@DoNotPunchDown

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Revolution
Anti capitalist
Anti fascist
Stop Cop City
End Capitalism
End the patriarchy
Pro Palestine
A Tiggers a wonderful thing.
Every mistake on a post of mine is due to AI 😁

She/her

Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
Mother keeps an eye out as her cub nuzzles for comfort. The spectacled bear, or Andean bear, is the only bear that comes from Peru.
It is vegetarian, usually dining on fruit, leaves, and honey. Numbers of these bears have fallen rapidly due to hunting and loss of habitat, but WLT-funded projects in South America are working to protect them.

Photograph: Getty Images

@photography
#photography
#Peru
#bears

Amazon river dolphin/pink dolphin (Inia geoffrensis)

It’s dinner time as a pink dolphin catches a fish in its long, narrow beak. A freshwater cetacean, it’s memorable for its rosy hue. Sadly it is now found in only three river basins in South America, endangered by fishing, hydroelectric dams, the dumping of mercury in waterways, and toxins released by algae.

Photograph: G&M Therin-Weise/Getty Images/imageBROKER RF

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#photography
#Amazon
#dolphins

RIP the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

It genuinely made generations of kids both smarter and more empathetic.

The only winners in this outcome are the enemies of the United States.

And I didn't realize it was going to hit me this hard.

https://cpb.org/pressroom/Corporation-Public-Broadcasting-Addresses-Operations-Following-Loss-Federal-Funding

#Slovenia became the first European Union country to ban imports and exports of arms to Israel, and promised it will take more measures over the crisis in Gaza.

@palestine
#Gaza
#Israel
#EU
#ArmsEmbargo
#news

Martin Griffiths, director of Mediation Group International and the former Under Secretary General of the UN Humanitarian Affairs Office, talking about #GHF

"All of this is a crime. All of this is a deep betrayal of humanitarian values.”

“The 1,000 killed are an incredible statistic. I had no idea it would go that high and it’s going on daily. It’s not stopping.”

“I think it’s a catastrophe more than a disappointment. I think it’s a great sin. I think it’s a great crime.”

@palestine
#Gaza

You know what the #Fediverse needs? COBOL.

Not for speed. Not for elegance. Just so every post feels like it’s being processed by a 1970s mainframe with cigarette burns on the console.

#FediCon
“She’s doing 20 years for sex trafficking. Is clemency on the table in exchange for Ghislaine Maxwell’s testimony?” TRUMP: “I’m allowed to do it…”

@DoNotPunchDown But to answer:

> And you?

I try pretty hard to keep a hold of my childhood wonder. What can be. That, "Anyone can be my friend" energy. It's really trying and tiring when you let other realties in. But I also remind myself, there's only so much time left before I cease to exist so I might as well invest it in the enjoyable parts while trying to ensure its enjoyable for others.

@DoNotPunchDown I think this is a great one. I think it's easy to either be young and not aware of the pace at which time is going to come, or to be amid it and not paying attention. But we quickly go from "wow, the world is neat-oh fuck it burns oh god make it stop!" hahaha

I'm enjoying this influx of new people to follow, but it feels transactional. It's devoid of genuine interaction.

Tell me, what is something you wish more people knew about you?

What is something that's hard to get across or convey, but you wish it was recognized?