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[kal-eidoscopic]

The reason why I'm so so so obsessed with that one picture of Christina Koch looking out the window at Earth is specifically because of her braid floating in full view, silhouetted by the light and the Earth.

Because braids and plaits are so prevalent across our entire existence. Countless cultures have historically developed some way of weaving hair in a uniformed manner completely independently from one another. The styling and the number of strands and the addition of extra strands varies of course but a three-strand braid is the most common variation and it still stands that they're an incredible commonality across cultures.

That is why I love that picture so very much. Because it's something so quintessentially human being brought up to space.

A kinda messy braid drifting in zero gravity, captured with the entire view of our planet behind it and the angle of her face to look up at our home, up at us, is somehing so beautiful to me that I can't fully capture it into words.

[stxllarvision]

sun & moon (bespoke version)

[teafaellana]

I feel like a huge part of the reason that people get bent out of shape about people reading books written by writers who have been bigoted and/or heinous people or who've made problematic choices is because they've forgotten that you don't actually have to buy a book to read it, and therefore you don't have to financially support the author. Idk, maybe that's just me, though.

Like, do I want to financially support Neil Gaiman after finding out what he had been up to? No. But should that stop me from reading his writing if I can get my hands on it without giving him money or if I already own a copy of it? Also no.

Insert other authors as you see fit.

(Also, an argument often made is "but if people see that someone likes x written by y then they might go and buy it and financially support the author" which is valid sometimes but also some authors and/or stories are unfortunately just so much a part of the zeitgeist that people will probably hear about them anyway. That being said, there is at least one author whose works I absolutely refuse to engage with in any kind of meaningfully public way no matter how popular her story is because fuck her specifically and I'm petty about it at this point. Iykyk.)

[ihopeucomehomesoon]

ugh but it was kinda cute when he called me over to dance the second time bc the first time it was me who went up to him to ask if he wanted to dance but the second time it was bc the song we were learning with my friend who brought us together the first time we met we practiced together so it was playing we had to dance together!! and it was really fun and sweet

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

And if School Spirits is fundamentally about loneliness and isolation and also the forces counteracting that? What then???

[they-didnt-last]

update: i started reading 'the empty grave' last night, but i was too tired to read more than a couple of chapters. anyway, i've been reading it since i woke up and i just realized it is 3:30pm and i haven't had lunch yet

[ur-stepdad]

british senpai