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i say "godspeed, soldier" way too much for someone who puts their faith in neither god nor the military

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stick to it

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the flesh will persist (graphite & digital, 2023)

print

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These are like the same type of guy to me

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Magical Spot on the River

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impractical? yes

slightly disturbing? also yes

would i commit all manner of felonies to obtain them?

again yes

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The First Book of Mammals. Written and illustrated by Margaret Williamson. 1957.

Internet Archive

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Listen if the study of ancient humans doesn’t make you at least a little bit emotional idk what to say.

I started crying today at the museum because they had reconstructed the shoes of Otzi the iceman.

Either he or someone he knew who cared about him made these shoes out of grass and bear skin and twine and he was wearing them when he died over five thousand years ago.

And a Czech researcher and his students did reconstructions of these shoes and wore them to the same place where he died to test them out and they were like yep! These shoes are really cozy and comfy and didn’t give us blisters while hiking!

Is that not just the coolest shit ever????

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Happy Labor Day

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Anglo American Optical: "Possums" Sunglasses (1970)

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river textures, 2024

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And then there was the day a little black cat showed up while I was out taking pictures.

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The tusk of a woolly mammoth being unearthed from a Siberian riverbed. 

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ceramic hand beads