“I confess I do not believe in time. I like to fold my magic carpet, after use, in such a way as to superimpose one part of the pattern upon another. Let visitors trip. And the highest enjoyment of timelessness―in a landscape selected at random―is when I stand among rare butterflies and their food plants.- nabokov
Sure, I’d love to! Here’s a funny story about a ghost:
Once upon a time, there was a friendly ghost named Casper. He loved to play pranks on people, but he was never mean-spirited. One day, he decided to play a trick on a group of kids who were camping in the woods. He snuck up behind them and made spooky noises, causing them to run away in terror.
But Casper didn’t stop there. He followed the kids back to their campsite and started moving their things around. He put the sleeping bags in the trees, the food in the fire pit, and the chairs in the lake. The kids were so scared that they didn’t even notice what was happening.
Finally, Casper decided to reveal himself. He floated down from the trees and said, “Boo!” The kids were surprised, but then they started laughing. They realized that Casper had been playing a joke on them the whole time.
From that day on, Casper became friends with the kids. He would visit them every time they went camping and play more pranks on them. But the kids didn’t mind. They knew that Casper was just having fun, and they loved him for it.
I hope you enjoyed this story! Let me know if you want to hear another one. 😊
THE garden of Dolores! Here she walked When fretted in the twilight's pallid space The trees were black and delicate as lace, And palms were etchings, sharp and slender-stalked.
Now riots summer in these magic closes, And life is rounded in the frailest spray . . . . Dolores, cold and buried yesterday, Is it thy spirit here among the roses?
For restless murmurs through the garden seek; To shadowy caress the flowers unclose; A blossom in the dark magnolia glows— Or leaning pallor of an oval cheek?
Upon the dusk is borne a strange long cry, And one quick sob of wind the air has moved. Ah, perfect garden that Dolores loved, Her soul has called to thee . . . a far goodbye.
Stop believing in reality! You're A bigot when you do such! Truth doesn't exist. You freak! You Nazi! You swine! You horse @#$%! Curse you! 💖 Curse you to all curses! Reality is intolerant! You Klu Klux Kousun lover! You are calling everyone a liar! You freakopath! Curse you!💖 Curse you to all curses! You Nazi! How dare you believe that you can know anything, you piece of 🍰 Klu Klux Khristianity! Curse you and your Kluklux Khristmas! You @#$% burger! @&$%& you! Reality doesn't exist! You are Klu Klux Kumfortable with calling everyone liars! You biggot! Reality doesn't matter, so @%#& yourself! And stop guzzling your KluKlux Kool-aid, you KluKlux Kreationist!
We failed children! We failed childhood! We mentioned things, terrible things! Questions were asked! Knowledge was found out! Questions should never be asked! Knowing things should never happen! Pain! Pain and horror forever! Questions being asked! No! Knowledge being found out! Horrors! Horrors beyond end! Innocence matters! Innocence must be preserved above all things! We so failed children! O God! This is true horror!
b4 you decide that you want something, you should ask your own soul about whether it is right or wrong for you to want that thing. your life is not about yourself. your life is all about others. think about those others. think about the people who may disagree with you. think about their human rights. what about their human rights? what about their human dignity? what about their human rights? think about this. dare yourself to think about this. don't be selfish. don't force your demands on others. are you God? are you? How dare you demand to be worshipped? stop wanting to hurt others to satisfy your greed
While a majority of Americans still have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in scientists and believe science has had a mostly positive impact on society, an increasing minority are expressing strong levels of distrust in scientists and the impact of their work on society, a new study from the Pew Research Center shows.
The study, which includes a survey of 8,842 U.S. adults, was conducted Sept. 25-Oct. 1. Researchers also found that despite the growing distrust of scientists and the impact of their work on society, a majority of Americans still value government investment in the field.
“Despite declines in ratings of scientists and science, a large majority of Americans continue to see government investments in science as worthwhile. And most place at least some importance on the United States being a world leader in scientific achievements,” Alec Tyson, associate director of Science and Society Research, and Brian Kennedy, a senior researcher at the Pew Research Center wrote.
Nearly 80% of Americans agree that government investments in scientific research are generally good for society.
In general, though, only 57% of Americans say science has had a mostly positive effect on society. This share is 8 percentage points lower than it was in November 2021 and 16 points lower than it was before the dawn of COVID-19.
Some 34% of Americans believe the impact of science on society has been equally positive as negative, while another 8% say the impact of science on society has been mostly negative.
Even though 73% of U.S. adults noted that they have a great deal or fair amount of confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interests, researchers noted that since the early stages of the pandemic, trust in scientists has fallen 14%.
The share of Americans who said they have a great deal of confidence in scientists fell from 39% in 2020 to 23% today.
The share expressing the strongest level of trust in scientists — saying they have a great deal of confidence in them — has fallen from 39% in 2020 to 23% today, while some 27% of Americans say they have not too much or no confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interests. That share was 12% in April 2020.
Confidence in medical scientists and scientists has shown a general decline, but researchers found it to be more pronounced among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents in recent years, researchers said.
Some 38% of Republicans “now say they have not too much or no confidence at all in scientists to act in the public’s best interests,” according to Pew.
While the study found the decline in confidence in scientists to be more pronounced in Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, the decline was also noticed among Democrats.
In November 2020, the share of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents who had a great deal of confidence in scientists was 55%. That share is now 37%.
“But unlike Republicans, a large majority of Democrats (86%) continue to express at least a fair amount of confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interests. The overall differences in partisan views remain much more pronounced today than they were prior to the coronavirus outbreak,” the researchers noted.
While 70% of Republicans said science had a mostly positive effect on society in 2019, less than half, or 47% of that group, now say the same. Some 69% of Democrats say science has had a mostly positive effect on society but that share is still 8% lower than it was in 2019.
Despite the declines in public confidence in scientists, 73%, and medical scientists, 77%, Americans still had more trust in them and their work than, public school principals, religious leaders, and police officers.
Among American adults, 69% expressed a great deal or fair amount of confidence in police officers, 65% in public school principals and 53% in religious leaders.
A majority of Americans also said they “have not too much or no confident at all” in journalists, business leaders and elected officials.
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"Festive decor can be seen throughout Batuu, and at the close of Life Day, everyone gathers around the Black Spire to sing songs and spread good cheer to one another."
Life Day was a holiday of Wookiee tradition that celebrated family, joy, and harmony—values and tenets of Wookiee culture. Traditionally held at the Tree of Life on the forested Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk, celebrations were held by people across the stars after "The Dark Times" of the Galactic Empire. Making the Wookiee holiday their