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Man, they ain't listenin'
Cross the line like immigrants and benefit from it
Keep on stuntin' on these bitches
Make 'em sick to they stomach, man (you can't stop it)
Y'all don't understand, fish so fresh that you could taste the sand
Yeah, we gettin' lost but we know who we am (true story)
By the, by the, by the, by the some-some-somethin'
Treat that last part like you bitches ain't sayin' nothin'
Got my middle fingers to the cameras
Moving on is impossible when I still see it all in my head
“Astrologically speaking, Jupiter is associated with the principles of growth, expansion, healing, prosperity, good fortune, and miracles. Jupiter governs long distance and foreign travel, big business and wealth, higher education, religion, and the Law.”
Sometimes in New Orleans, down by the Mardi Gras, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, he rides the rodeo
I was talking, not two days ago to a certain bartender
Dancing through the turquoise
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing
What the hell'd you come here 4?
Somebody call the police (Somebody call the police)
(Help me, someone please help me, somebody help me)
I saw them listen to the radio& I can still hear it go
Down by the river the dragons play (Stella& my last name means dragon)
“Come on while I get off.”
And all of the angels
They remember the people they loved, their old friends
All the people you knew were the actors
And I'll talk real loud, goddamn right I'll be heard
I still love her, loved her more When she used to be sober and I was kinder
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Junkers Ju 90B-1 transport (J4+JH) of Lufttransportstaffel 290 under attack by a Martin B-26 Marauder, flown by Wing Commander WSG Maydwell, the Commanding Officer of No. 14 Squadron RAF flying from Tunisia, 23.7.43. The Ju 90 headed for shore at Bastia, the Marauder then breaking off to avoid Flak. The Ju 90 was hit by the Marauder and Flak. The pilot, Oberfeldwebel H H Boldt, ditched it in the sea, where it remains for the enjoyment of divers.
Wg Cdr Maydwell’s crews had 3 confirmed kills, all large transports: this Ju 90, a Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant and a Savoia Marchetti SM.82. Come and check my Facebook group out - Eagles of the Reich
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Roman Marble Over-Life Size Head of Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)
1st century AD
H. 65 x w. 26 cm.
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Bilans!!!
Ile zjadłam: 490 kcal
- serek wiejski lekki i 100 g ogórka + sól (137 kcal)
- mandarynka 53 g (30 kcal)
- nudle pomidorowe łagodne knorr (323 kcal)
spaliłam: 0
bilans: 490
Czy jestem dumna: NIE.
ale miałam fasta 25 h więc no😭 najwyżej nie zjem jutro nic do kolacji a na kolację jabłko 😔
myślę że z 4 dni i będzie 48 na wadze 🫶 Jak u was mysie??? 🦋
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Rollout ceremony for Space Shuttle Endeavour
"The Space Shuttle Endeavour OV-105, the sixth shuttle manufactured for NASA, displayed during roll out ceremonies attended by a large crowd of officials and the public at Rockwell International's Air Force Plant 42, Site 1, at Palmdale."
Endeavour (OV-105) features many design enhancements, including a drag chute for safer landings and equipment to allow the orbiter to remain in space for up to 28 days.
Date: April 25, 1991
NARA: 6506110, 6506109
source
NASA ID: 91-H-323, 10065093, KSC-91PC-0770, KSC-91PC-0769, KSC-91PC-0768, KSC-91PC-0767, KSC-91PC-0766
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Tumblr Bell Songs Compiled from the Notes on that One @Unpretty post
I @ everyone I grabbed from, some are probably repeats and some I def. missed but here’s what I got! Thanks to @unpretty for revealing to me the bells
Non-Christmas Songs:
concerning hobbits @fipindustries
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"Lord of the Rings" @limulusamebocytelysate
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356 (pause) 532 (pause) 1
Mary had a little lamb @prisma-the-spooktacular
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Carry On My Wayward Son @parvasilvi
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smash mouth all star @snow4berry
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44 8665 5447 7665 548 866 5 45 2
M*A*S*H theme @heroofthreefaces
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56565654
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6767676
767676
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Do-re-mi: @prisma-the-spooktacular
1231313 2344324 3453536 4566546 5123456 6234567 7345678 876475 8532
(celine dion - my heart will go on :3c) @something-about-sunflowers
4 44 434 4 3 4 5 6 5 4 44 434 4 1 (x2)
little off on this next part but
4 5 1 8 765 6 765 43432
Never Gonna Give You Up @bedheaddeadhead
1131665 1131554
113145 321 154
mr. sandman @foolishmortal
13 57 65 3
1 24 68 7
wonderwall: @marghen
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3212122 21221231
353556531 22231 8678
32121212212121231
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353556531 22231 8678
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717171131—
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3343321—
twinkle twinkle little star: @unpretty
1155665 4433221
5544332 5544332
1155665 4433221
this old man: @unpretty
535 535
6543234
3451111 12345
5224321
“His Theme” (Undertale): @patema-introverted
1541334 141334 1541334 146545
Hanukkah Songs:
the dreidel song: @mishafletcher
535353 355432 424242 454321
Christmas Carols:
Joy to the world: @prisma-the-spooktacular
8765 4321 56 67 78 887655 43 887655 43 333345 43 2222 34 21 8765 4321
Ode to Joy! @ardatli
3345 5432 1123322 3345 5432 1123211 231 23431 23432 125 3345 5432 1123211
Santa Claus is Coming To Town @phlebasphonecian
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56788
345556544
35132421
The First Noel @phlebasphoenician
3212345 678765 67876 5678543
3212345 678765 6787656 78543
321345 87665 8765678543
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer- @incognito-princess
5653865 5656587 4542765 5656563 5653865 5656587
4542765 5656587
6676535 46543 2356777 8876542 5653865
565687 4542685 454578
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear @boomstab-papa
16 35421 21
12344565
16 35421 21
12 23214
66 11234 56
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16 35421 21
12 23214
joy to the world @Unpretty
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566778
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88765543
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321865434321
Jingle Bells @runawaymarbles @mhalachai
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15432
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666
676521
333 333 35123
4444 43333 3223 2 5
333 333 35123
4444 4333 554 2 1
In Excelsis Deo / Angels we have heard on high: @vimpiritea
333 55 43
323 5 3 21
333 55 43
323 5 3 21
5 65434
54323
43212 55
1234 3 2 1
we wish you a merry christmas if you're willing to get a little creative with the octave @hi-my-name-is-dotdotdot
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62232875
53343286
556278
feliz navidad / we wanna wish you a merry christmas @hi-my-name-is-dotdotdot
58786 72865 58786 4665555443
3333211666 2222166555 3333211666 587721
it feels like christmas: @beggars-opera
11112345 5653
33343234 4542
33212365 532155
11112345 5653
33343234 4542
33212365 532155
55 565534
4543223
343215
65 5655334
4543223 343215
11112345 5653
33343234 4542
33212365 532155
33212365 43211
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34355
Adeste Fiedles is (roughly, the bells don’t have accidentals) @thenoonesenseofladypole
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767876
5542456
74311
The First Noel: @deseretgear
3212345
678765
678765
678543
3212345
678765
678765
678543
3212345
87665
8765678543
Silent night @castisteard
5653 5653
886774
556543432
556543342
6676536
6434321
The first notes of Good King Wenceslas @theyhaveacavetroll
4445441
212344
we wish you a merry christmas @alabaster-moon
1 4 45432 2
2 5 56543 1
1 6 67654 2
112 5 3 4
1 4 4 4 3-
3 4 3 2 1
5 6 55448 1
112 5 3 4
we wish you a merry christmas: @distant-daydreams
14454322
25565431
16676542
112534
little drummer boy: @distant-daydreams
12333 34343
112333 34343
234555 65432
234555 67654 6543 5432
12333 34343 2121
Good King Wenceslas @damnsmartblueboxes
5556552
323455
5556552
323455
8764543
323455
2234556
8764 5--7--5
Miniature Overture from the Nutcracker: @extra-magichours
1 4 3265 1 4321 3 2
1 4 3265 86543231
This is the chorus to my favorite Christmas Carol: @emberlark
2342665
1231554
234245321 154
2342665
1231854
234245321 154
Away. In a manger @saiiditallbefore
887665 44321
112115 32135
887665 44321
154352 23121
here’s feliz navidad: @capsie
14 342
25 421
14 342
1211111111 (can’t go lower :[)
(repeat x times)
6666 544 222
5555 422 114
6666 544 222
5433
35 5 654 (repeat x times)
this is the best I could do for “greensleeves” @runawaymarbles
234565421
23422
12311
234565421
345432123
8876531
12422
12311
8876531
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Carol of the Bells @dracificia
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3231323132313231
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hi! can i ask, do you have any good resources to learn about athenian holidays?
I get all of my information from Hellenion! The linked page has the calendar linked and has their resources listed as well.
For simplicity’s sake:
“The calendar is based on the monthly and annual observances and festivals of the ancient Athenians from about 800 BCE to 323 BCE. This version was created using information derived from www.numachi.com/~ccount/hmepa [archived version] and from timeanddate.com/moon/phases as well as sources:
Greek Religion by Walter Burkert (Harvard University Press, 1977, English translation: Basil Blackwell Publisher and Harvard University Press, 1985)
Old Stones, New Temples by Drew Campbell (Xlibris Corporation, 2000)
Festivals of the Athenians, by H. W. Parke (London, Thames and Hudson, 1977).
Hellenic Polytheism: Household Worship, by Christos Pandion Panopoulos, Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos and Erymanthos Armyras; English translation: Mano Rathamanthys Madytinos and Lesley Madytinou (Athens, Greece, LABYRS, 2014).”
And here is their calendar.
I hope this helps!
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Wainwright SE&CR loco's H Class 0-4-4T no. 263 and P Class 0-6-0T no. 323 double-head a northbound vintage passenger train past Lindfield Wood on 16th May 1993 (EXPLORED) por Ian Duffield
Por Flickr:
263 + 323 - Lindfield Wood 16-05-1993 R1907 Olympus OM40 (film) Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital Bluebell Railway Spring Steam Gala
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Harry Styles x Singer!Reader
Faceclaim: Marina Diamandis
author’s note: pt. 2 is here, wuh! theoceanismyhome is the reader‘s secret instagram account, while haroldundercover is Harry’s super secret ig account! re-upload because of my stupidity
pt. 1
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harrystyles Something new is rising at the horizon x H.
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hsfan1 🥰❤️
hsfan2 I’m already so excited!!!
mitchrowland Excited to see where this is going!
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yourinstagram ♥️
liked by yourfan1, hsfan1, harrystyles and 863 others
↳ hsfan3 Have I missed something? 😦
↳ hsfan4 asking the same question
↳ yourfan1 manifesting right now 🕯
↳ harrystyles ❤️
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↳ ynandharry dying.
jefezoff I’m really proud of you, Harry.
gemmastyles 🤯❤️
annetwist Seeing you do what you love fills me with so much pride and joy x
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yourinstagram Remember to treat yourself, especially in troubling times like those we are currently facing as humanity, as one. Surround yourself with the things and hobbies you love and what makes you feel safe and warm and happy. Take care of your mental health, reduce the amount of news you consume (because let’s face the truth: it’s depressing every single time), and try to connect with people. Play multiplayer games (that’s what I’m doing), call your best friend, have watch parties, wave each other over the garden fence with enough distance. Try anything and everything to get through this hard and devastating time - everything is valid if it helps you to stay sane.
I love you, people. We will see each other again. Take care and stay safe x
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yourinstagram But please, don’t adopt pets if you know you won’t provide for them after this mess is over, thank you.
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↳ yourfan1 amen to that
↳ yourfan2 i already fear the post-covid situation in the shelters 🥺
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↳ yourinstagram I am currently in contact with a few resources and organizations over that matter! As soon as I have more details, I will let you know and how every single one of us can help x
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↳ yourfan2 YN!!!!! 😍 You seriously are the best human being on this planet.
niallhoran “Calling your best friend” sounds like a great pastime
↳ yourinstagram Do you try to hint that I should call? 😛
↳ niallhoran Well, if you’re asking so nicely already… 😇
↳ 1d4ever i lowkey love their friendship.
taylorswift Beautifully said, YNN 💜
↳ yourinstagram ♥️
harrystyles Beautiful flowers x
↳ yourinstagram They really are. Still need to text someone a huge Thank you ☺️
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↳ hsfan1 i’m sensing something
↳ hsfan2 your harrytingles are activated as well???
↳ yourfan3 My theory: Harry sent them to her.
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↳ hsfan3 I’m 99,9% convinced precisely that happened.
↳ yourfan3 😱🤯
yourfan4 Take care, YN! And stay safe!
hsfan4 Which games do you play? 😍
↳ yourinstagram Animal Crossing came out. Does that answer your question? Do you need a screenshot of my already invested hours? (which wouldn’t be a good thing because I’m practically living in my Switch) 😅
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↳ hsfan4 It totally does, thank you so much for telling me/us 🥹😍 And don’t worry, you’re not alone! :D
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etcanada We had the pleasure to talk with Harry Styles about his album Fine Line, his next steps as a singer and songwriter, and his personal life and where it will lead him.
This clip is only a short insight into our interview and shows Harry’s reaction to our interviewer’s question, “Is there a special someone in your life? Did Harry Styles finally find his well-deserved match?” He may have said “No”, but we never saw him happier, so maybe there is something developing he just wants to keep to himself for a little while longer. Either way, we wish him only the best.
Click on the link in our bio to watch/read the full interview with Harry Styles!
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hsfan1 You can’t tell me that there is nothing going on 👀
↳ hsfan2 true, right?! Look at him! He couldn’t contain the happy laugh after that suspicious “No” after the even more suspicious pause between question and answer! And the grin and his head shake just scream “I am in a happy relationship, and I almost can’t stop myself from blurting it out!” 🥰
↳ hsfan1 this. 100%! and i am bloody here for it!
hsfan3 🕯manifesting more happy Harry interviews🕯
↳ yourfan1 I think we’ll get more 👀
ynandharry His “No” was almost believable. ALMOST! If he hadn’t laughed as he did after that, I could have been tempted to think they were only at the beginning of dating. But this… well well well ❤️
yourfan2 I don’t want to interrupt anything or destroy our corner of the internet or burn it in its entirety, but that’s YN’s bathrobe 👉🏻👈🏻
↳ yourfan3 OH MYYYYYYY IT IIIIIIIIIIS!!!!
↳ hsfan2 wait what?!
↳ hsfan3 You sure????
↳ yourfan2 totally. If you skip to the 2:54 time stamp, he raises his left arm, and there is a rainbow patch near the edge of the sleeve. YN patched it herself after Jupiter, one of her cats, had ripped the fabric 🥹
↳ hsfan3 🤯🤯🤯
↳ hsfan2 So they’re together, and she does social distancing at his, or he does sd at hers; either way, I AM SOBBING 😭❤️
↳ ynandharry i never was happier 🥹
yourinstagram You know what this means.
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yourfan1 this could easily be your album cover
↳ yourfan2 it could! Lowkey want it to be that picture
niallhoran Whatever your brilliant mind will bring into your notebook, it will be art in its purest form.
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↳ yourinstagram Niall 🥺♥️
↳ selenagomez It’s only the truth 💜
hsfan1 The room looks so cozy!
hsfan2 Harry liked her post 😩❤️
harrystyles A brilliant artist in her element x
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↳ hsfan3 Yeah, you can’t tell me they’re not a thing.
↳ yourfan3 I just thought the same
↳ yourinstagram Those words from you mean so much to me 🥹
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↳ yourfan4 She really is brilliant. One of the best musicians we have on this planet! 🥰
theoceanismyhome I’m not quite sure what he is doing up there, but it looks like fun. Maybe I should join him - after I enjoyed the minty drink, he brought from this ominous “outside”.
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taylorswift So… We learn about your relationship and boyfriend over social media. Interesting.
↳ selenagomez I feel so appreciated - not 🥲
↳ theoceanismyhome NO! I AM SORRY! I didn’t mean to 😦😭
↳ selenagomez Mhmmm…? 👀
↳ taylorswift I feel so much betrayal
↳ theoceanismyhome I just forgot about it because I see him every day and I forgot that we barely see each other and I’m so used to telling you amazing, new things in person and I am so sorry
↳ taylorswift We’re just kidding, lovely ❤️
↳ selenagomez Yep, because we already knew something was going on 😇
niallhoran Someone looks at home 😁
↳ theoceanismyhome I’m really happy that he does. Was kinda worried 👉🏻👈🏻
↳ niallhoran Unnecessary. Your house is the epitome of feeling at home, not to mention you and your character 😙
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selenagomez Can’t believe you two played UNO and are still alive + on good terms.
↳ haroldundercover We actually had a lot of fun x
↳ theoceanismyhome There may or may not have been alcohol involved.
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↳ haroldundercover And maybe it wasn’t normal UNO…
↳ theoceanismyhome … but a more adult version of it.
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↳ selenagomez You dirty little minds 👀🤭
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haroldundercover Don’t worry, she knows what she is doing.
I guess.
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gemmastyles Don’t know how you got yourself such a stunning woman, hi
↳ haroldundercover Excuse me? ☹️
↳ gemmastyles 🫣🤷🏽♀️
↳ annetwist Stop teasing your brother, Gem ☝🏼
↳ haroldundercover I am stunning too! … Well, not as stunning as she is, obviously.
↳ theoceanismyhome I’m following you. I can read that 👉🏻👈🏻♥️
↳ haroldundercover That’s the purpose of me writing this down, darling ❤️
↳ gemmastyles Awwwww 🥹
mitchrowland A funny and strange thought, I know, but you could help her instead of taking pictures? 🥸
↳ theoceanismyhome I specifically told him to sit on the couch (and look pretty) (kidding)
↳ mitchrowland Aaaah, I see 👀
↳ theoceanismyhome and hiii. Huge fan 👉🏻👈🏻
↳ pillowpersonpp You made him blush 🤭
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pillowpersonpp We finally see that secret girlfriend of yours 🤭
↳ haroldundercover She wasn’t particularly a secret girlfriend… A lot of people just didn’t know about it/us/her…? 😶
↳ pillowpersonpp Did you not tell it on purpose?
↳ haroldundercover Maybe…?
↳ pillowpersonpp Secret girlfriend, then 💁🏽♀️
theoceanismyhome I definitely knew what I was doing!
↳ haroldundercover Of course you did, darling ❤️
↳ theoceanismyhome 🤭😊
annetwist As soon as the world isn’t upside down anymore, you need to bring her home, Harry.
↳ gemmastyles I mean, we already met her via FaceTime, but I want to hug my new sister!
↳ haroldundercover Will do x
eonline Harry Styles and YN LN were spotted at a restaurant in Downtown L.A. today! Holding hands, they picked up some food before heading to Harry’s car, where the two lovebirds took off their face masks for an intimate kiss. It seems like the music industry got itself the newest It Couple.
Check out the link in our bio to see more pictures of the new It Couple!
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internetidiot1 Not that ugly and stupid b*tch
↳ yourfan1 Go f*ck yourself, idiot, and ignore posts about celebrities you don’t like instead of spreading hate comments.
↳ hsfan1 Fucking hate those morons.
ynandharry My dream came true 🥹
yourfan2 *deep breath* AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
hsfan2 HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE
yourfan3 Look at how they’re holding hands 🥹
↳ hsfan3 Or Harry’s entire body language! He always is close to her, leans his head down to listen to her talk, or checks the parking lot before bringing her to his car. My lil’ protective bean 🤭
↳ yourfan3 truuuuuuuuuue
hsfan4 Did anyone already see the pictures about their kiss?! I mean, I hate how those paparazzi invaded their privacy, but I CANT CONTROL MYSELF I AM SORRY
↳ ynandharry GOING FERAL. The only thought in my brain was “holy guacamoly”
↳ yourfan4 These two just have skyrocketing chemistry, can’t change my mind.
↳ hsfan4 definitely. But you could also see how much he cares for and adores her. How he held her face and leaned down because she is over 20cm shorter and pulled her into him. And ✨his smile✨ during that kiss.
↳ ynandharry These two are the reason why i’ll never find the right one. They put the bar for every single man and possible relationship very high 😩
yourfan5 He is carrying her purse, so she hasn’t to 🥹😭
↳ hsfan5 Our sweet gentleman ❤️
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“Alexander the Great had three sisters - Cynnane, Cleopatra, and Thessalonice - and all three were eventually murdered. Since both' of Alexander's sons met similarly violent ends, it may appear at first glance that little distinguishes the pathetic life and death of each of these three royal sisters from the more pathetic and yet shorter lives of their nephews. Indeed, even earlier in the century, before the long and troubled demise of the Argead house had begun, very few male Argeads managed to die at home in bed.
On reflection, however, the very fact that a long dynasty was coming to an end should have meant that the sisters of the last king would have a better chance of survival than the minor male heirs of that king. After all, once the father is dead, the heirs are for practical purposes (assuming they are well below the age of maturity) no man's sons, and can do no would-be dynast any more than short-term good, whereas the king's sisters can be married and thus legitimize the seizure of royal or quasi-royal power. Better yet, a king's sister may produce children of the blood of the old royal house, as well as the new.
But two of Alexander's sisters did not realize the potential advantage seemingly inherent in their situation and ultimately all three died exactly because they were Philip II's daughters and Alexander's sisters. This failure to realize the potential to be the bridge between two dynasties is most surprising in the case of Alexander's full sister, Cleopatra. Analysis of the careers of Alexander's relatively obscure sisters, worthwhile as an end, in itself, should answer the question of why the Successors proved to prefer murder to marriage (in two of the cases) as well as produce important information about the nature of Macedonian monarchy in a period of great and rapid change. The significance of the similarity in ultimate fate of the three sisters and their nephews has been ignored for too long.
“... Calling Alexander's sisters his "relicts" is meant to convey two truths about them: their similarity to the other relics of Alexander (his corpse, his tent, and, of course, his empire) and their manipulation by various of the Successors and (by means of allusion to the older meaning of "relict" as a female survivor of some related and now departed male, with its implication of the lack of a separate existence for such women) their peculiarly property-like quality in the period after the death of Alexander. The answer to the question posed initially - why did Alexander's sisters fare so poorly and so similarly to their nephews - should now be clear. Alexander had no successor. Even Antigonus, although interested in the same land area as Alexander, was not a true successor to the curious monarchy Alexander had invented - a traditional national monarchy onto which a curious sort of personal monarchy had been grafted - Antigonus was, like the other generals, on the way to creating a personal monarchy. Thus even he did not really need Cleopatra. Cassander, with his marriage to Thessalonice and at least superficial attempt to imitate the traditions of Macedonian monarchy, could not really be Philip's heir because he could not be an Argead; he had murdered Argeads and would probably have liked to murder more. Until the death of Alexander, Macedonian kingship had been tied to one dynasty. This was so much the case that the kings used no title, but simply signed themselves as so and so, son of an Argead. Trying to decide whether Philip's or Alexander's reputation was greater after 323 is ultimately devoid of any real political meaning; neither had any real successors and thus Alexander's sisters and Philip's daughters, representing as they necessarily did continuity with what had come before, could have no future.
Cynnane died in an ill-advised attempt to take royal power by military and quasi-military means; the army did not save her. Thessalonice died in the death throes of the pseudo-dynasty Cassander had fabricated, her death demonstrating that even her son did not need to see himself as the heir to the Argeads. Cleopatra died making one last attempt to function as a symbol of continuity, and for that she was murdered. The sisters were expendable because continuity was neither needed nor genuinely desired.”
Elizabeth Carney, “The Sisters of Alexander the Great: Royal Relicts”
*I disagree that Cynnane's attempt to take royal power was ill-advised. As Carney herself points out in another book, "although this daring plan ultimately proved fatal for Cynnane, it succeeded in its object and was brilliantly conceived".
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SMUT MINORS DNI
298. "You didn't seem like you were having such a bad time last night.
299. "Did...did we use protection?"
300. *wakes up, sees __ and screams'
301. "Good girl."
302. "Good boy."
303. "Come here."
304. "Can I tough you?"
305. "I'I guide your hands."
306. "Oh fuck me." "That's the plan."
307, "Open up."
308. "The night's still young."
309. "One more cheesy pick up line and I'm gonna bend you over the table and fuck you
front of everyone.
310. "If you try wearing that out, I will rip it off of you."
311. "How about I take you under the table right now with my fingers?"
312. "My parents are home!" "Then I guess you'll have to be quiet.
313. "I need you in every shape of the word. I need you emotionally, physically, and at th
exact moment, sexually too."
314. "So you're saying you don't want to have sex with me?"
315. "I'm sorry - are you sure you-"
316. "I think you'll be happy to know I'm nit wearing any underwear."
317. "How do you feel about adding another person to the mix?"
318, "You look good all soaking wet."
319. "Are you sure that's what you want? I could really hurt you."
320, "If you're going to act like a littie brat, then I'm going to treat you like a littie brat."
321. "I don't care how good it feels, you better not cum until I tell you to."
322. "You take my fingers so well don't you?""
323. "Shut up and take your pants off."
324. "When I get home I expect you to be undressed and waiting on all fours for me."
325. "Do you need me to finger you first?"
326. "Did I stutter? Do as you're told!"
327. "You better be quiet or everyone going to know what a naughty little slut you are."
328. "Maybe if I punish you, it'll help you remember who you belong to next time
329. "Do you want it on your back, or would you like to be on your stomach?"
330. "Oh honey, you know you really shouldn't tease me."
331. "If you keep making those sounds I'm not going to be able to stop myself,"
332. "Such a needy little thing, aren't you?"
333, "H love to see you squirm, now I want to hear you moan
334. "Don't fight your orgasm. Just relax."
335. "Too bad the others are watching, or I'd be on my knees with you in my mouth."
336. "It's your fault I'm like this."
337. "You did this to me, now fix it."
338. "If you don't pump me now, I'll stuff my dick inside you. I don't care if it'l hurt."
339. "First you're going to get down on your knees, then you're going to taste me."
340, "Put me out of my misery and open up those long legs for me.
341. "Try not to ruin your manicure when you dig those nails into my back."
342. "I'm going to remember this moment when I'm jerking off later."
343. "| bought a few new pieces of lingerie. Want me to model them for you?"
344. "Keep playing that video game. I want to see if you can keep your focus while I suck your cock."
345. "I don't need any foreplay. I just need you inside me. Right now."
346. "I took a few sexy photos, so you have something to masturbate to when I'm at we
347. "Be rough with me. Blindfold me. Throw me against the wall, I can handle it."
348. "Keep the lights on. I want to see your tits bouncing up and down."
349. "Let's get drunk and have sex in the riskiest place we can find."
350. "Take off from work tomorrow. You'll be too sore to go in."
351. "Want to play some games at the arcade? Or should we stay home and play with eachother?"
352. "Don't spend too much time on your hair, because I'm going to be yanking on it sc
353. "Don't spend too much time on your hair, because I'm going, to be yanking on it so
354. "I never realized how meaningful sex could be until we got together.
355. "You're mine tonight, and that isn't ever going to change."
356, "Help me put on the condom. I want to feel your hands over me."
357. "My body wants you as badly as my heart does.
358. "You have total and complete control over me."
359, "I can't believe how wet you are already."
360. "If I serenade you, will you strip for me?"
361. "1 looked at your naughty pictures at work today, and I couldn't get rid of my hard
362. "You're too flexible for your own good."
363. "Let's fuck in the shower so it feels like we're kissing in the rain."
364. "I can tell you're stressed. Let me fix that."
365. "I made you a bath. Want to take it together?"
366. "I bought us a new mattress, since we wore out the old one.
367. "If you keep fucking me this good, I'll marry you."
368. "1 just showered, but I don't mind taking a second one with you."
369, "We're the sexiest couple I've ever seen."
370, "I want you to be my wife, so I can do naughty things with you for the rest of my li
371. "You have a voice like an angel and a body I'd fuck you from behind, but then I wont get to see those pretty eyes."
372. You're the reason 1 smile so wide and come so hard.
373. I love that the sexlest woman I've ever met is my best friend, too.
374. Come to bed, I can't sleep without your hips pressed against mine.
375. The only thing hotter than seeing you orgasm is seeing you smile
376. You don't belong in my bed. You belong on magazine covers.
377. That guy was totally checking you out. Want to invite him home with us?
378. I can't believe I found a woman who can cook as good as she fucks. a devil."
379. "I'd fuck you from behind, but then I wouldn't get to see those pretty eyes."
380. "I love that the sexiest woman I've ever met is my best friend, too."
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General Overarching Code
The equal sign is not a part of the code, it is just a means to simplify things. The first sign is supposed to look like a traditional division symbol.
*/. = divide from the kingdom / a divide is located there
<> = messengers needed / meeting between allies
< = sentries/robotic check in the next few days
> = traitor suspected
+ = check in went fine / traitor is gone
- = this faction of the divide has been caught. RUN
[ = new members, not tested, tread carefully
] = new members, limited testing, tread carefully
[ ] = new members, fully tested and trusted
From Withing the Shadows Codes
/ = guard checks / checkpoint
\ = abandoned spot
| = go to meeting place B or C
x = we’re being watched
% = we’ve been found out HIDE
Letters to Numbers:
A = 113 H = 132 O = 213 V = 311
B = 212 I = 222 P = 333 W = 312
C = 131 J = 332 Q = 123 X = 223
D = 111 K = 122 R = 231 Y = 221
E = 321 L = 331 S = 313 Z = 233
F = 232 M = 323 T = 112
G = 211 N =133 U = 121
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The Stuff I Read in June/July 2023
Stuff I Extra Liked is Bold
I forgot to do it last month so you get a double feature
Books
Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee
Heteropessimism (Essay Cluster)
The Biological Mind, Justin Garson (2015) Ch. 5-7
Sacred and Terrible Air, Robert Kurvitz
Wage Labour and Capital, Karl Marx
Short Fiction
Beware the Bite of the Were-Lesbian (zine), H. C. Guinevere
Childhood Homes (and why we hate them) by qrowscant (itch.io)
piele by slugzuki (itch.io)
بچهای که شکل گربه میکشید، لافکادیو هرن
بچه های که یخ نزدند، ماکسیم گورکی
پسرکی در تعقیب تبهکار، ویلیام آیریش
Küçük Kara Balık, Samed Behrengi
Phil Mind
The Hornswoggle Problem, Patricia Churchland, Journal of Consciousness Studies 3.5-6 (1996): 402-408
What is it Like to be a Bat? Thomas Nagel, (https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674594623.c15)
Epiphenomenal Qualia, Frank Jackson, Consciousness and emotion in cognitive science. Routledge, 1998. 197-206
Why You Can’t Make a Computer that Feels Pain, Daniel Dennett, Synthese, vol. 38, no. 3, 1978, pp. 415–56
Where Am I? Daniel Dennett
Can Machines Think? Daniel Dennett
Divided Minds and the Nature of Persons, Derek Parfit (https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118922590.ch8)
The Extended Mind, Andy Clark & David Chalmers, Analysis 58, no. 1 (1998): 7–19
Uploading: A Philosophical Analysis, David Chalmers (https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118736302.ch6)
If You Upload, Will You Survive? Joseph Corabi & Susan Schneider (https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118736302.ch8)
If You Can’t Make One, You Don’t Know How It Works, Fred Dretske (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4975.1994.tb00299.x)
Computing Machinery and Intelligence, Alan Turing
Minds, Brains, and Programs, John Searle (https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X00005756)
What is it Like to Have a Gender Identity? Florence Ashley (https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzac071)
Climbing towards NLU: On Meaning, Form, and Understanding in the Age of Data, Emily M. Bender & Alexander Koller (10.18653/v1/2020.acl-main.463)
On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜 Emily M. Bender et al. (https://doi.org/10.1145/3442188.3445922)
The Great White Robot God, David Golumbia
Superintelligence: The Idea that Eats Smart People, Maciej Ceglowski
Misc. Articles
Ebb and Flow of Azeri and Persian in Iran: A Longitudinal Study in the City of Zanjan, Hamed Zandi (https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110694277-007)
WTF is Happening? An Overview – Watching the World Go Bye, Eliot Jacobson
Using loophole, Seward County seizes millions from motorists without convicting them of crimes, Natalia Alamdari
Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens, Cathy J. Cohen, Feminist Theory Reader. Routledge, 2020. 311-323
Is the Rectum a Grave? Leo Bersani (https://doi.org/10.2307/3397574)
Why Petroleum Did Not Save the Whales, Richard York (https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023117739217)
‘Spider-Verse’ Animation: Four Artists on Making the Sequel, Chris Lee
Carbon dioxide removal is not a current climate solution, David T. Ho (https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00953-x)
Fights, beatings and a birth: Videos smuggled out of L.A. jails reveal violence, neglect, Keri Blakinger
Capitalism’s Court Jester: Slavoj Žižek, Gabriel Rockhill
The Tyranny of Structurelessness, Jo Freeman
Domenico Losurdo interviewed about Friedrich Nietzsche
Keeping Some of the Lights On: Redefining Energy Security, Kris De Decker
Gays, Crossdressers, and Emos: Nonormative Masculinities in Militarized Iraq, Achim Rohde
On the Concept of History, Walter Benjamin
Our Technology, Zeyad el Nabolsy
Towards a Historiography of Gundam’s One Year War, Ian Gregory
Imperialism and the Transformation of Values into Prices, Torkil Lauesen & Zak Cope
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