Y'ello

20s, they/them pronouns. I reblog mostly You can call me Bee! Used to be theactualjbstar

[herpsandbirds]

A record die-off of sea stars was followed by something that stunned biologists

The creatures almost went extinct along the West Coast a decade ago. Recently, they have been making a comeback.

Six months ago, Menge’s team published exciting research — five-legged sea stars were undergoing a significant “baby boom.” The tide pools were denser than they had been before the disease, and the juveniles were eating mussels and clearing space for other species. In short, something rare and wonderful was happening on the Oregon Coast: One of the intertidal zone’s most important predators had returned from the brink...

Read more:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/06/06/after-massive-die-off-west-coast-sea-stars-experience-resurgence/

[depsidase]

[blessedbrick]

That's kind of why they exist actually

[shiftythrifting]

Found at the Rag Machine in Vancouver, Canada.

[tiddybearcomfortstrap]

Everyone in the notes forgetting about the concept of pregnancy you’re so valid never change

[eddyneedssleep]

I find it so funny that people are shocked and freaking out that Mark knows about the bloodymary ship as if he wasn't saying shit like this on this very site back in 2015

[misophonie]

god with me on a random night in 8th grade

[hikikomoricomplex]

I see we’ve reached the “blame your failures on communist subterfuge” phase of the AI business plan

[no-oxygen-in-my-bl00d]

[daveedmee]

[redstonedust]

sometimes i get weirdly anxious about the fact that thousands of years of evolution have led to my specific bloodline and it will almost certainly be ending with me. but then i remember the same is true of like every fly that dies in a drink before it gets the chance to reproduce so like. who am i to get all precious about the concept of bloodlines really. who give a shit. my ancestors arent any better than that flys ancestors.

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

wooden animal sculpture by chinese artist 潮舒木雕

[redstonedust]

number one thing i want for public bathrooms is for them to be unisex accessible safe private and clean. number two thing i want for pubic bathrooms is for them to have flat surfaces in the stalls you can put your handheld items down on when youre shittin. ive encountered it in like two bathrooms ever and it changed my life for real.

[oeing-oeing-clay]

wow dude jts so awesome that your car is loud as fuck and smells worse when it drives past. thags fucking epic man. i really like how it hurts to listen to you drive past and it scares people. thats awesome man. i really like your car that makes a loud as fuck fart sound. fucking epic dude

[newrider]

[wamscoastsmoker]

IT’S HALLOWEEN TIME TO GET SPOOKY

[notsocialphobixanymorelmao-deac]

I T S T H E M I D D L E O F J U N E

[wamscoastsmoker]

I T I S H A L L O W E E N T I M E T O G E T S P O O K Y

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

is anyone here in the cincinnati area and looking for an indoor cat? because i’ve been fostering and…

he’s very well-behaved (he hasn’t scratched a single piece of furniture, chewed on a single cord, knocked over a single picture frame), dog tolerant, and LOVES people. he doesn’t always want to be pet, but he always wants to be in the same room as other people, and he’ll try to snuggle with you if he thinks you’re asleep.

seriously. if there’s a bowl of food in one room and you in another, he will ignore dinner just to be around you

other than that, he’s a very typical cat. he loves squeezing into random spaces, watching birds on the windowsill, and playing with (aka LOSING) plastic spring toys.

his name’s Vahara, and we think he’s just under a year old. he has no medical concerns that we’re aware of.

Adopt a Shelter Cat, Dog, Pocket or Barnyard Animal in Hamilton County

Add a dog, cat, pocket or barnyard pet into your family by viewing our adoptable animals then visit them at the Hamilton County Animal Shelt

^ link here if anyone’s interested!

But believe me, I’m not in any hurry to see him go

More pics under the cut!

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

ALSO! he’s been this incredible and sweet WHILE BEING UNFIXED!

He has his “appointment” tomorrow morning, and I cannot imagine him getting even more calm and gooshy

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

on his way to no-nut city

[scenerwiththegreenery]

[succubusboyfriend]

you have permission to pick that 2 year old "abandoned" project back up. it's not mad at you for setting it aside. and maybe time and distance have helped ease or erase the things that made you put it down in the first place.

[aroace-ryland-grace]

the sewing machine is like if a horse and an inkjet printer had a child

[heavyweightheart]

Research has shown that pleasure affects nutrient absorption. In a 1970s study of Swedish and Thai women, it was found that when the Thai women were eating their own (preferred) cuisine, they absorbed about 50% more iron from the meal than they did from eating the unfamiliar Swedish food. And the same was true in the reverse for the Swedish women. When both groups were split internally and one group given a paste made from the exact same meal and the other was given the meal itself, those eating the paste absorbed 70% less iron than those eating the food in its normal state.

Pleasure affects our metabolic pathways; it’s a facet of the complex gut-brain connection. If you’re eating foods you don’t like because you think it’s healthy, it’s not actually doing your body much good (it’s also unsustainable, we’re pleasure-seeking creatures). Eat food you enjoy, it’s a win-win.

[jenroses]

what

no seriously

what?

[robotlyra]

PLEASURE IS A NECESSARY PART OF HUMAN HEALTH, BOTH PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND PHYSICALLY

[is-the-post-reliable]

requested by anonymous

RATING: RELIABLE

The study referenced in the New York Times article I believe is this 1977 study. The information given is accurate, although some limitations should be noted: the study only measured iron absorption, in a specific demographic. Furthermore, whilst absorption may be linked to pleasure, it is limited by the actual nutritional content of the food.