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An Idea To Prevent A Nuclear War

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"But we took the oath, Sarge, and now we're disobeying orders and helping rebels. Doesn't seem right, Sarge," said Wiglet wretchedly.

"You took an oath to uphold the law and defend the citizens without fear or favor," said Vimes. "And to protect the innocent. That's all they put in. Maybe they thought those were the important things. Nothing in there about orders, even from me."

— Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett

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If there's more of us, then we're not rebels.

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ill never and i mean NEVER get over the lilac as a metaphor for the watch. one of the first things vimes does in night watch is smell lilacs and remember. lilac went together with the song of the fallen. once a lilac tree is planned it will give rise to hundreds of other lilacs. a hundred members in the watch where there were only three a few years back. the good old days fading like lilac. the hold of the watch over the city growing weaker and weaker with each year after the revolution. remember the smell of lilac? you thought about those who died. lilac was common in the city. it was vigorous and hard to kill and had to be. there was nothing he could do about the big stuff. lilac was going to bloom.

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courtesy of @lunaactias i have now watched the terror. i must concede it was actually pretty good, but there's one thing it's clearly missing

explanation of the deep significance of this scrungy puppet in british culture below

horrible histories was a highly successful series of over sixty humourously educational children's books (1993-2013), still popular today. there have been various spinoffs and adaptations, most notably the 2009-2014 tv show, mostly comprised of sketches, but also including song-and-dance numbers (the charles ii rap is not only catchy as hell, but a very solid introduction to the background of the stuart restoration and the notable events that characterise his reign). the show was hosted by this chap, rattus rattus, who would occasionally pop up during the sketches to reassure you of the authenticity of the scene. although he did not feature in the books, he retains a high degree of recognisability, even popularity, amongst brits approximately under the age of 30.

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don't let the insanity of episode seven distract you from the fact that these cuties have A LUNCH CLUB and nobody turned up one day and mathew JUST HAD LUNCH CLUB BY HIMSELF

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the thing with sports tumblr is that you will follow someone and then they will post something that makes you go. oh. i am in enemy territory

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Column Robin Frijns: ‘I'm worried about the future of motorsports'

Source: Formule1.NL translated from Dutch

Robin Frijns does not come from a motorsports family, nor did he have a wealthy father to build a racing career with. Still, he made it as a professional driver. However, achieving such a feat is almost impossible nowadays. What would he do as a father, and do talents still have access to motor racing?

He worked hard. He worked a lot. He had his own steel construction business, working ten to twelve-hour days. A hard worker. I’m talking about my father.

He didn’t have much interest in motorsport. And there wasn’t a lot of money to invest in my racing career. That’s okay, on the contrary: it’s remarkable that we still managed to get so far that I became and am a professional driver.

But more and more often I think: is that still possible for others? I worry about where motorsport is heading, say, in about ten years. It has already become so expensive, soon it will only be accessible to a small group, I sometimes fear… Even now, young talents’ careers are already being cut short, purely because racing has become so costly.

Large sums of money needed even for karting

I’m not even talking about Formula 1. Even in Formula 2 and 3, it’s hardly affordable anymore, we’re talking millions and tons, even large sums of money are needed for karting. I know how difficult it can be, how expensive it can be; even in ‘my time’. And that really makes you think about the future of motorsport.

My father, my family; we didn’t have large budgets to drive around with. I also ended up in motorsports by chance, through a friend of my father. We didn’t have a bad life ourselves, mind you. We went on vacation, had nothing to complain about. But paying for racing seats, no, that was not an option.

I had to rely on sponsorship and opportunities from teams. I was allowed to test in the F3 for Prema, but a seat was unaffordable. Later, as the champion of Formula BMW, I ended up in Formula Renault 2.0, and the champion of that received half a million euros in prize money to use for a place in the then Formula Renault 3.5 Series. But we knew: if I didn’t become a champion, it would be the end of my career.

Eventually, everything worked out, and I became a test driver for Sauber in Formula 1, but there was no money for a permanent spot in the GP2 – the current Formula 2. Fortunately, I was able to race a few times. But since I had little else to do, I started mentoring young people in karting.

It opened my eyes, I found it enjoyable, even though I was only 22 years old myself. I loved seeing these talents grow, asking questions that they then had to answer on the track. That’s how you improve, not by having as much money as possible.

And if I have a child who wants to get into motorsport? I don’t necessarily need it, but I would certainly help try to make the dream come true. I see it with fellow driver Nico Müller, a friend of mine. His son Fynn is about five or six years old. He also drives a kart. With a helmet that’s almost bigger than he is. To be honest: it looks very cute, money can’t compete with that. It’s wonderful to see!

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THE GOOD PLACE | 1.11

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ok so clearly the medics r just as crazy as the riders cuz what is this

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a detailed list of things i hate

hot weather

high temperatures

heat

warmer than average conditions

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truly washing a fleece is equivalent to washing the car in terms of rain-summoning power

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9/10 doctors fear him

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Character who doesn't get to die & character who doesn't get to live. Is that anything.