‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides.
They include in Germany, where flying insects across 63 insect reserves dropped 75% in less than 30 years; the US, where beetle numbers dropped 83% in 45 years; and Puerto Rico, where insect biomass dropped up to 60-fold since the 1970s. These declines are occurring in ecosystems that are otherwise protected from direct human influence.
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At one research centre – falling within a 22,000-hectare (85 sq mile) stretch of intact forest in Panama – scientists comparing current bird numbers with the 1970s found 70% of species had declined, and 88% of these had lost more than half of their population.
As the insects die off, everything that eats them -- birds, amphibians, reptiles, etc. -- suffers a decline also.
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides.
They include in Germany, where flying insects across 63 insect reserves dropped 75% in less than 30 years; the US, where beetle numbers dropped 83% in 45 years; and Puerto Rico, where insect biomass dropped up to 60-fold since the 1970s. These declines are occurring in ecosystems that are otherwise protected from direct human influence.
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At one research centre – falling within a 22,000-hectare (85 sq mile) stretch of intact forest in Panama – scientists comparing current bird numbers with the 1970s found 70% of species had declined, and 88% of these had lost more than half of their population.
As the insects die off, everything that eats them -- birds, amphibians, reptiles, etc. -- suffers a decline also.
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bluerosekatie posting in smallfandomfest Jun. 11th, 2025 12:10 am)Title: Birthplace of Stars
Author: bluerosekatie
Fandom: Hoshi no Kaabii | Kirby: Right Back At Ya! (anime)
Pairing/Characters: Meta Knight & Kirby & Fumu | Tiff & Bun | Tuff
Rating/Category: Gen
Prompt: Kirby: Right Back At Ya! | Hoshi no Kaabii (anime), Meta Knight & Kirby & Tiff & Tuff, "Where did Kirby come from?"
Spoilers: Implied/references to canon only, no concrete spoilers.
Summary: The question had to come up at some point. Tiff and Tuff get curious, and who better to ask about Star Warriors than Meta Knight?
Notes/Warnings: Fic is archive-locked to avoid AI scraping.
Read it on Ao3 here!
Author: bluerosekatie
Fandom: Hoshi no Kaabii | Kirby: Right Back At Ya! (anime)
Pairing/Characters: Meta Knight & Kirby & Fumu | Tiff & Bun | Tuff
Rating/Category: Gen
Prompt: Kirby: Right Back At Ya! | Hoshi no Kaabii (anime), Meta Knight & Kirby & Tiff & Tuff, "Where did Kirby come from?"
Spoilers: Implied/references to canon only, no concrete spoilers.
Summary: The question had to come up at some point. Tiff and Tuff get curious, and who better to ask about Star Warriors than Meta Knight?
Notes/Warnings: Fic is archive-locked to avoid AI scraping.
Read it on Ao3 here!
Fandoms: 9-1-1, All American, Black Sails, Chicago Fire, Dynasty, Heartstopper, Homeland, Legend of the Seeker, Marco Polo, Nancy Drew, Neumatt/New Heights, Orange is the New Black, Preacher, Scorpion, Shadowhunters, Stay By My Side, Supergirl, The Flash, Triage, Unforgotten Night, Younger, Young Royals, Zorro
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mundodefieras Life is full of things which are hard or tedious or otherwise unpleasant that need doing anyhow. They help make the world go 'round, they improve skills, and they boost your sense of self-respect. But doing them still kinda sucks. It's all the more difficult to do those things when nobody appreciates it. Happily, blogging allows us to share our accomplishments and pat each other on the back.
What are some of the hard things you've done recently? What are some hard things you haven't gotten to yet, but need to do? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your hard things a little easier?
What are some of the hard things you've done recently? What are some hard things you haven't gotten to yet, but need to do? Is there anything your online friends could do to make your hard things a little easier?
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The following poems from the June 3, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl are currently available. Poems may be sponsored via PayPal -- there's a permanent donation button on my Dreamwidth profile page -- or you can write to me and discuss other methods. There are still verses left in the linkback poems "Delight in Another," "A Sense of Weather Changes," "Ouroboros Insects," "The Loving Embrace of Night," "Generations of Cooks Past," "Homefree and Clear, " "One Bite at a Time," "Stars and Diamonds," "Mishpocha," "Changing Your Nature," and "Besa."
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Just like the original 3DS game, when you accomplish enough to get to the rank of Master, you get something special.
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Title: The Right Way
Fandom: The Peanuts
Rating: General Audiences
Notes: inspired by a gif of Snoopy making an ice cream sundae.
The round-headed kid never did this quite right. You had to drizzle a little of the chocolate syrup into the dish, then scoop the ice cream into perfect spheres, and drop the first one in, press it a little, put the second on, and push it just a little to stay put.
It was best to make a little divot for the cherry to rest in, before drizzling the syrup over the ice cream. The cherry went in the divot then, before putting a spiral of whip cream all around.
Seriously, why did Snoopy have to do it for them?!
Fandom: The Peanuts
Rating: General Audiences
Notes: inspired by a gif of Snoopy making an ice cream sundae.
The round-headed kid never did this quite right. You had to drizzle a little of the chocolate syrup into the dish, then scoop the ice cream into perfect spheres, and drop the first one in, press it a little, put the second on, and push it just a little to stay put.
It was best to make a little divot for the cherry to rest in, before drizzling the syrup over the ice cream. The cherry went in the divot then, before putting a spiral of whip cream all around.
Seriously, why did Snoopy have to do it for them?!
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CEO invites the world to invest in refugees: 'Humanity flourishes when people have the tools to succeed'
“One in 10 of us will be displaced in 25 years. One in 10. Each of us is more likely to be displaced than ever before,” Oyler said in her TED Talk, which will be published at a later date.
“The time for incremental change is over. We must do things differently.”
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“When Uganda allowed refugees to work, the country's GDP increased by nearly a billion dollars,” Oyler said. “Ethiopia reformed its policies, and now thousands of refugees contribute in key sectors like agriculture and manufacturing.”
“When Rwanda, the country where I live, included refugees in its national ID program, they gained access to health care, financial services, and are growing an economy.”
It's all about knitting people into society as fast as possible. Make sure they have access to survival needs such as food, shelter, clothing, and health care. Then compare what they can do with what needs doing. To accommodate untrained workers, list your top 10 or so fields with a desperate shortage of workers, then offer free training for anyone who wishes to enter those fields.
“One in 10 of us will be displaced in 25 years. One in 10. Each of us is more likely to be displaced than ever before,” Oyler said in her TED Talk, which will be published at a later date.
“The time for incremental change is over. We must do things differently.”
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“When Uganda allowed refugees to work, the country's GDP increased by nearly a billion dollars,” Oyler said. “Ethiopia reformed its policies, and now thousands of refugees contribute in key sectors like agriculture and manufacturing.”
“When Rwanda, the country where I live, included refugees in its national ID program, they gained access to health care, financial services, and are growing an economy.”
It's all about knitting people into society as fast as possible. Make sure they have access to survival needs such as food, shelter, clothing, and health care. Then compare what they can do with what needs doing. To accommodate untrained workers, list your top 10 or so fields with a desperate shortage of workers, then offer free training for anyone who wishes to enter those fields.
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hurtcomfortexmod posting in hurtcomfortex Jun. 10th, 2025 07:25 pm)Please leave a comment with what pinch hit you would like to claim, and your ao3 username, or e-mail us at hurtcomfortexmod@gmail.com with the same information. All rules which are relevant for regular assignments also apply to pinch hits.Including the rule that the freeform must be indicated in some way
PH 2 - 英雄伝説 閃の軌跡 | Sen no Kiseki | The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Series (Video Games), 英雄伝説 空の軌跡 | Sora no Kiseki | The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Series (Video Games), 英雄伝説 黎の軌跡 | Kuro no Kiseki | The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak Series (Video Games), Star Ocean: The Second Story | Second Evolution, Digimon Adventure Zero Two | Digimon Adventure 02, Original Work, 찌질한 서브공이 되었습니다 | I Became the Lousy Side Top (Webcomic)
Claimed!PH 14 - 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
PH 15 - NCIS: Los Angeles, Twin Peaks (TV 1990), Crossing Jordan, RoboCop (Movies 1987-1993)
PH 16 - Dragon Ball
( Additional Fandoms for PH 16 - Disgaea (Video Games), Metal Gear (Video Games) )
PH 19 - Warhammer 40.000, Vampyr (Video Game), Dishonored (Video Games), Ace Combat (Video Games)
PH 22 - Watch Dogs (Video Games), Mass Effect: Andromeda, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
Claimed!PH 26 - The Tick (TV 2017), Psych (TV 2006), Star Wars - All Media Types, Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Person of Interest (TV), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
PH 2 - 英雄伝説 閃の軌跡 | Sen no Kiseki | The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Series (Video Games), 英雄伝説 空の軌跡 | Sora no Kiseki | The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Series (Video Games), 英雄伝説 黎の軌跡 | Kuro no Kiseki | The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak Series (Video Games), Star Ocean: The Second Story | Second Evolution, Digimon Adventure Zero Two | Digimon Adventure 02, Original Work, 찌질한 서브공이 되었습니다 | I Became the Lousy Side Top (Webcomic)
Claimed!
PH 15 - NCIS: Los Angeles, Twin Peaks (TV 1990), Crossing Jordan, RoboCop (Movies 1987-1993)
PH 16 - Dragon Ball
( Additional Fandoms for PH 16 - Disgaea (Video Games), Metal Gear (Video Games) )
PH 19 - Warhammer 40.000, Vampyr (Video Game), Dishonored (Video Games), Ace Combat (Video Games)
PH 22 - Watch Dogs (Video Games), Mass Effect: Andromeda, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
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Our new challenge is:
As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.
Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Friday, 20 June. No sign-up required.
Mods will tag your work with fandom and challenge. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.
All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.
Also, keep an eye out for the nextffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)
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As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.
Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Friday, 20 June. No sign-up required.
Mods will tag your work with fandom and challenge. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.
All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.
Also, keep an eye out for the next
ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)The Charity challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Different Meeting bydarkjediqueen
MCU: Fanfic: None of Us Stand Alone byalexcat
Torchwood: Fanfic: Menagerie bybadly_knitted
Original: Fanfic: go on bybluedreaming
Criminal Minds: Fanfiction: When Love Lasts byinfinitum_noctem
Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: Support Your Local Baby Bank bysmallhobbit
House of the Dragon: Fanfic: Weight bypeaked
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Crypt Hunting byveronyxk94
Torchwood: Fanfic: You get what you give bym_findlow
Star Trek Voyager: fic: substitute bylilly_c
The Double: fanfic: competition byteaotter
Suits: fanfic: Giving byhighlander_ii
Original Fiction: What Happened in 2013 byanalogbasilisk
Greek Myth: Fanfic: Charity bydrabblewriter
Guardian: fanfic: Raw Nerves, Old Scars bychina_shop
Also, congratulations to those who earned badges and name tags this round:
badly_knitted earned The Outstanding (11 Year Streak)!
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Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.
Next challenge coming right up.
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Different Meeting by
darkjediqueenMCU: Fanfic: None of Us Stand Alone by
alexcatTorchwood: Fanfic: Menagerie by
badly_knittedOriginal: Fanfic: go on by
bluedreamingCriminal Minds: Fanfiction: When Love Lasts by
infinitum_noctemSpooks (MI5): Fanfic: Support Your Local Baby Bank by
smallhobbitHouse of the Dragon: Fanfic: Weight by
peakedBuffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Crypt Hunting by
veronyxk94Torchwood: Fanfic: You get what you give by
m_findlowStar Trek Voyager: fic: substitute by
lilly_cThe Double: fanfic: competition by
teaotterSuits: fanfic: Giving by
highlander_iiOriginal Fiction: What Happened in 2013 by
analogbasiliskGreek Myth: Fanfic: Charity by
drabblewriterGuardian: fanfic: Raw Nerves, Old Scars by
china_shopAlso, congratulations to those who earned badges and name tags this round:
badly_knitted earned The Outstanding (11 Year Streak)!\o/ \o/ \o/
Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.
Next challenge coming right up.
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(china_shop posting in fan_flashworks Jun. 11th, 2025 11:16 am)
china_shop posting in fan_flashworks Jun. 11th, 2025 11:16 am)Title: Raw Nerves, Old Scars
Fandom: Guardian (TV)
Rating: T-rated
Length: 1176 words
Notes: A million thanks tomergatrude and teaotter for beta. <3 <3 <3
Tags: Chu Shuzhi/Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Zhao Yunlan & Da Qing, Shen Wei & Ye Zun. Post-Canon, Anger, Effects of Past Trauma, Complicated Relationships, Poly Relationships, Shen Wei misses his didi, Zhao Yunlan hates Ye Zun, Zhao Yunlan is triggered, Loyalties, Friendship, Clothes Sharing, Unreliable Narration.
Warning: This is set in a post-canon ‘verse where the canon events happened except that Da Qing took Zhao Yunlan’s place in the Lantern. Three difficult years later, Shen Wei and Da Qing came back. So Zhao Yunlan still has a lot of issues. This fic deals with intense feelings that aren't easily resolved.
Summary: Feel the anger and do it anyway.
( Raw Nerves, Old Scars )
Fandom: Guardian (TV)
Rating: T-rated
Length: 1176 words
Notes: A million thanks to
mergatrude and teaotter for beta. <3 <3 <3Tags: Chu Shuzhi/Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan, Zhao Yunlan & Da Qing, Shen Wei & Ye Zun. Post-Canon, Anger, Effects of Past Trauma, Complicated Relationships, Poly Relationships, Shen Wei misses his didi, Zhao Yunlan hates Ye Zun, Zhao Yunlan is triggered, Loyalties, Friendship, Clothes Sharing, Unreliable Narration.
Warning: This is set in a post-canon ‘verse where the canon events happened except that Da Qing took Zhao Yunlan’s place in the Lantern. Three difficult years later, Shen Wei and Da Qing came back. So Zhao Yunlan still has a lot of issues. This fic deals with intense feelings that aren't easily resolved.
Summary: Feel the anger and do it anyway.
( Raw Nerves, Old Scars )
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⌈ Secret Post #6731 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 26 secrets from Secret Submission Post #963..
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links (broke twice now? maybe imgur is deleting it) ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Title: Charity
Fandom: Greek Myth
Characters: Apollo/Admetus
Rating: G
Length: 220
Summary: It's the end of another long day, Apollo's head against Admetus's shoulder as they watch the sun go down, when the god-turned-mortal blurts, "Tell me you're not only kind to me out of a sense of charity."
Fandom: Greek Myth
Characters: Apollo/Admetus
Rating: G
Length: 220
Summary: It's the end of another long day, Apollo's head against Admetus's shoulder as they watch the sun go down, when the god-turned-mortal blurts, "Tell me you're not only kind to me out of a sense of charity."
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analogbasilisk posting in fan_flashworks Jun. 10th, 2025 05:30 pm)Prompt: 481. Charity
Word count: 695
Rating: T
Summary: there are three versions of what happened to Prett when she was sixteen.
Warning for homophobia, mentioned conversion camps, mentioned teen pregnancy, implied child abuse.
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Word count: 695
Rating: T
Summary: there are three versions of what happened to Prett when she was sixteen.
Warning for homophobia, mentioned conversion camps, mentioned teen pregnancy, implied child abuse.
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Title: Giving
Fandom: Suits
Rating: PG
Length: short
Content notes: none applySummary: would you look at that, Mike might be in trouble again...
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Fandom: Suits
Rating: PG
Length: short
Content notes: none applySummary: would you look at that, Mike might be in trouble again...
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Title: competition
Fandom: The Double (cdrama)
Content notes: none
Length: 100 words
Summary: Jiang Li stole everything.
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Fandom: The Double (cdrama)
Content notes: none
Length: 100 words
Summary: Jiang Li stole everything.
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