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The Utah news this morning reported that there aren’t enough covid tests, school bus drivers, teachers/substitutes, or healthcare workers and we’re hitting over 10,000 (reported) cases a day…but everything is fine! Continue to go about your business! God forbid we let anything interrupt the wheels of capitalism:

Also this makes sense:

As does this:

This was a good moment of perspective, but I might be jealous of everyone in 1870 and not now:

I want this juice. PLEASE.

(Posts from here, here, and here)

2022 feels like a lot already, doesn’t it?

(From the caption: “This is just a PSA that grief doesn’t go away at Christmas“)
 

Existential Moomins
 

We got this, right? (source)
 

OK, yeah, when you think about it, traditional holiday characters are super weird. (source)

Things* feel a little much, you know?

*The Supreme Court debating the rights of half the population, school shootings, new Covid variants, changes at work, winter darkness, the inevitable passage of time…what’s on your list?

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The time change finally caught up to me; just picture me as that frog yelling at its brain.From Frog Witch

From Sick of Wolves

via this account

Originally Nihilisa Frank, which is the absolute best name; seen first here

Yes let’s be eco-friendly (source)

Afraid of going gray? Don’t be! (source)

As much as I possibly can (Ruth Mora Illustration)

You’d better have candy (source)

This is a wholesome (and massive) thread of people who cave to their pets’ ridiculous demands. As someone who does this as well, I was delighted and reassured:

Greg and I have to stand in these spots every mealtime for the dog or he won’t eat. He looks at Greg who says MORE then he looks at me and I say MORE and this lasts til he’s done. We used to have dignity pic.twitter.com/dnKAPfIrG9

— broti gupta (@BrotiGupta) October 13, 2021

Some highlights:

Inspiring (via)

True (via)

Also true (via)

Sadly, the truest of the all (via)

I haven’t had Twitter on my phone for years but I’ll go there on my desktop when I’m procrastinating. It’s usually an angry cesspool but I’ve been trying to follow more accounts that just post nice things, like these:

this is how I’m planning to ride out the winter pic.twitter.com/wcJdqhxiOz

— Owl! at the Library 😴🧙‍♀️ (@SketchesbyBoze) September 27, 2021

‘I will do it tomorrow,’ said Toad. ‘Today I will take life easy.’

— Frog and Toad (@FrogandToadbot) September 30, 2021

The ONLY driving license I want is the kind that lets me drive these. pic.twitter.com/EcxvHPVeZz

— Icona 📚 (@Iconawrites) September 27, 2021

That’s the latest Instagram roundup. First the art–

New-to-me artist Lydia Ortiz (who has prints coming with Nooworks!):

More from Crocodile Jackson:

And for the therapy– this one hits hard (just found the From The Fainting Couch account and it’s pretty great):

This is hilarious every single time I watch it (sound on):

 

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