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cuz everytime we touch i get this feeling

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is there a catholic saint of cleaning ur damn room i need him real quick

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straight guy geologist describing a vertically oriented igneous intrusion to his buddy: it’s a . well. i’m not sure i can reclaim this one just get over here

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real

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Being a young adult is so strange. You enter a coffee shop. The 20 year old girl waiting behind you cried all night because she just came to a new city for university and she feels so alone. That 27 year old guy over there works a job he is overqualified for, he lives with his parents and wants to move out but doesn't know what to do about it. That one 24 year old dude already has a car, a house, and a job waiting for him once he graduates thanks to his dad's connections. The 26 year old barista couldn't complete his higher education because he has to work and take care of his family. The 28 year old girl sitting next to you has no friends to go out with so she is texting her mother. That couple (both 25 years old) are married and the girl is pregnant. The 29 year old writing something on her laptop has realized that she chose the wrong major so she is trying to start all over. We are not alone in this, but we are actually so alone. Do you feel me

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children existing in public spaces is genuinely like. necessary for the continuation of society. it doesnt have to be your kids you dont have to volunteer at a daycare or whatever but you need to be able to tolerate the presence of someone who is learning how to exist as a human and interact with people

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:3

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In 1990, the high school dropout rate for Dolly Parton's hometown of Sevierville Tennessee was at 34% (Research shows that most kids make up their minds in fifth/sixth grade not to graduate). That year, all fifth and sixth graders from Sevierville were invited by Parton to attend an assembly at Dollywood. They were asked to pick a buddy, and if both students completed high school, Dolly Parton would personally hand them each a $500 check on their graduation day. As a result, the dropout rate for those classes fell to 6%, and has generally retained that average to this day.

Shortly after the success of The Buddy Program, Parton learned in dealing with teachers from the school district that problems in education often begin during first grade when kids are at different developmental levels. That year The Dollywood Foundation paid the salaries for additional teachers assistants in every first grade class for the next 2 years, under the agreement that if the program worked, the school system would effectively adopt and fund the program after the trial period.

During the same period, Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995: The idea being that children from her rural hometown and low-income families often start school at a disadvantage and as a result, will be unfairly compared to their peers for the rest of their lives, effectively encouraging them not to pursue higher education. The objective of the Imagination library was that every child in Sevier County would receive one book, every month, mailed and addressed to the child, from the day they were born until the day they started kindergarten, 100% free of charge. What began as a hometown initiative now serves children in all 50 states, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, mailing thousands of free books to children around the world monthly.

On March 1, 2018 Parton donated her 100 millionth book at the Library of Congress: a copy of "Coat of Many Colors" dedicated to her father, who never learned to read or write.

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no but for real, imagine being in a city without cars. not the logistics, not the public transportation, not the design of the city itself, don't imagine living in a city without cars, or building a city without cars, just imagine sitting in one. Sitting on your porch, or your balcony, or even just by you open window.

How much of the soundscape around you comes from cars, and how different would it be without them? imagine streets, neighborhoods, where the only sounds were the sounds of life. of occasional bicycles whizzing past, of peoples music across the street, of people having conversations, or cooking in food stalls, or playing in all the open space. all the space for people. imagine the only interruptions are the occasional rumble of a bus, or a trolley, or more rarely an emergency vehicle. what if all the other vehicles were gone.

Imagine what the street outside would look like. be it a busy and bustling one in a dense urban area, or a quiet residential one on the outskirts of the city. What would it look like if people could use the street as the public space it is. If people were playing games out there, or gathering for events, or even just conversations. If people weren't limited to a few feet along either edge. What would it look like if life could take place on the street outside.

What would it smell like without the rubber, without the petroleum, without the burning oil and grease and all those scents of personal transportation. Imagine what it would smell like if they were gone, if the only smells were those of the lives taking place around you, of the homes and the restaurants and the businesses and the stalls that could occupy the space in their stead. If nothing else, imagine the smell of the city without the smog of the road.

Imagine just existing. even for just a few minutes. even just outside your home, in a city without cars. how different would it be?

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Art by Syd Mead. If I understand the source correctly, this one’s called “Innovations,” and is a surrealist city aerial view done for U.S. Steel in 1968.

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I love u guys

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I have friends at Indiana University and they've been saying there are snipers on IU Bloomington campus. And theres a bunch of cops everywhere. This is wild.

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Lake Cerknica, Slovenia by happy.apple