oh just one more thing

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[horseplunko]

I have two sides

[abortlogic]

[garak-pussy-indulgence]

For those of you that don't have Instagram, Doug Jones just posted this:

Which naturally, scared the hell out of everyone.

So he had to follow it up with this:

I love him so much

[elbiotipo]

why bother caring about the environment when 1. It’s so obviously a lost cause and 2. There’s definitely going to be a nuclear war?

And what are you doing about it Anon? Learn about ecological restoration or get out of my way.

[elbiotipo]

If you read ecology books printed in the 70s and 80s, they were absolutely convinced that whales and tigers would not survive the century. There's a whole plot in Star Trek about how whales are extinct actually. Here in Argentina, we were sure that yaguaretés would have gone extinct. It was thought that rainforests would be forever lost, because there was no way that such complex ecosystems would be restored.

Now, you can go to Península Valdés and find that the whale population there is growing year after year, people can see them from their windows. In Iberá, where yaguaretés were extinct for over 70 years, there's now a population of 35 and growing, after being reintroduced just five years ago. As for rainforests?

We've becoming very, very good on restoring them. Natural environments, when given space and time to heal, can return to that they were. And after all, all natural enviroments are managed by human societies. It is up to us to implement a good management, un buen gobierno.

I firmly believe our children and grandchildren will see a restoration of Earth like never before.

Millions of people are working on this. You can learn about it, perhaps even become one of them. Or be a pointless doomer in my ask box. Your choice.

[crabussy]

if there are people who care, it's never a lost cause. at one point, kākāpō, a nocturnal flightless parrot species from aotearoa, were thought to be entirely extinct for decades. until 1977, where booming calls from males were heard on the small island of whenua hou. now, thanks to people who care so much they dedicated their lives to caring, kākāpō numbers are close to 300. despite the setbacks. despite the small gene pool causing infertility and health problems. people cared so fucking much that they survived. this is one of COUNTLESS, countless similar stories. I'm studying ecology so that I can go into conservation and all around me, every day, I see people who care enough to put years of their lives into learning about and solving environmental problems. I don't know man. hope isn't just some nebulous thing. it's tangible if you do something with it.

[kedreeva]

Tim Wong saw the decline of the pipeline swallowtail butterfly, and dedicated himself to providing habitat and raising babies, and it worked.

Spix's Macaws were extinct in the wild for 70 years, and now captive breeding and conservation groups have reintroduced a small population (with more on the way) and there are babies being successfully raised in the wild again.

And what else is there, but hope? We exist for the grace of hope. Those who have lost all hope don't stay here. If you are here to send an ask like this, it is not because you have given up, it's that you are hoping someone will show you that that hope is worth having.

It is!! It always is!!

There will be good things and if you cannot find them, make them! The time will pass anyway, you can choose what to do with it, and so many, many people are choosing to try to help.

[coinin]

The Lord Howe Island rodent eradication project never fails to make me cry, it’s so beautiful.

The population of an entire island working together to eradicate every last rat and mouse to save the native bird populations. They had to trap a bunch of the birds and keep them in captivity so they wouldn’t be hurt by the rodenticides, and released them after the rodents were gone. Normal residents helped by phoning in tips whenever they saw rodents. And they did it. Lord Howe Island, last I read, remains rodent free, and the native bird populations are rebounding!

Acid rain and the hole in the ozone layer, both of which were terrifying specters of my childhood, have been largely dealt with. Ecosystems devastated by acid rain are also recovering.

We are making a difference!

[aetherograph]

In 1979, an audacious, expensive conservation project was begun to try and breed california condors in captivity toward being released into the wild again. This was considered useless and hopeless by many people, but many more people said we had to at least TRY.

In 1991, the first captive-raised condors were re-introduced to Big Sur, Pinnacles, and Bitter Creek.

In 2006, three months before I turned eighteen, the first wild pair of condors was seen nesting in Big Sur in over a hundred years. A hundred years.

We did that. We fixed it.

How about another example.

When my mom was small, in the 1960s, there were many, many days of the year she was not allowed outside. Days and days they had recess indoors, because the air was so poisonous to breathe. Here's an article about it, with some good pictures.

My mom was 13 in the picture on the left. She was 50 in the picture on the right.

In 1987, there were 27 California Condors in the world, all captive.

In 2024, there were 566.

369 of them fly free.

That happened within my lifetime, and I'm not even 40 yet.

When you lose hope, think of our stories we're telling you. Recount them to yourself like a prayer. That's what I do.

There are 369 California Condors flying free in the sky right now.

There is no more acid rain.

There is an ozone.

There are wild tigers.

There are still birds on Lord Howe Island.

There are 369 California Condors flying free.

[crashdavis]

when you think about it 45 is basically like your triple quinceañera

[squeakitties]

[uncahier]

[colortronics]

How are you that small etc. (insanity addition)

[vbartilucci]

Short -sighted, petty, and vindictive.

They will never recognize their mistakes, let alone admit them.

The only reason I don't cheer when they own themselves is I know it'll affect other people as well.

[bartfargo]

[auntieautumn]

Same goes for continuing to buy Harry Potter shit.

[count-fungula]

i've been rewatching iwtv for the first time in a hot minute and LESTAT i can't stand his ass (affectionate) 😭😭😭 he's so fucking funny. the whole show is actually.

[queeraliensposts]

So we keep seeing the memes about how trans women and cat girls, and stuff, right? Well may I suggest that we start making trans men and werewolves a thing.

IDK something about werewolves is so trans man coded, I'm a trans man and I wanted to be a werewolf so bad as a kid. I cannot be the only one out there!

[dwynartist]

we ride for hope and joy and to thrive, however the world may be

[prideknights]

beautiful

[aturnoftheearth]

get a load of this! (cool fresh autumn air)

[femalegothic]

I really can’t stand anti-lawyer sentiment idgaf if your annoying uncle is a really smarmy personal injury lawyer or whatever the fuck it’s time to grow up and recognize that having an entire profession dedicated to understanding and upholding the law is actually extremely valuable to civilized society

[femalegothic]

Bro you’re falling for anti-lawyer propaganda saying shit like this. There are hundreds of thousands of talented lawyers who dedicate themselves to public service either through working directly for local/state/federal government or for nonprofit legal aid/pro bono organizations.

Sure sometimes legal assistance can be expensive but a lot of times lawyers are more than happy to work out payment plans for people who can’t pay lump sums. When I worked for an immigration practice, they had set fees for all of their services which set a cap on the amount of money their clients were expected to pay and then they let them pay at a rate of $100 per month until it was paid off, which is crazy cheap if you have any idea of how much work goes into a basic immigration case.

Furthermore big firms do NOT only hire top attorneys. Some of the dumbest motherfuckers I’ve ever met are charging $500/hr because the got their partner daddy got them a job. Big firms thrive on nepotism and clout chasing, not quality legal work. Obviously there’s an advantage to having deep pockets, especially when it comes to litigation, but do not buy into the myth that lawyers are simply inaccessible to the average Joe.

If you need legal help look for legal aid and pro bono in your area. Call private attorneys and ask if they do payment plans. I promise you it’s worth it.

[singlecrow]

Lawyers you have never met work for you. The government's lawyers protect you against the government. Lawyers for the charities, political parties and pressure groups that you support protect both them and you.

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

watching old movies and shows really just makes think like wow. . . nobody on tv looks normal anymore. like ever.

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

like obviously tv and movies have always been hot people, hollywood stars have always been hot people, but the sheer volume and standards have gone up so much overtime. everyone is a 10/10, everyone has flawless makeup and hair, everyone has the same cosmetic work done. . . it's so boring and plastic and unreal. where are the average people. where are the ugly people. where are the normal goddamn people??

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

and reality tv shows have always been fake but remember when the people on them were just. people. remember when the women on reality tv shows just looked like your aunt? remember when even the Hot People shows had people who still looked normal? what the fuck happened.

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

when I say we all desperately need to touch grass in regards to beauty standards what I mean is: stop scrolling tiktok, stop following ig models, stop looking at celebrities. look at your family, friends, neighbors, strangers on the beach. look at people in real life, and realize that regular, normal, average people are living good lives and having sex and falling in love and being happy. realize that average people are actually beautiful if you're not comparing them to photoshopped celebrities. the internet is fake. chill out.

[userfish]

don't say "2010's music" and then play something from 2017-2019. that's not 2010's music to me. they're sonically so different from 2010-2016 to me

[userfish]

like. these are light years apart sonically.