Sage/Ask Us

Any pronouns that aren’t fem. We are plural. 19 years of age. I enjoy DAGames, IRIS, and Solitude. Yes, still. I make AU’s a lot. I also like stars, and my own characters. I do NOT know how this app works PLEASE ASK ME ABOUT MY OC’S

[stars-are-cool1111]

I know this isn’t my usual au post or anything but please still read and reblog.

I made a gofundme to try to raise enough money for my mom to move me and my younger siblings out of this household and away from my father. Also for her to divorce him.

https://gofund.me/5d4ad64e9

https://gofund.me/5d4ad64e9

We’re not in a physically unsafe environment, but it would be in everyone’s best interest if we’re were able to get away from my father.

I am a neurodivergent, lgbtqia young adult, and my father is incredibly homophobic and transphobic. He’s a far right conservative. He’s also mentally abusive to me, my siblings, and my mom.

It’s best for us to get out as soon as possible, even if it’s not urgent.

[plaguedocboi]

So every year, my aquarium does a captive lobster hatchery project (hence all the loblings). The reason we’re doing it is because in the wild, loblings only have a 1 in 25,000 chance of surviving their larval phase. They’re plankton as babies and everything eats them. Additionally, as the Gulf of Maine warms, they are having even lower survival rates because the blooms of copepods they feed on as babies are happening earlier in the year, and they’re missing it.

Obviously, the goal of this experiment is to grow the lobsters until they’re big enough to settle to the seabed and then release them, because they have a much higher likelihood of surviving to adulthood when they’re able to hide. Ideally, captive lobster hatcheries can boost the wild population and keep things stable, so we don’t have a major crash in a decade or two.

The first year we tried this was pretty bad. We had a lot of eggs, but very few babies. It turned out that the CO2 levels in the building spiked as more guests visited throughout the summer, and that settled into the water and threw off the pH and caused a chemical reaction that prevented a lot of the eggs from hatching. I think we ended up releasing three baby lobsters (which is still better than their wild survival rate but not great).

The second year was a little better. We added a de-gasser to the aquarium and got a ton of larval lobsters, but right as they were settling to the bottom we had a disease outbreak that killed most of them. We ended up releasing four babies at the end of the season.

But this year? Oh boy. We have so many lobsters that we had to release the first round early (usually we wait till September or October so guests can see them). We just released a total of FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE baby lobsters, and we still have over a hundred who haven’t settled to the bottom yet. I genuinely don’t even have words to explain how cool this is. OVER FIVE HUNDRED. We just added hundreds of lobsters to the wild population that wouldn’t have been there otherwise.

Conservation is so fucken sick

[writing-prompt-s]

We’ve all heard tales of the moon being made of cheese, but what if it were made of bones? Bone fragments. Bone dust. Partial skeletons from animals we have no name for, no knowledge of. What if the moon were made of bones?

[intosnarkness]

legit the best advice i can give you: feed your friends

any time someone is in any kind of crisis or upheaval, offer to feed them. tell them they don't have to choose what it is if they can't make decisions, just ask about allergies and preferences and tell them you're just gonna make food happen at their house.

friend having a baby? delivery gift certificate to order food to the hospital after the kid shows up.

someone's relative passes away? offer to make them dinner.

buddy gets laid off? ask if you can order them lunch.

pal stuck in a depressive episode? offer to drive them to fucking mcdonalds, if that's what they want.

people in crisis are tired and sad and angry and the last thing most of them are doing is thinking about feeding themselves. so if you have the ability or time or money, providing that is always, always a good move.

legit i do this all the time, and it is 100% always appreciated. i have taught all my friends that when something happens, we feed each other. it makes people feel extremely cared for, and I cannot recommend it enough.

[sandersstudies]

Right after I reblogged this I found out a friends’ mom was hospitalized — this is such a good reminder

If you can, provide disposable plates/utensils and save them from doing dishes — when my husband was diagnosed with cancer, bulk paper products were our most appreciated gift

[stars-are-cool1111]

I need to start posting my fanart for solitude and Iris on here. All my au shit. It will be glorious once I get to eventually posting it

[lobstabear]

To my 25 - 35 year olds, you've reached the age where people around you are starting to give up on themselves because they think it's too late. Don't let that energy rub off on you. It's not too late.

[knittingontheroad]

I became a tattoo artist at 49.

Married the love of my life at 50.

Got my Class A CDL at 59.

You've got time.

As long as you're breathing, you've got time.

[shop5]

let’s be real the pressure to use AI as an adult is exactly what they said the pressure the do drugs as a teenager would be like but the people that told us that caved immediately for the AI and definitely did not just say no

[jell-o101]

"We want more complicated female characters!"

Ya'll couldn't even handle HER.

[blackstar5078]

Important tags to include actually.

[stars-are-cool1111]

Copy moon joy

[inconsistent-duckposting]

He shmove

[z-does-stuff]

God, that leg looks nasty. Have you felt along it gently, checked for any broken bones? Is there any unusual heat, swelling, redness, or discoloration? We've had a lot of ducks in our time and I can pretty confidently say that his leg is in pretty nasty shape.

If possible, maybe you could look into nearby vets who will see Ducks, get him checked out more carefully. I know that it's a scary thing, because for as durable as ducks are, they're also very fragile creatures. I really hope Boogie is okay :(

[inconsistent-duckposting]

He’s been to the vet, no broken bones or fractures. Vet says it’s nerve damage that should heal (and it is! He’s moving his leg more every day but he can’t put weight on it) check my previous post it’s got a full explanation

[z-does-stuff]

Ah, okay!! I'm glad he's healing up well!!! He's so stinkin' cute, is he a call duck? He has the tiny rounded bill of one and he looks like a roasted marshmallow ;w;

Wishing him a swift recovery and lots of tasty treats!! And hopefully whichever of the ducks attacked him doesn't do it again. Unfortunately despite their brilliance, ducks are impressively stupid(I would know, one of my khakis got into a fistfight with a rooster) at the absolute worst of times.

[inconsistent-duckposting]

Yes he’s a call duck! Not any identifiable variety tho lol

None of my ducks attacked him, our dog somehow managed to get into the yard while we had the door to the pen open and he’s a ratter.

None of our ducks actually fight each other except for the height of mating season when we split them off into groups of two that don’t fight.

Also I feel like it’s always khakis getting into bullshit

[z-does-stuff]

Hmm. Almost looks pied-- but he has a coloring similar to my one boy, Goat! He's not a call duck though-- I honestly don't know what he is. He might be a swedish blue? Quick edit, here's a picture of Goat. Looking at both of them, its a little uncanny how similar they look

THE DOG... god that's. That's a scary thing. It was an accident though-- and hopefully in future if he gets into the duck run again, he won't accidentally go after a ducky ;~;

Unfortunately bc I got our duckies from Tractor Supply they were all straight run, so I have too many boys that I can't get rid of because I love them too much. Once I get the yard fenced I'm going to order duck pullets online from a reputable breeder, because good lord 11 boys and 7 girls is NOT a good ratio.

The khakis give mama heart attacks but they also have decided because they're the eldest, they can do whatever they want. They've formed a cartel. They bullied one of their own, Spud, so bad I had to bring him inside and because the lil man for SOME REASON likes to instigate fight club, he's been inside ever since. He's a happy Spud though. They beat the crap out of Goat and Chippy and gang up on the others. But I've figured out that if I separate a duck from the cartel for a period of time, like keep them in the house, and then put them back with said cartel, let them briefly get their tush kicked, and then tell them Okay. Since They Are Being Jerks To You Now, You Go With The Main Ducks. They don't attack the main flock anymore. This worked with Dewdrop, and with Warrior after he had to spend a month in the house because he decided he was gonna fistfight a giant angry red rooster HGDSGHDSKHGDKS

[pikadxrat]

you, reading this. you're a creature now. reblog to creature your followers

[creatures-in-posts]

this creature is you

[freacking]

hiccup did it before gregg...

[stars-are-cool1111]

Was not expecting this crossover to pop up but I like what I’m seeing

[animentality]

[awholerawfish]

this is the worst thing ive ever made

[stars-are-cool1111]

This is GLORIOUS it is being saved forever I love this

[noknowshame]

people in fiction are always making plans like "how about tuesday?" and then leaving without elaborating. what time? where? do you even have each other's numbers? deeply stressful

[animentality]

[stars-are-cool1111]

I think you’ve blocked us now. I had a dream about you the other night. You messaged me and said it’s been awhile. I also had a dream about him. You know who I’m talking about. It’s weird that I think of you both in the same thought now. You haven’t blocked me on here yet. I won’t do it, because I don’t hate you. And I’m also a coward. And yeah. I still care about you and hope you have the best life possible. I hope that you go on to do great things. I hope you progress in physical therapy, if you’re still doing that. It’s been almost a year since I cut ties with you. I hope you’re doing better now. I’m sorry I didn’t have the strength to stay. You hurt my system. But they also all cared for you so much. I still have the art you drew for me saved to my phone. The daughter you made for my oc stayed in his story.

We still like DAGames. Still support him. But we haven’t met him yet.

I still can’t watch the owl house because it reminds me so much of you.

Why did i even write this? I don’t really know. I’ve been thinking all this for a while. Part of me hopes you might see this. Because I kinda miss you. Even if our friendship wasn’t the healthiest.