#swims act

[orcinus-veterinarius]

Sometimes I think about how when I was a little kid, I got an advertisement in the mail from HSUS asking people to write their state congresspeople about banning horse slaughter in the United States. Had a beautiful picture of a horse running wild and free on the envelope and provided a template to follow.

Little me wrote my representative, and I even got a response assuring me that they would support the bill. It ended up passing, and yay we saved the horsies!

Then I grew up and got a job in vet medicine, and was told by an experienced equine vet how because of that bill, horses whose owners either can’t or won’t have them euthanized will be sold to slaughter operations in Canada or Mexico, necessitating them to be transported sometimes hundreds of miles by trailer instead of being granted a swift, merciful death—which they often desperately need. One they would have if humane slaughter of horses was still legal in the United States.

So when I think about the HSUS backing the SWIMS Act, I get scared. Because somewhere out there, there’s going to be a sweet little kid who just loves animals writing their representative, asking them to save the whales. Without realizing they’re only making things worse.

[whaleexpertsanonymous]

One of these days, I’d love to be able to look at pictures of beautiful wild whales without the caption waxing on about the evils of captivity.

There are an estimated 50,000 wild orcas, and less than 60 in human care worldwide. Orca breeding has already ended in western nations, and the SWIMS Act does absolutely nothing to address the very real threats facing wild whales. It will however, end the vital research efforts of accredited aquariums studying the beluga whale (of which endangered populations exist) by prohibiting future reproduction.

[sharktopia]

The SWIMS Act is on the table right now (today is Sept 20, 2022). This bill would amend outdated laws and ensure that cetaceans (like orcas/belugas) would not be taken into captivity in the future. Peggy Oki has put in so much work on providing ALL the info and sample letters that you could possibly need to contact your state representatives (button below). Writing three letters took me about an hour (but honestly I rewrote a couple of the pages so it would have possibly taken less time). Please consider writing a letter to request that your reps co-sponsor the SWIMS Act! Thank you <3 All info and sample letters can be found here

[fukiana]

BALDUR'S GATE 3 (2023) dev. Larian Studios

[arc-hus]

Garden Pavilion del Roccolo, Alta Brianza, Italy - Act Romegialli

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

In the equineswap au does everyone know that wwx lost his magic bc his horn is gone or does he pretend it's there somehow?

Wen Qing casted her scotch tape spell

[evanpfics]

Evan Peters Swimming. The things i'd do to go swimming in this 110+ degree constant weather.

Found On: Pinterest <3

[fivefifteen]

I'm in this! Give it a watch! Yayyy!

[riwooga]

DOL npcs part 3, the teachers! ✨

Frankly it’s an injustice how little lewd we have with them 🤧 (what I wouldn’t give….for lewdness with Winter… or Doren..😩) I honestly also wonder if one of them will ever end up romancable? ..hm 👀✨

Anyway here’s the close-ups~

[northeasternwind]

You only have yourself to blame doctor

[harmoniouseclipse]

Beach date 🌊💙

[orcinus-veterinarius]

Five critically endangered northern right whales dead from boat strikes and netting entanglements, and representatives are introducing a bill to Congress to… ban aquarium belugas from breeding.

[ampresandian]

My (unofficial) PJO season 2 episode 5 script part 2/4 (part 1)

Images of script and copied text (bc I'm lazy and don't want to write out alt text) under the cut, just in case I didn't tag enough spoiler warning or people aren't interested <3

(this part specifically is the siren scene just in case that's important to you)

Annabeth Tries to Swim Home

ABRUPTLY: INT. QUEEN ANNE’S REVENGE – DAY

PERCY wakes up with a start, breathing heavily. ANNABETH is right beside him.

ANNABETH: Percy! Percy, you were having a nightmare. 

He tries to calm down. 

ANNABETH (CONT): Come on. We’re approaching the island of the Sirens. 

They climb the stairs out onto the deck. The heavy fog and low clouds keep it gray and dim as they make their way to the mast. Percy ties Annabeth to it. 

PERCY: Is that okay? It’s not too tight?

ANNABETH: It has to be tight enough.

PERCY: Right. It’ll hold. 

He finishes tying his knots, and gathers two scoops of candle wax, rolling them into earplugs. 

ANNABETH: Don’t untie me. No matter how much I plead and beg. 

PERCY: (nodding) I won’t. Promise. 

Percy puts the wax in his ears, and all sound cuts out immediately. After a moment, we can hear the low thump of his heartbeat, and the whisper of waves against the boat. 

Craggy rocks emerge from the fog as they sail closer to the island. Percy watches Annabeth, who seems fine at first. 

Suddenly, she begins reacting to the music. She begins to struggle, clearly distraught. 

ANNABETH: (SILENT) Percy!

He looks away from her, uncomfortable with her misery.

The boat continues through the fog, remnants of old wreckages floating in the water. Percy looks thoughtful, a hand twitching as if to reach for his ear. A low hum can be heard, under the waves and beat of Percy’s heart. 

He looks back at Annabeth.

ANNABETH (CONT): (SILENT) Please, Percy! You have to let me go. Please!

PERCY: (AUDIBLE) I’m sorry.

ANNABETH: (SILENT) I thought you were my friend! Let me go!

Percy looks away again. He closes his eyes, upset.

He looks back at the mast, now empty, the ropes on the ground with Annabeth’s knife. 

PERCY: (AUDIBLE) Annabeth!

Annabeth can be seen swimming towards the island. Percy jumps in after her. 

PERCY (CONT): (AUDIBLE) Annabeth!

Percy is desperate, trying to keep an eye on Annabeth and avoid obstacles. Annabeth is entranced by the island, still shrouded in fog. He dips below the water again and again, coming back up to find Annabeth, further from the ship each time. He gains on her, little by little. 

PERCY (CONT): (AUDIBLE) Annabeth!

Annabeth is nearly to shore. The black sand of the Sirens’ beach can be seen. Percy is finally close enough to grab her, catching hold of her ankle and pulling her back out to sea. 

ANNABETH: (SILENT) Percy! No! Let me go!

Annabeth struggles against him as they sink into the water. Completely submerged, she falters, seeming confused. 

Percy pulls them down, but Annabeth begins to struggle again, needing to breathe. Percy looks around, desperate again, before concentrating. 

Suddenly, bubbles converge upon them, and the two teenagers are enclosed in an underwater bubble. Annabeth gasps for air. She meets Percy’s eyes and begins to sob (AUDIBLE), her head buried in his shoulder. 

PERCY: (AUDIBLE) It’s okay. Just hold on. I’ll get us back to the ship. It’s okay.

Annabeth nods, her sobs beginning to subside. Percy begins to navigate their bubble back towards the dimly visible hull of the Queen Anne’s Revenge. The ship has drifted away, out of range of the Sirens’ voices.

They surface, and a rope ladder drops down the side of the ship. Annabeth climbs up, followed by Percy. Again, it is silent except for his heartbeat and the lap of the waves. The sun has appeared, the fog receding behind them. 

Percy looks at Annabeth, but she stares out to the horizon. Eventually, she looks back at him. 

ANNABETH: (SILENT) It’s safe.

Percy removes his earplugs, and all sound returns. 

PERCY: Hey. Are you okay? (winces)

ANNABETH: I didn’t realize how powerful the temptation would be. 

PERCY: What did you see? 

ANNABETH: (pause) I rebuilt Manhattan. It was beautiful, full of Greek pillars and rooftop gardens that never wilt. And... my parents. They were together again, and happy to see me. (another pause)

PERCY: It sounds beautiful.

ANNABETH: (sigh) Luke was there too. 

It becomes tense. 

ANNABETH (CONT): We started over. I rebuilt the world, and everything went right this time. 

Percy: So... When Luke said you could start the world from scratch. That really hit home, huh?

ANNABETH: My fatal flaw, Percy. That’s what the Sirens showed me. It’s hubris.

PERCY: Pride?

ANNABETH: Deadly pride. Thinking I can do things better than anyone. Better than the gods. 

PERCY: Do you?

ANNABETH: You don’t ever think about how messed up the world is? What if we could start over--no war, no homelessness. No racism. No useless homework or standardized tests. 

PERCY: That sounds pretty good.

ANNABETH: I mean, the West is good. It represents a lot of the best of humans. But sometimes it’s so hard to ignore the bad stuff, you know? And then, like, what if Luke’s right? If it was all torn down, could we do it better? 

Percy looks confused. 

ANNABETH (CONT): You don’t ever think that way? Like you could do a better job running the world? 

PERCY: Um... I don’t think so. That sounds like kind of a nightmare. 

ANNABETH: (with a soft laugh) Lucky. Hubris isn’t your fatal flaw. 

PERCY: What is, then? Doesn’t every hero have one? 

ANNABETH: I don’t know, Percy. 

They pause, contemplating. 

PERCY: So, was it worth it? Do you feel wiser? 

ANNABETH: (considering) We have to stop Luke. If he can still tempt me so easily... Well, I won’t be the only one. 

Percy nods. They float in silence for a moment. 

PERCY: Annabeth... The reason you hate Cyclopes so much. The story about how Thalia really died. What happened?

ANNABETH: The night Grover escorted us to camp, he took some wrong turns. The worst one was into a Cyclops’ lair in Brooklyn. 

PERCY: Wait. There’s Cyclopes in Brooklyn?

ANNABETH: Tyson lives in Manhattan and you’re surprised there’s Cyclopes in Brooklyn?

Percy holds up his hands in defeat.

ANNABETH (CONT): Anyway, he tricked us. The Cyclops split us up in this house, it was like a maze of corridors, Percy. And he could mimic anyone, sound just like them. Just like... (trails off before continuing) He lured us, one at a time. Grover was running to save Thalia, and Luke too. Thalia thought she’d heard me yell for help. And I was only seven, and alone in the dark. I just kept running.

Annabeth stops talking, looking out across the sea again. Percy takes her hand. 

ANNABETH (CONT): Eventually, I found the main room. The others were there too, tied up. The Cyclops was getting ready to eat them. He saw me. Spoke to me. He would’ve killed me. But... I managed to get Thalia free, and she saved us.

PERCY: Wow. That’s pretty brave, Annabeth.

ANNABETH: I really didn’t do much. And we barely got out alive.

PERCY: Still. You were only seven, and all alone. That’s plenty brave in my book. 

ANNABETH: (shaking her head) I still have nightmares about it. And I still can’t like Cyclopes. It was his fault we took so long getting to camp. It gave all the other monsters time to catch up to us. If we hadn’t gotten stuck in that house, Thalia would be alive today.

Thunder rolls, far off. 

PERCY: (trying for levity again) Maybe she did meet a hero’s fate.

Annabeth playfully hits his arm. Camera focuses on her face.

(PART 3 | PART 4)

[crunchycrystals]

percabeth fandom help me im trying to remember the name of this one fic i read on ao3 it was an au about like a sitcom where percy and annabeth are child actors playing neighbors and the original premise was about their parents falling in love???? but then people liked the kids better so the story became more about them and it went on for like 8 seasons and percy leaves in the last one but thats how piper and jason get introduced also leo and piper are actors and in an epilogue i think annabeth becomes a writer please help me find this im losing my mind

[citrusacidic]

i desperately need to believe that there is a playa des losers for the reboot. like to be able to be a functioning member of society.

[they-have-the-same-va]

Space Dandy from Space Dandy shares a voice actor with Rashid from Street Fighter V.

Voiced by Ian Sinclair