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Here, have a spark of hope.

The reality is that no single person can fix the entirety of the current ecological imbalance that has been literally centuries in the making at this point. Yet there are so, so many of us who care, and who are doing what we can to make a difference in whatever every day to day ways we're able. I often think of conservation efforts like the Loren Eiseley story "The Star Thrower" (aka, "the starfish story"). Amid a beach full of stranded starfish, one person cannot possibly save them all, but they can spend what time they have saving those they're able.

And this study shows that these efforts do, in fact, make a difference, not just for starfish but a myriad of species. This meta-analysis of almost 200 studies definitively proves that conservation preserves and restores biodiversity, keeping more species from going extinct. It's all too easy to get entangled in the losses, but we even more need to allow ourselves to celebrate the wins.

That success is crucial to convincing governmental entities and other stakeholders that putting funds toward conservation efforts makes a significant difference and is not only worth the investment, but worth increasing. And, on a personal level, it's necessary for those of us who care so deeply for this world to know when our efforts are having an impact, to buoy us up when the anxiety and grief over ecological destruction wears us down.

There is hope. Keep it up, folks; it's helping <3

#good news

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#doctor who

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something that really gets me about the doctor is that if your looking, it’s very obvious that they’re the same person across regenerations. the important things stick- the wit, the thinking under pressure, the emotional constipation, (which gets lessened over time, but that’s less on an on/off regeneration thing than you might think and more of a character arc thing so it further proves my point) their inherent love for humanity, their drama, their nonviolent tendencies.

all the obvious changes between the doctors are surface level, and if you go poking around you find that they’re all really similar to each other. I just love watching different peoples portrayals of one single character, and I think it’s really fun to see that regeneration really is mostly just changing the *body*, not the *soul*.

#their adhd also #doctor who

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Well, that's quite a good beat, really, isn't it?

THE MASTER + spinning

#doctor who

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Once again being the chnage I want to see in the world with more doctor who memes

#doctor who

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#doctor who

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what if missy did get to turn back and stand with the doctor instead of dying by the lift with her past self. and they stood back-to-back surrounded by cybermen and the doctor squeezed her hand tight as he triggered the explosion as if to say thank you, thank you for being here and then they. and then they regenerated together. what then.

#do not think for a second that I am over this #doctor who

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this has probably been done before, but i'm curious to see!

what is your gender identity?

cisgender

transgender

nonbinary

genderqueer

multigender (bigender, trigender, pangender etc.)

genderfluid

agender

xenogender

demiboy/girl/flux

multiple of these

none of these/other (put in tags?)

unsure/questioning

unfortunately bc of the 12 option limit i couldn't include everything, so i went with the ones i remembered off the top of my head!

#I hit multigender before I realized there's a “multiple of these” option #I'm also transgender‚ nonbinary‚ and genderqueer

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I don't think white british men should be allowed to write anything ever

#doctor who

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The TARDIS Eruditorum post on Rosa has gone up, and it’s… a bit of a fuckin’ doozy.

#oh this is some SCATHING satire #doctor who

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This is my favorite acting moment in Doctor Who

#like girl what the fuck #“now I have the right to be a part of the enforcer class for the racist fucking system! isn't the future great!” #I'm watching this episode right now and. wow this is so written by a white brit #doctor who

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toads riding snake

#froge #snek

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grilled cheese

1, 2, 3

#food #transparent png

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One thing DS9 does extremely well is showing how close the average person is to being a defector. It's not just Gul Dukat waffling over his shit. It's a Vorta lamenting that his species wasn't given a sense of aesthetics by The Founders. It's a Gem Hadar soldier ending a fight before he kills his opponent. And million other little examples. It shows extremely well how the people on any side of a conflict are people and if they just pushed a little more at their doubts how different they would see the world.

And it goes the other way as well. Showing how close average people are to crossing to the wrong side of history. Kira realizing she's making excuses for The Dominion occupation. Odo struggling with where his loyalties lie and his own actions while working for an occupying force. Worf joining the morality police briefly on Riza. And so many more examples.

Such a huge part of why this show has lasting power is that's it's not idealist in the way it treats it's characters actions even though it remains committed to Star Trek optimism.

#star trek #ds9

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mossy

#ayy that's my name #wöter

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died and came back exactly the same but something was so so so wrong with me before and now I have an excuse to really lean into it