MeTruffle

It's not really about truffles.

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Why learning a new language is like an illicit love affair – Marianna Pogosyan | Aeon Ideas

Learning a new language is like an illicit love affair: the mother tongue is cast aside as you fly off into another’s arms

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Having a large vocabulary is like having a lot of crayons. You rarely use azure or ochre, but it still feels nice to have them in the box.

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Cheerfulness cannot be compulsory, whatever the T-shirts say – Mariana Alessandri | Aeon Essays

Practising the Greek virtues of wisdom and courage is one thing. But being cheerful the American way borders on psychosis

Feel peaceful or cheerful?

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

“It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you are ready. I have this feeling that actually no-one is ever ready to do anything. There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now.”

— Hugh Laurie

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“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”

— Lemony Snicket // The Ersatz Elevator

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[everydayanth]

#MeToo Will Not Survive Unless We Recognize Toxic Femininity

Sometimes I wish I could gather up all the women I’ve ever known, or encountered, and conduct this informal poll: Raise your hand if you’ve ever acted helpless in the face of an…

Wow, this was an interesting read, and put some of my more emotional thoughts into logical form. 

Thoughts?

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"In a free society, everyone, regardless of gender, or any other identification, is free to be a manipulative, narcissistic, emotionally destructive asshole. So I’m not sure why men have been getting all the credit lately."

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just one day on the Camino!

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just one day on the Camino!

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(via https://open.spotify.com/track/6GNuF4ss3err3nZiI7Xnmi?si=0r0SYQ0TSoiCEI81AnqWeQ)

Because sometimes you just want to hear a happy violin song.

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Stop the oil leak - save the Gdańsk Bay

An pil spill of up to 1 500 000 litres could be released from the Franken shipwreck to the Gdańsk Bay and cause an ECOLOGICAL DISASTER! Do not let the Gdańsk Bay become a dead zone!

The project is a pilot initiative. In addition to the  action plan, a methodology for the cleaning of the wrecks will be prepared. This methodology could be used at other wrecks in the Baltic, which constitute a potential threat to the environment and humans.

[sashacoki]

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Easier said than done. Still, words to live by.

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A song I came upon today, purely by accident.

[sound-dream]

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Just felt I had to reblog it. What I imagine seeing sounds would be like.

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(via https://open.spotify.com/track/6EwumL5NHSyl1K35ZyNdcW?si=sPCa_YqaQUunXFBqVwB7cQ)

[art-of-all-types]

Art via http://ift.tt/2u9WMkN

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The beautiful is a puzzle for all of us.

I haven’t really planned on linking to the same site in matter of minutes, but it’s a really irresisteble connection seeing this amazing artwork. Here goes another essay posted on aeon. This time - on beauty:

The puzzle of beauty