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Full interview with Sebastian Vettel on FAZ+

“Formula 1 is ignoring its chance of survival”.

Sebastian Vettel calls on the premier class to be a pioneer in the development of environmental technology. Otherwise, “we’re sealing our disappearance into irrelevance.”

Full translation of interview below the cut. Interesting thoughts about electric cars, Greta Thunberg, reconciling his love for motorsport, the role of politics in addressing environmental concerns and eating meat.

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I think my personal problem, liking max, lando and charles, makes watching the last races so much more anxiety inducing.

Regardless the outcome, I will be happy and sad.

It would be so much easier to just like one of them and hating the others but yeah.

Omg this is sooo good. I didn't know but those two... Damn they are something xD

And the writing style sometimes is absolutely savage. I love it xD

License to pretend

Pairing: nicholas/mick

Characters: nicholas, mick

Rating: M

Summary:

There’s a mole in their organisation and they need to find out who and quickly. The only way to do that without raising suspicion is send two agents into an undercover mission to unveil who is handing Horner all the information. When George can’t go, Mick is sent. His partner? A gorgeous man that can switch between hottest piece of ass and the most endearing nerd that Mick has ever seen.

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Charles Leclerc & Max Verstappen | post-race | 2023 Belgian Grand Prix 📸: Florent Gooden, Paul Vaicle

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please read. and please reblog.

Please, please read.

3 years ago I wrote a very personal prose piece titled The Morning After I Killed Myself, about a young woman who commits suicide and looks back on the impact it has on her family and friends and ends up regretting her decision. I posted it on my writing blog 3 years ago and it went viral, shared over 300,000 times on my blog and almost a million times on Imgur/Reddit. 

So many people have told me it’s saved their lives.

But I almost wish I hadn’t written it. Because, despite all the good it managed to do, it’s been plagiarized over a hundred times, probably several hundred. I’ve seen dozens of cases of it being stolen and retitled with someone else’s name as the author, cases of it being published in someone else’s book under their name, cases of it being used as song lyrics by a band who claims they wrote it, cases of it being posted nearly ten times on the same website alone and because the website is so enormous they didn’t catch each instance of plagiarism…

Once a girl based her senior art thesis off of my piece…only she accidentally based it off of a plagiarized version of my piece and had no idea. She called me, a complete stranger, in tears, begging me to forgive her for something that was not her fault at all, but the fault of the person who plagiarized me. She had to redo portions of the thesis she worked so hard on.

I’ve had cases of it being submitted to writing contests under other peoples’ names and them winning awards for it. One girl submitted it to the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and won a gold key for it, coincidentally the same contest I submitted some of my work to in high school and won awards for. What was her excuse? She said she read the piece awhile ago, liked it so much that she saved it to her computer, and when the time came to submit to the contest, she “forgot she hadn’t written it” and sent it in under her name.

I had a case of a stranger who posted it on their blog under their name and when I asked them, politely, to provide me with credit and remove their name, they claimed they’d “written the piece 10 years ago in their private journal and that I was the one who plagiarized them.”

I’ve had cases of people messaging my writing blog and accusing me of plagiarism…of my own piece, because they saw plagiarized versions of it going viral and had no idea I was the original author.

And finally, a few weeks ago, a girl submitted it to a contest under her name and won $100 for it. Now she’s apparently denying plagiarism.

This piece of mine was intended to help people. It’s a very very personal piece and always will be. I’m glad it’s helped so many people. But something that is so personal and painful for me has been twisted and manipulated and stolen and published for profit and taken away from me so many times I’ve lost count. I don’t care about money. But when I saw this girl win $100 for a piece about suicide that I wrote, that is the last straw.

Please, for the love of god, don’t steal from artists and writers. Don’t steal something and claim you wrote it. Write and create your own work. If you see a piece of art or writing floating around with no source or a mis-attributed source, tell the original author. Spread the word. Don’t share artworks without sources on them. 

You might think that it’s not a big deal, that it doesn’t matter, that it only happened once.

But it happens all the time. All the time. This is exhausting and artists deserve credit. They deserve respect.

I’ve considered deleting the writing blog I’ve had for 5 years because of how often this piece is plagiarized.

Don’t let it get to that point, where someone considers getting rid of something they love because it’s hardly theirs anymore.

Thanks for reading.

here is a carrd for black lives matter

here is a carrd for he/him lesbians

here is a carrd for bisexual people

here is a carrd for nonbinary people

here is a carrd for lgbt activism

here is a carrd for how to help lgbt in poland

here is a carrd for philippines aid

Rescuing aesthetics from my side blog

Part 2/4

Every flower is a soul, blossoming in nature

By Gerard de Neval

Enjoy :)

100 reasons NOT to kill yourself

1. we would miss you. 2. it’s not worth the regret. either by yourself if you failed or just simply left scars, or the regret everyone else feels by not doing enough to help you. 3. it does get better. believe it or not it will eventually get better. sometimes you have to go through the storm to get to the rainbow. 4. there’s so much you would miss out on doing. 5. there is always a reason to live. it might not be clear right now, but it is always there. 6. so many people care, and it would hurt them if you hurt yourself. 7. you ARE worth it. don’t let anyone, especially yourself, tell you otherwise. 8. you are amazing. 9. a time will come, once you’ve battled the toughest times of your life and are in ease once again, where you will be so glad that you decided to keep on living. you will emerge stronger from this all, and won’t regret your choice to carry on with life. because things always get better. 10. what about all the things you’ve always wanted to do? what about the things you’ve planned, but never got around to doing? you can’t do them when you’re dead. 11. i love you. even if only one person loves you, that’s still a reason to stay alive. 12. you won’t be able to listen to music if you die. 13. killing yourself is never worth it. you’ll hurt both yourself and all the people you care about. 14. there are so many people that would miss you, including me. 15. you’re preventing a future generation, YOUR KIDS, from even being born. 16. how do you think your family would feel? would it improve their lives if you died? 17. you’re gorgeous, amazing, and to someone you are perfect. 18. think about your favourite music artist, you’ll never hear their voice again. 19. you’ll never have the feeling of walking into a warm building on a cold day 20. listening to incredibly loud music. 21. being alive is just really good. 22. not being alive is really bad. 23. finding your soulmate. 24. red pandas 25. going to diners at three in the morning. 26. really soft pillows. 27. eating pizza in neww york city. 28. proving people wrong with your success. 29. watching the jerks that doubted you fail at life. 30. seeing someone trip over a garbage can. 31. being able to help other people. 32. bonfires. 33. sitting on rooftops. 34. sweing every single country in the world. 35. going on roadtrips. 36. you might win the lottery someday. 37. listening to music on a record player. 38. going to the top of the eiffel tower. 39. taking really cool pictures. 40. literally meeting thousands of new people. 41. hearing crazy stories. 42. telling crazy stories. 43. eating ice cream on a hot day. 44. more harry potter books could come out, you never know. 45. travelling to another planet someday. 46. having an underwater house. 47. randomly running into your hero on the street. 48. having your own room at a fancy hotel. 49. trampolines. 50. think about your favourite movie, you’ll never watch it again. 51. think about the feeling of laughing out loud in a public place because your best friend has just sent you an inside joke. 52. tour survival will make the world better, even if it’s for just one person or 20 or 100 or more. 53. people do care. 54. treehouses. 55. hanging out with your soul mate in a treehouse. 55. snorting when you laugh and not caring who sees. 56. i don’t even know you and i love you. 57. i don’t even know you and i care about you. 58. because nobody is going to be like you ever, so embrace your uniqueness! 59. you won’t be here to experience the first cat world emperor. 60. WHAT ABOUT FOOD?! YOU’LL MISS CHOCOLATE AND ALL THE OTHER NOM THINGS! 61. starbucks. 62. hugs. 63. stargazing. 64. you have a purpose, and it’s up to you to find out what it is. 65. you’ve changed somebody’s life. 66. now you could change the world. 67. you will meet the person that’s perfect for you. 68. no matter how much or how little, you have your life ahead of you. 69. you have the chance to save somebody’s life. 70. if you end your life, you’re stopping yourself from achieving great things. 71. making snow angels. 72. making snowmen. 73. snowball fights. 74. life is what you make of it. 75. everybody has a talent. 76. laughing until you cry. 77. having the ability to be sad means you have the ability to be happy. 78. the world would not be the same if you didn’t exist. 79.its possible to turn frowns, upside down 80. be yourself, don’t take anyone’s sh*t, and never let them take you alive. 81. heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary. be your own hero. 82. heing happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. it means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections. 83. one day your smile will be real. 84. having a really hot, relaxing bath after a stressful day. 85. lying on grass and laughing at the clouds. 86. getting completely smashed with your best friends. 87. eating crazy food. 88. staying up all night watching your favourite films with a loved one. 89. sleeping in all day. 90. creating something you’re proud of. 91. you can look back on yourself 70 years later and being proud you didn’t commit. 92. being able to meet your internet friends! 93. tea/coffee/hot chocolate. 94. team starkid. 95. cuddling under the stars. 96. being stupid in public because you just can. 97. if you are reading this then you are alive! is there any more reason to smile? 98. being able to hug that one person you havent seen in years. 99. people care enough about you and your future to come up with 100 reasons for you not to do this. 100. but, the final and most important one is, just, being able to experience life. because even if your life doesn’t seem so great right now, literally anything could happen!

& if that isn’t enough:

-depression hotline: 1-630-482-9696 -suicide hotline: 1-800-784-8433 -lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 -trevor project: 1-866-488-7386 -sexuality support: 1-800-246-7743 -eating disorders hotline: 1-847-831-3438 -rape and sexual assault: 1-800-656-4673 -grief support: 1-650-321-5272 -runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000 -exhale: ater abortion hotline/pro-voice: 1-866-4394253 -child abuse: 1-800-422-4453

UK HELPLINES: -samaritans (for any problem): 08457909090 e-mail jo@samaritans.org -childline (for anyone under 18 with any problem): 08001111 -mind infoline (mental health information): 0300 123 3393 e-mail: info@mind.org.uk -mind legal advice (for people who need mental-health related legal advice): 0300 466 6463 legal@mind.org.uk -b-eat eating disorder support: 0845 634 14 14 (only open mon-fri 10.30am-8.30pm and saturday 1pm-4.30pm) e-mail: help@b-eat.co.uk -b-eat youthline (for under 25’s with eating disorders): 08456347650 (open mon-fri 4.30pm - 8.30pm, saturday 1pm-7pm) -cruse bereavement care: 08444779400 e-mail: helpline@cruse.org.uk -frank (information and advice on drugs): 0800776600 -drinkline: 0800 9178282 -rape crisis england & wales: 0808 802 9999 1(open 2 - 2.30pm 7 - 9.30pm) e-mail info@rapecrisis.org.uk -rape crisis scotland: 08088 01 03 02 every day, 6pm to midnight -india self harm hotline: 00 08001006614 -india suicide helpline: 022-27546669 -kids help phone (canada): 1-800-668-6868, free and available 24/7

SUICIDE HOTLINES; -argentina: 54-0223-493-0430 -australia: 13-11-14 -austria: 01-713-3374 -barbados: 429-9999 -belgium: 106 -botswana: 391-1270 -brazil: 21-233-9191 -china: 852-2382-0000 (hong kong: 2389-2222) -costa Rica: 606-253-5439 -croatia: 01-4833-888 -cyprus: 357-77-77-72-67 -czech republic: 222-580-697, 476-701-908 -denmark: 70-201-201 -egypt: 762-1602 -estonia: 6-558-088 -finland: 040-5032199 -france: 01-45-39-4000 -germany: 0800-181-0721 -greece: 1018 -guatemala: 502-234-1239 -holland: 0900-0767 -honduras: 504-237-3623 -hungary: 06-80-820-111 -iceland: 44-0-8457-90-90-90 -israel: 09-8892333 -italy: 06-705-4444 -japan: 3-5286-9090 -latvia: 6722-2922, 2772-2292 -malaysia: 03-756-8144 (singapore: 1-800-221-4444) -mexico: 525-510-2550 -netherlands: 0900-0767 -new zealand: 4-473-9739 -new guinea: 675-326-0011 -nicaragua: 505-268-6171 -norway: 47-815-33-300 -philippines: 02-896-9191 -poland: 52-70-000 -portugal: 239-72-10-10 -russia: 8-20-222-82-10 -spain: 91-459-00-50 -south africa: 0861-322-322 -south korea: 2-715-8600 -sweden: 031-711-2400 -switzerland: 143 -taiwan: 0800-788-995 -thailand: 02-249-9977 -trinidad and tobago: 868-645-2800 -ukraine: 0487-327715

just in case you’re having a hard time.

stay strong.

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