I thought I could bring an end to the world's suffering, but when every equation was solved, all that remained were fields of dreamless solitude. There is no prize to perfection, only an end to persuit.
Bothersome beast, comforting friend
I think the hardest part about addressing child abuse is getting people to acknowledge, not just intellectually but actually responding accordingly, is that the biggest threat to children, the biggest risk of abuse, is family and parents.
it is of course most often parents who are crowing about needing to protect children (often against far smaller threats than family), and pointing out that they are, statistically, the biggest threat to their kids is not gonna be received well.
If I could honestly break open the 2024 year and kindly burn it to ashes, please
I love it when Game changer screenshots look like fever dreams
Rock Shag aka Magellanic Cormorant (Leucocarbo magellanicus), family Phalacrocoracidae, order Suliformes, found along the southern coasts of South America
photograph by Jeremy Calvo