Larger Debate. i don’t want to be in a marketplace of ideas. i don’t want algorithms or ads. i just want to be able to talk to my friends

same plant

the thunder is literally continuous. a constant rumble. an uninterrupted roll. fifteen minutes and counting....

o i wish to be a little fish a-swimmin' in a pond ... pluck me out for a single week ... carry me out to bolinas bay ... show me the yosemite peaks ... set me in a montane creek ... and send me on my way

I have no idea why ferns make me so happy every time I see one growing uncultivated it makes me very excited fern fern fern fern

yellow tea from @onerivertea.bsky.social that isn't sold anymore to my knowledge: mapo spiced. Lemon, grass, cream, squash, spiced meat. It tastes like a soup.

my workplace is offering better health insurance this year... for less money......?

Tea4T raised $11,700 for trans youth, thank you all so much for your support!! (if you ordered them, your little guys are in the mail - we had a very efficient and lovely packing tea party!)