things that make me smile

howdy. female, amsterdam / taipei i like books, television and quotes. i'm fairly geeky. i go by the nickname starbadger. I have a bunch of blogs ⭐Book Blog  ⭐Doctor Who Blog  ⭐Harry Potter Blog  ⭐Pretty Things  ⭐Virtual Garden  ⭐Inspiration Blog  ⭐Fashion Blog  ⭐Fitblr  ⭐Personal Blog 

[idiopathicsmile]

every single day the news is like "breaking: the president has decreed that 100 to 200 angry hornets will be crammed into the mouth of each and every non-billionaire in the continental US on a random night this week while they sleep!" and every single time i'm like "...is this a power traditionally held by the executive branch of the US government?" and sometimes the answer is "unfortunately yes" and sometimes the answer is "no but it's happening anyway lol" and then i'm like "well i guess i hope the other branches impose checks and balances on his decision" and then the republican-majority supreme court is like "we're fine with this" and the republican-majority congress is like "what if the hornets were angrier actually" and then some glossy new startup is like "we built a tool to help predict which night is your night to have the hornets jammed in there, it's called buzzz :)" but the it turns out the tool is powered by ai so it's completely worthless and anyway what i'm saying is no, i haven't really been keeping up on my laundry lately.

[becomingvecna]

Sculptured Web by anncarringtonart

[wedarkacademia]

[academic-vampire]

𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔪𝔟𝔢𝔯 𝔟𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔰

[life-on-our-planet]

The honey possum, also called a noolbenger, is the only flightless animal that feeds exclusively on nectar and pollen. As such it’s an important pollinator in the grasslands of southern Australia. Grassland Films

[nature-godsgardenofeden]

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[vangoghcore]

by laupopx

[leahberman]

daybreak

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[seasonalserotonin]

[allthingseurope]

Jardin de l'Ile Verte, France (by Oeil de verre)

[yuriinullification]

does anyone have that quote that goes something like 'white germans under the nazis lived just fine as long as they were loyal to the state, gave their children to the army, and paid their taxes, and in this sense many americans would be comfortable living under fascism' trying to find who said it but google is giving me jack shit

[dyketavros]

"The concentration camp was never the normal condition for the average gentile German. Unless one were Jewish, or poor and unemployed, or of active leftist persuasion or otherwise openly anti-Nazi, Germany from 1933 until well into the war was not a nightmarish place. All the “good Germans” had to do was obey the law, pay their taxes, give their sons to the army, avoid any sign of political heterodoxy, and look the other way when unions were busted and troublesome people disappeared. Since many “middle Americans” already obey the law, pay their taxes, give their sons to the army, are themselves distrustful of political heterodoxy, and applaud when unions are broken and troublesome people are disposed of, they probably could live without too much personal torment in a fascist state — some of them certainly seem eager to do so. "

- Michael Parenti, Fascism in a Pinstriped Suit

[theconcealedweapon]

[newyorkinthespring]

“I have an absolute need for countryside, quiet, solitude.”

— Nikos Kazantzakis, from a letter to his sister written c. March 1912 (via violentwavesofemotion)

[idleminds]

[manny-jacinto]

ADAM SCOTT as Griff Hawkins Boy Meets World (1993–2000)

[rubypomegranates]

"At last came the golden month of the wild folk-- honey-sweet May, when the birds come back, and the flowers come out, and the air is full of the sunrise scents and songs of the dawning year."

Samuel Scoville Jr. "Wild Folk"

[bakwaaas]

[mistgardens]

Prophet and Catalyst

The scene it's based on:

No text + lineart appreciation versions

They seem like "really good friends"