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If you're feeling anxious or depressed about the climate and want to do something to help right now, from your bed, for free...

Start helping with citizen science projects

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Explainer: what is citizen science?

Public participation in science is increasing, and citizen science has a central part in this. It is a contribution by the public to researc

What's a citizen science project? Basically, it's crowdsourced science. In this case, crowdsourced climate science, that you can help with!

You don't need qualifications or any training besides the slideshow at the start of a project. There are a lot of things that humans can do way better than machines can, even with only minimal training, that are vital to science - especially digitizing records and building searchable databases

Like labeling trees in aerial photos so that scientists have better datasets to use for restoration.

Or counting cells in fossilized plants to track the impacts of climate change.

Or digitizing old atmospheric data to help scientists track the warming effects of El Niño.

Or counting penguins to help scientists better protect them.

Those are all on one of the most prominent citizen science platforms, called Zooniverse, but there are a ton of others, too.

Oh, and btw, you don't have to worry about messing up, because several people see each image. Studies show that if you pool the opinions of however many regular people (different by field), it matches the accuracy rate of a trained scientist in the field.

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I spent a lot of time doing this when I was really badly injured and housebound, and it was so good for me to be able to HELP and DO SOMETHING, even when I was in too much pain to leave my bed. So if you are chronically ill/disabled/for whatever reason can't participate or volunteer for things in person, I highly highly recommend.

Next time you wish you could do something - anything - to help

Remember that actually, you can. And help with some science.

Elsabela: Perfect Song

CW: Drugs, Ice, Lana Del Rey, Plants

Good morning, afternoon, or evening to anyone reading my post! Thank you for taking the time out of your day or night to read my post.

While I was doing my homework, I was listening to Lana Del Rey. I would not consider myself a Lana stan, but I do enjoy quite a few of her songs, especially ones from her Ultraviolence album.

While I was listening to Lana Del Rey's 2014 song "Brooklyn Baby", I thought that it would be the perfect song for an Elsabela fanfiction. For textual evidence, I have quoted some lyrics below:

First, "They think I don't understand The freedom land of the seventies"

Both Elsa and Isabela wear costumes inspired by 1970s fashion movement, specifically punk and boho.

In addition, both of them crave freedom and self-expression.

Next, "I think I'm too cool to know ya You say I'm like the ice, I freeze"

Yes, I am stating the obvious.

Third, "They judge me like a picture book By the colors, like they forgot to read"

As they sing about in "Let it Go", "Show Yourself", and "What Else Can I Do", people have seen them solely as beautiful, perfect "proper ladies", when they are actually more than perfect princesses.

Fourth, "But I'm free, ooh-ooh I'm free"

Similar to my third point, both ladies crave freedom.

Fifth, "I'm talking about my generation Talking about that newer nation"

Both of them at least influence major social change in their respective hometowns.

Sixth, "And if you don't like it, you can beat it Beat it, baby You never liked the way I said it If you don't get it, then forget it 'Cause I don't have to f*ck*n' explain it"

While I don't think either of them would be that rude to someone, they both have dealt with people, especially parents/grandparents not understanding them or allowing them to express their true selves.

Second to last, "I've got [flowers] in my hair I get h*gh on hydroponic w**d"

After "What Else Can I Do", Isabela realizes that she can make more than decorative flowers, likely including "medicinal herbs". In addition, I am sure she is interested in learning new gardening techniques.

Last, "Yeah, my [girl]friend's pretty cool But [she]'s not as cool as me"(Lana Del Rey, Barrie-James O'Neill)

They are both cool ladies, especially in the eyes of their younger sisters.

Ironically, according to Matthew Jacobs for Huffington Post, Lana Del Rey's song "Brooklyn Baby" is a piece of satire about 2010s-era New York City hipsters and hipster culture. (Jacobs). To state the obvious, Isabela and Elsa are not 2010s-era NYC hipsters, at least in canon and the majority of fanfictions, as their stories are set in small towns in the 19th/20th century, and they are not pretentious or elitist about their personal tastes, which people think of hipsters being.

Overall, the song encapsulates their relationship and personal lives well.

Thank you for taking the time out of your day or night to read my post. Have a good day or night!

Fandoms and Armchair Psychology: Part 1

Good morning, afternoon, or evening to anyone reading.

Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read my post.

For context, I have been reading fanfiction, and therefore observing fandoms since 2019. Over the past five years, I have noticed that many fans have been making headcanons about characters' psychology, despite not presenting any qualifications and/or considering the context.

I have noticed that this phenomenon is very prevalent in the Encanto and 90 day fiance fandoms, but I have seen it in many others.

What do you think?

Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read my post, and have a great day or night.

Descendants OCs

Good evening!

My boyfriend and I came up with two OCs for the Descendants franchise:

Isaac of Arendelle, son of Elsa of Arendelle

Angelo Madrigal of The Encanto, son of Isabela Madrigal

Hey 💌 I’m Saja — a mother trying to hold onto hope through days that feel impossibly heavy.

I know you probably see a lot online, but if you could take just a moment… I’d be so grateful.

💫 A reblog of my pinned post could help our story reach someone who cares.

🌿 And if you’re in a place to give, even a small donation could bring comfort to my daughter and help us feel safe again.

@sajagz, thank you for listening.

Even gentle support creates strength.

From one heart to another — thank you 🤍

Thank you for asking! I will re-blog your content.

I hope you and your family are able to find safety.

Ava and Oksana

Good morning, afternoon, or evening to anyone reading this!

Last night, I posted about my Black Widow fanfiction. I tagged many characters from the Black Widow books by Margaret Stohl, as characters from those books are key characters in the story: Ava is the main character's daughter, Oksana is the main character's best friend's daughter, Dante and Sofi are the main character's best friend's kid siblings, and Alexei Romanov is the main character's adoptive brother/child(it's complicated).

The story is a meeting point between the MCU, Margaret Stohl novels, and Earth-730834.

Despite making many changes, like in the novels, Ava and Oksana are close friends in my fic.

Thank you for reading my post, and have a good day or night.

Introducing

Good evening! My name is Sammy. I am a pink and purple moth.

I mostly make content about gardening, but I sometimes make fan content for Disney(Descendants and Disney Princess Movies), Marvel(Black Widow), and South Park.

Lastly, I keep my socials very clean, so I do not do smut, pwp, or even swearing. Speaking of my socials, my Instagram and Tiktok ae both under the handle @sammyam1234.

Thank you for reading my intro! Happy writing.

You have my gun

16 Superlatives

Good morning, afternoon, or evening to anyone reading my post.

Thank you for taking the time out of your day or night to ready my post.

I was looking through graduating class superlatives memes, but I mostly found smaller ones. So, I made my own 4 by 4, so 16, superlatives meme!

The meme is mainly for TV shows and book series', but it also works well for movies, video games, books, and bands.

What do you think of it?

Thank you for taking the time out to read my post, and have a good day or night.

I know! That was so cringe-worthy.

This couple on 90 Day Fiancé season 7, who doesn't speak the other's language, is absolutely driving me insane. How can you know you live someone if you can't have deep, meaningful conversations with each other?? Also: If you love someone, wouldn't you TRY TO LEARN THEIR GODDAMN LANGUAGE??????????

(I skipped the end of season 6 because I hated all of the couples and looked up to see if they stayed together or not. All but 2 couples are divorced lmfao)