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In a bay not so far away, eelgrass blades sway in the shifting tides. Over time, algae can start to cover the blades, growing so thick that it smothers the eelgrass. 

But wait! Enter the unsung heroes: sea slugs! They nibble away at the algae, keeping the eelgrass clean and thriving.

But oh no—here come the crabs! Yes, some crabs are cool, but too many can devour the hardworking sea slugs, leaving the eelgrass exposed again to the smothering algae.

Who will restore balance to the wetlands? 

The sea otter swoops in! By snacking on the slug-eating crabs, sea otters help keep this wetland ecosystem in check. 

Hooray, healthy and happy eelgrass for all! 

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Ship Painting I, 51" X 43", 2017

Expensive Painting (Ship), 64" X 64", 2016

Ship Painting II, 41" X 49", 2017

Andy Dixon

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Do you actually dislike cities or do you actually dislike the effects of having cars as the primary mode of transportation in an urban environment

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Israeli Miku Israeli Miku Israeli Miku!!!

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Coal miner's child using a hole in the door to enter a bedroom with a smoking pipe in one hand and a gun in the other in Bertha Hill, West Virginia. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. 1938

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Super blue moon.

(August 19, 2024)

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closure isnt real they made that shit up for tv and movie

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It’s always tough going back to work after a holiday…

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-The Factory-

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Antisemitism is mainstream apparently. You can’t get published if you are the “wrong” kind of Jew. Just like back in the Middle Ages where the only Jews who could have the privileges of the non-Jewish subjects of the crown were the ones who effectively slaves if the crown, complete with their special hat to show who they were so no one would mistake them.

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I feel like a lot of American Jews who hate Israelis don’t really realise how lucky and privileged they are to be where they are. Their ancestors had the resources or money to be able to go to the US, which is really not something that most Israelis’ ancestors did. My family, on both sides but especially on my Mizrachi mother’s, were poor and literally had no other option. When my mother’s family were getting out of Iran, they didn’t have the money to go to places like America or Europe— the only place they could afford to flee to was Israel. It’s even worse for Mizrachim who were in Arab countries, seeing as for many of them their assets were completely seized and they had to get airlifted or smuggled out by Israel. And of course you have so many shoah survivors who were left with nothing and then chased out of the countries they tried to return to. It’s just exhausting dealing with these kinds of people, because they genuinely think that ever Jew had the opportunities that their grandparents did, not realising how insanely lucky they actually were. Not everyone could be like you, and shaming people and calling them monsters for fleeing from their murderers is, to be frank, absolutely evil

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-The Road to the Farm of Saint-Simeon-

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Shaded relief map of Washington, D.C. made from LiDAR data with ReliefViz

by vKittyhawk

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-The Cabin at Saint-Adresse-