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[napoleonic-sexyman-tournament]

Richard Sharpe:

a. “He's a penniless orphan raised from the ranks by Wellington himself! He's never had a fencing lesson in his life! The first time he met his best friend, they beat the shit out of each other! He was played by a young Sean Bean! He's my poor little meow meow and he Respects Women (in a period-typical sort of way)!” b. “bernard cornwall has decided he’s like the coolest blondest rogue ever created.” c. “a belligerent Yorkshire accent, frequently being covered in blood, and lingering camera-work on some quite tight green trousers” d. “Sean Bean is sexy :)”

Géraud Duroc:

a. “He was a ray of sunshine and a sweet angel. He was a lifelong companion of Napoleon and they were besties. He died in battle in 1813 and Napoleon bought the farm he died in to put a monument up in his memory.” b. “He’s so hot he lit Moscow on fire, he also totally banged Napoleon fr fr He deserves to win because he lost to a traffic cone in that other poll”

[lunar-years]

We’re always talking about Phoebe and Jamie (which is so real of us truly) however today I want to ponder Phoebe and Keeley because I just KNOW Phoebe thinks she’s so cool fun and iconic (she is right). I think teenage Phoebe would do something totally out of pocket at school or whatever. Probably just to like, see what would happen. For fun. Of course she gets sent home for this but I think Roy (who has been known to try to debate the logistics behind wild animal veterinary medicine with an 8 yr old, mind you) would be soooo confused. Sometimes he’s just too practical for Phoebe. So he’s completely baffled and is just like… phoebe WHY would you do this thing. The fuck did you THINK would happen?? But Keeley “took a shit in Joanna Wellington’s locker just for kicks” Jones would just be like. No don’t worry phoebe I totally get it babe. Sometimes you just got to get it out of your system. And then she’d give Phoebe good tips on mending her fences and patching things up with her friends <3 sometimes weird little girls just need their weird (formerly little) girl mentor !!!

[newtonsheffield]

I don’t know if you’ve ever watched Love Island but on the current UK season there is a sheep farmer that has fallen in love with an Australian influencer. It’s almost as if modern bruises has come to life. Farmer Will has a very popular tik tok. Every time they’re on screen I think about modern bruises, which is great but also makes me want to just constantly read bruises lol.

Okay but sheep farmer Anthony literally cannot believe he went on a dating app and met Kate. He really has to hand it to Daphne and Colin: they truly outdid themselves.

Kate who's kind of a big deal? She doesn't think she is, obviously, she's just going about her life but she's been in British Vogue. Not on the cover I was just like... I met Edward Enninful and yeah... kind of ended up there.

And he was nervous about their first interaction, nervous that she'd all of a sudden stop wanting to talk to him as they both lay awake at night.

"I um- I really like your voice." He said one day, his arm cushioning his head on his pillow. "Sorry, is that...? Is that weird to say?"

"No." Kate hummed, the sound fluttering in his chest, "I like your voice too. It's... okay it's really sexy."

"Sexy?" Anthony chuckled, "You know you're talking to Anthony right? He's a sheep farmer, wears a lot of wellingtons and chunky knit sweaters."

"Okay see, you've been out of the dating scene for a little while," Kate sighed, "And that's actually very sexy. Like you could carry me through a muddy field and take your sweater off and tug it over my head. That's sexy."

"Right." Anthony said a little bemusedly, "Well, I could... carry you through a paddock if you wanted."

"I'm going to hold you to that, you know. I'll get you shirtless holding a lamb one of these days, Framer Anthony."

"Why would I need to be shirtless holding the lamb?"

"Because you've given me your sweater and this is my sexy farmer fantasy, Anthony." Kate sighed, "Keep up."

He just liked her. The way she teased him made his ears turn red and when she sent him pictures of herself, smiling in matching pyjamas with her dog his chest felt tight.

And that first night they meet in person he could hardly breathe. Couldn't breathe all the next day either when he took her around the farm and her hair was blowing in the breeze and he couldn't help himself as they sat on one of the fences, her hand warm in his.

"You're um- Sorry, you're just really beautiful."

Her smile was even more beautiful in person and it stole something from his chest when she leaned in and kissed his cheek gently.

"You know, I thought this whole humble farmer thing might have been an act but you genuinely have no idea how fucking hot you are do you?"

"Um? I don't know how to answer that?"

Kate sighed, pushing his hair back from his eyes, "Okay well, I really like you, Anthony. I think you're really cute and I'm going to need you to stop acting like this is the end, because I'm pretty sure this is the beginning for us."

[vro0m]

vro0m's rewatch - 177/332

2016 British GP

British GP time, round uh… 10, already.

Oh dear it's WET. They're gonna start behind the safety car and Brundle thinks it's a mistake because he's an idiot.

The grid : Lewis on pole, Nico, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Valtteri, Sainz, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Perez. Seb is P11 due to a grid penalty. Ericsson apparently crashed in quali and had to go through a medical to be allowed to race. He's starting from the pitlane because they had to rebuild the car. 

Anyway Lewis arrived looking very happy. He actually set a track record with his quali lap, after getting his first Q3 lap deleted for track limits. He's the first man with 4 poles here. He was 0.3 ahead of Nico and 1 second clear of Max. 

Johnny talks to Lewis as he's signing caps near the stands. He says they have the best fans in the world and being there never gets old. They have sound issues so the mic cuts off. It's been doing so in every interview. Johnny says being on pole must be very important for him in the championship. "Well I've gotta win the race first so…" he says pragmatically. Johnny is still talking but Lewis is just up on the stand throwing the caps over the barriers in the crowd. "Oh he's gone," Johnny says but they're still live so he tries to get his attention back. He gets up there with him. He asks what he's gonna to do for these fans that are here for him today. Lewis doesn't acknowledge him and keeps throwing the caps so Johnny amps it up a bit. "WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO LEWIS HAMILTOOOOOOON?" he yells announcer style. The crowd roars. Lewis doesn't answer. Johnny repeats "what are you gonna do?" Lewis mumbles : "What I can, what I can." Then he's climbing the fence so that's it, Johnny is not following him there. 

Simon says the day before he was supposed to spend 10 minutes with the crowd and stayed an hour. We see him sign a Wellington Boot. ANGELA IS HERE AGAIN! Ahhhh. 

Oh ho ho, the skysports team went karting with him ! Happy place. First thing they do is show him an old photo of his karting days.

He's in a blue and yellow suit smiling wide, holding a trophy. He asks where it was so they read the trophy plaque. Trent valley kart club, he arrived second. "Why you got a picture of me in second," he asks. "still pretty happy I was in second," he adds. "I was much happier then, finishing second!" They laugh. They show him a photo of Johnny Herbert as well. "Is it 1947?" he jokes, deadpan. Finally, it's a photo of Brundle, with a semi long mop of hair that Lewis compares to the Beatles.

They're gonna race in teams of 2 so they bring in other sky reporters to join them. Lewis, Johnny and Brundle will all have a team and they need to choose between Simon and the two others as teammates. Who gets the first pick is decided by a turn at one of those fair games where you have to hit a button with a hammer as hard as you can.

Lewis says it's usually the guy with the bigger belly that has the most strength so he suggests Johnny goes first. "Johnny don't let that team down!" Johnny says it's hammer time so Lewis should go first. "Johnny, Johnny," Lewis interrupts, smiling. "You're always commenting on me so I have to rip into you when I can." In the end Brundle goes first, he does terribly. Herbert does pretty well. But Lewis wins even though there was an issue with his turn. Simon asks Lewis who he's choosing : the Italian, the German, "or the slowest driver" as he points to himself. Lewis exhales. "Are you really the slowest?" – "I don't know. But I am from Britain." – "That's what I'm thinking. I think I'll stick with the Brits." They touch hands. "But don't let me down!" – "I probably will," Simon says. Johnny chooses Sascha Roos. That means Brundle is with Davide Valsecchi.

The race begins! 5 laps per driver. Simon takes the lead ! He's slow in the relay though. Someone else has not stopped when they should have. Lewis is second but Johnny overtakes him. In the end, Brundle finished first, Lewis second and Johnny third. Simon says Brundle did more laps than the others. Time to debrief. "Let's start with a bit of gloating," Simon starts. He has a victorious gesture and shakes Lewis' hand who says "You're saying that we won. I've not had any confirmation of that."

"I can count to ten, so can you, these two, not so sure," he says, while the other two snicker. "In your dreams," Brundle says. 

Moving on to the real topic. "Week at the British grand prix, though," Simon says. "Yeah this is actually the worst preparation that I could possibly have," Lewis jokes, still deadpan as they laugh. "But uh… I'm always game so…" he adds with a grin. "I just didn't love doing it (as he massages his lower back). The 'other one' would definitely not have (done or condoned?) this, that's for sure." Simon laughs. "But you did let me win," Brundle says, "whereas you don't tend to wanna let him win." – "Well I didn't actually let you win, I would never, ever do that. Ever." Lewis says. "I was actually, I was thinking we were gonna have a race that's why I tried blocking you." He says given they only had 5 laps he thought they bunch on and have a race when Brundle just went past. "Absolutely right," Brundle laughs. About the weekend Lewis says it gets better and better every year. "Regardless of the result we get, it's just an epic weekend." Brundle asks if there's any baggage coming with the last race weekend in the team. (You know, the collision with Nico, again.) "My backpack's completely empty," he says, somewhat defiantly.

"I feel very light, great, I'm just gonna try and focus on the great things" such as the fans and what a great weekend it can be. "And the fact that I wanna win it." – "So between the two races then," Brundle begins, "there wouldn't be phonecalls–" – "My phone's been off the last two days," Lewis calmly cuts him off. "Been chilling. Chilling. By a nice river with the biggest smile on my face cause (he breaks into laughter) I won the last race!"

Simon asks how he's enjoying this championship battle compared to the others' he's won. "I think it's one of the hardest if not probably the hardest season I've had so far, generally because of the issues that we've had, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, I think, there's no better time actually to have a difficult season but… I feel very strong, so… " He smiles. "We shall see how it goes." 

The sun is shining although the horizon is dark as they get ready for the start. 

And here they go! Behind the safety car. 

Seb says there's "quite a bit of standing water" on specific parts of the track. The SC doesn't come in yet. Lewis agrees. "Big puddles of aquaplaning still." Another lap. Lewis says they can move to inters "pretty soon". Then he adds the SC is too slow to build temperature. This is getting critical now, the SC should come in. "Can we go, Charlie?" Lewis asks almost moodily. Finally, SC coming in at the end of lap 5. Ricciardo is asked about the tyres and asks for inters and ohhh my god. Lewis almost collided with the safety car. Careful now! They were just joking that it's only the second race of the season Lewis has been leading at the end of the first lap after starting on pole, better not be taken out by the safety car this time.

Here we go for good! Great restart for Lewis. Plenty of cars dive in the pits immediately but not the top 4. Loads of traffic in the pitlane, two cars almost collided. Nico is struggling in these conditions and Max is ready to attack any moment now. Daniel pits the next lap. Yellow flags! Wehrlein is beached in the gravel. Double waved yellows. Virtual safety car. Everybody slows down. "If we can survive the aquaplaning," Daniel said when asked about the tyres. This one did not. Lewis pits! Nico and Max as well. Nico hasn't had to wait at all. Good job Merc! They go again. Nico is constantly losing time on Lewis. 

Lap 10. Lewis, Nico +5.2, Max +2.7, Perez +4.6, Ricciardo +5.6, Raikkonen +4.7, Sainz +2.6, Massa +1.8, Valtteri +0.7, and Hulkenberg +0.5. This battle for P7 also includes Alonso, 0.6 behind Hulkenberg and Seb 0.9 behind him. Hulkenberg overtook Valtteri but Valtteri got the place back. Haryanto spun but got back on track. Ericsson has issues with his engine. And then Verstappen sets the fastest lap of the race and Valtteri spins! He lost 5 places or something! Ericsson is retiring, probably. Nico is warned it's important to look after the tyres. He's closing the gap to Lewis very quickly suddenly… Hulkenberg is attacking Massa for P8. Can't make it quite yet, the Williams has good straight line speed. Max is also catching Nico quickly, but Lewis sets the fastest lap again. Hulkenberg attacks Massa finally but Massa defends firmly. Also in the aerial view it's clear Hulkenberg almost lost it several times slipping around. Max is told he's on Lewis' pace and everybody else is a second slower. The gaps have stabilised though. Max thinks we're getting close to dry tyres. Hulkenberg is still chasing Massa but he's under pressure from Alonso and goes wide. Alonso can't get past but Hulkenberg lost time on Massa. Then they catch up again. And Max is only half a second behind Nico! The cars are starting to look for water to cool down the tyres. Seb is the first to pit for dry tyres. Meanwhile, Max does the same thing Hulkenberg did : attacking Nico he almost lost it and collided with him. And Max overtakes him soon after! Nico is truly struggling. He tries to come back at him but can't. I'm gonna need a replay. Ahhh Nico made a mistake. He slid slightly after clipping the kerb. This might be Max's Race. As in his big break or something I feel like. I know he's already won once but as far as I remember it wasn't that type of race. He's doing a good job and playing with the adults there. Loads of pit stops are underway. AND AN INCREDIBLE MISTAKE AT RENAULT ! Palmer was allowed to leave the box without a right rear! He stops pretty much immediately but still they have to slowly roll him back the few metres to get it on. Lewis pits! And Nico, at the same time, again! Of course he was too far behind for it to be an issue in the pits. Daniel is in, Perez is in… Max is still out. Critical moment. AND SEB SPUN! Damn. At the end of the first 10 laps I almost said I expected it to be pretty straightforward then I thought better because you never know in F1 and indeed. Max pits as well the next lap. Lewis is back in the lead. Palmer and Renault are under investigation for unsafe release, of course. Meanwhile Grosjean is driving around really slowly. Kvyat sets the fastest lap somehow. Then Nasr. Sainz almost lost it, and Kvyat went really wide as well. 

Lap 20. Palmer gets a 10 second stop go penalty. That's severe given it was the team's fault. The order goes Lewis, Max +5.7, Nico +4.4, Perez +10.8, Ricciardo +1.4, Raikkonen +13.9, Sainz +2.5, Hulkenberg +7.3, Massa +1.5, and he's actually wheel to wheel with Alonso but stays ahead. For now. Max is currently faster than Lewis. The Massa - Alonso battle is ongoing but the Williams stays ahead unlike Perez who gets overtaken by Ricciardo, for P4. And this time Lewis sets the fastest lap. Is he responding? Annnd Max loses it and goes very wide. Crazy how stable Lewis is with his car in these conditions btw. On the radio, Bono tells him : "Let's just keep an open mind, people might be trying to go to the end." Lewis answers : "I wanna go to the end on these." Raikkonen did about the same thing Max did earlier. And Nico is picking up the pace, he sets the fastest lap. Ohhh and Alonso spun violently and ended up in the gravel! He still manages to save it and leave again but he just has lost so many places. He gets overtaken by Valtteri, tries to muscle through, can't, but then Val goes wide as well and gets himself attacked by Nasr! He manages to defend though. Meanwhile Nico sets another fastest lap. And then it's Sainz spinning! Jesus christ I've rarely seen so many cars lose their grip in a single race! Yellow flags in sector 1… Haryanto is beached in the gravel. Given the tracks you can tell he slid sideways through it all until he met the barriers. There’s no catching that. Oh… and Lewis is off track as well. And on again. I don't know what mistake he made but he must have lost precious time. Meanwhile Nico is half a second behind Max now. Oh yeah Lewis slightly lost the rear into turn one and managed to catch it but locked up which is why he went wide. Ah and Max actually did the exact same thing right behind him which is why Nico is so close! Seb overtakes Kvyat for P10, it was very close wheel to wheel racing. Clean af. Sexy. 

It's lap 30. Lewis, Max +3.7, Nico +1. Then the others are lost in the sauce. Daniel is +15.5 behind the podium, followed by Perez +10.1, Raikkonen +18.2, Hulkenberg +2.3, Sainz +4.9, Massa +4.6, and Seb +1.6. Max was getting himself out of DRS threat from Nico but he made a small mistake in the traffic and the Merc is now half a second behind him. He's complaining about the blue flags. Nico attacks Max with DRS but can't make it. Can they really all make it to the end on these tyres ? And Perez slipped. Nico attacks again, but still no. He keeps pressuring him. The commentators sound already completely enamoured with him. Nico says Max has changed trajectory twice to defend which isn't allowed. I didn't see it happening. Nico moves down the outside but that's still not enough! He's only 0.2 behind him. Max says he's struggling with the rear now. Everybody's wondering if he's gonna pit but he stays out. Seb attacked Massa but he couldn't make the turn and Massa says he got pushed out. He's gonna have to give the position back for sure. And Nico finally overtakes Max! Seb is under investigation. 

It's lap 40. We're getting close to the end. Nico sets the fastest lap. He's 7.9 seconds behind Lewis. It might get spicy. Verstappen is +2, then Daniel +15.5, Perez +24.1, Raikkonen +3.7, Hulkenberg +10.0, Sainz +3.9, Seb +7.5, and Kvyat +3.7. Palmer is finally retiring. Seb gets a 5 second time penalty for the move on Massa. 10 laps to go. Lewis asks if Massa got the blue flag and Bono says he got them twice. The gap to Nico is down to 6.6. Lewis has picked up the pace as well. (Ferrari has confirmed they're keeping their drivers next year.) Nico is seriously accelerating again, gaining 0.6 on Lewis in a lap. It's down to 5.9. Raikkonen is relentlessly attacking Perez for P5. But suddenly Nico loses 3 seconds and finds himself 1.8 seconds away from Max?! "Gearbox problem! Gearbox problem!" – "Driver default 101, chassis default 01. Chassis default 01," he's told. Are they allowed to help over the radio again? Brundle answers my question : they're allowed if there's imminent failure coming up if they don't. Meanwhile, Raikkonen got ahead of Perez. Nico is told to avoid 7th gear but that confuses him : "What‘s that mean? I have to shift through it." He's told he has to indeed. 

5 laps to go. Max is 1.2 behind now. Lewis should be safe. Aha. But now Max is told Nico is under investigation for some of these radio comms. Stupid radio ban rule. The commentators reiterate as well that the ban is stupid. And Brundle says last time he said so, he got team employees agreeing with him about it, but even then the word is they're gonna be tightened even further rather than loosened. And Nico will be investigated after the race. Crofty notes that for now, though, he's about to get his first podium of the season that's not a P1, which is kinda crazy as far as stats go. Final lap. 

And it's the end of the race! 

Lewis wins Silverstone for the third time in a row! Nico P2, Max P3. For now anyway. 

Lewis goes around the track waving to everyone. "Awesome stuff Lewis! Great job man, British grand prix !" Bono's elated voice comes on, over clapping and cheers from the team in the background. Lewis thanks everybody for their hard work, including at the factory. 

Once out of the car, after hugging his team, Lewis jumps the barrier and goes for a run, waving still to his public. He bows. Then he runs back. 

In the cool down room, he's out of breath. He congratulates his rivals. Then it's silent for a bit. He avoids the camera as usual. Then he sighs and whoops in joy and disbelief. He asks Max when he overtook Nico. "The intermediates," he says, before quickly explaining he got overtaken back afterwards on the medium tyres. "I was catching!" Max adds in a pleased tone. "On the intermediates," he adds when Lewis turns back to him. "Not really," Lewis says, then they chuckle. Nico is not acknowledged, although he's standing right there. 

On the podium, Nico gets booed yet again. The crowd is chanting Lewis' name. There'd be stuff to be said. How heartbreaking it must be to be Nico at times. Lewis kisses his trophy and throws it in the air. 

"How are you guys doin', you good?" Lewis asks the crowd that erupts in cheer. "I don't know if you can be as happy as me but I'm really happy." He thanks them for coming, they're the best fans. While Mark Webber, who's conducting the interviews, lists stats, the crowd starts chanting Lewis' name again. Lewis says he's glad the good English weather came out, the conditions were very tricky at the start. It was difficult for all of them not to make mistakes. That's what he loves about this race, it's never smooth sailing, there's always things happening. "Plus look at these guys, you don't see this anywhere around the world," he adds. "And, you don't hear a lot of booing, which means we've got good British spirit here." There's no way he didn't hear them boo Nico earlier, is that his attempt at telling them not to or? Because immediately after this, as Webber moves to Nico, the boos are even louder than before. Webber tries to quiet down the crowd. Lewis stands there, impassive. Back to Lewis, Webber points out he's just 4 points off Nico now. Lewis says he loves Budapest which is the next race. He's done everything to try and save his engine, he's on his last one already. He thanks the fans again and tells them to keep their fingers crossed. "I'm catching him," he points towards Nico. 

Right afterwards, he's off crowdsurfing without a care in the world. Up on the barriers in front of the huge crowd, all hands extend towards him like iron shards to a magnet. 

Niki says winning in England is fantastic, for the whole team but especially for Lewis. The drivers needed it a bit especially after Austria. He shrugs at the idea of the stewards having something to say about Nico's radio comms. Crofty says twitter is wondering why the team wouldn't help Lewis in Baku although they both had an issue then, and they are now helping Nico. This is f1blr - grade ridiculous. The journalists are pretty much all agreeing on the fact that the issue with the radio comms was the last part, when Nico was told he needed to shift through the seventh gear, which would be driver coaching. 

Lewis says it never gets old and it always feels like the first time winning there. He talks about the atmosphere etc.

She asks if he'd like to race there every week. He says happily, although the weather is kind of up and down. He interrupts himself to wave to "a little kid".

He claims most drivers would like it better if it was drier, but he thinks it makes for a better show, and it puts you more to the test. "And today… Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. Which I like." He smiles. 

Rachel says when she interviewed him the day before, he said when he gets pole it delivers a "mental blow" to whoever he's racing against. Does he believe he has the mental edge over everyone else at the moment, not just Nico? She says they've looked for it but they haven't been able to find a time Nico overtook him on track for the win (Huh, really? sounds unlikely. If true it says a lot about a lot. During the 2023 Singapore GP we talked about Lewis' strength being racecraft rather than quali laps, and I wouldn't say race craft is Nico's forte. But I’m pretty sure he’s overtaken him at the start for the win before, hasn’t he?) She says his confidence on track, during the race, and in his racecraft must be "supreme". He says in terms of his racecraft, sure. It's been with him since he was 10. He thinks for a bit. It was a long winded question, I think he's a bit lost. He says he's growing with the car and he feels very confident and very comfortable within himself. Centred. Super happy. Which he believes also reflects on his performance. He says he doesn't mind who he has to go up against, he's ready. Bratty smile.

He says he's sure they would say they are as well but hopefully he'd have the edge on them.

She says again the gap is now 4 points but it could go down to 1 depending on a penalty Nico could get. She says at the time in the season when everything was going wrong, could he have believed it? He says it's been a tough year, he was 43 points behind and they had a big crash and it felt like scraping rock bottom.

But through fan messages, through family, through friends, through faith, he continued to push and it's crazy to think how things have changed. There's still a long way to go and things could go any way, they're getting closer. "He's had a pretty good year, to be honest, you know?" he smiles.

It requires him having a simpler year in terms of issues going forward. "And then these kinds of performances for the rest of the year." 

Simple as that huh? 

After the team photo, he of course takes a while climbing fences, holding hands, signing stuff. Oh my god he's got himself down IN the crowd. They're carrying him again.

Then he climbs back up again. Skysports is waiting for their interview all the while lol. 

He gets there out of breath again, but literally bouncing up and down with a huge grin. He again says they "unequivocally" have the best fans in the world. "You never see that anywhere." He says Italy has good fans but he thinks the passion in the UK is equal if not greater. Hill reminds him he's British though. "True, true," he admits. Hill salutes his performance and asks if he thinks he's getting stronger. "I would like to think I'm getting stronger," he smiles. "Even though I'm getting older! I definitely think I'm in my prime right now." He says this difficult year has been an opportunity for growth and learning. He says he feels light, energetic, stronger than ever in this car that weekend and he's sure a large portion of that is because of the fans. The energy is electrifying and he could feel it in the car. He says the start was made trickier by the fact that he was in the lead whether when you're behind someone you can gauge track conditions by how he's doing.

Johnny asks what's key for him to win the title : consistency or raw speed? Lewis hums and says he thinks raw speed isn't the issue. He mentions again the engine and trying to make it last for as long as possible. (He'll have to start from the back once after the break for sure though.) Reliability has played a huge part in the fight and he's pretty sure he wouldn't be 4 points behind if it wasn't for that. But these things are tests to try us and who would have thought he'd come here and dominate the weekend? Someone points out the engine is gonna give up at some point though and Lewis jokes he hopes not and then explains everything he did during the race to try to minimise the damage to it. 

Hill asks about the relationship inside the team and the booing. He adds he thinks he tried to put a stop to it on the podium. In a very high pitched voice he starts : "Yeah I mean…" then he composes himself "I think we're better than that." Pause for dramatic effect. "I honestly think us as brits and us the British fans, I think we're better than that. We've had a great day, we don't even need to stoop to the level of some people who have done it in the past. I think we're above that." Simon points out he had to deal with it himself in Austria. "What I'm saying is we're above that," Lewis says over him. He says no matter where you end up, second, first, it should always be positive. "There's no need for it." 

Simon asks again if Lewis thinks he has a psychological advantage as we're getting to the halfway point of the season. He says he feels like when he's at his strongest he doesn't feel any problems. "Let's just leave it at that." To Johnny he answers he doesn't think anyone is unbeatable, that's not how he approaches it, but he's been able to cultivate a strong mental attitude dealing with the downs. 

Brundle asks what he thinks about the whole radio ban issue. Lewis says he mentioned it after the race in Baku, he said it's the way it is. They know the rule. But in certain circumstances it's not good for the sport. Because it's become so technical. He thinks 'he' had a problem today that ‘he’ had no way of answering and they had to break the rule. 

(It's interesting this habit he's got into of not saying his name btw.)

Simon talks of Andy Murray playing a final at that time, Lewis hopes he kills it and then they can see each other in London that night. He's throwing a party for someone he won't name who's also been successful and now he's won himself so it can be his party as well. 

Last note : Ted says Merc is eyeing Wehrlein and that's why they're offering only a 2 year deal to Nico at that point. In the end, the stewards' decision didn't come in time for the broadcast but he received a 10 second penalty and ended up P3 behind Max. 

[rowenabean]

guys please go look at this it is SO cool this is the COOLEST thing I genuinely teared up reading it

so for background NZ is not designed for mammals (like at all) and introduced mammals are a huge pest problem, and there's just not that many native bird species that could keep up so we've lost most native wildlife in large swathes of the country

which means that NZ has a long history of ambitious projects to eradicate pests from specific areas and reintroduce native species (mainly birds, because let's face it we have a lot of them, but also lizards and tuatara, which are officially not lizards regardless of what they look like)

but historically "ambitious" means "this one specific island", or "we'll fence off some land and free it of predators", both of which were successful! Zealandia is incredible! Zealandia is 225ha in area and these guys are trying to eradicate predators from 23,000ha RIGHT AROUND our capital city (also immediately adjacent to zealandia, for the record)(also zealandia with is 225ha has very noticeably increased the bird population in the non-predator-free bits of wellington, for the record, the first time i EVER saw a kākā in wellington was less than 10 years ago and now they're always around my parents' place)

TWENTY THREE THOUSAND HECTARES

and they've succeeded. It's not completely predator-free, that's not actually the goal, but it's low enough that it's safe, and they've started to release kiwi, and the kiwi have laid an egg.

only one egg, but one is where you start. one egg which is the first egg which has been laid in the area for over a century. one egg that means they have settled in well enough to lay an egg.

one day... takahē?

[westdallasgang]

Bonnie and Clyde: Wellington, Texas Incident Part 2

It was now 11:30 pm. Clyde was still at the wheel but less abrasive and almost friendly despite the drastic turn of events that had just occurred. He was impressed with the way Bonnie was being treated by the two officers in the car. They were cradling her gently, holding her head and stroking her face, talking to her softly, soothing her moans and suffering. At 3am, Clyde finally made it to Erick, Oklahoma where he was to meet Buck. He stopped the car near a long bridge and gave the horn a short blast, then waited in the darkness. A few minutes passed before a horn sounded from the opposite end of the bridge. Soon Buck came running up. Clyde got out of the car and pulled officer Corry and Hardy from the rear seat. "Are we going to kill these men?" Buck asked. "No," Clyde replied, a painful smile wrinkling his singed face from the fire. "I've been with them so long, I'm beginning to like them. Just tie them to a tree and come on across."

Buck led the two lawmen, still handcuffed, toward a stand of trees lining the riverbank. He cut a strand of rusted barbed wire from an old fence line and looped it around his victims, tying it off to a stout gum tree. Rejoining Clyde and the gang, Buck said he used barbed wire to restrain Corry and Hardy. "You didn't have to do that," he replied tersley. Taking the wheel in Buck's car now, Clyde transported his outlaw family across Oklahoma. The fugitives were staying at the Twin Cities Tourist Camp in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. There, Blanche rented a double cabin while Clyde drove into town to find a doctor. Explaining that his "wife" had been burned by an "exploding oil stove", Clyde coaxed Dr. Walter Eberle back to the camp. As he cleaned and dressed her wounds, Dr. Eberle advised that she either needs to be hospitalized or find her a full-time nurse. Clyde hired a nurse.

Bonnie cried in agony for her mother. An intensely distraught Clyde fed her, adjusted her pillows, and even carried her to the bathroom. By the 19th, she had shown no improvement. She was most severely injured at the knee, and the extensive damage to her tendons made it impossible for her to straighten her leg. Clyde called another physician. The second doctor held little hope for her survival. Clyde took off in his car and drove to Dallas. Bonnie's mother wanted Clyde to take her to Arkansas, but he refused. Instead, he reluctantly asked Bonnie's little sister, Billie, to make the trip. For the next 6 days, Billie nursed her injured sister. Her presence seemed to make a difference, although it took a while before Bonnie recognized her. Clyde, of course, never left for more than a few minutes. Blanche, too, was a great help. Miraculously, Bonnie began to respond. To finance the high cost of Bonnie's medical treatments, Buck and W.D. staged robberies in Ft. Smith.

[salonshop]

Yllwbro, A.A.M. Bos, Dr P, Te Maari Hongerwinter 10 May – 8 June 2024 Ko tēnei te wā, ka kōrero Mokopōpaki o te kotahitanga i waenganui o Mokopōpaki me Envy, he whare whakaatu toi o Pōneke In collaboration with Envy Level 2, 22 Garrett Street, Te Aro, Wellington Opening Friday 10 May 5:30 – 7:30pm No one really makes a point of noticing the sparrow, but my mother did. She lived in a war zone and endured famine. In September 1944, after the intense Allied bombing of the Netherlands that preceded the failed British-led attack on Nijmegen, my mother, aged 14 years, and two boys from her street, were out in the countryside foraging and searching for food. Like many, the children were desperate and starving, roaming a landscape totally ravaged and destroyed by conflict. My mother said, while wandering this landscape, what she remembered about this terrible time, was that everywhere they went, everything had gone. Nothing was left. No trees, no birds, no rats, no cats, nothing, not even sparrows. All gone. Annihilated. Blown to bits or eaten. For my mother, a sparrow sitting on a fence was a sign of peace and plenty. May this symbol speak also to you. —A.A.M. Bos Hongerwinter is accompanied by a new book, co-published by Mokopōpaki and Envy More information Image: Dr P, Very Thin Vogel’s, 2024

[unclejackworthing]

[Jack is a little bit ditzy; he's often the last person to laugh at a joke (though he nearly always understands the joke eventually, he just had to think about it for a moment,) and occasionally needs clarification when someone's explaining something to him (though that's often because he simply stopped listening during a pertinent part of the conversation due to a mean case of ADHD.) The brain fog from being in Joy for so many years certainly doesn't help with this.

That being said, he's very educated. He's always been a bookworm, particularly when it comes to nonfiction. He has an interest specifically in the traditions of other cultures and knows a lot of trivia on the topic, especially when it comes to foreign cuisine. Knowing different ways of seasoning and cooking things and combining ingredients very much came in handy once food started getting scarce in Wellington Wells. 

He's also a bit of a stickler for proper grammar; he's the type to get a stress headache if someone says literally when they don't literally mean literally and he judges people who speak as though they're uneducated.

He's also very knowledgeable about anatomy and the human body. On the reports about Foggy Jack, they claim he's surgically removing organs from his victims; this implies to me that there's a certain precision to what he's doing, he's not just hacking away at them. He knows exactly where each organ is and the recommended technique for extracting them. I definitely don't think he has a medical license, but I'm on the fence about whether he has SOME formal medical training or if it's all self taught from books. Either way, he's knowledgeable in this area, as well.]

[rroechan]

Messrs. Shipwright & Seuss

Magic detective OCs

me rambling below (theres a lot)

originally, they were hp fan characters, with houses, wands, patronuses and everything but for varying reasons, they evolved past that and I basically made up a whole world, similar but not entirely. a Lot of changes were just me fixing and then adding waaay too much detail into the magic system (because I go rabid for world building)

eg. i threw that whole witch = girl, wizard = boy thing FAR out the window. Those are basically titles now that classifies what sort of magic user are you. Regular peeps are Mages, 'Wizard' is basically like a phd, Witches are homeschooled, Warlocks are the equivalent to 'fucked around, found out'. I could go more in depth if ppl r interested,,,

Dr.Shipwright

one on the right

pseud Jeers Shipwright, real name Noah Silkryce

Holds the title of wizard, is an actual genuine doctor whom specialises in the treatment and study of magic cores (a magic user's source of magic located very literally inside their bodies)

he lives in the two story apartment above the storefront thats basically their detective office

his apartment is meant for like a family of 4 but he has So Many Books. Even copies of the same book because theyre "collector's edition" or something other. My god, one quarter of his collection is untouched and still in their packaging because he hasnt finished the ones hes already opened yet.

He'll read about anything you throw at him but he enjoys fiction the most

Eccentric (read, i projected all of my neurodivergence onto him)

aside from loving books to no end, he also enjoys wearing funky patterns. different coloured & patterned socks, arcade floor pants, etc etc. Even at a funeral, if you looked close enough, his necktie has black cat patterns on it.

(He started doing it cause one of his favourite book characters did it. Perseus is ever grateful Noah didnt pick up the character's accent as well)

he looks charming but has nearly zero social skills. Best part is that its not that he doesnt try, he just doesnt bother with it. he leaves all the talking part to Perseus

Mr. Seuss

one on the left

pseud Seuss Dreammaker, real name Perseus O. Coy

Originally part of the Magic Police but left to join Noah in becoming a detective duo. He still retains some favorability from the magic police, specifically the current police chief whom he used to apprentice under.

She, the police chief, is one of the ways the two get their cases

While Noah uses a wand for most magic, Perseus uses a foil sword disguised as a cane

the magic police use magic swords.

Perseus also just. Knows fencing cause hes from a pureblood richie magic family

yea theres blood politics in this too but in the timeline, its cooled waaay the fuck down by the time Noah and Perseus got out of secondary school

coming from a pureblood family, his tastes lean a bit more to the expensive side, especially for food.

him and his parents travelled a lot thus Perseus having a very broad flavour pallette. At some point he'd began his own secret little food journal rating and writting down dishes and recipes he's picked up. (he learnt how to cook purely because the school food was far too bland. Just imagine younger him as that one person on tiktok who cooked a wellington in their dorm)

He acts plenty reserved but he can be very excitable when it comes to new things, not just food. Though, he doesn't show it well unless prompted to.

"Decorum, remember decorum" old lessons die hard. His form of being excited or interested is just very subdued, Noah is always first to notice and will push Perseus into trying something.

I wanted to say that Noah is "La la la la" and Perseus is "Ok ok ok ok" but I failed to clarify that they're both cousins, related by their great-grandparents. This isn't something I threw in, this is relevant to the plot and how they meet each other

one last fun fact abt these two: they're technically legacy characters based off my other hp ocs who are like, great-grand uncle and aunts to these two.

its a nightmare, its insanity, but its very funny to me

[f1]

German climate activist group claims responsibility for Formula E protest | Formula E

A German activist group has claimed responsibility after protestors stormed the grid ahead of the start of the second Berlin Eprix on Sunday. The second Formula E race of the weekend was about to begin at the Berlin Templehof Airport circuit when a group of around five protesters climbed the debris fence on the main straight as cars were pulling onto their final grid slots in preparation for the start. The group each wore white t-shirts bearing logos and slogans and attempted to sit on the grid in front of many of the cars already lined up for the start. Security personnel rushed onto the grid to remove the protestors, who were then arrested by police. The interruption delayed the start of the race by over six minutes, which eventually began with a grid start as planned. A German group Letzte Generation (Last Generation), who describe themselves on their Mastodon page as a group of “climate justice activists”, claimed responsibility for the disruption. The group is engaging in a series of activities around the German capital city this weekend to call for increased government action to protect citizens from the impact of climate change. A video posted by the group on social media showed the moment that activists scaled the catch fencing to get onto the circuit. “We are at the @eFORMELde [sic] racetrack to sound the alarm,” Letzte Generation posted. “It’s time to slow down. Because we’re on the highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator.” The incident is the latest in a series of climate change related protests at high-profile sporting events, including motorsport. Last year’s British Grand Prix was interrupted by a group of activists breaching the circuit at the start of the race on the Wellington Straight, however the race had already been red flagged due to a heavy accident involving Zhou Guanyu at the first corner. The Silverstone protestors, of the group Just Stop Oil, were convicted of causing a public nuisance and received a mix of suspended prison sentences and community orders. Formula E is the only FIA accredited world championship which runs on all-electric power, with cars producing zero emissions during racing. The delayed race was eventually won by Envision driver Nick Cassidy. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Formula E Browse all Formula E articles via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://www.racefans.net/

[napoleonic-sexyman-tournament]

Charles-Pierre Augereau:

“dude’s backstory is a fucking dungeons and dragons adventurer backstory, duellist who had to flee France after killing an officer, adventurered in Prussia and Russia and duelled and fought, also cannot physically stop swearing, what a man”

“Man of many talents even before the Revolution: noted swordsman and duellist, so talented that he accidentally killed a superior officer. Joined armies all over Europe, then taught fencing and dancing after he settled. Eloped with his first wife, whom he loved and respected. Partly responsible for victories at Castiglione and Arcole during the Italian campaign. Tied himself to a horse to lead his corps on Eylau (very metal). Has a very cool portrait where he points at a portrait of himself at Arcole

Admin note: this is the portrait

Richard Sharpe:

“He's a penniless orphan raised from the ranks by Wellington himself! He's never had a fencing lesson in his life! The first time he met his best friend, they beat the shit out of each other! He was played by a young Sean Bean! He's my poor little meow meow and he Respects Women (in a period-typical sort of way)!”

“bernard cornwall has decided he’s like the coolest blondest rogue ever created.”

“a belligerent Yorkshire accent, frequently being covered in blood, and lingering camera-work on some quite tight green trousers”

“Sean Bean is sexy :)”

[aonoexpat]

Getting my bearings

07-02-2023

Okay please do not expect me to keep up this rate of posting on here because I do not intend to but I just have SO MUCH NEW STUFF TO SHARE RIGHT NOW

It feels like I've been here for two whole weeks already, with how much I've been up to. I've seen the local shopping district (blown away by the caliber of the thrift shops here, I am living for it), gotten in a (minor, no worries) car accident, gone to that board game night (played Viticulture, cool but not entirely my thing) and most of the administrative process has been taken care of by now, which means:

a local phone number: much needed to get around if you want future employers to be able to reach you. I have a dual SIM phone but I've taken my Dutch SIM out anyway, because the rates are staggeringly high: 254 cents per minute of outgoing or incoming calls, 51 cents per text message and 500 cents per MB(!) of data. No thank you. I do still want to keep my Dutch number so I've just downgraded my plan to the bare minimum to save some costs.

a local bank account: it took some back-and-forth, but now I'm officially banking with Kiwibank :) I chose them for their omnipresence, and because I'd read online that they're one of the more sustainable and inclusive options out here.

a local tax ID: is on the way, this is necessary for NZ and NL to communicate about my income and any taxes that apply.

an actual job: working on it, printing CVs tomorrow but I also managed to get my hands on a beautiful guitar so busking is now officially on the table!

The time I wasn't working on these things, I spent out and about, enjoying the views and the culture shock. Yesterday's highlight was Zealandia: a 255 ha wildlife sanctuary that sits right on the fold line where two tectonic plates meet. It's home to many a species of birds, reptiles and plants, some of them endangered, and offers some killer views:

Here's a little selection of who I met there:

The Pied Shag / Kāruhiruhi / Phalacrocorax varius varius

Not to be confused with a regular ol' penguin. Seemed very chill

The Takahē / Porphyrio hochstetteri

Very sleepy, and the most reminiscent of its undoubtedly dinosaur ancestors. Also clearly a menace to keep inside its designated area:

The California quail / Tikaokao / Callipepla californica

Standing guard on the fence as its whānau rummage about in the garden below 💚

Tuatara / Sphenodon punctatus

The Kākā / Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis​

According to the volunteer park guide who was kind enough to give us a talk about them on her time off, the park started out with 14 of these back in 2002. At the time the Kākā hadn't been living in the Wellington area for over 100 years. Since then, over 1000 new Kākā chicks have been born in the sanctuary due to their tremendous efforts to protect these intelligent birds. The feeders they put out for them require them to step on a little pedal to lift the lid and access the food. They've done experiments with them where they put a little wooden block under the pedal to block it, and the young ones quickly learned to remove it to regain access. They've also suspended food from pieces of string hanging from the branches to see what they would do, since Kākā are unable to hover. Even this they managed to solve by sitting on the branch and pulling up the string until they could reach the food. They look like they're having great fun, hanging upside down from branches and being real acrobats in the trees as well as the air 😍

I'm definitely visiting this place again when I have the chance, because there's a lot more of the park to explore!

My current plan is to stay here in Te Whanganui-a-tara until the beginning of April. Then I can catch a ride up to Hobbiton and then Tāmaki-makau-rau (aka Auckland), after which I'll travel back down, in order to visit the South Island in May, most likely! So for now my focus will be on saving up some money and enjoying the wonderful weather while it lasts 🌞

[ifreakingloveroyals]

Through the Years → Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (722/∞)

17 February 2023 | Crown Princess Victoria & Prince Daniel visit ZEALANDIA, a fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary in the heart of Wellington city in Wellington, New Zealand. Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden are on a three-day visit to New Zealand. (Photo by Andy Jackson/Getty Images)

[ayin-me-yesh]

Image Description: 10 photos from protests for Palestine across Aotearoa (New Zealand)

1. The first photo is from Aotea Square in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). In the front row is Dayenu: New Zealand Jews Against Occupation holding a banner saying "No Violence in Our Name." There is a massive crowd holding many Palestinian flags.

2. The second photo is from the march down Queen Street in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). A Black person with a shaved head is holding a sign saying "Do you believe the Israeli response has ever been proportionate?"

3. The third photo is also from the march down Queen Street in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). Another Black person with long hair in a ponytail is wearing the Palestinian flag around their shoulders. They're holding a sign that says "End Ethnic Cleansing in Palestine."

4. The fourth photo is from Kirikiriroa (Hamilton). A person with long blonde hair wearing a bucket hat and sunglasses is holding a sign saying "End War. End Genocide." Behind them are many Palestinian flags and another person with long blonde hair and a bucket hat holding a sign saying "Palestinian Lives Matter."

5. The fifth photo is from Te Wharenui-a-Tara (Wellington). Protestors are marching down Lambton Quay toward Parliament. In the front is a person marching backwards wearing a keffiyah over their shoulders. A small child is facing the camera and marching alongside them. Behind them banners read "Free Palestine" and "Jews for a Free Palestine." The latter is being carried by members of Alternative Jewish Voices New Zealand. Next to the Jewish group is someone carrying the Tino Rangatiratanga flag and a protestor in a wheelchair. There's people waving Palestinian flags further back in the crowd.

6. Sixth is a photo of more protestors in Te Wharenui-a-Tara (Wellington). Several are leaning against a fence. One of the people leaning on the fence is holding a sign that says "Free Palestine." Behind them are people holding signs saying "It's not complex, it's genocide" and "Ko wai tātou?" There are many more Palestinian flags and a Tino Rangatiratanga flag visible in the crowd.

7. Seventh is a wide shot of protestors in Civic Square in Te Wharanui-a-Tara (Wellington). The crowd is very large, taking up most of the square. Palestinian flags are visible.

8. The eighth photo is of a march in Ōtautahi (Christchurch). People are holding a sign saying "Free Palestine" and most of the other protestors are waving Palestinian flags.

9. The ninth photo is from Ōtautahi (Christchurch) as well. Protestors with Palestinian flags are gathered around a group lying on the ground. There are chalk outlines around the people lying down, most of whom are children. There is a small child sized bundle wrapped in white fabric with red stains also on the ground.

10. The tenth and final photo is also from Ōtautahi (Christchurch). Two banners are on the ground. One of them has the Palestinian flag on it and says "Apartheid. Wrong for South Africa. Wrong for Palestinians." The other says "Freedom for Palestine" in the colours of the Palestinian flag. There is a large crowd of people standing around the banners. One in the front with long red hair is holding a sign saying "Close the Israeli Embassy." There are also several hijabis and a person in a wheelchair in the front of the crowd.

End ID

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