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[arise-children-angel-is-here]

Master post! (Some stuff are OLD so bare with me here-)

Through out my time on Tumblr I have talked to so many awesome people! You should follow them and check out their blogs too! It is also a must to check out @somerandomdudelmao c.a.s if you haven't! Have a great day.

Reminder if you use my art plz credit me! <333

Almost forgot the sparkles! ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

List of people to follow (I will keep adding on to this so you guys know :]) (you gotta earn a spot here by simply interacting with me!)

Who knew humans are so fun and goofy?

@meowph-132 @madzrottmnt @beewasdeleted @tistic-hellspwn @notjustdragonspages @thetmnt101 @bftpl @auggie-arts @artistheworld @daddyricsdoll @cuddlebugmonster @qeelovestea @bossbabyfan2 @thatrottmntdonnieguy @m3l0man14c @mikey-rottmnt @risewriter @ghostytoad @sanfezu @diona-98 @rosekatara @justmesadlysry @mikebeanz @fluffyr0cky @save-rottmnt 😭 @ofthefrogs @ender-outlaw @ilikestarfoxturtles @flowerblossom22 @animal-lover-forever @gamerblade1 @mistermertensophryne @taperecorder-gizmo @darkdull59 @finleyforevermore @sk1nand-b0nes

ARTISTS BATTLE? (Idk anymore)

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Here's some of the stuff I did:

Sona stuffs:

[Sona designs and reactions sheet 1]

[Sona designs and reactions sheet 2]

Old design refs! Old ref thingy idk

Kraang apocalypse design thingy (idk)

NEWEST SONA REF!!!

Some sona art, more art, spidersona spidersona updated

1, 2,

Animations:

A lil animation :> [it's totally Canon guys] Another one.... Another one [cat silly] Something I guess 🤷🏾‍♀️ undertale meme

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Literally Rottmnt based:

Pb + J duo!!! [A lil silly I made :>]

The....turtle boys? (Wtaf am I doing?): 1, 2, 3, 4

The turtle bois but better because kawaii is better than romance: 1, 2, 3, 4

Other arts!: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,

SOME YUMMY ANGST 😋

MORE ANGST FOR THE HUNGRY SOUL

Comic thing: wip sneak peek. Finished. Another thing :3 Disaster twins

Nah,

something interesting <:D

Donnie reactions, draw this man some pupils please 🙏 (no time limit lol)

Incorrect quotes for the heck of it:

Pasta 💀,

Idk random off topic rottmnt?:

Eep progress. Eep completed

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Other very interesting stuff:

Randomness: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,

Is traditional art not digital?: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,

Sillies: 1, 2, 3, 4,

Crochet projects: 1, 2,

Phone back grounds: 1, 2, 3,

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RANDOM GIF SUNDAY!:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,

DTIYS!!! [no time limit <3]

This deserved to be here too (not mine): this

[super-tiny-plant-daddy]

What's your Twitter handle?

I’m also way more active there on a daily basis

[antisocialgaycat]

i reblog so many posts with fuckthisitsfishtime in mind

i can tell ur js baiting me lmao

also everyone go follow @fuckthisitsfishtime which is my fish sideblog bc i realised i was kind of spamming main a while ago lmao

[rhaenyra-the-gracious]

Hello! Go follow my friend's mental health blog. She's focused on making informative posts about mental illnesses, but she also reblogs relatable and relevant posts about mental health and uploads her art. It's @schizonat. Go follow!

[mimble-sparklepudding]

25. The Yeasayer.

The Yeasayer, young, sweet and naïve,

Until a banquet left him bloodied,

No more wears his heart upon his sleeve,

His words now sadder and more studied.

The twenty-fifth character in my silly poem series is Ki'to of @humblemooncat.

Another more recent FFXIV blog, but definitely one deserving of wider recognition. Ki'to's story is an emotional journey of angst, self-discovery and romantic interludes with husbands of vastly differing heights.

I happen to have selected a more sober moment in his story for artistic purposes, but there is plenty of fun, glamour and spice to be found within as well. With thoughtful responses to character asks and some stunning screenshots, this fabulous blog deserves many more followers. Highly recommended.

[girldraki]

[asgardian--angels]

Planet's Fucked: What Can You Do To Help? (Long Post)

Since nobody is talking about the existential threat to the climate and the environment a second Trump term/Republican government control will cause, which to me supersedes literally every other issue, I wanted to just say my two cents, and some things you can do to help. I am a conservation biologist, whose field was hit substantially by the first Trump presidency. I study wild bees, birds, and plants.

In case anyone forgot what he did last time, he gagged scientists' ability to talk about climate change, he tried zeroing budgets for agencies like the NOAA, he attempted to gut protections in the Endangered Species Act (mainly by redefining 'take' in a way that would allow corporations to destroy habitat of imperiled species with no ramifications), he tried to do the same for the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (the law that offers official protection for native non-game birds), he sought to expand oil and coal extraction from federal protected lands, he shrunk the size of multiple national preserves, HE PULLED US OUT OF THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT, and more.

We are at a crucial tipping point in being able to slow the pace of climate change, where we decide what emissions scenario we will operate at, with existential consequences for both the environment and people. We are also in the middle of the Sixth Mass Extinction, with the rate of species extinctions far surpassing background rates due completely to human actions. What we do now will determine the fate of the environment for hundreds or thousands of years - from our ability to grow key food crops (goodbye corn belt! I hated you anyway but), to the pressure on coastal communities that will face the brunt of sea level rise and intensifying extreme weather events, to desertification, ocean acidification, wildfires, melting permafrost (yay, outbreaks of deadly frozen viruses!), and a breaking down of ecosystems and ecosystem services due to continued habitat loss and species declines, especially insect declines. The fact that the environment is clearly a low priority issue despite the very real existential threat to so many people, is beyond my ability to understand. I do partly blame the public education system for offering no mandatory environmental science curriculum or any at all in most places. What it means is that it will take the support of everyone who does care to make any amount of difference in this steeply uphill battle.

There are not enough environmental scientists to solve these issues, not if public support is not on our side and the majority of the general public is either uninformed or actively hostile towards climate science (or any conservation science).

So what can you, my fellow Americans, do to help mitigate and minimize the inevitable damage that lay ahead?

I'm not going to tell you to recycle more or take shorter showers. I'll be honest, that stuff is a drop in the bucket. What does matter on the individual level is restoring and protecting habitat, reducing threats to at-risk species, reducing pesticide use, improving agricultural practices, and pushing for policy changes. Restoring CONNECTIVITY to our landscape - corridors of contiguous habitat - will make all the difference for wildlife to be able to survive a changing climate and continued human population expansion.

**Caveat that I work in the northeast with pollinators and birds so I cannot provide specific organizations for some topics, including climate change focused NGOs. Scientists on tumblr who specialize in other fields, please add your own recommended resources. **

We need two things: FUNDING and MANPOWER.

You may surprised to find that an insane amount of conservation work is carried out by volunteers. We don't ever have the funds to pay most of the people who want to help. If you really really care, consider going into a conservation-related field as a career. It's rewarding, passionate work.

At the national level, please support:

The Nature Conservancy

Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Cornell Lab of Ornithology (including eBird)

National Audubon Society

Federal Duck Stamps (you don't need to be a hunter to buy one!)

These first four work to acquire and restore critical habitat, change environmental policy, and educate the public. There is almost certainly a Nature Conservancy-owned property within driving distance of you. Xerces plays a very large role in pollinator conservation, including sustainable agriculture, native bee monitoring programs, and the Bee City/Bee Campus USA programs. The Lab of O is one of the world's leaders in bird research and conservation. Audubon focuses on bird conservation. You can get annual memberships to these organizations and receive cool swag and/or a subscription to their publications which are well worth it. You can also volunteer your time; we need thousands of volunteers to do everything from conducting wildlife surveys, invasive species removal, providing outreach programming, managing habitat/clearing trails, planting trees, you name it. Federal Duck Stamps are the major revenue for wetland conservation; hunters need to buy them to hunt waterfowl but anyone can get them to collect!

THERE ARE DEFINITELY MORE, but these are a start.

Additionally, any federal or local organizations that seek to provide support and relief to those affected by hurricanes, sea level rise, any form of coastal climate change...

At the regional level:

These are a list of topics that affect major regions of the United States. Since I do not work in most of these areas I don't feel confident recommending specific organizations, but please seek resources relating to these as they are likely major conservation issues near you.

PRAIRIE CONSERVATION & PRAIRIE POTHOLE WETLANDS

DRYING OF THE COLORADO RIVER (good overview video linked)

PROTECTION OF ESTUARIES AND SALTMARSH, ESPECIALLY IN THE DELAWARE BAY AND LONG ISLAND (and mangroves further south, everglades etc; this includes restoring LIVING SHORELINES instead of concrete storm walls; also check out the likely-soon extinction of saltmarsh sparrows)

UNDAMMING MAJOR RIVERS (not just the Colorado; restoring salmon runs, restoring historic floodplains)

NATIVE POLLINATOR DECLINES (NOT honeybees. for fuck's sake. honeybees are non-native domesticated animals. don't you DARE get honeybee hives to 'save the bees')

WILDLIFE ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER (support the Mission Butterfly Center!)

INVASIVE PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES (this is everywhere but the specifics will differ regionally, dear lord please help Hawaii)

LOSS OF WETLANDS NATIONWIDE (some states have lost over 90% of their wetlands, I'm looking at you California, Ohio, Illinois)

INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE, esp in the CORN BELT and CALIFORNIA - this is an issue much bigger than each of us, but we can work incrementally to promote sustainable practices and create habitat in farmland-dominated areas. Support small, local farms, especially those that use soil regenerative practices, no-till agriculture, no pesticides/Integrated Pest Management/no neonicotinoids/at least non-persistent pesticides. We need more farmers enrolling in NRCS programs to put farmland in temporary or permanent wetland easements, or to rent the land for a 30-year solar farm cycle. We've lost over 99% of our prairies to corn and soybeans. Let's not make it 100%.

INDIGENOUS LAND-BACK EFFORTS/INDIGENOUS LAND MANAGEMENT/TEK (adding this because there have been increasing efforts not just for reparations but to also allow indigenous communities to steward and manage lands either fully independently or alongside western science, and it would have great benefits for both people and the land; I know others on here could speak much more on this. Please platform indigenous voices)

HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (get your neighbors to stop dumping fertilizers on their lawn next to lakes, reduce agricultural runoff)

OCEAN PLASTIC (it's not straws, it's mostly commercial fishing line/trawling equipment and microplastics)

A lot of these are interconnected. And of course not a complete list.

At the state and local level:

You probably have the most power to make change at the local level!

Support or volunteer at your local nature centers, local/state land conservancy non-profits (find out who owns&manages the preserves you like to hike at!), state fish & game dept/non-game program, local Audubon chapters (they do a LOT). Participate in a Christmas Bird Count!

Join local garden clubs, which install and maintain town plantings - encourage them to use NATIVE plants. Join a community garden!

Get your college campus or city/town certified in the Bee Campus USA/Bee City USA programs from the Xerces Society

Check out your state's official plant nursery, forest society, natural heritage program, anything that you could become a member of, get plants from, or volunteer at.

Volunteer to be part of your town's conservation commission, which makes decisions about land management and funding

Attend classes or volunteer with your land grant university's cooperative extension (including master gardener programs)

Literally any volunteer effort aimed at improving the local environment, whether that's picking up litter, pulling invasive plants, installing a local garden, planting trees in a city park, ANYTHING. make a positive change in your own sphere. learn the local issues affecting your nearby ecosystems. I guarantee some lake or river nearby is polluted

MAKE HABITAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY. Biggest thing you can do. Use plants native to your area in your yard or garden. Ditch your lawn. Don't use pesticides (including mosquito spraying, tick spraying, Roundup, etc). Don't use fertilizers that will run off into drinking water. Leave the leaves in your yard. Get your school/college to plant native gardens. Plant native trees (most trees planted in yards are not native). Remove invasive plants in your yard.

On this last point, HERE ARE EASY ONLINE RESOURCES TO FIND NATIVE PLANTS and LEARN ABOUT NATIVE GARDENING:

Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Resource Center

Pollinator Pathway

Audubon Native Plant Finder

Homegrown National Park (and Doug Tallamy's other books)

National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder (clunky but somewhat helpful)

Heather Holm (for prairie/midwest/northeast)

MonarchGard w/ Benjamin Vogt (for prairie/midwest)

Native Plant Trust (northeast & mid-atlantic)

Grow Native Massachusetts (northeast)

Habitat Gardening in Central New York (northeast)

There are many more - I'm not familiar with resources for western states. Print books are your biggest friend. Happy to provide a list of those.

Lastly, you can help scientists monitor species using citizen science. Contribute to iNaturalist, eBird, Bumblebee Watch, or any number of more geographically or taxonomically targeted programs (for instance, our state has a butterfly census carried out by citizen volunteers).

In short? Get curious, get educated, get involved. Notice your local nature, find out how it's threatened, and find out who's working to protect it that you can help with. The health of the planet, including our resilience to climate change, is determined by small local efforts to maintain and restore habitat. That is how we survive this. When government funding won't come, when we're beat back at every turn trying to get policy changed, it comes down to each individual person creating a safe refuge for nature.

Thanks for reading this far. Please feel free to add your own credible resources and organizations.

[perrieedwards]

i feel like people are skimming over the uk riots in a way that makes me want to tear my hair out. muslims in the uk are in active danger. immigrants in the uk are in active danger. refugees in the uk are in active danger. people of colour in the uk are in active danger. asian communities in the uk are in active danger. black communities in the uk are in active danger.

there are massive far right riots throughout the country right now and people like fucking elon musk and nigel farage are inciting it and still have a platform to speak. people have used three young girls deaths, people's genuine grief in southport, to try and gain traction for their own racist bullshit and it's working.

a lot of refugee charities have been forced to close leaving many people without support, homes, funding, food, etc. if you aren't able to donate please consider sending a message via the conversation over borders campaign! it will send a hopeful, welcoming letter to a refugee in the uk. there is also a guide to staying safe here.

please do your own research and donate to refugee charities, anti-islamophobia charities, mosques who are trying to rebuild after being destroyed, counter protesters, here are some i've heard positive things about but the list is extensive; southport strong together (support for the southport victims and their families), southport mosque rebuilding, riot repair fund, middlesbrough vulnerable residents, nasir mosque rebuilding, hull help for refugees, bristol welcomes migrants,

[assumptionprime]

Sometimes we could all use a reminder. (source)

[stargirl230]

you’re my hero!

bnha doomed yuri was not on my 2024 bingo card

(no reposts; reblogs appreciated)

[arise-children-angel-is-here]

Hmm ok I gotta question for YOU this time !

Would you rather....

Cook/Draw with Mikey

or

Have a Cuddle/Dance sesh with Raph ?

And don't think I forgot about ur sparkles and hearts !

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Aaahhh this is so hard!!!

I can't pick! I will probably watch Jupiter Jim with both of them while eating some good pizza! Omigosh this is fun! And here is your hearts and sparkles!!! 💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️💖✨️

[fairycosmos]

ping ponging back and forth between seeing immense beauty everywhere and feeling deeply like i am in hell

[bruhstation]

you’re just like the rest of them

[rhaenyra-the-gracious]

Hello! Go follow my friend's mental health blog. She's focused on making informative posts about mental illnesses, but she also reblogs relatable and relevant posts about mental health and uploads her art. It's @schizonat. Go follow!

[kate-bot]

you guys ATE UP THAT LAST POST HUH!!!!!!!! have some doodles

[brittlebodies]

Ian Stone, Doubting Thomas, oil on linen, 12x16 in, 2023