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[shortlesbian]

[philosophybits]

“People who care only for what they get and not at all for what they are are surely uncommon. Even the worst of us seem to want others to like and admire us (if not morally then in other ways) and wither in the face of contempt. It isn’t enough to say that this is because praise and admiration are pleasant things, and the thought that you are disliked is nasty. Why should the opinions of others be sources of pleasure and pain to us in the first place? We live in the eyes of others because we must live in our own.”

— Christine M. Korsgaard, The Sources of Normativity

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[afeelgoodblog]

To avoid deer strikes, Finland is painting deer antlers with reflective paint.

[slowspinningredemption]

damn just pay them a living wage

[afeelgoodblog]

To avoid deer strikes, Finland is painting deer antlers with reflective paint.

[slowspinningredemption]

damn just pay them a living wage

[hermajestyimher]

Sometimes it's best to keep quiet and save your energy with people who are decided to misconstrue you or remain ignorant on a subject. Not everyone deserves a reaction out of you, gracefully ignore them and shift your focus into more productive things.

[hermajestyimher]

I should add to this, a lot of times people want from you a reaction and not a debate. Don’t stoop down to the level of the miserable to try to prove a point, they have already proved they’re not worthy of your attention through their actions. Dialogue must involve two parties looking to have a conversation, entertaining the bait of people who are looking to get you out of character is never a smart thing to do. Remember that.

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[michaelnordeman]

The world feels heavier these days. War and hate creep further into places once thought safe, and destruction—of forests, of lives, of hope—seems to be the one thing we’ve truly mastered. Whether it's bombs falling or ancient trees cut down or love denied out of fear or ignorance, the ache of it all is relentless. I won’t pretend I’m above it. Most days, I feel it in my bones. The despair. The helplessness. The creeping sense that we are losing something we won’t be able to get back.

But today, I did what I often do when it’s too much: I took my camera and went to the forest. I sat on a rock, as I’ve done so many times before, heart heavy with doubt. And then, from the green hush beside me, came a soft chirp. I turned, and there she was—a tiny fledgling robin, newly launched into the world. She didn’t know anything of war or hate or vanishing trees. She only knew that I was there, strange and still, and worth a closer look.

She hopped and fluttered from branch to branch, curious and bold in the way only young creatures can be. And in that brief moment, there were no headlines, no grief, no fear. Just a small bird being a bird. And me, being a person. Quietly alive.

I know her life will be hard. So will mine. So will yours, perhaps. But for that moment, the world paused, and there was joy. And I thought—yes. I can live another day. I hope you can too. European Robin/rödhake. Värmland, Sweden (June 22, 2025).

[galiifreyrose]

THE ENTIRE WEST IS BEING PUT UP FOR SALE AND I AM BEGGING YOU TO CALL YOUR SENATORS

Trump’s budget bill has many, many things in it, but buried amongst it is the MILLIONS OF ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND FOR SALE.

This is the entirety of the Arizona state forests, the entire Cascades mountain range. Swathes of pristine desert around the national parks in Utah. On the doorstep of Jackson Hole.

THIS BILL IS BIG, BUT IT CAN BE AMENDED AND ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT PASS AS IS please.

If you have ever enjoyed the wilderness, we stand to lose it all forever.

CALLING your senators - NOT JUST IN THE WEST. ALL SENATORS, is CRUCIAL.

Outdoor alliance has a great resource for reaching out.

Public Lands For Sale: Outdoor Alliance Map Shows the Extent of Land on the Auction Block — Outdoor Alliance

The Senate’s spending package could offer up nearly 300 million acres of public lands for sale—a vast area that includes nearly 100,000 mile

I don’t have a huge following but please, everywhere I have ever loved, the forests I grew up playing in, the land I got married on, is all at risk and I am begging.

[todaysbird]

This would be catastrophic. Please do whatever you can to stop this bill.

[philosophybits]

“Many conservative writers have contended that the tendency to equality in modern social movements is the expression of envy. In this way they seek to discredit this trend, attributing it to collectively harmful impulses… That persons have opposing interests and seek to advance their own conception of the good is not at all the same thing as their being moved by envy and jealousy.”

— John Rawls, A Theory of Justice

[dk-thrive]

Bravery is being unafraid of something other people are afraid of. Courage is being afraid, but strong enough to do it anyway.

— Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere: A Love Story (June 3, 2025)

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[everythingfox]

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[philosophybits]

“No greater mistake can be made than to imagine that what has been written latest is always the more correct; that what is written later on is an improvement on what was written previously; and that every change means progress.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer, “On Authorship and Style”, Parerga and Paralipomena