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Planet's Fucked: What Can You Do To Help? (Long Post)

Since nobody is talking about the existential threat to the climate and the environment a second Trump term/Republican government control will cause, which to me supersedes literally every other issue, I wanted to just say my two cents, and some things you can do to help. I am a conservation biologist, whose field was hit substantially by the first Trump presidency. I study wild bees, birds, and plants.

In case anyone forgot what he did last time, he gagged scientists' ability to talk about climate change, he tried zeroing budgets for agencies like the NOAA, he attempted to gut protections in the Endangered Species Act (mainly by redefining 'take' in a way that would allow corporations to destroy habitat of imperiled species with no ramifications), he tried to do the same for the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (the law that offers official protection for native non-game birds), he sought to expand oil and coal extraction from federal protected lands, he shrunk the size of multiple national preserves, HE PULLED US OUT OF THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT, and more.

We are at a crucial tipping point in being able to slow the pace of climate change, where we decide what emissions scenario we will operate at, with existential consequences for both the environment and people. We are also in the middle of the Sixth Mass Extinction, with the rate of species extinctions far surpassing background rates due completely to human actions. What we do now will determine the fate of the environment for hundreds or thousands of years - from our ability to grow key food crops (goodbye corn belt! I hated you anyway but), to the pressure on coastal communities that will face the brunt of sea level rise and intensifying extreme weather events, to desertification, ocean acidification, wildfires, melting permafrost (yay, outbreaks of deadly frozen viruses!), and a breaking down of ecosystems and ecosystem services due to continued habitat loss and species declines, especially insect declines. The fact that the environment is clearly a low priority issue despite the very real existential threat to so many people, is beyond my ability to understand. I do partly blame the public education system for offering no mandatory environmental science curriculum or any at all in most places. What it means is that it will take the support of everyone who does care to make any amount of difference in this steeply uphill battle.

There are not enough environmental scientists to solve these issues, not if public support is not on our side and the majority of the general public is either uninformed or actively hostile towards climate science (or any conservation science).

So what can you, my fellow Americans, do to help mitigate and minimize the inevitable damage that lay ahead?

I'm not going to tell you to recycle more or take shorter showers. I'll be honest, that stuff is a drop in the bucket. What does matter on the individual level is restoring and protecting habitat, reducing threats to at-risk species, reducing pesticide use, improving agricultural practices, and pushing for policy changes. Restoring CONNECTIVITY to our landscape - corridors of contiguous habitat - will make all the difference for wildlife to be able to survive a changing climate and continued human population expansion.

**Caveat that I work in the northeast with pollinators and birds so I cannot provide specific organizations for some topics, including climate change focused NGOs. Scientists on tumblr who specialize in other fields, please add your own recommended resources. **

We need two things: FUNDING and MANPOWER.

You may surprised to find that an insane amount of conservation work is carried out by volunteers. We don't ever have the funds to pay most of the people who want to help. If you really really care, consider going into a conservation-related field as a career. It's rewarding, passionate work.

At the national level, please support:

The Nature Conservancy

Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Cornell Lab of Ornithology (including eBird)

National Audubon Society

Federal Duck Stamps (you don't need to be a hunter to buy one!)

These first four work to acquire and restore critical habitat, change environmental policy, and educate the public. There is almost certainly a Nature Conservancy-owned property within driving distance of you. Xerces plays a very large role in pollinator conservation, including sustainable agriculture, native bee monitoring programs, and the Bee City/Bee Campus USA programs. The Lab of O is one of the world's leaders in bird research and conservation. Audubon focuses on bird conservation. You can get annual memberships to these organizations and receive cool swag and/or a subscription to their publications which are well worth it. You can also volunteer your time; we need thousands of volunteers to do everything from conducting wildlife surveys, invasive species removal, providing outreach programming, managing habitat/clearing trails, planting trees, you name it. Federal Duck Stamps are the major revenue for wetland conservation; hunters need to buy them to hunt waterfowl but anyone can get them to collect!

THERE ARE DEFINITELY MORE, but these are a start.

Additionally, any federal or local organizations that seek to provide support and relief to those affected by hurricanes, sea level rise, any form of coastal climate change...

At the regional level:

These are a list of topics that affect major regions of the United States. Since I do not work in most of these areas I don't feel confident recommending specific organizations, but please seek resources relating to these as they are likely major conservation issues near you.

PRAIRIE CONSERVATION & PRAIRIE POTHOLE WETLANDS

DRYING OF THE COLORADO RIVER (good overview video linked)

PROTECTION OF ESTUARIES AND SALTMARSH, ESPECIALLY IN THE DELAWARE BAY AND LONG ISLAND (and mangroves further south, everglades etc; this includes restoring LIVING SHORELINES instead of concrete storm walls; also check out the likely-soon extinction of saltmarsh sparrows)

UNDAMMING MAJOR RIVERS (not just the Colorado; restoring salmon runs, restoring historic floodplains)

NATIVE POLLINATOR DECLINES (NOT honeybees. for fuck's sake. honeybees are non-native domesticated animals. don't you DARE get honeybee hives to 'save the bees')

WILDLIFE ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER (support the Mission Butterfly Center!)

INVASIVE PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES (this is everywhere but the specifics will differ regionally, dear lord please help Hawaii)

LOSS OF WETLANDS NATIONWIDE (some states have lost over 90% of their wetlands, I'm looking at you California, Ohio, Illinois)

INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE, esp in the CORN BELT and CALIFORNIA - this is an issue much bigger than each of us, but we can work incrementally to promote sustainable practices and create habitat in farmland-dominated areas. Support small, local farms, especially those that use soil regenerative practices, no-till agriculture, no pesticides/Integrated Pest Management/no neonicotinoids/at least non-persistent pesticides. We need more farmers enrolling in NRCS programs to put farmland in temporary or permanent wetland easements, or to rent the land for a 30-year solar farm cycle. We've lost over 99% of our prairies to corn and soybeans. Let's not make it 100%.

INDIGENOUS LAND-BACK EFFORTS/INDIGENOUS LAND MANAGEMENT/TEK (adding this because there have been increasing efforts not just for reparations but to also allow indigenous communities to steward and manage lands either fully independently or alongside western science, and it would have great benefits for both people and the land; I know others on here could speak much more on this. Please platform indigenous voices)

HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (get your neighbors to stop dumping fertilizers on their lawn next to lakes, reduce agricultural runoff)

OCEAN PLASTIC (it's not straws, it's mostly commercial fishing line/trawling equipment and microplastics)

A lot of these are interconnected. And of course not a complete list.

At the state and local level:

You probably have the most power to make change at the local level!

Support or volunteer at your local nature centers, local/state land conservancy non-profits (find out who owns&manages the preserves you like to hike at!), state fish & game dept/non-game program, local Audubon chapters (they do a LOT). Participate in a Christmas Bird Count!

Join local garden clubs, which install and maintain town plantings - encourage them to use NATIVE plants. Join a community garden!

Get your college campus or city/town certified in the Bee Campus USA/Bee City USA programs from the Xerces Society

Check out your state's official plant nursery, forest society, natural heritage program, anything that you could become a member of, get plants from, or volunteer at.

Volunteer to be part of your town's conservation commission, which makes decisions about land management and funding

Attend classes or volunteer with your land grant university's cooperative extension (including master gardener programs)

Literally any volunteer effort aimed at improving the local environment, whether that's picking up litter, pulling invasive plants, installing a local garden, planting trees in a city park, ANYTHING. make a positive change in your own sphere. learn the local issues affecting your nearby ecosystems. I guarantee some lake or river nearby is polluted

MAKE HABITAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY. Biggest thing you can do. Use plants native to your area in your yard or garden. Ditch your lawn. Don't use pesticides (including mosquito spraying, tick spraying, Roundup, etc). Don't use fertilizers that will run off into drinking water. Leave the leaves in your yard. Get your school/college to plant native gardens. Plant native trees (most trees planted in yards are not native). Remove invasive plants in your yard.

On this last point, HERE ARE EASY ONLINE RESOURCES TO FIND NATIVE PLANTS and LEARN ABOUT NATIVE GARDENING:

Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Resource Center

Pollinator Pathway

Audubon Native Plant Finder

Homegrown National Park (and Doug Tallamy's other books)

National Wildlife Federation Native Plant Finder (clunky but somewhat helpful)

Heather Holm (for prairie/midwest/northeast)

MonarchGard w/ Benjamin Vogt (for prairie/midwest)

Native Plant Trust (northeast & mid-atlantic)

Grow Native Massachusetts (northeast)

Habitat Gardening in Central New York (northeast)

There are many more - I'm not familiar with resources for western states. Print books are your biggest friend. Happy to provide a list of those.

Lastly, you can help scientists monitor species using citizen science. Contribute to iNaturalist, eBird, Bumblebee Watch, or any number of more geographically or taxonomically targeted programs (for instance, our state has a butterfly census carried out by citizen volunteers).

In short? Get curious, get educated, get involved. Notice your local nature, find out how it's threatened, and find out who's working to protect it that you can help with. The health of the planet, including our resilience to climate change, is determined by small local efforts to maintain and restore habitat. That is how we survive this. When government funding won't come, when we're beat back at every turn trying to get policy changed, it comes down to each individual person creating a safe refuge for nature.

Thanks for reading this far. Please feel free to add your own credible resources and organizations.

WASH DAY W/ MIDORIYA

👩🏽‍💻self inflicted because I just detangled my hair and brung it’s moisture back to life

includes : midoriya x black reader

“zuku- are you just gonna stare or are you gonna help me?” You teased the boy looking in the mirror reflection to see him in awe staring right back down at you.

“Right! Sorry but your hair is just so pretty.” You felt your cheeks get hot at the compliment- since it wasn’t really you best appearance with a comb stuck in the middle of a part and cream oozing out of each braid to secure its moisture and definition.

You handed him the thick comb looking into his eyes, “comb this part out for me?” He nodded staring at the strand of hair lightly combing it out - since he didn’t know how tenderheaded you were(and has nightmares of inko snatching the shit out his scalp as a kid when detangling his hate but anyways)

he securely braided the part, twirling his finger over the ends to coil it. “Wow, I didn’t know you knew how to braid” you observed his section , giving him another piece, “you should help me more often.” You hummed, starting another section.

Hello I am begging you guys please boost this if you can, this keeps happening an I am so tired of it

Where I live there is this man named Pervis Payne and he is suppose to be executed in 29 days please boost this. In Tennessee specifically shelby Tennessee he is suppose to be executed. During his trial and during his time of being on death row he has faced racism, and been told things like "you think your black now just wait until we fry you."

He has so much proof of being innocent but won't be let off death row. Police has said that he was in a drug fueled frenzy with no evidence and REFUSE to do DNA testing or drug testing. He done nothing wrong but is being called a animal.

He has a proven intellectual disability where he shouldn't be on death row at all. I don't care at all what your account is about just please spread awareness knowing that stuff like this is happening where I live to innocent black people just like me is disgusting.

If you can please @ your mutuals. This man deserve freedom.

Here are things you can do

Petition to allow to do DNA testing

Call (615)-741-2001 and press 1 to leave a voice mail granting a stay of pervis payne execution

I sadly can't find anymore at the moment but if you do please share also some petitions are fake so please be careful.

Also realize that he is probably going to be executed in 28 days now since his execution is on April 9

@angiebug101 @mypimpademia

Grocery shopping with them

Onyankopon

He is very reasonable with what he buys

Buys green tea and new mugs

Like those mugs that look very artsy and pleasing to look at

Buys ingredients to cook/bake something instead of buying it already made

That doesn't really make sense when I say it

He loves shopping with you because he finds a new thing every time

Eren

This man? A literal child, at times

You know those candies that are at the bottom of the cashier thing? Yeah he puts half of those on the scanner

Buys things that look useless but he actually uses them

Okay, but he actually buys some interesting things

You wanna cook spaghetti for dinner? He's buying every single thing he can to make it

Buys new snacks that he's never seen before

Slamming the Car Door Prank

A/N: Another tiktok prank I saw!! Basiclly you just slam the car door and see how your s/o reacts!!

Characters: Sugawara Koushi, Lev Haiba, Iwaizumi Hajime, Bokuto Koutarou, Sakusa Kiyoomi

Sugawara Koushi

you asked him to drop you off in front of a fast food place so you could go order for the two of you

since the drive thru was closed for some reason

and you remembered the tiktok you saw

you snickered to yourself as you checked the phone discreetly hidden to record his reaction

so once you got out

you slammed the door making a loud bang

you went over to get the two of you some food

on the other hand, suga was confused

he was muttering to himself

“did she just…slam the door?”

he was quiet for a second

“what? is she mad?”

his face was a little like :o

chuckles lightly but lowkey nervously

once you got back into the car

“whatever happened, it wasn’t me. it was daichi or the others, not me.”

you stared at him

“babe what”

“nothing, but i didn’t do anything. now, can i have some of those fries”

the next day the comments of the video were all like

“he was so confused jghdjdhjfh”

“‘iT wAsNt mE’ AHGAHSGHAHAHA”

Lev Haiba

you put the phone in the car and made sure it was recording

he didn’t see it because he’s lev

when you asked to leave for the bathroom you slammed the door

as soon as you slammed the door he’s all nervous

suddenly remembers his experiences from alisa

“oh my god is she on her period or mad at me?”

starts shuffling around the car looking for something

pulls out a pad

“oh thank god i have extras”

sighs and pulls out some gum

he’s silent for a second

“okay as soon as she gets back i ask her if she’s okay and offer gum.”

nervously chuckles

at this point he’s sweating

you see him pull out his phone and call someone

“alisa i think y/n is mad at me oh my god what do i do”

you don’t hear alisa’s end but you can tell he’s nervous

then suddenly, you come back in the car

“hey, lev-”

panics

“HI, Y/N! DO YOU WANT GUM? PADS? OH, LOOK I HAVE CHOCOLATE! ARE YOU DOING GOOD?”

“lev, what’s going on?”

tenses up

“nothing. i’m okay.”

starts driving

when you post the video

everyone is cooing about how adorable he is

and lowkey enjoying how frantic he was

Iwaizumi Hajime

you decided why not

you saw the tiktok while you were in the car

“babes im gonna get a drink for us, can you stop at starbucks?”

he nods and does

when you leave you slam the door

your phone is propped up and all ready

he looks at the car door for a second

he looks confused

his brows are furrowed and scrunched in the most adorable way

“oh, she’s mad”

just sits and waits for you

looks like he’s lost in thought

when you come back, you give him his drink

you’re a bit confused because 

why isn’t he reacting

when he starts driving he goes 

“babe, if you’re mad, i’d rather you talk it out with me than take it out on the car.”

you’re quiet and he takes that as a notion to keep talking

“if there’s something bothering you, just tell me so i can help you, okay?”

you nod

he smiles and intertwines his hand with yours

he lifts your hand and gives a soft kiss to the back of your hand

the video goes viral

now everyone wants your boyfriend

Bokuto Koutarou

“bo can you stop at the restroom?”

“okay!”

so your phone is filming and hidden in the perfect spot

you slam the hell out of that car

he starts humming the happy birthday tune for no reason

until he realizes

“OH MY GOD Y/N SLAMMED THE DOOR! I THINK SHE’S MAD! OH NO!”

genuinely looks like he’s about to faint

starts panicking but at least tries to get his thoughts straight

starts counting something on his fingers

he starts murmuring

“i did my laundry”

puts a finger up

“i did my dishes”

puts another up

“i didn’t make a mess”

third finger up

until he gasps

“I THINK I MIGHT HAVE LEFT THE BED MESSY”

then he shakes his head

“but i think i did that too”

at this point he’s about to cry and starts getting droopy

he picks up his phone and dials someone

“akaashi, i think i did something wrong”

then you enter and he hangs up on the phone

rip akaashi, who’s probably panicking on the other end because he doesn’t know what bokuto did

“Y/N, DON’T BE MAD”

“babe, im not-”

“THEN WHY DID YOU SLAM THE DOOR?”

“it was a prank babe, you’re okay”

he clings on to you for the rest of the day

now the entire internet thinks your boyfriend is the single most adorable thing in the world

Sakusa Kiyoomi

you go to pick up some drinks and slam the door

your phone is recording all of this

his face is totally unmoved

except now he’s looking at the door

completely silent

doesn’t say anything

it’s just his breathing

when you get back in the car you hand him his drink

he thanks you and you watch as he slowly makes a u-turn

“babe where are we going?”

“home or wild animal rehabilitation, we’ll see.”

“babe! were supposed to go on a date”

you’re shell shocked and whining

“i’m not going on a date with you if you’re mad.”

“i’m not mad!”

“you are and it’s bad for me and the car.”

you have to get the phone and explain that it was a prank to him so you could convince him to turn back around

he smacks you upside your head

“do you have nothing else to do, dummy?”

his cheeks are reddening and you laugh

you post the video and it goes viral

“when you left he was so quiet. that was the most awkward moment of my life”

“istg that silence ripped my heart out”

“his breathing is so hot omg if you don’t want him i’ll take him”

“he’s so hot but also so intimidating”

remember that a person in georgia self-immolated back in december as well to call for a ceasefire in gaza and do not let aaron bushnell's death be as easily anonymized and scrubbed from public consciousness

not all heroes wear capes

Hi can I get a Bakugou x reader childhood friends to lovers headcanon or something like that

yes u can!

idiot bakugo falling for the calm before his storm

fluff!

you always think of yourself as the yin to his yang, the calm before his storm

he’s been hot headed ever since childhood

and you were always there to calm him down when he needed it

his crush on you didn’t start forming until middle school

he would always walk with you in the lunch lines and would roll his eyes whenever you said you forgot your food

“you’re so fucking stupid!” he would tell you before giving you a huge chunk of his ham sandwich

going into high school was when the feelings really

really

started to form

both of you got into UA, of course, and you were in the same class

everyone always noticed how bakugo was standoffish to nearly everyone except for you

“is bakugo a tsundereeee?” the red haired boy would tease you two before you even became friends with him

“SHUT UP, SHITTY HAIR!”

both of you definitely start to develop more feelings in high school

he would train with you privately at night with your quirk, and would have such a proud look on his face when you got something right that you previously didn’t get

“doing good bird brain.” he would comment, flicking your forehead

eventually finds himself unable to look at you for too long without blushing

have you always been that pretty..?

when you’re fighting with other students, he gets extremely upset if they hurt you

one time you were training with todoroki and the half and half boy sent you falling by making ice appear underneath your feet

you slipped and fell, hitting your head pretty hard

“HEY!!!”

everyone is basically silent as bakugo marches up to todoroki, seemingly livid

“what the FUCK do you think you’re doing, ivy hot?!”

“training.” todoroki answers simply, which makes bakugo even more angry

kirishima and kaminari have to hold him back from blasting at todoroki

he’s so mad in the recovery room with you omg

bouncing his leg in irritation

“suki, it’s okay... it was just a little fall.” you tried to tell him, placing your hand on his knee

he has to ignore how that simple touch gives him butterflies

“i don’t give a shit. he hurt you,” he seethes. “didn’t even apologize. i’ll kill that-“

he gaps in shock when your soft hands hold onto his, and you smile so gently at him he thinks he’s going to faint

“he did apologize, suki. you were just too mad to even hear him, being whisked away by your two buffoons.”

you laugh at him, patting his hands before leaning back and resting

he is. in. such. Shock??1!2

and you can’t deny the fact that doing that also gave you butterflies

because it definitely did

bakugo isn’t ugly by any means

the older he gets, the more attractive he gets

his body fills out in the perfect places and he’s got the sharpest jawline you’ve ever seen

you almost can’t look at him when you two work out together

how does someone look so fucking hot in a black t shirt wtffzgxhxj

at first, he’s subtle at showing how he likes you

he cuddles you a little closer when you two study in his dorm

or sends you a bunch of random playlists with “for y/n” as the name

definitely a morning bird, so he’s always buying you breakfast

he talks to you a lot more. he was never that talkative but now he talks to you about random shit, and it’s not just about how much he hates midoriya or how annoying mineta is

it’s about,,, his favorite songs? a new movie that came out, watching it with you?

or

“my mom developed a few new outfits and i think you’d look good in them,” he’ll tell you one day, and quickly splutters at the silence that follows. “i-if you could afford them!”

you’re the same with showing how much you adore him

playing with his hair when you two are chilling in the dorm,

or giving him kisses on the cheek when you two get back from hanging out

he doesn’t directly asks you to be his girlfriend

after flirting and giggling all night with each other he just kinda—harshly smushes both of your cheeks together

and is just like

“alright. i’m tired of this slow burn bullshit. you’re mine now, okay?”

and who are you to say no to him? 🙈

lord take all of my pain and sufferig and give it to elon musk