#amazon descriptions

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Protecting the Amazon rainforest and its Indigenous peoples is a global responsibility

Unpacking Canada’s haunting presence in the Amazon

In the Amazon rainforest, the lands, cultures, and Indigenous tribes’ ways of life are directly threatened by the destruction. 

While the Amazon has faced long-scale devastation, under former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro’s leadership, deforestation reached a 15-year high in 2021. However, the responsibility for this large-scale decimation is not limited to Brazil — Canada is also complicit in exploiting Amazonian resources.

Deforestation in the Amazon will have long-term, irreversible consequences for our climate, but the crisis extends beyond environmental impact. I believe deforestation is a serious violation of human rights, and Canada’s haunting presence in the Amazon directly threatens Indigenous peoples and their survival which depends on the land. 

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Tagging @allthecanadianpolitics.

[kirby-the-gorb]

[autistic-danieljackson]

Wake up, babe, new SG-1 member just dropped

[phoenixtakaramono]

OPERATION BABYLON - PART VIII

aka the butchlander sugar baby AU.

Tumblr Navigation (note I have not shared the prologue here with its premise setup; I’ve only started sharing this twitter threadfic on tumblr starting from the 2nd 🔞 scene): I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII

Update Schedule: weekly/ biweekly

Although Billy initially didn’t know what to make of the whirlwind Manhattan high-rise house tour Homelander insisted on bringing him on, he thinks he’s figured out Homelander’s game and the unspoken rules by the time he’s carted off to the second flat. So he settles into the routine of making the appropriate “ooh” and “ahh” noises hearing the Yank regale him, the foreigner, about the supposed history of each place.

(You can read the rest of the threadfic update here!)

Keep in mind, all of my AU Butchlander threadfics on Twitter are the unpolished first draft versions of what’ll eventually be polished up into long fics on AO3 under the Shock and Awe series. So you may regard this threadfic as an experimental first prototype and exclusive preview whose contents may or may not be changed in the future final draft version. We’re just loosely playing around with ideas and concepts for now!

If you don’t have a Twitter account, screenshots are provided below the line break so you can read this update on Tumblr as well:

TBC

(A/N) - Place your bets on which location Billy’s going to choose as his base of operations y’all voted for it so…. From this update, if there’s things I’d probably change from the threadfic in the edited AO3 version is going more into detail about the fascinating lore of 432 Park Avenue (here’s the tl;dr vid of why it’s the most hated building in NY), draw out the scene of the g0ry reveal to heighten the tension of what Billy had just missed out seeing, and provide a better description of the architecture of Hudson Yards shops. Alas I am constrained by Twitter’s character limit per tweet, haha, and this is the first prototype so I’m not too worried.

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode, Pl. 229, 19 mai 1832, Paris. Amazone de Casimir de de la façon de M Uhlendorff. Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library

The woman on the left is wearing a black dress with gigot sleeves. She has a whip in her gloved hands. She is wearing a hat decorated with a veil. The woman on the right is facing away from the viewer. She is wearing a green dress of similar design. She is also wearing a hat and holding a whip in her gloved hands.

[alexeven-art]

I made a base, mostly for my own future designs, but anyone is free to use it, just please don’t remove my credit stamp (but if you’re making batches of multiple designs in the same image, the stamp only needs to be there once!)

Also, I’d love to be tagged when you use it, if applicable (depending on which corner of the internet you post to) but that is by no means a requirement! I’m just curious and wanna see what y’all make :3

[melis-hellis]

love seeing smiling friends fans who aren't from that chaotic animation/gaming part of the internet learning that they shouldn't believe a damn thing zach and michael say about the show LMAO

[ot3]

lin manuel miranda guest starred on the season 6 premiere of house???

[simplyghosting]

*Doing inventory for a small accessories store*

Owner: Okay, so first log the types of earrings, colors, identifiers, amounts, and prices.

Me: Okay.

Owner: You can even give them fun names if you want! Name one after yourself even!

Me, who hasn’t had a real sense of creative freedom or fun since middle school, and intends to log these like a robot: 👍

[good-to-knowmens]

Season two of good omens has (as all media on streaming services should) an audio described version.

It’s good for the most part. The sound mixing is well done, and the interruptions are well placed, however I do have one issue. Non-binary characters are referred to with the pronouns and sexes of their actors, not the pronouns and sexes (or lack thereof) which are used for them in the show and script. This is disappointing, as Neil Gaiman has made his support for the LGBTQ+ community undeniable, and has made a real effort to give genuine and positive representation to Non-binary people in his work, however this is not reflected in the Audio described version. As a result, those who enjoy Good omens entirely through this media are missing out on the wonderful representation, scattered around the show. If anyone knows the correct way to go about contacting prime for this issue to be resolved, please do so, and share how others can do the same.

(A correctly labelled metatron below for good luck today <3)

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

A Changing Climate Is Scorching the World’s Biggest River

As a punishing drought dries up stretches of the Amazon River, Brazil is resorting to dredging to try to keep food, medicine and people flowing along the watery superhighway.

The world’s largest river is parched.

The Amazon River, battered by back-to-back droughts fueled by climate change, is drying up, with some stretches of the mighty waterway dwindling to shallow pools only a few feet deep.

Water levels along several sections of the Amazon River, which winds nearly 4,000 miles across South America, fell last month to their lowest level on record, according to figures from the Brazilian Geological Service.

In one stretch in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, the river was 25 feet below the average for this time of year, according to the agency, which began collecting data in 1967.

Parts of three of the Amazon River’s most important tributaries — major rivers in their own right, each spanning over 1,000 miles — have also fallen to historical lows.

The crisis has gridlocked the Amazon, a vital watery superhighway that serves as practically the only way to connect forest communities and move commerce around some of the most remote stretches on the planet.

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[worm-in-a-trenchcoat]

I’m ready for Pride fest, beasties 😌 💅🏾

ID in alt text!

[dont-open-dead-inside-25]

girl it's a copper bracelet. what did you expect

[arctic-hands]

Was anyone going to tell me about Libro.fm or is an audiobook service that lets you actually own DRM-free audiobooks that can be downloaded into MP3 format AND you sync up your payment to your favorite book store too good to be true?

[anccaku]

... Well... fair enough.

[chic-a-gigot]

Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costumes Parisiens, 25 juin 1826, (2417): Chapeau de paille. Canezou d'organdi. Jupe de casimir. Pantalon de bazin et Bottines. Chapeau de castor. Amazone de drap. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Woman in organdy 'canezou' with gigot sleeves on a 'casimir' skirt with train. Underskirt and long pants from 'Bazin'. On the head a high straw hat with veil. Further accessories: scarf tied around the neck, belt with buckle, gloves, whip, boots. In the background a woman, seen from the back, in an Amazon costume (riding costume) made of cloth. On the head a top hat of 'castor' with veil. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published by Pierre de la Mésangère, Paris, 1797-1839.