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britishcyclesport · 10 months

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Mtb Alpine Adventure

Not piste-off! A Mtb Alpine Adventure, June 2023 I blame Ian Stuart. After a decade of trips to the Alps to conquer the cols on road bikes, up pops Mr S. with “maybe we can take the gravel bikes?”. And in 2022, we did just that, discovering a few off-road sections around Alpe d’Huez that were truly magical. So this year, we decided to go the whole hog and take the mountain bikes in the middle of…

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#cycling holidays #Cycling the Alps #mtb

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markscherz · 4 months

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In which my not-yet-two-year-old son catches a gecko for the first time, and I barely keep it together.

#personal #cute #animals #gecko #gookoo #lizard #about me #it is truly astonishing how gentle he is with animals #i have seen grown adults crush animals to death without meaning to #because they don’t have grip control #but Q is *so* gentle #just the right pressure #you can hear the tears in my eyes #the best part is that he spent the rest of the holiday turning over rocks looking for geckos #but he’s not even two so he has no concept of #(a) how big a rock is too big to turn over #and (b) how small a rock is too small to have a gecko under it #and (c) he has not yet realised there are no geckos in Denmark #*lifts tiny pebble* ‘no gookoo’#*points at huge rock on our cycle to daycare* 'gookoo!'#Q #yes I am such a huge trekkie that I was excited my son's nickname would be Q #yes I've been on tumblr so long I even named my child Q

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carhatred · 2 years

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At the start of the 20th century, bikes far outnumbered cars in Dutch cities and the bicycle was considered a respectable mode of transport for men and women. But when the Dutch economy began to boom in the post-war era, more and more people were able to afford cars, and urban policymakers came to view the car as the travel mode of the future. Entire Amsterdam neighbourhoods were destroyed to make way for motorised traffic. The use of bikes decreased by 6% every year, and the general idea was that bicycles would eventually disappear altogether.

(...) The 1973 oil crisis – when Saudi Arabia and other Arab oil exporters imposed an embargo on the US, Britain, Canada, Japan and the Netherlands for supporting Israel in the Yom Kippur war – quadrupled the price of oil. During a television speech, prime minister Den Uyl urged Dutch citizens to adopt a new lifestyle and get serious about saving energy. The government proclaimed a series of car-free Sundays: intensely quiet weekend days when children played on deserted motorways and people were suddenly reminded of what life was like before the hegemony of the car.

#cities #cycling #cycling holidays #amsterdam holidays #netherlands

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mozquito · 4 months

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oh?? requests?? open you say?? can I request trans pines twins (either ones LOL do wutever you want) :3

they r trans ur honor

#it's an ongoing cycle where i end up drawing mason and mabel in a new style and a new design everytime. i am not sticking to a reference👍👍#happy holidays btw and enjoy these trans pines twins as a gift anon :>#gravity falls #mason pines #mabel pines #sining

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franklespine · 4 months

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The scene at the start of All Hell Breaks Loose where Dean talks to Sam's corpse in that shack in the middle of nowhere is soul crushing to an incomprehensible level that the show hardly ever manages to reach again.

Firstly, what is revealed about Dean as he spills his heart open is devastating on a whole other level. Like there's grief and then there's this - it's like a piece of him has been torn out and he's left unable to literally function. It's not really a new idea in the series up to this point that Dean has centered his life around his family, in particular protecting Sam. As he starts off, he wishes so desperately that Sam didn't start asking questions about their family so Dean could preserve his innocence just a little bit longer. No doubt John put a lot of pressure on Dean to protect and look after Sam, but taking on this role was something that was all but written inside him, as he says, John didn't even have to tell him to do it, Sam was his responsibility. The tipping point in this scene is when Dean finally asks "what am I supposed to do" - how can he even begin to move beyond this? He doesn't care if the world ends anymore, doesn't care if Azazel wins and he never gets revenge. In asking this question Dean realises that he is incapable of letting go of Sam, of the responsibilities to his family he has built his life around like the grain of sand at the centre of the pearl, and of the crushing guilt that comes with 'failing' these responsibilities. The only way forwards is to force the laws of nature to bend for him and bring Sam back from the dead, no matter the cost.

Secondly, this is heart wrenching to me for Sam too. Here he is, 23 years old and lying dead on a dingy mattress in a shack in the middle of nowhere - the only escape from his dark destiny found in death. But the primary reason it seems that Dean makes this massive sacrifice to bring him back isn't because he's 23 and has so much of life he deserves to live, but because he is incapable of living under the weight of his guilt in failing him - that he is Dean's responsibility that he can't live with letting down. And this is not to say that Dean doesn't also bring him back because he loves and care for him as a person, but it's not like Dean was sitting there talking to Sam saying you didn't deserve this, we were so close to ending this, you deserved to go on to have a life that hasn't been built around and in grief and revenge, hell, you could've even gone back to university and had your happy ending. You know? It's like selling your soul for someone is a crazy batshit insane thing to do - the ultimate sacrifice. But same as with John, it seems that the reason behind it wasn't just pure love and desire for that person to live just because they didn't deserve to die. John needed Dean to be there to ensure Sam didn't go darkside - to kill him if he can't save him. In both cases it was out of love, but in this weird objectified way.

It's just so fascinating how this dynamic between the three Winchesters, love and sacrifice plays out in the early seasons. How supernatural finds selfishness at the centre of this seemingly sacrificial selfless act. The selfishness in martyrdom.

That's why this scene is just heart wrenching in my sad insane little head. Sam and Dean were crazy codependants before this but this scene marks a turn for the worst (in codependence) for them. This scene is like the solidification of Dean's belief that he is worthless and incapable of functioning without the responsibilities he holds to his family and solidifies that Sam is the little brother possession for Dean to protect and regulate until his time runs out and he's shipped off to hell - leaving him at the centre of his massacred family with all the fingers pointing in his direction. His mum was collateral damage to his anti-baptism by a demon, his Dad sold his soul for his brother's life to be the final yes or no in the decision of whether Sam deserves to live or not, and now his brother's gone and done the same for him. But hey, at least when Dean gets dragged down to hell it isn't with the weight of guilt that he failed his responsibilities.

(spoiler alert: he feels guilty for leaving Sam anyway and Sam spirals anyway).

#supernatural #spn #sam winchester #dean winchester #theyre just silly #silly little guys #i mean i could go on and on about the selling soul thing in s2/3 as an allegory for the cycles of emotional abuse #but that is a whole other can of worms for a different late night text post #also MERRY CHRISTMAS #yippee #i hope anyone who reads this and anyone who doesnt a very happy holiday #spn 2x22 #all hell breaks loose #spn meta #i guess

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somethingusefulfromflorida · 6 months

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Has anyone else noticed that they don't do post-holiday sales anymore? It used to be that they would practically give away excess inventory because it was cheaper than transporting it to a warehouse and having it take up space for another year. But now, I go in on February 15th or November 1st or December 26th and every store has already been cleared out! I don't mean they've been picked clean, I mean they've been taken down on purpose in the middle of the night; the display where the holiday stuff used to be is now being used for something else. Hell, yesterday, Halloween Day, Target had already gotten rid of EVERYTHING spooky except for a pallet of unsold Monster Cereal, and had already transitioned everything to Christmas mode. If they can't sell you a made-in-China-for-pennies plastic skeleton for a 10,000% markup they won't sell it at all. We've reached a stage of capitalism where they would rather eat their losses than pass the saving onto their customers.

#November 1st #all hallows day #holidays #sales #late stage capitalism #i hate this cycle

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squash1 · 1 year

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happy st. mark’s eve everyone! don’t forget to put cookies out for gansey!!!!

#this is THEIR day #trc holidays #richard campbell gansey iii #trc #ronan lynch #adam parrish #the raven cycle #blue sargent #pynch #adam and ronan #the raven boys #blue lily lily blue #henry cheng #gangsey #the dream thieves #the gangsey #blusey #noah czerny #mine

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acmeoop · 4 months

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Staircase Race “Stuck on Christmas” (1999)

#90s #disney television animation #mickey’s once upon a christmas #home video #holiday special #gif #run cycle #jumping #huey dewey and louie #disney

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leighsartworks216 · 5 months

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Shoutout to everyone who's gonna be on their periods during Thanksgiving

#yes i know its an american holiday #shouting everyone out bc mine just started day before i go back home #for some reason it love syncing with holidays #period #periods #menstruation #menstrual cycle #thanksgiving

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genesisxlivia · 1 year

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✨F2U EXE HOLIDAY ICONS ✨

Happy Holidays everyone! Here’s a small gift for the EXE community and anyone else who likes these, custom profile pictures for the wintery season! Also includes 2 pairing icons for “Endless Cycles” (Lord X x Majin) and “Comforting Yourself” (Sonic x Xenophanes) for couples who want to match! Much love to you all, and have a happy new years!!!

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Sunky/Sunky.MPEG (@GirDude)

Sonic the Hedgehog (SEGA) + Xenophanes (@astranomiconx) "Comforting Yourself" Ship (Matching Icons)

Fleetway (SEGA) Grimbo (@casinobunbun)

Majin Sonic (SEGA) + Lord X (@losermakesgames) "Endless Cycles" Ship

Crysttails (Myself)

Fanon Xenophanes/Xeno (Technically @astranomiconx)

PLEASE DO NOT USE THESE WITHOUT CREDIT, FOR PROFIT, OR EDIT THE ARTWORK IN ANY WAY WITHOUT MY CONSENT! THANK YOU!

LINK TO DOWNLOAD

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trcholidayexchange · 5 months

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friendly reminder that sign ups for the exchange will be open for one more day ! they will stay open until tomorrow Nov. 15 around 8 p.m. Eastern Time (USA)

you can sign up here

you can find more information here

as always, if you have any questions, you can contact the mods at this tumblr account, or at [email protected]

please reblog to spread the word!

#the raven cycle #trc #trcholidayexchange #the dreamer trilogy #tdt #trc holiday exchange 2023

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mobiused · 13 days

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When i got hospitalised there was no room in psych care so they put me in the adolescent pediatrics ward which was kind of funny as fuck because everyone else was actually sick or injured and i was literally just there and i couldnt tell these twelve years olds why i was there 😭😭😭

#cycled through excuses such as 'on holiday' 'really anemic' 'got a bad headache'#they were so nice to me and it was well awks

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kelliealtogether · 3 days

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