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Saddest thing ever is reading an academic paper about a threatened or declining species where you can tell the author is really trying to come up with ways the animal could hypothetically be useful to humans in a desperate attempt to get someone to care. Nobody gives a shit about the animals that “don’t affect” us and it seriously breaks my heart

“No I can’t come out tonight I’m sobbing about this entomologist’s heartfelt plea for someone to care about an endangered moth”

This is how I learn there’s a moth whose tiny caterpillars live exclusively off the old shells of dead tortoises.

[Image description: text from a section titled On Being Endangered: An Afterthought that says:

Realizing that a species is imperiled has broad connotations, given that it tells us something about the plight of nature itself. It reminds us of the need to implement conservation measures and to protect the region of which the species is a part. But aside form the broader picture, species have intrinsic worth and are deserving of preservation. Surely an oddity such as C. vicinella cannot simply be allowed to vanish.

We should speak up on behalf of this little moth, not only because by so doing we would bolster conservation efforts now underway in Florida, [highlighting begins] but because we would be calling attention to the existence of a species that is so infinitely worth knowing. [end highlighting]

But is quaintness all that can be said on behalf of this moth? Does this insect not have hidden value beyond its overt appeal? Does not its silk and glue add, potentially, to its worth? Could these products not be unique in ways that could ultimately prove applicable?

End image description]

because we would be calling attention to the existence of a species that is so infinitely worth knowing

I was so inspired by this I made it into a piece of art for a final in one of my courses for storytelling in conservation

Thank you so much for creating this. One thing I really love about this website is that when any traditionally unlovable species in danger of slipping into history as a barely acknowledged footnote, there are always people here who will take the time to learn about them and love them. To me, that is the internet at its most beautiful.

If you didn’t already send this to authors Dr. Mark and Nancy Deyrup I have a feeling they would really love to see it. I would be happy to email it to them and credit it you if you are comfortable with that, though of course I completely understand if you would rather keep it here on Tumblr. Thank you so much for sharing it with all of us!

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I feel cheated. no one on Reddit told me that tumblr is a serotonin factory. Keep liking and reblogging my posts please thanks

Just don’t fly too close to the sun.

Throw me to the sun and I’ll get it pregnant

he understands the website your honour

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“if you put too many people together they start shooting each other!!” that just sounds like usamerican projection, but okay

also: western lib: *sees an apartment building in a socialist country*
western lib: is this a gulag??

i love the ‘imagine the energy consumed by this building’ because like. it’s actually very clear and obvious that a building of many apartments will require less energy than the same number of detached houses, since it shares services and thermal inertia

imagine going to visit so many of your friends and they’re like only a few floors away or maybe right next door

imagine the tenant’s union that this kind of place can form 😍

The ideal living arrangement, according to the people on this post lmao

If you like this idea then go live there, go live that dream.

I personally will live like a human instead of a lab rat, I want to be able to go outside and touch grass and listen to the wind blow through the trees.

Usamericans are so suburbpoisoned they don’t realize you can just. Walk out of an apartment building. You aren’t stuck inside.

People on this website talk about creating self-sustaining communes and working together and making accessible walkable cities and then see a close knit community in China with walkable shops nearby to every home and call it inhumane

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alexaloraetheris:

tiktoks-for-tired-tots:

See, a scientist makes a little moisture sensor sensor for his plant to remember to water it.

But a mad scientist chooses that kind of audio.

Put this guy in castle Heterodyne, and they’d be best friends.

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Unrestrained summer fun 😁

this must be such a delicate experience for a creature that can dive two stories deep and has been seen cliff diving into the ocean

Such a quiet and gentle experience for a megafauna cryptid that can headbutt a speeding truck and walk away

It’s like seeing Godzilla in a kiddie pool

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annabelle–cane:

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like as a feminist and an asexual if you ever imply that not having sex / not having “enough” of it is a conservative or reactionary trait I will be running you over with a bus pronto

you do not need to have sex ever. if you don’t want to then you can just not do it. you don’t need to have sex in order to mature as a person. you don’t need to have sex to prove that you don’t think it’s immoral. you don’t need to have sex to be a good partner. you don’t need to have sex to be physically and/or mentally healthy. all of these goals can be achieved by hundreds of means other than sex. you can chose to do it for any reason you want, but you can also chose not to do it for any reason you want, including just not really feeling like it at any given time in any situation. the only thing not having sex says about your life and character is that you decided not to have sex. you can really really just not do it and that will be 1000x better for you in every conceivable way than making yourself do it when you don’t want to.

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stinkylittlegnome:

Frodo’s a nepo baby when you think about it but like for sucky things. That’s your uncle’s evil ring? That’s your uncle’s wizard that took you on an adventure? That’s your uncle’s feud with a homicidal gremlin man that’s after your uncle’s ring? Great

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quotefeeling:

“Don’t be embarrassed by who you are. They’re going to judge you no matter what you do.”

— Unknown

mxtx-incorrect-quotes:

Nie Huaisang: I’m doing my best.

Nie Mingjue: You’re not doing anything.

Nie Huaisang: Yes, that’s what I’m best at.

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Tyson McAdoo

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geniusoflove:

thinking about how much work i could get done if i would do it

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THIS

that ahistorical bullshit about “public schools existing to churn out perfect workers?” is in fact ahistorical bullshit

public schools were HARD-WON by people who didn’t want working-class children to be railroaded into the same hardships their parents had known via lack of education (and therefore lack of opportunities for higher-paying jobs)

yes they have their issues. but they are absolutely NOT designed to be tools of capitalism

Both things can be true - the schools were a hard won fight and they have been corrupted by ever failing systems.

Children should not have to work. Schools need to do more than teach to test.

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Applying for jobs is a hell designed specifically to torment autistic people. Here is a well-paying task which you know in your heart and soul if they just gave you a desk and left you alone and allowed you to do it you would sit there and be more focused and enthusiastic and excellent at it than anyone else in the building. However, before they allow you to perform the task, you must pass through 3-4 opaque social crucibles where you must wear uncomfortable clothes and make eye contact while everyone expects you to lie, but not too much (no one is ever clear exactly how much lying is expected, “over” honesty is however penalized). You are being judged almost entirely on how well you understand these very specific and unclear rules that no one has explained. None of this has anything to do with your ability to perform the desired task.

It is hell! I want to acknowledge that the original point of the post is NOT fixed by my providing solutions (the way jobs are filled makes no sense), but also I want to leave some notes for folks struggling with these unspoken rules. 

Some brief notes on the correct kinds of “LYING”:

Always use “I” expressions, instead of “we”:

1. eg “I created a solution to a recurring problem by doing [x].”, even if it was really you and two others in a group
2. If you LED the group (or did project-management), you can say, “I led a team to create a solution to a recurring problem by doing [x].”
3. This is because employers like to know that YOU can do, and they also value team-leadership. If you say “we”, they may stop you and ask what You did specifically. You can avoid this by just saying “I”.

Someone asks if you have experience in a program (like excel):

1. If you feel confident using it:  “Yes, I am very proficient.”
2. If you have used it a few times, and could at least google what to do next: “Yes, I have good experience.”
3. If you don’t have any experience: “I have used it before. I generally pick up programs very fast, and I’m a quick learner.”

Mistakes (some interviewers may ask about a time you made a mistake, or a weakness of yours):

1. Good answers are those with solutions.
2. Bad answer examples:  “Sometimes I don’t catch mistakes before sending things.”  OR  “I don’t like working with other people”
3. Good answer examples:  “I had a problem catching typos, so I implemented steps that force me to check my work.”  OR  “I prefer to do things on my own so I know it’s done right, but I’m working on trusting my teammates to take on pieces as well.”

Someone asks if you’ve ever led a team / managed a project:

1. Try to say YES to this question (even if it is a lie)
2. If you have, say yes, and say how many people were on the team. 
3. If you haven’t, but you played a large role in a group of people, say yes, and talk about your primary role on the team. 
4. If you haven’t, but you worked solo on something that needed input from other people, say yes, and say what the project was about. 

Additional:

Misc Rules

1. You can ask people to repeat interview questions
2. You can write down interview questions while they’re asking (write the basics of the question down for yourself, like the top things you have to answer). People will wait for you to finish writing, you don’t have to answer Immediately.
3. Try to keep your answer to questions somewhere between 30 seconds to 1 minute and 30 seconds. You don’t have to time it, but if you find that your answers are taking 3 minutes, you might lose interest.

Have a list of projects / bragging points to talk about in advance

1. Try to make sure they at least answer the core question asked, don’t just bring up a completely unrelated topic
2. Example: if you are really excited to talk about a program you wrote, and someone asks about balancing projects, you can say you are good at AUTOMATION, and an example is this program you wrote

“Do you have any questions for us?” (A question asked at the end of most interviews.)

1. “What has been your favorite part of working at [company]?”
2. “What’s been your favorite project to work on?”
   
3. People like talking about themselves

Thank you emails

1. Some employers care if you send them a thank you “letter” (email). Sometime by the end of the day (you can do it right after the interview if you think you’ll forget), send a thank you email like this (you can look up other templates, or ask a friend for help):
2. Subject Line:  Thank You
3. “Hi [interviewer name],
   It was great speaking with you. Hearing more about the role, as well as what you said about [their answer to a question you asked them] has made me even more excited for this opportunity.
   Thank you for your time today,
   [Your Name]
   

Good luck!!

Im gonna need this in 2 years!

Honestly the “applying and interviewing for a job” is harder and more stressful than actually doing the job 999% of the time for me. I hate it so much.

Wait they ask about mistakes and weaknesses because they want to hear about solutions?! That makes so much more sense! Why dont they just verbalize the solution part!

The combination of being autistic and being entry level makes it extra hell.

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