#i’ve worked on this since august

[iyafromtheconcrete]

sjap ending in a month… no i cant believe it…

[wundrousarts]

Going to do a Nevermoor series reread in June + July + August ? if anyone else also wants to do a reread around that time, could be fun to have more of the fandom prepping for Silverborn

Did initially make a roadmap plan to split the books up into weeks on top of already being months, so that people could focus on specific parts and discuss each week….. but between the fact that I messed it up the first time, Silverborn kept getting delayed as I planned it, and I’m actually really bad at keeping to stuff like that (looking at you, Silverborn Countdown Challenge…) I’m deciding to just go for it at whatever pace happens.

[sailforvalinor]

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[disastertwins9000]

OH MY GOD I FOUND IT!! MY MOTIVATION!!!

IM GONNA CRY AUSJDKGJJGJGJGJT

[mostlyvoid-partiallyflowers]

i am god’s strongest soldier (tummy hurts in a new jersey airport)

[overbearingstruggles]

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[itsalwaysforyou]

read on ao3: eventually the birds must land

Before her eyes, Jay convulses into a bouquet of marigolds; a storm; a knife; a star; a bleeding heart; a desert; an ocean; a canyon aching with a fear of its own dark corners. She has dislodged the olive branch, drawn it like she used to offer him bread. And Jay sits, and stares, expressionless, motionless, chest heaving like a nebula.

“Oh.” He’s terrifyingly still, like if he so much as breathes too quickly he’ll rupture this tranquil delirium they’re suspended in.

or: do you love me enough that i may be weak with you?

or or: jay, mal, and vulnerability.

[itspupppycat]

I just added like 2.5 gb of cc to my cas save folder. I’m so excited to play around with stuff I downloaded like several months ago. The folder is now almost 13 gb and I know that’s not a lot in the grand scheme of the mods folders but that’s almost the same save as the Langleys mod folder so… Mind you the cas save is only cas cc no other mods besides essentials and no other category of cc. It’s so awesome having it like this because I get to play around with my sim style and try new things without worrying about if it fits the sims vibe. I don’t know why I care about that stuff but I do so I roll with it lol.

[goldensunset]

i’m so glad i have an almost-done ephemer drawing ready in the midst of all this

[eternalstateofoctober]

i dont know if i made a mistake but i’m so stressed out right now damn it

[the7thcrow]

starting a secondary project to try and reignite my writing spark bc fuck it’s bad you guys.

[whovianwholikesgirls]

You know the brain rot is real when you switch your lock screen from one to the other @anything-thats-rock-and-roll @itsfreakingbats @selfshippery 🙈🙈🙈🙈

[zid1an]

swear to god one day when I have the free time* and force of will I’ll finish reading mdzs the novel and publicly and obsessively comment on every zhan cheng interaction like 🤨🤨🔎. just to like reestablish and cement the zhancheng truther title

[freckleslikestars]

Y’know what phrase doctors say that really stresses me out? ‘If it gets worse, come back’

Because like, it’s not got worse, it just hasn’t gotten any better either and like…do I go back for that? Do I wait for the three month review? Cause like…my lungs are still crap. I’m supposed to be performing in a month and I haven’t yet been able to get through the routine without dying of a coughing fit half way through. So. Y’know. That’s fun.

[ender-lune]

bursting down the wall like the fucking kool aid man I’M BACKKKKKKKKK FINALLY OH MY GOD!!!!!!! blog was running on queue and got a brief eden hijack but I’M REAL AGAIN. AT LAST.

[reasonsforhope]

"For years, California was slated to undertake the world’s largest dam removal project in order to free the Klamath River to flow as it had done for thousands of years.

Now, as the project nears completion, imagery is percolating out of Klamath showing the waterway’s dramatic transformation, and they are breathtaking to behold.

Pictured: Klamath River flows freely, after Copco-2 dam was removed in California.

Incredibly, the project has been nearly completed on schedule and under budget, and recently concluded with the removal of two dams, Iron Gate and Copco 1. Small “cofferdams” which helped divert water for the main dams’ construction, still need to be removed.

The river, along which salmon and trout had migrated and bred for centuries, can flow freely between Lake Ewauna in Klamath Falls, Oregon, to the Pacific Ocean for the first time since the dams were constructed between 1903 and 1962.

“This is a monumental achievement—not just for the Klamath River but for our entire state, nation, and planet,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement. “By taking down these outdated dams, we are giving salmon and other species a chance to thrive once again, while also restoring an essential lifeline for tribal communities who have long depended on the health of the river.”

“We had a really incredible moment to share with tribes as we watched the final cofferdams be broken,” Ren Brownell, Klamath River Renewal Corp. public information officer, told SFGATE. “So we’ve officially returned the river to its historic channel at all the dam sites. But the work continues.”

Pictured: Iron Gate Dam, before and after.

“The dams that have divided the basin are now gone and the river is free,” Frankie Myers, vice chairman of the Yurok Tribe, said in a tribal news release from late August. “Our sacred duty to our children, our ancestors, and for ourselves, is to take care of the river, and today’s events represent a fulfillment of that obligation.”

The Yurok Tribe has lived along the Klamath River forever, and it was they who led the decades-long campaign to dismantle the dams.

At first the water was turbid, brown, murky, and filled with dead algae—discharges from riverside sediment deposits and reservoir drainage. However, Brownell said the water quality will improve over a short time span as the river normalizes.

“I think in September, we may have some Chinook salmon and steelhead moseying upstream and checking things out for the first time in over 60 years,” said Bob Pagliuco, a marine habitat resource specialist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in July.

Pictured: JC Boyle Dam, before and after.

“Based on what I’ve seen and what I know these fish can do, I think they will start occupying these habitats immediately. There won’t be any great numbers at first, but within several generations—10 to 15 years—new populations will be established.”

Ironically, a news release from the NOAA states that the simplification of the Klamath River by way of the dams actually made it harder for salmon and steelhead to survive and adapt to climate change.

“When you simplify the habitat as we did with the dams, salmon can’t express the full range of their life-history diversity,” said NOAA Research Fisheries Biologist Tommy Williams.

“The Klamath watershed is very prone to disturbance. The environment throughout the historical range of Pacific salmon and steelhead is very dynamic. We have fires, floods, earthquakes, you name it. These fish not only deal with it well, it’s required for their survival by allowing the expression of the full range of their diversity. It challenges them. Through this, they develop this capacity to deal with environmental changes.”

-via Good News Network, October 9, 2024