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Clear waters of an Alaskan stream

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Illustrations from The Black Cat magazine, vol. 16 (1910-1911).

Planet Earth II (2016) Episode 05 “Grasslands” Directed by Chadden Hunter

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Winston Duke ph. by Carlos Serrao for Esquire Magazine (2019)

woven (and combined technique) sample collection inspired by primary forest in Yakushima, Japan. All yarns except embroidery threads are hand dyed or painted.

Met an old teacher today and we got talking about ‘the good old times’ and ten minutes into the conversation I jokingly said the one regret I have from middle school is that I never won anything at her magnificent tombolas? Because, like, she used to hold this game about once a month so we’d learn the numbers in French and it was never big prizes, but as a 12-yo I desperately craved them - a cactus-shaped eraser, a bright blue notebook with slightly larger-than-usual squares, a set of coloured pens - and never ever got a single one of them. 

(Actually spent a good few months thinking I was genetically unlucky and researching ancient family curses with my grandma.) 

So today I don’t know what I was hoping for - nothing, really?

(I mean, that part of me that’s still twelve was probably expecting this sweet old woman to have a set of glitter stickers in her purse and just go ‘You know what, you’re right - I’ve been saving this one for you all these years, here you go’ but I’m a solidly rational person and I know that’s stupid.)

No, I thought we’d just laugh and it would be a good shared memory and that would be it. Instead, my teacher got flustered and a bit embarrassed and explained the game was rigged. It was never about learning French at all. She’d just noticed some kids couldn’t afford even basic stationery, so she’d buy a few half-fancy items every month with her own money just for them. She didn’t want them to feel different or left out. And obviously the way she used to walk around in the classroom, looking over our shoulders - it wasn’t to prevent cheating. It was because she was cheating herself, wanting to see which number a particular child needed to get a Minnie Mouse pencil case.

Guys - the world is fucked up, but so many people out there are just good and kind and humbly heroic it honestly gives me hope. 

It’ll be alright, you’ll see.

I wasn't ready. I was like "oh, that's cute. She's gotta hobby. That's.... whoa. WAIT."

I should've known by the arm behind the back that she wasn't playing.

I should've known by

the arm behind the back that

she wasn't playing.

Old ladies are the only people on Earth that are wholesome and a force of nature.

Maxine, the subway doggo 

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Indie games are like: do we have significance? do our actions matter in the grand scheme of things? our reality is limited by our own perspectives, and morality is subjective, as is truth. are we good because we are born good or because we choose to be? these pixels are going to make you cry now

I do not know this baby but I love this baby.

This is it. The singular most uplifting video I’ve ever seen in my entire life. When Sam said there’s good in the world worth fighting for he meant this.

good morninge immediotely

or else

or else what, cat?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnYiwYwAlYH/