Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

@InspectorCaracal they're hands-down one of my fav charities

the tuberculosis thing is newer, but the screening they can do is much, much, much quicker and cheaper, and they tend to only give false positives instead of false negatives - so tb can actually be eradicated from communities more easily.

also they have an emphasis on recruiting and training local people, so it's not just White People Are Here To Solve Your Problems o'clock lol, which i appreciate

@InspectorCaracal GOOD FRIENDS DOING WORK FOR NANNER

@InspectorCaracal it's an african pouched rat!!

they're a little bigger than normal ratties, have cheek pouches, and the APOPO charity trains them to detect landmines!!! they're very quick and easy to train, they live about 7 years, and they're light enough that there's no chance they set off the landmines (unlike with some dogs). they can clear fields very quickly and efficiently!

APOPO is also teaching them to sniff out tuberculosis, too!!

@InspectorCaracal every 1-3 years is just a hell of a wringer to put yourself through. i did it through middle and high school and i loved my ratties immensely but holy shit, it's definitely a pace where as soon as you feel you've got your feet under you again WHAM HERE'S ANOTHER PET DEATH.

i mean i may be biased because the rattie i bonded with most out of the pair (or more) was fucking *always* the one to die young through nothing we could do, but, y'know

i mean the solution is to get one of these funky little fellows but iirc they are very much uncool on the domestic pet market in my area since there are problems with them becoming invasive in florida, and georgia's dnr laws are... Incredibly Stupidly Written right now

so i just donate to APOPO instead

i miss having ratties so much sometimes, but y'all... i just can't deal with the short lifespan. that sounds petty i know, but it fucking wrecks you.

someone genetically engineer me up a rattie that lives about a decade pls?

@ProbablyADogPic THE BEST KIND OF DOG

she just looks so warm and safe.................................................................................

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sometimes you just tab back in to find your character safely ensconced in a cat man's bara titty

i'd have included the exarch on here, but everyone knows the one true kink there is having tender, loving sex, probably while holding hands, wherein you see all the ways you can gently whisper his name on up to scream-moaning it to really drive g'raha into the best sort of orgasm: one delivered with a side of Loving Validation.

#ffxiv concept: what the scions yell in trust dungeons is also what they yell during sex

choose your partner -

y'shtola "THIS IS GOING TO LEAVE A MARK!" rhul

urianger "all that i have and more, I BRING TO BEAR!" augurelt

thancred "PREPARE YOURSELF!" waters

note: alisaie, alphinaud and mini-filia are disqualified due to being Tiny Children.

@pettancow there are no nazis in the pacific northwest, and there is no war in ba sing se

@Kat@snouts.online joke's on him

he's stuck still playing WoW in 2019 (CUE AIRHORNS)

sincerely yours,

a southerner who is way too tired of this same ol' same ol' bullshit of "but i live in the North and we are Good and we aren't The Racist South so it Never Happens Here" yankee bullshit that has been going on since, oh, i dunno

hmm

well before 1776 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeuaTpH6Ck0

"nazis don't live here or happen here at all" is a fantastic way to give aid and comfort to the nazis who are living and operating in your area and allowed to do so by your impassioned denial of their existence.

it's everywhere.

that's the fucking problem.

don't argue that you don't have to put your guard up because everything's a-ok from your point of view. no place is a utopia.

no, not even seattle.

@body@mastodon.social it's a brave new universe of feet pics......

@KitRedgrave there's a hella neat type of pot/container garden i've seen that has a zip-away portion, so you can easily get to your potatoes, and that's cool as hell honestly. it feels like a magic trick, except the magic is potatoes, and i'm very on board with that concept