The important thing is to blame a servant, obviously. Gotta protect the monied class.
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mastodon 4.7.3Writer. Reader. Seattleite. Introverted megafauna. Neo-luddite living like it's 2005. Married to @patbak@fosstodon.org for 25+ years ❤️. Interested in travel, science fiction, murder mysteries, marine science, hopepunk, star trek, movies, baking, language learning, running, physical media, rainy days, and all things Godzilla.
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#WritersCoffeeClub Could you work without the internet?
Mostly. I have offline Wikipedia and hardcopy reference material. I'd need internet to upload books to stores, though.
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Hooray! This week's #Monsterdon is Sting of Death, so let's look at some fun Jellyfish facts this week.🪼
Basics first. Jellyfish are soft, invertebrate animals, members of the phylum Cnidaria along with anemones and corals. Cnidarians are known for their stinging abilities.
A typical jellyfish's jelly-like body (Mesoglea) is mostly water, sandwiched between two thin layers of living tissue. The bell-shape we think of as "a jellyfish" is called a Medusa, and it's just one phase of the jellyfish lifecycle.
More facts later this week! 🧠
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Hey #Monsterdon, I've had a ball putting together bingo cards for you all, but I have some 'life stuff' going on, and it's time for me to step down.
The bingo archive will stay up! If someone is interested in running #MonsterdonBingo, I'm happy to pass along my tools and tips. DM me. Or more casually - anyone can post cards to the hashtag at any time. As always, there are no rules. :)
I'll still be around for Monsterdon, just not every week. Thanks for playing Bingo with me! ❤️ 🍿
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I don't understand the pigeon noises. Is he embodying the spirit of New York City? Are we being punked? Was I hypnotized by windchimes? 😵💫
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@cherizilla@hypertext.monster Amazing. I forgot to turn off my scheduled back-up Bingo posts before migrating my account and they are STILL sending. 🤦♀️
Oh Gods I think I have these scheduled through the end of August. Ha.
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And here's a link to my #NeoDb collection in case you want it. 🍿
https://eggplant.place/collection/4a1xokbFr96aeJ1mLWz8fs
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Check out this Jellyfish (Sea Nettle). The long, whispy parts hanging off the edge of the bell are tentacles, which contain stinging cells. And the long frilly part dangling from the center? They're "oral arms."
Oral arms also have stinging cells, but they hang from the mouth, transporting food (planktonic animals and tiny crustaceans) from the water column up into the jelly's mouth. Their frilliness increases surface area for filtering food from the water.
Some big jellies have looong tentacles. One lion's mane jelly was recorded at 120 feet in length 😱 That's as long as 3-4 school buses put end to end.
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.
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Tomorrow we watch Sting of Death. Today we marvel at Jellyfish life! 🤓 🪼
Jellyfish reproduction is wacky. They can reproduce sexually (spraying eggs and sperm around) or asexually (cloning) but for me the wildest bit is that after a baby polyp attaches to a surface it develops into a strobila, which is a chain or stack of teeny tiny jellyfish. When they are ready, they lift off the stack, one at a time, and start pulsing. Tiny ephedras! Then they hunt even tinier prey and grow bigger, into medusas. Well, the ones that aren't eaten up.
A stack of babies? Wacky.
Video of strobilation here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bcQs3dkrH0A
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And jellyfish are born: scyphozoa strobilation
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Side note, do NOT pee on a Jellyfish sting! It won't help and may make it hurt more. Ideally, rinse with vinegar to deactivate the stinging cells and pull out any stuck stingers with tweezers. In a pinch, rinse with seawater and use something flat like the edge of a plastic credit card to pull stingers out. Touching them with fingers can make inactive stingers 'go off' in a secondary explosion of ouch. Fresh water can also set them off.
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I have no idea what happened there. He smashed some bricks and the wolves said HECK YEAH MAN and flew out a skyscraper window?
HUH 😆
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Hey, #MonsterdonBingo players! Pls grab yourself a card from the archive tonight. ✅
http://monsterdonbingo.neocities.org#Monsterdon #MonsterdonAlert
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Survival of the Shiftiest? 😆
We could use more plot but the dialog has its moments.
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10,000 in 1959 is roughly equivalent to $113,000 today.
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Look, Vincent. I said I'd stay here for ten grand. I never agreed to all these meetings. I'm going to bed. In a closet. With a gun and a bottle of wine.
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I'm running late to #Monsterdon and will be living vicariously through the feed until we get to a TV.
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What is a micron of heat? Is that nonsense? What do I know. It sounds like nonsense tho.
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Hey #Monsterdon! Tonight's film is Sting of Death. Get in the mood with this soothing livestream from Monterey Bay Aquarium.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ_foBERmzA
Live Jelly Cam | Monterey Bay Aquarium
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How low are my expectations for this movie? They are deep down in the molten core of the earth.
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Balancing my urge to make a Jellyfish man costume against my sure knowledge that putting a hefty bag over my head could kill me.
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As a childfree weirdo, I am immune to being lured to my death by the sound of a crying infant. Mewling kittens, on the other hand....
Oh no.
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I love his stupid, translucent head!
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I'm rooting for Sting of Death this week. If it wins, I will post five fun Jellyfish facts!
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Ok. Now I want cozy leg warmers. Not in those Ronald McDonald colors though.
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#MonsterdonBingo players, please grab yourself a card from the archive tonight. Have fun and good luck!
http://monsterdonbingo.neocities.org
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Hey #Monsterdon! Please snag yourself a bingo card from the archive tonight. Have fun, and if you like, reply with what card you picked so others can follow your lead. 👍
Https://monsterdonbingo.neocities.org
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Hey #Monsterdon! Here's a bingo card for tonight's film: Wolfen 🍿
We have 75 bitey bingo squares ready for you to howl at. AWOO!🐺 Good luck, players!
https://bingobaker.com/#6a5425d479ff786d
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