.idk Man

mRNA and the diamonds

.someone make tom shut up please

you and me

cringe

.s a m e

.im gonna fucking die now

.i cant believe i actually asked what animal the pink panther was .what the fuck

i sent myself to the seaside for my health (:

Those gifs are wholly mackerel!

Pacific mackerel (Scomber japonicus) are dazzling denizens of the California coast. Migrating to colder waters off of Washington in the summer and down to warmer Baja California in the winter, plentiful parties of these planktivorous pisces are commonly spotted south of Point Conception, where they make a meal of drifting morsels while dodging hungry hordes of seabirds, seals and tuna.

(This latter predator must add some insult to injury in the fray, as Pacific mackerel are scombrids and close cousins to their larger, faster tunid terrors.)

Pacific mackerel were once a staple in the Cannery Row days, and today are a responsibly managed, sustainable fishery along the West Coast.

A final fun fact: Schooling fishes of different species tend to group together based on size—every now and again there will be a standout jack mackerel Trachurus symmetricus in our exhibit lacking the distinctive green-gray-blue backs of the Pacific mackerel. We don’t give names to the fishes but if you find a sly horse mackerel feel free to call it ‘Waldo’!

instead of saying hey queen/king can we start saying “yes chef” like in hell’s kitchen

Anna Atkins died 150 years ago today as the first woman to take a photograph and the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images. Here are her surreally beautiful cyanotypes of algae.

.tom was being a dick, honestly

.when he went off about moloch and the inherent greed and horrible nature of humanity or whatever the fuck else

A four-leaf clover of moon jelly guts and gonads to ward off those Friday the 13th vibes