Flurrrgrggrgggggggh

Worse. They were French.

"Congratulations, Madame. It's a boy!"

"How should we name him, Mon Cherie?"

"Well I was thinking we should name him Marie-Joseph Paul Roch Gilbert du Motier De La Fayette Marquis De Lafayette."

"Babe, You're a genius!"

"I KNOW RIGHT! I didn't knew which name to pick so decided to put them all in one because I'm so quirky in SUCH aristocratic way😝"

"Je t'aime, chienne."

"Je t'aime aussi, connard."

And then they both kiss.

No but seriously, Were his parents fucking high when they were naming him? 💀

Help a Palestinian Family Escape Genocide

78% of the way there!

gofundme.com

Donate to Help my family survive famine and have secure life, organised by Mazin Fakak

Dear friends, family, and compassionate supporters, My name is Eman Za… Mazin Fakak needs your support for Help my family survive famine an

A message from Eman:

Dear friends, family, and compassionate supporters,

My name is Eman Zaqout, from Occupied Gaza, Palestine. I am contacting you at a really desperate and urgent moment.

I am seeking your assistance to raise funds for saving our lives, facing the starvation in Gaza and help me achieve my doctoral degree dream after awarding prestigious PhD Fellowship.

I'm a wife and mother of two little kids. My husband Mahmoud Zaqout 39 years old, my son Rakan 12 years old and my doughter Seba 10 years old. I am also an employee working in a medical field and at the same time a scientific researcher conducting different research inside and outside Gaza as well.

For years, I poured my heart and soul into my work at Al-Shifa Hospital and Turkish Palestinian Friendship Hospital, as Biotechnology Specialist serving basically cancer patients with compassion and skill.

I am just like any motivated and loving life woman, who loves her family, job and warm house. Since October 7th, my life changed dramatically when Israeli military launched a sweeping war against Gaza. My home and our neighborhood in the North have been destroyed early in this crisis. I and my family have experienced disastrous and unforgettable moments in that day when Israeli warplanes started a violent attack with heavy missiles and white phosphorus in our region. Ambulances and the Palestinian Red Cross evacuated us from the targeted place, so we went to my father’s home. My job and my husband's job are gone. Israel forced us later to evacuate again from the north Gaza to the south where they claimed it would be the safe zone but it is not at all. Our sweet home and neighborhood have been destroyed along with our belongings and precious memories. Even if the war ends, it's literally unlivable.

It has been 10 months of hell and horror. This genocide has been too long to bear, and our mental health and lives are in constant danger. We have reached a point where there is no hope left for us here in Gaza, where we are unfortunately just waiting for our turn to die.

Your generosity is not just a donation; it is a beacon of hope in the face of adversity, a lifeline for not only my family but also other displaced families at our camp torn apart by conflict. Your support, whether big or small, will make a significant difference during this challenging time as we lost everything we have, and not just observe from the outside.

Please donate and share this with friends and colleagues and thank you for standing with us.

Eman Zaqout

There is an extended version of her story on her GoFundMe.

Please donate if you can. Any amount helps, whether it's 5 dollars, 10 dollars, or 20 dollars. Here is a link to her Tumblr:

https://www.tumblr.com/emannzaqout1

She has been verified by 90-ghost and aces-and-angels.

An excerpt from a project I'm working on:

Saiki knew it would be a bad day when he woke up.

First, he had a premonition and had to stop the gas station from blowing up because of a stray rock. Then, he got a call from Kuusuke, letting him know he would be over next weekend. After that, his limiter had fallen out, and he’d gotten stuck in a time loop for hours, all before breakfast. 

Finally, to top it all off, he had to take his younger sister to school with him.

“Please, Kusuo, honey?” his mother pleaded, eyes sparkling. “I promised Hana I would see her band today, and Kuriko doesn’t have anyone to watch her…

‘Fine,’ he said tiredly, looking over at his 5-year-old sister, devouring pancakes at a concerning rate. He met his mother’s eyes again, quickly averting his gaze when he saw her glistening eyes. 

“Oh, Ku, thank you so much! I’ll get you some coffee jelly on my way home.” Good grief. He turned away, going through a mental checklist before school. He had all his bags, his homework was done, and Nendou’s favorite ramen shop was closed for the morning, so he should be fine

A slight tug on his pant leg made him look down to see Kuriko staring up at him, mouth wiped clean of syrup and her light pink hair in a ponytail. Her hair was longer than his in girl form - it reached all the way down to her shoulders.

“Kusu-kun, when are we going?” she whined, staring up at him with large, lamp-like eyes. Saiki let out a huff.

‘Right now,’ he said, opening the door and gesturing for her to go before him. She skittered outside, setting off in a random direction that was definitely not the way to get to PK Academy. 

Good grief.

‘Kuriko!’ 

—

After teleporting them both back to his house (no, Kuriko, they couldn’t teleport straight into the school; people would see them), they set off along the stone-ladden path to the academy, Kuriko leaping from stone to stone, determined not to touch the cracks.

“Kusu-kun, are we theeere yet?” she whined back at him, the fourth time in the last fifteen minutes. Could psychics get aneurysms?

‘Five more minutes,’ he said blandly. It wasn’t the truth – without teleportation, they had about ten more minutes until they arrived at PK, but Kuriko didn’t need to know that. 

Of course, he was so focused on making sure Kuriko didn’t kill herself by accident that he forgot to watch out for other life-threatening dangers. 

“Buddy!” Nendou called, slinging an arm around his shoulders. Saiki nearly punched him in the face, but restrained himself at the last second. 

“Nendou!” Kaidou called out, panicked. “You’ll kill him!” Good luck with that.

“What? Buddy never gets hurt!” Nendou boasted, finally looking down at the small child that was staring at him in abject fascination. “Huh? Who’s this?”

Reita Toritsuka - Birthday Celebration

Do you like me?

Yes      Yes

Reita smiled proudly at the new note in his hand, glancing at the new girl in class. She had short, ebony hair and a permanent frown on her face that would be a off-putting to anyone that was less desperate.

He sauntered over to her desk, leaning casually on the wood. "This is for you," he said, slipping it in front of her before he strode away.

And promptly tripped over an invisible force.

His heart sank, glancing up to see the girl staring at him, a familiar smirk glittering in her usually-purple eyes.

I'M SO SORRY THIS IS SO LATE OH MY LORD WRITER'S BLOCK HIT ME LIKE A BRICK SAIKO'S SHOULD BE OUT EVENTUALLY

I can't decide what to write rn.

I’ll reblog w/ the link.

I made this a while ago for Halloween, but GENLOSS MASK WOO

Also carpet reveal get hyped people

Every Single Argument I've Heard Against Increasing Intelligence in My English Class and My Counterclaims

We read Flowers for Algernon, and this discussion ensued. We now have to write an essay about it, and I am sure I must be missing something, because I can't find any reason to side against increasing intelligence.

To set the stage, we debated whether to increase intelligence in real life. This means that any potential effects of intelligence-enhancing surgery inside Charlie Gordon's universe (i.e., the intelligence wearing off) are not applicable. In this debate, we are referring to intelligence—not knowledge. In this context, intelligence refers to IQ, while knowledge refers to information. This means Elon Musk's Neuralink, while not irrelevant, is not the main focus of this argument.

If an argument is good, I will do my best to admit that.

These are in no particular order.

It would decrease diversity.

Starting off strong with this interesting point, those against increasing intelligence argue that increasing intelligence would eliminate neurological differences between people. In other words, it would get rid of stupid people.

The amount of intelligence someone has is not 'diversity.' If everyone had the same IQ, we would not all be the same because we still have our personalities -- and that's only touching on neurological differences. There are plenty of other ways we differ.

Grit matters more.

Personally, I don't understand this argument. Just because something is of more value to your success doesn't mean everything else doesn't matter.

Imagine you're on your way to class. You'd want a pencil, right?

Well, you don't actually <em>need</em> that pencil. You could just take the lead, and it would still work -- maybe not as well, but it would still work. The wood casing around the lead isn't the most important part of the pencil, so, under this logic, it's unnecessary.

Sophisticated crime would increase.

This is a much better point than the last two, but it's still not infallible.

While sophisticated crime, such as bank robberies and pharmaceutical cover-ups, would increase, so would the effectiveness of our methods of battling it. If everyone had increased intelligence, we would still be fighting on an even playing field.

Some people wouldn't change their opinions, no matter how wrong they are.

For example, while Isaac Newton was very intelligent, he was also a misanthrope. People can have prejudices and incorrect opinions despite being very intelligent.

This is true -- to a point. While some people would still be caught up in their prejudice, increased intelligence will let more people see through it. It doesn't make much sense to use this as a stand-alone point

It may only be available to the ultra-wealthy, exacerbating class disparities.

See this, y'all? THIS is how you make a good argument. Talk about stuff like this instead of bringing up weird points about grit and diversity, and you'll be golden.

We need to solve a lot of things before we can make intelligence-enhancing technology available -- that's undeniable. However, this is the case with most medical procedures. The wealthier among us can afford expensive treatments to save their children's (or their) lives and give them a boost in life, while those with less money are left sitting in the dust.

It's not great, but it's the unfortunate reality. Adding another medical procedure to the mix wouldn't make much a difference.

I agree, however, that introducing intelligence-enhancing technology while we have such drastic class differences could be dangerous. It would give the rich a large advantage while middle and lower-class citizens would have a much harder time getting into the same universities as them because they have lower IQs.

See? This is a good argument. I will admit that -- this is one of the best points I've heard against it, and it's rarely brought up.

What do you guys think? I'm mostly limited to the evidence provided by my teacher, so I'm curious as to what some points you guys have are.

If I was unclear on anything, please let me know.

Sources for Arguments:

Intelligence Article

Grit Tedtalk (used as evidence for grit argument)

Anyway, it's 2:45 and I have school tomorrow, so I should probably go to bed. See y'all tomorrow!

Hi! I found this:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40183677/chapters/100642917#workskin

The Lines of Life -- Crowley and Aziraphale are home, recovering from their trauma, and finding ways to accommodate Crowley’s disabilities. But rebuilding their life together brings up past memories, and not all of them are good. Can they use their new coping skills to support each other as they heal?

They bake shortbread and stargaze in this one.

I'll give it another shot tomorrow, but I combed through a couple filters and didn't find anything that quite matched your description. They bake lavender shortbread in this one:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/51634441/chapters/13052106

It is explicit, though, so be forewarned.

If you're looking for more fics to read, I stumbled across this filter and literally all the fics are so sweet and nice and awesome.

linkity link bc the link was too long

Have a nice day and I'll try again tmrw.

PLEASE GUYS HELP ME FIND THIS FANFIC ITS ON AO3 AND ITS ABOUT AZIRAPHALE AND CROWLEY MOVING INTO A COTTAGE TOGETHER AND BAKING BREAD AND GOING ON A STARGAZING DATE I CANT FIND IT AND ITS THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN THING IVE EVER HAD THE HONOR TO READ

I'm lowkey freaking out where is my goddamn cupcake recipe

It was on Sally's Baking addiction and now it's goooooone and it was the only one that didn't make you use fancy stuff like oil or expresso ;-;

I GOT HIM!!!! I GOT THE BOY!!!!!!

I've finished my quiz!

Well, not really finished it. I'm definitely gonna add more questions and maybe more characters, but I was impatient to get it out so I've published it anyway.

Anyway, here's the link to my multifandom quiz!