[5almonella]

i thiught this account was deleted LOL my new acc is @wiskerfork

[faehalfwit]

*dancing queen by ABBA plays in the distance while I bleed out on the bathroom floor from 17 stab wounds*

[meloneons-deactivated20210423]

i’m fucking REELING from this tag @poetromantics

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[faehalfwit]

ALMOST TIME FOR THIS POST

[iguanamarina]

[energyprison]

God the world is awesome

[lylilorden]

Mice on remote island that eat albatrosses alive sentenced to death by 'bombing,' scientists decree

The wandering albatrosses of Marion Island can't defend themselves against an invasive mice population that devours birds alive, but conserv

i had to go look that up bc i felt like there was probably an ecological disaster behind the title, and hoo boy there was. for anyone who doesnt have time to read the full article, have a summary:

-the mice are invasive and were introduced in the 1800s by sealing ships. the population at present is estimated at about one million mice. earlier attempt to get rid of them involved introducing cats to the island. i'm sure you can guess how well that went. there are no cats on the island as of 1991

-since they arrived there they've progressed from eating the island's invertebrates and sea bird eggs, to eating hatchlings alive, to (as the title suggests) slowly eating the adult sea birds alive

-its not just albatross, there are other threatened and endangered sea bird species that land there and are being preyed on as well. the albatross in particular are mentioned because they didn't evolve with terrestrial predators and don't have a defense against them

-the "bombing" is an aerial delivery of rodenticide pellets scheduled for winter 2027, and it shouldnt affect the native invertebrates or the sea birds (because they feed at sea). they're scheduling it for winter because that's when the mice will be hungriest and they really need to get all of them. if even one breeding pair is left alive then in a few decades we will end up in the same position as things stand right now

i know it's hard for some people to hear about this sort of cull and think of it as a good thing, but they are a threat to a bunch of endangered species, they aren't meant to be there, and since humans created the problem we are the ones that have to fix it

a positive to focus on: albatross have a really hard time breeding, and this will hopefully give their population a boost, or at least slow the decline of their numbers

[energyprison]

God the world is awesome

[llegato]

im never deleting tiktok

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[thesecretuncle]

Baltimore is a beacon of hope in the war against The Machines

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[hotvampireadjacent]

Hahaha

[teddy-stonehill]

This month I’ve decided to participate in an event called “October,” where for every day in October I’m going to experience a day in October.

Here’s the prompt list I’m using in case anyone wants to join me in this challenge:

Next month I’m thinking of trying out the “No November November” challenge, where I’ll refrain from experiencing November for the whole month of November.

[elierlick]

You shouldn’t have to be trans to get any sex characteristic-related surgery. It’s not a limited resource. Plenty of cis men get implants and cis women get breast reductions. From Colby Gordon today and Leslie Feinberg in Transgender Warriors (1996).

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[imaginedsoldier]

Target is where you go when you’re gonna try to restructure your entire life with 100 bucks, and you’re counting on a shoe rack, thumbtacks, a whiteboard, and new stationary to do it.

[imaginedsoldier]

Everyone in here is looking for forgiveness and they’re trying to find it in a tasteful desk lamp and minimalist day planner