#philip huang

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Philip Huang at Officine Générale S/S 24

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GTA Protagonists x Reader Scenarios - Spending Halloween With Them

TW: Language, suggestive ending

Claude

Halloween isn't his favorite holiday, but will have lots of fun in decorating the house, eating sweets and bingewatching movies with you anyway.

Tommy

Likes watching classic 80s horror movies with you and dressing up as the villains from those movies.

"Trick or treat motherfuckers!"

Carl

He doesn't care how old you both are, he'll happily go trick or treating with you. He'll refuse to go dressed as a ghost, vampire etc though, as he thinks they are "too generic and unoriginal".

You: "What will you dress up as then?"

CJ: "A Ballas member. Nothing is nastier than them"

Toni

He'll go trick or treating with you, dressed up as a bloodstained killer butcher.

You: "Er, interesting choice, but why?..."

Toni: "Trust me, you don't wanna know"

Victor

Will surprise you with a pumpkin pie with cute spider decorations.

"Thought it would be a nice Halloween treat, darling"

Niko

He personally never really cared about Halloween, but definitely won't say no to candy corn! Also expect Roman, Mallorie and Brucie to come visit, all dressed up in various wacky costumes.

"Well, at least it's nice here with you guys"

Johnny

For him this day is more like an excuse to wear vampire fangs (he secretly has a thing for vampires).

"Damn you look hot, can you keep those on next month too? Or even better, forever?"

Luis

Will make his club serve pumpkin flavored cocktails to celebrate.

"Come over here and have a taste Y/N! It's free for you, like always"

Huang

Will buy more candy than usual during october. He says it's in order to ensure they have a good stock of them for october 31th, but you know it's just an excuse. Will wake up feeling sick on november 1st.

You: "I told you to not eat so much candy Huang!"

Huang: "Urgh, it's not the candy Y/N, it's... something that's not the candy, okay?!"

Franklin

He'll just chill with you and watch horror movies together.

"Alright let's do this, gotta use my Vinewood+ subscription somehow!"

Michael

Similarly to Franklin, he will (DEFINITELY) watch horror movies with you, but only the older ones.

"Ahhh, the old classics, the newer ones focus too much on jumpscares and gore"

Trevor

Loves Halloween, its spooky and gritty atmosphere, and will carve pumpkins with you already by september 1st. Just don't ask him why do those pumpkins have "questionable" holes.

"It's called a pumpkink sweetcheeks"

[svu-barisi]

Might as well post it here, too.

Updated 8/2/2024

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Everyone is here!

[ehilikeshoney]

NSFW warning (scanty clothing)

I did it, guys! I actually did this god damn drawing! :D

After an entire day of drawing, a headache and a random panic attack, I'm happy to show you the Big Drawing (Easter Edition)!

Again, I apologize for the butchered anatomy, I tried my best tho.

Also, Happy Late Easter for those who celebrated it, and Happy Early Easter for those who haven't yet (like myself).

[loladreamteam]

Remembering the ones we lost

And CJ is in jail btw

From GTA: Fusion

[thechildofshadows]

Alright, I’ve been on this website long enough that I think I’m starting to be viewed as a bot.

I’m not a bot, I swear, I’m the child of shadows for no reason other than the fact that that’s my Ao3. Teenage me thought that was cool, current me agrees, haters can keep hating (there are no haters yet so let’s not make that a thing, yeah?)

you can call me shadow 🙃.

im Indian (south indian, I know Tamil and Hindi and also Spanish), but I’ve never spent more than two months at a time in India. Actually, I spent about 90% of my life in Canada and the US.

My Ao3

my sideblog -> @shadow-the-photographer

My Fandoms:

I tend to drift a lot, and I’m obsessed with everything, so we’re going to split it down the middle.

I’ve forgotten a lot of the books I’ve read, so a lot might not be on the list. Feel free to DM me with arguments, agreements, book recs, or just anything, I love conversation.

Stuff I’ve written/read for:

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (as of July 2024, I’ve only ever written PJO)

Star Wars (sue me, I love the prequels)

Harry Potter

HTTYD

Marvel Cinematic Universe

Big Hero 6

Books I LOVE:

The Inheritance Games (By Jennifer Lynn Barnes, her work is incredible)

Powerless (Lauren Roberts)

Ana Huang and Rina Kent are two authors who never grew out of their Wattpad phase, but their work is pretty good.

Shatter Me (Tahereh Mafi)

Once Upon a Broken Heart (Stephanie Garber)

Caraval (Stephanie Garber, and im scared to finish legendary bc apparently Scarlett and Julian break up?)

(booktok has me on a chokehold)

KOTLC (Shannon Messenger)

A Good Girls Guide to Murder (I read this when I lived in Canada, it’s a trivia point)

The Lunar Chronicles (Marissa Meyer)

The Land of Stories (Chris Colfer, iconic and always connects to good memories)

Warrior Cats (I binge read it in sixth grade and somehow still keep up)

(I’ve read a lot of books, just dm me, idc if you don’t follow me)

Books that I have read, but didn’t exactly enjoy:

the love hypothesis (ali hazelwood)

icebreaker (Hannah Grace, 🤮)

Bridgerton kinda deserves to be on this list, To Sir Philip, With Love specifically.

Rina Kent is on that list above bc her books sound good in summaries, but she writes like an eleven-year-old on fanfiction.net

Twilight (Stephanie Meyer, Edward and Jacob should’ve ditched Bella and run off together, bc that is a story I would pay to see)

Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, it’s good but I wouldn’t want everyone knowing every time I had sex, and violence is a terrible nickname)

Movies/TV Shows I LOVE:

fantastic beasts (10/10)

Every single Deepika Padukone movie ever.

almost every single SRK movie ever

DEADPOOL (convinced me to go to a middle school talent show and do standup comedy)

The Adam Project (walker scobell is iconic)

on that vein, I absolutely LOVE the new PJO series

most things in the MCU (she-hulk was traumatizing)

The AGGGTM series (no comment bc it was amazing)

im always looking for new friends, so just dm me and I will def bother you until you file a lawsuit.

[omiteo777]

Headcanon Names Of My Favorite KND Background Operatives (Part 2)

-Numbuh 24: Philip

-Blonde High Command Operative: David

-Ponytailed High Command Operative: Bella

-Freckled High Command Operative: Andrew

—Sector X

-Numbuh 42: Ted

-Numbuh 34: Charles

—Sector E

-Numbuh 122: Benjamin

-Numbuh 513: Elizabeth

-Numbuh 437: Edward

—Sector F

-Numbuh 66: Pierre

-Numbuh 70: Marguerite

-Numbuh 67: Raphaël

-Numbuh 68: Alexandre

-Numbuh 69: Juliette

—Sector C

-Numbuh 518: Mei

-Numbuh 888: Chao

-Numbuh 168: Ming

-Numbuh 48: Wei

-Numbuh 47: Wen

-Numbuh 46: Qing

-Numbuh 49: Bao

-Numbuh 45: Huang

—Japanese Sector

-Japanese Sector Leader: Eiko

-Male Japanese Field Operative: Yoshi

-Female Japanese Field Operative: Hana

-Female Japanese Spy Operative: Aiko

-Male Japanese Spy Operative: Akio

—Sector N

-Numbuh 13: Rob

-Numbuh 15: Jerry

-Numbuh 16: Nikhil

—Sector T

-Numbuh 142: Tim

-Numbuh 143: Hannah

-Numbuh 149: Henry

-Numbuh 161: Mateo

—Canadian Sector

-Canadian Farmer Operative: Liam

-Female Canadian Hockey Operative: Emma

-Male Canadian Hockey Operative: Logan

-Canadian Hockey Triplet Operative #1: Samuel

-Canadian Hockey Triplet Operative #2: Simon

-Canadian Hockey Triplet Operative #3: Sebastian

—Mexican Sector

-Mexican Camper Operative: Juan

-Mexican Hiker Operative: Gabriela

-Mexican Wrestler Operative: Pedro

**NOTE: The names for Numbuh 42 and Numbuh 34 are originally from medias such as some fanfics and fanart from artists and writers who either thought of or used these names first, so credits go to them and anyone else who thought of or used these names first. I chose these names as, to me, they’re very suitable for the two characters. Whoever thought of these names first, credits also go to them.**

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billions season 7 timeline notes

7x01 tower of london: the printer throwing incident happens five months after prince’s discussion with wendy about running for president in 2024.

7x01 tower of london: the rhoades family dinner at primola is a “super-early bird” dinner.

7x01 tower of london: axe’s flight to switzerland cost bach six months of good standing with the bar.

7x01 tower of london: a news headline mentions hurricane nicole making landfall in vero beach, florida, which happened on november 10, 2022.

7x01 tower of london: axe arranged a deal to get javelin anti-tank missiles to ukraine “early in the conflict.”

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7x02 original sin: korlera’s medical devices use bluetooth 5.2, the specification for which was released in december 2019.

7x02 original sin: chuck gets the call from the president after 9 pm.

7x02 original sin: when axe asks wendy & wags & taylor to stay in london, wags claims that they arrived three days ago and that he would have accepted if axe had asked them then.

7x02 original sin: luke asks prince and andy to list all the sexual partners they’ve had in the last five years.

7x03 winston dick energy: michael lewis and the bar patrons are celebrating the 35th anniversary of liar’s poker, which was published in 1989.

7x03 winston dick energy: ben kim has been seeing dr. mayer for six months, and she’s returning from her conference in vienna “tomorrow night.”

7x03 winston dick energy: winston pitches wde to bonnie’s firm the day after leaving prince cap.

7x03 winston dick energy: prince gives taylor and philip 48 hours to handle winston before sacker takes legal action.

7x03 winston dick energy: senior was faithful to his wife for five months after chuck’s son kevin was born, but broke that streak at the opening of the bedminster golf club, which happened on the fourth of july weekend in 2004.

7x03 winston dick energy: prince’s super PAC filing is dated november 28, 2022.

7x03 winston dick energy: winston was born in 1989, despite previously claiming he was about five years old when the matrix came out in 1999.

7x04 hurricane rosie: allerd has been visiting gamblers anonymous meetings for years.

7x04 hurricane rosie: prince and kai huang liu senior have been in business together for over a decade.

7x04 hurricane rosie: scooter is supposed to conduct the new york philharmonic orchestra “two weeks from tomorrow.”

7x04 hurricane rosie: kai huang liu senior and junior are 50 and 22, respectively.

7x04 hurricane rosie: tuk claims the last category five hurricane was years ago. as of the airing of 7x04, the most recent category five atlantic hurricane was hurricane ian in late september 2022, likely after this line was written, though before it was filmed. the most recent category five atlantic hurricanes prior to ian were hurricanes dorian and lorenzo, both in september 2019.

7x04 hurricane rosie: chuck’s board of leads on prince has dates spanning from 1990 to 2023.

7x04 hurricane rosie: philip taught his chess club to play poker in sixth grade, won money from them in high school, and in eleventh grade decided to use that money to throw them all a party at the end of twelfth grade.

7x04 hurricane rosie: prince claims he’ll be in office in two years.

7x04 hurricane rosie: everything from the first scene at prince cap to the end of the episode happens in one day.

7x05 the gulag archipelago: prince and scooter are attending a listening party for killer mike’s album michael, which was released on june 16, 2023.

7x05 the gulag archipelago: wendy and luke’s dinner reservation is for 7:30.

7x05 the gulag archipelago: prince and scooter leave the listening party and get their phones back at 5:20 pm.

7x05 the gulag archipelago: the entire episode, barring the flashbacks to ira being mugged, takes place on friday, january 13, 2023.

7x06 the man in the olive drab t-shirt: grigor asks axe to get him back into america 72 hours before axe relays that request to chuck.

7x06 the man in the olive drab t-shirt: prince was “a kid” during ross perot’s presidential campaign in 1992.

7x06 the man in the olive drab t-shirt: when wags talks to sacker about her run for congress, her filing deadline is months away and prince's speech is days away.

7x06 the man in the olive drab t-shirt: sacker refers to her conversation with luke in 7x05 as being “a few weeks back.”

7x06 the man in the olive drab t-shirt: prince receives the second round of employee feedback and sacker’s list of replacement attorneys the day before his speech.

7x07 dmv: kevin’s driving test was on a monday morning.

7x07 dmv: the prize for casino night includes an all-expenses-paid trip to the irish open, which is held yearly in september.

7x07 dmv: wendy says casino night was “the other night” when explaining that it functioned as a performance review.

7x08 the owl: senior has been going to the owl for 52 years.

7x08 the owl: a financial journal article says that prince’s tv appearance in 7x06 was “last month.”

7x08 the owl: the first day of the winter conclave of the owl is on tuesday, march 7, 2023.

7x09 game theory optimal: scooter hired an expert in english architecture weeks ago.

7x09 game theory optimal: judge rucker reduces dr. gilbert’s prison sentence to 26 months, which he has already served.

7x09 game theory optimal: the first time chuck abused the power of his office was when he was a line prosecutor.

7x09 game theory optimal: wendy plans to start work as the ceo of mental on monday.

7x10 enemies list: taylor and axe’s attempt to buy shares in mental is carried out after hours on a private market.

7x10 enemies list: wendy has rian come to chuck's house before the market opens to look over mental’s financial records.

7x10 enemies list: wendy signed her contract with mental on march 23, 2023.

7x10 enemies list: derek was in a chinese prison for “a few weeks” from his capture in 7x08 to his release in this episode.

7x11 axe global: the entire episode takes place in the two days following the end of 7x10, with the flashbacks being the day after and the present-day segments being two days after.

7x11 axe global: dunlop says she likes the “spunk and fire” of angel reese, a college basketball player who became known for her actions in an ncaa championship game on april 2, 2023.

7x11 axe global: the rally at which prince announces dunlop as his running mate is on msnbc at 11:02 pm.

7x11 axe global: the first presidential briefing to which prince is invited is at camp david tomorrow.

7x12 admirals fund: wags and sacker’s conversation in the elevator in 7x06 was 8 weeks ago. sacker’s confrontation of wendy, wags, and taylor came a few hours later.

7x12 admirals fund: the second meeting of the performance review panel in 7x07 was 4 weeks ago.

7x12 admirals fund: axe expects to have between 90 minutes and 2 hours to act while prince is at camp david.

7x12 admirals fund: news of the energy sector investigation leaks about 20 minutes after chuck tells the sdny not to leak anything.

7x12 admirals fund: the reinstatement of connerty's law license is dated april 4, 2023.

7x12 admirals fund: axe's dinner with dunlop in 7x11 was 4 days ago.

7x12 admirals fund: the meeting at which axe suggested moving employee accounts into the admirals fund was the same day as the peace talks in 7x11, and was 3 days ago.

7x12 admirals fund: the price of the six natural gas stocks affected by rumors of an investigation was lowest around 1 pm.

conclusion: season 7 takes place from early november 2022 to early april 2023.

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Philip Huang at Zegna Couture FW 23

[masonhawth0rne]

What I read in 2023!

Isn't it nice to have the whole year's worth of something in one handy list?

January

Medieval England: From Arthur to the Tudor Conquest, Jennifer Paxton ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hannibal, Livy ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster, Sam L Amirante, Danny Brodrick ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone ⭐️⭐️

Trouble With Lichen, John Wyndham ⭐��⭐️⭐️

The Reanimator's Heart, Kara Jorgensen 😠

The Miracle of Dunkirk, Walter Lord ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

Alone on the Ice, David Roberts ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

The Midwich Cucoos, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hanging Tree, Ben Aaronovitch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Polygamist's Daughter, Anna LeBaron, Leslie WIlson ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

Stowaway to Mars, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️

Confession of a Serial Killer, Katherine Ramsland ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

Sparta's First Attic War, Paul A Rahe ⭐️⭐️ NF

FantasticLand, Mike Bockoven ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Instructions for American Servicemen in Australia 1942, Special Service Division Services of Supply US Army ⭐️⭐️⭐️NF

Columbus Day, Craig Alanson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blood in the Snow, Tom Henderson ⭐️⭐️NF

The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Last Days of Stalin, Joshua Rubenstein ⭐️⭐️⭐️NF

Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky ⭐️⭐️NF

Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Web, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️

An Unnatural Vice, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

An Unsuitable Heir, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alexander the Great, Norman F Cantor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️NF

A Dark Night in Aurora, William H Reid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️NF

The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Snow Killings, Marney Rich Keenan ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

The Odyssey, Homer trans. Emily Wilson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Martian, Andy Weir ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

How Great Science Fiction Works, Gary K Wolfe ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️NF

Lies Sleeping, Ben Aaronovitch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

February

False Value, Ben Aaronovitch ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Amongst Our Weapons, Ben Aaronovitch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Revelation Space, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Lancashire Witches, William Harrison Ainsworth ⭐️

Queen of Teeth, Hailey Piper ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hacienda, Isabel Cañas ⭐️⭐️

Age of Myth, Michael J Sullivan ⭐️⭐️

The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester ⭐️⭐️

All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Meddling Kids, Edgar Cantero ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Monsters We Defy, Leslye Penelope ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Man and the Crow, Rebecca Crunden (ss)⭐️

A Better Fate, DN Bryn (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Artemis One-Zero-Five, CHristopher Henderson DNF

House of Suns, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

All Systems Red, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Artificial Condition, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Rogue Protocol, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Exit Strategy, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

New Earth, Ben Bova ⭐️⭐️

Death Wave, Ben Bova ⭐️

Mouth of Mirrors, Maxwell I Gold (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

March

On the Beach, Nevil Shute ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Star Nomad, Lindsay Buroker ⭐️

Burning Roses, SL Huang ⭐️⭐️

Trick or Treat, Richie Tankersley Cusick ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Unfinished Tales, JRR Tolkien ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pushing Ice, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The End of the World Anthology ⭐️⭐️

The Home of the Blizzard (nf), Sir Douglas Mawson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Night Stalker (nf), Philip Carlo ⭐️⭐️⭐️

In the Court of the Nameless Queen, Natalie Ironside ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Green Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Ultimate Evil (nf), Maury Terry ⭐️

The Hillside Stranglers (nf), Darcy O'Brien ⭐️⭐️

The Element of Fire, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Chasm City, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

April

The Stolen Heir, Holly Black ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kintu, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kidnapped, Diane Hoh ⭐️⭐️

Overlord, David Wood & Alan Baxter ⭐️⭐️

Child of God, Cormac McCarthy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Walking to Aldebaran, Adrian Tchaikovsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Redemption’s Blade, Adrian Tchaikovsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️

At the Mountains of Madness, HP Lovecraft ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Initiation, Diane Hoh ⭐️⭐️

The Book of Queer Saints Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Expert System’s Brother, Adrian Tchaikovsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Pluto’s Republic, David Roochnik (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Twisted Ones, T Kingfisher ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Evil Roots, Killer Tales of Botanical Gothic Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Shadow Over Innsmouth, HP Lovecraft ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Whisperer in Darkness, HP Lovecraft ⭐️⭐️

Alien: Convenant Origins, Alan Dean Foster ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: Coveant, Alan Dean Foster ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Wendigo, Algernon Blackwood ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien III, William Gibson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: The Cold Forge, Alex White ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Republic, Plato ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: Prototype, Tim Waggoner ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: Isolation, Keith RA DeCandido ⭐️⭐️

A Thief in the Night, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Dialogues, Plato ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: Into Charybdis, Alex White ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: Infiltrator, Weston Ochse ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Percent, Jon Elofson (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Aliens: Bug Hunt Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Growing Things & Other Stories, Paul Tremblay ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Babel-17, Samuel R. Delany ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lords of Uncreation, Adrian Tchaikovsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

May

The Day We Ate Grandad, CM Rosens ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: Out of the Shadows, Tim Lebbon ⭐️⭐️

Jaws, Peter Benchley ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Room on the Sea, Andrē Aciman ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Alien: River of Pain, Christopher Golden ⭐️⭐️

Alien: Sea of Sorrows, James A Moore ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Gentleman From Peru, Andrē Aciman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Century Rain, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hyperion, Dan Simmons ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dust, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

100 Fathoms Below, Steven L Kent & Nicholas Kaufmann ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Saturn’s Monsters, Thomas K Carpenter ⭐️

Address Unknown, Kressmann Taylor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Murder by Other Means, John Scalzi ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Ethics of Aristotle, Joseph Koterski ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Neil Gaiman at the end of the Universe, Arvind Ethan David ⭐️⭐️

Bag of Bones, Stephen King ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bewilderness, Part One: Threshold, Jonathan Maberry ⭐️

Ten Low, Stark Holborn ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Benny Rose, the Cannibal King, Hailey Piper ⭐️⭐️⭐️

My Dark Vanessa, Kate Elizabeth Russell ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester ⭐️

Three Hearts and Three Lions, Poul Anderson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Almost Human(nf), Lee Berger & John Hawks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Paladin’s Grace, T Kingfisher ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Killing the Bismarck(nf), Iain Ballantyne ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ancient Mesopotamia(nf), Amanda H Podany ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Art of War(nf), Andrew R Wilson ⭐️⭐️

The White People, Arthur Machen ⭐️

June

Witch King, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Broken Sword, Poul Anderson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Early Middle Ages (nf), Philip Daileader ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The History of Ancient Egypt (nf), Bob Brier ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Banewreaker, Jacqueline Carey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Godslayer, Jacqueline Carey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Chernobyl 01:23:40 (nf), Andrew Leatherbarrow ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Stress and Your Body (nf), Robert Sapolsky ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ice Ghosts (nf), Paul Watson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Illiad, Homer, trans. Edward Earl of Derby ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Th Hunt & the Haunting, Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Our Shadows Have Claws Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Writing Creative Nonfiction (nf), Tilar JJ Mazzeo ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Brain Wave, Poul Anderson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Forever War, Joe Haldeman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

July

Travel by Bullet, John Scalzi ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Redemption Ark, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Labrys(ss), Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Grown Gown(ss), Derek Des Anges ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hellbound Heart, Clive Barker ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Orca, Arthur Herzog III ⭐️

The Gallows Pole, Benjamin Myers ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Chemist, Stephanie Meyer ⭐️

Icehenge, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Band Sinister, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Now She Is Witch, Kirsty Logan ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Slow Bullets, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Inside the Mind of BTK(nf), Johnny Dodd & John Douglas ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Antarctica, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

August

The Henchmen of Zenda, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Morning Star, Peter Atkins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Subsidence (ss), Steve Rasnic Tem ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Man in the High Tower, Philip K Dick ⭐️⭐️⭐️

What the Dead Know (ss), Nghi Vo ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Maze Runner, James Dashner ⭐️

Unfit to Print, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Chill, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Bryony and Roses, T Kingfisher ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Confessor (ss), Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Grail, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Babylon (nf), Paul Kriwaczek ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Unquiet, E Saxey DNF

The Ritual of the Labyrinth (ss), Esmée de Heer ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Terminal World, ALastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Essays of Flesh and Bone (ss), Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Book Eaters, Sunyi Dean ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Future of Work: Compulsory (ss), Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Lady or the Tiger (ss), Frank Stockton ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Too Like the Lightning, Ada Palmer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold ⭐️⭐️

Dreamsnake, Vonda N McIntyre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The First Fossil Hunters (nf), Adrienne Mayor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Shards of Honor, Lois McMaster Bujold ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Red Land, Black Land (nf), Barbara Mertz ⭐️⭐️⭐️

On Planetary Palliative Care (ss), Thomas Ha ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Nova, Samuel R Delany ⭐️⭐️⭐️

September

Time to Orbit: Unknown, Derin Edala ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️*

The Invincible, Stanislaw Lem ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Prefect, Alastair Reynolds ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Myrtha (ss), Victoria Audley ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Archaeology: An Introduction to the World’s Greatest Sites (nf), Eric H Cline ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Catching Teller Crow, Amberlin Kwaymullina & Ezekiel Kwaymullina ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Old Man’s War, John Scalzi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Don’t Hang Up, Benjamin Stevenson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Superluminal, Vonda N McIntyre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

World War Z, Max Brooks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Flight of the Fantail, Steph Matuku ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cyteen, CJ Cherryh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Regenesis, CJ Cherryh ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mindfulness for Stress Management (nf), Dr Robert Schacter ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Orange Eats Creeps, Grace Krilanovich ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kushiel’s Dart, Jacqueline Carey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Aye, and Gomorrah (ss), Samuel R. Delany ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Carnage (nf), Mark Dapin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Blue Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Unknown, Jordan L Hawk ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Chocky, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Sword of Empire: Praetorian, Richard Foreman ❌

Revival, Stephen King ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Apollo Murders, Chris Hadfield ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

*Time to Orbit: Unknown is hosted online [HERE] and is currently still updating twice a week

October

Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, Hailey Piper ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ghost Bird, Lisa Fuller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Forest of Stolen Girls, June Hur ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Liar’s Dice, Jeannie Lin ⭐️

Straya, Anthony O'Connor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Toxic, Dan Kaszeta (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Illuminae, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Penhallow, Georgette Heyer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Myth of the Self Made Man, Ruben Reyes Jr (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Call, Christian White & Summer De Roche ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Death of the Necromancer, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cretins, Thomas Ha (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kill Your Brother, Jack Heath ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Valley of Terror, Zhou Haohui, tr. Bonnie Huie ⭐️⭐️

The Curse of the Burdens, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️

Amazons, Adrienne Mayor (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Kraken Wakes, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dead Mountain, Donnie Eichar (nf) ⭐️⭐️

Family Business, Jonathan Sims ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

In the House of Aryaman A Lonely Signal Burns, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Blessing of Unicorns, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

METAtropolis Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Plan for Chaos, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Fatal Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, Emma Southon (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Outward Urge, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️

King Solomon’s Mines, H. Rider Haggard DNF

The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle tr. David Ross (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

November

The Jewel of Seven Stars, Bram Stoker ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Terror, Dan Simmons ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hannibal: The Military Genius who Almost Conquered Rome, Eve MacDonald ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ nf

Luna, Ian McDonald ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!, Poul Anderson & Gordon R Dickson ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dracula, Bram Stoker ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cicero: The Life & Times of Rome's Greatest Politician, Anthony Everitt ⭐️⭐️⭐️nf

The Worst Journey in the World, Apsley Cherry-Garrard ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️nf

METAtropolis: Cascadia Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Haunting of Willow Creek, Sara Crocoll Smith ⭐️

Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne ⭐️⭐️

METAtropolis: Green Space Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️

December

Carrion Comfort, Dan Simmons ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wanted, A Gentleman, KJ Charles ⭐️⭐️

Interview With the Vampire, Anne Rice ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Henry VIII: King & Court, Alison Weir ⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

Alexander the Great & the Macedonian Empire, Kenneth W Harl⭐️⭐️⭐️ NF

The Isles of the Gods, Amie Kaufman ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Sandman, Neil Gaiman & Dirk Maggs DNF

Phosphorescence, Julia Baird ⭐️⭐️⭐️NF

And so the grand total for 2023 is....

267!

Of course, there's a couple of DNFs in there which inflate this number somewhat, but I am absolutely not going to pick through and count them out. Plus, a DNF only gets included on the list if I've gotten through a significant portion of the book. If it's a page one no-no, it's not even worth mentioning.

I made the decision at the start of this year, to try out more books I'd never heard of before. I really like trawling through the library app, or through audible's free archives and finding stuff that I'd probably never normally have discovered. Also, revisiting books that I read a long time ago and seeing if they resemble my memories of them.

Overall, I think this was a very satisfying year of reading, and I hope that I enjoy 2024's reads just as much!

nf= non fiction ss= short story

Stars awarded at my whim.

[svu-barisi]

[the-skull-breaker]

Huang Chu : *in a distressed state* Mathieux if you're gonna disappoint me one more time... I'm gonna actually die, dude... like I'll actually fucking die... so please... don't. do. anything. okay... ?

Mathieux : *deadpan* ok.

Huang Chu : *calms down a bit and look down at what Mathieux is holding* is that a fucking Philips water bottle... ?

[sa7abnews]

West Nile death reported in Texas as health officials warn residents to safeguard against mosquitoes

New Post has been published on https://sa7ab.info/2024/08/16/west-nile-death-reported-in-texas-as-health-officials-warn-residents-to-safeguard-against-mosquitoes/

West Nile death reported in Texas as health officials warn residents to safeguard against mosquitoes

A woman in Dallas County, Texas, has died after being diagnosed with West Nile virus.The patient, whose name and age were not released, contracted a severe neuroinvasive form of the disease, according to a Tuesday press release from the Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS).The female patient had “underlying health issues,” officials stated.LISTERIA INFECTION LINKED TO DELI MEATS KILLS 2, INFECTS 28 ACROSS US, CDC WARNSThis was the county’s first West Nile death in 2024.”We are deeply saddened by this loss,” said Dr. Philip Huang, director of DCHHS, in the release.”This heartbreaking tragedy underscores the critical importance of safeguarding against mosquito bites, which can transmit several diseases, including West Nile virus.”Since the West Nile virus first entered the U.S. in 1999, it has become the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).In most cases, the West Nile virus — a flavivirus in the same family as yellow fever, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis and the Zika virus — is spread when Culex mosquitoes bite infected birds and then bite people and other animals, per the CDC’s website.IN A POTENTIAL OUTBREAK, IS BIRD FLU TESTING AVAILABLE FOR HUMANS? WHAT TO KNOWThe virus is not transmitted through eating or handling infected animals or birds — nor is it spread through physical contact, coughing or sneezing.A vast majority — around 80% — of the people who contract the virus will not experience any symptoms, the CDC states on its website.”It causes a rash and other symptoms, including swollen lymph nodes, which other viruses in its class do not exhibit,” Dr. Marc Siegel, senior medical analyst for Fox News and clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, told Fox News Digital.”It only affects the nervous system 1% of the time and is rarely fatal.”IN COLORADO, PLAGUE CASE CONFIRMED IN HUMAN, HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY: ‘MUST BE TREATED PROMPTLY’Around one in five people will develop febrile illness, which is marked by a fever along with body aches, headache, joint pain, diarrhea, rash and/or vomiting. These symptoms usually go away on their own, but some people may have lingering weakness and fatigue months after infection.In rare cases — about one in every 150 infected people — the virus can lead to serious conditions affecting the nervous system, such as encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) or meningitis (inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord), the CDC states on its website.Those who develop serious illness may experience headache, stiff neck, high fever, disorientation, vision loss, muscle weakness, convulsions, tremors, coma or paralysis, which occur when there is viral infection of the central nervous system. Among people who have this invasive form of the illness, around 10% will die.While anyone can potentially develop severe illness, the highest-risk groups include those over 60 years of age, people who have had organ transplants and those with diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, kidney disease, immune disorders and other certain medical conditions.”The virus’ effects can be quite serious in the elderly,” Siegel noted.Those who think they might have been infected with WNV should be assessed by a health care provider, the CDC states.Diagnosis of the infection can be made based on evaluation of symptoms, recent exposure to mosquitoes and testing of blood or spinal fluid.OUTBREAK OF KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE BACTERIA INFECTS 31 PATIENTS AT SEATTLE HOSPITALHealth care providers will typically recommend treating symptoms with over-the-counter pain medications and getting plenty of rest and fluids.Those who experience severe illness may need to be hospitalized for supportive care.As of Aug. 6, there were 103 West Nile virus cases in the U.S. across 26 states, per the CDC.Sixty-eight of those cases were neuroinvasive (severe).There is currently no vaccine for West Nile virus.”The virus can be contained through public health measures including more insect repellent with DEET, longer sleeves and less stagnant water in our backyards,” Siegel said.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTERTrying to kill adult mosquitoes by spreading too much insecticide can be problematic, the doctor warned. “Animals, people with asthma and insects that would otherwise kill the mosquitoes are affected.”Dallas County health officials are urging local residents to take steps to protect themselves amid high mosquito activity, emphasizing the importance of the “four Ds” outlined below.DEET: When spending time outdoors, people should apply insect repellent containing DEET or other EPA-approved ingredients.For more Health articles, visit www.foxnews/healthDress: Minimize exposed skin by wearing long, loose clothing, officials recommend.Drain: Eliminating any standing water can help prevent mosquitoes from breeding.Dawn to dusk: Those at highest risk can minimize outdoor time during peak mosquito hours (just before and after sunset, and in the early morning before sunrise).

[ehilikeshoney]

Looks like I finished the "rlly big drawing" WAAAY sooner that I expected lmao

But still, guys...

✨imagine✨ 😭💞