Writhing On The Ground

If you care about Animal Cruelty in Factory Farms, you need to get legislation passed. It must become a crime to mistreat animals in those ways, and when malfeasances occurs, the onus of responsibility for those crimes must fall upon wealthy shoulders. That, also, requires legislation. It requires regulations, and regulators.

The largest source of Microplastics is wear and tear on automobile tires. It doesn’t matter what brand of shampoo you buy. It doesn’t matter which company you support with your dollar. The issue of Public Transit is too large-scale to be handled at anything less than the municipal level.

It’s not enough to just not participate in society

If you want the world to Change, you must leverage the mechanisms of political power.

The Squabble

Two little dragons vie for a place to perch. Nothing else to see here.

lindwyrms on a string

@philoursmars submitted: Some butterflies I saw during the Carnival of Marseille. 

I think they are some Megamaxipapilio gigantissimus…

.also, scale reference! just the wheel is 70 feet in diameter

My bluff and bluster will be called and fucking I am going to have to negotiate with the various stakeholders to put on tbe best damn talent show or the property developers will win and take over

It will be like an 80s movie wirh gender bending and cloaked swearing

Oh god I am so tired at this thought

It's every birder's favourite time of the year: When birds look like shit!

any time someone is in any kind of crisis or upheaval, offer to feed them. tell them they don't have to choose what it is if they can't make decisions, just ask about allergies and preferences and tell them you're just gonna make food happen at their house.

friend having a baby? delivery gift certificate to order food to the hospital after the kid shows up.

someone's relative passes away? offer to make them dinner.

buddy gets laid off? ask if you can order them lunch.

pal stuck in a depressive episode? offer to drive them to fucking mcdonalds, if that's what they want.

people in crisis are tired and sad and angry and the last thing most of them are doing is thinking about feeding themselves. so if you have the ability or time or money, providing that is always, always a good move.

A harbor seal and her pup (Phoca vitulina) in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA