My Aesthetic: When You Take Off Your Glasses On A Highway And All The Lights Go Soft And Smudged, A Trail

This fake yarn is supposedly better for sheep.

Aimed at people who don’t know where wool comes from, it’s 100% plastic. Yes, plastic.

So any garment you wash will release microfibres into the sea. It’ll never decompose.

You’re supposed to believe that sheep shearing is violent and cruel. There are imbeciles out there that work in an unprofessional manner while shearing, but that’s not the case overall.

Sheep don’t suffer from having their fleece removed.

Left on, the fleece can become a home for fly eggs and the subsequent maggots which can eat the sheep. Chemical treatments are available to prevent that happening. It’s much better for the sheep, the land and the farmer to avoid chemical use.

Don’t be fooled. Wool is a sustainable material, one we should make more and better use of.

The Spider Queen

They were the one thing her mother hated and her father loved, the three tarantulas that had come to visit the little girl with the pink toy teapot that poured out real tea. She was always happy to see them, would get out her mismatched teaset and hand out cups - light pink for Jer, hot pink for Kei, and yellow for Mey. 

She had always been a rather odd child. Her mother a bitter human and her father an elven druid in search of knowledge, and herself a half-elf. She had a proficiency for accidental magic, even before the expected age. Yet no one could explain how she conjured tea into her little pink teapot, fresh and steaming. She refused to say, simply smiling and saying that the spiders had taught her. 

When she started school, both parents were relieved, hoping their daughter would begin to make friends with other elves or humans, or half-elves. For a bit, they thought it was working. Their daughter spoke of three little ones that she enjoyed spending time with, named Jer, Kei, and Mey. She came home with various gifts gift from the three, from a beautifully and expertly crafted white silk hair tie to a dress woven in patterns that even the most professional seamstress hadn’t seen before to a simple black friendship bracelet woven from what looked hair. Her parents were willing to ignore these strange gifts in favor of being happy that their child was interacting with other humans. 

Then, of course, the school sent a letter telling them to visit the school while the children were at lunch. The teacher sat them down, explaining that the girl didn’t interact with other children, and at recess sat beside a tree and talked to three large, alarming spiders. No matter how hard the school had tried, they were unable to either get the tarantulas off of the premises nor were they able to convince her to get them to leave. Her parents were disappointed, watching throughout recess as their daughter ran off from the group of children heading for the playground to sit beside a tree and talk to the spiders that had grown exponentially. They were now half the size that she was, and clicking their pincers excitedly. 

The parents could do nothing, no matter what they tried - banishing spells, fire, forbidding her to ever see the spiders again. They watched as their daughter grew up, hitting puberty and pimples breaking out along her face, her insecurities arising, the spiders following her nearly everywhere; her first heartbreak, and the ensuing hug(?) that lasted forever; when she graduated, they were waiting offstage for her and clicking their pincers along with the rest of the crowd’s applause. By that time, they were as large as she was. 

She got all A’s in her classes, excelling most in nature magic, a battered little pink teapot in her backpack always. When she went off to college, they went too, and her parents frowned in disapproval at it, but said nothing. She studied history, memorizing tales of the Spider Queen, an evil woman taught and mentored by three spiders who influenced her to take over the world. 

It made her think of herself, to an extent, but never once had Jer, Kae, or Mey ever tried to tell her to take over the world. Instead, they told her that she could accomplish her goals, she was better than she believed herself to be, and listening to the bullies of her school was a bad idea. She trusted them, after they had kept her from losing herself to her own low self-esteem. So, when they told her that she was who she read about, she trusted them. She refused however, to do as her previous self had done, and rule the world. 

Instead, she pursued a career as a Shaman, a helper and selfless person who didn’t worry for herself and instead helped maintain the balance of light at dark, knowing that without one there couldn’t be the other. Her career led to her own writings, published works that gave her a name in the history books, one her past life had already had. The Spider Queen. 

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parents who tell their daughters they are ugly are bad parents

so prettyyyyyy

The Wildflower Alchemist by Stephen Garrett Rusk

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my wife’s so cute because we both love animals so much but her way is very pure and genuine whereas my family is:

me, holding up my cat: stinky

wife: no!! don’t be mean!!!

me, swaying him back and forth in the air: stinky bastard man

wife: No!!!!!!!!

my mother, not looking up from chopping veggies: naughty boy. brat cat

wife, distraught: NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spectrum outfitters is a new UK BASED company that is about to start selling binders

I know this damn website is so Americanised but PLEASE reblog this! Transmasculine people in the UK have to pay a ridiculous amount of money for shipping from America. This could change all that.

Support your UK trans community. Reblog this. Get the word out.

People on here will be like “oooh hozier has fae energy”, “my last brain cell”, “ I’m going feral”, “oooh I’m gonna steal your teeth op” and honestly I’m glad you goofballs are having fun instead of being assholes to eachother

Me, answering totally honestly and immediately, knowing how unhealthy my answers are: This is fine, I’m totally okay :)

Questions for the Signs

Aries

Why do you hurt people without consideration?

Does it ever get tiring, keeping so many secrets?

Why are you scared of letting others help you?

Why do you jump so quickly into relationships only to leave just as quick?

Taurus

Why do you need others peoples approval?

Why do you not believe in yourself?

Do you not think you’re worth more, do you not see all the value you have?

Do you like to feel broken or have you just learned to live with the pain?

Gemini

Are you afraid of your flaws?

Do you fake your confidence so people can’t see how self conscious you truly are?

Have you ever stopped to think how others feel when you leave them behind because you got bored?

Cancer

Why do you claim to be innocent when you are guilty of so much pain and abuse?

Can you not live independently?

Why must you jump into relationship before you are even aware of what love is?

Will you ever take responsibility for you own actions?

Leo

Why do other people’s opinions matter so much to you?

Why do you have to win ever argument you get into?

Will you ever be able to fully shown another person your flaws and insecurities and realize they still love you even if you’re not perfect?

Virgo

Why do you see emotions as a vulnerability?

Are you so proud and mighty that you must go through life without ever letting others help you?

Why are you incapable of realizing you aren’t perfect, but it’s okay that youre not perfect?

Libra

Why do you try so hard to make sure nobody ever finds out who you really are?

Why does your social appearance dictate how you live your life?

Do you think you are only worth love if you conceal your true self?

Scorpio

Why do you hide your loneliness behind your humor?

Do you not see all the value you’re worth?

Why do you expect people to be honest to you when you always lie and deceive others?

Sagittarius

Why do you have to one up people every single chance you get?

Why do you never take other people’s feelings into consideration?

Do you know how much of a narcissist you are?

Is there a reason you need to be better than everybody?

Capricorn

Why is it so hard for you to express your emotions to others?

Will you ever stop and realize other people can help you, you aren’t alone?

Why do you push yourself so hard and still never think you’re enough?

Aquarius

Why are you so scared of accepting the love people have for you?

How can you be so oblivious to other people’s emotions?

Will you ever learn that some things are better left unsaid?

Pisces

Are you capable of being your own person instead of just following everybody else?

Why do you let others walk all over you?

Do you know that your opinions and feeling are just as valid as everybody else’s?

Will you ever let other people see who you truly are instead if putting on some “innocent” facade?

By using a camera and computer vision software it is possible to make a fish control a robot car over land. By swimming towards an interesting object, the fish can explore the world beyond the limits of his tank. Via Studio diip