#i enjoyed reading the article

[snoozefiesta]

So, I read the Spanish article about Pato that ESPN wrote and I thought to myself, wow this guy really makes me feel some kind of way. And then I went…shouldn’t I share this to everyone that he makes them feel some kind of way too. So here I am bringing sadness to you all. T/N at the end of the post, enjoy !

The Mexican driver Pato O’ward sees the possibility of going to Formula 1 as a dream, one that is very distant, because he knows that seats are scarce.

“There’s no use in me having that illusion”, said O’ward in an exclusive interview with ESPN. “Until now I feel like I’ve matured in the aspect that that dream, is a very distant dream, because even thought I am driving on a very, very high level, that I’ve been doing that, not even with that you can convince them. It’s a lot of other things and politics, much more things that are beyond my control, that I will never be able to control and well I have to leave it at that, because it’s no use in believing an illusion”.

On August 2, a day after Fernando Alonso announced he will leave Alpine to join Aston Martin, the French team posted on social media sites that their driver for 2023 will be Oscar Piastri, but the Australian denied the statement.

This shook the world of motorsports, and soon it was found out that Piastri could possibly have a deal with McLaren. Naturally as a consequence, Colton Herta, Alex Palou, Pato O’Ward would see their chances reduced.

Pato O’ward knows that he, indirectly, is affected by everything and on Twitter he published an emoji of popcorn as a reaction to Piastri-gate. 

“The truth is that a lot of things changed and changed and more changed and now here and now there…it came to the point, how does stressing myself help?”

“The truth is, that since the beginning of the year I put a stop on those thoughts, because those ideas bring you illusions, for that reason everyone wants to leave what they have, for that dream. But I am a ready man, I am not stupid and I know how things have been unraveling, but I don’t have much to say about this situation and it doesn’t help at all having that illusion and I love Indycar, I want it to grow, that it’ll go to Mexico, that it goes global, I want to help it grow all because it has the potential”, he added.

But that does not mean that he does not think of taking advantage if McLaren offers him to participate in a Free Practice of a GP, in fact it would be the only thing that interests him, not private tests, for him the most important thing is IndyCar, nothing else.

“Right now he (Zak) can’t introduce me to a seat for Formula 1, because he doesn’t have a seat, those seats are gone”, said O’ward. “Yes, (Zak did talk to him about a contract for F1) but how the season is going right now I did not want to involve myself in that ‘let me finish here (IndyCar)’. Either way I can’t leave, he has me in his IndyCar team, it’s not like I can go ‘bye I am leaving now’, I am signed with his IndyCar team and if he wants to put me in a Formula 1 car, he can put me in a Formula 1 car.

For me, what would be convenient, because that seat is gone, for me the only thing that is convenient to me is them giving me FP1s, it’s the only thing that would be convenient for me, to get on there and go round with the car is not convenient to me at all and the truth is that putting energy and effort just to go round doesn’t interest me”.

Pato said that right now his mind is in IndyCar and that if one day something were to come from F1, it will come and in that moment he will invest his energy in it, but he recognizes that if there was a chance to do an FP1 in a GP he would love for it to be Mexico as his first option, then Austin.

T/N : I wouldn’t say this is exactly a translation more so than an interpretation mostly because I did take some liberty in changing some words in the sense that this mfr says illusions so many times. So, I just interchanged dreams and illusions where it made sense. As well as altered the popcorn paragraph to exclude the Spanish way of saying popcorn considering how redundant it looked. Overall I tried my best to be as accurate as I could get, so sorry for any errors. And of course, here’s the source : https://espndeportes.espn.com/deporte-motor/nota/_/id/10756921/pato-oward-f1-mclaren-asiento

[autumn-may]

Mostly spoiler free summary of my viewing experience

[lilyrizzy]

nico hischier, family & home

the athletic / guess how much I love you - sam mcbratney / the ny times / the players tribune / the hockey news / giovanni’s room - james baldwin / markerzone / regrets - hether / electra - euripides

[bsaka7]

rah rah brock the rock 🥰

[thirstyvampyr]

“I wanted to make something sexy. I wanted to make something about boys. And I wanted to make something that felt very different to the last thing I made,” Fennell tells me. “And, honestly, my favourite genre slash subgenre of anything is: something happens in a country house one summer.”

Fennell says of Saltburn. Venetia Scott

[graveyard-society]

the sheer amount of headcanons i produced while i was drawing this is insane

[peathepirate]

I was today years old when I found out that there's an entire wiki dedicated to bad webcomic reviews.

In completely unrelated news, I suddenly have a new fear unlocked!

[theriu]

I know it’s likely because of the nearing Spooky Day, but I still feel suspicious that this article writer might be a secret Dracula Daily reader. THE TIMING IS JUST TOO GOOD! Anyhoo here’s a great rundown of which Dracula adaptation is the most accurate! Apparently it’s the only one that includes our favorite early scene, “Jonathan Witnesses His Host Climb The Wall Like A Lizard,” as well as other oft-omitted scenes and themes. A very enjoyable read!

(PLEASE NOTE: Theres a slight spoiler in here for something that hasn’t happened in Dracula Daily yet!)

[brookheimer]

reading the reviews of this episode and remembering that most people are fucking idiots with very very strange takes

[guiltyonsundays]

In defence of Will Ladislaw

George Eliot's characterisation of Will Ladislaw is one of the few aspects of Middlemarch that is not universally praised, with no less a person than Henry James commenting in 1873 that he lacked “sharpness of outline and depth of color”, making him the novel’s “only eminent failure.” And while Will's character is certainly not as clearly defined as some of the other characters in the novel, I believe that this was absolutely intentional on Eliot's part. Middlemarch is full to the brim of characters who believe they know exactly what they want—not least among them, our two protagonists, Dorothea Brooke and Tertius Lydgate, whose ardent ambitions and inflexible attitudes lead them into catastrophic errors of judgement and unhappy marriages.

By contrast, Will's lack of strongly defined goals and his changeability are almost his defining character traits. He's aimless and pliable, prone to rapid mood swings and drastic career changes, with even his physical features seeming to "chang[e] their form; his jaw looked sometimes large and sometimes small; and the little ripple in his nose was a preparation for metamorphosis. When he turned his head quickly his hair seemed to shake out light."

Will’s inscrutability is closely tied to his ambiguous status within the rigid class structure and xenophobic society of Victorian England, with his Polish ancestry and “rebellious blood on both sides” making him a target for suspicion. He is repeatedly aligned (and aligns himself) with oppressed, marginalised, and outcast populations—Jewish people, artists, and the poor.

He serves as a narrative foil for characters like Lydgate and Edward Casaubon, who prioritise specialist expertise above all and are consequently incapable of broad knowledge synthesis. He critiques Casaubon's life's work as being "thrown away, as so much English scholarship is, for want of knowing what is being done by the rest of the world." By contrast, Will serves as Eliot's defence of the value of a liberal education. One of the first things that we learn about him is that he declines to choose a vocation, and instead seeks to travel widely, experiencing diverse cultures and ways of life. He has broad tastes and interests, trying his hand at poetry and painting before eventually pursuing a career in politics.

He also functions as a narrative foil for Dorothea. Will is initially apathetic to politics, whereas Dorothea initially professes herself to be disinterested in art and beauty. This is perfectly encapsulated in their exchange in Rome, when Dorothea declares, "I should like to make life beautiful—I mean everybody's life. And then all this immense expense of art, that seems somehow to lie outside life and make it no better for the world, pains one", to which Will replies, "You might say the same of landscape, of poetry, of all refinement [...] The best piety is to enjoy—when you can [...] I suspect that you have some false belief in the virtues of misery, and want to make your life a martyrdom.”

By the end of the novel, Dorothea unlearns some of her puritanical suspicion of sensual pleasure, whereas Will becomes more serious, compassionate, and politically engaged, dedicating his life to the accomplishment of humane political reforms. They are both flawed individuals, who ultimately become more well rounded through their relationship with each other. Admittedly, Dorothea's influence on Will is more significant than his on her—and once again, I believe that this was intentional on Eliot's part.

In my opinion, the negative response to Will Ladislaw at the time of Middlemarch's publication (and in the centuries since) was and is profoundly informed by gendered expectations of masculine dominance in romantic relationships. Will's marriage to Dorothea has often been described as disappointing, with many readers and critics viewing the ambitious Lydgate as the embodiment of the ideal husband that Dorothea outlines at the beginning of the novel—a talented man engaged in important work for the betterment of humanity, to whom she can devote herself.

However, one of the central themes of the novel is that people are often mistaken in their beliefs about what they want, and Dorothea's marriage to Edward Casaubon certainly demonstrates that she would not in fact be happy living her life in submission to a man who does not respect her opinions. I firmly believe that Lydgate's misogynistic attitudes and expectations would have made it impossible for him to be happy in a marriage of equals with a woman like Dorothea. He is explicitly drawn to Rosamond Vincy because she has "just the kind of intelligence one would desire in a woman—polished, refined, docile."

By contrast, George Eliot made a deliberate choice to pair Dorothea with a man who is not ashamed to be influenced by her, and indeed looks up to her as his moral superior. Through Dorothea's influence, Will discovers his life's work. In turn, by marrying Will, Dorothea is able to pursue her true passion. As a result of their influence on each other, these come to mean the same thing—reform. Thus, George Eliot grants Dorothea Brooke a subversively feminist, politically progressive, and profoundly cathartic ending: a life of companionate marriage, sensual pleasure, and meaningful work, in which Dorothea can devote herself (within the limited means available to her as a woman in the 19th century) to the achievement of just and compassionate reforms that "make life beautiful" for everybody—herself included.

[nick-cassidy]

nick cassidy on former teammate ryo hirakawa

“We were both very open and honest. We could put more emphasis on one driver one weekend and another the next, just on who we thought was stronger on the day or who was feeling better with the tyre or the car.”

[lightyaoigami]

you know what. i may not have achieved much in my life but at least i sleep like a peaceful baby angel knowing that i was never in a cult based on hp fanfic.

[grandmaster-anne]

PRINCESS ANNE’S LOVE FOR SCOTLAND

Great Scots News article by Bernard Bale

Just like her late mother, HM Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Anne has always had a strong affection for Scotland…

“I didn’t ask to be born a princess!” she once replied to an interviewer’s leading questions. It was partly a rebuke, but it was also a telling statement from Princess Anne. 

Even though she did not ask to be born a princess, nobody could ever accuse Princess Anne of shirking her responsibilities. She has been tagged ‘the working princess’ and even anti-royalists have to admit that Princess Anne lives up to that label.

She has proved herself time and again to be capable of bringing a ray of sunshine to many of the world’s less fortunate people, yet on the day she was born – 15 August 1950 – it was a rainy morning in London. Almost prophetically, the skies cleared and the sun appeared just as Big Ben struck noon. Only 10 minutes before, Anne had been born.

The birth was announced in a Court Circular issued immediately. It simply stated: “At 11.50 o’clock this morning, Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, was safely delivered of a Princess at Clarence House.”

Duchess of Edinburgh? Yes, prior to her ascension to the throne, HM Queen Elizabeth II was the third royal to hold this title – George III’s mother was the first – but has any royal nailed their tartan colours to the mast more evidently than the Princess Royal, Princess Anne?

���Scotland is such a beautiful country with such passionate people, who could fail to want to be a part of it?” she once said. Those were not idle words either. 

Throughout the years her affinity with Scotland has grown and grown. It may have all started when she was five years old and started to really take notice of her surroundings.

Anne had been to Scotland before, but this was a different trip in that she journeyed with her mother and Prince Charles to the village of Portvoller on the Isle of Lewis, further north than she had ever been before. The holiday not only cemented her love of Scotland, but during the trip the Royal Family visited Tiumpan Head Lighthouse on the Eye Peninsula and thus also began Anne’s love of lighthouses. 

Like her older brother, Anne was close to her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, who also had such a love of Scotland that she considered herself to be a Scot even though she was born in England. 

Much of her maternal grandmother’s childhood was spent at Glamis Castle and the whole family have always loved Balmoral, so it is not surprising that Anne has such an affinity with Scotland. “My grandmother was a great influence on all of us, but I don’t think any of us needed convincing to have a love of Scotland,” she said on one of her many tours.

The Princess Royal’s busy schedule is legendary, with more than 500 official engagements every year and sometimes nearer 700. Many of those engagements are in connection with charities and organisations of Scottish origin or with branches dotted around the country. 

Then, of course, there is rugby. Anne hardly ever misses a home match and has travelled abroad to support the Scottish national team. Her son, Peter, won Scotland Schoolboy international caps and there was never a prouder mum looking on whenever he played.

The princess has always had a love of sport, of course, having represented Great Britain in equestrian events at the Olympics, and she has made no secret of her love of rugby and being Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, but she is also an avid sailor and looks forward to her holidays in Scotland where she and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, regularly sail – and, of course, visit lighthouses. That first experience at Tiumpan Head would eventually lead to her becoming a keen pharologist.

Talking of married life, Princess Anne and Sir Tim tied the knot at Crathie Kirk, near Balmoral, and spent their honeymoon in the Highlands rather than on an exotic island somewhere in the Caribbean. 

As she approaches 70, the Princess Royal shows no signs of slowing down, and why would she? We are talking of a princess who survived a kidnap attempt, has competed in the tough world of horse racing and is generally regarded as a no-nonsense lady who likes nothing better than to wrap a tartan scarf around her neck and go for a walk with the dogs in the Highlands. “I am a member of the Royal Family,” she said. “Certain things are expected of me, but I am also a human being.”

Away from the media spotlight and the public perception, what is she really like? She has the reputation of being grumpy, but nothing could be further from the truth. Her son-in-law, ex-England rugby star Mike Tindall revealed, “She has a great sense of humour and she is very knowledgeable about many things, especially rugby.”

Her son, Peter, also spoke glowingly of his mother, “If ever we showed signs of getting above our station, she is the first one to bring us back to earth and she has always been there to give advice on life in general, invaluable advice.” Her daughter, Zara, echoed the same view adding, “She is great fun, has a wicked sense of humour and she is a good dancer too.”

Now we are really getting behind the scenes. We know that she likes a drink but is moderate, a whisky now and then, but probably more often a Martini at the end of a busy day.

She also genuinely appreciates the many gifts she receives during official engagements, especially chocolates. Many times, her smile has widened when she’s received chocolates and she will say, “These will not get home.” That is not a scripted response, she means it and they don’t.

Princess Anne, the Princess Royal holds many titles and quite a few of them are related to Scotland, but what will surely delight her more than anything is that she has often been referred to as ‘the unofficial Queen of Scots’ – a sobriquet of which she is undoubtedly proud.

[spectrum-color]

All I will say about the Wired article is that I’ve seen way smarter, more incisive criticism of Sandersons books from the fandom than from whatever tf this writer was doing

[smute]

you know one of my favorite things about (modern) literary studies is just how vast the field is. studying literature is studying ourselves through the stories that we tell. it means studying culture, history, politics to try to understand the world, nature, life, and what it means to be human. but this innate interdisciplinarity doesn't just result from the need to provide context for a narrative. the meaning of "text" itself is changing, too. what used to be words on a page, films, photos, and paintings now includes an endless list of modern media. not because the definition itself has changed. a text is still anything that can be "read". it's just that thanks to modern digital technologies there are so many more things now to which that definition applies, that in turn are shaped and influenced by other new things. it's incredibly exciting, but it has also been a huge challenge for me personally, especially now that im gradually transitioning from being a hapless student to more independent work (or at least trying to lol) while trying to find a niche for myself at the same time. what im trying to say is, it's very easy to follow the breadcrumbs when they are all over the place, but it is much harder to figure out which direction is the right way forward

[woahpip]

saltburn isn't a movie about class really? i mean we find out oliver has been lying-- he's firmly upper middle class. poor compared to felix's family, yeah, but he's not wanting for anything. and yet he DOES want, obsessively so. that says more about the rich yearning for more riches than it does about poor vs rich. the movie explores entitlement and obsession and consent/lack of consent more than it does class!