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Giant's Causeway (Clochán an Aifir) ~ Antrim, Ireland — 40,000 interlocking columnar basalt structures, the pillarlike remains

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Imagine getting expelled from school for being an atheist and years later that school builds a monument to you but of your dead drowned corpse with your dick out.

They do it all classy though but still

#percy shelley

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The Crooked Forest ~ Poland (2015) by Kilian Schönberger — Unusual tree formations in a foggy woodland

He looked up from where he had been carefully smoothing the embroidered cover, and seeing his face, Costis felt the shock like a physical blow. If Attolia could look like a queen, Eugenides was like a god revealed, transformed into something wholly unfamiliar, surrounded by the cloth-of-gold bedcover like a deity on an alter, passionless and calculating.

— The King of Attolia, Megan Whalen Turner

#the king of attolia #megan whalen turner

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Robert McGinnis (1926-2025) Robin Hood (undated) Source

#robert mcginnis #robin hood

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For years, sci-fi has asked, what if aliens were wetter than us. Project Hail Mary posits a new, daring question. What if we are the wet aliens

#project hail mary

Attolia saw his smile, without any hint of self-effacement or flattery or opportunism, a smile wholly unlike that of any member of her court, and she hit him across the face with her open hand.

— The Queen of Attolia, Megan Whalen Turner

#the queen of attolia #megan whalen turner #i think MWT may be one of my mutuals so if she reads this: thanks for the great book!

A part of The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats mural by Rex Whistler

#rex whistler

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Rex Whistler - Self-Portrait, 1924

Reginald John “Rex” Whistler (24 June 1905 – 18 July 1944) was a British artist, who painted murals and society portraits, and designed theatrical costumes. He was killed in action in Normandy in World War II. Whistler was the brother of poet and artist Laurence Whistler.

#rex whistler

— Dorothy Parker, review of John Williams production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, Vanity Fair, November 1918.

#dorothy parker #oscar wilde

Karen Elson and Atlas the lion. Fashion: Dolce & Gabbana Alta Moda, Headpiece by Julian d’Ys, Shotover House, Oxfordshire, 2013. Photography by Tim Walker

#tim walker