FANTASMAGORIAS

sovietpostcards:

Tradititonal Russian nursery rhymes illustrated by Yury Vasnetsov, book from 1981 (buy here)

dendroica:

“U.S. carbon dioxide emissions rose an estimated 3.4 percent in 2018, according to new research — a jarring increase that comes as scientists say the world needs to be aggressively cutting its emissions to avoid the most devastating effects of climate change. The findings, published Tuesday by the independent economic research firm Rhodium Group, mean that the United States now has a diminishing chance of meeting its pledge under the 2015 Paris climate agreement to dramatically reduce its emissions by 2025. The findings also underscore how the world’s second-largest emitter, once a global leader in pushing for climate action, has all but abandoned efforts to mitigate the effects of a warming world. President Trump has said he plans to officially withdraw the nation from the Paris climate agreement in 2020 and in the meantime has rolled back Obama-era regulations aimed at reducing the country’s carbon emissions. “We have lost momentum. There’s no question,” Rob Jackson, a Stanford University professor who studies emissions trends, said of both U.S. and global efforts to steer the world toward a more sustainable future. The sharp emissions rise was fueled primarily by a booming economy, researchers found. But the increase, which could prove to be the second-largest in the past 20 years, probably would not have been as stark without Trump administration rollbacks, said Trevor Houser, a partner at Rhodium. “I don’t think you would have seen the same increase,” Houser said, referring to the electric power sector in particular.”

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U.S. greenhouse gas emissions spiked in 2018 — and it couldn’t happen at a worse time - The Washington Post

I think calling the US “a global leader in pushing for climate action” gives previous administrations way too much credit.

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dexolation:

“Sometimes suffering is just suffering. It doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t build character. It only hurts.”

— Kate Jacobs, Comfort Food

(Source: simply-quotes, via nothingreallymakesmehappy)

irisharchaeology:

This distinctive leather arm-ring was found on an Iron Age bog body from Co. Offaly. It represents a very unusual find from this period, as organic jewellery rarely survives in the archaeological record. Thankfully, in this instance, the cold, acidic and oxygen-free conditions of the bog prevented the leather from decaying. 

The bog body containing the arm-ring is now referred to as ‘Old Croghan Man’ and consists of the partial remains of a young adult male who died sometime between 362 BC and 175 BC (the head and lower torso of the body are missing). He had been extremely tall in life, measuring 6ft 6in height and had well manicured hands suggesting that he was not used to manual labour. Like many other bog bodies, 

Old Croghan Man had suffered a violent death before being deposited in the peaty depths. Rather horrifically, holes had been cut into his upper arms through which a rope of hazel withies was threaded in order to restrain the body. He was then stabbed and his nipples sliced, before finally being cut in half across the torso. Such extreme violence may indicate that his death involved some form of ritualistic murder or sacrifice.

The arm-ring was located on Old Croghan’s upper arm and was fashioned out of two inter-twined strips of worked leather that were joined via a series of small slits and then reinforced with bands of animal sinew. Four bronze mounts were clasped around the leather and these helped hold the arm-ring together, as well as fulfilling a decorative function. Two of the bronze mounts were ornamented with circular punched motifs, while two had incised, linear decoration.

Today the leather arm-ring is still attached to Old Croghan Man’s arm and can be viewed at the National Museum of Ireland’s excellent Kingship and Sacrifice exhibition.

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hotgirltori:

i’m tired of wanting to be pretty. always wondering if people think i’m pretty. curating a social media existence so everyone thinks i’m constantly pretty. i’m still not gonna post ugly selfies but y’all get my point

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