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Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, Ansel Adams, 1960

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Ok but how about this being one of the possible Sirius' animagus' form? Just make it pure black with a different eye colour. Not perfect, I know, but I headcanon Padfoot as basically a huge black wolf. In the book he is described as "a huge, bear-like dog". Since we can't use those or wolfdogs in movies, I think this might be as close as it gets (unless we're talking about Tibetan Mastiffs).

Anyway, there's something about this face and the look in his eyes. Padfoot being groomed. Bathed. Loved. Taken care of. I just—

Sirius. Padfoot. My love.

UPD:

the closed eyes? Padfoot behaving? yep!

LOS ANGELES DODGERS ARE THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!

What's the difference between and ABC brownbear and a Grizzly?

hi, thanks for asking!

grizzly bears are a subspecies of brown bears! kodiak bears and european brown bears are also subspecies. "brown bear" is a broader category that includes several subspecies. geographical separation and location is the largest factor in determining the differences between subspecies of brown bear.

grizzly bears are one of the largest subspecies of brown bear (kodiak bears are the largest)! they live in north america and don't typically have access to as many coastal food sources as kodiak bears do, which means that they're usually smaller in size. while kodiak bears are coastal and have access to fatty salmon, grizzly bears live inland and rely more heavily on plant life and insects that they forage.

above is a diagram that illustrates the size difference. from left to right - black bear, grizzly bear, kodiak bear, and polar bear.

grizzlies live in alpine meadows, forests, and valleys. their fur has a 'grizzled' appearance - with darker roots and lighter tips - hence their name.

How geologists collect lava | source                        

cutest first pitch ever

"The “firefall” phenomenon in Yosemite that occurs every year in February, when the setting sun illuminates Horsetail Falls in vibrant reds and oranges so it appears like a lava flow." (source)

An Epic Vantage - Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River from Inspiration Point

(c) riverwindphotography, May 2024

I can't believe this is a radical opinion in these current times.

If a part of your group is being violent towards jews, physically or emotionally or chanting for violence, and the group as a whole does not call those people out and prevent antisemitism and instead ignores them, tries to say they aren't really apart of the group or tries to sweep them under the rug, then the whole group has a problem with antisemitism.

Ignoring and sweeping antisemitism under the rug means that the group does not view it as a problem.

If you do not prevent or call out antisemitism, it means the group is fine with it existing in the same spaces you do.

If you truly do not want antisemitism in pro palestine movements, you will do everything to prevent and stop it from existing in those spaces, same for any groups. If you do not, you are fine with it existing in pro palestine spaces.

People are claiming Israel is blocking baby formula from Gaza. Do you know where this rumor comes from and is there any basis?

Hi Nonnie,

I searched through journalistic sources, and while I have found a few reports in Amrican media, which say that baby formula is hard to find in Gaza (which is no surprise if Hamas steals about 60% of all humanitarian aid entering Gaza (this was happening even before the war, that donations were being stolen by Hamas), in part to sell it to Palestinians for much higher prices (again, something that happened before this war as well), in part to produce anti-Israel propaganda, that allows Hamas to falsely claim Gazans are being deliberately starved (but divert the blame away from themselves), but as far as I can tell, there's no fact checked source that says anything about it being completely blocked. My guess is that this rumor is exactly what so many of the other anti-Israel ones are: a libel, meant to help demonize the Jewish state.

Where did this libel originate? It might be tied to the reports about the baby formula being hard to find, once again using demonizing hyperbole (stretching it from 'hard to find' to 'none is being brought in') and taking it out of context (leaving out that humanitarian aid in general, including baby formula, is hard to find in Gaza, because Hamas steals it). Another option is that they're simply relying on the horror of the story. I've found a few cases with the same claims about babies not having food / baby formula in Gaza dating back to 2017, 2010 and 2009.

It seems like COGAT, the unit in the IDF that exists solely in order to coordinate help for the Palestinians, has already heard about this rumor, and has posted its own date about this, which refutes the rumor and specifies how much baby formula has been allowed in, and that there are no restrictions on any humanitarian aid (posted Mar 21):

But what if people don't trust the IDF's word? Well, then how about that of organizations which are def pro-Palestinian, ones which have been asking for people's donations to provide Gazans with humanitarian aid, and who claim that they've delievered baby formula inside Gaza? Since Israel approves of anything going in, this couldn't have happened (or be posted about publicly) if Israel were blocking all baby formula from entering Gaza.

Or how about the word of the Jordanians, fellow Arabs, who reported that their air drops of humanitarian aid in Gaza include baby formula? And again, nothing gets air dropped in Gaza without Israel's approval.

I hope this helps!

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