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Bill Brandt (May 2, 1904 – December 20, 1983), Street Scene, London, 1936.

I think having a baby niece is great cause my brother will send me just a constant stream of messages that sound indistinguishable from how someone at Jurassic park would text if they were being hunted by the raptor

Cocaine was a stimulant used by a priestly caste of the middle period United States called businessmen in order to commune with The Market. [1]

I thought this was just a post about what month was coming up.

It's gonna be may, but it's already an economic crisis.

Water tower, Margit Islands, Budapest, 1914. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Headquarters, a high-tech architecture building standing in Hong Kong. Designed by Norman Foster. Project commenced in 1979 and was completed in 1986.

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Lac des fées by Benoît Deniaud

The largest Roman mosaic floor, discovered in 2010, Ant𝚊k𝚢𝚊, Türkiye. Anciet city Antioch

Photos by Cemal Emden/Emre Arolat Arch

9,000 square meter mosaic with colorful geometries. It is the floor of a large Roman public building, damaged during an earthquake in the 6th century.

Antioch, former capital of the Seleucid Empire, was conquered by Rome in 63 BC.

this is what a Bodhisattva is

Oh, literally!

Telephone switching equipment in New Orleans, circa 1941.

(Louisiana Digital Library)

hey boss i can't come in today it's a sunny day and there's a lovely breeze coming in through my window, yeah it's rustling the branches of the tree outside that's finally bloomed so it's pretty serious

the rich =/= someone who has something I can't afford :(

the rich = the fucking rich

At this point "eat the rich" has become less about the inherent immorality of being a billionaire and has turned into "they have money and I don't like them".

Damn guys. I thought we were mad about worker exploitation and tax evasion, not guys who can now afford Teslas.

growing up, my dad made a point to distinguish between "the rich" and "the wealthy" and a mildly confusing thing to me is that "eat the rich" has always really meant "eat the wealthy."

rich people have lots of money. they have a mcmansion, they send their kids to college without debt, they vacation somewhere overseas every year, but they work. these are your brain surgeons. lawyers who own their own practice and are absolutely rolling in it, A-list actors and other celebrity entertainers. but because they work and are reliant on income, unforeseen things can absolutely ruin their lives. in america, particularly, a sudden need for expensive healthcare can be life-changing. rich people are millionaires on the high end, and making six figs on the low end.

wealthy people have lots of money because they own things. they do not work. they can get away with absolutely anything under the sun. wealthy people are billionaires.

if you can't distinguish between these two groups, you will continue to fall for going after the rich.

"School districts that don’t respect transgender and nonbinary students’ pronouns or force them to use restrooms that don’t align with their gender identity could be committing federal civil rights violations beginning this fall.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced the issuance of a final rule under Title IX to protect people in public schools from sex-based discrimination and harassment. The announcement marks a significant update in federal efforts to combat sex discrimination in federally funded educational institutions. During a call with reporters, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona emphasized the administration’s dedication to ensuring that Title IX effectively serves all students by providing safe, welcoming, and rights-respecting educational environments."

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André Kertész • West 134th Street, New York, 1944

trans guy who doesn’t realize he’s turning into a werewolf because he assumes it’s all just normal side effects of starting testosterone

trans girl who doesn’t realize she’s turning into a vampire because she assumes it’s all just normal side effects of starting estrogen

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