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I’ve decided that my 20s are actually age 25 - 35

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Did you know that the Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) is one of the smallest birds in the world? Native to Cuba, the bird is so small that it’s often confused for a bee—hence, its common name! On average the tiny critter grows to be about 2.3 in (5.8 cm) long, weighs .08 oz (2.28 g), and has a wingspan of 1.3 in (3.3 cm). It feeds on nectar, as well as on insects and spiders that it might come across while poking through flowers with its uniquely-shaped bill. 

Photo: Sean Werle, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

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Famine in Gaza has reached levels the world has never seen before. People are collapsing in the streets, falling as they search for a single bite to ease their hunger. I write to you with a broken body and soul — I haven’t eaten in days, and my children cry from hunger before my eyes, and I have nothing to give them.

We are living in what feels like the depths of hell... no food, no water, no medicine. Everything is gone. Please, if there is even a trace of mercy left in your hearts, help us. I beg you — save our lives before hunger and abandonment take them away.

Please donate to me, I am begging you, I am tired and my children are hungry

Donate here .🔗🔗

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Collection of character designs, commissioned by @ circularpeach (cw for 18+ content on their blog)

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Abdul Rahman is in ICU, suffering from severe burns.

I need help to buy his treatment before it’s too late.

Please, don’t leave him alone in this pain.

Donate here🔗🔗🙏🙏

My campaign is verified and trusted.

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🚨🚨 Urgent and very important 🚨🚨

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Please don’t ignore 🙏😭

Hello, my friends,

I need an important need to help you again.

The gofundme deleted my campaign after they reached 7,000 and did not get the majority of the amount 💔😭😭

I need to pay the university installments of my university so we have created a new campaign on Chuffed and I urgently need to help you all

so please Try to donate and share as soon as possible 💔😭😭

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Urgent appeal, help my family⛔🍉

I am Youssef from Gaza, father of Lana, Abdul Karim, and Adam. My home was destroyed and we are living in tents under the scorching sun. My wife is eight months pregnant and her health is difficult due to malnutrition. Be in my place. How would I wait for my child, who was born in poor condition? My heart is broken. I dreamed of a wonderful life to spend with them, a dignified life. A life not filled with death, fear, destruction, and deprivation. I wanted to fill his room with toys and his closet with clothes. I wanted to buy him children's books, but I couldn't. The war came and my hopes were shattered. My goal became providing him with a 70-pound carton of milk and food. I can barely afford anything. Everything is expensive, and we no longer have the income to buy his needs. Bayd Al-Karam has been deprived of many of his basic needs. He has been deprived of security and stability. No fruits, no meat, no flour. A kilo of flour costs £30. Vegetables are exorbitantly expensive. A kilo of tomatoes costs £20, a kilo of eggplant £20, a head of garlic £25, a kilo of peppers £25. Nothing but fear fills my children's eyes. As soon as they hear the sounds of explosions around them, they start crying. Today, a kilo of onions costs £70, a kilo of zucchini £30, and a kilo of lemons £50. Water is undrinkable, and we struggle to obtain it through waiting in line, and most of the time, we are unable to obtain it.

Every donation for my children will save us from the tragedy we live every day in Gaza.🙏🫂.

Thank you so much for your generous donations, kindness, and support for me and my family. But we are still halfway there. Our situation and fate in Gaza are still unknown, yet we still yearn for a better future. If this is possible and if it doesn't overwhelm you, please share your donations through my GFM donation link.

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I appeal to you all ❤️‍🩹

Hello, my name is Fahed, and I'm from Gaza. Life here is harder than you can imagine, but today I share my story with hope in my heart, because your kindness has given us tremendous strength. This is my daughter, Sahar, speaking in the video. She once hoped to become a doctor.

When I first reached out, I couldn’t have imagined we’d make it this far. Your support has been a light in these difficult times, and we are so deeply grateful for every single contribution.

But the road ahead is still challenging. Every day, we’re reminded of how much we’ve lost and how much we still need for your support, we can get out of this great danger. .

Here’s what life in Gaza looks like for my family right now:

There is no safe place. Danger surrounds us from all directions. The bombing is violent every moment, every day. Dozens of women and children are dying. Zero health care, pollution everywhere. Outbreaks of disease and famine that ravage our bodies.

How You Can Help Us Cross the Finish Line Even the smallest act of kindness can make a difference:

$5 may seem small, but to us it makes a difference. And a reminder that kindness still exists. ❤️

Can’t donate? Reblog this post to help us reach someone who can. Every share matters more than you know

Thank you for helping us get this far. Your generosity and compassion have already brought us closer to a better tomorrow, and for that, I’m endlessly grateful.

With all my love and gratitude,

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My lovely valentine.

Under your skins, bright red shines

Mold to shape, tender and soft

Warmth and nice or it once was

Darling valentine forgive me please

The sharp knife is all I need

A Pang of pain! Blood runs down

From a hand we held for hours.

Beautiful valentine, my love, I promise

You won’t feel a thing when the wound is stitched

Cause’ your blood will rest in my veins

And your warmth will make me whole again.

My last copy of my zine was sold out last weekend. I figured I wanted to share all of the illustrations and poems I made. I hope you’d like them :)

You can search through them through my tag ‘Devourer of my Flesh’.

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Cynodonts were one of the few lineages of synapsids ("protomammals") to survive through the Great Dying mass extinction into the Triassic. And while a major branch of cynodonts known as probainognathians would eventually go on to produce the ancestors of modern mammals, for much of the Triassic a separate branch called cynognathians were initially much more diverse and numerous.

Exaeretodon argentinus was a large traversodontid cynognathian, growing up to about 1.8m long (~6'), known from the Late Triassic (~234-227 million years ago) of what is now northwestern Argentina. It was a low-slung animal with short stocky limbs, sprawling at the front and semi-upright at the back, and had a large head with a fairly short narrow snout and wide flaring cheekbones accommodating massive jaw muscles.

Although it it had large fang-like canine teeth, further back in its jaws wide molar-like grinding teeth show it was a specialized herbivore – at least as an adult. Different skull proportions in juveniles suggest that young Exaeretodon may have actually started out life as omnivorous or carnivorous, with jaws better suited for crushing hard-shelled invertebrate prey.

One Exaeretodon specimen shows evidence of severe rib injuries that would have hindered its mobility and made it very difficult to forage for food or avoid predators. But in this case those injuries were healed, suggesting this species may have lived in social groups that helped to protect each other.

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References:

Chinsamy, Anusuya, and Fernando Abdala. "Palaeobiological implications of the bone microstructure of South American traversodontids (Therapsida: Cynodontia): Research Letters." South African Journal of Science 104.5 (2008): 225-230. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC96794

Doneda, Ana Laura, Lívia Roese–Miron, and Leonardo Kerber. "Bony injuries in a Late Triassic forerunner of mammals from Brazil." The Science of Nature 112.3 (2025): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-025-01984-2

Kerber, Leonardo, et al. "New insights into the postcranial anatomy of Exaeretodon riograndensis (Eucynodontia: Traversodontidae): phylogenetic implications, body mass, and lifestyle." Journal of Mammalian Evolution 32.1 (2025): 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-024-09741-4

Ruta, Marcello, et al. "The radiation of cynodonts and the ground plan of mammalian morphological diversity." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280.1769 (2013): 20131865. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1865

Wynd, Brenen, Fernando Abdala, and Sterling J. Nesbitt. "Ontogenetic growth in the crania of Exaeretodon argentinus (Synapsida: Cynodontia) captures a dietary shift." PeerJ 10 (2022): e14196. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14196

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Commission of a chill hangout with Miles and Hobie! 🕷️

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, my daughter Marya suffered a serious injury — not just one, but three fractures in her leg. Her body has become extremely weak due to prolonged malnutrition and lack of medical care here in Gaza.

She has been receiving treatment, but still cannot walk properly. Her bones are too fragile, and she needs proper nutrition and continued medical care to recover and regain her strength.

We are living in daily fear — from airstrikes, from starvation, from illness.

Please, help us save Marya and her siblings. Every donation makes a real difference in their lives.

Please reblog or bonate🙏💔

https://gofund.me/cd41b610

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Unfortunately, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has announced the suspension of chemotherapy, intravenous therapy, and medical follow-up services for cancer patients in the Gaza Strip. Eleven thousand cancer patients in Gaza, including my mother, are not receiving treatment and are at risk of death. I need you, and I desperately need you. Stand by me so we can get her out of Gaza and pay for her travel and treatment.

للأسف أعلنت وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية توقف خدمة العلاج الكيماوي والوريدي والمتابعة الطبية لمرضى السرطان في قطاع غزة

11 ألف مريض سرطان بغزة ومن بينهم أمي ، لا يتلقوا العلاج ومهددون بالموت

أنا بحاجتكم وبأمس الحاجة إليكم ، قفوا بجانبي لكي نستطيع اخراجها من غزة  ودفع تكاليف خروجها من غزة وعلاجها

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Hello dear friends! ❤🤍🖤💚

🍉I am Mahmoud Ayyad, a Palestinian from the besieged and destroyed Gaza 😭😭, coming from an extended family of young children, women and elderly people ❤❤ who have been suffering😭😭 for 300 difficult days from an aggressive war.

Our lives are harsh because we lack all the basic necessities of life. Everything has become scarce and unattainable. There is no food, no water, no medicine.

So, I ask you to help me keep my family safe and alive, especially after we had lost all our sources of livelihood.Please do not leave my family to struggle and suffer these difficult days alone. You can support my campaign by donating whatever you can or by sharing my posts to reach others who can help us survive the war to safety and peace. You are helping the lives of many people with your small contribution. Every donation makes a difference in our very difficult lives. But this is a legitimate campaign and has been checked by 90-ghost.

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PLEASE SHARE THIS FUNDRAISER AND DONATE IF YOU HAVE AT LEAST $5 TO SPARE! EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS TOWARDS SAVING LIVES!

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