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DAFT PUNK Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003) dir. Kazuhisa Takenouchi

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this is how new yorkers @ mamdani

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[kragehund-est]

it actually is insane to me that it's a cultural norm for men to suck ass at getting their wives/gfs gifts. especially when they whine about how they have no idea what women like.

man, you're not getting a gift for Female Domestic Partner. you're getting a gift for Natalie, a person whom you have been married to for 7 years, whom has lived in the same home with you for a decade, whom speaks to you every day about her thoughts and interests, whom you presumably love, and whom you can directly or indirectly ask what she wants. it's not that you don't know what half the human population wants, that's irrelevant. you don't know what Natalie wants and that is inexcusable.

[fawnpalmer]

quarterly reminder that if i reblog something ai-generated it is 110% and always an accident and for the love of god please tell me so i can delete it from my blog

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[enchantedbook]

'Little Red Riding Hood' Illustrated by Árpád Schmidhammer, 1905.

[tyger-land]

𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟐 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫.

[a-book-of-creatures]

It recently came up that, while Beatrix Potter stories are often characterized as cute and "cottagecore" (whatever that word means these days), they are often driven by a plot of, well, avoiding getting eaten. And the bad guys can be pretty nasty characters.

So in the spirit of that...

Who is the greatest, nastiest, vilest, scariest, most evil villain in a Beatrix Potter story?

Mr. McGregor (Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Flopsy Bunnies)

Old Brown (Squirrel Nutkin)

The Trout (Jeremy Fisher)

The Foxy Gentleman (Jemima Puddle-Duck)

Samuel Whiskers and Anna Maria (Samuel Whiskers)

Tommy Brock (Mr. Tod)

Mr. Tod (Mr. Tod)

The Cat (Johnny Town-Mouse)

The Ship's Cook (Little Pig Robinson)

Voting ended onDec 16, 2025

Left out the characters that are just jerks, evidently. Propaganda in case you need it:

Mr. McGregor: old farmer. Likes to catch rabbits and cook them. Is foiled repeatedly. The most recurring villain of the books.

Old Brown: tawny owl who is placated by squirrels with multiple offerings of food. Tries to eat Squirrel Nutkin (to be fair, Nutkin was asking for it) but ends up tearing off his tail instead.

The Trout: apparently a regular big fish with no signs of higher intelligence. Almost eats Jeremy Fisher. Doesn't like the taste of rubber boots.

The Foxy Gentleman: seduces and almost eats Jemima Puddle-Duck.

Samuel Whiskers and Anna Maria: two rats that dwell in liminal spaces. Roll a kitten into a pudding and almost eat him.

Tommy Brock: badger. Gains Bouncer Bunny's trust only to stuff the rabbit's grandkids into a bag and abduct them to cook and eat later. Would have gotten away with it too, were it not for...

Mr. Tod: fox. Gets in a fight with Tommy Brock, during which Peter and Benjamin save the baby rabbits.

The Cat: regular cat, no sign of intelligence. Tries to eat our heroes.

The Ship's Cook: entices Little Pig Robinson onto a boat in order to fatten and cook him later (our hero escapes).

That's a lotta characters who want to eat other characters O_o

[petitworld]

Hill Top - Beatrix Potter’s House, Near Sawrey, England by Dominic Scott

[happyheidi]

[hope-for-the-planet]

First-of-its-kind study definitively shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss

A new study published online today, April 25, in the scientific journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nat

From the article:

“If you look only at the trend of species declines, it would be easy to think that we’re failing to protect biodiversity, but you would not be looking at the full picture,” said Penny Langhammer, lead author of the study and Executive Vice President of Re:wild. “What we show with this paper is that conservation is, in fact, working to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. It is clear that conservation must be prioritized and receive significant additional resources and political support globally, while we simultaneously address the systemic drivers of biodiversity loss, such as unsustainable consumption and production.”

This massive meta analysis (for those not familiar, a study analyzing the results of many studies on similar topics) found that the vast majority of conservation efforts show much much better results than doing nothing. In many cases, biodiversity loss was not only stopped but reversed.

This shows that conservation efforts really work and money invested is put to very good use. Legally protecting endangered species really works, restoring habitat really works, removing invasive species really works, returning land to Indigenous communities works. All of the blood, sweat, and tears being poured into protecting the natural world has been making a real, big, tangible, difference on a global scale.

[drawnsnake]

A scientific diagram

[talons-n-scales]

cave lion from prehistoric planet compared to neolithic cave lion art

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these things keep stealing ancient coins from my catacombs