[atlas-eye]

"Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed."

— Sir Francis Bacon, Novum Organum (1620)

[atlas-eye]

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[robertphilip]

Carlisle Cullen in every film: Eclipse “I examined him [Jacob] myself,” Carlisle said then; I turned my head to find his face, only a few feet away. Carlisle’s expression was serious and reassuring at the same time. It was impossible to doubt him. “His life is not in any danger. He was healing at an incredible rate, though his injuries were extensive enough that it will still be a few days before he is back to normal, even if the rate of repair holds steady. As soon as we’re done here, I will do what I can to help him. Sam is trying to get him to phase back to his human form. That will make treating him easier.”

[weddingdress-obsession]

Alfred Angelo wedding dress made for “Bella” in Twilight.

This dress is now available worldwide

[atlas-eye]

"Not just to [endure it, suffer it, or pass through it], but to live in it. To look at it. To try to get the picture. [To] take chances. To make your own work and take pride in it. To seize the moment. [That’s] what there is to do and get it while you can and good luck at it."

- Joan Didion

[antisisyphus]

On This the 100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic, We Reconsider the Buoyancy of the Human Heart by Laura Lamb Brown-Lavoie

[wineandvelvet]

[hannibalsleatherchair]

are you insane i just woke up and ts got on my instagram feed i am gonna throw up i am so touch starved this did insane things in me

[beauvilliers]

Alysa Liu leaving the ice after her free skate!

OLYMPICS 2026 | February 19, 2026

[atlas-eye]

"I don't need a medal, I just need to be here and show people what I can do."

- Alysa Liu, 2026 Winter Olympics

[lessbeautifulstorms]

Alysa Liu, MacArthur Park || Winter Olympics 2026

[w-ht-w]

New data discloses flood risk of every home in the contiguous US - Climate Impact Lab

"The data, based on decades of peer-reviewed research, provides the cumulative risk of flooding for more than 142 million homes and properties over a 30-year mortgage."

The Standard for Climate Risk Financial Modeling

We exist to make the connection between climate and financial risk at scale for financial institutions, companies and governments.

[2productive]

[atlas-eye]

"Don't tell me what you value; show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.”

- Joe Biden

[atlas-eye]

“Why is it that children are these super curious people, but then we somehow end up as these information avoiders as adults?” There are some good reasons to avoid negative information, ... Information can overwhelm, threaten and paralyze. However, too much avoidance can also have severe negative consequences, like deepening political polarization or ideological rigidity.  To avoid avoidance, she suggests thinking through why you might be avoiding something—possibly prioritizing short-term comfort over long-term benefits. ... It could help to reframe uncomfortable information as useful and valuable. “Humans have this propensity to want to resolve uncertainty, but when the resolution is threatening, people might flip to avoidance instead. I think there's something to be said about being able to tolerate and even embrace some level of uncertainty,” ... “I think that might help in not falling prey to information avoidance.” If all else fails, ... mimic what children do best: Follow your curiosity. 

- Origins of the 'Ostrich Effect'

[theoptia]

Hermann Hesse, from Reflections

[atlas-eye]

'There is only a peace that must be won time and time again by unceasing struggle, that must be won each day anew.'

[theoptia]

Audre Lorde, from The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action

[atlas-eye]

'what I most regretted were my silences.'