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દિલ્હીમાં યોજાશે મહારાષ્ટ્રના કોંગ્રેસ નેતાઓની મહત્વપૂર્ણ બેઠક, રાજકીય સ્થિતિ પર થશે ચર્ચા
- 11 જુલાઈએ યોજાનારી આ બેઠકમાં રાષ્ટ્રીય અધ્યક્ષ મલ્લિકાર્જુન ખડગે અને રાહુલ ગાંધી હાજર રહેશે
- મહારાષ્ટ્રમાં કોંગ્રેસને પક્ષમાં ભાગલા પડવાની ચિંતા સતાવી રહી છે.
મહારાષ્ટ્રના કોંગ્રેસ નેતાઓની બેઠક દિલ્હીમાં યોજાશે
મહારાષ્ટ્રના બે મુખ્ય વિરોધ પક્ષો શિવસેના અને એનસીપી હવે ભાજપ સાથે સરકારમાં જોડાઈ ગયા છે. આ બંને પક્ષોના મોટાભાગના ધારાસભ્યોએ પક્ષ બદલી નાખ્યો છે અને પક્ષ બે ભાગમાં વહેંચાઈ ગયો છે. આવી સ્થિતિમાં હવે કોંગ્રેસ જ એકમાત્ર એવો પક્ષ બચ્યો છે, જેનું કુળ ચોરાયું નથી. આ દરમિયાન મહારાષ્ટ્રને લઈને કોંગ્રેસના નેતાઓની એક મહત્વપૂર્ણ બેઠક દિલ્હીમાં યોજાવા જઈ રહી છે. 11 જુલાઈએ યોજાનારી આ બેઠકમાં રાષ્ટ્રીય અધ્યક્ષ મલ્લિકાર્જુન ખડગે અને રાહુલ ગાંધી પણ હાજર રહેશે.
રાજકીય સ્થિતિ પર ચર્ચા થશે
મળતી માહિતી અનુસાર કોંગ્રેસ અધ્યક્ષ ખડગે અને રાહુલ ગાંધી મહારાષ્ટ્ર કોંગ્રેસના વરિષ્ઠ નેતાઓ સાથે રાજ્યની રાજકીય સ્થિતિ પર ચર્ચા કરશે. આ દરમિયાન ધારાસભ્યો પર મંડરાઈ રહેલા ખતરા અંગે પણ ચર્ચા થઈ શકે છે. કારણ કે છેલ્લા કેટલાક દિવસોથી મહારાષ્ટ્રમાં ધારાસભ્યોની અદલાબદલીની મોસમ ચાલી રહી છે. આવી સ્થિતિમાં કોંગ્રેસને પણ પક્ષમાં ભાગલા પડવાની ચિંતા સતાવી રહી છે.
ભાજપના નેતાઓએ દાવો કર્યો હતો
મહારાષ્ટ્ર કોંગ્રેસની ચિંતા ત્યારે વધી ગઈ જ્યારે ભાજપના નેતાઓ ધારાસભ્યોના સંપર્કમાં હોવાનું કહેવાય છે. NCPમાં વિભાજન થયા બાદ ભાજપના નેતાઓએ દાવો કર્યો છે કે એકમાત્ર વિપક્ષ કોંગ્રેસના ઘણા ધારાસભ્યો પણ તેમના સંપર્કમાં છે અને તેઓ પણ આગામી દિવસોમાં મહાગઠબંધનમાં જોડાઈ શકે છે. મહારાષ્ટ્રના વન મંત્રી સુધીર મુનગંટીવારે દાવો કર્યો હતો કે કોંગ્રેસ અને અન્ય પક્ષોના નેતાઓ એનડીએમાં જોડાવા માંગે છે. તેમણે કહ્યું કે કોંગ્રેસના ઘણા નેતાઓ તેમની પાર્ટીથી ખુશ નથી.
કોંગ્રેસ સૌથી મોટી વિપક્ષી પાર્ટી છે
જો કે કોંગ્રેસે ધારાસભ્યોના સંપર્કમાં હોવાના દાવાને ફગાવી દીધો છે. કોંગ્રેસે કહ્યું છે કે ભાજપ લાંબા સમયથી આવા પ્રયાસો કરી રહ્યું છે, પરંતુ તે સફળ થશે નહીં. કોંગ્રેસ મહારાષ્ટ્રમાં વિપક્ષના નેતાનું પદ મેળવવા માટે પ્રયાસ કરી રહી છે, તેથી જો પાર્ટીમાં કંઈ ખોટું થશે તો આગામી લોકસભા અને વિધાનસભા ચૂંટણીને ધ્યાનમાં રાખીને કોંગ્રેસ માટે તે મોટો ફટકો હશે. હાલમાં મહારાષ્ટ્રમાં કોંગ્રેસ પાસે કુલ 44 ધારાસભ્યો છે, જ્યારે શિવસેના અને એનસીપી સંપૂર્ણપણે વિભાજિત છે. આ સંદર્ભમાં તે સૌથી મોટી વિપક્ષી પાર્ટી બની ગઈ છે.
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#hii hi i'm away travelling from today until september 21st or 22ndish#so this post is just to let ppl know o/#during that time i might be able to browse the net a lil here n there or make the odd post but thats about it i think hh#hate to be away so close to launch and during lots of cool new stuff but wat can u do hh#apologies for the intermission in mj-ly scheduled programming. ill try to catch up when i get back. (✿╹◡╹)#take care everyone and enjoy all the reveals for me (ㅅ´ ˘ `)✧✧#mj and the world
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I just recently started following you so i don't have the full lore of your murderous gay religiously traumatized doggos, BUT, from my understanding, they are Italian and i don't know what part of Italy they are from, yet i can't help headcanoning Vasco as Tuscan, while Machete is probably from some part of Veneto. And as an Italian who has heard Tuscans and Veneto dialet, well it's an hilarious mental image.
Vasco is indeed Tuscan, Florentine to be specific. He comes from a wealthy and influential noble family that has lived in Florence for centuries. He's proud of his roots, and it's usually easy for strangers to tell where he's from. He's a resonably successful politician and has worked as an ambassador and representative of Florence on numerous occasions.
Machete is originally Sicilian (ironically about as far from Veneto as possible), although he was taken to mainland at young age and has lived in several places since then, before ending up in Rome. The way I see it, he exhibits very little local color, his demeanor and (even though Italian hadn't become a standardized language yet) way of speaking are formal, neutral and scarcely give away any hints about his personal history, at least in the 16th century canon.
#I tend to take the easy way out with the various Italian dialects/languages and temper their effect on how the dog world works#even though to my understanding in reality they differ drastically from each other even today and they aren't always mutually intelligible#especially when you compare northern and southern ones#I know at least Sicilian is so different from modern day Italian it's considered a separate language entirely#it isn't the only one but I'm not a linguist and not even Italian so I'm not really qualified to be explaining any of this to you#main point is that my dogs are well traveled educated and adaptable so I'd like to believe that they manage#otherwise making this whole scenario work would become very complicated#language barriers aplenty#Machete is a fast learner with a natural knack for languages so he absorbs/decodes new ones easily#and I can see him acting as an interpreter if necessary#which is a valuable trait for someone working as the secretary of state I'd imagine#a lot of people he ends up dealing with speak at least passable Latin so at a pinch they might perhaps try switching to that?#Vasco might have a Tuscan flavor but Machete is more of a blank slate (at least in public and at work)#answered#fallenoftheromaempire#feel free to correct me if I've gotten something wrong I'm not an expert and this stuff is complicated for an outsider
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i have to go to bed very soon so instead i'm lying here being overcome by clintasha emotions
#i've spent today rereading bucky barnes gets his groove back and the clintasha chapter never fucking fails to send me into a tailspin#the shared history. their shared history. god#i love CNL and CNL is one of my top ships of all time#but man if clintasha by itself without anyone else and especially without any kids doesn't mean something so much to me#i will never be a normal person and neither will you and by fucking god we will warp each other beyond recognition to be abnormal together#we'll spend so long speaking in code that it becomes the only way we speak#i don't know what other people mean by trust but for me it's what you do#sb and l rambles#sb and l reads fic#mcu#mcu ideas#clintasha#there's a fic out there about nat time-travelling back after endgame and fixing everything#she saves all the other girls in the red room. she gets bucky out. she stops loki and thanos and saves the world#and it is good. and everyone is happy. and she gets a romance with maria hill#what does she give up for all of this good? there is so much good. and all she loses in this new timeline is her relationship w clint#i don't even think the author ships clintasha. but man if that doesn't sum them up#natasha can fix everything and can save herself and have sisters and be the hero she's never let herself dream about being#and all it costs is the absolute bone-deep fucked up secret language that is her relationship with clint barton#all it costs is her ability to be that close to another person. to only have one couch she allows herself to pass out on#''telling clint doesn't count. that's like talking to my right elbow'' indeed
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Just found out about Cadence of Hyrule, kinda in love with this game and I could totally envision a hero from it (probably won't be added to this au but fun to think about)
Cade? Rhythm? Sere? would be very rhythmic in battle and never wastes a move or step, nor a swing of their breakable items. They'd always walk/march on beat, even when they're sitting down they have a habit of tapping their fingers or foot to their own internal rhythm. They like to hum and repeat pretty sounds they hear, everything sounds like music to them (the buzz of cicadas, the whistle in the wind, etc). Even their voice would have a slight sing-songy accent around the other Links, accidentally singing a word or syllable while speaking.
Their world itself thrives on a music-based culture. Everyone has a song in their heart and family members have similar songs while close friends and partners have songs that harmonize and compliment each others well. Clans or villages could perform similar music genres or styles. People would sing to express respect, love, or joy in their words, the stronger someone sings their words or speech the stronger they feel these emotions. On the other hand, yelling, arguing, and screeching holds greater weight in conversations due to being strong, loud negative noises (heavy metal is frowned upon unfortunately).
It's common for rituals and ceremonies to be performed through song: wedding vows, birthday celebrations, festivals, even funeral dirges, etc. Even one of a child's milestones are their first tune or instrument (along their first word and step). When Princess Zelda (Lyre? Ballad? Harmony? Melody?) was coronated, one of the requirements was for her to write and perform a song to her people to portray her good and honest intentions to serve the kingdom.
Someone's vocal register (soprano, alto, tenor, bass, etc) is commonly shared with others and treated in a similar way as astrological signs (gemini, cancer, leo, etc).
If one chooses not to sing, they typically dedicated themselves to an instrument or two instead. Multi-instrumentalists are often admired and seen as gifted.
Music and rhythm is all around them in nature. Everyone is typically expected to learn to sing or play an instrument of some kind (it's an unspoken thing). To these citizens, song is seen as something that makes them hylian. It's said that their pointed ears let them hear song better and be closer to the music of the heavens. It separates them from monsters and animals that follow a beat but can't produce decent song of their own, mostly due to a lack of the proper vocal chords. Many birds are highly valued and respected in their culture due to their ability to produce melodious bird calls, even common as pets. Because of this, many in Cade's world often depict religious figures like the golden goddesses with great bird-like angel wings and bright plumage in their respective colors (Farore=green, Din=red, Nayru=blue). Maybe even feathers are common in royal or high fashion, I could definitely see Lyre wearing cute feathers in her hair or accessories.
Sunny or clear weather sounds like calm and relaxing music while heavy rain or stormy weather sounds discordant and loud with the claps of thunder.
#it’s fun to think about#I’ve only just started the game but it’s super fun!#I could imagine the links traveling to Cade’s hyrule#and feel like they stepped into a musical or something#also the bosses are peak#like gleeokenspiel??? genius#I’d have to do some digging into where this game would fit timeline wise#but my working idea is that some sort of virus or something spread into hyrule#causing the monsters to mutate into music based creatures like armos into bass guitarmos#and the hylians had to adapt to this new world for decades#creating the world and culture they know today#but I’ve only played a little bit of the game so we’ll see how it goes#loz#legend of zelda#loz au#cadence of hyrule#zelda music
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Trektober 2023 - Day 14: Historical AU (gen prompt)
La'an gets send back in time to stop sinister forces from killing Spock's human ancestor.
#okay technically it's more an time travel than historic au#but since there's no time travel prompt and saving the past is kind of historic#i post this on today's prompt#trektober2023#trektober 2023#star trek#star trek: strange new worlds#star trek snw#spocklaan#la'an x spock#spock x laan#la'an noonien singh#spock#spocklaan au#snw au#trek au#spocklaanedit#snwedit#trekedit#my gif
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I just remembered how my friend’s dad told me with a serious face that my tribe is full of cannibals and that there were savages hiding in the woods we lived near. Like wtf. I didn’t know how to respond
Build a time machine, kill Christopher Columbus
#We read some of his stuff in my Monster Studies class#Because of the whole Unknown Cultures are Monstrous theme throughout history#And he's the one who spread the rumour that Caribbean native people are cannibals to justify enslaving them#And it spread to All American Indigenous People are Cannibals myths#And tbf cannibalism does exist in some cultures around the world like on Papua New Guinea#But it's ritual cannibalism#There's this hugely controversial and misunderstood film I like called Cannibal Holocaust#And it's about an anthropologist travelling to the amazon to find a missing documentary film crew#And he finds out they have been cannibalised but then he recovers their film material#And it turns out they tortured and killed the locals to portray them as bloodthirsty savages so they definitely had it coming and were#Actually killed in self defense#And yeah the film is not perfect but it really nails the colonial era myth making still influencing people today#Asks
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“If a lot of men get killed at one go, does it make the killing of one man less of a crime? I don’t know, Andy, I don’t know. I’m only twenty and they say today the world is ours, but Pa was twenty once and felt the world was his, and long, long ago Mad was twenty too, laughing at applauding audiences, smiling from picture postcards, and when I am as old as she is nothing will have changed…”
Daphne du Maurier, Rule Britannia (1972)
#think about the context of this woman writing this right#she was born in 1907#so by the time she was 20 she had lived through one world war with the next right on the horizon#as well as at this point witnessing the effects of so many other 20th century conflicts#she’s 65 at this point and this is what she sees ahead for future generations#which I’ve no doubt others saw coming as well but just like everyone for USUK in the book is acting#I’m sure plenty read this and thought but that could never happen not now not here not to us#but look where we are today#look at the genocide being enacted in Palestine#I want people to read this book in 2024 and think hard about it#because the events of the book are happening to white people in England right#I’m not at all trying to say she described anything on the level of the real world atrocities currently happening#but the slowly building anxiety of ‘but what could really happen they won’t do that’#then overnight all these new restrictions and retaliation#phones cut power cut water cut travel ban#just because it’s happening to people far away from your life#doesn’t mean it could never happen#you wouldn’t see it coming or think it was all that bad until suddenly it was too late#obviously I am reaching to apply this book to today but I think it could make certain people reexamine their mindset#daphne du maurier#rule britannia#quote#this book is making me think so much about imperialism and occupation and military states and civilian cruelty#through such an interesting lens considering what I know of Daphne du mauriers life up to the point she wrote this#this was her last novel#and it’s so different from her other novels#like this to me is her equivalent of a Connecticut Yankee in king Arthur’s court#except it’s just the ending where everything becomes terrible so fast
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... and those who do not travel read only one page.
Augustine of Hippo.
#art#digital art#watercolor effect#arte cinetica#cinetic#romanticism#hommage#caspar david friedrich#wanderer#horizons#new horizons#quote of the day#quote of today#augustine of hippo#the world#our world#the world is a book#travels#travelling#reading matter#reading matters#books and reading#pages#new pages#discoveries#what matters
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હિમાચલ પ્રદેશમાં ભારે વરસાદના કારણે CMએ લોકોને ઘરમાં રહેવાની કરી અપીલ, જાણો શું કહ્યું.
- હિમાચલમાં ભારે વરસાદના કારણે 700 થી વધુ રસ્તાઓ બંધ
- હિમાચલ પ્રદેશના મુખ્યમંત્રી સુખવિંદર સિંહ સુખુએ લોકોને ઘરની અંદર રહેવાની સલાહ આપી
હવામાન વિભાગે આગામી 24 કલાકમાં રાજ્યમાં ભારે વરસાદની આગાહી કરી
હિમાચલ પ્રદેશના મંડીના થુનાગમાં વાદળ ફાટવાના કારણે અચાનક પૂર આવ્યું હતું. આ પછી પાણીની પકડમાં જે પણ આવ્યું તે ધોવાઈ ગયું. હિમાચલ પ્રદેશમાં રવિવારે 'ભારેથી ખૂબ જ ભારે' વરસાદ પડ્યો હતો, જેના કારણે ભૂસ્ખલન અને અચાનક પૂર આવ્યું હતું. આ દરમિયાન ઘણા વિસ્તારો પાણીમાં ડૂબી ગયા, રસ્તાઓ, વાહનો અને મકાનો ધોવાઈ ગયા અને ઘણા લોકોના મોત થયા. દરમિયાન હિમાચલ પ્રદેશના મુખ્યમંત્રી સુખવિંદર સિંહ સુખુએ લોકોને ઘરની અંદર રહેવાની સલાહ આપી છે કારણ કે હવામાન વિભાગે આગામી 24 કલાકમાં રાજ્યમાં ભારે વરસાદની આગાહી કરી છે.
હિમાચલમાં આવેલા પ્રલય વચ્ચે સીએમ સુખુએ આ અપીલ કરી હતી
મુખ્યમંત્રી સુખવિંદર સિંહ સુખુએ હિમાચલમાં બનેલી ઘટનાઓ પર શોક વ્યક્ત કર્યો અને કહ્યું કે જિલ્લા પ્રશાસનને અસરગ્રસ્ત પરિવારોને તાત્કાલિક રાહત આપવાનો નિર્દેશ આપવામાં આવ્યો છે. સાથે જ કહ્યું કે, "હું ફરીથી હિમાચલના લોકોને આગામી 24 કલાક સુધી તેમના ઘરમાં રહેવાની વિનંતી કરું છું કારણ કે આગામી 24 કલાકમાં ભારે વરસાદની શક્યતા છે...આપત્તિનો સામનો કરવા માટે અમે 3 હેલ્પલાઈન નંબરો (1100, 1070 અને 1077) જારી કર્યા છે...કોઈપણ કટોકટીના કિસ્સામાં તમે આ નંબરો પર કૉલ કરી શકો છો અને હું તમારી સેવા માટે 24 કલાક ઉપલબ્ધ રહીશ."
સૌથી વધુ તબાહી હિમાચલ પ્રદેશ અને ઉત્તરાખંડમાં થઈ
ઉત્તર ભારતના પહાડી અને મેદાની વિસ્તારોમાં છેલ્લા બે દિવસથી પડી રહેલા વરસાદે મુશ્કેલીઓ વધારી દીધી છે. આ વિસ્તારોમાં અલગ-અલગ અકસ્માતમાં 19 લોકોના મોત થયા છે. સૌથી વધુ તબાહી હિમાચલ પ્રદેશ અને ઉત્તરાખંડમાં થઈ છે. હિમાચલના કુલ્લુ, મનાલી અને મંડીમાં ઘણી જગ્યાએ ભૂસ્ખલન થયું, જેના કારણે ચંદીગઢ-મનાલી હાઈવેનો એક ભાગ પણ ધોવાઈ ગયો.
રાજ્યમાં બે દિવસ માટે શાળાઓ બંધ રાખવામાં આવી છે
હિમાચલમાં ભારે વરસાદના કારણે 700 થી વધુ રસ્તાઓ બંધ છે. ત્રણ રાષ્ટ્રીય ધોરીમાર્ગો પર વાહનવ્યવહાર પણ બંધ કરી દેવામાં આવ્યો છે. અહીં વીજળીની પણ સમસ્યા છે. 1800 ��ેટલા વીજ ટ્રાન્સફોર્મર ફેલ થઇ ગયા છે. રાજ્યમાં બે દિવસ માટે શાળાઓ પણ બંધ રાખવામાં આવી છે. ચંબા, કાંગડા, મંડી, ઉના, હમીરપુર, બિલાસપુર જિલ્લામાં ભારે વરસાદના એલર્ટને કારણે લોકોને સાવચેત રહેવાની સલાહ આપવામાં આવી છે. હવામાન વિભાગે અનેક વિસ્તારોમાં ભૂસ્ખલન અને પૂરની શક્યતા વ્યક્ત કરી છે. સિમલા, સોલન અને સિરમૌર જિલ્લાઓ માટે ઓરેન્જ એલર્ટ જારી કરવામાં આવ્યું છે.
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The appurtenant crew of the USS Historia: From star to shining sea!
#Avriya#Dejar#Lucky#Leda#Varith#uss historia#star trek ocs#the uss historia is a ship that visits already known and contacted planets in Federation space and strives to get a more in-depth look at#their cultures and people etc so there's more on file than just whatever brief adventure the first contact ship went on~!#It's not a ship full of particularly /enterprising/ people...HEHEHE#People who love History and such find it fascinating and very important but a lot of people in Starfleet who want to be assigned ships want#to actually explore NEW things or go on grand ADVENTURES not talk to locals and write up a ton of reports#The two people out of these five who actually don't want to be on the Historia are Dejar and Lucky though#Dejar because his world is kind of shattered after not being chosen to be joined to a trill (he'd prepared all his life for it and was told#he was an excellent candidate...a surefire in...best in class...now what is he???)#Lucky because she wants to be stationed as a doctor in one place instead of traveling all the time but she's oKAY with being on the Historia#while she's still just a medical ensign...it's good for her record v_v#Varith gets calls OFTEN from his siblings checking up on him and he's like =_= today we talked to the Skreeans about farms for eight hours#bea art tag#beas ocs#also they do wear uniforms I just drew them in more casual clothes to get a better feeling for their personalities
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Vexillology: A Lifelong Love Affair with Flags
Vexillology is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general.
Flags are more than just pieces of cloth waving in the breeze; they are symbols of identity, history, and culture. For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by them. This passion for flag vexillology began in my childhood, sparked by two experiences: watching the Eurovision Song Contest and spending holidays with my grandparents.
One of my earliest memories of flags is from those summer holidays when I would travel with my grandparents. We often found ourselves at airports, waiting for flights, surrounded by travellers from all over the world.
To pass the time, my Grandfather and I would play a game: who could name the most flags? He was a great teacher, and I quickly became captivated by the variety of colours, symbols, and designs that made each flag unique. It wasn't just about naming them; it was about discovering the stories behind them. I was enchanted by the idea that a simple flag could carry so much meaning, representing entire nations and their histories.
The more I learned, the more I wanted to know. I remember scanning the departure boards at airports, not just to see where the planes were going but to match the destinations with their flags. Every trip became an opportunity to add to my growing knowledge of flags, and that game with my grandfather turned into a lifelong passion.
Another source of my love for vexillology came from watching the Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision isn’t just a spectacle of music; it’s a festival of flags. Each performance, each vote, is accompanied by the flag of the competing nation, and for me, it was like a second game of identifying flags on screen. Countries I had never even heard of were suddenly part of my consciousness, their flags as recognisable to me as any pop song. This annual event became more than just a music competition it was a parade of national pride, where each flag represented a people, a culture, and a story.
I became curious about why each country chose the colours, symbols, and designs they did. Why did some flags have stars while others had stripes? What was the meaning behind the use of red, white, and blue on so many national flags? The answers often led to fascinating discoveries about history, geography, and politics.
As I grew older, my love of flags deepened, and I began to appreciate the subtle language they spoke. A flag is more than just a pretty design; it is a statement. The tricolour of France, for example, represents liberty, equality, and fraternity, values born out of the French
Revolution. The Union Jack of the United Kingdom symbolises the union of England, Scotland, and Ireland through its combination of crosses. Meanwhile, the bold colours of African nations, such as Ghana’s red, yellow, and green, often pay homage to Pan-African unity and freedom from colonial rule.
There’s also the complex and elegant symmetry of flags like Japan’s, with its minimalist red circle on a white field, representing the sun. Or the intricacy of Nepal’s flag, the only non-rectangular national flag, which consists of two stacked triangles representing the Himalayas and the hope that the country will live as long as the sun and the moon.
Flags are a shorthand for history, telling stories that would take books to explain in just a few symbols and colours. They evoke emotion, pride, and sometimes even controversy, depending on the story they tell and how people interpret them.
What I love most about vexillology is that it bridges the personal and the global. On the one hand, it brings back warm memories of those days spent with my grandfather, playing our flag-naming game at airports, and of Eurovision nights with their kaleidoscope of flags flashing across the screen. On the other hand, it connects me to a wider world, one in which every flag I encounter is a new story waiting to be uncovered.
Vexillology has taught me that flags are not just static images they are living, evolving symbols that reflect the people they represent. From new nations forming their identities to older ones reaffirming theirs, flags continue to play an essential role in how we see ourselves and each other.
My love of vexillology has become a way for me to explore the world, both past and present, from the comfort of a flag chart or a televised contest. What started as a fun game at airports has turned into a lifelong fascination with the symbols and stories that flags carry.
Whether I’m watching Eurovision or travelling abroad, flags remind me that there’s always more to learn and discover and that sometimes, a simple design can speak volumes about who we are.
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#librarians spoilers#and in news I was not expecting to see today - or ever#thank you Librarians discord for letting me know#WOW! I mean I am WOW speechless to be honest#I rewatch the Librarians constantly so the concept of any kind of new material is just OMG#aaaand time to start speculating as to when in time our time travelling librarian has come from#I haven’t been so pumped for a show announcement since Leverage Redemption or Strange New Worlds (whichever came last)#interestingly it was those two shows that made me forgive them for cancelling the Librarians at all as I was so sad about that#I know the OG cast is busy and I wish them all the success but I hope at least one of them can cameo#if not or hopefully as well some references dropped sometimes too for the continuity I don’t need much to be super happy#ahhhhh so excited#Librarians: the next chapter
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#I got an amazing like out of this world job offer today#like one that I didn’t even think was possible at this point in my career because I don’t graduate until next month#like I’m shocked about it#it’s supposed to be confidential but this is tumblr so anyways I’ve been in the dental assisting program for the past year and I’ll be done#in a few weeks#and I also have a previous associates degree and my last professor texted me earlier this week asking me to meet with her Friday#and I’ve honestly been terrified all week because I could only think it would be bad news#but she freaking offered me a job teaching dental assisting at the college with her#I’m shocked#teaching dental assisting and I’m not even graduated yet I’m the literal definition of flabbergasted#it would only be part time as an adjunct but I’d still be making almost double an hour than I would as a dental assistant#and I could also since it’s only part time be a temp traveling dental assistant#so it’s like an amazing opportunity#but I’d be so nervous about it because I know nothing about teaching and teaching people your age seems so weird and stressful#she gave me a couple of weeks to think about it so I’ll definitely be thinking#it’s a great opportunity but I’m scared she has too much faith in me#but she did say she’s been teaching this program for 19 years and has never approached a student with something like this#so it’s really like once in a lifetime#I’m leaning towards yes but I’ll definitely need to think more about it#the only downside is if I wanted to go on to do it full time I’d need to get a bachelors degree which shouldn’t be too hard I have a lot of#credits to would tranfer#I think typing this has made me lean even more towards yes#but I had to share I can’t really tell anyone else besides people close to me
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I have obtained a new oc and in the process I've already signed myself up for needing to make at least 3 new ocs for his story which he now has despite me initially Intending for him to be a side character for a different side character to hang out with. My townhouse has over 200 characters on it.
#rat rambles#oc posting#he doesn't have an official name yet but he is my silly billy and I love him#also take every him with an asterisk again he's like super new (I just got him today)#although several elements of his story so far have been things Ive been wanting to do for a while so thats a part of why I have so many#ideas for him already since its some stuff I've been wanting to play around with for a while#the real reason he has a chokehold on me rn is that I tripped and made him my 500 thousanth character with identity issues#I <3 characters with a fucked up relationship with their sense of self and what it even means to be themself#oh hes also a magic cat world character because thats what like 90% of my ocs are from at this point lol#and another goop related guy but this time not directly related to every other goop guy#he doesnt interact with any of them or even know most of them exist#long story short hes a robot who used to not be a robot but remembers nothing abt his life before he turned himself into a robot#all he has as reference is a mostly ruined journal his past self kept that is almost entirely unreadable due to it getting soaked in goop#he knows that this was self inflicted and his approximate age but that's abt it in terms of useful information#early story is mostly just him traveling alone trying to see if anyone nearby knows who he is but after going through like 5 or so towns he#starts to get more worried and upset about the whole situation and starts trying to look into some different missing person reports in#hopes that he can find one of himself#he runs out of the savings he had on him pretty quickly though so he had to figure out how to stay afloat while doing his research#'luckily' he meets a man while looking into one case he found who was willing to let him stick around at his place while looking into it#this guy had some investment in these dissapearances because he suspected that they related to his father and hoped to find any sort of#window in what he was up to since he hadnt seen him since he ran away at around 17#spoilers his dad is cake this is still connected to cake nonsense because everything in this world fucking does but the main boy himself#actually has no ties to cake or his activities so thats smth at least#but yeah long story short things get. real bad for my boy after the first few months of staying at this guy's place.#yknow how risa in the future was often used as a weapon of war using some unstable chemicals? yeah guess where that started.#mr daddy issue haver over here may understand that his dad is a bad person but evidently that doesnt stop him from being not much better#currently Im planning on having main boy escape eventually and get stuck in the non magic world where he meets april but that could change#it depends on if I want him to interact with the other stories going on at all or not#I probably wont but I would like to leave myself some wiggle room to let him meet more side characters#like (looks with big sad wet eyes) ginger maybe? please? please april? let me see your sister? that you havent seen in years? please?
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