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[iriisae]

intro post i guess hii :)

ig this is a long overdue intro post but hii im isa i like bugs n fish n genshin n science n music n art :D im mainly active on my insta but im hoping to be a little more active n have some fun here too so feel free to send me some stuff (on the page or on my asks box) and i'll try reply or smth :]

what i've been up to !!

making my strawpage and it'll probably stay like that even though i said i wanted to try finish it... it's a bit silly but im p happy with it as a first time straw.pager B)

if you're on bugblr you might've been following along with my presentation ! all my notes are here and the proper write up will be added when we get to it :D >> notes (it's a google docs)

my reblogs are tagged as #reblog my original posts are tagged as #iriisays (fun pun right? iriisae, iriisays? hahaha... yeah)

i play genshin impact ! gi uid: 785615795

[ratbugs]

for some reason my perception/experience of wasps,

me -

a person who actively seeks them out, interacts with them on the daily, gets all up in their business, researches them

is continually deemed as less significant or trustworthy or accurate than the perception of a person who -

was stung one time and religiously avoided wasps ever since

you could be stung, once, twice, or even a hundred times.

it wouldn’t even come close to representing the nature of a taxonomic group that is comprised of hundreds of thousands of different species, and millions upon millions of individuals.

yet, you’d probably find, if you took the time to experience it. without fear, without hatred -

that wasps are gentle, curious, brilliant, beautiful, intelligent, indescribably valuable gems made of all the wonder the earth has to offer

animals who, like all others, want nothing more than to survive.

maybe even, if they’re lucky enough -

to live.

[kingthekoshka]

Basically my first thought when this scene came up....my second thought being "omg venti"

I know he probably couldn't see the little projections of venti and varka and whatever but imagine if he could he'd be so confused

[quakerjoe]

[ratbugs]

encouraging anyone who is ever thinking about typing or speaking the cursed words:

‘but [insert organism here] does nothing for the environment!’

to just

for a second. then follow these instructions:

(1) open up a web browser.

(2) type in ‘does [insert organism here] do anything for the environment?’

(3) learn something.

so many stupid fucking conversations could have been avoided with these few, easy steps.

[iriisae]

oftentimes if its on the planet it does or has done something

theyre also just often underappreciated so place show [insert organism here] some well deserved publicity and praise

[feminist-space]

[hydrachea]

> turns on my computer

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> opens my email

> disables a new AI feature that was turned on by default

> launches a software

> disables a new AI fea

[iriisae]

why is it more difficult to turn off what should be OPTIONAL features

[aforest2006remaster]

yesterday i made a beetle out of soda tabs and wire. we took the bus home.

[su-rodriguez]

ragebaiter flins, my favorite flins

[myriad-of-things]

my little brother tried to show me a "cool trick" where he entered my name and hometown into chatgpt and tried to get it to pull up my personal info like it did on all of his friends, then was absolutely shocked when it couldn't find anything on me

so. keep practicing basic internet safety, guys. it still works. don't put your personal info on social media, keep all your accounts on private, turn off ai scraping on every site that you can, enable all privacy features on social media apps. our info still can be protected, we have to keep fighting for control

[iriisae]

i admit i used to find all the online safety briefings they hammered down our throats a bit boring because it was all the same things over and over again and it seemed like common sense

but nowadays, whether its because it doesn't seem like there's a real interaction going on or this info seems like common sense people are desensitised to the idea of online safety, in an age where everything is accessible online with phishing and fraud like deepfakes and the like, EVERYONE should be educated on how to stay safe online.

the risks and dangers of sharing your information online is just the same, if not heightened, as if the information were shouted out in public

[alexyz-ara-archer]

Flins' hair bursting into flames like Mavuika's and the very serious problem it poses

[haughtyraban]

“there’s an ai tool for that” okay ?? there’s probably an ed sheeran song for it too who gives a fuck

[iriisae]

my school dished out those phone pouches

they’re going about randomly checking students like airport security with metal detector wands

only 3 out of the xyz pouch openers were available when i was walking out…

it stinks like asphalt, an ugly off brand traffic cone orange and it’s pretty bulky

at least i can decorate it i guess..

[iriisae]

it was world bee day yesterday (or today if youre in certain timezones maybe (20 of may)) and i just wanna show off the really cute card my friend made for me :))

The inside says:

Dear Isabella, Happy world bee day. I hope that you and your insect tumblr friends enjoy celebrating. I also hope that you come across a couple today. From [her name] <3

[iriisae]

i did my bug presentation and got a distinction !!

i was actually shaking like a leaf while i was up there but ykyk it all worked out in the end !!

[ratbugs]

my pretty baby rescue roachy hanging out in her pumpkin 🎃 🪳

so fucking cute the way she’s got her bug paws perched up there like she’s sitting at her window or something

with her big ol’ sniffer antennae going to town

just a lovely little buggy enjoying a lovely little buggy moment 🥺💕

[ratbugs]

since we were talking about it. . .

this is an invasive species in my area. highly highly fucking invasive (though we can talk about how they’re incredibly supported by urban/developed human settlement and mostly prevail in these areas forever but blah blah blah) -

but how can you look at this sweet baby. this sweet baby ALIVE just. . . having a little moment of life and not think she deserves that.

it isn’t always possible to provide this kind of kindness when it comes to invasive species

but sometimes it is.

when i found her cold stunned on my driveway i could’ve gone, oh she’s invasive and half dead already. might as well just make it quick and be done with it (lets ignore the incredibly overlooked reality of the fact that individual invasive species control is. . . so often ineffective at best if not harmful at worst but also let’s not ignore it).

but i fucking didn’t. i had a terrarium already well suited to her needs. i had the fucking option. so now here she is, safe and warm and alive and enjoying it and it breaks my fucking heart i can’t do this for all invasive species but i can try and i can do my best and i can do what i can

because they deserve this, they all fucking do.

the bloodlust people have for killing invasive species is actually bad and it does need to be criticized.

if you don’t first understand the worth of life how can you expect to be able to protect it.

[iriisae]

i’ve got my bug presentation tomorrow ahaha.. ha :D