#december 10 2022

[dogstomp]

Dogstomp #2901 - December 10th

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[mermaidinthecity]

alanaspringsteen: bought this sweatshirt an hour before my flight, then spent 5 mins trying to fit it into my suitcase outside the LAX terminal…well worth the scene i caused 😅

[fannyyann]

you may remember that many moons ago (December 2022) Leon posted a friends and family sponcon deal where ashif mawji, someone the oilers do charity work with, left this comment

and instead of deleting the comment, leon eventually deleted the whole post (which as you can see from a quick scroll on his instagram, he doesn’t usually do, even after the deal has expired)

WELL!! it happened again

And I can’t wait to see if he deletes it altogether again :))

[evilclone056]

futuristic five

[duadaily]

December 10, 2022

[salon-maiden-anabel]

mean to me, im twice over odds w/ shiny charm for max lair shiny Latias at this point :sob:

[mouthlessmaiden]

i think it’s dark and it looks like rain you said and the wind is blowing like it’s the end of the world you said and it’s so cold it’s like the cold if you were dead then you smiled for a second i think i’m old and i’m feeling the pain you said and it’s all running out like it’s the end of the world you said and it’s so cold it’s like the cold if you were dead then you smiled for a second sometimes you just make me feel like i’m living at the edge of the world like i’m living at the edge of the world it’s just the way i smile you said

[feralnumberfive]

WHO WAS GONNA TELL ME N306FE WAS FINALLY RETIRED

[carrie-underwoods]

December 10, 2022

[letamthoughts]

Avatar: The Way of Water (3D HFR) (2022)

i really like it (mid tier?) 10/10 was a full movie; nice rewatching the first half of the first movie didn't feel necessary, but certain scenes did help me better understand moments in this one ("Let's get it done then.")

I do like how they laid enough things out for the 3rd movie, especially in regards to the virgin birth

seeing it in 3D HFR was worth it I guess; I wonder if some details would've been clearer or more detailed in 2D or "Real 3D" only HFR movie I can compare it to is Gemini Man (2019), and this one was consistent for understandable reasons; looking forward to the next opportunity this is a family movie; like, almost some Disney shit, fo'real; "Sullies stick together" i dig it, though

in hindsight, I'm really glad the theater preview I saw barely spoiled anything (and I managed to forget most of it) felt that "They die. Here. Today." line interesting choice to make them Māori; called it once i saw dem face tats

(Minor Spoilers)

can imagine some people taking serious issue with the rehashing of sorts; having the Sargent return and all but~ it works and makes complete sense

Jake was definitely fucking up as a father; like, fo'real; god damn makes me wonder what his childhood and parents were like; i think we only hear him say a single thing about the matter in the intro to the first movie

"A father protects" is an interesting line and mentality; curious to see what they do with it for his character arc nice moments showing parallels and similarities between the two families (e.g.: "one big disappointment", dude's wife basically saying "yeah, naw, I'm going", both husbands having difficulties with their wives when they met, etc.)

(Moderate Spoilers)

i actually was expecting Spider to inherit the Sargent’s Na'vi body or for them to eventually make him one, but I guess not? 🤷🏿‍♂️ Much better for everybody actuallythey should really remove the trackers from their aircraft; interesting nobody knew about them funny how when it came to the kids, they did not give a fuck about his ass being outcast

(Major Spoilers)

his survival at the end actually brings hope for the future considering it was his "feral" kid who saved him; might create more humility in the dude like that other scene did ("This is wrong!") wait, who's his mom again? and who's his inevitable girlfriend's dad? seriously, dafuq, y'all? 🤔 what if Earth has a Great Mother too, but humans forgot how to (or just can't) connect to her? 🤔 dude lost his whole crew again; damn Neytiri was losing herself in that end fight; curious to see what they'll do with her relationship with Spider in the sequel interesting that he was primarily concerned with o'girl when Neytiri had her knife to his throat; nice fake-out, btw, damn nice fake-out with almost losing Jake too

[dragonheritageposts]

Dragon Heritage Post

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[faces-of-the-traveler]

shock

[reasonsforhope]

"In one of Africa’s last great wildernesses, a remarkable thing has happened—the scimitar-horned oryx, once declared extinct in the wild, is now classified only as endangered.

It’s the first time the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation organization, has ever moved a species on its Red List from ‘Extinct in the Wild’ to ‘Endangered.’

The recovery was down to the conservation work of zoos around the world, but also from game breeders in the Texas hill country, who kept the oryx alive while the governments of Abu Dhabi and Chad worked together on a reintroduction program.

Chad... ranks second-lowest on the UN Development Index. Nevertheless, it is within this North African country that can be found the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve, a piece of protected desert and savannah the size of Scotland—around 30,000 square miles, or 10 times the size of Yellowstone.

At a workshop in Chad’s capital of N’Djamena, in 2012, Environment Abu Dhabi, the government of Chad, the Sahara Conservation Fund, and the Zoological Society of London, all secured the support of local landowners and nomadic herders for the reintroduction of the scimitar-horned oryx to the reserve.

Environment Abu Dhabi started the project, assembling captive animals from zoos and private collections the world over to ensure genetic diversity. In March 2016, the first 21 animals from this “world herd” were released over time into a fenced-off part of the reserve where they could acclimatize. Ranging over 30 miles, one female gave birth—the first oryx born into its once-native habitat in over three decades.

In late January 2017, 14 more animals were flown to the reserve in Chad from Abu Dhabi.

In 2022, the rewilded species was officially assessed by the IUCN’s Red List, and determined them to be just ‘Endangered,’ and not ‘Critically Endangered,’ with a population of between 140 and 160 individuals that was increasing, not decreasing.

It’s a tremendous achievement of international scientific and governmental collaboration and a sign that zoological efforts to breed endangered and even extinct animals in captivity can truly work if suitable habitat remains for them to return to."

-via Good News Network, December 13, 2023

[duadaily]

December 10, 2022

[dragonheritageposts]

Dragon Heritage Post