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ms. rachel is probably the healthiest version of toddler screen time, but it is still screen time.ms. rachel can help teach your kid words. she still cannot replace talking to them.

the wampanoag are a native american community from the northeast who have lived for thousands of years in what is now massachusetts and rhode island. they are known for their farming, fishing, and strong traditions, and they played an important role in early american history when europeans first arrived.

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life is less an individual journey than a web of relationships, rituals, obligations, stories, and exchanges.

we are born into cultures already in progress, inherit meanings we did not create, and spend our lives negotiating our place inside them.

in the end, a human life is partly what happened to us, and partly what our community learned to call meaningful.

it can be genuinely painful to read, but the reward is real.

this is one of those writers you have to meet at the right time. the book asks something from you too. it wants your full attention, your whole mind, almost your whole self.

i love the writing, but this is absolutely not the kind of author i can casually pick up whenever i feel like reading a few pages.

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the price is going to be duo too, so i guess it makes sense.

social media platform that knows you better than your close friends. it can analyze your personality and tendencies after your 8 facebook likes.

eulagisca gigantea looks like something evolution designed after watching too much sci fi. it’s a giant antarctic scale worm that lives in cold deep water, grows up to around 8 inches long, and has a retractable throat armed with large jaws for grabbing prey. the weird golden “fur” along its sides is actually part of its segmented body.

basically proof that the deep ocean has been quietly making monsters this whole time.

i decided to look a little more closely at norway, since it is one of those countries we seem to envy for almost everything.

i was honestly stunned. the story is almost too good.

norway had been in a union with sweden until 1905, when it broke away and became fully independent.

the norwegians wanted to remain a monarchy, but there was one small problem. they had no king and no royal family of their own.

so they literally went looking for a king.

yes, looking for a king. it sounds ridiculous, but that is basically what happened.

their first choice was the swedish royal family they had just separated from. norway essentially asked whether sweden might spare one of its princes so they could make him king. sweden declined.

so they turned to denmark.

there they found a suitable candidate, prince carl of denmark. he was scandinavian, had naval training, was young, and already had a son.

when the offer reached him, he did not simply jump at the chance. he insisted that he would only accept the crown if the norwegian people actually wanted him.

a referendum was held in november 1905, and the monarchy was approved by a large majority. prince carl accepted the throne and took the name haakon vii, reviving the name of earlier norwegian kings and tying the new monarchy to the country's older traditions.

and norway later discovered that it had chosen an extraordinary king.

during world war ii, haakon vii refused to submit to nazi germany and became one of the great symbols of norwegian resistance. this man had essentially been invited in from another country to become king, yet when norway faced its darkest moment, he stood by it completely.

you could not ask for much more from a monarch.

he also strongly respected norway's parliamentary system and became a lasting symbol of constitutional monarchy during the development of the modern norwegian state.

everything gets less complicated if you think love is just "a hormonal reaction".*

let's see what notable people said about love:

theodor seuss geisel:
you know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

taylor swift:
when you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when i'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.

kim kardashian:
i think you have different soul-mates throughout your life, that your soul needs different things at different times. i do believe in love. i will always believe in love, but my idea has changed from what i've always thought.

oprah winfrey:
lots of people want to ride with you in the limo. but you want someone who'll help you catch the bus.

william watson purkey:
you've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
love like you'll never be hurt,
sing like there's nobody listening,
and live like it's heaven on earth.

elie wiesel:
the opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. the opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. the opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. and the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.

william shakespeare:
love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

neil gaiman:
have you ever been in love? horrible isn't it? it makes you so vulnerable. it opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.

lao tzu:
being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

chuck palahniuk:
the one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.*

paulo coelho:
when we love, we always strive to become better than we are. when we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

one is loved because one is loved. no reason is needed for loving.

mahatma gandhi:
when i despair, i remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. think of it, always.

where there is love there is life.

sarah dessen:
love is needing someone. love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you.

oscar wilde:
never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.*

plato:
every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. those who wish to sing always find a song. at the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.

john krasinski:
when you're lucky enough to meet your one person, then life takes a turn for the best. it can't get better than that.

katy perry:
first and foremost, self-love, and then give love away.

fyodor dostoevsky:
above all, don't lie to yourself. the man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. and having no respect he ceases to love.

edgar allen poe:
we loved with a love that was more than love.

sigmund freud:
psychoanalysis is in essence a cure through love.

it is often described as the rarest personality type. it usually comes across as wise and deeply empathetic, but its darker side can be genuinely intense.

although it is introverted, its fe cognitive function plays a major role. it tries to act logically, but concern for how other people feel often takes priority. it may sometimes be grouped alongside the analyst types.

people with this personality type tend to enjoy thinking about abstract ideas and exploring fields such as sociology and psychology, which examine human behavior and society. from what i have seen on forums, many of the people with extensive knowledge of mbti who type others seem to belong to this personality type.

their level of self awareness is usually very high, and they often try to serve as a mirror that helps others develop greater self awareness as well. they may develop a savior complex or even a god complex.

their empathetic nature can leave them emotionally drained, but they may also use that same ability to understand others for darker purposes.

knowing you're loved

a player said to have switched teams at 42 to chase a ring.

a country with pluses and minuses, but one whose pluses far outweigh its minuses.

speaking from personal experience, i'm reporting this straight from the bottom of my heart.