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a 19th-20th century author and poet. influenced by romanticism, namely the works of william wordsworth, he wrote many fine works. such works include tess of the d’urbervilles, far from the madding crowd, and several beautiful poems. (see: the darkling thrush)

i leant upon a coppice gate
when frost was spectre-grey,
and winter's dregs made desolate
the weakening eye of day.
the tangled bine-stems scored the sky
like strings of broken lyres,
and all mankind that haunted nigh
had sought their household fires.

the land's sharp features seemed to be
the century's corpse outleant,
his crypt the cloudy canopy,
the wind his death-lament.
the ancient pulse of germ and birth
was shrunken hard and dry,
and every spirit upon earth
seemed fervourless as i.

at once a voice arose among
the bleak twigs overhead
in a full-hearted evensong
of joy illimited;
an aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,
in blast-beruffled plume,
had chosen thus to fling his soul
upon the growing gloom.

so little cause for carolings
of such ecstatic sound
was written on terrestrial things
afar or nigh around,
that i could think there trembled through
his happy good-night air
some blessed hope, whereof he knew
and i was unaware

thomas hardy the darkling thrush

(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.

i can’t tell my hero who they really are to me, because they wouldn’t understand. but my hero has shown me how to love, how to learn, and how to be inspired by someone who doesn’t see themselves as an inspiration. i love them.
a hero should always be someone who inspires you to be the best version of yourself.

i love you.

a phrase compiled of words which typically are not used together to take on a different meaning that cannot usually be deduced from the words individually. examples include raining cats and dogs or having a chip on your shoulder

one of the hottest men in hollywood

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

someone who advocates for women’s rights based on a desire for intersexual equality

feeling intense romantic love toward someone

aka scaffold piercing, two piercings connected by a bar across the top of the ear

feels like you might be forgetting something important. feels like being nervous when there is no reason. can cause you to experience suspicion of any positive feedback. can manifest itself physically in tapping, shaking, butterflies in the stomach.

an interactive online dictionary designed to allow its users to define topics in both factual and creative ways. created in 2020 by a graduate of the university of nevada, reno

coronavirus disease 2019. first case reported in november 2019 in china. a virus which is from the family of coronaviruses known to cause sars and even the common cold. attacks the respiratory system and is particularly dangerous for the elderly and those with compromised immune systems. cause of the current global pandemic which was declared in march 2020 by the world health organization.

global satellite internet service in development by spacex. starlink aims to reach global service levels by 2021. the satellites used for this are compact and lightweight and are launched using the spacex falcon 9 rocket. spacex will utilize thousands of low-orbit satellites to provide starlink coverage, and is working to keep space debris at a minimum by ensuring the satellites will drop from orbit and burn up in earth’s atmosphere at the end of their life. the project is estimated to cost about $10billion usd.