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So, short recap of this hell of a week

- starting with the US elections being the most dramatic ones ever

- Trump declares himself winner literal days before we get an official result

- The whole world's waiting for friggin Nevada to count their votes

- Trump wants to stop counting the votes, but at the same time not. He's confused, wants to involve the supreme court. Unclear why.

- with everyone's eyes still glued to Nevada, the CW airs a new episode of Supernatural, casually kicking the entirety of tumblr back into the year 2013

- Destiel becomes canon after 11 seasons / 12 years

- Castiel "dies" and somehow the internet turns it into a mainstream meme

- For about 12 hours everyone is convinced that Canon Destiel caused russian dictator Vladimir Putin to step down

- While all of us are busy freaking out about Destiel, Georgia turns blue, and we all find out via Destiel memes

- We're still waiting for Nevada

- Pennsylvania turns blue as well, and we find out via Destiel memes AGAIN

- Destiel-Antis are getting mad and Destiel-Fans are having an absolute blast after a single-word tweet. "COPE"

- Superwholock is crawling out of its grave and people bring back tumblr code and dashcon

- rumours about Sherlock season 5 to make the Superwholock chaos perfect

- Putin is NOT stepping down but that doesn't stop the memes

- Destiel is trending on Twitter ON TOP OF THE ELECTION, and it's trending in combination with Putin.

- still waiting for Nevada

- Trump declares himself winner again and gets mad at twitter for marking his tweets as incorrect

- Trump still tries to stop the ballot counting with wild accusations of cheating. Also, he really really hates the mail-in ballots.

- we still freak out over Destiel and find out that Dan and Phil dating is confirmed. Suddenly we're all 13 again.

- Trumps son tweets about starting a war

- while the whole world is STILL waiting for Nevada, Trump goes golfing, but not without declaring himself winner once more. Winner "BY A LOT".

- nothing from Nevada

- Trumps team send emails to people asking them for more money

- Biden wins Pennsylvania, now having enought electoral votes to win the presidency, fireworks all around the globe

- about 0.2 seconds after Pennsylvania has made Biden president, Nevada finishes counting.

- Joe Biden becomes the 46th President of the United States and a big bunch of people find out via destiel memes

- Trump lost the election. BY A LOT.

- "JOE IS BIDEN"

- we declare Biden the Destiel president

- Trump does not accept the election results. What a surprise.

- Trump is still golfing but his giant team of lawyers have dug up a bunch of people who claim to have witnessed cheating in the ballot counting

- Trumps lawyer team holds a press conference about their plans to fight against the cheating, leaving everyone confused about 1) their non-existent proof and 2) the very weird venue this conference was held at

- "stop the steal"

- we learn that Trump's press conference was held in the parking lot of Four Seasons Landscaping, not the luxury hotel Four Seasons.

- we also learn that Four Seasons Landscaping is located in-between a crematorium and a sex-toy shop

- Biden makes a speech and Trump finally stops golfing. Trump's fans are very mad at the democracy for being a democracy. They also hate socialism without even knowing what it means.

[mysteriouslygeneroustheorist]

do you have any recs for Indian art history and science history?

Yes, here you go

Art history

The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent by J. C. Harle

Indian Art by Partha Mitter

(both are histories from the early times to modern art so they’re good introductions to get a brief idea of art in India)

The Dance of Shiva by Ananda Coomaraswamy - a collection of essays on Indian artistic tradition in aesthetic and philosophical terms

The Spirit of Indian Painting by B. N. Goswamy - specifically about painting; explores different themes in different regionals tyles; also check other books by Goswamy, he’s kind of a big deal in art history

Indian Painting: the Lesser Known Traditions by Anna Dallapiccola - pretty much what it says; takes into account a ton of styles and traditions that are lumped together ‘folk art’

Science history

Geek Nation: How Indian Science is Taking Over the World by Angela Saini - not a history, but it’s really interesting, basically what it says

Science, Technology and Medicine in Colonial India by David Arnold - part of a Cambridge University Press series on science in India; pretty good insight

History of Science and Technology in Ancient India by Debiprasad Chattopadhyay - pretty straightforward, contains what the name says it does

Hope that helps & happy reading :)

[mysteriouslygeneroustheorist]

The Picture of Dorian Grey By Oscar Wilde

"Love?"

I wish you would tell me your secret. To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable. Youth! There is nothing like it.

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Why Rick Riordan fans are some of the best fans you will meet

-They call the author “Uncle Rick” -The movies are hated unanimously -Love diverse characters -Are all mostly teen girls despite the books being aimed at boys -Cute OTPs and ships -Small but welcoming (so nice that they are literally hufflepuffs of fandoms)

[mysteriouslygeneroustheorist]

The Silver Sword by Ian Serrailler.

Setup of the book is

: during ww2. We know the reason for the clash between the countries. Countries, to give repression file treaty etc. However, who will give repression to the mother who had lost her son?

Polish teenagers surviving on their own. When their parents have been taken away by the German troops. And the story of how they unite in the end. But with what they have been through, impacts their life solely. Their desire to meet their parents have made them get through odd and weary situations.

This book comprises of details and emotions of the characters. Which are just...beautiful and devastating at the same time. For those who wanna know more about the situation "within the countries" during ww2, and have read books like All the lights we cannot see by Anthony Doerr, Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, The boy in the striped pyjamas by John Boyne. You would love this book.

It is such an underrated book.

(Ps: excuse grammatical mistakes, if made any )^^