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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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奮起湖 9
#art #photo #photography #travel #country #oldshops #signboard #nostalgia #Taiwan #EastCoastKin
©️skinskin & Shou
#art #photo #photography #travel #country #oldshops #signboard #nostalgia #Taiwan #EastCoastKin
©️skinskin & Shou
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
奮起湖 9
#art #photo #photography #travel #country #oldshops #signboard #nostalgia #Taiwan #EastCoastKin
©️skinskin & Shou
#art #photo #photography #travel #country #oldshops #signboard #nostalgia #Taiwan #EastCoastKin
©️skinskin & Shou
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December 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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#CalFire #Evacuation
#SantaMonica
#Photography
During evacuation from our home because of fire, we ended up in Santa Monica for 5 days.
Smoke from another (!) fire in Malibu was making for a dramatic sunset photo, taken at Palisades Park, on the bluff near the Santa Monica pier.
#SantaMonica
#Photography
During evacuation from our home because of fire, we ended up in Santa Monica for 5 days.
Smoke from another (!) fire in Malibu was making for a dramatic sunset photo, taken at Palisades Park, on the bluff near the Santa Monica pier.
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
#CalFire #Evacuation
#SantaMonica
#Photography
During evacuation from our home because of fire, we ended up in Santa Monica for 5 days.
Smoke from another (!) fire in Malibu was making for a dramatic sunset photo, taken at Palisades Park, on the bluff near the Santa Monica pier.
#SantaMonica
#Photography
During evacuation from our home because of fire, we ended up in Santa Monica for 5 days.
Smoke from another (!) fire in Malibu was making for a dramatic sunset photo, taken at Palisades Park, on the bluff near the Santa Monica pier.
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Christmas at McSorley’s Old Ale House, 15 E. 7th St., East Village, NYC.
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Christmas at McSorley’s Old Ale House, 15 E. 7th St., East Village, NYC.
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☝️ Important reminder: you shouldn't yell at me even if I say something stupid. That's actually when I need your support the most
January 22, 2024 at 10:59 PM
☝️ Important reminder: you shouldn't yell at me even if I say something stupid. That's actually when I need your support the most
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Mérida, Yucatán, 2025
#merida #yucatan #mexico #urbangaze #widelens #streetphotography #snapshot #nikon
#merida #yucatan #mexico #urbangaze #widelens #streetphotography #snapshot #nikon
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Mérida, Yucatán, 2025
#merida #yucatan #mexico #urbangaze #widelens #streetphotography #snapshot #nikon
#merida #yucatan #mexico #urbangaze #widelens #streetphotography #snapshot #nikon
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This year everyone is getting a tail sock!
December 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This year everyone is getting a tail sock!
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You guys. The NYC wildlife ornament set from craftspring 🥹 www.craftspring.com/products/nyc...
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
You guys. The NYC wildlife ornament set from craftspring 🥹 www.craftspring.com/products/nyc...
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the new netflix series Teens In A World Without Artificial Lights stops mid-scene to play an AI-generated advertisement of me embracing a beautiful woman I’ll never meet, beaming at a yard full of children I’ll never have. tears fill my eyes. the show is cancelled before the end of the ad
May 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
the new netflix series Teens In A World Without Artificial Lights stops mid-scene to play an AI-generated advertisement of me embracing a beautiful woman I’ll never meet, beaming at a yard full of children I’ll never have. tears fill my eyes. the show is cancelled before the end of the ad
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Late snowfall. Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Photography by PacoAlcantara on Flickr
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Late snowfall. Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Photography by PacoAlcantara on Flickr
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One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
You can be as terrified or nonplussed or unperturbed as you like; the sun will still rise tomorrow & the rent will still be due on the 31st. The world has no romantic narratives for its fate except those we invent, because the world does not die. That is our privilege.
I said it elsewhere, but it’s weirdly exhilarating and addictive to be terrified all the time, and the people addicted to it, when they say this, may as well be saying “I can stop at any time, it’s just the world doing this *to* me.”
December 31, 2023 at 3:23 AM
One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
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This must sound like a great musical instrument when it rains.
A recording of its tintinnabulations would be most welcome.
A recording of its tintinnabulations would be most welcome.
Atelier Deshaus' Laoyuting Pavilion in China's Dianchi Laoyu River Wetland Park features a fragmented modular steel roof atop slender columns, forming an artificial forest that bridges urban and wetland realms.
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This must sound like a great musical instrument when it rains.
A recording of its tintinnabulations would be most welcome.
A recording of its tintinnabulations would be most welcome.
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Fall in a Japanese garden. Now!
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fall in a Japanese garden. Now!
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
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BONUS VIDEO: The Monster at the End of This Book Ending Explained!
August 2, 2023 at 3:29 PM
BONUS VIDEO: The Monster at the End of This Book Ending Explained!
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December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Today's pigeon is a jaunty fella and I'm tempted to give him a top hat
December 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today's pigeon is a jaunty fella and I'm tempted to give him a top hat
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Today marks one year since the Dec. 3, 2024 martial law declaration that rocked South Korea and still reverberates today. What’s on my mind today is the grit of South Koreans who rushed to the National Assembly that night, in freezing weather, to demand a return to democratic government.
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Today marks one year since the Dec. 3, 2024 martial law declaration that rocked South Korea and still reverberates today. What’s on my mind today is the grit of South Koreans who rushed to the National Assembly that night, in freezing weather, to demand a return to democratic government.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.