sirius black: imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, escaped to go commit that crime as fast as possible
In May of 2015, the first warm blooded fish was discovered. Lampris guttatus (otherwise known as Opah or Moonfish) is a deep-sea dwelling endotherm, meaning it internally regulates its body temperature. This is very unique because all other fish are ectotherms and rely on the environment as their heat source. The Opah’s endothermic nature means that it can swim faster, see better, and respond to its environment quicker.
Dino ride!
The beautiful looking flowers of the Utricularia (or bladderworts) almost hides what happens below the surface. The roots of these plants contain bladder-like traps which can suck in tiny bugs to feed themselves. The bladderworts you see here are some I would like to own myself one day: U. bisquamata, U. sandersonii, U. longifolia, U. subulata, U. fulva and U. reniformis.
Good news! The first three are easy to keep, and I”m pretty sure they all are, I just can’t vouch for the rest. They can’t tolerate minerals, though, being carnivorous plants. To keep them happy, pot them in rinsed sphagnum moss (for the larger ones) or rinsed sphagnum peat (for the smallers) with a big handful of perlite mixed in. Not Miracle-Gro brand, it all has fertilizers which are toxic to carnivorous plants.
Keep them very wet with rainwater, distilled water, or RO water, and occasionally put in a big pinch of dry leaves or similar to fuel the growth of microorganisms for them to eat.
At least one of those is probably aquatic, in which case it should be kept in diluted pondwater in at least a gallon-size container. They need moderate to bright light, and should be kept wet at all times, soggier than you’d keep just about any other plant. Seriously, my U. Sandersonii likes to be watered so much the surface is submerged about once a month. U. Longifolia prefers a fluffier substrate with larger components like sphagnum moss, and likes slots in the sides of its container like it’s an orchid, but likes to be kept very wet as well. U. Bisquamata is a weed in carnivorous plant collections, pretty much any combo of “very wet, no minerals or fertilizers, good light” should grow it.
The best part, IMO? Aside from U. Longifolia (too big) and the aquatic ones, bladderworts can happily be grown in teacups. They don’t need any drainage at all, in fact I don’t put mine in actual pots because it’s easier to keep them wet that way. They look adorable in teacups, tiny little leaves and itty-bitty orchid-like flowers. You’d never know about all the bug murder under the surface.
author: so in this world there are immortal fire-breathing dragons
everybody: cool!
author: also half the army is female
everybody: um, isn’t that a bit unrealistic?
author: there are a dozen+ sentient species including orcs, elves, and entities that should be dead but somehow aren’t
everybody: cool!
author: and a lot of them are poc
everybody: how does that? make sense?
author: alright, so people can pretty much rewrite the laws of reality by thinking about it hard enough, so anything is possible
everybody: makes sense
author: also several of the characters are not straight
everybody: what else even is there?
Lucky 7 cow reblog for good luck
Bad: Aliens who are bewildered by basic aspects of human society like cooking food and wearing clothes, implying that no similar practices exist anywhere else in the universe.
Good: Aliens who regard human society as largely unremarkable, but if questioned it rapidly becomes apparent that their understanding of the motive and purpose of various human cultural practices is subtly yet bizarrely askew.
“Ah, I see you have placed a simple lock upon the lavatory door for when you are… eliminating waste. I understand.”
“Thank you, Zazar…”
“You wish to make it harder for your enemies to ambush you during a moment of vulnerability. Very clever!”
“Wait, what?!”
“You wish to make sure that the parasitic lifeforms harbored in your intestines cannot escape without facing you in battle! How noble!”
“WHAT”
cn really spoiled a major part of their entire show
guys, please don’t go looking for it. don’t spread it. tell your favorite su youtubers not to talk about it. i’m sure some will, but PLEASE don’t encourage it. there are some leaks that are not that big a deal, but this REALLY is, and it might ruin the show for some people even if we don’t know the context.
Yeah, usually I don’t mind leaks, but this time I really regret peeking, because this leak is bad. Real bad. The leak about Lars dying and coming back as a magical boy was nowhere near as bad a leak as this. We have NEVER had a leak remotely as bad as this one.
My comic “Small Mistakes Make Big Problems,” from the Comics for Choice anthology, has been nominated for an Eisner award for Best Short Story! I am totally bowled over. Thank you to the nominating judges, and to the editors of C4C – Hazel Newlevant, Whit Taylor, and O.K. Fox – for their incredible work putting the anthology together, and to the rest of the artists who contributed to the anthology for sharing their stories.
If you’re a comics professional, you can vote on the Eisners here.
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