where atlantic pacifies

sometimes I'm quixotic. too often I'm complacent. but I live in a constant state of wonder

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wonderful. 

Short Movie - Laura Marling

[pcttrailsidereader]

Tyler Fox surveyed 2014 thru-hikers regarding their PCT experience and received over 100 responses. His information creates an interesting profile of both the hikers and their experience. For example, his survey found that about two thirds of the hikers were men and one third were women; the...

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proud member :)

[ayeshakhurram]

I am speechless. I am speechless that two hours away from where I live, over a hundred and forty children have died. I am speechless. My brothers, my sisters. They aren’t with us anymore, and I am speechless. I can’t tell you how much I’ve cried today, I can’t tell you how depressed, disgusted, sad, horrified and shocked I am at this act of terrorism in the name of ‘God’.

It’s numbing to even try and think about what the mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters feel like right now - I can’t even imagine what it’s like, to send your child to school asking him to do his very best on his mid year, telling him you believe in him, telling him not to leave a single question empty. He left the world instead.

Please don’t think we aren’t important because we aren’t from the well known Western countries. Please don’t let the lives lost be defined by race, language, nation. Please don’t think we deserve this because our oppressors and us, we share a religion - because if these terrorists are ‘muslims’, then I am not. (And believe me when I tell you they’re not. They don’t know anything about Islam, because if they did they would hesitate to use harsh words, let alone guns.)

It takes two seconds to make a prayer. It takes two seconds to spread the word. It takes two seconds to make someone see that the oppressed and oppressors are different, even if they share a religon.

I hope you will remember that little, innocent children and teachers did not ask for this. I hope you will remember that a teacher got burned alive trying to save the students. I hope you will remember that raising your voice against evil is the first step to eliminate it from our society.

[sandandglass]

[kevinliuzzo]

Shortly after the Ferguson shooting, The Economist reported that police in England and Wales fired their weapons a total of four times during the past two years. Four times —meaning in two years they discharged fewer bullets policing 57 million people than were discharged into Michael Brown’s body on one afternoon.

Let that sink in nice and slowly.

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Sunset Over Glacier Peak and Image Lake in The Galcier Peak Wild by randalljhodges

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Or... maybe just hike the PCT again

[myreligiousnature]

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Feeling like I need to hike again in 2015... maybe AT?

[buffordz]

Cathedral Peak, PCT, WA Section J.

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[szelence]

McCall basin reflecting pool by oldmantravels on Flickr.

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missin' the PCT somethin' fierce. ^Goat Rocks Wilderness, WA

[micdotcom]

#AliveWhileBlack is the heartbreaking response to #CrimingWhileWhite

The hashtag #CrimingWhileWhite became a platform to illustrate what often happens when white people engage in criminal activity. It was a powerful moment, as white people openly acknowledged that they don’t face nearly the same punishment or brutality experienced by their black counterparts. But despite the good intentions of those who participated, many others felt like the hashtag detracted from conversations about the value of black lives.

In response to that first trending hashtag, Jamilah Lemieux, senior digital editor for Ebony magazine, started #AliveWhileBlack.

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[dewogong-blog]

I’ve been trying to find this gifset because this is relevant now more than ever.

[bauske]

holy crap Adventure Time

[harleyhendrix-deactivated201705]

Do yall get it now that it’s been simplified with bright colors and animation?

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back then our bones wouldn't break

we didn't give a fuck

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hello netflix my old friend

i've come to stream from you again

though my essays need completing

and i really should be sleeping

still the series that were placed into my queue 

need to be viewed

on the site of netflix

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mmmm