Pagan Parenting

I'm 27 years old, a wife, a mother and a witch, please feel free to hit me up with any questions ^__^

[owlyjules]

Wisptober Day 26 - Ophelia

"She was laid out in the dark waters, still and pale, as her body slowly faded away." Obligatory Unicorn of the year!

[herpsandbirds]

Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Ecuador

The males of this bird have the greatest bill to body length ratio of any birds (being the only bird with a beak longer than the rest of its body).

photograph by Mono Grencel

[ullathynell]

Another illustration from my 2026 art calendar. You can order it at atthisarts.com. 🦄

[herpsandbirds]

Green Mantle (Caria mantinea), family Riodinidae, Bolivia

photographs by Cell Cell

[herpsandbirds]

Green Mantle (Caria mantinea), family Riodinidae, Bolivia

photographs by Cell Cell

[herpsandbirds]

Indian Black Earth Snake (Melanophidium wynaudense), family Uropletidae, endemic to the Western Ghats of Southern India

photos: Gowdagirishc & Vedansh Pandey

[pizzashowgirls]

Over the Garden Wall by Julia Tveritina, via Cartoon Network

[liberalsarecool]

Democrats want to help everyone.

MAGA only thinks of themselves.

[imawitchywitch]

This shutdown is not just a political strategy, it is life or death.

[persephinae]

hey peeps, i would be calling your doctors STAT to see if you're in the clear about where your drugs are manufactured

then i would definitely be call your representatives and bitch them a new asshole

people are legit going to die because of this

also surgeries??? anesthesia? where is that medicine from? like this is so fucked up

[the-composite-doll]

Trump’s latest 100 percent tariff on pharmaceuticals: What we know

The US largely imports pharmaceutical products from India and Europe.

[bliss-bliss-bliss-bliss]

Now, today is September 26th, and this is supposed to go into effect on October 1st, which is like nine months in the warped dog-years time of the Trump administration. And it's very possible he'll walk it back or conveniently forget about it, which happens pretty frequently.

Which means that calling your reps now may actually make a difference in whether this kills people.

Step 1: Search up the generic name for whatever meds you take, then call your pharmacist - not your primary - and ask where it comes from and whether any part of it is manufactured in the US. THEN call your primary and tell them to pre-order your next round, even if you're not due yet. (They might try to tell you they can't do that. They can.)

Step 2: Call your reps - by now you should be calling them so often they're one of the top numbers saved in your phone, but you can also find them very easily here - and tell them specifically that you are worried about the financial impact on American business this will have and ask them what they plan to do about it. Because sadly, concerns about money and saving their own skin will probably get their attention faster than any concerns about the harm it will do to vulnerable individuals.

NONE OF THIS IS INEVITABLE. I'm serious, call your reps. We've gotten other Orwellian nightmare shit walked back or shot down - because remember that we're not dealing with actual politics anymore, we're dealing with a spineless madman with late stage dementia who's favorite pastime is Just Saying Things To Say Things - and we can get this shot down too.

[crow-thing]

@our-trans-punk-experience

[our-trans-punk-experience]

FOLLOW THE STEPS CALL YOUR REPS

[ymutate]

Bronze pouring vessel with tiger-shaped lid. China, Shang dynasty, 13th century BCE.

[somecutething]

Dolphins doing cartwheels with an aquarium guest.

(via Ant.Giovanni)

[luidilovins]

I'm loving this new trend of people going to zoos and participating in animal enrichment. We use to observe large exotic animals for our entertainment, but the fact is that we are now trying to make ourselves equally as entertaining for them. It's interactive, completely parpicipatory and I would argue that eventually someone's gonna come up with something new enough that it expland ethologists understanding about how some animals think, problem solve, communicate and feel and I think its fantastic.

[urbanfantasyinspiration]

Human: play?

Aquatic creature from an entirely different branch of the animal tree: play!

[urbanfantasyinspiration]

[occasionalvirgin]

Right wing manipulation tactics explained

[taraljc]

this is an epic exposure of how propaganda functions.

[breelandwalker]

Never forget that propaganda utilizes emotional appeals and leading statements to provoke reactions, and that it RELIES on the ignorance and reactionary response of its' audience. Propagandists like Kirk are counting on the fact that no one is going to stop and fact-check what they say, and they reinforce this by barreling on and not leaving time for things to be absorbed or contradicted. They do not cite sources unless the sources agree with their argument. They do not debate; they talk over people.

The only reason a fascist EVER agrees to a debate (and the reason they continue to demand them) and that they count on two things: an unprepared opponent and a platform to further their own message.

No one is immune to propaganda, but by knowing how it works and remembering to think critically and fact-check the claims you come across, you can be better prepared and less likely to be duped into agreeing with or passing on bad information and bigotry.

Stay safe, stay informed!

[knightofleo]

[oldshortcomics]

Originally published in Ossian

[thrivingisthegoal]

STARTING TOMORROW

Scientists in weather and climate are live streaming for 100 hours to make their case to the American public.

They are live streaming, but engagement is necessary for it to work. SHARE THIS WITH PEOPLE, RECORD THE STREAM, POST CLIPS OF IT THAT ARE FUNNY, if you can tune in, PLEASE DO!

This is something that has to be heard by as many people as possible. Put it on in the background! See if you can get other people to watch it! Do whatever you can do support those who are trying to be supported! Anything and everything helps!

TUNE IN HERE

article I posted screenshots of here

[charseraph]

✂️ Robust Scientific Consensus

7 seconds · Clipped by Charseraph · Original video "Live from NASA GISS, kicking-off the Weather and Climate 100-hour livestream" by The Wea

“There’s a pretty robust scientific consensus that when it gets warm, ice melts”

[wild-e-eep]

Some brilliant matchstick lichen shining through the November gloaming

[myothertardisisonthemun]

I sent a letter today - something I haven’t done for years

It’s full of plastic bread clips

It’s for Science

[myothertardisisonthemun]

At the risk of loosing some mystery, I think I should add some context:

There’s this website-I mean, scientific organization called the Holotypic Occlupanid Reasurch Group.

They are a group of abiologists who study and classify Bread clips.

I found a species that has not yet been described:

Yay for citizen science 👍

[numberlover1729]

wtf?

[myothertardisisonthemun]

Update:

[meckamecha]

Apparently HORG is widely appreciated by pediatricians since knowing exactly what kind of Occlupanid a child may have swallowed makes removing it safely much easier

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

IIRC this is actually part of the reason HORG was started. A man swallowed a breadclip and the clip closed around part of his tissue linings (in his intestines I think?). The specific shape and flexibility of the clip were significant determining factors in the removal process, as some bread clips have spikes and prongs that would have made extraction more complicated. They started the taxonomy so they could work out extraction techniques for each type.

[wyndryga]

are you fucking kidding me occlu like oculus or close and panid like bread. its a fancy word for breadcloser

[ramblin-tiger]

At first I thought this was just your standard shit post, but I have gained knowledge now.