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Record 8,000 pounds of pythons pulled from southwest Florida using sex drive

Biologists removed 8,080 pounds of invasive Burmese pythons from the outskirts of Naples in just six months. The biggest snake was 17 feet l

Another great reason to move to Florida

noxochitlah

Man discovers squirrels hug, and kiss loved ones, in privacy of their homes.

#Youtube

iamjapanese

SHŌDA Kōhō（庄田耕峯 Japanese, 1877-1924）

Moonlit Sea 1930？

woodblock print

bluelady127

My kind of person!

cfnmmakesmehard

This is the actions of a hero! Well done Sir!

myheartflutters

Bring a touch of enchantment to your everyday space with this adorable Cherry Blossom Dragon. Inspired by blooming sakura trees and whimsical forest magic, this charming creature is designed to brighten desks, bookshelves, gaming setups, and cozy reading corners alike. (VIA AVAILABLE HERE)

boschintegral-photo

Azalea

#azalea #azaleas #photographers on tumblr #original photography

the-supernatural-atheist

if theres one thing that really pissed me off from my 3 years of architecture i took in high school it's learning about how we used to have all these little techniques to maximize or minimize heat or warmth and now we just merrily abandoned all those to have the same copypaste style buildings everywhere that are often INCREDIBLY unoptimized to the local weather and climate so we can just throw more money at our heating and cooling bills

the-supernatural-atheist

where i live it is hot as balls approximately 80% of the year. i do not want a massive butt-ugly grey mcmansion with a huge echoey open-concept kitchen-livingroom-foyer-diningroom-staircase that has huge windows so i can have an hvac unit the size of a barge heaving and straining to keep it at a constant 72 the grees. i want a north indian traditional style home with small windows to force the airflow to cool, decorative grates to limit the amount of sunlight, and a COURTYARD with a POND *smashes unspecified large object*

makaeru

I hate learning about instances of "oh yeah we know how to do that, we just don't".

marzipanandminutiae

this is exactly why I love talking about historical passive heating and cooling techniques

oh wow the glass-tower office buildings we constructed when we thought air conditioning and central heating would never have downsides...have downsides?

and we're still building them?

while the Victorian house museum where I work, with thick walls and small windows and big wooden shutters stays ~10 degrees above (winter) or below (summer) the outside temperature for days on end with no help at all?

uh. okay then

(also public transit. the history of public transit in the US is infuriating, because we had it! and then we destroyed it!)

headspace-hotel

THIS IS SO TRUE

headspace-hotel

in some cases it goes back to colonialism. colonizers trying to put a certain aesthetic that was thought of as more valuable or attractive in a place we were trying to force to be the way we wanted.

Trying to import a new culture, and replace the old culture, bringing in the architectural ideas of the old place. ignoring the local climate and ecology

kangamommynow

I grew up in an adobe house with passive solar. My mom designed it to use as little AC as possible, even in the middle of a New Mexico summer. With a little work (opening the top and bottom windows in the evening to release the warm air and draw in the cool desert night air), and thoughtful design (thick adobe walls), it was always comfortable. In the winter, one wood stove was enough to heat the entire house.