Alison Downs

Author, children’s podcaster, editor. INFJ/Ravenclaw. She/her/hers.

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FYI: the second edition of Ladybird Adrift is now available on Kindle!

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@Simi_2210_ Either 11 or 18.

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@GabbyOlivia666 @NYCSanitation I was gonna say the same thing, what a missed opportunity!!

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@onlyskypace 17 kg

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@Schwarzenegger The fact that this cut off at "joi" has me rolling.

[Mara Webster 🇬🇧🇺🇸 @Mara_Webster]

If anybody asks how I’m doing right now I’m going to send them this video as a representation of my current state of mind

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@Mr_Husky1 It's none of my Nevermind!

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

My wife and I separated when our twin girls were born and each of us took one of the babies. My daughter hasn’t met her mom and doesn’t know she is a twin. She’s now eleven years old and since she has grown up without her mom, I’ve been considering sending her to an all girls camp this summer for some more female influence. (And to be honest, I’m looking forward to some alone time with my new gf, who my daughter doesn’t know about yet). Am I terrible for sending her away? What could go wrong?!

Anonymous

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@otokyo It's okay to throw things out. I promise.

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Thanks, brain. I really needed to randomly envision what my best friend's corpse must look like after 3 years in the ground. That's really what I needed right now. Fuck.

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@james_xond I carried a 5 subject notebook with me everywhere and wrote a novel. 😭 phones definitely robbed me of that.

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@Mr_Husky1 Plot twist: the elephant is actually full of drugs but no one has realized it yet

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@pretty_sarlin Sid from Ice Age

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Rule your empire!
https://t.co/mGZezxYLsm

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@theemmacasey This is my husband and I.

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@Q_Review @JasonKPargin Holy MACKEREL I had no clue how old he was! He looks incredible.

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@mentally_ill_gf @INEED2GOHOMENOW My mother did this with steaks in the oven when I was a kid! By the time she remembered, they had shrunk to the size (and were the color) of an Oreo. We called it Oreo steak and ate it anyway, and honestly it was delicious 😂😂

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@BillGrahamtoo @TaraBull I caught that too, something wasnt quite right there

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@Matt_Pinner 67

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Watching Gary Oldman crack up at fart sounds dubbed into his own scenes and laughing until he’s in tears might just be the purest joy you’ll see all day.

[Maryam @hell_line0]

Well, when a child is conceived, the DNA split is 50/50 from both parents. Except for one small detail: mitochondrial DNA. It’s passed down only through the mother and never through sperm.
Which means something interesting: all living humans can trace their mitochondrial line back to one woman, not one man.
And every daughter born continues passing that same line forward.
Happy Women’s Day 💐