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Hello, darkness, my old friend. It’s been a while.

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What’s even happening over here on the ol’ Tumblr these days?

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WHEN SOMEONE TRIES TO ENTER THE LIBRARY WITHOUT A MASK ON

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I long for the days of Tumblr circa 2010.

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😂😂😂

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* queue “If I Were a Rich (Wo)Man” from Fiddler on the Roof*

imagine having money wow i just got chills

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I feel like no one REALLY prepared me for what being a public librarian is actually like. Shit is WILD.

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for all of you guys getting anxious about the environment and pollution

y’all deserve to hear the good news too, and yes i fact checked these.

7 miles of habitat for bees will be planted in london

the biggest coal plant in north america has been converted to solar panels

roads in edinburgh will close once a month to help pollution

maine has banned styrofoam

new york city and los angeles have both made “green new deals”

The london marathon replaced 200,000 single use water bottles with seaweed water pods

the bees in notre dame survived the fire, and the roof could possibly built in a more eco-friendly way.

the population of flightless kakapos (a cool bird) is rising

the carbon emissions in the uk are the lowest they’ve been since 1998

Another large bee habitat (.5 mil acres) has been created

there is a robot that delivers young coral to help repopulate the great barrier reef

portugal plans to stop using plastic on fruit, vegetables, and bread by 2020

106 new species of bees have been discovered in australia since 2010

a group of Sikhs plan to plant 1,000,000 trees as a gift to the earth

disney has made a mickey-shaped solar farm

Morgan freeman turned a 124 acre ranch in mississippi to a bee habitat

China plans on making a “forest city” to help clean up their air

An increasing amount of countries and states are beginning to ban single use plastics.

A couple replanted a whole forest in brazil (2.7 mil trees) in 20 years, and the animals have come back to live there

The hole in the ozone layer is repairing itself more each year

China plans on spending 360 billion dollars to improve renewable energy and has scrapped plans for coal powered plants that were going to be built.

A national park has been built in the amazon (3.3 mil acres in peru) to preserve the rainforest

Ireland and the uk have declared a climate emergency

The guy who played aquaman (jason momoa) has spent 31,000 dollars to help clean up plastic

South korea is now recycling 95% of food waste

There is a cleanup campaign being planned for mt. everest

Puerto rico wants to use all renewable energy by 2050 and is setting official goals for that

Some schools have special water bottle fill-up stations that encourage you to use refill and reuse plastic bottles rather than throwing them out after one use, these are becoming more common.

9 endangered species are thought to make a comeback this year

20 countries in africa are planning to make a “green wall” of trees and plants that will span the width of africa to stop desertification

recently, a lot of volunteers and organizations are planting a ton of trees.

Awareness about the environment and climate change is growing super fast right now among people and countries, which will only help us

Most pollution is caused by like 100 companies, but a few of those (like pepsi) are trying to cut down on that.

if this stuff keeps happening things will get even better, and the only thing stopping us really are those big companies who don’t want to pay the money to switch to more eco-friendly energy sources. i know the media tends to cause fear and stress about this stuff for a lot of people, but there really is hope.

easy things we can do: 

Recycle 

Plant gardens in your yard for bees if you can

Participate in community volunteer things that plant trees and gardens

Theres this search engine called ecosia that plants a tree for every 45 searches you make, it has almost 2 mil users. 

Pick up trash if you see it when you’re at the beach or in nature

If you have a fair amount of money, consider donating some to trustworthy environmental organizations

Start using a reusable water bottle (like those ones at target) rather than relying on single use plastic ones.

Cut the plastic rings on plastic milk bottles. You know, the little spiky plastic ring near the cap. Birds get those things stuck around their neck and die, so cut them so that they can’t get stuck on a neck.

If you can afford it, get some of those reusable grocery bags and sue those. most grocery stores have them, and it saves a lot of waste.

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The Mothing

As I lay in bed, reading my book, minding my own business- one of the cats is intently staring at something in the doorway. The dog jumps off the bed to join in on the staring. I got out of bed to investigate. Something that seemed giant zoomed past my bare feet and under the bed in one insanely fast fluid motion! I screamed and jumped on the bed, and grabbed my phone to use the flashlight. I mustered bravery, and hung over the edge of the bed to see what it could be. A roach? A giant ass spider? It was a mother fucking MOTH! It was the size of a silver dollar! The kind with eyes on its wings! I summon Bryan to attack using a Kleenex to grab it. It wiggled it’s giant fuzzy moth body out of the Kleenex and fell to the ground, but it was no where to be found! It fell straight to the ground and managed to get under Bryan’s foot in one big swoop. He finally grabbed it again, and threw it out the front door. It’ll be back, I’m sure. Those suckers are breeding somewhere in here. I WILL DEFEAT THEM.

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Sunday, February 24, 2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/BuROHbSg0wmjL2ewA-ZsA6OHYe7Xev6UswPCKg0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16do5bcoh4hq6

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Sunday, February 17, 2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/BuRNOJwgLrv1HnoO3olXcnNXT2K56cBg6uQ2780/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18n5xtezv8347

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❄️🌕✨🔮 Happy Full Moon Winter Solstice, witches! 🔮✨🌕❄️

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Scout & her Beloved Avocado 🥑