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Well I certainly didn’t expect to illicit so many questions when I reblogged this post and added some tags about jumping spider content online.

Firstly, let me say there’s nothing wrong with keeping jumping spiders as pets. I have one myself. She’s a captive bred regal jumping spider. She’s currently a bit over two years old. I’ve had other jumping spiders as well, but they passed of old age and in one instance, a failed molt, which is fairly common.

Before and after getting pet jumpers, I joined some jumper groups, read a lot of care guides, and watched a slew of videos about keeping them.

It became obvious pretty quickly that apparently due to their cute fuzzy appearance, large round eyes, and intelligent behavior, people (owners, admirers, and popular content creators) assign human and mammal emotions and behaviors to them, often to their detriment.

I personally believe bugs are complex creatures that can be intelligent and have emotions, but that those emotions and behaviors are NOT analogous to human or mammal behavior and ignoring their natural needs and behaviors means you’re likely not providing proper care for them.

This is mainly about handling. Bugs don’t want to be handled. They get nothing positive out of it emotionally. They don’t want to be pet or cuddle with you. They don’t want to hang out with you. You’re a big scary predator, and it likely wants to get away from you. Forcing handling can stress, injure, or kill them. That’s why I tagged the post (linked above) “your spider is not a cat.” It doesn’t seek affection from you.

I can’t tell you how many posts or videos I saw where people were super upset because they let their jumper out of its enclosure to handle it and it either escaped and got lost or they somehow crushed it and killed or injured it badly. I’ve also seen people chasing their jumper around its enclosure trying to grab it or get it to jump onto their hand when it’s clearly just trying to hide.

As an example, a very common thing I’ve seen in videos about jumpers is people saying when they lift their front legs at you and jump or climb onto you/your hands it’s because they “want uppies” and want to be pet and be close to you. This is a wild misreading of behavior. Sometimes raising the front legs is a defensive display, trying to make itself look larger to scare away a threat. Other times, they’re waving their legs around to sense and feel their environment, or preparing to jump onto something. They are arboreal, and their natural behavior is to find a high vantage point, so climbing onto the big thing (you) nearby is normal. It’s not because it seeks your affection.

Certainly if you DO handle them frequently they can get used to it, and it becomes less stressful for them. But in my opinion the dangers outweigh any positives, and I don’t handle mine. These are wild animals that have not been domesticated, even when captive bred. If you want to give them enrichment, and you should, offer them prey to chase or interesting things to explore in a larger enclosure. For those that do still handle them, I’d encourage you to watch their behavior closely and read the spidery cues they’re giving you rather than assuming they’re feeling what a cute little mammal might be feeling in the same scenario.

I could go on with specifics about certain videos, but I wasn’t planning on writing a huge post and this is already long. Also I’m sure many people would disagree with me about some things I’ve said, and I’m not going to argue about anything. This is just how I feel based on what I’ve seen of online jumping spider content, and it’s why I no longer interact with most of it.

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And they were roommates-

(Ocs: Siron & Hans) from Coffeekick

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The Sun - Eguzki

“When the Sun, anguished by her loneliness in the dark, silent space, started crying, her tears fell into the continent and they created life. Each tear left a mark, filling the land with magic, and the desire to protect it.

This desire was so powerful that it transformed into its own entity, one whom would protect the lands and phenomena it was attached to. This entities got many names through the centuries to come, but most called them Spirits.

The Sun quickly fell in love with them and the mortals that came after, the borrowers of stardust. Plants, animals or elves, she didn’t care. They all captivated her, each creature taking a bit of her stardust to exist. But what is a second faced against eternity? What means a lifetime to the Sun?

Driven by the desire to walk among them, The Sun poured most of her power into the continent, and from it, Eki was born. Daughter of The Sun, sister of Life”

The Sun is the beginning of the world. In her infinite loneliness, she was the main factor in the creation of the continent that everyone knows nowadays. She’s the mother of Life and Eki, one created by accident one filled with pure love. Their story is not more than a fairytale in the continent. Mortals are prone to forget and what one day was real soon became legend.

She also owns an universe cape that lets her blend with the stars and darkness. When she uses it, only her face is visible, what we know as the sun.

Have a doodle of Life (black cat) and Eki (orange lady) for reference. They’re standing with Mori, daughter of Time and Life’s coworker (they can’t stand each other)

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have heavily sworn against politics posting on the damn plant blog but if you are trans in Iowa they’re trying to take our rights away this week, and if you're trans and not in Iowa this might be something to pay attention to. Nightmare time to be completely honest.

Bill HF 583 passed a subcommittee yesterday to remove gender identity from the civil rights act. It would make Iowa the first state in the nation go remove a class from its civil rights act. If it passes it would become legal to deny housing, loans, and jobs to trans people, would remove the right to change your gender marker on legal documents even with documentation, and makes it so your birth certificate must reflect your assigned gender at birth, among other things and wider implications.

an incredibly concerning screenshot from the bill (you can read the bill here):

Senate republicans have introduced the same bill under the name SF 418. They want to fast track this through. It could get to the governor's desk by Thursday afternoon.

Organizers are calling for a larger protest for the hearing this coming Thursday the 27th. It's scheduled for the Iowa Capital Building at 9:30 AM, more details in the link. You can register to testify here if you're directly affected.

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I redid this drawing

19/02/2025

21/02/2024

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berry gathering...

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l♡vey-d♡vey

my OCs: Buba & Shirley

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posted on Kate Bornstein's substack

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Commissions!

Hiii!! Just want to let ya'll know I'm once again opening cheap half body commissions on ko-fi! HERE <-

(Characters here all belong to their respective owners)

I planned to do this ahead of Christmas, but irl circumstances made it not possible😭I'm happy to finally open them again though!

As always, reblogs would be appreciated if you are not interested!

Notes:

Please provide references for the character/fancharacter/OC you would like me to draw, as well as their animal companions if there are any and of course any additional info you'd like me to know. Feel free to specify action or pose or expression for your character, and I will try as best I can to capture their likeness.

Preferably no real life persons, live-action, or non-stylised (i.e Cyberpunk, Far Cry, etc.) characters, but I'm willing to talk so DM me first if your commission is any of the sort :) For ship-art, please also contact me before requesting your commission to assure I am comfortable drawing your ship (I reserve the right to decline drawing ships that make me uncomfortable).

I will not draw NSFW.

Feel free to DM me here on tumblr or on ko-fi if you have any questions! :3

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Commissions!

Hiii!! Just want to let ya'll know I'm once again opening cheap half body commissions on ko-fi! HERE <-

(Characters here all belong to their respective owners)

I planned to do this ahead of Christmas, but irl circumstances made it not possible😭I'm happy to finally open them again though!

As always, reblogs would be appreciated if you are not interested!

Notes:

Please provide references for the character/fancharacter/OC you would like me to draw, as well as their animal companions if there are any and of course any additional info you'd like me to know. Feel free to specify action or pose or expression for your character, and I will try as best I can to capture their likeness.

Preferably no real life persons, live-action, or non-stylised (i.e Cyberpunk, Far Cry, etc.) characters, but I'm willing to talk so DM me first if your commission is any of the sort :) For ship-art, please also contact me before requesting your commission to assure I am comfortable drawing your ship (I reserve the right to decline drawing ships that make me uncomfortable).

I will not draw NSFW.

Feel free to DM me here on tumblr or on ko-fi if you have any questions! :3

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doesn't it drive you crazy ⚡️🌳

( 1997 — 2004 — 2014 — 2025 )

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Trapped Family in Gaza Appeals for Help to Survive

A Plea for Help from Gaza: A Family Seeking Safety

Hello, I am Rehab Shamia from a family of 4 members.

We live in the midst of the ongoing hellish war in Gaza, trapped between walls of fear and despair.

light of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, we went through very difficult circumstances. We were displaced several times. We lost our house, which I had paid for with all my savings, to the enemy's bombs shortly after our first displacement. We lost all the beautiful things that my family and I used to enjoy, and the most difficult beautiful thing we lost was safety in peace, due to the violent bombing that surrounded us in all the places to which we fled.

to say the least, our days were difficult, as there were no viable sources of employment to obtain the money we needed to meet our needs.

Our situation is especially dire because my wife was born in the war, I have an infant and a 5-year-old and we are still stuck in a tent where there is no healthy food, no medicine, no water and no electricity. During the process of displacement, we lost the stable and recreational life that we used to live with me, the family, and the child, Ayham, who lost all the toys that he loved and played with all the time, and was deprived of the beautiful

childhood that he lived in the first days of his childhood. My wife, who is constantly tired and exhausted,

moving from one tent to another, is slowly sliding towards despair. Every nature of life, from a beautiful house to a tent in the middle of the street, a place to sleep. I need your help in raising money to leave the Gaza Strip.

need to raise money to restore a beautiful life and stability outside the Gaza Strip Everything I tell leaves only a small amount of the suffering we are experiencing. Below is a glimpse of the contrast between our lives before the aggression and the nightmare we've been enduring since it began. Thank you for your support and solidarity

Please do not hesitate to donate to me and my family. A small donation from you makes a big difference.

My account vetted by :

@bilal-salah0

@gazavetters Our team at #GazaVetters has rigorously vetted and approved this campaign, earning it a spot on our official list at #46 .

My heroic friends who support the Palestinian cause... Today, after we have lost hope in this world, I ask you to help us and stand by

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With deepest respect and gratitude,

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A plea for SANTA 🎅

Your Gift for Ezz and his family makes a difference and helps the family survive, Donate and Reblog please

🍉🍉🍉 We are currently at €1,861 out of €5000 first goal - please send a gift to my Ezzdeen and help us reach our goal as quickly as possible‼️

🌟 Our campaign is vetted by 🇵🇸 @/gazavetters List at #291

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Holidays aren't complete without a sad skooge and a screamin zim

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the only disney remake i wanna see is gir and the spaghetti dinner

(original screencap under the cut)

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