Atoms2Atoms

Personal blog revolving around the things I like in life and musings from within. Proffesional lurker/dreamer.

[seatrench]

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[awkwardsituationist]

when kai fagerström happened upon an old cottage in rural suomusjärvi, finland, abandoned decades ago, he began to document its new residents.

there were badger cubs born under the floorboards, who now used the fireplace as an entrance. there was a raccoon dog pup who would drop in every night at the same time. there was a pygmy owl who would try to catch the home’s voles. there were red squirrels who had built their dreys inside the house. and there was a fox pup, seen peeking out from a cat door, that had taken up in the dilapidated shed.

“there’s consolation in the idea that nature is reclaiming the places it has lent to people,” he says, adding that when enters the house “it’s like stepping back in time. the past lingers in the corners.” it’s not just the animals that interest him, but the people no longer there. “who were they? what was their daily life like?”

to get his shots of these human weary animals, fagerström typically envisions an image first and then plans it out. he’ll set his camera at the perfect angle, throw out peanuts as bait, and wait patiently for wildlife to wander into the picture frame. “sometimes you get lucky, but often it takes all night,” he says. “every so often a shot is pure happenstance.”

[spiritbreather]

lovely. 

[viralthings]

The woman I’m planning to marry showed me this pebble that looks like a guitar pick and with an entirely straight face said “it’s for rock music.”

[sheepkind]

marry her faster

[just-shower-thoughts]

Some animals don’t know others exist. Like a lion doesn’t know a squid is a thing.

[biowareproblems]

Me choosing what to remove from my inventory when I’m carrying too much:

[dazedreamatom]

forensic files narrator: ... and he left his finger prints on the door knob...

me eating my 5th mozzarella stick: you absolute fucking idiot

[markv5]

Когда не хотел потревожить кота

[napoleanbonafarte]

“When you don’t want to disturb the cat”

[foulserpent]

sometimes self care is saying “this is stupid” and closing the tab

[beetlebongos]

breakfast

[elliexer-moved]

lunch

[fever-dream-deactivated20180711]

dinner

[nathankujo-deactivated20220101]

dessert

[surreal--memes]

[standupbard-deactivated20171201]

i am more powerful than you could ever hyucking imagine

[e-seal-deactivated20210319]

[algopop]

How researchers trained their “biped” using ‘deep reinforcement learning.’

[kalyayev-deactivated20180228]

“deep reinforcement learning” is a weird euphemism for abusing your polygon boy with boxes

[dazedreamatom]

something in a video game: *clips through the floor, leaves the plane of existence in some ridiculous fashion*

me, gently: it belongs to Todd now

[marandart-deactivated20201102]

This is my new favorite hangout spot. I walked here from home with a cup of tea and my watercolor supplies. A floating dock out of the reach of sun or rain floats underneath the marina. And it has friends. 😍

[sharkyanchors]

I am so jealous of this person!!

[visualmelt]

By Don Davis (b. 1952) - Davis worked for the U. S. Geological Survey’s branch of Astrogeologic Studies during the Apollo Lunar expeditions and has since painted many images for NASA. He was part of the team of space artists gathered to provide the visual effects for the PBS series Cosmos by Carl Sagan.

#1 -  Space colony artwork for NASA (c. 1970)

#2 -  “Exploring Noctis Labyrinthus at Dawn”

#3 -  “Cruising over Titan", a center spread in ‘Future Magazine’, May 1979 issue.

[xenosaurus]

I think the greatest irony of my life is when the cafeteria at my college changed all the lights to blue bulbs for “autism awareness”, which fucked with my sensory issues badly enough that I could barely stand to be in the building

[xenosaurus]

I was certainly aware of my autism, at least.

[nickelodeonhistory]

1998 nickelodeon trade ad

[charbarthe2nd-deactivated202005]

It’s amazing how they could make an ad from 1998 that looks like a shitpost made a week ago.