samiholloway:

Dad’s cremation at the cheapest place we can find is going to cost more than rent. Which I just paid and so have no more rent-sized payments to share or contribute to costs.

Even being dead is expensive in this dumbass country.

My brother started a GoFundMe to help us out.

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gay-jesus-probably:

As a general rule, if you’re having food cravings, you should probably pay attention to that, because it’s usually a sign that your body needs something. Like, if you’ve just finished a workout and are suddenly desperately craving fries? Maybe you’re low on salt, you did just sweat a whole bunch. Period cravings for junk food? Your body’s under some stress and working hard, you need energy, and foods with a lot of fat and/or sugar are an easy way to get that.

Back in the early 1900’s when exploring Antarctica was all the rage, y'know what was a major part of everyones daily rations? Butter. Just butter. The men out on the sledging teams would have cravings to eat entire sticks of butter with nothing else, so that was included in their rations. And that happened because under those extreme circumstances, their bodies desperately needed as many calories as possible, so their diet consisted mainly of butter, chocolate, and animal fat. Eating entire sticks of butter was the healthiest possible diet for them.

That’s an extreme example of course, but my point is, there’s no such thing as inherently Good or Bad food. Anything that’s edible can be healthy under the right circumstances, just like anything can be an unhealthy choice under the wrong circumstances. Your body knows what it needs. Listen to it. Unless you’re actively going through a serious medical situation, you do not need a tightly restricted diet. Diet culture is a scam, body fat is natural and healthy, food is good for you, and calories are the fuel your body needs to power its continued survival.

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You Need This Crust

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You Need This Crust

Microbiotic soils are millimeters-high worlds unto themselves and sequester carbon like nobody’s business

rjzimmerman:

Whenever I’m “off trail” in the desert, whether doing volunteer work, or going off trail on a hike to snag that mylar balloon remnant dangling in the botany, or walking over that-a-way to that boulder to get a better photograph, I look down for two reasons. One, avoiding stepping on cryptogamic soil, and, two, to avoid rattlesnakes. I think I’m more fearful of getting yelled at by a desert conservationist about the soil than I am about rattlesnakes.

Excerpt from this story from Sierra Club:

I hadn’t walked very far along the trail in Arches National Park before I started to see the signs. Planted alongside the asphalt of the trail were little posts that read “Your steps matter. Protect park soils.”

Many visitors hadn’t gotten the message. Boot and sneaker prints extended past the boundary, out into the pale red soil. Perhaps the people who had left them didn’t understand that the pleas weren’t just the national park equivalent of “Keep off grass.” When hikers tread off the path, they are trampling on empires—incredible, communal organisms that are vital to the health of the desert.

Microbiotic soils (also known as biocrust or cryptogamic soil, depending on who you’re talking to) are found in arid places around the world. The term might seem a bit strange, given that all soil contains a panoply of microscopic organisms  But what distinguishes microbiotic communities is that they are a collaboration of different entities—fungi, lichen, cyanobacteria, algae, and other tiny organisms that come together in just the top few millimeters of soil.

Despite their unassuming appearance, these dark crusts on the surface of arid soil are actually tiny towers that are critical to the health of the desert. Biocrusts take in carbon and nitrogen and place it back into the soil, where it can be used by surrounding plants. They help keep the desert together—not only preventing dry sediment from blowing away on the wind but trapping sand and dust that’s blown over them. Biocrusts often retain heat too, helping to regulate the rhythm of who’s active when in these arid places. Some organisms found in biocrusts even produce compounds that help to break down pesticides and herbicides, meaning that crusts can help detox the desert such that biodiversity can return to places suffocated by human activity.

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fancy-rock-dove:

twinterrors29:

Luke: you killed my father!
Vader: I’ve killed a lot of fathers.
Luke: Obi-Wan’s other apprentice! the one you betrayed and murdered! ringing any bells?
Vader, internally: …was Ahsoka trans? is this guy part togruta?? he doesn’t look like it, but fuck if I understand how togruta biology works? who did she (he?) even fuck?? when did she (he??) even have the time???

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Absolutely dying over the idea of Obi-wan watching this disaster of an interaction go down while Vader is there like, totally supportive of Ahsoka’s transition, but also looking at this completely human-looking kid like:

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6vcr:

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the game I’ve been involved in developing was just released! it was a challenging journey, but I gathered experience across different aspects of development, such as UI, tech art, and game design. if you like detective puzzles like me, Between Horizons is for you!

a free demo is also available :) if you enjoy it, please leave a review, it’s the best support!

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findingschmomo:

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2 and half months ago i got back into cross stitching. Today i finished the project I started back then! And then turned it into a pillow :3

this pattern is from owlforest and it was a DELIGHT to stitch

crankynerdgirl:
“evilscientist3:
“ofthefog:
“mapsontheweb:
“The Pacific Ocean is huge.
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If they make an earth flag it should be of this angle to piss off the most amount of people
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None Earth with South New Zealand
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The amount of time you have to...

crankynerdgirl:

evilscientist3:

ofthefog:

mapsontheweb:

The Pacific Ocean is huge.

If they make an earth flag it should be of this angle to piss off the most amount of people

None Earth with South New Zealand

The amount of time you have to spend on this website to still remember the Deep Lore like None Pizza with Left Beef, only to apply it to this post. Truly, boggling.

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