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“Lighten Up” by Ronald Wimberly

Beautifuly written- and drawn.

Damn. Really powerful and beautifully drawn.

The oldest living tree ever found was a pine named “Prometheus.” It had been alive since before the Egyptian pyramids were built. Some guy cut it down in 1964. Source

he was actually a forestry graduate student who was doing research on bristlecone pines (Pinus langaevea) and got his increment borer stuck in the tree. this tool costs almost $800, so he asked the forest service if he could cut down the tree to recover the tool. after cutting it down, it became apparent that the tree was actually the oldest living organism. ever. (around 8,000 years old). so, not just some asshole. the guy feels extremely guilty and has even broken down in tears during an interview about the accident

OH MY GOD SO LET ME TELL YOU A STORY

So after the grad student cut down the tree and discovered it was the oldest tree in the world he quit studying forestry and went to study salt flats (can’t cut down the oldest trees in the world on salt flats no siree none of that happening) and he was being interviewed about his research, but in the middle of the interview the reporter just stops and says “wait aren’t the guy that…”

And he just takes off running. Literally. Turns around and runs across the salt flats away from the interview and I feel so bad for him but I can’t help but start crying I’m laughing so hard about it imagine a guy high tailing it across salt flats away from a dude with a recorder

why don't people in zombie apocalypse stories ever just wear suits of armor? you think any zombie is gonna get their shitty rotting jaws through this?

I'm gonna rip and tear my way through the zombie apocalypse completely unharmed because none of the undead hoards will be able to get through my plate mail

everyone else is like "oh we gotta stay inside the most secure places possible and never leave" and I'll be storming through the wastelands in my bloodstained suit of armor, blasting the Doom (2016) OST and plowing my way through waves of the undead. one of them tries to bite me but his shitty rotting teeth don't even leave a dent in my armor before I turn his head into paste. I'll be unstoppable until I die of dehydration or something like an idiot

this goes along with my other pet peeve about zombie apocalypse stories, namely: why does no one ever think to ride a bike? 

bikes are quiet- if the zombies react to loud noises, they won’t hear you on a bike the way they might hear you in a car. bikes don’t need gas, meaning you won’t be stranded if you run out. bikes are much, much easier to maintain than a car- there’s no computer that can short out, no fiddly engine bits that could kill you if you mess with them wrong. you can learn how to maintain a bike with a couple weeks’ worth of classes. almost every adult knows how to ride a bike, and without cars on the road, it’d be much safer to do. 

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mothers out there! Here is the wonderful Miranda family, looking like royalty out here. Thank you @pancaspe for letting me use the beautiful photo!

Simone Biles and Sasha Farber Contemporary to “How Far I’ll Go” by Auli’i Cravalho (MOANA) on Dancing with the Stars’ Season 24 Disney Night!

Simone Biles and Sasha Farber Contemporary to “How Far I’ll Go” by Auli’i Cravalho (MOANA) on Dancing with the Stars’ Season 24 Disney Night!

Simone Biles and Sasha Farber Contemporary to “How Far I’ll Go” by Auli’i Cravalho (MOANA) on Dancing with the Stars’ Season 24 Disney Night!

Congratulations Howell Binkley - OlivierAwards  winner for Best Lighting Design for HamiltonLDN.

Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now! OlivierAwards 

Congratulations @/Nevstein - OlivierAwards  winner for Best Sound Design for HamiltonLDN.

HamiltonLDN - Best New Musical winner at the OlivierAwards 

Congratulations @/GilesTerera - Best Actor in a Musical winner at the OlivierAwards  as Aaron Burr in HamiltonLDN.

Congratulations @/mikejibson - Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical winner at the #OlivierAwards  as King George in HamiltonLDN.

Congratulations @linmanuel & @/LacketyLac - Outstanding Achievement in Music winners at the #OlivierAwards  for HamiltonLDN.

Congratulations @/ABlankenbuehler - Best Theatre Choreographer winner at the OlivierAwards  for HamiltonLDN.