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Vintage charms

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I think they would've been friends

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Today, I’m praying for all the elderly that get scammed. Bad people have been taking advantage of them, who are more vulnerable citizens to such attacks. Please keep them safe, Lord. 🙏🏻

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The fact that Tolkien realized he’d created inconsistency for LotR with the first published version of The Hobbit and then retconned it with the in universe explanation of “Bilbo is a liar,” is never going to stop being both equal parts brilliant and funny.

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The thing about a Big Character Twist is you run the risk of essentially killing off a character the audience has already grown to love. If you can have a big twist and preserve what was so great about that character, you're a genius.

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If the urge to fight your siblings is the “Cain instinct” then after which biblical figure should we name the instinct to protect your siblings, even with your life?

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Longcomb Sawfish or Green Sawfish (Pristis zijsron), family Pristidae, order Rhinopristiformes, Adelaide, Australia

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

photograph by apache_drone_imagery

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Coniferous Myst / The Herbalists / Owlbear / Scrag

Ancient Meadow

2019

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hey don’t cry. trees grow out of the ground.

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Frog.

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Budapest ‘87, Attila Manek

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What the sneef? I'm snorfin' here!

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"I laugh when I look at this shot - one in a million chance of capturing the precise moment when these birds are locked in eye to eye!

Out in my boat fishing one morning, I noticed that an eagle was being harassed by a blue jay on the shoreline next to my cabin. The blue jay’s relentless attacks were only mildly irritating to the eagle. The big bird’s facial expression was one of pure disdain. Jays are fiercely territorial - the eagle had perched near the jay’s nest and the jay was determined to protect its young.

My boat floated closer and closer to the skirmish and I knew that I might be able to capture a special moment if I just kept shooting. I love the image for so many reasons. The eagle is protecting its most valuable secret weapon - its eyes - by sliding a thin membrane over its eye just as the jay flies by. The jay is executing a ninja move as it makes its escape. And I love the way the image illustrates the sheer contrast in size between the enormity of the eagle’s body and the small silhouette of the blue jay.

I’ll always be thankful that I was in the right spot at the right time."

📸Ken Wiele

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Bothering the beast

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egg yolk with a speck of nonstick coating that got scraped off the pan