vividlyvariable:

i stg this man is going to trick me into blowing something up…

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allthecanadianpolitics:

25 air quality alerts for B.C. on Monday amid raging wildfires | Globalnews.ca

The south, central and north Okanagan areas had the highest levels of air quality risk in B.C. on Monday. With smoke factored in, a handful

Global News

Environment Canada has issued 25 air quality alerts for British Columbia, amid raging wildfires and a provincial state of emergency.

The federal weather agency is warning that the smoke will last another 24 to 48 hours. Even in low concentrations, wildfire smoke can be harmful to human health.

The alerts cover virtually all of Vancouver Island south of Port McNeill, all of the Sunshine Coast apart from Howe Sound, the entire Lower Mainland, and all of the Fraser Valley and Fraser Canyon.

It also includes the Lakes District, Stuart-Nechako and North Thompson regions, as well everything south of that in B.C.’s Interior, the Okanagan, and the Kootenays.

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sketiana:

sketiana:

tundras are soooo pretty aand beautiful to look at smears of best ever colors on flat and muted greens and yellows…. hard agree with los campesinos like yes take a body to tundra for real……

nature but it looks like a sad hug its so real

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thethingonvhs1982:

thethingonvhs1982:

The wildfires in Maui aren’t natural disasters, they are colonial disasters and a direct result of both the fossil fuel industry and the military industrial complex.

Realtors preying on property in Lahaina- while Kānaka Maoli who resided there for generations are now houseless- is a result of greed and disaster capitalism.

Citizen journalists on the ground are reporting on the devastating cost these fires have on their communities and the untold stories in the media about the tourists still actively extracting land and from already limited resources.

pics by slowfactory on ig

HAPA Hawaii support link

Stop Maui land grabs petition

Theres a lot of notes but more ppl need to sign the petition

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northwest-cryptid:

bitternest:

bitternest:

chaser:

ALT

Come on Tumblr, don’t be fucking cowards

Alternatively -  come on nameless intern #102, you have a chance to be the fucking funniest person on staff.

cowards

Time for manual blazing, tumblr can be a coward but they can’t stop us.

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toskarin:

toskarin:

toskarin:

the woman in the river shows me an axe of silver and asks if it is the one I lost. I respond that it is. she produces an axe of gold and asks the same question again. I shamefully look away, not sure whether I’m comfortable admitting that I was dual wielding

she stares at me in abject confusion as I take stock of my tools. a look of dissatisfaction brews on her face. “but why is one golden?” the woman asks.

I tug nervously at my coat, feeling the slightest bit insulted. “well, it’s not cheap to have a matching pair,” I tell her. “not everyone can afford two golden axes.”

“why not two silver axes?”

“I had the money for one golden axe.”

the woman crosses her arms. “but the gold is worse for everything you’d want an axe to do.”

“it’s not. it was more expensive and also really hard to find.”

“gold” she says, “is softer than silver.”

“it’s literally not, though,” I say. “that’s a really common misconception, but pure silver is softer than gold.”

“most metal sold as silver is actually an alloy. that axe is probably sterling silver. I don’t believe for a second someone made you a pure silver axe.”

I look at my axe, then back to the woman, then back to my axe.

“it was pure silver when it went into the river.”

an unreadable expression. with a great splash, the woman disappears into the current.

for three days and three nights, I wander along the river’s edge, hoping to find the woman again. I throw rocks, twigs, and once or twice a weird looking animal into the water. it’s all to no avail.

on the final evening, I see a glint at the river’s mouth. I run as quickly as I can, knowing I’ve finally found… oh for fuck’s sake, it’s just silver-plated. I lob the awful thing into the river with a huff.

“how can you tell?” asks the woman, peeking out of the water. “that could be the one you’ve lost.”

“it’s not.”

“but you won’t cut your losses and move on,” she gestures wide, “one axe the richer?”

“that’s too wide of a gesture for a cheap knick knack,” I say, gesturing modestly in some approximation of how much I think the silver-plated axe is worth. the woman seems annoyed.

“I’ve been telling you, you have your real axe. the gold axe is the one that sucks.”

“so what?” I spit. “are you suggesting I just use two cheap silver axes instead of my cool pure silver and gold axes?”

she groans. “I honestly would, man.”

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kenthedm-inspiration:

darantha:

‘Wood themed paladin’ was this week’s winning sketch prompt :)

Hi-res, watermark free version is available on my Patreon.

I love this take on a paladin!

ohheyitsjustaj:

Take a fruit and pass it on

🍎

🍓

🍊

🍌

🥭

🍇

🍑

🍒

🥝

🍉

🍐

🍋

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mike-queerler:

hey tumblr, how old r u?

13 or under

14-17

18-22

23-26

27-33

34-39

40-50

51 or older

pls rb for a larger sample size c:

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subrosadraco:

jupiter-suggestion:

consider the sperm whale and the squid. an ancient rivalry that dates back millions of years. we know the whales eat the squids. we know the squids do not make it easy for them. we know this because of the scars the whales carry, scars on the outside of their body, and on the inside as well. how badly must you want something to endure wounds inside your mouth? inside your gut?

consider the whale, who is harmed by what sustains her. consider the squid, whose flesh is soft and delicious but refuses to go down easy.

This post is about lactose intolerance I can smell it.

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volno:

Solas found dead in Baldur’s Gate

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mindblowingscience:

Floating Solar Panels at The Equator Could Provide Virtually Unlimited Energy

Vast arrays of solar panels floating on calm seas near the Equator could provide effectively unlimited solar energy to densely populated cou

ScienceAlert

Vast arrays of solar panels floating on calm seas near the Equator could provide effectively unlimited solar energy to densely populated countries in Southeast Asia and West Africa.

Our new research shows offshore solar in Indonesia alone could generate about 35,000 terawatt-hours (TWh) of solar energy a year, which is similar to current global electricity production (30,000TWh per year).

And while most of the world’s oceans experience storms, some regions at the Equator are relatively still and peaceful. So relatively inexpensive engineering structures could suffice to protect offshore floating solar panels.

Our high-resolution global heat maps show the Indonesian archipelago and equatorial West Africa near Nigeria have the greatest potential for offshore floating solar arrays.

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