the angles cut me when I try to think

But we actually carefully maintain that nature. We cut down the deadfall. We pull invasive plants. We trim the elderberry bushes. We get more animals than almost anywhere else on the mountain because we put up salt licks and water troughs.

some of these same things are true of national parks. A lot of places that you think of as “untouched wilderness” are influenced heavily by human care and maintenance. And this isn’t a bad thing. We are animals too. In many ways, our ecosystems depend on us to keep them healthy. Many “wild” plants that are useful for food or building materials are actually semi-domesticated because indigenous groups cared for them and encouraged their growth so they do better with human care.

we have a place in nature. We just need to be conscious of our actions.

EDIT: since this post took off, I thought I should add some sources

Getting a couple of asks about the new album teaser so I'll just reply to this one here.

New song titles (roughly):

"The Imperial Princess Who Slumbers in the Grave, and the [Brutal/Mad/Wicked?]Woman Who Guards It" (凶女 doesn't appear in either of my dictionaries so this is an educated guess on what it means)

Revolution Red (in English, obviously, though it's worth pointing out in case anyone misses it that this is mothy's translation of the album's title, 革命ノ赤, The Red of Revolution)

The Enbizaka [Troubles/Conflict] (this one I would like way more context before finalizing, yes)

Text for the teaser:

"--A history of Evil, alongside MEIKO--[this clause has an object particle with no accompanying verb so perhaps it's more like "Presenting a history of Evil, alongside MEIKO" or something]

A story of red

Will now be inscribed here"

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10,000 notes - well executed crowd pleaser

1,000 notes - cult classic

100 notes - uncompromising avant-garde art for those of discerning taste

10 notes - misunderstood genius that the culture is not yet ready for

but even so, we can take comfort in knowing we have creature of wet slop. grins.

It eats algae and lives in intertidal and sub-tidal zones on the coast of Mexico and California. You can find it in tide pools there!