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🚨Safety Alert Australia
If you rely on a hidden phone for your safety, be aware that Australia’s new emergency warning system, AusAlert, can send alerts that override silent and “Do Not Disturb” settings.
If safe to do so, turn off any hidden device before the scheduled test and only switch it back on after the test period has ended.
A national test alert will be sent at 2pm (AEST) on 27 July 2026.
all i want for 2026 is that gigantic rancid AI bubble to finally burst in such a catastrophic way that the consequences will be so good and i'll never have to see another AI generated image ever again
Like to charge, reblog to cast.
USA Native Plant Resource Masterlist
Because Google is totally useless and won't help you with ANYTHING
iNaturalist: Take photos of living things you see, post them, and the community will identify them for you. Data from iNaturalist is used in scientific research.
Wildflower.org Plant Database: Enter search criteria and find some plants. Very useful if you're looking for plants with specific qualities or know what you have in mind.
Native Plant Finder: This website is still in beta and is a work in progress, but it will show you plants for your area ranked by the number of butterflies that use them for their caterpillars.
WildflowerSearch: AMAZING resource for identification and for learning about new plants. Shows you where plants are native/not native, TONS of search filters.
Native Plant Trust: A New England organization, but probably useful to anyone.
Northern Forest Atlas: Great images and identification resources for trees; has good pictures of bark, seeds, buds, leaves.
FloraFinder: Another plant database site that's being slowly built up by a passionate nerd.
MonarchWatch milkweed by USA ecoregion: Tells you what milkweed species you should plant for monarch butterflies.
Native Beeology: Not plants, but a closely related subject.
I will add more and post an updated list as I find more.
Y'all if you're American please email your politicians and senators against the parents decide act. I'm fucking begging because we're reaching a tipping point.
Quick and easy link to both find your congressmen/women and giving you a quick and easy way to copy / paste the message into it. You want to oppose. It's an act that will demand that all major OS makers integrate a direct forced age verification control into all OS.
I received a comment on this that I figured would be very helpful- it's a template for communicating with your representatives. Be sure to use it for reference
Dear Representative [Name],
I am writing to express my strong opposition to H.R. 8250 (The "Parents Decide Act"). As your constituent and a concerned citizen, I believe this bill introduces unprecedented risks to digital privacy and security.
Specifically, I am alarmed by:
SEC. 2(a)(1)(B): Requiring age verification to even use an operating system creates a mandatory "hardware lockout" that ends anonymous computing and forces users to hand over sensitive identification data to major corporations just to power on their devices.
SEC. 2(a)(3): Mandating that OS providers create a system for all app developers to access verification data is a massive security vulnerability. This effectively creates a centralized API of user identities accessible to thousands of third-party developers, many of whom may lack adequate data protection.
This bill does not protect children; it creates a centralized surveillance infrastructure at the OS level. I urge you to protect the privacy of your constituents and vote NO on H.R. 8250.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Zip Code]
This is a hell that us down under in Australia are already living in, and it’s not even effective at what it claims to do in protecting children.
Given that, in the wake of this mandatory identification policy, my country seems to be moving to hand over its citizens biometric data, like fingerprints, Face ID files, and identification documents, over to the USA and to ICE to maintain the visa free travel (ESTA) we have, I strongly urge any US resident to send these emails, or make calls.
But if you can’t do that, the most powerful thing you can do is spread the word. Tell your friends, family, coworkers, anyone who can help.
My reach will likely be small, and so I don’t know if this will mean very much in the grand scheme of things, but I cannot stand to see this tracking happen to another population as it did to mine.
And if you think it won’t affect you, it will. All anonymity goes out the window when your accounts can be linked via your personal ID
I wish you all luck in preventing this act from going through.
Happy Ostara !!! It’s the first day of spring and it’s time to declutter, light a candle and burn intentions in the flames. Fill a wick basket and fill it with flowers and painted eggs. Do anything fun or freeing for yourself today. Let the warmth come onnn
Support a Class Action Lawsuit of Tumblr for its Discrimination of Transfems
I have created a Discord server to, well, do what is in the title of this post. Please join to support this movement, and please reblog for reach. I will not be able to do this on my own.
Check out the Transfem Tumblr Class Action Lawsuit Organising community on Discord – hang out with 2 other members and enjoy free voice and
If you cannot or do not want to join this Discord but want to support, please DM me instead to see what you can do.
If you were affected by the recent ban wave or any other moderation action, please either join the Discord or message @transfeminist-action to let us know! We are still working on the lawsuit, we have not just gone down quietly. We've starting speaking with lawyers at this point, and have monthly meetings available to anyone on the server to help guide our progress.
If you can't join the Discord, please follow the linked blog instead! We are setting up monthly announcements and more on that blog. We also have a Bluesky account by the same name if you wish to follow that instead.
BLM has published a plan to maximize logging in Oregon forests, including old growth forests, without due regard to wildlife (including endangered species) and waterways. They're claiming it will help prevent forest fires, though that seems to be contrary to current science, including that published by the forest service (you can find a list of sources here). This is in response to Trump's executive orders 14223, Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Timber, Lumber, and Their Derivative Products and 14225, Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production.
We have 30 days to submit comments if we want to prevent this. This article has suggestions for what you can say, and how:
One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.
You can read more about it here:
Conservationists say proposal to “maximize” logging across nearly 2 million acres of Western Oregon BLM lands would devastate fish, wildlife
If you live in Oregon and you love our forests, please submit a comment before March 23rd.
If you don't live here, it would be super helpful if you could reblog to spread the word.
I think people forget how much scrap material is around us everyday they can use in magic. Especially fabric.
The amount of charm bags and pouches i make from old ripped up shirts or scrab fabric is nuts. You don't need to be using big chunky martials or jars for everything when thrift stores have soooo much fabric waiting to be adopted and put to use.
Get crafty witches
Hello friends, some places are going to get snow that aren't very used to snow. As a result, emergency rooms are probably going to see an increase in heart attacks due to people shoveling snow (we call certain snowfalls widowmakers for a reason!).
If you and your loved ones don't want to experience this, please be sure to gently warm yourselves up (exercise wise, although clothing wise is good to) before shoveling any snow. Learn the signs of a heart attack and listen to your bodies!
A freshly shoveled driveway is nice, but living is even nicer.
This is no joke! My perfectly healthy uncle died at 52 from this. And I had a neighbor who died in his late 30's too. When the body isn't used to strenuous activity in the cold, it creates a temperature differential that can cause a heart attack. Please be careful!
New Englander and biologist here! This is all correct and EXTREMELY important.
The biggest thing to understand here is that this isn't, "Oh, you can die from exercise if you're out of shape!"
This is, "You can die from strenuous exercise in the cold, regardless of your physical fitness."
Your circulatory system is a major, major part of how your body maintains a regular body temperature. When it's really hot out, blood vessels dilate (widen), which thins the walls a bit and makes it easier for heat to escape the blood stream. This is why when you are really hot (it's hot outside, or you just finished a work out at the gym), you get flushed. The red color of your skin is from dilating blood vessels.
In contrast, to conserve heat in the cold, your blood vessels constrict. When they get narrower, the walls are thicker, and heat can't escape as well.
But the problem is that when blood vessels narrow, it increases your blood pressure. A lot. And if you are not in peak cardiovascular shape, this can be a huge risk for your heart if you then do a lot of strenuous exercise, which shoveling absolutely is. When I was going to the gym regularly, it was still tough.
Tips to decrease your chances of dying from shoveling:
Try not to lift snow when you shovel. It's better to push it to the side whenever you can, and if you do have to lift it, that's okay, but don't dramatically toss it over your shoulder. Just kind of lift it off the ground and dump it aside. Keep everything low to the ground.
Bundle up. The warmer you can keep your body using insulation, the less your blood vessels will have to constrict. This is especially important for your core, but also your arms and legs.
Consider compression socks, if you have any, to keep your blood flowing easily in your lower legs.
As mentioned above, do an actual exercise warm-up before you shovel. Again, it's not that shoveling is an Olympic sport, it's that you are about to put a huge strain on your cardiovascular system and you need to prepare.
Take frequently breaks inside. This is probably the most important one, and the one that a lot of people are the worst at. Don't power through to finish it all in one go. Set a loud timer on your phone and take lots and lots of breaks. Take those breaks inside where it's warm. Because again, the issue isn't just the activity, but the temperature.
Finally, and I can't stress this enough: NOT shoveling is not laziness, and if you can avoid doing it while still clearing your walkways, steps, or driveway, you should. This could mean using a snow blower if you can get your hands on one, but it could also mean hiring someone or using a lot of ice melt. Ice melt isn't ideal because it doesn't really clear snow, but it's better than nothing, will help prevent slipping accidents if you use it consistently, it's easy to apply, and you can get pet-safe versions.
Hiring someone isn't a sign of laziness or a privileged attempt to avoid a chore that we all should have to live with. Hire someone with better cardiovascular fitness! Hire someone who owns proper winter gear! Hire someone who is well-practiced in shoveling so they don't overtax themselves! Hire someone who owns a snow blower! Again, I live in New England, so your mileage may vary, but our town's facebook page is littered with high schoolers and their parents leaving phone numbers and neighborhoods and cost estimates. Others are offering it for free for elderly and disabled neighbors. This isn't like hiring a house cleaner or a landscaper.
When it comes to clearing snow, we really do need to do it, since otherwise sidewalks become impassable or dangerously icy. But anyone who complains that, "Oh, people are so LAZY about it!" needs to stop, and everyone needs to remember and understand that clearing snow in the cold is extremely dangerous, and we have to take care of our circulatory system when we do it.
We're calling on YOU to speak up for the ocean!
🌊 The ocean belongs to all of us.
It’s where we find joy, connection, livelihoods, and wonder, and we all deserve a say in what happens to it.
Right now, there’s an opportunity to speak up against a proposed expansion to offshore drilling. Your public comment can make a real difference.
💙 Your voice matters. Your love for the coast matters. Let’s protect the places that give us so much—for ourselves and for future generations.
Speak up. Get involved. Stand up for our coast.
Follow the link below to submit a public comment.
Offshore drilling disrupts ocean wildlife and harms the fragile systems that keep the ocean healthy. Here are three actions you can take to
General Advice for Beginner Witches
A brief masterpost of some of my advice posts for beginner witches and the episodes of my podcast dealing with the same. (There is UPG here, particularly where marked, as I base a good deal of my advice on my own experience and observations of other witches.)
Hex Positive Podcast Episodes
Hex Positive, Ep. 04 - Advice for Beginner Witches (July 2020)
Hex Positive, Eps. 6-7 - Come In For A Spell 1 & 2 (Sept 2020)
Hex Positive, Ep. 12 - Witching From The Broom Closet (Jan 2021)
Hex Positive, Ep. 24 - Warding A Witchy Home (Dec 2021)
Hex Positive, Ep. 27 - When Inspo Takes A Holiday (March 2022)
General Tips & Advice
I Feel Like I Might Be A Witch...But I Don't Know
I Have Mental Health Issues - Can I Still Be A Witch?
Can I Still Be A Witch And Use Magic If I Take Medication?
How Do I Teach Myself To Believe In Magic?
How Does Magic Work? (upg ahoy)
Will I Be Possessed Or Haunted If I Try Witchcraft?
What Are Some Things I Can Do To Get Started?
How Can I Start My Practice If I Don't Have Tools Or Books?
How Do I Organize My Study Materials?
How Do I Contact A Deity?
How Do I Worship My Deity If I Can't Have An Altar?
Tips On Working With Deities And Spirits (here be upg)
My Intuitive Spark Feels Low - How Do I Get It Back?
I'm In A Slump - How Do I Get Out Of It?
I've Reached A Stopping Point - What Do I Do Next?
My Candle Is Flickering - Does It Mean Something Bad?
How Do I Make A Magic Circle For Spellcasting?
What Happens If I Get Interrupted While Casting A Spell?
Do I Need To Maintain Positive Vibes For My Spells To Work?
What Should I Do If I REALLY Want To Hex Someone?
How Do I Know / What Do I Do If I've Been Hexed?
How Do I Become More Skilled And More Powerful?
How Do I Know When I'm Ready For The Next Step In My Practice?
Additional Tips For Developing Your Practice
Witchcraft Exercise - Quantifying Your Craft
Witchcraft Exercise - Dig Through The Ditches
Witchcraft Exercise - The Book of Lessons
Witchcraft Exercise - Home Brews
Tips on How to Visualize and Construct Basic Wards
Practicing Your Warding Technique
Cleansing Before Warding / Warding A Shared Space
Refreshing / Patching Existing Wards
Non-Appropriative Herbs for Smoke-Cleansing
Smokeless Cleansing / Other Methods
Recommended Reading & Book Suggestions
UPDATES:
"Witch" Is A Gender Neutral Term (Yes, It Is. Shut Up.)
Critical Thinking Should Play A Role Building In Your Craft
Learn About Baneful Magic...Even If You Never Intend To Use It
Tips for Fact-Checking Your Witchcraft Sources
PSA - Will It Summon Demons?
The Toad Talk on Curse-Shaming
Friendly Reminder - Your Tools Don't Hate You
How Do I Know If I've Been Cursed And What Can I Do About It?
I'm Not Sure Where To Start. Is It Okay To Dabble?
I Feel Tired After Spellwork. Is This Normal? How Do I Deal With It?
How Can I Use Local Plants In My Practice If I Can't Find Magical Correspondences For Them?
Additional Resources
2025 Witches Calendar
Full Moon Info Post Series
How To Write Your Own Spells
Witchcraft Exercises for Building Your Craft
Witchcraft Supply Recommendation Roundup
Additional Book Recommendations
JSTOR Articles on the History of Witchcraft, Witch Trials, and Folk Magic Beliefs
Podcast Recs - Witches and Witchcraft in History
Podcast Recs - Debunking and Fact-Checking for Witchcraft Spaces
Creature-Wizard's Guide To Recognizing and Avoiding Conspiracy Theories and New Age Cult Scams In Witchcraft and Pagan Spaces
Additional Episodes of Hex Positive
Ep. 034 - Building Your Witchcraft Library (May 2023)
Ep. 035 - Money Magic (or Why I'm Not A Rich Witch) (June 2023)
Ep. 037 - Cleaning, Cleansing, and Magical Germophobia (August 2023)
Ep. 038 - Creating Your Personal Grimoire (September 2023)
Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.
Further, some authors may never even find out the lawsuit is happening. The court's suggested notification scheme "would require class claimants to themselves notify other potential rightsholders," groups said, overlooking the fact that it cost Google $34.5 million "to set up a 'Books Rights Registry' to identify owners for payouts under the proposed settlement" in one of the largest cases involving book authors prior to the AI avalanche of lawsuits.
If you're an author, please use this database to see if you could qualify for that sweet GenAI lawsuit money.
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
I have never ever ever in my life asked someone to blaze my posts.
But if you want to throw me some pennies blaze this. I want ALL OF THE AUTHORS to know that they have the opportunities to get some sweet sweet GenAI lawsuit money.
Like to charge. Reblog to cast that Anthropic will have to pay out the ass.
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There are only around 1,500 native Cherokee speakers left, and most of them are elders
Little Cherokee Seeds is a program where mothers and babies spend all day with first language Cherokee speakers, speaking nothing but Cherokee, so that the babies become a new generation of native speakers. They're also teaching traditional skills and mothering practices to the mothers to pass on.
This is so so important for the survival of the language. These babies are on track to being fluent first language speakers, and they will be able to keep the language going for another lifetime.
I recommend checking out the little cherokee seeds facebook page!!
Little Cherokee Seeds is fundraising for a new program for the children ages 3 - 6 to continue their journeys as first language Cherokee speakers!
Donate here to help Wegi and the other Cherokee Sprouts grow!
It makes me incredibly uncomfortable when white witches will just label anything from Asian religions/folk magic/spiritual traditions as witchcraft or sorcery or "magick", just throwing this one out there in November 2025.
Requisite Yearly We Do Not Buy from Baker Creek post
It's seed catalog time! One of my favorite times of year, honestly. While my garden mostly sleeps, full of dry leaves and fluffed-up birds and cold breezes, I'm indoors contemplating tomato varieties and telling myself that *this* will at last be the year I get the peas in on time.
As it is that appointed time, my usual yearly reminder: don't buy from Baker Creek!
Baker Creek are racist, fascist assholes! They intended to platform Cliven Bundy at their yearly conference, and Native seedkeepers have said that Baker Creek stole from them (and sell the product of that theft). They did a For Ukraine fundraiser that actually went to a far-right Ukrainian organization invested in obliterating LGBT rights.
Baker Creek might have some fun varieties of seed, but I can very nearly guarantee that if you see something there you want, I can find it or an analogue for you somewhere else.
Here's a selection of seed companies I personally have bought from, or people I trust have recommended; there will be a secondary and possibly tertiary reblog, since Tumblr only allows me to do ten links at once. If there's a company you've bought from and liked, please leave a review for them in the comments! What did you get, what did you like, how was the germination? Native Seed Companies: (please, please feel free to add more in comments to this post)
Discover unique heirloom and non-GMO seeds at Alliance of Native Seedkeepers. As a Native American-led store, we specialize in over 1,500 va
Native Seeds Search is a non-profit that conserves and sells heirloom seeds, foods and Native American art and jewelry from the Southwest. W
Companies Specializing in Native Pollinator Plants and Seed:
Butterfly Plants and Seeds for your garden by Joyful Butterfly, native, always safe for all pollinators! Attract butterflies. Shop Now!
New to me last year, but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED seed preservation company (they have an incredible selection! My 2023 germination of their seed was like 98%! But they only accept paper order forms):
Heirloom seeds, organic sweet potato slips and heritage poultry. Sandhill Preservation Center has over 2500 varities to choose from.
Cool weird nightshades, I got a bunch of dwarf tomato seeds from them last year and THEY didn't suffer from peppergate because they're a small company that does a lot of their own seed:
Many new Heirloom Vegetable Seeds are available: Tomatoes, Peppers, Kohlrabi, Pumpkin, Lettuce, Cabbage, Corn, Beet, Herbs, Carrot, Onion, B
A list of ten more companies or so, which I buy from every year, will follow in a reblog in about two minutes; please share that one instead of this one.
Seed Companies From Whom I Buy Seeds Every Year:
Since 1975, Seed Savers Exchange has worked to keep heirloom seeds where they belong, in our gardens and on our tables.
Johnny's helps growers and gardeners succeed with superior seeds, tools and service. Quality vegetable, herb and flower seeds including cert
Want to try just a few of something? Seedsnow is *really cheap*.
Shop unique and rare seeds for organic gardening. All NON-GMO heirloom Non-Hybridized OP seed varieties! Buy seeds online and get FAST Shipp
Harris Seeds has been a leading supplier of the finest quality vegetable seeds, flower seeds, plants, and supplies for growers across the co
Year Round Source For Home Gardeners! Huge selection of Vegetable Seeds including Heirlooms & Organics, as well as Flower and Herb seeds, an
I got my first real year of tomato seeds from Totally Tomatoes, and a full decade on I'm still getting germination from packets I bought that season:
Totally Tomatoes is family owned & operated. We are a leading supplier of non-GMO, heirloom, vegetable plants & seeds, herbs, fruit, and sup
HUGE selection of most every kind of bean you might want to grow:
Garden seeds, plants, accessories including vegetable seeds, perennials, annuals, fruits, bulbs, roses and trees, Learn miniature and contai
Uprising Seeds is a small family run certified organic seed farm and the culmination of years of fresh market farming, variety trialing, see
It's not a bad idea to get in on Autumn and Winter seed sales--things are pretty rough right now, planning a garden can give you the feeling of a bit more stability and control--so I'm reposting this a bit early, this year!
Look through the notes for other people's reblogs with comments for other seed companies, too! Some great stuff in there.
For people who only have the use of one hand/arm or know or live with someone who only has the use of one hand/arm, what are some adaptive items that have made household tasks easier? Anything from cooking and cleaning to getting dressed and hygiene or anything else you can think of.
A family member recently lost the use of her non-dominant hand, and I am looking for things to make her life easier when she gets home, as I won't always be there to help her.
Reblogs appreciated so this reaches people who may have input. Thank you!
Some have interpreted the Christian elements in folk magic to mean that European folk magic must be practiced as “Christian folk magic.” However, this is not necessarily the case. The presence of Christian elements in the historical record reflects the lived reality of the people, not a theological necessity for the magic itself. Just as folk practices once incorporated Christian motifs due to their cultural ubiquity, we also find evidence of ceremonial magical influences appearing in folk practices when such systems gained popularity or prestige among curious laypeople.
Foundations of Hagstone Witchery from Hagstone Witchery
