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cicadas :-) ⭐️

get a print here! https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/unluckyprime/scream-as-loud-as-you-can-make-noise-until-you-die/

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mushroom chat just dropped

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As we see a barrage of evil executive orders come in, they are not immediately enforceable and will takes months or years to implement.

That’s still not great, but don’t let these pile up to the point of hopelessness. Take a breath, and look community leaders who will fight it every step of the way.

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childhood emotion of wanting a dragon that is your friend so bad that it feels like there is a vacuum in your soul that only a dragon who is your friend can fill

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where’s that justin mcelroy post when i need it

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I just read that Donald Trump and his circus took down a website called reproductiverights.gov

This was a website to help women learn about their reproductive rights in the US and to find health care.

This is absolutely disgusting so I’ll share in this post some resources in case you need them:

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn

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people who think they’re too cool for pokemon baffle me. you think you’re cooler than turtwig? huh? you think you’re fucking better than turtwig? look at me in the eye . you think you are better than turtwig? that you’re too cool for them??? you’re a coward and know nothing .

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via Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke

We love our kitty cats. 🐱

We love our wildlife. 🐦

...But we need to talk about something extremely important to them both.

Much ink has been spilled regarding the ethics of letting your domestic cats outdoors or keeping them enclosed, and how healthy/unhealthy it is to let them roam.

However, we're going to focus on the perspective of what we see at our wildlife center, and the hundreds of cat-caught patients we see each year. The pictures in this post are some of our patients from this year.

"My cat never brought anything home before!"

"I always tell my cat not to hunt, but he doesn't listen!"

"My cat is a free spirit, she always meows at the door if I try to bring her inside!"

These are things we hear from outdoor cat owners who are often heartbroken to find a maimed, bleeding baby bunny or baby bird at their doorstep in the spring after they let their domestic cat roam. We gently educate this rescuer about how important it is to keep our pets contained, and then take the poor patient back for medical care.

Less than 1 in 5 patients survive the ordeal, even when we provide medical care and antibiotics to combat cats' deadly saliva. 😥 We have watched far too many wild animals take their final breaths in our hands, knowing that this could have been prevented.

If we consider ourselves "animal lovers," then we can't hold our pet cat's mental stimulation above wildlife's right to survive as nature intended. If we want to be good stewards of our planet, we owe it to our wild neighbors to not introduce invasive predators into their environment. This means trapping and adopting out stray cats (NOT re-abandoning them to the wild), keeping our cats indoors, in catios, or on leashes.

Since our pet cats are not native (like pet dogs, domesticated animals are by definition no longer wild!), the problem of feral and stray cats are a man-made issue. We owe it to our planet, our furry feline friends, and our wild neighbors to work together to protect them both! 🐦❤🐱

Update: The adult Robin in the second-to-last image did not survive their wounds. They passed, as well, a few days before this post went out. 🙁

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What's everyone's favourite flowers that aren't like. The normal ones. Like everyone's a fan of roses and sunflowers what's a more niche one. One you don't get in gift sets. Mine's sweet peas

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Y’ever read something and have understanding that has eluded you interminably suddenly stop, curl up, and snuggle neatly into a fold in your brain because a new way way opened to it?

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So I had a hysterectomy today (hooray!) and I brought along my stuffed orca, Shamu, as a comfort object. And everyone i interacted with during my pre-op was like "Oh! Who's this?" so I was telling them all about him, how he's been with me since I was 9 and gone on every single vacation and road trip, and they were telling me about their own stuffed buddies (one lady said she still has hers after 40 years!) and all of this while I was signing consent forms and providing a list of the things I'd brought with me, you know, small talk.

So then a nurse comes over and goes "Okay, I've got some stickers I'll put on your things so we know they're yours" and I'm like "OK cool" so she puts a sticker on my coat and stickers on my bags of clothes and then she turns to Shamu and I'm like "oh I guess he gets a sticker too"

But no. She pulls out a hospital bracelet that's an exact copy of mine and slaps it on his tail, like so:

And i was delighted by this, so I took a picture to send to my friends, who were equally delighted, and were cracking me up with their reactions (like so:)

Anyway, they take me back and put me under, and when I awake groggily a few hours later it takes me a minute to get my bearings, so I don't notice Shamu at first. But then I realize he's tucked up next to me in the gurney, so I grab him, and my hand touches gauze.

And I'm like "huh?" so I look at him and I realize

They gave my fucking orca a hysterectomy

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Usually it's women who buy from the feather shop, sometimes accompanied by tolerant men schlepping backpacks. But every so often a guy comes in, usually to buy a present, and as someone who's never really experienced guys shopping before, their efficiency in impressive. Guy comes in, I'll take that one, guy goes out.

The other day we had this massive bearded dude, 6'3 linebacker style, walk right in and declare in a gruff baritone "My fairy wings didn't arrive in time. I need some backup wings." We offered a massive pair of feathered green wings; he tried them on (tiny) and said "A little high in the back, but I'll take 'em." On his way out, by way of clarification, he said "I'm Tankerbelle."

I love the goths, I love the middle-aged street-clothes ladies trying something different, I LOVE the little kids, but Tankerbelle will always hold a special place in my heart.

(I spotted him a few weeks later and got the pic; pleased to see he was still rocking our wings rather than what he'd ordered earlier!)