leaper182:

tansy-91:

wiwaxia:

k-loulee:

actualvoid:

actualvoid:

@wiwaxia i have an important question which i believe @ineptshieldmaid will also want to ask:

are these rocks fuckable?

They appear to be made of quartz, which is to all intents and purposes glass, so chemically, yes. However, they are likely to be mechanically unsuitable as the minute cracks and fractures in them, which give them that pretty “crystal” look, might cause them to shatter. It’s unlikely - they should be fairly robust to pressure - but they need to be treated gently.

Auntie Wiwaxia’s professional opinion: this rock is fuckable but handle with care.

#is this rock fuckable #is getting its own tag now

Fucking rocks now has a whole new meaning.

theperksofbeingaperk:

“…last year this photograph of children looking at their smartphones by Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’ in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam [went viral.] It was often accompanied by outraged, dispirited comments such as “a perfect metaphor for our age,” “the end of civilization” or “a sad picture of our society”.

…It turns out that the Rijksmuseum has an app that, among other things, contains guided tours and further information about the works on display. As part of their visit to the museum, the children, who minutes earlier had admired the art and listened attentively to explanations by expert adults, had been instructed to complete an assignment by their school teachers, using, among other things, the museum’s excellent smartphone app….

The tragic thing is that this — the truth — will never go viral. So, I wonder, what is more likely to bring about the death of civilization, children using smartphones to learn about art or the willful ignorance of adults who are too quick to make assumptions?” José Picardo, Medium

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the-absolute-best-gifs:

city-of-dystopia:

i’m gonna use this more often

micdotcom:

Lauren DeStefano’s viral tweet nails why we all need to stop thinking about and framing rapist Brock Turner as a star athlete or student gone awry. DeStefano also had some brutal truths for Turner’s father.

this-is-life-actually:

With Father’s Day approaching, now’s the time to remember that being a dad makes you a parent, not a property-owner. The joke is officially over dads.

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thewomanandthebell:

malachytarpey:

Baby alpacas make life worth living…

I saw a few alpacas yesterday (no babies, though! It would have probably been too much for them with all the people around), 

dailyplantfacts:

Cornus kousa is in the family Cornaceae. Commonly known as kousa dogwood, it is native to much of eastern Asia including Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan. Kousa dogwood is popularly cultivated as an ornamental tree for the landscape, growing up to 30 feet tall. The inflorescences are composed of 4 green to white bracts that surround the true flowers in the center. The flowers develop into a bright red fruit that is edible. The juicy flesh has a taste similar to papaya and can be eaten raw. In its native range, the fruits are used in a variety of ways, including being fermented to make wine.