luciel

not sure if this is the right place to say this but i just found out about Alveus Sanctuary

it’s this wildlife sanctuary thing in texas but also like… not just a place. they stream the animals online and people just… watch them and learn and donate

the founder, Maya Higa, apparently started from streaming animal rehab stuff and then turned it into this whole “remote zoo but also education but also internet community” situation and it’s kind of insane in the best way

like imagine deciding you’re going to take the internet and instead of using it to argue or scroll you just… point it at animals doing normal animal things and somehow that becomes a way to fund conservation

i don’t know how to explain it properly but it feels like one of those rare internet things that’s actually soft in a real way and not just aesthetic soft. she also gave a TED talk about it and i haven’t even watched it yet but i already feel like i should sit down before i do