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echo · 10 months
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okay so cw for florida transphobia stuff, but good:
a federal judge just issued an injunction against the ban on care. it's narrow, but damn this is an indictment of De Santis. some gems (edited for clarity):
"Any proponent of the challenged statute and rules should put up or shut up: do you acknowledge that there are individuals with actual gender identities opposite their natal sex, or do you not? Dog whistles ought not be tolerated."
"The overwhelming weight of medical authority supports treatment of transgender patients[...]. At least as shown by this record, not a single reputable medical association has taken a contrary position."
"The statute and rules at issue were motivated in substantial part by the plainly illegitimate purposes of disapproving transgender status and discouraging individuals from pursuing their honest gender identities. This was purposeful discrimination against [transgender people]."
"The defendants stridently assert that the evidence supporting the treatments at issue is “low” or “very low” quality[...]. But the evidence on the other side [...] suggesting these treatments are ineffective is nonexistent. [...] The record includes unrebutted testimony that only about 13.5% of accepted medical treatments across all disciplines are supported by “high” quality evidence[...]."
"Dissuading a person from conforming to the person’s gender identity rather than to the person’s natal sex is not a legitimate state interest. The medical defendants have acknowledged this. [...] In a “fact sheet,” the Florida Department of Health asserted social transitioning [...] should not be a treatment option for children or adolescents. Nothing could have motivated this remarkable intrusion into parental prerogatives other than opposition to transgender status itself."
the full ruling here (pdf):
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supermaks · 2 years
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Fernando Alonso visits Miami in 2004 by Steven Tee
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peachyindeed · 1 year
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Obsessed with 'shellers' on YouTube today. Like? Apparently. You can just walk along beaches in Florida and they are covered in cronchy drifts of sea shells. And you're allowed to pick them up, maybe give them a rinse in the surf, and put them in a little bag to bring home with you.
Imagine being able to walk along and see a Pretty Thing that you can just? Pick up and put on your shelf.
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poondragoon · 3 months
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About two years ago, I spent about 90 minutes floating in the shade in the backyard pool of an Airbnb in Florida, just slightly stoned and half asleep, listening to Liquid Tension Experiment.
Probably one of the best times I've had in my life. Top ten, easy.
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rebeccathenaturalist · 5 months
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For those unaware, Burmese pythons have been a seriously destructive invasive species in the Florida Everglades for the past three decades thanks to a hurricane destroying a breeding facility. Other than the occasional big, old alligator, nothing eats them--but they eat everything. In some places, mammal species have been reduced to a tiny percentage of their former numbers--or have been extirpated entirely.
Because these snakes are so good at hiding, and they often populate the more remote areas of the Everglades, it's incredibly difficult to track them or determine how many of them are hiding there, though their impact is certainly obvious. Even people who spend time hunting the pythons only bring back a tiny fraction of the population; over 17,000 have been killed since 2000, and yet numbers are robust enough that native species have been eaten nearly to complete extermination. Both amateur and professional hunters are allowed to hunt Burmese pythons year-round anywhere on private land and in many public lands as well.
It was totally by accident that researchers came across a way to find these elusive animals. Opossums that had been fitted with radio collars for a separate study became victims of pythons, and the transmitters showed exactly where the snakes went after feeding. While some very large snakes were able to pass the collars when defecating, others retained them in their digestive systems. And as it turns out, the opossums were the perfect size for large female pythons mature enough to lay plenty of eggs. Every female removed from the ecosystem meant that many fewer being born in the future, putting at least a small dent in the population of invasive pythons.
Now there are plans to fit opossums and other mammals with simple tracking collars that are more likely to stay in a python's system even after digestion. Quicker response will mean more of them can be captured and euthanized. While it's not going to be the solution that gets rid of all of the Burmese pythons in Florida, every tool we have in controlling their numbers is a step forward.
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evasive-anon · 3 months
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So like, I live in the South and it’s super normal here for someone to just give you a gun. And I’m not specifically into guns or shooting but it’s kinda standard to have one for home defense culturally.
Cleaned out my pantry today and found a shotgun and an actual fucking assault rifle that two different people gifted me when I got moved out and got a my own place and I didn’t know what to do with them so apparently I just put them in my pantry behind where I stack vegetable and chicken stock for cooking and just? Forgot about it???
I say the shotgun was given to me but really there was an army guy who subleased his room in an apartment to me and he left it behind and didn’t wanna pay to have it shipped to him after he left the state.
There’s no gun registry here, no permits, no applications, no tracking. No mandatory safety class. You don’t even need a permit for concealed carry.
I’m very sure in most places in the world you can’t just accidentally end up with any gun at all let an actual assault rifle but here it’s just nbd and honestly we really should be judged for it.
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blujaykai · 12 days
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when I realize I have free will and can draw 😨😨😨 anyways have some doodles :3
(my anatomy's so wack on some of these lmao)
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IM A SHARK BITES PIRECING FLORIDA TRUTHER (the right one's a little too close to more of the center of the lip but u get the idea lol)
idk abt indiana's design but I might keep it?? still up in the air abt that
uhhh I hc that states can't retain permanent physical scarring (bc they r personifications) so it appears on their animal forms instead if they have any (see doodle 2 w/ calirado)
I thought it would be funny if california wears tight ripped skinny jeans like 24/7 (yes even in their sleep) but I feel like they would be more of a trend follower or adopt any sense of style other states have main victim is NY but literally any of the states are prone to this)
calirado def shotgun when they smoke together AM I RIGHT OR AM I RIGHT (CA thinks it's hot and CO thinks it's funny how flustered CA gets)
Colorado has frizzy hair,,, mans cannot keep it tame no matter what he does
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the-flower-goat · 11 days
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I had the very sudden thought of NY being a straight up “cannibal”
(Cw: cannibalism/the act of eating human meat)
He just like
Be snackin’ on some human flesh
Also I say “cannibal” because personifications and humans are technically not the same species
How many states do you think eat human meat for the fun of it? Florida is definitely one of them. I honestly think that eating human meat would be a regular occurrence for him
I remember reading a fic of Alaska butchering a human and feeding the meat to his dogs because him and them were on the brink of starvation
I feel like New Jersey would also snack on human meat for the fun of it
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taffyglitch-art · 6 months
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j0hn explaining Homestuck to his boyfriend + a couple other hackshifter sketches I posted on Discord but never here.
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halcyonlauren · 1 year
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california: If you ever hurt me again, I will kill you.
texas: If you ever leave me again, I'll kill you.
gov [thoroughly disturbed and a little bit scared]: You guys know normal couples don’t say these things to each other, right?
florida: It's fine, we're immortal! If they kill each other it's not like it'll stick!
gov: That's not the POINT, FLOR-
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cyarskj1899 · 7 months
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Welcome to Florida: where your children will be forced to carry their rapists’ babies but are forbidden to learn why white supremacists with AR-15s commit mass shootings that target black people. It’s on you ron desantis you will never be our president in 2024. Fuck. You!
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silelda · 6 months
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California: What is this?
Florida: I DON'T KNOW CALI! I did a lot of uppers trying to figure out HOW TO HELP YOU, and MAYBE my critical-thinking skills jump-skipped a few tracks!
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bumblebeeappletree · 2 months
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In the face of extreme habitat loss, wildlife biologist Dr. Chris Jenkins puts an ambitious plan in motion to save two uniquely American reptiles, the eastern indigo snake and the gopher tortoise, and the forest they call home.
The two threatened species are as important to their ecosystems as they are interconnected themselves. The eastern indigo snake is a prolific hunter that manages predator populations in the southeastern United States. In the northern part of its range, the snakes – along with more than 350 other species – rely on the deep burrows that the gopher tortoise creates to survive freezing temperatures every winter.
Both the indigo snakes and gopher tortoises are in steep decline, as their native habitat has been deforested for centuries and then further fragmented by roads with fast-moving vehicles. Dr. Chris Jenkins is part of a massive conservation effort that takes the reptiles’ homes into account. The team surveys the most critical tortoise land, purchases it, and then restores the native forests. From there, Dr. James Bogan, who leads the only eastern indigo breeding program in the world, can reintroduce new snakes to areas where they have previously gone extinct – with plenty of tortoise burrows to protect them.
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m--bloop · 2 years
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Sean Baker movies + dessert shops
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burialbird · 1 year
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gift for a friend im posting here cuz i like how it turned out + testing to see if ill be mauled for posting ship art by the scublr
also boosting my commissions again! link to info carrd ill draw ur favs kissing give me money
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alt. versions under the cut
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recovering-vamp · 1 year
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