#I'm in Australia

[expelliarmus]

#mine #doctor who #dwedit #david tennant #freema agyeman #carey mulligan #thanks for all the boops today!!! here's a blink gifset for you all :D #anyways hi friends!!! i was in australia for 2 weeks #and now i'm back home and have to go back to work tomorrow #i'm probably gonna be Very tired so i hope my class will be nice to me lol...

[rockatanskette]

One of the running themes in "humans are space orcs" circles is the idea that humans will bond with anything. I can think of plenty of stories of humans making friends with wild animals, alligators, predators, creatures that aliens would immediately recognize as too dangerous for contact. But I was reading a story about two orangutans released back into the wild today and there's a certain element to that story I haven't seen so often: humans will bond with animals regardless of whether the bond is reciprocal.

For every story of a human making friends with some unlikely creature, there are dozens of stories of conservation specialists tranquilizing animals, tending to their wounds or illness, and releasing them because they're too dangerous to handle consciously. Stories of tagging birds of prey and timber wolves and Siberian tigers. Fat Bear Week? Any of those bears would rip your face off without hesitation. But they're round and fluffy and intimidating and beautiful and we love them even though they hate us. We make an effort to protect our monsters, because we love our monsters.

Imagine an alien planet that's experiencing ecological degradation. Their flora is dying, and they can't figure out why. And, offhandedly, in a diplomatic mission, an allied planet mentions that humans have successfully reversed similar devastation on Earth. So they reach out and Earth sends some experts to check it out. And what do they suggest? Reintroducing an apex predator that used to be a scourge against alien settlements. The species still exists in other regions of the planet, but it is slowly disappearing outside of its native habitat.

The aliens are askance. They've told bedtime stories to their young of these creatures: how they tear apart their prey, how they've eaten their organs and rip apart their homes. Some suggest that it's a trick—that the humans are trying to prompt them into destroying themselves.

But there are many alien cultures on this planet, with many different stories and some of them agree. The world watches in anticipation as the humans help their predators. They seek them out, these fearless otherworlders, putting them to sleep and tending their wounds. They keep track of the beasts, not to harm them, but to protect them.

At first the doomsayers' prophecy seems to come true. The predators devour prey animals like a feast, like a slaughter to people who have never been so close to the circle of life. But then, slowly, not over months but over years, comes change. The prey no longer eat the leaves and buds of every tree; some are left to bloom and fall. The refuse rots in the dirt, and the floods cease as the soil grows thick with compost and rotted bone, thick enough to hold water. The shapes of rivers change to protect their surroundings from the rain. The pollinators rebound.

Decades later, other cities and nations begin to accept this human myth of "conservation." Champions arise, alien champions, now, who go into the depths of the wilderness and the seas to protect those predators from the apathy of time.

Not all of them make it. This is something else the humans teach. Sometimes the tranquilizers are not enough. Sometimes the timing is wrong. Sometimes accidents happen. And when they do, the aliens look to humans for an answer for why they should protect these creatures who have killed those they love?

"Because they knew the risks," the humans say. "Because they would be the first to speak to save them. Because they taught you to see the beauty in the wild and you must not close your eyes."

So, despite themselves, they don't.

#humans are space orcs #earth is space australia #humans are space australians #this wasn't originally about steve irwin #but it turned into being about steve irwin #i'm crying about stingrays now #it's fine

[breakbleheavens]

LIKE, EVER (KAM'S AUSSIE VERSION) The Eras Tour — Australia | February 16-18 & 23-26, 2024

#tswiftedit #taylorswiftedit #tswiftgif #taylor swift #the eras tour #eras tour #we are never ever getting back together #wanegbt #red #red (taylor's version) #eras tour australia #eras tour sydney #eras sydney n2 #era sydney n4 #*mine #*2024 #*gifs #mine: eras tour #mine: red #I loveddddd this omg #and I'm finally done omfg

[overtake]

girl (rb20) having the worst day of her life but being very brave (catching on fire) about it

#i can't speak about the things i'm going through #ausgp my mortal enemy this weekend lmfao #max verstappen #f1 #op #australia 2024

[esmeriandreamer]

A small "Earth is Space Australia" thingy based on something that happened to me while working on the farm a few weeks ago-

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"Human-Sarah, why are you limping?"

"Oh, one of our goats hit me on the inside of my knee with his horn."

"What?? Are you alright?? Do you require medical assistance??"

"Nah, nah, I'm fine. He just managed to get me with the sharper end of it by accident-"

"Did this goat manage to impale you??? We must get you to a medic right away-"

"Zurgurr, relax, I didn't get my knee impaled. Those horns aren't meant to gore anything with, it was a blunt point. Plus, I was wearing layers so the impact got dulled."

"...I see. But what caused this goat to attack you like that then?"

"Oh, I was interrupting him eating."

"....What."

"Yeah, I should've put his bucket a bit further from the door, he must've thought I wanted to take it from him or whatever."

"...So he attacked you."

"Nah, just threw his head back in my direction in protest and managed to hook a horn into my knee that way. It'll be a bit of a bruise, but that's all."

"I see.. so-"

"I mean, if he wanted to attack me, he would've been on his hind legs to ram his horns against my stomach or something."

"..What."

"Yeah, he tried that once, but I just grabbed him by the leash to stop him. And besides, he wouldn't want to harm me on purpose, I think. He's just a grumpy old man who's had kids invading his space too much. He even looked guilty after he hit me."

"...So even though he slammed a horn into a vital joint of yours, you forgive him?"

"Yeah. Because I care for him, and he needs kindness. He's a grumpy asshole at times, but he's my grumpy asshole."

#humans are space orcs #earth is space australia #my writing #mostly wrote this because one of the goats here passed away and I'm sad about it ;w;

[justc2world]

This is how I want to hug him 🥺

#but i'm short tho #his face is so precious here #carlos sainz jr #carlos sainz #scuderia ferrari #f1 #formula 1 #australia gp 2024

[stil-lindigo]

ABC News in Australia covers the story of how community groups all over the country are coming together as a community to provide for returning Gazan families.

El Rahman Inc. stands at the forefront of this community effort in Naarm/Melbourne, and on the organisation’s Instagram page, regularly posts updates on what supplies are currently needed. It accepts monetary and supply donations at drop off points (which are currently closed until the 28th Dec).

The PCIA has also been instrumental in organising resources for returning Palestinian families. For more widespread support not limited to Melbourne, please consider donating to the Arab Council of Australia, another independent non-profit which has a long history of supporting their community. They are based in New South Wales, which is home to Australia's largest population of Arabic-speaking Australians.

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ABC's news report also highlights that between October 7 and November 20, Home Affairs granted 860 visas to Palestinians, including those seeking to depart Gaza. However, what they fail to give proper attention to is the fact that Israel has been preventing Palestinians from leaving.

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Of the around 860 visas distributed, only 143 Palestinians have managed to successfully arrive in Australia, with the number of new names being added to 'the list' falling to a pathetic degree. To understand the grave conditions of Palestinians awaiting safe passage, this is a great article to read. And although politicians like Penny Wong insist they are doing everything in their power to help Palestine in this time, Australia still shamefully stands by its strongest ally, the US, and actively provides military surveillance of the Gaza Strip to Israeli sources through Pine Gap, a military base in Alice Springs.

In this time, it is imperative to maintain pressure on the Australian government. Protest and vocal pro-Palestine movement is the only thing that caused Australia to eventually vote for a ceasefire in the recent UN resolution, after their cowardly performance earlier. Resources like vic_socialists on Instagram, regardless of where you may stand on their performance as a party itself, has been outstanding in organising regular protest movements across all of Victoria. APAN also maintains a list of pro-Palestine events all around Australia on their website, although I'm not sure at this point if it's exhaustive.

#australia also abstained from the new naval coalition the US has sent into the red sea #which is truly the barest of bare minimums but i'm trying to see it as a good sign of our gov reevaluating our relationship with israel #i hold onto the good i see organisations like el rahman do with clenched hands #there are so many good people in the world. its a shame none of them are in positions of power. #australia #palestine #free palestine #call to action #long post #this information is also unfortunately a bit outdated. my apologies #i thought it was better to share late than never though

[angelic37]

TENTOO DAY GIFT EXCHANGE ► milestones for @demdifferentstories-29 (Happy birthday Lily!)

#tentoodaygiftexchange #demdifferentstories-29 #dwedit #doctorwhoedit #doctor who #tentoorose #tentoorosedit #timepetals #doctor x rose #metacrisis doctor #rose tyler #otp: i'm burning up a sun just to say goodbye #dw alternate universe #alternate universe #by angelic37 #2010!me making a comeback with this kind of gifset haha #wasn't so sure when it was the 16th in australia so i hope it's not too earlier! #mia tyler

[f1-stuff]

Australian GP '24 // Weekend Warm-Up

#i see a closeup of carlos' eyes and i must gif #it's just the way it goes #again this is footage from another race but for the sake of keeping things simple I'm tagging it australia #carlos sainz #Australian GP '24 #2024 #gifs #mine #formula one #f1 #ferrari #australian gp 2024

[human-encounters-diary]

Day 13 The human remains in medical care, although visitations by anyone except the Vitrichl are currently prohibited by the medicals, preventing me from gathering any further observations of human behaviour. I did, although, receive access to a sample the scientific unit had taken from the fluid that the human had regurgitated after her space excursion during the previous cycle, and the results of its analyzation are…rather alarming. The fluid itself is incredibly acidic, and managed to dissolve all test objects given into the fluid in a matter of moments. This obviously raised an even larger question: What was it? A bioweapon? A natural venom? Perhaps Dorag's tales were more credible than previously assumed? Assumptions that could not be proven certainly. But the most alarming aspect of this is rather another question raised by these discoveries: If humans naturally posessed such a bioweapon, perhaps naturally produced it in their bodies, what did they need it for? The existence of such an mechanism implied the probable existence of a predator strong and agile enough that it was vital for humans to develop such a mechanism.

Even if that assumption is proved to be untrue, this discovery still turns humans into a much bigger threat than we had previously determined.

(Further note: One of the medicals has reported the human had repeatedly protested against any advances to provide her with medical care, continuously insisting she was alright and in no need of medical care. Despite the known durability of humans, she will be kept in medical care for at least one more cycle.)

#earth is space australia #humans are weird #space australia #humans are insane #humans are space orcs #humans in space #space orcs #humans are terrifying #humans are confusing #humans are awesome #humans are deathworlders #humans are crazy #fantasy #sci fi #science fiction #less of the science more of the fiction #humans from an outsider perspective #From where I'm posting this it's technically already sunday but whatever #day 13 #nr.13

[yesterdayiwrote]

Remember when George did an interview with Channel 4 at his flat in 2019 and this was his home decor...

The nan curtains, the faux fur sofa throw, the mirrored dining table, three lamps in a tiny sitting room... I'm obsessed with all of it...

#f1 #george russell #This is when he was earning 5 figures and in debt by the way so I'm 100% not knocking it #I'm living for the student flat vibes compared to the expectations people have of f1 driver's glamorous lives #This is where he tells the story that he couldn't see the starting lights in Australia so just guessed via a reflection #He's a long way from Monaco #This is your posh tory

[windsofnotos]

no offence to hozier but his tour locations are literally this meme

#hozier #hozier tour #“world tour” my arse #you ain't slick andrew #i'm not really mad i expected this but it's still annoying #come to australia challenge #or like. anywhere outside north america and europe #there are a few south american locations so that's something i guess #but there's nothing even in the continent where i live

[overtake]

australia 2024

#i'm always just here for a quality nose angle #daniel ricciardo #f1 #op #australia 2024

[melit0n]

We moved on from this too quickly

#I'm bringing this back in celebration of the short Australia tour #because either I wasn't full on here when this happened or ya'll didn't talk about it 😭 #I giggle at this so much #he deleted it like 30 seconds later #truly had no time to explain #sleep token #st #worshitposting #iii #iii sleep token

[sixstringpansy]

hey is anybody else REALLY cut up about the fact that they're on stage singing "it's been TEN FUCKING YEARS" on March 20, 2023. and MCR broke up on March 22, 2013.

#like i'm really really not okay about this #like i'm about to cry about this. right now #mcr lb #mcr sydney #mcr sydney 2 #mcr #my chemical romance #my chem #kill all your friends #gerard way #frank iero #mikey way #ray toro #mcr return #mcr australia #mcr 2023

[currentlyonstandbi]

#i'm doing my part #people posting in the australia tag are asking what the heck is going on to get us trending at 1 and obvs im not saying it's me but #i am telling my children it was me. where's my order of australia thank u very much for cultural contribution. im having an impact here #and all it cost was the low price of my notifications not knowing peace since <3 #australia