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[darklinespectra]

Are you 🫵 pissed off about the Lilo and Stitch monstrosity remake? Do you want to know how you can actually make a difference in supporting the people and ecosystems of Hawaii?

Tourism is a big issue in Hawaii (which the remake got rid of the original's commentary on because it makes foreigners look bad). I'm not gonna promote it, BUT I know that realistically, thousands of people arrive here every single day by the airplane-ful. And the majority of them aren't educated on the socio-cultural and economic impacts of tourism. SO, I'm making this post in an effort to educate visitors. If you or someone you know is visiting or moving to Hawaii (whether by circumstances in or out of your control), here are some suggestions on how you can give back!

You can donate to the Hawaii Community Foundation, which has been instrumental in giving aid to the displaced community of Lahaina after the Maui wildfires in 2023. They also provide scholarships to students of under-represented communities.

If you're interested in visiting Kualoa Ranch, you can do their Mālama Experience where you get your hands dirty giving back to the ‘āina (land)!

There are other organizations you can join to volunteer with, too, like Kupu and Mālama Maunalua. Check them out; maybe you can help with a beach cleanup or plant native trees! These are both non-profit organizations that accept monetary donations.

Visit the Bishop Museum to learn about Hawaiian history and culture! They also have events focused on sustainability and conservation.

If you're visiting Hilo on the Big Island, go visit the Laulima Nature Center! They're a non-profit aimed at protecting Hawaii's native species, and they even have an online store that ships to the US mainland and internationally! (After I post this, I'm gonna head on over and get myself a manu o Kū pin ♡)

A few other tips I have:

DO: Respect the locals' homes. Several beaches and hiking trails have access points in residential areas. Please be mindful to keep your voices down when passing by, and park ONLY in designated parking areas.

DO: Wear reef-safe sunscreen! Sunscreens containing oxybenzone and octinoxate are banned in Hawaii because they are known to damage coral reefs.

DON'T: Approach wildlife, particularly honu (sea turtles) and 'īlio holo i ka uaua (Hawaiian monk seals). Stay at least 10 feet (3 meters) away from turtles and at least 50 feet (15 meters) away from monk seals. If you see someone harassing animals, report them to the statewide NOAA Marine Wildlife Hotline: [phone]. You can also contact the Hawaii State Department of Land and Natural Resources.

DON'T: Collect sand, rocks, or other natural items to bring home with you. This is to protect the ecosystems and also out of respect for Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians), who have cultural beliefs regarding lava rocks in particular. Taking lava rocks is extremely disrespectful.

DON'T: Litter! Please throw away your waste in proper trash cans. If you see a bin that says "ʻōpala," that's a trash can!

Many Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) are moving to the US mainland because the cost of living in Hawaii has been driven up so high (because of people moving here), they can't afford to live in their ancestral home. So, if you are going to visit or move to Hawaii, please:

- Make the effort to support local businesses, especially those owned by Native Hawaiians!

- Educate yourself and your loved ones about actual Hawaiian culture!

- Try Hawaiian food, like poi!

- Learn some Hawaiian words and don't be afraid to ask how to pronounce words correctly!

- Donate to a food bank!

- Watch films and read books written by Native Hawaiians!

My hope is that whoever sees this post will use it to educate themselves, their friends, and their families who are considering visiting.

My background is in sustainability and the environment, so that's what I know to suggest off the top of my head. If any Kānaka Maoli read this post and have suggestions to add, please do!

[darklinespectra]

Reblogging to add even more resources! You can support Hawaii and its people if you aren't visiting, as well! Some of the places I listed accept monetary donations, so please help them out if you can spare anything. Here are some more I'm adding:

‘Āina Momona is a Native Hawaiian-led non-profit community organization that promotes environmental health and Hawaiian sovereignty. There are petitions you can sign and you can donate money to them.

‘Āina Momona is a Native Hawaiian led community organization dedicated to environmental sustainability, food security and resilience, and so

Donate to a food bank! Here are three to choose from; the Hawaii Food Bank serves Oahu and Kauai, the Maui Food Bank serves Maui County, and The Food Basket serves Hawaii County (the Big Island).

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Join Hawaii Foodbank in our mission to nourish 'ohana across O'ahu and Kaua'i. Give, volunteer, or find food assistance—be the change today!

Maui Food Bank — Helping the Hungry in Maui County

Maui Food Bank helps to provide hunger relief to those in need by collecting and distributing food to organizations and agencies throughout

The Food Basket - Hawai`i Island's Food Bank

Also, you can donate to Hawaii Marine Animal Response, another non-profit that rescues Hawaii's native ocean animals!

[crowjack20]

Need to spread the word

[heyapoke-deactivated20260116]

Lupus Automata posterrr ⭐

[catboymoments]

Hey I need everyone to look at this RIGHT NOWWWWWWWWW

[crowjack20]

This is fucking beautiful...

[gay-irl]

[judgejudyofficial]

yeah u freaks up north look and sound exactly like this when u pretend that us southern queers are perfectly complicit in our own eradication - for the heinous crime of not living in a liberal population center.

[hoshikostar]

[glitterygolem]

I keep this image on hand for whenever I see similar sentiments.

[gabriellegibby]

I don't wanna talk about your monkey boy ships I wanna talk about world building

[limbolanegames]

[sootnuki]

portrait of a displeased shaved deity (2025)

[godteri-takk]

reblog to slap its bald head!!!

[crowjack20]

Slap that head like a damn trophy

[yzegem]

Sirens of Encounters in the Frontier.

In my setting, sirens are a kind of sharks, descendants of a creature most similar to an epaulette shark, wich adapted to hunt fish and mollusks trapped during the low tide and eventually evolved to be fully lunged and mostly amphibian.

There are 3 species of sirens, all 6 limbed.

-The continental mernewt is native to the vast beaches and coral reefs of the southeastern coast of the continent. It's similar in bodyplan to a mudskipper and just as agile. They have jaws strong enough to open shellfish and don a venomous spur next to their tail fin, wich can kill small animals and cause pain, swelling and even necrosis of the limbs in larger animals like humans.

Male mernewts are known to "fence" each other as they are very territorial during mating season. This fights envolve leaps into the air, stabbing with their spurs, biting and their characteristic shriek.

These animals are very important in the culture of warrior caste in the Sun Empire and represent masculine violence and war, sometimes positively (they are kept in artificial ponds ocasionally) or as a critique in poetry of the futility of war, since they mernewts are vulnerable to birds of prey or other predators while exhausted after a fight.

-The lesser siren is the most terrestrial of all sirens. It is native to the eastern and southern coast of the continent, the north of alwayssummer and the Twisted Islands.

These creatures feed mostly on fish stranded during low tides but many hunt seabirds by staying still between rocks in the shore until the perfect ocasion to leap and catch its prey with their clawed pectoral fins. They usually drag their prey to the water and drown it there. They are very capable of climbing rocks and can be quite fast in short bursts of speed.

They can get quite large and pose a significant danger to some cattle and humans.

-Sirens are native to the Twisted Islands and are the most aquatic of the three, even though they can still return to the sea if they get stranded.

They spend most of the day in underwater caves and are actually quite good at hunting in the sea floor, as they use their long arm like pectoral fins to move rocks and expose mollusks and other small prey. Still, their prey of choice are terrestrial animals. Sirens are indeed quite intelligent animals, though far from sapient, as they resemble the intelect of a marine crocodile, wich manifests in very specialiced hunting tactics.

They have learned to attract land animals close enough to the water by leaving small pieces of fish in the shore as bait for seabirds or imitating animal cries for help to attract unsuspecting predators or worried members of the imitated species. When they get the chance, they rapidly extend their arm-like fins and drag the animal to the sea.

Some sirens have specialiced in hunting humans, specially those on boats, wich is a big problem given how common reed boats and low canoes are for transport in the twisted islands, often used to also transport cattle.

Sirens can easily climb on top of these boats or colaborate between many to topple a small ship.

They don't hunt in organized groups, rather they all hunt individually but at the same time, if that makes sense, and later fight for the prey.

These human eating sirens have learn to stand on small islands or unlit shores ar night and waive their arm-like fins while screaming (they can imitate a great variety of sounds) to lure humans closer to them.

The Iliryi people (those native of the twisted islands) have developed many methods to sail safely, such as covering their boats with down facing spikes, tying themselves to the boat or just carrying harpoons and being ready for action. Still, these tactics are not very efective when overwhelmed by a large group of sirens.

The government of the twisted islands hires whalers and fishermen from all across the eastern sea during their low season to work as sirens hunters, wich escort other ships and keep the siren population at bay. This is a high risk high reward job for these fishermen.

[crowjack20]

This, more of this

[the-hihiu-mea]

I NEED SOME UNDERTOW BY MICHAEL BUCKLEY FANFICTION BECAUSE I JUST DO.

EVEN A BOOK OF ONE SHOTS WOULD DO, BROSKIS

[crowjack20]

Agreed, please somebody make a fanfic

[nando161mando]

[crowjack20]

More people need to know this, long live the Cacti and dunes

[crowjack20]

RTTS OC by me. RTTS is a hard sci-fi setting by @jayrockin , and all the things depicted in this OC profile was made by them for that world. I am taking a bit of leeway, but it ain't nothin major I hope

Name(s): Cherry(in English, anyhow)

Age: 32

Gender: yes

Homeplanet: Bugferret Homeworld

Date of Birth: May 11

Nationality: BFGC

Type: Bugferret

Species/race/clade(if applicable): standard Bugferret(?)

Occupation(if applicable): delivery service

Clothing/accessories: pockets on arms for holding things, wears a winter coat for emerging to the surface, pair of glasses on stalk eyes

Special features: redhead fur pattern, very red eyes, bulky frame with fluffy coat(while still being a long noodle), particularly long snout/face, lots and lots of especially bushy and long eyelash and face whiskers, scruffy goatee

Family: polycule of 10(relatively small Bugferret family), the assorted 21 kids, and the birth family

Love Interest/Crush: spouses

Friends/Allies: most of the Bugferrets in their town

Enemies: their sire parent

Likes: going to the surface, exploration, seeing happy faces, chugging fine wine, putting on sticker jewelry, parties with a lot of food

Dislikes: live theaters, getting sick, eating vegan, the kids stealing what they deliver, ungrateful customers, heat

Trivia: their grandlayer parent was a semi-surface dweller, their marital family currently lives in a small town close to topside and mostly runs on being a port town, has once served 5 years of work on a spaceship back when they were an electrician, drags a sled when topside used to help carry cargo

[crowjack20]

@dinobeates and I did an art trade, resulting in this amazing portrait of Noolii! Thank you very much for this, Beates, you did perfectly!

[crowjack20]

RTTS OC by me(made as prompted favor for a friend). RTTS is a hard sci-fi setting by @jayrockin and all the things depicted in this OC profile was made by them for that world. I am taking a bit of leeway, but it ain't nothin major I hope

Name(s): Kita Ashazi

Age: 22

Gender: ciswoman

Homeplanet: Callisto

Date of Birth: May 9th

Nationality: Jovian

Type: Human

Species/race/clade(if applicable): unique GMH(is often called a Catgirl)

Occupation(if applicable): does rich heiress to a mining company count?

Clothing/accessories: a tiara of gold and various alien gemstones, armbands of silver and LED-glass that glow UV and white, and various rings. Wears a lot of wavy frilly dresses when making an effort to be modest, usually wears shorts and tank tops otherwise

Special features: her bodytype's somewhere in between Gillie and the average on-model Catgirl, basically being the in-between of the two, but with the other traits still being mostly Human(she has plantigrade legs, for example). She also has naturally dark gray hair, a tail nearly as long as that of a Catgirl, but more fleshed and less just fur, her ears also are furred but have that in-between shape to them

Family: her commissioner family such as her parents and brother

Love Interest/Crush: complicated situation

Friends/Allies: not many really outside of those who stay for the clout or are paid by her parents

Enemies: not many

Likes: parties, fluffy blankets, Tilittian parties, Bugferret music, exotic alcohols, hard drugs, studying and nerding out about geology, studying GM animals

Dislikes: pricks, Tilittians being catty or judgy, people thinking she's off-model, people pointing out her facade of glamor being exactly that, Shess Centaurian music, visiting Garrison District outside of winter

Trivia: TBA

[1spooky2me]

A Very Human Moment (Part 1)

if y’all ever want to see a part 2 this better do numbers

[crowjack20]

RTTS OC by me. RTTS is a hard sci-fi setting by @jayrockin and all the things depicted in this OC profile was made by them for that world. I am taking a bit of leeway, but it ain't nothin major I hope

Name(s): Barrish Suoti

Age: 30

Gender: cisman

Homeplanet: Naya Pradesh

Date of Birth: May 5th

Nationality: Naya Pradeshian

Type: Human

Species/race/clade(if applicable): Unique Androtherian

Occupation(if applicable): meat farmer

Clothing/accessories: wears several store-bought and a Centaur-made outfit of fabrics and silk

Weapons(if applicable): his own claw-like nails, a razor-edged knife, a Centaur-given handgun(fits him more like a rifle), his own teeth

Special features: digitigrade legs and arms in a bi-quad posture, long muscular tail, Feline-ish ears, bushy whiskers, thin fur-like bodyhair, fanged teeth, a slightly Feline face. Is 7' tall on two legs and about the size of a Wolf on all fours

Family: biological family of mother, father, and two siblings; a found family of a Centaur clan; his wife and 4 children

Love Interest/Crush: his wife, Janice

Friends/Allies: the Centaur clan, some of his college buddies

Enemies: nobody really

Likes: snow, Jovian food(primarily the meat), running in the wildlands, working his livestock and meat cultures, hanging with his Centaur clan

Dislikes: soup, seeing his bio siblings, humidity, people being scared of his appearance, people hating on Aliens, the thought of going out to space

Trivia: he was made because his parents were both Androtherians but not genetically similar enough to make him the old fashioned way, he met his found family of Centaurs as a young teen and they've been mutual friends since then, he has a pet Zngti, he tries to raise his kids around the Centaurs a lot(which Janice has conflicted feelings about)

[crowjack20]

RTTS OC by me. RTTS is a hard sci-fi setting by @jayrockin and all the things depicted in this OC profile was made by them for that world. I am taking a bit of leeway, but it ain't nothin major, I hope

Name(s): Noolii

Age: 20 earth years(which I think is close to 29 in Avian years?)

Gender: dun(doesn't hate being called a bright though)

Homeplanet: Avian Homeplanet

Date of Birth: November 13

Nationality: Liyaie Federation

Type: Avian

Species/Race/Clade(if applicable): Diver Avian

Occupation(if applicable): angler

Clothing/accessories: crossdresses as their go-to(similar to what Vrazi the Diver bright is wearing in the Airsled cover and pages), at times wears a bandana with carnalist pink fabric(had a rebellious teen phase), spurred shoes, blue&yellow face paint with dots of orange; and a utility beakring with a blade at the top with a point that juts forward and a point that swoops up, and has the "fangs" of a fighting beakring of yellowish metal with some blue painted on(Vrazi, the military diagram, and the fashion page are all good references for this beakring)

Special features: somewhat mottled feathering(basically has white and black freckles and striping everywhere), somewhat sharper teeth than the average individual, a scar over their left middle eye, being tall(94 cm tall)

Family: disowned them a long time ago except for their brightsibling

Love Interest/Crush: none

Friends/Allies: their brightsibling, coworkers, drinking buddies, and roommate

Enemies: their parents and rest of the family

Likes: tea, hard drugs, looking like a bright, scaring people, fishing, swimming, reading, bug snacks

Dislikes: their family, Tilittians, juicy fruits, grape weed, flying for long periods of time

Trivia: started crossdressing shortly after their carnalist fashion phase was left behind(their parents didn't like it and it was frankly a bit much for them), has visited the Pygmy Islands a number of times to visit friends, once had an airsled job, they have a collection of novelty gastroliths shaped like plants, left the family village with their sibling to the south polar part of the Federation

[crowjack20]

RTTS OC by me. RTTS is a hard sci-fi setting by @jayrockin and all the things depicted in this OC profile was made by them for that world. I am taking a bit of leeway, but it ain't nothin major I hope

Name(s): Kerovel

Age: 16 earth years(so about 23½ human developmental years)

Gender: Bright

Home planet: Avian Homeplanet

Date of Birth: June 17 if using Earth Calender

Nationality: was born into the Hotsuuv nation, but has spent a majority of adult life in a Tiiliitian Empire colony

Type: Avian

Race/species/clade(if applicable): Flightless

Occupation(if applicable): assistant to the captain of a cargo tanker

Clothing/accessories: usually wears loose clothes at work, a Hotsuuv-bright garb mixed with some traditionally Skimmer flare when in public off work, and rings on his talons

Special features: none, really

Family: adoptive dunparent, 2 adoptive older siblings, a younger sibling

Love Interest/Crush: the captain of the tanker they work on(seasonal partner)

Friends/Allies: mostly the crew of the ship, some drinking buddies on-planet

Enemies: doesn't really do enemies

Likes: yelling at people, flirting with the captain, dancing, good workers, pretty duns

Dislikes: slackers, Diver Avians, losing money, expired dr■gs, being caught flirting with the captain

Trivia: went to work on the cargo tanker 3 years ago at a recommendation from one of his friends, was found on their dunparent's doorstep when a hatchling one night and raised up from there, has (found) family in the Polar continent that they visit every so often

[crowjack20]

RTTS OC by me. RTTS is a hard sci-fi setting by @jayrockin and all the things depicted in this OC profile was made by them for that world. I am taking a bit of leeway, but it ain't nothin major I hope

Name(s): Derknao-Tem, though goes by Mack or Boulder in English(the latter in Martian English and the former in Jovian English)

Age: 19 earth years

Gender: transmasc

Homeplanet: Centaur Homeplanet

Date of Birth: December 12 if using Earth Calender

Nationality: Opnay Clan, Nomadic

Type: Centaur Alien

Race/species/clade(if applicable): Nightchaser×Daewirgh cross

Occupation(if applicable): a hunter and artisan, in the worker status

Clothing/accessories: a fur coat, fabric undergarments, leather armsleeves, a bandana of fabric that combines a leather choker, and some golden armbands

Weapons(if applicable): a bostaff he made himself out of a wooden rod and a piece of scrap plate metal he sharpened and riveted onto the rod. He usually prefers to use his own teeth and the hooves on his arms that he sharpens into very crude claws

Special features: a very scruffy facial disk, a shaggy ruff of long fur going down his neck(similar to how Talita looks in the bluish comic panels but longer and it kinda looks like that even when it's dry), and especially long antlers for his age when they grow in. He also has weirdly long fluff on the rest of his body, though it's longest at his underbelly and the backs of his legs(similar to feathering in Dogs and Horses). He also has multiple scars on his arms, midlegs, and neck from hunting wild beasts and picking fights

Family: his father the primary Sire, his mother the Matriarch, the rest of his siblings, and an aunt

Love Interest/Crush: ....it's complicated

Friends/Allies: no friends yet, but he sees his clan as his allies

Enemies: most people, he's an extreme introvert

Likes: having alone time, Tep silkcheese, fresh air, getting to throw his weight around, those close to him, smart people, small cute things; and his Hawkdog, a Guardian-Stock×Hunting-Stock male named Ruggle(in English)

Dislikes: annoying people, tubers, cramped spaces, horny Tep roosters, especially hot climates, getting noticed for his heritage

Trivia: His father is the Daewirgh who fell in love with his Nightchaser mother, the two running off to form their own clan together that mostly live a Nomad existence, but do come into Settled towns for vacations and supplies. His clan has a small pack of Hawkdogs that are primarily guardian-stock and Hunting-stock with a few Siren Sentries. His bodyplan is a weird in-between of Nomad and Settled, being adept at both the endurance chases of his mother and the ambush sprints of his father, though usually prefers to ambush before chasing prey for a fairly long time or just pouncing on it then and there depending on his mood(he does have a hard time with especially quick sprinting at short bursts though)

[crowjack20]

I know it's ben awhile, but.....I'm making a part three for the LGBTQIA+ Disney posts

Victor from Love, Victor

Lake from Love, Victor

A-Spen from Z.O.M.B.I.E.S 3

Willow Park from The Owl House

Skids from Big City Greens