#water slider

[avianii]

quick n sketchy but i liked it so i spent an hour coloring instead of doing homework

(it was worth it)

[adam-trademark]

Sunbathing

(April 7, 2023)

[saturngalore]

played ts2 for the first time ever yesterday with kimani aka kimmi (and her cat luna) <3

[cannibalhellhound]

Yes there's more Selkie stuff~ 🦭

Y'know how babies get curious about body parts when they first see them, and adults just let them play around? Well, this is basically big seal teeth and selkie pups being curious.

And a happy slidad because I'd die for that man

Also curious Mav hand (excuse him, his teeth aren't that big and Ice's are terrifying) and a very Done™ Ice (his hair has been tempered with don't look at it)

[kollector-of-stims]

Various gifs of stim toys I've gotten recently but haven't made gifs of yet! Mostly stress ball stims other than the middle which is a magnetic slider!

[blysyslittles]

A message to fellow littles:

It's okay to be different. It's okay to have different needs than others. It's okay to take comfort in things that seem out of your body's age-range, like sippy cups, blankies and stuffies. Whatever reason you age-regress is valid and worth the consideration of others. If anybody is rude to you because of your differences, they're not worth being around. There are people out there who will respect you for all you are. I do. ♡♡♡

-Milo 🍁 system age-slider (he/they)

《The Bly Council, @systemserendipity》

[Photo ID: our brown, blue, pink and white boba tea bear stuffie and grey sloth blankie, sitting on multi-color bed sheets]

[nyckie]

tinnitus is a pain in the keister!

give mynoise.net a try if you haven't

[jesusmyking2024]

Chicken Bacon Ranch Sliders😋

[landgraabbed]

date with jessamine. they woohooed in the hot tub and mal fell asleep lmfao

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

People with tanks of fish for "decoration" can never know how beautiful actual fish tanks when fully done could ever look like. "It hides the expensive fish I got. >:((((" NO, it brings out the beauty of your fish. Your super expensive fish that you took time to research to ensure the most beneficial life for them look GORGEOUS when not in danger of a terrible tank nor other fish they wouldn't get along with. They vanish behind plants and you see glimpses of their colourful scales, and when they come out? It's better than seeing them 24/7 in A Void.

Anyway, taking this moment to say I went into a thrift store some weeks ago and there was just a big ass tank in the middle of it. Of course I'm not super well versed in fish, but I think I could spot fish that aren't healthy nor getting along, so I naturally went to it because if your store is going to want to be vibe checked so openly, then kudos. The tank was completely decorated and had mostly cichlids (if any other fish, I think just bottom feeders). It was clean, and I took time to inspect as many as I could and from what I saw, no injuries or illness. I was pretty surprised, but delighted, and I can only hope it was as good as I think it is. I'm so used to only seeing fish in stores for buying, so seeing an actual, complete tank like this was really fun. It was pretty big, as well, but I don't know my tank sizes, so I couldn't tell ya just how big. ^^"

Right! Not to mention, fishes are most comfortable in conditions suitable for them, with the company or lackthereof that they enjoy. Adding hides can even increase the time you see your fish, funnily enough, because it means the fish have more places to seek refuge in and therefore they can afford to explore a bit more knowing there is a safe place right next to them! If someone has the money to buy several expensive fishes, they should also have the money to invest in a large tank with lots of gorgeous and fitting decor. A beautiful aquarium truly does bring out the beauty of fishes even more; a daydream of mine is that if I had the space and the money, I would like a massive, massive blackwater tank with lots of driftwood, vegetation, and healthy, earthy brown water from tannins. I would then stock it with dozens of cardinal or neon tetras, or another iridescent fish. Tetras are usually recommended to be kept in schools of at least six, but in the wild their schools can be massive! A large aquarium would allow for the fish to have schools more like they do in the wild, and I bet that seeing dozens of shiny tetras swimming side by side would be amazing.

As for your friends adrift at the thrift store! I do not think of myself as a pessimistic person, but I must admit that more often than not, I expect aquariums in stores and the like to be rather badly maintained. I'm happy to hear that out there, there is a thrift store with a big tank and healthy fishes! Perhaps the owner(s) like fishes but were worried that being away all day would mean they can't monitor the health and/or enjoy their fishes as much as they like? In any case, happy to hear these news! :)

[dustedmagazine]

Water Shrews — Red Eared Slider (Mossy Tapes)

Water Shrews are a Portland, OR based improvisational group with a line-up that ranges from founding member/organizer/Bud Tapes label person Emmet Martin warping tapes and droning on synths and reed organ by themself to a big band — the Free Water Shrew Ensemble — that creates half-hour or so bursts of ecstatic free-folk jazz. Most of these performances end up on a home-dubbed tape or CD-R, in true head fashion. The Shrew’s newest tape is on fledgling UK label Mossy Tapes, founded by artist Jonny Brokenbrow, recognizable for his artwork on many of the sleeves for the Worried Songs label, does not fit the above mold it lies somewhere in between the poles of the Shrew’s free-form galaxy. The music is still improvised, but this album features the original Shrew duo of Martin and multi-instrumentalist/producer Skyler Pia using mostly acoustic and folk-coded instruments in studio settings to go full arcane Pelt-mode over the four lengthy tracks.

Red Eared Slider opens with “Ambulation”, a factually ambulatory, wandering even, duet for acoustic guitars. Drifty, reeling fingerpicking cements the Fahey reference that is perhaps implied by naming the album after a turtle. This song crashes into the following one like a stone breaking the surface tension of a pond. “Water Refraction” fades in with a harmonium drone but begins to plant itself more and more in rhythm and melody over the 14-minute running time, with twinkling raga-like guitar in the background providing a territory for exploration by another guitar and a pedal steel in ruminative conversation. Peaks and valleys of reed organ sometimes bring the song into that heavy, dissonant zone of shadowy backwoods dread you might experience listening to the likes of Tongue Depressor, but Shrews don’t live in those moments, there is more ground to cover, the clouds clear, and by the end of the piece, the weight has dissipated into a call and response of staccato acoustic guitar notes, reminiscent of birds in the morning.

Side B starts with “Green Depths”, a song that evokes its title — if “Water Refraction” was the stone breaking the surface, “Green Depths” is that stone sinking and settling into the soft mud of the bottom. Electronic elements are introduced here; tape loops, a Shrew stand-by. They sound like a sub-aquatic alien om chant, mysterious and crackly, in a submerged temple with a harmonium for an organ. Surfacing from this space on a float of blown reeds comes “Aquatic Steps”, taking listeners full circle on this intra-terrestrial journey with another American Primitive adjacent guitar duet as sunny as the titular slider sleeping on a log in June — at least until it crumbles like a deadfall of noise to close out the tape.

Water Shrew’s discography is hard to pin down, owing to the habit of releasing a tape or CD-R of just about every time the collective sits down to jam. Red Eared Slider is a bit more intentionally produced but the performance is no less improvised, and the musical chemistry between Martin and Pia, their ability to move between sharp edges to smooth contours, is on full display. Red Eared Slider splits the difference between the minimal drone of solo Shrews and the joyful maximalism of the Free Water Shrew Ensemble, making it the perfect place to dip your ears in this group’s never-ending stream.

Josh Moss

[angelsonthesideline]

Dreading going to work tonight.. I don’t want to put a happy mask on and pretend I’m not deep in my darkness, and I really don’t want to be stuck doing more water tests all week.

[rabbitcruiser]

World Turtle Day

World Turtle Day is celebrated on May 23 of every year. The World Turtle Day promoted yearly since 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue which is to bring attention to increase knowledge of and respect for, turtles and tortoises, that inspire human action to help them survive and succeed.World Turtle Day is celebrated around the spheroid in a variation of ways, from dressing up as turtles also by wearing green summer dresses to saving turtles caught on roadways, to research projects. Turtle Day lesson plans and craft designs promote teaching about turtles in classrooms. World Turtle Day is also to celebrate the great reptiles with their place in the world, and this encourages people to take action to protect them, both the common pet turtle and the ever jeopardized sea turtle.

“World Turtle Day is an annual opportunity to reflect on the myriad of threats facing turtles and tortoises and what we can do to protect them.”

History of World Turtle Day

World Turtle Day was created by American Tortoise Rescue in 1990. The term “WORLD TURTLE DAY” is branded by Susan Tellem of Malibu, California American Tortoise Rescue is certified by state and federal companies as a nonprofit corporation to provide for the protection of all species of tortoise and turtle. Orphans that cannot affirm because of ill health remain in the care of American Tortoise Rescue for the balance of their lives. Chase’s Book of Annual Events, the day was created as an annual observance to help people to protect turtles and tortoises and to disappear their habitats globally. Susan Tellem and Marshall Thompson are the founders of the rescue American Tortoise Rescue defend the humane treatment of all animals, containing reptiles. Since 1990, ATR has placed about 3,000 tortoises and turtles in caring homes and also assist law enforcement when undersize and compromised turtles are impounded and provides helpful information which has referrals to persons with sick and abandoned turtles.

In 2013, For over 5,500 students, 160 free Turtle Day Lesson planned and teaching materials were sent out to classrooms. Lesson plans were provided by the Turtle and Tortoise Preservation Group, an organization that is open to all people interested in the welfare of chelonians.

How to Celebrate World Turtle Day

Celebrate the World Turtle Day around the spheroid in a contrast of ways, from dressing up as turtles by wearing green summer dresses to rescuing turtles caught on roadways, to research projects. They’re the astonishing creature, with positive grades making great pets and helping to preserve the eco-system in the waters they live in. Also if we live where snapping turtles haunt the waters, it’s probably a good idea that people know how to withdraw them and where to find them.

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[sotragedydefendor]

Water Lily - Sliders Sunday da Jim Munson Tramite Flickr: A change from the standard yellow water lily.

[postmakerkiwi]

🦴 Skelos Badlands Sounds - Crumbled Volcano 🔥

Lava flows from this ancient dome, broken and worn from eons of eroding, forming this massive pool of molten rock. Bubbles will pop and steam will hiss, so be sure to not get too close.

photo by CatbatQuartet

[triforce-of-mischief]

my turf war strategy is 'cause problems on purpose'