short about working at the coast guard

absolutely loved small prophets. highly recommended.

If you’ve ever wondered who this truly impacts? My family. My child. We’ve already been hit by the shutdown of care from major hospitals in Wisconsin. Even though my insurance covers gender affirming care, my child can’t access it here, which means I can’t afford it. Please say something

very fun song #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zjJ...

listen,

i've been craving pimento cheese, lately, which was a childhood standard: my grandmother always had some in the fridge, so it was a typical sandwich filling. i didn't much care for it, but that could be because she used miracle whip, which i find disgusting (it's cloyingly sweet to me).

one of the cats has a large bladder which has an unfortunate habit of immediately oversaturating the litter, which leads to a sizeable puddle that he's standing in until he finishes. i got a larger litter box but he still wants to stand in a corner, which i think worsens the puddle situation.

i had this experience with abilify, and spent eight days in the hospital. it's very important to pay attention when something feels wrong, and to do your best to advocate for yourself if your psychiatrist is not listening (mine wasn't). you and your life matter and you deserve good care.

Snowy Copse

currently stuck in my head: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjOs...

Ever wonder what happens to spiders in winter? Here ypu go! youtu.be/mzzfJLQGV8A

wise words from my plague sim

since we're sharing non-english songs, here's one i love: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjT1... #music

hollering, "corprus!" at the screen halfway through pathologic 3 like a fully normal individual who does not have a truly stupid number of hours in morrowind.

one of my friends has a habit of shitting on the things i enjoy. sometimes in ways i can brush off and sometimes in ways that feel rather bad: "this is a story i found meaningful." -> "it's drivel." not sure what to do about that, other than say less and less and less about what i like.

tickles my brain just right. #music www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9ww...

Even baby bunnies have to learn to clean their little faces! This new original drawing is now available in my Folksy shop... folksy.com/find/item/86... #Bunny #Rabbit #AnimalArt #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #bsnm

i do not feel like i can ask for support from any of the people in my life, and i do not want to be where i am, but i do not have anywhere to go.

If you have never played Morrowind before but like the more recent Elder Scrolls games, we'd like for you to sincerely give it a try and tell us what you think about it. The game is half off on GOG right now at $7.50, and available as part of Game Pass.

Artists have always loved to sketch! Sketch of a sparrow from Egypt dated c. 1479–1458 BC. Some 3,500 years ago in Egypt, artists used flakes of limestone as sketchpads! MMA excavations 1922-23, Deir el-Bahri. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology

if you've ever enjoyed block games even a little bit, i highly recommend vintage story. it's beautiful, extremely easy to mod, and the gameplay loops all feel rewarding.

A fountain pen inspired by Japanese plum trees. It may look like sumi ink painting, but the effect is also achieved through traditional urushi artistry. #fountainpen #matsuzawa

it's very cold but the oven is warm. tonight's bread:

there were multiple things in the local news about families being grabbed and detained, and there are notices around my building on each floor telling people what their rights are and what to do if ice shows up.

☔️🫧 ͛.*

cider bread turned out very nicely.

i mean, canonically...

Test print of my latest wip. I’m calling it “Astronaut”

really enjoying this www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YCJ... #music

chronic migraines make it difficult to have a life or function as a human being, in general. with this one, i can't abide even the light that leaks in through closed curtains and tears are running down my face from how much my eyes are watering. i have an appointment in 20 minutes.

Maki-e fountain pen #goldfish #matsuzawa

dropped a small piece of chicken when i was removing it from the bones and the boy cat was thrilled out of his tiny mind. there are so many dishes to wash, though.

I found a big, beautiful nudibranch on the rocky shore!! Even when I gently flipped it over, it had cute and beautiful patterns on its underside too 🫧✨

parkside & ocean by b ferguson, from "you are here: poetry in the natural world" #poetry

There are many reasons to help people. One that I think gets overlooked sometimes is: helping others often helps you. So if you feel like shit, don’t flagellate yourself in the dark. Leave your head a little. Extend some kindness. You can’t do everything, but you can do some things.

soot by kaveh akbar #poetry blackbird-archive.vcu.edu/v17n2/poetry...

a little Burgess Shale action #sciart

never used the app, but i read the policy: precise location data + "racial or ethnic origin, national origin, religious beliefs, mental or physical health diagnosis, sexual life or sexual orientation, status as transgender or nonbinary, citizenship or immigration status, or financial information"

I deleted TikTok back when the Oracle purchase was announced but if you've still got it, you GOTTA dump it. Especially for trans folks. It straight up says in the new TOS that they--Oracle, the company that has active ties to the Trump admin--are monitoring and documenting trans and NB users.

the aforementioned child

Tell me your pet's name in a gif

Crossed trees

i can't hear his name without thinking of how powerful his unfinished painting is.

This: "In many cases, the issue isn’t that sensations are stronger. It’s that the effort required to interpret them stays high for longer...Small changes that would usually be manageable feel too much. From this angle, sensory overload starts to look less like fragility and more like endurance."

Wizard axolotl. I noticed people tend to make them look a lot cooler than they are when drawing them, so I wanted to fix that. They already have the perfect body, and need no change. #artpost

In New York, USA. 🇺🇸

‘Full Moon.’ #Painting by Tao Lengyue (1894–1985) #art

had to run to the intercom, then rush back to the bedroom to get clothes, run to open the door. the amount of healing my leg had managed to do was reset sharply. i was going to try to go grocery shopping today because i'm out of everything, but i don't think i can manage that much walking.