Icon by @ThatSpookyAgent. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. The X-Files. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.

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Wild that folks keep saying beekeepers abuse bees as if bees are not both venomous flying animals and fully unionized

Hubris to think you COULD abuse bees

I think that if you see a balrog in an unlocked kitty kennel then you can assume that it wants to be there

It’s not that wild.

And it’s certainly not hubris.

Exploitation is abuse, and bees are worse than exploited.

…no.

The word you are looking for here is symbiotic. Bees and beekeepers have a symbiotic relationship.

If bees are not well-treated, they leave. You cannot abuse a hive and have it remain functional. You cannot abuse a hive, period. The only way to do so would be to kill the whole hive by not permitting any of them to fly.

It is functionally impossible for beekeepers to abuse a hive of bees.

If bees don’t like their living conditions, they leave.

They are a fully unionized insect.

Stop your weak vegan bullshit, it’s exhausting. Not every relationship between humans and other species is abusive or even has the capability to be abusive.

For fuck’s sake, why are you even following our reblogging from me?

I once had a vegan academic, at AN ACADEMIC CONFERENCE, say to the audience of her talk that beekeepers clip the wings of all their bees so they can’t fly away. Allllll of them. She was not thrilled when I busted out laughing. I pointed out that she’d clearly taken a tidbit of information (some beekeepers DO clip the wings of the queen and only the queen, not always for flight limitation reasons) and got it twisted, bc how the hell would bees collect nectar and pollen if they can’t fly?? She then doubled down and said they have to WALK. TO. THE. FLOWERS.

See, ok, I want to engage this real quick. Your average beehive is between 20,000 and 80,000 bees. Probably less for smaller hives and more for bigger hives. So lets really lowball it. Lets say this hive has 10,000 bees. Do you understand how unproductive it would be to clip the wings of 10,000 bees? Not only to sort through 10,000 bees and figure out which ones are clipped and which ones aren’t, but to actually clip the wings of 10,000 bees? Let alone the fact that you get halfway through and all the bees decide you’re a threat and start leaving. Let alone the queen deciding she doesn’t like you for harming all of her workers and also walks off. You literally cannot abuse a beehive. They don’t have the brains to reason out the whole “Oh but its a warm shelter and I’m safe from predators so I guess I should stay,,,” no, if they feel unhappy they will either Die About It or Leave. They will not take abuse because they don’t get Stockholm syndrome, they don’t have the brains to argue for staying, they’re either happy and fed, or upset and starving. And if its the latter they will just fucking Leave or Die About It. Bees allow humans to harvest honey because they overproduce, and humans allow bees to remain nearby without breaking out the insecticide. Thats a symbiotic relationship.

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the double-eyed fig parrot is a small bird found primarily in new guinea, along with surrounding islands and portions of australia. the species is the smallest parrot native to australia, averaging only 5 ½ inches in length. they are sexually dimorphic, with females featuring noticeably more red markings on the face. as their name suggest, they enjoy feeding on figs, but they also feed on other fruits, berries, seeds, and grubs. they are social birds, but primarily live either in pairs or very small flocks.

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So like once again this isn’t serious headcanon time I’m mostly goofin here but given the kind of disproportionate number of times we see Garak collapse. What if Cardassians have like, an involuntary Survival Thing leftover from being lizards where they sort of. Play dead. There are irl reptiles that do that when they’re stressed

Reptiles will be like “ok we are rolling over onto our back and lying there until it goes away” and he has no choice in the matter

Julian freaking out the first time, until he checks on him a bit better (because he kinda calmed down in between).

if you step on a cardassian’s tail they just fall over

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in my defense i cant look at a pic of tom hardy without remembering his myspace selfie where hes shirtless and with his hands down his jeans and it makes me feel intimidated by his raw big dick energy 

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god i thought he had pants this has more energy than previously thought 

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These are NOT pictures posted by a top. 

As someone who was deep in the Mad Max fandom a few years back, I find it hysterical watching history repeat itself with a new demographic of people discovering Tom Hardy’s horny MySpace pictures

always worth reblogging

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Time to post my favorite sequences from Samurai Jack

Ok, so this makes no sense at all, but I love it.

This is one of most well done fight scenes in animation “makes no sense” my ass

Dude can you imagine how fun the animators have animating this?? I mean it’s a pain in the butt but look at it! It’s so good! No dialogue no quibs basically playing tag with shadow and light like that some good shit right there

And the subtlety too?? time actually moves so you have smaller and smaller white areas. And that tiny shakes when the robot landed at the end?? *chef kiss* perfection