I do exist, but this is just a collection

Duviri Animals by Alberto Fernández

“lmao u just don’t wanna be bald bc then u’ll look like ur dad”

They were stuck with him, basically.

One day, mom was sitting in the samples room, looking through some data with a couple of other people working at nearby stations, and this guy comes in, sees my mom, and decides he's going to have some fun.

"Hey, nice hat!" he says. "Having a bad hair day? Dye job go bad?"

My mother sets down her work, and reaches up, taking off her hat. "No. Chemotherapy. "

Now confronted with her bald head, he freezes, his life flashing before his eyes.

"For stage 4 breast cancer," my mother says, never changing expression.

He is now actively praying for death, as every other person in the room has stopped their work, and are staring at him.

"The prognosis is six to eight months," mom says. She doesn't say 'until I die,' but it hangs there. She picks up her work. "So I really should get back to this."

Killer whale pod of many nations Odin Lonning, 2006 (carved cedar with acrylic) Created as a tribute to endangered killer whales and coastal tribes(?) from Puget Sound to Alaska, Odin Lonning’s Killer Whale Pod of Many Nations (illegible) symbolizes the enduring bond between First Nations and killer whales, regarded as sacred by many Northwest Native peoples. From left ot right, the whales exemplify Tlingit, Haida, Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka'wakw, and Coast Salish motifs This peace was made possible by a Native Arts grant from the P(illegible)ch Fund Text by Alan (illegible) & Odin Lonning Tlingit The Tlingit whale (illegible) how a (illegible) in the story of (illegible) or creation(?) of the Killer Whale Haida The Haida whale embodies (illegible) stories about the (illegible) Killer Whale and the adventures of Na(illegilble) and his wife(?) Nuu-cha-nulth The Nuu-cha-nulth whale signifies the (illegible) wolf(?) killer whale connection to the culture and communities(?) (illegible) Kwakwaka'wakw The Kwakwaka'wakw whale celebrates(?) the triumphant(?) (illegible) of K(illegible) when her(?) pod in(?) (illegible) First Nations territory in British Columbia(?) Coast Salish

the artist Odin Lonning (his website) is Tlingit

this is indeed his piece: Killer Whale Pod of Many Nations (2006) (carved cedar with acrylic) which is displayed at the Seattle Aquarium

Created as a tribute to endangered killer whales and costal tribes from Puget Sound to Alaska, Odien Lonning’s Killer Whale Pod of Many Nations panel symbolizes the enduring bond between First Nations and killer whales, regarded as sacred by many Northwest Native peoples. From left to right, the whales exemplify Tlingit, Haida, Nuu-chah-nulth, Kwakwaka’wakw and Coast Salish motifs.

This piece was made possible by a Native Arts grant from the Potlatch Fund.

Text by Ann Stateler & Odin Lonning.

this paper (WHULJ, newsletter for the Puget Sound chapter of the American Cetacean Society) has an article about this work when it was dedicated: Killer Whale Pod of Many Nations: “Carving for a Greater Cause” By Ann Stateler which discusses the specific representations each whale embodies, as well as the dedication ceremony and the real life whales who inspired the piece

here is a better quality photo of the work, from a aquarium visitors flickr account :)

he looks small, and lonely, and fragile

and jefferson, who has a son around spiderman’s age, can’t ignore the impulse to make sure he’s okay

so he finds his way to spiderman’s perch and settles down next to him

they sit in silence for a long time, spiderman staring up at the moon in thoughtful silence

it’s almost five minutes before he finally speaks

“i was there, you know”

jefferson doesn’t understand

spiderman hugs his leg to his chest, resting his cheek on his knee as he turns his face to the officer sitting at his side

“when peter died,” he says by way of explanation, and his voice is wavering with the threat of tears. “i’d only had my powers for a day, and i was so scared. i had no idea what was happening to me. but then he showed up.”

jefferson is baffled, his whole world turned on its axis. somehow, he’d never thought about who spiderman had been before he was spiderman. there was a part of him that had just kind of assumed he’d been different from birth. a part of him had bought into the lie that spiderman was indestructible, that he had always known what he was doing and who he was.

“he said he’d teach me,” says spiderman, voice bitter with longing. “he promised he’d show me the ropes and be there for me when i needed him. and then he died.”

“i’m sorry you had to experience that,” says jefferson, because he doesn’t know what else to say. and it’s the most natural feeling in the world to reach out to the young hero and wrap him in a hug.

he fits in jefferson’s arms like he’s always belonged there, and in a moment of clarity, jefferson feels everything click into place

“i watched fisk kill him, and i didn’t do anything,” sobs the child in his arms, the child that jefferson would recognize anywhere, in any life. “it’s my fault he died. i killed spiderman”

but nazi rhetoric is in itself violence

it is not unprovoked, it is defensive

because nazi rhetoric is inherently violent.

(Afternoon April 13, 2023) The Missouri Attorney General just used an Emergency Rule to ban all gender-affirming care for people of all ages (yes, adults) in the state.

In order to receive any care, transgender minors and adults alike will have to:

have 3 years of documented “severe” dysphoria

18 months of state-mandated conversion therapy

have zero mental health conditions, most specifically anxiety, depression, or autism

require tests for “social contagion” for 15 years after beginning care

To this I observe:

If that's the most overpowered thing you can think of to do with an entry level spell, you need to think about some of the other Arcana a little more carefully; and