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Dawnstar by Marguerite Sauvage
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HOW IS IT THAT JASON TODD. JASON TODD'S DEATHS GET MORE DEPRESSING THE MORE HE DIES. HOW. WHY???WHY MUST YOU HURT ME IN THIS WAY
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It’s time for a different path. The path I was meant for... I already walked. Now, I think I want to go back to where I belong. Home.
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Jayne Mansfield and Mariska Hargitay, 1964
#did you know jayne mansfield is the only reason that semi trucks have that bar behind the back wheels#apparently it was graphic#they are both beautiful tho#i had no idea she was olivia bensons mom but now that I know yeah i see the resemblance#olivia benson#svu#jayne mansfield#queen#mariska hargitay#law and order special victims unit#law and order#history#blonde bombshell
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Talia Al Ghul in DC Bombshells: United Issues 19 and 21
In this comic Kate and Renee adjust to having their son Jason alive again and Talia urges them to think about the outside and world and what Blank Adam is planning
Shortly after this Black Adam finds the lazarus pit and confronts them
#talia al ghul#jason todd#talia & jason#kate kane#talia & kate#renee montoya#talia & renee#batwoman#black adam#talia & teth#dc#comic: bombshells: united#comics
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Chasing Cambodia’s stolen statues
#youtube#i actually feel grateful that i decided not to pursue architectural preservation#i used to interned at NGOs working at Angkor Wat and Koh Ker#i napped on the stone floor and dreamt about walking in the temples when they were still covered in gold and paintings and ceilings#i loved my temples i still do#but my heart breaks everytime i visit bcs of the state their in#it's not just stolen goods that Americans have taken from us#they've taken our temples too#THE UNITED STATES FUCKING BOMBED US DURING THE VIETNAM WAR#THEY FUCKING CARPET BOMBED US#and those bombs didn't just killed my great grandfather and great grand aunts and great grand uncles#those bombs also destroyed temples#esp the smaller ones#there are still bombshells at some temple sites at Sambo Prei Kuk#and did you also know that the US bombing was one of the main reason why the Khmer Rouge regime came into power?#THE FUCKING US WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE GENOCIDE HAPPENED#3 MILLIONS PEOPLE WERE KILLED#i fucking hate lyndon b johnson and that peice of shit fucking richard nixon#i don't say this lightly but i fucking hate them
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Bombshells United (2017) #1
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could you please write something where maybe bombshell!reader hears one of the team members teasing about how she’s torturing spencer and she kinda backs off with the flirting and maybe it’s his turn to hold her hand and call her cute names because even though he always says he doesn’t mind, maybe he does and he just doesn’t want to tell her
tysm for requesting, 1k
Spencer's hair is brown silk in the sun. You bite your tongue to hold in a compliment rearing to come out, saccharine and completely true. Looking sweet, Spence.
You love to compliment him and especially while Hotch is out of earshot. He and Derek play pairs against two agents from a different unit, their tennis racquets a shiny FBI navy. You start to speak and bite it back —a memory flashes, a shouting stop sign.
You'd been teasing Spencer as he left the room, something about his indecisive hair. He's cut it shorter but left his curls without product, and you love it.
Poor guy, Emily'd murmured, lips set against the rim of her coffee cup.
What's the matter with him? you asked, perplexed.
Nothing, just that he spins into a total meltdown every time you guys are within ten feet of each other. He must be exhausted.
She was joking and you know that, but something deep down worries she's right. It's not fair for you to keep winding him up… Especially when Spencer might be going along with you because he isn't sure how to say no.
What if you're forcing yourself on him?
You're sitting together on a small blanket in the grass with Anderson and a few of the other less competitive BAU agents. You bring your bottled iced tea to your forehead to cool down, condensation wetting your hot skin. The top of your head feels as though it has the full concentration of the sun beating against it.
Spencer looks up at your movement. He's been reading a book for pleasure, or so he says, so he isn't going a mile a minute but he's still way faster than the average Joe. "Do you want to go find some shade?" he asks.
"You look comfortable," you say, putting your iced tea aside.
Which is to say, I don't want you to come with me, it would disrupt you. Spencer nods and turns to the brown leather of his familiar satchel, popping the buckle open to dig around inside.
"Do you think this would be okay?" he asks, bringing out his baseball cap.
The fabric is starchy and the brim stiff as you accept it and wedge it over your head. You don't immediately cool, but your heart spins strange loops. "Thank you," you say. Thank you, handsome, gorgeous, baby, all beg to be said.
Spencer stays looking at you for longer than normal.
"Do I have something on my face?" you ask, swatting self consciously at your cheeks.
"Nothing. You look really pretty," he says.
"Thank you." Another loop. You point at his book, fingertip hitting a creamy page with a small thud. "Is this any good?"
"I think you'd really like it, it feels like that last book I borrowed from you, and you loved that. They're very similar. I can lend it to you when I'm done."
"Don't rush it for my sake."
Spencer gives you a private smile. "I won't. Just because you could watch a movie at two times speed doesn't mean you should."
Your returning smile isn't half as nice. No shared lightness, no bright eyes. You're feeling awkward and unhappy —you really like Spencer. Like, you think you could be happy together for a long long time sort of like. He's charming and sweet and no one is ever as kind to him as he deserves, which is why you're trying to be kind now by putting distance between you.
You'll be brash forever. You can't change that, and Spencer doesn't need the stress of dealing with you, not on top of everything else.
His smile fades as yours does. Quiet, without fuss, he scoots back on the picnic blanket, putting you knee to knee. The subtle muscle of his arm presses to yours and his hand wraps gently around your wrist as he dips his head down, his cheek touching briefly to your shoulder.
"I know it's nice, but if the heat is getting to you we should go inside," he says, his fingers sliding across your palm to slot between your own. He squeezes your hand. "Heat stroke isn't obvious at first. Do you feel woozy?"
You stare at your twined fingers. He surprises you again, being this soft with you, and being uncharacteristically forward. Or maybe not uncharacteristic at all; Spencer won't let something like timidity stop him from comforting someone that needs it.
"Spence," you murmur, closing your eyes, face angled down.
"What?"
"I'm sorry if I… If I've been messing you around. But I don't think this is a good idea."
"What's not a good idea?"
You can't make yourself say it. Instead, you rub the back of his hand, more for your own comfort than his, your tongue like a useless lump in your mouth.
"You're sorry? Are you sure you're okay?" Spencer asks, no heed to the people sitting with you as he lets go of your hand to put his arm behind your shoulder like a shield.
"I don't want to torture you," you say.
Your friends love that word. You torture Spencer with your flirting and your easy affection.
Spencer makes a face, eyes squinting and nose wrinkled. "They're just kidding when they say that. Emily, Morgan, they like making fun of me, it's like, sibling bonding or something. They don't say it because there's actually something to feel sorry about." He lowers his voice, bashful but sincere at once, "If you're torturing me, I guess I'm a masochist."
You laugh without thinking, a breathless, girlish sound you'd regret if you had the wherewithal. "You're a masochist?" you ask.
He takes the brim of your borrowed hat and pushes it up to unobstruct the view of your eyes.
"If that's what it takes," he says. A hint of wryness creeps into his otherwise smooth tone.
Despite his brave talk and his steady eye contact, his face has started to blush. A rosy hue kisses the tops of his cheeks and his nose, a dusting of pink splodges stark against his paleness. The curve of his lips seems extra tantalising now. He's very, very pretty.
And he doesn't mind stepping in to take the reins when you're unsure of things.
"We really should sit in the shade for a bit," he says. "Let's get drinks from the gazebo. Yeah?"
You're halfway through a nod when he kisses your cheek too quickly for you to respond. You follow him to the gazebo without any more reluctance, weaselling your hand back into his, and attempt to pull another kiss from him.
#spencer reid#spencer reid x reader#spencer reid x you#spencer reid x y/n#spencer reid x fem!reader#spencer reid imagine#spencer reid fluff#spencer reid fanfic#spencer reid oneshot#spencer reid scenario#spencer reid drabble#spencer reid fic#spencer reid fanfiction#criminal minds fanfiction#criminal minds#criminal minds fic#criminal minds x reader
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Me: oh dc bombshells is all about female superheros stepping up and fighting crime while the men are at war? That sounds awesome!! And the costume designs look bitchin!!!
*supernatural shit happens with an undead army fighting for the nazis. Also batgirl aka barbara gordan is a vampire*
#this is dc comics what did i expect?#idk but i wasnt expecting undead zombie nazis okay!#AND THEY KILLED OFF ONE OF THE BOMBSHELLS LIKE IN THE 2ND VOLUME OUT OF 6#thats like idk 12 issues in?#idk but there like 33 issues total not including dc bombshells United#anyway jokers daughter is here too as a baddie working with the nazi so thats pretty cool. i always liked her
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white Americans dying on the hill of defending the politics of Oppenheimer as a film is so embarrassing to me
They’re all being like “making a movie about something doesn’t glorify it” and no it doesn’t do so inherently but a Christopher Nolan Hollywood biopic starring cillian Murphy fucking the blonde bombshell of the hour on screen kind of does lol
And like yea criticism that it doesn’t include a Japanese perspective might not be the right angle to bring critique but obviously the center of that critique isn’t “they should’ve done random cuts to Japan” it’s “a Hollywood movie starring twenty modern beloved sex symbols which goes to great length to dwell on and explore the hurt feelings, loves, and dreams of the people responsible for one of the United states’ greatest atrocities is in poor taste”
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DC Bombshells by Marguerite Sauvage
#dc bombshells#bombshells united#marguerite sauvage#dc comics#wonder woman#catwoman#batman#harlivy#dawnstar#mary marvel#miriam batzel#kate kane#batwoman#selina digatti#maggie sawyer#shayera hol#dc#mari mccabe#wonder girls#black canary#jessica cruz#green lantern#raven
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Have you heard about mole genders?
I’ve heard of this concept in sci-fi, but thought it was absolutely made up. I know some fish and frogs can change genders, but not in cycles like this. Wild. If I slapped this down in some alien world without explanation, I’d laugh in my own face. But no, real biology IS that bizarre.
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Hello lovely Nature Noticers. It is time for today's thread! Follow me, and we'll delve deep into the subterranean and subversive world of Talpa europaea, the common European mole. We'll begin with a bombshell - there are no female moles.
Genetic researchers have recently discovered that female moles have reproductive organs unlike any other mammal. If measured by the standards of other species, there are no fully female moles. Instead, there are males and individuals that would be considered intersex.
So, lets look at how this works. Female Moles are called Sows. Sows have both ovarian AND testicular tissue They also have vaginas that disappear between breeding seasons!
Most of the year, female moles look and behave like males. They have masculinised genitals, with no external vagina + an enlarged clitoris. When this point in the year arrives, mating season begins. At this point the Sow's testosterone levels drop + they develop a vagina.
As is typical for mammals, Sows are equipped with two X chromosomes and Boars with an X and a Y chromosome. Unlike any other mammals Sows simultaneously develop functional ovarian and testicular tissues united in one organ, the 'ovotestis'. This is unique to Moles.
This testicular tissue does not produce sperm. It does however, produce large amounts of the sex hormone testosterone, meaning that Sows have similar testosterone levels to the Boars -except during mating season.
Scientists have hypothesized that these high levels of testosterone provide an adaptive advantage for the mole's underground life - providing added muscle mass for Sows who need to dig burrows and fight for resources for their offspring.
This is a dynamic process - the ovarian tissue that makes eggs and gets larger during breeding, then regresses. Outside of breeding season the testicular tissue, expands until it’s larger than the ovarian end - flooding the Sow's system with testosterone.
This explains why female moles have male-like genitalia... But it doesn't explain how patch of testicular tissue forms in female moles even though they do not have a Y chromosome. Up until recently the Y chromosome was thought to be fundamental to male sex determination.
In 2020 a team of molecular geneticists studied the female mole's ability to produce testicular tissue without a Y chromosome. They found that changes in the structure of the Mole's genome that lead to altered control of genetic activity.
But what does this mean? In short the female mole shows us that evolution doesn't work in the way that we have assumed since Darwin - their DNA changes within the living organism.
Since Darwin, it has been generally accepted that the different appearances of living organisms are the result of gradual changes in genetic makeup that have been passed onto subsequent generations - but Moles experience changes in the regulatory regions belonging to sex genes.
The researchers found that female moles do not have a Y chromosone but they do have a triple CYP17A1 gene. CYP17A1 is involved in the formation of steroid hormones + the triplication of this gene in the mole creates a dynamic sex regulatory system.
This dynamic process appends additional regulatory sequences to the gene and leads to an increased production of male sex hormones in the ovotestes of female moles, especially more testosterone.
What the intersexual mole shows us is how important the three-dimensional organization of the genome is for evolution. Nature makes use of existing developmental genes and rearranges them to create a characteristic such as intersexuality.
We see in the mole that evolution is not a linear process, arranged around the principle of Euclidian geometry. It is rather a topological process - a structure cast in rubber that is responsive and adaptive to the environment.
The mole also reminds us of the complexity of sexual development. The shifting sexual characteristics of the mole shows how the process of sexual development can, and does result in a wide range of natural variations.
#biology#gender#moles#fun animal facts#intersex#truth is stranger than fiction#yes I’ve read The Left Hand of Darkness#I’ve seen this idea elsewhere too#I had no idea it was based on something so exact#bonkers man#trans#mole genders
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Meghan Markle interview: Meghan’s dad Thomas hits back saying ‘she knows’
Meghan Markle interview: Meghan’s dad Thomas hits back saying ‘she knows’
Meghan Markle’s father has claimed his daughter didn’t “lose him” and that she threw him “under the bus”.
It comes after the Duchess of Sussex revealed Prince Harry told her “I lost my dad” over their royal rift in a bombshell interview.
In the interview, the Meghan, 41, says: “Harry said to me, ‘I lost my dad in this process.’”
But hours after the interview was published, Omid Scobie – the…
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#bombshell interview#Dad#Europe#heart attack#hits#interview#Markle#Meghan#Meghans#multiple times#Northern Europe#royal rift#Sarah Grealish#speech therapy#Thomas#Thomas Markle#United Kingdom
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Talia Al Ghul DC Bombshells: United Issues 21 and 22
In this comic Black Adam takes Renee, Cheetah, Kate and Talia hostage as he prepares to use the lazarus pits third and final restoration ability to bring back his dead wife Isis but is distracted by Jason Todd and a slingshot giving an opening for the other characters a chance to start fighting and stop him
Black Adam is able to get Isis into the lazarus pit however and she is bought back to life but decides to fight agents Black Adam
#talia al ghul#jason todd#talia & jason#kate kane#batwoman#talia & kate#renee montoya#talia & renee#black adam#talia & teth#dc#comic: bombshells: united#comics
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Scum villain crack fic idea:
One or more of the peak lords switch places in time with their younger selves for like a week and basically decides to spend that time gossiping. “It’s so nice to be able to not hear Shen-Shixiong and his husbands causing another scandal” “An Ding is so much warmer without the King of the North in semi-permanent residence” “Have you heard of ‘The resentment of Chunshan?’”
This person just keeps dropping multiple bombshells and is low key revealing in the chaos. The current head disciples and previous peak lords are loosing their shit at the idea that not only is TLJ roaming free, the demon realm is united, HHP is run by a half demon, etc, but also that, at minimum two peak lords are married to demon royalty.
For comedic purposes I propose that this au includes as many peak lords as possible in some sort of human-demon relationship.
Minds are blown with the mention of SQH being both the King of the North’s Consort, but also advisor to the demon emperor.
SQQ the leacher is in a committed gay relationship with two men? With his Disciple?? Who is said Current Demonic Emperor?! And LIU QINGGE?!
Tianlang-jun and YQY’s relationship is like two divorcees who bond over missing their spouses. Do Not Separate that is his emotional support demon/peak lord.
QQQ and SHL become gossip buddies after she marries LMY.
MQF the doctor meets the ultimate snakeboy (anti venom!) who is Also part Heavenly Demon (ultimate cure all!!!!)(on Qiong Ding with his uncle) and decides he’s keeping him. A relationship originating from medical researcher & subject of research becomes an extremely close friendship. They are very done with everyone’s nonsense.
WQW and Six Balls are engaged.
#svsss#shang qinghua#shen qingqiu#moshang#bingqiu#bingliushen#tianyue#luo binghe#mobei jun#tianlang jun#yue qingyuan#mu qingfang#zzl#zhuzhi lang#sha hualing#liu mingyan#mingling
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US journalists really need to stop using the term “bombshell” to describe revelations or testimony so often
especially when it comes to stories about Donald Trump and his cohort
it’s been used so many goddamn times in the last six years that it really dilutes the efficacy of that phrase in the English language, and the personal and political gravity of the metaphor which suggests a jarring, explosive and meaningful event
how many “devastating”, “shocking” “bombshells” do there have to be for anyone at all to face actual consequences? a bombshell revelation to your point of view is often seen as a tired, well-worn lie, propaganda or “fake news” to so many others
my dad was a newspaper reporter and an editor for many years. I know hyperbole makes good copy and it gets a hell of a lot of clicks online
but I feel that constant, repeated use erodes the value of those words and is numbing us to their context
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