Someone took a candid photo of a fight in Ukranian Parliament that is as well-composed as the best renaissance art.
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“Let me tell you about my son. When Aditya was born, there was a very popular television show on the air, and the main character was named Lord Rama. Lord Rama was known as a revealer of truth. So I joked with my best friend that my son was going to be just like Lord Rama, and he was going to bring a great truth into the world. Sixteen years later, that very same friend called me while I was out of town on vacation.
‘Uptal!’ he screamed. 'Uptal! Turn on the TV! Your son is on the TV! He’s just like Lord Rama!’
'What channel?’ I asked.
'Any channel!’ he screamed. So I turned on the television. And there he was. I hadn’t known it, but while I was gone, he had started a petition on the internet. He was only sixteen years old at the time, and he had started an online petition calling for the government to reopen an old rape case. The case was nearly ten years old, and it involved the son of a very powerful government official. The son had raped and murdered a girl, and even though the evidence was overwhelming, he was only given three years in prison because of his family’s connections. So Aditya started this petition to reopen the case. And soon it had millions of signatures! A sixteen year old boy! I couldn’t believe it! I called his mother, and she was very scared. The men he was challenging were very powerful, and had many powerful friends.
Soon Aditya was on the cover of every newspaper: ‘Young Boy Challenges Mafia,” the newspapers said. TV cameras were lining up in front of our house. His mother and I were very scared for him, and wanted him to lay low, but he insisted on doing every interview. He went on all the TV shows. Soon he started a protest right here at India Gate. He announced: ‘I am going to sit here until the case is reopened.’ Thousands of people joined him. All the famous musicians and Bollywood stars came to join him. The largest magazine in India called him ‘the country’s youngest icon.’ Soon after the protest began, the chief judge of the Supreme Court announced he was reopening the case. When the new trial was finished, the man had been given a life sentence!”(New Delhi, India)
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Good news bad news best news
The good news:
I found my favorite old jacket while sorting through my old stuff
The bad news:
The last time I wore it I was nine years old
The best news:
I am the anime now
Let’s see if this gets the same amount of notes as the pirate coat
JESUS
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Random thought: I want there to be an app sort of like Grindr but for fandom friendships. “Here are all the geeks in your area who will talk with you about Buffy for six hours straight.”
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Song Without a Name (Reprise) - Chapter 7 - LadyYateXel - JTHM [Archive of Our Own]
Johnny and Edgar visit The Key Guy.
The formatting on AO3 is fighting me, but it should be presentable! I really had a ton of fun with this, so I hope you guys enjoy it too!
trying to get this SWAN edit done before I get taken to some kind of dinner thing because i don’t know how long it’s going to last and how long i’m going to have to be social
I feel so weird about this, like, I have things scheduled that I do every night even though to my friend it must just look like I do the same sitting at my computer doing nothing day in and day out, so I agree to do things beyond my routine just to not be a bad guest or whatever. (Also this one involves food, so it was harder to say no to.)
