• Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez
    Argentina vs France, December 18th 2022 
  • i hope that in 2025 u get to take more walks, read more books, connect with more people whom u love and who love u, achieve ur goals (even if ur goals are having no goals and just living in the moment), exercise fun hobbies, move from a place of self-direction, and weave together a beguiling assortment of beautiful little moments. remember that no feeling lasts forever. love u

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    here's the story. i know expressvpn has been recommended in some 🏴‍☠️ how-to posts but it is not trustworthy. the parent company, kape technologies, not only used to distribute malate but has ties to multiple state surveillance agencies. and be careful where you look for info about good vpns, because kape technologies owns a bunch of "vpn review" sites too

  • In case anyone can’t read the article for whatever reasons, the VPNs acquired are:

    ExpressVPN

    Private Internet Access

    Zenmate

    CyberGhost

    And the VPN review sites they purchased are:

    vpnMentor

    Wizcase

    So if you use any of those, time to look for other options.

  • Studies show that babies are not afraid of snakes

    Scientists launched reptiles into the nursery to assess the reaction of the kids. The result killed: the crumbs perceived the reptiles as toys, and some tried to eat them

  • A snippet from this study:

    Second, young children display evidence that they like snakes and spiders. During free play, 18-to 36-month-olds spent more time with live animals than with novel toys, and they spent as much time peering into the tanks of a snake and a tarantula-often with nose pressed against the glass—as they did for a hamster and a fish (LoBue, Bloom Pickard, Sherman, Axford, & DeLoache, 2013). Children showed no evidence of avoiding the live snake and spider. They demonstrated an avid interest in all of the live animals, including the snake and the spider, interacting with them longer than they did with a set of highly attractive toys.ALT

    I find this interesting, it really counters the unfounded but popular notion that fear of certain animals is evolutionary and intrinsic within our DNA.

  • Full names and details of every man who was convicted of raping Gisèle Pelicot. The list includes 50 men who could be identified, besides Gisèle's husband, ranging in age from 27 to 74. Among them are a firefighter, a journalist, a nurse, a construction worker, and a prison guard. Most have families of their own, and only about half had previous convictions.

  • as some people weren't familiar with this case, here is a summary of it. cw rape

    • Gisèle Pelicot is a 72 year old woman living in Mazan, France. She has 3 children and grandchildren. For a decade, she was systematically drugged and assaulted by her husband Dominique, who invited dozens of men to rape her while he filmed it. This was arranged primarily through a website, and was never reported
    • Gisèle found out after her husband was caught taking upskirt videos of women in a local supermarket. After the police searched the house and her husband's computer, they found the videos. She didn't recognise herself at first
    • Gisèle chose to waive the protection of anonymity that French law guarantees to victims of sexual assault because she believed the case would have a bigger reach with her name and story attached to it. Trial proceedings were made public at her request
    • Gisèle suffered several health issues as a consequence of the drugs and thought at one point she might have brain cancer. She also contracted multiple STDs.
    • Of the 72 men recorded by Gisèleʼs husband, 51 could be identified. One died of cancer awaiting trial; the other 50 were all convicted this week. Multiple other cases came to light during the investigation, including other rapes, hidden cameras, and possession of child pornography
    • This case has had a tremendous impact in France and, to a lesser extent, other European countries. It brought to the forefront conversations about rape culture, “unexpected” victims, “respectable” perpetrators and the culture of silence that surrounds sexual assault, and this case has had a tremendous impact in France. That's why I thought it was worth sharing here, and I encourage you to read up on it if you're not familiar, even if it's difficult to stomach.
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    by victoria villasana

    "The shame must change sides" - Gisèle Pelicot

  • i don't really know the difference between many music genres but that's okay because i listen to music with love in my heart and if i like the song i go yayyy and if i don't like it then i simply understand that the joy in this song is meant for someone else which means it's still good and makes others go yayyy n my opinions on a song doesn't make it or the genre it belongs to bad it just means my heart needs to grow more in order to love more music and that growth will come in time