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April day 22: Museum
Open to any Harry Potter femslash ship. We aim for a word count between 50 and 500, but any length is allowed. Post your fic on Tumblr (tag this blog in the post and use the hashtag #sapphicmicrofics).
Please tag your works for any potential warnings, and if you want you can add them to this AO3 collection. For more rules check here!
You can also still write for any previous prompt!
Inspiration
Potential ships: Poppy/Amelia, Angelina/Gwenog, Alice/Lily
Potential associations: Infodumping about the paintings or exhibitions you see, first date in a museum, hooking up in the bathroom halfway through, Night in the Museum, Lorde’s “The Louvre”, opening your own museum exhibition, vampires seeing their own letters or possessions in a museum.
(This is just inspiration in case you don't know what to write, by no means a guideline!)
See the other prompts for this month here!
See the previously written works here!
For any questions, ask here!
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Lenin Is on Our Side
A military youth band plays outside the former Lenin Apartment Museum on Cossack Alley in Petersburg as a local hipster documents the happening, 22 April 2023. Photo by PZ, who kindly gave me permission to reproduce it here.
The Raznochintsy Petersburg Memorial Museum tells the story of downmarket Petersburg.
In pre-revolutionary Russia, the raznochintsy were people whose social status did not…
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#April 22 (Lenin&039;s birthday)#Raznochintsy#Raznochintsy Petersburg Memorial Museum#Vladimir Lenin
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#artforus#artforusall#Photoshop#illustrator#earth day#April 22#design#art#museum#museumforusall#forusallww
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Blackbird pilot recalls when his SR-71 Flew so Fast that he and his RSO Landed at Beale AFB almost a Day Before They Took Off from Kadena AB
SR-71 Pilot tells the story of when his Blackbird flew So Fast that He and his RSO arrived at Beale AFB almost a Day Before They Left Kadena AB
The SR-71 Blackbird
The SR-71, the most advanced member of the Blackbird family that included the A-12 and YF-12, was designed by a team of Lockheed personnel led by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, then vice president of Lockheed’s Advanced Development Company Projects, commonly known as the “Skunk Works” and now a part of Lockheed Martin.
SR-71 T-Shirts
CLICK HERE to see The Aviation Geek Club contributor Linda Sheffield’s T-shirt designs! Linda has a personal relationship with the SR-71 because her father Butch Sheffield flew the Blackbird from test flight in 1965 until 1973. Butch’s Granddaughter’s Lisa Burroughs and Susan Miller are graphic designers. They designed most of the merchandise that is for sale on Threadless. A percentage of the profits go to Flight Test Museum at Edwards Air Force Base. This nonprofit charity is personal to the Sheffield family because they are raising money to house SR-71, #955. This was the first Blackbird that Butch Sheffield flew on Oct. 4, 1965.
The Blackbird design originated in secrecy during the late 1950s with the A-12 reconnaissance aircraft that first flew in April 1962 and remained classified until 1976. President Lyndon Johnson publicly announced the existence of the YF-12A interceptor variant on Feb. 29, 1964, more than half a year after its maiden flight. The SR-71 completed its first flight on Dec. 22, 1964.
The Blackbird was designed to cruise at “Mach 3+,” just over three times the speed of sound or more than 2,200 miles per hour and at altitudes up to 85,000 feet.
Blackbird pilot recalls when his SR-71 Flew so Fast that he and his RSO Landed at Beale AFB almost a Day Before They Took Off from Kadena AB
David Peters in SR-71’s cockpit
The incredible speed of the SR-71 Blackbird
So, it comes as no surprise if, thanks to its astonishing flight characteristics, the aircraft has set numerous speed and altitude records throughout its career.
To give a real perspective of the incredible speed the iconic Blackbird could attain, SR-71 pilot David Peters tells the following, fabulous story.
‘We were TDY to Det. 1 at Kadena AB, Okinawa. One of the birds was scheduled for swap out and my back seater, Ed Bethart, and I were to fly it home. The replacement came in on Friday and we were to leave Saturday morning. So, in true Habu tradition we welcomed the incoming crew and went to happy hour Friday evening at the officers’ club.
SR-71 Pilot tells the story of when his Blackbird flew So Fast that He and his RSO arrived at Beale AFB 17 1/2 Hours Before They Left Kadena AB
David Peters and Ed Bethart
A true story
‘We got up Saturday morning and got ready to go home. Departure was scheduled for 1000. Everything went well and we departed right on time. Headed out to do a pass through the Korean DMZ then into the tankers in the Sea of Japan. Good refueling and climb out headed for the Sea of Okhotsk and the Kamchatka peninsula of Russia and from there to more tankers off of Adak in the Aleutian Islands. Another good refueling and on to Beale AFB California.
‘We arrived with a low approach pulled up into a closed pattern and landed. Following de-suiting and debrief we deposited our classified flight documents jumped in a car and arrived at the officers club for Friday night happy hour at 1630 17 1/2 hours before we left Kadena.
SR-71 print
This print is available in multiple sizes from AircraftProfilePrints.com – CLICK HERE TO GET YOURS. SR-71A Blackbird 61-7972 “Skunkworks”
‘Try that in any aircraft other than the SR-71. Besides this is actually a true story.’
Be sure to check out Linda Sheffield Miller (Col Richard (Butch) Sheffield’s daughter, Col. Sheffield was an SR-71 Reconnaissance Systems Officer) Twitter Page Habubrats SR-71 and Facebook Page Born into the Wilde Blue Yonder for awesome Blackbird’s photos and stories.
Photo credit: David Peters and U.S. Air Force
@Habubrats71 via X
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I will be at MOCCA on April 1 and 2nd. Neil Gaiman will also appear April 2nd.
The Society of Illustrators exhibit featuring my work with Neil begins March 22.
I will be available for signing at MOCCA, but I will not be bringing any books or art. The show will have a very limited number of books to sell to benefit the museum.
If you want to be assured of getting the book you want signed, please bring it with you.
We are all very grateful for your support of our work and look forward to seeing you.
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The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in April 2024
06/04 As President of the Working Clumber Spaniel Society, held a Training Day to mark their 40th Anniversary at Gatcombe Park. 🐶
09/04 On behalf of The King, held an Investiture at Windsor Castle.🎖️
With Sir Tim Opened Tideway’s Chelsea Quay, on Chelsea Embankment in London. 🌊
With Sir Tim, As Master of the Corporation of Trinity House, attended the 70th anniversary of Re-Hallowing Service at St Olave’s Church, followed by a Reception at Trinity House. ⛪️🍾
10/04 Visited Helmshore Mills Textile Museum in Rossendale, Lancashire. 🧵👕
Visited Trawden Village Community Projects in Trawden near Colne, Lancashire. 🏡
Visited HMS VENTURER in build at Venturer Hall in Fife. ⛴️🏴
11/04 In Northern Ireland Princess Anne; 🇮🇪
Visited Fleming Agri Products Limited in Derry. 🚜
Visited Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners, to commemorate its 170th Anniversary. 🚢
Visited the South West College Erne Campus building in Enniskillen. 🏫
Visited the renovated Enniskillen Workhouse in Enniskillen. 💼
As Patron of Maritime UK, attended the Northern Ireland Maritime and Offshore Cluster launch Reception at Belfast Harbour Office. ⚓️🥂
12/04 As Royal Patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association, attended the Northern Ireland Conference at Dunsilly Hotel in Antrim. 🇮🇪👨🦽
As Patron of Tenovus Cancer Care, visited a Mobile Support Unit at Bronglais General Hospital in Aberystwyth. 🏴🏥
15/04 With Sir Tim As the Former President of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, presented The Princess Royal Award and Royal Dairy Innovation Award at Gatcombe Park. 🐄🥛🏆
16/04 As Royal Patron of the National Coastwatch Institution, this visited Fleetwood Station in Fleetwood, followed by a Reception at Marine Hall. 🔎🌊
As Patron of the Pony Club, visited Wrea Green Equitation Centre in Preston, to mark the 25th of the Pony Club Centre Membership Scheme. 🐴
As President of the Carers Trust, visited Sefton Carers Centre in Liverpool, to mark its 30th anniversary. 🧑🦯🩺
17/04 On behalf of The King, held two Investitures at Windsor Castle. 🎖️
18/04 Attended the Lord Mayor's Big Curry Lunch at Guildhall. 🍛
As President of The Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conferences, held a Dinner at Buckingham Palace for the President's Council and the Caribbean-Canada Leaders' Dialogue. 🗺️🍽️
19/04 On behalf of The King, held an Investiture at Buckingham Palace. 🎖️
21/04 Unofficial As President of the Working Clumber Spaniel Society, hosted a test day at Gatcombe Park. 🐶
22/04 As trustee of the council of St George’s House Princess Anne;
Attended a council meeting at St George’s House. 💼
Attended a Lecture in St. George's Chapel. 🎓
Attended a Dinner at the Vicars' Hall. 🍽️
23/04 On behalf of The King, held two Investitures at Windsor Castle. 🎖️
As Royal Patron of the Special Boat Service Association, held a Dinner at Windsor Castle. 🚤🍽️
24/04 As President of the Riding for the Disabled Association, visited the Cavalier Centre, and presented The King’s Awards for Voluntary Service in Farley, Much Wenlock. 🐎🏆
As Patron of Save the Children UK, visited the Lyth, Ellesmere, the birthplace of Eglantyne Jebb. 🏠
Visited the Jebb Memorial Garden at Cremorne Gardens in Ellesmere. ⛲️
25/04 Attended "DNA Day" at Illumina Centre in Great Abington. 🧬
Opened the National House Building Council's Apprenticeship Training Hub at Histon Football Club. 👷
As Patron of the Royal College of Midwives, visited Hinchingbrooke Hospital Maternity Unit. 👶🏥
As Colonel of The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), visited The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment at Hyde Park Barracks. 🐴💂
As Chancellor of the University of London, attended an Institute of Commonwealth Studies Reception at the Senate House, to mark its 75th anniversary. 🎓
27/04 As Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps, attended the National Drill and Piping Competition at HMS Raleigh. 🫡⚓️
30/04 As Guardian of the Chaffinch Trust, attended a Reception at the Reform Club. 🥂
As Chancellor of the University of London, attended a Graduation Ceremony at the Barbican Centre. 🎓
As Commandant-in-Chief of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal’s Volunteer Corps), presented Coronation Medals at Wellington Barracks in London. 🫡🎖️
Total official engagements for Anne in April: 39
2024 total so far: 171
Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in April: 3
2024 total so far: 32
FYI - due to certain royal family members being off ill/in recovery I won't be posting everyone's engagement counts out of respect, I am continuing to count them and release the totals at the end of the year.
#aimees unofficial engagement count 2024#april 2024#always there to support his wife#not all engagements are listed on here#if you would like a full list plz dm me 🥰#excited for next month#two overseas visits and the start of the more summery engagements!!!#princess anne#princess royal#tim laurence#timothy laurence#not as many as previous months because she took a few days off after easter
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Nintendo Direct Recap
Side Order (Splatoon 3) - Spring 2024
Mario vs Donkey Kong - Feb 16 2024
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown - Jan 18 2024
Horizon Chase 2 - Today
Super Crazy Rhythm Castle - November 14 2023
SpyxAnya Operation:Memories - 2024
Super Mario RPG - November 17 2023
Another Code: Two Memories - January 19 2024
Princess Peach Showtime - March 22 2024
SaGa Emerald Beyond - 2024
Tomb Raider I-III Remaster - Feb 14 2024
Detective Pikachu Returns - October 6 2023
Trombone Champ - Today
BATTLE CRUSH - Free to Play Next Spring (Beta Test - October)
Wartales - Today
Contra: Operation Galaluga - Early 2024
Unicorn Overlord - March 2024
Luigi's Mansion 2 HD - Summer 2024
F-Zero 99 SuperNes - Today
Bandle Tale: A League of Legends Story - 2024
Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story - November 1 2023
WarioWare Move It - November 3 2023
Eiyuden Chronicles Hundred Heros - April 23 2024
Eastward: Octopia (Paid DLC) - This Holiday
Wargroove 2 - October 5 2023
DAVE THE DIVER - October 26 2023
Mario Kart Wave 6 Booster Course Pass - This Holiday
Among Us New Map - October 2023
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door - 2024
Annoucements:
Nintendo Museum Completed - March 2024
Zelda and Ganondorf Amiibos - November 3
Noah & Mio Amiibos - Jan 19 2024
Sora Amiibo - 2024
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German Police Arrest Suspects in Theft of 483 Celtic Gold Coins from Museum
The men were found in possession of gold bars, likely made by melting down the stolen coins.
Gold bars made from melted-down ancient Celtic coins that were stolen in a museum heist have been found by police in Germany. Four suspects have been arrested.
Thieves stole 483 coins from the Celtic Roman Museum in Manching after midnight on November 22, 2022. They severed several fiber optic cables, which caused internet and telephone connections in 13,000 households to go down for several hours. About an hour later, the museum was broken into and the suspects pried open two locked doors to make off with the gold coins.
The prosecutor’s office in Ingolstadt and the art investigators of the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office took over the investigations and recovered two blue crowbars, pruning shears, and a side cutter in the nearby area.
Police found a trace of DNA on the recovered items and conducted search in a nationwide DNA database and in neighboring countries, which alerted investigators to a string of eight similar thefts in Germany and Austria since 2014.
“The perpetrators were always equipped in the same way during the burglaries,” police said in a statement translated from German. “They wore black overalls with balaclavas and each had identical crowbars, screwdrivers and an angle grinder with several cutting discs.”
By examining the crime spree incidents together, investigators were able to identify the first suspect, a 42-year-old man from Schwerin, believed to have been involved in an April 2018 burglary. Through him, police identified a second suspect described as a 46-year-old German man.
Investigators eventually discovered two more suspects, a 50-year-old man from Schwerin and a 43-year-old man from Berlin, police said. The four men were arrested Tuesday and brought before investigating judges on Wednesday.
Police said the 43-year-old man from Berlin was carrying 18 gold nuggets in a plastic bag when he was arrested. Forensic analysts identified the material composition as having levels of gold, silver, and copper that corresponded to the composition of the stolen coins.
Prosecutors have charged the men with aggravated gang theft in combination with damaging property and disrupting telecommunications systems.
The museum praised the “significant success” of the investigation in a brief statement on Facebook.
By Adam Schrader.
(Wonderful news that there has been arrests in this case but very sad that some, if not all of the coins have been destroyed)
#German Police Arrest Suspects in Theft of 483 Celtic Gold Coins from Museum#gold#gold coins#celtic gold coins#treasure#stolen#looted#ancient artifacts#archeology#archeolgst#history#history news#ancient history#ancient culture#ancient civilizations#celtic history
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Queer Calendar 2023
We put together a calendar of key (mostly queer) dates at the start of the year to help us with scheduling - so I thought I’d share it around! Including pride and visibility days, some queer birthdays and anniversaries, and a few other bits and bobs. Click the links for more info - I dream one day of having a queer story for every day of the year!
This is obviously not an exhaustive list - if I’ve overlooked something important to you, feel free to add it in the reblogs!
January
3 - Bisexual American jazz-age heiress Henrietta Bingham born 1901
8 - Queer Australian bushranger Captain Moonlite born 1845; gay American art collector Ned Warren born 1860
11 - Pennsylvania celebrates Rosetta Tharpe Day in honour of bisexual musician Rosetta Tharpe
12 - Japanese lesbian author Nobuko Yoshiya born 1896
22 - Lunar New Year (Year of the Rabbit)
24 - Roman emperor Hadrian, famous for his relationship with Antinous, born 76CE; gay Prussian King Frederick the Great born 1712
27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February
LGBT+ History Month (UK, Hungary)
Black History Month (USA and Canada)
1 - Feast of St Brigid, a saint especially important to Irish queer women
5 - Operation Soap, a police raid on gay bathhouses in Toronto, Canada, spurs massive protests, 1981
7 - National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (USA)
18 - US Black lesbian writer and activist Audre Lorde born 1934
12 - National Freedom to Marry Day (USA)
19-25 - Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week
March
Women’s History Month
1 - Black Women in Jazz and the Arts Day
8 - International Women’s Day
9 - Bi British writer David Garnett born 1892
12 - Bi Polish-Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky born 1889 or 1890
13 March-15 April - Deaf History Month
14 - American lesbian bookseller and publisher Sylvia Beach born 1887
16 - French lesbian artist Rosa Bonheur born 1822
20 - Bi US musician Rosetta Tharpe born 1915
21 - World Poetry Day
24 - The Wachowski sisters’ cyberpunk trans allegory The Matrix premiers 1999
April
Jazz Appreciation Month
Black Women’s History Month
National Poetry Month (USA)
3 - British lesbian diarist Anne Lister born 1791
8 - Trans British racing driver and fighter pilot Roberta Cowell born 1918
9 - Bi Australia poet Lesbia Harford born 1891; Easter Sunday
10 - National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (USA)
14 - Day of Silence
15 - Queer Norwegian photographer and suffragist Marie Høeg born 1866
17 - Costa-Rican-Mexican lesbian singer Chavela Vargas born 1919
21-22 - Eid al-Fitr
25 - Gay English King Edward II born 1284
26 - Lesbian Day of Visibility; bi American blues singer Ma Rainey born 1886
29 - International Dance Day
30 - International Jazz Day
May
1 - Trans British doctor and Buddhist monk Michael Dillon born 1915
7 - International Family Equality Day
7 - Gay Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky born 1840
15 - Australian drag road-trip comedy The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert premiers in 1994
17 - IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia)
18 - International Museum Day
19 - Agender Pride Day
22 - US lesbian tailor and poet Charity Bryant born 1777
22 - Harvey Milk Day marks the birth of gay US politician Harvey Milk 1930
23 - Premier of Pride, telling the story of the 1980s British activist group Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners
24 - Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness and Visibility Day; Queer Chinese-Japanese spy Kawashima Yoshiko born 1907
26 - queer American astronaut Sally Ride born 1951
29 - Taiwanese lesbian writer Qiu Miaojin born 1969
June
Pride Month
Indigenous History Month (Canada)
3 - Bisexual American-French performer, activist and WWII spy Josephine Baker born 1906
5 - Queer Spanish playwright and poet Federico García Lorca born 1898; bi English economic John Maynard Keynes born 1883
8 - Mechanic and founder of Australia’s first all-female garage, Alice Anderson, born 1897
10 - Bisexual Israeli poet Yona Wallach born 1944
12 - Pulse Night of Remembrance, commemorating the 2012 shooting at the Pulse nightclub, Orlando
14 - Australian activists found the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands in 2004
18 - Sally Ride becomes the first know queer woman in space
24 - The first Sydney Mardi Gras 1978
25 - The rainbow flag first flown as a queer symbol in 1978
28 - Stonewall Riots, 1969
28 June-2 July - Eid al-Adha
30 - Gay German-Israeli activist, WWII resistance member and Holocaust survivor Gad Beck born 1923
July
1 - Gay Dutch WWII resistance fighter Willem Arondeus killed - his last words were “Tell the people homosexuals are no cowards”
2-9 - NAIDOC Week (Australia) celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture
6 - Bi Mexican artist Frida Kahlo born 1907
12 or 13 - Roman emperor Julius Caesar born c.100BCE
14 - International Non-Binary People’s Day
23 - Shelly Bauman, owner of Seattle gay club Shelly’s Leg, born 1947; American lesbian cetenarian Ruth Ellis born 1899; gay American professor, tattooist and sex researcher Sam Steward born 1909
25 - Italian-Australian trans man Harry Crawford born 1875
August
8 - International Cat Day
9 - Queer Finnish artist, author and creator of Moomins Tove Jansson born 1914
9 - International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
11 - Russian lesbian poet Sofya Parnok born 1885
12 - Queer American blues musician Gladys Bentley born 1907
13 - International Left-Handers Day
22 - Gay WWII Dutch resistance fight Willem Arondeus born 1894
24 - Trans American drag queen and activist Marsha P Johnson born 1945
26 - National Dog Day
30 - Bi British author Mary Shelley 1797
31 - Wear it Purple Day (Australia - queer youth awareness)
September
5 - Frontman of Queen Freddie Mercury born 1946
6 - Trans Scottish doctor and farmer Ewan Forbes born 1912
13 - 1990 documentary on New York’s ball culture Paris is Burning premiers
15-17 - Rosh Hashanah
16-23 - Bisexual Awareness Week
17 - Gay Prussian-American Inspector General of the US Army Baron von Steuben born 1730
23 - Celebrate Bisexuality Day
24 - Gay Australian artist William Dobell born 1889
30 - International Podcast Day
October
Black History Month (Europe)
4 - World Animal Day
5 - National Poetry Day (UK)
5 - Queer French diplomat and spy the Chevalière d’Éon born 1728
8 - International Lesbian Day
9 - Indigenous Peoples’ Day (USA)
11 - National Coming Out Day
16 - Irish writer Oscar Wilde born 1854
18 - International Pronouns Day
22-28 - Asexual Awareness Week
26 - Intersex Awareness Day
31 - American lesbian tailor Sylvia Drake born 1784
November
8 - Intersex Day of Remembrance
12 - Diwali; Queer Mexican nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz born c.1648
13-19 - Transgender Awareness Week
20 - Trans American writer, lawyer, activist and priest Pauli Murray born 1910; Transgender Day of Remembrance
27 - Antinous, lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian, born c.111; German lesbian drama Mädchen in Uniform premiers, 1931
29 - Queer American writer Louisa May Alcott born 1832
December
AIDS Awareness Month
1 - World AIDS Day
2 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities
8 - Pansexual Pride Day; queer Swedish monarch Christina of Sweden born 1626
10 - Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners host Pits and Perverts concern to raise mining for striking Welsh miners, 1984
14 - World Monkey Day
15 - Roman emperor Nero born 37CE
24 - American drag king and bouncer Stormé DeLarverie born 1920
25 - Christmas
29 - Trans American jazz musician Billy Tipton born 1914
#calendar#queer calendar#queer observances#pride days#queer history#lgbt#lgbtq#lgbt history#gay history#trans history#queer#gay#trans#lesbian#lesbian history
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Muppet Fact #818
Many characters from the Canadian co-production of Sesame Street called Sesame Park, like Basil, Louis, Chaos, Katie, and Dodi in her plane were on display at the CBC Museum in the "Growing Up With CBC" exhibit until December 22, 2017 when the museum eventually closed. The exhibit was open for fourteen years.
Sources:
"Growing Up With CBC" exhibit. CBC Museum. 2003-2017.
"'Canadian Sesame Street' Basil Bear now museum memory." Philip Potempa. The Times (Munster, Iowa). April 4, 2014. Page A10.
#muppet facts oc#jim henson#the muppets#muppets#muppet facts#fun facts#sesame street#childrens tv#cbc#growing up with CBC#cbc Museum#Sesame Park#basil sesame park#louis Sesame Park#chaos sesame park#katie Sesame Park#dodi Sesame park
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Researchers and monster hunters are gathering in the United Kingdom's Scottish Highlands this weekend to look for the eternally elusive Loch Ness Monster, the biggest search for the legendary beast in more than 50 years.
Somewhere beneath the shimmering surface of Loch Ness lies Nessie, the legendary sea beast whose reputation spans nearly 1,500 years — at least, that's what monster hunters and Nessie enthusiasts from around the world hope to prove Saturday and Sunday.
The Loch Ness Centre and the research group Loch Ness Exploration are asking all aspiring monster hunters to join in on the biggest search since 1972.
"Our purpose is to observe, record and study the natural behaviour of the Loch and phenomena that may be more challenging to explain," the Loch Ness Exploration Facebook page reads.
"If you believe that the Loch Ness Monster exists then we invite you to join the search, we equally invite you to support the study of the Loch and the natural behaviour of the elements that may be the root cause of these strange reports from Loch Ness."
Investigators are breaking out all sorts of technology, including surveying equipment the Loch Ness Centre says has never been used on the freshwater lake before.
Drones with infrared cameras will fly over the lake and a hydrophone will be used under the surface to detect "Nessie-like calls," the Centre says.
Volunteers will also participate in a large surface watch of the loch, scanning the surface for any irregularities.
However, due to an "overwhelming demand" from enthusiasts, the group is no longer accepting applicants hoping to participate in person.
But the Loch Ness Centre says those still eager to participate can do so virtually through a livestream.
At 22 square miles and with a maximum depth of 788 feet, Loch Ness is Great Britain's largest lake by volume and second-largest by surface area, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.
Though the first written accounts of a monster are attributed to the Irish monk Saint Columba's encounter in 565 A.D., reports of a creature in the lake are depicted in ancient stone carvings found in the area.
But the legend of a monster lurking in the loch didn't garner greater attention until April of 1933, when a couple driving along the newly built road around the lake saw an animal they compared to a "dragon or prehistoric monster," according to the Scottish Maritime Museum.
More sightings soon followed, and big game hunter Marmaduke Wetherell was commissioned to track the monster down in December of 1933.
He said he found large tracks along the shoreline, but zoologists at the Natural History Museum debunked the tracks.
The following year was when English physician Robert Wilson took a photo, now known as the "Surgeon's Photograph," which appeared to show Nessie's head atop a long slender neck poking out of the water.
The picture was printed in the Daily Mail and the Loch Ness Monster was thrust into international stardom.
One of the participants in that search confessed on his deathbed that the picture was staged, according to the Daily Mail.
The Loch Ness Centre says there have been more than 1,140 official Nessie sightings.
Paul Nixon, the Centre's general manager, said he's excited to see what turns up after the waters are searched like never before over weekend.
"We are guardians of this unique story," Nixon said.
"And as well as investing in creating an unforgettable experience for visitors, we are committed to helping continue the search and unveil the mysteries that lie underneath the waters of the famous Loch."
#Loch Ness Monster#Scottish Highlands#Loch Ness#Nessie#Loch Ness Centre#Loch Ness Exploration#Saint Columba#Scottish Maritime Museum#Marmaduke Wetherell#Natural History Museum#Robert Wilson#Surgeon's Photograph#Daily Mail#Paul Nixon
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Mel Bochner, Superimposed 'G-L' Squares, (ink and pencil on graph paper), 1966 [The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; Gift of Barry Le Va. Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York, NY. © Mel Bochner]
Exhibition: Mel Bochner: Drawings 1966-1968, Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York, NY, April 3 – May 22, 2015
#art#drawing#visual writing#grid#geometry#pattern#structure#exhibition#mel bochner#baltimore museum of art#craig f. starr gallery#1960s#2010s
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Lighthouse Keeper Tweets
And now, the post literally no one asked for. The Lighthouse Keeper's tweets from March 29, 2023, through June 5, 2024, supplemented with my own Haylor notes.
Note 1: I’m not in the business of convincing people LK is HS. Read this though. Look at his feed and decide for yourself. :) I’m here to speculate and have a good time.
Note 2: I skipped a handful of minor tweets I felt were not related to the overall LK narrative or unremarkable. (Examples: LK tweeted "Ciao!" on July 22, the date of HS's last LOT show in Italy, and a little running gag on April 1; he also likes to post about cake on HS's birthday and Christmas wishes, etc.)
Part 1: March 2023 - October 2023
March 29, 2023 - "I'm in my lighthouse keeper era." "Did I do it? Am I cool and trendy now?" 12:15 p.m. CT
April 1, 2023 "I actually really dislike lighthouses... don't know why I chose this life..." 3:55 a.m. CT
Taylor is about to play Arlington, Texas, later that day. (I think Harry is there. Here's why.) Seems like perhaps someone thought it would be funny to take his phone and tweet from it...
April 1, 2023 "April fools of course!!!! I love Lighthouses and I love keeping them!!!" 5:06 a.m. CT
April 2, 2023 "It's been a hell of a year..." 3:00 a.m. CT
April 6, 2023 "You'll be good, my love." 12 p.m. ET (NYC)
LK mentions in his replies to this one that he's drank half a bottle of rosé. Splitting it with someone, perhaps?
April 12, 2023 "Homeward bound forever."
Tone of this tweet seems bittersweet to me. H spotted in LA this day on work pit stop in between final European leg of LOT. After this, Taylor starts to fall apart on stage.
April 22, 2023 “If you really knew me, would you really want me?” 2:39 pm PST
Despondent, right? As if they left things on not great terms?
April 26, 2023 “Time cast a spell on you, but you won’t forget me.”
Fleetwood Mac “Silver Spring” lyrics.
May 6, 2023 “I hate to feel the rain on my back as I watch you go from me.” 4:15 p.m. BST
Matty time has commenced. Harry is in London.
May 11, 2023 “You’ve got me counting down the days.”
Could be a reference to Wembley. Deux Moi reported Taylor chartered there and was spotted at the June 13 show.
May 19, 2023 “Welcome Home” 12 a.m. BST
Taylor plays Foxborough, just 18 miles away from Holiday House.
June 1, 2023 “Je t'aime, Je t'aime, Je t'aime!” 10:35 a.m. BST
“I love you, I love you, I love you” in French. On May 30, a photo of Harry walking outside Cartier is shared to gossip sites. Cartier is a French luxury brand. On May 31, Taylor begins wearing a very pricey 1980s vintage Cartier necklace.
June 20, 2023 “Our lonesome shadows toss and turn. Throw our doubts in the fire. We’ll watch them burn.” 12:06 a.m. BST
Does he want to to make it work. From his set selection it seemed like it. But then...
June 29, 2023 - Taylor records “Down Bad” and Harry and Taylor Russell go on their first papped outing to a museum. So, it all fell apart, clearly. Why?
July 11, 2023 “Fast car, alligator shoes” 3:45 p.m. BST
These are lyrics from I.N.V.U. Other lyrics include, “He rolls in with his roll neck and his Rolex/he’s mister MTV/he claims he’s cashing checks/and breaking necks/at least that’s what he wants you to think/…/he’s at the wheel while I’m trapped in the boot.”
This is the day of Travis’ first Eras show. This was posted before he even showed up. …Did H know beforehand that this relationship was all planned in advance? At least, the beginning? (Perhaps as way to cleanse the public's palate from Matty?)
July 18, 2023 “The sky and the stars” 12 a.m. BST
Taylor Russell’s birthday. Just to be a dick? Or unrelated because...
July 19, 2023 - Daylight MV no. 2 drops
July 20, 2023 “There’s been a load of compromising on the road to my horizon but I’m gonna be where the lights are shinin’ on me.” 10:10 p.m. BST
These are lyrics from “Rhinestone Cowboy.” Sounds like H’s fucking had it, to me. Other lyrics include, “Nice guys get washed away like snow in the rain.”
August 24, 2023 “Hide in the middle of the universe, where the hills are steep and complications low.” 10:10 p.m. BST
H went to TR’s play opening on 1989 TV’s announcement night. Tay continues to wear the Cartier necklace. H also goes to TR’s play again 8/28.
August 30, 2023 “Through the gaps of my curtains looking at the moon it’s like you’re here with me. It’s like you see it too.” 9:30 p.m. BST
"Pick You Up" leaks 8/31. Taylor posts Griff’s “Vertigo” on Instagram 9/5. "Try Honey" leaks 9/12.
Sept. 16, 2023 “What are we drinking tonight?” 9:10 p.m. BST
Comments in the replies that he’s drinking and probably needs water. Post 9/14 Travis talking about Taylor on his podcast.
Sept. 21, 2023 “And my whiskey sings the obituaries.” 12 a.m. BST
Sept. 30, 2023 “Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It's getting hard to be someone, but it all works out. It doesn't matter much to me.” 9:30 p.m. BST
Lyrics from “Strawberry Fields Forever” by The Beatles.
Post TS’s first NFL game appearance.
Oct. 8, 2023 “So much for an early night” in Morse code 12:30 a.m. BST
Probably out with Tom and Tyler post recording. I hope.
Oct. 12, 2023 “Will you hold me dear and keep me warm? And I’ll shield us both from sorrow and the storm” 4:35 p.m. BST
Maybe he decides he and TR can keep each other company? That’s depressing.
Oct. 17, 2023 “You said ‘love is touching souls’ surely you touched mine ‘cause part of you pours out of me in these lines from time to time.” 4:20 p.m. BST
Lyrics from Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You.”
Oct. 19, 2023 “And the rattle of the red line cuts through like a knife. So, what do you say we try to live this life?” 11:30 p.m. BST
Sad sad saaaad.
Oct. 23, 2023 “Moon, tell me if I could send up my heart to you?” 8:30 p.m. BST
Suffering. Pain.
Ahead to Part Two
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Top picture on the left. The U.S. Government has given the United Kingdom an SR-71 #962 for public display at Duxford Imperial War Museum for its contribution to ending the Cold War. SR-71 Reconnaissance Operations at RAF Mildenhall were from April 1976 to 1990. Prior to Det 4 being established, UK permission was required for each sortie flown. The SR's stay was to be no longer than 20 days for each visit.
On 05 April of 1982 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced that Det 4 would be a permanent SR-71 Detachment with two aircraft assigned. The United Kingdom remained in control of the more sensitive missions. The two aircraft Detachment ceased operations on 22 November 1989. The last aircraft departed the UK on 18 January 1990. This is the only SR 71 that is outside of the United States.
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Sophie's Hon Vol. V Mexico Edition 🇲🇽
I know I'm late with this one, but better late than never! So fasten your seatbelts and let's fly ✈️ to Mexico Lindo y Querido 🇲🇽
Last time we saw our lovebirds they were at St. Pancras International station arriving to London from Paris on March 06, 2024, after their trip for Paris Fashion Week:
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TRUST
Later, on March 20, 2024, Sophie was spotted in the streets of Mexico City, Mexico 🇲🇽 She traveled there to film the movie TRUST directed by fellow actress Carlson Young:
You can read all my reports about TRUST movie here:
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VINTAGE
Ten days later, on March 30, 2024, Sophie posed for a picture with a fan while visiting a vintage clothes store for kids ❤️
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LUCHA LIBRE BABY
That same day at night, one of TRUST producers, Miles Koules, posted a video of the cast and crew enjoying a Lucha Libre (Wrestling) Show.
The big surprise of the night was finding out Perry in the last part of that video:
Here an screenshot if you missed him:
Not the best pic of Perry, but a funny one 🤣
More videos were posted by TRUST cast and crew members from that night, and it seems they were having a blast:
Much later they went to some club:
The next day, on March 31, 2024, this TikTok video of Sophie and Perry having the time of their lives at the Lucha Libre Show went viral:
Much later, on April 22, 2024, TRUST producer Miles Koules posted a picture from that night where we can see Sophie and Perry with TRUST cast and crew members posing with some of the wrestlers that performed that night:
As we can see, Perry, being a gentleman, lent his jacket to his girl after the Show 😍
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LOVE IS IN THE AIR 🎈
On April 2, 2024, Sophie posted an IG story of the sunrise viewed from a Hot Air Ballon flying over Teotihuacán Pyramids, near Mexico City:
Since Perry was there, I bet this was an amazing romantic activity for our lovebirds ❤️
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MORE SIGHTINGS
Sunday, March 31, 2024
In the comments under the Lucha Libre TikTok video, the creator said she also saw Sophie the next day having brunch with Perry:
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Monday, April 1, 2024
Someone tweeted about seeing Sophie having dinner with Perry:
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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Someone tweeted about seeing Sophie at a cafe, pointing out that she looked incredible:
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Later that same day, someone tweeted about seeing Sophie at the Museo Nacional de Antropología, pointing out again that she looked beautiful:
The tweet says: "Does anyone know if Sophie Turner is in Mexico and why it looks like she's at the Museum of Anthropology? 😱 She's so beautiful."
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Sunday, April 7, 2024
On Sunday, April 7, Deuxmoi posted an IG story with some anon that saw Sophie having lunch with Perry at Lardo Restaurant (this happened during the week before to the report):
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VISITING THE SET
From the videos and pictures of TRUST cast and crew members, it seems that Perry was a regular visitor on the set.
On April 5, 2024, TRUST producer Miles Koules posted an IG story of himself, Tracy Brennan (Sophie's agent) and Sophie still in costume:
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On April 06, 2024, a picture from Sophie's agent Tracy Brennan, was made public. There we can see Sophie sat next to Perry wearing casual clothes matching with her boyfriend.
The picture was taken the day before, since Miles Koules and Tracy Brennan are wearing the same clothes.
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Later, on April 10, 2024, Mexican actress Paulina Bravo reported how she met Sophie on the set of Trust a few days before.
In the video Paulina also said that she saw Sophie and Perry eating something in the hallways:
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You can read more about it here:
This was the last sighting report of Perry in Mexico 😔
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We have to admire Perry's commitment, the guy took a twelve hours flight ✈️ to another continent 🇲🇽 just to be with his girl for a few days while she was working abroad ❤️
I think that Thalia would agree that this is Amor a la Mexicana 🌶 🔥
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You can read the previous editions here: Vol. IV (Appendix) - Vol. IV - Vol. III - Vol. II - Vol. I
Until the next report 👋 (that will come sooner than this one, I promise 😜)
#sophie turner#PP#amor a la mexicana#🇲🇽 🌶 🔥#thisis so corny 🙈#great great grandpa weetman would be proud lol#thehonseries
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Pieter Jan van Reysschoot - Portrait of Anne Askham - 1740
Petrus Johannes van Reysschoot or Pieter van Reysschoot (Ghent, 18 January 1702 – Ghent, 22 or 24 February 1772) was a Flemish painter and printmaker who is known for his genre scenes, hunting scenes, landscapes, portraits and Christian religious subjects. He spent a large part of his career in England, which earned him the nickname den Engelschman (‘the Englishman’). In England he painted history and sporting (i.e. hunting) scenes and was a portrait painter working on commissions particularly from the Midlands gentry.
Petrus Johannes van Reysschoot was born in Ghent as the son of Frans and Amelberghe vanden Neste. He was the first painter in a family which would include a large number of painters in the 18th century. He studied in France where he was registered at the Academie Royale in Paris in 1730 and later won a prize.
Between circa 1736 and 1743 the artist resided and worked in England. In England he painted history and sporting (i.e. hunting) scenes. He was also a portrait painter working on commissions particularly from the Midlands gentry. He was later nicknamed "the Englishman" because of this long stay in England. He returned to Ghent on the occasion of the death of his father on 27 February 1737. On 4 April of that year he attended, as godfather, the baptism of his nephew Petrus Norbertus van Reysschoot, who would become a prominent painter and art educator. By that time he must have already have become wealthy as he bought from his seven co-heirs, for the sum of 550 livres, the paternal house called ‘de Maeght van Ghendt’’ in the Overpoortstraat, a property burdened with heavy debts.
On the occasion of the installation of Maria Theresa as Countess of Flanders, the States of Flanders had decided to have four portraits of the sovereign painted which would be displayed under as many dais, two at the Ghent City Hall and in Bruges at the Brugse Vrije and the City Hall. Eleven portraits at three quarters size of these paintings were also made for the deputies of the States. By an act of the States dated 29 January 1744, the entire commission was awarded to Petrus Johannes van Reysschoot who at the time was still in London. Van Reysschoot was said to have promised to return soon to Ghent and begin the work within two months of the act.
After his return to Ghent around 1744 he became a sought after history and portrait painter. The governor of the Southern Netherlands Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine visited Ghent in September 1752 and participated in the jay-shooting of the local crossbowmen's guild of Saint George. The Prince shot the jay just like his predecessor as governor Isabella had done at the jay-shooting in Brussels of 1615. Van Reysschoot was commissioned to paint a record of this feat that included portraits of the key members of the crossbowmen’s guild. The painting was delivered in 1657 and placed with much pomp in the Guild hall in November of that year. A small-scale version of the composition not including the portraits was created by the Ghent painter Filips Karel Marissal and also placed in the Guild Hall (both works are now in the Ghent City Museum).
Van Reysschoot was among the first protectors of the Ghent Academy of Arts. His nephew Petrus Norbertus van Reysschoot became one of the most distinguished professors of this institution.
The artist died in the house on the Overpoortstraat, which had remained his property, and was buried by the care of the Alexian brothers on 26 February 1772. In the mortuary book held by the brothers, he is registered as an unmarried painter.
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