Cuckoo's Nest

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

[nemfrog]

Metamorphosis of different varieties of caddis flies. Cassell’s natural history. v.6. 1896.

[hirxeth]

“You said for better or for worse. You said that. You said it. It was a promise. Now, this is my worst, okay? This is my worst. But I’m gonna get better.”

Blue valentine (2010) dir. Derek Cianfrance

[nemfrog]

A golden lion. The standard natural history. 1884. Cover art. 

[rellygc]

“You’re not gonna get in a car with a guy that honks, are ya?”

Lady Bird - Illustration by Relly Coquia

[hirxeth]

the twin and myself

[nemfrog]

“When stars explode.” Popular Science. July 1946. 

[lgbt-history-archive]

Buzz and Tommy, c. 1949. The inscription, dated March 26, 1949, reads, “To Buzz, I’ll Always Remember The Times We Spent To-gether…All my love, Your Tommy.” #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride #queerhistorymatters #haveprideinhistory #night

[1010ll]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdKEUq6D4NE/?taken-by=lilween_

[tackled]

[artist-vangogh]

Portrait of Armand Roulin, 1888, Vincent van Gogh

Size: 65x54 cm Medium: oil on canvas

[lifeinpoetry]

Studies suggest How may I help you officer? is the single most disarming thing to say and not What’s the problem? Studies suggest it’s best the help reply My pleasure and not No problem. Studies suggest it’s best not to mention problem in front of power even to say there is none. Gloria Steinem says women lose power as they age and yet the loudest voice in my head is my mother. Studies show the mother we have in mind isn’t the mother that exists. Mine says: What the fuck are you crying for? Studies show the baby monkey will pick the fake monkey with fake fur over the furless wire monkey with milk, without contest. Studies show to negate something is to think it anyway. I’m not sad. I’m not sad. Studies recommend regular expressions of gratitude and internal check-ins. Enough, the wire mother says. History is a kind of study. History says we forgave the executioner. Before we mopped the blood we asked: Lord Judge, have I executed well? Studies suggest yes. What the fuck are you crying for, officer? the wire mother teaches me to say, while studies suggest Solmaz, have you thanked your executioner today?

— Solmaz Sharif, “Social Skills Training,” published in Buzzfeed

[love-personal]

[hipinuff]

Olafur Eliasson, Untitled, 1996

[vintageeveryday]

Little girl and her dog, circa 1950.

[illustration-sausage]

Go see Baby Driver! Good soundtrack and good structure

[nemfrog]

“He is the pilot in a fog.” The tragic story of the Empress of Ireland. 1914. 

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