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BLM// queer //:/

[coyotesmokebreak]

I’m telling y’all that if you don’t jump around erratically bc a wasp or hornet flies close to you, you’ll have less interaction time with them

If you’re nervous about them (not yknow. allergic. let’s not intentionally misinterpret what I’m saying) ignore them. And I do mean IGNORE. Don’t react.

Also, are you watering or generally handling a source of liquid and they won’t leave you alone? Share some at a distance from yourself. Hell are you eating and they want some? Share it.

Honestly if people treated them with the calmness and affection they show bees they’d have better experiences.

Anyway, have a little plate for the yellowjackets when you picnic. They are eating the bugs that you don’t like so offer them a gift.

[coyotesmokebreak]

Please stop telling me about your allergies. If you gotta bolt bc you could DIE just do it.

Clearly, that means this message is not for you. Move on.

[lew-basnight]

When I’m going to hang out in the yard I usually bring a banana or some other fruit, that I eat right away (because sitting outside and eating fruit is cool) and then I leave the peel/husk/core out someplace, not adjacent to where I’ll be sitting/working. The bees and wasps (and flies) will all zero in on it and have a lil party, and I can do what I’m doing without constant interference. (It’s the same as feeding your pets before you sit down to eat a meal — it distracts them from begging, and honestly a lot of dogs and cats prefer to eat along with their people. I know, it’s odd, but nice.)

[earhartsease]

Wasps are often more combative in the summer because they’re thirsty. Putting out a little dish of water for them is good. I was in the Spanish mountains one summer and put out a plate of water for the wasps whenever I was bathing, so they didn’t try to drink off me.

[sobadpink]

Yeah usually if you take a shallow dish out with water and even bits of food (especially fruit) while outside doing activities like reading/swimming/picnics/camping etc you’ll really take the aggression out of most wasps. They’re usually just hungry or thirsty. Just don’t set up camp right next to their nest lol

[3liza]

hi, i have had several near-death anaphylaxis events from yellowjacket stings and i have to carry an epi-pen. if a wasp stings me and i am not immediately stabbed with a large dose of epinephrine, i will suffocate and die within a few minutes. it is very likely i have brain damage from hypoxia from a wasp sting when i was about 4. so pay attention to what i am about to say:

all of the above advice works 100%. wasps and bees and all stinging critters are very very unlikely to sting you if you stay calm and move slowly. they are VERY LIKELY to sting you if you move quickly and jerkily, and are guaranteed to try to sting you if you attempt to kill them. they are not hunting you, they are not stupid, they know you are the size of a skyscraper. they will ONLY sting you if they believe you are trying to hurt or kill them.

many species of wasps, and especially yellowjackets, are solitary or social predators/scavengers. they are extremely intelligent, and aware of you as a fellow creature, whatever that may mean to their bug intelligence.

they are not mindless computers, they are more like little cats or wolves. and they are just doing what it takes to make a living on god’s gay earth: looking for food and water for their children 

it is very possible to change how you feel about things you are afraid of, even if you have a clinical phobia. for me, that always starts with knowing more about the thing that scares me.

[butchstalinist]

Here’s a good article on the subject if anyone’s curious! It goes into more detail about public perception of wasps. It not only talks about wasp’s ecological importance, but also how scientific understanding can work to change public opinion on wasps and their nests. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/een.12676 “ Why we love bees and hate wasps  “

[reinelefey]

So, I was previously on this post like “NOPE FUCK WASPS THEY CREEP ME OUT.” But. Uh. I made a wasp friend???!! I… She got trapped in my car, and I remembered this post, and instead of crashing/fleeing, I sat calmly while she sat on top of my hair, until I could stop the car, and get out. From this point, I expected her to GTFO AND LEAVE. She did not. I gave her water in a bottle cap, and some turkey from my lunch sandwich on my hood, and basically had a picnic with a wasp??? She flew off of me, no stinging, drank the water, maybe ate some turkey?? And then just landed on my hand and looked at me for a minute before flying away???

I don’t know WHY it sat on me and looked at me, and frankly I was a little terrified I was about to get stung, but she didn’t! I don’t understand wasp behaviour, and they still scare me, BUT. This post has some great points. If you can calm yourself long enough to put your fear aside, no stings! (Provided you’re calm, and move slowly.)

[probablyasocialecologist]

With the IPCC report and climate change in the news, a couple of reminders are due:

"The wealthiest 5% alone – the so-called “polluter elite” - contributed 37% of emissions growth between 1990 and 2015."

World's wealthiest 'at heart of climate problem'

The so-called “polluter elite” must change their lifestyles to tackle climate change, a report says.

"Luxury consumption by the rich concentrates economic activity and delivers negligible extra wellbeing, yet sucks up vast amounts of resources."

Why a more equal world would be easier to decarbonise

Demand would shift from luxuries to necessities.

"Affluent individuals can emit several ten thousand times the amount of greenhouse gases attributed to the global poor."

Bill Gates, Climate Warrior. And Super Emitter.

The billionaire’s new book, a bid to be taken seriously as a climate campaigner, has attracted the usual worshipful coverage. When will the

"Half of all our economic activity – all the mines, all the factories, all the power stations, all the shipping, and all of the ecological impact that’s associated with these things – is done to make rich people richer."

We can’t have billionaires and stop climate change

Ecological breakdown isn’t being caused by everyone equally. If we are going to survive the 21st century, we need to distribute income and w

"The wealthiest 0.54%, about 40 million people, are responsible for 14% of lifestyle-related greenhouse gas emissions."

Affluence is killing the planet, warn scientists

We need to move towards ‘sufficiency-oriented’ lifestyles.

The rich are primarily to blame for the global climate crisis!

Climate change: The rich are to blame, international study finds

The Leeds University study looked at 86 countries and came to broadly the same conclusions about the rich.

"The world’s superyacht fleet uses over thirty-two million gallons of oil and produces 627 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions a year . The world’s superyachts consume and pollute more than entire nations."

The Rich Are Committing Crimes Against Nature

Mansions, superyachts, luxury cars, and private jets produce more carbon emissions than whole countries. Researchers are calling it “green c

"The grim truth is that the rich are able to live as they do only because others are poor: there is neither the physical nor ecological space for everyone to pursue private luxury."

For the sake of life on Earth, we must put a limit on wealth | George Monbiot

Increased spending power leads to environmental damage. It’s time for a radical plan, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The wealthy pose our single biggest obstacle to environmental progress.

The World Would Be a Better Place Without the Rich

They coarsen our culture, erode our economic future, and diminish our democracy. The ultra-rich have no redeeming social value.

"The people who are actively cranking up the global thermostat and threatening to drown 20 percent of the global population are the billionaires in the boardrooms."

Billionaires Are the Leading Cause of Climate Change

As the world faces environmental disaster on a biblical scale, it's important to remember exactly who brought us here.

There no undivided, undifferentiated "humanity" that caused climate change. It is the fault of the ultra-rich, of capitalism, and of an economic system that prioritises growth over all else.

A better world is possible. It doesn't include rich people.

[infectedwithnyanites]

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[goth-aunt]

I am screaming lmao also this reminds me of @rosewater1997

[jayalaw]

@kingofthewilderwest

[lastoneout]

I really do love that people have legitimately always just been people. Like how many angry breakup texts have their been that end with “Come get your stuff or I’m donating it to goodwill”? People never change.

[sodomymcscurvylegs]

The concubine after reading this:

[moon-rise]

This is my new breakup format

[dancinbutterfly]

Fuck him and his harem. I hope Nisaba made you #1 wife, baby

[s1uts-deactivated20250921]

screaaaming me

[pisshandkerchief-deactivated202]

“pick up your flax shawls and sandals or else I will donate them to the temple of the moon god” idk why but this bit in particular is SENDING me humans have literally always been the same

[valtsv]

i hate it when someone asks me what my favorite work of art is because i can't say "the one of the woman chilling on the rocks with a dragon lying in her lap and giving off powerful big dick energy" but how else am i supposed to describe it

[valtsv]

this is the definition of living deliciously

[normal-horoscopes]

This is Dragon Resting It's Head On The Lap of a Woman by Robert Leinweber

[theconcealedweapon]

You'll notice that the "property damage should be punishable by death" crowd never call for the deaths of these police officers.

You'll notice that there are no Kyle Rittenhouses shooting these police officers in order to protect property.

That's because property rights only matter when it's rich people's property. Break a corporation's window? You should be shot. Destroy a homeless person's only possessions that they need to survive? Carry on.

[justsomeantifas]

thinking about how politicians insisted that children werent effected by corona and used the statistics of child cases from when schools and daycares were largely closed and now act like they never said that

[justsomeantifas]

thinking about how everyone keeps reframing the spread of new variants like the delta variant around the usa not providing enough vaccines instead of billionaires throwing temper tantrums at letting other countries mass produce vaccines of their own

[justsomeantifas]

thinking about how rich people are hiring private teachers for their kids while poor kids just get sick.

[justsomeantifas]

thinking about how kids in elementary schools literally cant be vaccinated but theyre opened anyway.

[teesatztexte]

i am so determined to fall more in love with life. intentionally romanticising the walks i am on, the birds chirping, the blooming nature around me, the water in my cup of tea turning from a light peach tone to a dark pink, the poetry i write, the things i am learning, my handwriting, dozing off while sitting in ront of my window, all of it and more. I have to take a closer look at the little things that make my heart beat faster.

[bigbootybuffet]

[edgar-allan-possum]

Ring's on the wrong finger. Sic em, Jason.

[slime-lilly-deactivated20220926]

[solosprincess]

Not to get emo on main but you ever think about how the troop sang about their dreams of finding “a girl worth fighting for”, and they think their girl worth fighting for is one of romance, but the song abruptly comes to a halt when they find a different girl worth fighting for.

A tiny girl that had been killed at the hands of the Huns. A child too weak, too small to have any chance of withstanding the murderous invaders. That is their girl worth fighting for.

[xxstar-bluesxx]

This is fucking horrific

[gay-jesus-probably]

It’s also worth noting that ‘A Girl Worth Fighting For’ is the last song in the movie. Up until here, it’s a fun movie, and the imminent invasion feels like it’s just there to keep the plot moving, and to provide a little bit of drama to spice things up. None of the soldier’s are quite taking this seriously yet; sure, Mulan wanted to save her father from the draft, and on some level she was aware that he would die if he went to war, but beyond that she’s interested in not being caught, and not shaming her family. Her motives are good, but they’re entirely self centered. All the other soldiers are more or less in the same boat - they want to get tougher, they want to impress girls, they want to be cool soldiers. Shang’s easily the most serious of the bunch at first, and even then it’s just because training bad soldiers will reflect poorly on him, and important people are paying attention.

The abrupt ending of ‘A Girl Worth Fighting For’ is the wake up call. The soldiers and the audience get slapped in the face with the realization of what’s really at stake here. China is being invaded. Villages are burning, civilians are dying, and this isn’t going to stop until the country is conquered or the invaders are defeated. This is not a fun musical, this is a major crisis.

Mulan is such a good movie for so many reasons, but the abrupt tone shift is such a major reason why. It’s an excellent commentary on the reality of war, and it being a kids movie just meant they had to make their point without showing any actual gore, which I’d honestly say makes it that much more poignant.

[shegos]

every friend group should have… (insp)

[did-you-know]

Billy Joel never sells tickets to the front rows of his concerts.

Aside from wanting to beat the scalpers, he got tired of all the bored, rich people staring up at him- so now, he sends his road crew out to bring down the fans from the worst seats so there’ll be “people in the front row that are really happy to be there, real fans.”

Source

[earth-tooth]

dont support industries that are driving animals to extinction thank you!

[tinysaurus-rex-deactivated20240]

Already reblogged one of these but another reminder: don’t by nautilus shells!

[margotgifs]

[medic981]

Lol @ John Cena’s facial expressions.

[medic981]

[brosef-von-dudehomie]

He’s so fucking upset about the cardboard cutout

[guerrillatech]

[dykecostanza-deactivated2024112]

obsessed with mrs space imperialist posting a 400 year old incel meme shitting on strawman sjws immediately after posting a photo of herself with the exact same hairstyle

[budgiesmuggled-deactivated20210]

Growing Older As Me: Dave. Originally posted by My Genderation on Youtube.

Dave, a 51 year-old trans man, sitting with his partner Donna in their backyard. Excerpts from their interviews.

TRANSCRIPT: DAVE: I’m Dave, I identify myself as male, and I work as a carer in a care home. I’ve known since I was 4. I’ve always wanted to be a boy, so it’s been a long time now. When I was younger, there was nothing around, so I couldn’t do anything about it then. So, I did it now. I went through the stage where I thought I was a lesbian. But I knew I wasn’t, because it wasn’t right for me. If you want something that badly, just do it and go for it. Because, at the end of the day, I’m happier in myself. I am who I am. DONNA: It takes guts and courage to stand up and say “This is who I am, and I’m going to change me outside, because I’m not happy.” Our lives are that much better because he’s happier in himself. Be brave. There’s always someone out there that’s going to care.

END TRANSCRIPT.