The World is Amazing, Actually (Part 11 or 12, I lost count)
It's been awhile since I made a post about how fucking rad the world actually is, and amidst all the pandemics and climate change and economic troubles, I felt the need.
So:
Today’s Wild Place (The Earth is An Alien Planet):
The Danakil Depression, Ethiopia:
The Danakil Depression is probably the closest you'll ever be able to come to standing on the surface of Venus (without the crushing atmosphere, of course). Choking sulphuric acid and chlorine gases fill the air, while acid ponds and geysers pepper the landscape.
- Daisy Dobrijevic, published July 4, 2022
(BTW scientists recently discovered microbes capable of surviving in this toxic, extremely hot environment, which means...well, even if we kick the bucket, life will continue. There's something comforting in knowing that no matter how bad we screw up...life will go on.)
Today’s Incredible Feat of Engineering (look! at what! we made!):
Ouarzazate Solar Power Station in Morocco, which has gone solar in a big way.
(Which means they are making a huge contribution to helping fight toxic pollution, noise pollution, water use, land destruction, and carbon emissions. No really, there are charts. Reducing carbon emissions charts. Reducing irresponsible land use charts. Charts! Graphs! Data samples!)
Today’s Cool Life Form (the rare, the weird, the beautiful):
The Hispaniolan Solenodon.
A very rare, nocturnal, shrew-like creature that is one of the few mammals able to produce venom. Look at him! Look at his snout! He's just a little guy! He will bite you and run away on his back legs! He's rare, and endangered, but not gone! Not gone yet, bitches!
(Bonus: 10 Fun Facts About the Solenodon)
Today’s Bizarre Mystery (no, seriously, wtf?):
The Great Unconformity.
Hey, remember the Grand Canyon? Remember how we can see the passage of time through each layer, going back hundreds of thousands of years?
Did you know that apparently, on this massive record of earth's geological history, there's a chunk of time missing? Science has some hypotheses about how and why this happens (and yes, it's been found in more than one place), but they are really only hypotheses, and no one's really sure what happened to, oh, 1.6 billion years, give or take.
Today’s Act of Humanity (yes, we are worth the effort):
After fleeing a war, Ukrainians rush to help Mississippi tornado victims.
"They made the 16-hour drive south to donate bottled water and volunteer with aid workers, buoyed by the idea that they could help a community facing a similar struggle to theirs.
“We had to leave our home,” Pavliuk told The Washington Post in Ukrainian, in an interview interpreted by Hrebenyk. “And they don’t have a place to go back, either.”"
NEW CATEGORY:
Today's Good News About The Future (No, It's Not Too Late and Anyone Who Says Otherwise is Selling Something):
The Saiga Antelope, a species critical to the continued survival of huge swathes of grassland, that in 2003 was down to 6% of it's population and already extinct in it's natural habitat of China and Ukraine, has rebounded back to almost 2 million strong thanks to conservation efforts.
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Dungeons and Daddies the Manga Lesson 35: Apollo Four Teens
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Transcript reading guide / key
[xxxx] = identifier of text source
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Moving On (Page 137)
[Link]: Scary, this isn’t a real marriage okay? (It’s important to me that you understand that)
[Terri]: What…?
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[Effect]: POOF!
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[Link, internal]: The fight was just a fight… Chris will forgive me… This new marriage is real.
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[Text box]: Time Rem: 36 Hrs
[Effect]: zzz…
[Effect]: POOF!
The Crush of a Woman (Page 138)
[Hero]: I can help you for a price. I need you to get me a date with Taylor.
[Normal]: Oh! Okay!
[Hero]: I want him.
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[Normal]: Taylor, can I see you in the hallway? This vending machine has pocky in it!
[Taylor]: Strawberry?! Strawberry!?!! Green tea??!?!
[Terri]: Since we’re married, we shouldn’t have secrets anyone!
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[Normal]: Hero! I’m back! (Sorry I took 12 hours)
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[Hero]: I changed my mind. I’m into Link now.
[Normal]: What?
[Text box]: Time rem: 24 hrs.
Team Stunt Teens (Page 139)
[Effect]: Roll
Roll
Roll
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[Terri]: Did I hear, “Get sponsored by Red Bull?”
[Normal]: Taylor! You were saying something about the Red Bull guy?
[Taylor]: Ah. Felix.
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[Normal]: So that's what you can expect from all three…All four of us!
[Effect]: Poof!
Hero’s Journey (Page 140)
[Normal]: So I found out about the whole “Chosen One” thing…
[Hero]: Yeah, the first child of the ones who summoned The Doodler is supposed to bring balance back. But I just don’t…wanna…
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[Hero]: Our parents are really unhappy, they’ve been training me since I was a kind, and I don’t like it!
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[Hero]: I know you think you’re a worthless piece of shit, but youuuuuuu… You’re fine!
And you found something I didn’t with your weird horrible support system.
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[Normal]: You aren’t just saying that like when we were kids and didn’t want to wash the dishes, and you would say: “Normal, you’re so good at doing the dishes, you should so what you’re good at…!”
[Hero]: Things can be multiple things.
Transcript provided by @confusedfoam
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Hii! Sooo I ended up making another Pokesona for myself lol! This time we got Oger-Poppy!
Here she is! I hope y'all like her!! I also plan to create versions of her with the other masks, I'm just figuring out those details. But for now here's Oger-Poppy with her Teal Mask!
I am unsure if the cloak comes off tbh, but I thought it would be a good use of reference so that's why I included it. If you got any questions about her feel free to ask!~
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