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Well, at least moderation agrees that the screenshots depicted abuse. I wonder if they could tell because of how the guy's arm was straining.
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I wanted to spend more time diving into canine communication and behaviour. Let's apply ethological principles to zoomies (sometimes called Frenetic Random Activity Periods, or FRAPs).
Because of all this, we should be curious, and not dismissive, about what causes our dogs to display zooming behaviour. Remember that they were momentarily checking out, and so zoomies never constitute consent.
For more reading:
patriciamcconnell.com/theoth…
whole-dog-journal.com/behavi…
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
(Effects of environmental enrichment)
It strikes me that my strategy all these years was to never follow the people with bad tweets. "They're likely false-flag accounts," I thought, "they'll sort themselves out over time."
A couple years later, we suddenly had paraphiles and my voice was heard nowhere.
High school was so awkward. I'm glad people are more accepting nowadays...
(as an example of the retweets I see on my timeline)
I looked through some of my follows on Twitter. Like, why was I even following some of them? Just to keep an eye on them? A lot of the bad behaviour of pre-2020 community leaders/elders makes sense after the fact, with new perspectives. We're not out of the woods yet.
This link is a good read. I'm intrigued by the definition of plant "cognition" vs "consciousness". Plants can detect things that happen around them, but they are not conscious.
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The findings reveal complex tensions between participants' ethical concerns and their understanding of animal behavior/communication.
Important implications for clinical practice, animal welfare, and theoretical frameworks of human sexuality.
Mike the Dog 🐕 retweeted
Because if we're supposed to be some community of people that love animals, they should be the only thing that fucking matters.
This is always happening. Out in the open, even. I recently got a report of a similar network where CSEM was advertised.
Do you (dear reader) understand your own role in this? Sure, you don't follow these people, you haven't seen them reposting these links. But they follow you.
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Some zoos think we're asking them to police their followers. Sometimes you should, especially if they're engaging with your posts and grabbing more attention, but otherwise it's not a good use of time. But you do have to keep these people in mind as you craft your messaging.