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[ouzel-time]

PSA: FUCK CALLERY PEARS!!!

The callery pear, sometimes known by the name of its infamous domestic cultivar, the Bradford pear, is a HIGHLY invasive species throughout the US! At this time of year (late winter to early spring), callery pears bloom and leaf out before any other native tree species, which can lead to overcrowding.

The history of the Bradford pear:

The Bradford cultivar of the callery pear was introduced into the United States in the 1960s as the ultimate ornamental tree: it flowers and leaves out early, it is naturally straight and tall, and grows super quick. Its leaves are deep red in fall and its toxic fruits are candy to birds. But these attributes would lead to it being a highly invasive species. Where I live, these trees are already greening up when most grass is still barely colored. The fact is that these trees fill in before any others, crowding out younger native plants.

(image courtesy of Leslie Mehrnoff)

Then there are the growing habits of the Bradford pear. The Bradford was originally praised for its rapid, even growth. However, these trees grow so fast that they can't build as much strength as slower-growing species, such as oaks. The forks in limbs and branches are the weak spots, and any amount of wind sends down showers of twigs. When I was younger, I lived in a house with three of these invasive shits out front, and it was a hassle to constantly pick up branches and twigs from the lawn.

(image courtesy of Rebekah Wallace)

As a result of their accelerated growth, Bradford pears are HIGHLY susceptible to storm damage, and this can hurt houses, automobiles and other people's property. On top of that, they're not very pretty to look at whenever they're not flowering or colored up for fall.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Pull/dig up any suckers or saplings that you find. Beware that wild-type callery pears have thorns on the ends of their branches, so proceed with caution.

Cut them the hell down. Depending on where you live, you may receive payment or even a free native tree for pear trees you cut down. Note, DO NOT cut down trees on others' property without permission from the owner of said property.

Inform others! The best way to stop the spread of these trees is to teach others about the problem! More people cutting down callery pears means less shitty invasive trees!

Thank you for your consideration!

[zbearhugz]

Fun fact. My lil brother has been calling Michael "Michael Holden-these-nuts" ever since he found out he was pan.

[cupiiid]

im so sorry but fellow travelers is literally just a screen adaptation of the classic 2012 destiel fanfiction twist and shout

[much-discourse-wow]

[frownyalfred]

the humorous upside to Jason really doubling down on being the kind of Red Hood who is at best morally grey and makes a habit of chopping off heads and shooting anyone he doesn’t agree with is that he is 100% Batman’s obscenely scary dog. the second he puts that bat symbol on his chest it’s over, even if it’s a mockery or a message or whatever. Gotham’s underbelly shits their pants when they see Red Hood. and therefore, Batman — brutal as he is, but so much less lawless, in a way — is suddenly the nice cop in his own city. the city where he routinely cracks skulls, stalks targets in the shadows, and throws people off buildings to get information. Jason makes him the “easy” option in Gotham, and while I’m sure the whole Jason thing keeps Bruce up at night for other reasons, that must be so frustrating? here you have a little shithead upstart elbowing into YOUR city and breaking the rules and suddenly goons are being nice to you? or they’re acting out because they’re more scared of the “other guy.” only a father could love that kind of prodigal son without strangling him.

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF Movie William judges Vanessa's friends..

[rawkinks]

ok ok i was gonna say something else but i was waitin till u answered that bc i didnt wanna be annoying do u know ur ring size bc mine are big n i think my rings would not fit u at all

i think.. a 5.5 or a 6. most of my rings are 6 but i could fit a 5.5. but also all my fingers are the same size (excluding my pinky)?? like the base of my thumb is the same exact width as my other fingers.

but my ring and middle are a bit thicker.

[podcast-hemocytoblast]

What if when Michael got Distortioned he/they/it/(?) had just kept showing up to work? Imagine Gertrude comes into the archives and finds a bunch of paperwork filled out in yellow highlighter and folded into impossible shapes, and then Michael-Distortion just walks into the room door-style and sits down at his work computer so it can email Gertrude a phishing scam.

[ghelullu]

Not saying Papa V wasn't maybe raised Catholic, because there's lore implications in the interviews etc. that leave that as a possibility, and telling people what HC to have, but the guy in the Satanized music video is not Papa V before he became Papa. Papa singing about something doesn't necessarily mean it's him. A similar thing can be easily seen in the He Is music video where they're criticising the behaviour of sects etc.

Tender Father says so himself in the Brent Porche interview (YT Link for those without a Vimeo account here) at around 5:20. Here's a clip of the important part:

"We have a ton of songs - Satanized being one - where technically our singer, in this case Papa V Perpetua, is singing pretending to be a fictional other person.

So any time that you hear our singer, whomever I've sung in the past, singing the word "I", or a song that's in I-form, it doesn't mean that it's that character singing about himself.

In this case, same thing, Satanized is written in I-form from a perspective of a, technically like, simply put, a religious person, who confuses the feeling of being in love with being possessed by an, you know, some unearthly being from another dimension possessing his, in this case, soul and tearing it apart. Because that's how it feels."

It's also been thought, that feelings like that is the devil's work.

So, when it comes to making a video for that, it becomes a little weird if you put Papa there just singing that song. So therefore we had to essentially (chuckles) get an actor in to serve as the main character, in the I-form."

Again, I'm not saying "Don't have this or that headcanon", or "He's 1000% never been catholic". I'm just pointing out basic stylistic devices such as the Lyrical I.

[fishofthewoods]

while i'm imperialposting. imperial dragon lore that makes me want to tear my hair out. web weave

[egophiliac]

Hi it's just to let you know that the official romanization of Revaan's name is Raverne ! Also they have romanized Baul's name to Baur !

Twst coming back at us again with the least expected romanization! thank you everybody (oh god my inbox) (no it's great, I literally asked for this and the reactions have been INCREDIBLE, thank you all!)

I do like Raverne though, I think it's got a nice fancy sound to it! (I had kinda suspected it was going to be an R instead of an L, so the fact that it's SO close to Laverne except for that is hilarious to me personally.) and Dragoneye Duke is honestly probably the best translation for his title, I wasn't envying the localizers that one. :') Baur instead of Baul I was NOT expecting, but in retrospect I think his name's supposed to be a reference to the Bauru crocodile, so that actually makes way more sense!

someone else also said Meleanor has become Maleanor, which is the REALLY weird one to me, because I was so surprised it was written as Mel instead of Mal in the first place?! oh god no I can't decide which one I like better. 😭 (I wonder if they might change it to Mal...they have made romanization changes before) (like I remember House of Distraction being corrected to House of Destruction in Playful Land) (I did check and she's still Mel for now, but I dunno, they might Mal her up and some point and save me from having to make a decision about which one to use) (HECK I CAN'T DECIDE)

uhhhh thank you for letting me ramble about anime names, let's just say MONOGRAMMED SWEATERS FOR EVERYONE

[shotmrmiller]

thinking it was a good idea making now retired simon wear his old mask for role play but now you're kinda afraid because you can feel his eyes on you but he's nowhere in sight and being hunted in your own home is actually terrifying

[claitea]

n's cute little hum from pokemas has Devastated me

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

hope you feel better soon!

I am riddled with ailments, but I stay silly!

[slavhew]

draw-overs + messing around with dennis busts between study bursts

[morkiemcfly]

Nintendo:Zelink is up for interpretation

Also Nintendo: here's a Zelink valentine's day card ❤️🥰 😍