Borne back ceaselessly into the past...

I love Rafa, tennis and history. I like football and other things. Australian.

[lutzloopcombo]

i would encourage tennis fans concerned with these news about the wta requiring sex testing to read this hrw report (or at least the summary) about sex testing in sport

“They’re Chasing Us Away from Sport”

The 120-page report, “‘“They’re Chasing Us Away from Sport’”: Human Rights Violations in Sex Testing of Elite Women Athletes,” documents the

it talks mostly about the world athletics policies and the athletes interviewed for the report are from athletic events but it is still a good read to be informed about sex testing in sports in general. it points out all of the scientific and moral problems with sex testing and the background section also has a good overview timeline about sex testing in sport (different policies from the ioc, not just world athletics) from 1930 until 2020

[gauffcaraz]

[santners]

Top 5 favourite (current) goalkeepers - 5//5 ∟ Iker Casillas (FC Porto)

[mollybeenoel]

Rest in Peace, Sam Neill (1947-2026) 🕊️

[dandyads]

Eskimo Pie, 1927

[securelyonafairywing]

Eat Ice Cream for Health 🫡

[romelzacarnes]

RIVALS - 2x06

[kingfucko]

i dont care if monday sucks... tuesday cost me sixty bucks... wednesday thursday give no fucks. it's friday im a duck

[allthesepurplelights]

don't call me out like that

[tennis-kittens]

[securelyonafairywing]

I got around to watching the Rafa documentary and it destroyed me 🫠

The flashbacks. The memories of late nights and early mornings to watch his matches. The kits which each trigger a specific memory. The circle of love from his family. The way he couldn't give up until he proved to himself there was no more to give. "In a way retiring is a surrender" from a man who never stopped fighting. His wife telling him "there's another life waiting for you". The cut from the Coupe des Mousquetaires to Rafa Jr as the prize of the rest of his life.

[shamebats]

"it's just stress" oh thank god, it's just the silent killer that slowly kills you, perfectly harmless, no need to worry

[campmiasmas]

HACKS (2021—2026) — S05E10 / S04E01

[andthebubbles]

183A Miller Street, O'Connor ACT 2602

[kazoosandfannypacks]

 Guys, I heard children outside in the backyard of my school, and i’m on the fifth floor, but right above the playground, so I threw a paper airplane with a little message on it to them, and then they got excited so I threw another one, and then I threw another, and then another, and then they started making requests like “tell us a story” and I wrote a little thing about me throwing airplanes out the window or “draw us a picture of yourself” and i drew a picture that didn’t look too great but they thought it was fun and they’d expectantly wait and I’d throw another and they’d be screaming and chasing it and trying to figure out who i am and stuff and after twenty minutes, and, like, forty airplanes i sent one that said “do you wanna see me” and they were excited and started chanting so i threw one that said “countdown” and they counted down from ten and then i actually poked my head out the window because they still hadn’t seen me yet and i had a handful of, like, twenty paper airplanes with me and i threw them all one at a time as they tried to catch them like a giant ticket blaster at chuckie cheese, and the look of pure delight and joy on those kids’ faces was worth all that time and paper.

[kazoosandfannypacks]

This is still my biggest accomplishment and the greatest moment of my life.

[less-ismore]

Joel Sternfeld, Women at their daily gathering beside an ancient Roman wall, Parco dei Gordiani, Rome.

From Campagna Romana: The Countryside of Ancient Rome, 1992.

[fagcrisis]

i hate the word spicy can we bring back calling things erotic

[crumbofmoon]

i fuck with this heavily