#extermination

In order to deny Native Americans the staple animal that sustained much of their lives, in the 19th century, the U.S. government sanctioned and supported the slaughter of tens of millions of bison by settlers and soldiers, reducing 60 million (est.) animals in the late 18th century down to just 541 animals by 1889.

Two illustrative quotes from the Wikipedia article on American bison hunting:

-General William Tecunseh Sherman noted as saying that "the quickest way to compel the Indians to settle down to civilized life was to send ten regiments of soldiers to the plains, with orders to shoot buffaloes until they became too scarce to support the redskins." -Lt. General John M. Schofield in his memoirs: "With my cavalry and carbined artillery encamped in front, I wanted no other occupation in life than to ward off the savage and kill off his food until there should no longer be an Indian frontier in our beautiful country."

In other words, John Gast's image of American Progress in his 1872 canvas:

It should go without saying that, if U.S. schools are not teaching the reality, good and bad, of this country's history, they are as guilty of malpractice as a drunken surgeon.

And let the bison run free.

I‘m going to be kind to you, Dalek. I‘m not going to make you wait. I‘m going to tell you now: You’re. Going. To. Die. You made me this way, you know that? I tried crushing the memories, resisting the darkness that’s always been in my head, the darkness that you and your kind put there over those twenty years. Everything I have done since can be traced back to what you did then. But I‘m better than the Daleks. I rose above it all for the sake of Gallifrey, for the sake of my office. Except here and now, on a world that isn’t mine, in a universe that isn’t mine. All I have to do is ram this taser into your circuitry, channel its power through your armour and, I‘m sorry to tell you, through your weak and feeble flesh. You’re the final component, Dalek. It’s over and I think after all you’ve done I have the right.

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I’ve only been on tumblr for a few months, but they’ve been amazing and my life has been changed for the better. (You could even say… “for good” /ref)

thank you so much to all my mutuals. May we have many years just like this!

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but before the year ends, I do have one last thing to share with you all…

Redraw of one of the most iconic scenes of Gravity!

I've wanted to draw this scene since the animatic was leaked, but i waited till it was released officially. Nonetheless, i ended up finishing late lol.