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[jareckiworld]

Younguk Yi — „Portrait of someone who seems to listen, yet relies more on gestures, glances, and pauses than words themselves” (acrylic on linen, 2024)

[weepingwidar]

Kay Seohyung Lee (Korean, 1995) - Allergy Valley (2019)

[thecryptkeeper]

[importantcatpics]

[nemfrog]

The student's room. The pink fairy book. 1897. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.

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[jabberding0]

Wei Weaving is a Chinese artist

[nepharim-tree]

[nevver]

Magic in the everything, Livia Giorgina

[what-even-is-thiss]

It’s crazy that countries on the edge of the Sahara desert are reversing desertification by just digging half circles

[what-even-is-thiss]

The ground in these places is too compact for water to soak in during wet season which leads to flooding but digging these holes gives the water a place to stop and soak in. And they’re pushing back the desert with this. By just digging holes.

[what-even-is-thiss]

The new plants also help even more water soak into the ground which reduces flooding even more.

These places also give people places to grow food and graze animals like people are turning completely dry compact desert into a refuge for wildlife and plants and solving regional food insecurity just by digging holes.

[untitledgoosegay]

Yacouba Sawadogo - Wikipedia

The half-circles are called zaï! They're a traditional farming practice in the Sahel desert, and their introduction + reintroduction can be largely credited to Yacouba Sawadogo, the man linked above! He reintroduced and innovated on the zaï on his own farm in the 1980s, and did extensive outreach (along with scientist Mathieu Ouédraogo) to encourage other farmers to adopt them as well.

He also promoted the use of cordons pierreux, which are basically just lines of rocks to reduce erosion, preserve sediments, and increase water absorption.

Immensely cool dude. He's been a personal hero since I learned about him.

[delicatecombat]

Mourning Doves

[nemfrog]

Anton Seder. Die Pflanze in Kunst und Gewerbe /The Plant in Art and Industry. vol.2. ca. 1887-89. The apotheosis of the root vegetable.

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[jareckiworld]

Mikhail Dorokhov — Space Performance (watercolor, tempera, paper, on fibreboard, 1966)

[bedupolker]

[special-lucky-chosen-one]

I like when someone invents a new and disturbing way to Decorate Wrong

[theweirdwideweb]

William Lamson | Think Globally, Act Locally

[randomitemdrop]

Item: Mask of Something Or Other

[snototter]

A pair of red crowned cranes (Grus japonensis) perform a courtship dance in Hokkaido, Japan

by ted smith

[yossyislandd]

forgot to show you cats this incredible first paragraph

[yossyislandd]

guy who discovered dinosaur feathers btw

[mrbopst]

King of Hearts: Jean-Michel Basquiat

[nemfrog]

Child labor. The Workers (Communist) Party: what it stands for, why workers should join. 1924.

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