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Something I was reminded of yesterday that I'd like to spread! (US only :c Or if there are equivalents for other countries, I'm not aware of them)

If you find a dead bird with a band around its leg, please report that find to this website! (or go to reportband.gov and it'll reroute you to that site)

((Adblockers seem to break that website so if you're viewing this with adblockers, don't be alarmed if it behaves weird. Government website and all, lol. I promise it's fine.))

Banding birds is one of the main ways we learn about wild populations. Not only can we learn where birds travel and when, but we can estimate how long they live, what their threats are, if and when they return to old habitats, and other stuff I can't think of. Reporting a banded bird is a little bit of citizen science you can easily do in the (somewhat sad) case you find a dead bird. Even if the bird is dead, it can still tell us a lot about that individual and species.

If you're on a college campus, or work at a building with a lot of large windows, you probably have a lot of birdstrikes (unless your building has acted responsibly and placed UV-reflective stickers on the windows). So it's worth checking around those windows for banded birds.

Just... make sure you wash your hands afterwards of course, lol.

#birds

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“The final vote was 32-28.”

32 to 28! Just four votes! This vote is expected to pass the other Arizona legislative body and go to the Governor’s desk to finalize the repeal. When you vote, remember how narrow this victory was. Vote in your local and state races as well as federal elections.

#us politics #yeah your votes fucking matter #CHECK WHEN YOU CAN APPLY FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS #in my state they allow them in about two weeks #personally I find voting at home is way less stressful so if you would benefit from that fucking do it!!!!

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I just realized I haven't gotten any of those anti-adblocker pop-ups on youtube in AGES, nor have I experienced any weird behavior. Did they finally give up on fighting adblockers, or did uBlock Origin hardcore step up their game in the arms race, lol?

#not art

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a little something for lesbian visibility week <3

#lesbian week self-rb spree

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Lilo and 3/3 by The Japanese House have just been doing something to me the past couple days, idk man.

Lore(?) below the cut

I don't have a specific time frame in mind, but my idea was that this is sometime after the night elves secede and most of them go back to Kalimdor, Cathala and Tarinne included. I have a vague headcanon that I actually just checked and it's canon that ritualistic bathing in moonwells is a thing, so yay me for being a genius who knows everything I guess. Anyway as I was gonna say, I figure bathing in a moonwell is something most night elves do every couple of years or at least, like, once a decade, just as a way to feel closer to Elune and what have you *waves hands vaguely* Even besides that, moonwell water has very strong healing properties so I mean it's just benefits all around.

For the entire period of time from Teldrassil to secession (~7 or 8 years), the night elves in Stormwind only have access to one moonwell, which is all the way out in Duskwood and is a multi-day trek. Stormwind doesn't let any of the priestesses/druids make any new ones (or any proper shrines at all) in/near the city, and most of the land surrounding Stormwind City itself is farmland or owned by nobles who ALSO don't want moonwells on their property, so they're stuck with that one. Considering moonwells are one of the main types of shrines to Elune to pray/leave offerings at, this isn't super great for morale. The trip is expensive, dangerous, and even those who can afford it can't find the time. So it's a big relief to a lot of people when they can finally do so after returning to Kalimdor.

Tarinne is one of those people. Cathala is... not. Not really.

Even before Teldrassil, she wasn't the most devout. All that time on Pandaria, away from anyone else who worshiped any of her gods, wore away at her. By the time the mists parted, she was in a weird place where her kind of religion more closely resembled pandaren religion than anything night elven. Much less emphasis on gods (excluding the August Celestials, who interact with their followers a lot differently than Elune does, for example), and more emphasis on one's ancestors. That would be fine on its own, but it was just another thing that made her feel alienated among her own people. And then after Teldrassil, she (among others) felt Elune had betrayed or abandoned her in her darkest moment, so she stopped worshiping her altogether after that. But even years later, Cathala still carried a lot of guilt and doubt regarding that decision, and actually goes through ✨a Character Arc✨ regarding that while hunting Sylvanas, but that's something I want to save for a fic so that's all you get right now.

The end result is that she's in an even weirder spot by the time secession happens, still trying to figure out where she stands on this whole faith thing. So it's bittersweet when she can finally do this moonwell thing with Tarinne again, for the first time in years. Or maybe for the first time, period, I haven't quite decided.

She'll get it figured out though, Tarinne will make sure of that <3

#lesbian week self-rb spree

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Just a real quick cuddly thingy I made to lull myself to sleep the other day <3

Something about the visual of one person touching another person's scars with overwhelming tenderness drives me insane.

#lesbian week self-rb spree

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Happy pride month let's get this party started. Lesbians go fuck some shit up. And/or other lesbians if they're cool with it.

#lesbian week self-rb spree

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I finally got around to doing this meme and I had so much fun lmao. As for how they ended up here? The answer is "whatever's funniest."

(Text on the signs: SWG [Stormwind Guard] -- Cathala -- SC [Stormwind City] // SWG -- and Tarinne -- SC)

#lesbian week self-rb spree

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Okay, let's try this again.

Woe. Your daily dose of lesbian elf Activities be upon ye.

Link to full version because this webbed site was bullying me earlier 💔💔💔

#lesbian week self-rb spree

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Innkeepers hate them! Pair of "best friends" take four hours to use the rental baths at the inn, scientists baffled.

#lesbian week self-rb spree

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I have been CRAVING drawing some intimacy the past few weeks, but I haven't had the energy because classes and work. but I got it right now. so hey look it's the lesbians

#lesbian week self-rb spree

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This is all you're getting of this one but I'd feel bad if I kept all the food for myself. WLWs and other miscellaneous women-appreciators come get y'all snacks. caring is sharing or whatever they say.

#lesbian week self-rb spree

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*makes heart eyes at you* (despite everything)

#lesbian week self-rb spree

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...granted whenever I draw at least one boob out there's also usually a woman happy trail, which... I guess I can live with that justifying a mature flag 💀 Boobs and body hair are natural and not inherently sexual but a happy trail is definitely closer to being that. If I MUST consider this shit society's views on the body when posting art, I'll just reframe it like that because that's a little less frustrating.

I hate feeling like I have to flag stuff as mature "just to be safe" because of one (1) boob but. oh well I guess

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I hate feeling like I have to flag stuff as mature "just to be safe" because of one (1) boob but. oh well I guess

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a little something for lesbian visibility week <3

#my art #cathala #tarinne #black rain #night elf #kaldorei

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Yearly reminder to everyone trying to find alternatives to tumblr/social media in general: go make a Neocities account and teach yourself basic HTML and post your art/writing/shitposts there.

It does take extra time to set up (but there are templates out there!) but it is so so worth it to have a site that is 100% YOURS!

You don’t even have to be that good at coding. I’m not. My site is not very accessible via mobile devices but that is fine with me (keeps me off my phone) but there are plenty of ways to make your site mobile friendly. There are plenty of bare bones/accessible sites I adore purely for the media on it.

Imagine having your site on your phone and showing someone- hey! I coded this from scratch. And I didn’t even have to pay a company like squarespace. All your images, links, writings, in one place. I have my fandom edits, memes, fanart, and custom graphics there.

Neocities has a very bare bones follower and comment system, but you can disable this if you want your site to truly abstain from any social media-isms. I use it because its a great way to meet other webmasters and get help with coding problems. Neocities isn't an exact replacement for Tumblr (no reblogging here) but html coding is an invaluable skill to know, as is keeping a personal website in this day in age.

The awesome thing about having your own website is if, god forbid, Neocities goes down, you can move your site to any other number of hosting platforms (like Teacake.org). Your site is truly YOURS, and no one else (shitty tech CEO cough cough) can take it away from you.

If you need help getting started, I recommend checking out sadgrl.online. (More links to resources in the comments section of this post).

I know neocities has been talked about before, especially within my follower circle, but I thought I'd bring it up again for anyone unaware of this awesome platform.

#not art #i reserved my url but guhhh I haven't made the time to learn basic html it just seems so intimidating T-T #someday. i guess....