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For anyone along the coast of the Pacific

that was one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded. that just hit. it got upgraded to an 8.8. there are so many tsunami warnings

if you are in an evacuation zone please stay safe

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EVERYONE SHUT UP

I need you to look at my bunny

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This museum seems to have such a scrappy little team and they’re doing everything they can to keep the doors open

I posted about them earlier this year when a huge donor fell through. Tumblr came through in such an incredible way, I really think that most of the 1000+ orders they were flooded with were from us here

Check out their store here. They have lots of super super cool things like their unique line of scientifically accurate plushies! We have the trilobite and the peytoia plushies. Consider getting your nephew/neighbor’s kid/yourself something from their store. Or you can just send them $10. If you’re in a place to make a bigger donation, I know they would so appreciate it

They have over SEVEN MILLION specimens. They contribute significantly to the scientific community and with the States’ current federal mission to destroy anything that isn’t military, science institutions of every kind need the everyday person’s help

Also they have trilobite slippers

Earlier this year, the community came together in a massive way to help this important research and education institute keep their doors open after a huge donor fell through.

That was amazing, but with federal funding in jeopardy they need the help of everyone that cares about research science. Fund the work that you want to see done! With a community like the one we have here, the tiniest donations can contribute to so much

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Pls

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Several people have already pointed out that the report is from 2022

THE FUCKING ICE REPORT AAAAAAAAAAA

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Love a character who is neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy but another secret third thing.

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Petition to shut down Alligator Alcatraz here

Roughly 6 months in and the US is already at the ‘full blown concentration camps’ stage.

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"In Northern California, a Native American tribe is celebrating the return of ancestral lands in one of the largest such transfers in the nation’s history.

Through a Dept. of the Interior initiative aiming to bring indigenous knowledge back into land management, 76 square miles east of the central stretch of the Klamath River has been returned to the Yurok tribe.

Sandwiched between the newly-freed Klamath and forested hillsides of evergreens, redwoods, and cottonwoods, Blue Creek is considered the crown jewel of these lands, though if it were a jewel it wouldn’t be blue, it would be a giant colorless diamond, such is the clarity of the water.

Pictured: Blue Creek

It’s the most important cold-water tributary of the Klamath River, and critical habitat for coho and Chinook salmon. Fished and hunted on since time immemorial by the Yurok and their ancestors, the land was taken from them during the gold rush before eventually being bought by timber companies.

Barry McCovey Jr., director of the Yurok Tribal Fisheries Department, remembers slipping past gates and dodging security along Blue Creek just to fish up a steelhead, one of three game fish that populate the river and need it to spawn.

Profiled along with the efforts of his tribe to secure the land for themselves and their posterity, he spoke to AP about the experience of seeing plans, made a decade ago, come to fruition, and returning to the creek on which he formerly trespassed as a land and fisheries manager.

“To go from when I was a kid and 20 years ago even, from being afraid to go out there to having it be back in tribal hands … is incredible,” he said.

Part of the agreement is that the Yurok Tribe would manage the land to a state of maximum health and resilience, and for that the tribe has big plans, including restoring native prairie, using fire to control understory growth, removing invasive species, restoring native fish habitat, and undoing decades of land-use changes from the logging industry in the form of culverts and logging roads.

“And maybe all that’s not going to be done in my lifetime,” said McCovey. “But that’s fine, because I’m not doing this for myself.”

The Yurok Tribe were recently at the center of the nation’s largest dam removal, a two decades-long campaign to remove a series of four hydroelectric dams along the Klamath River. Once the West Coast’s third-largest salmon run, the Klamath dams substantially reduced salmon activity.

Completed last September, the before and after photographs are stunning to witness. By late November, salmon had already returned far upriver to spawn, proving that instinctual information had remained intact even after a century of disconnect.

Pictured; Klamath River flows freely, after Copco-2 dam was removed in California

“Seeing salmon spawning above the former dams fills my heart,” said Joseph L. James, chairman of the Yurok Tribe, the leaders of the dam removal campaign along with the Karuk and Klamath tribes.

“Our salmon are coming home. Klamath Basin tribes fought for decades to make this day a reality because our future generations deserve to inherit a healthier river from the headwaters to the sea.”

Last March, GNN reported that the Yurok Tribe had also become the first of America’s tribal nations to co-manage land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding involving Redwoods National Park.

The nonprofit Save the Redwoods bought a piece of land adjacent to the park, which receives 1 million visitors annually and is a UNESCO Natural Heritage Site, and handed it over to the Yurok for stewardship.

The piece of land, which contained giant redwoods, recovered to such an extent that the NPS has incorporated it into the Redwoods trail network, and the two agencies will cooperate in ensuring mutual flourishing between two properties and one ecosystem.

Back at Blue Creek, AP reports that work has already begun clearing non-native conifer trees planted for lumber. The trunks will be used to create log jams in the creek for wildlife habitat.

Costing $56 million, the land was bought from the loggers by Western Rivers Conservancy, using a mixture of fundraising efforts including private capital, low interest loans, tax credits, public grants and carbon credit sales.

The sale was part of a movement called Land Back, which involves returning ownership of once-native lands of great importance to tribes for the sake of effective stewardship. [Note: This is a weirdly limited definition of Land Back. Land Back means RETURN STOLEN LAND, PERIOD.] Studies have shown around the tropics that indigenous-owned lands in protected areas have higher forest integrity and biodiversity than those owned by national governments.

Land Back has seen 4,700 square miles—equivalent to one and a half-times the size of Yellowstone National Park—returned to tribes through land buy-back agreements in 15 states." [Note: Since land buyback agreements aren't the only form of Land Back, the total is probably (hopefully) more than that.]

-via Good News Network, June 10, 2025

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Felt

“what radicalized you” bro EMPATHY

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This is a really good article

Side note, I was jarred violently by this ad I got repeatedly while trying to read the article

What in the inception is this

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I was out for a walk last night and kept seeing them so I tried to take a decent picture for iNat (my phone can take some decent pictures at night)

The darn birds kept flying from yard to yard (I stayed in the street) and landing like this

I couldn’t get a picture of them with their wings up and their identifying stripes to save my life

Nightjars are such silly silly birds

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Nightjars are such silly silly birds

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252 Prisoners Released from CECOT to Venezuela!

They’re out of CECOT and were swapped for 10 American prisoners being held by Venezuela

We have people here from congressmen like Robert Garcia CA to regular citizens who refused to let these people disappear and be forgotten. Their work is what made this happen

These 252 people who again, were not convicted of any crime or even tried, are out of CECOT but our work isn’t done. They’re back in Venezuela - the country they fled from

We need to get them back to the States and give them the justice they deserve

Remember, this regime will capitulate, they’re cowards and weak. We ARE making a difference, we ARE making them back down. Do not let them get away with this. Turn the heat up

Call your reps, email them, attend rallies, talk to your friends and family. I know politics are hard to talk about but we’re beyond that point. We have to be having these conversations and to continue to share information. Being informed is the best weapon against this regime

It’s time for us to finish the job

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Happy International Moon day!

To celebrate here's a fun fact: Only twelve people have walked on the moon, meanwhile 24 people have made the trip from the earth to the moon. And only three men have gone twice: James Lovell (Apollo 8 and Apollo 13), John Young (Apollo 10 and Apollo 16) and Gene Cernan (Apollo 10 and Apollo 17) the latter was also the last person to walk on the satellite!

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Just watched Superman in theaters and it was like a Real Honest-to-Goodness Superhero Movie

I loved it?? David Corenswet brought so much genuine, solid Kansas farm boy energy to the role. Like I felt like Superman was a real person for the first time while watching him in a movie

(It helps that he’s very very cute)

Also his parents were finally cast as people who look like they’re actually from Kansas and weren’t stupid about a tornado (I’m looking at you Zack Snyder)

From the movies I’ve seen and my partner who’s seen all of the movies and read the comics, this Superman feels more true to the original. The political climate the original Superman was introduced to had a lot of similarities to ours. This movie doesn’t shy away from that and takes several pointed digs at current events

I felt like Clark’s relationship with Lois was real and like they were on the same footing. They also seemed to like being together not just as Assigned Love Interests

But like this Clark Kent/Superman felt so much like a real person and the movie emphasizes over and over again that he cares and that it’s good to care

After so many movies with superheroes that just sort of expect collateral damage and the regular people are just screaming masses like a whole bunch of ants you’re trying not to step on, there was focus on him protecting everyone he possibly could. He cared and tried and did the right thing especially when it was hard. He avoided splash damage and noticed when someone was in danger and tried to not kill people if there was another option (see: Cactus)

I also liked that they showed him taking damage himself. It’s hard with the Man of Steel™ to both show how insanely tough he is but to still make him relatable. I feel like this movie walked that line. The character needs to have stakes and hurt and struggle for us to relate and root for them. This movie did that, Clark had a bad time, he was hurt and felt negative emotions and fumbled social interactions. Like he says in the movie, “I’m as human as you.”

The reception from what I’ve seen is also interesting. People love the movie, they love this Superman and he makes them want to be better. That’s the whole point of him, that’s why he was created. If this Superman can be the men’s Barbie movie where they feel seen, encouraged to be genuine and put their best foot forward, I think that would be awesome. I think we got lost somewhere along the way in the grimdark and this alien boy from Kansas offers a way back

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Went full edgelord with this one lol

@thedangirbil-blog @i-think-therefore-i-panic if you wanna 👀

I've wanted to try this out for a while so here's my, admittedly sorta edgy, attempt

Do this picrew

and this quiz

Cool, accurate

@goldfishnyx @lavendermoon48

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Moots!!! @thedangirbil-blog @we-walked-out-of-a-tomb-for-this @eduards-stuff @arcane--knowledge

favirote moots?

(People you tag have to reblog and say their favorite moots)

Okay wait

@ibrokeurheartbcuzubrokemine @foliverfalls @allyeilishh @addisonraesbaby @emiliesblohsh @bilsslut @noodleswashere @bilsbabyy @bitchesbrokenpromises @billsdollie