in the dark, no one hides but me

[notthatkindofgrrl]

[climbhighsleeplow]

Sand Grass - White Sands , New Mexico

[my-dailydreams]

[northstareclipse]

I think people conflate individualism-the-personality-trait with individualism-the-societal-trait way too much.

Societal individualism is not when you, a singular person, prefer having private time and space, enjoy activities that don’t revolve around The Group, or don’t want to have more than surface-level relationships with most people.

Societal individualism is when everyone is expected to handle everything alone, and needing support gets treated as some pathetic personal failure. It’s when even basic, impersonal considerations like wearing a face mask, not parking like an asshole, or not turning every shared environment into a sensory endurance test are framed as tyranny.

Plenty of collectivist cultures still have some version of “mind your own business” or “don’t be a nuisance” built into their social norms. That matters.

Because a lot of the fantasies I keep seeing about “moving beyond individualism” sound less like building mutual responsibility and more like applying collectivist language to the existing American culture of suburban surveillance, taking other people’s preferences personally, and mandatory golden-retriever sociability.

And honestly? That sounds hellish to me.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Due to the paucity of green spaces, New Yorkers do almost anything on the roof. Here, kids are playing and learning about gardening thanks to a project by the National Council of Jewish Women NY, 1929.

Photo: American Jewish Historical Society

[kn0wmore]

[dogpuppy]

[nekonyamicon]

it's relatively early morning and this is still the worst thing I've seen and probably will see today, and now you get to see it too. you're welcome.

[milksockets]

'campaign for dominate hair wax' in lürzer's int'l archive (ads, tv + posters worldwide) vol. 3- 2007

[targetedknowledge]

[abuu2go]

(via 「思わず二度見する不思議さ…」タトゥー風の足を持つ猫:らばQ)

[sporeganism]

in the maw of the earth

[a100places]

Badab-e Surt, Iran

Iridescent pools of water gather on beds of rust-colored travertine. The colorful puddles top each layer of rock at Iran’s Badab-e Surt, blanketing the naturally formed terraces and transforming them into an exquisite sight alight with fiery hues. The scenery is breathtaking. These beautiful travertine terraces in northern Iran are an incredible natural phenomenon that developed over thousands of years. Travertine is a type of limestone formed from the calcium deposit in flowing water, and in this case it’s two hot springs with different mineral properties. The unusual reddish colour of the terraces is down to the high content of iron oxide in one of the springs.

[nemertea]

Redmond, WA, USA June 4, 2026

[inkpixels]

12 colors

[wakingfromthewater]

Still thinking about this mobile game ad I got. You will f**k increasingly large creatures.

[imjunebitch]

i did try keeping a diary for awhile but one-time I looked at an entry and it was just "IDONTWANTTOBEALONEANYMORE" written over and over again like a fucking horror movie and the entry right before was like "I made soupe today yay!" so I am like the worst diary keeper ever

[slowspinningredemption]

i've followed you for a more than a decade and its clear you're always shifting your identity to whatever is convenient for your current delusion. You were very British for a while, you were very American for a while, you were very Russian, you were very Irish, and now your thing is having a brother. You are mentally ill and you need help. I know the reblog numbers are dizzyingly great but you CAN do better. Log off and get help.

i've been annoying you for OVER A DECADE and you're still here??

[slowspinningredemption]

DIZZYINGLY GREAT???