Always start the day with positive thoughts. Because no matter how many problems you have, negative thoughts won't help you. https://image.nostr.build/7479440acff210ff8b6c19f16871dce707be6a8b7110b192b8435c6045f13c93.jpg


Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh when the tide is in. First climbed in 1856 by Sir Walter Scott and Sherpa Tam O’Shanter. These days it’s more of a tourist attraction with some paying up to £80,000 Scots Pounds for an organised tour. Still a challenging, on average 7 people a year get a sprained ankle climbing it https://image.nostr.build/ac902f69e57c025ca91aea2484524ab52eeed0e7b1bb037fb9bbfae5f4b9afb2.jpg


Butterfly bush and bumblebee https://image.nostr.build/4f91ca77ec6a7f11b7dcfd610fcc7346eee17cd41aea7ccee3675da04815efba.jpg https://image.nostr.build/52098924bf905b325f696787198c4695a9c94760fdf9ef4053488fbca3acfb88.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0eba8db43a60ba6277bfe4e1eed3fd05024ebcaf7e6d440058b6fb0ec1253f4d.jpg


This drawing is by Anja Rozen, a 13 year old primary school student in Slovenia. She was chosen from 600,000 children around the world to create a piece of art to show what peace looks like. She is the winner of  the international Plakat Miru competition.

“My drawing represents the land that binds us and unites us.” Humans are woven together. If someone gives up, others fall. We are all connected to our planet and to each other, but unfortunately we are little aware of it. We are woven together. Other people weave alongside me my own story; and I weave theirs," said the young designer

- Courtesy: Fatima Anfig https://image.nostr.build/9edc0a8e25033b072a92db68377359dfc94c3cbe3412b547c2fdf76a3ec6f435.jpg


"When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again, you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.
For as long as you remember me, I am never entirely lost. When I'm feeling most ghost-like, it is your remembering me that helps remind me that I actually exist. When I'm feeling sad, it's my consolation. When I'm feeling happy, it's part of why I feel that way.
If you forget me, one of the ways I remember who I am will be gone. If you forget, part of who I am will be gone."
 ~Frederick Buechner https://image.nostr.build/52b99bad57777637457cdfe5d1c575f5c95543be52c57c20eff724c57ddd61f2.jpg


“Being different is your super power.” https://image.nostr.build/0c9f7a1bf9a43c9250fd304f0366bf03dec795fc1c31f8694b833b5fe4f6480b.jpg


Hilarious


Find peace in the simple moments of life. https://image.nostr.build/d74a340eeb4b5d8bc95063355e1a2a5613d4933b506284f6dfd7f656a0306954.jpg


Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You have to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes too near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself that you tasted as many as you could. ~Louise Erdrich; The Painted Drum https://image.nostr.build/4ed4203dea5cbe91f0ea613971b797678bf30eda8855f1ebeae5662cb35feafe.jpg


I LOVE THIS ANALOGY:
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee?
"Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.
Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.
Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.
Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.
So we have to ask ourselves... “what's in my cup?"
When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratitude, peace and humility?
Anger, bitterness, victim mentality and quitting-tendencies?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.
Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation, resilience, positivity; and kindness, gentleness and love for others. https://image.nostr.build/16af8725a25cf38d3e5fbef42b0da0b54cb7126f61a33386443e20c30da0a756.jpg


Steampunk Orange by Eric Fan https://image.nostr.build/bb3ff03929abaab6946776f2681e4daf30fb1efae2f121f055f7851801f4ede7.jpg


When sperm whales need a nap, they take a deep breath, dive down about 45 feet and arrange themselves into perfectly-level, vertical patterns. They sleep sound and still for up to two hours at a time between breaths, in pods of 5 or 6 whales, presumably for protection. No one knew whales slept vertically until a 2008 study documented the behavior. And no one captured really good photography of it in the wild until 2017. French photographer Stephane Granzotto was documenting sperm whales in the Mediterranean for his book on the creatures when he came across these sleeping whales. https://image.nostr.build/a620af0831e0d9b88236be52ae30ac0a58ac3392cf8c1fa0ab199f7619508638.jpg


Pity the nation whose people are sheep,
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
except to praise conquerors and acclaim the bully as hero
and aims to rule the world with force and by torture.
Pity the nation that knows no other language but its own
and no other culture but its own.
Pity the nation whose breath is money
and sleeps the sleep of the too well fed.
Pity the nation — oh, pity the people who allow their rights to erode
and their freedoms to be washed away.
My country, tears of thee, sweet land of liberty. ~Lawrence Ferlinghetti https://image.nostr.build/525eed9cb727e1fc2ee2482aee28f1bed3d2847626473debd31e4cf9b2fe4e85.jpg


“We have a tendency to think in terms of doing and not in terms of being. We think that when we are not doing anything, we are wasting our time. But that is not true. Our time is first of all for us to be. To be what? To be alive, to be peaceful, to be joyful, to be loving. And that is what the world needs most.”
Thich Nhat Hanh

Sergei Arsenievich Vinogradov - At the Dacha in Summer, 1869-1938. https://image.nostr.build/b9ef6949571c09381dbfc8cf9760d3c23996b853d7facca9da132e613ee08046.jpg


“General, your tank is a powerful vehicle
It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men.
But it has one defect:
It needs a driver.

General, your bomber is powerful.
It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant.
But it has one defect:
It needs a mechanic.

General, man is very useful.
He can fly and he can kill.
But he has one defect:
He can think.”

–Bertolt Brecht, "General, Your Tank Is A Powerful Vehicle" from The Svenborg Poems (1939) https://image.nostr.build/1896856876d931aacaa9dca36e23ec48bfca14e253326284667908a1d13c10a1.jpg


Just for gags


We left a fan on outside (it helps keep the mosquitos at bay) & this little guy took full advantage , now we keep several out for them!
It sure is hot in Texas 🥵
SOURCE: BREYANA ELWELL https://image.nostr.build/333c6ea0153ff5e164c0cc2502650ae62455f2b96fb73172d361783ef15b2bcd.jpg https://image.nostr.build/247d5197e23a1556584faf1f8611aaf5dc348c575dde00c1b8bda59203dd2355.jpg


You can open it up take some few and put back in refrigerator.


Extremely impressive


My Tesla Cybertruck from Temu finally arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳
😂 Wooooo hooooo! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 https://image.nostr.build/8545592c760f5c0dd8bddea493c73df38a9dfd30dfba86f87f7114fbb106da7f.jpg


The same animal between 1886 and 2024
The turtle "Jonathan" is the oldest living terrestrial animal known in the world, born in 1832 and in 2024 he turned 192 years old.
He lived through the First and Second World Wars, the Russian Revolution, lived through seven British monarchs and 39 presidents of the United States.
Moved... https://image.nostr.build/2e5968c6e4d46ca9c8058b28a97f8e37b4fd5215804f9f1611e353d6bd55a44d.jpg


Not straw berries grapes and berries as well


You’re welcome 🫂🤗


African Moors from North Africa conquered and ruled Spain 🇪🇸 for 781 years! They ruled Spain from 711-1492.

They passed through Morocco and crossed the Strait of Gibraltar to enter Iberian Peninsula, Spain.

African Moors built universities and mosques in Spain. They also made huge contributions to Mathematics, Medicine, Chemistry, Philosophy, Astronomy, Botany, Masonry and History.

Guys let's get our YouTube channel (YT: Historical Africa) to 300k subscribers. Kindly Click on the link to subscribe https://youtube.com/c/HistoricalAfrica https://image.nostr.build/e2ffe52c4a43287fb718e3a923d24b6ace2e95ab30f24e9a6ee2010c03dc2e6a.jpg


It took me 36 years to find out that if you put strawberries in glass jars, they last forever! 😳 these ones, no word of a lie, are over 3 weeks old. From the superstore. I'm lucky if I get them to last 5 days before they start to turn when I buy them from there. I don't know who else knows this trick but if you don't, you're welcome! 😁
Credit: Kris Potter https://image.nostr.build/2ec16dd57c7786aac081a4049eb71cf6063cb19ebf0787915355373bfe3c62ec.jpg


"There is no statute of limitations on starting over.
Re-invent yourself every day.
Be the girl who walks barefoot and listens to the blues.
Tomorrow, wear a trench coat and speak fierce truths.
Be a phoenix. Be ashes. Burn down. Resurrect.
Let go of the idea that you must always be who you have always been."

( ✍ Coalsuns )

Art : Konstantin Kayatma https://image.nostr.build/4bc4fc3f23a3bb22a0f3e497cec78f545be3fb699fda369d21dada4019e4eac6.jpg


"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."

   - Robert A. Heinlein

[Image: Felines (1997) by Shanghai-born artist Karl Bang (Bong Ka) • www.richardsonfineart.com]

The Smart Witch by Elizabeth https://image.nostr.build/111470a1c50810f5c53b204c04924fe169fcbc99cd32ac6d9a5b3cefba12b628.jpg


You’re smart


" One day I'm gonna fly away...✨ https://image.nostr.build/20bb351457804cb0d4a6c912c7a0e59dae40a8dcf100466399f683f582d933ae.jpg


🌹🪻🌸🌺 nostr:note1ca9xrfegjz9ywv7jufye2lv0ds5fwr8q7s9vj5ckp3v8gtwslx3s2ug9jc


“Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.” ~Bukowski

Don’t be certain, be curious. Use curiosity like a hammer. Pound the nail of imagination through the flimsy cardboard of certainty.

Certainty is like standing water. It becomes murky, poisonous, and undrinkable if not treated. And it can only be treated (cleared, cleaned, refreshed) through curiosity and persistent inquiry.

Certainty creates mealymouthed conmen, snake oil salesmen, and charlatans who have settled on “answers” and “truths” and who have inadvertently created stagnation, rotten fruit, and flies in the ointment. Curiosity reveals the rottenness behind the stink. It unveils the bullshit artist behind the curtain. It uncovers the multilayered anti-reason of wishful thinking.

Curiosity is transcendent. It is a vehicle of nonattachment. It is a bird’s-eye-view in a world of blind men. It launches you past cultural conditioning, indoctrination, and brainwashing. It keeps you ahead of the curve by helping you realize that everything is on the curve. No exceptions.

Sell your certainty and buy curiosity. It will always be worth it.

Written by Gary Z McGee

Image: Rebirth by Oozium https://image.nostr.build/2a41564940f4ffe2ab3661421514ab787948140023249dd2085e3a6ad63d709a.jpg


My first time painting Stephen King https://image.nostr.build/e441a27437e8fcbf3e1c20304dfc0b43be2d695ed79734f2ac1d22b301336423.jpg


Why does this tree look like it's sneaking out of the woods...🤣 https://image.nostr.build/0bb39d3c896286881b4d5ac50b83c888abed1760351d3d7fd72b9d54b9aa9d0e.jpg


To laugh is to risk appearing a fool,
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement,
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return,
To live is to risk dying,
To hope is to risk despair,
To try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow,
But he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live.
Chained by his servitude he is a slave who has forfeited all freedom.
Only a person who risks is free. ~Leo Buscaglia https://image.nostr.build/834b5f9129f2df4b011025d3b23b899c97556f5bf0bba2e41aefc2c9e4d4d332.jpg


Best Marines Movie🍿🍷
1. The Wall (II) (2017)
2. Hard Kill (2020)
3. Jarhead 3: The Siege (2016)
4. Kill, Die, Laugh (2017)
5. A Grunt's Life (2019)
6. We, the Marines (2017)
7. Dead Sea (2014)
8. Devil Dogs (2017)
9. You're the Enemy: Welcome Back! (2014)
10. Saber Rock (2017)
11. War Brides of Japan (2018)
12. Gentleman Warrior Self Defense System Volume 3, (2016)
13. The Man in the Cowboy Hat (2016)
14. Dream & Play (2022)
15. The Field (2014)
16. Garden of the Peaceful Dragon (2019)
17. Royal (2017)
18. War Brides of Japan, a documentary: The Brides (2019)
19. War Brides of Japan, a documentary: The Culture (2019)
20. War Brides of Japan, a documentary: Herstory (2019)
21. War Brides of Japan, a documentary: BFF's; Buddhist Friends Forever (2019)
22. We'll Always Have Parris (2016)
23. Excuse My Accent (2020)
24. Parris Island 100 Years: We Make Marines (2015)
25. War Brides of Japan, a documentary: The Kids (2019)
26. NCR Marines: NCR Special Forces (2021)
27. Military History Visualized (2016)
28. Florida Road Trip (Central Florida Roadtrip) (2017)
29. Ukraine on Fire 2 (2022)
30. The Toys That Made Us (2017–2019)
31. Halo (2022) https://image.nostr.build/836cb19bcead3a0eebb7443d57fcbded006d1247072a8959494170e6ffe92b3d.jpg


There's a surprisingly beautiful place in Austria - Green Lake. From August to April - it's a green park, in spring the water level in the lake rises sharply due to snow melt and glaciers in the mountains, so deep waters flood this picturesque area every year by 4-5 meters. Sometimes the water level reaches 8 meters, but visibility in transparent water remains up to 30 meters or more. It's at this moment that you need to be there to see with your own eyes the crystal clear fresh water of the lake and a fabulously beautiful underwater park. It's amazing to see comfortable benches, flower beds, bridges and tired paths underwater... https://image.nostr.build/3831f842800690509827e67e4c31f7f4d9b5507ea0c98f7a9a97074c132600da.jpg https://image.nostr.build/b735c27d86dc03e5586dedc2247f5ec60ee1f0a759e4f43dc1d1b8b4edf9a4ea.jpg https://image.nostr.build/aa686428d21f3dc1d9470e2302b63f124b006470818e7e459b09d250bee51735.jpg


ken_kelly_ https://image.nostr.build/7d7c02ed3c66e3e4e709b601bb95759d90dc2e3b931412c3bd997f4eb2f830dc.jpg


In life, we're all a bit like seeds. Sometimes, we're buried deep in darkness, facing challenges that seem insurmountable. But remember, beneath the soil, there's growth happening. Every struggle, every setback, is just watering your potential. So, keep pushing through the dirt. One day, you'll break through into the sunlight, blossoming into something beautiful.💚🤍❤ https://image.nostr.build/a6ae231718687c7936f85bbae9ba26d2891df033ecfa864842402e8059f932dd.jpg


How to properly reupholster a couch......😻 https://image.nostr.build/b092f0b01be35f3f57ec3923edc3b34ccde5c03418ea4870a32488a61d4ea173.jpg


If milk gets bad, it becomes yogurt. Yogurt is more valuable than milk. If it gets even worse, it turns to cheese. Cheese is more valuable than both yogurt and milk. And if grape juice turns sour, it transforms into wine, which is even more expensive than grape juice. You are not bad because you made mistakes. Mistakes are the experiences that make you more valuable as a person. Christopher Columbus made a navigational error that made him discover America. Alexander Fleming’s mistake led him to invent Penicillin. Don’t let your mistakes get you down. It is not practice that makes perfect. It is mistakes we learn from that make perfect!
Don't be scared of mistakes
bigger steps ahead
just keep going https://image.nostr.build/7736a21c02cca9e0fc9ddbe6ad8af47dc98bd83b33883f85bcc62ebec61c5c63.jpg


Everyone laughed at me for painting rocks to look like strawberries ,.but found out that if you put them around your berry plants and bushes before the fruits appear, the birds will peck the red rocks. They hate pecking super hard things so they will leave the fruit when it appears. No crows. 🍓🍓🍓 https://image.nostr.build/4af688da12fd4146b617a14608a65f6da7e056d6bdceee53b3aafebf3c15667f.jpg


What in the redneck world is this
lol https://image.nostr.build/6e3325d9bbc6bf078563fc83447f55d0d51c9b2bfc779f994bd496dedeb245f4.jpg


This is one of the strangest and rarest plants on the planet, the puya Raimondi. It grows over 3800 msnm, reaches 12 meters. It takes 100 years to reach maturity, blooms once in a lifetime, for a whole year, there is no other plant that blooms so long, then spreads its seeds and dies by self-combustion. We found it on the high-rise of Peru and Bolivia. https://image.nostr.build/802bf99ab133930148e33dff9daa40a5d0a7cd80ba96fa970b48486db8b16152.jpg


The day the child realizes all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; and the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise. ~Alden Nowlan

(Book [ad]: Selected Poems https://amzn.to/3QWGViI)

(Art: Photography by Gregory Crewdson) https://image.nostr.build/ba89cab44773b1bbe7ba505affe347422aba31665069f3861e5d0359bfb2e963.jpg


Remember to take a break ✨ https://image.nostr.build/dfece0f7bd2ae9b853f1b9f75278b7b2eb70666ed6358848adbb0b396fea41b1.jpg


They are going to make him appear crazy before the end of the year. #terrancehoward https://image.nostr.build/bf04dcdaff50c89c5d5adabaeec0e85da28e7513c1444ee965bfa46a97e35d93.jpg


It's related to the universe


Extremely cool


Always loved this lamp at my grandma's house as a kid, now I have it in my home and enjoy it every day ❣ Lucite raspberry hanging lamp. https://image.nostr.build/037b39db2a50f8c94b2661693443666b44c7d55ed3fe090516a1d70c6eafad62.jpg


“It was true that I didn't have much ambition, but there ought to be a place for people without ambition, I mean a better place than the one usually reserved. How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?” https://image.nostr.build/8ec3cea4e410ff483dacc7bef827fcf746733784c1901b4186389e50c8e1e1a2.jpg


So amazing ❤❤ https://image.nostr.build/5e26b8a38a5243ec1a7733e42ed11c039b9b975515ac4b07df0772bff8045036.jpg


🤡 https://image.nostr.build/2db05995fe9380aa104750ea6cef74483e323471f2ee7b4c6ea12d1e5bcbde1a.jpg


“the best often die by their own hand
just to get away,
and those left behind
can never quite understand
why anybody
would ever want to
get away
from
them.”

–Charles Bukowski, "Cause And Effect"

Photo by Ralph Eugene Meatyard https://image.nostr.build/c589ddfb4f1f932abc6cff005b9c878608e5c86b1a8fbba9319181fcb615e1bc.jpg


64 tetrahedrons: the fundamental fractal-hologram seed geometry of the Universe
64 codons in human DNA
64 hexagrams in the I Ching

A sphere around each tetrahedron projects a Flower of Life in 2D

#64tetrahedrons https://image.nostr.build/866b51a3a7a36ba43c973eb7f8045c1bc46d852337a522dfe534073496ad00a3.jpg


Deep conversations with someone who understands you is everything. https://image.nostr.build/59529bbf8718c6b5b06638ae2e62ad1c655379c7571923dba84cfb05906f72e9.jpg


The tunnel of Hezekiah.
Water tunnel that was carved under the City of David in Jerusalem in ancient times. Its popular name is due to the most common hypothesis of its origin, namely, that it dates from the reign of Hezekiah. The tunnel leads from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam. If indeed built under Hezekiah, it dates to a time when Jerusalem was preparing for an impending siege by the Assyrians, led by Sennacherib. Since the Gihon Spring was already protected by a massive tower and was included in the city's defensive wall system, Jerusalem seems to have been supplied with enough water in case of siege even without this tunnel. The curving tunnel is 533 m., According to the Siloam inscription, the tunnel was excavated by two teams, one starting at each end of the tunnel and then meeting in the middle. https://image.nostr.build/05ecb4dcb843ac4a33ca39c783b3527304cc05c5a495b8215c4b2db426539e24.jpg


One of my trash to treasure projects. I think she turned out fabulous 🥰😍 https://image.nostr.build/0a77b335ee8798879443a33574438b9d38ce043e8e68bbecf2967f76041b5d39.jpg


Yeah now i have given you the orange pill on bananas 😂


Who uses an old ketchup bottle for your oil? Best squeeze bottle ever!! After buying a bunch of junk bottles from Amazon and Walmart. #noleakage https://image.nostr.build/46cb2f048001462aa99094d9ac849be923c307f16a28d6524ffa5efdc031afbd.jpg


Life without overthinking https://image.nostr.build/eccfdd175a52b890dd604cfaebfa0ba3adf23785bdb7a9838821a4de5818076e.jpg


I LOVE THIS ANALOGY:
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee?
"Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.
Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.
Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.
Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.
So we have to ask ourselves... “what's in my cup?"
When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratitude, peace and humility?
Anger, bitterness, victim mentality and quitting-tendencies?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.
Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation, resilience, positivity; and kindness, gentleness and love for others. https://image.nostr.build/16af8725a25cf38d3e5fbef42b0da0b54cb7126f61a33386443e20c30da0a756.jpg


It is said 450,000 years ago the Annunaki arrived on Earth in search of precious resources bringing with them 600 workers known as the Igigi. These workers spread across ancient Africa, establishing infrastructures that allowed the Annunaki to exploit the continent's rich mineral wealth. The Igigi depicted with long beards, flowing hair and wings were a lower rank of deities, predating humanity and often likened to angels. As told in the Akkadian myth of Atrahasis, the Igigi were burdened with immense labor by the Anunnaki's, highlighting their subordinate status. The Anunnaki's relentless quest for gold, vital for their survival, eventually led to the Igigi rebellion. To ease their burden humans were created to take over the laborious tasks. This story intertwines myth and speculation offering a glimpse into how ancient civilizations might have perceived divine intervention and the origins of humanity. https://image.nostr.build/45e897f11a18c96dc25732df1634d81e8e45bb08967493c4662512ee30aa8360.jpg


Don’t censor yourself. Speak the truth. Your truth. But remember to say what you mean, mean what you say and don't say it mean. https://image.nostr.build/6fae2372aa2f149679ec45ede90ce0a6fbc1ec9727fb7a52475a51a935f3a8af.jpg


That's why am sharing this message it's left for you to do your research.


🤍♣ https://image.nostr.build/067ea9b369f6e163cd665668f2f5fad3a6e530ed8510ecdcbd864a9fa4386044.jpg


This how all dudes wit green eyes look lol https://image.nostr.build/7e9d1064942d5453dde8d48e52c1b7e1868a0a3683b02dc772fe05f2febcbe67.jpg


Sometimes you get lucky.  7/18/2023. https://image.nostr.build/00482e54b837d1ea976777d2af0a49099e543bbcac873e90038fe505f2a23dc0.jpg


Billions of worlds in one photo. https://image.nostr.build/adc1a9edef0c92454078bb9c5001a6270f94cd00151baa6f24c3f2d8b6b863a6.jpg


Stealing the moon 🌕

📸 @daniel_antoniol
Artistry https://image.nostr.build/8fc74e712184cc7e45e7d8cb7d25430e8af16b549881e9beda9da4ffe99071ac.jpg


Today's FUNNY!!😂😂
Clifford and Daisy May were married for many years.
Whenever there was a confrontation, yelling could be heard deep into the night. Clifford would shout, "When I die, I'll dig my way up and out of the grave and come back and haunt you for the rest of your life ol' woman!!"
Neighbors feared him. Old Clifford liked the fact that he was feared.
He died at the ripe old age of 98.
After the burial, Daisy May's neighbors, concerned for her safety, asked, "Aren't you afraid that he may indeed be able to dig his way out of the grave and haunt you for the rest of your life?"
She replied, "LET HIM DIG. I HAD HIM BURIED UPSIDE DOWN...AND I KNOW HE WON'T ASK FOR DIRECTIONS."
★¨`*•♫.•Pass it on!! Give someone else a reason to smile. ♫ ..•* ★ https://image.nostr.build/899207bbdda464860308cbf1a91931931a352047656a107c8669e38b78c9ff1f.jpg


“It hurts to let go. Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold on to something or someone the more it wants to get away. You feel like some kind of criminal for having felt, for having wanted. For having wanted to be wanted. It confuses you, because you think that your feelings were wrong and it makes you feel so small because it's so hard to keep it inside when you let it out and it doesn't coma back. You're left so alone that you can't explain. Damn, there's nothing like that, is there? I've been there and you have too. You're nodding your head.”
― Henry Rollins, The Portable Henry Rollins https://image.nostr.build/b23342840529069fbef01bfd41a80af0c8ede623157f0f88894d933ae06d9a05.jpg


Bob & Paulo César Caju ready to play some soccer.
Brazil March 1980 https://image.nostr.build/f991fd2256c3c87001f18249f58bbd7857107396575586fc9003efdf6c5d1b07.jpg


🥲 https://image.nostr.build/cc9655aa909ff24fc39e154fee9d0a26a5b8b05a0b24afceb88a458bb9948471.jpg


This is where I find peace. https://image.nostr.build/63d8a2ef471dfaa4731ae42e78ba80814c6e2e86f16dec97d5e3a41ac49420c5.jpg


I'm learning so many different ways to be quiet. There's how I stand in the lawn, that's one way. There's also how I stand in the field across from the street, that's another way because I'm farther from people and therefore more likely to be alone. There's how I don't answer the phone, and how I sometimes like to lie down on the floor in the kitchen and pretend I'm not home when people knock. There's daytime silent where I stare, and a nighttime silent when I do things. There's shower silent and bath silent and California silent and Kentucky silent and car silent and then there's the silence that comes back, a million times bigger than me, sneaks into my bones and wails and wails and wails until I can't be quiet anymore. That's how this machine works. ~Ada Limon https://image.nostr.build/64b769cd6864f02b81ab99960492322a8af88b8840196adc02564da45c3248a2.jpg


Recycle overripe bananas by hanging them up in your garden. 👇

 1. Attracts Beneficial Insects: The sweet aroma of overripe bananas attracts butterflies, bees, and ladybugs.
 2. Nutrient-Rich Compost: After attracting insects, the banana can be added to your compost pile for nutrient-rich soil.
 3. Natural Fertilizer: As the banana decomposes, it releases nutrients directly into the soil, acting as a natural fertilizer.
 4. Repels Certain Pests: The strong scent of overripe bananas can repel pests like aphids and gnats.
 5. Supports Earthworm Activity: Overripe bananas can attract earthworms to your garden beds, improving soil health. https://image.nostr.build/ac9521b48242e63f50b72647fa86e02143bee353f09f8c296f6f3a8529879307.jpg


Nobody’s Perfect https://image.nostr.build/15f12ad4b81977c39b4d2377366152e96c7af3b5d0f22623291db98b1befa2c5.jpg


Please sit down, the seat is ready now. 🤣
Funny picture of the day 😂😅 https://image.nostr.build/80b63a7ab87af023bb73c9d32b16c17c85968e328aec60135311622ba465b9fb.jpg


“Some will hate you, pretend they love you now. Then behind they, try to eliminate you. But who JAH bless, no one curse. Thank God, we’re past the worst.” #WhoTheCapFit #BobMarley

🎨 by Variety Brown https://image.nostr.build/6996f5270577110b91f6fa1764cbc3a34a18248f7b14d09499be0a52c5c06434.jpg


That's funny 😂😂🤣😭 https://image.nostr.build/9511cc872c495871b2282c5dd32adf69f056ff01b804e82ff6f14336574f2112.jpg


Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word “happy” would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. Of course it is understandable that we seek happiness and avoid unlucky and disagreeable chances, but the more you deliberately seek happiness the more sure you are not to find it. It is therefore far better to take things as they come along, with patience and equanimity. ~Carl Jung https://image.nostr.build/f51a538b2fa4ac7aed97cddd63924bc505d5e6f8b2a8e2ff2763b87efba27642.jpg


Satoshi on a flural form.


Google Maps says the campground is just around the corner. 😏😳 https://image.nostr.build/3923ca83032f3945414dc9e8a3e116e9436a0abf6200665dbe75b1cb25e07557.jpg


Stoner goldfish. 🐟 https://image.nostr.build/412ca270c08f40713ac4fdc4ea69b4a9b79497ba21fc5ad90b279242339719d3.jpg


In 400 BCE, the ancient Persians created the world's first ever refrigerator. The Persian word for fridge – Yakhchal – translates as ice pit, which is very much how the modern day fridge started out.

The Persians settled primarily across the Iranian plateau and were established by the 1st millennium BCE. First developed by the Persians around 400 BC, the Yakhchāl is an ancient type of ice house that functions as an evaporative cooler, used to store ice for use in the summer, as well as for food storage. The one in the picture is the oldest one still standing in Iran and is 400 years old. https://image.nostr.build/3bab67f0123d121e81c4cb255a1bd2b808250934ef9078a6999614575abc88b9.jpg


A breathtaking solar eruption captured in vivid detail, showcasing the Sun's incredible power and beauty! 🌞🔥

Credit: NASA's GSFC, SDO AIA Team — with হাসুন অথবা কাঁদুন . https://image.nostr.build/1f5a9ab79fbd96e7edb54ee7543ce2884cf79d4e30f2525e61dda4bd0fb86ef5.jpg


Andrea Iula https://image.nostr.build/54d44c315607997d87ecdb272c67dd8abe483b9b096508ec703451ceb4603817.jpg


I cut open this yellow pepper and saw it’s screaming mouth… with teeth. It didn’t have eyes, so I added a couple of peppercorns. It is now complete!🥲 https://image.nostr.build/f78357b29b4608f5bcb1890a98ff1c859d67f55f44a96f9460b23dead6a0d5d5.jpg


"Assume the worst. About everybody. But don't let this poisoned outlook affect your job performance. Let it all roll off your back. Ignore it. Be amused by what you see and suspect. Just because someone you work with is a miserable, treacherous, self-serving, capricious and corrupt assh*le shouldn't prevent you from enjoying their company, working with them or finding them entertaining."

- Anthony Bourdain https://image.nostr.build/0753fd0fc05a0ece19257b6578d4325c4016912967f078384bcf0d84fdc73764.jpg


This is called the Oniscidae. You may find them under a brick or a damp object. You might have felt repulsed and pondered their existence in nature.
Well, let me tell you, the oniscdae, better known as cochineal, is a subgroup of isopod crustaceans whose function is to remove harmful heavy metals from the earth such as mercury, cadmium and lead. They contribute to the cleansing of soil and groundwter to reaffirm the wisdom of nature. Do not damage them or spray pesticides! https://image.nostr.build/723111ac9651ac83756e622599e559688347c03d3cbbb7defdb093097a9ea291.jpg


🍫💝🍫Milton and Kitty: A Love Story🍫💝🍫
Imagine the shock Milton Hershey’s mother must have felt when in 1898 he arrived home in Lancaster from a weekend away with an attractive young bride. Fanny Hershey was not the only person he shocked; the people of the Hershey Caramel Company and Lancaster shared her surprise. To them, Catherine (Kitty) Hershey and Milton had nothing in common, including family background, station in life, or religion. Yet, Kitty mesmerized Milton with her auburn hair, quick laugh, and wit. She needed his stability and he needed her fresh, carefree outlook on life.

From the start, Milton was generous — Kitty arrived with an elaborate trousseau from Fox Sisters of New York. Called, “one of the most exclusive dress-making establishments in the United States” by The New York Times, the business was so exclusive there was no sign on the door, no advertisements in the newspapers, and no one was accepted to shop unless proper introductions were made. So impressive were Kitty’s dresses and hats, a young neighbor girl remembers trying to catch a glimpse of Kitty through the fence of the yard and thinking Kitty was the “most beautiful lady I had ever seen.” Milton brought his young bride fresh flowers every day and she affectionately called him, “my little Dutchman.” Kitty enjoyed their Lancaster home that featured lovely gardens with parrots on stands and a fountain with a ball kept aloft by the continuous spray.

While Milton was perfecting his milk chocolate formula at The Homestead, Kitty visited him, watched the experiments, walked about the farm, and chatted with the girls in the kitchen. When Milton and Kitty moved to The  Homestead while their home, High Point Mansion was being built, Kitty kept busy by creating the same lovely gardens she enjoyed in Lancaster.

After building and decorating High Point Mansion, both Kitty and Milton spent a great deal of time and attention planning the Hershey Industrial School. Milton worked with Attorney John Snyder and Superintendant George Copenhaver and Kitty collaborated with Prudence Copenhaver about the daily life of the School. The Hersheys were adamant that their creation be both a home and school and the students live in a nurturing environment. Milton credited the vision for the School to be Kitty’s idea and commented in a 1923 New York Times article, “My wife and I decided that we ought to do this…It was hers and mine.”

Evidence of Milton’s love for his wife can be found on their trips abroad. When it was apparent that she suffered from a chronic illness, he took her to healing springs in Arkansas, Colorado, New England, and Europe. They traveled for months at a time and spent a great deal of time along the coast of France, where Kitty basked in the sunshine and sea breeze. Carrying on his tradition of daily flowers for his wife, he hand-picked blooms from shops in the places they visited. When in Nice during the Carnival celebrations, Milton entered the “Battle of the Flowers” parade. No expense was spared to decorate a carriage for the competition with flowers. Kitty’s friend and traveling companion, Ruth Hershey was chosen to ride in the carriage and threw bunches of violets to the onlookers. The attractive American created quite a sensation and the Hershey carriage won the fifth prize.

While at home, Milton acquiesced to his wife’s wishes for the gardens at High Point and gave her generous gifts of furs and jewelry. John Wickersham, a contractor responsible for constructing the factory and other buildings in town, dined at High Point and remembers how Mr. Hershey doted on his wife and his impression that Milton, “was very much in love with Mrs. Hershey and he was giving her every possible care and attention.” When Kitty came down to dinner, Milton went to meet her to, “help her into the drawing room and help her into the dining room and help her into her chair and wait on her and take care of her…it was so obvious his affection for her at the time when I knew him.”

Both Milton and Kitty put on brave fronts, but her illness cast a shadow on their lives. When Milton observed Kitty struggling to use a knife and fork at dinner for the first time, tears were seen rolling down his cheeks. Kitty’s spirit was not dampened by her illness and she bravely lived life to the fullest. Perhaps the greatest illustration of her love for Milton throughout her life is seen at the end. While gravely ill in Philadelphia, Milton arrived at her side and asked if there was anything he could do for her. She requested a glass of champagne and he went out to fulfill her wish. When he returned, Kitty was gone. Although he was grief-stricken, one could believe that by sending Milton on the errand, Kitty spared her beloved husband from saying a final good-bye. Without his wife by his side, Milton Hershey devoted his life and the bulk of his fortune to the Hershey Industrial School. In a 1924 article in McClures magazine, he explained, “Now I am more interested than ever in maintaining and improving the morale and efficiency of all my companies. I want to devote the rest of my life to that end, for the school.”

Throughout his life, Milton Hershey remembered Kitty as the brave, young girl who taught him to laugh. He moved her rose gardens to the Hershey Gardens, and in his later years had his nurse and chauffeur drive him to the gardens to spend time with Kitty’s roses.

— Stories about Milton and Catherine Hershey are from interviews recorded by Dr. Paul A.W. Wallace for Milton Hershey School in the 1950s.
❤ Happy anniversary to Milton and Catherine Hershey! Our founders married on May 25, 1898, in the Rectory of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Their love story, vision, and chocolate led them to establish Milton Hershey School in 1909. https://image.nostr.build/95b7f7c94b556eee38db781adf310deed474e093ce406e9154a33c0289c73960.jpg


The Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness is a 45,000-acre wilderness area located in San Juan County, New Mexico that features a variety of rock formations, fossils and petroglyphs. The badlands expose the longest, most complete and most richly fossiliferous sequence of beds spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in any single sedimentary basin in the world. The Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary marks the end of the Mesozoic Era and the beginning of the Cenozoic Era, about 66 million years ago, when a massive asteroid impact caused a mass extinction of about 75% of all species on Earth, including the dinosaurs. The badlands were formed by erosion of sedimentary layers that were deposited by ancient rivers,deltas and swamps during the Cretaceous Period, when the area was near the shoreline of the Western Interior Seaway a vast island see that covered much of North America.The psychedelic pattern on the rocks are caused by the different colors and textures of the sandstone, shale, mudstone, coal and silt that make up the badlands.
Image credit:Rick Goldwaser https://image.nostr.build/b15d4a6322288a5f5f13a326ac1ba052a316ba0c29ddb2b3a5826ce7919c5236.jpg


The Ya-Te-Veo (“I-See-You”) is a proposed man-eating tree that can be found in Africa and Central America. This drawing is a famous one, supposedly done in 1887 of the Central American version of the plant. It is typically described as having appendages like “many huge serpents in an angry discussion, occasionally darting from side to side as if striking at an imaginary foe”. It is thought that this plant does not specifically hunt humans, but will not retract when given the chance to devour one. Despite there being many versions of man eating plants around the world, some researchers believe the Ya-Te-Veo is nothing but a hoax. https://image.nostr.build/1def4218716b7270226691b0e4fdfc35176e57261507ca4d290a4c65bf95f07c.jpg


Looks like it's something nice falls 🤭🤭🤭
#photooftheday https://image.nostr.build/edf929f83ce9e56cb52a7b945c585bc15f56364f7a5e64426a940472aa7996e6.jpg


_joe_jusko https://image.nostr.build/8e2df8123303fa7ca37bab791abcabb6e4a25c36b452aaa40995e284fecef69d.jpg


Me, in my 60s hosting my guest ✨ Collection from: Wasted Water Pipes https://image.nostr.build/8fa0f913ef9851e891b622287b6e8f82e86df05f1fa0d6b32545c9aebed6d84a.jpg


Midcentury home becomes one with the surrounding stone hills in Big Rock Mesa, Malibu. See more: themindcircle.com/malibu-mid-century-home/ https://image.nostr.build/718c54bfa2b1d1d4376d31c7ed3c50a0cbd2c43a466ba36eca374f9039cff2ca.jpg


Feel free to give it a try


🗝🗝Staying in comfortable but unproductive situations can hinder growth and progress. By embracing challenges and discomfort, you can break free from stagnation and move towards more fulfilling and beneficial circumstances.

Sometimes when change is necessary, we resist it and choose to remain comfortable. It's our mind's way of seeking familiarity, even if it's not the best choice.

Intuitively we can sense and see the synchronization and whispers that our heart is guided us towards; but it is within our humanness that we fear change.

Trust those intuitive nudges, trust in the changes that are taking you outside of your comfort zone. This is usually when you are realigning to a path that is true to you.
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Follow the book cosmos 🌏 for book review and recommendations https://image.nostr.build/2b28d012daff4a5280ab8af56dbf78752637ef36782929d92df5a45c4f06ddae.jpg


WTF


Did you know that Cicadas do not sting or bite because they do not have the necessary mouth parts to do so. They do not spread disease and they are not toxic. They are actually very good for your plants. They are loaded with nitrogen, which feeds into your soil when they pass away. They aerate your lawn to improve water filtration. So just let Nature do her thing. Cicadas are actually just our ROWDY friends who haven’t settled down. 🦟🌿 https://image.nostr.build/b382840ea5ed58429f8ca0b91901fe759c9fac2794e3563a3a4095c7496963c2.jpg


People say im off my rocker bout how the world doesn't look right n how the weather has been acting and glitches that are happening well here's a good one for u... https://image.nostr.build/97bfa54763ebcf387a0e6efb39bfe95f5851d50158707bc7349cec83e14e474a.jpg


The photo of the century. Nature defeats technology. https://image.nostr.build/a79349003840f691b281307449aef426bf74a3c81d74a6eb8ec3c59c0975b1fd.jpg


Astonishing photo taken in the late 70′s, showing a man feeding a polar bear and his cubs with milk in the north Russia border. https://image.nostr.build/2d31807d5a7539aedbee5d1734d91b3f4af3b5fefa144c21246610bb88a30c5d.jpg


The Penrose Triangle, an IMPOSSIBLE figure created by Swedish artist Oscar Reutersvärd in 1934 and rediscovered in the 1950s by physicist Roger Penrose, is known as "impossibility in its purest form." Popularized by Penrose and highlighted in the works of M.C. Escher, this triangle appears to be a solid object composed of three straight sections of square sections joined together at straight angles. https://image.nostr.build/e210d4e158a7fecdf7538836ae3f428d35fe0497b5bbb2c825705ba52b0dfba5.jpg


Multnomah Falls is a waterfall located on Multnomah Creek in the Columbia River Gorge, east of Troutdale, between Corbett and Dodson, Oregon, United States.  The waterfall can be accessed from the Historic Columbia River Highway and Interstate 84.  Spanning two levels on basalt cliffs, it is the tallest waterfall in Oregon at 620 feet (189 m).   The Multnomah Creek Bridge, built in 1914, passes below the falls and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. https://image.nostr.build/25599e691d5e969d7d62100e4ea0356c8e3d329aa9eef2e61dc231f5a353bf03.jpg


Humboldt Redwoods State Park ... 1 single acre of this park probably holds more mass than 47 states' champion trees to the east combined. And there's over 50,000 acres in this park ... MDV aka Redwood Forest

Photo by M. D. Vaden https://image.nostr.build/8a874104bf24891da661ba719de78c061b13a569926056bc9e0cc28954c66515.jpg


I hope you end up with someone who plants calm love.

Someone who acknowledges your feelings, listens to your explanations, and stays kind even after a misunderstanding.

Someone who is safe to be told about your shortcomings and disappointments because you know that they always put themselves in the position to understand you.

Someone who does not resort into fights for petty reasons. Someone who makes you forget that you're carrying too much weight of the world. And someone who always speaks out of pure intentions.

I hope you end up with that someone. Because, if there's anything you deserve, it is someone who learns how to love you in the the most gentle way. Someone who will remind you that love is always meant to be calm.

- Aaron Arciaga ❤ https://image.nostr.build/5e4f192df36c7d1836d4c4b199bd0162c8e7ed25eea31696b896ede14a33d0bd.jpg


Sos You need help


“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones. https://image.nostr.build/eb4b85830a5178067c57521b064f782c385b4f8cb24779a8f9e804cdea7457ea.jpg


2,000-year-old tree in South Africa called The Tree of Life. The baobab tree

Baobab trees are among the most unique trees that grow in Africa.  According to an estimate, these trees are among the oldest trees on earth.  In the savanna (Africa) the climate is very dry. Where other trees grow with difficulty. The baobab tree thrives there.

 During the rainy season, the baobab tree absorbs and stores water in its broad trunk. A full tree can store thousands of liters of water within itself. The water stored in its trunk is so much that the tree can survive for years thanks to this water.  Can survive even in drought.

 The baobab tree can grow up to 30 meters tall. And it can live up to five thousand years. Baobab trees can provide shelter, food and water for animals and humans, which is why many savannah communities have built their homes.  Made near the baobab trees. And this tree is considered the tree of life.

 The fruits of this tree are also exceptionally rich in nutrients and antioxidants.
 The baobab fruit is the only fruit in the world that dries naturally on its branch.  Instead of falling off and spoiling, it stays on the branch and ripens in the sun for 6 months - the pulp of the fruit dries completely.
  Its green velvety coating transforms into a hard coconut-like shell.  100% pure fruit in its natural form.  Amazingly, the fruit has a natural shelf life of 3 years.  It has been used for years to treat fatigue, digestion, protection against disease, and infection, as well as beautify the skin.

 Ropes are made from the bark of this tree.  While its leaves are eagerly eaten by cattle. And the clear water in its stem can be drunk. While the oil made from its fruit seeds is used in cosmetics. The value of which is very high in the market.

 Baobab trees grow in some of the driest, remotest, and poorest parts of rural Africa. According to a report by National Geographic, demand for this tree is increasing due to its unique characteristics.

Plant Trees, Plant HOPE https://image.nostr.build/7b1856249e87ffd1dd934263f62aab07d61dd8518fa457d418333e5e6c433471.jpg


Never Surrender♠♠ https://image.nostr.build/4501d2724bc428ac39c3151c642427da77b169794c441002ad4d02196551351e.jpg


I am trying to see how new Facebook AI image tagging works, so far looks like it doesn't. https://image.nostr.build/52085a1dbc82d3c10db2aa782dc16ed1f68c8f072bcc2dd43aab3e44048b7c9e.jpg


I opened my front door to get my Amazon delivery and this was my view. Mom came back to get her baby about an hour later.
Location: Northwest New Jersey. https://image.nostr.build/504a87ade7ca3f269dcbd615fc7b4237f5123c00165015f6ad6bc5dac56b71cf.jpg


Go back, something has gone wrong..😂
Best funny picture of the day 😂😍😂
#photooftheday https://image.nostr.build/69024ea1111fc98dbfdc94d59293b789b64ea286cbc03a08d62c3852d3c40ee0.jpg


Venezuelan moth poodle 🦋
 The Venezuelan poodle moth is a unique and interesting species of insect that was discovered in Venezuela in 2009. Known for its fluffy appearance and striking resemblance to a tiny, furry dog, this moth has attracted the attention of entomologists and hobbyists alike. of insects worldwide. With its white, fluffy body and distinctive antennae, the Venezuelan poodle moth is a fascinating addition to the rich tapestry of nature's wonders.
Venezouélas skóros kanís 🦋 https://image.nostr.build/728f09c5003135e6bf5013a8dbf3caf566726622947f83ef8bd0ed132c20259d.jpg


'Inkheart' by Cornelia Funke, illustration by Alice Cao https://image.nostr.build/a4f4efa81ce00abdefb64730955d31e317c3cebc1c10ca6304c6891b8b49b19b.jpg


The thinner tree was cut years ago and the big one has been holding and feeding it since then. They "wake up" together in the spring and "go to sleep" together in the autumn. https://image.nostr.build/cdd0553785775649ff09a3e19737cd63a8b9dbccf4fe4028efd37150298fef5d.jpg


Orchid Mantis on a blue flower.🌷🌺🦗 https://image.nostr.build/e7eb6b4e8a0c17865f5e6455ca0fb875f5a1d0f36013abb4be467e7573ce1408.jpg


Absolutely Stunning Ford Mustang ❤❤ https://image.nostr.build/04c9acb76ef6b772f4bf46eca9a1e4a041f27792a9793345bc9cef084277a3b3.jpg


Look again
Amazing optical illusion! https://image.nostr.build/31c3c19f5123057b536c5d55c164c3078f5916e8a555bd3849b452328e4d3542.jpg


"How to Read a Person Like a Book" by Gerard I. Nierenberg offers insights into understanding nonverbal communication and deciphering the hidden messages conveyed through body language, gestures, and facial expressions.

 Here are 7 lessons inspired by the book:

1: Pay Attention to Body Language: Body language can reveal a wealth of information about a person's thoughts, feelings, and intentions. Observation of gestures, posture, facial expressions, and eye contact can provide valuable clues about a person's mood, level of interest, and emotional state.

2: Look for Consistency: In reading people, consistency between verbal and nonverbal cues is key. Pay attention to discrepancies between what a person says and their body language. Incongruence may indicate underlying discomfort, deception, or hidden emotions.

3: Observe Microexpressions: Microexpressions are fleeting facial expressions that reveal genuine emotions, often occurring unconsciously and lasting only fractions of a second. Learning to recognize and interpret microexpressions can help uncover true feelings and intentions that may be masked by a person's outward demeanor.

4: Consider Context and Culture: Context and cultural norms play a significant role in interpreting nonverbal cues. What is considered appropriate or meaningful in one cultural context may differ in another. Consider the broader context and cultural background when interpreting body language to avoid misinterpretation.

5: Practice Active Listening: Effective communication involves not only observing nonverbal cues but also actively listening to what the person is saying. Pay attention to tone of voice, pace of speech, and verbal cues such as pauses or hesitations. Integrating verbal and nonverbal cues provides a more comprehensive understanding of the message being conveyed.

6: Be Mindful of Your Own Body Language: Just as you observe others' body language, be mindful of your own nonverbal cues. Your body language can influence how others perceive you and can impact the dynamics of interpersonal interactions. Practice open and confident body language to convey sincerity and approachability.

7: Practice Empathy and Perspective-Taking: Reading people involves more than just observing surface-level cues; it requires empathy and perspective-taking to understand the underlying thoughts and emotions driving behavior. Put yourself in the other person's shoes, consider their perspective, and empathize with their experiences to foster deeper understanding and connection.

 BOOK: https://amzn.to/4biZuVM

You can also get the audio book for FREE using the same link. Use the link to register for the audio book on Audible and start enjoying it. https://image.nostr.build/7027b9304afe90fc654393cc47a3467660398f95d06d2c17d95e6c1f667e7c1c.jpg


You are looking at the DOOR OF NO RETURN in Goree Island, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. 🇸🇳

Many Africans walked through this door on chains on their way to the antebellum of the Americas to be ensl@ved 400 years ago.

Once they walked through this door, never would you see your family and friends again. Their complete way of life was dèstroyed as soon as they walked through this door. https://image.nostr.build/de0017099d6e67590a13f7eaefe9624c227f8ecb12eb7fc917b6489c3c6988cc.jpg


How the “work snitch” runs to tell on you 😭 https://image.nostr.build/2812d2a21c15ca76ed953ae0034fcafd2be36d12006620c56169bdb9aa59f902.jpg


Marcel René von Herrfeldt (1889-1965) “Fume”, 1925. https://image.nostr.build/2d72ce0ef2e694b7795fddf5db3fb024b3fec216b9c25f7e506a2bf6a2ec91cd.jpg


U.S. Route 50, Nevada 🏜 https://image.nostr.build/2a4e800256dacc30128a4d3e58ac1c555985ac63d81e691bcd9ee02b4cc35b36.jpg


Amazing and gorgeous <3 https://image.nostr.build/d87aeb2c7c474102451fb741963392590a2b2795cf1a42ab35a19362bb9194ef.jpg


magic full 🌕

🎨 @dreammcollage https://image.nostr.build/8fb79cdefd89e323ad487df76dc18cf7e374987bf3d9801cff1382bee9ba5e9b.jpg


“You're on Earth. There's no cure for that.”

~Samuel Beckett https://image.nostr.build/5b897152f11fa8e86ffc6dc72ac84bc54d9b69b762b86e0a6e62defb60ce7853.jpg


"We all spend our twenties and thirties trying so hard to be perfect, because we’re so worried about what people will think of us. Then we get into our forties and fifties, and we finally start to be free, because we decide that we don’t give a damn what anyone thinks of us. But you won’t be completely free until you reach your sixties and seventies, when you finally realize this liberating truth—nobody was ever thinking about you, anyhow.”
Elizabeth Gilbert - Big Magic

Photographer:  Ramualdas Rakauskas https://image.nostr.build/fbc7f2f8906072a5d3de2bd7d5a2d1db93c60e871dd5ea01339d23f3aece8ff5.jpg


"Every set of eyes you encounter, are your own eyes observing yourself from different points of view."


The world’s biggest flower, Rafflesia arnoldii, West Sumatra, Indonesia.
Indeed the largest flower but also the smelliest! And, to the human nose, not in a good way: its gigantic petals emit a putrid scent like rotting flesh to attract pollinators and prey. https://image.nostr.build/a1a2034f8441b2cc74350f48e5d8302d8773ce1bc8461a97e19b4644b052764b.jpg


"Once the mind has seen through all fear and all hope, it finds peace within itself, in a state of awareness beyond thought..


The coast of Zumaia, Spain, part of the Basque Coast UNESCO Geopark, features this breathtaking Flysch rock formation.

Flysch formations consist of alternating layers of hard and soft sedimentary rocks. These layers form underwater from rapid changes in sea level, followed by compression and uplift, resulting in striking patterns.

Fun fact! If the coast of Zumaia and its Flysch formations seem familiar to you, you’ve probably seen them elsewhere. Zumaia has been used as a filming location for various TV shows, including Game of Thrones! It was used as the location for Dragonstone. https://image.nostr.build/5bc6f3ff60060d6a4b2431f6afba7d5d5d24fe511d6a790af4d29fcf1f050114.jpg


The Sheer Size of the Pacific 🌊 https://image.nostr.build/70163355815917cfa213de4cd5ddd09104cee8832384bde56c6659ce3b2ee32e.jpg


Breaking apart! https://image.nostr.build/6340476376e244b91323a0edef11804f0fdd67a0987eae084fa68b1e34195370.jpg


Breaking apart!
The Rift Valley is located in Pinglu, Shanxi on the Loess Plateau, a highland area in north-central China covering some 400,000 square km.
It was formed due to movements within the earth's crust and it is about 10 km long. https://image.nostr.build/8918602a7867740e80a41518a8aee3391e77e8662b98977fc9dadf2605f09afe.jpg


A beautiful day canoeing on Lake Louise!

(Taken last August)

Read about canoeing on Lake Louise: https://thebanffblog.com/canoeing-on-lake-louise/ https://image.nostr.build/51b41d94c09662f96681131fe3869ad1737ef72d67c8ee968031d925a5f39dd2.jpg


Innsmouth pickles ! https://image.nostr.build/3b16fb69fe6742ab74a3ec273afe890ca319aec004bc2a6a609a9cf7f72a8d71.jpg


Concrete wave break structures mixed with locally sourced recycled shells, created by @reefdesignlab, help prevent further coastal erosion and create livable habitats for marine species.. https://image.nostr.build/ec2fc10f1ababaeb0e99329b5c8d37e78314a30289ac08910026252486c5ddd7.jpg


✔After an attempt to take his own life,Faust calls on the Devil for further knowledge and magic powers with which to indulge all the pleasure and knowledge of the world.In response,the Devil's worker Mephistopheles,appears.He makes a bargain with Faust:Mephistopheles will serve Faust with his magic powers for a set number of years,but at the end of the term,the Devil will claim Faust's soul,and Faust will be eternally enslaved.
Although Mephistopheles appears to Faustus as a demon,critics claim that he does not search for men to corrupt, but comes to serve and ultimately collect the souls of those who are already damned.

"Mephisto",c.1895
Eduard von Grützner(Germany,1846-1925)
Oil on panel,39.5 x 30 cm https://image.nostr.build/66571e1062623fb037286f10b0002a0121885f5387af7008589d460a62c583e2.jpg


To be a good human being is to have a kind of openness to the world, an ability to trust uncertain things beyond your own control, that can lead you to be shattered in very extreme circumstances for which you were not to blame. That says something very important about the condition of the ethical life: that it is based on a trust in the uncertain and on a willingness to be exposed; it’s based on being more like a plant than like a jewel, something rather fragile, but whose very particular beauty is inseparable from that fragility. ~Martha https://image.nostr.build/5d1793654d141156900744a19e012bb2acb309836b68d68e73ad9bfd98ce804b.jpg


🔆🔆 https://image.nostr.build/ff025925c2cc0bfaa82c623919b6fa5dbf5826938236c1af68f57755845e76ec.jpg


Bulbus Cedar. This alien-like red cedar grows near the Cheewhat Cedar in Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. https://image.nostr.build/d6463143e086c29e31b685ba745f9386314a549c90ab3446a2b3ab12b890ccb6.jpg


Astronomy picture of the day from NASA (APOD)

𝐂𝐆𝟒: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐲

Can a gas cloud eat a galaxy? It's not even close. The "claw" of this odd looking "creature" in the featured photo is a gas cloud known as a cometary globule. This globule, however, has ruptured.

Cometary globules are typically characterized by dusty heads and elongated tails. These features cause cometary globules to have visual similarities to comets, but in reality they are very much different.

Globules are frequently the birthplaces of stars, and many show very young stars in their heads. The reason for the rupture in the head of this object is not yet known. The galaxy to the left of the globule is huge, very far in the distance, and only placed near CG4 by chance superposition.

Image Credit: CTIO, NOIRLab, DOE, NSF, AURA; Processing: T. A. Rector (U. Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) https://image.nostr.build/5a0555923bde66ab3ff5aded95d2770e13d16b05ff826d184f411579d374300c.jpg


Hi all! I just wanted to introduce myself and share a  flowerpot I made🤣😂 I know she looks a little funny 😁 https://image.nostr.build/ab9210a71028116d54758cf5aab0282fc0acedb27088c9c43f1875267e423063.jpg


Waterfall in Stone
This is just a small scene that I isolated within the Wahweap Hoodoo area in Utah's Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument. United States. https://image.nostr.build/1009634611a391f99d1a294e3788be2b22453686cabf7da5aaa7b363d1c6fab7.jpg


The Window Paradox by Istvan Orosz https://image.nostr.build/2c2a882034c3a6aeede7f3823e65db6baacb0cad46b0f31ed850fd0ac891e2c4.jpg


This is a Brazilian Pau tree, a tree that grows in the American Atlantic forests in the South.

The characteristic reddish color of the Pau of Brazil comes from the iron oxide particles that it extracts and that turns it into an incorruptible wood, therefore it was the objective of all the navies and sailors in those lands for their ships damaged by the joke ( Teredinidae, a marine worm). Thus they have practically driven it to extinction.

It is one of the hardest and densest woods in the world (there are two that surpass it) and it has a color when cut that is close to fuchsia but with oxidation, it turns dark brown over time. https://image.nostr.build/ba8cc56fbeead60113fc11556c4f55fce45f6678555d6098815fc6bf48122382.jpg


🐝 🤩Did you know, those little bees you see in the evening sitting on flowers are old bees.

Old & sick bees don't return to the hive at the end of their day.

They spend the night on flowers, and if they have the chance to see another sunrise, they resume their activity by bringing pollen or nectar to the colony.

They do this sensing that the end is near.

No bee waits to die in the hive so as not to burden the others.

So, next time you see an old little bee sat upon a flower as the night closes in...

...thank the little bee for her life long service. https://image.nostr.build/6c5f51519759b8903318fdea07a1bd8ee7fe241c2608f9a5b7cf305222d8b7a9.jpg


🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽

Corny Chat News - May 27, 2024

A summary of recent interesting posts seen on Nostr. Resharing here in case you missed it!

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🔵🔵 TECH NEWS 🔵🔵

🔵 HamRadio4BItcoin provides tips for HAM Radio License Test prep
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqf65ljrz667qklpewyzxvykegftr6xqurparj8scpmttqruquljmqqs9ec8mgk2l8g5g27dcux5y36c0jvrld83xpdayhdnc6akuhkr6njs2wgv6p

🔵 Plebdevs shares videos for working with the Javascript DOM
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpueu32tp0jc47uzlcuxdgcw06m40ytu7ynpna2adnqty3e0vda6pqqsqadcayl5uejkehy3uqts2py20dsg8uyyxv0q4fy63k87tsgn649guszul4

🔵 Knic experienced a lost of over 200,000 sats with Core Lightning and CLN Boss plugin. Cause still unknown
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqdx4ym8dtumtqh46gquf5dw8uxl64m59axd48lrj7z60vrqlwsutqqstj2r38tr6r2d0jr2ce02hu084ttmd8jgvtnpw4fm7yyjtg2rmsdgd9w520

🔵 Hodl Hodl announces exit from US market
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqfe70zqd8rfe5laj8rhulz2h5x6myl5pjyn6sjp7ja2pdg9fp7xjqqsy0plu8h855vuzy8mj0tpy45x0fhrdg0gwu49nk509tt6pwne67kqlgxmah

🔵 Jessica shares experience with TikTok marking a video as a scam. The issue has since been resolved for this instance, but notable as a risk of centralized networks
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqxwu6j8cgmnxy02jvnnqr3qae0scf6kd4ekkmgv3ejdcr2teg77dqqs0qprllhsx7yy7tn2zplzunj7fu9ss03hg052p4qd6fu0v8y9fvds9avmqz

🔵 Dargoyle shares a photo and commentary of the aftermath of a Solana dev who ended up in the hospital after a fire dare.
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpdp9mm5h5wy57kcm2y3x6kfrephfywsfqwdrdfpwqrwdn7shvvp3qqstq2rncmsl5r7gvn3kuycxvmwkwxweme2e0uptgc46gjesnaqcrlqgyz754

🔵 Ubuntu 24.04 Now Runs on the Nintendo Switch (Unofficially)
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/05/ubuntu-24-04-nintendo-switch

🔵 Google Cloud accidentally wiped out a $135 billion account and its backups.
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzphc2akfdluqdflld5t6vmzxevlw9w664f9qqhy40hx9yrx4qdeh4qyt8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqsqzhgxtf6vpsz3jmtwdvnt6elws0lk843mfdkthassuusfzdhtzhcjym0gx

🔵 Raspberry Pi Foundation announces plans to go public on the London Stock Exchange
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpaj8e9tg6z2edcerlhgpgjuw9u664aw65sleadvm2qhfnkg0gdnnqyt8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqswem2q2zyz3m3ehs2ddzy8x54avsru7vtnghla529v2kd87jzuascz00sc9

🔵 iCloud holds onto deleted photos (17.5 resurfacing photos deleted years prior)
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzphc2akfdluqdflld5t6vmzxevlw9w664f9qqhy40hx9yrx4qdeh4qyt8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqs8d6yf0ncrt7a7nxsj3nyhnfp5np9z9y8vtgnlx52mtlay2rtqqdgx4aa2u

🔵 Bitcoin ETPs get approval to list on the London Stock Exchange
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp6pmv65w6tfhcp73404xuxcqpg24f8rf2z86f3v824td22c9ymptqythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskuep0qqstk64wq8spt8lxgqu9zjejx6cajyjkvlljv6wm8cgdsec56xj3hrqlql28a

🔵 Corny Chat added support for Nostr Wallet Connect! If you configure for your account, you can perform zaps from within the app without needing to copy invoices and paste into your wallet externally.

🔵 NVIDIA with the crazy faster systems creates Grace hopper to ignite new era of AI supercomputing. Delivers 200 exaflops or 200 quintillion calculations per second
https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-grace-hopper-ignites-new-era-of-ai-supercomputing

🟡🟡 PLANT LIFE 🟡🟡

🟡 Jimi posts some photos from a day in the desert in Baja. Moisture in the air and calming
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp436g25yve5akqxgdnkug3smkp0x8g8z7768n5f6u6fgwr4tlvswqqs9f0x0828qn2a55ef6fjh4ke8edynqcs65kztqf9jh3wplquhealgha3awm

🟡 Kristaps provides a photo of one of their greenhouses
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqcvzuug6rhh3tepkvj59vx0pwmyqwww3fz5g6flpr866vv62ugdfqqsyyuspzrxhtjh2m89c525wlx4csjkv7xr6u9r4s72zyfmfhwfpyegz6e9vm

🟡 strah provides some photos of their rose bush blooming
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq6u8wm64wuhp3zyah7f4xnv6fcnhcm3tchgdd3h7r3nknau27fr6qqszwjt6temnla2a6eu3u0exppvjkrac0z5npph8rwlu6uw650pqtmsuut074

🟡 Squeaky Frog Farm shares photos of trinkets left by passersby on their raised garden beds
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqaqds04mfl0n2ydv6mwn9yxjnank27lej9twtls85elre0rnwka7qqs26yhwkaga3l9cn6y56xq6v6sgsqag4ynvgfd0mv2nett9v2pv7mc6judgv

🔴🔴 ARTSY 🔴🔴

🔴 muneomi shares some photography from Tokyo
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpe30gxdqu9nq0wt07y8vkqpyntmafd5u05fpujcyzvxxrnye3sewqqsdcyvl6r48tk9ged8lpuw6zlruxk9lrknw0eq3yamymas9llr2zachqjcsv

🔴 GODGIFT provides a list of reasons why the statue of David is so awesome
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp8z40cjnyy7py75xuvel7qwf7yhkxzge2lh6lkrc6gs2pcktzxf7qqsd4vtuts428chsnayrreesqfdy07vsfl3zur877cwz6da2ta4cndgzua6xl

🔴 Nela has put out a call for artists
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqjcte26xptw6x8adtgexlvxqfahvsg0myjlgtk7uq0qyes8p9lq8qqsdzdqx62n0qrfxmp6wnk9nf2l5ymydt6pa7hu0we0209lutkvq29ct90h4l

🔴 Eshara uses remains from a match stick to work on her drawings
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp93ydys2557lv6zw3cu0qfqswsxljy5t0mwxj6f2t0zlw38vrmtvqqsxxx0sdy987nl0nd470ne2g75mtprkrctycpjeytuuaf2lnnqrtzc0jg572

🔴 Intuitive Guy posts a link to a video of an artist spray painting ice floats
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpzr8hmvnazwf85xc4jvty3pu2428n8kmjxgrg62xkyhq8ufkv3zsqqs2pkkxdjtwyv4df2499vu9rw6ee4g6xygj9uw6ga83g3nekqlks7cdhmlc2

🔴 Ben shares a weekend art project
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq7777777hwrjrameylgwwlrxqkfkp7nzxu0a790n4hvnjgaxzv3fqqsdqaefq97njv4jmys2xuldun0d89m2ul9wj8g2q7qh9kuv042vn2ge0fqn2

🔴 7fqx links a video showing yorkshire mice having yorkshire tea
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp89qh469qapddgsrr8qw84xx08y7q34fm3cw3m64c2g9ufq9ydqtqqsqv86haar7ccjtysfede8tux59gywg8nmzn9wfqwckmf6emm8sltcdwgrqa

🔴 BeOG posts a cool video of frogs clammoring to the top of some foliage
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqrf2patv387nvjufwglluassyw2qzr9rleytsp8sm7rw9nh5ph63qqsrpqv5r9tnlt7kuv03mg8k4g7m8gg4cfdf90qtpeawpf8g3wghjlq4mprcp

🔴 Rex Damascus provides photos of volcanic rock and a video of one floating
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq5x9exxvcvw2nu0026j50t7yedypjhl9vq7577r55gsah9jcvlywqqsd5jjrg5tquxl4vjseeke62yg4e4svndkqu0f7thcydsq8lpwssqsdrn9wz

🤡🤡 CLOWN WORLD 🤡🤡

🤡 Another barge hit a bridge in Galveston Texas
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzphc2akfdluqdflld5t6vmzxevlw9w664f9qqhy40hx9yrx4qdeh4qyt8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqs9as929sa2da8hfxh9wpx0u36add6ku4wyxvx7sfhrwsjvfzxxvtqxc7mrx

🤡 Gym owner that defied covid lockdowns faced 80 charges. On May 19th, court threw out the charges
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzphc2akfdluqdflld5t6vmzxevlw9w664f9qqhy40hx9yrx4qdeh4qyt8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqsql76mt94lywvq50s55ty9a3gfazgfewd4xqpz3l29qca6cxsft6q257xkc

🤡 Leonardo Police Spy Tech scans cars for phones, pets and books
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzphc2akfdluqdflld5t6vmzxevlw9w664f9qqhy40hx9yrx4qdeh4qyt8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqsymtt2ejzcamr7nyhfyscggagg6nz86g40373qg7pns7hnadzt47cryat6j

🤡 House passes a bill (216-192) to limit the Fed's CBDC authority
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzphc2akfdluqdflld5t6vmzxevlw9w664f9qqhy40hx9yrx4qdeh4qyt8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqspdkw02yfz45vcelp4r4zep5ruqxsqvjy9phy4syw9jp37pke7gvs8vq3ln

🤡 China launches military drills around Taiwan as 'punishment'
https://nostr.at/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpaj8e9tg6z2edcerlhgpgjuw9u664aw65sleadvm2qhfnkg0gdnnqyt8wumn8ghj7ur4wfcxcetjv4kxz7fwvdhk6tcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqs9amtkqehgqtp7m89ey0gds395k9ed4yeue3nvcqarlh44vv3zjpqpd2cra

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Corny Chat News is a biweekly news event that takes place on the Corny Chat audio spaces service at https://cornychat.com/  You can use Corny Chat to talk to your friends online without the need to installing an app. While it has integration with Nostr for identity, managing lists of links and slides, user profiles and such, you can also use the app anonymously without an account. It's a great place to meetup whether you're using Nostr, Twitter, Mastadon, BlueSky, and more.


We’re not cutting the stump, so this happened!🤷♂ https://image.nostr.build/c4c7e8f764a663d7765052b14fc9406df4dfa037c508150e3f3af3c5153aefce.jpg


“The mushroom said to me once,
it said, ‘This is what it’s like when a species prepares to depart for the stars.
This is not unusual.’
The earth quakes, the oceans boil, the planet came into existence for this.
All life for over a billion years has been pointed toward taking this step, leaving the oceans for the land was dress rehearsal for what will now be done. It’s chilling because it’s so huge.
 You don’t even know. It’s just enormous.

Yet, apparently, when you look back through the history of the universe, this is how it precedes. Incredibly gradually over staggering scales of time but then every once in a while you come around the corner and there it is – a continent sinks, an asteroid impacts, a star explodes, two intelligent species meet somewhere out in the cosmos.

These things set ripples going for eons."

   Terence McKenna https://image.nostr.build/7bfc90bc45714b2ec5b6a1281b0093b0b32063afc48fb8d3eb850c1544c36eaf.jpg


Abandoned research laboratory 🧪 https://image.nostr.build/b108ed1f984105516d34589f40827b595c95895a507a71754866f1353dbf3117.jpg


By Enrico Robusti https://image.nostr.build/04b8ad443ad50942695c0f01dca425f1b6642680192a3687ff1580cbd17b8936.jpg


🆘🆘
🆘🆘
🆘🆘 https://image.nostr.build/d29824a57bd7a0602d0e9bafae1072a0060a49cfe4ba321e2d33b68b6109dc9d.jpg


The eight planets in the solar system can be classified into two categories based on their physical properties: terrestrial planets, also known as rocky planets, and gas giants, also known as jovian planets.

The first four planets - Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars - are rocky planets. They share common characteristics such as small volume and mass, high density, solid rocky crust, resembling a rocky sphere. These characteristics earned them the name "rocky planets" or "terrestrial planets." They also share other similarities, such as high temperatures, lack of rings, and few or no moons.

The last four planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - are gas giants. They have large volume and mass, low density, lack of solid rocky crust, and their surfaces are composed of gases, resembling giant gas balloons. These characteristics earned them the name "gas giants" or "jovian planets." They also share other similarities, such as lower temperatures, presence of rings, and numerous moons.

Note: Rocky planets, also known as terrestrial planets, are composed mainly of silicate rocks. Gas giants, on the other hand, may lack solid surfaces and primarily consist of hydrogen, helium, and water in different physical states. https://image.nostr.build/4705baaf58bd4f91aaff4f00ce657bd0250edb2688c31765591007aaaad7872b.jpg


Beaver Falls In Arizona, USA https://image.nostr.build/c8f6228f206ef727750d89832da86687591b7589694f9a5c409c0a161913361e.jpg


“Each person who enters our life comes bearing a gift.
For some, it is a gift of love.
For others, a gift of healing.
And for others, a gift of wisdom.

Welcome all,
and trust that though you may not recognize it in the present
one day when you look back on how you transformed
from meeting them,
you will surely find it,
or you will find it
in their absence.”

Words by Tahlia Hunter

Artwork by Catrin Welz-Stein https://image.nostr.build/8fc08df8c8cb59bb2b8e02fb0309cc5523ba5f1955aca796a1363049918b2a1a.jpg


Why does this tree look like it's sneaking out of the woods...🤣 https://image.nostr.build/1cf92c21aae4166121efdf0451fc6ff18b8a42d59aa044a6c101bfb73d7b4bfa.jpg


Haystack Rock, located in Cannon Beach, Oregon, stands at 235 feet tall and serves as a home for nesting seabirds during the summer and marine invertebrates year-round. It is one of the largest 'sea stacks' on America's Pacific coast, with abundant and diverse intertidal life on its rocky reefs and neighboring Needles. https://image.nostr.build/418c09b3d5c38e0c40e88725fac532c3f5df4ba4906b8ff0751b6f82d19335ca.jpg


Charles Christian Nahl (1818 – 1878): The Dead Miner (Mourning the Master), 1867, Oil on canvas https://image.nostr.build/eb9913a2f943e9db85f0aeeae462ee9b36236cd1428fab5eec27d2ad94506970.jpg


Coming from flagstaff to Sedona on 89a is one of the most beautiful drives in America ..
    ..this photo is all about the 17 miles of 89a thru oak creek canyon showing the switchbacks , and a change in elevation of about 2500 feet in just a few short miles ...looks crazy from the air but that’s why their called the switchbacks ... an unforgettable adventure begins here .. https://image.nostr.build/99d6d40464fc32c8139f3461e14c8fd81ffae893338c9d7b2630698fc12d2dc2.jpg


The Moon , Earth and the milkyway in one incredible photo. https://image.nostr.build/340caf438fb4dedc8791522e6d2b9bac208ec1dd6b3c7ead8e0325fbb6a51e83.jpg


Amazing waterspout in the bay of Tampa, Florida. https://image.nostr.build/801f1eac06ce50befbfdf759b49ad9978f28f117532441be08aa7ebddf4df4ae.jpg


Highway 93 thru Sinclair Canyon,
Kootenay National Park, B.C. https://image.nostr.build/5009f367c6472c4a1874c7bfde9fc2b1ea3a88644116a4c2d45f752138c16987.jpg


My head hurts😵💫 https://image.nostr.build/288c706a98fa1749ede0d0164051ba21f0a23cee87a33044226c14aa67a44861.jpg


Make you sure you follow a guid
And stay away from drinking for days before going


Peace 💚 https://image.nostr.build/89a4c3482660a03048d18e4184048f2270385da73fcf6423d56e1b5b0f857a3f.jpg


Garni Gorge, also known as Symphony of the Stones, is a natural marvel in Armenia's Kotayk region. The gorge is just 28 km from Yerevan, making it an easy and exciting day trip.

The gorge features massive hexagonal and pentagonal basalt columns formed by volcanic lava cooling under high pressure. These towering structures, nearly 50 meters high, create this stunning display. https://image.nostr.build/83cdd35a08fe6dd910fa0cd4b6b06d05a442f8f01ed1a55b823d9b49902ba61a.jpg


Georgy Kurasov: Analytic research of building / Baroques composition https://image.nostr.build/26728d449c9bd6b172600a296ede92d885b26745169e41c162ff5f6815fffcd7.jpg


Jihad Shadeed  ·   ·
Cleopatra https://image.nostr.build/707716566435ffaa17181b88f67419525e4f6f163ec320ec29914ffb98ae92d0.jpg


✓60 million years ago, in the third geological period, the Taurus Mountains rose and the Anatolian Plateau in the northern part was compressed and volcano activities began. Hasadağı, Erciyes and Göllüdağ, located between these two, sprayed lava into the region. The ashes accumulated on the plateaus formed a soft layer. The upper part of this layer was covered with a thin layer of lava consisting of hard basalt. Then the basalt cracked and broke into pieces. Rainwater seeped through the cracks and eroded the layer over time. Cooling and warming air and winds were also involved in this formation. In this way, hard basalt rocks with cones, or hats, were formed. These different and interesting rocks were called fairy chimneys by the people.. 🇹🇷 https://image.nostr.build/4258541e3368c34312b8dc8e2f6653dc22b4c8baa131918b9f4831112fefc0ba.jpg


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✓60 million years ago, in the third geological period, the Taurus Mountains rose and the Anatolian Plateau in the northern part was compressed and volcano activities began. Hasadağı, Erciyes and Göllüdağ, located between these two, sprayed lava into the region. The ashes accumulated on the plateaus formed a soft layer. The upper part of this layer was covered with a thin layer of lava consisting of hard basalt. Then the basalt cracked and broke into pieces. Rainwater seeped through the cracks and eroded the layer over time. Cooling and warming air and winds were also involved in this formation. In this way, hard basalt rocks with cones, or hats, were formed. These different and interesting rocks were called fairy chimneys by the people.. 🇹🇷


A COUPLE went to breakfast at a restaurant where the “seniors' special” was two Eggs, Bacon, Hash Browns, and Toast for $2.99.
“Sounds good,” the wife said…“but I don't want the eggs..”
“Then, I'll have to charge you $3.49 because you're ordering a la carte,”…the waiter warned her.
“You mean I'd have to pay for not taking the eggs?”…the wife asked incredulously.
“YES!”… stated the waiter.
“I'll take the special then,”…the wife said..
“Great…how do you want your eggs?“…the waiter asked.
“Raw and in the shell,”…the wife replied.
She took the two eggs home and baked a cake.
DON'T MESS WITH SENIORS!!!
WE'VE been around the block more than once!… https://image.nostr.build/dfc453dec82a9fc77ca8772b6f05769371b7d5d2911dd96e057527372b3ead4e.jpg


“the problem, of course, isn’t the Democratic System,
it’s the
living parts which make up the Democratic System.
the next person you pass on the street,
multiply
him or
her by
3 or 4 or 40 million
and you will know
immediately
why things remain non-functional
for most of
us.

I wish I had a cure for the chess pieces
we call Humanity…

we’ve undergone any number of political
cures

and we all remain
foolish enough to hope
that the one on the way
NOW
will cure almost
everything.

fellow citizens,
the problem never was the Democratic
System, the problem is

you.”

–Charles Bukowski, "Democracy" from The Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993

Photo by Patrick Jarnoux https://image.nostr.build/57290e36c71bcf3e0bcd9049e266a2a703b6bbce60e8b4b5e161b76e11c1a0da.jpg


This was too cute not to share! Made me laugh and I hope it makes you laugh toon https://image.nostr.build/2ccd9f13513a010784d9df4e1f4b4bdca0bb6258fb5673be162560027bc619c9.jpg


A Brocken spectre, a.k.a. Brocken bow, is the magnified (and apparently huge) shadow of an observer cast in the air upon any type of cloud opposite a strong light source.
The "spectre" appears when the sun shines from behind the observer, who is looking down from a ridge or peak into mist or fog.
The light projects the observer's shadow through the mist, and the apparent magnification is an optical illusion.
Check out this AMAZING Brocken spectre photo shot by the talented Leslie Restivo, the official photographer for Grandfather Mountain! https://image.nostr.build/0b3cfa486db33cd70a271427daf96186b42d1cf17c602275afc4d6a0eef92447.jpg


My First time painting Black Panther https://image.nostr.build/4ae56026235675e12f2e766b87a18e9044c4a2fbbe99cb005571ee0464525fcd.jpg


Ambitions.
Photo by Stéfane Gautier https://image.nostr.build/3b6e112e46885f3651d6616db43840ed20eb69b3d081ec3d949f60691abbf52a.jpg


If you see me in your garden, please give me food (raw, unsalted meat or ground meat; I also like cat food but not fish) and water. Do not give me milk as it causes stomach problems and I could die from dehydration. I am naive, and if I see milk, I will drink it.
Do not give me milk!
Do not use insecticides or traps. I am harmless and beneficial for your garden because I feed on insects that attack vegetables.
My species is endangered, please help me stay alive.
Thank you! 🦔❤
Find out in the first comment how to attract hedgehogs to your garden.
❤❤❤ https://image.nostr.build/0218afe4e9566ebf8148af1a577675e08c620f384abed022da12f3a2f6a9f20c.jpg


The Fibonacci sequence appears in nature more frequently than one might expect; the branching of trees, arrangement of leaves on a stem, the fruitlets of a pineapple, even the spiral galaxies all exhibit Fibonacci patterns. https://image.nostr.build/5b731bb7c008d6c938bcbdf0ac3ad6aa211059c333ef906ae71fe322d8ea658b.jpg


The Battle of Amazon and Centaurs by Georgy Kurasov https://image.nostr.build/051624146dba057e4fecf48d3055ff1bfd3cf714b73df16c54157c9ca01119cd.jpg


DID YOU KNOW?

🐝There are live enzymes in honey.

🐝The best way to eat honey is with wooden or plastic spoon.

🐝Honey contains a substance that helps your brain work better.

🐝Honey is one of the rare foods on earth that alone can sustain human life.

🐝One teaspoon of honey is enough to sustain human life for 24 hours.

🐝Propolis that bees produce, is one of the most powerful natural antibiotics

🐝Honey has no expiration date.

🐝The bodies of the great emperors of the world were buried in golden coffins and then covered with honey to prevent putrefaction.

🐝The term "honeymoon" comes from the fact that newlyweds consumed honey for fertility after the wedding.

🐝A bee lives less than 40 days, visits at least 1000 flowers and produces less than a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.

🐝One of the first coins had a bee symbol on it.

Deep gratitude to the humble BEE!🐝 https://image.nostr.build/4512993fb152b5e21dbf5dfe959c28d0ba6941d317d28d5b5575c20b1965508d.jpg


Heads up
♠🤍♥📍❌ https://image.nostr.build/3e0b1745e4f2d1ce630ceffc22fabb7321448183c83eb0367f448cb55a6a59d3.jpg


♠🤍 https://image.nostr.build/9de779a67dc83dac6816e5f2e7d93f545c57843b1d28ffac0e01305a9684ef96.jpg


Lil Kid at my job drew this 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🤣🤣😭😭😭😭 https://image.nostr.build/3bfb6599ff6dcc06befda254be7f2b4769296a139e887225f2db7f40b1f8d73b.jpg


Orchid..!!! 😮😮 https://image.nostr.build/805ae93b90a7d0478c23e3a65a74dd678495114db32f34e4350ab500151d44f4.jpg


watched these 3 Black Hawk helicopters flying South of me Wednesday night here in Apache Junction & then started turning towards the Moon & figured they would fly over or off to the side but no, they flew straight through🙌🌕🚁🚁🚁 https://image.nostr.build/5968ab865b14db3812e4a98da28f7f3082b125a81136ae7ddb1c9790507ff2bc.jpg


Some rejections may bless you.

"SHE WAS GIVEN BARREN LAND FOR BEING COLORED"
In 1913, a 10-year-old girl named Sarah Rector was given a 160-acre parcel in Oklahoma as part of a land allocation program. Because the best farm land was destined for white people, she was given a plot of land that was considered unproductive. However, oil was then discovered on that land, leading her to become one of the country's first African American millionairs. https://image.nostr.build/35311b4fcf00e629d540cef3d330b08da487b606fdf093e1aa0789022399b049.jpg


Champs https://image.nostr.build/04965f409129dab199901745c47fcc28d0401c96f11b45aab523bfc964dd4557.jpg


Pulling out during sex is a super power
🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠🐠


Two lovers holding hands, watching the Flower Moon rising over the Sonoran Desert last night. ❤🌵🌙 https://image.nostr.build/b24265804d58f65968a0126fb7699a2061106c782d4af9b103483e83eb8051c6.jpg


Alice Raining Blood https://image.nostr.build/1e50420cf474ced572e36641da6bc931fbd4c6a48bbca5bb0c644f6157c0e76a.jpg


In the cold winters of northern Europe, houses were difficult to heat, then some forgotten craftsman gave him a bed to build, almost like a closet, where to hide from the cold of the night, when the last chills of the family fire went out, real woodworking were these beds of one or two compartments, which from 16  for centuries protected non-claustrophobic Europeans from night ice.
 The box bed, which originated in the late medieval period, appeared in different forms throughout Europe: there are examples from Britain, Scotland, Austria, the Netherlands and Scandinavia. In some places they were used until the 20th century, which makes sense when you consider the cold European winters and houses  where the warmth came only from a wood fire.  And even before electricity, people simply didn't heat their homes that much, so being cold outside also meant being cold inside. https://image.nostr.build/470e4cbb8cbb9214f035d02b6be4184df41e0f1d5a7c2d9c036d65c0da3a62cf.jpg


Of all the watermelon flowers the bees could have pollinated, they chose one that bloomed inside a crack on our wall.
📷 pinkhairgirl37 https://image.nostr.build/ea15350521a5146bd26fd89fb2178d55c690d9bbe3731027178aa778d6cdf226.jpg


This is what grief is.
A hole ripped through the very fabric of your being.
The hole eventually heals along the jagged edges that remain. It may even shrink in size.
But that hole will always be there.
A piece of you always missing.
For where there is deep grief, there was great love.
Don’t be ashamed of your grief.
Don’t judge it.
Don’t suppress it.
Don’t rush it.
Rather, acknowledge it.
Lean into it.
Listen to it.
Feel it.
Sit with it.
Sit with the pain. And remember the love.
This is where the healing will begin. https://image.nostr.build/c6b614e80993fa2747f72710767e7f06cac5a9239f05e2b65c2352f29dd2d28a.jpg


Tell me y'all see it too https://image.nostr.build/9b680a9345664cd1e22729b1c4da74b3a976c484145e1d87732ca3ab1ba38302.jpg


“You are something that the whole universe is doing, in the same way that a wave is something that the whole ocean is doing.” ~Alan Watts

Stop pretending you’re not God.

Everything is connected to everything else. You are an integral aspect of this interconnectedness. You are the pivot. You are the universe becoming aware of itself. And you have a responsibility to this sacred unfolding.

When you realize that God was only ever the infinite interconnectedness of all things, you see how you are Infinity pigeonholed into a finite construct. You are the finite integration of an infinite expression. You are God playing peek-a-boo with itself.

It was always the case that you were God in hiding. Discovering the God within yourself is merely the parting of the veil. It’s the cutting away of delusion. It’s the crumbling away of untruth. It’s seeing through the facade of all the religious pretense that came before.

Image: We Are Everything by Julian Majin https://image.nostr.build/f532a8a27030c58f98b35cd774ccf0010ddcc8570db05dc69ff204dad6c7c60c.jpg


Awesome


If I can’t sleep like this then I don’t wanna sleep at all 🫶🏾 https://image.nostr.build/feba127374c74b41c68bb2268174c9ddf1fb44a284eb5ccb9e0c10f54cf87064.jpg


🔥SFP076🔥
Bitcoin, Privacy, and the War on Digital Freedom ft. Matt Odell

#Bitcoin & privacy expert nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx and I discuss the state of digital freedom given recent government attacks on privacy. Will self custody be banned next? And how do we preserve privacy with mass adoption?

Links:
➡Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-m74mt-161ed88
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➡Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5r3uDTL0Xeialm5dIKVHOr?si=_A4cKIBPRPCwSce5oJAzyg
➡Amazon: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/3464567e-5af9-4c52-be48-069d58c41369/episodes/9d130931-6266-491b-879b-451c81766a5e/the-staying-free-podcast-bitcoin-privacy-and-the-war-on-digital-freedom-ft-matt-odell-sfp076
➡Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/eLvMQUpJXE5DJm61hTsj

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💥ALL DONATIONS UNTIL JUN 21ST GOING TO nostr:npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f 💥
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We must re-create an attractive and caring attitude in our homes and in our worlds. If our children are to approve of themselves, they must see that we approve of ourselves. If we persist in self-disrespect and then ask our children to respect themselves, it is as if we break all their bones and then insist that they win Olympic gold medals for the hundred-yard dash. Outrageous. ~Maya Angelou https://image.nostr.build/834e833afef76a679dea368f0cb221b71ae552a8a9f11e395f13d245dbbbc425.jpg


Happy Happy Joy Joy https://image.nostr.build/d7dc39e4db560a1ba7cc416c78b0409fe13af6dceba5a0a0efdc000a91641263.jpg


I DON'T BELIEVE IN PERFECTION


Simona Kossak (1943-2007) Polish biologist, ecologist, author, PhD in forestry, and uncompromising conservation activist
They called her a witch, because she chatted with animals and owned a terrorist-crow, who stole gold and attacked bicycle riders.
She spent over 30 years in a wooden hut in the Białowieża Forest, without electricity or running water. A lynx slept in her bed, and a tamed boar lived under the same roof with her. She was a scientist, ecologist, and author of award-winning films and radio broadcasts. She was also an activist who fought for the protection of Europe’s oldest forest. Simona believed that one ought to live simply and close to nature. Among animals, she found what she never found with humans..
Photo Lech Wilczek https://image.nostr.build/3c3480a6f85894277b7655ebb4df646a28422e94804ef1ac578ae05b1b98dd5c.jpg


You still need some rules https://image.nostr.build/5f3b0f6a2984c3c103741c66be957928a739e90db3ed674d2eb009e28df83735.jpg


YOU Smart♠


Clear thinking and good judgement is a cheat code to life. https://image.nostr.build/23fa6d6b15e2eb1b4bbdf916c04581ccbbd091ac271ce9774fed131e5db8a469.jpg


Clear thinking and good judgement is a cheat code to life..


Andrea Kowch
American, b. 1986. "Soiree" (2019) https://image.nostr.build/7c667ad0bbd7cfcffbfaae608adb33a173a320a306be51f7c07916d08435af74.jpg


When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. ~William Butler Yeats https://image.nostr.build/829cb53e960253600537a6eb4323ce0f55f13b6b3f7b2527acdcf9c1298a362e.jpg


Self awareness


Baby Mercedes


🥲 https://image.nostr.build/152d8dc7570dcbbf42a5cdb6ee313780e3b45f84b136bc6a4fa92103690e187d.jpg


👀👀❌ https://image.nostr.build/d92fe68f2f7702b2566c2e2ebacf41a9884b5bd6d3cd808991a45da0d14647bc.jpg


You don't get to see this until you are deep into Buckskin Gulch - at times you question if it is a dead end. The cliff here is 300' and you can't see if the weather is rolling in. It's both majestic and intimidating. https://image.nostr.build/79e317e64757cc07ba59927ad35a810868c376d2dc6df31a6aaa5271f36ad1ea.jpg


Let each of us examine his thoughts; he will find them wholly concerned with the past or the future. We almost never think of the present, and if we do think of it, it is only to see what light is throws on our plans for the future. The present is never our end. The past and the present are our means, the future alone our end. Thus we never actually live, but hope to live, and since we are always planning how to be happy, it is inevitable that we should never be so. ~Blaise Pascal

(Book [ad]: Pensées https://amzn.to/4bK2WJc)

(Art: 'Roasted Chestnuts', 1956 by Andrew Wyeth) https://image.nostr.build/c72c51080d3be6d45c7412bace36d2448f03428e336f105f599c12131974ba98.jpg


Here is one of the wonders of the world, which looks like planets and celestial bodies.
This place is called the Valley of the Planets in the Kufra region of the Arab state of Libya, and this region is one of the treasures of the state of Libya with its desert, although not many people know about it.
Al-Uwainat is located near the city of Ghat in southwestern Libya in the remote desert of the valley known as "Wan Tkufi", in the area from Hamada to the Ghat heights.
Perhaps the strangest thing in Libya, if not the strangest in the world, in this valley far from Al-Owainat (about 1130 km south of Tripoli), huge rocks take the form of planets, hence visitors. Valley makes them feel like they're in space.
The average diameter of each rock is about 10 meters, since these spherical rocks are stacked side by side at a distance of about 30 km.  These are rocks that, for some reason that scientists could not guess, move by themselves, in a motion similar to the movement of the planets of the solar system around the Sun.
These stones have a completely different composition than any other rock that exists on our planet. In fact, they were classified as living rocks because they die like any other living creature.
It turns out that when stones reach the end of their lives, they break from the inside out, until they are completely cracked and practically hollow.
What also distinguishes this valley is that it is a solid rocky soil without water and agriculture. https://image.nostr.build/b1eaa41d6eb7757ab41df81d5f7a003f76b2cffe0f51570e7c0521f21862784d.jpg


The JWST's capture of the Cartwheel Galaxy makes a fascinating image. The structure was, as I've read, caused by a collision with another galaxy.
It rained nearly all day today here in Texas, so I decided to download the image data from MAST (Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes) and process some of it - I'm not keen on the image posted on Wikipedia and wanted to create something slightly different and not so color-saturated.
I was slightly surprised to see that there are only 2 prominent stars in the image - all the other small structures in the background appear to be galaxies.

I hope you like it :)

[Attribution Statement: This image uses narrowband NIRCAM and MIRI images made by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. The data were obtained from the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-03127 for JWST.] https://image.nostr.build/2a011b3fde6ee0f5b7ddf5161b34b9459d654e316d1bb3035449fc4c407eb971.jpg


One crop circle cannot be interpreted by itself. Formations are like chapters of a book. Each chapter dedicated to one subject. You want to understand the formation of July 5th 2009 you have to go back in time at least 5 years. You want to try to understand them, go to the files of Steve Alexander , Lucy Pringle , crop circle connector and find those formations that look like the same theme. Chapters end too. Once the information is given, no more formations of that type appears. You'll be making your own book of events. Ask me about several events. You will not find answers on this site. This site is only for those who are afraid of doing their research.
@everyone https://image.nostr.build/91386b63e51a9c86b0e6c70de0ac15a2aa0ce6973e74bb9b720780b6f5f4a336.jpg


📍📍 https://image.nostr.build/ca26e5e116829329f3d2c3d1d1a171061d9c9db2c471aaf010f4d9fbdbfa5d21.jpg


I love artists that use lsd 😛 https://image.nostr.build/c85b754914bfcd8f8b431b3d6e489717a3823a2a8dfe3dce82e615943667009f.jpg


😅 nostr:note17epzedfmmtj5rfnwj43as0k3y2sexf57nkqp5wuupymll42c905qccpm7r


Saturn as seen from one of its 53 moons. https://image.nostr.build/5866721b8fa948e7df4f8cde7be5b2aa850bc39f8c4eec865ac35bfc07e8ba57.jpg


♣♣♠ https://image.nostr.build/ee40bf488a79aba0d47ad750ad03d5c200944b2d3af63976bb5cd4f066dad353.jpg


May you recognize in your life the presence,
power, and light of your soul.

May you realize that you are never alone,
that your soul in its brightness and belonging
connects you intimately with the rhythm of
the universe.

May you have respect for your individuality
and difference.

May you realize that the shape of your soul is unique,
that you have a special destiny here,
that behind the façade of your life,
there is something beautiful and eternal happening.

   - John O'Donohue
         Excerpt from For Solitude

[Image: Girl on a Swing oil on paper by American illustrator by Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966).]

The Smart Witch by Elizabeth https://image.nostr.build/5acdf62de04de7b64c7dcf89caf52b01042d74fb60689780de6491a3bf7672f5.jpg


Woke up thinking bout all the sht I let slide..I’m going to jail this Summer😂😂😂 https://image.nostr.build/d31c1c0a3eb7e312f2d8c15b2cfcc291700b06d5e3226f1c1ee111c23292a27f.jpg


they say that hell is crowded, yet,
when you’re in hell,
you always seem to be alone.
and you can’t tell anyone when you’re in hell
or they’ll think you’re crazy
and being crazy is being in hell
and being sane is hellish too.

those who escape hell, however,
never talk about it
and nothing much bothers them after that.
I mean, things like missing a meal,
going to jail, wrecking your car,
or even the idea of death itself.

when you ask them,
“how are things?”
they’ll always answer, “fine, just fine…”

once you’ve been to hell and back,
that’s enough
it’s the greatest satisfaction known to man.

once you’ve been to hell and back,
you don’t look behind you when the floor creaks
and the sun is always up at midnight
and things like the eyes of mice
or an abandoned tire in a vacant lot
can make you smile
once you’ve been to hell and back. ~Charles Bukowski

(Book [ad]: Slouching towards Nirvana [Poem: “to hell and back”] https://amzn.to/3V7OS5Z)

(Art: Photograph of Bukowski by Eckharth Palutke) https://image.nostr.build/d9ed058c3aeae9d4a8c3428853308bc6272a9b41f2dcf413bc19d308db575b5f.jpg


“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

[ Art • “Tropical” by Paulina Gałka ] https://image.nostr.build/e18794b67b83ee369bad076eba9f2d405df83f80b5c7e56f008aea73d620c667.jpg


Stay solid
Kings https://image.nostr.build/74162e9863b14a6587dca00cf2f06f976cd339cafcb0da78cbfb2330625a1fa1.jpg


The Way I See Myself by LucaPonsatoArt
Based on Narcissus by Carvaggio https://image.nostr.build/c599d568568a6bedc44801bad312a8760d381d609a954b618be9062c9e2e460e.jpg


9 yeard old girl April, carries her family on her back (over 425 lbs) in Muscle Beach, Cal, 1945. https://image.nostr.build/f81970c39d3a9052d4fda6817a569548595d67343a2ff1403535664c6babde25.jpg