no better than they, those wet creatures

[yeah yeah in spoken language we do say sour cream, other polish people proszę się nie przypierdalać okej, but I'm talking about the actual product in the store ok none of that shit ever calls itself "soured cream" apart from that one brand that calls itself soured cream in english] anyway knowing which one is which is NOT the issue actually. it's just that. I have a book of handwritten recipes that I collected over the years from different sources and because I was the one writing them down EVERY SINGLE RECIPIE CALLS FOR SOUR CREAM BECAUSE I WAS CALLING EVERYTHING ŚMIETANA

I DIDNT KNOW ŚMIETNA AND ŚMIETANKA ARE DIFFERENT I THOUGHT PEOPLE WERE BEING CUTE. I THOUGHT THEY CAME IN SMALL CONTAINERS WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE CALL IT ITSY BITSY CUTIE CREAM OK

Midweek moment of zen brought to you by a giant phantom jelly. 〰️⁠⁠

The bell of this astonishing jelly is more than one meter (3.3 feet) across and trails four ribbon-like oral (or mouth) arms that can grow to more than 10 meters (33 feet) in length. MBARI’s ROVs have logged thousands of dives, yet we have only seen this spectacular species nine times.⁠ ⁠ The first specimen of the giant phantom jelly was collected in 1899, but it was not until 60 years later that scientists recognized this as a new species. Even now, scientists still know very little about this animal.⁠ ⁠ MBARI’s observations of Stygiomedusa gigantea have helped illuminate its ecological role in the ocean’s depths. During an expedition to the Gulf of California, MBARI’s ROV Tiburon recorded a fish—the pelagic brotula (Thalassobathia pelagica)—alongside a giant phantom jelly. Researchers watched the brotula hover above the bell of its host and swim in and out of the jelly’s voluminous oral arms. The wide-open waters of the midnight zone offer little shelter, so many creatures find refuge among the gelatinous animals that are abundant in this environment.

Emily Pangnerk Illuitok

Birds Nesting in Cliffs, c.2007

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Born in 1943, Illuitok was an Inuit master sculptor from Kugaaruk. She created detailed, delicate ivory/bone carvings that mostly represented hunting or nature scenes. Illuitok often worked with found materials that she then shaped into works of art. She passed away in 2012.