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Aurélie - Frenchie, 24. Accidentally (yet unrepentantly) a Formula 1 blog. Expect a healthy dose of Rolipe, Launt and French Stew, and general flailing about racing drivers. Also I want to boop Felipe's nose.

[sebchalesbian]

After only seeing a few clips of their relationship I genuinely think there's a world where Felipe Massa and Rob Smedley are happily married. Like those two were in LOVE love.

[sebchalesbian]

LIKE WHAT THE HELL IS THIS.....

[gentianjune]

[nadayoghurt]

Okay so, I know you probably aren’t active on this site anymore and that you won’t see this, but I just read the ‘Nada yoghurt’ story and I have to say that I absolutely loved it. It brought me back to the time when I first found out about Niki Lauda, and Rush and everything and that man is absolutely iconic. Xx

Hey anon!! I'm still around actually, just mostly lurking in the shadows these days :D I loved hearing from you! The Nada Yoghurt story is still my fave to this day, I re-read it every time anyone leaves a note on it and it cracks me up all over again every time. Love this sarky little man and his strong yoghurt opinions! 😂

[pappadu]

the reason today’s f1 doesn’t do it for me is 100% due to the lack of homoerotic tenderness between a driver and their race engineer. i am distraught and disgusted

[pappadu]

they don’t built em like that anymore………………….

[nadayoghurt]

Today I turned on an old phone and found the app I used to write fic on - and promptly spent the day rereading Launt/Rolipe fic I'd forgotten I'd even written and laughing at my own jokes

Shoutout @ my rolipe gang of 2015 @pappadu @thepagemistress @suchasinistergame, I miss our fun!

[pappadu]

remember when in like 2015 we went to the f1 belgian gp and at the open pit lane where we got signatures from the drivers i got so overwhelmed by seeing felipe massa that i just screamed “i love you felipe” at an somewhat embarrassing volume and when we later met up again with catherine who was at a completely different pit she was like “yo, someone was screaming i love you felipe really loudly, relatable” and i was like HMMm

[thepagemistress]

Good times.

[nadayoghurt]

I have not posted on this hellsite in like 2 years but I just need to a acknowledge this omg, good times indeed and also I miss y'all

[ellie-mayflower]

Rob: “It feels strangely emotional. I didn’t really think it would feel like this–”

Karun: “You’re a hard-nosed East Northerner! What’s going on?”

Rob: “Yeah, I know, yeah. Something like that. But he’s just, you know, he’s… he’s part of the family really. I’ve said it many times, he’s like a little brother to me. We’ll see each other all the time but just, just not seeing him at work as much it’s just… yeah, it’s a little bit sad.” 

[eleclya]

I only just noticed Rob nearly elbow poor Frankie in the face he’s so keen to get his cuddles

[starsandnines]

Felipe Massa & Rob Smedley 

[sixth-light]

If you don't measure driving distances in kilometers, what unit do you use?

1) to be clear, on road signs and such, we use kilometres. they’re the official measurement of unit. BUT…

2) TL;DR explanation: if you’re in New Zealand and you ask someone how far away somewhere is, they will tell you in time, not kilometres (let alone miles), unless you ask for that specifically. They may very well not know the actual distance.

Longer explanation: we’re a mountainous, long, narrow country separated into two main islands with a small population, so we don’t really have American/European-style highways/autobahns/M-roads/etc; we have….like, at best American state highways or British A-roads. Because of the terrain and varied road size (you can go fifty kilometres in some places without a safe place to pass), a hundred kilometres over the Desert Road between Waiouru and Taupō does not equal a hundred kilometres from Wellington to Masterton over the Rimutaka Hill Road does not equal a hundred kilometres from Kaiapoi to Ashburton over the Canterbury Plains. If you Google Maps these journeys Google will tell you they all take roughly the same time. Google is lying to you. Rental car places in NZ specifically warn tourists not to pay attention to Google’s journey estimates. 

So we basically always discuss distance in hours. It’s two hours’ drive to somewhere, this road re-opening has cut an hour off the journey, Australia is three hours’ flight away. I regularly drive from Taupō to Wellington and it’s…more than 300 kilometres and I think less than 400…but I’d describe it if asked as a five-hour drive; those are the units that matter to me. 

This also applies to walking. A walk is a two-hour walk or a two-day tramp, not X kilometres, because pretty much anywhere you’re likely to be taking a scenic walk, hills will make distance meaningless. Official signs in national parks and so on quite often only give lengths for routes, rather than distances. They tend to be on the conservative side because they’re estimated for families with small kids and unprepared tourists, but they’re still more useful than a distance would be.

As for flights - well, literally ~everywhere else on the planet~ is several thousand kilometres away, so really what’s the point knowing the distance; it’s a Long Way, and a three/nine/twelve/twenty-four hour plane flight.

[sarahseeandersen]

[mistressemmedi]

Great message by Sergio and the people behind the Mexican GP

[digitaldiscipline]

you know what to do.

[oilchangeus-blog]

USDA Scientists Have Been Put On Lockdown Under Trump

"Starting immediately and until further notice" the department's main research division "will not release any public-facing documents," according to an internal memo.

The US Department of Agriculture has banned scientists and other employees in its main research division from publicly sharing everything from the summaries of scientific papers to USDA-branded tweets as it starts to adjust to life under the Trump administration, BuzzFeed News has learned.

[lookingspiffy]

#FM19FarewellTour

[turing-tested]

horse face emoji review

:2

a simple boy. recent invention, but he’s flexible at expressing emotion. he can be angry: >:2 or he can be sad: :’2 over all, a good horse boy and i love him.  9/10 for ability to convey emotions

round boy!!! a lot like apples other emojis, he has Depth, but unfortunately i cant tell if he considers me an ally. 6/10 for his air of mystery

a gentle boy. he wants to graze and maybe nuzzle at a sugarcube or two. very approachable 10/10 for his clearly conditioned mane

this is a fucking chess piece 3/10 because he moves like he’s destined to be the L block in tetris

woah there! this dudes makin eye contact AND smiling. he has a lil heart for the top of his mane. this dude clearly has the chompers needed for eating some primo hay 5/10 because he looks like a cow at first glance

this is how you do a horse looking at you straight on. he looks inquisitive, as if asking you if you have any apples, by chance. you could probably befriend him with some time. shows samsung horse how its done but in a polite and constructive way 7/10 because he looks like you just hurt his feelings and hes trying not to cry

WHAT A REALISTIC BOY!!!! he looks slightly intimidating. a show horse with lots of hard won ribbons 7/10 because he looks like he’s judging me

this is definitely what they used to fake that lochness picture 3/10 because he impersonated a cryptid at some point in his life  

simple boy. he has a shorter haircut than the others but thats okay. if you left him alone he’d probably get spooked by a cat and knock over some hay bales. 8/10 

LITTLE TUFT…..this boy has a question for you but wont press you to answer if you’re uncomfortable 7/10, he looks very trusting, i worry for him

watch out! this boy has gotten a hold of some hair dye and is determined to break from the mold! his locks are gorgeous and blonde.  10/10 woul;d feed a sugar cube in exchange for braiding his mane

this is a fucking cow 1/10

[jeanqrey]

[planetesastraea]

Coucou les français de tumblr ! J’ai besoin de votre aide. Voilà mon grand frère, ma belle-soeur, et leurs fils : 

Cliquez ici pour lire l’article en entier. 

tl;dr: mes neveux, Henry et Liam, ne pourront pas passer Noel avec nous : la France, qui a validé leur adoption, refuse de délivrer leur visa et celui de 52 autres enfants indéfiniment. 

>> Comment nous aider ? Vous pouvez signez la pétition et reblogger ce post. La pétition est aussi sur Twitter et sur Facebook. << 

J’ai déjà vu tumblr faire des trucs extraordinaires, c’est pour ça que je fais appel à vous <3 Nous avons besoin du max de visibilité possible. Je reste dispo pour toutes vos questions. 

Merci d’avance pour votre aide. La moindre signature et le moindre partage auront énormément de valeur pour nous. 

Pour en savoir plus (je mettrai les liens à jour au fur et à mesure) :

La page facebook de RDC Adoption

Des articles de presse : Le Monde - Le Point - LCI - BFMTV - RFI - Le Parisien - France Inter - La Provence

Un reportage court de FranceTV Infos

Le 19h45 de M6 (à partir de 13min 16s) 

La page facebook d’une des familles concernée : “Sauvons Christian”

To my non-French speaking followers: my brother and sister-in-law legally adopted their two sons last May but France refuses to deliver long stay visas to my nephews and 52 other children from Congo. My nephews can’t come home. Please sign the petition and share <3 Find this on Twitter and Facebook too.