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Map showing successive dispersals of humans, homo erectus and Neanderthals from 200,000 to 700 years ago

Overview map of the peopling of the world by early humans during the Upper Paleolithic, following the Southern Dispersal paradigm.

Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.

Every single human in the world is the product of migration.

It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.

That’s never going to change.

Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.

this cat 100% looks like he's saying, what? it was like that when I got here!

For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.

18 more Scottish Wildcats have been released into the Cairngorms, and previously released wildcats are successfully having litters in the wild. Great news: www.savingwildcats.org.uk/news-events/...

I am not watching this,you can't make me!

yup yup yup

I have in the past taken a sleeping pill and then, after it hit but before falling asleep, sat sobbing in bed *texting my husband* because I've lost my phone

I LOVE pretty hate machine but you can really tell Something Changed after that

I wish there was a way we could challenge the alt text on gifs or submit a global correction? I do my very best to fix it every time obviously but it would be nice if the fix would stay

this annoys me so much!

wrong, the best one is The Raccoons theme

John has finished #Silksong and now I don't know what to do with my life

"How Are You?" Another week survived is another week won. I see the sacred in leaves turning from green to gold. November is a melancholy animal, glad of another season where it gets to hibernate. The world is still burning but we are trying harder to douse the flames these days, I recognise this as the shape of hope. I want to call everyone I love and tell them I love them. I am learning to act on that impulse instead of deferring it till a tomorrow that was never promised. I have finally understood that the poem doesn't always live in the wound. It lives in the love that heals us. - Nikita Gill

“Another week survived is another week won.”

I keep not having the words to say what Alice Wong's work meant to me, and I'm realizing that that's because it would be like trying to say why water was important.

She was a part of everything, when I was coming to understand my disability. Everywhere, with passion and humor and grace.

Two pigeons on a London street, pecking at crumbs. Pigeon 1: "I'm sorry you missed out on the Booker prize. I thought your novel was wonderful." Pigeon 2: "It’s a stitch up! They always give it to a human!" Pigeon 1: "It’s nice they considered it." Pigeon 2: "Nobody cares about the longlist, Janet!" Pigeon 2 again: "Zadie Smith had a bestselling novel and an armload of literary prizes before she was 25*." Pigeon 1: "You’ve got to stop comparing yourself to Zadie Smith" Pigeon 2: "Why?" Pigeon 1: "We’ve all got to find our own path through the world. Plus, it’s much harder to type with claws." pigeon 2: "That’s true." They both go back to pecking. Pigeon 2: "I’m glad you liked my book." *Pigeon 2 is 3 years, 11 months and 22 days old, the equivalent of 42 in human years. https://pigeonpedia.com/pigeon-years-to-human-years-calculator/

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.

he was not happy about being manhandled even though I tries to explain it was for his own good 😔

relocated a massive earthworm from my doormat to some soil, so that's my good deed for the day done

can we talk about how fucking adorable tiny baby Hornet is #Silksong

We drowned today… thousands of tents around me were completely flooded across the Gaza Strip.

Tonight, we sleep without shelter, without cover, under freezing cold, frost, and rain… shivering, with nothing to protect us except a patience that has worn thin.

And tbh you don't really get to conquer half the planet, spreading your culture and values everywhere you can, then complain when the planet comes knocking on your door a couple of generations later.

I always think like, what would cause YOU to do such a thing? would you do it just for the benefits even though you were already safe? it betrays the attitude that refugees are simply fundamentally an inferior type of human

Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Personally, I'm not super hype about another week where folks become more aware of us. The awareness seems to not be helping as much as we hoped.

For 2026, I propose Trans Mystery Week.

cannot believe he is trying to pin the blame on a poor innocent baby

‘what if torture and inhumane and degrading treatment was fine sometimes’ – the Labour Party

My Tent Is Not a Home.
It's the coldest night yet. My children are shaking, and the rain is seeping through our torn tent. Every breath is pain. We just need the basics to survive this brutal winter—a blanket, a dry wall, hope. Please, look into my family's eyes.

gofund.me/5f2429cda

I do not meet most of the dx criteria for adhd but the overlap is so big anyway!

in this case it is executive dysfunction, which is a feature of autism and adhd

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mm don't like this at all tbh

like obviously good you were okay with it but just like, conceptually it makes me uncomfy