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i’m gonna cry it’s raining right now and i just passed by a family where both parents were without an umbrella but their kid who couldn’t have been older than like 3-4 was proudly holding this GIANT umbrella whose diameter was as tall (if not taller) as the kid. both the parents were getting absolutely drenched but u could tell the kid was just so happy to have an “adult” task and carry the umbrella themselves and i think that sacrifice is what love is all about

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Jama Masjid, New Delhi.

The Red sandstone looks beautiful after the rain..

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I will say that the better AI gets at accurately creating photographs or art, the less interested I am. Where's that quote about how the imperfections of the medium will be the thing that defines it? My fascination with AI from an artistic standpoint is mostly centered around the <2021 days when everything it generated kinda looked like confused, swirly nonsense. Before its cateracts were lasered off by evil mathematicians and rooms sweltering from the hot breath of a thousand GPUs.. an AI was a humble, ugly program that could evoke concepts like "night time", or "a castle", or "food", without any literal representation on screen. THAT is compelling, artistically, imo. It's like dream inspiration on demand. But yeah the puffer jacket pope era sucks and bores me, and the uncanny reality of contemporary AI-generated imagery is frightening in a much less tantilizing way than it used to be

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if its 1:00am when you're reading this you know what to do!

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The shaman of Bad Dürrenberg are the remains of a 25-35 year old woman, who was burried 8600 to 9000 year ago in Germany. Around her, were the remains of an extraordinary head-dress, made from the bones and teeth of different animals such as deer, wild boar, crane and turtle

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The Pictish Wolf Stone, Stittenham, Ardross, Inverness Museum and Gallery, Scotland

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Making Love With The Moon

Watercolor on Black Cotton Paper

2023, 24"x 34"

Blue Waterlilies, Nymphaea caerulea

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Bunny cat

(via)

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Beth Cavener

Through an empty place. 2017

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my dear maple

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i hate when top wildlife predators are just lil babies teeny tiny babies

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Amal is a 3.5 meter/11.4 feet puppet who represents displaced children. She has travelled 8000+ kms with the message “Don’t forget about us” | source                         

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why do all the sea slugs ive seen you post look like bunny…

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the horns on their head are called rhinophores, they are sensory organs that superficially resemble bunny ears. and nudibranch sea slugs have an exposed cluster of gills on their butt that looks like a bunny tail. so some sea slugs end up looking like strange bunny !

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the two of us by taylor torres 🌸

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I wanted to take a moment to share this fantastic new book (which, of course, I got the pleasure of fact-checking). It's about endlings - the individuals that are the last of their species - and what we can learn from the stories we tell ourselves about what happened to them. The book covers individuals and species you probably know, like Lonesome George, "Benjamin" the thylacine, Incas and Lady Jane, and others you might not ever have heard of. It's really worth a read, and I'm excited it's out. If species conservation, the impact of humans in the Anthropocene, and the way we use narrative to shape our perspectives, this book is really worth a read.

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Last June, one middle-aged union engineer postponed a doctor’s visit for work then died of a heart attack on the job weeks later. A conductor who spoke with the Times began feeling rundown last year but declined to see a doctor for fear of being disciplined for taking an unplanned day off. Instead, he waited months for the next doctor’s appointment that aligned with a scheduled day off. He then learned he’d been suffering from an infection that could have been treated with medication weeks earlier but would now require surgery.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/11/rail-strike-why-the-railroads-wont-give-in-on-paid-leave-psr-precision-scheduled-railroading.html