#16 june

Kids from the Forest Houses, a housing project in Morrisania, the Bronx, looking at an easel, June 16, 1948.

Happy Bloomsday to you! A quiet celebration of stories as they unfold, of time turning in on itself, of meaning blooming softly in the unnoticed corners of the day.

One year ago today: Florence, Tracey Emin, heat on the stones, a city unfolding at walking pace.

It was a day about walking, eating, and masturbating. But it was also about glancing, tasting, pausing, losing your way, aching, imagining, longing. About studying and worshipping, smelling and remembering, drifting through thoughts, offering yourself to moments, beholding beauty, lingering in it, touching, misreading, forgetting, believing.

And always, always thinking. Thinking as rhythm, as weight, as music running beneath it all.

50 year anniversary of the Soweto Uprising. Much have changed in South Africa, but I feel like we balanced on the edge of a knife. 32% unemployment, inequality, xenophobia, corruption, most wealth still in the hands of the white minority, and rising organised crime are all threatening the country. I fear if change doesn't come very soon it may ne too late.

Oh, Alexy, you’re so sexy - we say more, more, more & MORE!

Rex Manning, step aside - we’re talking to @RexDanger Man!

Alexander Skarsgård - we want you back on social media! Take back your maiden name! Tease us no more, mon amour! Start posting little love notes & fish pictures for us again.

Let’s make this year’s anniversary of the closing of the @rexdanger account a shout out to Alex for a new season of midsommer mayhem & mischief!

Bring back @rexdanger and make 16 June our official RexDangerMan Day every year!

Thanks to @askarsjustsoswedish for our premium quality RexDangerMan Day banner & gifs. Without her work this post would certainly not be as fun!

Anyone who can get this post to a Skarsgod should ask them to forward this grass roots movement to Alex! We love him, we want him (especially back on social media), we need him, we thirst for him!

World Sea Turtle Day

World  Sea Turtle Day is celebrated every year on June 16 to raise awareness  about the plight of sea turtles. Did you know that every year, about  eight tonnes of plastic are dumped in our oceans? That is extremely  hazardous to sea turtles, so much so that six out of eight marine turtle  species are on the verge of extinction. There are many other threats to  sea turtles, such as encroachment of coastal development on nesting  beaches, marine pollutants, accidental drowning on fishing gear, and the  international turtle meat trade. Join hands with us to raise awareness  about this important issue and save lives.

History of World Sea Turtle Day

World  Sea Turtle Day is observed on July 16, the birthday of Dr. Archie Carr,  known as the “father of sea turtle biology.” Dr. Carr is well-known for  devoting his entire career to the research and conservation of sea  turtles. Sea turtles are among the oldest creatures on Earth, having  remained ‌unchanged for 110 million years. Most information on these  creatures has focused on their nesting females and hatchlings, but new  research techniques, such as satellite tracking technology, have allowed  scientists to gain insights into their lives.

During summers,  turtles follow an ancient reproductive ritual, in which the female  leaves the sea and crawls to shore to dig a nest in the sand. The female  turtle uses her rear flippers to dig the nest hole and then lays about  100 eggs. After laying the eggs, the turtle covers them and camouflages  the nest site before returning to the ocean. Nesting turtles may return  to the nesting site for laying eggs several times and usually nest every  two to three years.

Temperature has a significant impact on the  sea turtle sex ratio. Warmer temperatures produce more females, while  cooler temperatures are found to produce more males. Eggs hatch after an  incubation of two months. The hatching moves towards the sea in the  night by using the bright view of the night sky. Artificial lights can  distract the hatchlings from finding their way to the ocean.

World Sea Turtle Day timeline

17th Century A Decline In Green Turtle Population

Green turtle populations decline from 91 million to 30,000.

17th Century A Decline In Hawksbill Turtles

The population of Hawksbill turtles decreases from 11 million to less than 30,000.

2001 — 2011 Loggerheads Declined

The population of loggerheads in the North Pacific declines by about 80%.

2014 Increase In Population With Conservative Efforts

Leatherback turtle nests increase from 27 in 1989 to 641 in 2014.

World Sea Turtle Day Activities

Clean the beaches

Join a coastal conservation group

Research and read up

Turtles  can get confused and consider trash as food. They can get caught in  plastic loops, and after consuming plastic, they suffocate. So, to  celebrate this day, we should help keep our beaches clean.

Work  together with like-minded people to protect these endangered species.  Find out different ways to protect turtle nests and share the  information with family and friends.

Many  things in our daily routine that can disrupt the life cycle of turtles.  Read up and spread the message to people about the ways to save sea  turtles and offer healthy alternative practices.

5 Facts About Sea Turtles

Turtles don’t have teeth

Turtle shells are made of bones

The biggest threat is plastic

Only one in 1,000 turtle's eggs

They can swim long distances

Turtles have exceptionally strong upper and lower jaws, which are made of keratin.

Shells have over 50 bones fused, so turtles' shells are just their bones.

One out of every two turtles consumes plastic after mistaking it for jellyfish.

Littering on the beach is drastically stopping hatchlings from reaching the sea.

The female leatherback is recorded to swim nearly 13,000 miles over 647 days.

Why We Love World Sea Turtle Day

This is a day to spread awareness

World Sea Turtle Day promotes protection for our sea creatures

It encourages us to save lives

World  Sea Turtle Day is observed to raise awareness of sea turtles. On this  day, we join forces to save these magnificent creatures.

It  is a day of protection and education about sea turtles. This day  explains why their protection is critical for all living things.

By  celebrating World Sea Turtle Day and by practicing in the community's  efforts to make life better for sea turtles, we save lives. It is  honorable work and can be accomplished only by a collective effort.