There’s no such thing as a jellyfish.
From the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute: "By all accounts, jellyfish are creatures that kill people, eat microbes, grow to tens of meters, filter phytoplankton, take over ecosystems, and live forever. Because of the immense diversity of gelatinous plankton, jelly-like creatures can individually have each of these properties. However this way of looking at them both overstates and underestimates their true diversity. Taxonomically, they are far more varied than a handful of exemplars that are used to represent jellyfish or especially the so-called “true” jellyfish. Ecologically, they are even more adaptable than one would expect by looking only at the conspicuous bloom forming families and species that draw most of the attention. In reality, the most abundant and diverse gelatinous groups in the ocean are not the ones that anyone ever sees.“
I had to move back in with my toxic parents because of this. They claimed me as a dependent because they wanted the money. My campus job closed so that is another $200 a week I don’t get. So being home I am not utilizing the campus housing I payed for or the meal plan. It is all falling apart and I can’t fix it.
Students are repeatedly tossed away by corporate politicians like their lives don’t matter
- The mountains seem so close, and you drive for miles on end, but the mountains never get closer or farther.
- The cities are large and loud like any other, but stay away from the small towns, it gets harder to leave each time you go.
- It’s the middle of winter, so why is it so warm outside? There hasn’t been snow for weeks. But the clouds are there, large and gray and ominous. Why won’t they leave?
- It snows for days. Heavy snow that’s colder than possible. The schools shut down for several days. Everyone is snowed in, and the drifts are piled so high you can barely see over them.
- You don’t go out at night. No one does. Nobody knows why, but they just don’t. Because something lurks in the almost impossible darkness.
- You find yourself peering out the window. It’s dark and all the lights are off; everyone is asleep. The only light comes from the streetlamp across the street. You don’t want to cross that street, but you don’t know why. Maybe it’s the scratches and pits dug into the street?
- Don’t play in the canal. Don’t go near the canal. It is angry; it will swallow you whole.
- Nothing ever happens. No crimes, no murder, no one ever dies in a car crash. It’s almost like the city is protecting you. They say it’s one of the safest places in the world to live. But you don’t believe it. Because you remember the ghosts that whisper terrifying words and set off car alarms and swish past windows.
- No one every moves. Not to or from. They always return. You go to school with the same people you’ve known for years. But you always feel bad when some does move from another state. Because they don’t know the rules. The rules that nobody says, but everyone knows.
- It’s raining again. That’s not new or abnormal, but everyone still turns to gaze out the windows at the howling winds. To listen to the angry pit-pat of the droplets. The skies are upset.
-You’re in the foothills. You’re not lost, but the dead grass and dry brush goes on forever. You can’t escape. You’re too afraid to try, anyway.
- There are either no trees, or that’s all there is for as far as the eye can see. There is never a middle, it’s always like this.
- You’ve heard the legends of horrible creatures that live in the forest of your summer camp. You’ve even saw one, but you’ll never tell. It’s taboo.
- If it’s a desert state, why is it always snowing or raining?
- The summers are hot and boiling, always over 100 degrees. The winters are cold and frozen, always below freezing. No one remembers spring; they don’t know if it happens anymore.
- For a “potato state” there is a disturbing lack of farms, potato or otherwise. But nobody talks about it. They don’t want to anger the land.
- The roads wind for ages. Where do they end? No one knows, and they don’t want to, either.
- The missionaries always turn up. They smile and ask the same questions. They all look alike. And they always come back, smiling. Always.
yall, i realized something revolutionary with Ford’s hands (just innocent handholding :] )
the normal human hand has only 4 interdigital spaces from in between the fingers, which means that Ford has 5 spaces if that makes sense.
so when you hold hands with Ford, that extra finger is going to allow his hand to cover your hand on both sides completely engulfing your hand within his!
of course Ford never saw it that way and would always keep the extra finger out thanks to his past insecurity, but you would always wiggle your fingers with a smile and say that the two of you are like a perfect puzzle piece matched together!
the small joke but cute observation of your hands perfectly fitting would make all of his worries wash away and you watch his shoulders relax below his jawline. he will totally get obsessed with this inside joke every time you held hands, in fact ever since then he looks forward to locking your hands within his!
he is such a sweet man with many odd insecurities, but he will see you as the light of his life when you come around. Btw he totally holds your hand in public proud like never before!
‘Dismantle Prisons, Abolish ICE’
Poster designed by Art Twink
Everyone who’s been talking to me knows i’ve been working on this comic about wlws and cats for a while and i’m so so happy it’s finally here!!! :D
idea stolen from this post :’3
RIP my ovaries
Thank you @offlanesupportcrab for tagging me (you’re one of my favorite accounts so it is an honor)
Nickname: Alex
Gender: Female
Star sign: Pisces
Height: 5'2"
Hogwarts house: Hufflepuff
Favorite animals: Turtles are my love, so are any species of zooplankton
Number of blankets: 12 on my bed right now, 10 on the floor
Where you are from: I was born and raised in the North West
Dream trip: I want to travel to the Galapagos really bad to see the coral and other animals living there.
When you started this account: March 2014 (when my friend @kcsquib introduced me to tumblr
Tagging: @crazycephalopoda @butdidyouheartherain-blog @kcsquib @bardass
@punRules: tag “20″ followers you’d like to know better and wrangle them into answering questions below.
Thank you @plushoetra for tagging me! ( ´͈ ॢꇴ `͈ॢ)・*♡
Nickname: Nobody loves me enough to give me a nickname oops Gender: Female I think! Star sign: Scorpio Height: 5′7” Hogwarts house: Gryffindor Favourite animals: Felines Number of blankets: 4 plus a decorative throw! Where are you from: Philly raised, living in Ohio rn. Dream trip: Japan! I really want to experience a completely different culture than what I’m used to. When you started this account: 2016! But I’ve had multiple Tumblr account before then.
Tagged: @messofavs @bunngygoblin @vventure @anna-of-the-southern-isles @writingsbymo-mo
@dependingonyoursenseofhumor you. Me. The gang. After social distancing we gotta do this.
Watching twilight on a poorly hung projector. (x)