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Hey everyone! Less than 6000£ left for my friend Mohammed Ayesh to make it to his goal! He has been an absolute hero for the past year trying to make sure Ghazzawiyeh in need had their fundraisers verified! Please do not hesitate to help him! We’re so so so close to the goal!!
Hello! I’m participating in @fandomtrumpshate once again, an online fanworks charity auction to raise donations for progressive non-profits to help and support marginalized communities.
If you’ve enjoyed my tl;dr keysmashes and stories, and would like me to write something for you or just need some beta-reading help, do consider checking out my auction page for more details. I would be adequately elated to help that whimsy/angsty/feral idea claw its away out your brain and into existence :P
You can also check out my Kavetham fics on AO3 if you want to have a feel of my writing. If you have any questions before making a bid, feel free to drop me an ask/message here. Alternatively, you can also message me over at Bluesky (@birbleafs) or Twitter (@labyrinthmess).
What the fuck those things are real I thought it was just a cartoon
I thought the same thing when I moved to Arizona
Little velociraptor
Lads
ok but roadrunners are so cool, I can seldom think of a bird more velociraptor-like
more people need to know they’re real because look at this, this is some real walking with dinosaurs shit
they have powerful legs allowing them to run up to 20mph and leap to impressive heights with ease
they are extremely swift and fearless, quick enough to take down a sizable rattlesnake and other large prey animals like lizards and mice
they have several unique adaptations to thermoregulate, such as the dark patch of feathers on their back which acts as a solar panel to absorb heat, or its crest that either releases or absorbs heat by exposing its skin
they have these long, stiff tailfeathers that they use as a counterbalance when running, very reminiscent of the rod-like tail of a dromaeosaur
and they are capable of bursts of flight/gliding with incredibly beautiful plumage
I’m genuinely shocked how many people think they’re made up, they are real and they are AWESOME
There are moments when it feels like the world has moved on, like everything we’ve lost is just another story that people scroll past. But every now and then, kindness reminds us that we are not forgotten.
Today, we’ve reached $1,580 out of $90,000, and while it’s still a long way from what we need, it’s proof that people still care. That hope still exists.
I never thought I would be in a position where I had to ask for help just to survive. 25 members of my family are gone. Our home has been reduced to rubble. Every day is a fight—not just for survival, but to hold onto the smallest piece of dignity.
💔 No stability, no safety, no certainty. 💔 Evacuations, grief, and endless struggles. 💔 Dreams on hold, because survival comes first.
But through all of this, your kindness gives me strength.
Even if you can’t donate, just sharing this post helps us reach more people who might be able to. Your support—no matter how small—makes all the difference.
🙏 If this post has reached you unexpectedly, I truly apologize. I promise I wouldn’t be asking if we weren’t in desperate need. If this isn’t for you, please feel free to ignore it. No hard feelings at all.
What I find really astonishing isn’t that a giant land snail managed to earn a doctorate, but that he managed to land a national TV spot despite displaying this kind of egregious, disrespectful behaviour towards his co-host.
“The Earth’s protective ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades in a gradual process that’s expected to close a major ozone hole over Antarctica, a United Nations-backed panel of experts announced on Monday.
The findings of the scientific assessment follow the landmark Montreal Protocol in 1987, which banned the production and consumption of chemicals that eat away at the planet’s ozone layer.
The upper atmosphere ozone layer protects the Earth from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation, which is linked to skin cancer, eye cataracts, compromised immune systems and agricultural land damage.”
-via CNBC, January 9, 2023
This was made possible because of global cooperation in enacting environmental regulations that various corporations and politicians fought against
This is an example, people, and it’s *important*.
I’m a millennial and I remember as a child being told that even though humans had stopped using CFCs, we weren’t sure the ozone layer even *could* recover. And it will likely be recovered in my lifetime!
We can make things like this happen. We can make governments and corporations listen to us on climate change too. It’s not easy, but so many people are already doing amazing things and have started momentum in the right direction. We cannot lose hope, and we cannot stop demanding that those with power make things better.
And if they don’t, it is our duty to remind them that their power comes from us.
If this is the same kind of radiator I’ve had personal close encounters with, it’s definitely not running or A Hot Tin Roof would be comfy by comparison..
Somehow I’d assumed my cat was the only one weird enough to do this. It’s her favorite warm spot.
Artemis Fowl (the book) doesn’t get enough credit for making you root for Artemis without:
Making him actually secretly the good guy.
Having him act like we should be rooting for him.
Making the fairies unsympathetic to compensate.
There are very few books who have tried to intentionally get us to root for both sides and even fewer who have pulled it off and Artemis Fowl stands among them. Obligatory “Fuck the movie” ending sentence.
“We usually keep a few packs of coffee beans at home” They are so disgustingly domestic, they don’t even bother hiding it anymore lmfaoo
and AAJJSJAKDJSHS KAVETHAM COFFEE BEAN SHOPPING (HOUSE CHORES??) ROSTER… I guess that’s a shopping list Alhaitham is holding while he purchases the coffee beans from Puspa Cafe. I imagine Kaveh must have made a loooong list of requirements of the beans he thinks they would enjoy based on taste, smell, etc. He probably also included some other extra groceries he’d want Haitham to buy from the bazaar too. The fact that it’s somewhat implied they now take turns buying necessities for the house, and possibly also share the house chores together (as opposed to Kaveh wanting to shoulder all of it at first because he’d felt guilty and that he’d owed Alhaitham for taking him in at his lowest point in life)…. Something about these minute details of routine mundanity and the subtle shift in their dynamics to something more balanced and equal, that speaks volumes of their shared comfort and companionship really rejuvenates my dead fossil heart. I HATE/LOVE them lol.
And I absolutely love how Alhaitham can sass Kaveh for his late-night workaholic over-reliance on coffee while still being point-blank about their mundane domesticity and shared grocery-shopping duties in a single breath like it’s NO big deal… Just the Sumeroommies roommating….
I haven’t really checked, so I’m not too sure how the lines are written in CN/JP/KR since those languages can skip (obvious) pronouns altogether and the context would still be understood. But it’s nice to see the EN translators going with “We” and “home” here because it gives us yet another sense of the subtle changes in Kaveh and Alhaitham’s companionship now.
Alhaitham is a very strong-willed person who tends to favour the use of “I” and people’s individuality first, so seeing him explicitly use “We” and “home” now—which aligns with how Kaveh uses it often too when he refers to both of them together—just feels so heartwarming and so very earned :“)
Still laughing at Alhaitham’s birthday letter and how he actually enrolled Paimon in a course at the Akademiya jjxjsjsjsjgjjsjkffdn Alhaitham continues to be the FUNNIEST man in Teyvat lmfaoo he is so invested in Paimon’s reading progress, and gifted her the gold Talent book too as we all correctly predicted that he would.
And since he mentioned Vahumana here, I guess he believes it’s the Darshan best suited to Paimon’s capabilities and interest? I really love how he even says she has potential as a future research assistant for the sages if she passes the course hhsjsjjsf they’re too cute!!
Like sure, one could argue he may simply just be teasing… I mean, he is kind of doing that too, but it’s more like playful, good-natured jesting in the same vein as him teasing Kaveh just to rile him up because Alhaitham finds his reactions amusing. At the same time, I do think he’s actually being earnest/serious enough if ever Paimon decides to take his offer. She’d probably hesitate to though, because the course material would scare her. Lol.
At this rate, I think it’s almost indisputable that Alhaitham’s three favouritest people in the world are Grandma, Kaveh, and Paimon loooooool.
It’s also murdering me inside to realise that Alhaitham did for Paimon what his Grandmother did for him when she’d enrolled him into other cross-faculty courses so that he could later gain knowledge and wider perspectives beyond his Darshan too. He is truly his Grandmother’s child hhjfkdjss……… Feels…. :__)
Oh, JP fans pointed out this one other thing which I’d wondered abt it too while reading his letter—but Alhaitham only gave Paimon one gold Talent book this time, instead of all three. And it’s the same type of Talent book he uses (Ingenuity). Did he come to feel such affinity for Paimon over time after observing her reading progress that he’d decided and believes she too possesses a similar kind of ingenuity and wisdom like Kaveh and himself?
It just cracks me up to imagine a scenario where Alhaitham makes Paimon fight alongside him in the Steeple of Ignorance to farm gold Talent books for her own ascension as per course requirements XD 🥧: But why does Paimon have to fight monsters now!? Isn’t this just supposed to be a lecture?? 🌱: Hands-on field experience builds character. 🥧: AAAAAAAAAAA
On the last note, I’m also really loving the way Kavetham are mirrored in their birthday web arts above: - Kaveh inside their house, thinking his friends don’t know it’s his birthday even though they planned a surprise for him; Alhaitham outside the tavern, waiting to go in because he already knows his friends have planned a surprise for his birthday.
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