Photinus fireflies are probably one of North America’s most iconic and beloved beetles, and rightfully so. P. pyralis is big and bright, with a yellow-green color to its bioluminescence
I also often see these smaller Photinus with a warm orange glow. I think they could be P. scintillans, which aligns with their size, flash pattern, the yellow sclerites on males, and where I’m located. females of that species are short-winged and flightless, so I’ll try to find one to figure out the ID for sure.
reminder that fireflies eat slugs and snails as larvae! if you like seeing them in your garden, stop trying to exterminate land gastropods and leave some vegetation where the adults can sleep during the day. slugs and “weeds” = more magic glowing bugs
see 0 note flop posts aren't that bad when they're personal but 0 note fandom posts feel literally so bad. like if you don't wanna play toys with me anymore just say that. i'll pack up my super cool awesome things and go and i'll sit on the other side of the playground by myself and i won't even look at you. fuck
I think this is people who are relatively new to the free Palestine movement, but I find the obsession with celebrity acknowledgement of Palestine utterly discombobulating. on the one hand, sure, it'd be great to have people with large audiences raising awareness for Palestinian liberation. On the other hand, why does it seem like some of youse care more about who is talking about Palestine, than Palestine itself? How many times do we have to learn the lesson that celebrities hold no tangible power? The revolution will not be led and won by celebrities or by any individual. Revolution is done by collective action on the ground over generations. Some people have fallen for the cult of individualism so bad that you genuinely think keeping track of which celebrities are supporting Palestine, or even harassing celebrities to talk on Palestine is more valuable to the movement than actual direct action like attending rallies, protests, blockades, making donations, elevating Palestinians, etc. I'm so sick of seeing posts like, "if Taylor Swift/insert celeb here spoke about Palestine then there would be change". It's childish. Your belief in the liberation of Palestine and her people should not be so flimsy that you need celebrities with nothing in common with you to validate that belief.
the idea that restrooms, locker rooms, etc need to be single-sex spaces in order for women to be safe is patriarchy's way of signalling to men & boys that society doesn't expect them to behave themselves around women. it is directly antifeminist. it would be antifeminist even if trans people did not exist. a feminist society would demand that women should be safe in all spaces even when there are men there.