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Finally a proper Batman prequel! 😁
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Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Watching Heated Rivalry and remembering how my grandma used to hold her hands in front of her face and peek through her fingers when two guys were kissing on screen in her favourite soap in horror and delight.

I improvised two compasses with magnetised needles on water today. Two, because the first one insisted on pointing roughly north east. The second one was just fine. Maybe physics was a little broken today.

The translation - not in rhyme. It's a textbook for aspiring knights. I suppose the form of rhyming verse is so the young squire can remember it more easily.

LRP: most importantly, I can read this.

Written English has barely changed in 300 years. If you can read Harry Potter, you can read Robinson Crusoe (1719).

I feel like standard German is much further removed from its older versions. Sometimes knowing a certain dialect will help you out more.

I think it might be worse. This is from around 1450. (Thankfully the next page has a modern translation)

Fun to remember that the dad of the Brontës was just a weird Irishman whose surname was actually Brunty, but he changed it up to be fancy.

At least the leftovers were nice.

Did you do the transparent shirt in digital, or was it transparent on paper? As always, aim floored by your skill. The bit of tummy there... the denim... 😍

I'm making sushi.
I've just now remembered how much I hate making sushi.

If you're a swordsmith who isn't advertising their work today, you're missing out.
Everyone knows that a sword is the perfect Valentine's day gift!

The Caveman’s Lament   me think about her when sun rises me think about her when sun sets me say to her how much me love her she tell me love invent not yet   me make cave all warm and cosy me lie bearskin on cave floor me play song of love on bone flute she choose cave of Tim next door   me no more go out hunt mammoth me throw spear too short or long me sit in cave me paint her picture  she say me got perspective wrong   me cook meal to show me love her — diplodocus with fried beans — she say food anachronistic me not know what this means   stone age mighty hard for lovers yet rub two flints look what you get small sparks lead to big inferno but she say love invent not yet homo unrequitus

To mark Valentine’s Day, here is what is believed to be the world’s oldest surviving love poem, written 1.5 million years ago by one of our earliest ancestors, homo unrequitus.

LR
I've been making that exact comparison from the start. It's the 20s radium fad all over again.

I want it on the record of history that artists realized the harm immediately and were (and continue to be) loud bitches trying to stop the idiots who are out of their minds.

I dreamed I had lice... wtf

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A list of seven oxymorons...

1. Pretty ugly
2. Fairly unjust
3. Kind of mean
4. Charm offensive
5. Microsoft Works
6. Government intelligence
7. Fun run

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Oh! I remember listening to their cover version of super trooper before I knew who ABBA were.

Tequila

Silent Pines 🌲🌸
Suspended between earth and sky, the body becomes a landscape.

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Nothing says medieval like a good torture dungeon. And we have the cellars for it.

I think every other town in Europe has a torture museum. Most probably filled with 19th-century-made contraptions that are fraudulently labelled medieval. I've been to two or three...

having fond memories of online friends is dangerous because sometimes they disappear overnight & all you can attach those memories to is a generic ass nickname/dn 😭

The entire Baratheon Party Tent situation is hilarious. You could translate the entire scene into a modern context at some festival, too. Very relatable.

it's the big day

thought the pope was on ao3