ars sylva

I just reblog stuff that I find interesting for later :)

[comeguessmethisriddle-deactivat]

well? can you?

[the-nameless-human200]

I couldn’t reboot it for some reason

[bundibird]

Please tell me that y'all won't go back to tiktok once Trump gets whatever nefarious concessions he wants from the company and "saves" it. Like, you all NEED to stay gone. Stay on Xiaohongshu or move to other platforms or create a new one or whatever, but don't go back to whatever Trump-appeasement monstrosity TikTok is about to become. Don't do it.

[bundibird]

Keeping these

( @hubcaptastrophe )

[tunneldweller]

[ID: "#we've seen websites die a noble death (vine) #fade peacefully into obscurity (myspace) #live long enough to see themself become the villain (many such cases) #or march on with inexplicable plot armor (tumblr) #but now #finally #we get to see a website Come Back Wrong". end ID]

[brionysea]

usamericans, do you remember in the incredibles when syndrome made the robot go haywire just so he could swoop in and 'save the day'

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

now that trump has tiktok, twitter, facebook and insta in his pocket, get ready for a massive wave of internet censorship. one of trump's greatest weapons has always been misinformation; it's going to become harder and harder to spread facts and criticism going forward. posts that aren't made invisible will be magically ignored by the algorithm. dissidents will have their accounts deleted and voices erased.

this is a suppression tactic. this is another stage of fascism.

[venusislesbian]

Already seeing people on tiktok saying “I still hate trump but he ate with this one” like … babes … you just got propagandized … that’s literally exactly what he created this situation in the hopes you would say …

[dandier-than-a-lion]

[totallyjustabunchofhocuspocus]

Boy if THAT ain't prophetic :-/

[mrhappyjavaman]

For those who are wondering, she says in the TikTok as I'm in Canada and can still access the app:

"And remember kids, it was Trump who started all of this. And if he comes back on the 19 of January, saying that he is making sure that tiktok is not getting banned, coming from a German, this is exactly what a certain painter from 1933 did back then to get the sympathy of the masses.

"I beg you, I beg YOU, to not sympathize with him. This is all a plan, this is all, the only thing that they didn't consider was all of you marching over to Rednote. It TikTok stays because of Trump, this app will be run over by Republican propaganda. Fascist propaganda, the same as it happened back in 1933 in Germany. Our version was burning books, their version is deleting every information that is not serving their worldview.

"Please don't let history repeat itself.

"Sincerely, A German"

[fangsforfags]

fake idgafer. i saw tht haunted look in ur eyes

[fangsforfags]

fake idgafer. i saw u replace ur guilt with anger

[vadergf]

I feel like someone is standing next to me talking about how I'm dead

[rudolphsboyfriend]

The chemical they put on ants and all the other ants think they're dead that's what happened to tumblr except the chemical is unmarketability

[bisexualalexmercer]

tumblr may have censored porn but check this out

i hope Elon musk KILLS himself and DIES a thousand DEATHS. and i hope every other billionaire a very merry DIE DIE DEATH KILL MURDER DEATH KILL

[the-trash-eating-llama]

[unpeeled-human]

special defense

does this count as anything ???is this art

[catchymemes]

[infinitydivine]

I am not taking a risk

[darlingsstern]

Not risking it pals

[doralimasstuff]

U know what I want potato of luck

[shrewreadings]

Damn right I’m reblogging. See previous post re wrath of whatever from high atop the thing.

[theclumsyxeno]

Lets do this

[jamielovesjam]

Briana Boston didn't threaten anyone.

When my grandmother was sent a death threat through text message, I reported it to the police. The officer told me that "it's not considered a death threat unless the message mentions a weapon and a deadline".

As a result, they didn't do anything. Not even a verbal warning to that person.

Or, there's a double standard when it comes to billionaires and big corporations. Who'd have thought.

[phinarei]

I'm going to keep screaming from the rooftops:

They are treating these CEOs as if they're members of our government. The cops don't touch threats unless they're made against political leaders. They don't shut down cities for a manhunt unless the victim is a political leader. They don't charge people with terrorism unless the target is political. They are admitting publicly that CEOs and corporations are the ones running this country.

Briana Boston is pretty much being charged with threatening the crown. And that should scare the hell out of people.

[televisionenjoyer]

I know I've said this a hundred times but if you're worried about palestinian fundraisers being scams at least consider donating to MSF. It's a highly reputable organization which has broken its long-standing neutrality to denounce Israel in front of the UN. Here's all the aid MSF is providing to Gazans (documentation available in multiple languages).

[televisionenjoyer]

Since I know no one's gonna click on that link, here's a quick overview of some of the various ways in which Medicins Sans-Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) is aiding Palestinians

- Since Oct 7 2023, MSF provided for 14000 hospital admissions and 7500 surgeries, on top of treating 27500 people for physical violence causes, treating 34000 people for diarrhoea (very common condition in Gaza currently due to the sanitary crisis) and holding 18000 mental health sessions.

-MSF is currently operating in two hospitals, eight healthcare facilities and fifteen mobile clinics, providing surgical support, wound care, physiotherapy, maternity and paediatric care, basic healthcare, vaccinations, and mental health services among other things (more info on the treatments provided by each facility on the link above). Additionally, they provide training for psychological, medical and paramedical volunteers, and donate first aid kits to various camps (info on the specific locations on the link above).

- Via their partnership with the Palestinian Agriculture and Development Association, they're building latrines for over 30000 people in six camps, distributing hygiene kits to 2400 families, and ensuring clean drinking water for 25000 people, on top of equipping a camp for 70 families with accessible sanitary facilities for disabled people.

- Since October 7, 2023, eight of their medics have died. Seven of them are remembered here, and their latest, Hasan Suboh, in this statement that denounces Israel's allies for disregarding the fact that the protection of humanitarian workers is not being guaranteed as they claim.

MSF does not only stand for Palestine in humanitarian terms, it also does so politically to an extent, holding Israel and its allies accountable for sabotaging ceasefire negotiation attempts.

MSF also provides aid to Sudan, the Democratic Republic Of Congo, Haiti, Ethiopia and 76 other countries.

[shesgayfolks]

To better maximize your donation to MSF, I advise keeping an eye out for donation doubling and tripling periods, which occur fairly often and can be checked on their website.

[galileosballs]

"I want to live in a world in which teenagers can fulfil their natural purpose of being annoying" and "I do not always want to be annoyed by the teenagers" are compatible sentiments

[oojamaflip-whatchamacallit]

#giving them a third space helps#they're still annoying in public as is their sacred duty#but they tend to congregate in specific areas of public where they can enjoy being annoying together

[dragoncarrion]

you tell a bitch to keep their cat indoors and suddenly their town is the first in the world to have eradicated every viral, bacterial and parasitic disease, they invented completely harmless cars, dogs and predators dont exist either but somehow the native songbird population is fine since the cats in this place have lost the hunting instinct, there's no pollutants or toxic plants and human cruelty has ceased to exist. and mr mittens has a chip in his brain that will explode if he doesnt go outside 10 hours of the day

[skullamity-deactivated20250823]

It is for this specific reason that I CANNOT post on our local Facebook group. Every few days there's a post from someone new that that is basically "has anyone seen our outdoor cat? 1.5 years old, usually comes home every day for dinner but we haven't seen him this week. Has someone thought him a stray and brought him inside? Just let him out, he knows where he lives!" and I have to shut the app down to prevent myself from responding .

We live in the country! We have coyotes you stupid asshole! Every night I can hear them in the trees across the street eviscerating rabbits, why do you think your cat can outsmart and outrun a whole pack of them? We also have cars! Parasites! Hawks! People who let their dogs free-roam on their property! People setting out poison! Crop spraying! Active cargo train tracks! If you don't want to be in this cycle of getting a new cat after the old one goes missing several times a year, THEN MAYBE KEEP YOUR CAT INDOORS! And if you don't want to or can't afford keeping your cat up to date on shots, getting it fixed or cleaning a litter box, you don't actually need to have a cat! You can just not have a cat! Nobody is forcing you to repeatedly get new free barn kittens to neglect, you can just get a pet that is more suitable to your circumstances or not have one at all!

Also, to add, because I saw this in the tags:

Farm cats are just as susceptible to being predated upon by coyotes and hawks, getting parasites and also rabies since they are direclty interacting with vermin. Their rates of actually catching and consuming mice are also up for debate.

If you desperately need to control vermin population in a farm scenario, you are better off getting and training a rat terrier who will hunt and kill vermin and bring them to you to be rewarded rather than eat them, are infinitely more trainable and have actual recall, and can be trained to leave smaller livestock like chickens alone the same way you train guardian breeds to not fuck with your chickens. You can also keep them indoors at night during coyote hours and let your guardian dog be in charge.

I know some rescues will adopt out working cats, usually ferals that will not do well indoors, but giving them a fancy title will not keep them safe. If they are outdoors, they're exactly as safe as any other outdoor cat in the area who doesn't have a job, which is to say not at all. Are they safer in the country than in the city where they are more likely to be pancake by a car, just by virtue of there being less traffic? Sure. But it's still not good for them, or your local songbird or turtle hatchling populations.

[todaysbird]

The really tricky part is that, no matter your viewpoint, there is no outcome where your outdoor cat isn’t negatively impacting the ecosystem. Even if you take good care of them otherwise, even if your area is ‘safe’, even if they’re a working cat.

[observer-of-the-world]

Also i wanna add, my family (including me) was the type to go "well they've been going out all their lives we can't just stop letting them out, they'll get depressed" and like, you can.

My cat got really hurt one day, we have no idea what happened and i immediately said "no more" and forbade anyone from letting her out ever again. Yeah, she asked to be let out for the next two weeks, but guess what? She stopped. I got her more toys, I took the time to play with her more often, i got bigger litter boxes and had grass on pots on my room.

She's fine, she's absolutely fine and she only asks to be let out if she sees birds on the porch. So no, your cat won't be depressed to be inside, you just have to put in the effort to properly care for them in this new condition, and if you think that's too much work then you simply don't care about your cat, because if you love your cat as much as you claim, you will make the effort

Anyways look at the princess in question:

[is-the-fox-video-cute]

These are just a few recent missing cat posts from my local FB page. At least one of these cats has now been found dead and mutilated.

Notice how they say that the cat always comes back...until it doesn't. Or the cat has disappeared before but they still let it out and sure enough, it's gone missing again. I also see almost daily posts about cats locally that have been hit by cars and killed.

As for the environmental impact, cats killing birds is only one of the issues. Cats also have a serious sublethal effect on birds and just their presence outdoors can significantly reduce bird breeding success:

The study, by researchers at the universities of Sheffield and Exeter, suggests that killing birds is just a small part of the problem cats cause our feathered friends. Instead, the mere sight of a cat near their nests makes blackbirds feed their chicks less often. Not just that, but the shrieks the adult birds make trying to defend their nests end up attracting other predators like crows, magpies and rooks, exacerbating their plight. The only real way to stop their most damaging effects on the UK's ailing bird population is to keep them indoors permanently.

Cats could be more harmful to birds than previously suspected, scientists discover

The study, by researchers at the universities of Sheffield and Exeter, suggests that killing birds is just a small part of the problem cats

People in the UK love to claim that cats killing birds has no negative impact, but even if that were true they still harm bird populations by simply being outside unsupervised.

Cats also spread diseases like toxoplasmosis to wildlife, and can catch potentially fatal diseases like bird flu if they come into contact with an infected bird.

Researcher Warns Pet Cats Risk Getting Bird Flu and Possibly Infecting People | University of Maryland | School of Public Health

The world is barely out of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the threat of another virus jumping from animals to humans looms large in our daily ne

[sadhoc]

as someone who has been involved in union organizing through my dad's union since i was literally in second grade, the way that people on tumblr think unions work drives me literally insane

[sadhoc]

unions do so much more than just strike. unions bargain. unions sit in at meetings with upper management. unions help people navigate benefits. unions coordinate aid drives for disabled members. my union ran a donations campaign for me for the interim between the end of my allotted paid leave and my disability claim

[sadhoc]

"unionize your workplace" means so much more than "talk to your coworkers about striking." you gotta actively know what a union is and what a union isn't before you can form one. calls to unionize should lead to more people learning their rights and learning how unions work, and coordinating with orgs like seiu and the teamsters and the aft (and if you don't know what those are, look them up).

[electricpentacle]

My union found me a legal expert to help me check over my last redundancy settlement for free, provided private medical cover whilst I was unemployed, and negotiated a good deal on cheap insurance for their members. It is so much more than strikes.

[bonearenaofmyskull]

Forming a Union at a Non-Union Workplace - Worker.gov

Forming a union at a non-union workplace You have the right to join with coworkers to address conditions at work. The National Labor Relatio

Form a Union | AFL-CIO

[victusinveritas]