Contra Yogini
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Contra Yogini
@contrayogini.bsky.social
· Sep 22
Dance when you’re broken open
Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off
Dance in the middle of the fighting
Dance in your blood
Dance when you’re perfectly free
-Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī
Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off
Dance in the middle of the fighting
Dance in your blood
Dance when you’re perfectly free
-Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī
A hundred years ago #otd, Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in a children's story commissioned by London's Evening News ♡ #SillyOldBear
December 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A hundred years ago #otd, Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in a children's story commissioned by London's Evening News ♡ #SillyOldBear
Twas like Flight of the Valkyries on the trail yesterday. First, a red-tailed hawk high above surveilling his hunting ground; then, a cooper's hawk swooping through the treeline spooking innumerable doves; finally, a sharp-shinned expertly knifing above and below a fence line to target plump robins.
December 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Twas like Flight of the Valkyries on the trail yesterday. First, a red-tailed hawk high above surveilling his hunting ground; then, a cooper's hawk swooping through the treeline spooking innumerable doves; finally, a sharp-shinned expertly knifing above and below a fence line to target plump robins.
Reposted by Contra Yogini
Marc Allégret's 🇫🇷 French comedy-drama film "ZOUZOU" starring Josephine Baker and Jean Gabin, premiered #OnThisDay in 1934 in Paris, notable for Baker's title character role as the first black woman to play the leading role in a major motion picture
🎬 Corona Films
🎬 Corona Films
December 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Marc Allégret's 🇫🇷 French comedy-drama film "ZOUZOU" starring Josephine Baker and Jean Gabin, premiered #OnThisDay in 1934 in Paris, notable for Baker's title character role as the first black woman to play the leading role in a major motion picture
🎬 Corona Films
🎬 Corona Films
#wotd diegetic
/ˌdīəˈjedik/
adjective
(of sound in a movie, television program, etc.) occurring within the context of the story and able to be heard by the characters
"The diegetic music is an important part of the fictional world in their TV show" 🍔
/ˌdīəˈjedik/
adjective
(of sound in a movie, television program, etc.) occurring within the context of the story and able to be heard by the characters
"The diegetic music is an important part of the fictional world in their TV show" 🍔
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
#wotd diegetic
/ˌdīəˈjedik/
adjective
(of sound in a movie, television program, etc.) occurring within the context of the story and able to be heard by the characters
"The diegetic music is an important part of the fictional world in their TV show" 🍔
/ˌdīəˈjedik/
adjective
(of sound in a movie, television program, etc.) occurring within the context of the story and able to be heard by the characters
"The diegetic music is an important part of the fictional world in their TV show" 🍔
To celebrate the winter solstice, I adopted a public radio station that was left out in the cold due to funding cuts this year.
Maybe you could warm a local community's heart, too?
💙🩵❄️🩵💙
adoptastation.org
Maybe you could warm a local community's heart, too?
💙🩵❄️🩵💙
adoptastation.org
Adopt A Station - Rescue Public Media
Help preserve independent journalism and community programming across America by adopting a public media station. Congress has voted to rescind public media's funding.
adoptastation.org
December 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
To celebrate the winter solstice, I adopted a public radio station that was left out in the cold due to funding cuts this year.
Maybe you could warm a local community's heart, too?
💙🩵❄️🩵💙
adoptastation.org
Maybe you could warm a local community's heart, too?
💙🩵❄️🩵💙
adoptastation.org
Another neighbor's brilliant collection 🌲🎄🌲🎄
December 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Another neighbor's brilliant collection 🌲🎄🌲🎄
This is the scariest Christmas decoration I've ever seen 🐰🐇 #deranged #RalphieNo #NeighborsIWantToMeet
December 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is the scariest Christmas decoration I've ever seen 🐰🐇 #deranged #RalphieNo #NeighborsIWantToMeet
Reposted by Contra Yogini
Bravo, anonymous hero.
December 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Bravo, anonymous hero.
I have been listening to Tori's albums, Midwinter Graces and Christmastide, which has been a lowkey relief from the usual overplayed winter holiday music. Highly rec to those looking for an ancient forbidden forest carol vibe 🌲❄️
December 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I have been listening to Tori's albums, Midwinter Graces and Christmastide, which has been a lowkey relief from the usual overplayed winter holiday music. Highly rec to those looking for an ancient forbidden forest carol vibe 🌲❄️
Duuuuude! I just learned of this publication and preordered the series ♡♡♡
www.fangoria.com/stephen-king...
www.fangoria.com/stephen-king...
Stephen King Contributes To THE END TIMES, A New Post-Apocalyptic Project From Benjamin Percy
THE DEAD LANDS author Benjamin Percy is working on a new experiment and Stephen King will be contributing to the post-apocalyptic saga. Read more right here.
www.fangoria.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Duuuuude! I just learned of this publication and preordered the series ♡♡♡
www.fangoria.com/stephen-king...
www.fangoria.com/stephen-king...
#wotd PAREIDOLIA is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus (usually visual) so that one detects an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none.
December 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
#wotd PAREIDOLIA is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus (usually visual) so that one detects an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none.
Catherine Coleman Flowers is a beautiful human being. Thank you for your important work and lifetime of advocacy. 🩵🕊💧🤍
On this week’s “More To The Story,” environmental activist Catherine Coleman Flowers explains how a program to provide basic sanitation in the Deep South was canceled under Trump.
Why? It was deemed illegal DEI.
Why? It was deemed illegal DEI.
December 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Catherine Coleman Flowers is a beautiful human being. Thank you for your important work and lifetime of advocacy. 🩵🕊💧🤍
This headline doesn't even convey the gravity of Wemby's play. OKC had a 24-1 (!!!!) record for the season. Wemby, on limited minutes, completely destroyed them on both ends of the court. The announcers forgot to call plays; instead, avidly watched open-mouthed as fans of the game. A historic defeat
San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama has made a triumphant return, leading the Spurs to the NBA Cup championship game. On Saturday night, they defeated the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder 111-109.
Wembanyama makes immediate impact, helps Spurs past Thunder and into NBA Cup final
San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama has made a triumphant return, leading the Spurs to the NBA Cup championship game.
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This headline doesn't even convey the gravity of Wemby's play. OKC had a 24-1 (!!!!) record for the season. Wemby, on limited minutes, completely destroyed them on both ends of the court. The announcers forgot to call plays; instead, avidly watched open-mouthed as fans of the game. A historic defeat
Phyllotopsis nidulans (mock oyster, stinking orange oyster)
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Phyllotopsis nidulans (mock oyster, stinking orange oyster)
Reposted by Contra Yogini
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
This tufted titmouse is speedier than my camera shutter 🛸
December 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This tufted titmouse is speedier than my camera shutter 🛸
I saw several incredible things today. A well-dressed lady riding a bike on the highway at night. A red-tailed hawk taking off w/prey that appeared to be a sizable groundhog (or a remarkably large rabbit). But the most fantastic thing I saw today was this:
Lynx rufus (bobcat, wildcat, red/bay lynx)
Lynx rufus (bobcat, wildcat, red/bay lynx)
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I saw several incredible things today. A well-dressed lady riding a bike on the highway at night. A red-tailed hawk taking off w/prey that appeared to be a sizable groundhog (or a remarkably large rabbit). But the most fantastic thing I saw today was this:
Lynx rufus (bobcat, wildcat, red/bay lynx)
Lynx rufus (bobcat, wildcat, red/bay lynx)
23 yoga/mat practices (5 w/weights); 30 dedicated meditations; and 22 hours hiked
#monthlyfitness
(I was sick the 8th-21st 🤧 and then strained my back on the 22nd 😮💨 so this month was largely a wash so far as fitness goals are concerned. 🫤)
#monthlyfitness
(I was sick the 8th-21st 🤧 and then strained my back on the 22nd 😮💨 so this month was largely a wash so far as fitness goals are concerned. 🫤)
November 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
23 yoga/mat practices (5 w/weights); 30 dedicated meditations; and 22 hours hiked
#monthlyfitness
(I was sick the 8th-21st 🤧 and then strained my back on the 22nd 😮💨 so this month was largely a wash so far as fitness goals are concerned. 🫤)
#monthlyfitness
(I was sick the 8th-21st 🤧 and then strained my back on the 22nd 😮💨 so this month was largely a wash so far as fitness goals are concerned. 🫤)
I made my very first tahchin for Thanksgiving! It was pretty and also pretty tasty. 💛 (I forgot the sweet potatoes in the oven until after we had finished dinner 😭)
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025...
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025...
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I made my very first tahchin for Thanksgiving! It was pretty and also pretty tasty. 💛 (I forgot the sweet potatoes in the oven until after we had finished dinner 😭)
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025...
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025...
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (a/k/a azure aster, blue devils, skyblue aster f/k/a Aster azureus)
The last of the season, seemingly. 💚
The last of the season, seemingly. 💚
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Symphyotrichum oolentangiense (a/k/a azure aster, blue devils, skyblue aster f/k/a Aster azureus)
The last of the season, seemingly. 💚
The last of the season, seemingly. 💚
This show is a gift; I miss them sm ♡
youtu.be/aZjdUaEg7YE?...
youtu.be/aZjdUaEg7YE?...
Thee Satisfaction - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This show is a gift; I miss them sm ♡
youtu.be/aZjdUaEg7YE?...
youtu.be/aZjdUaEg7YE?...
Name Your Top 4 films from the 80s
The Witches of Eastwick
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Fly
Dangerous Liasons
(Honorable mentions: They Live, Evil Dead, Gremlins, & Beetlejuice)
The Witches of Eastwick
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Fly
Dangerous Liasons
(Honorable mentions: They Live, Evil Dead, Gremlins, & Beetlejuice)
Name your Top 4 films from the 80s:
Ghostbusters
Babette's Feast
The Shining
Heathers
(This was a very difficult list. I have about 50 honorable mentions 😁, including Amadeus from your list.)
Ghostbusters
Babette's Feast
The Shining
Heathers
(This was a very difficult list. I have about 50 honorable mentions 😁, including Amadeus from your list.)
Back to the Future
Amadeus
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
A Fish Called Wanda
Amadeus
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
A Fish Called Wanda
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Name Your Top 4 films from the 80s
The Witches of Eastwick
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Fly
Dangerous Liasons
(Honorable mentions: They Live, Evil Dead, Gremlins, & Beetlejuice)
The Witches of Eastwick
Hannah and Her Sisters
The Fly
Dangerous Liasons
(Honorable mentions: They Live, Evil Dead, Gremlins, & Beetlejuice)
Name your Top 4 films from the 80s:
Ghostbusters
Babette's Feast
The Shining
Heathers
(This was a very difficult list. I have about 50 honorable mentions 😁, including Amadeus from your list.)
Ghostbusters
Babette's Feast
The Shining
Heathers
(This was a very difficult list. I have about 50 honorable mentions 😁, including Amadeus from your list.)
Back to the Future
Amadeus
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
A Fish Called Wanda
Amadeus
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
A Fish Called Wanda
Name your top 4 80s films.
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Name your Top 4 films from the 80s:
Ghostbusters
Babette's Feast
The Shining
Heathers
(This was a very difficult list. I have about 50 honorable mentions 😁, including Amadeus from your list.)
Ghostbusters
Babette's Feast
The Shining
Heathers
(This was a very difficult list. I have about 50 honorable mentions 😁, including Amadeus from your list.)