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Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please reblog.

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I’ve been waiting a year to post this

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Went outside my fandom bubble and saw people being cancelled for shipping two characters who tried to kill each other once damn is this the limit nowadays

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It's Max Caulfield's birthday!! Say Happy Birthday to her rn.

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Been listening to the Wonder Woman soundtrack, and it's gotten me thinking. If Lena ever died, especially in a noble sacrifice, I don't know if Kara would accept comfort from any of the superfriends. Because they don't understand.

But do you know who does? Diana.

So now I just have this image of Kara and Diana sitting somewhere up high, seeking perspective, and commisserating over their loss. Diana still feels an emptiness without Steve, an emptiness that Kara is just starting to feel in the absence of Lena.

But then what if Diana gets the chance to change just one thing in history, no strings attached? Does she bring her Steve back?

No.

She saves Lena instead, the moment before she meets her end.

I think Kara might sense something in Diana that day, something momentous in the way Diana looks at Lena, and the manner in which Diana shows up out of nowhere to save the day. She suspects, maybe, that Diana has seen a world, seen a Kara, where Lena has been lost.

Regardless, all Kara can do is say thank you.

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It’s so fascinating to me that we’ve only been breeding Komodo dragons in captivity for thirty years. In that time, our understanding of them has actually really revolutionized the way we understand the social lives and behaviors of lizards in general, and it’s mostly thanks to this lady right here, who was born 30 years ago on September 13, 1992.

Kraken was the first Komodo to be bred in captivity. She hatched out at GMU, but was raised at the National Zoo. Her parents were wild-caught dragons- there’s still WC dragons in the AZA today- and this one specific individual probably did more to revolutionize lizard care in professional settings than any other individual lizard throughout zoo history.

Until Kraken, social enrichment wasn’t a thing people thought about. It wasn’t something anybody felt was necessary for lizards, because they were just… lizards. Sure, some keepers would play with their favorites, but it wasn’t until the National Zoo started documenting what she was doing that anybody realized how much Komodo dragons like to play with us too.

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Kraken’s not in that video, but she’s the one who inspired all of the social studies that have been done on captive Komodo dragons. When she was at the National Zoo, her keepers  started getting curious when, for no apparent reason, she kept gingerly stealing things from peoples’ pockets and tugging on their shoelaces. So they started giving her stuff- Frisbees, blankets, soda cans, anything she showed an interest in.

She played with them, just like a mammal might. The way play behavior is described in psychology is a given activity that’s voluntary, repeated, and conducted under “relatively benign” circumstances. Keeper staff found that her conduct during the study met all of these criteria. “Kraken,” they wrote, had clearly demonstrated “play-like behavior with objects and even with humans (tug-of-war).” Moreover, she “could discriminate between prey and nonprey” while showing “varying responses” with different items (rubber rings, shoes, etc.). (There’s an excellent book on Komodo dragons that has an entire chapter devoted to her.)

Kraken died several years ago, but her legacy continues today. There’s several of her descendants still in the AZA, and the intelligence and social needs she demonstrated led to the improvement of life for these guys- and other lizards. The Komodo dragon program has been an eye opener, not just for reptile conservation, but for understanding reptile intelligence and how this incredible clade of animals functions.

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i know i'm probably guilty of this i'm just musing but does anyone else find it a little. strange. when people make posts telling alloromantics how to be better allies and all of the content is centered around online things like pride posts and headcanons and shipping like... we exist. in real life. yknow. like aros feeling isolated isn't just an online problem. it's not just our flag being in the second part of pride posts or people being obsessed with shipping we have. real life problems.

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antisemitism and islamophobia are not opposites; they very often go together. you do not cure one with the other. if you hear rhetoric to the contrary, ask yourself: who does this serve?

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The reading comprehension and overall common sense on this website is piss poor.

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Don't fuck around with hardcore kink if you won't take it seriously.

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“Must have reliable transportation” = “this is how we legally discriminate against poor people who take the bus”

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my favorite subreddit is r/IsTodayFridayThe13th which makes a single post each day (Yes or No) answering the question. Every single Thursday the 12th everyone goes “This is ridiculous! I’ve been waiting too long for Friday the 13th. I’m not even going to bother checking this sub anymore; I’ve given up hope completely.” and it makes me laugh every single time

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the fuck man do i have a tumblr criminal record or some shit ??

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fresh, clean no-terf version for reblogs!

Your mom and aunts aren’t on tumblr.  Please warn them about this as well. 

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I mean…