(turkish: ayasofya) a cathedral built in the 6th century in modern-day istanbul, turkey. constructed under the direction of byzantine emperor justinian i, it is considered one of, if not the most significant byzantine monuments. it stands today as a symbol of the religious developments that have taken place throughout the ages in this city. presenting elements of both islam and christianity alike, it started as an orthodox christian temple and was converted to a muslim mosque after the ottoman conquest in 1543. it was converted to a museum and named a unesco world heritage site in 1934, and has since been converted back to a mosque.

massive electronics company founded by steve jobs, steve wozniak, and ronald wayne
in 1976. known for their top-of-the-line products including mac computers and laptops, ipod, iphone, and ipad.

lead singer of popular band panic! at the disco. also known lovingly as beebo. pretty much the most beautiful man alive.

the biggest little city in the world. host to hot august nights, a car show event which attracts international visitors.

netflix’s series that has made impossible to search for “how to sell drugs online” and get some information about it on google

derogatory term for a radical feminist who advocates for women’s rights based on the belief that women hold superiority over men

he is coming to our biggest little city*. he will speak at the reno-tahoe international airport saturday.

i wish i wrote the way i thought
obsessively
incessantly
with maddening hunger
i’d write to the point of suffocation
i’d write myself into nervous breakdowns
manuscripts spiralling out like tentacles into abysmal nothing
and i’d write about you
a lot more
than i should

- benedict smith

too damn cold in northern nevada. where's the snow? no snow, only cold. you tease.

starving settlers in jamestown colony resorted to cannibalism

in 1765, parliament passed the quartering act, requiring the colonies to provide housing for 10,000 british soldiers. a year later, two regiments of redcoats, as british soldiers were sometimes called because of their uniforms, arrived in boston. the people maintained an uneasy peace with the redcoats until march 5, 1770, when an unruly mob taunted some soldiers. the soldiers opened fire, killing three bostonians; two more later died of their wounds. calm followed for the next two years, but the basic conflict had not been resolved.

samuel adams, one of the most radical patriots, began calling the incident the boston massacre. for several years, patriots cited this incident as an example of british brutality.

one of the main subject matters in philosophy. it even has a science: ontology

uk plastic for recycling dumped and burned in turkey - bbc news

i don't know if the lake's water is drinkable or not but i drank it on purpose and it was so pure. is lake tahoe filled with hundreds of preserved bodies?

(see: #849)