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what your foreign language study says about you

spanish: you are trying to fulfill a requirement

french: you run a hipster blog and are far too defensive of the french language

latin: you value academia very highly but you value dick jokes more

ancient greek: like latin except you also hate yourself

old english: you care way too much about lord of the rings

russian: you are russian

italian: you are a naïve, romantic writer and you want to be a wine connoisseur (when you turn 21)

german: you are an intellectual overachiever who carries a heavy burden of existential angst

finnish: you just really like grammar for some reason

japanese: either you live entirely for challenges or you're weaboo trash there isn't much of an in-between

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what happened in france is horrible, depressing, and not acceptable at all. but it is situations like this that are EXACTLY what happen every single day in syria, iraq, and other war-torn areas. a similar attack happened today in beirut, lebanon that killed 50+ people. why does it take people being murdered in a first world, largely white country for anyone to care? why are syrian refugees blamed for this attack when attacks like this are precisely what they are fleeing from? i’m sending all of my love and thoughts to the people of paris and all of my friends currently studying there right now, but this isn’t an uncommon incident in many other countries of the world. humanity should be outraged at this attack, and rightfully so, but they should be JUST as outraged about the attacks occurring in war-torn countries and countries not as developed as france.

also sending my thoughts to the french muslims, people who have zero association to the attackers, who will suffer from extreme islamophobia as a result of this attack.

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Lodz Murals

Photo by Maciej Stempij

(via Juxtapoz Magazine)

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très important

I still die over these pics of me and mme-cacahuete (and a disgruntled Man of Gosh) on Valentine’s Day

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Because news cameras are apparently only there if looting and protests are mentioned, here are some shots from the march for peace in Charleston yesterday. In case you missed it, thousands marched to Ravenel Bridge, holding hands in prayer and unity. Yet this doesn’t make news, but an interview with the killer’s friend does. all photos from Twitter

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Pink-necked Green Pigeons eat mainly fruits. Their colourful attire allows them to blend perfectly in the foliage of fruiting trees. It is found in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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A kitten aboard a floating Victoria water lily pad in the Philippines, 1935.Photograph by Alfred T. Palmer, National Geographic Creative

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Ndebele chief Mtonzima Gwebu wears traditional dress in his modern home in Zimbabwe, 1975.Photograph by Thomas Nebbia, National Geographic Creative

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Boys dressed up in school uniforms pose with king penguins at the London Zoo, 1953. Photograph by B. Anthony Stewart and David S. Boyer, National Geographic Creative

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LMAO THE FUCK? YEAH YOU ARE

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“The most beautiful buildings are the ones that are invisible.” -Peter Rich

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“Washington, DC rock band Beauty Pill haven't released an album in 11 years. That's because bandleader Chad Clark was diagnosed with viral cardiomyopathy, a rare heart disease that has a 22% survival rate, in 2007. Clark underwent emergency surgery to save his life, but he's had to spend subsequent years recovering and preparing for a proper musical reintroduction. That reintroduction comes in the form of new album Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are, and it's characteristically quirky; the band recorded the album in plain view of the public rather than in an enclosed studio. 

"Steven and Tiwonge" was written about Malawian couple Steven Monjeza and transgender woman Tiwonge Chimbalanga, who were arrested and jailed after becoming engaged in 2009.” -Bob Boilen

(via 04 Steven and Tiwonge)