#to relocate to one another

[dutybcrne]

Love the idea of Kae painstakingly learning Hilichurian, at first bc he figured it was another skill under his belt then bc talking with them made him curious abt them and their origin

[alexythimya]

I took out a book from the library about Relocating and it has me feeling very neurotic

[arolesbianism]

Finally starting to get some proper fairy worldbuilding brainstormed for the random card au, huge win for 3 specific characters and them only

[onmytape]

yo wtf??

[derp-craft]

What do we thing guys? All red brick or do we like the diorite brick? I think I like breaking it up buuuut the white is pretty stark against the deepslate. Given I have NO idea what I will be doing with the background of this underground 'base' soooo. The shape has been fun to work with since I'm building it around something rather than on it's own lol.

[boyheros]

Crafting elaborate storylines in my head (very self-indulgent ethan winters spiderman au)

[fiskki]

Hi , a saw a beautiful whale shark that you made.. so you sell those? Thanks

wahaaa thank you so much!!! 🥹 admittedly i don’t think i’m ready to sell crochet quite yet… but it means a lot that u asked!!!!

maybe one day hehe, but if you’re familiar with crocheting, i highly recommend the pattern i used for it! (i’m actually making him a whale shark grandma now so i can vouch for it twice)

–> https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wildlife-adventure---whale-shark

[chaotictomtom]

another summer without having top surgery

[sophisticatedswifts]

I just went outside my apartment building in my pajamas in the middle of the night to relocate a ladybug who ended up in my bedroom somehow. That’s actually not even the first time I’ve done that.

[llycaons]

the idea that wwx would be completely integrated into the lan clan postcanon is one of those things that I genuinely understand people being into and respect and can see the appeal of (giving him a home and community that isn’t conditional is great) but personally I just can’t get on board with it. like, it’s about balance, I guess. I’d like to see lwj step out of his comfort zone too I‘d like to see them create something new that suits both of them.

I guess...for me cql is about the triumph of two people who are committed to each other and who make their own way in the world without compromising who they are, who defy the sects and hierarchy to stay true to themselves and their ideals. and this was illustrated so beautifully in the scene where lwj watches xxc and sl walk on together...the two of them united and independent. and lwj clearly wanted that very much and I think that would be most satisfyingly explored in a postcanon scenario where they create their own home. despite the groundwork laid I still don’t think CR the most hospitable environment or community for wwx and the only people who seem to actually like him are teenagers....I’d like him to be in a place he’s welcomed and can feel comfortable in, and not just because people are obeying lwj - isn’t that a conditional acceptance too? starting fresh is hard, but at least they’d be together, unlike every other time wwx needed to start again. and I think that support is what’s going to be the reason this would work this time around. he has a true partner willingly and actively stepping up to do the work

and on a less grand scale, wwx has this personal style he loves and this food he loves and these big expressions of emotion and physicality than he loves and the culture of CR may have changed but for the most part it seems like it hasn’t changed so much to really tolerate wwx’s....personality, ig, and lwj and the juniors being the only ones to encourage or indulge him seems like a really isolating and lonely way to live for him. I really do understand loving CR as his home and wanting to see him grow older in a safe place that he can belong to fully, and he definitely does need a home he can belong to unconditionally I just don’t think CR is the best place for that

[asswiper]

this is your permission to take your anxiety medication even if its not "that bad"

[halfbit]

i am getting started on productivity for the night but haven't figured out yet if i want to write or art first and there's also the tiny part of my brain that just wants to stare at kabru until it is ok to stop staring at kabru

[bcofl0ve]

I’m the anon who asked about Luke and Jerry meeting. I’m listening to the podcast because it seems interesting. Somebody else was going to play Jerry?!

yeah luke didn't join the cast till they came back from the covid break! neither did helen (gladys) or the guy that plays vernon! gladys was originally supposed to be played by maggie gyllenhaal. i don't think it's ever been publicized who the original jerry was.

[arolesbianism]

hello gamers minor life update I have been doing Real bad lately so I will likely continue to be very inactive, but hey on the bright side I have been fleshing out some eternal gales lore I reworked a while back and I can happily say that Dodie no longer completely contradicts the very nature of reality in eternal gales and the fog tower™ officially has a real reason to exist again so hell yeah to that

[lockea]

I've been seeing a lot of Discourse around outdoor cats that talks past one of the biggest problems addressing community cats/outdoor working cats so I thought I'd chime in with my two cents.

Many arguments I see just... don't think about the cats at all? Or don't consider the logistics of actually addressing the feral cat problem in a humane way. It's always about how outdoor cats shouldn't be outdoors, which is neither realistic nor helpful.

I used to volunteer at an municipal animal shelter in the USA that had a TNR program (Trap, Neuter, Return) and also adopted out community cats to local farms and businesses. Here's my side of the story.

"Your cat doesn't need to be outside" -- Yes, correct. Your domesticated (non-feral) house cat does not need to go outside at all. They can have a fully actualized life safely indoors. When I see this argument, proponents of indoor only cats are correct in most or all their arguments regarding this.

"Outdoor cats are the largest invasive species in the world, and decimate bird populations." -- This is also correct, and part of the reason why you can help by bringing your house cat indoors. Cats are the largest invasive species. Spay and Neuter your cats, bring them inside, and socialize them so they don't become feral.

"TNR doesn't work." -- False. Whether we like it or not, feral cats exist. We have two methods by which we can address the feral cat population -- decimating them (humanely euthanizing the whole colony) or TNR. For a long time, euthanasia was the preferred way to address the feral cat problem. Afterall, if the cats aren't there, doesn't that save the local wildlife population?

Except that we found, studying these colonies, that when a colony is wiped out, the cats of another colony will spread into their territory and continue to have kittens and the population of feral cats is neither controlled nor diminished.

Hence, TNR. What we found performing TNR on cat colonies was that this controlled the population of the colonies, allowing them to stay in their territory, which kept other colonies from spreading (especially colonies we hadn't performed TNR on yet). We at the shelter felt this was the most humane way to control the feral cat population and safely deflate their existence without dealing with the population blooms that euthanasia caused.

"What about kittens?" -- Kittens from these colonies were brought into the shelter, socialized, and fostered out until they could be adopted. Some of these semi-feral kittens needed special homes to be adopted into, but this was the best quality of life for these cats.

"What about cats that get missed during TNR?" -- We would return to the colony several times over a period of several years to perform TNR on the same colony. We mark cats that have been neutered by clipping their ear (this is done humanely, but is the most reliable way to tell if a cat has been neutered so the poor thing doesn't have to have surgery 3-4 times in their life). Also, during the TNR process the cats would be vaccinated to ensure disease did not spread from the colony (i.e. rabies). Still, even getting 60% of the colony TNR'd would dramatically reduce the number of kittens being added to the colony each year. This controlled the population by allowing the territory to naturally deflate in size over time, buying us time to address the larger feral cat problem.

"What if the colony was in an unsafe location?" -- There were two ways we addressed unsafe colony locations -- remember, we know that when the colony is removed, a new colony will move into its place, so we tried not to move the colony unless we really felt the cats or the public was unsafe -- one was to move the whole colony to a new location. Preferably someplace like a warehouse where we have an agreement with the owners of the warehouse. Some of the cats were even relocated to shelter grounds as our community cats. If the colony was small enough we would bring them into our Feral Cats room and adopt them out as community cats.

"What is a community cat?" -- The way the program worked, was that anyone who needed a working cat could apply to the program. These were often rural farmers or businesses with warehouses that needed rodent protection. We trained the farmers and businesses on how to acclimatize the cats to their new home, and as part of the agreement, they had to care for the cats (veterinary care, vaccinations, food and water). This gave businesses and farms an alternative to expensive and environmentally unfriendly rodent control, and also gave these feral cats good places to live out their natural lives.

"Can't you just adopt out feral cats?" -- No. Cats that have not been socialized around humans as kittens, or who have several generations of feral cat in them could not interact with humans in a way that did not cause them undue stress. This was not a humane way to handle feral cats. However, when a cat was brought into the feral cat room, they would be monitored for up to a week. If the cat displayed signs of being semi-social or fully social (hanging out outside of their den, allowing staff to pet them, showing interest in staff in the room), then we would either move the cat into the adoption room or place them in foster to be socialized before adoption. Feral cats who displayed signs of being able to live full and healthy lives with human companions were NOT adopted out as community cats. We also observed this behavior during TNRs and would do the same for those cats too.

"But aren't cats bad hunters?" -- Compared to other species, cats are not the most effective form of rodent control. This is true. However, you have to understand that feral cats exist. There is no "undo" button we can push to stop them from existing. We have to deal with the problem we have right now, which is to safely and humanely decrease the number of feral cats in our communities. And yes, we do that by using cats as rodent control in the community.

"What can I do?" -- Stop saying community cats shouldn't exist. That's not helpful and doesn't solve the problem we have. Bring your cat indoors. Spay and neuter your cats. Adopt from shelters. Volunteer with a TNR team. Support TNR efforts in your community. Recognize that those of us actively dealing with the community/feral problem are trying to do what is in the best interest of our communities and the animals we love. We aren't sitting over here saying these cats should exist -- a feral cat will not have the same quality of life as one that is indoors with a family -- but we have to address the problem in practical terms. We don't have the moral high ground to just do nothing while pontificating solutions that have no basis in actuality.

And yes, it's okay to celebrate community cats. If your local farm has a couple of working cats, that means that farm is helping participate in the safe deflation of the feral cat population. Don't shame a farm or business for using community cats. We're all doing the best we can to solve the problem that we have.

[holy-rarepairs-batman]

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