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Margaret Atwood partnered with various companies to create an unburnable version of The Handmaid's Tale. This is potentially one of the greatest photos in the history of humanity.

#sleepyhollow #halloween

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't Youtube channel

Beavers gotta beave!

Next To Me - Imagine Dragons - Violin Cover by Momento

“We should hunt out the helpful pieces of teaching and the spirited and noble-minded sayings which are capable of immediate practical application—not far-fetched or archaic expressions or extravagant metaphors and figures of speech—and learn them so well that words become works.” -Seneca

Pizzly bears are a thing. Narlugas (narwhal + beluga hybrid) are also expected to make an evolutionary appearance in the not too distant future.

The Mumford & Sons of classical music. The Danish String Quartet, a rather young ensemble, includes folk music as part of their traditional repertoire. This project was originally a crowdfunded one and ended up getting picked up by Naxos.

BOOKSTORES: How to Read More Books in the Golden Age of Content

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Mark Twain used the word "dude" - the same way we do today (or at least the same way we did in the 90s, ok?). See it in his marginalia.

The Spencer jacket - often making a fashion statement in Jane Austen’s world (Regency period).

One of my favorite things in the world - sunlight filtered through trees. This Japanese word is considered an untranslatable expression. The first kanji is for "tree," 漏れ is the stem of the verb moreru, which means to leak out or come through, and 日 is the kanji for day or sunlight.

In a male-dominated media landscape, the women journalists of India’s all-female Khabar Lahariya (“News Wave”) newspaper risk it all, including their own safety, to cover the country’s political, social, and local news from a women-powered perspective. From underground network to independent media empire—now with 10 million views on their YouTube site—they defy the odds to redefine power.