i am afraid of what tiktok is doing to people's view of sharks.
i love sharks. i am obsessed with sharks.
and i'm glad that the "jaws" view of sharks is fading. but it worries me that people are saying things like "sharks are literally just ocean puppies". no, they're not as dangerous as a lot of people think, but they're still wild animals. do not treat a shark like a puppy. i've seen videos of people getting themselves bitten by nurse sharks. if you know anything about nurse sharks, then you know that these people were really harassing them. they're not monsters, but they're not your friends either. they're animals who will lash out if they're antagonized or crowded.
anyway sharks are still adorable and i love them very much
Something possessed me to design a Duskky based on Fallen London due in part to the year in which the game came out (2009). Like a sort of glimpse into an alternate timeline where a certain disgraced animator got into FL, hence the strong resemblance to the stitch dogs of yore. I like to think about what could've happened had the game been more popular with the animation meme community sometimes...
Anyway, I wasn't sure if I'd formally call them "Echo Bazaar Duskky" or "Neath Duskky", but I've grown fond of simply calling them Neathhy.
Personality-wise, I see them as the type to constantly get themselves in some deep shite. Some dub them a vampire as they seem to avoid sunlight like the plague (though apparently it is because they claim that sunlight makes them lose their mind, I wonder why). They seem to be friends with Dreampunk Duskky, who plays the straight man to their antics. Never warn them not to do something, ever. It doesn't work.
I might be a little biased but I’m honestly starting to believe that there’s no purer form of love than the defensive spite you see from biologists that have devoted their life to the study of a maligned or misunderstood species. For example:
The hyena biologist that arranged for Disney animators to come sketch captive hyenas for The Lion King film (Laurence Frank) was so incensed when the animals were depicted as villains in the movie that he later included boycotting the film on a list of ways the average person could help hyena conservation.
Though it’s commonly known that Charles Darwin’s distaste for parasitic wasps played a role in his development of evolution theory (since he felt no loving God would create animals with such a disturbing life cycle), the biologists who study these wasps find it an unfair characterization. When they were tasked with coming up with a common name for the family of parasitic wasps (Ichneumonidae) that old Charles so disliked, they proposed the name “Darwin Wasps” to spite the famous naturalist who had insulted their beloved family of insects.
Parasitologist Tommy Leung was so frustrated with the way people write about parasites to evoke horror and gore that he started writing a Parasite of the Day blog, that specifically avoids inflammatory or unsettling language to describe them. He also illustrates different species in colorful anime art on Twitter in a series called Parasite Monster Girls—which he calls his “love letter to parasites.”
I guess I’m just saying that if you’re a biologist studying an unpopular species and you have a little bit of a chip on your shoulder about it you can always count on me to be in your corner if you want to get a little petty with the public!
ok so you support the disabled, disordered, and mentally ill. but are you normal when someone takes long to respond to you? or if they have a hard time listening to you? when someone has a hard time giving you their attention? or when their manners aren’t perfect? or when someone makes mistakes that may be obvious or simple to you? or when someone talks loudly or “causes a scene?” are you normal when people have to think really hard to explain things? or when they have a hard time putting their thoughts into words?
are you normal when people’s hair is unkempt or oily or visibly unbrushed? or when their face might be full of acne? or when they don’t have deodorant on for one reason or another? how about if their clothes are dirty?
are you normal about disabled/disordered/mentally ill people when they make you a little uncomfortable?
, my little girl is suffering from seizures, her condition is very difficult and she is having trouble breathing, and he needs your help,😔
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Why is this injustice that we are exposed to? Don't you have mercy on us? Aren't we human beings like you? Is there no mercy in your hearts? We are suffering. Israel has sentenced us to death with a stay of execution. The Israeli army has sentenced us to live in tents for a year. The tents have worn out and are no longer suitable for habitation. We are approaching winter and we have no shelter from the cold and rain. Yesterday it rained a little. The tents were flooded and the children got wet and got sick. None of us knew where to go, where to hide, and what to protect ourselves with. I cried from the bottom of my heart with sadness for my children. Is it to this extent that no one feels us? Are we a mirage that no one sees? We are tired and sick of life, and the children of Israel enjoy their childhood and live normally. Why me, my children, and the children of Gaza? What sin have we committed? Even the hospitals do not have medicine. They cough all night long and I look at them and cry. There is nothing I can do. I have been appealing to you for almost a year to help me and donate to me, and I have only collected a few crumbs. Why, please help me? Create a donation campaign. Help me, I want to escape the war of extermination and the war of purification. I want to live in peace with my children, far from these savages. I want to buy a tent to protect us from the cold. Its price has reached 500 dollars, and I have not collected this amount and I do not have it. Please do not ignore me. Help me and have mercy on my children. Thank you to everyone who felt for us.😥😥💔💔😟😟🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
My daughter, Faiza , is experiencing breathing problems and we're looking for treatment for her. Additionally, she injured her finger and has undergone three surgeries, but it still isn't healing. We're reaching out for help.
Malak requires medical attention for Epidemic hepatitis, since the war start she faced alot of health issues and the treatment not help and she want an urgent medical treatment.
last but not least ASMAA, the heads of the family , i want help with insulin and heparin the ones is difficult to find in Gaza, she faces a serious problem with diabetes and blood pressure.
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Hello, I am Hanan from Gaza. I am married and have three children. We escaped certain death four times, thank God. My house was destroyed and I and my children were left homeless. I ask for help, but it's not easy. Your donation will meet my needs. I need to buy a tent that costs $1,300 due to its high cost before winter and the extreme cold come so that we can cover the travel costs for me and my children and travel outside Gaza and live safely 🙏💔🇵 🇸🍉 Greetings via the link (please see my CV) My account has been verified by @90- ghost
I am Lina from Gaza, 25 years old. I have been married for 4 years. I have a son named Saif, who is 2 years old, and a daughter named Sidra, who was born in the October War, who is 3 months old. They were born by caesarean section. Help me and my children evacuate Gaza. I need your help to evacuate my family from Gaza. I hope you and your loved ones find you safe and sound. I am coming to you with a very urgent and time-sensitive appeal. We face a constant and imminent threat of death, injury and disease, even during the so-called “truce”. My home has been bombed and destroyed beyond repair. My family’s home. We have been under occupation all our lives, and none of us have experienced anything like what is happening now. There is now an opportunity to get the entire family out of Gaza to Egypt via the Rafah crossing. We do not know how long this opportunity will last, which makes it imperative that we raise the necessary funds as soon as possible. The longer it takes, the more vulnerable they will be. No one knows how long the bombing of Gaza will continue. It will continue, regardless of the cost in human lives. For my family’s future, your help is essential. I am deeply concerned about my children.
The money you contribute will: Cover the enormous costs of safe passage to Egypt. The vast majority of the money will be used for this purpose.
Provide temporary housing for the family in Egypt while the best way forward is determined for them.
Cover some of their initial living expenses while they are in Egypt. We hope to provide them with at least two months’ worth of money. They need time and space to breathe after being gassed during this genocide
Once all of this is done, additional funds will be used to help me move past my current situation so that I can provide more support to my family. I have taken on the responsibility of caring for them during this critical and uncertain time and into the future.
I am Ahmed Ayyad from Gaza, from a family of 11 people.
We live in the ongoing genocidal war in Gaza, trapped between walls of fear and despair and the sounds of explosions from one ship to another.
We are originally from the north of the Gaza Strip; currently we are in the displacement camps in the south of the Gaza Strip in Mawasi Khan Younis.
In light of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, we went through very difficult circumstances. We were displaced several times and lost our home due to enemy bombs. We lost all the beautiful things that my family and I used to enjoy.
We urgently appeal for your moral and material assistance to cover the costs necessary to escape to a safe environment, where we can build a better future and ensure the safety of our family.
We desperately need your support. Any donation no matter how small can help save our lives. Thank you for your concern and support during these difficult times.