This is Charles. He wants to go on a journey around tumblr. could you show him around?

im starting to think you guys dont like it when stories make you feel things

So do people realize that we aren't building new train tracks when we expand the amteak network, I have multiple times seen people say that we shouldn't expand the network because it would destroy protected lands, which would be a fair criticism but Amtrak doesn't build new tracks, we use existing tracks. We are not destroying protected lands, we are using land that has already been clear for a century

Also the alternative is more highways which destroy significantly more land for less capacity than railways. So the question is do you want to keep complaining about something that isn't happening and let the environment get damaged as a result or do you want to actually learn how things work

So, wait... Were the tracks not in use at all? Or was it like *only* commercial transport on those tracks? Either way, its good that amtrak will be able to use them again, but one would be much more frustrating

Almost all rail tracks in the US are either abandoned or only used for freight rail at the moment

Jesus, we really have no excuse for having such a lackluster rail system, do we?

Sure we do! The US government hate both rail and you personally

HANDMADE SONIC COSPLAY

Completely Customized ( Cut, Sewn Back Together, Dyed, Printed, + Painted ) by YOURS TRULY

✨My Commissions are Open✨

BUT Y'ALL WHEN I TELL YOU THE TRANSFORMATION THIS OUTFIT WENT THROUGH WAS CRAAAZZZYYYYYY

THE SHOES WERE BLACK AND THE CLOTHES WERE COMPLETELY WHITE AND BLANK

AND IT TURNED INTO THIS

UGH IM OBSESSED

NOT TO TOOT MY OWN HORN BUT I'M SO RAD

THIS OUTFIT IS TOTALLY WICKED COOL

AHHHHHHHHHH 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

Paraglider and black vulture chilling

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I NEVER get tired of this video. It would be fantastic if the bird was just flying near him, but the fact it feels safe and comfortable enough to land ON his paraglider, isn't startled when he pets it, and is NIBBLING HIS SHOES... blessed moment, absolutely fabulous, 10/10 gold stars.

Okay but the bird isn't just nibbling

Note that it doesn't start nibbling until he starts smoothing its feathers.

They're grooming each other.

This is called parahawking! That vulture is tame -- it’s wearing jesses (a leather tie around the leg that a falconer will use to hold a bird when it’s on the glove). In fact that vulture is employed. Parahawking birds seek out thermals the same way they would naturally, allowing paragliders to follow them in the process.

Vultures are often used for parahawking both because of their attraction to thermals, and because vultures, as scavengers, are comparatively gentler and more sociable than birds of prey!

buckwild to see swifties posting takes like "I feel like this album... is the most classic works of literature. As if these words... were always waiting to be written. I'm going to tattoo all of the lyrics on my skin so they can live forever" and then seeing someone else post a screenshot of the lyrics and it's some shit like "welcome to my dark and twisted mind / I'm the girl nobody ever notices / the joker hasn't seen half of what I've seen / call me the girlker / [reference to current trending media franchise]"

Source smoothdunk on twitter

saw heritage post

Oh god lightning round

0/10

Literally Me/10

Good, backups are important

Relatable

Relatable

5/10

N/A

dream job is to be that one rotted hand that bursts out of the grave to snatch some stupid idiot by the ankles and pull them under the earth

just a reminder to COMPLETELY boycott Eurovision this year; Azerbaijan and Israel, despite committing genocide, are STILL allowed to compete & have NOT been banned. by refusing to ban both countries, Eurovision is profiting off of the genocide of Palestinians and Armenians.

do not listen to the artists. do not pirate or stream the artists' music, and this applies to ALL the artists who are competing and performing this year. do not listen to the songs on ANY platform, do not give them ANY attention.

write to your broadcasters and tell them you REFUSE to watch the channels until they recognise the Armenian and Palestinian genocides & that you find it disgusting how they are allowing Eurovision despite Azerbaijan and Israel's entries.

do NOT give eurovision OR the competing artists ANYTHING but silence.

boycott ALL of eurovision.

“how would you feel if someone blocked you just because they found you annoying?” then i wouldn’t have to interact with someone who thinks i’m annoying? i don’t see a problem

Also I wouldn't notice. You don't get a notification when someone blocks you. Someone blocking me for any reason does not affect me in any way.

flower children follower celebration info

FUCK

the phrase ‘this is my first time being alive’ has done wonders for me recently. Yeah, I don’t know how to navigate this situation! It’s brand new to me and I’m learning on the fly, aren’t humans such wonderfully adaptive creatures?