#SCUBA Invader

[ultimateoptimus]

UltimateOptimus Presents A SKUBA Invader Zim AU DOOMy Mad Science Experiment

SKUBA Skoolkidz Skuba Pupas

An extra-slimy, extra-sticky, extra-gooey Junior Scuba Diver Peril Simulation in which Skool SKUBAgent Dib Membrane of the Swollen Eyeball Network paired with Skool SKUBAgent Gretchen of the Rejektz in their Membrane Laboratory Boyz' and Girlz' Skoolkidz Sport Stealth Swimwear and Skoolkid Sport Stealth SKUBA Rigs and Zim the Irken Invader-in-Exile paired with Skool SKUBAgent Gaz Membrane in his Irken SKUBA Invader Swimwear and Gear and her Girlz' Skoolkidz Sport Stealth Swimwear and Skoolkid Sport Stealth SKUBA Rig spin and wrap themselves up in their personal color-customized and super-gooey, hyper-sticky and ultra-slimy SKUBA Pupas styled after certain bugs' pupa forms and pupal cocoons, scuba diver kid style to simulate how bugs pupating and eclosing and space bugs weaving you up in pupal cocoon silk feel that wouldn't feel out of place in a SKUBA-themed Halloween special episode, with the SKUBA Skoolkidz' buoyancy compensators inflated and all puffed up full of breathable air and the SKUBA Skoolkidz themselves puff up their cheeks and chests full of breaths of dive cylinder air, knowing the next breath of scuba rig air they take may be their last…

… all in the true sick, twisted, razor-edged and just plain old DOOMy Invader Zim tradition!

Skool Sport SKUBAgents Dib Membrane and Gretchen SKUBA Pupa Style:

The Louse Queen Chrysalis Classic

The classic giant mutant space bug pupal cocoon style woven by the Louse Queen herself Dib, Gretchen and Zim faced under the Skoolbuilding as seen in the Invader Zim episode aptly titled "Lice".

SKUBA Invader Zim SKUBA Pupa Style:

The Army Ant Pupal Cocoon

Nothing like waking up one day and deciding to awaken ancient insect spinnerette DNA and spin up a silky papery space alien cocoon around him like an army ant to make Zim feel like a smeet again, proving you can take the Irken out of the bug kingdom but you can't take the bug kingdom out of the Irken.

Skool Sport SKUBAgent Gaz SKUBA Pupa Style:

The Mosquito Tumbler Skuba Pupal Cocoon

The perfect fit for the dark goth skubagirl of the Membrane Siblings, think of the mosquito pupa AKA "The Tumbler" as skuba diving before jetpack flying when it's time to shed your skuba rig for a jetpack suit to take to the skies with… except in a Skuba 'Skeeto's case, you'll still be a skuba diver once you ditch the pupal casing.

[oh-meow-swirls]

playing blasters and like. god i remembered tanks weren't that great but i forgot JUST how bad they are jfc-

[johanna-swann]

Okay, so the target audience for this is probably me and maybe two other nerds. But do you guys remember how in Doctor Who Donna somehow didn't know aliens existed for years even though earth had been invaded like? 3 times?

I want this to happen with Tommy. Plane emergency landing on the highway? He was having a spa weekend. Bobby's and Athena's house burnt down? He was at a lord of the rings movie night, no phones allowed. There's a council meeting concerning the 118 continued existence? Tommy missed that email, he was scuba diving.

[sagegreenfrogs]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

I'm so glad I invaded your dms and asked to collab, because now I can't imagine my life, much less the sorvus fandom, without you! 💙

I don't have a birthday present YET, so in the meantime, have some incorrect sorvus quotes!

~

Corvus: Okay, but if you’re not gay, then why are you always holding my hand and kissing me and telling me I’m your boyfriend?

Soren: Dude- It’s satire!

Corvus: THAT'S NOT WHAT SATIRE MEANS!

~

Rayla: I like your top, Soren!

Corvus: I have a name, you know.

Soren: *sighs* Why. Why are you like this.

~

*Soren and Corvus enter a dive bar*

Corvus: Look, I know you’re disappointed but could we at least have a drink.

Soren, in a scuba diving suit: I would like to leave, please.

~

(And I mean I have a wip that's 5x08 divergence where soren loses his hand and then it gets to be fluffy sorvus hurt/comfort at the end but idk if you want that considering what I did to @m4rs-ex3 ...)

THIS IS SO SWEET TYSM WHAT IM CRYING

ty for the quotes and message :)

and im glad you invaded my dms too!

and I will absoLUTELY take that hurt/comfort wip!!

seriously tysm!

[gumnut-logic]

Five pickup and One drop off (Pick up 2)

Pick up 1 | Pick up 2

Total crack, non-canon and nonsensical :D

But a little fun at least, maybe :D

I hope you enjoy

-o-o-o-

Julia was not a fan of her job.

It did have its perks. Quiet moments to do that last minute assignment in an emergency was definitely one of them. Though having half a brain at three am was also a challenge.

This morning was one of those times.

She had spent the last half hour staring out the drive-thru window counting lights on the far side of the bay. It was a great view, when it wasn’t pitch black.

The owner of the fast food franchise was a nice guy. She did wonder at his business acumen in choosing to place his store high up on a hill outside of town. But then he had made much more of it with the space and she had to admit that the locals used what would have been purely a drive-thru centre as more of a destination during the day, both for the view and the surrounding gardens.

But once the teenagers, parking at the look out, left around midnight, there was very little traffic and she and the two other night staff really didn’t get that much custom in the hours before dawn.

It was quiet.

She idly stared at one of the lights dancing across the bay.

Frowned.

One moment it was just a light, the next, it was hovering with a roar above the building.

Her jaw dropped as she peered out the window up at a set of four flaming rockets high above. Warm air tickled her hair.

Were they about to be invaded by aliens?

Maybe this was her opportunity…take me with you!

As if in answer, a figure suddenly dropped down from above, swinging from a rope. “Hi, could I place an order please?”

The alien appeared to be dressed in an scuba suit? Though he was blond and good looking.

Oh, and he was definitely a ‘he’.

Hmm.

“Sorry about all the noise.”

“What?”

He rolled his eyes and poked something on his wrist. A hologram appeared listing approximately half their menu. “Sorry, we didn’t order ahead. Virg can’t work your app and I dropped my phone in the drink. You’d think he would let me use his, but noooo, he doesn’t trust me, and John still won’t order take out from space. Says we eat too much junk food. Virg agrees, but I can persuade him. John’s the rock, the hard place and the immovable object all in one.”

Julia just stared at him. He was definitely a talkative alien. “Did you want fries with that?”

His smile was electric. “I always want fries. Give me all the fries.”

Bob and Sophie, her two colleagues on late shift were standing behind her as stunned as she.

Hmm.

She cleared her throat. “Will that be cash or credit?”

He pulled a platinum something or other out of his suit and offered to wave it where it needed to go.

Julia nudged Sophia in the ribs. She startled, appeared to engage autopilot, and began prepping the order.

And it was a considerable order.

Card waved and transaction done, Julia started on the drinks. Bob tackled the fries.

All the fries.

Alien man just hung around on his rope while the UFO above hovered.

They were very lucky that the neighbours were several kilometres away.

Cooked, collected, bagged.

Blink.

Double bagged with strong handles. She handed the order to the alien and made sure it was secure in the one hand he had available.

Dare she ask him?

“Take me with you?”

“Sorry? I can’t hear you.”

“Gordon, quit yapping and get that food up here.”

“Okay, keep your pants on, Commander.” He turned back to Julia and smiled. “Thanks.”

With that he was pulled back up into his spaceship. The UFO roared and took off over the hills behind them.

And everything was quiet again.

Julia stared up at the stars as Bob and Sophie cracked up all over the kitchen.

Please…please come back and take me with you.

-o-o-o-

[monkeythefander]

Meet Me at the Bottom of the Ocean

Summary: Logan was scuba diving to take underwater photos, when he saw something move out of the corner of his eye. Was that a merman?

The title of this fanfic is lyrics from the song “Infinity” by Jaymes Young. This oneshot is based on a Logince Mer-AU drawing I made and posted on my Instagram and Tumblr (monkeythefander).

Content warning(s): None that I’m aware of, but let me know if I missed anything.

Click below the cut to read the fic

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Logan was currently scuba diving in the middle of the ocean. He took his boat out to this spot in hopes of getting nice pictures of the creatures under the sea. Logan worked as a photographer and typically took photos of people, so this different photo setup was enjoyable whenever he found the time to go scuba diving.

He was taking photos of a school of fish when he saw movement out of the corner of his eye. Logan turned in the direction of the movement to see something he couldn’t believe. There, trying to hide behind some coral was a merman. The merman had long reddish-brown hair that was styled in a braid. His hair had a white seashell in it. The merman had heterochromia; the left eye was green and the right one was red. There were freckles scattered across his face and bare torso. Lastly, there was a beautiful white tail with dark red fins.

Surely Logan had to be imagining things, merpeople weren’t real. He hadn’t ever imagined anything like this before though, and he wasn’t a super imaginative person anyway, so this must be real. He could try and touch the merman, just to be sure. If anything, this merman would just be scared once he realized Logan saw him and go away, allowing Logan to forget this ever happened.

Logan reached out a hand in the direction of the merman, and saw the merman’s eyes widen in surprise once he realized he’d been spotted. Instead of swimming away though like Logan hoped, the merman slowly approached Logan and held out a hand as well. When their hands touched, Logan couldn’t call this his imagination anymore. This merman was really here, and he was now smiling at Logan. The smile was the prettiest smile Logan had ever seen, and he felt himself blush. No! He can’t think like that. Having a crush on a merman is not a good idea. Nothing would ever come of this crush anyway, so he should just go.

Logan quickly pulled his hand out of the merman’s and swam up towards the surface. He got some photos so he could go now. Logan was tempted to look back at the merman, but resisted the urge to do so. No, he couldn’t let this crush happen. It wasn’t realistic.

Once he reached the surface, Logan swam the short distance to his boat and got onboard. He took off his scuba diving mask and flippers and sat down on the deck, taking calming breaths. He just saw a merman. Merpeople were real, and very attractive. He couldn’t process all this right now. Suddenly he heard something land on the deck of his boat. Logan got up and walked towards the sound to see a seashell. He then walked over the side of the boat and looked down to see the merman looking up at him from the water.

“Hello, fair human. I’m sorry if I scared you, I’ve never interacted with a human before and you offered me a hand…”

Logan felt flustered at the “fair human” comment. Was this merman flirting with him? Not only flirting, but he was apologizing, even though Logan was basically the one invading his space.

“Uh, it’s okay. I should apologize, after all the ocean is your home, not mine.”

“You’re okay too, I’m used to humans showing up every so often. I usually try to stay away, but you seemed interesting. What was that black object you were holding?”

“Oh, you mean my camera?” Logan held up the camera in his left hand. He had this camera for a few years now. He got it when he first became interested in underwater photography, since it was made a decent size and waterproof.

“Yeah. What does it do? I’ve never seen anything like it before.”

“Oh, it takes photos of things. I could show you how it works if you want.” Logan said, surprising himself. He was supposed to be avoiding interacting with the merman to try and ignore any possible feelings. This merman was so curious though, which was a trait Logan appreciated in people.

“Really? I’d love to see how it works. Do I need to get up onto your boat somehow?”

“Uh, do you need to stay in the water at all times? I don’t want you to get hurt.”

“No, I can be out of the water for a bit. There’s some rocks over there if you want to sit over there with me.” The merman pointed towards a bunch of rocks a short distance away from the boat.

“Sure, that would work.” Logan smiled slightly at the merman and put his flippers and goggles back on, making sure he had a good hold of his camera before jumping into the water. Logan then followed the merman over towards the rocks and they both sat down.

“So, let me just set up the camera.” Logan said as he set the camera to take a selfie. The merman leaned a bit closer to Logan to get a look at the screen and smiled in amazement at the moving image of the two of them on the screen.

“That’s so cool! Is this a photo?” The merman asked curiously. Logan found himself fighting back a smile and blush at the merman’s joy and proximity to him.

“No, this is just the camera’ view of us. It will take a photo once I click this button, so if there’s a certain pose you want to do you can pick one now.

The merman nodded and wrapped an arm around Logan’s shoulders, smiling at the camera. The human felt flustered and almost forgot what he was supposed to be doing, but pulled himself together enough to click the photo button on the camera.

“Wow, it’s us. This photo looks amazing. You’re very talented.” The merman smiled softly at Logan.

“Thanks, that’s very kind of you to say. You look very nice in the photo.” Logan admits quietly.

“Are you calling me pretty, human? Oh, I should probably ask you for your name now. My name is Roman.”

“Oh, I forgot we didn’t exchange names. I’m Logan.”

“It’s nice to properly meet you, Logan. Since you seem to think I’m very pretty, and I happen to find you to be rather handsome, would you want to go on a date sometime? I could show you around the ocean, and you could get more photos along the way.”

Logan’s heart skipped a beat at this moment. Roman was asking him out? Should he say yes? He really wanted to say yes, despite them being from two different worlds. This arrangement might be unrealistic, and not work out in the long run, but he wanted to give it a try. He wanted to keep spending time with Roman. He wanted them to be curious and explore things together.

“Yes, I’d be happy to go on a date with you sometime. Would meeting up in five days work for you?” Logan asked hopefully.

“Yes, that works perfectly for me. I have to get going now, so I’ll see you then, my fair human.” Roman took Logan’s hand and kissed the back of it before going back into the water and swimming away.

Logan sat there for a moment, too flustered to say anything. Roman had kissed his hand. Logan probably won’t be able to take his mind off that kiss for a while now. He can’t wait to see the merman again.

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Endnotes: Thanks for reading! If you enjoyed this oneshot please consider leaving a like, comment and/or a reblog. The next fics in this Mer-AU series will probably be the first dates for Intruality and Logince.

-Monkey💜

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Links

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56120290

Logince Mer-AU drawing: https://www.tumblr.com/monkeythefander/751095311131361280/logan-goes-scuba-diving-and-sees-a-merman-he

Previous Mer-AU Oneshot: https://www.tumblr.com/monkeythefander/751234181902761984/i-hate-the-beach-but-i-stand-in-california-with

Next Oneshot: To be added

[targaros]

Hi!!! this is my pinned. i wish i had a better pinned. My B-day is 12 September.

I run @pebbles-five, @moon-to-the-looks, @significant-harassment-no, @red-suns-seven, @of-straw-sliver (inactive), and @cats-slug, all in-character blogs of rain world Iterators and Slugcats! I have accounts on Flight Rising and Art Fight

Tags:

#art, #reblog, #poll - self explanatory #(mine) / #(not mine) - specific to art; if is of my property or not

Below the cut see random stuff i like/fixate on

Things that I like/seen/can/have to work with (a list of everything in my life basically):

Audio and visuals: Studio Ghibli (Spirited away, Princess Mononoke, Kiki's Delivery Service, The Cat Returns, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, Tales from Earthsea), Lord of the Rings, xkcd, Monty Python, Monk (TV series), Les Luthiers, Back to the Future, DBZ, Invader Zim, The Thief and The Cobbler

Audio: Tally Hall, Brian David Gilbert (Dances Moving, most songs he made), miscelaneous oldies (Frank Sinatra, Dancing In the rain, Puting on the ritz, Trolley Song (Meet me in St. Lewis))

Games: Flight Rising (my favourite derg), Rain World, Half Life, Team Fortress 2, Sky: Children of the Light, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Pikmin, Animal Crossing, Outer Wilds, Dark Souls, Don't Starve, Undertale, Minecraft, Age of Empires II, Astroneer, Scuba (Newgrounds-Flash)

Coding stuff: Python, HTML, CSS, AutoHotkey, Twine (Harlowe)

Creatures: Ants, Furnarius Rufus, Maned Wolves, Strandbeests, SCP, Chrysocyon Brachyurus, Vulpes V. Vulpes, Horshoe Crab

[autolenaphilia]

Duke Nukem 3D

Duke Nukem 3D, developed by 3D Realms is a showcase for Ken Silverman’s Build engine. It was not the only game to use the Build engine, nor even the first but it was the most popular and successful game to use it. It wasn’t even the first Duke Nukem game, but it’s success overshadowed the two platform games that preceded it.

At the core of Duke Nukem 3D is solid Doom-like “boomer shooter” action. It’s a game about shooting things, more than plot. The plot is, aliens have invaded and kidnapped Earth’s women, and now action hero Duke Nukem must stop them, it doesn’t go any deeper.

And the levels don’t deviate that far from the Doom formula either. Functionally it’s about exploring the often complex and maze-like levels, defeating the enemies, and finding key cards to unlock doors to progress and find the exit to the next level.Duke Nukem 3d also has the episodic structure of the original Doom, so the game is divided into sets of levels. The game originally shipped with three episodes in January 1996, but 3D Realms developed a fourth episode released first as an expansion pack and later bundled with the main game in december as Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition released in December 1996. That’s the version I bought and played for this review, using eduke32.

Duke Nukem 3D massively expanded on the Doom formula in ways that were very innovative for the time, and allowed it to compete successfully with ID Software’s own Quake, released that year, despite that game featuring actual 3D.

The Build engine wasn’t real 3D, in that it couldn’t do proper “room-over-room”, which is the hallmark of true 3D. Instead it was 2.5D, like the Doom engine that inspired it. In such an enginethe level designer can’t create a house with two floors, one floor over the other, or a platform that the player character can both walk on and walk under. Things can have different elevations, but the engine can’t actually handle all three dimensions fully.

Except the Build engine allowed the devs to fake room-over-room with various means. The basis o this trick is that two different sectors or rooms could overlap on the map, as long as they weren’t seen at the same time. Using portals to other sectors and seamless teleports of the player, including on stairs, it could fake 3D space. And this is used to great effect in Duke Nukem 3D. The level cans often feel like true 3D, and knowing that it really isn’t only makes the design more impressive.

The Build engine also allowed for basically all of its levels to be modified on-the-fly, which is also exploited very well in Duke Nukem 3D. Years before Red Faction, you could destroy parts of the environment to proceed, like blow a hole in the wall to create a new path (often marked by Zelda-esque cracks in the wall), or blow up entire buildings to proceed, both to find secrets and as part of required progression through the levels.

In addition, Duke Nukem 3D had a more realistic level design that earlier FPS games. Both Doom games were fairly abstract mazes, even when Doom II tried to depict cities on Earth it was more a suggestion than anything meaningfully detailed. Even Quake, which came out after Duke Nukem 3D and was actually 3D used a Doomesque abstract level design. But Duke Nukem 3D succeded at depicting realistic locations more so than anything that came before it. You get a cinema, a bookstore, a bank, a hotel and a subway station. Like they are not entirely realistic, but there are clear representations of real-life things and realistic enough to work. It does indulge in Doom-like space techbases in episode 2, but otherwise the settings are more realistic

Duke could do a lot more than most FPS protags bar maybe the System Shock hacker (who also had a true 3D engine to work with). You can put on scuba gear and go swimming (going from the surface to underwater is maybe one of the more obvious teleports, but still pretty seamless.). You can find a jetpack and fly around the level and find secrets. You find a shrinker weapon that can shrink even the toughest non-boss enemy to a harmless tiny creature that Duke just steps on with his boots. And you can be shrunk yourself and go through tiny crawlspaces. Also Duke could talk, and specific situations triggered situation-appropriate oneliners, impressive for 1996.

There are some problems. Gameplay-wise, the levels can be very maze-like, and it can be confusing and frustrating to find your way. There are also some really dumb switch puzzles which give you 3-4 on/off switches and it’s just inputting combinations, bruteforcing the puzzle, until you find the right one, a waste of time. But overall the level design holds up, how the levels twist in on themselves is sometimes really fun and engaging to find out.

Of course, maze-like level design and dumb puzzles isn’t the whole extent of Duke Nukem 3D’s problems. Let’s talk about the babes for a minute, the portrayal of women in this game.

Of course the traditional defense of Duke Nukem is that it’s all a joke. And yeah, Duke himself definitely is meant as a joke, a parody of 80s bodybuilder action heroes, complete with one-liners stolen from other movies. He’s an obvious example of 90s-era irony. And some of the humor works. My favorite joke in the game is that Duke leaves each level by finding and hitting the level’s self-destruct button. It’s bombastic on a literal level, but a subtle enough comment on the violent destruction of action movie heroism that it’s still funny. Way less subtle, but still fun is the fact that one of the most common enemies are pig cops, once human cops who have been turned into literal anthropomorphic pigs.

Still the joke doesn’t go far enough to truly subvert the macho misogyny of Duke. If Duke views women as sex objects, the game doesn’t contradict him on that point. Women in this game exist literally to be sexy décor scattered around the levels, and not much else. The sexy scantily clad women in this game are silly, but they are probably meant to also be unironically titillating.

Still, again it’s not too bad. Duke is played with enough self-aware humor to not be totally obnoxious, helped by Jon St. John’s charismatic and rightfully iconic voice acting. And the sexy ladies are so silly that it takes the edge out of the offensiveness. Strippers continuing their dancing oblivious while an alien invasion is literally going on around them are just too silly. The game overall is so light on plot that both the babes and Duke as a character only appear occasionally. It’s a game focused on the gameplay, and the gameplay is good.

Duke Nukem 3D is ultimately just fun to play. There is some great action here, with a nice weapon and enemy variety to keep you going. And it’s impressive how the game pushes against the technical limitations of its engine.

The best way to play Duke Nukem 3D is buying the Atomic Edition on the obscure but legit digital games store Zoom-Platform, which sells the game without drm and also includes pretty much everything officially released for Duke Nukem3D. This includes all four episodes made by 3D Realms and the official expansions made by other developers. And while you can play the original game by emulating MS-DOS via Dosbox, the best way is probably the eduke32 sourceport which allows you to play the game natively on modern systems.

[spacefinch]

Okay, we all know the MSB kids have the same outfits for the entire show, but do the chapter books give some variety to their wardrobes?

Not a whole lot. Not counting space suits/scuba gear and other coordinated field trip outfits, this is all I could find.

(Cover of “Color Day Relay”)

D.A., Ralphie, Arnold, and Phoebe’s winter gear in “Penguin Puzzle”

Ralphie in a long-sleeved version of his normal outfit in “The Truth About Bats.”

D.A. and Phoebe in “The Truth About Bats”

Short-sleeved version of Phoebe’s regular outfit in “The Great Shark Escape.”

Cover of “Expedition Down Under”

In “Amazing Magnetism,” Carlos wears a shirt with buttons under his sweatshirt, rather than the usual T-shirt.

And a slight variation on Phoebe’s outfit. (The shoes in this version and the show version are different.)

Also: In “Color Day Relay,” Keesha, Carlos, and Wanda are said to all be wearing blue jeans, though this is not illustrated.

And in “Insect Invaders,” Ralphie spends most of the field trip not wearing his signature baseball cap after accidentally dropping it.

[joeallbright]

Finding Sunken Ships while Diving in the Caribbean Sea

The countries that make up the Caribbean are most widely known for their pristine beaches and aquamarine waters. The Caribbean is also a popular scuba diving spot, with many divers taking in the diverse marine life, including coral reefs. Scuba divers can also tour the sunken ships beneath the Caribbean Sea.

Cozumel, Turks and Caicos, Bonaire, and St. Croix are among some of the top scuba diving destinations. However, while they offer divers much in terms of marine scenery, the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Aruba, and Roatan offer divers something more- a little bit of history.

The Bahamas is an archipelago comprised of 700 plus islands located in the middle of the Caribbean Sea and the Western Atlantic Ocean. Some top diving spots include Tiger Beach, where divers can see many tiger sharks, or visit Bimini to see hammerheads. Bimini is also where divers can tour the remnants of the once powerful 282-foot cargo steamer, the SS Sapona.

The vessel traveled the Caribbean Sea during World War I, but a 1926 hurricane caused the ship to move off course. The vessel shipwrecked near Bimini, where remnants of the wreckage still exist. Today, the wreck off Bimini is one of the most popular diving spots because of the marine life that sits below. The ship's skeleton appears on the water's surface, but frogfish, nudibranchs, starfish, and crabs live below. Furthermore, divers can see reef sharks, sea turtles, grouper, and various rays.

The Cayman Islands is also the location of two shipwrecks. Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman offer divers impressive drop-offs, with Grand Cayman being the location of Stingray City and other marine life. These islands were also the location of a significant discovery for a couple who traveled to the Cayman Islands in 1970. The couple snorkeled near Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman when they found an emerald-encrusted jewel in an area now named Lost Treasure Reef. After renting diving gear, they returned to the site to find a 13-foot gold chain, platinum bar, and 300 pounds in gold items. The booty came from a 450-year-old Spanish ship traveling from Mexico to Spain circa 1522 that disappeared.

The other sunken ship was the USS Kittiwake. The boat has remained intact after being intentionally sunken in 2011. This rescue ship traveled among the Caribbean, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans for five decades, beginning in 1949 and ending in 1994. After removing all its contaminants, the government sunk the ship. Today, the recreational site is shallow enough for free divers and snorkelers to tour the wreckage.

Divers can also travel to Aruba to tour Antilla, one of the Caribbean's largest (and most famous) shipwrecks. Aruba was a Dutch colony in 1940. Germany built Antilla and anchored it off the coast of Aruba in 1939. Coincidentally, Germany invaded the Netherlands, so Dutch mariners tried to board the ship, but the German captain prevented them from boarding. The captain then ordered his men to destroy the ship, after which they escaped sinking, but were apprehended by the Dutch. Today, parts of the ship's wreckage sit above the surface where pelicans and other sea birds live, but divers can find diverse anemones, hard coral, moray eels, crustaceans, and octopuses.

Finally, Roatan, an island off Honduras, is another popular for scuba diving. The lush, mountainous landscape allows divers of all levels to tour the water's depths. Those diving in the area will descend the Hole in the Wall, a steep vertical descent down a reef wall. In addition to seeing bright coral, schools of fish, rays, and moray eels, divers can also tour the El Aguila (the Eagle) shipwreck.

In 1998, before being broken into three parts during Hurricane Mitch, it measured 230 feet. Historians believe the ship was on course from Haiti to Puerto Cortes carrying concrete. After shipwrecking, it remained underwater for years before being brought into the Roatan harbor before another storm drug it out to the reef. At some point, a team purchased and cleaned the ship, sinking it in its current location.

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[ultimateoptimus]

SKUBA Invader Zim: Upgraded

Skool Sport SKUBAgents

Dib AKA Agent Mothman and Gaz, the Membrane Siblings (with Dib's Swollen Eyeball and Grey Smiley and Gaz' Skull as their former Skool symbols) and Gretchen of the Rejektz (with a heavily modded "No" sign to resemble an "R" as her former Skool symbol) are back underwater SKUBA diving in their brand new, sporty, custom colored and printed and ultra-stretchy and ultra-comfortable Membrane Laboratory Boyz' and Girlz' Skoolkidz Sport Stealth Swimwear, Swim Caps, Swim Gloves and Swim Socks crafted out of patented Membrane Laboratory Ultra-Stretch Stealth Swimwear Fabrics for that body-hugging, form-fitting stretch and comfort fit for Skool sports swimmers, the Ultra-Stretch Swim Caps can perfectly fit and hug any unique hairstyle form without breaking at all and the level of military-grade waterproof durability that can survive more than one direct Irken Orbital Water Balloon Bombardment hit and numerous SKUBA trips to Pandora's Quadrangle and Atlantis thanks to that fabric and brand new, just as custom colored and printed and unique Membrane Laboratory Skoolkidz' Sport Stealth Masks, Snorkels and Fins and All-In-One Backpack Air Tank OmniModular Skoolkidz' Sport Stealth SKUBA Rigs and Emergency Mini-SKUBA Systems!

Dib Membrane's Skoolkid Sport Stealth SKUBA Rig: Self-Inflating Sport Stealth Horsecollar Dive Vest with Mini-Air Bottle and Air-Integrated Regulator (AIR) and Double Hose Regulator Gretchen's Skoolkid Sport Stealth SKUBA Rig: Girlz' Sport Stealth Dive Jacket with Air-Integrated Regulator and Snorkelator Gaz Membrane's Skoolkid Sport Stealth SKUBA Rig: Girlz' Sport Stealth Wing Dive Jacket with Air-Integrated Regulator and Double Hose Regulator

Anatomy Of An Irken SKUBA Invader

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[By Order Of The Almighty Tallest Of The Irken Empire]

<Hacked And Translated From Irken By UltimateOptimus of The Swollen Eyeball Network>

Zim, the Irken Invader-in-Exile, more recently a newly made and approved Irken SKUBA Invader for underwater operations in Earth's waters (be it the Skool swimming pool, NASAPlace's NBL, the open waters of Earth's beaches and oceans, Zim-2002's universe or The City Sewers), infamous Irken Defect responsible for Operation IMPENDING DOOM I's failure (in a long, sorry history of collective disasters he inflicted upon the Irken race, Planet Irk and the Empire at large) and the poster child of the "little green men from outer space" stereotype, like most of his standard-issue insectoid clone kin has his Irken Standard-Issue SKUBA Invader Swimwear and SKUBA Gear - basically the swimming and SCUBA version of his standard-issue Irken Invader uniform and gear with Zim's personal mods.

A more minimalist, sleeker and all-in-one affair compared to the bulkier Earthenoid SCUBA gear used by Dib, Gaz, Gretchen and the rest of the Skoolkidz, Zim's SKUBA Invader Gear makes him faster and more maneuverable underwater when SKUBA diving and able to squeeze through tight underwater spots during underwater saucer exploration.

1: SKUBA Invader Swim Cap 2: SKUBA Invader Smart Dive Mask

3: SKUBA-PAK The SKUBA-PAK itself, an auxiliary brain loaded with all the standary array of weapons and tools also serving as the SKUBA Invader's air tank with the atmosphere processor refilling the SKUBA-PAK at the surface when the SKUBA Invader surfaces. [/////WARNING/////]: Removal of SKUBA-PAK will reduce the SKUBA Invader's lifespan to 10 MINUTES Earth Standard Time and triggers Lifeclock countdown to TERMINATION unless reattached IMMEDIATELY. Removal of SKUBA-PAK while underwater STRICTLY not recommended. 3A: SKUBA-PAK Main Air Tank 3B: SKUBA-PAK OmniModular Regulator 3C: SKUBA-PAK Deployable Inflatable/Breathable Horsecollar Dive Vest 3D: DDV OmniModular Air-Integrated Regulator (AIR) 3E: Mini-SKUBA Air Tank OmniModules

4: SKUBA Invader Boys' Beachbody Swimwear 5: SKUBA Invader Swim Gloves 6: Emergency Mini-SKUBA System 7: Snorkelator Snorkel OmniModule 8: SKUBA Invader Dive Boot-Fins 9: Water Repellant Pastescreen

<Dear Zim the Irken Bug: 

If you're reading this message, that means I, a lowly Earthenoid of The Swollen Eyeball Network, just got your Invasion Base Computer h4xx0r3d and shared your SKUBA Invader anatomy and schematics far and wide to the Big Wide World O' Cyberspace to behold. Enjoy!

- UO>

@aae-demon-zone333

[flight-of-the-sacred-eagle]

Based solely on the dream I had last night… Dib and Zim space guys. But they’re on the Aurora and crash into whatever the Subnautica planet is and then deal with that plot.

This would involve Zim in a PRAWN suit going and killing reaper leviathans. Yes, I also headcanon irkens to be obligate herbivores so Zim nearly fucking dies of starvation before Dib can find that bit of land with the fruit.

Dib nearly gets killed multiple times trying to scan the leviathans without a stasis rifle and Zim has to fucking save his ass.

Idk. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a Subnautica crossover and putting these two morons there sounds fun. Also we will assume that Zim’s PAK can act as the PDA and a sort of scuba tank. And the water is clean enough to not burn him. Also since Subnautica takes place centuries after Invader Zim, we’re gonna do some sci-fi hand wavey shit and pretend Membrane Labs made the Aurora and everything.

[johanna-swann]

Okay, so the target audience for this is probably me and maybe two other nerds. But do you guys remember how in Doctor Who Donna somehow didn't know aliens existed for years even though earth had been invaded like? 3 times?

I want this to happen with Tommy. Plane emergency landing on the highway? He was having a spa weekend. Bobby's and Athena's house burnt down? He was at a lord of the rings movie night, no phones allowed. There's a council meeting concerning the 118 continued existence? Tommy missed that email, he was scuba diving.

[cksmart-world]

SMART BOMB

The Completely Unnecessary News Analysis

By Christopher Smart

Nov. 26, 2024

GIVE THANKS TO INDIANS WHO SAVED PILGRIMS' BACON

Thanksgiving Day is the time each year when we give thanks to the Native Americans who saved the Pilgrims' bacon. Yes, it was on the fateful, cold snowy day all those years ago when the Pilgrims were near starvation. Like a miracle the Indians appeared bearing turkey, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce. In return we stole their land. No good deed goes unpunished. But that's all history now and as the old saw goes: the winners get to write history. So we can laud our ancestors for braving the New World and forget the rest. Thanksgiving, of course, has changed since the Pilgrims washed up at Plymouth Rock. Now it's a time for friends and family to get together, eat a lot of carbs and turkey and get stoned on tryptophan, the amino acid that makes you feel dumb and happy. After pie, it's time to crawl onto the couch or Barcalounger and watch several games of exciting football and take that much awaited Thanksgiving nap. This year, there are many things for which we should be thankful. Top of the list is that Trump has been reelected president and will do all kinds of great things, like lower the price of eggs with tariffs. He'll make gasoline go back to $1.95. Inflation will go down so much that you'll be able to buy a beach house in Puerto Rico for almost nothing. Mostly, we should be thankful that Trump will usher in four years of love and compassion and understanding. No good dead goes unpunished.

BRACING FOR 4 MORE YEARS

People who didn't vote for Donald Trump are scurrying about trying to find ways not to go insane. How could this happen — the Orange Monster coming to destroy everything — again. Yikes. Self-help books are flying out of Amazon.com, shrinks are putting in overtime, sales of Wild Turkey are way up and almost everyone is talking about Canada or Portugal. It's not too soon to escape. The Orange Monster's cabinet picks are already making Trump Haters crazy. Dog killer Kristi Noem for Homeland Security, Russian asset Tulsi Gabbard for National Intelligence, snake oil salesman Mehmet Oz for director of Medicare and Medicaid. On and on it goes like Stephen King's horror story, “The Shining.” Here's Johnny! What to do? Where to go? What to drink? Some have stopped watching the news. Some are enrolling in cooking classes. Others have done things like sign up for scuba lessons with the idea that being underwater will keep Trump World from invading their sore psyches that have been poisoned with nasty rubbish the Orange Monster uses like a weapon. They need a mental detox — perhaps an extended trip to India where they can rediscover the wonders of life. Or do what Timothy Leary suggested during the '60s and '70s: tune in, turn on and drop out. Or take up Bob Marley's quest: “Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight.”

WAKE UP — WOKE, WHATEVER IT IS, IS BAD, BAD, BAD

Woke is a bad thing. It's hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Republicans see it a lot. For example, we got a woke military and it has to get un-woke and quick, said Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense. It's like this: woke is for sissies and if there's one thing we don't need it's a sissy military. Women Marines in combat trenches. It has to stop. The few, the proud, the sissy Marines. It's a disgrace. And so Hegseth, a Fox & Friends host, is going to fix it. “I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles,” he said. That, of course, doesn't include women in hotel rooms fighting off unwanted advances. Hegsmith has been accused of sexual assault. No charges have been filed, but sex assault allegations in the Trump administration aren't necessarily a bad thing. The military isn't the only place that's woke, according to Republicans. There's education, Critical Race Theory, transgender athletes and basically anything on the Democrats immoral agenda. Here in Utah, we're fighting woke, too. Take DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) programs for example. Gov. Cox cancelled them in state colleges and universities because they're evil and make white people feel bad. Cox also signed the legislature's “bathroom” bill so that trans people can't go to the toilet. Woke is bad and demonic Democrats are spreading it like a virus. Wake up America — don't get woke!

Post Script — That's a wrap for another festive week here at Smart Bomb where we keep track of government inefficiencies so you don't have to. Oh wait, the staff here at Smart Bomb no longer has to do that because Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is now in charge of government efficiency for Donald Trump when he assumes the reins at the White House. The Efficiency Czar will team with Georgia Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene to whittle the government down to size. And who better to join the Muskovites than Greene, who has demonstrated time and again her sophistication about such things as Jewish satellites and wildfires, the Monkeypox STD, government control of the weather and she has even been highly critical of Nancy Pelosi's Gazpacho Police. Policing soup just goes too far. Majorie and Elon, a tag-team for the ages. Musk, of course, knows a thing or two about efficiency, the South African snuck into the U.S. as an undocumented alien to earn his fortune. Some frowny faces wonder why a guy with hundreds of government contracts should be in charge of anything surrounding the federal budget. But hey, this the Trump era where making a buck from your government ties — like Trump and family did repeatedly in his first term — is OK if you say you are rooting out corruption in the swamp. What could be more efficient than that.

Well Wilson, the place may be going to hell but the holidays must go on. Otherwise, how could we have Black Friday and Cyber Monday and our dual celebrations of the Savior and capitalism. But as dark as things might appear we must carry on. So why don't you and the guys in the band take us out with a little something for all of Santa's little helpers who can force a smile no matter what:

As I walk through This wicked world Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity. I ask myself Is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred, and misery? And each time I feel like this inside, There's one thing I wanna know: What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? And as I walked on Through troubled times My spirit gets so downhearted sometimes So where are the strong And who are the trusted? And where is the harmony? Sweet harmony. 'Cause each time I feel it slippin' away, just makes me wanna cry. What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? Ohhhh What's so funny 'bout peace love & understanding? (Peace, Love & Understanding — Elvis Costello)

[camplofi]

186 - Download While You Can

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This episode's track list (title / artist / source / license):

1.  Outer Dark by Wizard Of Loneliness [Business Casual] (CC-BY-SA) (2024)

2.  Unfolding by A. Billi Free & Uncle_EL [Eye Mija Productions] (CC-BY-NC-SA) (2020)

3.  Evil by Coldreavers [Trippin' The Rift] (CC-BY-NC-SA) (2011)

4.  Invade Your Soul by Lavoura [Bandcamp] (CC-BY-NC-SA) (2011)

5.  spring by king britt presents scuba [Unfoundsound] (CC-BY-NC-ND) (2008)

Most of my waking moments are spent thinking about music appreciation, sonic curation, and media preservation:  not only as separate concepts, but also regarding how they intersect.  I recently came to the realization that it's awfully strange that I don't talk about these things more often on the show.  And then some strange occurrences in the world of music, podcasting, and online archiving took place over the past month.  Suddenly, I had the perfect excuse to express some observations and concerns about it all while sharing some Creative Commons selections with the listeners.

Spotify removing over 500 podcast episodes from their platform because of music isn't surprising, but the fact that the podsafe episodes weren't spared is what's annoying me to no end (particularly considering that this is happening while they continually devalue music and the artists that create it via payout pittances for single and album streams).  There was also a story about hundreds of thousands of online hip-hop mixtapes disappearing almost overnight without explanation.  If that weren't enough, a recent cyberattack knocked the Internet Archive offline in October, but staff have been providing weekly updates via their blog as services are restored slowly but surely.  (For those that need the Cliff Notes version of what's been going on with the Internet Archive, check out this four-minute clip from Fireship's YouTube channel.)

Seeing as how the Internet Archive is one of my go-to sources for Creative Commons licensed music, I had to incorporate a handful of CC cuts into the show to help move things along.  "Evil" by Coldreavers is a hidden gem found while digging through the Archive, a brooding piece of downtempo that features a first-hand account from a jilted lover.  Released through the Trippin' The Rift netlabel about 13 years ago, it sounds like it hasn't aged a day (and I really need to find out who's responsible for the vocals on this one).  Meanwhile, "Invade Your Soul" is jazz-infused electronica from São Paulo, Brazil's Lavoura.  The stuttered patterns of the programmed drums have a broken beat feel and I fell hard for this cut right away.  Then there's the infectious pop of "Outer Dark" by Wizard Of Loneliness.  Between the bright organ sounds, the punch of the snare pads, and the hazy vocals, it's a winner right out the gate.  It's just one of many ridiculously catchy tunes being released by the Business Casual label this year and a great example of why I keep coming back to that label to hear more.

The combined forces of producer Uncle El and vocalist A. Billi Free are responsible for "Unfolding," one of those cuts that feels grounded and airborne at the same time.  It's left-leaning hip-hop with a lyrical bend towards peeling back personal layers and allowing for growth and vulnerability.  The show closes out with some ocean floor deep techno courtesy of master curator, producer and professor King Britt.  "Spring" is a song that he recorded under his Scuba moniker for the Philly Time! compilation released on the Unfoundsound netlabel back in 2008.  

This episode represents a slight departure from the usual order of things around these parts, but I feel really good about this one.  It could be the start of a new structure for future episodes.  By all means, please let me know your thoughts on this one and thank you so much for listening.

Theme music by Cy Tru (edited by Macedonia).  ID drops from EJ Flavors and Thad Reid.

Other key info: BSOTS show #175 - Does Music Belong In Podcasting? BSOTS show #182 - Life At Camp Lo-Fi:  The First Nine Years BSOTS on Bondfire Radio broadcast archives Libsyn's The Feed podcast episode no. 277 Hip-Hop Can Save America - Exclusive: Datpiff Hip-Hop Mixtape Archive Disappears Overnight 2024 Black Podcasting Awards Ceremony Netwaves

The content of this show has been released under a CC-BY-SA license.  All works within this show retain their original releases.  See the show notes at bsots.com for more information.

Another BSOTS podcast episode for the people...

[cameronfodder]

This is my first year doing artfight. Here are the two pieces i have submitted for the event. One is a parasite that invades corpses and repurposes them as vehicles to move about the ocean. The other is a cat taking their kitten to see where all the fish live in their Scuba Mech.