This Thing Contains The Divine Spark. It Evolved From Ancient Ungulates Like Whales Did

TIL that Gothic literature makes a distinction between “terror” and “horror.” Terror is the sense of dread and apprehension that precedes an experience, horror is the sense of revulsion after an experience.

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Listen to the sound of wikipedia

This is a way to listen to changes to wikipedia. You are literally listening to knowledge being added to the world.

Pluck sounds are an addition, strings are subtractions, and the pitch says how how big the edit is. My heart shudders at this I love it so much.

“england isn’t beautiful” wrong!!! look at our gorgeous country:

Dover:

Manchester:

London:

Newcastle:

Nottingham:

Portsmouth:

Leeds:

Liverpool:

Sheffield:

Bristol:

my favorite piece of modern art is Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds, over one hundred million hand-painted ceramic sunflower seeds made by dozens of craftsmen

the thing about that weird stuff americans call cheese is that if you heat it a little it becomes an excellent burger condiment despite its failings in every other area. such is the fate of the american cultural product

Reblog to kill it faster

‘Thoth and the Chief Magician’, 1925. Evelyn Pau