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Outline of the world by mapping all lighthouses

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One time I was working the Starbucks drive thru and this cop pulled up really far away from the window. And I said, "the long arm of the law, right?", not thinking. And he just looked at me.

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Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula), male, family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes, Inari, Lapland, Finland

photograph by David Hurtado

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They should invent a way to sit hunched over doing crafts that is Good for your body

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Cold shoulder on a hot day.

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How I did not discover Sleep Token earlier? It's not even a full week of listening

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This "music" thing is insane

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one of the most important things, perhaps the most important thing I have learned in my life is that nice people can fuck each other up in monstrous ways. people can be bone deep kind and loving and self reflective and still lash out under pressure. people can be earnestly neighbourly and charitable and hospitable and generous and still find themselves in situations where they become selfish. people can be well meaning and easygoing and gregarious and hold deep seated opinions that turn them into vicious little bullies under the right conditions. nobody is just one thing, and nobody stays one way. every person is a kaleidoscope and they will surprise you. you will surprise yourself. it's not a warning and it's not a judgement and it's not an excuse, and it's certainly not a reason to stop trying or to stop trusting. it is just a fact.

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Did you know that hogs enter a state called "soil hibernation" during the hottest summer months? When temperatures exceed 95°F for more than a week, wild hogs will dig shallow depressions in moist soil and enter a semi-dormant state where their heart rate drops by 70% and they can survive without food for up to 18 days. This adaptation evolved in their Mediterranean ancestors as a way to conserve water during drought conditions.

Scientists have observed that during this soil hibernation, hogs experience unusual rapid eye movement (REM) sleep patterns. Their brain activity suggests they're having complex dreams, primarily focused on rooting behaviors. Researchers at the University of Barcelona's Wildlife Research Center have recorded electrical patterns suggesting that hibernating hogs mentally "practice" foraging techniques during these dreams, which may explain why hogs appear to have improved truffle-finding abilities immediately after emerging from their summer torpor. Some rural communities in southern Spain even time their truffle hunting seasons to coincide with the end of the local hog population's soil hibernation period.

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and i don't necessarily believe any of this i'm just saying words recreationally

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Hand Mirror, 470/450 BC, Etruscan,

The Etruscans dominated much of Italy until the Romans conquered them. This bronze hand mirror was probably buried with an Etruscan woman. The back, seen here, is engraved with a tragic episode from Greek mythology.

Probably from Vulci, Italy,

Bronze,

16.8 × 15.1 × 0.7 cm (6 5/8 × 6 × 5/16 in.) 

Art Institute of Chicago

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booby by SPiNDLE

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I love you Sebago, I would die for you Sebago

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a simple purple wormdog