A curious soul

This post has made its rounds for ten years (originally posted in 2015), and the earliest source I have ever been able to find for this claim is an article posted in 2013, which says:

“Biologists, and certain geologists, believe that something was blocking the monarchs’ path. They believe that that part of Lake Superior might have once been one of the highest mountains ever to loom over North America.”

Who these “biologists” and “certain geologists” are is a mystery. The article links two sources:

A 1996 publication on Monarch migrations in The Journal of Experimental Biology, which does not mention this lost mountain range.

The 1974 nonfiction narrative Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard.

Dillard is an acclaimed author and nature writer, but she is not a biologist or geologist and cannot be referenced as such. The referenced excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek:

Dillard credits this claim to nameless entomologists and a book with no title. It’s a dead end. Bear in mind, the entomologists and books who may have made this claim, which Dillard later read, would have done so pre-1974.

The truth about monarch butterfly migrations may lack the sci-fi/fantasy allure of a mountain range that exists only in a butterfly’s primordial memory, but it’s still incredible.

These creatures with magnificently intelligent and fragile bodies are believed to use internal solar and magnetic compasses to traverse mountains and lakes:

The geologic history of Gichigami, aka Lake Superior, is also extremely cool:

The Lake Superior Basin’s Fiery Beginning (2002, some facts might have changed)

Rockin’ the Rift, The Billion-Year-Old Split that Made Us (2018, working wih the author of the 2002 article)

Earlier today on Bluesky, I wrote about how—and I firmly believe this—no one is hard to love. That, if someone makes you feel that way, it’s entirely on them. And that love—in its myriad forms—never judges us by the small quirks and details of our less polished selves.

This is 100% the hill I will die on.

The thing is, I’ve often been told I am too much. I have too many feelings. (Like, you can just…remove some of them?) This used to bother me, until I realized that was someone else’s hangup. The reality is I have a very big heart and I am not shy about letting someone I know I care about them.

Why? Several reasons. One is that I am always true to myself, and I don’t believe in playing it cool. Another is that the world is a harsh mess, quite literally often on fire. It’s the warmth and love and the connection that help us through. And if a kind, honest word or gesture might matter to someone, I’m gonna do it. No hesitation.

I have also been the person who didn’t know how someone else felt, and that didn’t feel great. (Understatement.) And I never, ever want anyone else to feel that kind of awful confusion. Because by the time I did find out, it almost broke me. (Almost! I’m very stubborn.) So, if it’s within my power, no one else is gonna go through that.

Back to the beginning: no one is hard to love. Are we mutuals? Do we chat? I can rattle off at least three things I love about you, if asked. Hell, even if you don’t ask, I might randomly tell you anyway. Because ninja compliments make everyone smile!

I am always deeply happy when I get to show my affection for someone. It makes my heart happy. And the reverse is true, too: I am deeply happy to be cared about. It’s affirming. And yes, it also quiets the voices in my head that pop up, from time to time.

Reposting this because I need to materialize it somewhere.

[Updated] : Edited with alt text.

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Shorter pasta could definitely fit on a store shelf. Longer pasta however...

Good luck manufacturing it, but I think it could be done by extrusion and chopping, but I don't know if it'd be spaghetti still

"I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy."

GO OUT BY YOURSELF

LEARN HOW TO NAVIGATE PUBLIC TRANSIT WITH NO SMART PHONE

TAKE ONLINE CLASSES

MAKE PEACE WITH DISAPPOINTING YOUR PARENTS

GO TO THERAPY IF POSSIBLE

FOLLOW AFTERCARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR NEW TATTOOS AND PIERCINGS

EAT A MEAL BEFORE DRINKING

DON'T MIX DRUGS

IT'S HARD TO BE YOURSELF WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW YOURSELF SO JUST KEEP TRYING NEW THINGS

THROW EVERYTHING AT THE WALL LIKE SPAGHETTI TO SEE WHAT STICKS

YOU WILL DISCOVER YOURSELF THE SAME WAY YOU DISCOVER NEW COFFEE SHOPS AND NEW BANDS

YOU WILL GET THERE

Quick friend-shapes needed to be made.

Needed item: One sheet of rectangular (non-square paper)

How to do it:

1.) Fold 120 degree angle:

1.1.) Fold rectangular paper in half:

1.2.) Fold rectangular paper in quarters:

(Result:)

1.3. Fold the down right corner of the paper towards the lower quarter mark. Repeat this step for the upper right corner.

2.1.) Starting with the 120 degree angle we continue to fold it in half to get a 60 degree angle:

2.2.) Then fold it this way:

(The right (depicted in orange) edge of the paper needs to lay on top of the top side of the paper. )

Repeat these steps until you have only a stacked triangle.

2.3.) Unfold it:

2.4.) Now valley-fold all folds - all folds have to be in the same direction.

This results in a line of almost 5 entire equilateral triangles. - For a tetrahedron you need more than 4 triangles. (4 equilateral triangles aligned in a line is one of the many variations of a tetrahedron net.) (A tetrahedron has 4 faces. But the 5th triangle is needed to insert as a flap - and make the shape sturdier. )

2.5) Assemble:

Roll it up until the 5th triangle stays up as a flap.

Then insert the flap into the face:

Finished:

I hope you enjoy my lil shape and shape tutorial. 🌈

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DIN Ax (1:SQRT2) paper might work well for that.