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what the fuck is going on between poseidon and zeus right now

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childhood/nostalgia

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For many Muslim Americans, 9/11 was a double punch of tragedy and bigotry

The actions of 19 Islamic extremists on 9/11 left an indelible mark on America. Today, millions pause to commemorate the attacks’ 13th anniversary, to honor the victims and to remember that all life is special and sacred. But there’s an untold story amid the many speeches and moments of silence — one filled with a different kind of pain, grief and strong sense of loss. 

Those stories are now being told on social media

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We are The Muses. Goddesses of the Arts and proclaimers of heroes.

Calliope, Clio, Terpsichore, Melpomene, Thalia 

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reading the first question on a test

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photos by gerry ellis from the david sheldrick wildlife trust, a nursery and orphanage for elephants in kenya’s tsavo east national park. here, fifty five keepers are charged with being around the clock parents to an elephant. the elephants, however, are the ones who chose their caretakers; it is the keepers who must ingratiate themselves to the elephants and earn their trust.

when elephants first arrive at the orphanage they are often traumatized from having witnessed the slaughter of their mothers and family by poachers. grieving can last several months, and they often lose the will to live. but as dame daphne sheldrick, founder of the orphanage, explains, a caretaker is charged with “persuading an elephant to live when it wants to die.”

approximately 35,000 elephants are killed by humans every year. with an estimated 350,000 elephants left in the whole continent of africa, they will be gone in the wild within ten years.

cbc’s the nature of things did a program on the elephants and their caretakers. you can foster an elephant with the david sheldrick wildlife trust online here. for more on the emotional lives of elephants, as well as the david sheldrick wildlife trust and other human efforts to save them, check out these posts

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To be, …OR NAH?

William Shakespeare (via robelessd)

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God don’t like ugly.

And ain’t too fond of pretty. African American Proverb (via whoareyouandwhyshouldicare)

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Meet the hilarious bestfriends Olivia and Rachel, who star in the upcoming short film “Ackee and Saltfish” where the two girls have to go and get takeaway food after Rachel forgot to soak the saltfish. http://ackeeandsaltfish.co.uk

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when you and the bae match <33

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Actress Tichina Arnold reads French Montana after he re-posted/posted this picture of her on IG two weeks ago

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The only thing you need to see.. Peter dinklage and Lena Heady hula hooping at a gay bar.