150 nutpugs in the shape of a man

these ^ are button quails (genus Turnix). they are small and plump and run around in the grass and eat seeds. they are very quail-like.

HOWEVER.

they are not quail. in fact, they are relatively close relatives of seagulls!

not only are they NOT quail, but the clade they belong to (neoaves) diverged from the clade quail belong to (galloanserae) during the cretaceous period! they last share a common ancestor with quail about 85 million years ago (the exact number is disputed but they definitely diverged before the k-pg extinction event, and likely quite long before that, so somewhere in the realm of abt 70-95 mya)!

in other words

These are freakyyy 😜 😛

today's gregor samsa is: getting misted in the produce aisle

There is no victory in skipping dinner, or lunch, or breakfast, or morning coffee, or dessert.

There is no victory in refusing heaters and air conditioners and fans and heated blankets.

There is no victory in denying yourself sleep, or showers, or movement, or water, or a comfortable bed, or taking the elevator vs. the stairs.

There is no victory in refusing pain meds and heating pads and ice packs and medical help.

There is no victory in punishing yourself needlessly, in telling yourself that this pain you feel is because you are bad to the core and deserve it.

There is no victory in choking back your laughter and your tears, to keep an imagined equilibrium of safety that is really just a dry, cracked, empty, endless emotional desert.

You are here. You are in this body, and this body is yours. You deserve good things. You are alive, and that is messy and loud, and messy and loud are okay.

Some new mini Jammy stickers I have up on the shop! Also a new larger rainbow plush!

The pride sticker is a add-on item so it costs less than most other stickers, it has a new holographic film thats pretty neat.