graciousdragon

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hey y'all

the end of my college semester is fast approaching and i gotta lock tf in so i don't fail lol

that means i'll be pretty much totally inactive on here until like the first week of may (after the semester ends)

just wanted to let y'all know because i've been inactive for like a week or two already and i'm usually super active on here so i don't want anyone to worry why i've been gone

y'all can still message me or send me asks or tag me in stuff! i've got notifications on so i'll see it i just might not respond right away. i've also got a shit ton of unanswered asks so trust me answering those is my first priority when i get back :]

don't worry your regularly scheduled posting will return in a few weeks 👍

#rys.txt #maybe since its been so long since i've posted anything on here tumblr might notify people about this post lol #🎶oh how its been so long. i'm so sorry i've been gone. i was busy trying not to. fail🎵 /ref #look at me guys i'm being responsible and trying to better myself for once in my fucking life!! :D #trust me y'all i'm gonna come back SWINGING in may. i'm gonna be so not normal about the characters you have no idea

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hey do you mind watching my cube for a sec?

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you're still destiel in the header btw. in case you didnt know. in case you want to change that. please

i'm gonna be so for real, i completely forgot i left it like that lmao thank you for the reminder 👍

#rys.txt #rys answers #now watch me forget again immediately after posting this

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JUST EXPERIENCED MY FIRST EVER EARTHQUAKE APPARENTLY????

#rys.txt #i'm totally fine btw it wasn't big and no one got hurt as far as i know #but GOT DAMN #I'VE NEVER FELT AN EARTHQUAKE BEFORE SO I HAD NO CLUE WHAT THE FUCK WAS GOING ON I JUST FELT THE HOUSE START SHAKING #i was so confused and then my dad called me and said it was an earthquake and i was like “ohhh that makes sense”

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ideas for tumblr staff

dont remove the boop button

stop banning trans women for no reason

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I know it’s not just a me thing

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Found some more easter eggs from the DVDs (this time on purpose) and I think it’s important that we all know that we’ll never make better YTPs/video parodies of Saw than the filmmakers did in 2005 cuz y’all

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april fools day is actually the most sensible day of the year because it's the only day on which people will read something on the internet and stop for a second to consider whether or not it's actually true

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puter no work

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putting Saw fans in a trap where they can’t post about men’s tummy’s for 24hrs or i’ll like chop their balls off or smth

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🥺🥺🥺

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What I was taught growing up: Wild edible plants and animals were just so naturally abundant that the indigenous people of my area, namely western Washington state, didn't have to develop agriculture and could just easily forage/hunt for all their needs.

The first pebble in what would become a landslide: Native peoples practiced intentional fire, which kept the trees from growing over the camas praire.

The next: PNW native peoples intentionally planted and cultivated forest gardens, and we can still see the increase in biodiversity where these gardens were today.

The next: We have an oak prairie savanna ecosystem that was intentionally maintained via intentional fire (which they were banned from doing for like, 100 years and we're just now starting to do again), and this ecosystem is disappearing as Douglas firs spread, invasive species take over, and land is turned into European-style agricultural systems.

The Land Slide: Actually, the native peoples had a complex agricultural and food processing system that allowed them to meet all their needs throughout the year, including storing food for the long, wet, dark winter. They collected a wide variety of plant foods (along with the salmon, deer, and other animals they hunted), from seaweeds to roots to berries, and they also managed these food systems via not only burning, but pruning, weeding, planting, digging/tilling, selectively harvesting root crops so that smaller ones were left behind to grow and the biggest were left to reseed, and careful harvesting at particular times for each species that both ensured their perennial (!) crops would continue thriving and that harvest occurred at the best time for the best quality food. American settlers were willfully ignorant of the complex agricultural system, because being thus allowed them to claim the land wasn't being used. Native peoples were actively managing the ecosystem to produce their food, in a sustainable manner that increased biodiversity, thus benefiting not only themselves but other species as well.

So that's cool. If you want to read more, I suggest "Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America" by Nancy J. Turner

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