the introvirtuous thing is funny. only in recent years have i discovered that my sister just starts zoning out at family events while i’m the one who is supposed to carry the conversation with our lame adult relations and their friends. i tried to experiment to see what happens if i take a quieter role at these things and it actually just gets awkward so fast. i grudgingly take the mantle of the vibe invigorator
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i love this shot. i can just hear their meaty hands going “plap plap”
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Columbia University students at the Gaza solidarity encampment reading Wisam Rafeedie's The Trinity of Fundamentals and Ghassan Kanafani's The Revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine (ph. Ian Bartlett).
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Yareta (Azorella compacta) in Bolivia (elevation of 14,000 ft.).
This may look like a moss, but it isnt! This is a broad-leafed plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae.
These plants can grow to bve over 3000 years old. This large specimen may be over 1000 years old.
photographs by Mark Dwyer
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people watching in colonia, uruguay
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a post-doc was doing a guest seminar at my institute and at the beginning of his presentation he was explaining why he chose birds for his evolutionary analysis - so he said "well first of all, because birds are the best and most interesting animals and it's fun to study them" and a few professors in the room gave him a very serious nod
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“what’s the song of the summer” ?? it’s DANCING IN THE DARK by bruce springsteen for the 40th year in a row
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no it’s actually crazy they let buck be bisexual.
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if the universe were not so cruel the "Tailor Swift" would be a beautiful bird that elegantly sews its nest together
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