why else does it thunder?

Niamh | A Witch of Lancre | Librarian Definitely not American. Same name @ AO3

[deweydecibelsystem]

Now doesn’t seem the time to be so unpatriotic? America has its problems but it’s not all bad.

Whatever I’ve done to make you think I’m American, it was a mistake.

[unspeakablehorror]

Help Ahmad Get Treatment and Surgery to Repair Serious Complication!

While Saja's husband Ahmad has been recovering from his recent surgery, he experienced a serious complication.

Saja contacted me recently to tell me that Ahmad has been taken to the hospital because of a urinary catheter that caused a wound to his bladder. He didn't notice because he has no feeling in his lower body. He lost a lot of blood and some people donated blood so he could regain consciousness. Now he needs bladder surgery. I have asked Saja for more details about the surgery and will add any I get. Please donate and share to help him out!

Also yesterday (Nov 8, 2025) Ahmad contacted me to ask for help for food and other necessities for his children and to cover the treatment he needs. He has told me that his treatment expenses for his bladder are about $350 per week. He also said he will need surgery for his bladder. Please help Ahmad and his family by donating and reblogging!

Saja is vetted by association. Her brother Jaafar is vetted by gazavetters and is #299 on their list. See this post for screenshot of vetting info.

Saja's fundraiser:

Help Saja and her family survive

My name is Saja, I am 20 years old from Gaza City.I got married at a young age, as is common in many parts of Gaza. I used to dream of a sim

[unspeakablehorror]

Saja needs a new phone to replace her old one, which is broken, and Ahmad needs urgent help with his long-delayed medical treatment.

Additionally, Saja told me that she needs some medication herself due to the toll her situation has taken on her mental health.

No donations since yesterday!

Please donate if you can and share! This family has had a lot of difficulty collecting enough funds for their large expenses!

BLADDER TREATMENT $184/$350 (per week)

MEDICATION FOR SAJA: $0/?

PHONE: $123/$5000?

MEDICAL TREATMENT: $12/$4,000

CURRENT TOTAL: $24,488/$35,000

[deweydecibelsystem]

I’ve got this enormous playlist of female vocalists just sitting here and I keep getting overwhelmed bc I can’t figure out how to BREAK IT DOWN FOR POSTING-

[deweydecibelsystem]

Is "female vocalist with a massive voice doing her big one over a fun drum and bass track" a good category do we think. I think it is but I love it when a female vocalist with a massive voice does her big one over a fun drum and bass track, so ymmv.

[levourdalak]

Thank Me, You Queen, songs for Persephone Even the daughter of gods must know loneliness, must sometimes want nothing more than to be trapped in a hell of forevers. Thank me, you queen. I’ve given you forever. — “Letter from Hades to Persephone”, Clementine von Radics

01. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | Emily Browning Sweet dreams are made of this. Who am I to disagree? 02. Margaret In Captivity | The Decemberists Don’t hold out for rescue, None can hear your call. ‘Til I have wrest and wrecked you Behind these fortress walls. 03. Jack the Ripper | Morrissey I want you. You don’t agree, but you don’t refuse. I know you. And I know a place where no one is likely to pass. 04. I Will Possess Your Heart | Death Cab for Cutie You gotta spend some time, love, You gotta spend some time with me. And I know that you’ll find, love, I will possess your heart. 05. Love You to Death | London After Midnight I’ll wear you down, One day you will be mine. Only I can make your life complete. Just give yourself to me. 06. Snow White Queen | Evanescence You belong to me, My snow white queen. There’s nowhere to run, so let’s just get it over. 07. Possession | Evans Blue Would I spend forever here and not be satisfied? And I would be the one to hold you down, Kiss you so hard, I’ll take your breath away. 08. I Want My Innocence Back | Emilie Autumn I want my innocence back, and if you can’t give it to me, I will cut you down, and I will run you through With the dagger you sharpened on my body and soul Before you slit me in two, and then devoured me whole.

Download | Listen

[deweydecibelsystem]

I’ve got this enormous playlist of female vocalists just sitting here and I keep getting overwhelmed bc I can’t figure out how to BREAK IT DOWN FOR POSTING-

[deweydecibelsystem]

I've decided to send my brother a link to the lanyard that the Dublin Zoo sells and tell him to buy me that for my birthday bc I can't imagine anything more Me.

[s-u-w-i]

Captain Wentworth and Anne Elliot for the persistent Anon who kept asking me for something from Persuasion ⚓

[unspeakablehorror]

Help Ahmad Get Treatment and Surgery to Repair Serious Complication!

While Saja's husband Ahmad has been recovering from his recent surgery, he experienced a serious complication.

Saja contacted me recently to tell me that Ahmad has been taken to the hospital because of a urinary catheter that caused a wound to his bladder. He didn't notice because he has no feeling in his lower body. He lost a lot of blood and some people donated blood so he could regain consciousness. Now he needs bladder surgery. I have asked Saja for more details about the surgery and will add any I get. Please donate and share to help him out!

Also yesterday (Nov 8, 2025) Ahmad contacted me to ask for help for food and other necessities for his children and to cover the treatment he needs. He has told me that his treatment expenses for his bladder are about $350 per week. He also said he will need surgery for his bladder. Please help Ahmad and his family by donating and reblogging!

Saja is vetted by association. Her brother Jaafar is vetted by gazavetters and is #299 on their list. See this post for screenshot of vetting info.

Saja's fundraiser:

Help Saja and her family survive

My name is Saja, I am 20 years old from Gaza City.I got married at a young age, as is common in many parts of Gaza. I used to dream of a sim

[unspeakablehorror]

Saja needs a new phone to replace her old one, which is broken, and Ahmad needs urgent help with his long-delayed medical treatment.

Additionally, Saja told me that she needs some medication herself due to the toll her situation has taken on her mental health.

Please donate if you can and share! This family has had a lot of difficulty collecting enough funds for their large expenses!

BLADDER TREATMENT $184/$350 (per week)

MEDICATION FOR SAJA: $0/?

PHONE: $123/$5000?

MEDICAL TREATMENT: $12/$4,000

CURRENT TOTAL: $24,488/$35,000

[deweydecibelsystem]

Flossing is without doubt one of the most annoying things in the world because your dentist is CORRECT it will fix MOST OF YOUR ORAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE CONCERNS BEFORE THEY BECOME PROBLEMS and if indeed you think you’re doing it enough NO YOU ARE NOT but it’s also such a pain in the hole to actually do

[unspeakablehorror]

Help Maram's Family Get Shelter and Get Surgery for her son Ibrahim!

Maram has told me that her family survived a bombing just a few days ago, but the place they were staying was destroyed and her son Ibrahim was injured in the attack. Now they need a tent and $3000 for Ibrahim's surgery. Please donate if you can and reblog to help them out!

Maram is vetted by by gazavetters, and her campaign is #575 on the list.

Link to Maram's Chuffed:

Help Maram and Her Family Rebuild Their Lives

My name is Maram, a 26-year-old Palestinian woman from Gaza. I’m a mother to three children: Malek (9 years old), Ibrahim (7 years old), and

[unspeakablehorror]

Maram told me early the other day that Ibrahim still needs $220 for his third surgery on Sunday. The surgery cannot be delayed. His foot is in danger of amputation if he can’t get the surgery.

She also told me a few days ago that a wall collapsed on her family tent and they were injured. Wall collapses in Gaza are common due to the extensive and continuing damage done to buildings and infrastructure there. To make matters worse, since many people must often live in close proximity, even a single collapse can affect large numbers of people.

Please continue to donate to help Ibrahim get his essential surgery and to help Maram’s family in these catastrophic times!

No donations since yesterday! Time is running out!

CURRENT TOTAL: $29,113/$30,000

[terrypratchettappreciation]

So I'm reading Maskerade to my kids (they love Pterry) and there's a bit where a swan (just before it dies) sings a line from a made-up opera (called Lohenshaak). The song is called the Pedlar's Song and it's in whatever the Discworld equivalent of German is: Schneide meinen eigenen Hals... So one of my sons, just for funsies, decides to find out what the German actually means.

It means Cut My Own Throat. Because it's the PEDLAR'S SONG.

Terry Pratchett put a CMOT Dibbler reference into a song for a throwaway scene for a swan, in German. And I never knew because I don't speak German.

Did you know?? Anyway, gnu Terry Pratchett and the joy of jokes for their own sake even if only a small fraction of the readers ever notice.

[amuseoffyre]

...the opera name is a pun when said out loud - loanshark. I just this minute realised that and I am groaning.

This is what they mean when a man's name will be remembered - with groaning and waving of fists.

[petermorwood]

Terry's work is full of this stuff, where not knowing doesn't affect the story but knowing adds an extra sparkle.

Take Lord Vetinari *, for instance, whose youthful nickname was "Dog-botherer" - not "God-botherer" because on the Discworld someone like that is a Gods-botherer so nobody on Cori Celesti feels left out - and is absolutely not the equivalent of the Roundworld's Lord Medici, who didn't bother dogs or gods but was a bit of a problem for the Pope.

* Explanation for US readers: animal doctors over here aren't "Veterinarians" but "Veterinary Surgeons", and the V-word is often pronounced Vitin'ry...

Then there are the two rival noble families called the Selachii and the Venturi, which doesn't matter at all unless you know those names translate as the Sharks and the Jets...

L-Space and Discworld Wiki are the places to learn more, lots more, but - like TVTropes - they've got so much cross-referenced information that they're real time-and-tab sinks, so set a timer before you start...

:->

[essayofthoughts]

It is very likely that "Lohenshaak" is a reference to the opera "Lohengrin"

[deweydecibelsystem]

Just saw someone outraged that Helen and Clytemnestra are portrayed as twins in the Nodyssey… if they aren’t twins neither are Castor and Pollux babes??

[eidetictelekinetic]

Mutual pining is great, but you know what's even better? Mutual pining where they're both fully aware the feelings are requited, they just can't do anything about it for other reasons. Or maybe they technically could but they've had to choose not to, because of The Circumstances.

[lockandkeyhyena]

actually we should start headcanoning female characters as being terrible with children

[lockandkeyhyena]

stop mother-ifying fictional literally all female characters. that fictional woman would not know what the fuck to do with a child

[materialistses]

Emma D'Arcy stuns for Defined Magazine, photographed by Rachell Smith

[enchantedbook]

“Couple and Window Open to the Sea” (Couple et fenêtre ouverte sur la mer) George Barbier, 1926

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