dam…….. that website “you feel like shit” (it’s like a questionnaire / troubleshooting guide for when you feel like shit) really works………………….. im not even all the way thru it and i even half-assed a lot of the suggestions and i already feel loads better

for some reason, with this website, i was able to complete small tasks ive been fruitlessly bugging myself to do for weeks??

anyway, i feel almost good now :^)

im glad this got some notes!!!! i hope it helps y’all find some measure of peace or comfort <3

Reblogging for my own reference later, and in case it benefits anyone else reading this.

Mean Girls (2004) dir. Mark Waters

reblog if your tumblr is more popular than the Metaverse

griddlehark vibes

father of the year

Apparently a lot of ppl are making reports to DOC about this. Idk how much they would be able to do about practices at a foreign zoo but like ... considering how mega endangered these lil guys are it wouldn't be surprising if the govt gets involved....??

If anyone knows how wildlife loaning/movement from NZ works, I’d love for you to chime in. I know the bird’s egg came to the zoo from another AZA facility. With animals bred at facilities, generally ownership goes to the owner of one or both of the animals (or alternates). I don’t know if kiwi that were taken outside NZ are part of any agreement where the DOC has control or oversight over them. I did see an article from the chick’s birth noting that he can’t be returned to NZ due to biosecurity laws, though.

Kia ora (greetings), I just wanted to note for everyone that New Zealanders’ outrage at the mistreatment of Paora the kiwi by Zoo Miami goes beyond animal welfare concerns. There’s an important cultural context behind it too. Kiwi are not only considered a national symbol of NZ, but are also considered taonga (cultural treasures) by Māori, the Indigenous people of NZ. I speak on this as a Māori trained in the enviro sciences - but I can’t speak for all Māori, and it’s difficult to translate some Māori concepts to English. 

Thanks to @why-animals-do-the-thing and @fruitbird15 for sharing this situation.

Māori consider kiwi taonga because in the Māori worldview, everything is related in one big environmental ‘family’ through shared descent from the primordial parents, Ranginui and Papatūānuku. Additionally, generations upon generations of kiwi and Māori have shared a relationship of caring and providing for the other, and so they've become interwoven into our culture's traditions. This concept of interconnection through shared descent & ongoing relationships is called whakapapa. For Māori, the protection and care of kiwi and other taonga is a cultural responsibility - not one that is a burden, but an honour passed down by our ancestors.

A foreign zoo shamelessly exploiting and mistreating a kiwi with no regard for its cultural importance not only hurts the bird, but also all those connected to it, New Zealanders and Māori in particular. To take a sacred responsibility and to dishonour it in such a way is disgusting. The ideal scenario would be for Paora to return to NZ where they can be properly cared for both culturally and physically, but as noted above because they were born and live overseas there are biosecurity concerns. An additional issue is that it currently appears that the NZ Govt has failed to ensure the authority over Paora’s care remains with NZ/Māori. This means the only thing the NZ Govt (and its Department of Conservation/DoC) can do for Paora is use diplomacy to convince American organisations to improve Paora’s situation. The NZ Govt will face a lot of internal pressure from Māori in this case, because the NZ Govt has a responsibility to protect the relationship between Māori and our taonga under Te Tiriti o Waitangi - the founding treaty of New Zealand, which the NZ Govt ultimately derives its authority to govern NZ from. 

It does not matter that Paora was born in America - Māori have a responsibility to them and any descendants they may have, and the NZ Govt in turn has a responsibility to Māori. This means Paora is not just a random animal being mistreated overseas that happens to be an endangered species endemic to NZ, but an important individual whose welfare and ‘ownership’ has social, cultural and political significance.

It's really hard to convey just how repugnant Paora's mistreatment is for many Māori and how infuriating it is that we ultimately can't do anything to protect our whanaunga (kin/relative).

If you can, please formally express your concerns for Paora's wellbeing to Zoo Miami and/or the AZA.

I really appreciate you taking the time to add the cultural context here. It definitely provides a lot more insight into why people are so angry, beyond what appears to be “just” inappropriate treatment of an endangered bird.

For those not following along on other reblog chains, the New Zealand DOC put out a statement a few hours ago indicating they’ll be communicating with AZA about their concerns. (Which is interesting, politically - they didn’t say they’d be contacting Zoo Miami, but indicated instead they’re going to talk to the organization with oversight authority about it. I don’t know if that’s an intentional indication of what they feel needs to happen to incite change, or just a place they’re starting with a system they’re not super familiar with).

I’ll post another update later in the day when we get a statement on the concern from Zoo Miami. I’m not… incredibly optimistic it’s going to be appropriate to the situation. But it depends on what happens in the morning.

If the zoo puts out a statement on their own in the AM, it’s entirely possible the zoo will take the stance that their facility staff feel Paora is in a good welfare situation and the program shows no negative impacts (probably a line about choice and control or voluntary engagement). This may go hand in hand with dismissing the concerns of the people of New Zealand because after all zoos are the experts on bird science. But it’s also possible conversations with the DOC/AZA will result in Miami being told to either hold a statement while they discuss, or to put out a specific statement, or to end the program entirely. The latter is unlikely because that’s not how AZA’s internal mechanism are supposed to work… but the thing is, the CEO of AZA used to run the Department of the Interior for the US Government. I’m guessing he’s likely be even more sensitive to feedback from the DOC as someone who was once more of a peer in that political space.

It’ll be an interesting next 24 hours.

You see, Perry the Platypus, when Vanessa was a little girl, she wanted to take estrogen. Of course, I said yes. And since then she’s always been my little girl. Well recently, Vanessa’s school deadnamed her on her reports! Can you believe that!? I mean we live in a fairly progressive area and—hey, isn’t that not allowed in public schools??

Anyway, that’s when I got the idea for THIS! The deadname-eraser-inator! That way, not only will Vanessa no longer be deadnamed, but EVERY OTHER TRANS PERSON IN THE TRI! STATE! AREA!

Perry spends this episode fixing the wall he put a hole through on the way in

Crabs deserve voting rights too I think

how will they tap the screen with claws

You're so ignorant it's not even funny

whose ignorant now you stupid dead bitch

obsessed with the shape of this beast

obsessed with the shape of this beast

I screamshot it on my scary phone

bro like would it kill you to fall in love with me

“available with premium subscription” “will be removed on the 31st” “available free with ads” “rent 4.99 buy 20.00″ “not available in your country” “not available on this device” what if every streaming service fucking killed itself and films ran around their fields free and organic in their natural state

tumblr can be characterized as a social media website that is also somehow simultaneously creepy and wet

hey instead of bullying or scaring you into switching to firefox, let me tell you why i LOVE firefox and how my online life has improved significantly since installing it

- the setup process is easy, and even fun! if you’re using tumblr rn, you can handle it, and if you’re the kind of tumblr user who likes customizing your blog or tinkering with xkit, you can have a lot of fun personalizing really granular settings and picking themes and extensions and everything, it’s very customizable and i happily spent like 2 hours getting everything perfect.

- you can use a command line entry tool to change specific settings right from the search bar! i did this to make firefox stop auto filling my email information since i use a different password locker (which you should too! try bitwarden!), and it was easier than digging through a bunch of submenus for a setting i wasn’t sure existed. you can just turn shit off!

- there’s a preset theme called aurora that’s purple and VERY pretty

- once you get ublock origin and as many other blockers as you’d like set up, no ads, anywhere, ever! streaming sites, youtube, all the basics, totally no stress and no compatibility issues for me

- in browser screenshot and picture in picture functions!! holy shit i use these every day, the PiP is especially helpful, it replaced an extension i used to use on chrome and it’s leagues better and works on all video content pretty much

- overall better downloads management imo, it’s a lot easier to get to your downloads and find them later

- better bookmark system, with the ability to organize your bookmarks with searchable tags and assign them a shortcut you can type into the search bar to go to

- containers! you can have two accounts to the same website open in two different tabs and switch between them without having to switch accounts. also gives firefox the ability to contain facebook and their trackers, so you can click that party invite link without feeling like you just let mark zuckerberg into your house

these were just off the top of my head, i love firefox a lot and actively enjoy using it, which i never felt with chrome! please download firefox!! you will not regret it!!! where’s your fucking rage!!!!!! go!!!!!!!!!

adding on my extensions starter pack! these are BASICS, there is a whole wide beautiful world of extensions that do useful and silly things. i can save a page im looking at to the wayback machine w a right click! (here)

and if you read through this whole list and still somehow havent yet

>> DOWNLOAD FIREFOX <<

You can record videos and take screencaps from Netflix with Firefox.

Idk about this one boys, Cookie Monster always refers to Cookie Monster's self as "Cookie Monster".

no he doesn’t. he refers to himself as “me.” elmo’s the one that talks in third person. that’s the joke. elmo doesn’t use pronouns and cookie monster is blue. how dare you assume i made this post and didnt know my fucking sesame street history. christ

This is an EXTREMELY blessed post! And accurate! When I first moved out I was so excited for my new place I slept on the floor and had my tv there and that was it. Loved it. You grow and you build and you gain and you lose. I lost that place and everything in it. Now I have a new place with new things and it’s very much home.

-Captain Awkward, “Should I Move Away From My Abusive Family?”

Leaving Home before 18: A Practical Guide for Cast-Offs, Runaways, and Everybody in Between

Ask the Bitches: “I Just Turned 18 and My Parents Are Kicking Me Out. How Do I Brace Myself?”

{ MASTERPOST } Everything You Need To Know About Living Independently for the First Time

This is an EXTREMELY blessed post! And accurate! When I first moved out I was so excited for my new place I slept on the floor and had my tv there and that was it. Loved it. You grow and you build and you gain and you lose. I lost that place and everything in it. Now I have a new place with new things and it’s very much home.

-Captain Awkward, “Should I Move Away From My Abusive Family?”

Leaving Home before 18: A Practical Guide for Cast-Offs, Runaways, and Everybody in Between

Ask the Bitches: “I Just Turned 18 and My Parents Are Kicking Me Out. How Do I Brace Myself?”

{ MASTERPOST } Everything You Need To Know About Living Independently for the First Time