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Today, August 2 2024, would have been James Baldwin's 100th birthday.

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James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room

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do you ever have something happen to you and just know that it would've had an absolutely devastating impact on your capacity to endure if you'd been in an even 5% worse psychological state

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when i was reading the book entangled life which is about fungi and the author merlin sheldrake said that once he got his first author copies he was going to dampen the pages and use them to grow oyster mushrooms and yeast and then use the yeast to brew beer and then drink the beer with the mushrooms to complete the cycle of fungal knowledge. i was like really and truly this guy gets it

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Growing up is actually all about realizing people don’t inherently dislike you and it’s a bit odd to assume they do

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Growing up is actually all about realizing people don’t inherently dislike you and it’s a bit odd to assume they do

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“—and then each year, one summer morning, the warm wind would come down the city street where she walked and she would be touched with the little cold thought: I have let more time go by.”

— Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House

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i love being told everything btw. if i love you and youre talking to me not a single detail is too much. youll never overestimate how much of the fabric of your day to day i want to hold in my hands and know the model and make of. im Everything Matters girl and everything matters to me

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where's that picture that ruined my life

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sometimes that sad feeling is due to low blood sugar, and sometimes it's from decades of history. not that complex

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ichthyologists in 1938:

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thinking about edvard munch's "The Sun" (1911)

like yeah thats how it feels. thats what it feels like to exist sometimes. he gets it

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this is a verified and vetted fundraiser sponsored by gazafunds (twitter) + i spoke to feras myself

i will literally draw you any character of your choosing if you donate either 5$ or 10$ or more to his fundraiser (just dm me the receipt!) and if you can't donate please share 🙏

currently at 15,145/19,999$

art giveaway here!

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credits for the images:

letstalkpalestine

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Her name is Valentina Petrillo and she is a visually-impaired sprinter.

Time to support her, because even without the racism element I expect she will be getting some flak from Awful, Awful People.