Dag Hammarskjöld (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay / Asexual

DOB: 29 July 1905

RIP: 18 September 1961

Ethnicity: White - Swedish

Occupation: Economist, diplomat, Secretary General of the United Nations

Note: The first and only posthumous recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

Champaign County, Illinois; 1980s

Beautiful Keri Russell

This week I had the privilege of visiting the oldest federal library in the country! I got to see some really cool historical documents up close (a chronicle signed by Thomas Jefferson, a pamphlet written by Alexander Hamilton, & George Washington’s personal dictionary) and learn more about the library’s unique, global work. Who says field trips should end after K-12?!

Diplomats.

Of course, it was good business for a diplomat to appear stupid, right up to the moment where he’d stolen your socks, but Lady Margolotta had met some of Ankh-Morpork’s finest and no one could act that well.

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell at the White House Correspondents' Dinner/Red Carpet - April 27 2024 with Netflix’s “The Diplomat” held at the Residence of Ireland on April 27, 2024 in Washington, D.C. pics by Getty Images. Held annually at the Washington Hilton Hotel, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is a much expected and highly important event in Washington. The White House Correspondents’ Association represents the press and journalists who cover the White House and The President.

I have a profound doubt as to whether the adventure is, after all, worth the candle. Not because of the danger - I don't mind that; but I am beginning to wonder what profit I shall get out of it all … There are two ways of profitable travel in Arabia. One is the Arabia Deserta way, to live with the people, and to live like them for months and years … It's clear I can't take that way; the fact of my being a woman bars me from it. And the other is to ride swiftly through the country with your compass in hand, for the map's sake and for nothing else, I might be able to do that over a limited space of time, but I am not sure. Anyway, it's not what I'm doing now … I almost wish that something would happen - something exciting, a raid, or a battle! Yet that's not my job either. What do ineffective archaeologists want with battles! They would only serve to pass the time, and leave as little profit as before … it's a bore being a woman when you're in Arabia.

Gertrude Bell, letter written in 1914, Letters of Gertrude Bell (1929)

Born 155 years ago today on 14 July 1868, Gertrude Bell defied societal norms and shattered barriers as an English writer, traveler, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist. She was also the greatest woman mountaineer of her age. She was also the first woman to earn first class honours in modern history at Oxford.

Bernard Boursicot

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Bisexual

DOB: 12 August 1944 

Ethnicity: White - French

Occupation: Diplomat

Robert Rauschenberg, Diplomat, 1960

I felt the need to design Uthman's Diplomat's uniform in his Diplomat's Kit. It felt right to at least illustrate something he would wear in his official duties as the son of a Duke in the Elemental Plane of Air.I'm also trying to play around with Clip Studio Paint's very VERY annoying tendency to desaturate everything i clean up in it. Its very very annoying to think something is appropriately colorful on my laptop and suddenly on my phone its practically grey. If anyone knows how to fix it i would be glad to have your advice.***DnD Commissions are open, DM for more details

Finally I've found some people to play DnD with! I really missed being a Paladin, even though I play a human one (my favorite would be Aasimar) I just love it so much! 🛡🗡

Paladin is such a complex class to play, has so many layers and possiblilities, he can be a healer, a tank, a warrior, he's usually the party's diplomat and moral compass. I really missed it! 🎲🐲

Aeldari-t’au diplomacy by @Drunkrembrancer on twitter