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Today is not like any other day. Today is a time of reflection and a time of reckoning.

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FIVE YEARS OF QUINNDEPENDENCE

DON’T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN

AS FANNIE LOU HAMER SAID, “NOBODY’S FREE UNTIL EVERYBODY’S FREE”

PEACE AND LOVE TO YOU ALL

Needed a clean graphic for a project, and figured while I was vectoring I would put sex and magic back in.

Important funny animal update

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did i capture the moment chat (i cant draw horses very well, can you tell)

I know kiwi bird funny but the raven is an incredible bird!

They can match the size of a Rooster in some areas and are incredibly intelligent.

Ravens will team up to fight off bigger birds of prey, even Bald Eagles.

They are smart enough to create situational mutually beneficial deals with other animals. The Ravens in my area taught my chickens to roll their eggs out of the roost so the Ravens could fly them up high and drop them, then both chicken and raven could eat the egg. Do you know how smart they have to be to do that?

“We already knew that ravens can remember stable food sources, like landfills,” Loretto said. “What surprised us is that they also seem to learn in which areas wolf kills are more common. A single kill is unpredictable, but over time some parts of the landscape are more productive than others — and ravens appear to use that pattern to their advantage.”

(when a kill does turn up the ravens don't just freeload either, they act as guard dogs for the wolves by keeping an eye out and alerting if anything suspicious is sneaking up!

I am also obligated and delighted to add that the raven/wolf relationship also extends to playing with the puppies!

Ravens have often been seen interacting with wolves, especially pups and yearlings. These intriguing birds have been known to grab sticks and play tug-of-war with wolf puppies, to fly over young wolves with sticks and tease the small canines into jumping up to grab the sticks, and even to boldly pull the tails of wolves to initiate a reaction. Some scientists have theorized that individual ravens may even develop special bonds with individual wolves within a pack.

[Thorvald Hollow-Throat] came from a long line of individuals with excellent nicknames, being the grandchild of Bjorn Butter-Box, the great-grandchild of Hroald Spine, the great-great-grandchild of Bjorn Ironside and the great-great-great-grandchild of Ragnar Hairy-Breeches

Ulf the Quarrelsome: A guy known for brutally murdering someone in Njal's Saga. Lovely use of understatement.

Alli the Pale: imagine living in Scandinavia, where people are generally Rather Pale, and still being markedly pale enough that it becomes your defining feature. (perhaps a historical occurrence of albinism?)

Harald Tanglehair: original nickname of Harald Fairhair. he apparently swore to never brush his hair until he had all of Norway under his rule. real shame for him that he lived before the invention of modern hair conditioners and detanglers 😔

Ulf the Crow: yes, this one is cool as fuck. It also means "Wolf the Crow". Dude's parents named him after a wolf at birth but everyone around him went "actually, you're more of a crow." Reverse nominative determinism.

And, the best of them all:

EXTREME CRITICALLY ENDANGERED VAQUITAS ARE HAVING BABIES

The 2025 vaquita survey conducted by Sea Shepherd and CONANP Mexico confirms that the vaquita, the world's most endangered marine mammal, is fighting for survival. Researchers estimate a small group of at least 7 to 10 individuals remains, with evidence of recent reproduction including new calves and healthy juveniles. Most significantly, the survey shows no signs of the rapid population decline witnessed in previous years. The footage was obtained within the protected Zero Tolerance Area, a gillnet-free sanctuary that provides a vital refuge for the remaining vaquitas.

Crucially, the survey reveals that vaquitas are now regularly venturing beyond the protected Zero Tolerance Area into northwestern waters, where illegal gillnets make the area deadly. The survival of these last vaquitas, particularly vulnerable mothers and calves, now depends on urgently extending conservation efforts to protect these newly identified habitats. Immediate action is needed to safeguard the species' remaining foothold.

video drones by Fabian Rodriguez/ Sea Shepherd Conservation Society/ CONANP

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And yet from each speaker, I get a different longing. Joe is pleading with the universe for something, just something, to be fine, to let him weather the next fall into a lava pit with all of iJevin's diamonds. And yet it is tempered with the acceptance that nothing will be fine, but he'll endure, even so. Joel is delighted in the falsehood, playing happily in the space of being fine and normal and brightly rainbow coloured. Joel is longing to travel all the way to the opposite of fine in his acting.

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