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mymodernmet:

24-year-old photographer Asher Svidensky recently traveled to west Mongolia with the intention of documenting the lives of traditional Kazakh eagle hunters, people who tame eagles for the purpose of hunting smaller animals.

With the traditions typically laying in the hands of the boys and the men, the biggest surprise throughout the journey was Svidensky’s discovery of a young eagle huntress, 13-year-old Ashol Pan, the daughter of an experienced eagle hunter. These stunning photographs symbolize the potential future of the eagle hunting tradition as it expands beyond a male-only practice.

peoplemask:

svealand:

Guys!

If you’re a fan of Game of Thrones, if you want dragons to eat or if you’re interested in doing the world a great cultural service, please read on!

The Icelandic goat is in serious risk of extinction. A breed brought to Iceland by the Vikings more than a thousand years ago is now almost died out, with less than 900 animals left on Earth. Almost 400 of them live at Háafell Farm, and unless they raise money by the end of autumn, the farm will be lost and the goats will be sent to the slaughterhouses.

They need your help!

Please consider donating to their indiegogo campaign, share their facebook page or use the tag #savethegoats on twitter!

Apart from doing the great cultural service of keeping this ancient breed alive, the farm of Háafell also offers their own goat milk cheese and ice cream, a variety of soaps and creams made from sheep tallow and wild Icelandic plants, and Icelandic handcrafts.

The goats from Háafell can be seen in Game of Thrones, as they are the goats the dragon Drogon burns and eats in episode 6 of season 4.

Please share and consider donating to keep this ancient and unique breed alive!

Links
Indiegogo campaign - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/save-the-icelandic-goat-from-extinction
Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/savehaafellgoatfarm?fref=ts

Thank you!

SAVE THE GOATS

adokal:

Judith with the decapitated Head Of Holofernes, 1858, by Mihael Stroj (Slovenian, 1803-1871).

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vastderp-placeholder:

dogs are fucking METAL.

lisahanawalt:

P.S. The brilliant Dan Cassaro had a much more eloquent response to this stupid email. 

tigerfeel:

edencomplex:

phantomeus:

phantomeus:

edencomplex:

Persephone turning Ascalaphus into an Owl 

Son of Acheron (the river of pain) and Orphne (an underworld nymph), Askalaphos was the orchardist of Hades. He told the other gods that Persephone had eaten a pomegranate in Hades.

He was punished by being changed into an owl. After being transformed into a screech owl, he became the familiar bird of Hades, King of the Underworld.

OMFG I WAS WONDERING WHY THIS WAS GETTING SO MANY NOTES

jESUSU FUCK

alienoralieout:

actual dialogue

sees-through-vintage-lenses:

From the original Wizard of Oz silent film in 1910

tastefullyoffensive:

Satan’s Little Helper [x]

bbcnewsus:

First female winner for Fields maths medal

Meet Iranian-born, Harvard-educated, Stanford Professor Maryam Mirzakhani - and her work on the complex geometry of Riemann surfaces.

maybenotboring:

the difference 7 hours makes

therandominmyhead:

Yes just me, a dog. Taking a walk. With my dogs. Who are my friends. But also dogs. And I am a dog.

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I’ve suddenly decided to move to England. Help me do the following:

1) set up a bank account there with the least terrible bank.
2) get my $$$ into that account with the lowest fee possible.

Thank you.

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