hey don’t check ur mailbox today i put anthrax in it sorry i regret it now i’m learning to not act on my impulses
when you're a child and you stay up past your bedtime you get punished by your parents, when you're an adult and you stay up too late you just get punished by the ghosts and spirits and demons and such
"describe your symptoms" brother i have felt like this since i was 12 unrelentingly
if i was a musician with an intense fanbase id threaten to kill myself if my songs don't reach #1 on the charts and then when they don't and i get called out for abusing my fans or whatever ill disappear for years and let everyone believe i died all the while id get intense plastic surgery to change my appearance and redebut as a brand new singer but drop clues about my past identity and start gaslighting people on twitter who put the clues together
life tip: you can listen to a song on loop
but watch out
obsessed with this anonymous poem that i found at the end of an academic paper
Note: Reasons to Be Cheerful has had weirdly huge formatting issues for the past six or so months, so if that version is a mess, this link should work better.
"Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), the Sunshine State’s largest power utility, employs all the people you might expect: electricians, lineworkers, mechanical engineers — and a few you might not. For over 40 years, the company has kept a team of wildlife biologists on staff. Their task? Monitoring the giant carnivorous reptiles that reside in one of the state’s nuclear power plants.
Saving the American Crocodile
What sounds like a low-budget creature feature is actually a wildly successful conservation story. It goes like this: In 1975, the shy and reclusive American crocodile was facing extinction. Over-hunting and habitat decline caused by encroaching development had pushed its numbers to a record low. By 1975, when it was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, there were only 200 to 300 left.
Three years later, in 1978, workers at the Turkey Point nuclear power plant in Homestead, Florida happened upon something that must have made them gasp: a crocodile nest along one of the plant’s 5,900-acre “cooling canals.” Rather than drive the crocs away — perhaps the easiest solution — FPL hired a team of biologists and implemented a Crocodile Management Plan. Its goal was unconventional: provide a suitable habitat for the crocs within the workings of the nuclear power plant, allowing both to coexist.
Over the course of the next 30 years, FPL’s wildlife biologists monitored nests, tagged hatchlings and generally created a hospitable environment for the reptiles. As it turned out, the plant’s cooling canals provided an ideal habitat: drained earth that never floods on which to lay eggs directly adjacent to water. Over the years, more and more crocs made the cooling canals home. By 1985, the nests at Turkey Point were responsible for 10 percent of American crocodile hatchlings in South Florida. In 2007, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service downgraded the American crocodile’s status from endangered to threatened, singling out FPL for its efforts.
The program continues to this day. To date, biologists have tagged some 7,000 babies born at the plant. In 2021, there were a record-setting 565 crocodile hatchlings at the Turkey Point facility.
"Reconciliation Ecology"
Turkey Point’s efforts are an example of what is known in the conservation world as “reconciliation ecology.” Rather than create separate areas where nature or animals can thrive in isolation from humans, reconciliation ecology suggests that we can blend the rich natural world with the world of human activity. Michael Rosenzweig, an emeritus professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona, was a leading force in establishing this concept. The author of Win-Win Ecology: How the Earth’s Species can Survive in the Midst of Human Enterprise, Rosenzweig has pointed out that although human encroachment has typically been considered a threat to biodiversity, the notion that the world must be either “holy” or “profane,” ecologically speaking, is simply not true.
“In addition to its primary value as a conservation tool, reconciliation ecology offers a valuable social byproduct,” writes Rosenzweig in his first chapter. “It promises to reduce the endless bickering and legal wrangling that characterize environmental issues today.”
-via Reasons to Be Cheerful, May 5, 2022. Article continues below. All headings added by me for added readability.
Painting using my photos of a satinfin shiner (Cyprinella analostana) and a tessellated darter (Etheostoma olmstedi) as references. I've been obsessed with photographing freshwater critters lately.
[ID: a watercolor, colored pencil, and acrylic illustration of two colorful fish facing opposite directions. The upper fish has a red face and fins, and two horn-like protrusions. The lower fish is blue with purple fins. The fish are framed at the top and bottom by river oats (a grass) and threadfoot (an aquatic plant). There is a katydid sitting on top of the grass, and two freshwater mussels with pink, purple, and blue bands at the bottom right. Below the illustration are two photos of the real life fish used as references. These fish are silver and tan, and don't have horns.]
every time i get drunk i'm like Am i bisexual...? well i'm gay i checked. love you guys though
things to note about transphobes on this site:
- there really aren’t that many of them. if you block a couple whenever you see em, you’ll soon run into an account you’ve already blocked before, and realize they’re all just reblogging eachother endlessly. it’s very insular because no one else wants to interact with them lol
- they’re basically all british or american christians lmfao why the fuck would you care what they think