i am cringe but i am free

I learned in my political science class that all major famines in the 20th century and onward have been caused by oppressive groups or political situations restricting access to food, NOT natural causes like crop failure

This is literally the point that Indian economist Amartya Sen made that won him the Nobel prize in economics. As a child, he survived one of the several Bengal famines that were organised by the British colonisers in India. He developed his theory on famines, which is that they were more about distribution of food rather than production or availability of it

I read that fish breathe in with their mouth and out through their gills so if one got yoinked backwards in the water would it feel like throwing up

That’s actually how you do fish CPR. I’ve had to resuscitate a couple of VIOLENTLY stupid garibaldi (illegal to catch but hellbent on sending me to Fish And Game Jail) before tossing them overboard and moving to a new spot

Yooooooooooooo fish facts!

Imagining a fisherman X mermaid romance where the fisherman saves the mermaid’s life by swinging it around like a bolas

Friendly unfriendly reminder that "Ovulation is like an animal being in heat and makes you stupid" has been a keystone of western misogyny pretty much since Europe worked out what periods are.

Ants have the most badass lives of anything in the animal kingdom, life as an ant is like warhammer

Everyone on tumblr has Conditions. maladies. I log onto tumblr and my mutuals are unwellposting. Conditions I didn't even know existed and sound like dark curses but I will see a post from friend like "died about 60% today, fine now. Made egg on toast #yummytoast". There are so many people in this world with life experiences

"Affordable" should be the lowest fucking bar. Pharmaceutical companies should be tripping over themselves to offer insulin at "affordable". That shit deserves to be fucking free

the author's barely disguised discomfort with topics of sex and intimacy