Kind and Dangerous

This is very good

taking my stupid walks for my stupid mental health with my stupid hypervigilant brain horse

spite

https://e1.nmcdn.io/assets/pushkin/wp-content/uploads/imported-files/Wait-theres-torture-in-Zootopia_-Examining-the-prevalence-of-torture-in-popular-movies.pdf

like this sentence from the introduction alone is fucking crazy. “approximately half of adults in the united states think that torture can be acceptable in counterterrorism.” what!

.  (thank you Kumi Ito on Pinterest)

This is something you may see on hot days - this Blue Jay is not injured, it is taking a sunbath. It is done for skin care and grooming and helps with parasites. I always love seeing it because it feels like they have to feel perfectly safe when they do it.

I recently saw this with a Stellar's Jay (the same bird pictured here) and it initially had me worried it was sick or injured! Very relieving to learn about this interesting behavior.

Gameboy peripheral PediSedate was designed for dentists and dosed kids with nitrous oxide as they played games.

A Tessted Toys British Dolls' Field Hospital, complete with Red Cross tent, four beds, screens, four baby dolls, bisque head doll in nurses' uniform, boxed.

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