news News A Black student’s family sues Texas officials over his suspension for hairstyle
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 12 months ago 100%

    Not every state. This is Texas. I'm in California and my kid went to school with shoulder length hair that was half blue. My relatives in Texas kept asking what the school was doing about it. There's nothing on the books about hair and the principal said it looked cool. Hair has always been a control issue in bible thumping communities, which I thankfully am no longer around.

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  • adhdwomen ADHD Women I'm feeling a lot of shame right now.
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    From my experience:

    Gently let your husband know that if his mom says something negative that he should not pass it along to you. What his mom said did not hurt you until he told you. That's how I taught my kid not to spread gossip.

    As for your mother in law, if she comments that something is messy, hand her a broom. That's how I got my certified-clean-freak mom to stop making comments. "Vacuum's in the closet" was another one, but she was my mom, not my MIL, so it wasn't as hard for me. Sooo...have your husband do it. :)

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What's a skill that's taken for granted where you live, but is often missing in people moving there from abroad?
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    Also non-cartel coyotes rest during the day. I lived in Nevada where coyotes are a given, but never in my life saw one during the day.

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  • internetfuneral internet funeral woody woodpecker
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    Holy shit. I had to turn it off. WTF.

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  • memes Memes I LOVE MANUAL TRANSMISSION
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    My kid is learning to drive and I wanted to rent/get ahold of a manual to teach that too, but nothing doing. You can't find one to rent and I'm not buying a whole car for a few weeks' training.

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    Cross post from c/Dolls: Growing Up Skipper 1975-76ish

    Twist her arm and her torso gets longer and she grows breasts. [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUcI-8N6nUo&ab_channel=RachelHoffman)

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    "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearFU
    funny signs blueskiesoc 1 year ago 98%
    low flying aircraft? https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f4605853-2ce4-4e77-89c6-b3a67a588fc9.jpeg

    This sign is close to a machine cleaning trash and other debris from a canal. Snakes accidentally get scooped with the debris and slither over the side.

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    funny signs blueskiesoc 1 year ago 98%
    One week after the rains https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c865e06e-57e6-4698-9d71-c0dc2d174e97.jpeg
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    funny signs blueskiesoc 1 year ago 97%
    Dude, Stahp https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6ab1b77c-2a18-4f3b-951f-1270c09ac120.jpeg
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    guinea pigs blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Another "Skinny Pig" https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/628c10ae-e5d1-4b98-8f80-b8827f03f0e8.webp

    same [link](https://petkeen.com/hairless-guinea-pig/) as the last post

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    guinea pigs blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Definitely not a shrunken hippo https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f07677d0-f611-4121-be9e-b1f93ad56756.jpeg

    Hairless guinea pig aka "skinny pig" [link](https://petkeen.com/hairless-guinea-pig/)

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    jellyfish blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Yellow jellyfish

    Osaka Aquarium

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    jellyfish blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Gossamer jellyfish

    Still from "Antarctic Treasure: The Underwater Images of Norbert Wu"

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    jellyfish blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Barrel jellyfish, Rhizostoma pulmo by Arne Kuilman

    Update: Found the original source, the photographer Arne Kuilman. [Link](https://www.flickr.com/photos/arne/203222825/) to his Flickr page.

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    Vultures blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Cool link about bearded vultures in post

    [link](https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/58253/11-facts-about-bone-eating-bearded-vulture)

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    Vultures blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    meme pants
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    Vultures blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Black Vultures mate for life

    Text from https://justbirding.com/what-birds-mate-for-life/ Black Vulture Latin name: Coragyps atratus Unique romantic feature: Fight for fidelity Where they are found: From the southeastern USA to South America Size: Length: 22 to 29 inches (56 to 74 cm); Weight: 2.6 to 4.3 pounds (1.18 to 1.95 kg): Wingspan: 4.4 to 5.5 feet (1.34 to 1.68 m) Diet: Carrion ~~Black vultures prove you don’t have to be beautiful to enjoy a committed, long-term relationship.~~ Um, rude. Looking dressed more for a funeral than a wedding, these scavenger birds feature all-black plumage with bumpy, featherless grayish-black heads, and short, hooked beaks. Found in open habitats and along roads from the southeastern United States to South America, black vultures are all about family life. They form bonds that last their whole lives (about 10 years).

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    Vultures blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Black Vultures in Florida's Everglades

    photo by Kevan Cooke on [Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevan_cooke/)

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    Vultures blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    More memes, please
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    ADHDmemes blueskiesoc 1 year ago 97%
    Suddenly deciding to... https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4a28f596-2a11-4551-abec-99779459e553.jpeg

    organize my supplies: pull everything out sort, play with stuff, go to store for organizing bins and maybe order new craft supplies, label, get tired, and leave almost everything in piles for weeks. Oh, and feel guilty every single time I walk by the piles, but be completely unable to do anything about them.

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    adhdmemes ADHDmemes or reheating coffee in the microwave four times because I keep forgetting it's in there and it's gone cold again
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    That's a good idea.

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    Vultures blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    photo by Andrew McGibbon

    [link to seller](https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Photography-I-Yearn-for-the-Wild-Limited-Edition-of-10/969753/6880445/view)

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    raccoons Raccoons and his name shall be Paul
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    I remember this! And not from the lemmy post. Thanks for the memory.

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    Vultures blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    The griffon/Eurasian vulture/Gyps fulvus (link in post)

    [link](https://www.animalwised.com/what-is-a-griffon-vulture-main-traits-and-fun-facts-1092.html)

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    adhdmemes ADHDmemes or reheating coffee in the microwave four times because I keep forgetting it's in there and it's gone cold again
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    That is a) good to know and b) pretty cool. Thanks :)

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    Vultures blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Can't find image source, but I know a turkey vulture when I see one.

    My favorite for sentimental reasons. I grew up in an area where you might spot one if you were very lucky. It was rare, but cool.

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    Vultures blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    My best guess is juvenile Andean condor from Peru

    I can't find the image source to confirm, but looks right.

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    and his name shall be Paul

    I dunno why I think a raccoon named Paul is funny, but to me it really is. If I ever have a raccoon friend, it will be a Paul regardless of gender.

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    adhdwomen ADHD Women Is it just me? Seemingly an amnesiac at the dr's office
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    That was very thoughtful. Thank you.

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  • adhd ADHD ADHD magic trick: set something down
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    Say where it is out loud! That's my stove trick--"THE STOVE IS OFF". Yes, I have walked away from a lit burner before.

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    ADHD Women blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Is it just me? Seemingly an amnesiac at the dr's office

    Whenever I go to the doctor's office and they ask about something that happened unrelated to that day's visit, I can't seem to remember. Examples: At one appt, "So have you had any more troubles from your sinus infection that we saw you for 9 months ago?" Oh yeah...I had a sinus infection. At a different appt, "You had your eye surgery in a different network. Let's update your record in our network. Who was the surgeon and when was it?" Um, it was a guy...and it was, I think, three years ago. (I looked up the surgeon's name online based on where I remember the surgery center to be and called and the surgery was a hair over a year ago.) That sounds like an extreme example because the surgery was a big deal, but yeah. Often I can't seem to recall any of the original symptoms that led me to taking a medicine. It's like medical amnesia. They have everything in their notes, but I've got zilch. It's really frustrating. I've considered writing everything down, but once I'm out the door, that idea seems to vanish. I've learned to take in a very full description of what's currently going on because I know I'll draw a blank when the doc asks of the specifics on why I'm in that time. I feel like a weirdo with a printout. If only I could remember to hang onto that printout for future reference. Ugh. I'm not dumb and I'm not like this with other things. It's weird and I'm wondering if it's just me.

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    ADHD blueskiesoc 1 year ago 94%
    ADHD magic trick: set something down

    POOF! It's gone.

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    raccoons Raccoons Look what someone posted on Imgur from TikTok from Twitter
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    Gold. You have found gold.

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  • raccoons Raccoons Look what someone posted on Imgur from TikTok from Twitter
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 98%

    ...now on Lemmy

    raccoon in pope hat

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  • news News Girl, 13, gives birth after she was raped and denied abortion in Mississippi
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    Por que no los dos?

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    Vultures blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Andean Condor, cool link in post

    [link to eBird](https://ebird.org/species/andcon1/) >Huge, wide-ranging vulture of the Andes, but also ranges into lowlands in southern Chile and Tierra del Fuego. Locally fairly common in Chile and adjacent Argentina, less numerous northward. Mainly seen as singles or pairs, sailing high over ridges, but tens can gather at roosts and to scavenge at carcasses. Size alone is diagnostic, but can be difficult to judge at a distance: note very long “fingers” at wingtips and white collar of adult. Adult also has diagnostic big white panels on upperwing, visible as birds bank. Immatures dark overall, becoming like adult in about 5 years.

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    Vultures blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Andean Condor photo by Alan Shapiro

    [link](https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanshapiro/14093366071/in/datetaken/)

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    Vultures blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Andean Condor
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    Andean Condor
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    Raccoons blueskiesoc 1 year ago 99%
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    But first coffee
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    funnysigns funny signs From El Arroyo in Austin
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    SoCal food coaches are amazing. I'm in San Diego. We have entire events based around them.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy What would you tell your 18 year old self?
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    All the ADHDers in here. :(

    Same. Same.

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  • vintage Vintage Clackers -- originally glass and would eventually shatter while you played with them.
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    Hand Blasters?

    I never knew about these. I had to look them up. ...and now I want them. It looks like you can still buy them online.

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    Minerals! blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%
    Fluorite on Baryte
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    vintage Vintage Fisher Price Cash Register
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    Yup, most of these are. I wish the slinkys were still metal.

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  • vintage Vintage Sit 'n Spin by Kenner
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    They're crazy fun, so they'll never die. If it helps, I played on one in the early 1970's.

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  • vintage Vintage Waterful Ring -Toss
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 0%

    And you had to boil the water before putting it in. I never saw one with moldy water, but I imagine someone somewhere did. Eww.

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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    Choco-taco is for you.

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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    They are definitely a thing, but I don't know anybody who has tried them. I did work with a guy who says his friend tried it, but idk. Definitely a thing.

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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 92%

    I mean, sometimes...

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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    Hormonal fluctuations have been shown to affect symptoms. You* can talk to your doctor about a small bump up in meds for when you are most affected. I can't remember if it's just before a period or during that symptoms get worse. I recommend tracking your period and making notes of when it's worse for you. Menopause is crazy for many reasons, but defo for ADHD.

    *Anyone who has a period.

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  • mushrooms Mushrooms It is that time of year again
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    Nice

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    Cat

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    Cat

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    Cat

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  • adhdwomen ADHD Women Humble brag
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    I think you forgot what you were writing when you wrote it, lol.

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    I know I do.

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  • cineshots CineShots Annihilation (2018) Director: Alex Garland
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    The bear was such a unique creation. Loved it.

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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    drawing of kitten laughing

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    drawing of kitten laughing

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    drawing of kitten laughing

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  • cineshots CineShots Annihilation (2018) Director: Alex Garland
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    I haven't seen Men. Thanks for the warning. No sarcasm.

    Yes, this was a tough one for me (to decide to post) because I loved the visuals, but the movie was a hard watch. Not because of any grossness, but the movie just had such an off feeling to it. Also, Natalie Portman's character was sooo frustrating. Any question given to her was answered with such a slow vagueness. Ugh. The visuals though. The commercials didn't really do any story related teasers, but focused on the visuals. That's what put bodies in the seats.

    You know how you can tell a movie is weird AF? After seeing this movie, I do. The end credits rolled and the audience just sort of sat there for like 10 seconds. When they got up, the discussion mostly consisted of, "What did that mean?" and "What was this about?" etc., even into the parking lot.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy Opinions: What is a movie you genuinely like, that is rated below 60% on rotten tomatoes?
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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    and it has Christoph Waltz

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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. That got an audience reaction. Wow, that scene was worth sitting through the slow scenes.

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  • blueskiesoc blueskiesoc 1 year ago 100%

    Um, who would the shovel be for if I hang myself? Or are you being rude?

    Nevermind. I saw your comment history.

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    drawing of kitten laughing

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