Oblivion

The center cannot hold

[fredtougas]

Silver fields

[heavensghost]

[pairs-studio]

[haverst]

Aushi Alzony at the Asian Youth Chess Championship, photographed by Karim Sahib (2007)

source / Haverst

[kocalls]

[likeahauntingmelody]

before sunrise (1995)

[389]

The longest, left-breaking wave in the world, Chicama, Peru

[discreetwithabellyring-deactiva]

https://thenewinquiry.com/blog/social-media-is-not-self-expression/

[tommiemommy-deactivated20251120]

Sharing wired earphone is a lost art.

[handweavers]

having institutional access never stops feeling sort of crazy to me because you can literally type in any country and time period and find at least a handful of peer reviewed articles somewhere that discuss a specific aspect of people's lives in depth and at length like "what was considered pop culture in late imperial russia" or "how did the textile trade work in northern mali in the 1600s" or "children's toys in pre-colonial philippines" and it's just sitting there but the majority of people on planet earth aren't allowed to read any of it

[uritur-infelix]

One of the reasons why I don't really want to be an academic (at least in today's academia): what is the point of knowledge production if most of this knowledge isn't going to be accessible, especially to those who may most need it? Like, who are we producing this knowledge for? Cui bono?

I would much rather be a teacher (as I am), where outreach is not merely some cool thing tacked on the end but actually the very purpose of my job.

[openingadoor]

[heavenlyyshecomes]

there is a level of seduction that exists beyond the body. something less tangible, and perhaps more potent. anais nin understood this idea about how desire does not begin with touch but with language, perception, and the sharp electric pull of a mind that challenges and excites you. in her journals, desire is not just a physical hunger but a hunger of the intellect, an unraveling of thought before an unraveling of the body. to be drawn into someone’s mind, to feel their thoughts press against your own, can be more intoxicating than any physical closeness.

—Caitlyn Richardson, 'can intellectual intimacy replace physical desire?', in milk fed

[lovecrumbss]

James Baldwin talking about love

[calleido]

isle of skye, scotland

[re-0000]

[haverst]

source / Haverst

[mona-l1sa]