seriously, what the actual f.ck, Verizon-Tumblr @staff? 

Your algorithms are now flagging summer light on my bookshelf as NSFW “sensitive content”?  

Is it the 3d-printed locknester bear? Or is it a shockingly uncovered sea shell? Or are books bothering you? 

I still get blogs, half of them with names that imply teen porn, trying to follow me every day, and I try to block them as fast as I can, my blocking/reporting them giving you free data – and this is what you’re spending your resources on?

If @david Karp walks away and starts a new platform, I’m going, and would love it if my followers came along.

And honestly, this makes me not want to post anything on here anymore.

atlasobscura:

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism. 

At the edge of the tropical tree line of Lagoa das Furnas there is a charming lake in the middle of São Miguel Island. Emerging from this fairytale landscape is the slim tower of a neo-Gothic church that dates to 1882. What began as a testament to the ailing wife of a wealthy Azorean gardener and amateur botanist, ended up as one of the most evocative churches in the whole archipelago.

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I want to go to Azores some day.

This morning, in the park – a violin case, and a violin itself next to it, beyond repair, soggy after the morning’s rain, in pieces no bigger than 3-4 inches each scattered across the grass, maker’s mark still visible on one of them.

I was told to move on and not make up a story.

madu-ka:

nyrra:

I wonder if there has ever been an off-grid boom? So much so itd start scaring authorities. What happens if you settle yourself and ignore all rules. Grow food in bulk and hand it out anonymously… eh sounds dumb saying it like that. But my wondering and point remains.

How illusory of a concept is authority ? Anyway,… i hope we all collectively strive to cut loose from “the grid” and manage ti share.
I feel the only power over us is our basic human needs of survival. Get out !

I’m sure locally there have been a large group of like minded people who worked together to build an off grid community. Of course it all starts within the community and from there it all can grow. You just have to find your people and be willing to open your mind up to that community.

Authority is greed and bullshit. It’s all about working together, with each other and for each other. Back to the basics of survival I’m certain we’d all feel more alive and prospering TOGETHER! Through the ups and downs of life.

The plot of the Walkaway book, in a nutshell. Except their 3D printing tech evolved enough to have much better fabbers to make true abundance possible. And there is plenty of abandoned land that no one cares about.

Also heard (but thankfully did not see) the most horrible sound – squealing car brakes, then a bump like a light car crash, then another bump, then quiet, and then woman’s screams of pain. People ran towards it and helped her, I called 911, saw that she looked conscious and there were plenty of people helping, but didn’t want to come closer and for it to leave an imprint in L’s soak-up-everything brain.