#alexander hartley

[principleofplenitude]

In 1955 the collective, calling itself The Forum, published the alleged aliens’ answers as The Urantia Book, a two-thousand-page litany of revelations ranging from cosmology to the life of Jesus. Forty years later, on the other side of the personal computing revolution, a woman named Kristen Maaherra started distributing the sacred text on floppy disks. She gave them away: she wasn’t trying to make a profit, only to spread the good news. Before long the Urantia Foundation—a group Sadler’s followers had established to safeguard and promote the revelations of the Book—caught wind of Maaherra’s activities, and it took a dim view of the unauthorized distribution of the text whose sales provided the movement’s main source of funds. In short order the foundation filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement. Maaherra freely admitted she had copied The Urantia Book verbatim and defended her actions with a curious legal argument. Authorship, she contended, was something only humans could possess; since the papers were a direct transcription of the infallible revelations of an ensemble of celestial beings, the notions of authorship and copyright didn’t apply. The case reached the Ninth Circuit court of appeals, which ruled against her. Without questioning the extraterrestrial origins of the book’s revelations—both parties agreed about that, after all—the judges ruled that the utterances had been mediated by human beings before they reached print, constituting just enough of a human element to trigger authorship protections under the relevant copyright statute. The prompt engineers who compiled The Urantia Book may have set a legal precedent for copyright in AI-generated works; Urantia Foundation v. Maaherra has already been cited in early AI cases in the United States. The legal battles over AI currently playing out—and the large number still to come—may profoundly impact the balance of wealth and power in countless democracies in the decades ahead.

—"To Whom Does the World Belong?" from Boston Review

[destinyisall-tlk]

the last kingdom +  pretty cinematography and scenery - 4.09

[whitedarkmoonflower]

We have a plan // The Last Kingdom // S4E5 I'm still wondering who was actually looking after whom 😅

[lord-aldhelm]

Character/costume designs for Season 5 of The Last Kingdom. Posted on The Last Kingdom instagram account; photographs by Marcel Piti (stills photographer for Season 5)

[imawriternotamagican]

My character development is that I just get progressively gayer as I listen to more podcasts

[howifeltabouthim]

Even Alexander wept when he had no worlds left to conquer and was faced by the barrenness of complete achievement.

L.P. Hartley, from The Harness Room

[cultfaction]

Preview- Quantum Leap Season 2 Ep. 11: The Outsider

In Quantum Leap Season 2 Ep. 11: The Outsider, an anonymous source sends Ben and an experienced local Denver TV journalist on the trail of a dangerous conspiracy as they pursue the scoop of a lifetime in the early ’80s. There’s trouble at HQ when Ian’s past decisions come back to haunt the team.

[resiliencebeast]

Equity Education and Mutual Justice Resources: The Book List

Anti-Racism and Intersectionality How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W.E.B. Du Bois On Critical Race Theory: Why It Matters & Why You Should Care by Victor Ray

You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience by Tarana Burke (Editor) Brené Brown (Editor) Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

So You Want to Talk About Race By Ijeoma Oluo

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Mutual Aid, Direct Action, Organizing, and Community Building

Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care by Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes

Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law by Richard Rothstein and Leah Rothstein

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade

Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution by Pyotr Kropotkin

Living at the Edges of Capitalism: Adventures in Exile and Mutual Aid by Andrej Grubačić

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin

We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

Practicing Cooperation: Mutual Aid beyond Capitalism by Andrew Zitcer

Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies by Andrea Ritchie

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis Anti-Capitalist and Anti-Colonialism Education

The Poverty of Growth by Olivier De Schutter

Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom by Derecka Purnell, Karen Chilton, et al.

The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism by Aaron Vansintjan, Matthias Schmelzer, and Andrea Vetter

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick, et al.

Anthropocene or Capitalocene? Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism by Elmar Altvater (Author), Eileen C. Crist (Author), Donna J. Haraway (Author), Daniel Hartley (Author), Christian Parenti (Author), Justin McBrien (Author), Jason W. Moore (Editor) (Also available as a PDF online)

Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It by Charles Derber, Suren Moodliar

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder History and Political Science

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition by Cedric J. Robinson

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

Palestine: A Socialist Introduction by Sumaya Awad (Editor) and Brian Bean (Editor)

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (this technical book also has an organizing guide and study guide)

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

Time's Monster: How History Makes History by Priya Satia

We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson

How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them by Jason Stanley

Indigenous Knowledge

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (there is also a version of Braiding Sweetgrass for young adults)

Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec

Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World by Jack Weatherford

Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources by Kat Anderson

Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science by Jessica Hernandez Disability Education and Rights Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk

Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai

Pandemic Solidarity: Mutual Aid during the Coronavirus Crisis by Marina Sitrin (Editor), Rebecca Solnit (Editor)

Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire by Alice Wong

The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Refusing to Be Made Whole: Disability in Black Women's Writing by Anna Laquawn Hinton

Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price (this author also has a guide on the same topic)

Queer Issues

We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation Hardcover by Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown Transgender History: The Roots of Today's Revolution by Susan Stryker

Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman by Leslie Feinberg

Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBTQ Rights Uprising That Changed America by Martin Duberman

Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe (graphic novel) Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J Brown

A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski

The Gay Agenda: A Modern Queer History & Handbook by Ashley Molesso and Chessie Needham

They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary and Genderqueer Identities by Eris Young

Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation by Kate Bornstein and S. Bear Bergman

This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson (Author) and David Levithan (Contributor)

Nonbinary For Beginners: Everything you’ve been afraid to ask about gender, pronouns, being an ally, and black & white thinking by Ocean Atlas

All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M. Johnson

Gender: A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele (Illustrator)

Resources for Kids and Parents

The Every Body Book: The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families by Rachel E. Simon (Author) and Noah Grigni (Illustrator)

This Is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids: A Question & Answer Guide to Everyday Life by Dan Owens-Reid and Kristin Russo This Book Is Feminist: An Intersectional Primer for Next-Gen Changemakers by Jamia Wilson and Aurelia Durand (Illustrator)

Unlearning White Supremacy and Colonialist Culture

The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo

Black Rage by William H. Grier and Price M. Cobbs

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson

How to Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are by Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell (Author) and Aurelia Durand (Illustrator)

Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

Gender Trauma: Healing Cultural, Social, and Historical Gendered Trauma by Alex Iantaffi

The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice by Staci Haines

Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority by Tom Burrell

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad

Articles and Online Resources (Including Research Articles)

White Supremacy Culture by Tema Okun, at dRworks (This is a list of characteristics of white supremacy culture that show up in our organizations and workplaces.)

Reflections on Agroecology and Social Justice in Malwa-Nimar by Caroline E. Fazli

Mutual Aid Toolbox by Big Door Brigade Mutual Aid Resources by Mutual Aid Disaster Relief No body is expendable: Medical rationing and disability justice during the COVID-19 pandemic by Andrews, Ayers, Brown, Dunn, & Pilarski (2021)

A Marxist Theory of Extinction by Troy Vettese

Intersectionality Research for Transgender Health Justice: A Theory-Driven Conceptual Framework for Structural Analysis of Transgender Health Inequities by Linda M. Wesp, Lorraine Halinka Malcoe, Ayana Elliott, and Tonia Poteat Know Your Rights Guide to Surviving COVID-19 Triage Protocols by NoBody is Disposable

Finally Feeling Comfortable: The Necessity of Trans-Affirming, Trauma-Informed Care by Alex Petkanas (on TransLash Media)

'Are you ready to heal?': Nonbinary activist Alok Vaid-Menon deconstructs gender by Jo Yurcaba

Gender-affirming Care Saves Lives by Kareen M. Matouk and Melina Wald

What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World by Prentis Hemphill

Note from the curator: Please use your local libraries when possible! Be #ResiliencePunk.

[longitudinalwaveme]

Rogue Family Photos, Part 2!

Photo 1: Alessandro Giuseppi (alias Alexander Jesse; James' dad), Giovanni Giuseppi (alias James Jesse; ~9 years old), and Helena Giuseppi (alias Helen Jesse; James' mom). Collectively, they are the Flying Jesses.

Photo 2: Osgood Rathaway (Hartley's father), Rachel Rathaway (Hartley's mother), and Hartley Robert Rathaway (~9 years old). Hartley's parents are the heads of the Rathaway publishing empire, and are extremely wealthy as a result.

Now featuring commentary from the Rogues!

[gracec252]

Please read: Baby name lists just from google put into one post don't judge need a way to compact this into a document before changing computer I put so much work into this I need it saved                                                            

A

Aries 

Aylee 

Annie 

Addelyn 

Alexa 

Aspen 

Ainsley

Adelaide

Amberlyn 

Ariella 

Ava 

Ameilia 

Adley 

Alabama

Alma 

April 

Abby/Abigail 

Ally/Allison 

Ambree 

Aurelia 

Aurora 

Alana 

Addison 

Arizona 

Audrey 

Alyssa

Atlanta 

Alexandria 

Ambrose

Athena 

Anastassia 

Alice  

A 

Andrew

Alec 

Axel 

Asher 

Arlo

Atlas 

Arrow 

Alfie 

Atticus 

Archer 

Ace 

Alexander

Austin 

Abel 

Augustine 

Avi

Atlas

Ason 

A

Avery 

Andie 

Ash

August 

Atlas 

Aero

Aj

Area 

Adventure

Ackley 

Aster

Apollo 

B

Brigette 

Bonnie 

Bea 

Bexley 

Bailee 

Bristol 

Betty 

Bay 

Billie 

Blair 

Brixton 

Brynn 

Berlin 

Beverly 

Bloom 

Brighton

Britain 

Beatice 

Brooklyn 

Brinley

Brexley

B

Brandon 

Beck 

Beckett 

Baker

Brody 

Brooke 

Brett 

Bryce 

Benj

Bennet 

Braxton 

Bradley 

Bracken 

Bryson 

Bowen 

Braydon 

Bruno 

Bryson 

Bennett

B

Blake 

Bishop 

Bailey 

Bentley 

Bellamy 

Blaize 

Boston 

Brogan 

Brantley 

Brixton 

C 

Carolyn 

Cynthina 

Cora

Cece

Candace 

Constance 

Clara 

Cameriegh 

Camrie 

Chole 

Callie 

Cecily 

Charlotte 

Cassie 

Clover 

Cordelia 

Cheyenne 

Clementine 

Cecelia 

Celeste

Chastity 

Cleo 

Calla 

Cassia 

Calliope 

Caroline 

Carolina

Cheyenne

Charlotte 

C

Collin 

Charles 

Connor 

Colton 

Callan 

Cash 

Colt 

Cole 

Callum 

Chase

Cohen 

Cooper

Corbin 

Cullen 

Caesar 

Colson 

Crew 

Chase 

Cooper  

Cash 

Castor 

Clay/Clayton 

C 

Camden 

Carter

Caden 

Carlan 

Camryn 

Carson 

Chandler

Channing 

Cory 

Callahan

Cadence 

Corbin 

D 

Della 

Daphne 

Demi 

Dana 

December 

Davina 

Daisy 

Dalaney 

D

Daniel 

Dean 

Delcan  

Diesel 

Derek 

Deaco

Damon 

Dain 

Dalen 

Dani 

Deven

Dakota 

Denver 

Drew

Dagen 

E

Evie 

Evelyn

Everlee 

Ella 

Emmy 

Esme 

Emily 

Eden 

Eleanor 

Ellie 

Ellis 

Elise 

Edith 

Eve 

Ensley 

Elizabeth 

Edith 

Emma 

Eliza 

Ericka 

Erina 

Emerald 

Emely

Eloise

E

Erza

Eric 

Evan 

Emory

Edison 

Elijah 

Edward 

Eaton 

Elian 

E

Everett 

Elliot 

Eston 

Ember 

Emmett 

Ellison 

F

Faith 

Flora 

Fern 

Felicity 

Florence 

Faye 

Fiona 

F

Freddie 

Finn

Finch 

Fox 

Forrest 

Foster

Falcon 

Ford 

Felix 

F

Frankie 

Fenton 

Finley 

Flynn

G

Gwen 

Gabby 

Georgie 

Georgia 

Gemma 

German 

Gianna 

Ginger 

Glory 

Grace 

Gia 

G 

Gabe 

Grey 

Graham 

Gale 

Gavin 

Grant 

Gannon 

Gunner

G 

Gabriel 

Greyson 

Grey

H

Harmony 

Hazel

Honnor 

Haelynn 

Haven 

Heidi 

Hollis 

Hannah 

Hadley 

Haeley

Hannah 

Helena 

Harriet

H 

Hugo 

Harris 

Harry 

Hayden 

Holt 

Hunter

Hamilton 

Holden 

H 

Holland 

Harlem 

Hudson 

Hal 

Harley 

Hartley 

Haslett

Huntley 

Hurley 

Huston 

Hunter

Hollow 

Huxley

I

Isla 

Ivy 

Indigo 

Iris 

Ivory 

Ida

Izzy 

Isabella 

Indie 

I 

Ian 

Israel

I 

J

Jane 

Joan 

June 

Jacy 

Juniper 

Joise 

Jenna 

Jade 

Juliet 

Jaclyn 

Josephine 

Judith

J 

Jack

Jaxs

Joseph 

James 

Justin 

Jacob 

Jasper 

Julius 

Jackson 

Jonas 

Jalen 

Joel 

Jonah 

Judson 

Jayden 

Jagger 

Jett

J

Jamson 

Jamie 

Jo

Jude 

K

Kathleen 

Kennedy 

Kynzlee

Kaylee 

Kora

Kamila 

Kamie 

Kailani 

Kira

Karmen 

Kimber 

Kate 

Kada

Kapri

Kaizlee

Kenley 

Kayte

Kingsley 

Kaelyn 

Kenna 

Kacie 

Kelsey 

Kinsley 

Kiwesten 

Kaleah 

K 

Kane 

Koa 

Kingston 

Kole

Kaleeb 

Kale 

Kash 

Kalvin 

Karlton 

King 

Keon 

Kruz

Kyler

K 

Kai

Kohen 

Kameron 

Karter 

Kasey 

Kassidy

Kendall 

Kody 

Korbyn 

Karson 

Knox 

Krew

L 

Lauren 

Lily 

Laken 

Lana 

Layla 

Lane 

Lia 

Lila 

London 

Leighton 

Lacy 

Lettie

Lydia 

Lilac

Layne 

Libra

Lexie 

Lena 

L 

Louis 

Lee 

Leo 

Laim 

Lucah 

Levi 

Lux 

Ledger 

Lincoln 

Lathan 

Landon 

L

Leighton 

Lyric 

M

Mars 

Mary 

Mabel 

Marie

Mae

Marlow 

Maeve 

Maddison 

Molly 

Mila 

Maisie 

Madeline 

Margaret 

Miley 

Meredith 

Mia 

Marigold 

Mariana 

Marlow 

Mayven 

Macy 

Maelie 

Magnolia 

Madalyn 

Marley 

Meadow 

Mel 

Meilani 

Maggie 

M

Milo 

Maverick 

Miles 

Mathis  

Mateo 

Matthew

Madden 

Malakai

Maddox 

M 

Memphis 

Micah

Morgan 

Mason 

Max

Maxton 

N 

Nova 

Navy 

Norah 

Naomi

Natalia 

N 

Noah 

Nico

Nash 

Nathan 

Nolan 

Niles 

N 

Noel 

O 

Olive 

Oliva 

Oaklee 

Opal 

Ophelia 

O 

Oscar 

Oliver 

Otis 

Owen 

O 

Ocean

Oak 

P

Penelope 

Phoebe 

Poppy

Persephone 

Peggy 

Paige 

Paisley 

Piper 

Pearl 

Penny 

Paris 

Presley 

P

Palmer 

 Porter 

P 

Phoenix 

Parker 

Paxton 

Pierce 

Q

Quinn 

Q

Q

R

Remy 

Ruth 

Ranye

Raelle

Rosie 

Raylee 

Roselind

Ruby 

Rilynn

Reese

Riya 

Rainney 

Rae-lynn 

Rain 

Reagan 

Renee

Raven

Rose

Ruth 

R

Rhett

Reid 

Rayson

Romen 

Rylan 

R

River 

Rory 

Rowen 

Ryder

Ryker 

Romeo 

Rio

Rome 

Reef

Ryland 

Royal

Raiden

S

Stella

Space

Sadie 

Sutton 

Soren

Seattle 

Scotlynn 

Story 

Sage 

Sapphire 

Savannah 

Shiloh 

Skye

September 

Sual 

Sophia 

Scarlett 

Stephine 

Sabrina 

S 

Stephen 

Sillas

Sebastian 

Sawyer 

Spencer 

Shawn 

S

Skyler 

Samson

Shai 

Saylor 

Salem 

Scout 

Storm 

Saint 

Stellan 

Sparrow 

Sloan 

Shane 

T

Tia 

Tayliee

Thalia 

Teagan 

Tallulah 

Tinsley 

Tara

T

Thomas 

Theo 

Toby 

Tanner 

T

Tate 

Taylor 

Tatum 

Timber 

Throne 

Tristan 

U

U

U

V

Victoria 

Vanessa

Violet 

V

Victor 

V

Vale 

W

Willow 

Willa 

Whitney 

W

Wyatt

Wilder 

Winston 

Waylon 

Weston 

Wesley

W

Wren 

Westlynn

X

Xena 

X

X

Z 

Zoey 

Zelda

Z

Zain 

Zayden 

[destinyisall-tlk]

the last kingdom +  pretty cinematography and scenery - 5.06

[thisisyourdriverspeaking]

Another day calls for another edition of US motorsport number twos posts. Featuring some absolute classic tunes 👌. Enjoy 😊😊

Sebastien Loeb (26th February 1974) - Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun

Tony Kanaan (31st December 1974) - Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Juan Pablo Montoya (20th September 1975) - Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy

Mark Webber (27th August 1976) - Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing

Kimi Raikkonen (17th October 1979) - Herb Alpert - Rise

Jenson Button (19th January 1980) - Captain & Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time

Felipe Massa (25th April 1981) - Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine To Five)

Heikki Kovalainen (19th October 1981) - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love

Andre Lotterer (19th November 1981) - The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

Pippa Mann (11th August 1983) - Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

Simon Pagenaud (18th May 1984) - Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)

Robert Kubica (7th December 1984) - Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out Of Touch

Nico Rosberg (27th June 1985) - Phil Collins - Sussudio

Jerome D'Ambrosio (27th December 1985) - Mr Mister - Broken Wings

Rahel Frey (23rd February 1986) - Mr Mister - Kyrie

Kamui Kobayashi (13th September 1986) - Lionel Richie - Dancing On The Ceiling

Rene Rast (26th October 1986) - Tina Turner - Typical Male

James Hinchcliffe (5th December 1986) - The Human League - Human

Oliver Turvey (1st April 1987) - Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

Sebastian Vettel (3rd July 1987) - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe

Alexander Sims (15th March 1988) - George Michael - Father Figure

Molly Taylor (6th May 1988) - Terrence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well

Simona De Silvestro (1st September 1988) - Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That

Sarah Bovy (15th May 1989) - Madonna - Like A Prayer

James Calado (13th June 1989) - New Kids On The Block - I'll Be Loving You (Forever)

Brendon Hartley (10th November 1989) - New Kids On The Block - Cover Girl

Earl Bamber (9th July 1990) - Roxette - It Must Have Been Love

Cristina Gutierrez (24th July 1991) - Paula Abdul - Rush Rush

Abbie Eaton (2nd January 1992) - Boyz II Men - It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday

Timmy Hansen (21st May 1992) - En Vogue - My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)

Daniel Abt (3rd December 1992) - The Heights - How Do You Talk To An Angel

Alice Powell (26th January 1993) - Shai - If I Ever Fall In Love

Tatiana Calderon (10th March 1993) - Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

Christine GZ (22nd July 1993) & Alex Lynn (17th September 1993) - UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love

Bubba Wallace (8th October 1993) - SWV - Right Here (Human Nature)

Michelle Gatting (31st December 1993) - Janet Jackson - Again

Naomi Schiff (18th May 1994) - Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

Jessica Hawkins (16th February 1995) - Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee

Luca Ghiotto (24th February 1995) - Madonna - Take A Bow

Beitske Visser (10th March 1995) - TLC - Creep

Nicholas Latifi (29th June 1995) - Nicki French - Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Jack Aitken (23rd September 1995) - Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone

Oliver Askew (12th December 1996) - BlackStreet ft Dr Dre - No Diggity

Louis Deletraz (22nd April 1997) - Jewel - Foolish Games

Catie Munnings (15th November 1997) - Usher - You Make Me Wanna...

Cem Bolukbasi (9th February 1998) - Usher - Nice & Slow

Jamie Chadwick (20th May 1998) - Mariah Carey - My All

Kevin Hansen (28th May 1998) - Next - Too Close

Mick Schumacher (22nd March 1999) - Whitney Houston ft Faith Evans & Kelly Price - Heartbreak Hotel

Toni Breidinger (14th July 1999) & Max Fewtrell (29th July 1999) - Destiny's Child - Bills Bills Bills

Robert Shwartzman (16th September 1999) - TLC - Unpretty

Bent Viscaal (18th September 1999) - Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos

Felipe Drugovich (23rd May 2000) - Faith Hill - Breathe

Marta Garcia (9th August 2000) - Sisqo - Incomplete

Arthur Leclerc (14th October 2000) - Madonna - Music

Sophia Florsch (1st December 2000) - Creed - With Arms Wide Open

Clement Novalak (23rd December 2000) - Shaggy ft Rikrok - It Wasn't Me

Frederik Vesti (13th January 2002) - Usher - U Got It Bad

Luke Browning (31st January 2002) - Ja Rule ft Ashanti - Always On Time

Liam Lawson (11th February 2002) - Nickelback - How You Remind Me

Olli Caldwell (11th June 2002) - Fat Joe ft Ashanti - What's Luv?

Jack Doohan (20th January 2003) - Missy Elliott - Work It

All added to this playlist 😊

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August 1, 2022 Behind the scenes video during the filming of The Last Kingdom season 5. Filmed by James Northcote and posted by Eliza Butterworth on Instagram.

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Name: Senna Hartley

Age: 43

Gender & Pronouns: Cis female & she/her

Occupation: Unemployed

Neighborhood: Beachwood

❛ I would have done anything to feel real again. ❜

mentions of child abuse tw, miscarriage tw

Senna Hartley is comprised of many identities.

Daughter, sister, friend, wife, mistress.

As a child, she was an obedient daughter, enabled by the fortune her family had amassed from the shale fracking company founded by her grandfather, but restrained by her mother’s aggressive parenting. She grew up on a sprawling estate in Magnolia, a pretentious set-up in an equally pretentious neighborhood northeast of Houston, Texas. The cavernous house was home to her parents, Alexander and Linnea Johnston, a businessman and socialite, and their two daughters, Senna and Willa. When Alexander was fair, Linnea was not. The retired Swedish model grew to resent the trappings of motherhood, bored with the prospect of bonding with her firstborn child instead of discussing gossip over cocktails at the local country club. She was a brutal woman who administered her anger in pinches to her infant daughter’s skin and found relief in handing the screaming child off to the nanny, who she would later successfully convince her husband to become live-in help. Her maternal senses did not sharpen with the arrival of the second Johnston daughter. If anything, she became more ruthless. When the Johnston patriarch was away on business, Linnea exerted her control over her daughters where she could, dictating what clothing they were to wear and how much food they were allowed at mealtimes.

The overbearing nature of her mother made Senna long for the reprieve that came when her father was home, returned after his travels across the country on behalf of the family business. Linnea was distracted when her husband returned from the road, as the child quickly learned; by the time she was eight years old, Senna had already exhausted her ruse of feigning ill to lure her father home. It was only when she graduated from high school with tepid grades that she was able to crawl out from under her mother’s rule. There were still ways that Linnea found to meddle with her eldest daughter from afar ⏤ including monitoring her spending and freezing her credit card from time to time ⏤ but for the most part, Senna was free.

For a while.

At twenty, after two years of college, Senna dropped out of school before the last chances afforded to her on academic probation officially ran out. The disappointment of her parents was strong enough to reach her from the safety of her packed-up dorm room in Austin. Using the money she had skimmed from her allowance over the years, she shipped her belongings home, keeping only the items she needed ⏤ an overnight bag filled with clothes and a desire to leave it all behind. Senna traveled the country, taking advantage of the kindness of strangers as she blew through towns with the permanence of an untethered soul and the force of a hurricane. She slept on couches, in the backseat of cars, and in the beds of men and women she had only met a few hours before. She relied on her charm and adaptability to sustain her, and when that wasn’t enough, she settled for whatever she could get. To distance herself from the family business, and therefore the money associated with it, she shed her surname in favor of her grandmother’s maiden name: Hartley.

After months of wandering, she found her way to Boston to stay with a friend from college. What was supposed to be a brief stint in the pilgrim state turned into a more permanent residence. Senna found work as a temp, shuffling from office to office to fill in for employees out sick or on leave. Presented with the opportunity to reinvent herself at each company, she thrived in creating elaborate backstories to tell her short-term co-workers, selling every story with the unwavering conviction she had mastered with years of experience lying to get what she wanted.

Six years later, Senna found herself walking out of city hall with a marriage license and into a starter home nestled in the suburbs. The engagement was fast ⏤ a potent combination of instant attraction and months of Senna’s persuasion for Ethan to embrace spontaneity ⏤ and the wedding faster, but the newness of the union drowned out the voice in the back of her head that warned the excitement would fade and she would be trapped, just as her mother was. As the end of the honeymoon loomed overhead, Senna did her best to find new ways to keep herself entertained. She took up work as a nanny, and when that wasn’t enough to satisfy her restlessness, she started spying on her employer’s neighbors.

One of them was watching her, too.

The affair, borne of loneliness and attention-seeking, lasted less than a year but had devastating consequences. Nausea, shoulder pain, cramping. And the blood. At first, it had been easy to dismiss, a collection of unrelated symptoms indicative of a flu bug or something less sinister, until the blood loss gave way to a fainting spell. The ordeal had been an embarrassing display, disrupting a business dinner at an upscale restaurant, but the worst was yet to come. A soft-spoken doctor delivered the news at her bedside, Ethan lingering nearby: she had been pregnant, past tense. It had been ectopic, nonviable, and here were her treatment options.

The silence had been violent. Senna returned home from the hospital to a quiet home. The math had already been done, the months calculated, the baby’s paternity determined, the answer cogent but unsparing in its cruelty. And so she collected the jagged pieces of her broken life and tried to glue them back together, all while Ethan made plans. Divorce, it felt like, in the distance set between them in bed at night and the coldness of the sheets. But no ⏤ there would be no easy way out, no papers to sign away the beginning of the end. Instead, one day, a few months after the revelation, movers showed up. They packed the contents of the house into neat boxes, and before long they were on the way to Woodside, Michigan. It was punishment; there was no questioning it.

Exile to a quaint town in the North Midwest was a sentence fitting of the crime. 

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❛ ✧ ── 𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 ... 。is that lola dupont , rocking the new giorgio armani ? wow , they look just like jessica alexander ! last i heard , she is a twenty - five year old elite from milford , connecticut . she’s a well known dancer who likes to give people tarot readings in her free time , and despises being told she can’t do something . i think she’ll do fine at the berry , since she seems to be engaging ; but i don’t know , others have said she’s quite obstinate as well !

❛ ✧ ── 𝒂𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 。

the electric hush of an audience right before a performance begins , fighting the impulse to change your hair at any minor inconvenience , worn out pointe shoes collecting dust in the closet of a home you'll never see again , glittery eyeshadow catching the light , the bittersweet ache of getting what you wanted , a bloody nose dripping onto silk stockings , a box full of vintage jewelry , the first thunderstorm of the summer , getting your lipstick on a stranger's teeth , imported french cigarettes at the bottom of a dance bag , a smile that gives the impression you're hiding a secret , spinning on your tip toes until you see stars .

❛ ✧ ── 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 。

full name: born lorena sofia hartley , but she goes by lola dupont . nickname(s): lo . occupation: professional dancer . birthday + age: february 15th + 25 . gender + pronouns: cis woman + she/her . orientation: bisexual .

❛ ✧ ── 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 。

birthplace: milford , connecticut . accent: faded southern new england accent , has a smokey speaking tone . nationality: american . ethnicity: white ; french & german . spoken languages: english & french .

❛ ✧ ── 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 。

parents: olivia louise hartley ( mother ) , unknown ( father ) . siblings: none . children: none . pets: none officially , although she's gotten into the habit of feeding the occasional stray cat . relationship: tbd .

❛ ✧ ── 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 。

eye color: blue . hair color + style: dirty blonde falling just below her shoulder blades , usually worn loose in messy waves or slicked back into a perfect bun . height: five feet, six inches . build: slim , toned . tattoos: a sword down the left side of her ribcage . piercings: multiple ear piercings . scars / marks: a thin scar near her hairline above her right eye from a curling iron & one on the inner side of her left ankle from a dance injury .

❛ ✧ ── 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 。

zodiac: aquarius sun, scorpio moon, scorpio rising . character inspo: violet sanford ( coyote ugly ) , lux lisbon ( the virgin suicides ) . temperament: sanguine-melancholy . alignment: chaotic neutral . positive traits: engaging , daring , independent , creative . negative traits: obstinate , mercurial , shameless , elusive . drug + alcohol use: hardly ever drinks , smokes cigarettes regularly & occasionally does cocaine . nervous habit(s): taping her fingers or feet . favorite color: silver . favorite scent(s): patchouli , amber , vanilla & musk .

❛ ✧ ── 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 。

━ olivia louise hartley was only twenty years old when she gave birth to her first and only child , lorena sofia hartley . a hairdresser ( and now a single mother ) in a small coastal town , olivia knew she had to work hard to change her circumstances . living so close to american royalty in new england with their old money that went back generations , it was envy and an insatiable want that would color lorena's childhood . she was acutely aware of two things very early on in her life : lack is the precursor to greed , and that she was destined for greatness . ━ before there was lola dupont , there was lorena : a restless child , but bewitching enough she could always draw a crowd long before she knew what the spotlight felt like . it was her mother's idea to put her in dance classes , and she'd take credit for that long after lola was well acquainted with what the spotlight felt like . it was dance that got her a scholarship to an all girl's preparatory school , and dance that would eventually get her out of connecticut . ━ ballet was her first love ; she flourished under the intensity of it , a perfect outlet for the unbridled energy churning within her . her mom latched onto that love , exploiting and shaping it , desperate to ascend to the status she so thought she deserved . it was her mom's idea to change her name . lorena hartley was just a small-town ballerina , but lola dupont could be a star . by the time she landed a spot at the american ballet theater, traces of her old life had slowly been extiguished . ━ the rewrites were harmless , kept vague enough to craft an air of mystery the public would hate to adore once lola's career took off . prep school in the states became boarding school in england or finishing school in switzerland . lola's fluency in french , picked up from her interest in old movies and one french-canadian classmate , became a by-product of a french nanny , or perhaps a distant french relative she'd spend summers with as a child . her absent father was a movie star, an army man, a mobster, or even tragically deceased. there was nothing concrete about lola or where she came from , nothing pinpointable about her except the undeniable talent she possessed . ━ new york city was good to lola . the world seemed so much bigger than she ever could have imagined. while her mother struggled to adjust to the fast pace and big names , lola thrived . she was preparing to audition for a chance to start an apprenticeship at the new york city ballet when she was scouted by a music video director . one video , one a-list client; that was all it took to launch her into stardom . lola retired her pointe shoes , her mom retired to connecticut , and things could only get better — or so she thought . ━ she had a good few years of notable fame . without her mother's iron fist lola was free to explore all the facets of dance she'd never been able to before . lyrical , contemporary , jazz , even burlesque — nothing was off the table . she was working with singers , teaching classes as a guest choreographer in trending dance studios , and even doing minor dance cameos in tv and film . she got herself into the occasional scandal now and then , mostly by speaking too candidly in interviews , or spending her newfound wealth on something the public deemed obscene , but it was never enough to shake her reputation . ━ it wasn't until she found out that her mother was being sued by multiple people from milford for fraud that anything changed . the life lola worked so hard to craft was threatening to be torn apart by the one person who'd helped her build it , brick by bleeding brick . being a part of the berry crew was more of an act of desperation than it was something lola thought long and hard about , and she's hoping it will be enough to mitigate the fallout of her mother's actions if they ever become public knowledge .

❛ ✧ ── 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 + 𝒕𝒊𝒅𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒔 。

━ she's a bit of a black cat ; one moment she can be open and inviting and the next she's elusive and standoffish . in a parasocial sense it makes her an interesting person to want to follow , but as someone who has to live with her for the unforeseeable future , it could be polarizing . growing up within a competitive dance culture with a momager for a mother , lola never had many friends , so the ones she does manage to make are near and dear to her . to compensate for the lack of longterm , stable , connections in her life she got into the habit of short-lived , torrid relationships . ━ she's almost comically superstitious . before she dances she has all sorts of good luck rituals she'll swear to you work . giving people tarot readings is a newer hobby of lola's , and she's definitely no master . her readings range from surprisingly , maybe even touchingly insightful , to so far out of leftfield you'll swear she's fucking with you ( which she might be ) . ━ has deeply conflicting opinions about her mother , and it's the only topic that's ever really sore . on the flipside , she couldn't care less about the fact that she doesn't have a dad , and has laughed away many attempts the media has made to insinuate she might have daddy issues beacuse of it . mommy issues however ... snksndk she tends to fixate on older women figures in her life , not always in healthy ways . ━ dance has become a convoluted obsession more than it has a career for lola . it's to the point that she wouldn't know who she was if she wasn't dancing , and a career-ending injury would crumble her completely . because of this , she's a bit of a control freak when it comes to her body and health . she's also almost always dancing ; even now at the berry , she'll still find time to squeeze it in . if anyone ever wanted to learn how to dance , she's a surprisingly patient teacher . ━ very much marches to the beat of her own drum . because she can come across in so many different ways upon first impressions , lola learned to just do her own thing without much regard to how other people perceive her . she despises being underestimated or being spoken to condescendingly , and she desperately craves validation and success even if she's not upfront about it . ━ she's got a love for gothic literature , tchaikovsky's ballets , vintage leather jackets and anything metallic or sequined . she once hired a lawyer just to take down a subreddit dedicated to her feet because she's adamant her feet are the ugliest thing about her . she's entirely convinced if she encountered a wild animal one day it would sense a kindred spirit and not attack her . she almost got kicked out of the american ballet theater for giving herself the choppiest haircut to ever exist after receiving one slightly negative remark about her turnout . after living in new york city for so long , she's developed a minor phobia of driving and will come up with all sorts of excuses to live her life as a passenger princess .

𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 . 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 .

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I don't know if you've answered this question before, but do you have favorite Phantom/Christine pairings?

I have answered it before, but not too recently, so maybe it's time to make a big ole updated masterpost of all my favorites as of now!

Keep in mind that if a name isn't on here, it doesn't mean they're not a favorite or whatever, it might just mean I never saw them with a Phantom or Christine I particularly liked (e.g. Gina Beck is an all-time favorite but she's not on here because I never really saw her opposite a Phantom I also really enjoyed) or I preferred a slightly different pairing (e.g. I really liked Franc D'Ambrosio with Lisa Vroman but I slightly preferred the latter with Brad Little). And there may be one or two where I could not decide at all (e.g. do I prefer Kelly Mathieson with David Thaxton or Josh Piterman? I can't tell!). Anyway, here they are:

Michael Crawford/Sarah Brightman - The OG cast. It can't be helped, they both had such unique takes on the role and it makes them one of the most memorable pairings for me.

Dave Willetts/Jan Hartley Morris - His rougher take on the mold that Crawford left vs. Jan Hartley Morris's old-school, classical Christine is a winner.

Mikael Samuelson/Elisabeth Berg - I love Samuelson's slightly harsher vocals compared to Berg's operatic tones.

Alexander Goebel/Luzia Nistler - Goebel is eerie, ghostly, and unhinged at the end; Nistler has a lovely classical voice and a scared, slightly naive take on her Christine. It fits well.

Davis Gaines/Tracy Shayne - Gaines is commanding, sensual, elegant; Shayne is innocent but with a touch of maturity that brings a certain uniqueness to the role.

Saulo Vasconcelos/Irasema Terrazas - Hands! I think both were allowed a lot of freedom in the role and it's great.

Hans Peter Janssens/Ineke van Klinken - Janssens is both very nuts and very sad while van Klinken is a reserved yet steely-willed Christine who is more than a match for him.

Ian Jon Bourg/Alison Kelly - Bourg is good with so many Christines, but I loved Alison Kelly's feistiness.

Michael Nicholson/Olivia Safe - Just a fascinating pairing, and they were both understudies!

Yoon Young Seok/Hye Kyoung Lee - It didn't matter that both were speaking Korean, they were so emotional that I felt like I understood every aspect of their performance.

Brad Little/Lisa Vroman - Kind of mentioned above, but I love how well these two act together.

Hugh Panaro/Julie Hanson - Hugh Panaro is a sarcastic jokester of a man and it makes you really feel for Julie Hanson's child-like Christine at the end of the show.

Gary Mauer/Elizabeth Southard - A real-life married E/C couple brings all the chemistry!

Earl Carpenter/Rachel Barrell - Barrell is also really good with JOJ, and more spirited around him, but I love Earl Carpenter more.

John Cudia/Jennifer Hope Wills - Oh the sparks these two brought to the role! Cudia was scary and dominating but JHW was absolutely able to hold her own against him.

Simon Pryce/Julie Goodwin - The voices of these two!

Marcus Lovett/Anna O'Byrne - Leroux-accuracy heaven.

Jeremy Stolle/Samantha Hill - Again, I've seen these two give fantastic performances with multiple performers, but I really do love what they bring to the show together.

Tomas Ambt Kofod/Sibylle Glosted - Very detailed, nuanced performances in a production that was full of it.

Jonathan Roxmouth/Meghan Picerno - There was fire between these two! Roxmouth was intent on bending Christine to his will but Picerno was so fiercely independent that you knew he could never succeed.

Jeon Dong Seok/Son Ji-soo - JDS is a swoon-worthy Phantom while SJS brought lovely expressions to the role.

And I'm sure there are many others...