i am determined and afraid of nothing

Good friends. Motorists guide, Yellowstone National Park. 1924.

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i got spanish anon hate for this one btw

[ID: a black t-shirt with red lettering that reads, "Ronald Reagan is in Hell waiting for Heaven to trickle down." -end ID]

home of french ceramic artist marguerite carbonell (1910-2008) world of interiors Oct 07

“Grasses found in meadow and moorland of Great Britain.” Harmsworth’s Universal encyclopedia. n.d. Color added. Internet Archive

Fungi. Modern science problems. 1936.

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[ID: Black and white art of a potato plant. There’s black text that reads, “They tried to bury me they didn’t know I was a potato.” /end ID]

“Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.”

- Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

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“Longitudinal section of the wood of the root of Picea canadensis.” (White spruce). The anatomy of woody plants. 1917. 

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interviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume?

me: mhm so that’s called a lacuna. it refers to when manuscripts have missing parts, lost to time. for example, the epic of gilgamesh has

A Medieval Book Mended With Silk Thread

Parchment was difficult to make and expensive to replace, and so medieval scribes would often find other ways to restore them and help ameliorate further damage.

Embroidery art on canvas by Candace Hicks

LEGO Letterpress: Bird Species from The Netherlands Are Printed with Everyone’s Favorite Toy Bricks

www.liekeland.nl

Netsuke of a cicada, carved wood, ca. 1800-1875

The skeleton of a stingray, and an x-ray of another stingray. You're welcome.

Ver sacrum - 1899 - via University of Heidelberg