i was not born in a papa johns

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[sweethotnight]

yesterday this girl in my academic writing class sits down next to me and puts 3 bananas on the desk (which was jarring by itself) and i had two bananas in my backpack so i wanted to see if she would notice if i added those to her banana pile when she wasn’t looking and when she finally looked back at the bananas she sighed and said really quietly to herself “oh my god…i have so many…” and put all five of them in her backpack

[leonardi-dicaprisun]

the anniversary of this legend

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[captainshroom]

the year is 1888

me, the first palaeontologist to dig up a triceratops skull, whispering softly: what the fuck, what the fuck, what the fuckkkk

[the-neon-pineapple]

fun fact: modern paleontologists and archaeologists have pointed to some greek vase art of mythological monsters as being evidence that the greeks dug up dinosaur skulls and were like “what the fuck, what the fuck, what the fuckkkk” 

and then they did the Greek Thing and painted naked men fighting the monster 

or, well, a deeply flawed representation of what they imagined the fossil had looked like while alive, an early form of paleoart. 

but sometimes they also just. drew the skull and slapped a black blob monster onto it? anyway i love the greeks.

[captainshroom]

NICE

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[vampireapologist]

I can be your angle or ur devil

[vampireapologist]

Continuing a rich tradition

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[hoppip]

this is the first time i ever sign something i’ve done. a fresh start my cat pals.

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[ilovemusicalyy]

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[tupacabra]

love these guys

[warriormale]

Fighters love to show affection.

Eros Drives them to do it.

They see the Manliness in another figher and just can’t help hugging him.

Eros is the love of Manliness produced and nurtured by Fighting.

WarriorMale

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[imran-suleiman]

Photographer Mattias Klum from National Geographic gets close and personal with a lion.

[badveganwolf]

“and all of a sudden you feel very small” damn right

[cupcakeemily34]

IT JUST WANTS TO BE LOVED AND SAVED

[novitae]

please, if you are able, do what you can for the asiatic lion. donate, get involved, spread information. there are only about 300 left in the world, and they all live in Gir Forest National Park in India.

the african lion is also estimated to be extinct by 2050 due to habitat loss, sport hunting, and loss of their prey base to the bushmeat trade. these beautiful creatures could be extinct in our lifetime. the next generation may not ever have the chance to see these creatures, there will be no more cute lion vines, there will be no more documentaries, there will be no more zoos or sanctuaries containing lions. there will be no more lions.

if you have any love for nature, any love for animals, any love for life, and if you care at all about the permanent loss of a species, especially one so beautiful and iconic, if you care and if you are able, please donate to help save lions.

The Lion Conservation Fund

The African Wildlife Foundation

The World Wildlife Foundation

[reylo-junkyard]

Not relevant to my blog, but my inner nature lover is calling

[iwritethemworlds]

Saw someone once posted a review on a book that said lions dont live in India; sad that some people dont even know they exist.

[gettingvetted]

Yes, donate! But not to WWF

[hostilepopcorn]

Yeah, reminder that the WWF still violates the rights of tribal peoples, funds shoot-on-sight policies, has never apologized for its racism in the 90’s and has an approach to conservation that’s based on eugenics. WWF is also in bed with palm oil producers, supposedly for monetary gain. I’d also argue that the WWF misuses its funds, considering its CEO is in the 1% and at one time had a higher salary than the US president, despite being a non-profit.

Better charities would be The Zoological Society London and Wildlife Trust of India

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[1gb]

hollywood: here is yet another movie about super her-
me:

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[higgsboshark]

The thing about knitting is it’s much harder to fear the existential futility of all your actions while you’re doing it.

Like ok, sure, sometimes it’s hard to believe you’ve made any positive impact on the world. But it’s pretty easy to believe you’ve made a sock. Look at it. There it is. Put it on, now your foot’s warm.

Checkmate, nihilism.

[cheskamouse]

This is a powerful positive message..

[pluckyredhead]

I’m literally reading a book right now (Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski) that says this is scientifically sound.

There have been studies done on rats and dogs where they develop learned helplessness in the animals by giving them impossible tasks. Eventually the animals stop trying, even when the task stops being impossible. (I.e. put a rat in a maze with cheese it can’t get to until it develops learned helplessness, then put the cheese somewhere it can get to it and it won’t even try.) But once they show the animals they CAN do something - i.e. physically moving the rat to the cheese - the learned helplessness goes away.

No one can move you to your cheese for you, but the book says DOING something - which they define as “anything that isn’t nothing” can help. Make a food. Work in the garden. Clean a thing. Do a favor for a friend. Call your elected officials.

Knit a sock.

If you feel overwhelmed by existential despair, do something. It doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be anything that isn’t nothing.

[postcardsfromspace]

When I talk about “anxiety knitting,” I’m generally not joking. It does all of the things folks are discussing above, it’s a soothingly repetitive tactile stim, and I can pretty much customize how much attention to detail it requires by project.