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Just watched the first episode of Gundam 0079. This kicks so much ass. On god, I get it now

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Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus), female, family Cervidae

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Minnesota's Largest Indian Reservation Celebrates First Home-Born Bison Calf https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/minnesotas-largest-indian-reservation-celebrates-first-home-born-bison-calf/

The White Earth Nation was surprised and overjoyed as a bison calf was born out of season, a sign the band said demonstrates “resilience, healing, and hope.”

It’s the first bison calf born on the White Earth Reservation since it started a buffalo harvest and breeding program two years ago through the Inter-Tribal Buffalo Council.

Bison typically give birth in the spring, and the tribe’s bison foreman, Jack Heisler, said it’s an example of how wildlife “doesn’t follow a script.”

“This bison calf being born, it didn’t follow a script either, because the mama is so young,” Heisler told MPR News.

The White Earth Band is the largest of the six band which make up the Minnesota Chippewa, and their reservation is the largest in the state by land area. Its bison herd numbers 10, a number the nation hopes to grow to 44 by next year.

“This historic birth marks a new chapter in our ongoing efforts to restore the bison to Anishinaabe lands, reconnecting with a sacred relative that once roamed freely across our homelands,” the tribe posted on Facebook. “The calf’s arrival is more than just a moment of joy. It’s a sign of resilience, healing, and hope for future generations.”

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get their ass

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AMENDMENT

Cesium 137 has a terrible impact from uranium mines, most often near indigenous communities. Uranium mines in the USA's reservations (where the most are located), to my knowledge, are never properly closed and are allowed to contaminate the water for generations. The USA still has not accepted culpability or aided the local communities for this or the nuclear fallout from weapons testing (i.e. bombing its own people with nuclear weapons). Ingesting cesium 137 infected water *causes cancer,* especially in the quantities present in native communities. Even generations after nuclear testing, I know people in southern Utah who are losing kidneys to the stuff.

Most likely, these shrimp were caught near such a mine, not nuclear waste

hey everyone shh for a sec. we got radioactive Shrimp

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Informational posting!

Cesium is dangerous because it is incredibly soluble in water. This makes it incredibly easy to ingest or imbibe if there is any sort of spill. This also makes it incredibly easy for it to travel through bodies of water and the air. There are stable isotopes of cesium, and both the stable and unstable forms have industrial and scientific uses. Cesium 137 is primarily a beta and gamma emitter and is primarily produced through uranium decay chains. It's emissions are pretty low energy all things considered, so it is only a considerable threat if it enters your body. Its half life is about 30 years, so all concentrations of it are man made and recent. Think the nuclear testing at Los Alamos, the Chernobyl disaster, and the Fukishima Daiichi disaster.

How appreciable quantities wound up in commercial shrimp? God knows. Legitimately might be caught near nuclear testing/waste dumping. Do not the cesium

hey everyone shh for a sec. we got radioactive Shrimp

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I should start smoking

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it's so crazysauce how when you eat food you are less tired and less shaky and also in a better mood for the whole day!!!!!!

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Red-spotted Slipper Lobster (Parribacus holthuisi), family Scyllaridae, found in the South Pacific

photos: TahitiCrabs (2) & Vetea Liao

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since apparently this is controversial, reblog with your country in the tags and whether or not you think noodles and pasta are the same thing

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pro tip: if your child isn't very good at keeping up with an essential life skill, you should absolutely make them feel ashamed of it to the point they'd rather hide the problem than risk letting you see it

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the tsa stops me for a full body search. the tsa agent pulls down my pants, only to discover i was wearing a second pair of pants under the first one. no problem, thinks the agent, as he starts to pull this pair down too. however, by the time he finishes pulling down the second pair, i already sneakily pulled up the first pair, undoing the agent's progress. he tries pulling down the first pair again? guess what, i pull up the secind one. airport security is a game and im winning.

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petting my thurkey thursday

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real sadists understand that you can torture The Character simply by forcing them to live with themself

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Eugène-Antoine Aizelin, 1821-1902

Judith, ca. 1900, chryselephantine in the round in ivory and gilt bronze sculpture, 62 cm

Private Collection

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some of y’all bout to be real mad at me. but it must be said. some of the shit u call corny/cringy is actually just genuine/cute/sweet and y’all r just afraid of expressing any type of positive emotion

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Cuckcoo's Egg really fucking comes together. Thorn is another excellent trans woman allegory in some bits. The worldbuilding is deep and complex. The fantasy aspects are executed wonderfully. The scifi aspects are even better. The ending is haunting in a cosmic horror kind of way but continues to be grounded. Spoilers under the cut. Seriously, you should read it blind though

Humankind being a cosmic, existential threat after a single encounter is brilliant. It manages to explore the realistic, dangerous jumps in culture that such new access to technology creates while still maintaining the pure fear of *something* out there at the edge of space, whispering maddening languages to the artificial corpse of a dead god. Jesus christ the section of the book set in space was just packed with interesting and heartwrenching concepts