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Look at the sanborn fire insurance maps on the library of congress website (you should do this on a computer).
They are so cool the show the progression of development in so many cities, some of the maps even date back to the 1800s!
Also see if there are any historic districts or sites near you that you can visit! Also see if there are any buildings on the national register in your area (assuming you’re in the US)!
I’ve only taken 2 historic preservation classes so far but I am going to get so much more insufferable when I go back to school next week because I have an archaeology class and an urban planning history class, both of which I am VERY excited for. This is only the beginning of my insanity.
I’ve noticed there are fewer butterflies just in the past few years.
Also bees. There aren’t as many bees.
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Also far fewer fireflies.
seriously!!!
Used to be even 10-15 years ago there would be patches of sidewalk next to gardens that sometimes you couldn’t walk on once in a while because they were just covered in butterflies sunning themselves between trips to the flowers.
Like there were times I would walk past some spots and it’d be like a movie with this wave of small butterflies that would fly up, disturbed by my passing.
Used to see lots of fireflies, too.
Now it’s a rare treat to see multiple butterflies at once, and lightning bugs are much fewer and far between.
It’s sad.
Look.
I have made you a chart. A very simple chart.
People say "You have to draw the line somewhere, and Biden has crossed it-" and my response is "Trump has crossed way more lines than Biden".
These categories are based off of actual policy enacted by both of these men while they were in office.
If the ONLY LINE YOU CARE ABOUT is line 12, you have an incredible amount of privilege, AND YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT PALESTINIANS. You obviously have nothing to fear from a Trump presidency, and you do not give a fuck if a ceasefire actually occurs. You are obviously fine if your queer, disabled, and marginalized loved ones are hurt. You clearly don't care about the status of American democracy, which Trump has openly stated he plans to destroy on day 1 he is in office.
if you want to vote for a third party, what you are going to do is vote for biden in november 2024 and then as soon as that’s done, start trying to get ranked choice voting in your state
we will ALWAYS be a two party system until voting reform happens, and voting reform won’t happen if project 2025 happens.
suck it up and vote biden, then put the next four years to good use
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You ever think about how weird hippos are ecologically speaking?
There's literally no other megafauna on earth that spends the entire day lounging around in water, mostly just socializing, only to come onto land to feed at night.
I remember when I used to do education programs on hippos, most people assumed they ate aquatic plants, and that that's the whole reason they were in water. Meanwhile, hippos are basically just giant nocturnal cows that eat only grass.
most animals that start adapting to live more of their lives in water:
"i must grow my bones lighter and less dense so that i don't get trapped on the bottom and may float easier in this new environment"
hippos:
"denser. heavier bones. MOAR dense. Make sink the most."
mother nature:
but how will you get off the bottom when you sink?
hippos:
Make muscles more too, give all muscle.
mother nature:
and to stay warm in the water? a big layer of fat?
hippos:
no! no fat only muscle.
mother nature:
o....kay. And, you eat aquatic plants, that's why you spend so much time in the water?
hippos:
lol no. eat land grass, like cow.
mother nature:
i see. right. You eat mostly grass, so, flat grinding teeth?
hippos:
hell no. big spike teeth. sharp big teeth. Biggest
mother nature:
what, like lions? 3 inch fangs?
hippos:
course not. giant fuck-off teeth, 18 inches. Also, not just one pair, three pairs of giant sharp teeth. give
mother nature:
but you eat... grass?
hippos:
yeah. lol. Sometimes eat a zebra tho. Or a antelope. Maybe eat a crocodile, you don't know. Give all teeth, giant fuck-off teeth. Most bone! most muscle! most teeth! Me.
mother nature:
y'know what? fuck it, sure, here you go
hippo:
...
hippo:
i'm very angry now
so idk about layers, and they are not all the same size, but they have three pairs of large sharp teeth on each side of their mouth, or you could say six pairs of ...? anyway they have a bunch of molars you can barely see through the gums, and then they have these teeth:
looks like this in the mouth
so those are their, yeah i guess actually six pair of giant fuck-off teeth