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“This is a kind of neo-liberalism of the emotions, in which happiness is seen not as a response to our circumstances but as a result of our own individual mental effort, a reward for the deserving. The problem is not your sky-high rent or meager paycheck, your cheating spouse or unfair boss or teetering pile of dirty dishes. The problem is you. It is, of course, easier and cheaper to blame the individual for thinking the wrong thoughts than it is to tackle the thorny causes of his unhappiness. So we give inner-city schoolchildren mindfulness classes rather than engage with education inequality, and instruct exhausted office workers in mindful breathing rather than giving them paid vacation or better health care benefits.”

— Actually, Let’s Not Be in the Moment - The New York Times (via aethergeologist)

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Persian miniature painting from the 16th century, depicting Muhammad, his face veiled, ascending on the Buraq into the Heavens, a journey known as the Mi'raj.

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Christmas in a Washington townhouse | photos by Josh Yöung Design House

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Thrive Cape Town-based artist Daniel Popper creates monumental public art installations of fantastical figures. His latest work Thrive will be a permanent public installation at Society Las Olas, a residential building in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Swirling Plumes of Black-and-Gold Rattan Fill the Ceiling of a Bangkok Lounge

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skunkeyemcghee

Read this again.

Read this to others.

Force the idiots, read it to them

populationpensive

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!

cranquis

Great post, 100% with the content – but the cadence and word choices don’t sound like Fauci to me. I’d be interested in seeing a citation for this “quote”.

EDIT: This wasn’t written by Fauci. Apparently written by someone named Amy Wright.

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“It’s not ‘natural’ to speak well, eloquently, in an interesting articulate way. People living in groups, families, communes say little–have few verbal means. Eloquence–thinking in words–is a byproduct of solitude, deracination, a heightened painful individuality.”

— Susan Sontag, As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh