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Oh small gods.

In the discworld Watch books, Cheery is a very clear trans icon. But it has just occurred to me, so is Angua.

Everyone is surprised when they learn. Everyone tries to guess who it is when they learn there is one in the watch. No one is able to guess that it’s Angua. Heck Carrot when gets violent when he first learns before thinking it over making her run away.

Sounds familiar? I’ve read/listened to the books a dozen times and it still blows my mind with each read/listen.

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real adult™ tip from a real adult™ with executive dysfunction

do stuff while waiting for other stuff

like that sounds intuitive and vague but so much of the day is spent in a period of wait and if you struggle to motivate yourself to do things then this is the best time

waiting for your water to boil? bag up your garbage. waiting for your coffee to drip? wipe down your counters. roommate taking up the bathroom? scoop the cat box. waiting for your food to cook in the microwave? do however many dishes you can while it’s in there. 

waiting is the perfect time to do a limited amount of something for yourself where you would be otherwise just standing around doing fuck-all

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stop being silly in front of me

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Fight the power

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2nd Century Roman Aqueduct Unearthed in Slovakia

Digging into the lawn of a historic mansion in the capital city of Slovakia, archaeologists and their team of university students expected to find some ancient Roman artifacts but what emerged shocked them all.

The 1,800-year-old structure turned out to be a first-of-its-kind find.

A large-scale reconstruction project at Rusovce Mansion, a 16th-century manor and gardens on the outskirts of Bratislava, began in the summer of 2024 with an archaeological dig. Previous work at the site had uncovered Iron Age and ancient Roman finds, so the team from the University of Trnava was optimistic.

While excavating the front lawn, archaeologists unearthed an ancient Roman aqueduct, a tunnel-like structure used for supplying water, the University of Trnava said in a March 7 news release,

A photo shared by the university in a March 7 Facebook post shows the ancient aqueduct. The rectangular tunnel measures about 3 feet deep and 1 foot wide. Its sides are lined by stones, and a row of sloping tiles run along the bottom.

So far, archaeologists have uncovered about 125 feet of the aqueduct, the university said. Seen from above, the structure is almost shaped like a drinking straw, with a straight section followed by a curved corner.

A few of the tiles were so well preserved that archaeologists could read the stamped name of their manufacturer, the university said. An inscription on one brick connects the aqueduct's construction with the private brickworks of Gaius Valerius Constans, whose workshop operated during the second century in Carnuntum, in modern-day Austria. One tile even had a dog’s pawprint on it, left from the animal stepping on the tile before it fully dried.

Based on the manufacturing stamps on the tiles, the aqueduct dates back at least 1,800 years, archaeologist Erik Hrnčiarik said in the release. The pipeline fell out of use at the end of the second century, was filled in and preserved ever since.

Similar Roman aqueducts have been found elsewhere in central Europe, but this is the first time one was found in Slovakia, Hrnčiarik said. The structure’s preservation quality and scale add to its significance.

Archaeologists estimated the aqueduct required about 56 tons of stone and over 80 tiles, the university said.

The aqueduct’s exact purpose is still unknown, but it seems that it was intended to supply water to an unknown Roman structure currently buried beneath the Rusovce Manor House. It is possible that the site once had a bathhouse used by Roman soldiers stationed in the area.

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This is who is leading the NYC mayoral democratic primary rn

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Joemar Sombero

"Double solar halo appeared above the shores of Split Rock Lighthouse State Park Beach, casting a surreal glow over Lake Superior in Minnesota"

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a small comic I made after listening to ep124

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Murderbot showing up in Exit Strategy like “whats up ive been on a journey of self discovery and i’m back. you’re doing everything wrong btw” is SO funny from PresAux’s perspective

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reblog to remind prev they're not a bother and their presence is wanted <3

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THE ENTIRE WEST IS BEING PUT UP FOR SALE AND I AM BEGGING YOU TO CALL YOUR SENATORS

Trump’s budget bill has many, many things in it, but buried amongst it is the MILLIONS OF ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND FOR SALE.

This is the entirety of the Arizona state forests, the entire Cascades mountain range. Swathes of pristine desert around the national parks in Utah. On the doorstep of Jackson Hole.

THIS BILL IS BIG, BUT IT CAN BE AMENDED AND ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT PASS AS IS please.

If you have ever enjoyed the wilderness, we stand to lose it all forever.

CALLING your senators - NOT JUST IN THE WEST. ALL SENATORS, is CRUCIAL.

Outdoor alliance has a great resource for reaching out.

I don’t have a huge following but please, everywhere I have ever loved, the forests I grew up playing in, the land I got married on, is all at risk and I am begging.

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yes btw i am catching up on murderbot. drew a poster for da first book for fun :^)

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i'm CERTAIN you'll have answered this somewhere, but i can't find it so i'll have to ask. is there a particular way of purchasing your debut that benefits you more than others in any way? I have no idea how you get paid for your work as an author, but i know it can be a minefield with creative careers.

thanks for your time, and i'm SO mega happy that you're getting your life back now, to actually live. i'm in awe of what you've acheived in the midst of so much, with so few answers, for so long.

super fucking excited for sir cameron!!!!!

I’ve been saying “lol I dunno” whenever people ask but yesterday I learned that THERE IS AN ANSWER!

it’s actually kinda interesting. so if you pre-order on most bookstore websites (indigo, waterstones, etc) the sales don’t get tabulated right away. when the book is actually released, in the first week of sales, THEN those pre-order sales are counted. so you can have slow but steady pre-order sales that get lumped together into an explosive first week, which makes your book look like a best-seller.

whereas with Amazon, the sale counts rights away. so if you have a good day of pre-order sales, it’ll boost the book for that day, and then come back down.

SO: the best place to pre-order is any site that isn’t Amazon. but tbh, it probably doesn’t matter that much and you should just go with whatever is most convenient for you :) and also thank you so much!

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Constructiprowl doodle 💚🤍💜!