Aphelion

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Thousands of interesting facts and too many feelings in a trenchcoat.
Locationon the land of the Wangal peopl of the Dharug Nation
Websiteapopheniart.wordpress.com
PronounsThey/Them
Show threadAphelionDec 30, 2023
@Dangerous_beans a very beautiful potato 🥔
Show threadAphelionDec 28, 2023
@Dangerous_beans i love these - the way the grain wraps around them is so pleasing 😌
AphelionDec 27, 2023
Doing some crochet to contribute to a collaborative gift for a work colleague and...while I can do it, I don't think I'll ever love it. Its less rage inducing than knitting, but I have had to frog and restart this square 3 times and the border is proving particularly fiddly and annoying to complete 😣
AphelionDec 24, 2023
Cats of YoreDec 24, 2023
Wishing a very ooh-la-la Christmas to all who celebrate! 🎩 1885. #CatsOfYore #Cat #Cats #History #catsodon #catsofmastodon #catcontent #ilovecats #vintage https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/victorian-christmas-card-dressed-cat-313063843
VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS CARD DRESSED CAT S. HILDESHEIMER & CO. | #313063843

AN ORIGINAL VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS CARD, FROM AN ALBUM DATED 1885. SIZE 3 X 4 1/4 INCHES. DRESSED CAT.

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AphelionDec 24, 2023
Gender dysphoria but specifically about not being an androgynous sad waif like Kristen Stewart in the 'Love Lies Bleeding' trailer.
Show threadAphelionDec 24, 2023
This is the endlessly repeating tragedy of assistive technology as a money-making industry. It's not enough that assistive tech might benefit a small group of people in very specific way - business imperatives mean that tech has to be marketed as fixing *everything* for *everybody*, in order to be predicted as viable as a profit-making enterprise. This poisons the well & means that the original limited population probably miss out on the limited (but useful!) benefit they might have derived.
AphelionDec 24, 2023
Scam assistive devices are dangerous ableism. As a person with achromatopsia ('Tier 3' colourblindness in the video) I understand how misleading the claims made by colour filtering glasses companies are. I've had to have more than layman's knowledge of vision science since I was old enough to spell 'vision'. People with less severe colour vision impairments though, often don't get that kind of education & won't understand how the claims of these companies are bs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_QQtOv2PlOE&pp=ygUIZW5jaHJvbWE%3D
Exposing the Fake Science behind Color Blind Glasses

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Show threadAphelionDec 21, 2023
@frankashwood always happy to pause and admire a velvet worm
AphelionDec 21, 2023
Frank AshwoodDec 20, 2023

*VELVET WORM CHECKPOINT*

You have reached a scrolling checkpoint. I give you permission to stop what you are doing, breathe, and simply enjoy how wonderful velvet worms are.

Forget about life's problems for a moment, and just look at those tiny little feet! There's still beauty in the world, and much of it is Peripatus-shaped.

Okay, off you go.

#SoilBiodiversity #MacroPhotography #Peripatus

AphelionDec 20, 2023
@vampiress Lord Sugar sounds like the antagonist in a Charlie & the Chocolate Factory sequel. Definitely a name that wears a silk top hat and carries a cane.