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Hanif Abdurraqib interviewed by Ruth Awad: Joy Is Not Promised to You

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Mosab Abu Toha, "Interlude", from his poetry collection Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza, available for download here

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Waterdance Painting - Waterdance Fine Art Print

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#like honestly what am I supposed to do w the fact that my partner left me alone for seven months with a dog who can’t be alone for #longer #than a minute and a half #i can’t even go out right now to bring the trash cans back inside #idk idk idk

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One of my favorite trees due to year round interest. Birch bark cherry or Tibetan cherry. Prunus serrula.

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the thing w my dog right is that I just genuinely think we… have extremely similarly wired nervous systems and that we can be a decent map for each other of our needs,

like,

for example,

this week was so fuckening exhausting. And it was mostly our silly little human activities that made it exhausting. But. She was implicated in them bc she needed dogsitters and to come w me sometimes to where I was going and to be in the car w me.

And today so far she just. Wants to sleep and rest.

And. Same. Today is just a family rest day.

But/and also, yesterday when things were particularly emotionally hectic. She just wanted to cuddle w me for reassurance. And like. Same.

And it rlly is like. We r both just stressed and anxious and tired little creatures but we’re doing it together!!! U know?

#anyway I lov her

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ppl are like… Flirting With Me recently and it’s.. idk!!! I mean it’s nice obvi. I just amnt used to it.

#how do u move from flirting to other? #this one man in particular I’ve been vaguely flirting w for… a few months now??? #and it had slowed down for a bit and even last night we were at the same #place as each other and in the beginning of the night I kind of approached him and he didn’t blow me off but went off w other ppl #but at the end of the night it was… Heavy Flirting #but then I’m kind of like #ok what’s next!!!

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Memories of bygone summer days

I'm participating in Nucleus Portland's annual postcard show this year again! Here are the 3 postcards I'm sending. You will be able to buy the original paintings at Nucleus house in Portland then online starting from Nov 3rd.

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As a young boy in school, Masaki Sashima would be dragged out of his classroom and beaten by his fellow students.

Masaki, now 72, was different to the other kids. 

He was Ainu, an Indigenous people from the country's northern regions, most notably the large island of Hokkaido.

"During recess, the hallway door would open, and several guys would yell at me to come out," he said.

"I clung to my desk in the classroom and kept quiet.

"Everyone would surround me and beat me."

Japan has long portrayed itself as culturally and ethnically homogenous, something that some have even argued is a key to its success as a nation.

More than 98 per cent of Japanese people are descendants of the Yamato people. 

But the Ainu are distinct, with their own history, languages, and culture.

But, as the victims of colonialism, assimilation, and discrimination, much of that identity has been lost. 

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Alpine ibex taking a chimney-top break in the French Alps, 2019 - by Sandro Lovari, Italian

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Little studies for an upcoming body of work. Paintings have slowly been getting bigger this year, which was a goal I was nervous about achieving. I’m excited to see how the full size paintings of some of these turn out!

#mmmmm

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proud dog showing off ALL FOUR of his paws at once

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Oh this article just lays out how deeply fucking evil the democratic party and joe biden is man.

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GIRLY JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT CYERCE ELEGANS

If Cyerce nigricans is a butterfly, then this is a fairy... Cyerce nigricans for comparison:

#hhhhhhh

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#frustrating how I specifically went to this event yesterday excited to see folks I hadn’t seen in a while #only to be hit w a wall of them talking abt things they’d done or planned together without inviting me #including several types of things I’d repeatedly invited them to #and including somebody I saw multiple times a week towards the end of 2023 who I’ve seen for a grand total #of like 5 seconds since the new year #but he has time to go on dates w strangers tho :) #anyway it’s fine I’ve largely disinvested my time and energy from these folks i just #shouldn’t have gone last night maybe