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They’re making Hannibal evil… I shoulda seen this coming but still…

I was hoping he’d be an anti-hero at least. :(

#hannibal heritage posts #hannibal (the show) my beloved

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So I've been learning French for a while and 'faire' is actually an incredible word. Like what a fucking breakthrough in economy of language.

Faire is a verb that is usually translated into English as "to do/to make," but it covers way more actions than that, which is very confusing for new speakers. because (I have realized) that's not really what faire means.

Faire is actually a word that just gestures vaguely in the direction of the object of the sentence and goes "you know." "Je fais du velo." "Je fais du courses." "Je fais mes valises." I'm biking. I go grocery shopping. I'm packing my bags. You're just sort of pointing at a bike and going "you know, the obvious thing you'd do with it."

English: "You mean RIDE it??"

French: "Sure whatever."

Like idk I just really enjoy the concept of a catch-all verb that you can just slap onto almost anything because who fucking gives a shit, you get the idea. There's a bike. what do you think I'm going to do with it.

#tasty language

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unsung benefit i think a lot of ppl are sleeping on with using the public library is that i think its a great replacement for the dopamine hit some ppl get from online shopping. it kind of fills that niche of reserving something that you then get to anticipate the arrival of and enjoy when it arrives, but without like, the waste and the money.

#sooo I read 80-100 books a year & at least 70-80% of them are from the library #which means I save at least $1500 a year #and also have access to an amazing range of books both via the library network/holds system & browsing the shelves #libraries are truly magic!! #also as an author/illustrator of books I get a bit of money via the Canada Council PLR program when my books are taken out!! #so I already loved libraries but now I also financially benefit from their existence so added bonus!!

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/09/20/emily-wilson-iliad-translation-terms/

emily wilson making me happy :-)

#agamemmnon you slut! #this is so interesting #not surprising #but interesting!

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Aww, this perfect animal is the same genre as our dearly departed beag-mix Eleanor! She was a very good & also terrible little animal who we loved very much & now miss a ton <3

his name is blueberry muffin : ) because him sweet

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#odd dogs

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I think having a baby niece is great cause my brother will send me just a constant stream of messages that sound indistinguishable from how someone at Jurassic park would text if they were being hunted by the raptor

#v accurate to toddlers #source: I have six niblings

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Caw! Caw! or The Chronicle of Crows (ca. 1848) - A story of a group of crows attacked by a farmer, beautifully illustrated by the Scottish artist Jemima Blackburn: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/caw-caw-or-the-chronicle-of-crows-ca-1848

#art appreciated

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Girl you need to get out of bed faster than this

#me to me every morning :/

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the dev patel girlies have KNOWN how hot he is for years and years but the little giggle I heard from a grown man seated next to me when he took his shirt off in monkey man tells me it's truly over for everyone else. god bless

#just saw Monkey Man last night #and the loudest reaction in the theatre was when he removed his shirt #proud to be an early-adopter of the 'Dev Patel is hot' concept #also DAMN what a good movie!!!?!?!?!

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The title page of the Bills of Mortality, taken between December 27, 1664, and December 19, 1665, during the Great Plague of London.

#art appreciated

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A 5200-year-old pottery bowl from Shahr-e Sukhteh bearing what could possibly be the world's oldest example of animation. It shows 5 images of a wild goat leaping, and if you put them in a sequence (like a flip book), the wild goat leaps to nip leaves off a tree. Museum of Ancient Iran

#art appreciated #LOVE this

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#2008!!! #i didn't realize it was so fresh when I showed up #just a baby website! #i have been here for 16yrs holy shit

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#i just started listening to her on like Sunday #and I am now OBSESSED #what a damn good album & also this single is GREAT #I especially love Casual which is a perfect song

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So I mentioned glaze issues from my last kiln firing & here's one of them. I am SO GLAD that I followed my gut* & tossed these selkie sculptures onto little trays at the last minute because two of them stuck and would have messed up my kiln shelves if they had been tray-less!!!! TERRIFYING!!!!

Thankfully I can most likely dremel off the glaze drips from the two that stuck and free them from these ugly slapdash trays (a bunch of pals on insta suggested I leave them like this & make them trinket dishes, but I can't emphasize enough how unpleasant these trays are, being plain unglazed/unrefined clay that's been toasted in multiple firings). Stay tuned for news on how the stuck selkies fare!

*by 'followed my gut' I actually mean a combo of that + knowing that one of the glazes on them has crystals that make those rad spots but also make the glaze run more in the kiln, so not letting them go straight on the kiln shelf is probably always the best move

#artblog #pottery #ceramics #handbuiltceramics #ceramicart #ceramicsculpture #handbuilding #clay #stoneware #selkies #selkie #oh no glaze problem! #glaze talk #pottery talk

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It meeeeeee (did I reblog this a while ago? Maybe, but I love that she's still out & about!) <3

Jessica Bartram

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I fired my kiln this past Saturday and got some pretty sweet stuff out of it (also some minor glaze issues, but nothing catastrophic & more good than bad, so phew!). Especially happy with some of these mug inside/handle glazes...

& also pretty thrilled with how vibrant the underglaze stayed!!

#artblog #pottery #ceramics #handbuiltceramics #ceramicart #handbuilding #clay #stoneware #handbuilt mug #mug #leaf litter #toad #mushroom