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Kind of fucked thinking about the fact that there is one single American legally authorized to research the critically endangered pygmy raccoon in Mexico and it is, in fact, the same person who did Dashcon.

raccoonmilf

This person is also this person

And is currently the only person from the United States legally permitted to research the critically endangered pygmy raccoons (Procyon pygmaeus) in Cozumel, Mexico.

For reference, this is me, BTW! I was 15 when I started Dashcon and 17 when it actually happens, and now study tourism’s impact on the critically endangered pygmy raccoon. I’ve been researching them before now, but due to Mexico’s laws, I’ve only been allowed to do data collection from abroad (so think surveys to tourists and video analysis on social media.) But now I’m authorized for in situ research!! Yippee! I even got a grant through my university as well to fund the whole project 🥺

markscherz

This is the reason this hellsite is truly a homesite. We grow here. You can go back and see how it happened. I was a Bachelor’s student when I started my tumblr. Now I’m an Associate Professor and Curator, with my own lab and Denmark’s national collection of 70,000ish reptile and amphibian specimens in my care.

fairycosmos

yessssss shame your past self for surviving the only way you knew how to at the time 😍😍😍

aviantastic

Tree Swallows by Linda H. Dulak - Audubon Photography Awards

fluentisonus

barn swallows depicted in the “spring fresco”, akrotiri, thera, greece. c. 16th century BC

cryptidofthecove

artisanjelly

reminder for all hockey fans:

netflix is making a hockey show called "the sticks" that is based on a very real tragedy that occured in canada in 2018.

the show follows a minnesota high school team after their bus crashes and coming back to hockey afterwards.

in 2018, the humboldt broncos' (a junior A team made up of 18-22 year olds) bus was hit by a tractor trailer on a highway intersection. 16 people (10 players, 2 coaches, and 4 team staff members) were killed, along with 13 other players severely injured.

the memory of the humboldt broncos crash is an incredibly sensitive subject carrying a lot of trauma to both the survivors, their families, and deceased's families. the trajectory of hockey in canada was changed significantly after this tragedy.

despite this, netflix has decided to make a show using the death of young hockey players for profit. they did not consult the survivors, nor the deceased's families. they stole a canadian story for a feel-good cash grab.

i understand wanting to watch shows about hockey, but this is not the show to watch. do not give it attention, as the humboldt broncos' memories deserve to be theirs and theirs alone to share.

forustothinkistobealive

This is how Netflix advertises the show btw… They’re calling it “your new hockey obsession”. It’s disgusting.

ambroseandmox

One of the kids on the Broncos lived on my block. A coworker lost her brother in law. This tragedy was widely felt in Canada as a whole - flags at half-mast level.

None of the families even knew about this show until the media started asking how they felt.

It is taking a tragedy and turning it into a cash cow.

This was such a deeply-felt issue that even the truck driver pleaded guilty and has tried to make amends. (And as he is facing deportation after his sentence, some of the families have even started supporting him being allowed to stay in the country.) There is a real story you could be telling about community and resilience that is not just turning one of the worst days for THE NATION into cheap thrills and sensationalism.

Don't watch. Don't tweet. Pretend this show does not exist.

ambroseandmox

Netflix’s The Sticks Bashed by Humboldt Bus Tragedy Parents https://share.google/E6EsgKDY0Ft3HXwS1

Parents connected to 2018's Humboldt Broncos bus crash are accusing Netflix of sensationalizing the tragedy in its new series 'The Sticks'

ambroseandmox

‘Not their story to tell’: Humboldt Broncos families angry over Netflix hockey tragedy series | Globalnews.ca https://share.google/2GGMDxeJSteDwQxhw

Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured when a truck driver went through a stop sign and into the path of the junior hockey team's bu

onlytiktoks

Don't ask chatgpt! Ask your librarian

skeletonthecreator

yippeeee! *dives into my bed at the exact right angle that i phase through the molecules entering the fabled bedtime dimension and become cozy forever*

my-dailydreams

i-draws-dinosaurs

This picture is NOT CUTE

they are making her use Window 8. unimaginably cruel

importantdogimages

annabelle--cane

can i use you as a substitute for forming my own opinions

I would usually caution against this but lucky for you all my opinions have always been correct so it's fine

worteltje7

Bleeding heart 🫀

Four-color risograph print (red, purple, mint, yellow)

floralprintsharks

[ID: a risograph print of a knight in full armor sitting underneath a willow tree with a bleeding heart dove sitting on one of their fingers. The knight's breathplate is smeared with blood in the same spot on the breast where the dove has its red colored spot. A sword lies next to the knight in the grass. End ID]

@accessible-art

infizero

bringing back my too woke opinion that you should be allowed to change labels without the previous one being incorrect

infizero

i think you should be allowed to identify as trans without retroactively saying you were also trans in the past. i think the "born this way" rhetoric is limiting and you should be able say stuff like "i was fully a girl when i was a kid and now im a boy" without it invalidating your current identity but maybe that's just me

kateoplis

turning of the leaves

copperbadge

It has been an while since I fucked up cooking this badly.

I was steaming sweet potatoes in the instant pot, which I have done many times and is very easy: two cups of water, steamer basket, peeled and chunked sweet potato, 30 minutes on the Steam setting.

Instead I, in an early morning addled state, pushed Saute. Which still wouldn't have been an issue because Steam is just Sautee on the medium setting, but I'd had it set on high from the last time I made soup, and it steamed off the water too fast, leaving behind the sugar-heavy sweet potato drippings. Which caramelized and then began to burn.

I did smell it before disaster struck and was able to rescue the sweet potato and steamer basket (shout out to GoodCooks brand, the plastic basket was totally fine). And I got to the burned bottom early enough that almost all of it came up easily after a quick soak, so no lasting harm done. But I think the last time I screwed up a recipe I've made a million times like this was five or six years ago when I accidentally fell asleep while my buttermilk biscuits were baking and was woken by the smoke alarm.

Today I am going on an IKEA ADVENTUR and then this afternoon I'm going to make sweet potato soup, two pasta sauces, refried beans, and falafel. The reason for most of this is so funny it'll get its own post later.

figtreeandvine

You probably don't need it, but the easy way to clean burned or cooked on goop from an Instant Pot or slow cooker is to fill it with water, add a couple of tablespoons of baking soda, and set it on Slow Cook for a few hours. After it "cooks", dump the water and wash as usual.

If something really burned on, you might have to repeat with fresh water, more baking soda, and another couple of hours of Slow Cook. But it's low effort and doesn't risk scratching the pot bottom scrubbing.

The baking soda is a mild base and binds with any grease in the pot. Unlike dish detergent, it won't suds up. In the says before detergents, "washing soda", a harsher base, was used regularly for washing dishes.

copperbadge

In all honesty I knew about baking soda as a cleaning agent but I'd never encountered this and HOLY SHIT. Last night I filled the pan half full of water, shook a bunch of soda in, and set it to slow cook overnight, and this morning the baked on crud just rinsed right off. MAGICAL.

moniquill

dannyvantass

It's waterproof. It's windproof. It's lightweight and durable. And it's made from the intestines of two bears, painstakingly cleaned and sew

I really wanted to know more about this, especially how the water proof stitching works. Here's more information on this project, and hopefully more in the future!

teaboot

OH, I see the misunderstanding now! You thought I didn't *understand* your ideology! No, I totally follow your logic here, it all makes perfect sense the way you've laid it out. What I'm saying is that you're wrong

quizzicalfish19

My college course in logic taught that truth, validity, and soundness were different things. True means that a fact is a real fact, not a misunderstanding or mistake or lie. Valid means that the argument is well structured: if these facts are true, then this conclusion is also true. Sound means that an argument is both valid and true. All the facts are true and based on the facts the conclusion makes sense.

Many of the things our political enemies believe are valid. If the world actually worked the way they think it works, their opinions and decisions would be reasonable. Unfortunately they're starting from premises that are just 100% untrue, like "Men and women are basically different species".

You would think this meant that all you had to do to change someone's mind about a topic is to convince them that their facts are wrong! Unfortunately that just kind of doesn't work very well for psychology reasons.