i like working at plant store. sometimes you ring up someone and there’s a slug on their plant and so you’re like “Oh haha you’ve got a friend there let me get that for you” and you put the slug on your hand for safekeeping but then its really busy and you dont have time to take the slug outside before the next customer in line so you just have a slug chilling on your hand for 15 minutes. really makes you feel at peace with nature. also it means sometimes i get to say my favorite line which is “would you like this free slug with your purchase”
@holyknuckled you get it. lterally what are we here on earth for if not to occasionally impose gastropods upon unsuspecting customers. this story is delightful
Here’s an accessible article I found on this as the Washington Post has a fee to be able to read. Overview on the wildlife refuge.
And I just want to remind people of what is happening at Boca Chica beach and wildlife refuge, the site of SpaceX’s largest launch and test site. Here is a PBS shortfilm on it and what affects it has on the local community and local indigenous community. Here is an article on it more focused on the impacts on migratory birds.
If we do not put a stop to it, Johnston Atoll will face the same impacts, if not worse, as in Boca Chica and SpaceX’s numerous other launch sites.
Not even mentioning that Johnston Atoll was perviously a launch site used by the U.S. government in the 60’s and we know from the past what will happen to the ecosystem if it occurs again.
Being really into Frankenstein while at the same time being Chinese is so funny because every time Lord Byron gets brought up, the way his name is pronounced always makes me think of the word 白人 (bái rén), which translates into “white guy”. Lord White Guy.
