brutalgeneration:

bedroom (by tess norma parks)
firsttimeuser:

Stefan Bedřich. Girl with Absinth, 1924
mercurv:

not blog style but still relevant
wnkrr:

god i miss spain already like so much
mothernaturenetwork:

Mystery cause of Irish potato famine finally solved
After 168 years, the pathogen that created the blight has been identified. And it may never be seen again.
fuckyeahamericanhistory:

Contrary to popular belief, Grant Wood intended the figures in his painting to be a father and his spinster daughter. Wood used his own sister and their family dentist as his models (pictured).
npr:

Be nice, worship God and eat pigs’ feet: That’s how Jeralean Talley of Inkster, Mich., says she lived to celebrate her 114th birthday today — and be crowned the oldest person in the United States. Using census records, the Gerontology Research Group verified her title after the previous oldest American, Elsie Thompson, died at 113 in March. Talley is still a youngster, relatively speaking, compared to the world’s oldest person, Jiroemon Kimura, who is 116 and lives in Japan.
— Oldest American, Jeralean Talley, Turns 114 Years Old 
Photo: Courtesy of Michael Kinloch