#Journal 53 week 18

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Week 18 1 May 2022 — 7 May 2022

Prompt: Art in the style of Takehiko Inoue

The amount of movement in Takehiko Inoue's pieces is utterly phenomenal. I particularly like the very stark ink pieces. I aimed for that sketchy movement and of course picked another dancer.

This piece is based on a photo of Yannick Lebrun from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater taken for the NYC Dance Project.

#Journal 52 #Journal 52 2022 #Journal 53 week 18 #week 18 prompt #week 18 #takehiko inoue #pencil #dance #NYC dance project #Yannick Lebrun

[mysticchessecake]

100 Mikey ROTTMNT headcanons

(Mikey angst hcs lmao go brrr) (also my goal is to get to 100 hcs)

Also SPOILER WARNINGS

1. Mikey has abandonment issues or attachment issues

2. Mikey is pretty good at hiding stuff

3. Mikey has hand tremors after the movie

4. Mikey tells himself that "the others had it worse, I didn't have it as bad. It's not that bad*

5. Mikey has a hard time asking for emotional help,

6. Mikey has an art block after the movie

7. Mikey is extremely good at the piano

8. Mikey wants to tell others about his problems but for some reason, something in the back of his mind is stopping him.

9. Mikey has random power explosions when he gets too emotional after the movie.

10. Mikey has trust issues

11. Mikey likes to hide in his shell when he's sad

12. Mikey has horrific terrible nightmares of all the things he has been through

13. Mikey bakes comfort cookies or brownies when he can't sleep

14. Mikey paints his nails every week

15. Mikey is developing a new alter ego that's basically an extremely chaotic unstoppable prankster. The name is Dr. Unstoppable

16. Mikey's family is scared of Dr. Delicate touch

17. Mikey hates it when anyone is concerned about him.

18. Mikey finds it ironic that he can't even take his own advice when it comes to feelings.

19. Mikey develops an irrational fear of the colour pink

20. Mikey's scars or cracks from making the portal would start glowing when something bad is happening

21. Mikey experiments with food combos

22. Mikey uses he/they pronouns

23. Mikey's human variant would have dyed parts of his hair

24. Mikey's Dr. Feelings is the therapist of his family

25. Mikey's hands after the movie is extremely damaged

26. Mikey has an art journal filled with drawings of the adventures he had

27. Mikey wakes up earlier than the others

28. Mikey sleeps earlier than the others

29. Mikey hides in his shell when he gets tired and he's not in the sewer

30. Mikey picks up sarcasm from Donnie

31. Mikey's Dr. Delicate touch is what Mikey would act in a bad day

32. Mikey has bottled up emotions

33. Mikey thinks he doesn't need help because he's the youngest child and the golden child, and he doesn't have it as bad as his older siblings

34. Mikey's Dr. Unstoppable has goggles with X's on them

35. Mikey has random doodles everywhere in the sewer

36. Mikey's Dr. Delicate touch somehow has a slight tint of red

37. Mikey uses Dr. Delicate touch as a way to release his bottled up emotions

38. Mikey's human version is black

39. Mikey has sass

40. Mikey is the fastest among his brothers

41. Mikey is weirdly charming

42. Mikey "once" took multiple shirts from April

43. Mikey is good at Uno and Monopoly

44. Mikey Pan oriented AroAce

45. Mikey randomly makes pizza

46. Mikey randomly goes to Donnie's lab to watch him make stuff

47. Mikey is scary in April 1st

48. Mikey is good at sewing

49. Mikey is the only one who can make Donnie's complicated drink

50. Mikey "once" went into April's school at night to enter a painting competition Anonymously...he won even though no one saw his face

51. Mikey drinks coffee to make him sleepy

52. Mikey goes to Ralph's room when he has a bad nightmare

53. Mikey has a special dark place...AKA his closet

54. Mikey made Donnie's goggles with cans when he was younger and ever since Donnie kept those googles...he just upgraded it abit

55. Mikey puts stickers on his brother's stuff

56. Mikey is secretly an evil "pranking" genius

57. Mikey and Leo would sneak into places after dark to goof around

58. Mikey would listen to Donnie ramble about stuff for hours and not get annoyed

59. Mikey would try to fix Ralph's broken bit of shell by adding tape and silver

60. Mikey has a good memory

61. Mikey still has some of the smartness stuff in his system from "Mind meld"

62. Mikey likes to watch this show about some lego boy with monkie powers

63. Mikey's favorite brother is Donnie and he doesn't want to admit it because it will fuel Donnie's ego

64. Mikey despite having a good memory. Sucks at remembering people's faces

65. Mikey has a social media presence under the name "JupiterTurtle"

66. Mikey host a yearly cooking event

67. Mikey is harsh with his criticism of cooking and art surprisingly

68. Mikey has his own personal goggles when he is watching Donnie do stuff in his lap that needs eye protection

69. Mikey and Leon "once" went out to a public museum and pretended to be statues.

70. Mikey and Ralph are the comfort duo, who comforts people

71. Mikey and Casey Jr do some spray painting murals around the city for no reason. Mikey wants to show Jr the joys of spray painting

72. Mikey would help with April's art assignments

73. Mikey and Splinter go mini golfing sometimes

74. Mikey and Cassandra are weirdly violent in video games

75. Mikey picks up cursing from Donnie

76. Mikey retreats to his shell when everything happens way to fast

77. Mikey has ADHD with the side of Autism

78. Mikey has bad time management

79. Mikey hates clock noises

80. Mikey has autophobia and thalassophobia

81. Mikey makes his own chips

82. Mikey makes good money selling commissions

83. Mikey has 35 plushies

84. Mikey got banned from using Donnie's computer by "traumatizing his brothers reading horror stories he found on the internet"

85. Mikey and Donnie got a text from April saying "Autism creature"

86. Mikey and Ralph would watch movies every Saturday

87. Mikey makes Donnie be his food taste tester

88. Mikey had a hard time differentiating between normal and sarcastic

89. Mikey got his leg hurt once and now Ralph is worrying if his leg would get hurt

90. Mikey's favorite fruit is an unsurprisingly tiny oranges

91. Mikey has special headphones to cancel out all the arguing in his family

92. Mikey goes to his closet when a fight is getting to bad

93. Mikey is not allowed to go in the waters above 4 feet because of the accident.

94. Mikey nearly drowned trying to save a rat who got caught in the water

95. Mikey hates looking at mirrors for some odd reason

96. Mikey's hearing is extremely sensitive

97. Mikey forgets to do important things like sleep and maintain mental health

98. Mikey actually doesn't eat most of his food that he made.

99. Mikey would rather give up his own life than his brothers

100. Mikey and his family had a big sleepover after the krang

#rottmnt #michelangelo #rise of tmnt #ROTTMNT #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #mikey angst #headcannons

[sylvieeee5]

IT. IS. MBS TIME

AAAAAAAAA

HI!!! Don’t know if you know me, but I’m Sylv! I do liveblogs of MBS (I’ve been a fan since fifth grade haha) that are QUESTIONABLY readable and cat-picture heavy!! Speaking of… a little kitty update!!

If you’ve been reading my LBs for a while, you may remember this adorable bean:

Well, I’m delighted to announce that Sonic has found his forever home- with my grandparents! Congrats on winning them over, little man- can’t wait to see how much you’ve grown when they come to visit next week!

okay i actually have to watch it now hhhhh

fear. and excitement

alright.

MBS Season 2, Episode 1: A Perilous Journey.

Let’s go.

!Warning!! Book/show spoilers ahead!

0:32

Welp, she said it! Roll credits on the whole production, boys. (actually no don’t habsgshdhssh)

0:44

SQ SIGHTING SQ SIGHTINF

ahem.

1:53

DR GARRISON SIGHTING

GIRLBOSSSS

okay we haven’t even made it past the RECAP yet, come on sylv-

2:39

OH NO

MADGE HOW COULD YOU

rip mouse 😭😭😭

3:09

WETHERALL FARMMMMMM

3:14

boomerang????????

3:24

hey king cmoN IT WAS COOL

3:29

baby!!! also we have her name said for the first time!!!

3:56

yes.... yes you are 4:12

IT’S NIGHT NOW

NEW INTRO?????????????

4:20 (ayy)

THE GOLF CART

THE A L PA C A HUH??????

also “not identical”  👀

4:30

dog man...?

4:50

i amn... intrigued

4:59

THANK YOU KINGS!!!!

5:21

smug... fishing for compliments... yep this is the loser we all know and... love?

5:27

Ah Connie girl- trying to use your newly-discovered psychic abilities to kill him through the screen?  I don’t blame you tbh

5:36

OH SHOOT

who’s he blaming for this one???

5:37

OH YOU B I TC H

NO

HOW D A RE YOU DO MY GIRL LIKE THAT

6:15

Heavily used in the trailers... might I be detecting a bit of double meaning?

“I can”- make anyone happy... and control what they’re saying.

6:19

ugh.

6:25

YES QUEEN GO OFF

7:43

NO

the only sane one-

7:13

JHWGKASYHADAKDUHDKAWAIWAJWSUAIHDIUWDHiuldawhawd

DO IT GIRL

7:18

rhonda: completely unbothered

...how many times has constance tried to do this sshkj

7:28

🙄 babies.

7:49

awwwww

okay, i know they’re not legally sisters in this ‘verse, but... sisters

8:13

THAT’S THE SCREAM

HJSFJKSDAUSHDASUSHSDIA

mission failed. we’ll get ‘em next time

9:23

very reassuring.

9:44

girl what????

are you forgetting the tried-to-take-over-the-world part???

10:28

well crap

10:54

THE SOUND I JUST MADE

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

milligannnnnnnnn

11:00

It’s been a year, but Kate’s still struggling with healthy independence vs. shutting people out,,,

And their relationship... It’s still new, to both of them. It’s a struggle to go back to... being father and daughter.

man

11:07

katie-cat,,,

11:30

gsajagjdgjj

parents expressing interest in your fandoms be like-

12:09

12:41

“We know each other.”

12:48

such a good ammaaaaaaaa i’m going to cry

ms perumal i love you

13:51

excellent icebreaker queen

13:57

the SMILESSSSSS

14:17

US TOO STICKY

US. TOO.

14:59

dogman?

16:37

a firm no

16:54

okay i know that was a trick but...

hug

17:28

girl what

17:41

fyueawkiWHQdiquhlJHSDKKADSUKI hey. don’t diss the sweater vest.

17:57

the well.

18:41

Everyone’s a critic

19:46

she really said  👀

20:13

TRUEEEEEEEEEE

also WHAT

21:09

o-hoh no

reynie

22:15

22:59

constance he IS your father and you CARE him

23:06

they play chess

24:00

AYKUEYUAD SHE DID THE REYNIE FACE

24:19

sibling behavior

24:24

constance behavior

24:37

“A book in a book... Bookception.”

that was. remarkably stupid

25:08

the journal that... isn’t a journal and is just a nonsense book.

 huh?

25:46

AHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHASDJJAHKDUSHADW

26:12

sdjkdhkhkskdw

26:45

what’s that got to do with it constance

27:14

Everybody knows that, Kate.

27:52

STICKYYYYYYY

brave boy arc :)

28:33

WATER POLO ALERT

29:49

That’s not a verb, sir

30:18

kate i adore you

30:41

local fish population decimated. sugar prices skyrocketing. great job guys

30:54

oh my god

31:48

wh

what have i just witnessed.

32:04

his stupid gOLF CART

they’re coming right on THROUGH with the curtain loser energy

32:35

this ain’t a pyramid scheme king(derogatory)

32:58

WUH-OH

33:40

AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

WELL

I’m so stoked for this season!!!!! So far, apart from the Curtain stuff (which I, still have not fully processed,,) it seems pretty 1-1 with the book... but as we know, things will certainly diverge...

wait

WAIT

NO ROLL CREDITS MOMENT?????? THAT’S THE STAPLE OF THE SERIES

OKAY I’M MAD NOW

I give 201: A Perilous Journey a 9/10! A lovely little bite of what’s to come- only prevented from a perfect score by the laCK OF A TITLE DROPPPPPPPP

I am. so upset about that.

See you later today for episode 2!

#mysterious benedict society #the mysterious benedict society #mbs disney #mbs #tmbs #tmbs disney #mbs season 2 #mbs disney spoilers #mbs spoilers #mbs liveblog #sylv liveblogs #mbs s2e1 #e.

[southernageless]

Blog Post 8 - Research 2

Happy Monday Y'all!

Throughout the last 2 months and some odd weeks, I have found many benefits of the Pescatarian Diet. I wanted to see what the research looked like in relation to my personal findings.

According to Wozniak, "pescatarians were less likely to be obese (OR 0·18; 95 % CI 0·04, 0·75) and less hypercholesterolaemic (OR 0·53; 95 % CI 0·29, 0·95) when compared with omnivores." This was take from a study that was conducted for 13 years. I have noticed that, even if I have not lost a lot of weight, I am not bloated anymore and I am able to do strenuous tasks without stopping multiple times. A few months ago, the stairs winded me. Below is a table taken from Chen that shows the "average intake of different food groups per capita per day in Switzerland" for a Pescatarian (PST) diet in relation to the Swiss Society for Nutrition (RSN) recommendations

Table 1. Food consumption under different Swiss dietary scenarios. Food Items/Scenarios PST RSN Fruits 330 325 Vegetables 296 291 Legumes 23 26 Nuts and seeds 62 50 Cereals 192 124 Meat products 0 33 Fish & seafood 27 6 Eggs 31 18 Dairy products 307 330 Vegetable oils 71 26 Roots & tubers 230 149 Others 299 109 On average, those that follow a Pescatarian diet are meeting daily recommendations in every category except meat, and what they lose there, is made up with roots, vegetables, and others.

Also, shifting to a diet recommended by Swiss society of nutrition (RSN) will be the most beneficial for the environment, cutting down the daily food related environment footprint by ~36% on average across five domains considered here (Chen).

If I am able to not only better my own health, but also better the world around me, why would I not do it? There are Pescatarian options all around us. My boyfriend and I went to Whataburger the other day, and I had accepted I was going to be stuck with a salad, but alas! They had a fish sandwich meal! There is not any place that I can not go due to dietary restrictions, so why harm myself and the planet I live on when I can make a change?

Everyone is absolutely entitled to their beliefs, their practices, their diet choices. Until this project, I lived on chicken tenders. No matter where I ate, I got tenders and fries. I am so glad that I made this change, and I do not think I will go back.

Work cited:

Chen, Canxi, et al. “Dietary Change Scenarios and Implications for Environmental, Nutrition, Human Health and Economic Dimensions of Food Sustainability.” Nutrients, vol. 11, no. 4, Apr. 2019, p. 856. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11040856.

Wozniak, Hannah, et al. “Vegetarian, Pescatarian and Flexitarian Diets: Sociodemographic Determinants and Association with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Swiss Urban Population.” British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 124, no. 8, 2020, pp. 844–852., doi:10.1017/S0007114520001762.

[sp4c3b0y3000]

Just for funsies whilst I can't sleep

100 agere questions!

1🐝 What Age(s) Do You Regress To ~ 2-6 yrs

2🍯 Do You Pet Regress As Well / What Animal ~ Nopee

3🥮 How Long Have You Been Regressing ~ a couple months now

4🐌 Is Your Regression Voluntary, Involuntary, Or A Mixture ~ mostly voluntary, only when I'm super stressed it's involuntary

5🐻 What's Your Personality Like When Regressed ~ not much different I don't think, I just become nonverbal

6🐴 How Often Do You Regress ~ once a week unless I'm busy with uni (then it's less) or I'm super stressed out and MH isn't good (then it's more)

7☕ What Helps You Get Into Headspace ~ cuddles, being called nicknames and comfort movies

8📜 Are You A Baby, Toddler, Or Big Kid Regressor ~ toddler 😊

9🦇 Do Your Likes Change When Regressed ~ not really but I find I don't want to watch scary stuff that I usually like (eg BuzzFeed unsolved)

10⏳ Do You Have A Baby Voice In Headspace ~ yep 😅

11🍪 What Makes You Instantly Small ~ cuddling with my obi and stuffies

12🧋Why Do You Regress ~ to help relieve stress and manage my MH

13🌙 Pink Or Blue ~ bluuuueeeeee

14⭐ Dragons, Unicorns Or Fairies ~ 🐉 dragons

15☁️ Dinos, Princesses, Space Or Safari Theme ~ SPAAAAACE 😍🪐🌕🌌

16💫 Neon, Pastel, Neutral Or Dark Pallets ~ a mixture of pastel and dark

17🐮 Favorite Regression Clothes ~ onsies

18🌸 Favorite Color ~ blue/green/aqua

19🐭 Do You Collect Stickers ~ I do for my journal

20🧁 Coloring Book Or Paint By Numbers ~ colouring 🖍️

21🍧 Playdoh, Legos Or Slime ~ Lego Lego Lego!

22🦄 Finger Paint Or Brushes ~ both!

23🧼 Crayons, Colored Pencils Or Markers ~ pencils

24☀️ Do You Have A CG / Name For CG ~ I do! Obi 💙 (also Natasha Romanoff is my fictional cg and she's Mama)

25🌻 Do You Have A Baby Sitter ~ kind of, my best friend's sometimes look after me if Obi is busy ❤️

26✨ Do You Have Any Sibbies ~ biologically I have an older sister, and when I'm small I see one of my best friend's as an older sister (even though I'm technically older)

27🧺 Do Your Parents Know About Your Regression ~ nope and I hope they never do

28🧋 Favorite Nicknames / Pet Names ~ little one, little bro, space boy, and little padwan

29🍕 Ideal Playdate ~ playing with Legos and watching films or going out on adventures

30🐱 Sleep In Crib Or With CG ~ with Obi

31🍼 Favorite Snack ~ yogurt and biscuits

32🧸 Favorite Juice ~ orange and apple

33🍪 Favorite Icecream Flavor ~ vanilla

34🩹 Favorite Type Of Milk ~ banana 🍌

35🐶 Sweet, Sour, Spicy, Bitter Or Savory ~ a mix of sweet and savory

36🍰 Favorite Dessert ~ Eton mess or profiteroles

37🍦 Favorite Type Of Chocolate ~ white chocolate, magic stars or Milka oreo

38⏳ Mac & Cheese Or Nuggets ~ NUGGIES

39🎒 Favorite Movie ~ currently Black Widow, of all time probably Free Willy 🐋

40🍬 Favorite Cartoon ~ 64 Zoo Lane

41🚀 Favorite Game ~ Minecraft

42🎀 Favorite Disney Princess ~ Moana, Ariel or Rapunzel

43⚾ If You Could Have Any 1 Superpower What Would It Be ~ flight 🦸🏻‍♂️

44🍄 Anime Or Cartoons ~ cartooons

45🍓 Favorite Carebear ~ don't have one

46✏️ Shows Or Movies ~ movies

47🐛 Do You Believe In Fairies ~ not really

48🐸 Do You Have A Comfort Character ~ Way way too many 😅 Natasha Romanoff, Wanda Maximoff, Ultron (don't judge), Finnick Odair, Lena Luthor, Alex Dancers, Lexie Grey, Callie Torres, Arizona Robbins, Timone, Kylo Ren, Rey, Obi-Wan Kenobi, K2SO, Tigger 😬

49🌱 Do You Like Rain At Night ~ yeah until it's stormy then I get scared

50🦕 Are You Easily Scared ~ yep 😭

51🧃 Are You Also A Carer ~ I'd like to be

52🌵 Are You Independent Or Dependent ~ a bit of both depends on if I'm alone or not

53🍃 What Pulls You Out Of Headspace ~ sleeping or thinking someone's going to catch me being little

54🍏 Are You Scared Of Bugs ~ no but I'm not a huge fan of some

55🦝 Favorite Toy Series ~ Nerfs

56🚛 Do You Use Pacis ~ yep

57🦴 Do You Use Diaps ~ nope

58🦈 Gear Wishlist ~ dont have one, I've got mostly what I need

59🍵 Favorite Regression Item ~ my paci

60🐾 Sippy Cup Or Bottle ~ both! Sippy for juice and water, bottle for milk

61🦊 Oldest Stuffie ~ either Tigger, spot the dog or a bear I got from a Peter Pan pantomime when I was a kid

62🎃 Do You Sleep With A Stuffie ~ yeah

63🔥 How Many Stuffies Do You Have ~ on my bed - 8, in the house - I have no clue

64🍂 Newest Favorite Stuffie ~ Ozzy the Penguin that my mum brought me and Obi named

65🏵️ Build A Bear, Amusement Park, Or Disney Store ~ all of the above

66🥧 Stuffed Animals Or Dolls ~ stuffies

67👽 Do You Have A Bedtime ~ technically no but Obi doesn't like it if I'm up too late (and Mama doesn't stop me)

68🍭 Do You Keep An AgeRe Journal ~ yep but I haven't written in it much

69⚡️ Do You Have Rules ~ not yet but one day me and Obi are going to make some

70🍥 Blankie Or Paci ~ hmmm blankie but only because I've had him since I was born

71🌈 Night Light Or Glow-In-The-Dark Stars ~ glow in the dark stars 😍 I've never had any but once I've got my own place I'll get some

72🌿 Bedtime Stories Or Lullabies ~ bed time stories (Obi has a really soothing voice that makes me sleep)

73🎩 Favorite Thing To Do Outside While Small ~ go on adventures!

74🐵 Favorite Thing To Do Inside While Small ~ play with Legos, draw and watch films or YouTube

75🦋 Blanket Fort Or Bouncy House ~ blanket fort

76🐯 Stroller Or Walk ~ Walk (but secretly wish to be carried)

77🔮 Dress Up Or Tea Party ~ I'd only dress up if it was as superheroes

78🦜 Do You Like The Playground ~ I do but I don't go often

79💖 Early Bird Or Night Owl ~ both 💀 I'll be awake until late but wake up at 8am still

80📝 Indoors Or Outdoors ~ both unless the weather is super bad but I hate being inside for too long

81💕 Warm Or Cold Weather ~ cold ❄️

82🦢 Dogs Or Cats ~ both!

83☎️ Do You Have Any Pets ~ as a family we have 2 cats and a dog, and up until last year I had 2 gerbils (who I still miss)

84💌 Favorite Animal ~ monkey or penguin

85🍒 Favorite Holiday ~ Canada with my family or Stockholm on my own

86🐇 Favorite Season ~ autumn

87❤️ What’s Your Big Age ~ 24

88🌼 What’s A Nostalgic Place For You ~ the area I sue to live in near my primary school

89🐳 Playdoh, Legos Or Slime ~ I just realised this is a repeat question but still Legos 😂

90🐙 Do You Collect Anything ~ pop figures (I have 34)

91🐠 Bubble Baths Or Bath Toys ~ I don't like baths but bath toys if I had to pick

92🍑 Are Your Agere Interests More Fem Or Masc ~ definitely masc

93☔️ Do You Stim More While Regressed ~ I'm not sure

94🎨 Favorite Place To Regress ~ Obi's room

95🧵 Favorite Regression Youtuber ~ I don't watch any regression youtubers

96🌈 Favorite Site/App For Regression Community ~ Tumblr I guess, that's the only thing I like using for agere community stuff, I have a few toddler games apps as well

97💐 What Do You Wanna Be When You Grow Up ~ ideally a superhero (like Mama) or an astronaut, but I am training to be a PE teacher which is another dream of mine 🏑

98📒 What’s The Most Nostalgic Electronic For You ~ PlayStation 2 and the Gameboy Advance

99📀 A Toy You Always Wanted But Never Got As A Kid ~ heeleys (but I brought an adult pair a few years ago)

100🪐 What Is Your Favorite Thing To Learn About In Headspace ~ anything Obi finds interesting (usually facts about films) and space facts

#100agereasks #agere little #sfw age regression #agere boy

[theclumsydancerblog]

Journal Ideas

Here are a few journaling ideas for your new notebook that you are promising to fill this time. I don’t know what time of journal any of you want to do (personal, bullet, just a writing me-time journal, etc), but here are a few ideas if you are ever stuck.

1. What does a dream day in your life look like?

2. What lessons are you currently learning?

3. Write a letter to your past self.

4. List 15 things you are grateful for.

5. What’s holding you back from living your dream life?

6. What do you wish others knew about you?

7. Yearly bucket list.

8. Cleaning routines (daily, monthly, yearly)

9. What emotions do you try to avoid? Why?

10. What makes you proud of yourself?

11. What drains your energy?

12. To Do List (life, personal, school, work, household)

13. What is your best/worst quality?

14. What are you jealous about?

15. When do you feel most alive?

16. Write a letter to your older self.

17. What do you love about each season?

18. What are the flowers in your favourite season?

19. What is your current obsession?

20. Write a letter to someone who has hurt you.

21. List 5 things that make you happy.

22. If your life had a playlist, what would be on it?

23. Describe your dream house.

24. If you could escape/go anywhere you want, where would you go?

25. If you lived in (insert fan universe), what would your life be like?

26. What’s the nicest thing someone has done for you/said to you?

27. What is an idea that has been stuck in your head lately?

28. What does your dream wedding look like? 

29. What does a dream date look like?

29. What was your dream job when you were a kid?

30. Recent dreams.

31. What is your favourite colour and why?

32. What is a random fact you know?

33. Write about your favourite animal.

34. One word page. (this page is for one word only).

35. Write about your favourite person.

36. Lyrics to a song you’re obsessed with/you’re favourite song.

37. Who inspires you at the moment?

38. Describe your room (diagram/planout)

39. Write about your pet.

40. Upcoming events this year.

41. Who would you travel the world with, where would you go?

42. If you were a natural phenomenon, what would you be?

43. What’s your earliest memory?

44. What’s a funny story that happened that you always think about?

45. Book/Movie/Series Review.

46. It’s the end of the world, who are you spending it with?

47. What superpower would you have if you had a choice?

48. What mythical creature would you be?

49. What’s your comfort food?

50. To 5 places you would visit in the world?

51. What is your dream pet?

52. If you were an animal, what would you be?

53. What day of the week would you be?

54. Write yourself in the alphabet (A is for Anime, B id for Bookworm)

55. Movie/book/series Watchlist/TBR

56. Write your favourite poem.

57. Collage page.

58. If you could change anything about the world, what would you change?

59. Set a timer for 5 minutes and write, do not let your pen leave the page and continuously write ‘til the timer stops.

60. What skill(s) do you want to try?

61. A dedication shrine page to your idol/favourite charcter.

62. Ships page (characters you ship, you fangirl).

63. Character profile of your favourite fictional character.

64. Introduce your friend group.

65. Quotes page (fill the page with favourite quotes).

66. What was the perfect day when you were a kid?

67. Doodle page.

68. Diary.

69. Annotations from books.

70. Favourite things said today.

71. World Events happening at the moment.

72. Favourite film and why?

73. What do you pack in your bag every day?

74. What’s your comfort time?

75. Wishlist (about ANYTHING)

So, there you ahev it. 75 pages worth of stuff to write about. I understand the pain of blocks when it comes to notebooks and journals. I hope this helps you and if you have any more suggestions, repost and put them up. I’m always looking for ideas. 

Now go forth young writers!

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[grumpygreenwitch]

The Fairy and the Prince #5

Part 1 - Part 2 - Parts 3 & 4 - Part 5 - Part 6, 7 & 8 - Part 9 & 10 - Part 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 - Part 17, 18, & 19 - Part 20, 21 & 22 - Part 23, 24, 25 & 26 - Part 27, 28, 29 & 30 - Part 31, 32, 33 & 34 - Part 35, 36 & 37 - Part 38, 39, 40 & 41 - Part 42 & 43 - Part 44 & 45 - Part 46 & 47 - Part 48, 49, 50 & 51 - Part, 52, 53 & 54 - Part 55 & 56 - Part 57, 58, 59 & 60 - Part 61, 62, 63, 64 & 65 - Part 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71 & 72

So a coupla nights back I nearly had a moment of terror because I thought I’d mucked up the updates, until I realized it was Monday, not Wednesday, and the update was on track. I probably was too tired to be mucking up with the queue, but here we are. In any case. Because the word count at this point has escalated to 60K+, I’m moving updates to once a week. I’ll just stuff ser Lyrian into a different day when I start posting his story.

Spring fought its way onto the world. Oliver left, and was not replaced. On the first bright, sunny day, cheeks chapped pink by an exceptionally cold and gusty breeze, Adam renewed his agreement with the two boys, and took off over the rooftops. He greeted every water-spout like a long-lost friend, and asked after Linden; their voices were just a little stronger than a whisper with all the snowmelt, and they were just as glad to see Adam, but they had not seen the young wildling with the shattered eyes. Adam went to the stork nest, but it was still empty; he pocketed a fragile half eggshell and raced to the cisterns, asking the fish. He braved a few early finches, who were exceptionally suspicious of the unruly young boy but could be appeased with courtesy.

No one had seen Linden.

He flopped face down on a steep tiled roof, breathing hard and thoroughly put out. He went through the Royal Gardens, where workers were busy making ponds and paths and adding flower beds and hedges, and into the woods where the nobility coursed and hawked and hunted and sometimes disappeared. There, in the dark shadows where snow still lingered, he shouted Linden's name and listened for an answer. But there were only the trees, whispering with their young green leaves, and it wasn't nearly as fun to fight pirates and barbarians alone. He climbed up a stately, elderly linden tree, the fragrant flowers still nothing but buds on its branches, and sighed, feeling abandoned yet again.

The next day he went as far as the river, where Beli and Dane hid under the old stone bridge to fish and talk, and startled the two boys by his presence. Rain chased them all back to the palace, and for nothing else to do Adam gave his old homework journal to the younger boy, and tried to teach Dane some fisticuffs. A king, he'd been taught, should always bear in mind the strengths of the people around him.

He ended up going to the lessons Leminy had snuck into his afternoons, lessons he'd been skipping to look for Linden. For all of a week they held his interest before he slipped away through the back of the kitchen, buying the silence of the chickens in the yard with a heel of bread and a handful of dry cherries. It was harder to sneak out three people but he managed and was quite proud of it, even as he immediately abandoned Beli and Dane and ran into the woods. He found them, that day, draped in dark and heavy fog; by the time caution brought him to a halt he could scarce see the path under his boots. When he cried out Linden's name, it echoed at him from every direction, as if other voices were taunting him with it. The whisper of the trees seemed almost a fretful warning.

He launched himself up the old linden tree, hoping if he could climb over the fog he'd be able to see something, but while the tree was easy enough to find, nothing around it looked familiar anymore. Adam almost felt as if the tree were closing its young spring foliage around him, shielding him, hiding him. From what, he couldn't have said. But he knew, as everyone did, that sometimes people went into the woods and didn't come back. Sometimes something almost like them did.

Beli and Dane came looking for him with torches, with sunset threatening and suppertime long past. They all got punishment details, but they were all fine with it, glad and relieved simply to have made it back to the palace, knowing without having to be told that it had been, perhaps, a very close thing.

Caution kept Adam to his lessons for another three days before he launched himself up to the palace rooftops. From the very highest point he could see everything around him; in the woods, far below, he could even make out the pale white smudges of the linden trees in bloom.

"You didn't fall this time!" the familiar voice cried out gladly.

"Linden!" Adam crushed his one true friend in a hug, found himself hugged just as tightly. "Wait, don't squeeze so hard, I've a present for you and you'll smush it."

"A present!"

"Yes, of course a present. That's how you tell people who've left you're glad they've come back."

"Oh, is it only when you leave and come back?" Linden sounded disappointed.

"Well, no, you can give presents any time you like, but it's good manners to have a reason. Else it feels more like an obligation and less like a gift." From a pocket Adam drew his handkerchief, and unwrapped it to reveal the half-shell of a stork egg, dry and gone nearly as fragile as one of the Dowager's teacups.

"That makes so much sense now," Linden admitted, and then gasped. "Is it a dragon's eggshell?"

"Nuh-uh." Adam shook his head, and whispered, "Basilisk."

They hunted said basilisk over the rooftops and under the eaves all that golden, merry afternoon, and not a few afternoons after. They went into the woods and sailed their ship into unknown oceans, the dead and fallen giant oak rotting so slowly that their slight weight hardly made a dent. The fog didn't return, but still sometimes Adam merely climbed into the boughs of the linden tree and lingered there, Linden perched close by, kicking bare feet into the green and sweet air. "Do the trees really speak to you?"

"Everything speaks, Adam," Linden replied, examining a bee that had meandered onto their fingers. "Like the fish and the toads and the wriggle-wriggle lizards. The trees just speak quieter. I don't know why you can't hear them, they're louder than the water-spouts."

"Well, yes, but the water-spouts have names and faces and mouths," Adam protested. He was resting against a branch and staring up at the sky as the leaves swayed in the breeze. "I suppose it's harder because I can't see which part is speaking."

"Is it that important, to see a face? It's just a face. I could make a face out of mud and twigs and grass."

Adam grimaced; he knew Linden had a point, and he knew his explanation wasn't one, but for once he couldn't find the words. He was, after all, only ten. "It's a hard question, Linden. Can you ask it later, when I know more things? I'll think on it, I promise."

"Psh, you don't have to." Restless fingers played with his hair. "I can tell you what they say."

"What, like now? Do they speak all the time?"

Linden nodded as Adam straightened up. "They fuss." The bee was thrown into the breeze, to go back to its bee business. "Get down, you're too high. Be quieter, you're too loud. You move too much. You don't drink enough."

"Sounds like a right pack of nannies," Adam couldn't help but grin.

"Right? We're not babies." Linden frowned. "But you did get caught out here on a hunting night. So I suppose maybe they're a little right to fret."

"A hunting night? You mean the fog?" Linden nodded, and Adam sat straddling the branch. "No one talks about that much. Sometimes people go into the woods and they just don't come back out. Or don't come back right."

"They don't," Linden replied, staring at their muddy toes. "I mean, sometimes their skin goes back, but what's inside isn't them anymore. It's..." They flapped a hand towards the heart of the woods. "It's of the Court."

Adam paused. The trees were whispering in the breeze, and he couldn't help but feel as he had that afternoon, when the linden had shielded him against something he could neither name nor comprehend, whispering warnings he couldn't understand. "Why?"

Linden shrugged. "It's payment of some sort. Like blood from a stone or bones from a grave. But I don't like the Court. They still think I'm silly, and I don't like people who think me silly."

"Oh, them." The immediate disdain in Adam's tone made Linden grin.

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[bubbas-baby-boy]

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1🐝 What Age(s) Do You Regress To ~ 3-6

2🍯 Do You Pet Regress As Well / What Animal ~ no

3🥮 How Long Have You Been Regressing ~ almost a year

4🐌 Is Your Regression Voluntary, Involuntary, Or A Mixture ~ mixture

5🐻 What's Your Personality Like When Regressed ~ timid, shy, small

6🐴 How Often Do You Regress ~ once a week

7☕ What Helps You Get Into Headspace ~ bottles/pacis/coloring

8📜 Are You A Baby, Toddler, Or Big Kid Regressor ~ baby-toddler

9🦇 Do Your Likes Change When Regressed ~ not really

10⏳ Do You Have A Baby Voice In Headspace ~ yes

11🍪 What Makes You Instantly Small ~ certain words

12🧋Why Do You Regress ~ trauma

13🌙 Pink Or Blue ~ blue

14⭐ Dragons, Unicorns Or Fairies ~dragons

15☁️ Dinos, Princesses, Space Or Safari Theme ~dino’s AND space

16💫 Neon, Pastel, Neutral Or Dark Pallets ~dark

17🐮 Favorite Regression Clothes ~ onesies and thigh highs and overalls

18🌸 Favorite Color ~ sunset

19🐭 Do You Collect Stickers ~ i hve some but not really they don’t feel good to me

20🧁 Coloring Book Or Paint By Numbers ~ paint by numbers

21🍧 Playdoh, Legos Or Slime ~ slime

22🦄 Finger Paint Or Brushes ~ brushes

23🧼 Crayons, Colored Pencils Or Markers ~ colored pencils

24☀️ Do You Have A CG / Name For CG ~ Dada/Bubba/Bubs

25🌻 Do You Have A Baby Sitter ~ kind of, it’s not official

26✨ Do You Have Any Sibbies ~ yes. one

27🧺 Do Your Parents Know About Your Regression ~ no

28🧋 Favorite Nicknames / Pet Names ~ babba, baby boy

29🍕 Ideal Playdate ~ park time at night with stars out

30🐱 Sleep In Crib Or With CG ~ with CG but i’d love to try sleeping in a crib

31🍼 Favorite Snack ~ sweets/candies

32🧸 Favorite Juice ~ apple juice

33🍪 Favorite Icecream Flavor ~ strawberry cheese cake with white choclate chips

34🩹 Favorite Type Of Milk ~ almond milk/angel milk

35🐶 Sweet, Sour, Spicy, Bitter Or Savory ~ sour

36🍰 Favorite Dessert ~ cheesecake

37🍦 Favorite Type Of Chocolate ~ white

38⏳ Mac & Cheese Or Nuggets ~ dino nugs

39🎒 Favorite Movie ~ scooby doo

40🍬 Favorite Cartoon ~ scooby doo

41🚀 Favorite Game ~ hide and seek but only if i’m hiding

42🎀 Favorite Disney Princess ~ merida

43⚾ If You Could Have Any 1 Superpower What Would It Be ~ telepathy

44🍄 Anime Or Cartoons ~ cartoons

45🍓 Favorite Carebear ~ never seen it

46✏️ Shows Or Movies ~ movies

47🐛 Do You Believe In Fairies ~ yes

48🐸 Do You Have A Comfort Character ~ scooby doo, coraline

49🌱 Do You Like Rain At Night ~ yes

50🦕 Are You Easily Scared ~ yes

51🧃 Are You Also A Carer ~ never tried

52🌵 Are You Independent Or Dependent ~ independent

53🍃 What Pulls You Out Of Headspace ~ big talk, having to do “big things” for myself

54🍏 Are You Scared Of Bugs ~ some bugs

55🦝 Favorite Toy Series ~ honey acre farms, monster high

56🚛 Do You Use Pacis ~ yes

57🦴 Do You Use Diaps ~ no

58🦈 Gear Wishlist ~ https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/ROR6VX8NCPJX?ref_=wl_share

59🍵 Favorite Regression Item ~ clothes

60🐾 Sippy Cup Or Bottle ~ bottle

61🦊 Oldest Stuffie ~ pinky pie

62🎃 Do You Sleep With A Stuffie ~ yes

63🔥 How Many Stuffies Do You Have ~ too many to count

64🍂 Newest Favorite Stuffie ~ pickles

65🏵️ Build A Bear, Amusement Park, Or Disney Store ~ build a bear

66🥧 Stuffed Animals Or Dolls ~ stuffies

67👽 Do You Have A Bedtime ~ yes

68🍭 Do You Keep An AgeRe Journal ~ yes

69⚡️ Do You Have Rules ~ yes

70🍥 Blankie Or Paci ~ blankie

71🌈 Night Light Or Glow-In-The-Dark Stars ~ both

72🌿 Bedtime Stories Or Lullabies ~ bedtime stories

73🎩 Favorite Thing To Do Outside While Small ~ swing

74🐵 Favorite Thing To Do Inside While Small ~ watch movies and paint

75🦋 Blanket Fort Or Bouncy House ~ blankie fort

76🐯 Stroller Or Walk ~ stroller

77🔮 Dress Up Or Tea Party ~ tea party

78🦜 Do You Like The Playground ~ yea

79💖 Early Bird Or Night Owl ~ night owl

80📝 Indoors Or Outdoors ~ outdoors even though it kills me

81💕 Warm Or Cold Weather ~ cold

82🦢 Dogs Or Cats ~ both

83☎️ Do You Have Any Pets ~ yes, one dog and two cats

84💌 Favorite Animal ~ wolf

85🍒 Favorite Holiday ~ halloween

86🐇 Favorite Season ~ autumn

87❤️ What’s Your Big Age ~ 18

88🌼 What’s A Nostalgic Place For You ~ summer camp

89🐳 Playdoh, Legos Or Slime ~ slime

90🐙 Do You Collect Anything ~ crystals

91🐠 Bubble Baths Or Bath Toys ~ bubble baths

92🍑 Are Your Agere Interests More Fem Or Masc ~ masc

93☔️ Do You Stim More While Regressed ~ equally as much really

94🎨 Favorite Place To Regress ~ home

95🧵 Favorite Regression Youtuber ~ haven’t found one

96🌈 Favorite Site/App For Regression Community ~ tumblr

97💐 What Do You Wanna Be When You Grow Up ~ a psychiatrist or a journalist

98📒 What’s The Most Nostalgic Electronic For You ~ computer

99📀 A Toy You Always Wanted But Never Got As A Kid ~ i can’t think of one

100🪐 What Is Your Favorite Thing To Learn About In Headspace ~ space and dino’s

[obsessiveviewer]

OV420 - Love Lies Bleeding (2024) & You'll Never Find Me (2024) - Guests: Brent Leuthold and Joe Shearer

This week, I’m joined by Brent Leuthold for a feature review of Rose Glass’s Love Lies Bleeding in non-spoiler and spoiler sections. We also discuss recent A24 news, Neve Campbell and Scream 7, and more. Then, in this week’s secondary review, I’m joined by Joe Shearer to review the new Shudder film, You’ll Never Find Me.

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Show Start - 00:28

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Love Lies Bleeding - 23:46

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Joe Intro - 1:18:52

You’ll Never Find Me - 1:21:39

Spoiler - 1:52:23

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Joe: Remembering Gene Wilder (2024) - 2:19:06

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Joe: Double Down South (2024) - 2:27:10 

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[kingy9898]

Myopia Research - Wealth, Locations, Demographics

Types of people, location and wealth.

Most common in Asia

Most common in ages 20 - 29 & over 70s

Main reason Myopia is common in Asia is due to educational pressure and environments

Location & Demographics

Myopia prevalence remains higher in Asia (60%) compared with Europe (40%) using cycloplegic refraction examinations. Studies reporting on non-cycloplegic measurements show exceptionally high myopia prevalence rates in school children in East Asia (73%), and high rates in North America (42%)

The recent myopia boom is attributed primarily to the educational pressure in Asian countries, which prompts children to read for long hours, often under poor lighting and on computer screens. This practice severely limits the time spent outdoors and reduces exposure to sunlight and far vision.

We identified 49 eligible population-based studies including 210,512 individuals aged 0 to 96 years reporting the prevalence of myopia from 16 Asian countries or regions. The pooled prevalence estimate of myopia was highest at 47.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 19.3, 75.2) in Asians aged 20 to 29 years. There was a U-shaped relationship between year of birth and myopia prevalence. The cohort effect especially marked in urban Asian communities such as Singapore and South Korea. The prevalence of myopia of 36.3% (95%CI 27.6, 45.0) was higher in adults aged more than 70 years compared with middle-aged adults, which revealed nuclear cataract-myopia shifts.

This is a snapshot of the rate of myopia seen in children based on recent studies. (Right). More recent studies indicate that myopic macular degeneration is becoming a serious ocular health issue, where it has been reported one of the major causes of permanent blindness in Rotterdam11, Copenhagen12, China13, Chinese Taipei14, and Japan15.

Hong Kong - 62%

Singapore - 53%

China - 47%

USA - 42%

Australia - 31%

UK - 23%

Chile - 17%

South Africa - 10%

Iran - 8%

In the United States, about 40% of adults are short-sighted, up from 25% in 1971. Rates have similarly soared in the UK. But their situation pales in comparison with that of teens and young adults in South Korea, Taiwan and mainland China, whose prevalence rates are between 84% and 97%. If current trends continue, half the world's population will be short-sighted by 2050. And the problem seems to be spreading at a faster rate than ever.

East Asia’s high levels of childhood myopia, also known as nearsightedness, has long been a mystery: It affects as many as 90% of urban 18-year-olds. Researchers have identified possible causes including intensive studying, less time spent outside—even the Chinese language itself. And now a new study has made the mystery even stranger.

Wealth

“We could not explain much of the large variation in prevalence of clinically significant myopia between middle income Shaanxi and low-income Gansu,” the researchers concluded in the study, this week in the Journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

What exactly is it about life in more rural areas that protects children against myopia? The use of blackboards is one possibility, according to the study. In lower-income schools, students own fewer books and are more likely to use blackboards in the classroom, which appeared to have a “protective effect” against myopia, possibly because they require more focusing at a distance.

“It’s amazing that we’ve accepted such huge numbers of people having a condition that requires correction in order for them to perform normally,” he said. “We’re so good at correcting myopia with glasses, contacts, or laser surgery, we’ve come to think of it as simply an optical inconvenience.”

In many countries, however, nothing could be further from the truth, said Nathan G. Congdon, MD, MPH, at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China. “In China, only 20% of children who need glasses actually have them, in part, because parents and authorities worry that glasses will harm children’s vision. Providing spectacles for kids not only helps their vision, but we’ve also found that it has a significant impact on their educational outcomes,” he said.

[muttsmischiefacademysblog]

Cat chasing

Many guardians struggle with having an interspecies household and or their puppy or dog chasing cats.

Interestingly Researchers found that puppies under the age of 12 weeks introduced to a cat within the same household, showed the typical over exuberance of a puppy instigating play and chasing. We have to understand that our dogs, no matter how young, have instincts that they are born with and you cannot punish instincts out of them, no matter how much one may try.

A survey of 3155 respondents was conducted and 7% of the homes had both a dog and a cat within the home. (1) Another survey had 648 respondents who had both a dog and a cat within the home. (2)

Within this study of the respondents 82.9% felt their cat was comfortable with sharing their home with a dog and 91.2% felt that their dog was comfortable sharing their home with a cat. However when asked about the specifics of the relationship they found that of the respondents 20.5% of the same cats were uncomfortable with the dog ranging from one day to seven days in a week and 7.3% of dogs showed uncomfortability with the cat between one day per week up to seven days per week.

56.5% of the cats had threatened the dog and 9.6% caused injury to the dog.18% of the dogs were reported to have threatened the cat and only 0.9% of the dog's had caused injury to the cats.

It was also found that cats who spent more time indoors as opposed to outdoors seemed to have a better relationship with the dog as reported by the guardians.

This study is interesting in looking at how guardians perceive the relationship between their dog and cat but also report injury and threats.

It is known that both dogs and cats can be relinquished due to aggression towards one another.

Researchers wanted to explore this further and look at how a cat responded to a puppy moving into their home to further understand how to help guardians make the best choices.

1248 puppies were used within the survey. Of this number of puppies 1211 puppies were introduced to the cats but 37 still needed to be introduced to the cat at the time of the survey.

Interestingly these results are what the researchers found from guardian observed feedback.

58.9% of the puppies played.

56.6% of the puppies were over-exuberant.

48.7% of the puppies chased.

23.9% were wary and cautious.

3.1% were nervous or fearful.

1.7% were aggressive.

12.9% expressed no interest in the cat.

28.5% interested in a calm way.

Researchers also investigated further into how introductions were conducted. 448 of the puppies between the ages of 12 and 22 weeks were recorded to be introduced to the cat immediately or quite quickly. 448 of the puppies were reported to show undesirable behaviours and 24 of the puppies were reported to show desirable behaviours. 675 puppies were reported to be introduced to the cat gradually and were reported to show one or more undesirable behaviours, 64 puppies were reported to show desirable behaviours. Puppies under 12 weeks old were reported to have 442 puppies to show undesirable behaviours and 53 puppies to demonstrate desirable behaviours.

Looking into this further they also asked whether the introductions were guardian led, animal led. They found that the guardians who let the puppy and cat set the introduction expecting the puppy to be respectful and the cat to teach the puppy respect were the guardians who reported undesirable behaviours, many guardians accepting their puppy and cat will never be able to share the same space within the home and to be segregated. Whereas the guardians who used management, controlled the environment and introduced them gradually had much more success and lower expectations of both animals. (3)

This is where I am going to end my summisations of the journal and explore the conclusion which the researchers and I are agreed that there has to be more education around dogs and cats and the perceived relationships and expectations on both animals.

History shows that for the last 9,000 years dogs and cats have come together through sharing space of settlements with humans and developing relationships with humans. But as we look at evolution of both the dog and the cat we have to understand that as different species evolution has shaped them independently and not merged together for the union of dogs and cats within the same household. (4)

As professionals we know that there are not only a lot of expectations placed on a puppy but also pressure which can result in punishment and reoccurring punishment over a period of time until the guardian decides to either invest in professional help or relinquishes one of the animals. We have a duty of care to educate guardians that this isn't OK.

Of course we do when we work with them, however many guardians as can be seen from the statistics above simply think a car should correct a puppy. But what we are seeing with the puppies on a mass scale is the innate desire to chase, play rough, grab and do things that will either get themselves or the cat injured.

Many dogs and cats can and do live together quite harmoniously yet the dog will still attempt to chase or bark at a cat on a walk. Another research paper looked at the desire to chase based on the animation of motion and whilst I'm not going to dissect that paper within this blog it is important to remember that both dogs and cats are predators and not prey animals but for dogs the animation of the cat moving, running, darting activates the need to chase.

We also need to understand that there are 350 formally recognised dog breeds across the world and whilst we may think we share our sofa with an adorable furry gentle teddy bear ( you aren't far wrong) but we do have to be mindful that dogs were not originally bred to be companions in the sense that they are today but we're artificially selected in breeding programmes to have an intense prey drive, stalking, herding behaviours etc.

Over 9,000 years we can see that dogs and humans have coexisted and we know that in the last few hundred years of confirmed breeding and artificial selection. However professional breeders who breed for breed traits are not seeking to extinct unwanted behaviours from guardians, working dogs are still very much a part of society today across the world and breeders want to breed the best of the best, this will include their breed and genetic distinctive gene traits which makes them that specific breed.

We have to fully understand the dog we share our home with as the individual that they are, be respectful and mindful of their genetics and ancestry in order to have a wonderful bond and cohabitation relationship with them. Placing human ideals onto animals simply will not work, a dog cannot help to chase other animals as much as a bird cannot help to sing.

Instead we have to look at how we can communicate with our individual dog(s) , find what makes them tick, build our value to them so they want to see what we have. We need to respect their genetics and allow them to eye stalk, we have to utilise long lines and be sensible about the parameters of our dogs behaviour. If you have no recall especially around smaller animals or livestock use a long line to keep your dog and other animals safe. Work on communications and games to work with your dog as the species that they are. But don't place unrealistic goals and expectations on dogs and puppies. It isn't fair to them and you are just setting yourself up to fail.

If you would like to learn more I highly recommend these books:

The Do No Harm Dog Training and Behaviour Handbook by Linda Michaels MA: https://amzn.to/3PhC74z

Hunting Together by Simone Mueller: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1659254124/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_1P829Z96K8C7X42TVMB8

Control Unleashed by Leslie McDevitt: Control Unleashed Reactive To Relaxed https://amzn.to/3oAr5LN

Original Rocket Recall by Lisa Lyle Waggoner: https://amzn.to/3bi5Awp

And of course there are lots and lots of free tutorials on our YouTube channel to help you. Here and some to get you started:

https://youtube.com/shorts/_OdyqCSBge4?feature=share

https://youtu.be/dikGNTgNyqo

https://youtu.be/Yezk5vIjMaA

https://youtube.com/shorts/-DhxdPo5Go8?feature=share

Remember dogs and puppies are a beautiful species we choose to share our home with and we have to remember that their genetics will dictate much behaviour that cannot be punished!

References

Murray, J.; Gruffydd-Jones, T.; Roberts, M.; Browne, W. Assessing changes in the UK pet cat and dog populations: Numbers and household ownership. Vet. Rec. 2015, 177, 259.

Thomson, J.; Hall, S.; Mills, D. Evaluation of the relationship between cats and dogs living in the same home. J. Vet. Behav. 2018, 27, 35–40.

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Image description: A three window comic strip titled: Dogs, cats and squirrels.

The first window is of a grey and cream Wolfdog on a lead on a green and blue background to represent the grass and sky. The text reads: Utilising a long line keeps both you and your dog safe as well as other animals. It is also illegal in many areas of the UK to have a dog off the lead in public. Especially if they are classified as being dangerously out of control!

The second window is a Wheelchair user playing the chair game with a cream and grey Wolfdog. The text says: Play games to build two way communication with me. Teach me how to live in this world!

The third window is of a dark grey and cream Wolfdog chasing a blue cat screaming in a woodland. The text says: Dogs only chase due to their instincts.

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[ad_1] For the second one week in a row, a Utah grownup between the ages of 18 and 24 has died, well being officers say.(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Shane Carter administers a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru match arranged by means of the Utah County Well being Division in Spanish Fork on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021.  | Nov. 30, 2021, 8:32 p.m. | Up to date: 8:51 p.m.Editor’s word • The Salt Lake Tribune is offering loose get entry to to vital tales concerning the coronavirus. Join our Most sensible Tales e-newsletter, despatched on your inbox each and every morning. To reinforce journalism like this, please donate or develop into a subscriber.Twenty extra COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Utah previously day, in line with the state well being division, bringing the dying toll to three,528.One of the vital deaths used to be a girl between the ages of 18 and 24 in Salt Lake County — one week after every other girl in that age staff died. Because the pandemic started, there were 20 deaths within the broader 15 to 24 age staff. Well being officers stated the 2 younger girls who lately died have been each no less than 18.Two of the deaths reported Tuesday have been between the ages of 25 and 44, and 3 have been between the ages of 45 and 64.The Utah Division of Well being reported 1,195 new coronavirus circumstances previously day, and the rolling seven-day reasonable of latest sure circumstances stands at 1,127.The choice of kids getting vaccinated continues to climb — 66,782 kids ages 5-11 have got no less than one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine since they turned into eligible; that’s about 18.3% of youngsters that age in Utah, in line with the well being division.In depth care devices within the state stay close to capability. UDOH reported Tuesday that 91.5% of all ICU beds in Utah and 96.3% of ICU beds in higher clinical facilities within the state are occupied. (Hospitals imagine any determine over 85% to be functionally complete). Of all ICU sufferers, 42.9% are being handled for COVID-19.Vaccine doses administered previously day/general doses administered • 14,486/ 4,136,987.Collection of Utahns absolutely vaccinated • 1,806,315 — 55.2% of Utah’s general inhabitants. That is a rise of four,561 previously day.Circumstances reported in previous day • 1,195.Circumstances amongst school-age kids • Youngsters in grades Ok-12 accounted for 253 of the brand new circumstances introduced Tuesday — 21.2% of the entire. There have been 131 circumstances reported in kids elderly 5-10; 53 circumstances in kids 11-13; and 69 circumstances in kids 14-18.Assessments reported in previous day • 7,559 other folks have been examined for the primary time. A complete of 16,349 other folks have been examined.Deaths reported in previous day • 20. (One of the vital deaths passed off prior to Nov. 1, and used to be showed to be the results of COVID-19 after additional trying out.)8 of the deaths passed off in Salt Lake County. Along with the younger girl, the fatalities come with a person 45-64, two males and 3 girls 65-84, and a person 85-plus.Utah County reported 3 deaths — a girl 25-44, a person 45-64, and a person 65-84.Two counties each and every reported two deaths — two males 65-84 in Tooele County, and a person 25-44 and a girl 65-84 in Weber County.Different deaths have been a Beaver County girl 45-64, a Davis County guy 85-plus, an Emery County girl 65-84, a Juab County guy 65-84, and a Washington County girl 65-84.Hospitalizations reported previously day • 511. This is 14 fewer than reported on Monday. Of the ones recently hospitalized, 203 are in extensive care, seven fewer than reported on Monday.Proportion of sure checks • Underneath the state’s unique manner, the velocity is 15.8% previously day. This is upper than the seven-day reasonable of 14.5%.The state’s new manner counts all take a look at effects, together with repeated checks of the similar particular person. Tuesday’s fee used to be 7.3%, not up to the seven-day reasonable of 9.

6%.[Read more: Utah is changing how it measures the rate of positive COVID-19 tests. Here’s what that means.]Possibility ratios • Up to now 4 weeks, unvaccinated Utahns have been 15.thrice much more likely to die of COVID-19 than vaccinated other folks, in line with a Utah Division of Well being research. The unvaccinated additionally have been 10.9 instances much more likely to be hospitalized, and four.2 instances much more likely to check sure for the coronavirus.Totals so far • 595,801 circumstances; 3,528 deaths; 25,914 hospitalizations; 3,967,874 other folks examined. [ad_2] #Utahns #died #COVID19 #together with #younger #grownup #Salt #Lake #County

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The Earth Station DCU Episode 342 – Injustice

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The Earth Station DCU Episode 342 – Injustice

This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs shout at the injustice. We get a glimpse into Edward’s mind as we pour through in journal in The Riddler: Year One #5. The Joker takes on a young version of Batman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold #2. Bernard comes to the rescue as Robin must face the Chaos Monsters as he searches for Batwoman in Tim Drake: Robin #10. Oliver and Lian go to the 31st century where they find Conner Hawke with the Legion of Super-Heroes in Green Arrow #3. The Super-Family joins Metallo in battling Cyborg-Superman for the life of his sister in Action Comics #1056. Batman takes on Prince Arzen in Detective Comics #1073. All this plus, DC News, DC TV, Shout Outs, and much, much more!

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0:00:00 Show Open

0:01:04 DC News

0:06:30 The Riddler: Year One #5

0:10:23 Batman: The Brave and the Bold #2

0:18:13 Tim Drake: Robin #10

0:25:04 Green Arrow #3

0:30:08 Action Comics #1056

0:36:36 Detective Comics #1073

0:44:43 Superman & Lois S3 Ep12 – Injustice

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Significant COVID-19 Vaccine Study Censored by Medical Journal Within 24 Hours

A systematic review of 325 autopsies showing COVID-19 vaccination caused or significantly contributed to 74 percent of deaths was removed from The Lancet’s preprint SSRN server within 24 hours, adding to an increasing number of censored studies on the potential harms of COVID-19 vaccines.

The study, published July 5, examined all autopsies published in peer-reviewed literature to determine whether COVID-19 vaccination caused or contributed to the person’s death.

Researchers searched all published autopsy and necropsy reports related to COVID-19 vaccination through May 18, 2023, resulting in 678 studies. After implementing inclusion criteria, they chose 44 papers containing 325 autopsy cases and one necropsy case. A panel of three expert physicians independently reviewed each case to determine whether COVID-19 vaccination was a direct cause or significant factor in each death.

Of 325 autopsies reviewed, 240 deaths, or 74 percent, were independently adjudicated as “directly due to or significantly contributed to by COVID-19 vaccination.”

Findings showed the most affected organ system in COVID-19 vaccine-associated death was the cardiovascular system at 53 percent, followed by the hematological system at 17 percent, the respiratory system at 8 percent, and multiple organ systems at 7 percent. Three or more organ systems were affected in 21 cases. The mean time from vaccination to death was 14.3 days—with most deaths occurring within a week of the last vaccine dose.

by Megan Redshaw 

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The sound of army planes can be traumatic for Colorado checkered whiptail lizards, which have a small range in southeastern Colorado. Photograph By Ken Holtgrewe Getty Images

How Wild Animals Cope With Stress—From Overeating To Sleepless Nights

​We’re not the only animals that suffer anxiety. From lizards to song sparrows, challenging situations can have long-lasting impacts on species.

— By Liz Langley | April 25, 2023

Many of us react to stressful situations by drinking too much coffee, sleeping too much or not enough, or overeating.

As it turns out, several wild animals also experience physical reactions to stress. The main challenges faced by wild animals are whether they’ll find enough food or whether they become someone else’s food. But sometimes, it’s people that cause the trauma.

For instance, a new study shows the rare Colorado checkered whiptail lizard stress-eats in response to noise. Part of their habitat includes the Fort Carson Army Base, where low-flying aircraft regularly produce sounds louder than what they’d experience naturally. (Read how extreme heat can stress wildlife.)

After observing some of the wild reptiles and taking their blood, the scientists found that during flyovers, the lizards released more of the stress hormone cortisol, as well as moved less and ate more. Eating more likely compensated for the energy lost while experiencing stress, the authors say.

Here are some other ways animals react to challenging situations.

Sleep Troubles

Sleep, for all mammals, is key—and not having enough can be harmful.

“Sleep deprivation, a form of stress, can elicit increased eating in humans and some non-human animals alike,” says Barrett Klein, an entomologist at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse who also studies sleep biology.

In lab studies, fruit flies subjected to social isolation slept less and ate more, and sleep-deprived mice ate more during their recovery. Some butterflies that don't get enough rest forage poorly and lay their eggs on the wrong types of plants.

If some bee species don't get enough sleep, they'll perform their waggle dances, the bee equivalent of GPS, "with a less precise direction component," Klein says via email, giving their spectators less helpful information on where to find food.

Passing on Trauma

Scott Heppell, a fish ecologist at Oregon State University, stops short of saying other animals react to stress like we do.

“That’s a bit too anthropomorphic for me,” Heppell says via email. “But I might say that other animals have somewhat analogous responses,” for example, when stressful events experienced by parents “can affect performance of their offspring.” In humans, that concept is called generational trauma.

Small freshwater fish called sticklebacks appear to pass trauma down to their babies, though the impacts are different among males and females.

In research published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, scientists showed that sons of stickleback fathers who had been exposed to predators were risk takers, but the trauma had no effect on daughters. Mothers exposed to predators had anxious offspring of both sexes—but why remains unknown.

Predator Danger

The mere presence of predators can make animals anxious. Take the song sparrow, a study subject of Liana Zanette, a population ecologist at Western University in Ontario, Canada.

In a 2022 study, Zanette studied wild song sparrows on British Columbia’s Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, where they have few predators. During the study, she put up barriers to ensure that nothing would happen to the birds.

For 18 weeks Zanette’s team intermittently played recordings half of the study birds of friendly animals like Canada geese. No harm, just fowl.

The other half of the birds heard recordings of crows and ravens, which eat sparrow eggs and nestlings.

The results showed that a fear of phantom predators caused these birds to produce 53 percent fewer offspring than the birds that didn’t hear the scary soundtrack.

“The parents are really skittish when they think there are predators around,” Zanette says, so instead of spending their time incubating their eggs or feeding chicks, they flush from the nest.

That all might sound like a bad thing, but evolutionarily the birds’ response is just right. Surviving and producing fewer offspring beats dying and producing none, Zanette says.

Such predator-induced fear can also cause lasting changes similar to post-traumatic stress disorder, she says. In a 2019 study, Zanette found that black-capped chickadees exposed to predators had elevated brain activity and a heightened sensitivity to danger for at least seven days afterward.

Snowshoe hares are the primary prey of Canada lynx. Photograph By Robbie George, National Geographic Image Collection

An Ancient Dance

In Canada’s Yukon Territory, snowshoe hares don’t need simulations—they have very real predators to worry about. The animals are the main prey of Canada lynx, and the dance between them has been evolving for millions of years, says Rudy Boonstra, professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, who has been studying both species for four decades.

Both species go through a 10-year cycle during which each species’ population fluctuates. When the hare population is high, lynx have a lot to eat and their population goes up as well.

But as the hare population declines the hares are not just being killed by lynx, they’re being stressed by being pursued, even if they escape. These hares produce fewer offspring and their offspring produce fewer offspring, until there are so few hares the lynx begin to starve and their population plummets as well.

Boonstra and colleagues showed that when lynx numbers were high and hares were in decline, levels of cortisol in snowshoe hare blood spiked. This stress takes a toll on female hares’ physical condition, which leads to weaker offspring.

This decade-long prey-predator cycle is a truly wild phenomenon, Boonstra notes, with no human creating the stress.

That’s partly why, like Heppell, Boonstra also doesn’t think human and wild animal stress responses can be compared.

“Their environment has been the same or similar for many, many generations, and ours changes all the time, every day.”

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Experimental Pill Shows Promise Against Leukemia in Early Trial

In a study out this week, scientists describe a novel experimental pill that may be able to help patients with a difficult-to-treat form of leukemia. Nearly half of patients in the Phase I trial responded to the treatment, called revumenib, while about a third experienced a complete remission of their cancer. More research will be needed to confirm its effectiveness, however.

Revumenib is being developed by the company Syndax. It’s meant to work by inhibiting a protein called menin, which seems to play an important role in certain forms of leukemia. These cancers are characterized by carrying a NPM1 gene mutation or a rearrangement of another gene, called KMT2A. These aberrations are commonly found in both pediatric and adult cases of leukemia and are often very hard to treat. According to research cited by the scientists, for instance, the five-year survival rate for KMT2A-related leukemia is less than 25%.

On Thursday, these researchers published results from the first human trial of revumenib in the journal Nature. The trial enrolled 68 patients with relapsed or refractory acute leukemia that had failed to respond to previous treatments. Most of these patients had NPM1/KMT2A-related cancer.

Phase I trials are designed to test the safety and optimal dose of an experimental treatment. But to understand its potential efficacy, the team also looked at the outcomes of those with NPM1/KMT2A-related leukemia (60 in total). Out of these eligible patients, 53% showed some response to revumenib, and about 30% (18 patients) showed complete remission. Though nearly all of the patients experienced adverse effects, including potentially serious ones like an irregular heartbeat, none had to stop treatment as a result.

“For patients with acute leukemia who have undergone several previous treatments, this is a very encouraging result,” said study author Scott Armstrong, president of the Dana-Farber and Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, in a statement released by Dana-Farber.

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Phase I trials are only the start of clinical development, and many drugs that show encouraging results early on fail to fulfill that promise in larger trials. And even if revumenib does prove to be largely effective against these cancers, it may not be long-lasting for some. In a second study looking at the trial data, also released this week in Nature, the researchers found that some patients’ cancers adapted to the treatment and developed resistance to it.

These findings are both good and bad news, the authors say. It’s good, since it shows these cancers truly rely on menin to fuel their growth and likewise that drugs capable of disturbing how the protein is used by these cancers can neuter them. At the same time, it also likely means that other strategies will be needed to delay or prevent resistance against these drugs. That could include treating people at an earlier stage of cancer or pairing revumenib with other types of drugs that attack these cancers from a different angle.

An expansion of the study is already underway, with full Phase I/II results expected later this year. Should things continue to go well, the company has said it may start to file for FDA approval as early as the end of 2023. If approved, revumenib would be the first menin inhibitor to treat cancer.