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Fish resemblance

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outta my way i'm about to become a ye olde furrie

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fish

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add yours!

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Shout out to that guy from Florida talking to my coworker about wanting to take his sail boat through Lake Superior in November. He was planning on a little trip and my coworker was like hey man I don't know how to tell you this but you will Actually Die

*Lake Superior, in the far distance*: yes yes yes yes yes do it yes yes

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She's got the right attitude here

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This little octopus is a master of survival in one of Earth’s most extreme environments—the ocean’s twilight zone. 🐙🌊

The midwater octopus (Japetella diaphana) is one of the few octopuses that has adapted to life in open water, far from the safety of rocks and reefs. With a nearly transparent body and the ability to shift to a deep orange in the blink of an eye, Japetella uses camouflage to outsmart predators in the dark.

Drifting with the currents, the midwater octopus conserves energy with a slow metabolism.

A mother midwater octopus carries her eggs in her arms, venturing deep into the midnight zone to keep them safe from hungry predators.

But Japetella faces new threats like climate change and pollution. MBARI’s cutting-edge technology is helping uncover the hidden lives of deep-sea animals like Japetella and learning how they may survive in a changing ocean.

Learn more about this and other fascinating animals of the deep on our website.

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Official Splotch Summer 2025 post!

Hey all, it's back! It's the season where I share a couple random paint marks/splotches and offer it up for anyone to use them as a base to create something new! It's a good exercise in creativity and design, or can just be a little warm up!

The first two splotches for the year are here:

You can either reblog this post and share you creations, or make your own post and @ me. Please use the hashtag "#Splotch Summer" and/or #SplotchSummer2025. I will see it! Thanks for drawings with me!

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my contribution to make a terrible comic day

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I showed the kids at the library this comic and they didn't laugh.

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Keeping up my Make A Terrible Comic Day solution of incorporating fun stationery. This one is autobiographical. Desmond Dekker does not deserve this

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When you work in a creative field there’s a mental trap you can fall into where you think that if you can’t be the best and most famous in the whole world that there’s no point but really there’s a million ways you can do your thing either as a job or as a hobby that are just as important if not more so than the most famous people in the field

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if you're writing and find yourself thinking 'this is too weird/gross/offputting/esoteric/ambitious/catered to my specific interests + sure to push away a broader audience' that is the devil speaking and it is a lie. you are already firmly on the right path and you need to double down

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23 Layer Chocolate Cake (via Instagram)

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silly seals from outer space

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The word you are looking for is an ensemble cast. You like the ensemble cast. Not found family.