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So animal misinformation is very common within society so I thought about making a list of a couple of things that you probably should know about animals:

Do not flip rabbits upside down (it can literally kill them)

While we’re talking about rabbits, do not bathe them in water

Rabbits can’t eat lots of carrots, they have too much sugar

75% of their diet should be hay

that cage you bought for your hamster is most likely too small

Any tank or bowl under 5 gallons is way too small for anything unless you are keeping snails

Your aquatic animal needs a filter

Yes, your beta fish needs a heater (as do all tropical aquatic animals)

No, fish are not decorations

Goldfish and koi are pond animals, goldfish can live in some tanks but they need to be big

You can not just buy 2 fish that school (like guppies, neon tetras, etc)

Trust nothing that petsmart or petco tells you about fish they actually know nothing

When you purchase a reptile you need to be willing to take care of it for it’s entire lifespan (some of the common reptiles sold at the store can live up to 50 years)

Your reptile needs a heater

Live feeding rodents actually isn’t that good and can harm your snake (only do this if the snake refuses frozen)

DO NOT RELEASE REPTILES INTO THE WILD! ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN A WARM STATE LIKE FLORIDA!

your reptile needs a water dish

Your turtle can’t live in a fish tank that just has a floating log for them to rest above water on

Most birds are social and should have companions

If they do not have a companion you need to make sure you spend enough time with them daily to make up for that

They can’t live off just seeds

You can’t cohabitate large and small birds

You should not put bedboxes or encourage nesting for tropical birds unless you plan on becoming a professional breeder and taking care of the babies yourself when the parents are incompetent

On the opposing side, domestic birds like pigeons and chickens need a nesting box because they will lay eggs reguarly (although these eggs will be unfertilized)

The chicken eggs you buy at the store are not unhatched baby chickens

Chickens legit don’t care if you take their eggs, they will eat the unfertilized eggs if left in the coop for too long, the eggs have a lot of nutrients that can help them, but do long as the chickens are getting a good diet they won’t need to eat the eggs

Honeybees make way too much honey and taking it from them prevents them from swarming (something that most of the time ends in the death of the entire colony)

You know how your neighbor/farm down the road/etc has horses? Yeah it’s fun to pet them and all but do not feed them random stuff you bring, you don’t know if they have special diet regulations or what is/is not poisonous and sending a horse to the vet is very expensive if you want to feed them something ask the farmer beforehand

I shouldn’t have to say this but do not enter any cow/horse/large animal pasture without the owners permission

Cows aren’t as sweet as the media makes them out to be, never let your guard down around a cow

Pigs are not herbivores, they are omnivores, they eat meat and basically whatever else they can

The same applies to chickens

Do not release domestic or domestic raised animals into the wild. Ever

You shouldn’t declaw your cat (get those rubber claw covers instead!)

Also don’t let your cat be an “outdoor” cat

That doesn’t mean don’t let your cat go outside, but when they are outside it should be under supervision and on a leash

If you don’t want to leash train them, get a catio!

Your omnivorous or carnivor animals CANT BE VEGAN

Feel free to add more to this list!

I have made this mistake before. Thinking that sexual predators would be obvious in how terrible they are. And that because someone was flawed and had been hurt in that way they would not do the same to someone else. Especially someone who saw them as a friend and was trying to help them with their goals in life. And I was so deeply and painfully wrong. I saw them as a victim of their circumstances and wound up being really badly hurt emotionally and otherwise in a way that fucked me up for years. Please be careful assuming that someone is safe because they have suffered. Just because someone has endured pain does not mean they are as unwilling to cause the same pain. Even to people they claim to care about.

Twitter made the Jewish lady that posted this delete it for “threatening violence.”

Her followers spent the rest of the day tweeting this. Trolls couldn’t keep up.

My procrastination cycle

Does research with 2-5 more sources rhan necessary

Outlines like 3 times

Starts writing and gets into a groove hit 700 words

Feel mildly tired.

I'll finish in the morning

Spends 2 more hours reading in bed or wasting time

Goes to sleep late, sets alarm to wake up early

Feels groggy

Takes nap

Wakes up at time I would normally wake up

Somehow almost finish project on time

Turns in 5 minutes late

I'll definitely start on my project early next time

Rinse and repeat

Ah look it's a perfect description of me

Today is the day. If you live in california you can register online. Otherwise I suggest checking your voter registration status and then looking up how you can register to vote. Voting is mega important because it determines the focus of government activity. If you want good roads, infrastructure, bodily autonomy, education, or whatever is important to you vote for someone who embodies those things in their platform. Voting and political envolvenent are how you impact the direction government moves in so use the power wisely. At the very least you can help prevent changes which are harmful by voting, preferably for people who will not further ruin the environment, safety standards, and the education system.

It’s National Voter Registration Day!

We challenge you to show 5 friends how to register themselves to vote: Text WeAllVote to 97779 or go to whenweallvote.org to get started.

I love runoff voting because it combats many of the problems that lead to a less responsive two party system that doesn't meet the needs of the people it is meant to serve. I think this would be a step in the correct direction if we were willing to implement it and work towards higher voter turnout and fair boundaries for voter districts.

Something fascinating is happening in Maine.

This year, Republican Bruce Poliquin sought reelection, having served in the House of Representatives for two terms.  He ran against the Democrats’ candidate, Jared Golden. 

Poliquin got 46.2% of the votes.  Golden got 45.7% of the votes.

So Poliquin got more votes… right?

What if I told you that Golden is expected to be the new Representative?

You’ll notice that 46.2% + 45.7% = 91.9%, not 100%.  

See, Poliquin and Golden weren’t the only candidates, there were also Independent candidates like like Tiffany Bond and Will Hoar.   

Normally in America, if you vote for someone that’s “kinda like a Democrat, but not a Democrat” you run the risk of having a Republican win (and if you vote for someone “kinda like a Republican” it can be seen as helping the Democrats).

For example, over in Arizona it looks like the Democratic candidate for the Senate might have won… except some people voted for a liberal “Green Party” candidate.  More than twice as many people than were needed for the Democrat to win.  So the Republican candidate goes to the Senate.

The election was won by the candidate that less voters liked.

Back to Maine.

In 2016, Maine became the first state in America to vote in favor of having their federal elections be decided by ranked choice/instant runoff voting.  

Under this type of voting, people fill out a ballot to say which candidate they like the most… and which candidate would be their second choice, their third choice, and so on.

If no candidate gets a majority of the votes, then officials look at the ballots again and say “okay which candidates got the fewest votes? Who did their supporters say was their second choice?”

The votes for the candidates that got nowhere near a majority are given to whichever candidate was the “Second choice” of those voters.  The goal is to ensure that the winning candidate is someone that a majority of the population is at least okay with.

And that’s why Poliquin, with his 46.2% is expected to lose to Golden and his 45.7%.  Because the people that ended up voting for an Independent mostly said “well, Golden wouldn’t be my favorite… but he’s better than Poliquin!”

The end result still isn’t perfect, but it’s a vastly more democratic process, that has the potential to elect officials far more representative of the population. 

People can vote for an Independent freely instead of holding their nose and voting for the “lesser evil.”  Independent parties can have a chance to grow instead of being demonized as taking away votes. 

And candidates can look at the results and say “huh, a lot of the people that got me elected really liked that Independent.  Maybe I should see what were the policies that made the Independent popular?

Americans need to look to Maine and ask “why aren’t we doing it like that?” (and maybe head over to https://www.fairvote.org/ to try and get the ball rolling in their State)

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Are you ever in the middle of a movie and you think "good lord this is the cheesiest shit I've ever watched". I feel like I need to watch the news or something to get the ridiculousness of this movie out of my head. Has the writer of this movie actually experienced life because at this point in the movie I'm just not sure.