#*･ﾟqueue.

[toapaixonar]

@shadowbrn ( continued. )

she can see his lips twitching, blue hues rolling silently. lizzie does not find it in her to argue with him though, not tonight. mostly because this is goodbye, even if donovan does not know it. tomorrow she is going after hope and... she is not certain things will go her way. in fact, she is pretty certain they will not. which is why she has a backup plan. but if she is right, she will be a vampire next time she sees him and... well, that means lizzie saltzman will be dead. and undead, but she cannot stop to think of the details or she might give up. ❝ you would? ❞ the blonde asks, not bothering to hide both her awe and her surprise. shockingly enough lizzie does not even bother being sassy. seems pointless when she can feel death knocking on her door. this might be her last time seeing him, after all. ❝ if i didn't know you, i'd say it's almost as if you like me, donovan lockwood. ❞ and it is no one's business if she sounds a bit hopeful.

[wishfulsketching]

Silco and his terror of a daughter

[spockvarietyhour]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine "Past Tense, Pt. 1"

[bebemoon]

ughhh fine *experiences emotional growth*

[defilerwyrm]

There’s this guy in town who owns this little house, and a while back he rescued a street dog that was going to get put down. Turned out she was pregnant.

Problem is, he has mental health & drug issues and couldn’t afford to get them all spayed & neutered, so now there are 6 grown bitches with 15 puppies total, and they’ve dug under his fence in multiple places but he can’t afford to fix it so they go roaming all around town. (When I say can’t afford it, I mean his house is currently running on a generator because he can’t afford his electric bill.) He’s also a day laborer so he cannot take multiple full days off work to take them to the vet an hour away. He’s in a really rough spot.

He’s not a bad person. He’s just overwhelmed.

And this little conservative town with 6 churches for 300 people, have they tried to help their neighbor? Have they adopted the puppies he’s been trying to give away? Have they offered resources?

NOPE! All they wanna do is talk shit about him and complain about the dogs but never lift a finger of their own. And they come to his house to yell at him and cuss him out about the dogs, which does not exactly engender in him a cooperative attitude, as you might imagine.

So after a while of this going on, my mom gets fed up with all the NIMBY bullshit and starts talking to the guy, because she’s done animal rescue for 20-odd years and has Connections. He’s resistant at first, but when he realizes she’s not being an asshole to him on account of his addiction or the dogs, he decides to let her help.

She gets to work organizing and networking. Finds a non-profit that will cover vaccinations, spay/neuter, and flea treatments for all the dogs. Talks the next-door neighbor into paying for materials to fix the fence, since this guy can do the work of it himself. Gets him in touch with another non-profit that will adopt out the adult dogs.

Less than 2 weeks after she decided to do something, all puppies have been to the vet, 10 puppies and 4 adult dogs have been adopted out, and the second non-profit is coming by next week to pick up the remaining 7 dogs to ship them out for adoption.

I’ve learned a lot of things from my mom—some good, some bad—but I think the most important positive message she lives as an example of is this: sometimes, when something needs done and no one else is willing, you gotta stand up and say “I’ll do it.”

[starridge]

from the same six hour drawing session where i devolved into hyperfixation-based madness

[rielzero]

Ohh, so I was looking at my storage and found these! I originally shared them on twitter before yeeting the platform. Anyway, feel free to use! Art memes for your oc :D

[anipgarden]

Some of you may have heard about Monarch butterflies being added to the Threatened species list in the US and be planning to immediately rush out in spring and buy all the milkweed you can manage to do your part and help the species.

And that's fantastic!! Starting a pollinator garden and/or encouraging people and businesses around you to do the same is an excellent way to help not just Monarchs but many other threatened and at-risk pollinator species!

However.

Please please PLEASE do not obtain Tropical Milkweed for this purpose!

Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)--also commonly known as bloodflower, Mexican butterflyweed, and scarlet milkweed--will likely be the first species of milkweed you find for sale at most nurseries. It'll be fairly cheap, too, and it grows and propagates so easily you'll just want to grab it! But do not do that!

Tropical milkweed can cause a host of issues that can ultimately harm the butterflies you're trying to help, such as--

Harboring a protozoan parasite called OE (which has been linked to lower migration success, reductions in body mass, lifespan, mating success, and flight ability) for long periods of time

Remaining alive for longer periods, encouraging breeding during migration time/overwintering time as well as keeping monarchs in an area until a hard freeze wherein which they die

Actually becoming toxic to monarch caterpillars when exposed to warmer temperatures associated with climate change

However--do not be discouraged!! There are over 100 species of milkweed native to the United States, and plenty of resources on which are native to your state specifically! From there, you can find the nurseries dedicated to selling native milkweeds, or buy/trade for/collect seeds to grow them yourself!!

The world of native milkweeds is vast and enchanting, and I'm sure you'll soon find a favorite species native to your area that suits your growing space! There's tons of amazing options--whether you choose the beautiful pink vanilla-smelling swamp milkweed, the sophisticated redring milkweed, the elusive purple milkweed, the alluring green antelopehorn milkweed, or the charming heartleaf milkweed, or even something I didn't list!

And there's tons of resources and lots of people willing to help you on your native milkweed journey! Like me! Feel free to shoot me an ask if you have any questions!

Just. PLEASE. Leave the tropical milkweed alone. Stay away.

TLDR: Start a pollinator garden to help the monarchs! Just don't plant tropical milkweed. There's hundreds of other milkweeds to grow instead!

[planetary]

[solarpunkani]

Just watched a librarian yell at a guy for sleeping in a chair

Apparently its against the rules to sleep in a library

Like sorry you have comfy cozy chairs out??? Also homeboy wasn’t snoring or anything like it wasn’t even disruptive sleeping what the fuck

[toapaixonar]

@shadowbrn continued from here because legacy editor.

a request. the words roll around in her mind, smirking a bit more. it is almost as though she can feel her fingertips curling in sheer anticipation. the game they are playing is one she finds most exciting and she cannot wait to see who wins. ❝ and what makes you so certain that i won't be predictable and boring? is it because i don't want to sleep with you, dean? do girls really throw themselves at you that often that rejection turns you on? interesting, ❞ the redhead whispers, teeth brushing against her bottom lip. it is when taylor allows herself to roam her gaze over his figure, study him up close and personal. placing her hands beneath her chin, the girl leans forward and closer to him. ❝ alright, dean. i'll meet you at midnight if you win. at the bar. with my clothes on and lots of people around. ❞ a beat, gaze roaming up and down his figure slowly with a hunger burning bright in emerald hues. ❝ because as i've said before, i have no interest in becoming another name on your list whatsoever. ❞

[wishfulsketching]

I know you’re probably super busy but I HAVE to share this with someone. I found this absolutely insane shirt at my job (thrift store) and it’s been killing me to imagine Silco in it

You can't drop something like this to my askbox and not expect me to draw something

Moms usually drop the kids off to their playdate, time for the dads to meet.

[doucefiction]

@ar7matters ( peyton sawyer ) ♡'d for a starter.

ocean blue hues focus on the task in front of her, trembling hand trying its best to remain steady as she does the final touches on her makeup. but then she sees her, a shadow lurker in the corner of the room. ❝ what do you want, peyton? ❞ her tone is cold, reflection of a desperate attempt to keep her heart from breaking all over again.

[elwenyere]

— Ursula K. Le Guin, from “A Rant About ‘Technology’”

[artsymeeshee]

The magic 8-ball

[defilerwyrm]

Growth capitalism is a deranged fantasy for lunatics.

Year 1, your business makes a million dollars in profit. Great start!

Year 2, you make another million. Oh no! Your business is failing because you didn't make more than last year!

Okay, say year 2 you make $2 mil. Now you're profitable!

Then year 3 you make $3 mil. Oh no! Your business is failing! But wait, you made more money than last year right? Sure, but you didn't make ENOUGH more than last year so actually your business is actively tanking! Time to sell off shares and dismantle it for parts! You should have made $4 mil in profit to be profitable, you fool!

If you're not making more money every year by an ever-increasing exponent, the business is failing!

Absolute degenerate LUNACY