liibertus: Listen we don’t appreciate Pelna

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liibertus:

Listen we don’t appreciate Pelna Khara enough as it is but you know what we especially don’t appreciate?

That fine ass

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you-had-me-at-hallow:

I have a headcanon that Hermione insists her children attend some primary muggle schooling before Hogwarts, just as she had done. Now, imagine Arthur Weasley attending his grandchild’s science fair, being the ultra proud grandfather….and yet also completely geeking out over absolutely EVERYTHING.

Canon

“That is a volcano, that is a VERY SMALL VOLCANO, how - young lady, how did you make this? Baking soda and food coloring? MARVELOUS!”

the kids would love him.

Never have I ever loved anything more than I love this

All the muggle teachers would think he was being so adorable, “pretending” not to know how potato batteries and mini-volcanoes work, fawning over the hard work the kids did on even the simplest the projects. And he comes every year, because after the kids have aged out (”gone on to some boarding school in Scotland,” the teachers say over bad coffee in the break room, “they didn’t seem the type”), he gets an honorary invitation to the fair every year, because he never stops making the kids feel smart and good. 

“And this airy-o-plane, it flies by means of a… rubber band? Did I hear that correctly? No magic at all? Doesn’t flap its wings like a bird? MARVELOUS! What an ingenious method of flight!” *looks around* “You, sir! With the ribbons! This child deserves one of those prizes!”

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This is so wholesome. 

Arthur Weasley, as the Science Fair attendee we all deserve.
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overachievr:

notes on medusa 
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history aesthetics

THE FLANNAN ISLES LIGHTHOUSE MYSTERY

Flannan Isles Lighthouse is a lighthouse near the highest point on Eilean Mòr, in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. In December 1900 the lighthouse was manned by three men: Thomas Marshall, James Ducat, and Donald MacArthur, with a rotating fourth man spending time on shore. On arrival, the relief keeper and crew found that the flagstaff had no flag, none of the usual provision boxes had been left on the landing stage for re-stocking, and none of the lighthouse keepers were there to welcome them ashore. Attempts to reach them by blowing the ship’s whistle and firing a flare were unsuccessful. The entrance gate to the compound and main door were both closed, the beds unmade, and the clock stopped. A further search revealed that the lamps were cleaned and refilled. A set of oilskins was found, suggesting that one of the keepers had left the lighthouse without them, despite the severity of the weather. The only sign of anything amiss was an overturned chair by the kitchen table. The missing keepers had kept their log until 9 a.m. on 15 December. There was no sign of any of the keepers, anywhere on the island. No bodies were ever found, resulting in speculation in newspapers of the period. Implausible stories ensued, such as that one keeper had murdered the others, then thrown himself into the sea; a sea serpent had carried the men away; they had been abducted by foreign spies; or they had met their fate through the malevolent presence of a boat filled with ghosts. More than ten years later, the events were still being commemorated and elaborated on. X
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Where to Download All the Books That Just Entered the Public Domain

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Where to Download All the Books That Just Entered the Public Domain:
dr-archeville:

Starting at midnight on January 1, tens of thousands of books (as well as movies, songs, and cartoons) entered the public domain, meaning that people can download, share, or repurpose these works for free and without retribution under US copyright law.

Per the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, “corporate” creations (like Mickey Mouse) can be restricted under copyright law for 120 years.  But per an amendment to the act, works published between 1923 and 1977 can enter the public domain 95 years after their creation.  This means that this is the first year since 1998 that a large number of works have entered the public domain.

Basically, 2019 marks the first time a huge quantity of books published in 1923 — including works by Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie, and Robert Frost — have become legally downloadable since digital books became a thing.  It’s a big deal — the Internet Archive had a party in San Francisco to celebrate.  Next year, works from 1924 will enter the public domain, and so-on.

So, how do you actually download these books?

It largely depends on what site you go to, and if you can’t find a book on one site, you can probably find it on another.  For instance, ReadPrint.com, as well as The Literature Network (mostly major authors), and Librivox (audio books), Authorama (all in the public domain), and over a dozen other sites all have vast selections of free ebooks.

There’s also a handful of archiving projects that are doing extensive work to digitize books, journals, music, and other forms of media.  A blog post from Duke University’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain listed some of the most recognizable works published in 1923, as well as links to download these books on digital archiving projects Internet Archive, HathiTrust, and the Gutenberg Project.  The books include:

Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan and the Golden Lion

Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links

Winston S. Churchill, The World Crisis

Robert Frost, New Hampshire

Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet

Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay

D.H. Lawrence, Kangaroo

Bertrand and Dora Russell, The Prospects of Industrial Civilization

Carl Sandburg, Rootabaga Pigeons

Edith Wharton, A Son at the Front

P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves and Leave it to Psmith

Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room

E.E. Cummings, Tulips and Chimneys

In total HathiTrust, a massive digital archiving project, has also uploaded more than 53,000 works published in 1923 that just entered the public domain.  Over 17,650 of them are books written in English.  Similarly, Internet Archive has already uploaded over 15,000 works written in English that year.

Project Gutenberg, which has over 58,000 free downloadable books, has digitized five works that entered the public domain in the new year: The Meredith Mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln, The Golden Boys Rescued by Radio L. P. Wyman, White Lightning Edwin by Herbert Lewis, The Garden of God by H. De Vere Stacpoole, and The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.  I’m going to be perfectly honest: I recognize exactly zero of those books.  But like most if not all digital archives, Project Gutenberg had some books from 1923 available for download before January 1, 2019 (like Jacob’s Room by Virginia Woolf.)

If you’re interested in academic papers, Reddit user nemobis also uploaded over 1.5 million PDF files of works published in academic journals before 1923.  Your best bet for actually finding something you want to read in there is to know which academic paper you’re looking for beforehand and check the paper’s DOI number.  Then, search for the DOI in one of nemobis’s lists of works — one list includes works published until 1909, the other includes works published until 1923.

It’s worth noting that projects like Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg rely on volunteer efforts, so there’s going to be disparities in the number of books available for download depending on where you go.  But over the next several days and weeks, it’s safe to expect many more books will become available legally and for free across the web.
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The three stages of shipping.

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saucefactory:

Stage 1: NOW KISS

Stage 2: NOW FUCK

Stage 3: NOW BREAK EACH OTHER’S HEARTS AND THEN MEND THEM SLOWLY WHILE TOUCHING EACH OTHER WITH REVERENT, TREMBLING HANDS
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"It’s the questions we can’t answer

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“It’s the questions we can’t answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he’ll look for his own answers.”

- Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear
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Excuse me while I die of laughter
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"Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark..

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“Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.”

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Patrick Rothfuss (via quotemadness)

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"It’s like everyone tells a story about themse

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“It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”

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HUFFLEPUFF: “There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” –Patrick Rothfuss (The Wise Man’s Fear)
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"I’ve always liked moonless nights best.

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“I’ve always liked moonless nights best. It’s easier to say things in the dark. It’s easier to be yourself.”

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Patrick Rothfuss (via quotemadness)

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"We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be."

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“We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.”

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Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind (via quoted-books)

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"Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is.

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“Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer. So I began sleeping less to give her the time she needed.”

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Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
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@sparklecryptid Hyperion and Bard?
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