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I’m James. All I do is reblog stuff. He/him. I do not support TERFs or MAPs or REGs or extremists of any kind so please leave if those apply to you.

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STOLEN: UMBRELLA COCKATOO & MILITARY MACAW, 5/8/18, GLEN COVE, NASSAU COUNTY, LI, NY 11542

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[frogkenny]

I FOUND IT GUYS I SPENT HALF AN HOUR LOOKING FOR THIS VIDEO AND ITS HERE

[tristikov]

Always reblog peent.

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*before clicking play*: IS THIS WHAT i THINK IT IS???

*clicks play*: IT ISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[rgr-pop]

omg!! omg

[ladimcbeth]

Forever reblog.

[thegreenwolf]

Heaven let your eent shine down.

[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

There are a lot of absolute idiots in the comments saying things like “a good dog will never hurt a baby” and “the child is never to blame if the dog attacks” and “special snowflakes call everything abuse”

Listen here you fucktards: dogs. Are not. Fucking. People. They don’t operate by human logic. They don’t follow human moral codes. It has nothing to do with it being a “good dog“ or not. If you were getting hit and pulled on and punched and scratched constantly, you just might react. A dog can’t speak up and say “hey please stop that you’re hurting me“. What he can do is move, lunge, bite, etc. These actions might intentionally or unintentionally harm your child. Use your fucking head and don’t let your kid beat up on your dog no matter how many times he’s “taken it” before; you never know when he might snap. Don’t teach your kids it’s OK to treat animals like punching bags and they’ll never react. That’s immensely unfair to both the animal and the child. You could have a hurt or dead child and a euthanized dog because you were fucking dumbass who thought the dogs were just there to be treated like toys.

Same goes for cats and any other pet. Teach your child how to properly treat animals or don’t have any fucking animals.

[saint-ambrosef]

look if a person is constantly hurting me i’m gonna snap back at them. don’t expect animals not to do the same.

[young-blood-beta-blog]

Look, if you hit me I’ll knock you on your ass. If you hit an animal, I EXPECT them to bite the shit out of you.

[courteousmingler]

Why TME Ace Exclusionists Are Especially Susceptible To TERF Recruitment Tactics

first of all, check out this (x) post first. it’s required reading.  when you want to indoctrinate someone into an ideology they find repulsive, the first thing you do is introduce them to the themes of that ideology but package it in a way that they’ll accept.  we’ll call the person being groomed to accept TERF ideology the “mark”. con man terminology seems fitting. 

If you want to turn them against a group they currently want to protect (we’ll call this group A), then you need to first introduce them to all the arguments you’ll use to demonize group A in a setting where they’ll be open to accepting these arguments.  the easiest way to do this is to use these same arguments and tactics to demonize another group that your mark feels neutral/volatile toward, and we’ll call this group B. keep the tactics the same, keep your means of propaganda the same- but pick an acceptable target. a target that won’t make your mark feel a defensive gut reaction like they would if you attacked group A off the bat.  as long as you convince your mark that your reasons for despising group B are valid, then if you play your cards right and indoctrinate them deeply enough into hating group B, they’ll be far more open to accepting your ideology when you say that group A is evil for the same reasons as group B. this is propaganda, cult mentality, and scapegoating 101.  but the most important factor in this is making sure all of your arguments used against group B are nearly identical to those used against group A. You slowly get your mark to recognize these arguments as totally logical and valid reasons to despise a group of people, so that when you reveal that group A supposedly shares those traits with group B, your mark won’t be able to claim that your hatred of group A is wrong without also admitting their hatred of group B was also wrong. and at this point, your mark will be so deeply entrenched in a hatred for group B that their pride and anger won’t allow them to admit that their hatred isn’t grounded in logic.  they’ll declare group A to be their enemy sooner than they’ll swallow their pride and admit they were wrong to hate group B.  this is why TERF’s are almost exclusively ace exclusionists, and why there’s screenshots floating around of TERFs admitting that ace exclusionism helped them “realize” that TERF ideology was “right”.  “WORDS MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS WHEN YOU CHANGE THEM, SO IT DOESN’T MATTER IF ACE EXCLUSIONIST RHETORIC READS JUST LIKE TERF RHETORIC BUT WITH 'TRANSGENDER’ SWITCHED WITH 'ASEXUAL’!” The fact that TERFs and acephobes used the same arguments couldn’t be more relevant, because you’re being groomed to accept these arguments as being logical so that you’ll be susceptible to recruitment when you see the same argumentative points coming from TERFs. 

“All the studies claiming they face housing discrimination and sexual assault for their identity are fake, they’ve been debunked!” “They only reason ANY LGBT organization acknowledges them is because they feel THREATENED by them!” “They’re our oppressor, and any violence they face is only because society associates them with us! So it’s their own fault for having a fetish for pretending to be oppressed! What few assaults happen would stop if they just dropped the facade and admitted they’re privileged.” “They’re ‘educaiting’ MINORS about their bullshit labels. They’re trying to get CHILDREN involved in their weird oppression fetish, am I the only one who finds that really predatory?” “The fact they’re so obsessed with entering our spaces when we feel unsafe around them literally proves that they’re no different from any other member of our oppressor lmao” if i hear “That peer-reviewed nation wide study was debunked in three paragraphs by a 16 yr old on tumblr! so those victims of oppression don’t actually exist” one more fucking time. remember that time discourseprincesa, a cis girl, called for the deaths of a handful of specific trans women who’d pointed out these similarities while acephobes defended her doing so and cheered her on. yeah someone reblog this with screenshots of one of the “Yeah, acephobia led me into radical feminism” incidents. acephobes. you’re literally being desensitized to TERF talking points. trans women keep warning you, TERFs keep making ace exclusionist blogs to try and convert you. TERF methods are inherently wrong whether they’re used against trans women or asexuals, because these methods are literally designed specifically to discredit an oppressed group so that violence against them isn’t taken seriously. little TERFs in training. TERFlets.

[mad-dyspunktional]

“someone reblog this with screenshots of one of the “Yeah, acephobia led me into radical feminism” incidents.“

You mean like this.

[fierceawakening]

I’ve been asking for receipts on this for a while. Here’s one.

[letters-to-lgbt-kids]

My dear cis lgb+ kids, 

Some ideas get painted as “feminist” but are in fact deeply transphobic. 

Some people call themselves “feminist” but are in fact deeply transphobic. 

If a trans woman is sceptical of feminism because of that, that is fully okay. 

And if you’re cis and your only response to that is to blame the trans woman, then sorry, but that’s transphobic, too. 

If you instantly jump at her with a “But the true definition of feminism is…” or “But real feminists…”, then you are belittling trans women. 

If you truly believe that feminism is for all women, then listen to all women. Don’t instantly shoot criticism down with the accusation that they “just don’t understand” feminism. 

They do - they just see problems that you don’t see.

With all my love, 

Your Tumblr Mom 

PS: As this is written more harshly than my usual posts and some of you are very young, I want to add that I don’t mean to say that you are all guilty of that - it’s simply something to think about, a little reminder to think about your own behavior and change it, if necessary. 

[justnoodlefishthings]

good morning don’t fucking use essential oils around your pets especially birds and reptiles and cats spraying your pet with diluted lavender isn’t going to antioxidize them or whatever stupid bullshit you pulled off a holistic website

[dirt-syrup]

There are SOME essential oils that are safe for pets but many that can and WILL injure or kill your pet. Do your damn research just like you would for yourself

[justnoodlefishthings]

There are NO essential oils safe for your pets.

I did my research. I am a biochemist.

Essential oils are concentrated extracts, which are highly volatile. Their fumes are full of phenols, monoterpene hydrocarbons, phenylpropanes, and ketones. These compounds are toxic and can cause serious illness and death through extended exposure.

Let’s take a popular one: lavender oil. The active ingredient in essential lavender oil is linaool. Linaool is a cytotoxin, it destroys cell membranes. Inhaled and placed on skin, it can cause permanent damage.

“but what if you dilute it?”

Dilution won’t work. Long time exposure of a diluted toxin will result in the same damage as short term exposure of a concentrated one. Ingesting small amounts of radioactive material over time will give me the same cancer a gamma burst would. And if you dilute it extensively, you’re basically removing any effect you desired of the oil.

There’s no reason to use essential oils around pets. They make calming supplements that aren’t volatile and toxic. They make calming pheramone diffusers. If your animal is destructive (like a plucking parrot) then they’re understimulated and bored. Spritzing your pet with dangerous oils aren’t a substitute for reassessing and changing husbandry.

[creepyandunloveable-blog]

I’ve used lavender countless times on my cats Sebastian. He has huge paws and lots of fur so he’s susceptible to yeast infections between his little toe beans, and lavender helps speed up the healing process and ease the swelling a bit. I’ve also used lavender for burns on my dogs paw pads.

[justnoodlefishthings]

first of all, if you have a problem with me @ me next time instead of hiding in your tags 

Second of all, did you like… actually read what I wrote? Because I literally stated that lavender oil has a toxic component that can cause cell damage over time. Did you conveniently skip over that part?

You are slowly poisoning your pets  but  (Autoxidation of linalyl acetate, the main component of lavender oil, creates potent contact allergens.) go (Cytotoxicity of lavender oil and its major components to human skin cells.) off (Toxicity to vapor exposure and topical application of essential oils and monoterpenes on Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae). I (Essential Oil and Liquid Potpourri Poisoning in Cats ) guess (Essential Oil and Liquid Potpourri Poisoning in Dogs)

[tser]

Lavender is toxic to cats, period. Even in its non-ultraconcentrated natural state. 

I have seen MULTIPLE internet sites listing essential oils that are studied and known to be toxic to cats and dogs as “safe”. There are many, many bad sources out there. If you do your research, make sure you’re actually basing your information on scientifically verified, peer-reviewed information, not tertiary sources and anecdotal information.

Do not use essential oils on your pets or around your pets.

If your pet has chronic paw infections, take it to the vet. Your vet can address the root cause (lots of fur and big paws shouldn’t inherently cause yeast infections and I’d really suggest looking at the cat’s diet and other lifestyle issues) and provide more effective, safer treatments.

Essential oils are incredibly toxic for reptiles, birds, and small animals as well. Reptiles and birds are especially susceptible to the fumes (VOCs). This includes essential oil diffusers, which I’ve often seen touted as “safer” than candles. They are not safer and still release dangerous VOCs.

[fluffybirbbutts]

Week old baby budgie!!! #nature #birds #birdnerd #birdlover #birdobsessed #birdstagram #birdsofinstagram #budgie #budgies #chicks #budgiechicks #budgiesofinstagram #babybird #cute

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WHY does she look like that

[quiviraqui]

valentine many weeks before we took her home

this is what hungry baby cockatoo sounds like

[spicyocd]

my brain while picking at my fingers and scabs

[spicyocd]

Does anyone have tips on how to stop picking and biting?

[properocd]

[spicyocd]

My control issues seem to be…

getting out of control!!

[spicyocd]

you KNOW you’re TOTES ocd when

you have a horrible anxiety disorder where your obsessions and compulsions ruin your life, and then aren’t allowed to talk against people misusing ocd as a quirky, type-a personality.

[spicyocd]

ocd is such a lil bitch

[spicyocd]

fellas, is it ocd to have basic human hygiene? 🤔

[raystarart]

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