Crazy Abat You Cave

  🦇Please see the References and Attributions page for all sources 🦇Check out the NWCO Page to see the contact information of Metro Atlanta NWCOs.   [Begin Transcript: It’s past the midday point, so let’s begin. Welcome to my third week of demystiflying bats. My name is Cassandra—yes, like that Cassandra—and welcome to the Crazy Abat You Cave. Thank you so much for flying in and hanging out with me. Week by week, I will go through one or more different bat species here in the state of Georgia and provide some information about them such as where they can be found, what to do if you come across certain bats, and what you can do to help bat populations here in Georgia and elsewhere. In this episode, we discuss our last 5 Metro-Atlanta bats and disease. I want to keep this episode brief, so let’s begin with the Tricolored Bat. The Tricolored Bat looks similar to the Eastern Red Bat with its ginger coat. The notable difference between the two is that the Tricolored Bat has a ...

  🦇Please see the References and Attributions page for all sources 🦇Check out the NWCO Page to see the contact information of Metro Atlanta NWCOs. [Begin Transcript: It’s past the midday point, so let’s begin. Welcome to my second week of demystiflying bats. My name is Cassandra—yes, like that Cassandra—and welcome to the Crazy Abat You Cave. Thank you so much for flying in and hanging out with me. Week by week, I will go through one or more different bat species here in the state of Georgia and provide some information about them, such as where they can be found, what to do if you come across certain bats, and what you can do to help bat populations here in Georgia and elsewhere. For this episode, I will be sharing some information on four of the nine bat species local to Metro-Atlanta. I will also be discussing what bat houses are and how they help bats and researchers alike. Come roost with me as we begin with the Big Brown Bat. Fun fact: the squeaks you hear at the very be...

  🦇Please see the References and Attributions page for all sources [Begin Transcript: It’s past the midday point, so let’s begin. I meant to get this blog post out last week, but I got sick and overwhelmed, and I think everything going on just had me paralyzed, but here I am, and I’m ready to deliver some important information about some amazing pollinators here in our beautiful state of Georgia: BATS! Bats are an underappreciated and truly underloved group of creatures that provide so much for us. Aside from inspiring the creation of the iconic Batman, bats are great pollinators and disease wardens. The latter being ironic considering part of the hate bats routinely receive are due to them being hosts for a variety of different viruses. Within this blog, I intend on breaking down common misconceptions about bats, give you fun tidbits and facts about bats here in the state of Georgia, and ultimately inspire everyone that enters my information cave to appreciate these fangtastic...

  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation of Meme This meme was meant to express the frustration I get trying to have meaningful discussions about fictional media with people online. I saw this painting and felt it align with my exasperation on a spiritual level, especially the almost melted, stringy, and haphazard look of the painting. You can still make out the shape of the female subject, but all the parts of her sort of melt into one another. That represents exactly how I feel asking people to look deeper than what the creators literally present to us. All of this effort and energy is futile against the sort of people who consider any work not led by a white cishet guy to be "woke propaganda" being shoved into their faces. It's as tiring as the mood of the painting. I especially like the use of the deep, cool color for the background which really solidifies the mood of the piece and my general disappointment interacting in certain online space. - - - - - - - - - -...

      There is alternative text for the image, but the following is a more detailed description of the slide:    🦈 The top left image is of a Great White Shark. The shark’s entire body is in frame and is angled downward with its face pointed to the left of the screen. It has gray skin with a white underbelly. The background of the image is entirely blue. 🐈‍⬛ The top right image is of a heterochromatic-eyed black cat. It is looking straight ahead into the camera, and its shoulders are hunched in a stalking position. Its left eye is yellow, and its right eye is blue. The background of the image is out of focus but is a grassy area.   🐖 The bottom left image is of two Duroc-breed pigs laying down in a grassy area. The pigs both have short light brown fur with white fur that shapes the nose area.   🦇 The bottom right image is of a baby Mariana Fruit Bat hanging upside down with its wings spread out. It has a furry black body and a furry brown face. The...

Intro to Renaissance & Webster The Renaissance was a time of rebirth and resurrection for the arts, the sciences, and the maths, with an overall focus on scholarly development. This time period followed the Dark Ages, also known as the Middle Ages, and extended from approximately the 1300s to the 1600s. The Dark Ages marked by diseases and wars had given way to new light to be shed upon Europe during the Renaissance. While the movement provided great technological and informational advancements and visually artistic masterpieces, it is pertinent to focus on the writers of this period, most notably John Webster. John Webster , born in 1580, was an amazing Renaissance playwright. He was considered one of the last great Elizabethan playwrights and his work, The Duchess of Malfi , is considered one of the best Jacobean tragedies. The inspiration behind much of his work, including The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil , was his love for the macabre and inspiration from real-life oc...