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[libertarirynn-deactivated202006]

Seriously just a bit of pollen could make your cat sick within a matter of minutes. Stay far away from Easter lilies if you have kitties!

[veterinaryrambles]

Lilies, including the pollen, are FATAL to cats!

[therestlesswitch]

It’s nearing that time again. Remember, if you have a cat, don’t bring Easter lillies, or any in the same family, into your home!

[plantanarchy]

Of all the plants people claim to be toxic to cats, this is THE plant to watch out for.

Poinsettias? potentially irritating sap, would need excessive doses to be toxic. Pothos? mildly irritating crystals in the leaves. Lilies? Organ failure.

Specifically, plants in the genus Lilium (Easter, Oriental, Tiger, Stargazer, etc etc) are the bad ones. Lily is a common name shared among a lot of different plants, some more or less toxic, but it’s the Liliums that are documented to be deadly to cats, specifically in causing kidney failure.

Amaryllis and Daffodils are other lily relatives that can be toxic, though not to the same level.

Daylilies (Hemerocalis) are unrelated plants but often listed as toxic (I’ve seen some debates from daylily people as to how true this is but better safe than sorry).

Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis) is not actually a lily but is very toxic to humans as well as animals, though for different reasons than Liliums, causing cardiac issues.

Peace Lilies (Spathiphyllum) are also unrelated and closer in the level of toxicity as a pothos, containing mildly irritating crystals but not deadly

Azalea/Rhododendrons are also a potential spring bloomer I would look out for, especially as I’ve seen a rise in popularity of the forced florist type azaleas this spring as an indoor pot plant. Ingestion can cause organ failure.

[lex-artis-studios]

Vet tech here, this is all true. Do not bring lilies into your house this season if you have cats. Even if they’re ‘in a room where the cat doesn’t go’ or ‘the cat can’t reach it’. You want to know what owners tell me when they bring their cats in for lily ingestion treatment? The flowers were ‘in a room where the cat doesn’t go, but I went in there and then the phone rang so I left to get it, I only left the door open a minute’, and ‘they were up on top of the fridge where the cat can’t get, but it dropped some leaves.’ Just don’t risk it.

[zincpills]

save the kitties!

[basinke]

I don’t even brush by lilies in the store. Absolutely avoid, cat people.

[uss-edsall]

[fooiinneeee]

*Parallels*

year 1: The Boys // Goodbye for the Summer

year 2: Moved-in // Goodbye for the Summer - Part 1

year 3: WAG // Cup V - Post

inspired by @the-katfish​ (x)

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I don’t believe it. Thanks, I hate it.

[therobotmonster]

Okay, here’s what the headline doesn’t tell you:

It was made by a single industrial design student as a project.

It’s mainly intended to provide a larger scale demonstration of how bees pollinate because actual bees are tiny and you can’t see what’s going on when they do it. It’s primarily an educational tool.

But aside that, if you ever wonder why scientists work on all these little patch solutions for large, systemic problems, its because the people doing science research are not the people deciding how national and international policy is made.

Every time a scientist talks about how they’re working on something like de-extinction projects or artificial albedo creation there’s the inevitable sneering about how “we should just not let the animals go extinct in the first place” or “we should cut back on carbon emissions” as if those were not decisions being made by governments and oligarchs.

An industrial design student’s authority in his society stops at “make a cute robot”.

And also, this is your daily reminder that “headlines are lies designed to make you mad and/or get you to read the article.”

[chilewithcarnage]

[catsbeaversandducks]

Via @korvys​ (Twitter)

[cornistasiathecoblinking]

I’m glad humans evolved to Boop the Snoot for Good Luck.

[headspace-hotel]

glowing as though holy

[ttbret]

“There is no damage control in this family.”

Being a good partner means cosplaying your wife’s dnd character 😈 Introducing Tennant Crowcolt, tiefling heir to the Crowcolt criminal empire and everyone’s favorite “wife guy” - appearing in a weekly gothic horror campaign every Sunday on @starlighttales twitch! ✨ If you like queer dnd you’re gonna love this. 👀 @sirussly

[mblueberry]

I *gasped*

[justalurkr]

[swordshapedleaves]

This is basically what my physical therapist had me do for my back problems last year and it helped with the pain so much! Also walk for at least thirty minutes a day, even if it's just in small chunks throughout the day.

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

somewhere in the world

a mother is singing her baby a lullaby for the first time, a shelter cat is going home with an excited family, a kid is starting the first pages of what will be their favorite book series, a couple in a long engagement is finally having their wedding, a gardener is stepping outside to see their produce flourishing and almost ready to be picked, a father is becoming a grandfather eager to hold his new little love, a teenager is putting the keys into their first car, someone is moving on from a break up and walking past a place they used to go with their ex without feeling an ache, a patient is taking their first steps forward after a long surgery, a child is getting all giddy with anticipation for their birthday party

because life all around us is beautiful even though there is chaos and sorrow that can often overshadow it.

[cursmudgeon]

Reason number 34862 why my mom is cooler than I ever will be: she just posted this on Facebook unprompted

[cursmudgeon]

[gaylienz]

happy PRIDE i’m here i’m queer and i believe the land should be given back to the proper indigenous stewards.

[gaylienz]

Non-Natives reblogging this are great and wonderful

[lierdumoa]

Please remember that "land back" does not mean "indigenous people are mystical elves with innate epigenetic wisdom of land stewardship and they don't belong in big cities," nor does it mean "non-indigenous people can't be farmers." What it DOES mean is that "non-indigenous farmers should be paying the equivalent of property taxes to the native governments their land was stolen from." It means, "there's a great deal of indigenous scholarship on sustainable agricultural practices that farmers should be taking into account, because indigenous agriculture was more advanced than European agriculture at the time Europe invaded the Americas and western agriculture *still* hasn't caught up in terms of figuring out how to produce equivalently high crop yields without compromising the ecosystem." It means, "non-indigenous farmers should be in an intellectual discourse with indigenous agricultural scientists and indigenous peoples that still do traditional farming, figuring how to repair the damage western farming practices have done to the ecosystem."

[red-dead-revival]

It also means that indigenous peoples should regain the right to sustain themselves on the land according to the practices they want, and they should have free reign to perform their cultural practices and protect their holy sites, as opposed to the current model where if they try to honor their dead on public lands they get violently removed.

[dulceskull]

Some personal art for today, a little bit of reflection.

[delirious--mistakes]

[silentwalrus1]

[spirit-of-science]

[urbanfantasyinspiration]

Every day we stray further from God

[silent-calling]

Yeah and nearer pussy

[1percentcharge]

Pirate jokes

[metalheadsagainstfascism]

"Walkable city" is not "City where to have to walk everywhere."

"Walkable city" is.

Sidewalks big enough to fit you, your stroller, your wheelchair, your guide dog, or anything else you need when you're getting from one place to another.

Safe crosswalks frequent enough so you don't need to walk in traffic.

Bike lanes to keep bikes out of foot traffic and car traffic.

Accessible and affordable public transit.

Cities where the essentials are close enough you can travel on foot (or in wheelchair)

Cities where it's reasonable to be able to get from point a to point b without requiring you, yourself, to drive

People get so caught up in the "Walkable" part of the term and like to spout "Walkable cities are abelist because not everyone can walk".

Bitch. The modern city structure is abelist because not everyone can drive. And classist because not everyone can afford a car and it's pretty damn impossible to get a job if you don't have a car.

Walkable cities are cities where people can reasonably get from pointA to pointB without requiring a motor vehicle.

"But fae. Disabled people have issues using the paths in modern cities." Bitch abled people can barely use the paths in modern cities. That's kind of the fucking problem.

Also walkable cities have fucking benches. Not only for disabled people. But sometimes you just twist your ankle and need to sit for a moment.

"Put fae. If you have benches, homeless people will sleep on them."

Then get fucking housing for the homeless. Problem solved. They'll sleep in their nice warm homes instead of on the benches.

-fae

[elf-kid2]

Additional things I’d like for the Walkable Cities:

-Water-Fountains. Just, free, public water-fountains. Maybe also get the kind that has the “for dogs” lower spigot/bowl thing? But definitely water-fountains.

-Public Parks (at least those that reach a certain size) should have Public Restrooms. Again, this just makes life better for everyone.

[tio-trile]

POV you’re just a little hater

[mblueberry]

it's wonderful to see, especially in a world where cynicism and despair and suffering are so commonplace, people come together and connect over a story about the power of love

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

[pulpwrit3r]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[altospaceangel]

This is still one of the top posts to come out of covid