#Svetlana 2:9

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:D class picture day!!!!!!!!!! ehehehehehe :) finally, the 2 and the 9 all in one place!!!!!!

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The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

NYT Article.

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Q: How many of the 100 have you read? Q: Which ones did you love/hate? Q: What's missing?

Here's the full list.

100. Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson 99. How to Be Both, Ali Smith 98. Bel Canto, Ann Patchett 97. Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Ward 96. Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman 95. Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel 94. On Beauty, Zadie Smith 93. Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel 92. The Days of Abandonment, Elena Ferrante 91. The Human Stain, Philip Roth 90. The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen 89. The Return, Hisham Matar 88. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis 87. Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters 86. Frederick Douglass, David W. Blight 85. Pastoralia, George Saunders 84. The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee 83. When We Cease to Understand the World, Benjamin Labutat 82. Hurricane Season, Fernanda Melchor 81. Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan 80. The Story of the Lost Child, Elena Ferrante 79. A Manual for Cleaning Women, Lucia Berlin 78. Septology, Jon Fosse 77. An American Marriage, Tayari Jones 76. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin 75. Exit West, Mohsin Hamid 74. Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout 73. The Passage of Power, Robert Caro 72. Secondhand Time, Svetlana Alexievich 71. The Copenhagen Trilogy, Tove Ditlevsen 70. All Aunt Hagar's Children, Edward P. Jones 69. The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander 68. The Friend, Sigrid Nunez 67. Far From the Tree, Andrew Solomon 66. We the Animals, Justin Torres 65. The Plot Against America, Philip Roth 64. The Great Believers, Rebecca Makkai 63. Veronica, Mary Gaitskill 62. 10:04, Ben Lerner 61. Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver 60. Heavy, Kiese Laymon 59. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides 58. Stay True, Hua Hsu 57. Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich 56. The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner 55. The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright 54. Tenth of December, George Saunders 53. Runaway, Alice Munro 52. Train Dreams, Denis Johnson 51. Life After Life, Kate Atkinson 50. Trust, Hernan Diaz 49. The Vegetarian, Han Kang 48. Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi 47. A Mercy, Toni Morrison 46. The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt 45. The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson 44. The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin 43. Postwar, Tony Judt 42. A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James 41. Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan 40. H Is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald 39. A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan 38. The Savage Detectives, Roberto Balano 37. The Years, Annie Ernaux 36. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates 35. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel 34. Citizen, Claudia Rankine 33. Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward 32. The Lines of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst 31. White Teeth, Zadie Smith 30. Sing, Unburied, Sing, Jesmyn Ward 29. The Last Samurai, Helen DeWitt 28. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell 27. Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 26. Atonement, Ian McEwan 25. Random Family, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc 24. The Overstory, Richard Powers 23. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, Alice Munro 22. Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Katherine Boo 21. Evicted, Matthew Desmond 20. Erasure, Percival Everett 19. Say Nothing, Patrick Radden Keefe 18. Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders 17. The Sellout, Paul Beatty 16. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon 15. Pachinko, Min Jin Lee 14. Outline, Rachel Cusk 13. The Road, Cormac McCarthy 12. The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion 11. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz 10. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson 9. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro 8. Austerlitz, W.G. Sebald 7. The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead 6. 2666, Roberto Bolano 5. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen 4. The Known World, Edward P. Jones 3. Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel 2. The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson 1. My Brilliant Friend, Elena Ferrante

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Svetlana by Mike Dowson (Michael Dowson)

part 16 / 27 (part 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27)

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the ages of shameless characters does nothing but drive me crazy, so I'm activating some detective skills to figure them out throughout the seasons. also - im ignoring the years or times that the seasons came out, just going by what the show says.

First off: Mickey - bday is 10 August 1994

Season 1: 16, because...

he's not in it much, he doesn't speak much, but we know two things - he's a teenager and he's under 18 since he goes to juvie. He's in juvie for some part of three seasons, so I think it's safe to put him at 16.

Season 2: 16 for a bit, then 17, because....

it's now summer, and Mickey comes out of juvie. I think he turns 17 that summer, because when he goes back in, people are wearing coats more so I assume it's getting colder, so it's past august.

Season 3: 17 for half, 18 for the other half, because...

it's summer at the start, so Mickey's been in juvie for like 6/7 months. he's still 17, because he didn't go to prison at any point. by the time he marries Svetlana, I think he's 18. I don't know how old you have to be to get married in Illinois, but I'll say 18 because American laws confuse me more than anything else. either way, again, people are wearing warmer clothes around the time he marries her, so he must be 18.

Season 4: 18, because...

it's winter, the whole way through. There's no way it's the next year, since Ian is still underage according to Mickey (altho there's a possibility he meant under the drinking age of 21, but I don't think so). So Ian's been gone for a few months, maybe like 5 since it could be Jan/Feb and he must have left Autumn time. Therefore, Mickey's 18. The whole time. Summer hasn't come, so his birthday hasn't passed.

Season 5: 19, because....

it's summer for the first part. Late summer, since the last half is in wintery time based on everyone's coats. We can assume that Mickey has his birthday either between season 4 and 5 or right at the beginning of season 5. So maybe he's 18 for like 5 seconds. But for the majority and the end, he must be 19.

Season 6: 19/20, because...

he's only in it for one scene (diabolical). I can't tell what the season is really, because there aren't many coats being worn at the start, and then loads at the end. It seems unreasonable that a whole spring and summer have been skipped, doesn't it? although, maybe it's possible. There are also some days when it seems really hot and some where it looks cold, so I have no idea. I don't know what the weather's like in Chicago, sorry. So he's either 19 or 20 when we see him. Most likely 20. Either way, he went into prison when he was 19, unless the trial was really long and lasted from winter to august, which I doubt.

Season 7: 21 (when he appears), because...

we have two episodes (again, very sad). it starts in the summer based on the t-shirts without jackets everyone wears. by the time ep 10 and 11 hit, it's colder. it's hard to tell at the end, since they're at the border or approaching the border and the further south you go the hotter it gets, and it's very sunny when mickey goes across. If season 6 really is that winter and they skipped the summer (which now makes more sense), it's the following summer, going into autumn. so, august has probably passed by the time we see mickey. so he's 21 now.

Season 8: 21, 22 by the end (even tho we don't see him), because...

no mickey (rude). we can still assume his age based on the seasons and other characters. it's summer again! I'm guessing it's the year after?? since it looked like season 7 was approaching autumn? that also means Ian and Trevor were dating for around a year, and I didn't realise it was so long to be honest. anyway, if it's summer again, at some point throughout mickey turns 22 (alone, in Mexico).

Season 9: 23, because...

one scene with mickey! it's still summer, the same summer as before I think, because there's no way the Gay Jesus thing lasted a full year. it looks like it's a direct continuation from season 8. by the last ep, Ian is wearing a hat and an undershirt under the prison uniform, so it's autumn-y time. so, mickey's either already 23 when we see him, or about to turn 23. by the end, he's definitely 23.

Season 10: 23 at the start, 24 by the end, because...

it's summer when Ian comes out of prison. I'd put it at early summer, since Ian says it's been less than a year of being in prison. so at the start, mickey's still 23. by the wedding, it's 'supposed to snow', so I guess it's full on winter. so august is passed, mickey is 24, and finally had his bday when he's with Ian.

Season 11: 24 at the start, 25 at the end, because...

summer again at the start based on all the t-shirts. early summer, because by ep 10, mickey goes swimming or does something in the pool, because I'm not convinced he can swim, which you aren't gonna do in the autumn/winter, right? by the last ep, there are more coats, and it's their anniversary so it's 'supposed to snow', so it must be winter time. so he's 24 at the start, 25 at the end.

In conclusion, Mickey is way younger than he seems (im not talking about Noel, he looks the age he's meant to be, he just seems older). Also, Gallavich has been together for 9 years.

Let me know if you disagree with any of this, I think I'll do Ian next! I don't know if this was obvious to everyone else and I'm just slow, but this is gonna help me loads when I'm figuring out weather seasons and ages for fics lol.

Shameless needs to deal with its shitty timelines. It was much better at consistency in the earlier seasons.

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hi

uh...

Can you explain Little League? Thnaks..

Hi!! Thank you for the question.

The Little League AU places the gen 4 cast onto little league hockey teams based on their teams in season 1. The Frogs of Death team is called the Leap Frogs, and the Ferocious Trout team is called the Flying Fish in this AU. All of the gen 4 characters are 9-10 years old.

Lightning and Svetlana are the coaches for the Leap Frogs team, while Jacques and Josee are the coaches for the Flying Fish team. Sky and Jo are assistant coaches for the teams. The other alters in the system will coach the team as well if Svetlana isn’t fronting.

Plot lines in this AU directly reference canon!! They do not line up 100% correctly, and I have heavily edited the plot lines to make them make sense with the new setting, but they use canon as a guideline. For example, Millie still writes about everyone, but she writes in a diary with glitter pen, and all of her notes are just silly complaints that a kid would have (“Axel wouldn’t let me use her green marker to color in my picture :(” or “Ripper is mean! >:(”).

Some plot lines don’t take place at the hockey rink. For example, S1E6 is trip to an amusement park that has a catapult ride. S2E1-5 all take place at the school during field day, so the kids are on field day teams (their season 2 teams) during those plot lines. Their hockey teams remain the same during this time; those don’t change at all in this AU. The Frogs are still Frogs in season 2, and the Fish are still Fish.

The hockey program in this AU is directly connected to their school, so the hockey program is kind of like an after school club. The three main locations in this AU are the hockey rink, the school, and the theatre. The theatre is where Nichelle performs at (instead of being a famous actress).

The gen 1-3 and RR casts also show up in this AU. They mostly work at the hockey rink, school, or theatre, but some of them work elsewhere (Chet and Lorenzo work at a card shop in town and host D&D games there, for example). All of the gen 1-3 characters in this AU are in their mid-late twenties.

A lot of the plot lines for gen 1-3 also have parallels to canon in this AU, but the vast majority of them happened when they were still in high school.

I’m going to eventually write a fic for the LL AU, so it’ll probably all make more sense once the plot lines are written out completely, but this is most of the basic information about the AU!! If anyone has any questions about a specific plot line or character, please let me know. :)

I always tag my LL AU posts with “#td little league au,” so you can look through that tag if you want to see my previous art for this AU and answers to questions people have asked me in the past!!

[mommysmistake]

Dražen (Yugotalia Croatia) headcanons: 1. He doesn't get enough sleep. He sleeps 6 hours at most (on weekends), but usually it's 4 hours of sleep for him. For example, he falls asleep at 2 and wakes up at 6 am. He's a 'night owl', so he's very active until he goes to bed. In the morning he needs time to wake up, but he has strength throughout the day because of the substances he does (the only somewhat safe one being caffeine);

2. When it comes to weapons, he has more skill with knives, compared to guns. He had used guns in the past, of course, but he doesn't have good aim (and he has been shot at which made him afraid of dealing with guns), so he sticks to pocket knives, carrying them almost everywhere he goes. He has a srbosjek, which is barely in use and starting to get quite rusty. A fan of basic kitchen knives, but only for special occasions, since he can't just carry them all the time;

3. Has very strong facial features, big nose and full eyebrows. His arms and fingers are bone-y, he has almost no muscles because of his diet and (substance) habits. His fingernails are very short because he's afraid of what others will think if he grows them out to be long and sharp (which he prefers);

4. His attraction to Vuk is purely sexual. He loves his genitals the most, while being slightly less attracted to his body. Despite relating to Vuk, he doesn't like talking with him, except when they flirt; mostly because he doesn't want to be seen as similar to him by the others;

5. Loves listening to pop and pop folk, but represses it. He listens to ex-yugoslav rock, as well, though less frequently. His favourite artists are: Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović, Severina, Jelena Rozga, Oliver Dragojević and Branimir Štulić.

6. Doesn't share his opinions to anyone he interacts with in real life in order to keep his image clear. Because of this he runs a secret Croatian nationalist, neo-nazi blog where he posts rants and hate speech. He's very careful with it and shares almost no personal information, except for his family history and traditions, or anything else that makes him indistinguishable from any other Croat.

7. Cut his hair off in 1940 (during Banate of Croatia) because he wanted to be seen as a changed person (he had long hair until then). He cut his side-burns off to make him look more masculine, but let them grow long during SFRY, so he would look different from how he looked during WWII, despite keeping the same, now watered down values he had to repress because of the country's politics (wa, wa, poor baby);

8. Loves plump, male bodies, but he makes fun of Vuk's. It goes as following:

He sees Vuk eating sweets and insults his weight; Vuk decides to diet so he won't be made of anymore; the next day Dražen takes him out to eat or cooks him unhealthy food, making him stay the same weight, or even gain some;

and repeats itself. This happens for a few reasons: Dražen finds Vuk's body attractive and doesn't want it to change, he loves teasing him, and he thinks that women would be all over him if he was fitter which he doesn't want;

9. He mostly eats savoury foods, but he gets cakes from time to time. Loves drinking coffee (has atleast 2 cups of espresso everyday) and red wine. Sometimes he skips a meal and sometimes he eats to the point of sickness. It varies, but he usually stays the same weight, when his weight does vary, it's usually 5 kilos more, or less.

10. His closet is filled with dark clothes. Most of them are some level of formal, but he also owns "house clothes" which he only wears inside and they are slightly dirty or ripped. Owns one or two pairs of trousers, the rest are denim jeans or shorts and pants. Has either black or white socks, having longer ones for winter and very short ones for summer. Uses armpit pads so he doesn't sweat during hot weather. Loves leather and wears it all the time;

11. Knows how to write using the glagolitic (both round and angular) and latin script. Never bothered to learn cyrillic, he doesn't know how to write text in the cyrillic script and he can only recognize a few letters in texts written in it. It's not necessary for him to know it, since Croatia isn't known for using cyrillic, but he needed it in Yugoslavia. Back then he understood it enough to read simple text written in the script, but still couldn't write in the script;

12. Has almost flat speech, but not as much as Enis. He only shows emotion in his voice when yelling and you can't tell his emotions based on his speech, except for anger. His voice almost shakes when he raises his voice which has been responded to with both pitiness and fear. Of course, he speaks with a central Croatian accent and dialect, with the Dalmatian dialect being almost foreign to him (poor knowledge of words used by Dalmatians). He speaks Croatian and English as a second language. Understands a bit of Italian and German and some Hungarian words (all because of past interactions with the people);

13. Writes frequently, but his works are only appealing at first glance. He prefers writing short stories or small 'essays' for his blog, while he writes poems once in a blue moon. Doesn't struggle with grammar or spelling, writing something that makes sense and has an interesting story behind is his only challenge that he can't seem to beat. He needs to get atleast a little bit sentimental to whip out a verse or two, otherwise, he doesn't consider it. The publishers have started refusing to publish his work because no one really reads his articles in newspapers. He thinks his writing is refined and unique;

14. Can only cook minimum effort and traditional dishes, and that's it. He doesn't try to learn to cook any dishes besides the ones he already knows because "they're too hard". Has cooked for the other yugotans in the past and they've enjoyed it, despite his meals not being anything special. Has only baked small buns and bread a couple of times before because he buys bread in the bakery. Goes out once a week (with exceptions), and mostly orders chicken or pasta at restaurants;

15. Used to have a fiat 500 (from what I can tell based on the photos) until it was destroyed. From then on he used public transport until he got money for a new car, which lasted for a year or two. He bought a Škoda Octavia which has shown itself to be pretty decent. He doesn't usually drive that much, unless he's going on vacation, but uses his car when he wants to go to a mall that's hard to get to by foot. Prefers walking to the store or the café, despite getting a bit 'woozy' when he walks for a longer period, due to his habits and build. Might edit later. If I think of anything I should add. Have this for now.

[stargazing-sapphire2]

Full Name: Lars Armas Pääkkönen

Date of Birth: March 13th, 1935. Lapland, Finland

Nationality: Finnish-American

Occupation: United States Marine Corps; CIA

Rank(s): Staff Sergeant

Age:

-Black Ops 1: 26-33

-Cold War: 46

-Black Ops 2: 52-90

-Black Ops 6: 56

Family / Relatives:

-Gunnar Pääkkönen - Father (Deceased)

-Svetlana Attila - Mother (Deceased)

-Katariina Pirhonen - Wife (Alive)

-Svetlana 'Sveta' Pääkkönen - Daughter (Alive)

-Aleksi Pääkkönen - Son (Alive)

Appearance:

*Hair color: Sandy blonde

*Eye color: Ice blue

*Height: 6'8 / 203 cm

*Scars/Beauty marks/blemishes: A jagged scar across the bridge of his nose, and another sliced into his right brow, giving him an angry look.

*Faceclaim: Chris Hemsworth

Affiliation(s):

-Alex Mason

-Frank Woods

-Joseph Bowman

-Grigori Weaver

-Jason Hudson

-Russell Adler

-Helen Park

-Lazar Azoulay

-Lawrence Simmons

-Lydia Graves

-Oscar Yamaha ( @piouswolf )

Personality:

Due to his socially awkward and off-standish attitude, Lars often struggles to make friends long term. Although it is unintentional, Lars comes off as incredibly unsettling to those who first meet him, due to his stature and overall appearance. However, he is protective of the friends that he has, and will ensure that your back is covered in a firefight. Earning his friendship is in itself an accomplishment, but do something to break his trust and he will never forgive, no forget.

Background:

Lars was born in Lapland, Finland on March 13th, 1935 to Gunnar and Svetlana Pääkkönen, being their only child. By the time of his birth, the shadow of the second World War had already been looming over Europe, and in 1939 kick-started the Winter War when the Soviets invaded Finland, with Gunnar leaving to answer the call to defend his country. Lars would not see his father again until four years later.

In 1945, when the war officially ended in Europe, Gunnar returned home, but as a broken, scarred shell of a man who eventually turned to alcohol to cope with the trauma and grief. In 1947, Lars watched as his father eventually succumbed to his demons and drank himself to death to an early grave. Left with nothing but bad memories, a disheartened Svetlana left with the then 9 year old Lars, both departing from Finland and immigrating to the United States to start anew. Adjusting to life in the States had not been easy.

At the age of 18 after graduating high school, Lars signed onto the Marine Corps, which led him to meeting three men he would eventually form a close bond with: Alex Mason, Frank Woods, and Joseph Bowman.

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Teresa Spanò 2 Gennaio

Giulia Donato 4 Gennaio

Martina Scialdone 13 Gennaio

Oriana Brunelli 14 Gennaio

Teresa Di Tondo 15 Gennaio

Alina Cristina Cozac 22 Gennaio

Giuseppina Faiella 28 Gennaio

Yana Malayko 1 Febbraio

Margherita Margani 4 Febbraio

Antonia Vacchelli 6 Febbraio

Melina Marino 11 Febbraio

Santa Castorina 11 Febbraio

Cesina Bambina Damiani 12 Febbraio

Rosina Rossi 16 Febbraio

Chiara Carta 18 Febbraio

Sigrid Grober 19 Febbraio

Maria Luisa Sassoli 23 Febbraio

Giuseppina Traini 25 Febbraio

Caterina Martucci 1 Marzo

Rosalba Dell’Albani 4 Marzo

Iolanda Pierazzo 6 Marzo

Iulia Astafieya 7 Marzo

Rossella Maggi 8 Marzo

Petronilla De Santis 9 Marzo

Rubina Kousar 9 Marzo

Maria Febronia Buttò 10 Marzo

Pinuccia Contin 16 Marzo

Francesca Giornelli 28 Marzo

Agnese Oliva 29 Marzo

Zenepe Uruci 30 Marzo

Carla Pasqua 31 Marzo

Alessandra Vicentini 31 Marzo

Sara Ruschi 13 Aprile

Brunetta Ridolf 13 Aprile

Rosa Gigante 18 Aprile

Anila Ruci 19 Aprile

Stefania Rota 21 Aprile

Barbara Capovani 23 Aprile

Wilma Vezzaro 25 Aprile

Antonella Lopardo 2 Maggio

Rosanna Trento 3 Maggio

Danjela Neza 6 Maggio

Jessica Malaj 7 Maggio

Anica Panfile 21 Maggio

Yirel Natividad Peña Santana 27 Maggio

Ottavina Maestripieri 1 Giugno

Giulia Tramontano 1 Giugno

Pierpaola Romano 1 Giugno

Giuseppina De Francesco 8 Giugno

Maria Brigida Pesacane 8 Giugno

Floriana Floris 9 Giugno

Cettina De Bormida 10 Giugno

Rosa Moscatiello 12 Giugno

Svetlana Ghenciu 19 Giugno

Margherita Ceschin 24 Giugno

Laura Pin 28 Giugno

Maria Michelle Causo 28 Giugno

Ilenia Bonanno 6 Luglio

Benita Gasparini 19 Luglio

Mariella Marino 20 Luglio

Norma 22 Luglio

Vera Maria Icardi 24 Luglio

Marina Luzi 25 Luglio

Angela Gioiello 28 Luglio

Mara Fait 28 Luglio

Sofia Castelli 29 Luglio

Iris Setti 6 Agosto

Maria Costantini 9 Agosto

Celine Frei Matzohl 13 Agosto

Anna Scala 17 Agosto

Vera Schiopu 19 Agosto

Francesca Renata Marasco 28 Agosto

Rossella Nappini 4 Settembre

Marisa Leo 6 Settembre

Nerina Fontana 16 Settembre

Cosima D’Amato 20 Settembre

Maria Rosa Troisi 20 Settembre

Rosaria Di Marino 20 Settembre

Liliana Cojita 21 Settembre

Manuela Bittante 25 Settembre

Anna Elisa Fontana 25 Settembre

Carla Schiffo 27 Settembre

Monica Berta 27 Settembre

Klodiana Vefa 28 Settembre

Egidia Barberio 30 Settembre

Anna Malmusi 1 Ottobre

Piera Paganelli 4 Ottobre

Eleonora Moruzzi 5 Ottobre

Silvana Aru 13 Ottobre

Concetta Marruocco 14 Ottobre

Marta Di Nardo 20 Ottobre

Antonella Iaccarino 21 Ottobre

Giuseppina Lamarina 24 Ottobre

Pinuccia Anselmino 25 Ottobre

Annalisa D’Auria 28 Ottobre

Etleva Kanolija 29 Ottobre

Michele Faiers Dawn 1 Novembre

Patrizia Vella Lombardi 14 Novembre

Francesca Romeo 18 Novembre

Giulia Cecchetin 18 Novembre

Non ho neanche più lacrime da versare, solamente tanta rabbia, fino a quando dovremo sopportare tutto ciò?

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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the persistence or appearance of neurologic symptoms after clearance of SARS-CoV-2 infection has become a serious health challenge for patients and clinicians worldwide. The effects of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), commonly known as Long COVID, can be debilitating and persist for months after infection. Some of these symptoms can include fatigue, neuropsychiatric sequelae, sleep disturbances, sensorimotor symptoms, cognitive impairment/brain fog, hypoguesia/hyposmia, hearing loss, and ocular symptoms.

As emphasized by the research and experts in the field, currently there are no specific tests for the diagnosis of Long COVID, and clinical features such as laboratory findings and biomarkers may not specifically relate to the condition. It is important to develop and validate biomarkers for the prediction, diagnosis, and prognosis of Long COVID and its response to therapeutics. Regardless of age or preexisting health conditions, Long COVID can affect anyone, highlighting that this condition is not restricted to any specific demographic and does not discriminate, even against the healthiest individuals.

Recently, we conducted a Long COVID roundtable in collaboration with NeurologyLive to continue our roundtable video series where we delve into important clinical neurological disease topics with a comprehensive discussion with clinicians in the field. In this episode, clinicians discussed the serious cognitive impacts of COVID-19, particularly in patients with Long COVID. The experts stressed that Long COVID poses a significant public health issue, urging stronger infection prevention and mitigation strategies to address these cognitive risks, especially with the potential long-term effects on adults and children.

Our panel of clinicians include:

Ravindra Ganesh, MD, MBBS, FACP, Dip ABOM, general medicine doctor at the Mayo Clinic and leader of their Long COVID clinic. Svetlana Blitshteyn, MD, FAAN, clinical associate professor of neurology at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, director of the Dysautonomia Clinic. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, professor, and chair of rehabilitation medicine at UT Health, leader of the Long COVID clinic. Transcript edited for clarity.

Blitshteyn: Well, we know from multiple studies that COVID does not have a positive effect on cognition, and many patients with long COVID experience cognitive impairment, which is termed brain fog. Early on, studies showed that it was quite rare for the virus to be found in brain tissues. More likely, there is some kind of neuroinflammatory process with microglial activation, small vessel disease, a hypercoagulable state, platelet activation, and certainly, effects on the brain from potential microbiome alteration and autonomic dysfunction at the central level. These are all possible mechanisms.

From cognitive studies, we know that even in patients who feel fully recovered, there is a measurable effect from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Recently, there was a study from the UK that found a 3-point decrease in neurocognitive testing, equivalent to a 3-point IQ loss, in patients with mild COVID who felt recovered. Patients with lingering, long COVID symptoms had neurocognitive testing scores decreased, equivalent to a 6-point IQ loss. Those who were hospitalized in the ICU experienced a significant loss, equivalent to a 9-point IQ drop. It's staggering when you think about it. Even when you feel well and think you're fully recovered, just the fact that you had an infection may worsen your cognitive state, and that is very important. I think this represents one of the major public health issues in neurology and neuroscience.

There is a huge push for brain health initiatives right now, and to me, this is one of the major topics we must focus on. How does it affect adults? How does it affect children and teenagers who continue to have recurrent COVID infections? While most mitigation strategies have been removed—no more indoor masking, widespread testing, or concern for air quality—and as school starts in August and September, this is very concerning to me as a neurologist.

In a nutshell, it’s important to mention that SARS-CoV-2 started as a respiratory virus. However, I think through mutation, it now shows an affinity for vascular pathology, hypercoagulability, and certainly an effect on the brain, likely through neuroinflammatory pathways. We also need to mention the importance of viral persistence and how that plays into whether viral particles activate neuroinflammation and autoimmunity, which still needs to be studied. But on a larger scale, I see this as a major public health issue, significantly impacting cognition and brain health at the population level.

Verduzco-Gutierrez: I couldn’t agree more with everything she said. To answer how long COVID impacts the brain and cognitive function—in one word: terribly. We don’t know what else is to come in the future. A recent study showed that two-thirds—about 63%—of people over 65 who were hospitalized for COVID were already experiencing cognitive decline. We know cognitive decline can lead to dementia. We really have to consider that this will disable people, not just physically, but mentally and cognitively as well. That’s going to be a big burden on our populations as they age. I just couldn’t agree more—this is a public health issue. We have to continue to prevent infections.We’re seeing these impacts in people, as she said, who had mild cases of COVID and got better, yet experienced IQ drops.

Ganesh: What’s exceptionally scary are the people who’ve had COVID 6, 7, or 8 times, right? These are the individuals who will experience the most profound impacts, second only to those who were in the ICU. With the current variants and the lack of truly effective preventative measures, it’s concerning. The vaccine right now isn’t great, and there have been reports of escape even from the new monoclonal antibodies. It’s a bit worrisome at the moment.

Blitshteyn: I want to add that there are also studies showing brain aging by 10 years. Other studies show it accelerates neurodegenerative processes and may be a vehicle for Parkinsonian symptoms and alpha-synucleinopathy. When you delve into the neuroscience literature, the impact is so big that you really start to worry. I think that’s a major area of research, from both a research standpoint and in terms of public health measures. I believe we need to do everything we can to mitigate infection. We may not fully prevent it, but reducing the risk of transmission and reinfection should be our goal.

Verduzco-Gutierrez: We have so much to say about this because we all love neurologic conditions, right? We could just keep going. But before COVID, I used to care for patients with post-polio syndrome, and we knew that the aftermath of polio sometimes showed up decades later. So, we still don’t know what we might see decades from now with COVID. I think that could be part of the dimension we’re missing, but we’ll see.

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

season 3 is the BEST shameless season idc it’s not appreciated enough

season 1 is is nostalgic and funny

season 2 has immaculate summer vibes

season 4 is depressing and cinematic

season 5 is depressing but also funny

season 6 is chaotic and has a storyline where frank is terrible to debbie

season 7 is underrated and gallavich is there but it’s secretive

season 8 has someone becoming a gay icon and cutting off a toe

season 9 has cps and a lot of drama as well as prison

season 10 has a major gallavich storyline where mickey gets married

season 11 the house almost gets lost and debbie has to do wild shit to try to get it back

and what does season 3 have?? ALL OF THAT. ALL AT ONCE. in my opinion, it’s the best gallavich storyline, it’s the perfect amount of drama and comedy (shameless usually struggles with that balance), we get so many iconic storylines like svetlana and mickey’s wedding, the start of ian showing symptoms of bipolar, hymie, karen vs mandy (or karen x mandy LMAO), lip’s alcoholism, frank’s arrest and liver failure, the kids getting taken away, the sleepover, frank ruining debbie’s project, cousin patrick, kev and carol, kev and his ex wife, molly milkovich, and literally so much more

[al-luviec]

OHOHOHO. Mike! 4, 5, 2, 9

2. What is this character's favorite color?

I think he really likes blue. All of the outfits I draw him in are primarily blue (and cream white), regardless of the hue or tint.

4. What is this character's hobby?

Canonly he enjoys kickboxing. I think he's picked up an assortment of little things he likes to do. Focused his efforts in many things instead of one specific one. He likes gymnastics (think he's 2nd best at it, behind Svetlana) and his audition tape leads me to think he likes ballet too. He likes very physical / active stuff basically. I want to say he's good at playing some kind of instrument too but that's a whole different world (knows nothing about band). When you have a lot of free time at home, you learn to use it.

5. What is something I wished happened in canon to this character.

I wish he didn't make All Stars finalist (if that counts). It should've been Mal and Zoey the whole way through. I wish the reset button thing never happened either. Also, I wish him being in juvie was expanded on some. Most of the things are issues I have with the All Stars writing... I just want him happy. Him being a canon system drives me insane because there is so much bad stuff implied there (Vito... Mal...) someone get him out the house and get him some baked goods and a nice kiss on the mouth.

9. What is my platonic OTP for this character?

I have sooo many -> Mike/Zoey (in my brain she's a lesbian with comphet... realizes it during ROTI and they just stay friends)... Mike/Duncan (juvie buddies who know a little too much about the other's childhood), Mike/Cameron (Cameron knowing Mike was a system super early on... knowing all his ticks and stuff). Also a big fan of fanfictions where Mike and Anne Marie are friends after ROTI. I'm a shipper but friendships are super important to me too.

[collageofnudes]

Svetlana by Mike Dowson (Michael Dowson)

part 17 / 27 (part 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27)

[em-harlsnow]

i'm curious what are your top ten shameless characters?

hmmm okay.

i have conflicting feelings about all the characters to be honest and it probably varies slightly but i’ll try my best to get a list i like.

1 - Mickey

2 - Ian

3 - Mandy

4 - Carl

5 - Svetlana

6 - Veronica (Carl, Svet and V are pretty equal for me but i can’t put them all at 4)

7 - Fiona

8 - Lip (he changes depending on which scenes i’ve seen of his)

9 - Iggy

10 - Kev

This was so hard because i think they all have good bits and bad bits aside from the obvious twats, but these are all the characters that I like. I also like Karen and Debbie but they annoy me a bit more so I enjoy watching them a bit less. I think I like them more because they’re complex.

My least favourite characters are in this order from best to worst (not that anyone asked):

- Tony (the cop? i just do not like him)

- Sheila

- Monica

- Ned

- Kash

- Frank

- Terry

[zutaralesbian]

i'm curious what are your top ten shameless characters?

1. Mickey

2. Fiona

3. Karen

4. Debbie

5. Ian

6. Veronica

7. Mandy

8. Lip (he frustrates me on a personal level but I cannot deny that he’s one of the better written characters. And Jeremy Allen White is obviously one of the strongest actors on the show. The show wouldn’t be the same without him)

9. Svetlana

10. Tami

[likeclarabow]

2024 Books Read

In a Holidaze - Christina Lauren (Jan 1)

The Long Games - Elena Armas (Jan 2)

The Seven Year Slip - Ashley Poston (Jan 3)

Something More - Jackie Kalilieh (Jan 3-Jan 4)

A Study in Drowning - Ava Reid (Jan 8-Jan 13)

Cockroach - Rawi Hage (Jan 17-Jan 24)

Confessions of an English Opium Eater - Thomas De Quincey (Jan 18-Jan 24)

The Night Circus (reread) - Erin Morgenstern (Jan 24-Jan 29)

Manfred - Lord Byron (Jan 29-Jan 31)

White Nights - Fyodor Dostoevsky (Jan 26-Feb 1)

Murder on the Links - Agatha Christie (Feb 1-Feb 5)

Fronteras Americanas: American Borders - Guillermo Verdecchia (Feb 8)

Total Chaos - Jean Claude Izzo (Feb 7-Feb 16)

I Was Their American Dream - Malaka Gharib (Feb 17-Feb 21)

Once in a Promised Land - Laila Halaby (Feb 26-Mar 1)

Babi Yar - Anatoly Kuznetsov (Feb 17-Mar 2)

Northanger Abbey (reread) - Jane Austen (Feb 27-Mar 3)

Delicious Monsters - Liselle Sambury (Mar 10-Mar 11)

The Flatshare - Beth O'Leary (Mar 12-Mar 13)

Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross (Mar 13-Mar 14)

The Breakup Tour - Emily Wibberly + Austin Siegemund-Broka (Mar 14)

Foul Heart Huntsman - Chloe Gong (Mar 15-Mar 16)

I Hope This Doesn't Find You - Ann Liang (Mar 16-Mar 17)

Less - Andrew Sean Greer (Mar 17-Mar 18)

Night of Power - Anar Ali (Mar 20)

Winter in Sokcho - Elisa Shua Dusapin (Mar 20-Mar 22)

The Last Man - Mary Shelley (Mar 19-Mar 30)

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels - Janice Hallett (Mar 30-Mar 31)

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin - Timothy Snyder (Jan 10-Apr 4)

The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Holly Jackson (May 5-May 8)

Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah (May 14-May 16)

Conversations With Friends - Sally Rooney (May 17-May 28)

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey (May 30-June 9)

Her First Palestinian - Saeed Teebi (May 30-June 10)

Funny Story - Emily Henry (June 11-June 16)

November 1942 - Peter Englund (June 16-June 26)

Alone With You in the Ether - Olivie Blake (June 23-June 27)

A Man Called Ove - Fredrick Backman (June 27-June 29)

Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin (June 29-June 30)

The Girl in Question - Tess Sharpe (June 30-July 3)

The Girls I've Been (reread) - Tess Sharpe (July 4-July 5)

The Man in the High Castle - Phillip K Dick (July 6-July 12)

Ruthless Vows - Rebecca Ross (July 12-July 16)

Body Grammar - Jules Ohman (July 17-July 19)

Shanghailanders - Juli Min (July 19-July 23)

They're Going to Love You - Meg Howrey (July 24-July 26)

So Late in the Day - Claire Keegan (July 26)

That's Not My Name - Megan Lally (July 26)

The Blonde Identity - Ally Carter (July 27)

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett (July 27-July 29)

The Sittaford Mystery - Agatha Christie (July 31-Aug 2)

Beautiful World Where Are You - Sally Rooney (Aug 3-Aug 8)

Mr Salary - Sally Rooney (Aug 9)

Penance - Eliza Clark (Aug 9-Aug 10)

Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata (Aug 11)

Educated - Tara Westover (Aug 12-Aug 14)

The Couple at No. 9 - Claire Douglas (Aug 15-Aug 20)

A Curse for True Love - Stephanie Garber (Aug 17-Aug 19)

London - Edward Rutherford (Aug 20-Aug 28)

The Girls - Emma Cline (Aug 28-Aug 29)

The List - Yomi Adegoke (Aug 30)

Florida - Lauren Groff (Aug 30-Aug 31)

Less is Lost - Andrew Sean Greer (Aug 31-Sept 1)

Love in the Time of Serial Killers - Alicia Thompson (Sept 1)

Zoya - Danielle Steele (Sept 1-Sept 3)

Where Are You, Echo Blue - Hayley Krischer (Sept 4-Sept 7)

Bellies - Nicola Dinan (Sept 8-Sept 15)

A Contract With God - Will Eisner (Sept 17)

The Rachel Incident - Caroline O'Donoghue (Sept 19-Sept 21)

Richard II - William Shakespeare (Sept 15-Sept 22)

Maus I - Art Spiegelman (Sept 19-Sept 24)

This Ravenous Fate - Hayley Dennings (Sept 22-Sept 25)

The Unwomanly Face of War - Svetlana Alexievich (Sept 15-Sept 25)

Foster - Claire Keegan (Sept 26)

Anne of Windy Poplars (reread) - L.M. Montgomery (Sept 21-Sept 30)

The Pairing - Casey McQuiston (Sept 26-Oct 1)

Dept of Speculation - Jenny Offill (Oct 2)

Watchman - Alan Moore (Sept 29-Oct 4)

The Getaway List - Emma Lord (Oct 3-Oct 5)

Death at Morning House - Maureen Johnson (Oct 6-Oct 8)

The God of the Woods - Liz Moore (Oct 9-Oct 13)

Boy Parts - Eliza Clark (Oct 13-Oct 14)

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Oct 19-Oct 22)

Bliss Montage - Ling Ma (Oct 23-Oct 26)

To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf (Oct 18-Oct 27)

Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi (Oct 24-Oct 28)

One for My Enemy - Olivie Blake (Oct 26-Oct 31)

Graveyard Shift - M.L. Rio (Nov 1-Nov 2)

Funny Boy - Shyam Selvadurai (Oct 26-Nov 4)

Rouge - Mona Awad (Nov 2-Nov 6)

Book Lovers (reread) - Emily Henry (Nov 9-Nov 10)

Macbeth (reread) - William Shakespeare (Nov 4-Nov 13)

Monty's Men - John Buckley (Nov 4-Nov 14)

The Starless Sea (reread) - Erin Morgenstern (Nov 12-Nov 18)

[aussiellama]

(Warning I've never done something like this so I apologise if it doesn't make sense or if the formatting is off)

I've recently started getting into Chappell Roan and I find the song Good Luck, Babe to be very Ian and Mickey coded.

The first verse and pre chorus. A few scenes come to mind

Season 2 ep 8: you're nothing but a warm mouth to me

Season 3 ep 9: you love me and your gay

Season 3 ep 10: I know what he felt with me

Verse two is more Ian verse.

I'm cliché, who cares?

It's a sexually explicit kind of love affair

Very much suits his secret relationships with Kash and Mickey

And I cry, it's not fair

Fits into his beliefs about Mickey and Svetlana's marriage

The chorus and bridge is Ian talking to Mickey

You can kiss a hundred boys in bars

(Girls not boys in the gallavich version obviously)

Throughout the show Mickey has had a few sexual experiences with woman.

The bridge is fits into season 3 and 4.

When you wake up next to him in the middle of the night

With your head in your hands, you're nothing more than his wife

Mickey and Svetlana marriage

You're standing face to face with "I told you so"

Two scenes come to mind

Season 3 ep 9: you love me and your gay

Season 4 ep 11: Mickey coming out

Sorry it's not more in depth it's hard getting all my thoughts out lol