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Chevalier 2023

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

22.11.2023

catching waves and greenlights

nothing new just another day at the beach

بعض من الفن 🇵🇸

مدن فلسطين 🇵🇸

Salim Assi

Noor Hindi, from DEAR GOD. DEAR BONES. DEAR YELLOW. ;“A Home”

[Text ID: “The homeland is stuck in our teeth. It’s / filling our cavities. It rests on our / tongues. My god. How we yearn for its / olive trees. How it haunts our dreams. / How it—”

I’m really the happiest version of me every time im in the sun. So healing.

13 | october | 2023 | New York I

Instagram: sawyph

Jihyun Yun, from Some Are Always Hungry; “Reversal”

[Text ID: “I so want to survive this. Please lead me whole into another season so I may dare begin again.”]

I feel 17 all over again

these countries have the lowest CO2 emission yet they suffer the most

So I was scrolling and saw this image in an article about the European heat wave,

And was like, uh, are you missing something there, buddy? Like all that red in northern Africa? Because that's a lot of red.

And I was going to give them the benefit of doubt, since I don't know much about the climate in Northern Africa, aside from Morroco and Egypt, which seem like really hot places, so you know, maybe it's normal there?

But nope, that's not the case:

Bloomberg.com

‘Hot Continent’ Perception Downplays Africa's Heat Wave Dangers

Africa is struggling with heat waves and many countries on the continent lack the resources rich economies have to deal with rising temperat

Some selections from the article:

"The region has been experiencing some of the most intense heat waves in recent years, but in many cases they’ve been under-reported due to misconceptions about Africans’ ability to withstand them.

“Africa is seen as a sunny and hot continent,” said Amadou Thierno Gaye, a research scientist and professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. “People think we are used to heat, but we are having high temperatures for a longer duration. Nobody is used to this.”

"The Sahel, for instance, has been heating at a faster pace than the global average despite being hot already. Burkina Faso and Mali, both in West Africa’s Sahel, are among countries that are set to become almost uninhabitable by 2080, if the world continues on its current trajectory, a UK university study found. Its people are especially vulnerable due to shrinking resources, such as water, and poor amenities, and a dearth of trees and parks means there are few options for places to cool off."

In the face of adversity, you have two choices: let it break you or reshape you. Choose to rise, every single time.

“Just because you can feel another person’s emotions doesn’t make you responsible for them.”

— Sarah Brooke

"... you will go home and then you will find that home is not home anymore. Then you will really be in trouble. As long as you stay here, you can always think: One day I will go home."

— James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gentle Spirit

Wendy Cope, "From June to December: Summer Villanelle"

It's my 5 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳