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THEY LITERALLY HANG THEM UP TO DRY IN CRYING OH MY GOD

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WHY IS THIS NOT MY JOB?!?!

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THE NOISE

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*sniff sniff*

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CRIMSON PEAK 2015, dir. Guillermo del Toro

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Marimo (毬藻) moss balls are actually a type of algae that grows spherically as it rolls in the water. Because they only grow 5mm a month, they are easy to take care of, but they are also very rare and can only be found in a few parts of the world including Japan & Iceland. Because of their rarity and beauty, a festival called Marimo Matsuri takes place every year in Hokkaido, Japan where all the marimo plants in the Lake Akanko are taken out, individually cleaned, and placed back into the water. Not only are they adorable, but they are considered a national treasure in Japan!

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since it’s indigenous history month just wanted to point out that the marimo matsuri as its known actually began as a conservation effort led by ainu locals, marimo are really valuable to a lot of our community theology!! before this marimo were really threatened by harvesting and this activism is what led to their protection and revival today.

lake akan (not akanko) is neighbored by an ainu village! The ‘cleaning’ is actually a blessing by elders in the ainu community and the importance of returning them is in the message of conservation and protecting their home

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got to stop thinking that i’m rotting stagnating etc.. i’m marinating. i’m slow cooking . i’m proofing dough

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Susan Sontag - “Death Kit”

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On Mighty Hestia

I hate when people reduce Hestia to “just” the Goddess of the Hearth, like all She does is poke logs in a fireplace. Hestia is the first and most important of the Olympians. She gave up Her throne to tend the hearth in Olympus, because the hearth IS Her throne, and She was above their petty drama.

Hestia was the only God revered by every single person -and She didn’t have to ruin people’s lives and terrorize them to get there. Hestia was, functionally, the Goddess of Civilization. She reigned over the hearth, the home, the family, architecture, and the proper ordering of the household. Her power over these matters was so important, that the Romans considered Vesta to be the Goddess of the State.

Hestia/Vesta gets the first prayer and the last prayer. She gets the first offering and the last offering, burnt in Her honor in Her hearth, which every home, temple, and town square had. Offerings couldn’t even reach the Olympian gods without Her Hearth, and She had the power to withhold them! But She never did, because She was above all of that. Without Her, civilization would have fallen apart.