Gah. I have bonus other forms of feeling-ill-ness now, including a v sore throat, so I just emailed my manager and told him I won’t be in tomorrow/later today. Teaching with a sore throat is the WORST THING and I’m not doing it ( Read more... )

OMG you guys. I'm generally massively lucky on the period front - I've been getting my period for over ten years and they've been painful enough for me to notice probably less than ten times. I've never experienced agony like some of my friends have.

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Oh my god. I just... feel physically sick. I can’t bear it, I can’t bear what war is doing to these people.

On Monday, Der Spiegel magazine published an article: twelve US soldiers are on trial for murdering civilians for sport.

( Beware of following the link. There is an incredibly upsetting photo at the start of the article: )