Applesforthis - You Can't Get There From Here

man, i just love a keeled scale. not that there are bad scales, keeled scales are just so good.

I'm assuming you will like this gorgeous little friend...

Hairy Bush Viper aka Rough-scaled Bush Viper (Atheris hispida), family Viperidae, found in central Africa

Venomous.

photograph by Cristian Torica

photographs by Mark Kostich

Oh, heck -- I'm sorry, y'all. I was sleepy the day I reblogged this and it seems I did my research a little too hastily. I can't find a legit NASA source for the above image...or any legit source at all, in fact. I fear it may be AI after all. Bummer. :-( The good news is, there are very lovely real pictures of Jupiter available here. AI is flaming dogshit but Jupiter is fucking awesome. Some highlights:

Lest I deceive anybody a second time, I do want to be transparent that most of the images that are submitted by the public (including the above four) seem to have been edited to enhance color or contrast, zoom in, or crop. There are also a few on the website that are very much an artistic rendition and merely inspired by the raw images. If you want to see just the raw images from the spacecraft cameras, you can do that by selecting "Junocam" (and not "Public" or "Both").

NASA just dropped the closest image ever taken of Jupiter.

“Three swans in flight”, 1945, by David Lloyd Evans (b. 1916)

signed and dated ‘I Lloyd Evans-1945’ (upper left)

coloured chalks on buff paper

24 ½ × 18 ½ in. (62.2 × 47 cm.)

This one, specifically, is waiting for you. Her name is Jennifer. The other arapaima are not waiting for you, they have other stuff they need to be doing today.

^ for the unaware

Wow. The patience, kindness and calm communication skills. Outstanding.

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New Deadloch Fic: In Plain Sight

A slow-build romance leading to polyamory. Rated explicit. Long (84,000 words). Eddie POV. Complete.

Eddie/Dulcie are definitely the main pairing. Eddie/Cath are shown making out once. There is also one Dulcie/Eddie/Cath sex scene at the end but otherwise no Dulcie/Cath or Eddie/Cath is shown (though both are mentioned).

Canon-compliant. Set after the end of the series proper, starting right after Ray’s death. Includes the canon epilogue scene (in which Eddie and Dulcie visit Holly) and then continues after that.

I didn’t like Cath in canon but I think she could get her shit together and be a better person and a better partner, and I’ve leaned into that very hard, while doing my best to also keep her in character.

Important note: the first scene is rough but things don’t stay that way. This is a happy fic overall, with a very happy ending.

See Chapter 1 for content warning.

This was an utter delight to write. Please read and enjoy. I'd love to hear in comments how you respond to it -- all feedback is great, including critique. <3

Lastly, thank you SO MUCH to my absolutely amazing beta, @ratherembarrassing, for help with so many important dialect and character notes. This fic would be such a hot mess without you, and I'm so so grateful for your time and your meticulous attention to detail. <3 <3 <3

This way to the fic :-D

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!

Sergeant Horsehair and the Gremlin will be back!!!

Me, right now: