Northern White-lipped Python aka D'Albert’s Water Python (Leiopython albertisii), family Pythonidae, found in New Guinea and a few small nearby islands
photograph by Tara Biron
Slaty-headed Parakeet (Psittacula himalayana), EAT A TASTY FRUIT!!!, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaculiformes, India
photograph by Rajesh Chaube
Anonymous asked:
I've kind of always wanted to be a source of support for the LGBT folks in my small, kinda conservative community-as a queer guy myself, it feels lonely out here. I'm trying to brainstorm ways I might reach people I don't know that might be looking for support. Any ideas?
our-queer-experience answered:
yeah! my first question would be 1. are you out?
if so —> be visibly queer and friendly to every safe seeming person you meet. there are probably hundreds of cool homotranssexuals out there who i remember seeing in random moments of my life and giving me the will to keep going but have no idea- and sometimes those people reach out to you! as ive become more visibly trans and queer, i’ve had so many people in random places strike up conversations with me about their niece, their friend’s brother, their uncle, their kid who theyre trying to support, their best friend, whoever. and im sure my listening and being friendly made them more comfortable and optimistic about things. same with the queer middle schoolers who have latched onto me in other settings, as well as some high schoolers, or even just people my age. be queer and a community will come to you.
if you are not out, be an “aggressive ally”. shut down homophobic jokes, call out transphobic and misogynistic rhetoric, focus on the “dude that’s not cool” kind of thing. other closeted people will mark you as a safe person and they, once again, will come to you.
little things. a pride flag sticker on your computer, introducing yourself with your pronouns, saying “husband wife or partner” when you don’t know the person’s spouse, denouncing homophobia when you see it,,,, it means the world. i cant count the number of times i have been in very macho places- think mosh pits where all the guys are tall and white, camping surrounded by heterosexual people with guns, bowling when a man starts swearing and yelling because we lost a football game- and having people do little things- one guy apologizing afterwards when they hit me a little too hard, a neighbor offering to walk me to my car, another person visibly scoffing at the overangry man- have made me feel infinitely safer. so try to be that guy for someone!
had to reread the caption three times before realizing that op is not, in fact, an 800-year-old iranian valley girl ceramics artist
Feels like Tumblr is the right audience for this one
Is this the mermaid who has feelings about stupid fish names
Michael Caine would appreciate this
okay so if you need more veggies/fruit, protein or fibre (bc most people do NOT eat enough) in your diet but you struggle to do so, hear me out:
look up recipes (especially snack recipes) that are child/toddler/baby-friendly
i can guarantee there is a woman with a cooking blog out there who has found away to pack a bunch of vegetables into a surprisingly delicious little snack for her kids. this process has never failed me when i feel like i am not eating enough fruits and veggies. my entire flat is eating spinach muffins at the moment, which doesn’t sounding particularly appealing to most people and yet somehow. they’re delicious.
putting some of my saved recipes under a read more for people to use as inspiration or a starting point ❤️
here’s a few more:
UPDATE: I happened to have all the ingredients for the spinach muffins on this list and made them today, and folks, they're GOOD. They have a very nice mild flavor and don't actually taste like spinach at all
