I hate that I’m always trying to find cool biology themed stuff to wear but all the “nature inspired” clothing companies just have like two crossed arrows or a minimalistic mountain on a sweatshirt. Fucking lame, that’s barely even nature-adjacent. Put the life cycle of a salamander on a jacket, put hyena skeleton patterns on leggings, put a damn field guide of birds of prey on a peacoat and THEN you can have my money. Do NOT give me a shirt with a leaf on it that says “stay wild” or some bullshit I would much prefer clothing that broadcasts to everyone around me how many teeth an adult Jaguar has or how some pitcher plants can catch and digest rats.
recommendations from the notes :)
- studio 252MYA (paleontology)
- ray troll’s webstore (surrealist fish designs)
- liberty graphics t-shirts (biology/dinosaurs)
- present indicative (science-themed clothing + home items)
- donbea tees - something fishy collection (silly fish puns about substance use)
- camp mustelid (nature themes)
- crime pays but botany doesn’t (botany/biology)
- umvvelt (marine biology patterns)
- morningwitch (nature patterns)
- svaha USA (science patterns)
- cognitive surplus (some clothing, but mostly home items)
CM MENTION!!!!!! thanks so much :-)
here’s a few more great nature themed small biz shops for you to check out!
MOTEL777 nature goodies with a cryptic twist
Curlworks cute critters with a hint of silly
Fossilforager especially good if you’re a bug or amphibian fan
Quailtea Goods wide range of animal art including mythical ones!
Loonpflug specialty on plants and insects!
Come support some cool small businesses for your nature inspired shopping! 🌟🍁
Here is a list I’ve accumulated over time!
Solstice Handmade fungi, arthropods, and various other animals
The Vet Med Artist mostly stickers/prints but they have a hoodie. Ink art exploring veterinary medicine
Laura Wolf Lots of silly bird art (prints through RB)
The Lincoln Forest national park apparel
Fernecreative more prints than apparel but Ferne illustrates (mostly British) wildlife
Coywolf Collections neat zoology art with some furries mixed in
Kelly Ballantyne not sure how much she makes in terms of clothing because her shop is on vacation at the moment, but this artist makes lots of bird illustrations
Moodymoon.co birds, fungi, plants, and other outdoor inspired art!
Mustardbeetle BUGS N BIRDS
Sipseywilder nature apparel of all kinds, bugs, cryptids, birds, plants, etc
Alex Tomlinson cute bird art, lots of art to do with birds and the postal service
Freehand Goods Florian wildlife
Avairia Art cute sea critters
Glitter and Toadstools all sorts of critters
Mothsprout lots of different kinds of critters, some furry stuff mixed in
Pikaloe cute cartoon nature critters, public shop is through rb but if you are a patron you get access to a secret shop
Chentomology bug art
Acorvi art mostly sea critters, cartoony style
Saxony Charlot Hawaiian wildlife I don’t see any apparel yet (though there are some buttons) but I figured I’d share anyway because a portion of profits goes to conservation in Hawaii
Lochnessie the “Birbie” dove design creator, they make lots of cartoony bird art. There aren’t any clothes listed at the moment but they do produce shirts occasionally
One day I would like to make clothing that fits this genre, but I am a full time student and I have a job (among other commitments) so that’s probably not gonna happen soon aha. Also I’m not sure how much I really want to deal with being “marketable.” But I may or may not make my own nature apparel one day :)
(via pyro-technically)
I don’t think people truly understand the gravity of Rafah being bombed.
There is nowhere left to go.
The lowest cost is $5,000 USD to flee to Egypt. There has been people paying over $10,000 USD.
That is the only option
Pay or die.
Rafah was the only place in Palestine promised not to be bombed. That promise is broken.
1.5 million people have nowhere to go!
Reminder, if possible, please donate to the PCRF, ANERA, Islamic Relief, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Medical Aid for Palestinians, Defense for Children International - Palestine,Doctors Without Borders, and all other trusted organizations.
(via thekingdomofdong)
Want to learn something new in 2022??
Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)
40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)
Excellent basic crochet video series
Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)
Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)
How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)
Another drawing character faces video
Literally my favorite art pose hack
Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??
Introduction to flying small aircrafts
French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding
Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)
Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)
Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)
Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:
Calculus 1 (full semester class)
Learn basic statistics (free textbook)
Introduction to college physics (free textbook)
Introduction to accounting (free textbook)
Learn a language:
Japanese (grammar guide)
(for dummies)Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)
Want to learn something new in 2023??
Cooking with flavor bootcamp (used what I learned in this a LOT this year)
Learn Interior Design from the British Academy of Interior Design (free to audit course - just choose the free option when you register)
Video on learning to read music that actually helped me??
How to use and sew with a sewing machine
How to ride a bike (listen. some of us never learned, and that’s okay.)
How to cornrow-braid hair (I have it on good authority that this video is a godsend for doing your baby niece’s black hair)
Making mead at home (I actually did this last summer and it was SO good)
Basics of snowboarding (proceed with caution)
How to draw for people who (think they) suck at art (I know this website looks like a 2003 monstrosity, but the tutorials are excellent)
Pixel art for beginners so you can make the next great indie game
Go (back) to school
Introduction to Astronomy (high school course - free textbook w/ practice problems)
Principals of Economics (high school course - free textbook w/ practice problems)
Introduction to philosophy (free college course)
Computer science basics (full-semester Harvard course free online)
Learn a language
Japanese for Dummies (link fix from 2022)
Portuguese (Brazil)
American Sign Language (as somebody who works with Deaf people professionally, I also strongly advise you to read up on Deaf/HoH culture and history!)
Chinese (Mandarin, Simplified)
Quenya (LOTR fantasy elf language)
Want to learn something new in 2024??
Beginner-oriented video on how to sail
This guy has so many videos on baking different types of bread. SO very many.
Coding in Python - one of the most flexible and adaptable high-level programming languages out there - explained through projects making video games
Learn to swim! (for adult learners. I don’t care if you live in Kansas or Mali or wherever. LEARN TO SWIM.)
Learn how quantum mechanics works. Then read some more about it
[Learn about quantum mechanics again, but in a more advanced engineering/mathematics class. Then read more about the math and physics of it]
Poetry Handbook, by Mary Oliver
Something I learned this year: how to sew a quilt (Here’s a very easy beginning pattern that looks amazing and can be done with pre-cut fabric!)
How to hit the ball in softball
Tutorial video on what is under the hood of most (gas) cars + weird engine sounds and what they mean
- Full beginner mechanics technical training, if you want to go more in depth
- Playlist on how car engine physics work if you want to go ultra in depth
Lecture series on architecture design through study of buildings
How (American income) taxes & tax law work (choose “audit course” at checkout for free class)
Pickleball for beginners (so you can finally join your neighbor/friend/distant cousin who is always insisting you join their team)
+ Para-Pickleball for beginners (for mobility aid users!)
School is so much more fun when there’s no tests:
Fairy Tales: Meanings, Messages, and Morals
World History [Part 1, Part 2]
Learn a language:
Arabic + Resource Guide compiled from Reddit (includes info on different dialects)
Urdu (frequently recommended course on Reddit) + Resource Guide
(via filmnoirsbian)
I don’t think it’s a radical ideal for the want of Hawai'i to become their own independent country. It should have never been taken over by the US in the first place. For a country whose entire foundation is based upon “separation from a colonial country” it’s laughable that they made an entire population that was self governed into a state. It’s insulting. It’s already blatantly obvious that this whole country was based on lies and blood, and it only continues to perpetuate that. I’m shocked that the Hawai'ian sovereignty movement isn’t mainstream even though they have been fighting for it since 1997. Fuck the American government.
(via nukacolaboy)
hi. go buy esims for gaza. go preorder a kufiya from hirbawi. buy insulin for palestinian diabetics who need that help. if you live in the states use this to email your reps (this takes maybe 5 seconds to do). check out this massive list of resources where you can educate yourself in a meaningful and actionable way even if you don’t have the financial means right now. from the river to the sea palestine will be free. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
(via nbblacksheep)
here’s a link! you’ll have to make an account in order to pre-order (for free) and access the course. 🤟
(via squuote)
this one is being circulated by palestinian people I trust, and the cause is very important and necessary. Gazan healthcare workers continue to work with nothing to sustain them and their families.
the donations would assist healthcare workers across Gaza’s hospitals, including the northern region, as they endure the challenges posed by the complete collapse of the healthcare system and the disruption of their salaries
(via magz)
There’s one charity that I haven’t seen shared here personally, and that’s Care for Gaza.
They’re shared a lot on twitter as a reputable on-the-ground relief source. You can donate to their gofundme to help their efforts here.
They’re a grassroot organisation that regularly supply Palestinians with fresh food!
any word as to when donations will be open again?
They had to pause donations on the GFM due to an influx of donations; however, you can donate the the PayPal linked in their twitter bio here
Your donations are helping feed children and families in Gaza.
(via archibaldtuttle)
how you can help palestine
*i regularly update this post with any new info i find so please always reblog the original post*
Donations
donations currently reaching gaza:
‼️ help buy e-sims for people in gaza
donate to get food packages to gaza - care for gaza
palestine children’s relief fund
donate to ahmed (@/90-ghost on tumblr)
- he is born, raised and based in gaza. please help him reach his goal of $50K to get his family to safety across the rafah border into egypt. as of right now… it’s $7.5K per person to evacuate gaza.
support palestinians: buy a keffiyeh from the last and only factory in palestine - hirbawi
secondary donations:
emergency relief for gaza - pious projects
palestine red crescent society
save palestine - islamic relief canada
send medical supplies to gaza - palestinian american medical association
click to donate - arab.org
help bring down israel’s weapon trade - palaction
donate for the recovery of hisham awartani - gofundme
- one of the three palestinian students shot by a racist in vermont for wearing kufiyas and speaking arabic. hisham’s injuries have left him paralysed from below the chest.
Petitions
international cultural workers to strike from german cultural institutions for their complicity in oppressing palestinians and promoting genocide - strike germany
petition to investigate war crimes committed by israeli military
demand ceasefire - amnesty international
open call for immediate ceasefire
american government call for immediate ceasefire
american government to stop funding israeli military
ceasefire and increase humanitarian assistance - oxfam au
petition to get canva to address their pro-israel stance
invoke the genocide convention to call for ceasefire in gaza - world beyond war
suspend israel from international sports - diem25
UK to expel israeli ambassador - change.org
gaza healthcare workers for nobel peace prize - change.org
teachers around the world demand ceasefire - teachers for palestine
location specific petitions
gaza call for lasting ceasefire - oxfam (UK)
end israeli occupation - parliament uk (UK)
email your MP - medical aid for palestine (UK)
protect gaza civilians - islamic relief (UK)
stop fuelling genocide - action network (USA)
@ biden: call for ceasefire now - move on (USA)
ceasefirenow.com - jewishvoiceofpeace (USA)
call congress and demand a ceasefire - uscpr (USA - they provide a script of what you should say, so don’t worry about it)
- note: you can call everyday. they tally the number of calls per issue. so more calls = higher chance for them to take action. p.s. you mainly go to voicemail so don’t worry about phone call anxiety. fight through it just this once please.
australia call on israel to stop attacking palestinians - apan (AUS)
immediate ceasefire and increase in humanitarian aid in gaza - actionaid (AUS)
email your MPs - stand with palestine (AUS)
‼️ australian senate to investigate australian citizens in the IDF for war crimes allegations - fpm (AUS)
‼️ arms embargo on israel - cjpme (CANADA)
sign to send letter to MP for ceasefire - nccm (CANADA)
ceasefire now! - ijv (CANADA)
ceasefire and allow aid to enter gaza - oxfam (CANADA)
call on your local mayor and council to demand ceasefire - LeadNow (CANADA)
cessez-le-feu et un couloir humanitaire - le mouvement (FRANCE)
écrivez aux député-es et sénateurs-trices - association france palestine solidarité (FRANCE)
write to your député - assemblée nationale (FRANCE)
skydda civilbefolkningen i gaza! - mittskifte (SWEDEN)
singaporeans call for immediate ceasefire (SIN)
contact your elected reps and demand a ceasefire (GERMANY)
write to the EU demanding a ceasefire (EUROPE)
- template of letters you can send (EU)
- guide on how to contact your MPs in EU
- p.s. if the template is outdated, just use it as a guide and add a few sentences here and there that reflect the current situation. i can’t find any recent templates so :/ at least this is something
multiple actions you can take to help palestine - plant een olifbloom (NETHERLANDS)
- includes: links for donations, emails to MP, emails to media, links to petitions and demonstrations
den haag, maak nú werk van vrede in israël/Palestina - the right forum (NETHERLANDS)
māori call for palestine - ourActionStation (NZ)
special visa for palestinians in gaza with family in NZ - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)
deem israeli actions as war crimes - NZ parliament/pāremata aotearoa (NZ)
basta ao genocídio em Gaza! - awaaz (BRAZIL)
globo e grande mídia, parem de desumanizar civis palestinos - the intercept (BRAZIL)
Campaigns
‼️ justice for palestine
‼️ international criminal court
friends of al-aqsa
❥ UK-specific
- urge your MP to speak up for palestine
- hands off al-aqsa
- stop administrative detention
- petition for UK to stop arming israel
❥ International
palestine action
islamic relief canada
decolonise palestine
text/call campaign for people living in USA
- text CEASEFIRE @ 51905 to call for a ceasefire
- text RESIST @ 50409 to send a letter to your representatives to pass HR3103–a bill that prohibits tax dollars from going to israel
- download 5Calls app to contact members of your congress | (more info)
fax campaign for people in the USA
- go on this website to send 5 free faxes per day
- here’s a link to a pre-written fax copy you can download to send (the first link on the linktree)
- here’s a video that explains how to fax your senator (it’s very easy and all you need is a valid email address)
‼️ BDS movement
please let me know if you have any more links. i will add them in. and please reblog the original post!!
UPCOMING PROTESTS
(via hawkfurze)
Copyright © 2015–2024

















