question everything

If you’re still desperately thirsty after having some water, you probably need electrolytes. There are many options - eat a pickle, have a gatorade (or whatever brand you prefer), add an electrolyte packet to your water, sprinkle salt on some watermelon, make a fun drink with coconut water.

crossposting from bsky - glad I stopped using spotify when I did and that I unlinked it from my discord, but still

Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.

So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.

I...tried to make a meme and got carried away and made A Thing that is like partially unfinished because i spent like 3 hours on it and then got tired.

I think this is mostly scientifically accurate but truth be told, there seems to be relatively little research on succession in regards to lawns specifically (as opposed to like, pastures). I am not exaggerating how bad they are for biodiversity though—recent research has referred to them as "ecological deserts."

(my own photos)

Not only they, but the entire Mojave ecosystem is still struggling to adapt since the loss of ground sloth dung. their chief fertilizer.

Many, many trees and plants in the Americas have widely-spaced, extremely long thorns that do nothing to discourage deer eating their leaves, but would've penetrated the fur of ground sloths and mammoths. Likewise, if you've observed a tree that drops baseball or softball-sized fruit which lies on the ground and rots, like Osage Oranges, which were great for playing catch at my school, chances are they were ground sloth or mammoth chow.

You can read about various orphaned plants and trees missing their megafauna in this poignant post:

Sleep Nutrition Activity Personal time/space

OH HEY GUYS LOOK AN ACRONYM THAT’S ACTUALLY EASY TO REMEMBER! 

SNAP

Do you feel yucky and aren’t sure why? Look at your SNAP. Figure out what you’re missing. 

Are you getting enough sleep? 

Are you eating enough, and is what you’re eating mostly made of nutritious foods? 

Are you getting enough physical activity?

Are you getting enough alone time to decompress, to reset your sensory overload, to spend time in your head, and relax?

I have found that 1) I feel so, so much better when I’m actively putting effort into my SNAP, and 2) if I feel weird, it’s way easier to narrow down what might be the problem by asking myself those questions. 

On July 20, 1969 - 55 years ago today! - humans first stepped foot on another world.

*puts a dandelion in your hair*

AND THEY TARGET SO MANY OF THEIR PRODUCTS AT CHILDREN

Since the majority of the US is about to face record heat and humidity in the coming weeks, just wanted to inform and/or remind people that many types of psychiatric meds reduce your heat tolerance. Essentially, they interfere with your body's thermoregulation system, making you more likely to suffer the more dangerous side effects of heat. SSRIs and SNRIs in particular can cause excessive sweating, and many TCAs, antipsychotics, and benzodiasapines can cause cognitive issues and heat stroke dangerously fast.

Obviously I'm not saying to go off these meds if you can't or don't want to. Just be extra conscious of your reaction to the heat, don't spend too much time outside if you can help it, and hydrate hydrate hydrate!!!

Here are some sources, as well has helpful tips for how to recognize heat stroke and stay safe in extreme heat.

these next two include other medications that can effect your heat tolerance too, that I didn't touch on above.

In short, be safe, check the side effects of your meds for possible heat tolerance issues, and

(you can thank @dammithawke for this)

Serani, D. (2025, May 8). Heat Intolerance and Psychiatric Medications. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/two-takes-on-depression/202107/heat-intolerance-and-psychiatric-medications

West, M., Yockey, K. (2023, August 24). What to Know About Antidepressants and Heat Tolerance. Medical News Today. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/antidepressants-and-heat

Now, you can go to Península Valdés and find that the whale population there is growing year after year, people can see them from their windows. In Iberá, where yaguaretés were extinct for over 70 years, there's now a population of 35 and growing, after being reintroduced just five years ago. As for rainforests?

We've becoming very, very good on restoring them. Natural environments, when given space and time to heal, can return to that they were. And after all, all natural enviroments are managed by human societies. It is up to us to implement a good management, un buen gobierno.

I firmly believe our children and grandchildren will see a restoration of Earth like never before.

Trump’s budget bill has many, many things in it, but buried amongst it is the MILLIONS OF ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND FOR SALE.

This is the entirety of the Arizona state forests, the entire Cascades mountain range. Swathes of pristine desert around the national parks in Utah. On the doorstep of Jackson Hole.

THIS BILL IS BIG, BUT IT CAN BE AMENDED AND ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT PASS AS IS please.

If you have ever enjoyed the wilderness, we stand to lose it all forever.

CALLING your senators - NOT JUST IN THE WEST. ALL SENATORS, is CRUCIAL.

Outdoor alliance has a great resource for reaching out.