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beardedmrbean · 12 days

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A human rights organization representing ethnic Armenians submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court on Thursday, arguing that Azerbaijan is committing an ongoing genocide against them.

Azerbaijan’s government didn't immediately comment on the accusations. The neighboring countries have been at odds for decades over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, and are already facing off in a separate legal case stemming from that conflict.

Lawyers for the California-based Center for Truth and Justice, or CFTJ, say there is sufficient evidence to open a formal investigation into Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and other top leaders for genocide. They have submitted a so-called Article 15 communication urging the court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan to look into alleged atrocities.

Khan’s office will now consider the evidence submitted and determine if the court will open an investigation, a decision expected to take months.

“My goal here is to get the highest bodies that protect human rights to take some action, not just mere words,” Lala Abgaryan, whose sister Gayane was killed by Azerbaijani soldiers in 2022, told The Associated Press.

Her sister’s body was badly mutilated and images of the abuse were spread online. Abgaryan says the pictures were so heinous that she suffered psychological damage after looking at them.

Long-standing tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan erupted in 2020 into a war over Nagorno-Karabakh that left more than 6,600 people dead. The region is within Azerbaijan but had been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces since the end of a separatist war in 1994.

Last year, following a lightning military campaign, Azerbaijan retook the disputed territory. After Azerbaijan regained full control of Karabakh, which had a population of around 120,000, more than 100,000 of the region’s ethnic Armenians fled, although Azerbaijan said they were welcome to stay and promised their human rights would be ensured.

Prior to Azerbaijan’s offensive, Armenia and former International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo accused Azerbaijan of committing genocide by creating conditions aimed at destroying Karabakh Armenians as a group.

A group of around 30 people gathered in the rain in front of The Hague-based court Thursday to hand over more than 100 pages of documents.

The rights organization said it has submitted a dossier of evidence containing the testimony of more than 500 victims and witnesses.

“These atrocities are captured on social media, by Azerbaijani soldiers themselves, where you hear them laughing, making comments, and taking the dead bodies that they’ve just slaughtered and beheaded,” CFTJ leader Gassia Apkaria told the AP.

Legal experts say that genocide may be out of reach for the court. Armenia is a member of the ICC, but Azerbaijan isn't, leaving prosecutors with jurisdiction only over crimes committed on Armenian territory. Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan.

Forcing nearly the entire population to relocate to Armenia, however, could fall within the court’s remit. Deportation is considered a crime against humanity.

“There is no way this was an exodus by chance,” says Mel O’Brien, an associate professor of international law at the University of Western Australia and genocide expert.

The court has moved forward with an investigation under similar circumstances into possible crimes committed by Myanmar against the Rohingya minority group. While Myanmar isn't a member state, neighboring Bangladesh is and around 750,000 people have fled across the border after being forced from their homes.

The CFTJ’s request came amid two weeks of proceedings between Armenia and Azerbaijan at another global court in The Hague. The United Nations' top court, the International Court of Justice, is hearing arguments related to a pair of cases stemming from the conflict. Each country has accused the other of violating a racial discrimination treaty.

#nunyas news #waiting for the crickets to start up

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cock-holliday · 4 months

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Guardian article but

The US president announced on Thursday night that the US and the UK, with support from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Bahrain, had launched a series of air and naval strikes on more than a dozen sites in Yemen.

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Some critics resurfaced a 2020 tweet from Biden, in which the then presidential candidate declared: “Donald Trump does not have the authority to take us into war with Iran without congressional approval. A president should never take this nation to war without the informed consent of the American people.”

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submalevolentgrace · 11 months

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"Myth, of course, also relies on belief. Often suspended. Belief is the bedrock of religious or other faiths. Faiths like Anzac.

For Anzac is nothing if not Australia’s secular religion, one cherished and celebrated as core to our national identity by generations of political leaders, sporting identities and cultural influencers – historians, journalists, film-makers, authors and visual artists.

The finding against Roberts-Smith in his defamation case loss on Thursday lays bare, yet again, the flipside to the Anzac legend and brings into stark relief the perils of tying national celebration – and adulation – to the battlefield.

For well over a century Australian military personnel have been committing serious crimes on foreign battlefields. The 2020 Brereton report into alleged war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan carefully contextualised its findings against contemporary soldiers on foreign operations. It highlighted that from Australia’s colonial adventurism in the Boer war and through the first world war, into battles in Europe and the Pacific in world war two and into Vietnam and beyond, Australian soldiers had been involved in many unlawful killings.

It’s not something you’ll learn about when you look at the dioramas and other displays chronicling Australia’s martial history at our national secular shrine, the Australian War Memorial. You’ll learn about enemy atrocities, to be sure. But the Australian combatant is largely lionised."

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inkonfreshnewpaper · 3 months

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Tag Game! (Two for Two in a week! Saved for later so I'd have something different to write about) (Saved it for so long I've got a ton to write about)

Tagged by @bacchanalium

3) Last song: Love Me Like You Used To - Lord Huron. It hits in that good melancholy country mood for me.

4) Last film: Portrait of a Girl on Fire. I'm so behind on essential queer films, so I finally got around to watching it. Honestly, surprised at the lack of music in movie. It's saved for a moment at the end that absolutely hit. Bit slow, but in a good way. Seven Samurai. It's Seven Samurai. It's a good movie. I don't have much to say other than, movie good. Wasn't expecting Mifune's character to be as feral as he was, or how affecting the movie was. The Thing. It's The Thing, I wanna be you. The first time I saw it was Halloween 2020 during my horror movie marathon. This time I watched it in my university's movie theatre with a nearly full audience. People gasped during Child's "Then we're wrong" line delivery and laughed a bunch throughout. Seeing it on the big screen was incredible. 10/10. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2022). This was a weird one. Gonna have to actually post my thoughts on it because I'm still chewing on it. It focuses entirely on Utterson, but the adaption decides to put him through a negative character arc. Does it work? Stay tuned.

5) Currently reading: The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (finished it but at what cost). It wasn't very good. I got YA vibes from the character descriptions in the how they focus exclusively on eye and hair colour. Pacing was all over the place. Would spend way too long in one scene, way too short in another. The characters felt way too modern in a supposed fantasy world, mostly due to the dialogue. (Protag's best friend called her and her love interest 'slow burn' and I had to put the book down for a minute after that). The magic system felt like an excuse to get the main couple together and nothing else. That's my biggest critique of the novel. Everything just feels paper thin in this world. Things are set up, but resolved so quickly it doesn't feel satisfying. The school is set up as super dangerous and everyone is trying to kill each other 24/7, and the protag makes a best friend first day and they stay best friends. And further confirmation that no one knows how to write enemies-to-lovers, just 'didn't like you at the start'. Love interest says he loved her since he first saw her. WEAK. Why'd I read it? A bookstore clerk recommended it, I was on the library wait list for months. I needed to dissect this book thoroughly to justify me reading it. I'm also reading The Butterfly Collector by Tea Cooper. It's an okay mystery set in 1920s Australia. Garden of Earth Bodies by Sally Oliver. I'm compelled. It's horror-lite about grief, but the twist hasn't happened yet, so who's to say if it's good yet. Definitely reads as a debut novel - very dramatic prose, feels like it's trying too hard to grab my attention. It's meh so far, but I want to see where it goes.

6) Currently watching: Currently Delicious in Dungeon as it comes out. Studio Trigger is doing such a good job with the adaptation. I'm also watching Revue Starlight, which was way better than I was expecting. Episode 8 launched Hikari to all time favourite characters for me. Haven't finished it yet.

7) Currently consuming: Some tea.

8) Currently craving: Nice and full from dinner with Delicious in Dungeon. No better way to spend a Thursday night.

Tagging: @thefollow-spot, @whoawhataconcept, @fate-motif, @ishmaels, @flubz, @scootbloop, @dying-suffering-french-stalkers, @kafkastan, @sacrerouges, @violasmirabiles, @owlmylove

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warningsine · 7 months

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Rupert Murdoch, the longtime head of News Corp. and Fox, will step down as chairman and take on the role of chairman emeritus, capping a seven-decade career that built a media dynasty ranging from cable television to tabloid newspapers and turned him into one of the world's most influential media executives.

Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's eldest son, will become the sole chair of News Corp. and continue as executive and CEO of Fox Corp, Fox announced Thursday. Rupert Murdoch will take on his new role at the companies' next shareholder meetings, which are scheduled for mid-November.

Rupert Murdoch, 92, exits News Corp. and Fox at a time the media businesses are facing a number of challenges, including the fallout from a bruising trial, and nearly $800 million settlement, over a defamation lawsuit after Fox News aired unfounded claims that Dominion Voting Systems equipment was used to rig the 2020 presidential election.

Murdoch became one of the foremost media executives of the last half century by building an extensive network of tabloids, cable and broadcast TV, and entertainment assets, many known for espousing conservative ideas. He's also one of the world's wealthiest media executives, with a net worth of $8.3 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Conservative power broker

Murdoch's perch as head of Fox and News Corp. gave him enormous sway in anglophone conservative circles, with outlets such as Fox News credited with boosting the careers and policies of numerous right-leaning politicians.

"He used the outlets in the U.K., Australia and the U.S. to achieve certain types of policy outcomes and particularly certain types of political results, earning favors from politicians whose able trade in for political advantage," David Folkenflik, author of "Murdoch's World: The Last of the Old Media Empires" and NPR's media correspondent, told CBS News.

He added, "Think of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, which he promoted through Fox News, through the New York Post and the Weekly Standard, which gave ballast to [then-President] George Bush."

But Murdoch's support of conservative viewpoints also fed into political outcomes now viewed as "disastrous," such as Brexit in the U.K., Folkenflik added. And in the U.S., Murdoch privately disparaged former President Donald Trump even as some Fox News hosts were promoting his falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election, with the latter leading to Fox News' massive settlement with Dominion.

Murdoch allowed Fox News hosts to promote election conspiracies "in order to try to hold on to Trump's core voters who were many of Fox News' core viewers," Folkenflik said.

"Time is right"

In the statement, Lachlan Murdoch said his father would "continue to provide valued counsel to both companies."

"We thank him for his vision, his pioneering spirit, his steadfast determination, and the enduring legacy he leaves to the companies he founded and countless people he has impacted," he said.

With Rupert Murdoch stepping back from a leadership role, Lachlan Murdoch's role is solidified as his father's successor, and he will oversee tabloids including the New York Post as well as Fox News and Fox Entertainment.

In a memo shared with CBS News, Murdoch underscored that he is stepping back while he's in good health, but added that the "time is right for me to take on different roles."

"Our companies are in robust health, as am I," he said in the memo.

The media mogul added that Lachlan Murdoch is "absolutely committed to the cause of freedom," while also aiming a potshot at "elites" who have "open contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class."

Start in newspapers

Murdoch, a native Australian who later became a U.S. citizen, was born into the media business, as his father owned several Australian newspapers.

When Murdoch was studying at Oxford University, his father died, putting his 21-year-old son in charge of The News and The Sunday Times. Murdoch soon boosted the papers' circulation by reorienting their coverage to focus on scandal, sex and crime — a formula he would hone over his decades-long career.

In the 1960s, Murdoch began acquiring other Australian newspapers, eventually controlling two-thirds of that country's newspaper circulation. In the 1970s, he expanded outside the country, taking over the News of the World and The Sun in the U.K. and The San Antonio Express-News, New York Post and Village Voice in the U.S.

In 1985, Murdoch united several TV stations under the umbrella of Fox Corp. and then Fox News, which soon overtook ABC, CBS and NBC in viewership.

Murdoch's personal life was nearly as colorful as the stories in the tabloids he owned, with the family's internal power struggles said to have inspired the hit HBO series "Succession."

Who is Lachlan Murdoch?

The issue of succession at News Corp. and Fox has been a matter of speculation, given that three of Rupert Murdoch's grown children have been involved in the media industry and the family businesses to various extents.

Lachlan Murdoch, 52, currently serves as the executive chair and CEO of Fox Corp., and in previous years served as the publisher of the New York Post and oversaw book publisher HarperCollins. In 2015, Lachlan and his brother James, 50, were appointed to leadership positions within the family's media business, prompting speculation that the pair were competing to succeed their father.

#where are my succession girlies at #rupert murdoch

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lsdunesarchive · 1 year

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L.s. Dunes: Pandemic "Life Preserver" And Rock's Best New Supergroup

How members of My Chem, Circa Survive, Thursday and Coheed channeled existential dread into explosive emo

Words by Mia Hughes Photo by Nicole Mago

December 13, 2022

Circa Survive and Saosin singer Anthony Green may have made his name fronting two of the most important post-hardcore bands of the Aughts, but it wasn't until the 40-year-old musician formed the new supergroup L.S. Dunes with his pals in My Chemical Romance, Coheed and Cambria and Thursday that he created something that would impress his 10-year-old self.

"I spent a lot of time as a kid listening to music and imagining myself in the band," he tells Revolver today. "I can remember being in the backseat of my mom's car and listening to Core by Stone Temple Pilots and fantasizing that I was the drummer or the guitar player. If I went back in time and played my younger self the L.S. Dunes album my heart would have just exploded with joy. My younger self would be so proud of me."

Indeed, the project's debut album, Past Lives, is the sound of five music lifers rediscovering the joy of rocking out at a time when that pursuit had been cruelly halted. Formed remotely in 2020 after the pandemic stamped out everyone's touring plans, vocalist Green is joined by My Chem's Frank Iero (guitar), Coheed's Travis Stever (guitar) and Thursday's Tim Payne and Tucker Rule (bass and drums, respectively). Across the album, they veer from mathy experimentalism and urgent hardcore heaviness to unabashed rock-star riffing. "It reminds me of everything I love about rock & roll," says Green, "from At the Drive-In to PJ Harvey to Nirvana and the Breeders and Queens of the Stone Age."

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The band members' paths have intertwined for more than two decades, when they all began to dominate the East Coast post-hardcore scene around the turn of the millennium. They've toured together, shared rehearsal spaces and attended each other's kids' birthday parties. Thanks to all of this shared history, L.S. Dunes felt natural and easy from the outset. "We skipped all of the weirdness behind figuring out how everything's gonna work," Green explains, "and everybody just jumped in headfirst."

"To start a band with people that you wanna hang out with regardless is an awesome thing," adds Iero, calling in from the Oakland stop of MCR's massive reunion tour. "Those types of bands are normally ones that you start when you're young, like in high school, and that's what this felt like." Green sums up the feeling with an apt analogy: "It's like when you go on a first date with somebody, and you just expect it to be like, OK, we'll see how this goes … and then you're like, Holy shit, I'm fucking in love. I'm ready to propose!"

L.S. Dunes was also a much-needed source of support and catharsis for the musicians as they all dealt with the myriad uncertainties of the pandemic. "Circa Survive was due to go on tour in three weeks when the [lockdowns started]," Green says. "I was devastated. I have four children, and I didn't know how I was gonna provide for my family. I tried to keep my cool as much as I could, but I really had a breakdown. I couldn't fathom having any hope."

"There was definitely a sense of depression and desperation," confirms Iero, who had been days away from the My Chem tour kickoff in Australia when everything was canceled. "This project was very much like someone throwing [us] a life preserver — [we] clung to it." With no expectations beyond the vital need to make something, the band were able to indulge in pure creativity and freely channel their turbulent emotions into the music. "It was like hitting rock bottom," explains Iero, "and when you hit the bottom, it opens the door to freedom."

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Green recalls the recording of the ripping lead single "Permanent Rebellion" as a key turning point. The singer had initially planned to write a melody for the chorus, but instead he just let loose an intense barrage of screams. It worked perfectly, and the rest of the band was onboard. "Everybody [was] just championing each other's ideas, and that just makes you wanna go even harder," he says of the creation of Past Lives, which was recorded with producer Will Yip (Turnstile, Code Orange).

"I know that I desperately needed a project that was heavier and more aggressive, just because I was feeling all these emotions. It's nice to have a place where I can yell and scream and go wild." Meanwhile, Iero was similarly branching out, incorporating mathy guitar techniques like tapping that he had never used in previous bands. "Something really, really special about this band was that risks we were taking that normally wouldn't end up on a record ended up on this record," he says.

Lyrically, Green explored the panic, mistrust and denial he saw bubbling all across the country as the pandemic became a divisive political issue. "We needed illumination — we needed light being shone on all this fear and hatred around us," he says. Meanwhile, Green describes the record's most personal song, the blistering opener "2022," as "the most fucked-up song I ever wrote." Penned in 2021, it presents Green's grim vision of the future ("If I can't make it 'till 2022/Least we'll see how much I can take") and also refers directly to when he survived an overdose: "I sometimes wish she hadn't found me on the night/I tried to disappear."

"That's a heavy statement, but it's true — and sometimes the truth weighs a ton," says Green. "I feel bad for my family who has to hear that song. Before the song came out, I sat with my kids and I told them, 'Hey, listen, this song is coming out, and I want you to know that you can always talk to me about anything, and that we can get through anything together.' It's really important for me to make sure that they realize that I love them, and that they're worth it."

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Now that Green has reached the year he once feared he wouldn't, "2022" has become a triumphant anthem for the singer. "I'm in such a different place than I was when I wrote that song," he reveals. "So to sing it now feels very victorious." L.S. Dunes realized that celebration at this year's Riot Fest. It was their first show — and only the sixth time they had ever played together in-person as a band, including rehearsals.

"I was so nervous beforehand," says Green of the show, the attendance of which rivaled the singer's set with Circa Survive the previous year. "[But] when I got up there, it felt like our hundredth show. It felt like we had been a band for 10 years. When we played 'Permanent Rebellion,' everybody went nuts, and people were screaming along to the chorus. It's more than you can hope for. I feel so lucky."

"It was, hands down, the best first show I've ever played with any band," adds Iero. "It felt magical."

And as far as L.S. Dunes are concerned, this is just the beginning. Now that the world has opened back up, Green, Iero, Stever, Payne and Rule are all busy as ever with their respective projects, but there are no plans to leave L.S. Dunes behind. "We haven't even begun to experience and experiment with what we have," says Green. "Once we get together in a room to actually write songs or to jam — which we've never done as a band — that shit is going to explode."

#ls dunes #l.s. dunes #m: anthony green #m: frank iero #m: tim payne #m: travis stever #m: tucker rule #t: text #t: photo #misc: interview #ph: nicole mago #p: revolver #lsd: 2022 #in: dec/22 #archive[ane]

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astutefinancialqld · 1 year

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allthebrazilianpolitics · 2 years

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Brazil edges back up the global economies ranking

Brazil’s first quarter GDP results, released Thursday by national statistics institute IBGE, have helped bump the country back up the global economies ranking. Brazil is once again the tenth largest economy in the world, a position it had lost following the Covid-induced contraction of 2020.

With a GDP of USD 1.83 trillion, Brazil leapfrogged Australia, South Korea, and Russia to regain tenth place in the ranking, compiled by Brazilian ratings agency Austin Rating.

However, it is the poor performance of other economies — rather than a strong showing on Brazil’s part — that allowed the country to re-enter the top ten. Out of the 34 countries classified by Austin Ranking, Peru posted the strongest Q1 quarterly growth, with just 2 percent. Brazil’s 1 percent growth in Q1 2022 puts it in 11th place.

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#brazil #brazilian politics #politics #economy #mod nise da silveira #image description in alt

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co-iki · 12 days

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[ DONATION ]

Our 1st POLYTOPIA exhibition involving artists at risk will be held at Res Artis space in Melbourne in coming month as below!

It's a self-funded project for all the artworks exhibited , international delivery, production costs including artist / curatorial fee.

Co-iki have already hosted Ukrainian artists during the pandemic and the ongoing war and is now planning to host a Burmese artists in Tokyo. The Burmese artist will also need financial support for her residency and creative practice.

We would also like to tour the POLYTOPIA exhibition to Japan in the near future.

Please support us to bring the best out of our exhibition and to continue our residency activities.

Your warm contribution will help to expand our program in Tokyo + International for the artists and cultural workers at risk.

Thank you so much!

Donate via Paypal / Ko-fi ; Goal 💲8000　*The exhibition report will be shared with the donors. Thanks for your kind consideration!

Paypal: https://paypal.me/coikitokyo *You can choose the currency

Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/coiki/　*Australian Dollar

Please inquire on ([email protected]) if you have difficulty in sending donation or any further questions.

この度、co・ikiと世界のレジデンシープラットフォーマーのresartisが共催し、メルボルンにて展覧会「POLYTOPIA - re・birth - （ポリトピア・リバース）」を開催致します。

POLYTOPIAはパンデミック中に実施されたco・ikiのリモートレジデンシープログラムです。

この度は政治的・社会的危機や文化的破壊の渦中にあるアーティストや創作活動にフォーカスし、ウクライナ、ミャンマー、インドネシア、インド、日本のアーティストたちによる作品が一同に会します。

将来的には日本での巡回も計画しております。

本展を開催するにあたり、旅費以外の制作コスト、作品輸送費、アーティストフィー等企画者個人負担となっており、皆様にお力添えいただきたく、下記よりマイクロファンディングをお願いしたく存じます。（不明なことやお問い合わせはこちらまでお気軽にお願いいたします。[email protected] ）

各国で変動する状況の中、いかなる方法でも創作を続けるアーティストたち、また私たちの活動を継続的なものにするためにみなさんのご支援が必要です。2024年夏にはミャンマーのアーティストも東京co・ikiでのレジデンスを希望しているため、展示資金に加えて活用させていただければと思います。また、将来的な東京での展示についても皆様にご覧いただけるようしたく、準備資金ができますと更にありがたく思っております。

2020年のパンデミックに始まり、各国の危機的な環境を踏まえ、共に創作の場をサポートいただけますと幸いです。何卒宜しくお願い申し上げます。

Donate via Paypal / Ko-fi ; Goal 💲8000　*The exhibition report will be shared with the donors.　ドネーションの一次目標は80万円（下記より）。支援者の皆さんには展示レポートをお送りいたします。

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[Exhibition]

POLYTOPIA - re・birth -

May 17th - June 15th ,2024

Location: Res Artis— 44 Glasshouse Rd, Collingwood (Wurundjeri Country) 3066, Victoria, Australia

*Access is via Gertrude Glasshouse and is not wheelchair accessible.

https://www.instagram.com/resartis_projectspace/

Opening: Thursday 16th May, 6-8pm

Exhibition dates: 17th May. -14th June 2024

Gallery Hours: 12-5pm, Thursday and Friday

*Visits outside of gallery hours can be made by appointment between May 17th - May 24th. Please contact : [email protected]

Curator : Yoko Negami / co・iki

Organizer : Res Artis , co・iki

Cooperator: миразом & co・iki friends

Grant by : Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation

Participating Artists :

Soe Yu Nwe / Myanmar

Subhash Maskara / India

Muhamad Gerly / Indonesia

Nana Biakova / Ukraine

Olia Fedorova / Ukraine

Ryoichi Wago / Japan

“POLYTOPIA” started in 2021, the second year of the pandemic to follow Co-iki’s first remote residency “Creativity from Home” in 2020.

The participating creators from different parts of the world came together to cocreate our POLYTOPIA delving into the concept of locality in this changing era.

February 24th, 2022.

That was the very day of our final presentation and wrap-up of POLYTOPIA , when the full-scale war started in Ukraine, in our fellow artists’ country.

5am in Ukraine, 12 at noon in Japan. Urgent messages have been exchanged.

We decided to postpone our event but just to pray for our friends. Everybody got together online, remotely praying and caring for each other. Breathing in synchrony.

2 years of breathing.

Where do we stand now?

Here, we stand and live again.

From Ukraine, Myanmar, India, Indonesia and Japan, we are coming together to resume, regenerate and reshape our POLYTOPIA in this physical space of Melbourne city.

We wish this exhibition will be a connecting point of polytopic times, spaces, localities and identities, as well as to invent a way of co-existing in various remote conditions.

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POLYTOPIA is a remote residency program that started with the pandemic in 2020 and was run from 2021 to 2022, with artists from Ukraine, Japan, Myanmar, Taiwan, Indonesia, Nigeria, India, and other countries in various ocial and cultural situations. The program has been developed as a remote residency program in which participating artists and cultural workers collaborate to conduct their own research and creation remotely.

The program has also provided an online forum for artists from each participating country to engage in dialogue with Japanese artists, curators, residency administrators, and other cultural professionals to share their different situations, ideas, and activities.

This will be an opportunity to further consider what kind of safety nets and programs we can develop as an international residency network, and to share them with people from various sectors of society and culture in Melbourne and other cities around the world.

■Sharing the Ukrainian voice in Co-iki residency, Tokyo (2022)

■Summary of Remote Residency “Creativity from HOME” by Co-iki (2020)

■AIR under the Pandemic - Remodeling Residencies - (2020)

#coiki #remoteresidency #artistinresidence #polytopia #artslivingspace #donation #contemporaryart #artistatrisk #artexhibition #melbourne artist #ukrainianartist #burmeseartist #indonesianartist #indian artist #japaneseartist #artresidencyinjapan

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brookston · 20 days

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Holidays 4.11

Holidays

Aliyah Day (Israel)

Barbershop Quartet Day

Battle of Rivas Anniversary Day (Costa Rica)

Buchenwald Liberation Day

Celebrate Teen Literature Day

Cigarettes are Hazardous to Your Health Day

Dandelion Day

Dina Ali Day

Dog Therapy Appreciation Day

Donkey Kong Day

8-Track Tape Day [also 9.15]

Ex-Muslim Day of Visibility

Festival of Unmediated Play

411 Day

Ghodejatra (Kathmandu Valley, Nepal)

Global Meetings industry Day

Global Youth Service Day begins (until 13th)

Good Deeds Day

International Day for Maternal Health & Rights

International Day of Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps

International Louie Louie Day

Juan Santamaria Day (Costa Rica)

Kiss Your Best Friend Day

Laotian New Year

Liberation Day (Uganda)

Love My School Day Margaret River Pro (Australia)

M&M Crisis in Space Day

Milk Day

Most Boring Day

National Board Game Day

National Bone Cancer Day (Indonesia)

National Clean Up Your Pantry Day

National Day of the Sea (Italy)

National Hit Your Friends Day

National James Day

National Living Donor Day

National Marketing Operations Appreciation Day

National Pet Day

National Portfolio Day

National Safe Motherhood Day (India)

Romaine Lettuce Day (French Republic)

Safe Motherhood Day (India)

Submarine Day [also 3.17]

Take Action for Libraries Day

Teach Your Children To Save Day

World Breathing Day

World Parkinson's Disease Day

Write Your Memoirs Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cheese Fondue Day

King Gambrinus Day

National Poutine Day (Canada)

National Ranch Water Day

2nd Thursday in April

Global Remanufacturing Day [2nd Thursday]

World Civility Day [2nd Thursday]

Independence & Related Days

Quixotica (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Slitronia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Uganda (Declared British Protectorate; 1894)

Festivals Beginning April 11, 2024

FIBO (Cologne, Germany) [thru 4.14]

French Quarter Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 4.14]

Grand National (Liverpool, England) [thru 4.13]

The Joy of Sake (New York, New York)

London Coffee Festival (London, England) [thru 4.14]

The Masters Tournament (Augusta, Georgia) [thru 4.14]

Sandestin Wine Festival (Sandestin, Florida) [thru 4.14]

Sustainable One Dinner Series (Los Angeles, California)

Taste! (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

West Virginia Beef Expo (Weston, West Virginia) [thru 4.13]

Feast Days

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (Artology)

Aequinoctium Vernum XI (Pagan)

Aid, Abbot in Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Anahit (Goddess of Love & Lunar Power; Ancient Armenia)

Annual $30 Donation Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Antipas of Pergamum (Greek Orthodox Church)

Aristarchus (Positivist; Saint)

Barsanuphius (Christian; Saint)

Bartholomeus Strobel (Artology)

Breadmaking Day for Diana (Ancient Rome)

Cashier Anal Sex Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Cheese Fondue Day (Pastafarian)

Gambrinus (Christian; Saint) [beer, brewers] *

Gemma Galgani (Christian; Saint)

Godeberta (Christian; Saint)

Guthlac of Crowland (or Croyland; Christian; Saint)

George Selwyn (Anglicanism)

James-Baptiste Isabey (Artology)

John Nash (Artology)

Leo the Great, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Maccai (Christian; Saint)

Myrtle Day (Everyday Wicca)

Nehelenia (Matron of Sea-Farers; Celtic Book of Days)

Paul Henry (Artology)

Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz (Muppetism)

Stanislaus of Szczepanów (Christian; Saint)

Terribly Sensible Day (Pastafarian)

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Eid al-Fitr celebrations continue (Islam)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fatal Day (Pagan) [8 of 24]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [15 of 32]

Prime Number Day: 101 [26 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, by Piers Paul Read (True Story; 1974)

Anger Management (Film; 2003)

Archduke Trio, Piano Trio in B-flat Major, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Trio; 1814)

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, by Mordecai Richler (Novel; 1959)

Be-Bop-a-Lula, recorded by Gene Vincent (Song; 1956)

Cat Trouble (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1947)

Don’t Trust the B—— in Apartment 23 (TV Series; 2012)

Edens Zero (Anime TV Series; 2021)

Factotum, by Charles Bukowski (Novel; 1975)

Follow That Dream (Film; 1962)

For Your Eyes Only, by Ian Fleming (Short Stories; 1959) [James Bond #8]

From Me to You, by The Beatles (Song; 1963)

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Novel; 1965)

Grosse Point Blank (Film; 1997)

I’m a Big Shot Now (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)

Jailbird, by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel; 1980)

Josie and the Pussycats (Film; 2001)

Joey Street, by Frances Parkinson Keyes (Novel; 1951)

Making Good (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Marty (Film; 1955)

My Friend Irma (Radio Series; 1947)

The Nevers (TV Series; 2021)

Nick Carter, Master Detective (Radio Series; 1943)

Off Beat (Film; 1986)

Oops!… I Did It Again, by Britney Spears (Song; 2000)

The Pink Panther (Film; 1964)

Rio 2 (Animated Film; 2014)

Riscio (a.k.a. The Double Take), by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1960)

The Salzburg Connection, by Helen MacInnes (Novel; 1969)

Singin’ in the Rain (Film; 1952)

St. Matthew Passion, by Johann Sebastian Bach (Oratorio; 1727)

Strangers in the Night, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1966)

Supersonic, by Oasis (Song; 1994)

This Note’s For You, by Neil Young (Album; 1988)

Thomas Harris (Writerism)

Tokyo Revengers (Anime TV Series; 2021)

The Wall, by Marlen Haushofer (Novel; 1963)

Witch Crafty (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1955)

Today’s Name Days

Hildebrand, Stanislaus (Austria)

Filip, Izak, Stana, Stanislav (Croatia)

Izabela (Czech Republic)

Leo (Denmark)

Hurme, Hurmi, Urmi (Estonia)

Minea, Minka, Verna (Finland)

Stanislas (France)

Hildebrand, Reiner, Stanislaus (Germany)

Antipas (Greece)

Leó, Szaniszló (Hungary)

Gemma, Isacco, Stanislao (Italy)

Hermanis, Ira, Irida, Vilmars (Latvia)

Daugailė, Leonas, Vykintas (Lithuania)

Ulf, Ylva (Norway)

Filip, Herman, Jaromir, Leon, Marek (Poland)

Antipa, Calinic, Farmutie (Romania)

Július (Slovakia)

Estanislao, Gema, Gemma, Isaac (Spain)

Ulf, Ylva (Sweden)

Yaromyr (Ukraine)

Alger, Algernon, Ari, Ariel, Arielle, Arion, Leo, Leon, Leonel, Leona, Leontine, Lionel (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 102 of 2024; 264 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 15 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 3 (Yi-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 3 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 2 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 12 Cyan; Fryday [12 of 30]

Julian: 29 March 2024

Moon: 11%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 18 Archimedes (4th Month) [Eratosthenes]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 24 of 92)

Week: 2nd Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 22 of 31)

#calendar #Holidays

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brookstonalmanac · 20 days

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Holidays 4.11

Holidays

Aliyah Day (Israel)

Barbershop Quartet Day

Battle of Rivas Anniversary Day (Costa Rica)

Buchenwald Liberation Day

Celebrate Teen Literature Day

Cigarettes are Hazardous to Your Health Day

Dandelion Day

Dina Ali Day

Dog Therapy Appreciation Day

Donkey Kong Day

8-Track Tape Day [also 9.15]

Ex-Muslim Day of Visibility

Festival of Unmediated Play

411 Day

Ghodejatra (Kathmandu Valley, Nepal)

Global Meetings industry Day

Global Youth Service Day begins (until 13th)

Good Deeds Day

International Day for Maternal Health & Rights

International Day of Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps

International Louie Louie Day

Juan Santamaria Day (Costa Rica)

Kiss Your Best Friend Day

Laotian New Year

Liberation Day (Uganda)

Love My School Day Margaret River Pro (Australia)

M&M Crisis in Space Day

Milk Day

Most Boring Day

National Board Game Day

National Bone Cancer Day (Indonesia)

National Clean Up Your Pantry Day

National Day of the Sea (Italy)

National Hit Your Friends Day

National James Day

National Living Donor Day

National Marketing Operations Appreciation Day

National Pet Day

National Portfolio Day

National Safe Motherhood Day (India)

Romaine Lettuce Day (French Republic)

Safe Motherhood Day (India)

Submarine Day [also 3.17]

Take Action for Libraries Day

Teach Your Children To Save Day

World Breathing Day

World Parkinson's Disease Day

Write Your Memoirs Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cheese Fondue Day

King Gambrinus Day

National Poutine Day (Canada)

National Ranch Water Day

2nd Thursday in April

Global Remanufacturing Day [2nd Thursday]

World Civility Day [2nd Thursday]

Independence & Related Days

Quixotica (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

Slitronia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]

Uganda (Declared British Protectorate; 1894)

Festivals Beginning April 11, 2024

FIBO (Cologne, Germany) [thru 4.14]

French Quarter Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) [thru 4.14]

Grand National (Liverpool, England) [thru 4.13]

The Joy of Sake (New York, New York)

London Coffee Festival (London, England) [thru 4.14]

The Masters Tournament (Augusta, Georgia) [thru 4.14]

Sandestin Wine Festival (Sandestin, Florida) [thru 4.14]

Sustainable One Dinner Series (Los Angeles, California)

Taste! (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

West Virginia Beef Expo (Weston, West Virginia) [thru 4.13]

Feast Days

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (Artology)

Aequinoctium Vernum XI (Pagan)

Aid, Abbot in Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Anahit (Goddess of Love & Lunar Power; Ancient Armenia)

Annual $30 Donation Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Antipas of Pergamum (Greek Orthodox Church)

Aristarchus (Positivist; Saint)

Barsanuphius (Christian; Saint)

Bartholomeus Strobel (Artology)

Breadmaking Day for Diana (Ancient Rome)

Cashier Anal Sex Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Cheese Fondue Day (Pastafarian)

Gambrinus (Christian; Saint) [beer, brewers] *

Gemma Galgani (Christian; Saint)

Godeberta (Christian; Saint)

Guthlac of Crowland (or Croyland; Christian; Saint)

George Selwyn (Anglicanism)

James-Baptiste Isabey (Artology)

John Nash (Artology)

Leo the Great, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Maccai (Christian; Saint)

Myrtle Day (Everyday Wicca)

Nehelenia (Matron of Sea-Farers; Celtic Book of Days)

Paul Henry (Artology)

Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz (Muppetism)

Stanislaus of Szczepanów (Christian; Saint)

Terribly Sensible Day (Pastafarian)

Islamic Moveable Calendar Holidays

Eid al-Fitr celebrations continue (Islam)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fatal Day (Pagan) [8 of 24]

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [15 of 32]

Prime Number Day: 101 [26 of 72]

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Premieres

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, by Piers Paul Read (True Story; 1974)

Anger Management (Film; 2003)

Archduke Trio, Piano Trio in B-flat Major, by Ludwig van Beethoven (Piano Trio; 1814)

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, by Mordecai Richler (Novel; 1959)

Be-Bop-a-Lula, recorded by Gene Vincent (Song; 1956)

Cat Trouble (Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1947)

Don’t Trust the B—— in Apartment 23 (TV Series; 2012)

Edens Zero (Anime TV Series; 2021)

Factotum, by Charles Bukowski (Novel; 1975)

Follow That Dream (Film; 1962)

For Your Eyes Only, by Ian Fleming (Short Stories; 1959) [James Bond #8]

From Me to You, by The Beatles (Song; 1963)

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Novel; 1965)

Grosse Point Blank (Film; 1997)

I’m a Big Shot Now (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)

Jailbird, by Kurt Vonnegut (Novel; 1980)

Josie and the Pussycats (Film; 2001)

Joey Street, by Frances Parkinson Keyes (Novel; 1951)

Making Good (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Marty (Film; 1955)

My Friend Irma (Radio Series; 1947)

The Nevers (TV Series; 2021)

Nick Carter, Master Detective (Radio Series; 1943)

Off Beat (Film; 1986)

Oops!… I Did It Again, by Britney Spears (Song; 2000)

The Pink Panther (Film; 1964)

Rio 2 (Animated Film; 2014)

Riscio (a.k.a. The Double Take), by Ian Fleming (James Bond Short Story; 1960)

The Salzburg Connection, by Helen MacInnes (Novel; 1969)

Singin’ in the Rain (Film; 1952)

St. Matthew Passion, by Johann Sebastian Bach (Oratorio; 1727)

Strangers in the Night, recorded by Frank Sinatra (Song; 1966)

Supersonic, by Oasis (Song; 1994)

This Note’s For You, by Neil Young (Album; 1988)

Thomas Harris (Writerism)

Tokyo Revengers (Anime TV Series; 2021)

The Wall, by Marlen Haushofer (Novel; 1963)

Witch Crafty (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1955)

Today’s Name Days

Hildebrand, Stanislaus (Austria)

Filip, Izak, Stana, Stanislav (Croatia)

Izabela (Czech Republic)

Leo (Denmark)

Hurme, Hurmi, Urmi (Estonia)

Minea, Minka, Verna (Finland)

Stanislas (France)

Hildebrand, Reiner, Stanislaus (Germany)

Antipas (Greece)

Leó, Szaniszló (Hungary)

Gemma, Isacco, Stanislao (Italy)

Hermanis, Ira, Irida, Vilmars (Latvia)

Daugailė, Leonas, Vykintas (Lithuania)

Ulf, Ylva (Norway)

Filip, Herman, Jaromir, Leon, Marek (Poland)

Antipa, Calinic, Farmutie (Romania)

Július (Slovakia)

Estanislao, Gema, Gemma, Isaac (Spain)

Ulf, Ylva (Sweden)

Yaromyr (Ukraine)

Alger, Algernon, Ari, Ariel, Arielle, Arion, Leo, Leon, Leonel, Leona, Leontine, Lionel (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 102 of 2024; 264 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 15 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 3 (Wu-Chen), Day 3 (Yi-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 3 Nisan 5784

Islamic: 2 Shawwal 1445

J Cal: 12 Cyan; Fryday [12 of 30]

Julian: 29 March 2024

Moon: 11%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 18 Archimedes (4th Month) [Eratosthenes]

Runic Half Month: Man (Human Being) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Spring (Day 24 of 92)

Week: 2nd Week of April

Zodiac: Aries (Day 22 of 31)

#Holidays

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qnewslgbtiqa · 23 days

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Cruising for Beginners with AJ Lamarque

New Post has been published on https://qnews.com.au/cruising-for-beginners-with-aj-lamarque/

Cruising for Beginners with AJ Lamarque

Sydney comedian and Kweens of Comedy creator AJ Lamarque follows his SBS television debut with a new standup show about gay culture and gay cruises at the 2024 Sydney Comedy Festival.

AJ Lamarque has had a triumphant start to 2024. In February he performed at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival’s Laugh Out Proud comedy showcase to an audience of more than 1,600 people at the Enmore Theatre.

In the same month he also showed that gays can be a feast for the brain as well as the eyes in his first television appearance on SBS TV’s Celebrity Letters and Numbers alongside fellow comics Harley Breen, Lizzy Hoo and Jude Perl.

Following his 2023 viral Tik Tok series where he describes Sydney Gays by Suburb, AJ Lamarque has earned a strong fan base in the Sydney LGBTQIA+ community and is now ready to bring a new, hilarious show to the Sydney Comedy Festival that explores gay culture in a funny, naughty and thoughtful way.

@ajlamarque

Sydney Gays by Suburb: Parramatta Gays #sydneygays #joke #comedy #gay #parramatta #fyp #gaytiktok

♬ original sound – AJ Lamarque

AJ is ready to set sail with this brand new solo show A Beginner’s Guide to Gay Cruising about his experiences aboard the world’s biggest gay cruise.

When asked what audiences can expect from the show, AJ says, “A Beginner’s Guide to Gay Cruising will contain everything people want to know about these infamous cruises, from the parties to the sex and more.”

“But equally, it will be an exploration of what happens when you give the gay community the space and freedom to be themselves, to be the majority.

“Have you dallied with the idea of going on a gay cruise? Want to learn more about gay culture? Or perhaps you just want to hear about all the sordid details that happen on board?

“Whatever your motivations, I’ve got you covered. So grab your life vests, your floaties, and your jockstraps because it’s time to go cruising.”

Having already earned a slew of awards and accolades, AJ’s comedy style has been described as the love child of Rhys Nicholson, Katherine Ryan, and Michael Mcintyre as he balances sharp wit with a charismatic charm to create a warm, honest and unique comedy experience.

Lamarque has performed across Australia and some of his most notable career highlights include hosting the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s 2023 Comedy Zone Program, being an Official Ambassador for the Sydney Fringe Festival in 2022 and being chosen as a Future Leader by Creative Australia in 2023.

He produces Oxford Street’s biggest and longest running comedy show, Kweens of Comedy, for which he’s also been recognised as a finalist in the 2019 Young Achiever category at the ACON Honour Awards and as a 2020 “30 under 30” recipient for Out for Australia.

See AJ Lamarque in A Beginner’s Guide to Gay Cruising at The Comedy Store in the Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park with shows nightly at 8.15pm from Thursday May 9 to Saturday May 11. -For more information go to www.comedystore.com.au

For the latest LGBTIQA+ Sister Girl and Brother Boy news, entertainment, community stories in Australia, visit qnews.com.au. Check out our latest magazines or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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butterflyintochains · 1 month

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Announcements In Australia

In which Juliette and Max journey to the 2023 Australian GP, Julia's first race of the season, and some big news is shared among their grid family.

The first thing Juliette registers when they get off their jet in Melbourne is how warm it is, she's been to Australia twice now, but she'll never quite get used to it. But, she's here with the love of her life, and a stunning ring on her finger. The proposal was just wonderful, by the fire of their ski chalet in Austria. She had no idea it was coming, but was so excited to say yes. Max has gifted her quite a bit of jewellery since they got together in 2020, but this one definitely takes the cake. As yet, only heir families know about their engagement. Max holds her hand as they enter the main airport, and get their visas checked, as well as getting their stuff checked. ''Nice ring, wedding bells on the horizon?'' The security man asks.

Max nods, beaming with excitement and pride. ''Yeah, we can't wait.'' Juliette says, nodding in agreement. ''We're so happy to be finally doing this, we've known each other for so long.''

They grab their bags, and head out to their rental car. Max opens Julia's door for her like the gentleman he has always been, she gets in and buckles up. Max hops in after her, and they drive off to the hotel together.

After unpacking in their suite, they grab lunch, and head down to the paddock. The race is in five days' time, and already everything is set up to perfection. They walk up to the McLaren garage, Lando instantly perks up to see them. ''Well, if it isn't the best couple on the grid. Wanna do a track walk with us and the Alpha Tauri guys?''

Max nods, and says. ''Yeah, of course.''

Juliette asks her fiance, fiddling with the ring, inspired by Princess Grace's ring. ''Shouldn't we wait for Checo though, amour?''

Daniel joins them, clapping Max on the shoulder, and kissing Julia's cheek like always. ''He doesn't get here until tonight.''

Oscar surfaces from talking to someone, he pegs the glimmering diamonds first. ''Oh, wow, what is that?''

Max decides to take this one himself, kissing Juliette on the head. ''Well, Juliette and I are getting married, we've been engaged since winter break.''

Yuki finally turns up. ''Our very own royal wedding, about time really.'' Juliette laughs. ''Yeah, our inner teenagers are probably jumping for joy right now.''

The group go for their track walk, Albert Park is one of the deceptive tracks, it looks so easy when you look at the track layout, no real inclines or chicanes. But, it's tight, and there are a few spots where things can get difficult. Juliette has went on track walks with Max ever since Hungary 2021, to calm her anxious mind after that God awful Silverstone crash. She'll never forget that day, the day when the world stopped spinning, the days she thought she'd lose him. ''So, no crashes this weekend?'' She anxiously asks.

Max puts his hand on her back, he knows her better than anyone on this Earth does. ''No, liefje, no crashes.'' Juliette nods, leaning into his side as they come back into the pit lane. ''Good, because I'm not marrying anyone else.''

As they return to the hospitality area for some dinner, George and Alex come to join them with Carmen and Lily. Lily clocks the ring, it's kind of hard not to really. ''Oh, my God, good eye for rings, Max.'' George adds. ''Charles just told us.'' Juliette rolls her eyes, of course her brother told them.

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Media day is on the thursday, so it's interviews, little games with Checo, and the press conference with Zhou, Charles, Oscar, and Fernando. After some questions about the upcoming race, a journalist from Nine News asks Charles and Max. ''For Charles and Max, how are you two feeling about becoming brothers soon? Do you think it'll affect how you race in the future?''

Max takes the question first. ''No, not really, I think we'll be family off track, and rivals on track still. But, yeah, I'm very excited to join the family.''

Charles laughs, agreeing with his future brother-in-law. ''Yeah, it's cool to be combining our families, and I am so happy for Max and Julia, no one deserves this like they do. But, we're still rivals.''

Someone from CNN asks Max. ''Max, just a question about you and Juliette. When did you know she was the one for you?'' Max takes a moment to think back in time, over all his memories of them as friends and as lovers. ''Probably sometime in 2016, I can't describe it, but when you know, you know, I guess. She's just... my everything, and has been for a long time.''

Press over for the day, they go to hang out in hospitality for a while before track review.

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Free practice is on friday, the couple head down to the paddock for breakfast with the others, then go to Max's motorhome so he can get ready for practice. Juliette watches as her fiance changes into his fireproofs, and takes his racing suit from the hanger. So many people online poke fun at Max for his lack of fashion sense while she co-owns a design house. But, as far as she's concerned, this is the sexiest he ever looks. All geared up for the thing he is so good at. Max gets his boots on, and asks her. ''You okay, schatje?''

Juliette snaps from her little reverie. ''Y-yeah, I just got zoned out, that's all.'' Max raises an eyebrow at her, for them this can mean one of two things, so he asks. ''Good zoning out, or bad zoning out?'' Juliette runs her hands up his biceps, his hands locking together at the small of her back. ''Good zoning out.''

Max looks intrigued by that. ''Care to share, Julia?'' Juliette feels her face warming up. ''Just thinking about how hot you always look in your racing gear, that's all.''

Max's head tilts a slight, not taken aback, but surprised. ''Really? My racing gear of all things?''

Juliette flirts, tracing the Tag-Heuer logo on his chest with her index finger. ''Is there anything weird about that, amour?'' Max leans down to kiss her on the lips. ''Absolutely not.''

They head down to the garage, GP briefs Max on some strategy for saturday and sunday, and goes to the pit wall. Max grabs his balaclava and helmet, and kisses his lovely fiancee before heading out to Rocky. Juliette watches his laps on the TV screen, it never gets old, even since his days in Karting and F3, the sensation of watching her man doing what he does better than anyone else does. She turns her engagement ring on her finger, now fully used to the new weight on her left hand, her inner sixteen year old must feel like she fell asleep that sunday night in Barcelona, and all of this is some entirely too tempting dream. But, it's not, and there's so much more to come still. Juliette pulls her sketchbook and pencil case out, and begins designing her wedding dress, and his tuxedo. It's only right that Vita Luxuria dresses their wedding.

Max gets done with FP1, so they have some time between sessions. ''What are you drawing, liefje?''

Juliette smirks, putting her stuff away. ''Something for the wedding, I'll show you the sketches when they're done.''

FP2 is next, Juliette goes to grab something to eat and gets back on with her sketches in the Red Bull Lounge where it's quieter but she can still see the pit stop. After FP3, they head back to his room, and Max quickly showers and changes. They meet up with Checo, who gives Juliette a friendly kiss on the cheek. ''Good to see you, hermanita. Good to have you back.''

Juliette smiles, she's always gotten on really well with Max's team mates, from Carlos to Checo. ''Good to be back, ministro. How are the family?''

Checo says, smiling brightly. ''Good, they'll be with us for Miami.'' Juliette beams. ''Oh, good! I'll be there too! I'm going to: Miami, Monaco, Spain, Austria, Silverstone, and Spa this side of summer.''

Carlos jumps in, hugging Julia from behind. ''You always come to Montmelo, mariposa.''

Juliette says, smoothing down her dress again. ''Well, it is a very important race for us.''

Max says, an idea written across his handsome face. ''Why not rock up to Zandvoort married, schatje? We have almost a month between Spa and Zandvoort, plenty of time, right?'' Juliette nods, he's read her mind again. ''That's exactly what I was thinking! Have the wedding during summer break.''

Fernando says. ''Well, I suppose we're all clearing the schedules, eh?'' Oh, God, what have they unleashed upon the grid this time?

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Max is to start on pole for Sunday, which is an afternoon race. Max and Juliette arrive for the drivers parade, then, it's down to real business. The race itself is chaos incarnate, though. Lance forcing Charles off the track during the formation lap, triggering a red flag and safety car. Juliette's heart aches for her big brother, he's been so down on himself lately, and she hates to see him trudging back to the Ferrari garage like that. ''Oh, Charlie.'' She sighs, turning her ring on her finger.

On lap seven, Alex spins out of control and crashes as well, causing another safety car while they clean up and assess Alex. First her brother, now Alex, who next? Max is in the lead by lap 18, when George's car catches fire, triggering a virtual safety car. ''Mon dieu, what is going on here?'' Juliette asks.

Callum, one of Max's pit crew, laughs as he says. ''The race is haunted, Julia.''

Juliette jokes back, she's always loved the atmosphere in the Red Bull paddock, Ferrari has always been just a bit too tense for her. ''That would explain it, Callum.''

Max gives her a brief scare when he goes onto the grass on lap 46. No matter how many years pass, even after a million race wins and 20 years of marriage, Copse will always linger in her head. Kevin's car breaking apart on him triggers yet another restart. Which goes pear shaped really quickly as both Alpines, Nyck, and Logan all crash out on turn one. And, another red flag is called. ''Come on, Max, I wanna finish designing your wedding suit.'' Juliette says, fiddling with her water bottle. The final lap begins under the safety car, which guides Max home to his first race win in Australia. Lewis takes silver, Fernando takes bronze. Juliette watches him take his place at the head of the podium, before trophies, he is briefly interviewed. He's asked. ''Now, Max, this is your first race with your lovely fiancee present, anything to say to her?''

Max beams, the crowd erupts into applause. ''Uhm, yeah. Julia, mijn schatje, thank you for saying 'yes' firstly. Uhm, I love you so much you have no idea, this would not be possible without you, and I cannot wait for summer already.'' He blows her a kiss, she places her left hand on her chest, blinking tears away. ''Ik houd van je, Juliette Leclerc.'' Juliette beams up at him while he receives his medal and trophy, he never fails to make her happy. She can only hope she's doing the same for him, she must be doing something right.

That night, they collapse into bed together, exhausted from the longest race day they've ever had together. Sometimes, the best celebration is relaxation. Max's eyes flutter closed, he looks so soft now, stripped of his racing finery, Juliette says, kissing him on the forehead. ''Je t'aime, mon vainqueur.'' He dozes off to sleep, Juliette curls into his side, the silver and gold plate forgotten on the sofa for now.

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They arrive back in Monaco on the tuesday, Max ready for some rest at home before Baku. Jimmy and Sassy rub up against their legs when they come through the door. Juliette bends down to pet their cats. ''Bonjour, notre anges.''

As if by cue, Julia's cavachon, her beloved Luna, runs into the foyer. Tail wagging like crazy to see her maman and papa home. ''We've missed you too, Luna.'' Max says, it took her ages to convince him to take Luna from her friend and co-worker Daphne after her Bichon and her husband's Cavalier King Charles Spaniel had a litter late last year. But, little Luna has been a much beloved addition to the family. ''We're home, guys.'' They ditch their bags, kick their shoes off, pick their pets up, and crash on the sofa with some Peaky Blinders. Baku won't be calling Max east until the 26th of April, so, they can relax for a few weeks. Juliette returns to work tomorrow, but that's also a labour of love for her, and always has been. Max and Julia steal a glance at each other, his blue eyes to her hazel, he lovingly kisses her on the lips. ''Ready to become Mrs Verstappen? In the summer?'' He asks.

The surname issue has been a no-brainer for her since she could put a name to why Max makes her feel what he does. ''Oh, yeah, I've been ready for a long time, amour.'' His sister has her husband's name, his mother kept hers. And, there will be four Mrs Leclercs running around someday, so, she wants to be Juliette Verstappen. ''Since Barcelona 2020.''

Some part of her will never quite get used to this, this being her real life and not something she dreamed up while with her ex. But, here they are. Australia down, Baku next.

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Hi, guys!! Something a bit different, first F1 ficlet! So, be nice. Juliette is Charles' younger sister. Born in July 1999, so Arthur is just over a year younger. She is Co-CEO and Co-founder of an ethical, sustainable, body conscious, and affordable fashion line called 'Vita Luxuria', and has loved Max since 2016. She also is a huge Grace Kelly stan.

#Formula 1 #f1 fanfic #Max Verstappen x Leclerc!Oc

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Two Swiss teams are racing to qualify for Olympic tickets in their country.

The three-member Swiss teams are gearing up in Doha this week to participate in the main draw of the Elite 16 events in the Qatari capital, which is part of the qualification process for the Paris 2024 Women’s Olympic tournament. The first round of the main draw of the 2024 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour started on Wednesday. While one player was given a pre-seed in the main draw, the other two have advanced through Tuesday’s qualification rounds. The competition for the Brazilian quota may intensify as Agatha Bednarczuk and Rebecca Cavalcanti, who are currently lagging behind the top two Brazilian pairs in the rankings, have shown no signs of giving up hope and have ensured they qualify for the main draw.4In addition to the men’s main draw in Doha, the Netherlands, America, and Italy are also vying to create a stage for the Olympic ticket race.

Esmee Bobner and Zoe Verge-Depre, the highest-ranked Swiss women’s team in the Olympic rankings, secured two hard-fought wins in three sets on Tuesday but faced a setback in the main draw. They started by defeating Ukraine’s Mariia Hladun and Tetiana Lazarenko 2-1 (22-20, 15-21, 15-11) in the first qualification round and progressed with a 2-1 (18-21, 22-20, 15-7) win against France’s Lezana Placette and Alexia Richard. They have advanced to Pool B, where they will face formidable opponents such as Americans Terren Crabb and Trevor Crabb, Brazilians Barbara Seixas and Carol Solberg, and Italians Marta Menegatti and Valentina Gottardi.

Joana Heidrich and Anouk Verge-Depre, the next highest-ranked Swiss women’s team, also played two tough matches on Tuesday – a tight 2-0 (21-19, 24-22) victory against Poland’s Jagoda Gruszczynska and Aleksandra Wachowicz and a 2-1 (21-19, 11-21, 15-9) win against Spain’s Daniela Alvarez and Tania Moreno – and have moved on to Pool A, where they will face Swedish Nina Brunner and Tanja Huberli. They will face direct rivals for a Paris 2024 spot. World number one team Eduarda Santos Lisboa (Duda) of Brazil and Ana Patricia Ramos, as well as Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalists Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar of Australia, are the other two teams in that pool.

After a 2-1 (18-21, 21-19, 17-15) victory over Lithuania’s Stasys Van Den Dries and Matas Imantas, the Netherlands’ Steven van de Velde and Matthew Immers secured the first men’s team to qualify for the main draw from the Doha qualification. In the first round, they defeated Patrick Szkudlarek and Adrian Nausch of Austria 2-0 (21-17, 21-14). On Thursday, they will face the top-seeded Dutch pair of Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen in Pool B. Meanwhile, eligible world champions Ondrej Perusic of the Czech Republic and Anders Mol of Norway, as well as Brazil’s Andre Stein and George Wanderley, remain in the same pool.

Stefan Boermans and Yorick de Groot are the third Dutch pair hoping to boost their Olympic dreams. They are currently behind the other two teams in the rankings, partly because they have competed less in qualifying events. They will start their quest to select a team directly for Pool C. Australians Thomas Hodges and Zachery Schubert, strong contenders for Olympic berth, joined the pool after defeating Portugal’s Joao Pedrosa and Hugo Campos in a 2-0 (21-16, 21-14) shutout and Switzerland’s Marco Krattiger and Florian Breer in a comeback 2-1 (15-21, 21-18, 15-7) victory. Defending Olympic champions Anders Mol and Christian Sorum of Norway and their countrymen, as well as four American teams, including Trevor Crabb and Theodor Brunner, will also compete in Pool C.

Among the four American teams, another duo has secured a spot in the decisive round through a tough tiebreaker. After defeating Switzerland’s Adrian Heidrich and Mirco Gerson 2-1 (21-15, 19-21, 16-14) in the first-round three-setter, Chase Budinger and Miles Evans, the reigning Olympic champions, claimed another hard-fought victory with a 2-1 (21-18, 23-25, 15-13) win against the top-ranked American team of Chaim Schalk and Try Bornstein. Paolo Nicolai and Samuele Cottafavi of Italy, Poland’s Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak, and Tokyo 2020 bronze medalists Sherif Younis and Ahmed Tijan of Qatar are all gearing up for a challenging task against Budinger and Evans in Pool D of the Qatar company, their home favorite.

With Daniel Lupo and Enrico Rossi taking the top spot in the men’s main draw’s final available slot, Italy’s Olympic ticket race is also heating up. The third-ranked Italian team celebrated a 2-1 (17-21, 21-14, 15-5) victory over England’s Joaquin Belo and Javier Belo in their opening match before managing a 2-0 (21-12, 21-19) win against the French hopefuls Arthur Canevet and Teo Rotar in their decisive selection sweep. Lupo and Rossi are joining Pool A, where the top-seeded Swedish duo of David Ahman and Jonathan Helvig, Brazil’s Evandro Oliveira and Arthur Mariano, and Germany’s Clemens Wickler and Nils Ehlers await their challenge.

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