"Guess who's coming for dinner!"

Here to interrupt your regular Christmas programming: in the last 24 hours, Israel has committed 25 massacres, killing 250 Palestinians in their homes and bringing the total of Palestinians directly killed by Israel in Gaza to 20,674.

adult life is crazy because you can be going through the most devastating and heartbreaking things while still having to go to work and do the laundry and grocery shopping

@hamletthedane’s tags are worth reading.

I had a dream about bakeoff except they were all cooking increasingly weird stuff until they got to the last guy and Paul asked ‘what are you serving’ and his response was just ‘these hands’ and then he knocked Paul Hollywood out on national television

Sometimes a Son’s Greatest Fear is Becoming His Father

That was bloody fantastic.

Pat Grant

Wow

Story And Art by Pat Grant

St’ James Church, Muswell Hill,  London (by Sid Cattaneo)

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A closeup of a hand-written sticker on the back of a street sign. It says (in all caps), "While you're celebrating Christmas this weekend, his birthplace is being bombed". Underneath, it says (in cursive), "Free Palestine". In the background, which is out of focus, there are city buildings and people walking around.

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2023 December 25

Cathedral, Mountain, Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Valerio Minato

Explanation: Single shots like this require planning. The first step is to realize that such an amazing triple-alignment actually takes place. The second step is to find the best location to photograph it. But it was the third step: being there at exactly the right time – and when the sky was clear – that was the hardest. Five times over six years the photographer tried and found bad weather. Finally, just ten days ago, the weather was perfect, and a photographic dream was realized. Taken in Piemonte, Italy, the cathedral in the foreground is the Basilica of Superga, the mountain in the middle is Monviso, and, well, you know which moon is in the background. Here, even though the setting Moon was captured in a crescent phase, the exposure was long enough for doubly reflected Earthlight, called the da Vinci glow, to illuminate the entire top of the Moon.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231225.html

santa deniers on science-mas eve hearing charles darwin evolving down the chimney

daddy issues, the neighborhood // asos - sansa v // agustin gomez arcos, the carnivorous lamb // ask me anything (2014) // asos - sansa vii // alisson wood, being lolita: a memoir // the disappearance of the girl, phildel // affc - sansa i // the jewish bride, rembrandt // @/rotgospels // twow - alayne i // vladimir nabokov, lolita // romeo and juliet (1968) // asos - sansa vi // her, poppy // azar nafisi, reading lolita in tehran: a memoir in books // ? // alisson wood, being lolita: a memoir // affc - sansa i

This Christmas (date varies between Churches), please think about both Palestinians and Armenians, two of the oldest Christian communities in the world, who, for over 100 years, have been facing mass deportations and genocide.

On 19 September 2023, Azerbaijan started bombing Artsakh, which was already under blockade since 2022. 20 civillians were killed and more than 200 were injured. By 3 October 2023, 100.617 Armenians have been forcibly displaced.

On 7 October 2023, "Israel" has cut off all the water and electricity supply to Gaza, which was already under blockade since 2007. Since then, Gaza has been heavily bombarded, the north of the strip becoming unlivable. 25 December 2023 marks the 80th day of a war waged against civillians. More than 1.8 million people are internally displaced, 2.3 million people are living in dangerous conditions, risking starvation, illness and infection. More than 20.400 people have been killed and more than 50.000 people have been injured, half of them being children.

THE GREEN KNIGHT (2021) dir. David Lowery

think of your loved ones this christmas. and jiang cheng.

shit man tomorrow is christmas eve i swear yesterday was June 2010

ON SIBLINGS, VISERYS & DAENERYS TARGARYEN.

george r.r. martin, a song of ice and fire. game of thrones (2011). steven berkoff, the fall of the house of usher. the crane wives — never love an anchor. jake55778, the house with the red door. james baldwin, giovanni’s room. the 100 (2014). fear street (2021). succession (2018). pierce brown, red rising.

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