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@dcperi @luinalaska Not really unknown. I've sailed with them twice on that very ship: to Antarctica and Greenland.

@luinalaska It’s got to be a rodent infestation in the ventilation system, right? Small ship, 150 people; unknown cruise line “Oceanwide Expeditions.”

This makes absolutely no sense. I worked out in New Mexico as a nurse and had a hantavirus patient. I need you to understand this makes no sense. I’m not saying it’s not true. I’m saying something ain’t right.

If Mexico was able to stalemate the U.S and leave it with a million casualties while all the U.S was able to take was small border towns and some desert/ farmland and the U.S couldn't advance into Tijuana city proper that's the level of humiliation Ukraine has inflicted on Russia

@anishmoonka @Magicalthing_GG

Winston Churchill fought his depression with bricks. He'd lay them for hours at his country home in Kent. He joined the bricklayers' union. And in 1921 he wrote about why it worked. It took psychology another 75 years to catch up. He called his depression the "Black Dog." It followed him for decades. His method for fighting it back was as basic as it sounds: laying brick after brick, hour after hour. Churchill spelled out his theory in a long essay for The Strand Magazine. People who think for a living, he wrote, can't fix a tired brain just by resting it. They have to use a different part of themselves. The part that moves the eyes and the hands. Woodworking, chemistry, bookbinding, bricklaying, painting. Anything that drags the body into a problem the mind can't solve by itself. Modern psychology now calls this behavioral activation. It's one of the most-studied depression treatments out there. Depression sets a behavior trap. You feel bad, so you stop doing things, and doing less means less to feel good about. Feeling worse makes you do even less. The loop tightens until you can't breathe inside it. Behavioral activation breaks the loop from the action side. You schedule the activity first, even when every part of you doesn't want to. Doing it produces small rewards: a wall gets straighter, a painting fills in, a messy room gets clean. Those small rewards slowly rewire the brain. Action comes first, and the feeling follows. Researchers at the University of Washington put this to the test in 2006. They studied 241 adults with major depression and compared three treatments: behavioral activation, regular talk therapy, and antidepressants. For the people who were most severely depressed, behavioral activation matched the drugs. It beat the talk therapy. A 2014 review of more than 1,500 patients across 26 trials backed up the result. Physical work like bricklaying does something extra on top of this. It crowds out rumination, the looping bad thoughts that grind people down during the worst stretches of depression. Bricklaying needs both hands and gives feedback brick by brick: each one is straight or crooked. After an hour you can see exactly how much wall you built. No room left for the mental chewing. The line George Mack used in his post, "depression hates a moving target," is good poetry. The science behind it is sharper. Depression hates a brain that has somewhere else to be.

The internet's newest obsession is this Japanese man who uses AI to insert himself into classic movies. Sad he can’t be nominated for an Oscar 😂 Source: ai_am_furufuru IG

@lydiabkollins Wrote a blog post about your show. I've watched Drag Race for years, but yours was the first drag show I've seen in person. So much fun!

Butttootking Europe and Australia has been incredible. Big sappy long post coming soon, but for now know that we love you all with every fiber of our beings. Thanks for rocking out with us this month 🩷🩷🩷

You won't regret watching this😂😂😂😂 "The world's worse translator" by Alternatino with Arturo Castro aired on Comedy Central as a sketch

Trump gleefully told the story of how Queen Camilla saw his Oval Office redecorating and said "wow." For non-Anglophiles... "Wow" in British slang is similar to "bloody hell"

How many times is too many times?

So true.

I'm loving animal Twitter.

i will never beef cow.

@bruhimmacry @biancalovesfilm It's the same for us. Your vowels are just... wrong...

@biancalovesfilm Was that Patrick Brammell? love him but as a kiwi I hate the aussie accent (sorry not sorry)

having an australian in the devil wears prada 2 was crazy do we really sound like that to everyone else

Just found out for whom the bell tolls. You guys are not going to believe this

@Theblackfemini3 I'm so sorry. That's fucked.

I thought most people knew about town camps/missions It's been like that for as long as I can remember, though when i was young and visited, you could always tell the elders homes, clean homes, lawns mowed, gardens, and pride, no parties. I never lived on the mish When I was little, I hated the parties, I hated being in the cars driven by drunks, and I hated being dragged out of bed to be taken to another persons house party put on a strange bed. I hated having to hug the many aunties and uncles goodnight. I would lay in bed listening to them partying, playing music, laughing, coming near my bedroom, then the music got turned down, the talking got louder, people would start to leave when the fighting started and thats when i knew what was coming and hid under my bed shaking and sobbing. Luckily, I survived. That's not an exaggeration. Kumanjayi little baby, my heart is broken for her. This has to stop

@peekaboo_jen I'm a speed reader, and even I had to go back and hit rewind MULTIPLE times through your reel. It was annoying. Allow more time for people to actually read what you've compiled. You did a great job with everything except the pacing.

Today, we celebrate the 305th birthday of James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser. The original Jamie Fraser. Book Jamie. Diana's man in a kilt. Our man in a kilt, too. A man of action. A man who protects, serves, defends, fights, leads when needed, and follows when not. A man of honour. A man of strength. A man who loves unabashedly, with his mind, his body, his soul, and his whole heart. A son. A brother. A godson. An uncle. A husband. A father. A Laird. A clansmen. A friend. A soldier. A fighter. A foe. And, so many other roles that would take forever to list. But, irrespective of the role he does his very best, or what is required, for those within the relationship. He is a man of intelligence. A strategist liaising with kings, governments, and military men. He is a planner. He is a problem solver. Sometimes, a problem creator, too. But, I digress. He is tracker. He has to be good at finding people. His wife wanders off. A lot. He is a polyglot. He is proficient in at least 10 languages, including English, Scottish Gaelic, French, Latin, Greek, German, Spanish, Hebrew, some Chinese, and Tuscarora. He also learns Polish and Cherokee later in the series. He is funny. He is so bloody funny. There are so many moments when I have laughed out loud whilst reading Diana's books. “Brianna? What an awful name for a wee lassie.” “I will love ye forever. It doesna matter if ye sleep with the whole English army--well, no,” he corrected himself, “it would matter, but it wouldna stop me loving you.” “I love you,” he said softly... “As an egg loves salt. Dinna fash, mo chridhe. I'll think o' something else.” “What possessed ye, woman, to hit me in the heid wi' a fish whilst I was fighting for my life?” He is a man of his time, and, yet, his ability for emotional understanding and growth far exceeds any other character within the series. His emotional literacy is always growing, and evolving. He learns from those around him. He listens when others would charge ahead. He watches those around him and adapts his actions and reactions accordingly. He takes responsibility for his actions, and apologises when he has made a mistake. He is the King of Men Yes, indeed he is. He is a lover. He is a family man. He is a man of faith. He never gives up, no matter how hard it is. He is a born storyteller. He is a Scot, to the bone. Jamie Fraser is all of these things, and so many more, to so many different people. To me, he is my favourite literary character. To me, he is the heart and soul of Outlander. He always was. He always will be. To celebrate Jamie's birthday I have put together some of my favourite Jamie Fraser quotes. The list is by no means exhaustive. And, I've tried to include some different ones, too. What are some of your favourites? I will always be so very thankful to Diana Gabaldon for creating Jamie Fraser. For sharing him with us. He was with us long before the TV adaptation, and he will be with us long after the TV adaptation's final episode has aired. He will live on forever in the pages of Diana's books, in our hearts, and in our imaginations. Happy birthday, Jamie. #jamiefraser #outlander

What happens when A Drag Race tragic sees her first drag show at the age of 62? burningdesireforfire.com/little-advenur… #butttootking

@lydiabkollins Saw you all yesterday in Melbourne - my first drag show at 62 years old. It was so much fun! Loved the professionalism and athleticism - the Endless Love ending made me laugh so much. Thanks to the 3 of you for making the trip down to Melbourne.

girl i ain’t doing it, keep the fanfics coming you’re all safe trust

Oh this is fucking hilarious. 😂

Opening number in Melbourne tonight, too. Great fun!