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warmfigure:

Louise Bourgeois at her Brooklyn studio, April 1995

Y’all need to heal your gut microbiome.

plumslices:

Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother

museenkuss:

Perfume tree
probably mid-19th century, India
silver, partly gilt. 31.4cm

Each of the mangoes on the tree is a perfume container with an applicator spoon concealed inside. A peacock stands on the top with circular stand on three feet.

(image and description from the v&a museum)

vorpos:

oneheadtoanother:

caitpwn:

depsidase:

Before disastrous flood, officials knew Pajaro River levee could fail but took no action

For years, experts had been warning Monterey and Santa Cruz County that the levee along the Pajaro River could fail.

Los Angeles Times

It’s worse than that. The poor people probably don’t even register in the equation at all (and if they did it was probably just on an actuarial level). They reasoned that the real estate value of the buildings was lower than the cost involved in renovating to protect them (the buildings). This isn’t fat cat villains twirling their mustaches, this is the operative logic of capital at work. Which is worse!

FYI there is a GoFundMe that’s active right now to help give aid to the indigenous farmworkers who live there:

Direct Aid For The Pajaro Farmworkers, organized by Maria Ramos

In response to the floods, in honor of Women’s History Month and in celebration of … Maria Ramos needs your support for Direct Aid For The

gofundme.com

wakeupzuzi:

Beyoncé (2002)

afreenirfanbaig:

There’s an arabic proverb that goes:

في الصبر السلامة وفي العجلة الندامة

“In patience there is safety, and in haste there is regret”

gachahugs:

ponyo necklace