won’t lose my heart.

Currently: heartstopper, Dracula daily, sincere Christian posting, #merlinblogging

[ninaharlings]

new-seas > ninaharlings

I am in my feels about Willa Cather to an extent that merits changing my url for the first time ever

[kevytmaitohorsma]

Reblog this photo of a käpylehmä to have a käpylehmä in your blog

It's a trick! If you reblog you get TWO käpylehmäs in your blog!

[kevytmaitohorsma]

They're traditional Finnish toys, little cows made out of spruce cones, on their way to see the world from one tumblr blog to another

[holespoles]

Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) “Juillet,” 1899 / “Juillet,” published in the magazine Cocorico (1898–1899)

[frostedmagnolias]

Ring with Cupid Chasing a Butterfly

18th century

“This ring uses naturally occurring color variations in a slice of agate to create a miniature relief of Cupid chasing a butterfly, which represents the human soul. Other neoclassical artists also represented this theme, perhaps most famously the marble by Antoine-Denis Chaudet, which is in the Louvre in Paris. The cameo is set in a pierced gold ring.”

made by a Venetian artist

The Walters Art Museum

[ninaharlings]

I saw the world premiere of My Ántonia as a musical tonight and it was incredible. Just a captivating performance. I’m v emotional about Willa Cather no one talk to me

[carpenuit]

Guelaguetza hairstyles by Netzahualxochitl Huerta featured in Vogue México shot by Luvia Lazo

[soulmvtes]

some recent moments :)

[lake-erie]

the rainbow is a well-known symbol of gay pride that originated in the late 1970s in san francisco, when the gay community promised to never again destroy the earth by flood

[stealingpotatoes]

i don't know what older adults were on about when they said being a teenager was good <3

[brehaaorgana]

for the last time: if there's a sexy naked lady with long flowing hair and MAYBE a diaphanous sheet or flower crown; lots of swirlies and ribbon like curving LUSCIOUS shapes; very lush foliage (acanthus leaves, elegant flowers) and all kinds of fauna — both especially waterside (lily pads, lotuses, reeds, cranes, dragonflies); lots of green; everything is a lot of iron, stone, stained glass, mosaic, and carved wood; the windows or their frames are very Shaped; the lights are soft yellow; or it's a font with lots of line weight variation; feather tips are rounded; everything reminds you of france, vienna, or japan and something vaguely mediterranean; OR it's literally a Parisian metro station

— then it's art nouveau

and if the sexy lady has a bob cut or a hair cap and is wearing a column or flapper dress; there's a lot of geometry like rectangles, arches, rays, and diamonds; angels have super sharp wings and a lot of muscles; everything is steel, concrete, marble, gold, and red velvet seats; everything is VERY angular; and all the foliage is basically papyrus fronds; things feel vaguely Egyptian or Turkish or Mesopotamian; the fonts play with being very skinny or very thick and are sans serif with extra lines; or Gatsby would be found floating dead in that pool

— then it's art deco

[brehaaorgana]

And if looks kinda like art nouveau

— with lots of lush flora, tiny insects (like dragonflies) or graceful birds, stained glass, iron, warm golden lighting, lots of wood and wood carving (but now it's more wood paneling), a stylistic fondness for Japan, line weight variation in the font, and tile (but this time it's carved or sculpted on, not tiny mosaic)

but you're worried it's art deco

— because the forms (especially foliage) are very symmetrical and slightly more angular or blocky and graphic looking, things are more rectangular than circular or curvy in architecture, the patterns repeat more often, and more of the lamps are pyramids or rectangular, and there are nods to Egyptian or Ottoman style, and they used the color red (probably in an accent chair or carpet rug)

BUT there's no steel, concrete, gold plating or gilding, marble, big muscles, spiky or radiating diamond shapes, angular people, or flappers,

AND the vibes are jacobean, gothic, or spanish mission revival; they love some brick and stone; the wallpaper is an explosion of colorful pattern that could give you arsenic poisoning or help depict a descent into postpartum psychosis in a famous short story; but there are NO people to be seen, not even sexy ladies,

— then THAT is the arts & crafts movement.

[daysleftofsecondterm]

999 days left

[kitkat-the-muffin]

Who else up cudgeling their brains?

[depsidase]

[theinstagrahame]

And to be clear, it was stolen by Billionaires.

In order to pay for their excesses, we have to struggle. In order to free up the wealth for 1 person to get a billion dollars, 1000 people can't be millionaires.

In order for Elon Musk to have a trillion dollars, 1000 people can't be billionaires. Honestly, I'm lowballing it when I say that a million people must struggle so that Elon Musk can have his shitty lifestyle.

[theinstagrahame]

[theinstagrahame]

How much ROI do we get from Musk?

[depsidase]

[hahaalaine]

This is leaving out the most crucial piece of why that was a normal reality: UNIONS. Union participation percentage is a measly 10% across all industries for the latest statistics in 2025. Unions are the ones who could fight against the requirement for everyone and their mother to need a minimum of a bachelor's degree. they could fight for working hours to be properly compensated so that the work week was actually 40 hours or less and everything over was actually paid for. The reality of the work place and why we work so much more for so much less is because we are not unionized. the reason europeans seem to have it so much better is because of their strong union culture. there are solutions to these problems and we need to stop obscuring the why.

[depsidase]

correct.

[rainbowdoom32]

Not to discredit unions, they're great. But a lot of this prosperity was the result of the fact that the US was the only industrialized economy that hadn't just been the victim of an aggressive bombing campaign.

We also had an imperialist control over the world's oil supply. That's a big part of the picture too. Fuel was dirt cheap for Americans for a bit there.

Like yes, Regan's systematic undermining of unions followed with a big economic shift from an industrial manufacturing economy to a post industrial service economy, which meant a lot of people were working in newer industries that hadn't really existed before and thus hasn't been unionized, all contributed to wage suppression.

But the prosperity of the post-war American economy was never sustainable. It couldn't last. The fuel crisis was always coming, the economic shift was always coming. The rest of the world was always going to finish rebuilding after the war and start competing with American companies again.

Do join/start a union. It will massively improve your situation and the circumstances of your coworkers.

But also recognize how under capitalism prosperity only ever exists for the few because of the suffering of the many. We're not getting that lifestyle back and we shouldn't want it, because it only comes as the result of massive amounts of devastation for the rest of the world

[depsidase]

[hahaalaine]

This is leaving out the most crucial piece of why that was a normal reality: UNIONS. Union participation percentage is a measly 10% across all industries for the latest statistics in 2025. Unions are the ones who could fight against the requirement for everyone and their mother to need a minimum of a bachelor's degree. they could fight for working hours to be properly compensated so that the work week was actually 40 hours or less and everything over was actually paid for. The reality of the work place and why we work so much more for so much less is because we are not unionized. the reason europeans seem to have it so much better is because of their strong union culture. there are solutions to these problems and we need to stop obscuring the why.

[depsidase]

correct.

[ninaharlings]

My husband’s grandpa worked at a tool and die factory. He was unionized and supported his wife, 5 kids, and a rotating cast of foster children with a job that only required a high school education. He also got 6 WEEKS of vacation. This was possible! Also it was a career. He worked there his whole life. It wasn’t a stepping stone job.

[oneheadtoanother]

idk anything about this but I love it

[lynati]

If any competition needed to be on Tumblr, it's this one.

[agoldenplum]

Thanks @slightlylightly founded by Sunny Somrat, This is  SSFood Challenge

The players in and around Bangladesh play and are rewarded with food even losers get food. The combination of colorful games and the feel-good factor of nobody going home empty-handed has given Somrat a genuine hit.

[velvetcloak]

anamone

[velvetcloak]

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