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Nick Diamonds at Webster Hall with Richard Reed Parry, J'aime Tambeur, and Subtitle for the ten year anniversary of Islands "Return to the Sea," December 10 2016

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well gang, this ship really got wrecked! hit it walter, i feel a song coming on!

(closeups under the cut)

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Mark Wang // When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, Chen Chen / Neither is there anyone - Simon Bang , 2020-21. Danish, b. 1960. Acrylic on canvas , 95 x 54 cm. / Nikki Giovanni,The Collected Poetry, 1968-1998 / Chris Cyprus, Northern Lights #226, Oil on canvas / Gabriela Mistral, Selected Prose and Prose-Poems / The Thing Is by Ellen Bass

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Young Justice 1x01 - Independence Day

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something dumb I made featuring the (I think) unofficial designs for Giovanni’s moms

Original under cut

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There's a very distinct pleasure in reviewing Steen & Generico's history and suddenly recognizing the same move, repeated fifteen years apart. Giovanni Vinci today, Mark Briscoe in 2008. (Edited because I got Vinci’s name wrong...)

[ghostofsoup]

gothovanni is back bitches

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'Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1' – Kevin Costner goes west once again on Max

There is no lack of ambition in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (2024), the first film in Kevin Costner’s projected four-film epic of the settling of the American west. It opens in the early 1860s, with the Civil War raging far away in the East, as adventurers, couples, and families follow an ad promising a veritable Eden in a spot in the San Pedro Valley called Horizon. What they don’t…

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Wimbledon MS Q3: Meet Your Qualifiers (1/2)

Wimbledon qualifying rounds, illustration (📸 CNN)

The condensed version in a Twitter thread can be found here.

After a grueling competition spanning 2 rounds, the Wimbledon Championships' qualifying rounds in Roehampton wrapped up with 16 best-of-five matches playing simultaneously. These qualifiers might be dangerous, but before the draw is made, it is not proper if the qualifiers are yet to be met. Therefore, before freaking out "Who are they and what are they doing to the favorites" yet again, here are some summaries from the last qualification round.

They are written in the order they advance. Beware, this is probably another long read.

Section 3: Zizou Bergs [3] def. Denis Yevseyev 6-1, 6-2, 6-2

Zizou Bergs' point to 5-1* 15-30, 1st set (left) and to break for the match at 6-2 in the 3rd set (right) (📸 Wimbledon qualifications feed)

One of the most in-form seeds, third seed Zizou Bergs, advanced to the third qualifying round after defeating Omar Jasika and Pierre-Hugues Herbert, the latter in the most scenic route possible (6-3, 6-7(4), 6-4). He faced Denis Yevseyev, who stunned 28th seed Titouan Droguet 6-4, 7-6(3) in the second qualifying round, as well as defeating Matteo Martineau in three tight sets. This match turned out to be a masterclass from Z. Bergs, where he scored an almost flawless performance throughout the match.

The third seed began this match with an early break, followed by a running forehand to generate his one-point lead before serving the first-set breadstick (6-1). His dominance continued through the second set as he took it 6-2, and somehow found his way breaking for the match thanks to his forehand winner as D. Yevseyev's balance went completely off, also taking the third set 6-2 to confirm his spot in the main draw.

Section 4: Mark Lajal def. James Duckworth [4] 6-4, 6-4, 6-4

Mark Lajal's point to *3-3 40-40 (1st deuce), 1st set (📸 Wimbledon qualifications feed)

One of the notable fast-court/indoor goats, Mark Lajal, despite having a questionable hard-court form back in the first portion of the Asian Challenger swing earlier this year, the Estonian had a decent grass-court season as he made it through the second qualifying rounds of the Surbiton and Nottingham Challengers, but he could not make it to the main draw, somehow finding himself defeating Francesco Passaro and Henrique Rocha in the two qualifying rounds. In contrast, fourth seed James Duckworth had more experience as he qualified for Halle (500) despite the loss to Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.

While this match was expected to be a tough, possible servefest at best, it turned out to come down to several crucial rallies. For instance, after a preceding unforced error, M. Lajal's forehand down-the-line error secured an important deuce before the Estonian broke to 4-3, followed by a consolidation to 5-3. While M. Lajal took the first set 6-4, J. Duckworth took a medical timeout midway, but despite his best efforts to stay competitive, he fell short in the exemplified said moments. As a result, M. Lajal became the first Estonian to qualify for a Grand Slam main draw since Jurgen Zopp became the lucky loser in the Roland Garros 2018, where he was eliminated in the third round against Maximilian Marterer.

Section 7: Quentin Halys def. Beibit Zhukayev 6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Quentin Halys' point to 3-3* 30-40, 2nd set (📸 Wimbledon qualifications feed)

Quentin Halys might have had a questionable form within the past year, but he tried to salvage it in the Wimbledon qualifying rounds a year after taking a set off Jannik Sinner (in the third round) as he defeated seventh seed Gregoire Barrere 6-3, 6-4 and survived a three-setter against wild card Jay Clarke 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, and faced a decent test in Beibit Zhukayev, who stunned Jurij Rodionov 7-6(5), 7-6(7) and 17th seed Hamad Medjedovic 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-4 in the second qualifying round. Staying aggressive on return while maintaining service game consistency became important in this match, and it proved itself as the match progressed.

After taking the first set 6-3, the Frenchman tried to stay consistent as he was spotted finishing his shots down the line: a forehand one that got B. Zhukayev ran over from his forehand side to minimize the gap, followed by a timely backhand down-the-line winner before he broke due to another unforced error from the unseeded Kazakh. By then, Q. Halys broke to 4-3 and strengthened his position with a service game hold straight away, where he successfully took the second set 6-4 right after, with a similar process from his groundstrokes neutralized B. Zhukayev's usually effective first serve to take the third set 6-4, securing his spot once again in the main draw as a result.

Section 14: Elias Ymer def. Sho Shimabukuro 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1

Elias Ymer's point to force another deuce at *0-0, 2nd set (left) and to set up his set point to 5-3* 15-40, also in the 2nd set (right) (📸 Wimbledon qualification feed)

Despite struggling to find his form back, Elias Ymer started to rebuild his form by reaching the Oeiras 4 Challenger final back on clay (l. Jaime Faria) and has tried to maintain his form since. He defeated Lukas Neumayer in straight sets in the first two qualifying rounds before fighting thick and thin to defeat Marco Trungelliti 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2 in an entertaining encounter. E. Ymer then faced Sho Shimabukuro, who also made the cut last year and notably made it to the second round of the Surbiton Challenger (l. Leandro Riedi), as well as having a competitive first-round exit against Cameron Norrie in the Nottingham (grass) Challenger as a qualifier before stunning 14th seed Jozef Kovalik and recent Sassuolo Challenger champion Jesper de Jong in both qualifying rounds.

E. Ymer initially had a neat start to the match as he brought S. Shimabukuro to the tie-breaker, ultimately taking the first set 7-6(4) despite starting the tie-breaker in an unideal manner (with a double fault), recovering the mini-break deficit through his groundstrokes (mostly through his forehand side) before setting up the mini-break through S. Shimabukuro's forehand mishit. The Swede had not looked back since, taking the first set 7-6(5) before scoring a backhand down-the-line winner to force another deuce before breaking early to 1-0 to start the second set. Eventually, E. Ymer outhit S. Shimabukuro through his occasional slices in between his forehands, breaking for the second set 6-3 before dominating the third set that ended with a breadstick (6-1) to secure his third Wimbledon main draw qualification after 2015 & 2022.

Section 10: Alejandro Moro Canas def. Damir Dzumhur 7-6(6), 6-4, 0-1 ret.

Alejandro Moro Canas' point to create his break points in the first game of the second set, with the earlier (left) and the later (right) attempts (📸 Wimbledon qualification feed)

Alejandro Moro Canas started to prove himself to be an all-around player (outside of his usual clay and occasionally hard-court prowess), continuing his form after winning the Rome (Italy) Challenger during the clay season, followed by qualifying for the main draw of Roland Garros (d. Mattia Bellucci). For the Challenger-level grass season, he made it as far as the second qualifying round of the Ilkley Challenger (l. M. Tomas Barrios Vera) before stunning Joao Fonseca 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(10) in a topsy-turvy match, followed by 29th Matteo Gigante 7-5, 6-2 in the first two qualifying rounds. On the other hand, 10th seed Damir Dzumhur defeated Tristan Schoolkate and Nick Hardt to make it to the third qualifying round despite his first-round loss to Joris de Loore back in Ilkley.

However, the likely physical first two sets already took a toll on the 10th seed throughout the match. A. Moro Canas then successfully took the first set 7-6(5) despite being comebacked when he should have served for the first set at 5-3, ultimately mini-breaking for the set thanks to his timely forehand winner. A working volley to Dzumhur's drop shot also secured A. Moro Canas' earlier break point to start the second set, but even though it was foiled, the Spaniard created another one through a forehand winner, which was successfully converted, and he had not looked back since. There was several close-call-related chaos midway, but the physicality of this game prompted Dzumhur to retire despite holding the first game to start the third set (1-0), sending A. Moro Canas to another Grand Slam main draw appearance.

Section 6: Lucas Pouille def. Luca van Assche [6] 7-6(4), 7-5, 6-2

Lucas Pouille's point to *5-2 40-40 (break point save) in the third set as he served for the match (📸 Wimbledon qualifications feed)

Despite some questions surrounding his comeback and inability to catch a break, Lucas Pouille got himself together in this year's Wimbledon qualification rounds and convincingly defeated British sensation Jack Pinnington Jones 6-0, 6-3 in the first qualifying rounds before stunning Jiri Vesely 7-6(6), 6-2 in a classic encounter. The third qualifying round became an all-French generational battle as he faced sixth seed Luca van Assche, who defeated both Jules Marie and Li Tu in three sets, with the third set being brought into a (match) tie-breaker.

This match turned out to test their range consistency, which became evident toward the end of the match.

Section 12: Cristian Garin [12] def. Timofey Skatov 6-2, 7-5, 6-3

Cristian Garin's point to break 4-2 in the 1st set (📸 Wimbledon qualifications feed)

Having to miss last year's Wimbledon due to his injuries, 12th seed and 2022 quarterfinalist Cristian Garin was determined to be back on track despite his questionable form throughout the past few years. Here, he defeated Enzo Couacaud 7-6(5), 7-5 in the first qualifying round before defeating M. Tomas Barrios Vera 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 in an all-Chilean battle, facing Timofey Skatov in the final qualifying round as the latter defeated Andrea Pellegrino 6-3, 6-3 and stunned 26th seed Lukas Klein 7-6(6), 7-6(5) in the first two qualifying rounds.

Somehow, although this match was thought to be slightly more competitive, C. Garin turned out to dominate from his forehand side as he capitalized on T. Skatov's previous second-serve errors, utilizing his cross-court forehand to break 4-2 before he held his serves to 5-2. The Chilean ultimately broke for the first set 6-2, and even though T. Skatov tried to raise his level in the second set, C. Garin cleaned up his act to finally take the second set 7-5 and continued his form as he took the third set 6-3 to secure his main draw qualification round for another occasion.

Section 1: Maxime Janvier def. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard [1] 6-7(10), 7-5, 7-6(4), 7-6(5)

Maxime Janvier's points to 6-6(6-4, first set point save) in the first set and to *4-2 40-ad to create a break point in the second set (📸 Wimbledon qualification feed)

After his Stuttgart (250) and Queen's Club (500) breakthrough, both eliminated in the first and second round as a qualifier, respectively, first seed Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard carried on his breakthrough season with straight-set victories over Ugo Blanchet and Antoine Escoffier. Somehow, he found himself facing another, more experienced Frenchman in Maxime Janvier, who defeated Yu-Hsiou Hsu 7-5, 6-3 and knocked out 30th seed Emilio Nava 7-6(1), 6-3 to secure the third qualifying round appearance.

Interestingly, this match became another rollercoaster coming down to Gio's second serves and some follow-up returns. M. Janvier tried to exert more pressure through his passes to prolong the first set even if the first seed took it 7-6(10), but the former managed to come back from 1-4 down in the second set as he brought Gio off-balance thanks to his slightly deep returns, passing the latter through his forehand (and a forehand return ace beforehand) before breaking back to 4-3 several games later. Ultimately, frequent double faults and a forehand error resulted in M. Janvier taking the second set 7-5, and he started nailing these moments for the next two sets, nailing the thinnest margins as he took the third set 7-6(4) due to Gio's failed drop shot, and generating his match point through the first seed's +1 backhand error before finally taking the whole match, securing his maiden Grand Slam-level qualification for the main draw after receiving a wild card to compete in Roland Garros' first rounds between 2018-2020.

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Ted (2012)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

Ted has brief scenes with lightning at night, which use strong strobe effects. In a party scene, there are brief, rapid edits that create a strobe effect. A late scene briefly shows emergency vehicle strobe lights.

Some scenes use handheld cameras with mild shaking.

Flashing Lights: 5/10. Motion Sickness: 4/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: There is some homophobic and racial humor in this film. One gross-out gag involves human feces. One joke involves mocking the mannerisms of stroke victims and the use of the R-slur.

NOTE: Our evaluation of The Last Voyage of the Demeter is now available on our Patreon page at Patreon.com/MovieHealth, and will be available on this page on Tuesday, August 15.

Image ID: A promotional poster for Ted

[undertismm]

so, what is heart-shaped patch?

great question! i'll tell you in this "brief" explanation.

summary: heart-shaped patch is a live-tweeted project created by myself and my qpp (@kitty-lattee) in early july of 2023. this story stars three main characters; giovanni and matteo lupo, and mark nadeau. matteo and giovanni are played by myself, and mark is played by goose.

characters:

GIOVANNI LUPO (he/him) is a 24 year old alpha male. and if you're on tumblr, i doubt i have to explain what that means. he's a very typical alpha, violent and crude. he also happens to have an issue with alcoholism, which makes his outbursts even worse. in his childhood, giovanni's dad left the family. this led gio to attach to his mother (also an alpha, her name is isabella) further and adopt her bigoted ideals against omegas and betas. which leads us to...

MARK NADEAU (he/she), a 26 (as of september 7th 2023) year old beta gnc transfem. mark is a french-canadian who moved to giovanni's hometown in the state of georgia for college after a family tragedy. the two met at a local church and started dating shortly after. mark is a gentle person, in deep juxtaposition to giovanni's bold and erratic behavior. she takes care of a cat named cassie, a stray he found one day.

MATTEO LUPO (he/him) is a 29 year old omega male. he is giovanni's older brother, and unfortunately the least favorite in their mother's eyes. shortly after turning 24, he moved away from his hometown and went about 2 counties away from the rest of the lupos, cutting contact with them altogether for the bigoted views they display. nowadays, he works in an office and is in a long-distance relationship with ezra becker, who lives in boston.

story:

everything starts when thomas coinin, ex-husband to isabella lupo, leaves the lupo family for good. the change is swift and impulsive, and destroys the lupos forever. the younger brother, giovanni, despises his father for this change. how could he leave like that? he grew closer to isabella to cope with the change. matteo, however, understood his father's decision. he knows what isabella is like, and she's a very prejudiced woman. matteo would distance himself from his mother and giovanni, eventually cutting them off.

meanwhile, mark nadeau returns home to find his entire family gone. their lives were taken by a serial killer. this leads her to a very deep depression, and he impulsively moves to georgia for college, and for some change. in the new state, she meets a 19 year old giovanni lupo.

at the time, giovanni seemed to be a nice guy. he offered mark a home, somewhere to stay while the two went through college together. the two started dating shortly after. an important detail to note is that giovanni was under the impression that mark was an omega. this is why isabella approved of their relationship.

however, one day giovanni noticed something. the two had been together for a few months, and not once had mark gone through a heat. heat suppressants were uncommon and expensive, something that mark couldn't afford without giving up the necessities. he confronts mark about this, only to be greeted with the fact that mark is a beta.

giovanni had spent his entire life hating betas. it's all he's ever been taught. and now his boyfriend is one? he felt enraged. angry. disgusted. nonetheless, giovanni was to protect mark from his mother. she wouldn't know for another few years.

those few years passed, bringing us to the present. mark and giovanni's relationship grew abusive on giovanni's part. he began to be violent towards him, his alcoholism only making his rage worse.

notes:

to catch up on the story from here, the accounts involved with heart-shaped patch are gi0alpha and S0NSOFEVE on twitter. these are the only accounts telling the story. there is a possibility more may be created after posting this, and i will update this post as such.

my main twitter account is undertismm, and goose's is kittiehotline. we post about heart-shaped patch very often so if you're looking for art or just little quips about our characters, don't be afraid to throw us a follow! every bit of support helps motivate us.

i hope you'll enjoy this story just as much as we have. thank you for reading!

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'Ted' Remains One of the Funniest Comedies Ever

Man, I would have loved it if this had happened to me as a kid; having one of my stuffed animals come to life and me forming a lifelong friendship with it. That is what makes “Ted” one of the most enjoyable and funniest movies I saw back in 2012 as it makes that dream become a reality. Seth MacFarlane, the creator “Family Guy,” makes his live-action motion picture directorial debut here, and it…

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no you look like jason mraz

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i couldnt come up with this if i was trying to parody the silliest possible kind of response to this post

No babe it’s so cool and hot that you always insist that fantasy books written to meet a 4th graders’ comprehension skills have more complex themes and a greater sense of praxis than anything written for adults

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The Hidden Corners of Psychedelic Folk: 15 Essential Songs

Fundamental Songs Defining the Psychedelic Folk Movement The late 1960s and early 1970s saw an extraordinary confluence of traditional folk music with mind-expanding sonic experiments. In basements, communes, and recording studios across the world, musicians were expanding traditional song forms, creating otherworldly sounds with acoustic instruments and exploring the outer reaches of…