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Golden retriever puppy

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I'm crying I put some shrimp food in Himbo's tank and he fucking ate it all

ROTUND

#fishblr #betta fish #fish tank #aquarium

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somehow got sucked down a rabbit hole and am now reading about keeping freshwater clams in captivity

#thinking about getting some

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What I was taught growing up: Wild edible plants and animals were just so naturally abundant that the indigenous people of my area, namely western Washington state, didn't have to develop agriculture and could just easily forage/hunt for all their needs.

The first pebble in what would become a landslide: Native peoples practiced intentional fire, which kept the trees from growing over the camas praire.

The next: PNW native peoples intentionally planted and cultivated forest gardens, and we can still see the increase in biodiversity where these gardens were today.

The next: We have an oak prairie savanna ecosystem that was intentionally maintained via intentional fire (which they were banned from doing for like, 100 years and we're just now starting to do again), and this ecosystem is disappearing as Douglas firs spread, invasive species take over, and land is turned into European-style agricultural systems.

The Land Slide: Actually, the native peoples had a complex agricultural and food processing system that allowed them to meet all their needs throughout the year, including storing food for the long, wet, dark winter. They collected a wide variety of plant foods (along with the salmon, deer, and other animals they hunted), from seaweeds to roots to berries, and they also managed these food systems via not only burning, but pruning, weeding, planting, digging/tilling, selectively harvesting root crops so that smaller ones were left behind to grow and the biggest were left to reseed, and careful harvesting at particular times for each species that both ensured their perennial (!) crops would continue thriving and that harvest occurred at the best time for the best quality food. American settlers were willfully ignorant of the complex agricultural system, because being thus allowed them to claim the land wasn't being used. Native peoples were actively managing the ecosystem to produce their food, in a sustainable manner that increased biodiversity, thus benefiting not only themselves but other species as well.

So that's cool. If you want to read more, I suggest "Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America" by Nancy J. Turner

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People liking your personal OCs is still such a crazy feeling, I've been doing this for years and ppl asking about them still fills my entire heart with warmth and idk how to handle it

You enjoy this fictional guy I made up for fun?? Whose only content is random artwork or writing made by me and a handful of other artists at most? They have no show/book/game with a large fandom, it's just one person with an art blog?? I love u

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I redid Himbo's tank so now I can actually see him and enjoy him. I completely removed the floaters (except the duckweed...) as I found they just grew too fast and blocked out all the light.

I got a bunch of plants from aquascaperoom andd overall I'm pretty happy with what I got. I didn't really aquascape it but just kind of played with it until I got something that I thought looked nice and natural.

#fish tank #betta fish #aquarium #fishblr

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People liking your personal OCs is still such a crazy feeling, I've been doing this for years and ppl asking about them still fills my entire heart with warmth and idk how to handle it

You enjoy this fictional guy I made up for fun?? Whose only content is random artwork or writing made by me and a handful of other artists at most? They have no show/book/game with a large fandom, it's just one person with an art blog?? I love u

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Can anybody tell me if this looks more like tail biting or fin rot?

His tank was so overgrown that I didn't really see him that often so I don't know how long his tail has been like this. I pulled everything to redo his tank and found him like this. It doesn't seem to be bothering him in the slightest - he's been zipping around his tank exploring all the changes I've made.

#fish tank #betta fish #aquarium

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Pigeon Study

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yurameshi replied to your post “rgr-pop replied to your post “I don’t mean to boast or anything, but…”

once had friends mercilessly fail three attempts at making me a birthday cake before realizing they’d been using diatomaceous earth in lieu of flour the whole time

I gasped with greater intensity than I ever have in my life

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IT’S TODAY!!!

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its so difficult to draw anatomy. and objects. and backgrounds. and clothing. and colors. and lighting. i honestly dont know how i ever managed to draw anything in my entire life

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if you're wondering why THIS tiktok ban bill made it through the senate unlike last time...

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The most embarrassing thing In my life is whenever I see people and they ask what I’ve been up to . Literally nothing ever . Im like ohh you know this and that …. The usual ..