One of my favorite thing I’ve learned about animals studies is that you should avoid using colorful leg bands when you’re banding birds because you can accidentally completely skew the data because female birds prefer males with colorful bands

Apparently if you put a red band on a male red wing blackbird his harem size can double

So like you can completely frick up the natural reproduction of a group of birds by giving a guy a bracelet so stylish that females CANNOT resist him

Me, putting a red bracelet on the leg of a male red wing blackbird: ON GOD we gonna get u some pussy bro

I remember reading a study where researchers realized that female birds of a certain species preferred males with a darker breast. So they created what they literally called a “Super-Sexy Male” by catching a male and coloring his chest with a marker. They then ran dna tests on the eggs in the area.

Previously when the researchers had run these tests, they found a certain amount of infidelity was common for these birds. Somewhere around 10% of eggs were fathered by males who were not the primary mates of females.

After the advent of the Super Sexy Male, however, stuff got crazy in bird world. Infidelity skyrocketed, with upwards of 25% of ALL EGGS in the area being fathered by this specific male. Furthermore, his mate’s eggs were 100% his.

This is just insane to me. Just imagine you’re living your bird life when suddenly somebody scribbles on Dave’s chest and the ladies can’t stop throwing themselves at them. It’s stupid that we theoretically can wreck this kind of havoc on an ecosystem.

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Elliot Page has the chance to do the single funniest thing in the history of Hollywood.

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i feel like there is a lot of misinfo going around about fans’ role in the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike…

i see people telling fans on tumblr not to be scabs and not to cross picket lines and not to see media that will be coming out during the strikes… but as far as i know (and i could be wrong of course, i’m not in the industry) — you’re not considered a scab unless you’re part of the striking unions (or you want to join them in the future) and you work during the strike

and “crossing the picket line” specifically means working in the industry for one of the studios during the strike while others are striking. it doesn’t mean watching media, reblogging gifsets, or even just talking about or giving attention to media in general

i’m seeing panic and anxiety from people who are thinking they did something wrong by reblogging a gifset on tumblr dot com and are encouraging others “not to cross the picket line/don’t be a scab!” and like… this is fearmongering and anxiety producing to a lot of people for whom these terms do not apply

in reality until the writers or actors call for a boycott (which they HAVE NOT at the moment), boycotting media or giving it less attention actually is counterproductive to the strike’s goals. multiple authors/actors have said we should be continuing to engage with media in order to show studios that we value the work of writers and actors that studios are trying to eliminate

there also seems to be some confusion about engaging with media while the actors are on strike because *they* aren’t allowed to promote media (by participating in press junkets, promo work etc)… but… reblogging an actor’s likeness on tumblr is not breaking the strike if you yourself are not striking

there’s some nuance to this if you’re a current or aspiring union member but in that case you should be following official guidance from the WGA/SAG-AFTRA and not emotionally loaded posts from tumblr telling you you’re doing something wrong without realizing it

If those trees were pollarded annually, the cut areas would NOT look like that. There would be big knobs of old growth at the trimming sites. Not seeing any of that here. The way those trees were topped (not pollarded, which is a very careful process that has to begin when the tree is immature) is excellent way to kill them due to loss of hydration, open sites to infection and parasitism during the best time of year for both, lack of nutrition due to so little greenery and new budding growth being left, sunburn and other exposure damage, and a myriad of other possibilities. Plus, if they were topped annually, they would not have the lovely drooping branches seen in the other picture but would have tons of vertical suckers instead.

This is what an annually pollarded mature tree should look like:

If this was done by the city, the public works arborists should be protesting in front of city hall and screaming their heads off right now. I'm not hearing about that, so... Tree law!

The Studios: *speak*

Botanists and other Tree Experts:

This is one of those posts where I feel like I'm doing others and myself a disservice by not sharing. I wish someone had shown me this a long time ago.

Maybe I'd be having to do less work to break out of this shell, now.

...All of the above.

Tell your truth, and don't be afraid to have it be heard... because this is not a dress rehearsal.

It's difficult when you've spent years being a "good person", a "exceptional one" and the first time you complain, people left you. Even some of the ones who say they loved you. But once the fake people leave you, the trustful ones will be able to enter.

women should lift weights because it prevents osteoporosis in old age and makes you a more capable person in everyday life please shut up about butts and waists and hourglasses i'm going to fucking kill

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genuine question from someone who would rather chew their arm off than go to a public gym, and also doesnt have a lot of money: how do you safely get into strength training? are there youtube channels, apps (android), etc anyone recommends that makes it approachable and don't lean into diet culture / body shaming?

also the biggest thing that keeps me from working out is that I already have joint and spinal issues and moving the wrong way can fuck up a knee or a shoulder or my spine for days. I really don't want to injure myself, and have unwittingly done so before. resources that are extremely clear on exactly how to move and offer gentler / alternative ways to move for people with limited range are vital.

Okay, so this may not technically be strength training, but muscles are dumber than bricks and cannot tell the difference between your own bodyweight and actual weights.

So, may I recommend:

He runs a YouTube channel where he goes over how to work your way up to more complex exercises (for instance, his pull-ups videos start with using a door jamb and moving your weight back and forth) so it's good for easing yourself into things.

You also don't have to fork out for expensive weights and such if you don't want to/can't. Substitute with stuff you either already have at home or can get from the supermarket and build up the weight you can exercise with. 500 gram cans of butter beans then 750 gram bottles of pasta sauce. 1 litre drink bottle then your 1.5 litre milk bottle. 3 litre bulk-buy bottle of laundry detergent. Etc. One of my dogs weighs 13 kilos and I pick her up on the regular (to her delight). One weighs 16 kg and I pick him up too (to his consternation and mild disapproval). You don't have to fit out some fancy home gym before you can start strength training.

I second Hybrid Calisthenics, that's the program I use. It's run by one guy who's taken it upon himself to make exercising more accessible and it's completely free! Each exercise has different variations based on your ability and each variation is further divided into different levels of difficulty so you can work up to where you want to be. If you can't do a single push up for example then this program will help you work up to the point where you can, and if you're a master of push ups then there are more advanced body weight exercises you can tackle so you can keep moving forward in your training without stagnating. The routine offers a full body workout with absolutely no equipment required for the beginning levels. The only reason you would need to buy anything is if you want to work up to a full pull up, at which point you would need actual pull up rings

Here's his actual website which I feel is easier to navigate than the YouTube channel on its own and organizes things in a way that's easy to understand. He explains everything you need to know about the routine and each individual exercise has both a text description and a video tutorial

I love @reallyndacarter so much.

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?

[Look at all the fucks I give/ They say I have too many kids/ But that is my prerogative/ I sing a song of logic, bitch.]

HELLO?

Tumblr ads are better than tumblr posts

*starts chugging pepto bismol to make my meat huge*

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Worst part about this is I've only ever used that yellow square emoji once and it was just to see how it looked. This isn't who I am. However, in retrospect, I suppose it is

Reading through the notes is a surreal experience please keep adding more to fuel my effervescent consumption of non descriptive emojis

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I clicked the rock by accident yesterday when it auto-suggested it for the word "steadfast"...

honest to god am not even neutral about going gray like i’m WAITING for that shit… thrilled at the prospect.. point out a gray hair and watch me get elated

it’s so sexy. Sorry. who said that

hey the op of that crab day post is a transphobe and pro life and shit so on top of it already being a stupid idea its By A Bigot so i am praying people stop reblogging or reposting it

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i love that stupid double fisted overhead punch they always do on star trek

fuck your life

best part of it is that the person doing it almost always is the one who wins the fight

how could you not include this part

take this! heres ASS