Mad's

I'm good at failing maths and obsessing over things

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Sirius Black <3

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Does anyone ever think about how ironically tragic it is that Matthias was killed by a boy who could have been himself before he met Nina and the crows? Because I do.

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Marauders' shoes

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You got through the days you worried most about, you got through the weeks you were anxious about, and you got through the months you felt at your worst. Take a moment to be proud of yourself for that, and maybe even reward yourself. I believe in you for going through and doing well in the moments you still have ahead of you.

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Of all the hidden and magical landscapes that I have seen, the one I remember the most is the brightness of your eyes.

Maritje Chamberlain Fine Art.

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Marauders' shoes

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Marauders' hands

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Marauders' eyes

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☆ﾟ.*･Sirius Black aesthetic .*･｡ﾟ

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☆ James Potter aesthetic ☆

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Afternoon in Paris

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Do you ever feel that need to be alone, light and sophisticated, vibrate with your soul and your deep reflection, lighting a delicately scented candle and reading an epic poem while a light melody of strings fills the space around you? because I do.

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As Afghanistan falls, the US does nothing.

I wonder what President Joe Biden thought when he announced a complete American and Coalition withdrawal from Afghanistan. Maybe he’d be seen as a hero, a man who brought our boys home. Trump probably thought the same when he was President and planned to evacuate our troops in May. To be honest, a year or so ago when I heard the news that then-President Trump wanted us gone by May 2021 I was happy. I thought that the internationally-backed Afghan government could hold its own. Turns out, that hasn’t been the case. On Friday the 13th (A bit ominous timing, I know) the Islamist fundamentalist Taliban seized Afghanistan’s second and third largest cities, Kandahar and Herat, in a single day. Hell, just look at the map below.

Afghanistan is falling apart. The government’s troops surrender in droves, in stories reminiscent of the Fall of France in May 1940. The Taliban runs amok, especially in the north of the country, a former stronghold of the old anti-Taliban Northern Alliance. As both Britain and the United States temporarily send more troops to help evacuate diplomats, civilians, and interpreters, American intelligence estimates that the Taliban could advance on the capital of Kabul in a mere 30 days. Already, reports are emerging of Afghans in newly Taliban occupied regions being deprived of their freedoms. Women are being forced to wear the all-covering burqas and are forbidden to leave their house without a male companion. Medieval punishments, like lashing, have returned and Sharia Law has been brutally imposed.

The US and it’s allies should never have left. Hell, we had around 3,500 troops in the country and yet we managed to hold off the Taliban better than the Afghan army ever has. Our losses were minimal as our soldiers were mostly engaged in airstrikes or training the Afghan Army, very safe jobs. But now President Biden has abandoned Afghanistan to its fate. What will he say to the families of American servicemen who died in Afghanistan? Can he really say that the US liberated Afghanistan from it’s terrorist oppressors? No. They are poised to return and subject the Afghan people to a type of medieval horror that they have been largely free from for 20 years. Just look at the rights of women for example. Women could get an education in this new Afghanistan. They could vote. They could paint their nails. They could go outside without a male chaperone, for God’s sake. And that’s not all. Now that will all likely come to an end. Of course, the government could still hold out, but it is unlikely. Afghanistan will probably fall to the Taliban, and with it, any hope of peace, security, or liberty for it’s people. We should never have left.