Had to free a pigeon earlier today from a several foot long piece of string. I think it’s sewing thread, but I’m not sure.

This is your psa to make sure you always take your items with you when you leave! If you sew or knit at the duck pond don’t leave anything behind. The thread can become wrapped around the legs of the pigeons and/or ducks and cut off circulation which causes them pain, sometimes infection, or even loss of the limb if it’s too tight.

Yarn can be ingested by the ducks and cause a blockage that will make them very sick or cause them to die (this is why you never give yarn to cats, despite the stereotype).

Please be careful! Sometimes we forget animals are small and can be hurt by things we don’t even think about!

There’s this man on campus who is trying to sell his art.

I first encountered him a few weeks ago when he basically ambushed me right after I got out of a class. He approached me and started trying to show me what I assumed were religious pamphlets (that’s usually what they are when people try to hand you pieces of paper), but turned out to be prints of his artworks.

I couldn’t hear what he said because I was listening to music and had assumed he was going to hand me a pamphlet and I would leave, but I quickly realised that he was showing me something else. I had already used my overly cheery customer service voice on him (basically just being like “oh yes of course!! :)” ) without knowing what I was agreeing to. He showed me a bunch of prints of some paintings and then asked me which one spoke to me, and told me they were $40. I had no idea that he was trying to sell me art when I entered the conversation and was now stuck either rejecting him or buying something I didn’t really have money for. I decided I would buy something even though I didn’t really want to (and the art itself wasn’t really the kind of thing I would put in my house anyway), but then realised I left my wallet at home because I wasn’t planning on buying anything. I asked if he would be on campus again a different day and he said no. I told him I didn’t have my wallet but that I lived nearby and could go get it and come back. He then insisted on giving me his phone number so I could call him when I got back and was ready to make the purchase. When I got home I realised that I didn’t have to do this, and I would never see him again anyway.

Well, flash forward to yesterday, and I had already seen him several previous days on campus but just avoided him. But this day I couldn’t avoid him, he was sitting directly in the place I need to be to walk home. I tried to hurry past and keep my head down, but he spotted me and yelled “YOU HAVE A LOT OF GALL!” presumably because I didn’t come back and buy his art.

Whatever, I’ll just keep avoiding him, right? Well just now I was walking home, and I saw him walking towards campus, and he very pointedly said Hello to me. He didn’t say hello to anyone else he passed, just me.

TL;DR - I decided not to buy art prints from a guy on campus and now he won’t leave me alone. Can I report him to UNM somehow?

So for context, I’m a high school junior here in Albuquerque and I’m starting to seriously look at colleges. I’ve run into the problem that unless I have very valid reasons, the free education at UNM is too good to pass up. But I don’t really want to stay here in Albuquerque. So I guess my question is for students who came from an Albuquerque high school, other than the price, why are you going to UNM. Also I’m thinking of studying philosophy.

🧙‍♂️Energy Alchemy
🗓️Nov. 20th
⏰3-5 pm
🎯FREE CLASS held in the
Sandia Room at UNM

‼️Because (waves around vaguely) of the current state of the world, 🤷‍♀️5D Presents will be hosting and presenting a free class for all beings.
🌻Energy Alchemy is a class created by teacher and seeker, Jennie McDaniel.
📌In this class, you will learn how to alchemize ego energy into heart energy.
Why should you learn energy alchemy?
🫟Because ego energy, i.e. stress, fear, hate and greed are incredibly less efficient of emotions in comparison to love acceptance, understanding and curiosity. Albeit very normal human emotions
But, if you want to be the change you wish to see in the world, alchemize your fear to curiosity and anxiety to understanding.
‼️Energy alchemy is an incredibly helpful tool during times when things seem out of our control.
♥️Join us the the revolution ♥️
‼️‼️The easiest way for guests to reach the Student Union Building (SUB) is to park in the Cornell Parking Structure, a pay lot, located at 2401 Redondo Dr NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106. It’s less than a minute walk from the structure. You may also park around campus at any of the
pay guest parking spots. From the Cornell Parking Structure, guests will see the Student Union Building (building 60) directly to the north. You simply walk across the plaza, pass several statue groupings, and arrive at the front entrance.
⭐️Once inside, they will take the elevator to the 3rd floor and locate the Sandia room.
♥️The Welcome Desk on the main level can also help guide guests if needed.
📌I’ve attached the flyer and maps showing the walking path from the parking structure as well as interior maps of the buildings main level (2) and third floor where the meeting room is.

I have a film project for my video production class and I need three minutes at least. Three minutes. seems kind of boring without music and my professor said if we want music then we would have to find someone to compose for us so my question is is anyone willing to compose a piece of music for me preferably something solemn or somber? I don’t have anything to pay, but you will be credited in the film of course.

Maybe I can pay in friendship? 😁