On Saturday I hung out with my 84-year-old ecologist great uncle and he stopped in mid-conversation (abt the return of the whooping crane) and very seriously told me that "you can go one of two ways, as a naturalist"; either you keep sight of the hopeful possibilities, or you don't. I'm one of nature's wretched little pessimists but when an old ecologist literally holds your hands in his and tells you, "don't despair," you have to try, I feel.

I'm immune to a lot of the "hopepunk" narratives about ecology but...

The Karner Blue butterfly was extirpated from Canada the year before I was born. He donated to one of the projects to bring it back for years, and even though the project he was working on fizzled out, I told him about the branch in Toronto, still going strong. They save every lupine seed they can harvest and germinate them carefully so that in 20, 30, 40 years we might have enough habitat to bring the Blues back. He was part of the first wave of that effort.

Fuck!!!! What do you do with that kind of care? You have to at least try to believe that better things are possible!

I hate the "Oh ur posting without tags? how is anyone supposed to find ur post🥺" warning shit tumblr does now. the hand of god will deliver me unto others

I made stew. It was awesome. I love potatoes.

i luv u too

wait what was in the stew

In case you think the writers on strike aren't making good use of their time, think no more!

Only click the read more if you're fully prepared. I'm taking no responsibility past this point.

“Okay but- Ellie Sattler. I think she’s when I realized I was into women.” 🤩

Bulbabulbasauurrr. My first post! Let’s see how this goes!

frorg..

Holy shit he’s back

I hope they lose it all I am so serious. Lose it or pay them.

Guys, the liquid stuff you use when you make a pen mistake so you have to cover it over, what’s it called?

White out

Okay that’s what I thot too,

But apparently it’s “Wite out” 😳😳😳 hello??????

Mandela effect *X-file music plays*

Views from an alternate dimension

Wite-Out is a brand of white out/correction fluid/liquid paper. The colloquial ‘white-out’ probably derives from the Wite-Out brand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correction_fluid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Paper

More importantly:

New Zealand math classroom, circa 2019

this post just shot me in the face like ten times

[Image ID: Tweet from verified user Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi (@/ royWoodJr) reading: 6th grade I forgot the science fair was next day. 10pm in a panic, I find a loaf of molded break my pops forgot to throw out. Made a study on mold, moisture & air. Got 2nd place in the school 5th in the city. (2 laughing crying face emojis) Bread so moldy I was praised for "conducting weeks of research". /End ID]

Lock this man up!!! 😭😭😭

oh btw if you rb please tag with your follower count too!!

whenever my program freezes

People gathered around lava, Iceland.

Ants enjoying a drop of honey

(via @netherworldpost)

…Imagining, long ago, some dinosaur doing this…. 😀

Official: I’m sorry, Mr. Berenson, I can’t let you apply for a marriage license. The record states you’re already married.

Jake: That’s impossible! To who?

—

Marco: Okay, here’s the thing; they had just legalized gay marriage and all of the sudden I was really worried that they wouldn’t let me see you if you were in the hospital because we’re not related—

Jake: So you forged my signature on a marriage certificate???

Marco: Is it technically forging if it was genetically your hand?

Jake: We’re getting divorced right now.

Marco: Funny thing about that… they forgot to legalize gay divorce.

“Until ONE of you confesses to being the radio rebel you will ALL have silent lunch….”