Pen Aagaard

If I could have one wish, it would be to outlive the rest of humanity, and watch the world recover.

tattooing this onto my eyelids

I missed the last train in Seoul once. Phone at 3%. Didn’t speak Korean. It was raining, freezing, and I had no idea where I was supposed to go. I tried calling an Uber but my card kept failing because of my bank fraud protection. Perfect timing. I was standing outside the station looking completely defeated when this older woman walked up to me and started speaking Korean. I told her I didn’t understand. She pulled out her phone translator and typed:“You are lost?” I nodded. She asked where I was staying, looked at the address, then motioned for me to follow her. This woman walked me almost 15 minutes through side streets, holding her umbrella over both of us while I apologized every thirty seconds. When we got to my hotel, I tried offering her cash for helping me. She looked genuinely offended. Typed into the translator again:“If my son was lost somewhere, I hope someone helps him too.” Then she bowed and walked away in the rain before I could even process what happened. Some places still treat strangers like human beings first.

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Lego has updated their age range from the years of 4-99 in honour of Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday: “There’s no age limit for those who never stop playing”

I was talking to a friend about the labor market today, and he said, “Unskilled worker is a term made up by capitalists to justify why a person working 40+ hours a week is still poor,” and I can’t unsee it.

@juliedoherty29 @libriscent I dunno tho - the world is set up in a pretty pathological way by a powerful but by no means ‘neurotypical’ demographic.

@libriscent That’s true but the world is set up for people who don’t have autism. We can’t ask the world to change for us. If you can manage to take part in daily life I suggest you do. 🫶

gentle reminder that ‘high functioning’ just means you’re suffering in a way that’s convenient for everyone else and i said what i said

There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want. BILL WATTERSON

A very special delivery for David Attenborough, beloved by people (and animals) everywhere 💚 To honour Sir David’s 100th birthday, His Majesty The King is supported by a cast of stars from British nature to relay his handwritten message in time for the celebration at the Royal Albert Hall. Watch David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth on @BBCiPlayer. youtu.be/I1D9YF0YapQ?si…

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A very happy 100th birthday to David Attenborough. The whole world owes an enormous debt to David Attenborough for passionately defending the natural world and how we relate to it. Let us heed his lesson of living with nature, not on top of nature.

David Attenborough, 100 years old today. What a giant he is, what a force for good.

“Why was she out alone at night?” Why do men think the night belongs to them and women are prey? Let’s start there.

The new pup wouldn't stop pestering the older one ... Now he's being pestered by a laundry basket. 😂

Peruvian long haired guinea pig

Happy 100th Birthday David‼️ You are a treasure and will live in our loving greenie hearts forever 💚

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I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage

"Housing is no longer considered shelter, it is considered an asset. And it’s not supposed to bother people that our system means some people can own 24 houses while other people have none." @AmyRemeikis thepoint.com.au/opinions/26050…

"The crooked tree lives long, while the straight tree becomes lumber." Chinese proverb

They picked it out in clearance without looking at the writing. Laughing like this with your sibling is the most healing thing in the world.