Society like it's only okay to have a disorder or disability IF it doesn't cause disorder or disable you.
idk how much this made the news in the Americas but the Hellenic coast guard watched as a vessel carrying more than 400 (some estimates say 700) migrants capsized and sank in the Mediterranean. 104 people survived. official death toll is 79 because the rest is missing, and might never be found. There are claims that many children were below deck.
Frontex and the Hellenic Coast Guard was aware of the vessel and the dangerous situation it was in for days, but did not intervene
The coast guard released this photo. They came this close but did not intervene. EU and the Greek coast guard sat and waited for this boat to sink
Survivors and rescuers claim that the boat capsized after being towed by the coast guard at high speed.
if this is true, at best they caused an accident out of carelessness and immediately retreated to cover it up, or they committed a massacre.
id: a series of tweets about a boat, with migrants on it, capsizing and leaving 104 survivors.
tweet one, from niki kitsantonis, reads: "Photos of migrant boat taken by Greek coast guard helicopter on Tuesday indicates hundreds were aboard. Official death toll so far 79 with 104 survivors. Shipping Ministry official says boat sunk in spot where sea is 4,000 meters deep, so retrieving other victims may be impossible."
the photos attached are of a blue (?) boat with people packed like sardines in the middle of the water.
tweet two reads: "The vast search and rescue operation continues with hundreds missing and at least 78 dead, the Hellenic Coast guard said in a statement on Thursday. A new photo has been released by #Greece's coast guard showing the fishing vessel that appears to be photographed at night time."
the photo attached is of the boat at night time.
tweet three, from iasonas apostolopoulos, reads: "[thread emoji] New item that completely changes the data! Rescuers revealed that the new coast guard was towing them at high speed, this destabilized the boat and sank it! If this is true, we are not talking about criminal negligence, but about an act that caused the death of 600 people."
the video attached is of a middle-aged man, with his arms folded, wearing an n95 mask, surrounded by people.
/end id]
can't wait til my fairy wings fully form. my wings are nubs right now but soon ill grow wings and im so excited. im not just an angel, im a fairy too. i love my fairy form so far!!
Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?
It was a huge milestone of scientific and technological advancement. (Plus, at the time, politically significant). Humanity went to space! We set foot on a celestial body that was not earth for the first time in human history! That’s a big deal! I’ve never thought about it before but now that I have, it’s ridiculous to me that that’s not part of our everyday lives and the public consciousness anymore. Why don’t we have a public holiday and a family barbecue about it. Why have I never seen the original broadcast of the moon landing? It should be all over the news every year!
It’s July 20th. That’s the day of the moon landing. Next year is going to be the 54th anniversary. I’m ordering astronaut shaped cookie cutters on Etsy and I’m going to have a goddamn potluck. You’re all invited.
Hey. Hey. Tumblr. Ides of March ppl. We can do this
how to signal to goths in public that i am an ally friend and lover despite dressing like a camp counselor
kindness is revolutionary btw. being a hater gets you nowhere. you just hurt others and yourselves. kindness is a feat. leaves you feeling good. it is much more courageous to keep your mouth fucking shut about something that doesn’t harm anyone rather than spill your pointless cruel opinions about it.
It recently came up in conversation with my toddler that some birds can talk, and this has caused her great concern.
See, we were talking about how movies are pretend and how in real life, animals don’t talk. I mentioned that there are some birds who talk a little bit, but not like the animals in movies, and she just looked at me like “???”
So I informed her that some kinds of parrots can copy sounds that people make, and can learn how to say words. I thought this would give her a giggle, as fun new facts often do, but she was just deeply perplexed and a little worried about this.
“Birds can talk?” “Do they ask questions?” “What do they say?” Why do they talk?” “Do chickens talk?” “What about Blue Jays?” “Why do some birds talk?” “How do they talk?” “Birds TALK???”
We showed her a video of a parrot doing the “Hello, pretty bird, give a kiss” thing, and she was dead silent the whole time, hugging her comfort pillow with her knees to her chest. We asked if she wanted us to turn it off, and she shook her head. But we also asked if she wanted to see another one, and she shook her head even harder.
I don’t know why it has distressed her so greatly to learn that some birds can mimic human speech; but then again, I don’t know why it doesn’t distress the rest of us more to know that some birds can mimic human speech.
I keep thinking about that post that’s like “The first person to hear a parrot talk was probably Not Okay.” Because that’s exactly what happened. She had never been introduced to the concept, and her entire worldview got SHOOK.
Part of why Ravens are considered Spooky Bad Things We Associate With The Faeries is because they can and do mimic human speech - but much, much better than a parrot. With a parrot, you can tell something is off about the sound. You can tell it doesn’t belong to a human. Ravens don’t sound like that, no, cause they’re overacheivers. (And passerines). They sound EXACTLY like the voice of whoever they are mimicking.
But more importantly they love the sound of human laughter. No one knows why. But it is totally, 100% possible, and it happens to this day, to walk along the paths in the Black Forest and suddenly hear a strange kind of giggling sound, or maybe even a very clear, definitely human sounding “hello?” “Hiiiii!” Or “let’s go!”.
However, it takes a lot of practice for them to copy sounds as perfectly as they do, so you’re equally likely to hear something that definitely sounds human-like, but the words make no sense and the sound is unlike any language you know.
Ravens at the Tower of London do this all the time. Theyre pretty sociable with humans though, so they do it quite openly. I have seen videos of people, mostly Americans, look absolutely spooked out of their skins when a big ol’ raven (mind ye, these are birds that are 2 feet tall with a 5 foot wingspan) comes waltzing up on the deck and starts talking to them.
And ravens, especially the ones there that have been bred and raised by humans for centuries, don’t just imitate - they have one of the same language processing genes we do, and they understand the way a toddler might that things, places, and individuals have names, and can string together basic sentences much like an african grey.
I know because I used to work with one, Darlene, who knew, quite well, what she wanted and how to ask for it. If you were preparing her breakfast, she would hop on up and investigate. She used to be an illegal pet, and had been taught “manners”. That is to say, if she went for something and you told her, sternly, “mind your manners missy!” She would stop, look at you, perhaps for up to a minute, and then point with her beak to what she wanted. If that did not work, she would ask, in plain English, “grape?” Or “Darl have grape?” And lord help you if you gave her anything less than what she asked for. She would throw it at you, and try to bite you, sometimes while saying “No!” In the same tone as I imagine she was reprimanded in her home.
So yeah. Parrots arent the only ones.
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Was anyone gonna tell me that ravens can talk or was I meant to read about it on a tumblr post?!
Why does he sound so human??!
Ravens are often so much better at it and learn the context of words so much quicker, too. It really SHOULD freak us out more that there are animals capable of this. We really do take it for granted.
A raven at the audobon society near us likes to say “hi, harry!” all the time but he isn’t named harry. Far from just habitually mimicking a common phrase he may have overheard it just one time and just happened to like the sound of it. Something about it was just entertaining to him.
Also–mimic, nothing. Alex the African grey parrot was as smart as a five-year-old.
It makes sense if you think about their evolution. Most birds have almost no sense of smell, and they’re often flying around so communication has to be auditory or visual. Psittacines (parrots and cockatoos) typically live in family groups and need to keep in touch with their family members - sometimes in visually confusing situations (such as family groups coming together to temporarily form large flocks). Both are heavy foragers that need to communicate quickly. Both groups are also known for tool use!
They can talk because the evolutionary pressures that made it so -humans- can talk bore down on them. They occupy not-disimmilar evolutionary niches. Because of convergent evolution we sometimes have more things in common with modern theropod dinosaurs than we do with some of our closest genetic relatives.
One thing I want to propose though is there was no ‘first human’ to notice this stuff. The ancestors of parrots and corvids would have noticed the ancestors of humans dropping food and making interesting and pleasing noises. We evolved *together*. We don’t think there’s anything that remarkable about talking birds who live lives quite like our own because they’ve been there since upright walking apes have been bright enough to take notice at all.
the "i love being a hater"sentiment has been one of the worst trends to hit this website in recent days imo. Not because there's anything wrong with being a hater, don't get me wrong, it IS your god given right to be a little hater when time allows,but because so many people take it the completely wrong way. like it is one thing to dislike things and talk about these things on the internet or with your friends Because after all, you are a human being with opinions.but there are so many people on here who are just plain mean and act as though that makes them cooler. being a hater is okay in small amounts. Necessary to being a lover,even. but if you define yourself by hating people and things Well you are just an asshole!
everyone adding onto this with “you’re just not a REAL hater” and “well you just dont have enough hate im sooo cool and special for being a Hater” congratulations for being a draining and sour individual who completely missed the point of the post
So Arizona launched an “education hotline” that allows “concerned parents” to report “””critical race theory””” and other things like ~gender identity~ being taught in the classroom
It would be a shame if the number and email were spread to bad actors looking to prank call the AZ Department of Education
602-771-3500 or empower @ azed .gov 🤡
and for the love of god, don’t just spam it with memes or le funny shrek jokes or whatever, they’ll just hang up
make plausible-sounding reports for things that don’t actually exist, so that they actually have to waste time/resources investigating false leads - the goal is to waste time they would otherwise be using to do their jobs, not to get tumblr clout for being an epic troll
So apparently the internet article said the superintendent wouldn't be deterred by the prank calls because they would 'taper off eventually'. It'd be a real shame if this post stayed in circulation via queues so they get a consistent list of prank calls to filter through. 😇
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spend time with the sea. spend time with the moon. spend time in the flowers. cultivate your passion, your mystery, your magic. you do not need to wait for someone else’s wind to move you. you are already profound with beauty.
He Jiaying (何家英), The Ballet. 2006.
Born in 1957 in the province of Tianjin, He Jiaying studied traditional Chinese painting at the Tianjin Institute of Art and went on to become a council member of the Chinese Artists Association and a lecturer at his alma mater. He’s style combines the precision and realism of gongbi painting with European subject matter such as the art of ballet, and female figures. In The Ballet, He depicts with sharp technique and muted colors the behind-the-scenes of three ballet dancers who are occupied not with dancing, but rather sewing pointe shoes and sipping loose-leaf tea.
