This is such a cool concept
Here’s how to charge your phone when it’s alive, full of guts, and you are a crab alien who lives in the sea. Scuds are amphibious, comfortable breathing on land as long as their gills stay damp, but they spend most of their time in saltwater intertidal zones. This makes human-style technology powered by heat and electricity improbable, so scuds never really developed that– instead, animal husbandry and artificial selection developed to the point that extremely sophisticated manufactured technology can be created through the surgical combination of extremely derived sedentary animals, alga, and bacteria.
So what powers a phone full of guts? The simplest form of food: sugar water with essential nutrients added. The charging cable also deals with the outgoing (mostly liquid) waste from digestion and the nitrogenous waste from the phone’s metabolic processes.
Ironically, while humans have trouble bringing our electrical technology underwater, scuds have trouble bringing their biotechnology onto land. Even with a lung attachment, biotech innards have a high risk of desiccation and temperature shock on land. For especially large or delicate pieces of technology, the lack of underwater buoyancy can cause internal distention and damage.
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God I love him and his work! He was a brilliant yet sadly troubled man. P.S. just watched Loving Vincent: It was Brilliant!
@wordsnquotes
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Sam Winchester’s pick
“This book goes into the mind of a totally psychotic killer. I loved it.”
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Poe Dameron’s pick
“I thought Katniss Everdeen was such a good leader, she reminded me of my fearless leader General Leia Organa.”
Tales From The Loop by Modiphius
Mike Wheeler’s pick
“It is like Dungeons and Dragons, but set in the 80s and we solve mysteries and fight robots instead of shadow monsters!”
Magicians Book by Lev Grossman
Harry Potter’s pick
“Would my life have been easier at Brakebills? Probably not!”
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Will Byer’s pick
“There’s a dark and scary place called Wood on the edge of a village and a wizard named Dragon who steals girls from the village. This book reminded me of the upside down.”
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
“A demon named Crowley, the anti-christ and the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse? Sounds perfect.” -Crowley (the king of Hell)
Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
Finn’s pick
“I really identified with Elias because we both took issue with the ideologies and rules of the governing powers we worked under. Without that experience, I might not be what I am now: a rebel.”
Pie & Whiskey by Kate Lebo, Samuel Ligon
“This book didn’t have any pictures of pie or whiskey, but for a book with words it was pretty freaking awesome!” — Dean Winchester
Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger
Kylo Ren’s pick
“This book has so much angst and rebellion in it. Holden Caulfield understands me.”
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Ron’s pick
“This book made me feel a lot of feelings. Stupid sad mouse. And there’s a guy and an intelligence spell that goes wrong I guess.”
Dune Dune by Frank Herbert
Princess Leia’s pick
“Sandworms are terrifying no matter what universe you’re in.”
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Rey’s pick
“I felt very in tune with the girls in this book. I read this while doing force training and felt like Alderman’s girls got stronger along with me!”
Hild by Nicola Griffith
Hermione’s pick
“I felt I learned more from this girl’s story than from weeks of divination class. She is also uncommonly bright with wild hair so I found her very relatable.”
Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein
Finn’s pick
“I really indentified with Johnnie Rico and what it means to be a soldier in a war you don’t really believe in (or understand.)”
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
“Chuck Shurley ain’t got nothing on Vonnegut. Vonnegut is good.” — Dean Winchester
Grunge Sponge Plaid Set of 2
“This is exactly what those flannel-wearing morons, the Winchesters would use.” — Crowley
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Sam Winchester’s pick
“So get this, 2 guys, one named Dean, go on a road trip. Sounds familiar, well, minus the monsters.”
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
Poe Dameron’s pick
“Admiral Holdo made me read this. I have to admit, it helped me a lot.”
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Ron’s pick
“I got so hungry reading this book. These mice are always eating delicious berry cakes and whatnot. Plus it is full of ferrets and rats with swords. Wicked!”
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Hermione’s pick
“I find this every bit as engaging as Hogwards, a History.”
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Princess Leia’s pick
“I would recruit the crew of the Wayfarer in a second. The Rebellion could use their heart and capacity for hijinks.”
Wizard of Earthsea Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin
Will Byer’s pick
“This book made me wish I had magic to defeat the shadow monster in my world.”
Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
“I really dig this Edward guy. I get it. My younger brother is taller than me, too. But I’m the better hunter.” — Dean Winchester
A Series Of Unfortunate Events Bad Beginnings by Lemony Snicket
Harry Potter’s pick
“I identify with the Beaudelairs more than I’d like.”
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Rey’s pick
“The Renegades reminded me of the Jedi Order - fierce champions of justice and hope, but almost too idealistic.”
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Sam Winchester’s pick
“This guy Dexter kills the bad guys but man is he twisted.”
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Mike Wheeler’s pick
“A group of teen detectives have all grown up and the men-in-masks are now real monsters.”
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
Eleven’s pick
“She is like me.”
Remember my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker.
Bram Stoker, Dracula
Good information to know for story tellers.
the land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.
Beautiful words
canary, omen, harbinger.
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By far my favorite painter, although he was a troubled soul he truly did have a gift for color (and For self-portraits).
I'd like to have this; Irish folklore is one of my favorite folklore/mythologies that I've researched.
This is beautiful
Sue Davis studios
Who knew, Disney was well versed in the misunderstood art of punnery.
#punny
The fanatics, 1955, Rene Magritte
-Just Me [In my 30s going on eternity] (A Random Rambling Wordy Nerd and an appreciator of all forms of artistic expression) Being Me- Art, Books, Fantasy, Folklore, Literature, and the Natural World are my Jam.
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