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Tom Hardy for Esquire (August 2021)

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hashtag awkward 

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A student once asked anthropologist Margaret Mead, “What is the earliest sign of civilization?” The student expected her to say a clay pot, a grinding stone, or maybe a weapon. Margaret Mead thought for a moment, then she said, “A healed femur.” A femur is the longest bone in the body, linking hip to knee. In societies without the benefits of modern medicine, it takes about six weeks of rest for a fractured femur to heal. A healed femur shows that someone cared for the injured person, did their hunting and gathering, stayed with them, and offered physical protection and human companionship until the injury could mend. Mead explained that where the law of the jungle—the survival of the fittest—rules, no healed femurs are found. The first sign of civilization is compassion, seen in a healed femur.

— Ira Byock, The Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life

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You are Isildur’s heir, not Isildur himself. You are not bound to his fate. The same blood flows in my veins. The same weakness.

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Middle Earth Travel Posters - Created by Beverly Arce

Prints available at Gallery Nucleus. You can follow the artist on Instagram.

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KILLING EVE - S1, EP 1: Nice Face

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J. R. R. Tolkien’s handwritten letter discussing the motivation behind the Lord of the Rings.[x]

“I wrote The Lord of the Rings because I wished ‘to try my hand at a really long story that would hold the attention of readers, amuse them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them or deeply move them.”

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“Nine Companions. So be it. You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring.”

the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring -> iconic scenes

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the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring -> iconic scenes