#human kit

[grelliam]

To this day I still think "I wish squids were real" is the funniest example of ascended canon ever. Like, the first Splatoon game comes out, someone makes a Miiverse post just saying "I wish squids were real" (already peak comedy), "I wish X was real" becomes a meme in the Splatoon community and gets reposted everywhere.

Then two years later Splatoon 2 comes out and

Literally iconic

#Splatoon #Kit says things #... to anyone who doesn't know Splatoon lore I apologize the human bones thing probably sounds so ominous out of context sdkhfg #but yeah they really just did this and I'll never stop thinking about it

[reasonsforhope]

Note: Reasons to Be Cheerful has had weirdly huge formatting issues for the past six or so months, so if that version is a mess, this link should work better.

"Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), the Sunshine State’s largest power utility, employs all the people you might expect: electricians, lineworkers, mechanical engineers — and a few you might not. For over 40 years, the company has kept a team of wildlife biologists on staff. Their task? Monitoring the giant carnivorous reptiles that reside in one of the state’s nuclear power plants. 

Saving the American Crocodile

What sounds like a low-budget creature feature is actually a wildly successful conservation story. It goes like this: In 1975, the shy and reclusive American crocodile was facing extinction. Over-hunting and habitat decline caused by encroaching development had pushed its numbers to a record low. By 1975, when it was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, there were only 200 to 300 left. 

Three years later, in 1978, workers at the Turkey Point nuclear power plant in Homestead, Florida happened upon something that must have made them gasp: a crocodile nest along one of the plant’s 5,900-acre “cooling canals.” Rather than drive the crocs away — perhaps the easiest solution — FPL hired a team of biologists and implemented a Crocodile Management Plan. Its goal was unconventional: provide a suitable habitat for the crocs within the workings of the nuclear power plant, allowing both to coexist.  

Over the course of the next 30 years, FPL’s wildlife biologists monitored nests, tagged hatchlings and generally created a hospitable environment for the reptiles. As it turned out, the plant’s cooling canals provided an ideal habitat: drained earth that never floods on which to lay eggs directly adjacent to water. Over the years, more and more crocs made the cooling canals home. By 1985, the nests at Turkey Point were responsible for 10 percent of American crocodile hatchlings in South Florida. In 2007, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service downgraded the American crocodile’s status from endangered to threatened, singling out FPL for its efforts. 

The program continues to this day. To date, biologists have tagged some 7,000 babies born at the plant. In 2021, there were a record-setting 565 crocodile hatchlings at the Turkey Point facility. 

"Reconciliation Ecology"

Turkey Point’s efforts are an example of what is known in the conservation world as “reconciliation ecology.” Rather than create separate areas where nature or animals can thrive in isolation from humans, reconciliation ecology suggests that we can blend the rich natural world with the world of human activity. Michael Rosenzweig, an emeritus professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona, was a leading force in establishing this concept. The author of Win-Win Ecology: How the Earth’s Species can Survive in the Midst of Human Enterprise, Rosenzweig has pointed out that although human encroachment has typically been considered a threat to biodiversity, the notion that the world must be either “holy” or “profane,” ecologically speaking, is simply not true.  

“In addition to its primary value as a conservation tool, reconciliation ecology offers a valuable social byproduct,” writes Rosenzweig in his first chapter. “It promises to reduce the endless bickering and legal wrangling that characterize environmental issues today.”

-via Reasons to Be Cheerful, May 5, 2022. Article continues below. All headings added by me for added readability.

Dr. Madhusudan Katti, an associate professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University, was inspired by Rosenzweig when he did his postdoc at Arizona State. Katti has now been in the field of reconciliation ecology for two decades and teaches classes on the subject. “To me it’s finding solutions to reconciling human development with biodiversity conservation,” Katti says.

This common ground between development and conservation can be consciously planned, like FPL managing a crocodile habitat at a nuclear power plant or the state-sponsored vertical gardens and commercial farms on high-rise buildings in Singapore. Other examples include the restoration of the coral reef around an undersea restaurant in Eilat, Israel, or recent legislation in New York City requiring patterned glass on high-rise buildings, making windows more visible to migratory birds. Other planned examples of reconciliation ecology can be more individually scaled: a rooftop garden in an urban setting, modifying your garden to earn a “backyard bird habitat” certification from the Audubon Society, or even just mowing your lawn less often...

Reconciliation Ecology: Nature's Already Doing It Without Us

But there are countless examples of “accidental” incidents of reconciliation ecology, as well. One of Katti’s favorites is the kit fox of California’s San Joaquin Valley. “The kit fox was one of the very first species listed on the Endangered Species Act,” Katti says. Its decline was caused by habitat loss through agricultural and industrial development, as well as the extermination of the gray wolf population, which led to an increase in coyotes. So kit foxes adapted and moved to new habitats. One of these was the city of Bakersfield, California.

“Bakersfield, surrounded by oil pumps, would be the last place you’d expect to find an endangered species,” Katti says. But researchers think kit foxes have migrated to Bakersfield because they actually have more protection there from predators like coyotes and bobcats. “The kit foxes have figured out that if they can tolerate the human disturbance and live with people, then they are safer from all these other predators,” he says. 

Living in the city has led to some interesting behavioral changes. In the wild, for instance, a female kit fox gives birth to her young and raises them by herself in a den. But in the city, researchers have observed multiple females raising their litters together in the same den. “It’s like a form of cooperative breeding,” Katti says. “That wouldn’t happen in the wild.” ...

The Big Picture: How We Think about Conservation

Reconciliation Ecology isn’t just we humans welcoming animals like crocodiles and foxes into our environments, though. It’s also living with nature in a way that most Western societies haven’t done since the Enlightenment. “In recent years, there’s been a recognition that the ‘fortress conservation’ model — keeping nature separated from humans and not thinking of or valuing human-inhabited landscapes — those ideas are outdated,” says Katti.

In fact, in Katti’s classes on reconciliation ecology, he embraces the notion of reconnecting people with their land if they have been unjustly separated from it. “The term reconciliation also applies to all the colonial legacies where both nature and people have been harmed,” Katti says. “For Indigenous communities, the harm done to ecosystems, it’s happened together. So you can talk about addressing both. That’s where a lot of my thinking is at the moment.” 

A hopeful version of this sort of reconciliation is happening in California where colleagues of Katti’s who are tribal members are re-introducing “tribal burns” in some areas. Controlled burns have been a part of many Indigenous cultures for millenia, both as a way to prevent devastating forest fires, but also to encourage the growth of certain plants like hazel that are used for basket-weaving and other crafts. 

“The notion that people don’t belong there and ‘let nature take care of itself’ doesn’t really work,” Katti says. “That’s the legacy of Western European Enlightenment thinking — a divide between human and nature. That is a real faulty view of nature. People have been part of the ecosystem forever.”

-via Reasons to Be Cheerful, May 5, 2022

#a bit older but still ongoing/relevant and still very cool #florida #crocodile #reptile #ecology #environment #sustainability #endangered species #united states #california #kit fox #nuclear power plant #reconciliation #colonialism #the enlightenment #conservation #human beings #good news #hope #urban ecology

[kaiscumsock]

evan peters and his cute man-bun

#bring back the long hair #i mean i still love it now #putting it in a bun is the most boyfriend thing he could have done #the cutest human out there #evan peters smut #evan peters imagine #evan peters x reader #sarah paulson #ahs fandom #evan peters #james patrick march #tate langdon #kai anderson #kit walker #ahs #ahs smut #ahs fic #ahs fanfic #ahs edit #ahs murder house #ahs cult #ahs coven #murder house #ahs tate #tate and violet #evan peters fic

[bonesmarinated]

I'm fulfilling what Bethesda could not 😑😤 And the cat name is Oslo! I hc Mateo and Noel both took care of this cat and it's a permanently resident at The Lodge, Oslo is a shy cat but he likes to be around Kristian. Oslo remind Kristian of a stray cat that he and his brother used to raised when they were kids.

#bethesda starfield #starfield #starfield oc #kristian odegaard #Dear Bethesda please retcon the extinction of cat and dogs #All they need to do #is make some old lady in space floating in her lone ship filled with cats #seriously IF humanity exists across the stars I can promise literally swear on my family name that dogs and cats will spread with us #It’s madness to disagree Bethesda got this wrong #can't wait until the tool kit is release so modder can put in their work to filled the void #starfield spacefarer #sarah morgan #kris

[sesamenom]

PD dressed as Rock Opera C&C PD dressed as nailsinmywall C&C

Based on this post by @curufiin and this post by @braywashed

#silm #silmarillion #pretty deadly #those wrestling guys #lol the rock opera #crossover #wwelves #braywashed i am playing dress up with your jpeg blorbos #the background painting process here was. certainly a process #turns out its a lot harder to extend a pic when you have no clue what the rest of it looks like #whats that thing on the left? camera gear? a treadmill? i have no clue i just extended all the lines #also like. i didnt even change their hair colors these are literally human c&c #kit(?)-curufin looks more curufin-y than half the sketch layer curufins!! esp in the nails outfit

[ignorant-rat-carcass]

Seriously, and I can’t stress this enough;

FUCK. THIS. SHIT.

#few days after the aloto 4 episode pity leak and now this #queer women getting screwed over time and time again #what the absolute fuck do we have to do to be recognised as human fucking beings who actually deserve respect #and more than a passing glimpse of representation on screen #where we’re not just another bury your gays token lesbian to tick a fucking diversity box #fuck this shit #so tired #fuck you Disney! #willow #willow disney+ #willow series #wlw characters #wlw culture #kit tanthalos #jade claymore #tanthamore

[knifej-ceo]

im gonna post some old art

#burner #sacriverse #sacristuff #daddy long legs burner #hanger burner #record burner #tissues burner #peanut burner #rosey burner #playdoh burner #polaroid burner #pilly burner #kit burner #spraypaint burner #limey burner #eraser burner #burner humanized #humanization #human #art #fanart #my art <3

[hkthatgffan]

Hello there! You probably know my account from YouTube! But I have a huge question!

Do you know what comic this is called?

Oh yes, I'm afraid I do.

That comic is called "Repercussion, Repetition, Resolution." I remember posting about it back in 2017 on GF Amino when I was still new in the fandom. I wasn't on Tumblr yet so that was my only social at the time. It was a pretty col story.

But that's where it ends as that comic was made by a rather disgraceful ex member of the Gravity Falls fandom...Pitopishi!

If that name sounds familiar, then it is. Pitopishi was once a huge member of the GF fandom art scene on here and even more so, was one of the two fan artists who worked on Lost Legends back in 2018, with the other being @kiki-kit.

Pitopishi did the work for Face It in LL alongside the Manga section in Comix Up. That was all mentioned in Alex Hirsch's credit thread for all the various LL artists in 2018.

However, back in 2021, it came to light that Pitopishi was a TERF. They made a bunch of transphobic remarks and supported JK Rowling. Eventually they wiped their Tumblr page and YT channel, leaving transphobic content up. Their Twitter is private and uh...I think it alone should tell you everything wrong!

BIG YIKES!

I've spoken with other fans about it who have been around here longer than I have and there is still a lot of shock on this and many fans who still do not know about this. Pitopishi was a huge artist in the fandom before my time and someone who's work I was a fan of in my early days too. I was so excited about them joining the graphic novel back in 2018. A lot of us were.

Sadly, they turned out to be a horrible and hateful person. Quite a repulsive fall for a once great and respected artist. Their art is still floating around there, but they themselves have vanished and probably for the better.

But yeah, that comic was made by them and quite frankly, it sucks given for how good their work was, they weren't.

Anyways, TRANS RIGHTS!

#Ask That GF FAN #AMA #gravity falls #Screw this TERF #trans rights #trans rights are human rights #Lost Legends #Gravity Falls Lost Legends #Kiki-Kit is the only Lost Legends fan artist we respect here! #That GF FAN

[bfdifan26]

why dont you guys laugh about it

#if you also remember and love the vine the caption is referencing i love you #i adore it so hard it conveys such humanity and joy and with a simple oh so memorable request of a line to kickstart it #burner #burner osc #burner object show #pilly #polaroid #rosey #spraypaint #kit #limey #playdoh #peanut #record #roomy

[howgalling]

baby salarian that uses cute priviledges to get samples off of people hfdgkjhfdg

#picture this. hes on a school trip 2 the citadel. never met a human. walks directly up to shepard like 'why are you hairy.' #she is CHARMED #BIG BACKPACK FOR HIS SAMPLE KIT!!!! #yes that is some of her hair in the sample baggy. #mass effect #salarians #salarian #mass effect oc #i guess dkfjghdfg

[inejghafa17]

THIS DUO😭😭😭

#honestly i cant wait to see these two human being's interviews #THEY ARE SO KAZ AND WYLAN #I MISS THEM #freddy carter #jack wolfe #six of crows #crooked kingdom #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #grishaverse #wylan van eck #jesper fahey #kanej #nina zenik #wesper #matthias helvar #helnik #amita suman #kit young #danielle galligan #calahan skogman

[therealnuclearplatypus]

👏people👏don't👏owe👏you👏their👏identity👏sexuality👏and/or👏details👏regarding👏personal👏life👏just👏because👏they're👏in👏the👏public👏eye👏

#yes this is about kit connor #hes EIGHTEEN. hes a HUMAN BEING. he doesnt OWE YOU ANYTHING!! #what have we come to #heartstopper is exactly about this NOT happening #people consume media without comprehending it istg #to the people who forced to to out himself: are you happy now? are you? #he has a RIGHT to fucking PRIVACY #have people forgotten how hard coming out can be???????? #we love you kit stay strong <33 #kit connor #bisexual #nick nelson #heartstopper #nick heartstopper #nick and charlie #charlie and nick #nick x charlie #charlie x nick #alice oseman #coming out #OH AND APPARENTLY JOE WAS BULLIED OFF TWITTER TOO? #guys we as a community are not trying to assert superiority but EQUALITY—why are we being so toxic to the people who give us rep?? #like jus cuz theyre our idols doesnt mean we can FORCE rep out of them. they are not their characters. they are their own persons. #theres a difference between nick and kit!! yes ooh wow theyre both bi but KIT IS AN ACTUAL LIVING HUMAN #same with joe. THEY DONT OWE ANYONE ANYTHING BUT TO THEMSELVES!!!!!! #im so sorry this happened to them #they deserve so much better #all. of. them #whos next on the target list? kizzy? will? #pls why can't we just leave people be theyre giving us a great show they're so talented

[dennisboobs]

i think im preaching to the choir with this one but i am. really fucking mad. anyone who's on here and sunnytwt i am BEGGING you to stop being fucking weird. you can in fact. not do the same shit that these idiots are doing. it's ok.

#im fucking. talking about compiling a fanzine to show glenn how much we appreciated him taking time to talk with fans & answer questions #and then these idiots #quite frankly idgaf how much money you think he has or how famous he is #treating an actual human being like this is disgusting #unlike kit connor he's a grownass man and ive no doubt he can handle it #but that list is so fucking gross and biphobic and all of this is just. its been going on on twitter for too long #behave!!!! behave!!!!!! you are not fucking normal!!! #ada speaks #iasip #it's always sunny in philadelphia #yes its getting main tags im sick of you fuckers

[mileniyum]

Canon accurate Spraykit

#osc #object show #object show community #sacristuff #object show art #beautiful ultimate really never ending realm #burner sacri #kit burner #spraypaint burner #osc burner #burner osc #burner #burner spraypaint #burner kit #sacriverse #sapphic #yuri!!!!!! #i luv them #art #humanization #Mileniyum's art

[wikitpowers]

One thing I kind of wish Cassie gave Kit is pointed ears!!!

“Rosemary was regarded as an extremely beautiful young woman. She had long blond hair, blue eyes, red lips, and—as a result of her faerie heritage—pointed ears.”

I know it would’ve made it so painfully obvious he was the first heir but I would’ve absolutely loved it!! He would’ve been the only one of Cassie’s protags with pointed ears!!

Not to mention how cute they are on Helen and Mark!😭😭😭

awww i love that!!! but honestly i think it was important to show that he was just a regular mundane, u know?,,, although i did see someone post a theory on here a while ago about how his ears (and maybe golden wings too if he has them) might be activated once he reaches his full powers!!! -> so there’s something to think about ;)

#i do LOVE cute pointed ears #but also him just having human ears is so cute to me as well just bc it reminds me he once went by kit rook :’) #just a regular little mundane boy #like #kit rook messes me up so bad (pls let him be mentioned in twp please please please) #but him having pointed ears would also be so cool and yes a main character with faerie ears would certainly be great! #who knows cassie might surprise us ahhhh!!! #kit herondale #the wicked powers #twp #tsc #asks

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Circu, Dimir Lobotomist

Artist: Cyril Van Der Haegen TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

#mtg #magic the gathering #tcg #$0.58 #cyril van der haegen #circu dimir lobotomist #grn guild kit #legendary #creature #human #wizard