this website lets you listen to the sounds of all different forests around the world
The piety of the Hong Kong Chinese is illustrated by the richly decorated temples such as this one in Kowloon (below) and also in the intimate and well-concealed shrines (above).
From 'Eternal Hong Kong'. Scan
Dukha kid holding the head of a taimen fish. Taimen can grow up to a meter and a half long. They are sometimes called “river wolves” in Mongolia, because they lurk under the surface of the water and eat birds and small animals that come to the river to drink.
The Tunnel posting ✌🏼 (chapter 35 in the original and 36 in some editions in english. anyway, if you read it and find it boring please DON'T let me know lol)
horse in deer mask tattoo of Princess Urok, a Scythian princess found buried in Siberia believed to have ruled a kingdom in the Altai Mountains
from Farnam's Street newsletter
My math prof puts this on the instruction page of all his exams
[ID: screenshot of black text on white background saying “an exam is just another means of communication between you and me to help me understand what you have learned so that I can provide you with guidance on how to improve. It is not a measure on your worth as a person nor your intelligence or aptitude as a student. Just give this your best try. END ID]
A philosopher who had retired from the world wrote me a letter full of good advice and common sense. It concluded with these words: “Farewell, my friend; maintain if you can the interests that bind you to society, but cultivate the feelings that cut you away from it.”
Nicolas Chamfort, Maximes et Pensées
INU-OH ‘犬王’ dir. Masaaki Yuasa
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