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[zingaplanet]

Righ, through blood, sweat and tears I'm going to single-handedly revive this old fandom. Get ready my mutuals!

[youguysmakeabsolutelynosense]

WHAT THE FUCKKK WHY DID BOTH THE MARQUEZES GET SNIPED

[nadalffc]

i just miss rafa sosososososo much

[rgrfederer]

rafole tuesday

[rgrfederer]

From “The Stars in Our Eyes: The Famous, the Infamous, and Why We Care Way Too Much About Them” by Julie Klam

[rgrfederer]

i knew it reminded me of something

[oedipalrivalry]

how many of you guys have seen the video where novak djokovic dresses up like shakira and viktor troicki dresses up like nadal and they lipsync to that one shakira song where nadal is in the music video. and then they grope and pretend to make out with each other.

[oedipalrivalry]

[rgrfederer]

stop the match and give the trophy to nadal

[janesurlife]

Sometimes I think about this

[loveisparpall]

[donuts-multifandom-hellhole]

Something that I get chills about is the fact that the oldest story told made by the oldest civilization opens with "In those days, in those distant days, in those ancient nights."

This confirms that there is a civilization older than the Sumerians that we have yet to find

Some people get existential dread from this

Me? I think it's fucking awesome it shows just how much of this world we have yet to discover and that is just fascinating

[sleepymccoy]

@makaeru peer review cos this made me check when the Sumerians happened and I forget how recent history is for every other continent. 7000 - 8000 years ago just isn't that long when you're in Australia, and the amount of detailed history we have access to here is wonderful and should be recognised more internationally

Source (non Aboriginal)

And a quote I picked out from a longer interview with an Aboriginal local elder about the area where he touched on the history

Source (the rest of the interview is really interesting and all transcribed, have a look if you're curious)

[chaotic-archaeologist]

This is part of my Ancient Civilizations class that I teach, which does a whole week about Australia and the Torres Strait Islands because I was sick of never seeing them represented in USAmerican history contexts. With the help of @micewithknives and @acearchaeologist I've learned so many incredible things about Australia's past and it's been incredibly rewarding to share them with students.

[aggressivelybicaptainamerica]

My favorite fact about Aboriginal oral history is the fact that we pretty recently discovered that the Aboriginal myth of the 7 Sisters, an origin story for the Pleiades star cluster, accurately reflects a point TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO when two stars in the constellation got close enough together to no longer be distinguishable by the naked eye.

The story? 6 sisters running from something that took their 7th sister.

[jinkohhh]

as a gilgar gunditj woman, i was not expecting to see my culture on my dash.

thank you for spreading our words and treating our culture with respect.

[megpie71]

Boosting signal.

[justgot1]

Echoes from the ancient human past, wonderful.

[tiebreaks]

13 AUGUST 2016 — Rafael Nadal and Marc López win the gold medal for Spain in the men’s doubles event of the Rio Olympics beating Romania’s Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

[meretricula]

[fuckyeahtennisisadorable]

Q. What did Rafael say to you after the match? ANDY MURRAY: He said, Bad luck. I just said, Good luck for the rest of the tournament. You know, that was it. But, you know, I’ve said it for a few years. I love watching him play. He’s my favorite player to watch. That’s why I enjoy playing him so much. So I hope he wins. Q. Is it annoying to have to wait so long to receive serve? ANDY MURRAY: No, I don’t care. He can take as long as he wants on any point. I love watching the guy play. No, I don’t care. He can take as long as he wants. Q. Coming off court, Rafa said he thought you’d win a slam and win one soon. What does that mean to you when someone you respect so much has got some faith in your ability? ANDY MURRAY: I mean, yeah, it’s nice. Nice obviously to hear. Uhm, doesn’t make losing in one any easier.

[nidssserz]

Feli and Rafa…not impressed. Davis Cup, Seville 2011.

[nidssserz]

Q. You came on court with a suitcase on wheels. Was it for protecting the shoulder? What was it? Is it new?

RAFAEL NADAL: You want the true?

Q. Yeah, please.

RAFAEL NADAL: (Smiling.) Seriously, I forgot my bag at home.

Q. At the hotel?

RAFAEL NADAL: At the hotel, no. I went on court yesterday –Majorca, the Hotel of Majorca, at home (smiling.)

So that’s the bag that I bring all the, you know, computer, Play Station, everything there, all the cables, and I pulled out everything and I put the clothes there.

Another thing that’s true, my pain in the shoulder is really on the top, so when I put something here is bothering me a lot. But that’s not the reason, but that’s the true. I cannot, for example, when I am having the bag on the shoulder, I cannot put one and one and put the racquet back like this, because that’s bothering me a lot.

So anyway, even if I want to have the normal bag like I used today, I will do it. Just to go on court for 50 meters, that not gonna happen, nothing, but, no, that’s the new style.

Do you like, by the way (smiling)?

[torresaul]

my faves are best friends yup yup yup😋

[changeofends]

a summary of daniil's 2024 season