chappell roan and sabrina carpenter now rule my life
+ Europe low key just had a dramatic election night, and an Israeli operation saved four hostages, but killed at least 274 Palestinians
My babies!!! I realise now that I did not yet deliver on my promise of showing you my new tattoos, so that’s this morning’s treat!!
I went last week with my new bestie (who’s also called Lucy) and she got a little fern, while I got the smug little flower from the cover of Make It Make Sense (left) and the CUTEST LITTLE CAT YOU’VE SEEN IN YOUR LIFE (right).
What I love is that all these little dudes are from the same universe (they all have those lil smug closed eyes!!!!)
Anyway, if you like my lil Make It Make Sense tat, maybe you could get one too once you’ve read the book?? Just an idea….
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So Europe had an election
And when I say Europe, I mean the European Parliament, meaning that about 373 million European voters from 27 countries voted across the past four days, and a few things happened:
Centre-right parties came out top in Germany, Greece, Poland and Spain, and made big advances in Hungary
Projected results:
If you want to read about the results from someone much smarter than me (I would suggest doing this), here you go!!!
An Israeli operation saved four hostages. It killed at least 274 Palestinians
A few days ago, Israel carried out an operation to free four captives held by Hamas, whilst killing more than 270 Palestinians and injuring around 700 others in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp.
The death toll of Palestinians was incredibly high because the Israeli forces opted for a daytime raid, meaning the streets were teeming with people shopping at a nearby market.
One local Palestinian man named Abu Abdallah said: “Dogs were eating people’s remains, we pulled out six martyrs, all torn up children and women, we risked our lives to get them to the hospital. The soldiers told us to go back but we had to continue.”
So fucking inhumane. More information here (read with care.)
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Chappell Roan turned down the White House’s invitation to perform for Pride
Hate to be that bitch, but I’ve been loving Chappell Roan since she released Pink Pony Club!!! Lucky for you all I’m not a gatekeeper and am OBSESSED that she’s getting her roses now.
It seems that the White House are in their Chappell era too, because at the Governers Ball, she announced that they’d invited her to perform for Pride, to which she said:
“We want liberty freedom and justice for all. When you do that, that’s when I’ll come.”
That’s my president right there.
I can’t get Sabrina Carpenter out of my head
Ok so obviously just like every other fucking person on the planet I’ve had ‘Espresso’ in my head for at least a week straight, but Please Please Please is also KILLING ME. And I know you’ve all probs seen it already but THE MUSIC VIDEO WITH BARRY KEOGHAN???? Just felt like something I had to address in here.
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So you cooked tea last night and we ate it at 5:30 and that’s not even an option WTF
Dinner is either at 5pm or if I'm at work like 7pm whenever they've assigned my break lol