#17 May 2024

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17 May 2024

Journalist Wadea Abu Alsaoud documents a funeral for a family who was bombed by the occupation, completely wiping them out.

WARNING: Not especially graphic, but very upsetting

Instagram user israa5q provides a full English translation:

Wadea: This is the reality of what we are living this morning and every day morning and night: it is the same.

Man 1: These are the bodies of a man, his kids, this is his wife's, this is his mother's, and those are his relatives.

Wadea: So this is a whole civilian family that was wiped out from the civil registry?

Man 1: Yes the whole family.

Wadea: What do you have here in those plastic bags?

Man 2: The remains of the family, these are body parts that were scattered around. We buried the full bodies and now we will bury the pieces.

Man 3: Wake up, mother. You promised me we will celebrate together. We will be happy. Didn't we promised each other that? Then why did you leave me and go? Please wake up, mom. You said we will be happy? How can we ever be happy? How? Mom. (5x) | wish it was me not you.

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Ahead of King Felipe and Queen Letizia's 20th wedding anniversary on May 22nd, 2024, Casa Real released several family portraits of the Spanish Royal Family | 17 May 2024

[rabbitcruiser]

National Pizza Party Day 

Make your own pizza at home, order in, or gather some friends for a pizza crawl through town to enjoy the ever popular Pizza Party Day.

If there’s one thing that makes any day better it’s a hot slice of pizza shared among friends. National Pizza Party Day was created to give people an excuse (like we needed one) to get together with a group of people we love and enjoy the rich cheesy taste of pizza.

Pizza has a long history, and it has become one of the mainstays of office meetings, birthday parties, and friendly get-togethers.

History of National Pizza Party Day

The history of National Pizza Party Day is really the history of pizza itself. For thousands of years, people have been gathering around to enjoy this delicious food. Of course, all those years ago it may not have looked quite like we imagine it today.

The first people to make something like the pizza we know were the Greeks, who started by covering bread with bread, herbs, oil, and cheese. Another version was enjoyed by the Romans, who covered a dough sheet with honey and cheese and seasoned it with bay leaves.

Pizza first started looking like we’re familiar with as Neapolitan Flatbread in Italy, a dish made with mozzarella cheese from buffalo around Naples. Over time new ingredients were added and it spread across the globe.

In 1905 pizza found its way to America in a little pizzeria in Little Italy in New York City. Today cheese for pizza is produced in quantities of over 2 billion pounds every year and is one of America’s favorite foods.

With so much history behind this incredible dish, it’s not surprising that it finally got its own holiday. One of the challenges when organizing a pizza party is that not everyone agrees what should go on a pizza.

Some people fiercely believe that pineapple has no place on a pizza, while others think that anchovies do. The great thing about a Pizza Party is you can order enough variety for everyone!

Fun facts about Pizza

In an ode to National Pizza Party Day, let’s take a look at some fun and some surprising facts about pizza!

Western Europe is the biggest pizza market in the world, worth $54.4 billion, followed closely by America at $50.7 billion. You then have Latin and South America at $16.8 billion.

Americans order 350 slices of pizza every second!

The world’s most expensive pizza costs $9,200 and it can be found in Salerno, Sicily.

61 percent of people prefer thin-crust pizzas.

Women are twice as likely to order vegetarian toppings on their pizza compared to men.

Saturday is the most popular night to eat pizza. But, there’s never really a bad night for eating pizza, right?

You can order pizza from space – Yes, you read that right! Pizza Hut became the first restaurant to deliver a pizza to space, rocketing a pizza to an astronaut at the International Space Station. The pizza was topped with salami and extra spices because tastebuds are dulled in space.

Pepperoni is the most popular pizza topping! The least popular are anchovies, chicken, and pineapple.

How to celebrate National Pizza Party Day

There is nothing more delicious than celebrating this incredible day! You get to gather a group of friends together and order pizza from your favorite pizzeria. If you’re feeling really creative you can actually convince people to create their own pizza from scratch.

You can start with a pre-made crust and sauce and just add your own toppings if you want it easy. Or you can go through the whole process of making it from scratch, sauce and dough and all!

Another fun way to celebrate National Pizza Party Day is to do a “pizza crawl.” If you have ever wondered where the best pizza in your town is, National Pizza Party Day presents you with the perfect opportunity to find out. You can either do this solo and have your own party or you can get your friends together. Find out where you can get a pizza in your area, and go around different establishments. You can even take a book with you to rank your pizza experiences. If you get a slice from each place, you will be able to visit many establishments by the time you’ve had a full pizza!

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Happy Norwegian constitution day 🇧🇻 hope everyone has a wonderful day

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Current address: Heaven

Wow Zayn - what a Masterpiece

[royalarchivist]

Roier, Bad, and Leo attempt to blow up the Tubchunk, which immediately crashes the QSMP (and nearly crashes both their computers) in retaliation.

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Friday Again Garfie Baby

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Today's Card Is: Bidoof

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Precious Opal in virid

(M) Fischer’s blue (Tongeia fischeri)

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ITS TOMORROW

(also, I'ma just @ all some people who might care :>)

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[leonorandsofia]

Ahead of King Felipe and Queen Letizia's 20th wedding anniversary on May 22nd, 2024, Casa Real released several family portraits of the Spanish Royal Family | 17 May 2024

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[177] Hihi! The other mod returns from moving house.

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[abybweisse]

Ch212 (p3), It's hard to find good help

After our earl questions Sebastian's suggestion to ever hire Mey-Rin, Sebastian turns the tables and questions our earl's offers to Finny and Snake.

Finny is indeed the product of a research facility in Germany, though we still don't know much about him, but now we know he really could barely speak back then. It wasn't just a barrier between languages but a barrier of speaking at all. Those kids were kept down there with just some basic toys and were apparently not given any education other than being forced to fight each other. Our earl defends the decision because Finny was like a blank slate, and they could teach him to be loyal. Sebastian concedes that Finny has become fiercely loyal to our earl and would probably rush into a burning building if our earl told him to.

But the decision to hire Snake truly surprised Sebastian. Our earl sees it as a better alternative than setting him free to make another attempt to kill him. He's (intentionally, I think) leaving out the option to kill Snake instead of hiring him or setting him free.

"His ability to manipulate snakes *has", not "have".

I'm not sure why our earl says Snake hasn't always been dependable (since he's been hired), particularly since he also says Snake preforms basic chores better than the other three. Perhaps he just doesn't consider Snake to be as loyal as the others, and that's probably quite true.

Poor Snake has lost his life, but hopefully Finny will come through this alive and ultimately successful... though he'll need more help to finish the job.

A waiter comes by, and our earl accepts the offer of tea, then he orders some for Sebastian, too, later saying it'd look odd if Sebastian wasn't seen drinking (or eating) while our earl eats and drinks.

"I feared for heavy snowfall." 😂

But that's just silly for the kid to say he has no leg room in that first class compartment. I think he just likes the dining car... and appreciates all that Sebastian does (sometimes appreciates it, anyway) but can't admit to it.

Now I'm not sure whether ch213 will be arrival in Brighton or something that happens during the transfer in Redhill.

[brian-in-finance]

Photo: Oliver Holms / EE BAFTA Film Awards • Charles Finch & Chanel Pre-BAFTA Party • 17 February 2024 / Found on Twitter

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Harper’s Bazaar UK • May 2024

FLASH! We join Lon­don’s glit­terati at Chanel and Charles Finch’s an­nual star-stud­ded pre-Baf­tas bash

Dramatic skies poured outside on the eve of the Baftas, but the intimate corners and warming fireplaces of 5 Hertford Street drew in Britain’s best-loved talents and Hollywood stars for the annual Charles Finch and Chanel party. Emily Blunt and Tom Ford kissed hello, before collecting glasses of champagne and going over to greet Gwendoline Christie and Giles Deacon. As the mariachi band played a lively set, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, George MacKay and Minnie Driver chatted together, while Bel Powley and Douglas Booth unwound after a busy day, having first attended a birthday lunch for Powley’s mother, before the Simone Rocha A/W 24 fashion show, declaring with intent: ‘Now we can relax!’

Bob Geldof and Mariella Frostrup linked arms to lead the charge down to dinner, followed by Isla Fisher, who was admiring the interiors. Once everyone was seated, Charles Finch addressed the room: ‘It has been an incredible year for cinema,’ he said, also paying homage to his co-host Chanel and its historic affinity with film – creating haute-couture outfits for productions such as the New Wave Last Year at Marienbad, and countless memorable red-carpet looks. Over lobster salad and poussin, conversation and wine flowed: the nominees Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were deep in conversation, and Richard E Grant caught up with his Saltburn director Emerald Fennell. Last year’s winner Emma Mackey was all smiles in anticipation of presenting the Rising Star Award, saying, ‘It’s quite mad, I’ve no idea who will get it, so I hope I don’t mess it up.’ It was almost midnight when guests began to descend on the dancefloor, where the party was only just beginning.

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60 SECONDS WITH…

CAITRÍONA BALFE

Who would play you in a film of your life?

‘Saoirse Ronan – she would make me very fabulous.’

Your all-time favourite soundtrack

‘Le Mépris. It’s so evocative and takes you somewhere incredible.’

The movie that changed your life

‘Dead Poets Society. It showed me the power of storytelling and solidified the fact that I wanted to be an actor.’

A silver-screen icon you’d like to meet

‘Gena Rowlands is my absolute idol – I’m holding out hope.’

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Remember… the people I find beautiful are the people who inspire me. I love unusual beauty like Peggy Guggenheim, who had incredible style and taste. Gina Rowlands is also someone I think of as beautiful. I like women like that. I like men like that. It's not all necessarily about the Best Body or the Best Hair. I think it's much more important to do incredible things with your life. — Caitríona Balfe, Cara (magazine), August 2016

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Happy Birthday to our beloved Turtle Miles Kane

Keep on rocking and smiling like only you do