#1 and 3 are my fav

[beannary]

HELLO I AM THINKING OF MAKING TLP MERCH!!!!

Hi there! I've been wanting to try my hand at making keychains for a while now so here we go! Here are three different designs that I've come up with for potential tlp keychains.

[reasonsforhope]

"For most people, a rat is at best an unwelcome guest, and at worst, the target of immediate extermination. But in a field clinic in Tanzania, rats are colleagues—heroes even.

Far from a trash bin-dwelling NYC street rat, the African giant pouched rat is docile, intelligent, easier to train than some dogs, and for East Africans, the performer of lifesaving tuberculosis diagnoses every day.

400,000 new cases of tuberculosis (TB) were estimated to have been prevented by these rats, whose sense of smell would make a bloodhound take notice. As [TB is] the number-one killer among infectious diseases worldwide, many of those 400,000 can be translated into lives saved.

“Not only are we saving people’s lives, but we’re also changing these perspectives and raising awareness and appreciation for something as lowly as a rat,” said Cindy Fast, a behavioral neuroscientist who coaches the rodents for the nonprofit APOPO.

“Because our rats are our colleagues, and we really do see them as heroes.”

APOPO uses giant pouched rats to sniff out traces of TB in the saliva of patients. In parts of Tanzania, a saliva smear test under a microscope by a human may only be 20-40% effective at detecting TB.

By contrast, a giant pouched rat like Ms. Carolina, a now-retired service rat who worked for APOPO for 7 years, raised the rates of detection on TB samples by 40% in the clinic where she worked.

Pictured: An APOPO employee with one of their trained rats

It would take 4 days for scientists to analyze the number of samples that Carolina could screen in 20 minutes. For that reason, when Carolina retired last November, a party was thrown at the clinic in her honor, and she was given a cake.

TB is sometimes thought of as a thing of the past—a disease for which doctors used to prescribe “dry air,” leading a modern sense of humor to muse at the antiquated, pre-antibiotic medical advice.

But it remains the number-one cause of death globally from a single infectious pathogen, and Tefera Agizew, a physician and APOPO’s head of tuberculosis, told National Geographic that once people see what the nonprofit’s rodents can do to slow the spread, they “fall in love with them.”

3,000 times in her career did Carolina detect one of the six volatile compounds that can be used to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and she got a hero’s send-off to a special compound to live out the rest of her days with her closet friend and sniffer colleague Gilbert, in a shaded enclosure dubbed “Rat Florida.”

“We’ve made special little rat-friendly carrot cakes with little peanuts and things on it that the rat would enjoy,” Fast said. “Then we all stand around and we clap, and we give three cheers, hip hip hooray for the hero, and celebrate together. It’s really a touching moment.”

APOPO has made headlines for its use of these rats in other lifesaving tasks as well: landmine clearance.

One of the world’s great underreported scourges (a lot like TB, coincidentally) is landmine contamination. There are 110 million landmines or unexploded bombs in the ground right now in about 67 countries, covering thousands of square miles in potential danger. Thousands of civilians are killed or injured by these weapons every year.

GNN reported on APOPO’s demining efforts using pouched rats back in 2020. One rat named Magawa alone identified 39 landmines and 28 items of unexploded ordnance across an area the size of 20 football fields.

If at the start of this story you didn’t like rats, maybe Magawa and Carolina will have changed your mind."

-via Good News Network, March 31, 2025

[turtleblogatlast]

Leo learns something about himself 🏳️‍⚧️

Based roughly on this old post.

Bonus:

[Leo is taking the fact that he was born biologically female simultaneously very well and also not so well but overall he’s mostly coping with the fact that it was Draxum that just essentially gave him the turtle equivalent of ‘The Talk’.]

[pxltown]

new year, new van 🙂‍↕️

bea finally has a real camper thank u heybrine! dl: music player & social bunny template

[chlorophyll-tints]

in stardust hell rn

[nell0-0]

Criminal how I haven't drawn Four before despite him being one of my favorite LU Links

[burningcheese-merchant]

Was prompted to slap these together after someone alerted me to this

I'm starting to get really fucking bitter, you guys lol

[thatone-highlighter]

I love you albums. I love you songs connected by similar themes. I love you listening to songs in a specific order picked by the artist. I love you reoccurring motifs throughout the same album. I love you album covers. I love you albums with extended editions. I love you songs that reference each other.

[r-aindr0p]

Magic jail for the first years

[sky-is-the-limit]

Part 2 because poor Sanji deserves some attention.

After Zoro finally knocked out, snoring into your pillow like a damn boulder, you tiptoed into the kitchen for something cold.. and nearly dropped dead on sight.

Sanji.

One elbow on the counter and his other hand buried so far down his pants he might as well be inside someone. Shoulders tense, chest rising gradually and head hung low with messy blonde hair sticking to his sweaty face.

He was moaning softly but not discreetly, like he wanted to be caught.

You could only see him from the ribs up but that didn't matter. You knew. From the way his jaw clenched, the tremble in his arm, the wet drag of skin.. he was stroking his cock like it was the only thing keeping him alive.

And you? You just stood there.

With one leg still behind the door, you squeezed your thighs so tight your slick was leaking between them, core burning and already pounding like a desperate drum.

You were meant to grab water. Not get front row seats to Sanji fisting his dick behind the galley counter like a wet dream.

But he had to know.. that you'd walk in eventually with your tank top, bare legs and Zoro's scent still on your skin.

"I know you're there."

Your stomach flipped. He didn't even look at you. Didn't slow down either. Just kept working himself behind the counter.

Sanji's fingers tightened around the base, veins bulging along his forearm as he dragged his grip up slow, wrist twisting just enough to make his breath hitch.

Precum smeared over his knuckles, dripping down his fist as he stroked the flushed head with obscene care.

The man's mouth hung open, soft groans spilling out while his eyebrows drew tight like he was aching for release, with his jaw staying tense, muscles locked with restraint as he fucked into his hand like he wished it was you.

Then he looked up. Ocean eyes glazed, face flushed and starving.

"Took you long enough.." He muttered, stepping out from behind the counter with his pants undone, cock heavy in his grip. Red, slick and fucking angry.

He sat down on a wooden chair, spreading his legs wide like he was offering something holy.

"You can watch me finish-" His tone dropped as his hand started pumping again, lazily. "Just like I’ve been watchin' you, sweetheart."

And now you're frozen in the doorway, chest rising fast, practically drooling to the sight of the blonde man before you while Zoro sleeps two doors down.

And all you can do is pray he stays asleep.

[bunnithechubs]

🖤a night with the goths 🖤

[renegadesstuff]

BROPEZ THROUGH THE SEASONS 🥹🤍

[eobsinj]

✨ max verstappen - saudi arabia 2021 ( twt | ig | fb )

[frigid-m-grim]

government assigned fursonas

[neutralm4sk]

solly eatin a burgor!!

[animatedjen]

Cal Kestis | Jedi Fallen Order