#are there christians there? obviously

[paellegere]

fascinating that the english-speaking, american, protestant, evangelist preacher has such immense influence in uh (checks map) eastern china, india, and half the muslim world

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

"Eliot? You better hurry up."

Leverage Redemption S01E03 The Rolling on the River Job.

[sherdnerd]

I stg if I see one more "Justice for medusa's TRUE story!" post I'm gonna kill someone.

(TW: Assault mention)

The medusa is assaulted by posidon then cursed by athena for being assaulted in her temple only appears in Ovid's Metamorphoses, which is written as a purposeful subversion of Greco-roman myths. most are reframed or rewritten from just kinda a thing that exists or a black and white moral tale of why you shouldn't be hubristic to full on tragedies on the part of the person often getting their comeuppance or the monster. Heck in book 13 we get a love story starring Polyphemus, the cyclops from the Odyssey.

In general mythology, Medusa is just another monster. Ovid revises the myth to turn it into a tragedy. I absolutely love ovid's work, he does so many clever things with the myths, but for the love of the gods its the furthest from the real version you can get

[rebellum]

The whole transandrophobia discussion thing is weird bc it feels like it's a bunch of poc and jewish trans people being like "here are my experiences of how specifically being MASCULINE had affected me, and the discrimination and violence I experienced based on that. And here is how that relates to me being a racial/ethnic minority"

And then a few loud white trans people going "ohhh you wanna be oppressed so bad you *slur*. This is why there aren't any poc in your movement it's because REAL poc understand intersectionality"

[allelitewrestlings]

AEW DYNAMITE + F BOMBS (2022 - 2023)

[dollkisses05]

They made me who I am

[orthopoogle]

It’s really, really annoying how many women will wear bikinis and lowcut tank tops and see-through leggings and booty shorts with their buttcheeks hanging out, but then turn around and be all, “Men should be able to control themselves and stop lusting after me!” Like girl, we know why you’re dressed like that, you know why you’re dressed like that, everyone knows why you’re dressed like that. Stop pretending, lol.

[abushelandablog]

Christian Horner with “Mercedes”

Christian Horner with “Ferrari”

[rabbitprayer]

No desire to convert to catholicism but the desire to kind of pretend that no schisms ever happened.

[jack-kellys]

here’s a short history video about black cowboys, of whom were the original cowboys along with mexican vaqueros in the southwest of america.

just something to think abt when considering artsy city jack kelly “vs” cowboy jack kelly..

anyway happy black history month

[mistressemmedi]

could you please summarise the Horner situation. I'm not asking for drama or anything like that, I have just been completely unaware that Ford got also involved? so a mini timeline or credible sources to read would be appreciated

Short timeline: at the beginning of February, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf breaks the news that an employee filed a complaint with RBR's parent company in Austria about Horner's behavior. The initial news article did not clarify what the nature of the allegations were against Horner. (Link)

Red Bull GmbH said they took the allegations seriously and had hired an external lawyer to investigate the matter.

Horner denied any wrongdoings and retained his position as TP for the team. He also hired his own lawyer. (Link)

De Telegraaf released another article further clarifying that the allegations were of a sexual nature and that Horner attempted to buy the employee's silence for the alleged price of £650,000. De Telegraaf further said that there are many WhatsApp messages that prove the allegations were true. (Link)

Horner continued to retain his position as team principal and was operating as usual during testing.

Ford, future engine supplier, was the only sponsor (related to the team) that spoke up about the allegations and said they were keen to have this resolved quickly and said they would want Horner gone ASAP its company and partners to very high moral standards. (link)

The CEO of Ford sent a letter to Red Bull wanting a resolution ASAP because the racing season is starting this week and if the allegations are true, they do not want any association with Horner/RBR with their brand (link)

I tried to link everything to one single source, and AP is a good unbiased news outlet. There has been speculation as to why it was a Dutch newspaper that broke the initial news 👀, and whether or not Red Bull has been unhappy with Horner for a while and they're using this as an excuse to kick him out.

Regardless, what remains a fact is that Horner is working as per usual, RBR has defended him, and nobody in the circus has spoken up in regards to the issue.

✨ EDIT AS OF FEB 28/2024: Reb Bull concluded its internal investigation and cleared Christian Horner of all allegations (link)

[confoundedpangolin]

thinking about thor (the bifrost incident) again...

i really want to hear about his mental state. like that guy went from "my evil dead sister is here? better tell my benevolent mother!" to "what the fuck did my benevolent mother do to my dead evil sister" to "smashing my benevolent mother's head in with a hammer and going to help evil dead sister" in what, a day? less? what's up, man. talk to me

[danthropologie]

Ricciardo opens up on his McLaren departure: “I didn't care anymore" | Goodwood Road and Racing

[eternal-echoes]

No one is born in the wrong body because God doesn't make mistakes.

You're fine just the way you are even if you don't fit the world's standards of beauty or socially constructed gender stereotypes.

[saint-ambrosef]

christians who dont go to church when they're on vacation are wild. why do you need a break from your religion.

[tomwambsganshater]

Vinland saga gets a lot of criticism for being unrealistic and too naive in its pacifism but I feel like that's a fundamental misunderstanding of thorfinn's character. His ideology isn't supposed to be universal, he develops it because of his circumstances, he's killed too many people and inflicted too much misery to be able to stomach any more of it, to the point that defending himself disgusts him. It's not a method to live your life or to change the world, it's his specific emotional reaction to his experiences. He's not even preachy about it either, when he meets Canute he admits that he knows he can't change the world that way, and that he can't judge whether Canute's way is right or wrong. His vinland plan is an attempt to create a society from scratch based on his radical pacifism in hopes that it'll meaningfully stick and become a value for the next generations, and thus create a society where it's the norm, but as we can see in the story and just history, it's going to fail. I don't know how exactly it's going to end, but I'm pretty sure it's not going to be by telling the reader that "You should be a pacifist all the time and violence is never justified". The story's always been nuanced, Thorfinn himself is just incapable of stomaching it.