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why did no one tell me quantum computers looked like that

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Lupita Nyong'o, the goddess you are

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Beautiful to see ✊ NYU faculty form a chain around the Gaza Solidarity Encampment as students prepare to pray.

Video: X: pslnational

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So many flawless reactions in a single ep, lmao.

(Thank you to the Abbott Elementary IG for this series of perfect stills.)

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This is why I love Danai❤️🙌🏾

TW: SA

IG Caption: Shockingly, sexual violence in Conflict Zones against women and children, is being committed all around the world. This issue has become vast and widespread. From Colombia to the Ukraine, to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Haiti and closer to home for me, as a Zimbabwean: to the DRC, Ethiopia, Central Republic of Africa and Sudan, this issue has now become prevalent in more countries, not fewer.

Earlier this week, at the @unitednations Security Council Open Debate on preventing conflict-related sexual violence, I spoke to the Council and other member states about how we must acknowledge women and survivors ALL over the world and, due to my personal connection, to more specifically shine a light on people of Africa in particular, and fight impunity. Nothing is more dangerous than crimes that are not acknowledged and that are unseen and allowed to persist. My hope was to amplify the voices of those who are never seen or heard. To acknowledge their suffering, make sure they are not forgotten and to hold those who allow this to continue responsible

To learn more visit: https://www.un.org/ sexualviolenceinconflict/about-us/about-the-office/

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BENOIT BLANC in GLASS ONION + Text Posts

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rian johnson has managed to evade all common ethical problems in his screenwriting and i want everyone to know that the knives out mysteries are a perfect representation of how to write about a certain community respectfully AND simultaneously not make a big deal of how good you are at being a diverse writer.

in knives out and glass onion, both main characters are women who have been wronged by the other main character(s)—in marta's case, she experiences xenophobia from the thrombey's constantly; in andi's, she came up with a billion dollar idea which was stolen by a white man. when she took him to court for it, her entire friend group sided with this man; this directly affects helen after andi's death.

andi and marta's stories specifically represent real experiences for women who are minorities in america, but the stories are told without being too ham-fisted or obvious about it. these aren't stories about racism, xenophobia, and misogyny, they're stories involving racism, xenophobia, and misogyny, which i feel is something you don't often see. they're not triyng to prove a point by telling these stories, they're just stories being told—it's a difference that's hard to describe, but you know it when you see it. it's got less of a looking-into-the-camera-for-emphasis vibe.

alongside this, benoit was never a white/male savior to neither helen nor marta (respectively). he helped helen when she came to him about andi and he stood behind marta when he saw the tox report, but he never took over the case and they were never treated like damsels in distress. in the end, helen and marta took control of their own revenge and benoit nudged everyone else to the side while they did it. benoit is not the hero of these stories, helen and marta are.

this is good fucking writing!!!! i need film bros to be positively insufferable about rian johnson NEOW

edit 12/26/22: i've been told that ana de armas is a white latina. genuinely i did not know, she always looked brown to me and i haven't seen her in anything other than knives out, that's truly my bad. i've updated the post now to change the language about marta, other than that everything remains!

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Just another day in the life of the Morales & Stacy family.

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ghostflower as orpheus & eurydice in hadestown

i think i can talk about this here, BUT i yapped about em in twitter before:

gwen and eurydice: https://twitter.com/erdcstacy/status/1769184881387679897?s=46

miles and orpheus: ‪ https://twitter.com/erdcstacy/status/1769556272360370344?s=46

art by: @carol_beloved in twitter. it’s ✨stunning✨

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Hello! It's been a while. Here are some Spiderpunk portraits. I had so much fun playing with Hobie's style, that I ended up doing multiple versions. The last 2 are based on Mile's and Gwen's color schemes.

Which one is your favourite?

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I really like how many of the world’s most iconic structures and places are just right next to some of the most mundane stuff imaginable, for example

Stonehenge

Is right next to a busy road

The Pyramids of Giza

Are at the outskirts of Cairo

Niagara Falls

Are part of the town of the same name

And Agrippa’s Pantheon

Is crammed inside downtown Rome

It just so interesting to notice.

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Jonathan Bailey and Letitia Wright at the Rokh x H&M collaboration event at Dover Street Market in London (April 16, 2024)