#john turnbull

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A red handfish (Thymichthys politus) - grumpy fish.

Image credit: John Turnbull

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john turnbull⋰ 2018 ⍛ anna anufrieva⋰ 2000

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Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll

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In May of 1863, Jonah Hex shot and killed General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. ("Stonewall!", Jonah Hex 37#, DC Comic Event)

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The Night of the Party (The Murder Party) (1934) Michael Powell

May 26th 2024

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Baby Sepia cuttlefish, Clifton Gardens, Australia. Photo by John Turnbull.

[butchersboobs]

Ladies and gentlemen, may I present 'Karl Urban As Inanimate Objects' for your viewing pleasure...

[davekat-sucks]

https://www.tumblr.com/davekat-sucks/753301119358418944/johndave-is-soooo-canon-im-gonna-delude-myself?source=share to the johndave is CANON anon I think roach is actually running with pesterquest being canon so dave being into john really is part of beyond canon lore

But if James Roach says Pesterquest is canon, then he says the Karkat Route is canon, which has Karkat visit Dave and force Davekat to be a thing. Don't forget as well, the same team in Pesterquest, hated on David Turnbull aka traceexcalibur, the person who put DaveJade in Jade's route. They got a lot of flack from the team and was kicked out from WhatPumpkin because of this. So WhatPumpkin and now James Roach with HICU, are picking and choosing what should be allowed in the Homestuck projects.

[permanentstyle]

https://www.permanentstyle.com/2023/09/the-style-of-king-charles-top-level-classic-menswear.html

The style of King Charles: Top-level classic menswear

[helluvatimes]

The Padang In 1851

John Turnbull Thomson's oil painting of the Padang in the local museum. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

It was rather dim where this painting was hung. The camera had pushed up the ISO to 6400 resulting in a very noisy (level of over 20) image. But this was left alone for the sake of retaining details.

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Also mentioned in this article is his thing about the "36,000 public servants" he wants to get rid of (or at least some of), claiming these people were all hired under Labor and it's a waste of taxpayer money.

I was reading an opinion piece in the Age the other day that highlighted how unachievable this promise would be:

After you ignore Defence-related jobs (which he'd be loath to cut)...

"That leaves about 146,000 workers in other departments and agencies. Who would be cut? The target of 36,000 jobs would require the Coalition to sack one in every four workers from that remaining total. This is impossible without cutting some of the biggest departments and agencies. Getting rid of smaller ones – such as 4700 people at the Department of Climate Change – would barely make a dent in the target. "Dutton would have to target the 30,236 workers at Services Australia, the 21,350 at the Australian Tax Office and the 8069 at the National Disability Insurance Agency. The Liberals and Nationals may not mind if a welfare recipient waits for hours on a helpline, but they will hear about if farmers do not get assistance or business owners have more trouble with the ATO."

(my emphasis in bold)

The point being he simply can't cut that many roles without causing issues for significant proportions of the population and this 36,000 number is all bluster.

The opposition is bringing nothing of any substance to this election and it's pitiful to watch (it's pitiful to watch them most of the time, but the point still stands). Their only significant policy is their energy policy which is just a smokescreen so they can keep doing nothing.

Dutton likes to make a big deal about the Left and their culture wars and what have you, but it's always him turning these matters into divisive issues.

Welp, it’s started in Australia now. Given that he’s echoing Trumpian sentiments and Trump has just made that statement about diversity politics in response to a fatal plane crash, I really don’t think he’s going to get the response he’s after. What a fucking clown.

(For non-Australians, this is our Opposition leader and he’s getting rightfully dragged across the coals for this in the media)

[brokehorrorfan]

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror will be published on October 3 via Random House. It's curated by filmmaker Jordan Peele, who also provides an introduction and serves as editor with John Joseph Adams.

It features short stories by Erin E. Adams, Violet Allen, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Maurice Broaddus, Chesya Burke, P. Djèlí Clark, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, N.K. Jemisin, Justin C. Key, L.D. Lewis, Nnedi Okorafor, Tochi Onyebuchi, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nicole D. Sconiers, Rion Amilcar Scott, Terence Taylor, and Cadwell Turnbull.

The 400-page book will be available in hardcover, e-book, and audio book. The synopsis is below.

The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation. A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A young girl dives into the depths of the Earth in search of the demon that killed her parents. These are just a few of the worlds of Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele’s anthology of all-new horror stories by Black writers. Featuring an introduction by Peele and an all-star roster of beloved writers and new voices, Out There Screaming is a master class in horror, and—like his spine-chilling films—its stories prey on everything we think we know about our world... and redefine what it means to be afraid.

Pre-order Out There Screaming.

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Montipora sp. coral on One Tree Island, QLD, Australia

by John Turnbull

[herpsandbirds]

After showing off my cresties color changes now I wonder what your favorite color changing critters might be?

Color Change:

Well, hands down, it would have to be cephalopods. They have amazing color change capabilities... especially the cuttlefish!

Broadclub Cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), family Sepiidae, found in the Indo-Pacific region

These images, of the same individual, were taken just seconds apart from each other.

photographs by Nick Hobgood

Reaper or Red Cuttlefish (Sepia mestus), family Sepiidae, Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia

photograph by John Turnbull 

Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama), family Sepiidae, found along the southern coasts of Australia & Tasmania

photographs by Lawrence Scheele

[amnhnyc]

Rockin’ around… the uh… what? Meet the Christmas tree worm (Spirobranchus giganteus). This “festive” marine worm lives on tropical coral reefs around the planet. Its name is derived from the spiny fir trees that are emblems of the holiday season. But at just 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) in size, you won’t find any decorations hanging from this species’ “branches.” While part of the worm is buried in the coral, its colorful appendages are used for breathing and for snatching plankton to eat. In ideal conditions, Christmas tree worms can live for up to 40 years!

Photo: John Turnbull, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, flickr

[marineexplorer]

Curious wrasse drawn to bubble pocket #marineexplorer by John Turnbull Via Flickr: When we survey in overhangs our bubbles can form pockets of air on the underside of the rock. This crimson banded wrasse was most interested in the bubble formation. Jervis Bay RLS.