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• Celestial Blue Ball Gown.

Date: 1867

Maker: Marie and Josephine Virfolet (New York City)

Medium: Silk satin (tulle was replaced ca. 1980)

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twiyor falling in love, not in a "sudden realization and rush of butterflies and heart beating fast" kind of way but the way in which they choose. where he chooses to pick up an apple tart from the bakery, and she chooses to learn how to knot a tie. where he chooses to steer her away when he can tell a conversation is making her uncomfortable, and she chooses to ground him when she can tell his mind is wandering far away. where they both choose to sit on the couch together instead of going to bed an hour early. where he will choose to take Anya to the park so she can rest, and she will do the exact same thing the very next day.

because love is an action, love is a choice.

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A dress made of cotton muslin, gilded metal thread and Indian jewel beetles (sternocera aeqisignata), Britain, 1868-1869 CE. Over 5000 beetle wings or parts of wings were used to decorate this dress.

Now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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Doorbell camera footage captures first-ever sound of a meteorite hitting Earth as it struck couple’s home

Joe and Laura Velaidum found grey dust scattered outside their house on Prince Edward Island on a summers day last year, which left them rather puzzled.

Upon checking the security footage of their home, they were left shocked after watching a clip that appears to show a rock falling out of the sky and crashing to the ground in close proximity to their home. Take a look here:

Amazed by their discovery, Joe and Laura decided to collect samples of the rock and sent it off to the University of Alberta for further inspection.

Chris Herd, who is the curator of the university’s meteorite collection, was able to confirm where their rock had come from.

And to much excitement of space enthusiasts out there, Herd said the samples had indeed come from outer space.

“As the first and only meteorite from the province of Prince Edward Island, the Charlottetown Meteorite sure announced its arrival in a spectacular way," he told CBC.

“No other meteorite fall has been documented like this, complete with sound. It adds a whole new dimension to the natural history of the Island.”

The expert added: "It’s really awesome. It’s actually the first and only meteorite ever found on the Island, and what a way to make that discovery.

“Every time that this happens, it’s a new sample from space. It’s from the asteroid belt… between Mars and Jupiter, so it’s come a long way.”

Herd went on to tell CBC that meteorites typically travel at around 60,000 kmph (37,280 mph) before slowing down as they approach normal civilisation.

Therefore, the rock likely hit the ground at a speed of 200 kmph (124 mph), according to the expert.

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Dress owned by Deborah Sampson. Possibly worn at her wedding after the Revolutionary War.

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fandom about some mf (is a man): you might dislike this character but you have to admit he's very interesting. even if you don't like him, he's a very well-written character. he's very complex. so even if you dislike him you should maybe reconsider that. because he's complex and interesting. and i think deep down he cares so much. there's a lot to analyze about his decisions, which he was force to make due to the terrible position he was put in. and if you don't like him you don't really understand the show tbh.

same fandom about a woman who has done comparable or much tamer things, with a much smaller fraction of fans: this may be a hot take but no one else has said this and i have to get this off my chest. some of you might like her but she is a TERRIBLE PERSON! she didn't have to do any of those things she did. she put herself into a bad situation, inconveniencing everyone around her and showing no remorse for it whatsoever. you may like her but i just don't get it!! if you like her or defend any of her actions, you are probably a real life abuser and hate women. so even if you do like her, maybe think about that. you can like her but you have to admit her flaws. otherwise you are encouraging women in real life to murder others and commit crimes, which is ignorant and wrong. her sympathetic scenes are not even canon because they're so manipulative, performative, and trite. such a waste of screen time very obviously trying to get us to feel bad for a MONSTER! she clearly didn't actually mean any of the good things she's done. deep down she is just a rotten human being with no motive but to make other people's lives miserable. i'm sorry but that's the truth.

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if my lips ever left my mouth...

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I don't think people now days understand what forgiveness is or how it works. It's not something that is deserved, it's not something good innocent people need, it's only something you can give to the guilty.

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Despair, or folly?' said Gandalf. 'It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope. Well, let folly be our cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy! For he is very wise, and weighs all things to a nicety in the scales of his malice. But the only measure that he knows is desire, desire for power; and so he judges all hearts. Into his heart the thought will not enter that any will refuse it, that having the Ring we may seek to destroy it. If we seek this, we shall put him out of reckoning.' '

At least for a while,' said Elrond. 'The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strenght nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.

The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien

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Day Dress

c. 1915

England

Victoria and Albert Museum

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you’re laughing. i told you i loved you against my better judgment, my family's expectations, the inferiority of your birth by rank and circumstance, and you’re laughing.

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ATTENTION EVERYBODY

Today (January 20th) is Penguin Awareness Day.

Please be aware of these penguins.

Thank you for your cooperation.

P.S: These penguins are described in alt text.

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Evening Dress

c. 1910

by Jeanne Lanvin

Musée des Arts Décoratifs