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So sorry but someone on that Gilded Age set needs to reign in Nathan Lane’s “accent”. he sounds like Michael Scott impersonating Foghorn Leghorn
#and that scene in the parlor of Mrs. Blaine’s house?sounds like his lines were dubbed over in post due to them being incomprehensible onset#like they told him Ward McAllister was born in Savannah Georgia but forgot to tell him he was born outside of a cartoon#the gilded age
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Watch "NASHVILLE PUSY - HATE & WHISKY | REACTION" on YouTube
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#nashville pussy hate & whisky#reaction#atlanta georgia#Blaine Cartwright#Karen Cuda#Punk Rock#Southern music style#heavy metal#hard rock#live#the Paulie Show#Youtube
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Since I am coming off hiatus and a lot of my muses need stuff, plus I dropped some folks, here is a new starter call for all my muses! Please react to your heart's content, I could use stuff for EVERY SINGLE MUSE!!!!
Kronk (Emperor's New Groove)
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Vox (Hazbin Hotel)
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Derek Hale (Teen Wolf)
Peter (mischiefxmuses)
Lydia (spellbcok)
Jake Wheeler (Chucky)
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Mickey Milkovich (Shameless)
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Reggie Peters (JATP)
Kiara (wvsteria)
Ivan Carvalho (Elite)
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Prince Henry (RWRB)
Max (mischiefxmuses)
Riley Matthews (GMW)
Isabel (wvsteria)
Edwina Sharma (Bridgerton)
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Zed Necrodopolis (ZOMBIES)
Astarion (coreofgold)
Veronica Fisher (Shameless)
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Jesse St. James (Glee)
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Beth Corcoran (Glee)
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Olaf (Disney)
Gir (coreofgold)
10th Doctor (Doctor Who)
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Luca (Luca)
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Joel Miller (TLOU)
Daryl Dixon (coreofgold)
Gretchen Wieners (Mean Girls)
Blair (spellbcok)
Sir Pentious (Hazbin Hotel)
Stolas (coreofgold)
Bee (mischiefxmuses)
Katherine Pierce (TVD)
Enzo (wvsteria)
Blaine Anderson (Glee)
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Maria Vasquez (West Side Story)
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Gabriel Boutin (Half Bad)
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Chishiya Shuntaro (Alice in Borderland)
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Lillian Deville (Rugrats)
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Mercutio Alice (Romeo and Juliet)
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Bob Belcher (Bob’s Burgers)
Beel (coreofgold)
Lorelai (spellbcok)
Enid Sinclair (Wednesday)
Sidney (wvsteria)
Sabrina (spellbcok)
Ambrose Spellman (CAOS)
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Lily Tucker-Pritchett (Modern Family)
Dohee (spellbcok)
Max Mayfield (Stranger Things)
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T.J Kippen (Andi Mack)
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Harry Hook (Descendants)
Gil (coreofgold)
Marco Del Rossi (Degrassi)
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Max Baker (Ginny and Georgia)
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Matthew Murdock (Marvel)
Peter Parker (wvsteria)
Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
Ruyi (spellbcok)
Emily Fitch (Skins UK)
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Nick Nelson (Heartstopper)
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Simon Spier (Love, Simon)
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Evan Buckley (911)
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T.K Strand (911 Lone Star)
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Richie Tozier (IT)
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Alexander Lightwood (Shadowhunters)
Markl (coreofgold)
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ive had some people ask me when x character is gonna be showing up SO i decided made a list of all the remaining matchups and when they're scheduled to be posted!! all of these are in this blog's queue right now --
April 24:
ryme vs lucian vs georgia vs professor elm
mallow vs saguaro vs kabu vs marley vs roy
mela vs grant vs lisia vs emerald
olympia vs bianca vs chrysa vs molayne
April 25:
charon vs agatha vs raihan vs tyme vs zisu
blaine vs trevor vs arven vs nanu
cheryl vs ritchie vs steven vs serena vs scott
shelly vs sordward & shielbert vs tucker vs professor kukui
April 26:
candice vs sonia vs eri vs quillon
crasher wake vs leaf vs bugsy vs hop
elio vs lt surge vs volo vs opal
wikstrom vs iscan vs professor cerise vs katy
April 27:
chili vs marnie vs danika vs sidney
greta vs adaman vs lucas vs allister
selene vs flint vs cynthia vs gaeric
elaine vs byron vs liko vs wulfric
April 28:
bede vs juliana vs fantina vs stephan
faba vs roark vs may vs professor turo
lian vs noland vs matori vs siebold
dendra vs sorrel vs cheren vs alexa vs kamado
April 29:
kris vs bea vs sophocles vs nate
chase vs professor sada vs flannery vs peonia
winona vs drake vs barry vs AZ
volkner vs jasmine vs cogita vs salvatore
April 30:
miriam vs matt vs piers vs professor laventon vs gardenia
clay vs alain vs thorton vs glacia vs max
brycen vs ren vs green vs ethan
ortega vs palina vs samson oak vs morty
(end of round one)
#including the ones that have already been posted there are a total of 78 matchups for round one if anyone's interested 👍#long post
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Events 2.20 (before 1940)
1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. 1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark. 1521 – Juan Ponce de León sets out from Spain for Florida with about 200 prospective colonists. 1547 – Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. 1685 – René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas. 1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington. 1798 – Louis-Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power. 1813 – Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta. 1816 – Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. 1824 – William Buckland formally announces the name Megalosaurus, the first scientifically validly named non-avian dinosaur species. 1835 – The 1835 Concepción earthquake destroys Concepción, Chile. 1846 – Polish insurgents lead an uprising in Kraków to incite a fight for national independence. 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war. 1865 – End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance. 1872 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City. 1877 – Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. 1901 – The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time. 1905 – The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of Massachusetts's mandatory smallpox vaccination program in Jacobson v. Massachusetts. 1909 – Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. 1913 – King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra. 1920 – An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori. 1931 – The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California. 1931 – An anarchist uprising in Encarnación, Paraguay briefly transforms the city into a revolutionary commune. 1933 – The U.S. Congress approves the Blaine Act to repeal federal Prohibition in the United States, sending the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution to state ratifying conventions for approval. 1933 – Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign. 1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica. 1939 – Madison Square Garden Nazi rally: The largest ever pro-Nazi rally in United States history is convened in Madison Square Garden, New York City, with 20,000 members and sympathizers of the German American Bund present.
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LIVE ACTION TV BRACKET BEGINS
hello hello!!! i am realizing know i have set my fave, scott mccall, up for failure, so. help. anyway. this sure is a ragtag group of mixed kids 😭😭 the genres ?????
entry round:
Wyatt, Chris, & Melinda Halliwell (Charmed) VS. Alina Starkov (Shadow & Bone) -> goes against Alex Russo
Scott Mccall (Teen Wolf) VS. Maria Deluca (Roswell New Mexico) -> goes against Spock
Ginny (Ginny & Georgia) VS. Wednesday & Pugsley Addams -> goes against Mary Anne Spier
Barfolomew (Space Balls) VS. Blaine Anderson (Glee) -> goes against Julie & Carlos Molina
tomorrow at... 7-730AM MST i will post them !!! im kinda eyeballing it
#mixed matchup tag#get ready for me to be sooooo annoying#abt scott obviously#and alina if need be#i submitted alex myself ♥️#poll#polls#tumblr bracket#tumblr competition#tv bracket#alex russo#wyatt halliwell#chris halliwell#melinda halliwell#alina starkov#spock#scott mccall#maria deluca#mary anne spier#ginny#i don't care ab her last name#sorry#wednesday addams#pugsley addams#julie molina#carlos molina#barfolomew#blaine anderson
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What U.S. County has the Oddest Shape?
There are a lot of U.S. counties and these are some of the weirdest shaped.
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Serving Blaine at my job today eh I’ll probably do a face reveal once I make my alt super super secret Kink That Shall Not Be Named acct anyways why is it so cold I live in Florida/Georgia??!??! Send me requests I’ll hop on it after hauling salads for 3 hours. AA Aegon fic still in progress god writing drunk people gives me flashbacks in the best way. Should I add obsessive!Criston or baby boy!Jace on the docket next folx
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Praises! The Lord blessed me last night with winning Musician of the Year - Fiddle/Violin at The Josie Music Awards at the Grand Ole Opry House. What an amazing way to celebrate my 40th Anniversary Month of my Artist Debut for the Grand Ole Opry and becoming a Blue Grass Boy - standing in the Opry Circle accepting this award. Thanks be to God, the Josie Music Awards, my parents - Pearl and Floyd, my musical fathers - Bill Monroe, Jim & Jesse McReynolds, the Georgia fiddlers who made me - Great Uncle Tom Franks, Dr. Donald Grisier, Dallas Burrell, Gordon Tanner, Cotton Carrier, and the fiddlers who helped to sharpen my skills - Chubby Wise, Paul Warren, Howdy Forrester, Kenny Baker, Benny Martin, Bobby Hicks, Tommy Jackson, Buddy Spicher, Blaine Sprouse and Jim Buchanan ! It was an honor to share the awards stage with Lifetime Achievement Award Winners John McEuen (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) Neal McCoy Multi-Platinum Country Artist, Icon Award winner Tiffany, Songwriter Legend Award Randy Edelman and all the talented winners - such as Lee Newton and Webb Dalton Music and so many more. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees! It was a blessing spending some time with old and new friends like Dale Houston & Tim Atwood & Roxane Atwood. Thanks to Jeff Womack for a great award interview! New Single Out This Week Cotton-Eyed Joe with Bill Monroe www.RandallFranks.com
#appalachia#bluegrass#southern gospel#country#grand ole opry#JosieMusicAwards#nashville#music#in the heat of the night
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Blaine Dunlap & Sol Korine — 'Mouth Music', on Southbound (1981)
First broadcast on Georgia Public Broadcasting (PBS), USA
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À qui profite le recul?
En cette édition 2024 de la journée contre toutes les phobies LGBTQ+, membres de la communauté et organismes sortent l'artillerie pour "pleurnicher" en grand.
Il parait que quand les droits LGBTQ+ qui reculent, c'est la société entière qui revient en arrière.
La Fondation Émergence en met le paquet avec sa campagne publicitaire qui n'est que accentué sur la peur et du non fondement. Surprise sans attente, on ne vise que la droite.
Mais question: À qui profite le recule?
Certainement pas juste à la droite.
La gauche doit en profiter elle aussi.
À coups de peur, de victimisation & d'hypocrisie.
Mais la gauche n'avouera jamais de jouer avec nos sentiments.
La grosse crosse
Ils ne savent plus quoi dire!
Incroyable mais vrai, ce sont eux-mêmes des profiteurs.
Alors que les statistiques montrent des "petits" reculs sur divers sujets liés à la communauté LGBTQ+ au Canada, c'est l'inconscience dramatique.
C'est le "never explain, never complain" à la saveur LGBTQ+ dans sa splendeur et qui en dit long sur leur mauvaise influence dans la société. C'est bel et bien de leur faute si les drag queens sont partout ou même que les non-binaires imposent leur mode de vie à la majorité.
Ils ne sont jamais trop affiché!
Jamais trop affiché pour en agacer la majorité qui en a assez et les taguer de droite.
Voilà l'hypocrisie de la communauté LGBTQ+.
Déranger la société par pure division.
Ceux et celles qui dénoncent les malveillances dans la communauté sont chassés pour préserver l'agenda ou le plan de la décadence.
Mais c'est de la conspiration car il n'y a pas d'agenda, il y a juste un agenda pour les rétrogressifs.
Dommage, on aurait pu faire campagne sur le retour à l'ordre dans le quartier Le Village qui est actuel en mauvais état.
Car après tout, c'est homophobe de voir son village gai négligé par la mairesse Valérie Plante.
L'anxiété gauchiste à l'oeuvre
Ils sont les détraqueurs de Donald Trump, Georgia Meloni, Rishi Sunak ou encore Vladimir Poutine.
Au Canada, ils ne sont pas fans de Danielle Smith, Pierre Poilièvre ou encore Blaine Higgs.
Rien d'étonnant!
Des personnalités politiques qui sont souvent méprisé par la gauche tout en incluant Justin Trudeau.
Ils sont agité comme des prêtres évangélistes qui annoncent la monde du monde.
Rien d'étonnant à nouveau!
Il y a une panique morale inverse qui s'est installer et qui est devenu irréversible.
Coup donc! je ne rêve pas quand je parles de panique morale envers la droite.
Ce qui était associé à la droite est maintenant associé à la gauche.
C'est normal d'avoir peur, mais avoir peur via la panique morale devrait les conduire en psychiatrie.
Ils nous dirons qu'ils ne font pas peur.
Alors si ce n'est pas de la peur, c'est quoi alors?
Recul ou retour à la réalité
Vous savez, on n'aime pas quand la politique se mêle de notre orientation sexuelle ou genre.
Mais on peut tu se dire que les transgenres sont entrain de payer le prix de leur folie de transitionner une personne à la fois comme dans le reportage Trans Express de l'émission Enquête?
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Disons nous les vraies choses, il y a un côté sombre, louche même dérive.
C'est un des exemples pourquoi les politiciens s'en prennent ouvertement comme aux bloqueurs de puberté pour les mineurs parce qu'il y a dérive.
Et oui, vous avez bien lu le mot DÉRIVE!
Similaire aux enfants qui changeaient de pronoms à l'école sans l'accord des parents au Nouveau-Brunswick.
Blaine Higgs met fin à la cachette point final.
Peu importe la situation, évoquer le mot recul peut être une façon de manipuler les gens sans donner trop de détails.
Par simple conseil, soyez prudent lorsqu'on vous sortira une prochaine fois le mot recul.
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“ we can just sit here, you don’t have to talk. ”
"It's not..."
Sebastian sighed at that as he shifted against his chair. His hand reaches over to tug Blaine against him a little more. His arm moves around Blaine's waist as he keeps that intimacy between them. It was hard- with the temptation to run away or to make a joke, or even turn that situation sexual so he didn't have to face what they were talking about. It wasn't always the easiest thing for Sebastian to be serious. Still, it was Blaine. He deserved the effort. So did Kurt. He had to at least take those steps for them. Right? If anyone in this world could make him do it. It was them.
Sebastian's head lowered to press a soft, gentle kiss against Blaine's shoulder as his eyes closed.
"My parents...aren't warm. Blaine. They don't see me as a person. They see me as a series of achievements to pin to the wall. They see me as a vessel for the family legacy and little else. They didn't have me to have me. They had me to...as something to put on the mantle." Sebastian sighed with a little wince.
"The reason I don't want you to meet them isn't because I'm ashamed. Of you or Kurt Or...some risk I'll bang you in my childhood room." He pointed out as he shifted his head back up to meet Blaine's eyes.
"They have this...impossible standard. You won't meet it. Kurt won't meet it. I could bring home the literal Prince of Georgia and they'd still think there was something wrong with him. So...Don't...think this is...
It's not you, you know?"
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HERE IS MY MUCH LATE STARTER CALL XD This is for after the event!!!
MASTER STARTER CALL!!!
This is for after the event, since I know a lot of folks dropped posts and some of my muses are unaware now!!! Please react with as many people as you want, because they all need new stuff too!!!!
Dan Humphrey (GG)
Joel Miller (TLOU) (UNAWARE)
Luca Prago (Luca) (UNAWARE)
The Tenth Doctor (Doctor Who)
Olaf (Disney)
Beth Corcoran (Glee) (UNAWARE)
Jesse St. James (Glee) (UNAWARE)
Zed Necrodopolis (ZOMBIES)
Edwina Sharma (Bridgerton)
Riley Matthews (GMW)
Prince Henry (RWRB)
Ivan Carvalho (Elite)
Reggie Peters (JATP)
Jake Wheeler (Chucky)
Derek Hale (Teen Wolf)
Ambrose Spellman (CAOS)
Enid Sinclair (Wednesday)
Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet)
Lillian Deville (Rugrats)
Chishiya Shuntaro (Alice in Borderland)
Gabriel Boutin (Half Bad) (UNAWARE)
Maria Vasquez (West Side Story)
Katherine Pierce (TVD)
Simon Spier (Love, Simon)
Nick Nelson (Heartstopper)
Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
Matthew Murdock (Marvel)
Harry Hook (Descendants)
T.J Kippen (Andi Mack)
Max Mayfield (Stranger Things)
Richie Tozier (IT)
T.K Strand (911 Lone Star)
Evan Buckley (911)
Max Baker (Ginny and Georgia)
Marco Del Rossi (Degrassi)
Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice)
Athena Nash (911)
Carl Grimes (TWD)
Ambrosius Goldenloin (Nimona)
Chris Argent (Teen Wolf) (UNAWARE)
Lily Tucker-Pritchett (Modern Family)
Maddie Fitzpatrick (Suite Life) (UNAWARE)
Needy Lesnicki (Jennifer’s Body)
Blaine Anderson (Glee)
Josh Washington (Until Dawn)
Mickey Milkovich (Shameless) (UNAWARE)
Olivia Valdovinos (Pink Ladies) (UNAWARE)
Vox (Hazbin Hotel)
Shaggy Rogers (Scooby Doo)
Darcy Olsson (Heartstopper)
Gretchen Wieners (Mean Girls) (UNAWARE)
Verosika Mayday (Helluva Boss)
Kronk (Emperoer’s New Groove)
Sir Pentious (Hazbin Hotel)
Alexander Lightwood (Shadowhunters) (UNAWARE)
Emily Fitch (SKINS UK)
Zim (Invader Zim)
Phillipa Featherington (Bridgerton)
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The most interesting ask I received lately for book recommendations was for "something I will finish", from someone who had been stuck halfway through Frankenstein for a while and moreover was about to go on a first date with a literature teacher. I will find out how it went next week, but here anyway is the list, divided by genre (all of these are available in our local library system):
Romcoms
West side honey / Claire Christian
Crazy rich Asians trilogy / Kevin Kwan
Romantic Comedy / Curtis Sittenfeld (because it's Sittenfeld does it qualify for the next category too? I read American Wife but didn't feel emotionally...suited to the odd Hillary RPF. AO3 is free, I want to tell people who tell me to read it).
Literary but not a drag
Anything by Georgia Blain
Anything by Deborah Levy but probably the memoir trilogy
Spy thrillers
Slow Horses series by Mick Herron
Sci Fi
Most novels by John Scalzi
I thought that was enough to start with, only one person so far has actually read the whole of an extensive recommendation list I have given them, and now is waiting essentially for me to read more so I can keep going, except sadly for her I've gone very sf/f lately and she's not one for either elves or spaceships. Or probably dragons and the Napoleonic Wars, which reminds me to marshall my thoughts about Naomi Novik's very persistent theme of honour. If someone has asked her about this in an interview somewhere please point me to it so I don't actually have to write the essay myself.
#booklist#book recommendations#this is quite a conservative list bc I didn't want to scare the horses
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Florida man tries to cross the Atlantic Ocean on a homemade hamster wheel
Supercar Blondie By Kate Blain September 6, 2023 This man was just stopped by the US Coast Guard trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean on a homemade hamster wheel. When the DIY vessel was discovered by the Coast Guard (USCG) 70 miles off Tybee Island, Georgia, the man revealed he was trying to walk his way from the US to the UK. The man behind the hamster wheel, Reza Baluchi, was less than impressed…
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Events 2.20
1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. 1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark. 1521 – Juan Ponce de León sets out from Spain for Florida with about 200 prospective colonists. 1547 – Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. 1685 – René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas. 1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington. 1798 – Louis-Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power. 1813 – Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta. 1816 – Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. 1835 – The 1835 Concepción earthquake destroys Concepción, Chile. 1846 – Polish insurgents lead an uprising in Kraków to incite a fight for national independence. 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war. 1865 – End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance. 1872 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City. 1877 – Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. 1901 – The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time. 1905 – The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of Massachusetts's mandatory smallpox vaccination program in Jacobson v. Massachusetts. 1909 – Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. 1913 – King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra. 1920 – An earthquake kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori. 1931 – The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California. 1931 – An anarchist uprising in Encarnación briefly transforms the city into a revolutionary commune. 1933 – The U.S. Congress approves the Blaine Act to repeal federal Prohibition in the United States, sending the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution to state ratifying conventions for approval. 1933 – Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign. 1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica. 1942 – WW2: Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace. 1943 –Propaganda in ww2: American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies. 1943 – The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms. 1944 – World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers. 1944 – World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Atoll. 1952 – Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League. 1956 – The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy. 1959 – The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate. 1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes. 1965 – Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. 1968 – The China Academy of Space Technology, China's main arm for the research, development, and creation of space satellites, is established in Beijing. 1971 – The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert. 1979 – An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H2S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java. 1986 – The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years. 1988 – The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. 1991 – In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters. 1998 – American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. 2003 – During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others. 2005 – Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. 2009 – Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack. 2010 – In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago. 2014 – Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, many reportedly killed by snipers. 2015 – Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services. 2016 – Six people are killed and two injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
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