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The Ukrainian postal service has released a stamp featuring artwork by Banksy to mark the first anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion. The artist painted the image on a wall in the town of Borodianka in November 2022 and has apparently given his permission for use on the stamp.

From The Guardian:The image draws inspiration from the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, known to be a black belt in judo, and depicts a young judoka representing Ukraine knocking down a grown man.

The phrase “FCK PTN” in Cyrillic has been added to the lower left part of the new stamp.

reblog to give somebody a fucking hug because we are all struggling to get through it. solidarity in this tough ass world.

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I love how we got the introduction to TREE LAW a few weeks ago, when that story went viral on Twitter about the person whose neighbor illegally had all of their trees chopped down because they wanted a city view, so that we would understand what was happening when Universal thought it would be funny to deprive strikers of shade by "trimming" city-owned trees to the point of destruction.

This is an excellent example of organically teaching concepts without relying on tedious tutorials or forced, immersion-breaking expository cutscenes.

A++++ game design. 10/10, no notes.

it’s funny to me how the logic behind tumblr’s new layout changes are to coddle potential new users, to make them feel more comfortable by giving them a layout that’s more familiar to navigate

…..by making the CURRENT users feel LESS comfortable by giving them a layout that’s LESS familiar to navigate.

they’re prioritizing a hypothetical scenario over their established, existing userbase, some of which (like me) who have been here for 10+ years

1000 FOLLOWERS WOOT WOOT!! You deserve is so much!!!! Can I get some Presidents son!Stiles and bodyguard!Derek if you feel so inclined? :)

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Ahh thank you lovely ☺️ Here is a short fic! TW for an attempt on Stiles' life, but it is very brief and not angsty, I promise!

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Stiles doesn't like his new bodyguard. Well, no, he does, that's the problem, so he's busy trying to convince himself that he doesn't like him. Because while Derek is focussed on guarding Stiles' body, Stiles would much prefer Derek to be doing something else with his body instead.

Derek, however, seems to be immune to Stiles' advances.

PROOMPT!!!!!! "i'm not intimidating" "you are a bit, babe"

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"I can't believe they said that," Derek mutters, mostly to himself.

"Who? What?" Stiles says, looking up from his laptop for the first time in hours.

Derek gestures vaguely towards the outside world and Stiles is on his feet in an instant and reaching for his baseball bat.

Chapters: 16/16 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Additional Tags: Aftermath of Torture, Blind Character, Alpha Derek Hale, Sheriff Stilinski Finds Out, Good Parent Sheriff Stilinski, Bad Friend Scott McCall (Teen Wolf), Seriously - fuck Scott McCall, And fuck the Argents too, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Pack Feels, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Heavy Angst, Stiles Stilinski Whump, Post-Episode: s02e12 Master Plan, Sleepy Cuddles, Derek Hale Loves Stiles Stilinski, Stiles Stilinski Loves Derek Hale, The Alpha Pack, Kidnapped Stiles Stilinski, Protective Derek Hale, Good Alpha Derek Hale, Peter Hale & Stiles Stilinski Friendship, Non-Evil Peter Hale, Vernon Boyd & Erica Reyes Live, Derek Hale & Sheriff Stilinski Bonding, Erica Reyes & Sheriff Stilinski Bonding, Tissue Warning, Whump, Top Derek Hale/Bottom Stiles Stilinski, Versatile Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Summary:

Derek exhaled tremulously and tried to stay calm. He called several more times, growing steadily more frantic each time, before allowing the truth to settle in: Stiles’ phone was off. “No. No, no, no, please, no,” Derek whispered to himself, barely able to see the screen through his tearful eyes. What had he done? Had he been so blinded by rage that he dismissed Stiles' call for help?

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Fuming over Scott's betrayal, the Alpha is out of his mind with anger. When he receives a call from Stiles in that incredibly inopportune moment, he does not even let the teen speak - just screams at him, blames him for everything, and hangs up. But then Erica and Boyd show up, frantically insisting that Stiles is out there somewhere, likely hanging onto life by a thread after being tortured for hours... Will they be able to find Stiles before it's too late? And just how much of the Stiles they know will be left if they do manage to track him down?

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This really hit home, and there are many types of families in the world. It would be great if more people could realize that. 

Ruby Bridges is 68. This is not ancient history. Not even close.

I know Ruby. She's a really nice person. The idea that they would try and write what she did as a girl out of history is shocking to me on so many levels, the simplest of which is just, but don't they know how lovely she is?

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Ruby was in Tucson, AZ last Thanksgiving. I wasn't able to attend due to illness, but I appreciated the opportunity.

they came up with a stupid shape for panties then decided it's the pussy who's wrong and you should remove the hair sticking out.......... the state of this world

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski Characters: Derek Hale, Stiles Stilinski, Erica Reyes Additional Tags: POV Derek Hale, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alternate Universe - Werewolves Are Known, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Alternate Universe - College/University, Alpha Derek Hale, Omega Stiles Stilinski, Meet-Cute, Derek Hale & Erica Reyes Friendship, Lydia Martin & Stiles Stilinski Friendship, Mates Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, the sterek valentine's exchange 2023 Series: Part 19 of AU: FIRST MEETINGS Summary:

When Derek wakes from a bad dream, he stares up at the cutest guy he's ever met. The scent of home washes over him and he has no idea what it means. But after the guy walks away, all Derek wants is to find him again.

based on the prompt: "I was looking up a guy's info on a college computer. Heard his voice from behind me telling me how to correctly spell his last name. #IGotCaught"

I don't know why every TW fanfic I've read calls Lydia gorgeous. To me she's homely... like a pug.

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You love to see it. (Not the destruction of trees, obvs, but shitheads meeting their oncoming comeuppance at the hands of trees.)

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Okay, as someone with their doctorate in plant health (specifically trees and landscape plants), I'm frothing at the mouth livid.

Pollarding is a type of pruning done where you remove the upper branches of a tree with the intent of forcing it to grow more branches. Historically, it was used to produce fodder for livestock and wood for fencing, crafting, etc. but now is more of an aesthetic choice - it creates dense shade and reduces the risk of heavy branches becoming safety concerns later.

However, that pruning is something that occurs in January - March, when the tree is dormant. Not in the peak of summer, when there's a heat wave expected. By doing it during dormancy, the tree has already stored all of the nutrients and sugars the leaves held in the roots and trunk, ready for use in spring.

By pruning these trees now, they've severely damaged them, if not outright sentenced them to death. Leaves provide a tremendous amount of shade to the trunk, actively cool the area through respiration (pulling water through the tree and into the air around it), and provide sugars and nutrients necessary for growth through photosynthesis. These trees now have to work overtime to compensate and re-grow and entire canopy of leaves with reduced resources.

These trees are in what are sometimes affectionately known as "hell strips" - there's a concrete sidewalk on one side, asphalt on the other, and they get hot. Not just upwardly hot, but they heat the soil underneath them as well. The root zone of these trees don't get a lot of water to begin with (concrete and asphalt don't let water in well) and it doesn't seem like there's a lot of soil around the tree to begin with.

Trees in hell strips already have the heat and restricted root zones working against them - you can't have healthy trees if you don't have room for roots. Now these have to compensate and draw resources to push out new growth.

In addition, all of those pruning cuts are open wounds - places where infections and insects can enter into the tree. Usually mature trees can manage minor infections or infestations with no issue. But these trees are now extra susceptible because their immune response is weakened - all the extra energy available is going to new growth, not fighting off infections.

So there's a bunch of factors here that have put these trees at a disadvantage: the removal of most photosynthetic plant material, an increase in surrounding temperature, a restricted root zone, the potential for increased infection, and a heat wave expected in the next week. These trees are going to struggle the rest of their lives because of the decision to prune these trees like this now - all over a desire to break a strike so the studios don't have to pay their actors and writers and editors fairly.

I hope they get the book thrown at them with tree law. And then some.

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Anonymous asked:

why do you and others like vaccines so much?

not dying of preventable diseases is actually one of my favorite hobbies

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Because smallpox used to kill about 30% of everyone who caught it. The successful vaccine program run by the world’s medical community means that no one will ever die of smallpox ever again.

Because rabies is 100% fatal without a vaccine. No one needs to die of rabies ever again. It is entirely preventable.

Because 1-2 in 1000 who get measles, die. Vaccines let us contain outbreaks or fully wipe them out. There is no specific treatment for the disease once you have it. Your immune system either wins or you die.

We like vaccines because vaccines save lives and raise our standard of living.

My mother, now in her 70s, talks about how her mother wept for joy when her children received the polio vaccine. Because she didn’t have to be afraid of polio anymore.