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Hello friends, Sahar's family needs to reach their temporary goal of $10,000. They're now at $5,759.

This money will be used to make improvements to their tent, which at the moment, cannot withstand the rain and wind.

The money will also be used to protect their children from malnutrition in light of the famine that's spreading in Gaza.

They have 10 children, including two infants, who lack food, water and medicine.

With the approaching opening of the Rafah crossing and the occupier allowing travel soon, she may be able to get her family out.

Your support now is very important to get them out. Let's try to get them to their goal.

They urgently need our help. Any amount can help.

it’s always that damned scowl

miguel being an inverse of peter was an explicit, intentional choice. he's in his 20s while peter is a teenager, he has a well-paying important job, he's good at talking to people out of costume and doesn't quip as spider-man, etc.

this is also about people trying to make his supporting cast "variants" of existing spider-man characters. xina kwan is not an "MJ variant". gabriel o'hara is not an "uncle ben variant" (I'm looking at you, Exodus 2099. just because gabriel said the great responsibility line to miguel does not mean he is taking on uncle ben's role. hell, it was kasey that told gabriel that, who told it to miguel!!)

what I'm trying to say is that miguel o'hara is his own, unique character with his own cast and story and trying to fit him into predetermined tropes erases all of that individuality. interesting how a character whose story is about breaking free from a life chosen by other people has been stuffed into a box, lmao

Hagfish are vertebrates, but they have no vertebrae! They lack bones entirely, with just a cartilaginous skull and a notochord (making them the only animal with a skull and no spine). They also have no eyes and no jaw. They also like to cuddle.

Exactly where they fall on the tree of life has been an interesting topic. Historically, they were placed as the sister-group to vertebrates; the vertebrate that diverged the earliest, and remained very primitive-looking. However, with new fossil evidence and DNA analysis, we’ve figured out that they are closest related to the lamprey, another jawless fish that does have eyes and bones! Which means the ancestors of the hagfish did as well, but somewhere along the line they decided, “screw it, I’m going back to being a Worm”.

The hagfish spends most of its time at the bottom of the ocean, sniffing around for prey. Although they do actively hunt and catch their own food, it’s much easier to eat things that are already dead, so they’re frequently seen snootling around whalefalls and bait set out by scientists, where they feed by rapidly spinning around until they’ve bored a hole straight through the skin and can get to the tasty insides!

But wait, how does a jawless animal feed at all? It just has a little :O face with no teeth!

Well, great news! That cute little :O isn’t it’s mouth! That’s it’s nose! It’s mouth is underneath.

Ain’t that nifty?

Being a squishy little guy with no teeth or eyes, defending itself is kind of difficult. Luckily, no one wants to eat a hagfish, because they are gross af. They secrete a very thick slime that chokes predators. About 4% of a hagfish’s body mass is pure slime. This slime is also apparently useful to humans, because it contains strands that are stronger than nylon, offering a way to make more durable and environmentally friendly fabric!

In summary,

Happy hagfish day!!

Shock = fuck (Kasey also used the workd "clucking" as a substitute for "fucking" but that's the only time I've seen it.)

Bit = shit (I've only seen it in fhe context of someone being called a "bithead")

Jam = damn (I've only seen in the phrase "Jammit!)

Glitch = bitch

Bell = hell

Miguel has a lot of silly powers, so here’s a little study of what they can do, the weaknesses, and so on. His powers are what interested me into his character in the first place, and I’m hoping this will allow for others to get more into him as well!

1. Talons

First off I want to clarify that yes, Miguel has talons on both his hands AND feet. They’re on the tips of his fingers and toes! (NOT fingernails or part of the suit!)

Should also mention that these talons are what Miguel uses to climb. He doesn’t have the sticky powers Peter has. He has to dig his talons in to climb.

But more importantly, we actually don’t know what Miguel’s talons are made out of. I’ve seen multiple different answers to this like hardened skin or keratin (Me personally I think it’s hardened skin).

Also Miguel CANNOT harm himself with his talons! They automatically fold up when they touch his skin!

Last important part about his talons is that he can’t seathe them! He “folds” them by his fingers.

This requires pretty much 24/7 concentration in his brain at all times, so when he’s distracted he can very easily pop up the talons

2. Fangs

After ATSV it’s pretty much common knowledge that Miguel has fangs. But one thing the movie got wrong is Miguel can’t seathe or “hide” his fangs, at least not very easily.

Miguel’s fangs are quite large, so much so that he has a slight speech impediment as a result.

Also the fangs have a venom inside of them! The venom DOES NOT kill and only temporarily paralyzes the victim. Miguel rarely bites people and it’s more often than not a last resort (We only see him do it like 4 times in the comics ever)

3. Other random powers

This doesn’t really have a theme, his talons and fangs are his big 2 powers but I do want to mention some of his other abilities!

-Miguel does not have a spidersense! He can’t sense when enemies are coming from behind him! He DOES however have enhanced eyesight which can cause him to locate stuff from far away!

This unfortunately comes at the cost of having extreme light sensitivity, if you see comics Miguel wear sunglasses constantly that’s why! Without them his eyes would be extremely sensitive to light. (Also his eyes are red as well because of this!)

-Miguel has NATURAL webbing! I know in Spiderverse he doesn’t but in the comics he has spinnerets in his wrists! They were actually the last of his powers to come in (Probably because a lot of muscle had to be moved around)

We don’t know if Miguel can actually run out of webbing, I would say it’s possible but unlikely. The spinnerets can hold a lot of storage!

-Miguel’s DNA is confirmed 50% spider so yes. Miguel is not fully human.

-Some other power’s Miguel has include: Enhanced reflexes (Probably even moreso than normal Spider-Man) and the other generic powers that come with being a superhero like enhanced strength, speed, and durability.

These are my kids Rakan 12 and Seba 10 years old. Their childhood changed dramatically since Gaza war. They are supposed to be playing with other kids, coloring on pages and going to school. They are supposed to hug me and their father, not cry for us with fear from booming. They are supposed to be held with love and peace, not buried under rubbles and stone. I want to share with you my wishes as a mother, I don’t want to wipe away my children's blood as their last remain, I don’t want to search for my little girl and son in the devastating rubble, I don’t want to write my children's names on their body parts so they can be recognized as a family.💔💔

They are humans. They are alive. They have a family. They have a name. They are not a number. They have a story, and each of them have their own dream.

They deserve peaceful and happy life; sweet dreams and do need your help. If you care about humanity and if these words touch your heart please donate or at lease share their story to save their lives.💚🤍🖤