disgruntled pelican

if you are in the Thunder Bay area, the Whitesand First Nations families who have evacuated their homes burning down in Ontario are requesting supplies or monetary dnations

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"I've just seen the way you've handled all this with so much grace and kindness. You're so surprised, just when I think you're at capacity you find something really beautiful in a situation that gives you so much joy and energy that I'm just like, 'wow'." - OLIVIA COOKE

Hairless Bat or Naked Bulldog Bat (Cheiromeles torquatus), family Molossidae, found in SE Asia

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Nilgiri Wood Pigeon (Columba elphinstonii), family Columbidae, found along the Western Ghats and in the Nilgiri Hills in SW India

photograph by Sawat Mishra

Ashy Wood Pigeon (Columba pulchricollis), family Columbidae, Nepal

photograph by Rita Rossi

Common Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus), family Columbidae, Italy

photograph by Lorenzo Galeotti

Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota), family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, Sela, Arunachal Pradesh, India

photograph by Raj Kimar

Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata), family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, CA, USA

I wanted to use what ‘reach’ I may have here to share the Carolina Wildlife Center’s urgent plea for donations. If they are unable to raise $75,000 to cover ongoing and future care of their wildlife patients, the center will have to close July 20th, 2026. The services provided by CWC to the community are incredibly valuable, and without them, many wild animals will suffer without the care they need.

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“I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera.” – Gordon Parks

hi! articles are often easier for me to learn from without panicking compared to videos. i recommend EFF's articles and reports about flock & police surveillance in general:

as far as what to do about it, i recommend documenting cameras in your area on deflock:

and getting involved in collective action in your area. this might look like going to protests or providing public comment at city council meetings or providing public education on ALPRs or making/distributing license plate covers or. you know. other stuff. but whatever tactics you use, it's better to do so in a group. if there isn't a group in your immediate area, see if there's any regional or statewide action that you can help out with occasionally or remotely, such as by submitting FOIA requests for police surveillance records.

People killed: around three quarters of a million.

ICE killed another person in maine today, just days after the murder of lorenzo salgado araujo in houston

the maine immigrants rights coalition has released a statement confirming he was a 26 year old columbian man who was authorized to work in the US and had a valid social security number

Or the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP): https://ilapmaine.org/

nestle owns fucking everything and the simple reality is that most of the brands of anything, not just pet food, that are anywhere close to affordable are owned by the same 5 evil megacorporations