EMAIL BOOK CLUBS MASTERLIST !!!
alright, there are a lot of email book clubs now, so here's ALL of them, in one convenient list
NOTE: IF YOU FIND MORE PLEASE SEND !!! put them in the notes, my ask box, dm them to me, just notify me in SOME way and i will edit this base post so they all remain in one place
without further ado:
Dracula Daily - dracula, the one that started it all || real time
may 3, 2022 - november 10, 2022
Whale Weekly - moby dick || real time
starting december 2022, continuing for 3 years
Frankenstein Weekly - frankenstein || wednesdays and sundays
begins february 1, 2023
Letters from Watson - sherlock holmes
begins january 1, 2023
What Manner of Man - a new original work by st john starling (its gay vampires click the link)
begins january 2023
Edgar Allen Poe Daily - the works of edgar allen poe || weekdays where dracula daily does not post
began may 13, 2022
The Penny Dreadful - penny dreadful
begins TBA
Ovid Daily - the works of p. ovidius naso (note: these are in latin but they contain a translation)
dates depend on the in-progress work (from what i can tell)
Werther Rewritten - the sorrows of young werther, slightly modernized || real time
may 4, 2022 - christmas 2023
The Sorrows Of Young Werther - the original of the above || you pick the dates
from what i can tell, it begins when you subscribe and you pick the frequency of emails
Carmilla Quarterly - carmilla, just click the link its lesbian vampires
begins TBA
Literary Letters - lesser known public domain works
begins november 12, 2022
Pride and Prejudice Weekly - working title, im doing pride and prejudice now || mondays and fridays
march 10, 2023 - october 6, 2023
The Woman In White Weekly - the woman in white || sundays
begins july 31, 2022
Musketeers Daily - the three musketeers
begins march 14, 2023
LOTR Newsletter - lord of the rings || real time (i think)
september 15, 2022 - march 2023
Rizal Weekly - jose rizal's works (these are in filipino, i don't see a full translation but please correct me if im wrong)
began may 26, 2022
Divine Comedy Weekly - dante's divine comedy || begins on good friday, then updates tuesdays and thursdays
april 7, 2023 - march 5, 2024
Austen Weekly - jane austen's works
find more info on the posting schedule here
The Case Files Of Sheridan Bell - new original fantasy detective novels from em rowene
begins may 29, 2022
Big Dalloway Energy - mrs. dalloway by virginia woolfe || commentary encouraged
begins june 1, 2022
Nightly Knights - excerpts from arthurian texts
posted at random
Samuel Pepys's Diary - daily entries from samuel pepys's diary
the site posts a new entry at the end of each day
Dangerous Liaisons Daily - dangerous liaisons || real time
august 3rd, 2022 - january 14, 2023
Les Chroniques de Choderlos - dangerous liaisons, but in the original french || real time
august 3rd, 2022 - january 14, 2023
Wilde Weekly - oscar wilde's works
begins june 12, 2022
Logbooks of the HE-631-CORDELIA - a new original sci-fi series about a pilot and her robot by loreley
begins july 21, 2022
Les Mis Letters - les misérables || daily
january 1, 2023 - december 31, 2023
The Worst Journey in the World - r.f. scott's diaries + supplemental readings from cherry-garrard’s the worst journey in the world and others’ diaries
intro began july 12, 2022. diary entries begin november 25, 2022, and end in march, 2024
Daily Kafka - franz kafka's letters
began august 31, 2022
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I'm exhausted. 2 whole days of compiling zionist statements for y'all. Please reblog.
(LONG POST: TW- genocidal rhetoric, anti-palestinian hate, additions welcome)
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#1 - ALARMING STATEMENTS FROM ISRAELI LEADERS:
"This is a struggle between the children of light and the children of darkness, between humanity and the law of the jungle."
-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deleted tweet
“You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. 1 Samuel 15:3 ‘Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass’,"
-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
“We are striking our enemies with unprecedented might,” … “I emphasize that this is only the beginning.”
-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
“We're in complete compliance with international law. I think in many ways, we're setting a different standard. We seek to minimize civilian casualties, and Hamas seeks to maximize it.”
-Benjamin Netanyahu tweet
“The civilized world must unite to defeat Hamas,”
-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Bible says that 'there is a time for peace and a time for war.' This is a time for war. A war for our common future,"
-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
“We will hold Gaza after the war too, we will not trust international forces”
-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
"Humanitarian aid to Gaza? No electric switch will be turned on, no water tap will be opened, and no fuel truck will enter until the Israeli abductees are returned home,"
-Israeli minister of energy, Israel Katz
"Each country should take a quota...We need all 2 million to leave. That is the solution for Gaza."
-former Israeli Justice Minister, Ayelet Shaked
"The goal of the operation is to send Gaza back to the Middle Ages. Only then will Israel be calm for 40 years."
-former Israeli interior minister, Eli Yishai (2012)
"After we turn Khan Younis too into a soccer field […] we need to take advantage of the destruction [to tell] the countries that each of them should take a quota, it can be 20000 or 50000 […] We need 2 million to leave. That's the solution for Gaza."
-former Israeli interior minister, Eli Yishai
"King David cut off another 100 foreskins of Philistines as revenge for clogging up the wells with dirt. Our soldiers, who have gone to war to protect their homes and to avenge the terrible massacre that these Nazi terrorists carried out, will cover them in their tunnels with dirt, and will return to peace with the abductees only after they have cut off all these accursed foreskins.”
-Israeli minister Shlomo Karhi
“We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly,”
-Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant
“We are imposing a complete siege on Gaza,”
There will be no electricity, no food, no water, no fuel. Everything will be closed.”
Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant
“There is no such thing as a Palestinian nation. There is no Palestinian history. There is no Palestinian language.”
-Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich (March 2023)
"It is natural that my wife would not want to lie down next to someone who just gave birth to a baby that might want to murder her baby in another 20 years."
-Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, on segregating maternity wards (2016)
(Israel must) “create sterile security areas around Jewish communities and roads and prevent Arabs from entering them, including for the purpose of olive harvesting.”
-Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich
"[Hilltop Youth] are heroes and righteous people, and I admire their love for the people, for the land, for the Torah. Their dedication. But like young people in other domains, sometimes they struggle to hold complexities, make mistakes, and we must know where to draw the line."
-Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich (referring to the extremist religious group “Hilltop Youth” notorious for illegal settler violence
“It is an entire nation out there that is responsible,”
-Israeli president, Isaac Herzog
“It is not true this rhetoric about civilians not being aware, not involved. It’s absolutely not true. They could have risen up. They could have fought against that evil regime which took over Gaza in a coup d’etat.”
-Israeli president, Isaac Herzog
(long chunk of text)
“1. This war is not only against Hamas.
2. This war is first and foremost about the future of the State of Israel and the future of the Zionist project.
3. Any scenario other than a complete and unequivocal defeat of the enemy, at any cost, condemns us and our descendants to a bleak future that will not allow our existence here as a free people.
4. If we do not convey the message to our foes now about the price they will pay for hurting us, they will continue to hurt us mercilessly.
5. Only strength - military, political, economic, social - will ensure the victory of Zionism and the State of Israel.”
-Tweet from Israeli Foreign Minister Emmanuel Nahshon
“if it is one Israeli mother crying, or a thousand Palestinian mothers crying, then a thousand Palestinian mothers will cry.”
-Israeli Lawmaker, Zvika Fogel (2022)
“We are too merciful. It’s time for us to stop being so. It has nothing to do with racism.”
-Israeli Lawmaker, Zvika Fogel (2022)
“Gaza should be wiped off the map.”
-Knesset Member, Galit Distel Atbaryan
“All of this preoccupation with whether or not there is internet in Gaza shows that we have learned nothing. We are too humane. Burn Gaza now no less!”
-tweet from Israeli deputy speaker Nissim Vaturi
“Your fear will kill us. Stop being humane.”
- Israeli deputy speaker, Nissim Vaturi
“In 1967 we held them by force. We cannot repeat this mistake. As a democratic state we must allow them to leave to other countries, far from here.”
-Israeli deputy speaker, Nissim Vaturi tweet
"We need to put them (the Palestinians) on boats and send them to wherever will be good for them. They're wanted in Scotland? We'll hand them over."
- Israeli deputy speaker, Nissim Vaturi
“"we can leave one old man (alive) there - he will tell everyone"
-Nissim Vaturi tweet regarding Gaza
(The Palestinians) “They can go to Ireland or deserts, the monsters in Gaza should find a solution by themselves”,
-Currently suspended minister Amichai Eliyahu, who proposed nuking Gaza as “an option”
When you go to prison and put a prisoner there you restrict his rights, is that apartheid?"
-Amichai Eliyahu
“Right now, one goal: Nakba! A Nakba that will overshadow the Nakba of 48. Nakba in Gaza and Nakba to anyone who dares to join! their Nakba, because like then in 1948, the alternative is clear.”
-Knesset member, Ariel Kallner
"Occupation [of the Gaza Strip] is a must. Every time our enemies lost territory, they lost the war. We need to be in full control - that's what will deter our enemies, convey a message of victory.”
-minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir
“My right and the right of my wife and children to move around freely on the streets of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) is more important than the freedom of movement of Arabs. Sorry Muhammad.”
-minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir
“The only thing that should enter Gaza as long as Hamas doesn’t release the hostages it holds is not a gram of humanitarian aid, but hundreds of tons of explosives from the Air Force.”
-minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir
“If the international media is objective and shows both sides, it serves Hamas.”
-former Israeli prime minister, Yair Lapid
"This is Gaza's Nakba 2023."
-agriculture minister, Avi Dichter
“We are now rolling out the Gaza Nakba”
-agriculture minister, Avi Dichter
“Human animals must be treated as such. You wanted hell, you will get hell.”
-general of the Israeli army, Ghassan Alian
“The children of Gaza have brought this upon themselves.”
-Knesset member, Merav Ben-Ari
“I am very puzzled by the constant concern which the world is showing for the Palestinian people and is actually showing for these horrible inhuman animals.”
-former Israeli U.S. Ambassador, Dan Gillerman
“99% of hilltop youth don’t cause any harm to anyone - not to the army and not to others. There’s no such thing as ‘settler violence’.”
-tweet from head of IDF Central Command, Yehuda Fuchs (regarding an extremist group)
“...And the thing I most enjoyed was seeing the Israeli flags they put up in every corner, and the amplifier playing the national anthem, HaTikva, at full volume on a loop from morning to night. May their names and memories be eradicated.”
-media advisor, Ariel Elharar, describing treatment of Hamas-affiliated POWs in prison.
“As you will have seen in the last couple of weeks, the fighting is very surgical. It is slow. It is very methodical. We are trying not to reach any of the non-combatant population in the Gaza Strip. And I think that there is no way that we can eradicate the Hamas without dealing with most of its forces that have been— that have fled to the south. Now, again, one little note, “the non-combatant population in the Gaza Strip” is really a non-existent term because all of the Gazans voted for the Hamas, and as we have seen on the 7th of October, most of the population in the Gaza Strip are Hamas.”
-former Mossad chief, Rami Igra
#2 ALARMING STATEMENTS FROM AMERICAN LEADERS:
"What they say to me is I have no notion that the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed. I'm sure innocents have been killed, and it’s the price of waging a war,"
-president Joe Biden regarding Gazan death tolls
“…I have no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are using.”
-president Joe Biden regarding Gazan death tolls
“Anyone that is pro-Palestinian is pro-Hamas.”
-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
“Ethnic cleansing of Palestinians?!?!?!” You mean the Palestinians who decapitate babies, rape women and dismember children? Or those who hand out candy in celebration? Or those who provide the terrorists aid, comfort, safe passage and a place to hide? Israel doesn’t oppose their ethnicity, it’s their barbarity that is the problem!”
-former ambassador David Freidman
“If you look at how they behave, not all of them are Hamas, but they are all antisemitic,”
-Florida governor Ron DeSantis on Palestinians
“I’m sick of hearing the media, I’m sick of hearing other people blame Israel just for defending itself,”
-Florida governor Ron DeSantis on criticism of Israel
“I don’t even want to call it the Palestinian flag because they’re not a state, they’re a territory, that’s about to probably get eviscerated and go away here shortly, as we’re going to turn that into a parking lot,”
-Rep. Max Miller (who thinks Israel doesn’t need to follow rules of engagement)
“...Israel is not trying to wipe the Palestinian people off the map. Israel’s not trying to wipe Gaza off the map. Israel is trying to defend itself against a genocidal terrorist threat … If we’re gonna start using that word, fine. Let’s use it appropriately.”
-National Security Spokesman, John Kirby
If we killed 4,000 Palestinian children, you know what? It wasn't enough!"
-Stuart Seldowitz, former advisor to Barack Obama
“All of them!”
-Rep. Michelle Salzman (enthusiastically) in response to a colleague asking how many more Palestinians have to die before it is deemed enough
“We’re in a religious war here. I am with Israel,”
-Senator Lindsey Graham
“Do whatever the hell you have to do to defend yourself. Level the place.”
-Senator Lindsey Graham
“Gaza is going to look like Tokyo and Berlin at the end of world war two when this is over. And if it doesn’t look that way, Israel made a mistake,”
-Senator Lindsey Graham
“Hamas is creating these casualties, not Israel,”
-Lindsay Graham’s statement which contradicts about everything else here
“As far as I’m concerned, Israel can bounce the rubble in Gaza,”
-Senator Tom Cotton
"Israel must respond DISPROPORTIONATELY to this and any future attacks."
-Senator Marco Rubio
“I don't think there's any way Israel can be expected to coexist or find some diplomatic offramp with these savages. I mean, these are people, as you have been reporting and others have seen, that deliberately targeted teenage girls, women, children, the elderly, not just for rape and murder, but then dumping their bodies off in the streets of Gaza, where the crowds can then defile their lifeless bodies.
I mean, just horrifying things. And I don't think we know the full extent of it yet. I mean, there's more to come in the days and weeks ahead. You can't coexist. They have to be eradicated. And you've pointed out the very difficult challenge ahead—this is going to be incredibly painful. This is going to be incredibly difficult and it's going to be horrifying—the price to pay.”
-Senator Marco Rubio
“Finish them. Finish them,”
-Nikki Haley after being asked about a humanitarian pause
“This is not just an attack on Israel—this was an attack on America. Finish them, @b.netanyahu. They should have hell to pay for what they have just done.”
-instagram caption from Nikki Haley
“I don’t know how you can have a ceasefire, a permanent ceasefire, with an organization like Hamas, which is dedicated to turmoil and chaos and destroying the state of Israel,”
-senator Bernie Sanders
“The calls for a ceasefire are outrageous.”
-house speaker Mike Johnson
“there are very few innocent Palestinian citizens”
-rep. Brian Mast
(terrorism is) “absolutely supported by the Palestinian people from elementary school all the way up into the elderly,”
-rep. Brian Mast
“I would encourage the other side to not so lightly throw around the idea of innocent Palestinian civilians, as frequently said,” … “I don’t think we would so lightly throw around the term ‘innocent Nazi civilians’ during World War II.”
-rep. Brian Mast
“Rashida Tlaib has alleged ties to Hamas.
Based on these allegations, it’s sadly not surprising she’s calling for a genocide against the Jewish people.”
-an accusatory tweet from senator Marsha Blackburn regarding lone Palestinian congresswoman, Rashida Tlaib
“I don’t have any malice towards Palestinians. I have Muslim friends, believe me.”
-rep. Ryan Zinke regarding criticism of his Palestinian ban
“I don't trust the Biden Administration any more than I do the Palestinian Authority to screen who is allowed to come into the United States. This is the most anti-Hamas immigration legislation I have seen and it's well deserved.”
-also rep. Ryan Zinke claiming his Palestinian immigration ban is ‘well deserved’
#3 VIRAL STATEMENTS FROM EVERYDAY ZIONISTS:
(long chunk of text)
“On the Gaza beach the autumn night is descending
Planes are bombing, ruin follows ruin
See the IDF crossing the borderline
To annihilate the Swastika carriers
In one more year
There won’t be anything left there
And we’ll return safely to our home
In one more year
We’ll eliminate them all and go back to plowing our fields”
-Video on Kan News, sung by several 6-12 year olds
"After the war, Israel should handle Gaza like China handles Xinjiang. Full surveillance state. Re education camps. Sterilizations. It's warranted and the only way to pacify the jihadi population."
"They reproduce like rabbits and raise them to be terrorists, creating more poverty, misery, and terrorism. Why should we allow that. The world would be a much better place if they didn't reproduce."
-tweets from cofounder of Oyster Ventures, Kenneth Ballenegger
“These are the Palestinians. Blood thirsty morally depraved animals who want nothing short of every inch of Israel and all Jews dead.”
“Lots of sand for Palestinians in Sinai which Israel gave to Egypt. Give them all 48h to get there…”
-tweets from pediatrician at John Hopkins, Darren Klugman
(long chunk of text)
“Listen carefully you leftists,
We don’t do reconciliation.
And the chorus stays the same:
May your village burn down.”
-Sung by IDF soldiers in the West Bank
“No ceasefire!”
-chants from March For Israel crowd in response to Van Jones wanting no more deaths
“I wish they will rape you alive.
They will film you.
And if your mother be alive.
They will send the video for your mother to see how you burn.
That’s what I wish.”
-March for Israel protester
“Let me say the unsayable. I’m not endorsing this but it’s a possible solution which is simply to expel them from Gaza. You might call that ethnic cleansing and so forth but the fact is that at the end of the second world war there were a million Germans kicked out of Poland. There were Germans expelled from Czechoslovakia,"
-Breitbart editor, Joel Pollak
“That’s an option, I think, after all this … If it comes down to ethnic cleansing, you want to cleanse my people. I’ll cleanse yours first.”
-Breitbart editor, Joel Pollak
“There will never be a Palestinian state. It’s over.”
-Breitbart editor, Joel Pollak
#4 A FEW ALARMING CELEBRITY STATEMENTS:
“Gazans rape Jewish girls only in self defense,”
-a line from a comic posted by Amy Schumer
“You either stand with Israel or you stand with terrorism”
-Noah Schnapp
“Many are saying that it’s inhumane that Israel is cutting off water/electricity to Gaza. Israel made it pretty simple — ‘release the hostages and we will turn it back on. Instead of pleading with Hamas to release CIVILIAN hostages which include BABIES and TODDLERS there are politicians (cough cough AOC) calling Israel inhumane. If that isn’t enough for you: ISRAEL DOES NOT NEED TO SUPPLY GAZA WITH THESE RESOURCES (which they do, for FREE),”
-deleted Sarah Silverman story she said she made because she was “stoned”
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Little Hope - Bradley Bradshaw x reader (Part 2)
Part 1
a/n: if anyone has any writing tips they can give me any is appreciated!! x
Your POV
3:15 had finally come and I was sending off all my students with their parents. One of the things I liked best about being a teacher was to see the kids faces light up whenever they see their parent come to pick them up, always giggling and showing them what they did that day.
As I’m helping a few kids with their colouring, I hear a sudden yell come from someone.
“Daddy!!”
I turn to see Hope almost jumping on her dad. Jesus Christ. He had shown up in what I assumed was a military uniform and sunglasses. His moustache standing out more than ever. I collect Hopes bag from her peg and walk over to the pair.
His eyes look towards me; and I see a sudden change in his eyes. I can’t describe it, but it’s different.
“Hiya Mr Bradshaw, here’s Hopes bag. She had a wonderful first day and she even made her own coasters today , so you and her mum can use them!” I said, smiling at Hopes giddy face.
Bradley’s face had shifted to a frown at the mention of “her mum”. A sudden feeling of worry running through me.
“Oh- um it’s just me” he replied, gulping.
“Oh. Um im really sorry, well you can use them, she can have her own aswell” I giggle, a smirk forming on his face. Thank fuck.
I don’t ask about what he means by ‘just me’, but as much as I hate to admit it I feel a sudden feeling of hope upon hearing there’s no “Mrs Bradshaw” in the picture.
“Well anyway I will see you tomorrow and have a great rest of your day!” I give them both a smile, but before I can properly walk away, Bradley stops me.
“Uh wait!” His hand is gently placed on my wrist, and a rise of warmth grows in my stomach, my cheeks becoming redder by the second.
“Can I quickly talk to you in private?” He asks. A feeling of nerves sprouted. I was never nervous to talk to a parent in private before, so why was I all of a sudden nervous now?
“Yeah of course, Hope if you’d like you can continue playing with Samuel and Tommy over by the sand pit” I say pointing to two of my students.
“Okay!!” She runs off without a second thought.
Me and Bradley turn back to look at each other; his eyes piercing into mine. It feels like we’re stuck in time, unable to take our eyes off the others. I look down at my wrist and realise he’s still holding it. He looks down and realises too before quickly letting go. My wrist feels empty from the sudden loss of contact.
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His POV
Shit. Did I hold on too long? I didn’t want to let go but she would’ve thought I was a weirdo if I didn’t
“I just wanted to quickly mention something about Hope. So uh she can get really nervous sometimes and especially in a new environment like this, she can get quite shy, I just wanted to ask , if she does can you give her this? It’s her favourite and it really helps to calm her down.” I hand her Hopes favourite plushie. Ironically one that her mom originally got her.
“Of course! I promise I’ll give it to her and try to calm her down the best way I can if it comes to it.” She says, the sweetness in her voice acting as a massage for my ears.
“Thank. I didn’t wanna mention it in front of her, I just don’t know if she’d like it.”
“Don’t worry I understand!” She replies, a moment of silence passes between us before she continues.
“So you’re um a Military man?” She asks, pointing to my uniform.
“Yeah. Navy pilot. Take after my dad.” I reply, regret filling me after the last part, hoping she doesn’t ask about my dad.
“That’s amazing, it must be cool having the navy exist through two generations for you. I actually heard aviators have something called call sign names aswell? Is that right?” She asks. Shit. What if she thinks my call sign name is weird. Rooster. Ugh.
“Yeah, we do.. um mine is uh, rooster” I sound like a chicken speaking to her, no wonder that’s my call sign.
“Oh!! THATS where she got it from. Hopes teddy I heard was named rooster, I just assumed she really liked the animal!” She says laughing, I laugh along with her.
After we settle; she asks: “so is flying a plane hard? I heard it’s pretty intense in the navy”
“At first it is, but I’ve been doing this for years, just got used to it”
“That’s really great, I’ve always wanted to see what it was like in an aircraft”
It takes an insane amount of willpower and the total muscle power of everyone on earth to stop me from asking her if she’d like to have a look in my jet.
“It is cramped as hell in there I won’t lie.” I reply, both of us laughing in unison. God her laugh will be the death of me.
“Hey um before I go, can I give you the contact details of someone else who might pick up Hope sometimes?”
“Yeah of course! You can put all the details on here.” She gives me a piece of paper and I write down everything she’d need to know.
“His names maverick, he’s pretty much like an uncle to Hope and he’s a good friend of my dad’s. Kinda like a dad to me too I guess.” We both chuckle and I give her the piece of paper.
“Thank you, and make sure to give him the password for when he does come aswell” she says with a smile
“Yeah don’t worry I will, and also by the way you don’t need to call me Mr Bradshaw, it’s too formal, just Brad.”
We walk over to Hope, where she is now playing on the swings.
“Hey Bunny we gotta go.” I say to her, out of the corner of my eye I see Y/N smile at the nickname.
“Aww why I am having fun” Hope replies
“I’m sorry baby but we have to go.”
“Okay… I will see you tomorrow Miss L/N.” She waves at Y/N.
“Yeah I’ll see you tomorrow as well” I smile and give her a small wink, before heading towards the car. Should I have done that? What if I looked embarrassing? It was too late now. But suddenly preschool wasn’t looking so bad for Hope, or me.
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