Polar Bears - Blog Posts
how i became impossible by Mary Ruefle
I’m reblogging this because it reminds me of my grandpa, he used to work in Churchill.
Churchill, Manitoba
stephenwilkes
It doesn't feel like Christmas time until theirs polar bears on your cans!
motherfucker looks like a toy, like a plushie of a polar bear
Hi fucking Hello
It's really, really hot out, everyone. The heat is oppressive all across the country, and we here in Chicago have our very own Heat Advisory in effect until 10pm tonight. 10 pm! That is long after the sun will go down!
So, to bring you a little relief from the beating rays of Apollo's golden carriage, peruse these pictures of some excellent animals being the opposite of hot. Click the pictures to enlarge them and get really into the whole Eisbaer experience.
The Ice Caps Are Melting, and it's Sarah McLachlan's Fault
Polar bears have been getting a lot of press lately due to climate change and the odd female celebrity telling us about their diminishing environment with heart-wrenching PSAs. But despite their efforts, Lilith Fair creator and sensitive female singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan has the trump card with her ASPCA ads.
I would have a million dollars if someone paid me a million dollars to count the status updates and tweets I’ve seen where friends, or that awkward girl from high school trigonometry, bemoan the montage of sad puppy eyes, gaunt ponies, and kittens behind bars.
Example: “OMG! Those Sarah McLachlan animal cruelty commercials are SO SAD!!!!!!!”
I hate seeing those statuses all the time because, DOI they are supposed to be sad. That is the point of ethos as a tool. They want you to be sad about the puppies and kitties missing ears and limbs so that you give money. Money that will help the pets, but also fund commercials during prime-time television (I’m on to you, ASPCA).
So I’m frustrated because, yeah, we get it, but also because that girl from high school trigonometry was awkward and, frankly, so was I. And then not only am I going, “Oh, wow, seven exclamation points and all caps. Get this girl a Pulitzer,” I am triggered back into the days when I wore crocs to school and buckled my belts to the side. If I passed the hottest guy in school, who I casually called “the walking Greek god”, I would update every scintillating moment in my LiveJournal later that day. And, I thought I was so cool.
At this point down the rabbit hole, I’m legitimately depressed about three legged dogs (who doesn’t have April and Andy there to love him and remove him from awkward situations), as well as how much easier I could have made my life in high school if I wasn’t so convinced I was awesome…and then there’s the song.
Look, that song is beautiful. It has been an important song for a lot of people over the years, but here’s the thing: it’s about suicide. Take a good listen again to lyrics, e.g.: “There’s always some reason to feel not good enough/ And it’s hard at the end of the day” and you will quite quickly put it together. It’s not even secretly about it like how almost every classic rock song from the late 60s is about drugs/tripping/bad trips on good drugs/etc.
Screw those commercials. To the tune of “Angel” everyone can emote and type words about sad dogs, but when a polar bear is clutching a bit of ice and floating away into the Arctic Ocean, nobody speaks up. It’s Sarah McLachlan’s fault. The only way she can correct this is by writing a song equally tear jerking. She can do it. She started Lilith Fair TWICE. She can save the effing polar bears.
Climate change is real (2019) - anna florsdefum
@lovers-teeth get peer reviewed idiot (affectionate)!
its finally warm enough for me to go swimming at my local lake
IT'S SEAL TIME BABEY
Polar bear (🐻❄️) inspired* foods/snacks
All kids of fish (🐟) especially saltwater species
Berries especially blueberries (🫐), blackberries, and cranberries
Wild and brown rice
Venison
Seaweed (seaweed chips are a thing, so a seaweed sheets)
Sushi/Sashimi (🍣)
Slushies/Icees (I don't know what y'all call them)
Ice cream
Poultry - duck, turkey, and chicken
Eggs (🥚) in general
Dried meats/jerky
Tea (especially chamomile and dandelion)
Ice water/cold water
Carrots (🥕)
Soup with any of the aforementioned ingredients - (wild rice soup is delicious btw)
*Please note that while this is inspired by a polar bear's diet it is just that. It is not 100% accurate nor was it intended to be