Hear, hear!

Fucking a porcupine in Florida, USA. It’s explicitly illegal.

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Replace “grad student” with “former catholic” and that’s my husband. Lots of deprogramming still needed on that one.

Does this mean academia is like the catholic church?

I can speak to that from a somewhat personal perspective because I lost my older brother a few years ago, which means I got to witness my mom losing a child.

I know that she would have greatly appreciated simple flowers later after his passing. She got a lot of flowers and stuff when he passed, which made her feel like he was very loved by his friends.

But then a year later, only a few people remembered. And I think that’s what hurt her the most after the obvious pain of losing her son. That people forgot.

So if you knew his son, you can write a card about how you still remember him and add flowers to that.

It’s usually not about the actual thing you give him but how it’s presented and the words that go with it.

P.S. you are a good person.

Of course I know her. She’s me.

Depends on the person. I’m a therapist, tons of my clients are very upset, scared, crying, having trouble sleeping, depressed, feeling powerless and angry, etc.

This administration’s actions are taking a huge toll on some people’s mental health.

And people who are trans or gay? They are scared and many want to get out but can’t.

Having said all that… there are plenty of people who are not bothered because they are not informed and don’t realize how bad things really are.

Admit it, y’all couldn’t resist correcting them.

Source: https://news.byu.edu/intellect/study-visually-captures-hard-truth-walking-home-at-night-is-not-the-same-for-women

Source: https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/02/06/chimps-use-pretend-objects-suggesting-they-have-imagination-and-can-engage-in-pretense/

Bats! Lots of bats!

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Study in question: https://news.emory.edu/stories/2022/08/esc_testosterone_animal_study_15-08-2022/story.html

Source: https://www.batcon.org/press/1500th-bat-species-discovered-in-africas-equatorial-guinea

If you search Etsy for “evidence-based practice shirt”, you’ll see some options.

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The cat cafe in Denver used to have a big one, it was great to see the cats take turns in it. One would just lay at the bottom of it and hog it from others who wanted to use it.

Here is an article about it: https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/hamster-wheel-running-nature-repubz/

Omg, I would so wear that.