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anyway i wanted a memento of my first pride, you know, and this one vendor was selling keyrings, and i liked it, so i bought one. do you remember those italian charm bracelets that were all the rage like 10-15 years ago? it was a keychain like that, and it had a rainbow rooster, a rainbow cat, and then just a rainbow, and so I bought it.

i run into my mom a couple of vendors over and she goes oh you bought something? what’d you get? so i showed her, and i was like, “I’m not sure why it’s a rooster and a cat. Seems kind of random. But I liked the rainbows.”

and my mom, who was some form of minister’s wife for most of my childhood and teenagerhood, stares at me like she thinks i’m joking.

“What?” i say.

…relic…

Apparently you correctly!

that there was a sequel to

this that was HD

Duke Claude von Riegan

Ordo Mediare soldier sister kit

At the point where the main storytime takes place, Ordo Mediare stands at the height of its power, having already brought peace and stability to the parish.

You might imagine this golden age as a time of armed sisters clad in shining full plate armor. In opposite, however, most armed sisters wear only metal helmets, pauldrons, and padded armor. This was the result of sweeping military reforms carried out after the knight Lady Merle joined the order.

At first, lacking military experience, the sisterhood imitated the Crusaders by adopting full chainmail and heavy metal armor, striving to fight while wearing it. But they soon encountered a major problem: not every armed sister possessed the physical strength to endure such equipment. Only a few could truly manage it. Many sisters became discouraged, believing that God had simply not granted them the strength for battle. It was at this moment that Merle arrived and introduced a complete military reform based on her long battlefield experience.

The most important change was the realistic consideration of the sisters’ average physiques. Merle redesigned their infantry equipment specifically around padded armor and large shields. Expensive full-body metal armor was abandoned, leaving only kettle helmets and pauldrons to guard against overhead strikes. The body itself would instead be protected through disciplined shield formations and coordinated techniques, giving the armed sisters something reminiscent of Roman legionaries.

Merle also deliberately preserved the older traditions of long kirtles and scapulars. Beyond maintaining the disciplined appearance of the convent, these layered garments also offered a degree of practical protection for the legs.

After the reforms lightened their equipment, the armed sisters appeared less heavily armored at first glance. In practice, however, their gear became simpler, cheaper, and capable of mass production—so much so that the sisterhood could manufacture most of it themselves. Their numbers rapidly expanded. Through discipline, teamwork, and relentless training, they repeatedly repelled brigands and armed groups, earning both fear and respect throughout the region.

Pigeon uses Remembrance day poppies to build a nest on top of Anti-bird spikes in 2019. The absolute amount of symbolism going on here is off the charts.

A pigeon. Both in that it's a dove which means peace, but more importantly that pigeons were essential as messengers during WWI. Most famously Cher Ami.

The spikes resembling violence and hostility.

Using Poppy pins made specifically for Remembrance day and all the symbolism of Poppies and WWI itself.

The fact that it stole the poppies from a tomb of an unknown soldier.

The fact it took them to make a nest to lay eggs and raise its babies in.

The fact that it's on the ledge of a church.

The fact that the window it chose to make the nest against is of a wounded soldier.

Royal Caribbean busca desarrollar en Mahahual, Quintana Roo, uno de los complejos turísticos para cruceros más grandes del Caribe llamado “Perfect Day”, un mega parque acuático que promete atraer miles de visitantes internacionales y se espera entre en operaciones hacia 2027. Sin embargo, organizaciones ambientalistas advierten que el desarrollo podría general impactos irreversibles en una de las zonas ecológicas más sensibles del Caribe mexicano. El proyecto, de acuerdo con información de El País y Greenpeace, tendrá una inversión estimada en 1,000 millones de dólares y pretende recibir hasta 21,000 visitantes al día en una localidad donde viven alrededor de 2,600 habitantes Debido su cercanía con el Sistema Arrecifal Mesoamericano, considerado el segundo arrecife de coral más grande del mundo organizaciones como Greenpeace México y Defendiendo el Derecho a un Medio Ambiente Sano (DMAS) sostienen que la construcción podría afectar manglares, dunas costeras, acuíferos y especies marinas de la región.

Necesitamos tu firma

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three per day is a MINIMUM