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Not to rain on everyone's parade, but it doesn't actually translate to "without shackles." The name in Cyrillic is "Безухов" not "Безуковы," an "х" not a "к," which render as "kh" and "k" respectively in the Latin alphabet. Russian surnames are for the most part patronymic, so the "ов," rendered as "ov" in the Latin alphabet, signifies "son of." This leaves "Безух" to translate, which means "earless," or "without ear" if you break it into the component parts "Без" and "ухо."

Moreover, this translation can be found in on the wikipedia article for the surname, where you will find a single bearer of that name, Pierre Bezukhov, the central character from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.

But I don't think that detracts from the interpretations here! We still have the connection with Pierre Bezukhov, the being freed from captivity and reuniting with a lost love and looking forward to building a life together!

I have done a fair bit of thinking about this as well. That he picks this name for the reasons above, the connections with this literary character and his hope for the future. That he looks forward to working with Margo, building a life with her.

He probably thinks this name would be temporary; he would not be able to hide behind a false name while working at NASA or even simply pursing a relationship with Margo (the idea of pursuing a relationship with Margo ever being something he could approach simply is staggering, impossible, to him). But while he and his family adjust to life in the U.S. and all the details are worked out, yes, he will bear this name that means these things to him, like a promise to himself, to her.

But then the bombing happens and he can't even begin to process it. All of her was in that building, that institution, her whole life within those walls, her whole life reduced to ash. He can't fathom the thought of a life without her now. He could never go to NASA without her there, if they would even let him without her. So he remains in that new identity he has made for himself, a new prison of a kind, and he starts a new life, a simple life devoid of all the things he once lived for, that once thrilled him, but are now too painful to even contemplate. All the things he had hoped to share with her.

Honestly trying not to lose my mind over Sergei's new last name. Bezukhov. As in Pierre Bezukhov who waited years and years to be reunited with his love and marry her? This Bezukhov?? Fuuuuuuck

#for all mankind #fam #sergei nikulov #margo madison #margo x sergei #sergei x margo #breaking my own heart over here with meta #reading the heartbreaking and writing more heartache #he loves her so much—he's so devoted #rivers of tears #perhaps the “kh” is an older rendering of the “х” letter which is now sometimes preferentially rendered merely as “h”? #latin alphabet transliterations have only been relatively recently codified and there are still many different interpretations #note on “-ov” versus “-ovich” suffixes: “-ov” is closer to “belonging to” or “of the clan of/descendant of” but still essentially “son of” #prior to the 19th century “-ovich” patronyms were reserved for royalty and the tsar could grant the privilege to use them

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Okay, this could really be something!

“This is one of the most exciting things we’ve seen in a really long time,” said Shaw. “This is a really finely honed tool. To be able to sit there and say to your patients that you’re offering them something that’s effectively like the Fat Duck at Bray versus McDonald’s – it’s that level of cordon bleu that’s coming to them … The patients are really excited about them.” The vaccine is an individualised neoantigen therapy. It is designed to trigger the immune system so it can fight back against a patient’s specific type of cancer and tumour. Known as mRNA-4157 (V940), the vaccine targets tumour neoantigens, which are expressed by tumours in a particular patient. These are markers on the tumour that can potentially be recognised by the immune system. The jab carries coding for up to 34 neoantigens and activates an anti-tumour immune response based on the unique mutations in a patient’s cancer. To personalise it, a sample of tumour is removed during the patient’s surgery, followed by DNA sequencing and the use of artificial intelligence. The result is a custom-built anti-cancer jab that is specific to the patient’s tumour.

...If your tech vocabulary's up to it, see also the abstract/article in the Lancet.

#mrna vaccines #mrna-4157 (v940) #skin cancer #melanoma #personalized vaccines #tailored vaccines #cancer #this is amazing #i hope squamous cell carcinoma will also get this treatment—my mother has been dealing with this form of head and neck cancer #she's been a singer all her life and now she's lost part of her tongue and half her vocal chords are paralyzed by a nearby inoperable tumor #i miss your voice momma

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i have GOT to get over my obsessive worry about being a burden on others oh my god. it is okay to inconvenience people! people in your life who really care about you won’t mind being inconvenienced!! it’s literally just the human experience!!! communicate your needs for the love of god it’ll be FINE!!!!!

#social anxiety #i have adhd #actually audhd #being people is hard #it is ok to take up space—i need to remind myself of this often

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#autism acceptance month #autism #audhd #ableism #prejudice #disability #empathy #compassion #you don't have to feel someone else's emotions to care about them #also can we stop forcing people to hide who they are please? #stop making assumptions about autistics and all neurodivergents 2024

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"Astronaut Sally K. Ride, mission specialist, is shown here sitting in the front seat and looking out the windows of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger. Ride and four other crew members are onboard the Challenger."

Date: June 18-24, 1983

NASA ID: S83-35783 / STS007-05-029

#nasa #sally ride #sally k. ride #astronaut #space shuttle #challenger #sts-7 #first american woman in space

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a defining moment in British television history.

#being human #being human uk #the real hustle #john mitchell #george sands #annie sawyer #this scene is such a mood #such a good show

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I was avoiding my homework earlier so I ended up searching a bunch of info about ADHD and

Are the neurotypicals okay?

#adhd #audhd #relationships #communication #great post all the way down #fuck ableism #fuck terfism #fuck radfeminism #fuck gender essentialism #fully drift compatible adhd <3 <3 <3 love this—me and my spouse have this too

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Robert McCall, 1974.

#robert mccall #1974 #apollo-soyuz #beautiful

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#younger gen x #one sister after me in younger gen x and the other in elder millennial with our baby brother #solidly hobbit/prodigy/oregon trail generation all together #point of order on the first option—it gave me pause because it looks like it conflates the two generations #could say “greatest/silent generations (1901–1927/1928–1945)” #sorry! i know i know—i'm a pedantic asshat—but the power of audhd compels me!

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So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

#from the u.s. #still in the u.s.

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Ripping my favorite CDs from my collection continues. Today it's two solo albums from Bob Berg, one of my top 5 favorite saxophone players.

#bob berg #physical media #compact disc #music collection #aiff #lossless #seventyonedrum #<3 <3 <3

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#video games #well—the last game i played on my console was borderland 3 so <laughter tone=“nervous” /> #take your pick: killing bandits and psychos—reckless driving—child endangerment—pirate radio—etc. #but if i count phone games that would be words with friends 2: word crimes?

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reblog to give the person you reblogged it from a good night’s sleep (maybe)(please)(I’m begging the universe)

#may it be #a restful sleep with lovely dreams to you <3

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Anastasia Trusova, “Star named sun” Acrylic on canvas, 2022

#anastasia trusova #star named sun #this is stunning

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Obi-wan and his friend Bant Eerin having a sad moment after certain events

#obi-wan kenobi #bant eerin #jedi apprentice #drawnbythestream #this is so lovely #precious jedi babies

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I want to be the first person on the moon to shoot a sniper rifle at earth and hit a wasp nest.  my whole life so far is leading up to that moment

#mission status: sick #a legend #dat-soldier #the only gun i want to see on the moon #i'm talking to you for all mankind reagan

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Continuing on with ripping favorites from my CD collection, one artist per day. Today, it's the two Animal Logic albums. I was in high school when the first one was released and I spent a lot of time with it back then.

#animal logic #physical media #compact disc #music collection #lossless #aiff #seventyonedrum #<3 <3 <3