Randomness

[bitcoitus]

Please remember that almost everyone around you is traumatized. I didn’t understand this when I was younger. I wondered why people acted so strangely and irrationally. Maybe all children wonder this. The author Robert Anton Wilson said (paraphrasing), “We have never seen a completely sane adult human.” No one makes it out of this life alive. It’s not their fault. Mercy, kindness, forgiving — these are what makes one human. They are other names for love. People break in the strangest of ways.

[bitcoitus]

“Under the present brutal and primitive conditions on this planet, every person you meet should be regarded as one of the walking wounded. we have never seen a man or woman not slightly deranged by either anxiety or grief. we have never seen a totally sane human being." — Robert Anton Wilson

[memewhore]

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

(Soundwave voice) LAKE SUPERIOR

REPUBLICANS INFERIOR

[qqueenofhades]

Can't believe nobody has added the thrilling sequel:

[imsopopfly]

Hello 911 I just witnessed two entire murders

[chrysocomae]

Honoring the memory of artist, designer and KGB dissident Lyubov Panchenko. She died in Bucha from hunger and shelling due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She was 85 years old.

Part 2: Her Art

Part 3, Part 4

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[oldrags]

Fancy dress worn by Alexandra Feodorovna, 1903 Russia, the State Hermitage Museum

It’s in the style of a 17th century tsarina’s ceremonial dress

[jeannepompadour]

Wedding dress of a Mughal princess from North India, circa 1900

[magicalwolrd]

🍂🍁'

[velaversal]

a woman who doesn’t exist

[makitesuli-deactivated20250107]

Grace as Lady Amalthea

[makitesuli-deactivated20250107]

Grace as Lady Amalthea from The Last Unicorn might be my favourite fan casting of all time

Look at her sad eyes. She could do it!!!

[velaversal]

a spy in the house of thieves

[velaversal]

the memory is gone but its echo still remains

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

hmmm

[rubykgrant]

You BEHEAD Marie Antoinette?

[commodorecliche]

you CHOP her head like the GUILLOTINE??

[quadradaz]

OH OH CHAOS FOR FRANCE! CHAOS FOR FRANCE FOR 1000 YEARS!!!!

[alexseanchai]

[image: two cats, one in a basket with only the head showing and one next to the basket with everything but the head showing, creating the illusion that there is only one cat, whose head is in the basket instead of attached to the rest of the cat.]

[royalhandmaidens]

because i love y’all, i’m sharing my family’s recipe for apple tea (traditional fall/winter drink in west asia, turkey, and many areas of the balkans)

it’s like a more delicate version of apple cider and i basically live off of this stuff when the weather starts to cool!

Apple Tea (for two)

1 large apple or 2 small, shredded (you can use a cheese grater)

3 cups water

1-2 cinnamon sticks

2-3 pc clove (optional)

honey to taste

1 tsp of lemon juice (add at end)

green tea (optional! the lebanese version usually calls for green tea but i actually prefer it without. up to you!)

throw it all in a pot and let it simmer on a low temperature for an hour or so. while it’s simmering, it will also make your home smell delicious! (if you make it with green tea, add the tea at the end, about five minutes before taking it off the heat so the flavor doesn’t become bitter from oversteeping). strain into your cups and enjoy hot.

end result:

[wannabecosplayer]

Today I woke up with the urge to make cozy recipe cards, so please enjoy this.

[royalhandmaidens]

THIS IS PRECIOUS TYSM

[thundergrace]

Flautist Melissa Jefferson plays slaver James Madison's 200-year-old crystal flute in the Library of Congress.

[strangers-to-iowa]

a few notes: --this is apparently a piece that is very difficult to play --this flute is keyless, which requires the player to use extremely precise finger positioning --Lizzo is wearing two inch acrylic nails

[bixbythemartian]

the runs at the end are both stunning and flawless!

[metalheadsagainstfascism]

Cool. The flute is cool. But I got some more info that I feel is important.

That's James Maddison's flute. James Maddison owned over 100 slaves. Due to debts he had to sell land and slaves over his lifetime. By the time of his death he owned 36 slaves. No slaves were freed during his lifetime or in his will.

The power that this successful Black woman has over his legacy right now.

Not just playing his flute, but shaking her ass while playing his flute.

With some help from the Library of Congress, @lizzo got to play President James Madison's crystal flute at her recent Washington, D.C., conc

Oh, the white supremacists are so mad.

You know how often people play instruments that are hundreds of years old? Instruments are made to last hundreds of years. They're preserved through use. First chair violinists in major orchestras often use violins that are centuries old.

My aunt owns and sells instruments both young and old, and it's a huge dishonor to the memory of the creator to demand that the instrument go in a museum never to be used.

-fae

[memewhore]

[runcibility]

That cat is absolutely an orphan-generating coal baron. The mustache and top-hat are there in spirit, if not actually.

[coastgods]

[giuliettaluce]

Romeo and Juliet by Toshiaki Kato

Source: Pinterest