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I've been writing more on my "famous pop star ends up dating/falling in love with working class nascent EDM producer" romance webnovel pretty much all day and as per usual the characters are ignoring what I had plotted ahead of time to do whatever they want, and while Theo wasn't supposed to move into Lysander's place for months yet, now that it's happening it's perfect and sweet and I just, UGH THIS SCENE, I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING 😭 😭 😭
screenshot of some of the writing: “Y-yeah, I told you, th-this place is shit.” Despite his harsh words, Theo nuzzled closer, tucking his face against the crook of his lover’s neck and deeply breathing in his comforting scent. A scratching at the door had his contented smile sliding into a frown, and he pushed up amid a chorus of groaning squeaks to glower at the door. “G-Go away, Rogue. Not n-now.” “He’s lonely,” Lysander laughed, his arm wrapped around Theo’s waist to prevent him from standing, though the singer didn’t drag him all the way back down. “
Speaking of. Are you going to bring him to live at the penthouse, too?” Theo hesitated, turning back to face Lysander with his lip caught in his teeth. Noting the seriousness of his expression, Lysander’s smile faded into his own look of concern. “What? I already said it’s fine if you want to bring your cat.” “Yeah, but
” Theo hesitated even longer, embarrassment staining his cheeks, aware as he was of how long Lysander had been without pets. “H-He’ll probably
” “He’ll probably
?” Lysander prompted after Theo went for a spell without finishing his sentence.
more writing: “
Pee.” Lysander’s eyes shot wide then he burst out laughing, sitting up at last. “Wait, is that why you’ve been so reluctant to bring him over? Because you’re afraid he’ll pee on things in the apartment?” Theo scowled at his boyfriend’s glibness, as if not wanting his fancy apartment to smell like cat piss was a silly concern. “Y-Yes,” he admitted, not hiding his mild irritation. “I d-don’t know why you’re l-laughing. Cat piss r-reeks.” “I’m not laughing about that,” Lysander murmured reassuringly, cupping Theo’s face to give him a gentle kiss. “I’m just
touched by how conscientious you’re always trying to be about not impacting my life, when I’ve pretty much bulldozed through your own.” Doubt diluted Theo’s scowl at his lover’s phrasing, his brows drawing together more from regret than irritation. “You didn’t
’b-bulldoze’ anything
”
more writing: “Yes I did,” Lysander countered, his smile fading, though his eyes remained kind. “I mean, the only reason you’re even considering moving is because being with me is, as you pointed out, opening you up to potential harassment. And now you can’t even hang out with your friends without conversations getting
weird, once they find out you’re dating someone famous.” His lips twitching into something bittersweet, Lysander looked away as he said, “Funny how people always dream about being famous, and while it has its perks—I’m not going to be egotistical enough to claim it doesn’t—it’s not all sunshine and rainbows, either.” “N-never said it was.” Feeling guilt twist in his chest at making his boyfriend feel guilty for aspects of dating a celebrity that the singer had no control over—guilt-ception, as it were—Theo pulled his lover’s hands into his own and squeezed them tightly, resting his forehead against Lysander’s and breathing out a low sigh. “And
e-even if that’s true, I don’t regret it. I’m g-glad I fell in love with y-you.”
more writing: Lysander’s emerald eyes glimmered as he took in the solemnity of Theo’s words, his thumbs lightly rubbing along Theo’s knuckles, briefly catching on the dark sapphire ring. Looking down at that ring, the singer drew Theo’s hands up slowly, kissed each knuckle softly, before he met Theo’s gaze again and said, “Thank you. Thank you for everything you have given up to be with me. I swear, I’ll spend the rest of my life trying to make it up to you.” A light shudder of emotion racked through Theo at the sentiment—the rest of his life. Not just a fling
not something temporary. Forever. Unable to breathe for a tense moment, Theo smiled at last, though he felt tears gathering in the corners of his eyes, deeply affected by the seriousness of the implication. “Okay,” he said at last, not knowing what else there was to say. They’d already made love, at least as much as the small, stained room allowed—now all he could do, he supposed, was live out the rest of that theoretical future, stay besides Lysander no matter how his moods might swing, do his best to be that steady presence that Liliana had charged him with. ‘Please don’t let go.’
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the sad part is that I'm at 270,000 words now so even if i release a chapter (each is about ten 8.5x12" pages big) every week on patreon, no one is gonna get to read this scene for over a year 😅

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UFC 323 live: Merab Dvalishvili vs Petr Yan UK start time tonight, undercard results and updates byteseu.com/1606115/ #GreatBritain #UnitedKingdom
UFC 323 live: Merab Dvalishvili vs Petr Yan UK start time tonight, undercard results and updates

UFC 323 live: Merab Dvalishvili vs Petr Yan UK start time tonight, undercard results and updates

Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan 2 final faceoff for title rematch | UFC 323
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The NYT is now Luigi Mangione's most strident defender
‘If you’re caught up in something that’s very detrimental to society, I think that you should die. Naomi Villalba, 75, Dallas (one of "6 MAGA voters" hand picked by the NYT to justify the execution at sea of South American fishing boat crews)

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I love oaks. A little too much. 10 out of 14 trees I have are oaks. This is my newest addition. English oak forest. Estimated to be 17 years old. allforgardening.com/1531347/i-
 #bonsai
I love oaks. A little too much. 10 out of 14 trees I have are oaks. This is my newest addition. English oak forest. Estimated to be 17 years old.

I love oaks. A little too much. 10 out of 14 trees I have are oaks. This is my newest addition. English oak

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#bonsai

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I can't go to the restroom in a public entertainment venue like a concert hall or auditorium anymore without thinking about the vast disparity between toilet facilities per square foot in sex-segregated "women's" restrooms vs. "men's".

If you are a cis man who uses urinals, I encourage you to ask yourself, every time you're standing at a wall of urinals, how many toilet stalls would fit in the same space. Keep that in mind when you see the long line for the other restroom.

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When I was changing the Goblin's diapers in public restrooms, there were so many times when I had to duck into a "women's" restroom because the "men's" didn't have a changing station.

So that's part of the picture too, at least in certain venues, and another reason why the stereotype that "women take so long in the bathroom" is such infuriating bullshit.

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@Spencer I now have seen at least one venue have 3 stalls for women, and one stall + 1 urinal for men, and (un)surprisingly there wasn’t any line on either side.
@Spencer

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China strengthens position in France’s textile & apparel sourcing byteseu.com/1606113/ #Article #BriefNews #bulletin #Comment #CurrentAffairs #east #ExpertComment #fashion #France #garment #Global #headlines #HotNews #InformationGuide #InternationalNews #InternationalUpdate #LatestInformation #LatestNews #LatestUpdate #News #north #Opinion #PressRelease #report #reports #review #South #textile #TextileHeadline #TextileNews #TopNews #TrueStory #view #West
China strengthens position in France

China strengthens position in France’s textile & apparel sourcing

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In Jerusalem, Merz reaffirms Germany’s support for Israel byteseu.com/1606111/ #FriedrichMerz #GazaWar #Germany #IsaacHerzog #Israel
In Jerusalem, Merz reaffirms Germany's support for Israel

In Jerusalem, Merz reaffirms Germany’s support for Israel

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz flew into Israel Saturday for his first visit since taking office, and reaffirmed Berlin's support after traditionally solid
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#Germany #israel #friedrichmerz #gazawar #isaacherzog

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What is growing out of this palm tree in Los Angeles? Do I need to report it? allforgardening.com/1531345/wh
 ##arboriculture #Arborists
What is growing out of this palm tree in Los Angeles? Do I need to report it?

What is growing out of this palm tree in Los Angeles? Do I need to report it? - All For Gardening

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#arboriculture #arborists

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A city in Italy is offering up to R$37 for those who want to live and work there byteseu.com/1606109/ #CidadeItalianaOfereceDinheiro #IncentivoFinanceiro #Italy #MorarNaItålia #MudançaParaVarese #ProgramaVieniAVivereAVarese #TAG #TrabalharNaItålia #VareseItålia #Voucher6MilEuros
Cidade italiana de Varese oferece até 6 mil euros em vouchers para jovens que aceitarem morar e trabalhar na região com contrato formal.

A city in Italy is offering up to R$37 for those who want to live and work there

The Italian city of Varese, in northern Italy, is offering A financial incentive for those who agree to move there and take a job in the region..
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#Italy #tag #cidadeitalianaoferecedinheiro #incentivofinanceiro #morarnaitalia #mudancaparavarese #programavieniavivereavarese #trabalharnaitalia #vareseitalia #voucher6mileuros

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Refaat Alareer and the online culture war
Western media institutions excused the intellectual's murder by deeming him "controversial."
#honestreporting #New York Times #Refaat Alareer #Patrick Kingsley #Board of Deputies of British Jews #Bari Weiss #Mayim Bialik #Richard Silverstein

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Fnnngh. Fucking insomnia.
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Kathy Murdoch
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You and me both at the moment. Hope you managed to get some sleep

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Night of the Penguin
#birds #penguin #illustration #ArtAdventCalendar #DecembArt
Drawing of a penguin using spares white line on a block background. Stars and clouds are in the sky. Wavy lines emanate out from the penguin’s feet.
#illustration #birds #penguin #ArtAdventCalendar #decembart

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How Jazz Became the “Mother of Hip Hop”

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How Jazz Became the "Mother of Hip Hop"

Jazz and hip hop have been in a lively conversation in recent years, breaking new ground for both forms, as the work of artists like Kendrick Lamar and his collaborators amply shows.
Josh Jones (Openculture.com)

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the heart of #corruption is a #profit motive.

kill the profit, you kill the corruption.

squeeze the symptoms of corruption but leave the profit incentive alone, and you make life worse for all and push the corruption into a different shape or form or place.

#Corruption #Profit

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Fuel prices to drop – The Portugal News byteseu.com/1606106/ #Portugal
Fuel price hike “no reason for alarm”
#portugal

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Keep it or cut it?? allforgardening.com/1531343/ke
 #landscaping
Keep it or cut it??

Keep it or cut it?? - All For Gardening

I have this new plant 
 Flowers are nice but not sure!!!!
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#landscaping

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It’s so funny talking to liberals as a leftist because I know that they are right wing, but they didn’t know they were right wing until they talked to me
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And it doesn’t even take radical Marxist shit to get there either, it’s super boring shit like, “Yeah we should make public transportation free” and suddenly they’re like, “oh my god but what if someone who doesn’t deserve it gets on the bus??”

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“We tax the churches”

*gasp*

“And the billionaires”

“They worked so hard for that money!”

“And we use that money to make sure there’s no homeless people”

“Oh my god she’s insane!” *faints*

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Here I am being radicalized by Star Trek as a child like, “Hm yeah maybe money was a bad idea and we should stop that altogether”
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💯 Means testing, and concern about people getting good things they don't "deserve", is right-wing thinking for sure, no matter how much liberal rhetoric it's wrapped in. It's the Biblical #workethic — "He who will not work shall not eat" — which is a good candidate for the worst idea in the history of the world. It's #ArbeitMachtFrei.
#workethic #arbeitmachtfrei

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The Psychedelic Furriers

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‘Safety norms not followed’: 25 dead, 50 injured in Goa’s Arpora nightclub fire; top developments
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‘Safety norms not followed’: 25 dead, 50 injured in Goa’s Arpora nightclub fire; top developments

A tragic fire at Birch By Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, Goa, has left 23 dead and about 50 injured, with investigations revealing possible safety violations and a cylinder explosion as the catalyst.
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