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Day 1064 of posting pictures of elephants.

Source: The East African

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"A world without trans people has never existed and never will"

Poster spotted in Olympia, WA

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😜😜😜

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Ian Bertram

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These images were taken in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War, likely shortly before the start of the Philippine-American War, in 1898-99. They are part of an album that documents the experiences of Frank Freeman Atkinson, Sergeant in Battery D, US Army.

The Philippine-American War broke out when the United States annexed the Philippines after the Spanish–American War, which began when the Philippines revolted against Spanish rule, rather than acknowledging the Philippines’ declaration of independence. The war resulted in over 200,000 Filipino civilian deaths, mostly due to disease and famine. Some estimates go as high as one million civilian deaths. After several delays, the United States eventually granted full Philippine independence in 1946 through the Treaty of Manila.

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✨️Batuk, batok, tatak, fatek, batek, tadtad, patik. All various terms throughout the Philippine archipelago that mean tattoo.

One of the original names the Spaniards gave to the islands of what is now known as the Philippines was "Islas de los Pintados" or the Islands of the Painted Ones. This was because the people they met were heavily tattooed. The batuk were given as marks of valor, womanhood, and also had spiritual aspects as one could not safely pass on to the afterlife without getting their marks. Each motif represented different meanings, drawing from nature, cultural practices, and the ancestors.

To read more on Filipino tattoos, I recommend reading manong Lane Wilcken's book Filipino Tattoos; Ancient to Modern.

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Vía Muhammad Saeed

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙨.

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A Time Long Gone… (Photo From The 1980s)

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The Jockey of Artemision is a large Hellenistic bronze statue of a young boy riding a horse, dated to around 150–140 BC

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ANYWAY I FINALLY GOT A GOOD PICTURE OF A NORTHERN FLICKER TAKING OFF IN FLIGHT

I've been trying to since around late February or early March of last year, so almost as long as I've been doing this. I'm really fucking stoked about it.

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Deserted

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