This is the devil’s hole pupfish! A tiny species that lives only in One water-filled limestone cavern in Nevada. It was one of the first animals on the endangered species list. At the last count in 2022 there were 263 pupfish observed - the most in 19 years! They’re tracked pretty carefully, as their 215 square foot habitat (the smallest of any know vertebrate) is fragile and has been disturbed in the past by groundwater extraction and other human interference.
[ID: an illustration of a shiny metallic blue fish, the male devil’s hole pupfish, facing to the right. It is on a lighter blue background with a ripple pattern. End.] l
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" Is it alright to cling to you?
To invent meaning where it is absent?
I fear my words won’t grow up with me,
still scuffing their knees on cement.
I can welcome a lie when it's blinding,
But I can’t write like a poet while blinking.
I can’t draw like an artist without hiding.
I can’t live right now without thinking. "
-words, by me.
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So much love and recognition to the people who don't know how they feel about recovering. To the people whose scars are fading away, and there's a sinking feeling, despite knowing that it's a good thing. To the people who miss when they were "worse," when they felt "broken." To the people who mourn losing their coping mechanisms, even the ones that were destructive, scary, or unpleasant. To those who feel guilty they're healing because their past self wasn't ready.
Whatever it is, there is nothing wrong with any of those feelings. It's a natural reaction, something you don't have ultimate control over. There is nothing shameful about yourself, and I admire the strength it takes to recognize how you feel, even the parts that do feel like the "wrong" reaction to a Good Thing.
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Face Zen
Face in in a mug of beer
Scratching my my head
Flakes fall e into bowl
I was having dinner one night
Ready for more
Bowls of pic4dinner
A joke
I crept on the eatin’
While people walk above me
I’ve been here the Sinnister stop toes tip tap those steps on my above running all over me
Smushed Stepped Upon
Smushed Stepped Upon
Facing a mug of beer
Pointing gun to head
A forward step
I’m having dinner one night
See me sink into further steps in just painting a picture with facing all commercials who gets paid with all the wants of iPhone 15 warped it in the ending
Phasing in
3/4’s left
How are my M1’s?
Who laughs, was that fake news?
Armament in news
30 plus now
Facing targeted against
A z bully
Bully
I love my Pal Trump
(Personal Ass Licker)
I love Stitt
Bend over
Spell R U N
Putin attacker of Ukraine said
On invasion !
It’s been for over
World Wide Web
1.5+ years
My phone will be in face for
Next Jerk Off
Facing me
I’ve dumped my load
How should I hashtag?
For faces receiving
I sound so zenglish
Hear here, English
Parley, parley
Girl screaming outside
She lost her parents and brother kidnapped taking away in a van, she with broken left arm, gunned downed car crash father planting automobile in ditch hoping on survivors he stepped out, followed by Mom, she looked dead and brother was taken by Putin to become a soldier, we don’t know of her brother, she’s healing in a Ukrainian hospital, no sibling, no parents
She sits in orphanage
She’s facing new problems?
Who grants her the promises of life
Liberty
Freedom
Education
Acceptance
Or
Taken advantage of
All facing
New
Those bombed
Those who journeyed
Those not knowing
Those still traveling
Those still fighting
M1’s for you
Metal towered blinds
In verticals
Not a secret
I hope so!
I could be facing
I don’t know
I don’t care
I’m just pressing on keyboard
Over over again
Beer at 1/4 left
I mean bare a quarter left to find water
That blue sign is agua aqua H2O
That blue sign is agua aqua H2O
That blue sign is agua aqua H2O
See blue drink
Face Zen
Live
When do we live without fear?
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Fully convinced Mal wouldn't have disliked Audrey nearly as much as she did if Audrey hadn't immediately announced that she was Aurora's daughter. On the limo ride over, she responds positively to the driver's rudeness- Mal likes (or at least respects) people who are mean to her.
Currently imagining an AU where Mal doesn't know Audrey is Sleeping Beauty's kid (maybe Audrey is keeping it a secret from her for whatever reason, maybe cicumstances conspire to make sure she doesn't find out), so she just thinks of Audrey as "random princess with a petty streak" and she loves it tbh. Thank you, random princess, for being mean, it reminds her of home. Makes her feel alive in this pastel hell. Audrey is confused and frustrated by the fact that Mal seems to enjoy her hostility so much.
Ben, however, takes it as a good sign. So, when Audrey complains to him about Mal helping girls speedrun hair styling, he suggests that she take it up with Mal directly because hey, Mal seems to like her. Audrey does not like this idea At All, but she also wants to humor her boyfriend and she's pretty sure Mal's not going to kill her on campus, so she does it. She marches up to Mal's room and demands politely requests that Mal stop giving magic makeovers because goshdarnit, where does that leave those of us who are pretty through genes and work, huh?
Mal is delighted to learn that Audrey is 1) insecure about her position as The Prettiest and 2) is this willing to defend it. That's villainous motivation material, baby! This princess isn't just entertaining, she's potentially useful! And she has ties to the future king. At this point, Evie also takes an interest, because. You know. These kinds of hangups are more or less the entire reason Evie's mom is Like That.
Audrey has a very, very bad feeling about this.
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