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Alpine mountain views - Adlerweg, Tirol, Austria, October 2022

photo by: nature-hiking

Steppes of Siberia

Without a doubt, the most spectacular aurora of the year in the Canadian Rockies of 2019 happened early on the 5th of August. Because we are nearing the minimum of the current solar cycle, it’s been a very quiet year for northern lights at the mid-latitudes. That long, colourful, powerful display made up for an otherwise lacklustre aurora year.

Shot this bright moment at Cascade Meadows, Banff National Park. I opted to phone home at that point and wake up my wife, who in turn woke up our daughters and guests. Everyone gathered on the back porch to take in the show!

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As per tradition, in late December I like to take some time to reflect on my most special moments in photography from this past year. The posts are in no particular order, nor do they necessarily consist of images that resonated with the public. They are all photographs that got me engaged creatively and that depict special moments in the wilderness. I hope you enjoy the images. Thanks to all of you who have supported me all year long. Your presence here is much appreciated and so is every comment. Feel free to share the images. — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2RYhDCQ

America is absolutely disconnected to meat

I think I realized this when I had went to see my dad and stepmom one day and asked if I could place my hawk’s food. (A rabbit leg) in the freezer. My step mom was disgusted by the idea that a leg from an animal was in the freezer meanwhile an entire chicken was sitting in the fridge.

Your rotisserie chicken is an entire chicken.

Your pork chop is a hunk of pig.

Your rack of ribs are from a cow’s rib cage.

It’s like Americans view meat as colorful red and pink hued shapes that just exist and come into the world packaged.

You see so many people getting harassed or even having their content flagged for showing how to process or field dress meat when it’s at it’s freshest. Right after culling. For some reason this is considered “gore” by many folks when in reality it’s no more different from plucking a processed chicken after cull.

You also notice that Americans have an idea of what’s normal meat and what isn’t normal meat and there’s racist undertones that I’ve noticed in a lot of these comments left on foreign cooking videos

You have people that claim a video of a man in a different country preparing something like this is “eating a dog.” Meanwhile this is roasted goat.

You have people who’s only perception of an edible fish is in fillet or fish stick form and they call something like this nasty because “Eww there’s a head!” Yeah.. most animals have heads..

Some of ya’ll need to realize what your meat looks like prior to processing and that it’s prepared in different ways. We also need to erase the stigma behind non traditional meats.

Sorry if it's a morbid question but I'm at that age when death is coming closer each day, and I'm wondering what to do with my fics on AO3 and tumblr should I die one day. Of course I can put them in a will or get someone's help. But me writing fanfics is like a secret identity that none of my family or friends know. They're not into it and I don't think they'll value them either. They'll probably trash them but I'll love for anyone to adopt them if they like to. So any ideas or suggestions?

Not morbid at all! Planning for the future isn’t depressing, it’s planning. Taking care of something that’s on your mind will only make you feel better about things, anyway :)

As for the answer to your question, AO3 has exactly what you’re looking for: Fannish Next of Kin. This is the person that you decide you want to have take care of your works after you die. They’re a fandom friend you trust, but you don’t have to know them in person. You don’t even need to know their real name. You just have to trust that they’ll follow your wishes after you’re gone.  

In the event of your death, the Archive will transfer your account into that person’s control and they can manage it on your behalf. 

For more information, read that link above. Just one more way that AO3 looks out for the “Our Own” part of the Archive :D. 

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