Mondo Duplantis: 6.30m

📸 Hannah Peters

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

youtu.be/lSoM2sJ4N1M?...

My mum told me she first heard this on a juke box in a cafe. She hung around for hours and played it over and over because she couldn't quite believe a record could sound so extraordinary.

I think this is the greatest thing I have seen and heard from start to finish. No questions.

For your perusing pleasure
(not sure when this exchange happened)

Vichy twitter might be the best nickname I've ever seen 😂

A segregated lunch counter in a Chattanooga, Tennessee, Elvis Presley waits for his bacon and eggs while a woman waits for her sandwich, she is not permitted to sit. 1956

(me at my second rodeo) I can't believe how long I've waited to say this

I know the material reasons for the rise of fascism. I also think another reason - which doesn’t get talked about as much because it’s embarrassing that humans can be that naive - is that when you are financially comfortable but bored, abstract cruelty can give you a sense of purpose.