troglobite:

okay like sometime in the last couple months i rbed a thing that was like a screenshot or otherwise image of some text from a book, and it was talking about femme identity vs butch identity, and it basically described how trans feminine people and trans women and cis flamboyant gay men and genderweirds and femme lesbians were all femme bc femme is like, describing how society prevents you from engaging in femininity either bc of how you’re born/look to them, or bc your sense of it is “weird” or not socially acceptable and basically queer

i CANNOT FIND IT on my OWN FUCKING BLOG bc for SOME REASON i didn’t fucking tag it with “femme”

please help.

please. someone pls help me find this. i need to save it and tag it and otherwise save it appropriately and also look up the source so i can read more etc.

jvstinderosa:

rushing water

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charlottan:

charlottan:

3 gummies at the pond incident beauty of the world increaced 1000x

its like im dying

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bogleech:

zooophagous:

bonnettbee:

zooophagous:

Seeing people shoot raptors in other countries is fucking wild to me because we have a whole system of super strict laws governing how you can handle an individual FEATHER off of an eagle, and it doesn’t have to even be a dead eagle. One can molt and you can find it on the ground and if you’re caught with it the warden will fuck your entire life. What do you mean people are out there shooting them to protect a fucking pheasant. A pheasant??? That thing I have to avoid running over approximately 459 times any time I leave a major highway???

My good friend @prismaticate has asked a very good question here, and while I’m not entirely sure I’m qualified to explain it and would love some input from more qualified sources, my SUPER simplified understanding of why the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and its numerous modern revisions and addendums have clauses about this included is this:

-It’s basically impossible to tell a feather that’s been picked up off the ground from one that’s been taken from a poached bird

-This used to be a MAJOR problem when bird-feather hats and the like were in high demand back in the day, because several bird species on the edge of extinction kept getting poached in spite of the new laws protecting them since people would just say they “found” any feathers from protected species used in the stuff they were selling, and you couldn’t prove otherwise unless you literally caught them in the act of poaching

-This eventually got SO bad that they had to just make it illegal to have the feathers at all, with certain exceptions made for members of different indigenous groups, or authorized organizations that display them as part of efforts to educate the public about the species they belong to

@zooophagous is this a reasonable rundown? Was there anything I missed/any better sources you might recommend to learn more about this? I know it’s probably far more nuanced than that, but this was kind of the explanation I’d always seen floating around. 😅

That’s pretty much the gist of it! Eagles and eagle feathers have more laws on top of that because of their sacred uses in certain indigenous practices, how they relate to legal falconry, and because eagles at one time were highly endangered while at the same time being a national symbol. Where a cop or a game warden may shrug and look the other way if you, say, illegally picked up a chickadee feather from your bird feeder, if they see a real eagle feather they will notice and will be VERY interested in where it came from.

Not long ago here someone was arrested and charged for violating these laws because they tried to sell a plains feather bonnet at a pawn shop, claiming they had “found it while exploring an abandoned house.”

The clerk suspected it was real eagle, the warden confirmed it was, and because those feathers are so tightly tracked they were able to locate the family of the previous owners who said the item had been stolen some time ago.

If nobody knows you have it, obviously you can get away with it. But if they see it, or God forbid you try to SELL it, the hammer will fall.

Im surprised every time people think it’s a crazy sounding law, it is genuinely one of the only things preventing a lot of native birds from extinction or any asshole could kill as many as they want and just say they found them on the ground

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redstonedust:

really not a big fan of how tumblr will “test” changes by just. like. rolling them out to random users without warning? like dont they already have tumblr labs as an opt in way of testing new features?

stuff like the new icon changes where they directly say in their blog post about it that they’re “running a new experiment” like okay. thats not even a good way to get feedback because objectively way more people are going to be negative about a sudden layout change they didnt ask for or get warned about? this is. like. surely there is a better way to do this. guys. please.

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leg-stealing-bee:

leg-stealing-bee:

hey y'all know the difference between a watch and a warning right?

for me personally I use “watch for the warning”. but some people use the taco analogy

WATCH: We have the ingredients to make tacos

WARNING: we’re having tacos RIGHT NOW

for a more in depth explanation of what warning and watch mean. Plus some other terms that you may see during a severe weather event.

a watch means the conditions a favorable or expected but not currently happening

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH:

Atmospheric conditions are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms with, 1" diameter hail and/or 58mph winds or greater.

TORNADO WATCH:

Atmospheric conditions are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms, capable of producing tornadoes. A warning means are occurring or imminent

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING:

A severe thunderstorms has developed, capable of producing 1" diameter hail or greater, and/or 58mph winds or greater.

TORNADO WARNING:

A severethunderstorms has developed, and has either produced a tornado, or has a radar signature that is conducive for one to develop.

PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation):

Particularly Dangerous Situation (PDS) Wording is used in rare situations when long-lived, strong and violent tornadoes are possible. This enhanced wording may also accompany severe thunderstorm watches for intense convective wind storms.

TORNADO EMERGENCY:

An exceedingly rare tornado warning issued when there is a severe threat to human life and catastrophic damage from an imminent or ongoing tornado. This tornado warning is reserved for situations when a reliable source confirms a tornado, or there is clear radar evidence of the existence of a damaging tornado, such as the observation of debris.

if i need to explain anything further just ask and I’ll try and answer it <3

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bogleech:

duplexide:

I think the reason conservatives hate environmentalism so much is that all the terminology is too friendly and lame sounding to take seriously. I purpose we change the following terms to get these people on our side.

Solar powered -> Plasma charged

Wind power -> Vortex energy

Electric vehicle -> Lightning machine

Renewable resource -> Infinity asset

Greenhouse gasses -> Death Clouds

Global warming -> Property devaluation

Environmentalists -> Wilderness cops

For example, saying you’re a wilderness cop that drives a lightning machine powered by infinity assets to reduce death clouds and increase your property value sounds 100x more macho than the alternative.

Genuinely though, conservatives will overwhelmingly support something with a different name. I’ve seen it hundreds of times. They’re like babies this way.

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totalspiffage:

totalspiffage:

what this fandom needs

• more f/f
  

What fandom, you ask? All of them. There’s not enough in any fandom.

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why-animals-do-the-thing:

why-animals-do-the-thing:

New weird horse just dropped, folks.

A spotless giraffe was recently born at Bright’s Zoo in Limestone, TN and was just announced in the media this morning. They’re starting a public naming contest for her, of course.

ALT

I’d love to know what type of mutation causes this lack of of pattern, but I don’t know if we have genetics on that for giraffes the way we do other species. As far as is known, she’s the first spotless giraffe ever documented!

There’s been at least one spotless giraffe before! Gotta love how quickly the director debunked that “first” claim - good on him even though it changes the publicity slightly.

The archival photos have to be licensed so the media is linking to them rather than reproducing them, and I’m going to do the same. You can find them at this link and see them for free (with watermarks).

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frowningfox:

sighinastorm:

creepymutelilbugger:

uh, source?

Source:

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lichposting:

lichposting:

I’m really enamored with the dynamic of two characters who work perfectly in tandem, like pacific rim drift compatible level, but they don’t like each other. It’s not even as strong an emotion as hate it’s just a very neutral-negative dislike, but they still act in perfect concert and their individual abilities are fully complementary

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timegears-moved:

saw this comment on a post and while the post itself was fine i saw people in the notes saying that they were going to add the phrase “go lick windows or something” to their vocabulary and you should absolutely not fucking do this!!!!!

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probablyfunrpgideas:

dgcakes:

probablyfunrpgideas:

probablyfunrpgideas:

Play a warlock character who calls himself Vithimorex or something like that. Always mention how grateful you are to your patron, Frank, for the wondrous powers he gives you.

Slowly reveal that the powers you get from Frank are things like “sense of smell” and “verbal communication”. As it turns out, Vithimorex is an extradimensional Thing possessing the person formerly known as Frank. All the eldritch blasts and shadow conjurations are boring powers according to Vithimorex. He can’t wait for the level 14 ability to understand and appreciate music.

Also, I realized something about the name I made up, so here’s a song:

When the moon splits in two and your nightmares come true, Vithimorex…

When the world seems to bleed since the dead god was freed, Vithimorex…

I see somebody hit level 14

This is the best response I’ve ever seen

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lilblueorchid:

Four seasons of animal crossing

Stickers I made for an upcoming convention tehehe. I hope all these little guys take time to rest in some well deserved vacations.

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da-na-hae asked:

Do you have any more tips for people without anger/rage issues to be good allies to people close to them ( in my case my bf)?

psychoticallytrans:

Communicate, communicate, communicate. You can and should initiate conversations about it. One of the big things that causes problems for people with anger issues is the “don’t talk about it, deal with it on your own” attitude that pervades society and most treatment methods. Approach it from a perspective of how you can help him.

For instance, a great one is “Hey, would you like to set up a code for if you’re getting worked up and need help leaving the situation?” It can be very helpful to have another person helping you to escape, say, a party or a conversation when the other person or people are being persistent.

A few sample codes might be “Do we need to get the chicken out of the freezer?” or “Is the plumber coming this afternoon?” Plausible but unusual events that give a built in excuse for leaving politely but in a bit of a hurry. One- word codes can also work, given a sufficiently unusual word, such as working the word “defenestrate” into a conversation. There are also silent codes, like squeezing your hand three times.

Another great way to start a conversation is “What makes you start getting worked up?” and then see if you can help him avoid that thing. Misophonia, or deep irritation from small sounds, is a common one that can be helped with earplugs or ear defenders. Some causes can’t be reasonably avoided, such as not being able to always avoid people stealing your writing utensils, but you can avoid doing that yourself, making sure to ask first.

A lot of these causes are small irritations to most people, but cause problems because they have an outsize anger reaction. Notably, if he has PTSD/cPTSD, many of these causes will have overlap with triggers.

If he has strategies that he uses, make space for them. If he works out or works with a hobby to bleed it off, show him interesting things you come across relevant to those interests. If he likes the pencil trick, keep a stash of them around, and make it clear he’s free to use them. If he doesn’t have any strategies, talk to him about what he’d like to do when he’s angry.

Be aware that if he asks you to leave when he’s angry, it is not a threat and it is not a rejection, and you should leave and let him cool off. A lot of people are taught that their anger issues make them inherently dangerous, and though this is flawed, the time to combat this is not when someone is already angry. People who fear their anger get scared when they are angry, and cornering someone who is frightened makes people lash out unpredictably- reinforcing the fear of their anger and the idea that they are inherently dangerous.

Lastly, make sure to maintain your own reasonable boundaries, and that he has coping skills that don’t require your help. If he needs something when he is angry, then he cannot always be depending on you to provide it, because you will not always be with him. If he needs some accommodation to avoid becoming angry, it has to be an accommodation that he can get when alone. You can help him, but becoming the only help he has creates a deeply unhealthy relationship for both of you.

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[1776/10977] Brown-banded puffbird - Notharchus ordii

Order: Piciformes
Suborder: Galbuli
Family: Bucconidae (puffbirds)

Photo credit: Luis Roberto da Silva via Macaulay Library