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Just discovered a new YouTube personal trainer and I'm now 1000% more motivated to work out. Turns out a parasocial relationship is enough to fulfill needs for relatedness and join autonomy and competence to complete the self-determination theory trio.

Hugh Grant tweeted a request at activists protesting outside Westminster to play the Benny Hill theme on their loudspeakers; when they did it became the soundtrack for street interviews with leading Tories trying explain the situation to the British people

The time I fell about laughing: My 4-year-old was studiously combing through my hair as I sat in the front passenger seat. "What are you doing?" I asked looking at his perplexed face in the rear mirror. "I'm looking for the eyes in the back of your head" he responded.

There's a mama robin sitting on eggs in her nest just outside my office window, and I have to resist the urge to peek at her constantly.

if you see something skate something

Mama robin's babies have hatched! Extra hard not to peek now...

A chickadee couple came to visit mama robin, peeking in the nest to look at the babies and everything.

This is a big part of why I like working out. One thing I get to control in a sea of things I don't

One of the robin babies died and was evicted from the nest by the mama. Two babies remain. I have to wonder if today's heat wave had anything to do with the chick not making it ... :(

Just finished reading #Neuroqueer Heresies by Nick Walker, and my understanding of what it means to be queer/engage in queering has been transformed. 10/10 would recommend

Was away all day yesterday, and today the baby robins are not in the nest. Last I saw they had fight feathers and were testing their wings, so hopefully they both successfully fledged!

When you love your child now, you're sending that love down through generations. You're sending that love to your grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. You're continuing the chain of love that connects you and your ancestors through time.

You are not inferior to anyone. Good night, I love you, see you in the morning.

A consistent effect of alcohol is that, even low to modest consumption disrupts the hypothalamic-adrenal axis and predisposes to more stress (lower stress threshold). No judgement on drinking here… but it makes people less resilient overall.

It is very hard to leave systems that have harmed us by teaching us to ignore and mistrust the signals in our bodies indicating we are being by harmed.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. - Eden Phillpotts

Today I realized that I have facial asymmetry that occurs *only* when I know that people are looking at me and/or I am having my photo taken. Which is kind of tragically ironic.

My 13yo is eating raw onions. For fun.

I don't even care the this is a cgi pig. It's a momentary distraction from feeling like hot garbage now that I've finally caught covid.