Just to be clear:
My advocacy for the preservation of minority languages has nothing to do with the fact that they are interesting/fascinating/any other adjective of that nature
Minority languages deserve protection because they are important, and they are valuable
The worth of a minority language is not determined by the entertainment it can provide to outsiders
While I believe that all languages are beautiful and unique, it shouldn't matter that a language is ugly, or boring or "useless"
Yes, Celtic folk music is beautiful, but that is not the reason for preserving Celtic languages
you should always be careful when you fall back asleep again after waking up because sometimes you will just have a pleasant little snooze but sometimes you'll get trapped in TIME PRISON. unfortunately there is no way to predict this.
Today we learned that conches, the sea-dwelling mollusks who live inside those big, beautiful conch seashells in warm tropical waters, peer out at the world with cartoonish eyes on tiny eyestalks. They see you. They see everything. And what’s more, they can regenerate their peepers should they happen to lose one or both of them.
“One 1976 paper dug into the specific behind these animals’ alien eyestalks. Sitting at the tips of long stalks, they contain retinas with both sensory cells and colored pigment cells. But the story gets weirder because obviously, it gets weirder. After amputating the conchs’ eyes, a fully-formed replacement took its place 14 days later. Humans, we really are losing this evolutionary game.”
But wait, that’s hardly the only surprising set of eyes under the sea. Scallops have eyes too, LOTS of them:
Conch photos by Redditor buterbetterbater and via @shingworks.
[via /r/pics and Gizmodo]
I don't usually use this blog.Most of the posts on here are either
A) accidentally reblogged here instead of my main
Or B) signal boosting
My main blog is @greencheekconure27
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Tankie as a word has lost pretty much all of its meaning. And, it is only a matter of time before anyone who thinks Nazis should be punched is labeled a "tankie".
Just as you found this post, may you find money flowing effortlessly into your life from henceforward.
Blessed are you who read this. Manifest the receiving an abundance of money now. As the universe has been good to you, be good to another. Bless a friend and bless a stranger.
Reblog to cast and pass the blessing!
if you think misogyny against women you don't like is acceptable, you are a misogynist.
actually THIS is my new favorite doesthedogdie comment
Another version, arranged by Mykola Leontovych. Usually I’m not a big fan of classical arrangements of folk songs but this one’s really pretty:
https://soundcloud.com/vzadorojniy/leontovich_iz-za_gory_snizhok_letit
translated lyrics
(second version mostly, stuff between brackets belongs in the first version)
Snow flies from the mountain
[alt.Fire burns on the mountain]
and in the valley, a cossack lies
{cut and shot, covered with a red cloth]
with a raven crowing at his head
and his steed pacing at his feet [alt. crying]
Do not pace, my steed,
do not trample the earth
Run along the road
[alt. Oh my black steed,
my loyal companion
do not cry for me
run along the wide steppe road]
so that the Tatars may not catch you
May not take the saddle off your back
[ when you arrive at my fathers yard
hit the fence
When you arrive at the gates
beat them with your hooves]
My father [alt. My sister] will come out and unsaddle you
My mother will come out and ask you
“Well , black horse, where is my young son?”
[Your son, Mother, served the Khan
the Crimean Tatar
He served so well he got a fine lady for it
A proud and wealthy princess]
Don’t cry mother, don’t be sad
For your son has married
Took a fine young lady for himself
with a pit-house in the open field....
take a handful of sand
[ she rose early with the stars
washed the sand with her tears]
when that sand will sprout
your son will return from the army
the sand doesn’t sprout
the son doesn’t return from the war campaign...
bonus version:
http://chng.it/LkJGRHsb9V
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