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One of the funniest things about Mormonism is that I’m sure Joseph Smith never believed any of the bullshit he said. There are some religions and cults where you have faith the original prophet actually thought they were talking to angels or believed the set of principles they laid out for their followers were for the greater good. Joseph Smith was a dumbass but like PT Barnum he realized a sucker was born every day and he was one step above the average 1830s sucker. He went from making people pay him to look at a rock in a top hat and ‘locate buried treasure’ to receiving lost bits of scripture, through the rock and top hat method. His wife caught him cheating and he said an angel visited him and told him men should be allowed multiple wives and not obeying that would send her to hell. I’m fairly convinced that dude was an atheist. He was on that hustler grindset. Brigham Young might have actually believed some of the shit he said but I don’t think Joseph Smith genuinely had faith in Mormonism or gave a fuck about humanity in the slightest.

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Gunnar Mauritz Widforss (Swedish American, 1879-1934), Yaki Point, Grand Canyon, watercolor on paper, 22 × 19 inches.

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The Broken Pine. Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931)

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Gouache is hard. I hate trying something and not being instantly good at it.

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Some of my favorite birds!

American Woodcock, Gambel's Quail, Nightjar (really any member of the Caprimulgidae family)

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Blue Birch Marsh, 2024 by Jef Bourgeau

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Snug. ☺️ From April’s Kittens, written and illustrated by Clare Turlay Newberry. 1940. Source.

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"gee I wonder how I will transfer this information reliably across long distances"

the trustworthy telecommunications dish:

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This is a double batch of meringues--8 eggs total.

And this is Jane.

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the real antidote to the problem of "everyone is beautiful and no one is horny" is watching old horny shows like mash. nothing but perfectly normal-looking, homely, average people in that show who hook up with each other or unseen partners on a regular basis. hawkeye is absolutely drowning in sex and the man has such a bizarre mismatched set of randomly strong and weak facial features on a noodle body with dogshit posture. and it's GREAT. you can't tell how soft his jawline is because there's always a woman kissing his neck and blocking the camera. i know i riff on people saying they want to fuck mulcahy until he has a religious epiphany but as a butch lesbian with that exact face shape it's been so healing to be like. ohhhh ok so sexuality and attractiveness isn't just limited to the perfect beautiful poreless people on netflix. i understand now

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Jelke van Antwerpen on Instagram

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