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omg the girlies

omg the girls are saviiiiiiiing wiiiildliiiiife

Not all heroes wear capes. Or trousers.

I saw this on insta and someone commented asking her how she knew they were in there and she said that she saw the mama duck with only one duckling and thought it was suspicious so she stopped to check and hear them quacking down there... :') <3

the way the momma duck sped up once she saw her babies yayyyy

link to AP article about the infections

this speaking as a cis person. Nothing brings me more joy seeing people find gender euphoria in becoming a mediocre representation of humanity. And I mean that so genuinely. Local boy finds joy and fulfillment wearing a cargo shorts and t-shirt combo. Local girl has transitioned to look like someone's disheveled aunt, has never been happier. Local person experiences gender euphoria rocking the world's worst bowl-cut. Without a scap of irony, this shit makes me see the wonder and whimsy in just, being a human. An average, person going through their day-to-day, is a wondrous thing? That's amazing. And heteronormativity has stripped these experiences of their joy. Like you're right, wearing a basic girlypop skirt should make my heart sing. Why not? Why are these expressions lesser because they're normal? All this to say. Shoutout to all the basic bitches out there. Yes that polo shirt does make you look like a divorced golfer dad. Yes, that too is kind of a slay, now that I think of it.

I can't believe home depot literally produced a wildly successful science fiction musical and we all just pretend it didn't happen. on one hand yes it had a boring white guy main character but like.... home depot just... Made it? And it had shit ton of box office sales? and no one even talks about this. this is like avatar (2009) all over again

OK so. After a lot of frantic googling I realized this was all a dream. home depot did not in fact produce a wildly successful science fiction musical. I was on allergy meds and took a nap and my brain simply prophesized this. slightly disappointed because I wanted to watch it.

TRANS PEOPLE ARE MY FRIENDS

TRANSPHOBES COME CATCH THESE HANDS

SOLIDARITY FOREVER 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

Yes

Fives: In all of these stories about your ARC training, we heard about how Commanders Wolffe and Fox were feral and Cody couldn't be contained, but what about you, Captain? Rex: Well... Fox: He was the worst. Echo: Really? Cody: Not really. Rex was the most well-behaved of all of us. Fox: Your memory is failing you, Kote. Rex: How was I the worst? Fox: The dive. Everyone falls silent. Fives: What just happened? Rex: You're never going to let that go, are you? Fox: Everyone else looked at the water when we heard the splash, but I looked at Seventeen. I'll never forget the look on his face. Echo: The splash? Fives: What happened? Cody, sighing: We'd just done diving training. We wore protective gear and had a buddy system, you know, so we wouldn't get eaten, but some of us always got spooked under the water... Bly: We were teasing each other like always... Fox: But Rex just had to prove himself. Rex: I know it was stupid, even then I knew it was stupid, but I wanted to show I wasn't afraid of the water. I...jumped in... Fox: After we'd all already taken our suits off. Cody: We all heard the splash, but it took us a few seconds to realize what just happened. Fox: Alpha-17 looked like the platform fell out from under him. You could see it in his face, he thought we were about to lose Rex... Wolffe: We heard the second splash... Bly: Alpha-17 was gone. Fox: I grabbed Cody. Cody: My body was moving to the edge before my brain even realized what was happening. Fox: Then, I grabbed Wolffe... Wolffe: I don't know how your head was so damn clear-- Fox: It wasn't. I was moving on instinct too. My instinct was to keep you out of Seventeen's way, though. You would've just churned up the water and attracted something big. Bly: When Alpha-17 surfaced with Rex, I realized I'd been holding my breath... Cody: I think we all breathed a sigh of relief in that moment... Fox: After he pulled him onto the platform, he just held him for a few minutes... Bly: Then, we all did...one by one... Wolffe: Except this di'kut. Fox: I punched him. Rex, softly: He was crying...I felt like the worst person alive... Fox: Then, I hugged him... Rex: I'm sorry... Fox, hugging Rex: I was only angry because you almost got two of the people I care about most killed. Echo: Awww... Fox: Alpha-17 and Wolffe. Wolffe: Ha! Fox: I'm joking. You know I love you, Rex'ika... Rex, smiling a bit: I know... Fox: But you're still the worst. Rex: ...

the vivid sensory-memory of sucking water out of a washcloth as a child

i think it's really fun when a rly specific trope is super popular in one particular medium but in other ones it's just totally unheard of. it's the time knife. visual novel players are suuuuper used to death games but many others encountered them for the first time in squid games. the other day my mom showed me all excited the summary of a super original novel she found and it was about a girl who got reincarnated as the main character in her favorite fantasy book

what the fuck is a time knife

All I'm saying is my hips are extremely soft and grabbable

TRA here means "transracial adoptee" fyi, just in case you're used to seeing that in another context

As a transracial adoptee (Native/Mexican to white Mormons) i have trouble putting to words the amount of harm having ~liberal white parents~ did to me. It is very very rare for me to go, yeah, okay, I support a transracial adoption. All of these experiences are absolutely believable to me.