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seawall

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Queer, #AuDHD, vaguely artsy, apprentice hairdresser, well-meaning but often clueless parent to an #autistic #PDA kid. 🌈♾️💇

American Pākehā in Aotearoa NZ. :tinoflag: :laserkiwi:

Clean Air Crank™. #COVIDIsAirborne 🪟🌬️

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futurebird , to random
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Is this a creepy idea for a school assignment or a cool idea?

Make Your Own Doomsday Library

You are going to live in space, or in a bunker and you will only have the materials you can assemble on a 1GB hard drive. Make a list of the books and materials you would bring and assemble your emergency library.

Optional: Create a device for reading your library that will last as long as possible.

It's an interesting exercise and might even be useful.

seawall ,
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@futurebird definitely depends on the kid, but I think my friends and I would have been intrigued (you teach tweens/early teens if I recall)

futurebird , to random
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I think it would be a great opportunity for Prison Fellowship or other orgs that support people in prison to do a lil fund raiser where they will send the former president a care pack with some of their helpful pamphlets on surviving prison life. (But mostly it'd be about raising money for ordinary prisoners.)

Maybe the innocence project could get in on it too, whilst making it clear that "though innocent people sometimes go to prison, guilty people do too"

I'd donate.

seawall ,
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@futurebird I been saying... My birthday is July 11th, and I honestly don't want to ask for anything more than the sentence he richly deserves...

I will gladly donate too

Jgbird , to random
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Tested negative for Covid and feeling enough strength to get back to working (from home still). Grateful for healing. Here’s a western bluebird.

seawall ,
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@Jgbird good to hear, just take it easy. The 3-6 weeks following infection can go very wrong if you don't take it slow

futurebird , to random
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::"It is strange to me that so many humans do not have a colony, or live in fear of losing their colony. Now I would never claim ants are perfect--" (this last was manifestly false) "--but, every ant on Myrmecos has her colony. We do have orphans, true, but they are still-- well, they are ants! They are a part of the colony of all of us, of all ants. An ant would never worry about not having a place to call her home. Human life seems filled with pointless stress. I could never tolerate it."

seawall ,
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@futurebird Now I wanna live with the ants!

futurebird , to random
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"If I'm not supposed to lie on them then why did you warm them up?"

Pica has moved to the keyboard area and does no want to be disturbed. Typing can wait.

The same small tabby cat blocking the keyboard. She uses her paw to cover her face to block out the light.

seawall ,
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@futurebird the arm over the eyes, I love when cats are dramatic

futurebird , to random
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The time genie will bring back one (1) extinct animal from any time in all of earth's history. The animal will be integrated into an ecosystem seamlessly with no major negative consequences. You get to pick the creature.

Do you feel obligated to pick something like a sauropod just so people can experience the awe?

Do you bring back something more recent to correct the crimes of mankind?

Or are you selfish and you ask for hell ants so you can finally see how their mandibles work?

seawall ,
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@futurebird giant moa, absolutely. Love a big bird https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/south-island-giant-moa

Jgbird , to random
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Tested at home for Covid. Finally got it after four years avoiding it. I guess I’ll be alone at home awhile longer. Here’s a western gull from San Diego earlier this year.

seawall ,
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@Jgbird oh no! Hope it's mild and passes soon

futurebird , to random
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I've resisted to learning to crochet but they are wearing me down. Look at how smug he looks! It's not fair!

seawall ,
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@futurebird reminds me I want to crochet a life size amigurumi of this massive native eel. Looks so cozy to wear like a boa

Jgbird , to random
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seawall ,
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@Jgbird omg, living the dream

futurebird , to random
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Someone in my building is BLASTING "New York New York"

Which is traditionally done after yankee games if they win in our building.

LOL.

seawall ,
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@futurebird

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futurebird , (edited ) to random
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These AI SEO spam operations have used lists of common searches to ensure that their pages come up first in searches in the “long fat tail” the kind of search where it used to be about 50/50 if you’d find a page addressing your needs. But, it used to be if you found something like “The top 15 smallest ants in the world” it wouldn’t be nonsense. It’d either exist and be the work of another person who cared OR you found nothing. Not so now! I can’t possibly over-stress how bad this is! 1/

seawall ,
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@futurebird this is absolutely something I'm feeling, for myself and my very bright and curious 7yo

Jgbird , to random
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Showing my parents that one of the hummingbirds fledged!

seawall ,
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@Jgbird oh, that's what the nest is built on, I couldn't tell. A hook hanging a flower basket---so tiny!

futurebird , to random
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She likes to rest on this bookshelf so she can look us in the eye when we exit the shower.

She peers around the door frame. Two triangle ears and a little plaintiff face.
My husband peers around the door and he and Pica are eye to eye in a staring contest.
Pica won. She sits front paws neatly draped in front of her queen of the bookshelf.

seawall ,
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@futurebird omg, the top right one is a perfect meme template

"You're going out dressed like THAT?..."

Jgbird , to random
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I traced some of my frustration back to the confrontation I had with the unleashed dog owner at Bolsa Chica last month. I know I did the right thing in calling him out but I also knew I was powerless. To protect the birds or do anything about a-holes who ignore the rules (and there are a bunch of them out there). I hate to admit it took a lot out of me.

seawall ,
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@Jgbird I get it. I hate confrontation too, even when (especially when?) it's around something I know is right and feel strongly about.

futurebird , (edited ) to random
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Tulip, the ant says hi! #namedAnts

seawall ,
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@futurebird

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Jgbird , to random
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Been kinda…burnt out. I haven’t been out w the camera in almost two weeks which hasn’t happened in—ever. Last time was the fun weekend at Wind Wolves but when I got home I just didn’t feel any motivation. Anyway here’s a jay.

seawall ,
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@Jgbird burnout sucks. The birds are cool, tho

futurebird , to random
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So night terrors, sleep paralysis etc. seem to be a real thing. I've had "bad dreams" but never anything that sounds like these experiences. It sounds like it's scary. Scary like when you are home alone and hear a sound and don't know what it is.

I'm curious if people who can have this are can be aware that it's not real when it's happening.

When I get anxious I can also know "this is just that thing" and I'm sort of detached about it?

Can that happen with fear?

seawall ,
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@futurebird most of what I know about night terrors is from comedian Mike Birbiglia, who was interviewed on NPR and also has at least one Netflix special focused around it

futurebird , to random
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I wonder who the first person was who figured out they could send a message home to their family... when they were on a long journey by taking some of the pigeons they raised with them and letting them go?

I bet the first message was just the bird itself. "When I get to the mountains I will release Lisa, when I reach the amber fields I will release Ahmed."

But then they learned to give the birds little parcels to carry.

Maybe the birds were raised for meat, or as pets... or both.

seawall ,
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@futurebird I'm sure this was covered in this book, I'll try and find my copy https://shop.nypl.org/products/a-pocket-guide-to-pigeon-watching

futurebird , to random
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I can see some advantages to knowing if someone has autism if they are in school. But, I don't see the benefit for adults. Provided they are generally happy and coping with life OK.

It does seem to be something that people find valuable and helpful, so I'm missing something I think.

seawall ,
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@futurebird @sidereal Yeah, when I went back to school to study hairdressing, and got dx'd ADHD shortly after (suspect I'm AuDHD tho), I confided about it to a classmate who'd talked about her dyslexia, and she was like "Don't mention it in an interview, or ever if you get hired, they'll think you're defective." Soooo... Yeah. 🙁

futurebird , to random
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...

Clearly not thinking through all of the implications of "that America"

bruh. why would YOU be able to vote if women couldn't? THINK.

seawall ,
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@futurebird the brain worms...

luckytran , to random
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Some claiming CDC was forced to weaken isolation guidelines as many people in the US don't have enough paid sick leave so no one is isolating.

This is poor excuse. Weakening guidance only makes it harder to pass sick leave polices because politicians will say it isn't needed anymore.

seawall ,
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@luckytran Busy days at the consent manufacturer

futurebird , to random
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How we roll:

Gasters: Full.
Antennae: Groomed.
Queen: Fed.
Larvae: Sorted.
Mandibles: Sharp.

whole gang ready

seawall ,
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@futurebird Queens adjust other queens' crowns*

*antennae

futurebird , to random
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Today is a good day because one of my students drew me an ant. 🐜 (and it’s a pretty good ant too)

seawall ,
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@futurebird that IS a good ant, well done, student!

futurebird , to random
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Just texted my cousin who lives in OH. found out she "isn't certain" if she's registered to vote or not. She's an army doctor. She has SOMANY degrees.

She's an organized smart person and volunteers. She also finds politics boring, stressful, depressing, etc.

But with me bugging her she'll vote. She knows.

If you put up with my posts you find politics interesting. (even if you also find it depressing, stressful etc.) That is not normal. Most people don't like politics.

Nag a cousin today!

seawall ,
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@futurebird they REALLY don't! Average people just really do not think about politics much at all. Hence why shit keeps getting worse. Here in NZ people "just wanted a change" and now we're sliding into our own George W Bush era 😩

futurebird , to random
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Flaco, an Eurasian eagle owl that escaped from the Central Park zoo is still flying around and living in the park. Several of my coworkers have seen him and I always look out for the bird.

Flaco has been eating rats and seems to like city life. He seems to live on the upper west side, impressive that a bird can swing the rent in that neighborhood.

https://news.yahoo.com/flaco-owl-escaped-central-park-154437645.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

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@futurebird I love Flaco 😍

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