[8nin]

whatever lol (in tears)

[sheauz-deactivated20240614]

[mbari-blog]

Slow your scroll and spend some quality time with this awesome amphipod. 🤩⁠

With a transparent body, the crystal amphipod, Cystisoma magna, is essentially invisible in the dim waters of the ocean’s twilight zone. Most of their cousins grow no bigger than your fingernail, but the crystal amphipod can fill your entire hand. And unlike many other hyperiids who live life hidden as hitchhikers, crystal amphipods swim freely in the open water. Living out in the open with nowhere to hide requires a different kind of stealth. ⁠ With the help of MBARI’s ships and deep-sea robots, our researchers and their collaborators revealed the secret to the crystal amphipod’s invisibility. Their exoskeleton is covered in microscopic shaggy structures or a fine coating of biofilm. Tiny spherical bacteria, only nanometers in diameter, work like the anti-reflective coating on eyeglasses to help Cystisoma camouflage in an environment that is sorely lacking in places to hide from hungry predators.

The crystal amphipod faces a fragile future. As industries look to the deep seafloor for mining precious metals, even animals living far above the bottom are at risk. Mining these metals will release plumes of dirty wastewater into the ocean’s twilight zone, clouding the crystal amphipod’s vision and interfering with their invisible superpower.

We urgently need to identify the impacts of deep-sea mining to help resource managers and policymakers guide decision-making about the ocean, its inhabitants, and its resources. Share what you have learned about the remarkable animals of the deep—together, we can be a powerful voice for the ocean. Learn more about these amazing amphipods in our Animals of the Deep gallery.

[montereybayaquarium]

Such a beautiful gem. 💎✨

[unspokensuggestion]

you are allowed to be wrong you are allowed to mess up you are allowed to be embarrassing.

[unspokensuggestion]

you are also allowed to do this.

[avadaniels]

You aren't gonna be able to know away these feelings.

Vic Michaelis in Dimension 20: Gladlands Episode 4 "A Hugi Minute"

[libraryleopard]

called itttttt

[sleepyvib-es]

Quieren quitarme el río y también la playa Quieren al barrio mío y que abuelita se vaya No suelte’ la bandera ni olvide’ el lelolai Que no quiero que hagan contigo lo que le pasó a Hawaiʻi

Bad Bunny invited Ricky Martin, an openly gay Puerto Rican artist, to perform “Lo Que Le Pasó A Hawaii,” an anti colonial anthem that touches on issues such as gentrification and displacement. To say I’m proud would be an understatement.

[platanosandprejudice]

They want to take away the river from me, and also the beach They want my neighborhood and for grandma to leave Don't let go of the flag, don't forget the 'lelolai' I don't want to happen to you what happened to Hawai'i

[sugary--sheep]

the bus map and the bus schedule are all lies created for the sole purpose of tricking and hurting innocent girls who think there will he any rhyme or reason to anythinf

[maddiebiscuits]

huuuughhhhh yahoo selling scraped data from tumblr to AI sloo probably uughhhwaaauuwghhhhhh

[maddiebiscuits]

Tumblr user? Here's what to know about Tumblr selling your data to OpenAI and MidJourney

Parent company Automattic will reportedly sell Tumblr content to OpenAI and MidJourney for training data. Here's how you can opt out.

bwwaaaughhhhhhgggh enshittification continues

[the-barn-rat]

this is what you're looking for to opt out!!!

[cappuccinoandglitter]

It's under Visibility, noy Privacy like I assumed at first.

[magiclamd]

Hey everyone you’re going to want to do this

[effinbirds]

[its-emimi]

⭐

[zendayacolemann]

EWAN MCGREGOR as OBI-WAN KENOBI STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH (2005)

[robbierobertson]

this sign i just saw in a bookstore ??

[todaysbird]

i really love this piece - bird window collision deterrents should absolutely be mandatory for large buildings not only in NY, but nationwide. designing architecture to not kill the world around us should be the norm.

[todaysbird]

don’t leave this in the comments!

[podcastwizard]

i do NOT write for myself i write for the eleven year old girl walking circles on the playground making up stories in her head and muttering the dialogue out loud. i see you girl. that stick you found DOES look like a cool dagger.

[taurzza]

commission for @faintedincoils

[julianplum]

🐟🐟🌕🐟🐟🐟🐟 // swallowtail shiners // gouache on hot press paper