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Ros

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Ros

@ateobey.bsky.social

Might be one of the reasons why I find shows like 'Inside the Factory', 'How It's Made' or 'Unwrapped' so fascinating.

Wonderful Christmastime Enjoyer @andrewihla.bsky.social · Mar 14

One of the really special things about Sesame Street was always these little art films that were less about teaching a specific thing than they were about instilling a sort of meditative sense of wonder at how the world works.

Laura E. Hall @lauraehall.bsky.social · Mar 13

Really enjoying this classic Sesame Street segment, two minutes of freestyle jazz riffing on saxophone factory footage

March 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM

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Julie Jenkins

@juliejenkinsnp.bsky.social

This response from @sbearbergman.bsky.social to @hildur.bsky.social’s post has changed my week— it is so wholesome, and human, and so the energy we all need right now. And Kerstin Langenberger, the naturalist who posted “I am on my way with the necessary equipment”? This woman is the hero we need.

My feed today on BlueSky included a post from Icelandic writer Hildur Knútsdóttir, who saw the original exchange on a Reykjavik Facebook page - someone posted to say that it appeared a cygnet was frozen to the ice and dying. As people worried online about how or whether it would be possible to help, naturalist Kerstin Langerberger replied to the post, saying: “I am on my way with the necessary equipment.” Langenberger brought a friend, some thermoses of warm water, and a surfboard in case the ice failed - the necessary equipment - and thawed then freed the baby swan, which promptly flew off.

There are a number of things I appreciate about this story, but it’s Langenberger’s statement that resonates for me. That is what I aspire to, to see injury or difficulty or something gone to trouble and decide: I am on my way with the necessary equipment. But also, to hold on to the understanding that sometimes the necessary equipment is the resolve to try and a friend who will help, and that sometimes I *am* the necessary equipment - the friend who shows up to make myself useful under the direction of an expert.

There are a lot of moments these days that I find it very, very hard to do the next thing, or indeed to do anything. The world is so, so difficult. I often feel useless or overwhelmed or exhausted or just really fucking sad. But I am going to try starting the days by saying, with all the starch that I imagine a naturalist willing to chance the ice in darkness to save a baby bird might possess:

I am on my way with the necessary equipment.

December 10, 2024 at 2:19 PM

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Steve A

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Ros

@ateobey.bsky.social

First time baking pandesal. My dad's family used to run a bakery and making pandesal was 1 of the things he knew how to do. Took me a while to attempt this because I was afraid of letting my ancestors down 😅