CELENA / AEST/ 1X1 & SORT OF RPTRPH AND KID, YOUâVE GOT TO LOVE YOURSELF. YOUâVE GOT WAKE UP AT FOUR IN THE MORNING, BREW BLACK COFFEE, AND STARE AT THE BIRDS DROWNING IN THE DARKNESS OF THE DAWN. YOUâVE GOT TO SIT NEXT TO THE MAN AT THE TRAIN STATION WHOâS READING YOUR FAVORITE BOOK AND START A CONVERSATION. YOUâVE GOT TO COME HOME AFTER A BAD DAY AND BURN YOUR SKIN FROM A SHOWER. THEN YOUâVE GOT TO WASH ALL YOUR SHEETS UNTIL THEY SMELL OF LEMON DETERGENT YOU BOUGHT FOR FOUR DOLLARS AT THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE. YOUâVE GOT TO STOP TAKING EVERYTHING SO GODDAMN PERSONALLY. YOU ARE NOT THE MOON KISSING THE BLACK SKY. YOUâVE GOT TO COMPLIMENT SOMEONES CROOKED BROWS AT AN ART FAIR AND TELL THEM THAT THEIR EYES REMIND YOU OF GREEN SWIMMING POOLS IN MID JULY. YOUâVE GOT TO STOP LETTING YOURSELF GET UPSET ABOUT THINGS THAT WONâT MATTER IN TWO YEARS. SLEEP IN ON SATURDAY MORNINGS AND WAKE YOURSELF UP EARLY ON SUNDAY. YOUâVE GOT TO STOP ASKING EVERYONE FOR THEIR OPINIONS. FUCK IT. LOVE YOURSELF, KIDDO. YOUâVE GOT TO LOVE YOURSELF.
Yâall ever have a past RP partner that you miss and theyâre still active and you wanna RP with them again but too shy and awkward to reach out to them to see if they want to RP again?????? No??? Just me???? Okay.
tl;dr my country is literally on fire and the politicians refuse to help
I know thereâs a lot going on in the world, but you probably havenât heard about whatâs happening in Australia.
weâre on fire.
approximately ÂŒ of australiaâs population is in catastrophic fire danger. A catastrophic fire level means your only chance of surviving is leaving before itâs too late.
itâs Spring in Australia, and rainforests arenât meant to be dry enough to burn, yet at the time of writing this (11/11/19) there are 71 active fires in NSW (43 out of control), and 51 active fires in Queensland - not including those that have already burned before now, and there are more in other states. Sydney is already rated âcatastrophicâ, the first time this rating has ever been used there since its creation in 2009. Thatâs right, we had to add yet another level of destructiveness, because âhighâ, âvery highâ, âsevereâ, and âextremeâ were no longer adequate. To quote the Fire Danger Ratings, âfor your survival, leaving early is the only optionâ. conditions tomorrow will be the worst they have been, and people are evacuating as we speak. the fire fighters are preparing as best they can.
This isnât just about people losing their homes; people have died and will die, countless animals have already lost their lives and many more will still perish. our land, our lives, and our hope is up in flames and will soon be nothing but ash. the annual fire season has not even begun yet. this is only the beginning. my native land is burning, and there is nothing i can do to stop it.
the government refuses to acknowledge that we are in a climate crisis. the fires have never been this bad. we have been in severe drought for more than a year which has only contributed to the force of these fires. the Prime Minister Scott Morrison has done nothing but send his âthoughts and prayersâ. He will not accept aid from other countries because he is too egotistical to admit that we need it. All the while the people of this land are suffering. Climate change needs radical human change to be combated. we are already seeing the results of years of indifference, and this is barely the beginning of something that will only get worse the longer governmentâs and big companies refuse to act to counteract climate change.
Our government has also cut funding to Fire and Rescue NSW by 35.4%, the Rural Fire Service by 75.2%, and QLD Rural Fire Service by 26.42%, resulting in closures of services; they donât have the resources to cope. We are fighting a losing battle against the results of climate change. and this is only the beginning.
At least 6 million people today are prepared for evacuating. There are strong winds, low humidity, and high temperatures which will only exacerbate and encourage the fires. Authorities have warned that there arenât enough fire trucks to help everyone, so unless you are prepared to the maximum, you need to leave. 600 schools and TAFEâs across NSW have been closed due to the fires, with others in Queensland closing due to air quality being virtually unbreathable due to smoke. Rural Fire Service Deputy Commisioner Rob Rogers said the state was as prepared as it could be, with military aircraft on standby to rescue people from fires if needed.
As Queensland and New South Wales deal with these unprecedented bushfires, there is a lot of talk about how to stop, or at least reduce them. David Bowman is a professor of environmental change biology at the University of Tasmania and he says the short answer is that climate change is making a bad situation worse.
But itâs also much more complex than that. Much of Australiaâs natural biodiversity has evolved to withstand and even stop bushfires due to a multitude of species being in one area. Eucalyptus trees encourage fires as they help spread seeds, but other species are naturally flame retardant and help to curb the fires. The issue is that so much of the native bush has been cut down for farming and agriculture that the natural fire defence has virtually been destroyed. Australia is the leading country in mammal extinction, as well as one of the worst 7 for biodiversity loss.
There have already been significant harmful impacts to wildlife, with entire ecosystems up in smoke and individual species affected, including around 350 Koalas presumed dead â all before the fires have reached their peak.
my heart goes out to the victims of the current fires, which we know have been exacerbated by the decline of native biodiversity. Australian conservation efforts need a radical overhaul. Mitigating the intensity of these fires, mostly set by humans and their activities, can be achieved by restoring our native ecosystem engineers, such as bandicoots, bettongs and potoroos.
These species help to maintain healthy forests by continually turning over and breaking down forest leaf litter, thereby drastically reducing fuel load. In their absence, fires are more intense, often reaching the treetops, which can affect populations of species already on the brink, like the Koala.
Slow growing and ancient Australian East coast temperate forests are of global significance, as these forests have some of the highest carbon storage on the planet. Fires of this intensity threaten their very existence but managing wildlife to reduce fire intensity and protect forests is under-appreciated for its importance in reducing the release of carbon into the atmosphere.
If you wish to donate to the NSW Rural Fire Service, follow this link. Iâm not sure if it works for countries outside Australia, but if you can spare some money, please try
Support your local brigade - NSW Rural Fire Service
Or you can donate to the Red Cross who have set up many shelters and are providing first aid, and are trying to fund small kits to provide families with basic necessities
Where there's disaster, an emergency, conflict or crisis, your support means Red Cross will be there.
please know that australia is on fire. weâve lost 10 times the amount of land the amazon rainforest lost. we are in drought. no one is talking about it. our government is ignoring climate change. the firefighters are now paying for fuel for their trucks out of their own pockets. our prime minister refuses international help. people are dying. wildlife are dying. the fires are catastrophic and spreading so fast. please hear us. my home is burning. it is spring.
Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1160 â c. 1220) explaining the importance of understanding that all creative work is inherently derivative once you study the oral tradition of storytelling and history and thatâs okay because generations have always reformatted tropes and themes to make them relatable to their current audiencesÂ
Shakespeare (1564), Kimba the White Lion (1965), The Lion King (1994), The Lion King (2019), Cats (2019):
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Okay, so. Iâm sure no one will read this, but I really needed to get something of my chest. Roleplayers, please, for the love of god, DO NOT SEND ADMINS ASKS ON ANON TO ASK IF THEIR ROLEPLAY IS DYING. Just, do not do it. No matter how much the rp is struggling. No matter how many members are on hiatus. You guys do not know what goes on behind the scenes in the adminsâ personal lives. You guys do not know what the admins are still trying to do to keep people interested. You donât know how much it hurts to wake up to anons like this. If youâre a member and youâre annoyed about the activity on the dash and you care about the rp and the admins, REACH OUT OFF ANON. Reach out, offer to help, start a discussion on how to make the rp better. Behavior like this is honestly what makes admins give up so soon nowadays. Iâve barely seen any roleplays lately make it past a month, and thatâs so sad, knowing admins really invest a lot of time in creating and establishing their roleplays. All this while peopleâs personal lives are becoming busier and busier, and adminning is starting to feel more and more like an exhausting job. Please consider all of this, and do not consider a roleplay dead unless the admins say so. Please, I beg of you.
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because people seem to forget these muns used to be 19-20 y.o.,
and âApPaReNtLyâ theyâre supposed to stop rping once they reach
a certain age. complete B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T. do what you enjoy. the
hoes are biiig mad.
the year is 2013âŠ. everyoneâs fighting for a dylan oâbrien or ashley benson fcâŠ. the entire main is similar shades of blueâŠ. twin rps fill the rp tags & you open the starter tag to find:
jbbartram-illu
pixelskylines
jacobvanloon
turnnoffyourmind
blakekathryn
