#also the atlantic had a surprisingly affective article about the 1910s and grappling with the legacy of the civil war tbh

[notbecauseofvictories]

man, the world seems terrible and full of bad things, and then you read about the Chicagoan who started developing ramen recipes with meticulous (even obscene) attention to detail, or an Irish hurler who decried state-sponsored spending for sports complexes live on air, or well-considered analyses of films or animated television shows and whether they are narratively/dramatically coherent, and it's....well, it's okay to be here. I like it here.

#(imagine a narrator) ''well folks....it's that time....'' #''find a special news site - that frequently updated lady'' #''and tell her how much you love her. how much you care.'' #[a tinny discordant waltz in punishingly slow 3/4 time wails] #(though I will say that article about the animated tv show reads you for FILTH if you've been on tumblr long enough #do you remember being here in 2014? well. buckle up.) #also the atlantic had a surprisingly affective article about the 1910s and grappling with the legacy of the civil war tbh #oh and there's a handful of nava//lny obituaries and articles that are very incisive and good. #I really just like news. when it's good it's very good.