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Aaaaaand this is how I just discovered the image limit on Tumblr😭 Will reblog with the rest ajsksksk

We can argue about raising Bison for human consumption instead of cows on federal land all we want, but by all accounts we are missing like 25+ million bison because of their wholesale slaughter over the past few hundred years. They do serve an important ecological function.

So why berry producing bushes? Because we killed off bears.

Bears used to eat huge amounts of berries and fish, shit out the seeds, and spread berries around the US just like birds do. Except we killed like 99% of the bears, and we’re doing our best to exterminate the birds as well.

Who thinks of a bear as a creature that distributes seeds (and also technically fertilizer from eating hundreds of pounds of fish a year and then pooping farther inland).

Who will it hurt if I break this law?

Who will it hurt if EVERYONE breaks this law?

The second is particularly important in "victimless" crimes, especially wildlife protection.

If I decorate my fabulous hat with heron feathers (that I find while kayaking), that harms no one. If everyone decorates their hat with heron feathers, people are going to start shooting herons to sell their feathers. Soon, no herons.

If I remove that osprey nest from my property after the nesting season, that harms no one. There are plenty of other places for the ospreys to nest. Besides, those nests are eyesores! But if everyone destroys nests off-season, next year there will be fewer good nesting sites, fewer ospreys born and raised to adulthood. Soon, no ospreys.

Aro and ace activism is healthcare reform, so that no one needs to rely on a spouse for health insurance, so that healthcare is available to everybody regardless of income, so that no one’s lived experiences or basic dignity are dismissed or overridden by doctors

Aro and ace activism is well-funded and expansive public transit, so that you don’t need to have someone on hand to drive you places if you are incapacitated, so that you don’t have to pay for an ambulance if you need to get to the hospital quickly

Aro and ace activism is disability and elder care services, so that no one needs a spouse to care for them, so that no one needs children to care for them, so that marriage is not a bind for disabled people, so that people on disability who want to and can live alone can

Aro and ace activism is community-building, it’s public events, it’s free social activities, it’s mutual aid, it’s activities that bring community members together without socializing relying on just a romantic partner

Aro and ace activism is developing a culture of believing when people tell you who they are and what they want rather than assuming you know them better than they know themselves