americasgreatoutdoors:
“There are no roads to Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Visitors arrive by plane or boat to discover a stunning wilderness of snow capped mountain ranges, rich forests, turquoise lakes and incredible wildlife....

americasgreatoutdoors:

There are no roads to Lake Clark National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Visitors arrive by plane or boat to discover a stunning wilderness of snow capped mountain ranges, rich forests, turquoise lakes and incredible wildlife. The size and beauty of Lake Clark is overwhelming, promising the intrepid an experience of a lifetime. Photo by K. Miller, National Park Service.

jumpingjacktrash:

design-is-fine:

Villeroy & Boch, Tea service, 1911-12. Stoneware. Mettlach Germany. Via Rijksmuseum

oh. oh. oh.

jumpingjacktrash:

k25ff:

unfuckthereallife:

thenatsdorf:

Female Royal Flycatcher (via)

@bagofbirds

@itsbenedict writes:  #that’s a *female*???#do flycatchers flip the usual plumage signaling behavior for birds#or do the males look even MORE outlandish

And the answer is that, depending on species, the males look about the same, just with different-coloured hats.

image

Observe.

stylish!

gallusrostromegalus:

lohlunat:

zooophagous:

eartharchives:

T. neptunis belongs to a group known as myco-heterotrophic plants, which use fungi as a food source instead of the good old-fashioned Sun.

What the fuck is that

@gallusrostromegalus

what in the WHOLE FUCK. plants are weird.

HOLY SHIT I LOVE THEM

sierrahiker8:
““Stunning diamond-winged tiara (Valkirie tiara) by Cartier commissioned by the late Mary Crewe-Milnes, Duchess of Roxburghe, in 1935.
(The tiara will go on display for the first time at V&A Dundee
”

sierrahiker8:

“Stunning diamond-winged tiara (Valkirie tiara) by Cartier commissioned by the late Mary Crewe-Milnes, Duchess of Roxburghe, in 1935.
(The tiara will go on display for the first time at V&A Dundee
via DuVallon’s cabinet).”

fictionalred:

drawsshits:

Hey, big fucking news!!! The two Koreas are no longer at war with each other, they signed a treaty today!!!!!!

Did a quick google and YES! [x]

  • Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un signed a three-part declaration in the Peace House, pledging to sign a peace treaty to formally end the war between North and South Korea this year.
  • The declaration states that the Koreas will work towards reunification and establish a communications post in Kaesong, North Korea.
  • By May 1, loudspeaker broadcasts and distribution of propaganda leaflets will be stopped, the declaration says.
  • The declaration says the countries will work towards the “complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.”
coolcatgroup:
“@mostlycatsmostly
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jumpingjacktrash:

rorleuaisen:

jumpingjacktrash:

you know, when you think about it, the way we grow up is super unnatural. raised by two parents alone, sleeping apart from them, and then sent away to school – it’s no wonder we’re all neurotic. that’s not how humans evolved to do things.

as long as there have been smart primates, long before we were all the way human, we lived in groups and raised children all together, and families all kind of puppy-piled to sleep, and there was social grooming and sharing food and so forth. i mean, i’m not saying “let’s all go back to being hunter-gatherers,” obviously i like modern life for a lot of things. but maybe it’s not a great idea to make children sleep alone, or make it mandatory for them to leave home and spend all day among strangers their parents have no power to defend them from. our instincts react to this by telling us we’ve been cast out, we’re being rejected. so deep down we believe we’re not ok and don’t deserve to be a part of our community.

because our inner monkey got raised by the wire mother half the time.

I mean, I hear you and stuff, but also the forced socialization outside of inner family is what helps to spot and identify abuse. Isolation and control are pretty much ideal abuse circumstances.

On the other hand, being raised by a community has better chances of you not being raised in isolation. You have multiple minds teaching and caring, instead of 2. So, if we could just increase the number of parents…

yeah, i think you have to have the ‘raised by a village’ thing if you’re going to educate kids at home.