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these are images from a 1930s pamphlet that endorsed kudzu, entitled "stop gullies: save your farm"

Canebrakes built up incredibly rich, fertile soil and are amazing at preventing erosion. They form incredibly strong mats of rhizomes. And their roots are known to go 10 feet deep into the soil.

TOP 10 USA TURTLES!!!

Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii), family Emydidae, MN, USA

ENDANGERED.

photograph by (@charleywildlifephotography)

North American Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta), family Emydidae, northeastern US

Endangered.

photograph by Bob Ferguson

Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata), family Emydidae, MD, USA

ENDANGERED.

photograph by E. Schertler

Pacific or Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata), family Emydidae, California

Vulnerable, due to habitat destruction/degradation and introduction of invasive species (like the Red-eared Slider).

This species was extirpated from Canada. It once ranged into British Colombia.

This is the only species of NATIVE freshwater turtle still found in California. (Other species have been introduced.)

photograph by Yathin S Krishnappa 

Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin (Malaclemys t. terrapin), family Emydidae, northeastern coast of the United States

* Diamondback terrapins live in coastal salt marshes along the east coast of the U.S.

Photograph by Todd Pierson (@twpierson)

Razor-backed Musk Turtle (Sternotherus carinatus), female, family Kinosternidae, southeastern U.S.

photograph by Grover Brown

Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina), family Cheydridae, in a cypress swamp in the eastern U.S.

photograph by Mac Stone Photography

Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii), family Chelydridae, southeastern U.S.

This is the heaviest freshwater turtle in North America. The largest verified alligator snapper weighed in at 113 kg (249 lb).

photograph by Eric Soehren

Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone s. spinifera), family Trionychidae, WI, USA

photograph by Bruce Danz

Midland Smooth Softshell Turtle (Apalone m. mutica), gamily Trionychidae, Missouri, USA

the biodome team watching grace get up in the middle of the night and easily navigate his hut without turning any lights on:

You Are On Native Land collects stories and art donated by some of comics' biggest Indigenous creators such as Jon Proudstar, Maria Wolf, and Steph Littlebird. Tales of Native resistance; family and kinship; love and grief fill this beautiful collection, which includes a special reprint of TRIBAL FORCE #1, credited as the first comic to feature a superhero team made up entirely of Indigenous heroes.

So Grace 1000% starts picking up and mimicking Eridian noises.

One day, Rocky will be working on something, only to freeze as he hears Grace behind him suddenly exclaim in fluent Eridian "SHIT!"

quit what?

cold turkey

yeah but what did you quit

im telling you, i quit cold turkey

alcohol?

no i quit cold turkey

i wasnt offering, im trying to figure out what you quit

and im telling you i quit cold turkey

wait. you quit cold turkey?

yes i quit cold turkey

like the meat?

no i dont like it thats why i quit it

cold turkey?

The above conversation is a joke based on a misunderstanding. The first person is talking about quitting the consumption of leftover meat (literal "cold turkey"), while the second person is under the mistaken impression that they are describing the method of quitting while failing to describe the substance/habit that is being quit.

Some other points of linguistic confusion in the joke include "alcohol?" being potentially interpreted as both "did you quit alcohol?" and "do you want alcohol?" and "like the meat" as both "Are you referring to cold turkey in reference to the meat?" and "Do you enjoy the meat?"

me: my dude we just woke up!! It’s time for wakefulness and doing things and Productivity