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Erin Webb

@birbween.bsky.social

Maynard MA | conservationist & gardener | one polite goblin

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Death drive - Wikipedia

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19.04.2025 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a joke about Paige Guthrie, but the thought of telling it makes me feel like I'm coming out of my skin.

is this anything

18.04.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't read this yet, but based solely on the blurb, a conclusion that makes just as much sense is that children with high SOCIAL aptitude flourish in the traditional school environment.

17.04.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ahead of its time

16.04.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Odd this day Well, it’s 55 years to the day since French researcher Michel Gauquelin put this advert in Ici-Paris offering free personal horoscopes…

It’s the 57th anniversary today of French researcher Michel Gauquelin offering the people of Paris free personal horoscopes β€” and then sending all 150 respondents the horoscope of Marcel Petiot, France’s most notorious mass murderer

16.04.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

i have written a roughly equal number of poems about love and poems about buses

16.04.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I discovered LDG when I was severely depressed and didn't really leave the house but needed some kind of human exposure, and it was very soothing. I never attend live b/c of the time zone difference, but the classes come with a recording that you can watch on your own time.

16.04.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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LONDON DRAWING GROUP Aο»Ώll our online classes are pay-what-you-can. We believe high quality art classes should be available to everyone whatever your level or financial situation. London Drawing Group was co-founded by art...

Related, I LOVE taking art classes with the London Drawing Group-- their classes are pay-what-you-can and accessible to all skill levels, and some of them are FUNKY. They have an upcoming class called "How to Embrace Mistakes."
www.eventbrite.com/o/london-dra...

16.04.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Another thing that feels like a luxury, though maybe this is just me, is giving myself permission to play with art supplies w/o feeling like I need to make anything, like literally just to play. :)

16.04.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

There's good science behind the health benefits of "forest-bathing," so that's an awesome option if you have a safe place to do it! I read a study about how experiences in nature (or "near-nature" like looking at paintings of natural scenes) are a valuable treatment for chronic overstimulation.

16.04.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dream on, Sluggo

15.04.2025 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1126    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 20
Handsome tan & white pit bull snoozing on a couch in the sunlight

Handsome tan & white pit bull snoozing on a couch in the sunlight

this asshole snoozing it up while I file our taxes πŸ‘Ί #dogs

14.04.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

haha, honestly this is mostly important w/ carbonated beverages, coffee is way less abrasive. HOWEVER, it seems that eating cheese can help minimize these effects; compounds in cheese adhere to your dental enamel and form a protective barrier. Which sounds nice but also you have cheese teeth.

14.04.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Wooded scene featuring a moss-covered chunk of deadwood

Wooded scene featuring a moss-covered chunk of deadwood

Not to downplay the beauty of nature on its merits, but I do think the wood in the foreground looks like an anthropomorphized rabbit playing a guitar #MaynardMA

13.04.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is an under-appreciated post.

13.04.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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detail of Justinian from Fra Angelico's "The Healing of Justinian by Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian" with a lip-biting emoji over Justinian's head

detail of Justinian from Fra Angelico's "The Healing of Justinian by Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian" with a lip-biting emoji over Justinian's head

13.04.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It really says something about the repression present in american society that I am not constantly being stopped on the street by people who want to tell me how beautiful I am????

13.04.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

We must watch for a breach in the living wall that hemmed us in; the wall that had only admitted us in order to shut us up.

13.04.2025 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Photographer Lee Miller (left) and Tanja Ramm, breakfast in bed at Lee’s Paris studio, 1931
#womensart #SundayMorning

13.04.2025 06:18 β€” πŸ‘ 511    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Define "pampering"

13.04.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

this is objectively hot, right? it's not just me

13.04.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s the distinction between Star Wars and Star Trek. In Star Wars the ultimate evil is a tempter figure, it’s Satan, it’s someone whispering look what you can have if you learn to hate. In Star Trek the ultimate evil is a voice impassively telling you to stop caring, it doesn’t matter if you care

13.04.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't disagree, but for your consideration I posit two notes re: brushing your teeth AFTER you drink coffee: (1) minty fresh mouth makes coffee taste gank, and (2) the acidity in coffee temporarily softens your tooth enamel, and brushing during this often 1-hr period can damage your teeth.

13.04.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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✨Plant SpotlightπŸ”Žβœ¨: Aristolochia arborea is a tree native to El Salvador, Guatemala & Mexico, w/ flowers that mimic the appearance & scent of mushrooms πŸ„β€πŸŸ« This attracts fungal gnats that carry pollen from plant to plant, aiding in the pollination of this species πŸͺ°πŸŒΈ #plantappreciationday #NYBGscience

13.04.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is simply a real mistake to let the evil heartless people in the world cause you to become more evil and heartless

12.04.2025 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2059    πŸ” 353    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 14
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UK artist Jane Perkins creates artworks by #recycling found and waste materials such as plastic toys, beads, buttons and shells #WomensArt

12.04.2025 05:39 β€” πŸ‘ 978    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 9

Toby, the Learned Pig

12.04.2025 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pictorial embroidered artwork featuring the head and shoulders of a Black woman facing left with short hair yellow top and smiling, the subject is presented within a decorative circle and with embroidered patterns to the left

Pictorial embroidered artwork featuring the head and shoulders of a Black woman facing left with short hair yellow top and smiling, the subject is presented within a decorative circle and with embroidered patterns to the left

Ruth Miller, artist who creates hand-embroidered portraits from her studio on the Mississippi Gulf Coast #womensart

11.04.2025 05:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2653    πŸ” 365    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 23

@walsh.bsky.social this has Andrew Walsh energy

11.04.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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