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Purple-edged Crambid Moth (Pitama hermesalis), family Crambidae, Borneo

photograph by Valentin Golubkov

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aotearoa native fungi stamp collection - 2002

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Few more shots of the Cave Ponies going up in my Etsy shop tomorrow (3/16)!

I bought these sweet little wooden horses years ago at a craft store and finally got around to painting them recently. Their coat colors and markings are inspired by horses depicted in Paleolithic cave paintings <3

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It is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

And I have some big feelings, as a part of the diaspora. Remembrance Day is an inappropriate title for a time in which Armenians still face genocidal forces. Just last year, Azerbaijan, armed by Turkey, ethnically cleansed over 280,000 Armenians from Artsakh. The illegal colonizer state of Israel, currently in the midst of their 6+ month-long genocide against the Palestinians, has placed the Armenians who call Jerusalem home under threat and siege.

The Armenian struggle and the Palestinian struggle are deeply linked.

In his rise to power, Hitler is quoted to justify his actions against the Jewish, Roma, Queer, Disabled, and other victims of the Holocaust, to say "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"

Echoing these chilling words, Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish wrote:

Who Remembers the Armenians? I remember them and I ride the nightmare bus with them each night and my coffee, this morning I'm drinking it with them You, murderer - Who remembers you?

The trauma sustained during a genocide is not limited to the people experiencing it right now. The echoes of that trauma leak forward into the next generations, passed down through survival, and that is so insidious. My grandmother got to live, but did so believing that her parents did not love her, because the trauma they endured prevented them from expressing it. Abuse and unhealthy attachment were passed down because that starving hunger for love and acceptance was passed down. It is so deeply cruel and unfair that our oppressors get to reach through time and hurt our children's children.

We need to band together and stop the present-day abusers, the genocidal monsters that oppress the people of Palestine, Armenia, Congo, and so many others.

We need to uplift art made by those who survived, and by those who are surviving. Art is always targeted by the oppressor to erase cultural identity, to destroy legacy, and to break spirits. Support Palestinian and Armenian poets, and artists, and writers.

If you are one of the many who never learned about the Armenian Genocide, learn today. Ask yourself why people worked so hard not to educate you on this piece of history.

#armenian genocide remembrance day

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let us be remembered

let us flourish

let us thrive

#armenia #armenian genocide remembrance day

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april 24th, 2024

Every year, on April 24th, from early in the morning until late into the night, Armenians make the pilgrimage to the Tsitsernakaberd memorial in Yerevan, honoring the victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey.

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Donate to help get my friends out of jail here! Posting from this blog may be sparse as the protest continues.

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Ghatiana dvirupa sp. nov. (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from the Central Western Ghats of India

SAMEER KUMAR PATI, PARASHURAM PRABHU BAJANTRI, GOPALKRISHNA DATTATRAYA HEGDE

Abstract

A new species of gecarcinucid freshwater crab, Ghatiana dvirupa sp. nov., is described herein from the Kali Tiger Reserve of the Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka state, India. The Kali Tiger Reserve is a protected area, which is situated in the Central Western Ghats...

Read the paper here:

The “Mr. and Mrs. Ghat crab”, Ghatiana dvirupa sp. nov. (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from the Central Western Ghats of India | Zootaxa (mapress.com)

#NEW CRAB RELEASED

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[https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/185209922] Harris' Hawk || Parabuteo unicinctus Observed in United States Least Concern in location of observation

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Casita is a small charity in the Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa, who provides respite care focused on getting work experience and learning different skills, while providing a safe and supportive environment for disabled young adults + giving them a community.

They have more and more requests from young disabled people to join up, but with rough economic conditions and rising operational costs, they're currently struggling with funding, which is affecting their ability to provide opportunities + expand into other opportunities that youth working with them are interested in.

They're also got a FB page if you want to support them + give them some love!

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this is crazy 💀 imagine having a shit time, you log onto social media, and your social worker is going viral for posts like this i would actually disappear

#katie rambles

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“omg Australian spiders! crocodiles! sharks! cassowary!”

you fools, you’re underestimating a true menace

#little shits (begrudging affection) #katie rambles

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rosy sundew (Drosera spatulata) in the rain

#no. 1 sundew enjoyer 😎

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Are you anti-supplements as a whole?

That would be pretty hypocritical of me considering i do take a few that have been medically recommended lmao!

However anything I take is always either 1) recommended by a doctor or 2) run by a doctor (and if I ask, it’s because I read it in a peer-reviewed paper and not on a social media post) because bodies are ultimately weird as hell and the balance between helping and harming is razor thin

(Also, I am on supplements due to on-going health issues combined with childhood malnutrition complications!!! Consider your past, future and current circumstances as factors heavily)

Basically, if you really want to supplement, my key advice would be:

• talk to your doctor (if you take psychiatric meds, run past your psychiatrist, if you’re on hormones, check with your endo, etc etc)

• keeps little records (i keep either written or notes on my phone of what i take daily + anything i have noticed in my body whether that be nausea, breakouts, or positive things like high energy etc - this is good advice in general if you have heath issues)

• know about what you take (google scholar is your friend if you can’t find any other reputable scientifically sound sources)

• not mandatory, but knowing a little about common misinfo and scams around the health & wellness industry would probably help more people with being suckered into buying things + health anxiety (for example, i recommend looking into hair/skin/nail supplements which are popular with young women in particular, and how many of them have problematic levels of biotin)

also, i added it in the reblog of that supplement post, but basic knowledge that is helpful to have is basically that:

Water soluble vitamins (C & B complex) -> excreted via urine when in excess -> less chance of toxicity

Fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E & K) -> stored in the body -> greater chance of toxicity

#also never trust influencers lmao #if someone has a brand or product or store treat with immediate high levels of suspicion #katie rambles

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Yucatán white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus yucatanensis

Observed by fredlelievre, CC BY-NC-ND

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Mother Hen, 2023, gouache on paper

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Casita is a small charity in the Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa, who provides respite care focused on getting work experience and learning different skills, while providing a safe and supportive environment for disabled young adults + giving them a community.

They have more and more requests from young disabled people to join up, but with rough economic conditions and rising operational costs, they're currently struggling with funding, which is affecting their ability to provide opportunities + expand into other opportunities that youth working with them are interested in.

They're also got a FB page if you want to support them + give them some love!

#katie rambles #aotearoa #new zealand