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attackon-titan: The nine circles of hell from Dante’s Inferno...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:13:54 +0100

The nine circles of hell from Dante’s Inferno recreated in Lego by Mihai Mihu

I. LIMBO: A place of monotony, here the souls are punished to wander in restless existence while they moan helplessly in echoes between the ruins of a temple.

II. LUST: Surrounded by erotic representations, those overcome by lust are forced to watch and experience disgusting things, ultimately being condemned to drown in the menstrual river.

III. GLUTTONY: The circle itself is a living abomination, a hellish digestive system revealing horrific faces with mouths ready to devour the gluttons over and over for eternity.

IV. GREED: This pompous place is reserved for the punishment of the greedy ones.

V. ANGER: In this depressing place the souls are trapped in the swamp, they can’t move and they cannot manifest their frustration which is making them even more angry.

VI. HERESY: The giant demon watches closely over his fire pit, dwarfing the damned that are dragging the new arrivals in the boiling lava. Those who committed the greatest sins against God are getting a special treatment inside the temple where they are doomed to burn for eternity in the scorching flames.

VII. VIOLENCE: A place of intense torture where the horrific screams of the damned are eternally accompanied by the hellish beats of drums.

VIII. FRAUD: In Fraud the Demons enjoy altering the shape of souls, this is how they feed.

IX. TREACHERY: Lucifer lies here chained by the Angelic Seal which keeps him captive in the frozen environment.

Attention @tomewing

Wondering the date of this: 20s (or just pretend 20s)? Clearing...

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:38:00 +0100

Wondering the date of this: 20s (or just pretend 20s)? Clearing out drawer of my kitchen table — full of my gran’s stuff from c.40 years ago or more.

craftyjai: ride-the-vibes: This is JASON FYLES and he goes to...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:22:36 +0100

craftyjai:

ride-the-vibes:

This is JASON FYLES and he goes to my university (Newcastle University, North East of England) He is 19 years old, 5’8, ginger hair and slim. He was last seen in the Sandyford area at 2:45am on Thursday morning and has not been seen since. He was wearing a blue shirt, grey cardigan, beige chinos and brown ankle boots. Everyone in uni is so worried about him along with his family and friends. We are coming together as a university to appeal for his safe return. It is thought that he lost his friends on the night out and tried to make his way back by himself. Please, I am begging for you to REBLOG THIS, even if you don’t live in Newcastle, or England. Every REBLOG means that someone else will see his face, they will know who we are looking for, and your followers could be the one to know his whereabouts. Stay safe Jason, we’re looking for you.
THIS WILL NOT RUIN YOUR BLOG!

Local news report

PLEASE. Nobody reblogged my own post on this which I posted an hour or so ago so I’m wondering if nobody will now. This guy is my friend. If I have ever sent you a nice ask or reblogged something of yours and it made you happy for a second (or even if I haven’t; this is about helping him, not doing me a favour) for God’s sake just help now, help to find my friend Jason. You want me to make him human to you?

Once we all grew beans in pots as part of a Biology experiment- the experiment failed miserably and made the whole lab stink, but his was the only bean that grew and he was actually pretty proud about it

He learned to knit as part of a school project where he had to learn a creative skill, and when a couple of people teased him about it he said “gender is a social construct” and carried on knitting like a badass

He loves the scene in The Great Gatsby where Gatsby throws all his silk shirts around and he and I used to giggle over it together

Once I asked him if he had a string of tinsel I could use in a photoshoot and he brought me a big cardboard box full of tinsel and fairy lights because he’s a helpful and lovely guy

He’s HUMAN and he needs our HELP and just PLEASE PLEASE FUCKING REBLOG THIS??? He’s been missing for four days now- when he went missing he would have been wearing his contact lenses and he won’t have had his (very thick) glasses with him so by now he’ll have had to take his contacts out and throw them away and he won’t be able to see well and oh God just please signal boost this

South Sea Bubble Card

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:22:00 +0100

South Sea Bubble Card

Photo

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:03:16 +0100

lonepilgrim: kronstadt21: Boogeymen - part of a series of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:33:22 +0100

lonepilgrim:

kronstadt21:

Boogeymen - part of a series of eerie stereoviews - dated 1923 (Via)

unheimlich

Tenniel cartoon of Davy Jones, presumably in his locker, for...

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:45:49 +0100

Tenniel cartoon of Davy Jones, presumably in his locker, for Punch, 1890s. (The document he’s reading says “Chart of Ferrol Harbour, 1789, HMS Howe”.)

IMPORTANT: nickminichino: Goat on a Horse, Newfoundland and...

Sat, 11 May 2013 19:04:46 +0100

IMPORTANT:

nickminichino:

Goat on a Horse, Newfoundland and Labrador

dailysciencefacts: So basically Kohrabi is wild mustard with...

Sat, 11 May 2013 19:03:31 +0100

dailysciencefacts:

So basically Kohrabi is wild mustard with artificially enlarged testicles? *Furrows brow, makes detailed notes*

Today’s science fact is about wild mustard domestication.

The plants we eat are, in most cases, nothing like their wild counterparts, having undergone significant selective breeding. One of the best examples of this is wild mustard. All of these foods are actually wild mustard, bred for different characteristics:

Couliflower — enlarged, sterile flowers
Broccoli — enlarged, immature flowers
Lettuce — enlarged terminal bud
Kale — enlarged leaves
Kohlrabi — enlarged roots and lower stems

In all cases, the parts of the plant not useful and often detrimental to human requirements have been reduced to almost nothing, through sheer selection. These plants are so different that they’re no longer considered the same species, but it wasn’t all that long ago that they were the same thing.

nietzschecats: Thus Spoke Zarathustra 230/3112

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:21:34 +0100

nietzschecats:

Thus Spoke Zarathustra 230/3112

"He built a porridge sculpture in his room"

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:41:02 +0100

My sister made a little video about Kurt Schwitters for The Tate — I can’t work out how to embed it on Tumblr but you can view it here.

Cantos Stop Won't Stop: Inferno XII: Join Our Insect* Nation

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:53:36 +0100

Cantos Stop Won't Stop: Inferno XII: Join Our Insect* Nation:

cantosstopwontstop:

(the incident with the witch that Dante apparently made up for this book)

Wait whut isn’t this a ref to the start of Aeneid VI? A witch — or a Sybil or some such — is how Aenaes gets down into hell to visit his pore old dad, and also fend off emo Dido…

1920-2013 respect

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:54:46 +0100

1920-2013 respect

e4rthy: Hua Shan Cliffside Plank Walk Shaanxi Province,...

Sun, 05 May 2013 14:59:33 +0100

e4rthy:

Hua Shan Cliffside Plank Walk Shaanxi Province, China by Aaron D. Feen

europoptimism (3)

Sat, 04 May 2013 23:04:20 +0100

europoptimism (3)

europoptimism (2)

Sat, 04 May 2013 23:03:42 +0100

europoptimism (2)

europoptimism (1)

Sat, 04 May 2013 23:02:35 +0100

europoptimism (1)

Harder, Better, Hatti, Fattener aaronrutledge: Moomin After...

Sat, 04 May 2013 01:03:38 +0100

Harder, Better, Hatti, Fattener

aaronrutledge:

Moomin After All

mr gary tibbs

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:37:42 +0100

mr gary tibbs

<3 tavi #followanadult

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:03:00 +0100

<3 tavi #followanadult