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2024.05.18 13:36 bestiptv22 Watch FURY VS USYK fight

The highly anticipated Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk fight is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The main card is set to begin at 6:00 PM BST, with the ringwalks for the main event currently slated for approximately 11:00 PM12. This historic bout marks the first undisputed heavyweight title fight since 1999, and it’s the first time all four major world titles have been on the line in the four-belt era.
Here’s a glimpse of the undercard for the event:
Jai Opetaia vs. Mairis Briedis for the IBF cruiserweight title Joe Cordina vs. Anthony Cacace for the IBF super-featherweight titles Mark Chamberlain vs. Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab in the lightweight division Sergey Kovalev vs. Robin Sirwan Safar in the cruiserweight category Isaac Lowe vs. Hasibullah Ahmadi in the featherweight division David Nyika vs. Michael Seitz in the cruiserweight class Moses Itauma vs. Ilja Mezencev in the heavyweight category Agit Kabayel vs. Frank Sanchez in another heavyweight clash For the first time in the modern era, all four heavyweight belts will be on the line: WBO, WBA, IBF, and WBC. The Ring magazine heavyweight title is also up for grabs, and Oleksandr Usyk currently holds that prestigious title. Both fighters, Fury and Usyk, are undefeated, with Fury having 34 wins and Usyk boasting 21 wins. Fury has held every world title in the heavyweight division, while Usyk was an undisputed champion at cruiserweight and an Olympic, European, and world champion at the amateur level. Their records are evenly matched, but Fury’s height advantage (6ft 9in compared to Usyk’s 6ft 3in) and reach give him an edge in this epic showdown. You can watch the fight with the best iptv subscription here: https://primeiptvshop.com
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2024.05.18 12:49 V-by-V My collection of dinosaur/paleo books. Feel free to ask if you have questions about any of them/want to see pictures from the inside

My collection of dinosaupaleo books. Feel free to ask if you have questions about any of them/want to see pictures from the inside
Pterosaurs
• The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs, G. S. Paul, 2023; english; 176 pages; images in color and b/w on almost every page (skeletal diagrams, reconstructions, sceneries, etc); high school+¹
• Pterosaurs, M. Witton, 2013; English; 263 pages; images in color on almost every page (skeletal diagrams, photographs reconstructions, sceneries, etc); high school+
Marine Reptiles
• Ancient sea reptiles, D. Naish, 2022; English; 185 pages; images in color on almost every page (skeletal diagrams, photographs reconstructions, sceneries, etc); high school+¹
Dinosaurs (children books)
• Dinosaurier!, 1993; german²; collection of magazines; elementary-middle school
• Mein großes Pop-Up-Buch der Dinosaurier, P. Watson, 2002; german; colorful pop up structures on every page/about 1-2 sentences description per page; 10 pop up sculpture/20 pages; pre-school
• Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? - Alles über Dinosaurier, P. Mennen, 2000; german; colorful pictures on all pages, some parts of pages can be folded open to reveal additional images; 16 pages; pre-school-elementary school
• Kinderwissen - Dinosaurier, B. Oftring, year unknown; german; colorful pictures on all pages; 125 pages; pre-school-elementary school
• Bei den Dinosauriern, O. Maier, 2000/1993; german²; colorful pictures on all pages; 47 pages; elementary school-middle school
• Sehen, Staunen, Wissen - Dinosaurier, S. Mitchell, S. Unstead, S. McKeever, 1989/2002; german²; colorful pictures and photographs on all pages; 63 pages; middle school
• Die Spuren der Dinosaurier, N. Harris, S. Naoura, 2002; german²; colorful pictures (sceneries) on every page; 29 pages; pre-school-elementary school
• Europasaurus, O. Wings, J. Knüppe, 2020; all text in german and English; graphic novel/colorful scenries on all pages; 181 pages; elementary school+
• Das Kosmos-Buch der Dinosaurier, K. P. Creamer, J.-C. Rost, 1992, german; colorful and b/w pictures on all pages; 92 pages; elementary school-middle school
• Das große Buch der Saurier, P. Klepsch, T. Thiemeyer, 1989, german; colorful pictures on all pages; 60 pages; elementary school-middle school
• Was ist was - Dinosaurier; J. Oppermann, 1999; german; colorful pictures on all pages; 47 pages; elementary school-middle school
• Der große Ravensburger Atlas der Dinosaurier; S. Davidson, S. Turnbull, R. Firth, W. Hensel, 2004; german²; colorful pictures on all pages, maps showing fossil locations; 113 pages + 22 pages of data sheets; elementary school-middle school
• 1000 Dinosaurier, H. Werner, year unknown, german, colorful pictures on all pages; 327 pages; elementary school-middle school
• Der Dinosaurier im Fels, S. Vry, C. Lieb, 2023, german, colorful pictures on all pages; 105 pages; elementary school+
Dinosaurs (adult-ish)
• Dinosaur Facts and Figures - The Theropods, R. Molina-Pérez, A. Barramundi, 2019, english; colorful pictures on the majority of pages (reconstructions, bones, etc), tables, data sheets; 285 pages; middle school+
• The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs (2nd edition); G. S. Paul, 2016, english, images in color and b/w on almost every page (skeletal diagrams, reconstructions, sceneries, etc); 349 pages, high school+¹
• Dinosaurs - The most complete, up-to-date encyclopedia for Dinosaur lovers of all ages, T. R. Holtz, L. V. Rey, 2007, english; colorful pictures on all pages; 366 pages + 47 pages of dinosaur genus lists; middle school+
• Dinosaurs - The grand tour (2nd edition), K. Pim, F. Pastor, J. Horner, 2019, english; images on most pages (silhouettes, b/w reconstructions colorful sceneries), 356 pages, middle school+
• Aufstieg und der Fall der Dinosaurier (the rise and fall of thr dinosaurs), S. Brusatte, 2020, german², b/w photos and reconstructions on some pages, 361 pages, adults
• Ausgestorben um zu bleiben, B. Kegel, 2018, german, b/w images on some pages, 257 pages, adults
Earth's History (children)
• Wundervolle Welt der Dinosaurier und der Urzeit, A. Chinsamy-Turan, 2021/2022, german², photograph of fossil+ colorful reconstruction on every double-page, 223 pages, elementary- middle school (+)
• Alles über die Urzeit, R. M. Wood, 2002/1995, german², colorful pictures on all pages; 45 pages; elementary school
• Leben in der Urzeit- Von den Dinosauriern bis zu den ersten Menschen, D. Editore, 1999, german; colorful pictures on all pages; 52 pages; elementary school
• Was ist Was - Dinosaurie Der Urmensch, D. Gleis, 1982, german, colorful pictures on all pages; 92 pages; elementary school-middle school
Earth's History (adult-ish)
• Eine (sehr) kurze Geschichte des lebens (A (very) short history of life on eartg), H. Gee, 2021, german², some diagrams about geologic time scales, 246 pages, adults
• Urwelten (otherlands), T. Halliday, 2022, german², a b/w map and reconstruction at the beginning of each chapter, 395 pages, adults
• Locked in time, D. R. Lomax, B. Nicholls, 2021, english; 50 scenery reconstructions (one per chapter) and additional photos/diagrams, all in b/w; 286 pages³, high school +
Prehistoric Mammals
• The rise and reign of the mammals, S. Brusatte, 2023, german², b/w photos and reconstructions on some pages, 528 pages³, adults
• The Prince field guide to prehistoric mammals, D. R. Prothero, M. P. Williams, 2017, english; colorful images/photos on almost every page (fossils, reconstructions, sceneries, etc); 230 pages, high school+¹
• Beasts before us, E. Panciroli, 2021, english; b/w sceneries at the beginning of each chapter, some additional diagrams, 8 center pages with colorful photographies; 298 pages; high school+/adults?¹
Cats
• The big cats and their fossil relatives, A. Turner, M. Antón, 1997, english; b/w reconstructions, skeletal drawings and diagrams on almost every page, 16 center pages with colorful scenery reconstructions; 220 pages; high school+/adults?¹
Evolution of flight
• Der Flug des Archaeopteryx, L. Bollen, 2008, german, colorful phots, reconstructions and diagrams on almost all pages; 259 pages; high school+/adults
Extinction
• Das 6. Sterben (The sixth extinction, 3rd edition), E. Kolbert, 2016/2021, german², b/w photos and illustrations on some pages, 271 pages, adults
Speculative evolution
• After man- a zoology of the future, D. Dixon, 1981, english, colorful illustrations on every page in the style of a nature guide, 119 pages, middle school+
• All yesterdays, J. Conway, C.M. Kosemen, D. Naish, 2012, english, colorful illustrations on all pages, some skeletal diagrams, 97 pages, middle school+¹
1: haven't read it completely 2: English version also available 3: page count from amazon (a friend of mine has those books right no), all other page counts exclude the appendix/references/etc
Age range is a very rough guess because a) I don't have kids, b) it's been a while since I was a child, c) we have a different school system (I used it roughly as pre school= under 6; elementary = 6-10, middle school = 12 ish, high school = 16ish, adult 18+)
Sorry that so many of them are in german
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2024.05.18 07:36 Juliusdasquid Wheel swap tutorials before the internet was accessible

Wheel swap tutorials before the internet was accessible
Found in a copy of a Super Street magazine from 1999, scanned by NMY2K on Instagram
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2024.05.18 01:43 Leather_Focus_6535 The currently 105 inmates executed by Florida since the 1970s and their crimes (warning, graphic content, please read at your own risk) [part 2, cases 53-105]

This is the second half of my list for Florida's execution roster. As stated in the first part, I split it into two halves in order to follow reddit's character count limitations. Link to part 1.
The currently 105 executed offenders, cases 53 to 105:
53. Aileen Wuornos (~1974-2002, lethal injection): Wuornos murdered 7 men between the ages of 47-65. She was a street prostitute that enticed her victims with promises of sexual favors. After a victim was entrapped, Wuornos shot them dead, and robbed them of their money and their vehicles. Although Wuornos initially claimed that she killed the victims in self defense, she later admitted that they were murdered for their valuables. Her criminal history was extensive, and she had several convictions for armed robbery, assault, DUIs, reckless discharge of firearms, and disorderly conduct. She was also accused of domestic violence by an ex husband, and he placed a restraining order on her within weeks of their marriage.
54. Linroy Bottoson (~1971-2002, lethal injection): In a robbery of a post office, Bottoson stole $14,000 in money orders and $100 in cash, and abducted the post mistress, 74 year old Catherine Alexander. After holding her captive for 3 days, Bottoson stabbed Alexander 16 times, and ran her over with his car. He had several robberies on his criminal record.
55. Amos King Jr. (~1972-2002, lethal injection): After he escaped from a minimum security prison, King broke into the home of 68 year old Natalie Brady and assaulted her. She was raped, stabbed, and savagely beaten in the attack. King then set her house on fire, and returned back to the prison. At his arrival, the prison counselor confronted him about his absence and bloodied clothing. He was stabbed 25 times by King, but managed to survive his injuries. Despite her injuries, Brady managed to crawl out of her burning home, but succumbed to blood loss shortly before help could arrive. King had a previous conviction for robbery.
56. Newton Slawson (1989-2003, lethal injection): Slawson went over to the home of the Wood family (consisting of parents, 23 year old Gerald and 21 year old Peggy, and their children, 4 year old Jennifer and 3 year old Glendon) to buy some cocaine. During an argument over the transaction, Slawson shot and killed Gerald, Jennifer, and Glendon, and wounded Peggy. Slawson then stabbed Peggy (who was 8 months pregnant) with such force that he tore her unborn child out of her womb.
57. Paul Hill (1994-2003, lethal injection): During an attack on an abortion clinic, Hill shot and killed John Britton, a 69 year old abortionist, and his bodyguard, 74 year old James Barrett. Britton’s wife, 68 year old June, was also wounded in the shooting. Hill was a hardline pro life activist and Christian fundamentalist, and saw ending abortion by any means necessary as his personal divine mission.
58. Johnny Robinson (~1980s-2004, lethal injection): Robinson and his teenage accomplice picked up 31 year old Beverly St. George when they found her broken down on the side of the road. They then raped St. George and shot her to death. He tried to claim that they had consensual relations and St. George was hit by an accidental discharge during intercourse. If Robinson's "recollection" was to be believed, he then shot her again to cover up an "accidental" shooting of a white woman. The courts weren't convinced by the defense, and the accomplice admitted that the murder was entirely deliberate and calculated from the beginning. Robinson had several rape convictions and accusations before St. George's murder.
59. John Blackwelder (~1970s-2004, lethal injection): While incarcerated for molesting a 10 year old boy, Blackwelder tied up his cellmate, 39 year old Raymond Wigley, under the alleged pretenses of a bondage session and strangled him to death with makeshift rope. According to Blackwelder, Wigley had been sexually harassing him, and he wanted to put a permeant end to the unwanted advances. Blackwelder had several sexual assault convictions dating back to the 1970s, and was also previously convicted for threatening former vice president Dan Quayle. His victim was the accomplice of another executed offender, John Marek, and was serving a life sentence for assisting him in the torture murder of a woman [for more details on Marek and Wigley's crimes, please see section 68] at the time of his own death.
60. Glen Ocha (1999-2005, lethal injection): Ocha picked up 28 year old Carol Skjerva from a bar and they had sex in his home. However, Skjerva allegedly made mocking remarks towards his genitals and threatened to tell her fiance of their encounter. In a drunken rage and under the influence of ecstasy, Ocha hung her with rope from his kitchen door.
61. Clarence Hill (1982-2006, lethal injection): During an attempted bank robbery with an accomplice, Hill engaged in a shootout with the responding policemen. One of the officers, 26 year old Stephen Taylor, was killed and another was wounded.
62. Arthur Rutherford (1985-2006, lethal injection): Rutherford was hired by a widow, 63 year old Stella Salamon, to do odd jobs around her home. He then drowned Salamon in her bathtub and tried to cash in a check of $2,000 from her account. Salamon's nude body was found with a broken arm, bruising all across her face, and three head wounds.
63. Danny Rolling (~1960s-2006, lethal injection): Rolling murdered a total of 8 people between the ages of 8-55. In 1989, Rolling stabbed 55 year old William Grissom, William’s 24 year old daughter Julie, and his 8 year old grandson Sean to death in their home. Julie’s body was ritualistically mutilated and posed during the attack. A year later, he shot his estranged father, 59 year old James. Although James survived, he was left permanently blind. Rolling then burglarized several student dorms in a week long rampage. Five students, 23 year old Tracy Paules, 23 year old Manuel Taboda, 18 year old Sonja Larson, 17 year old Christa Hoyt, and 17 year old Christina Powell, were bound, raped, and stabbed to death. Only Taboada was spared from any sexual abuse. As with Julia Grissom, Rolling posed the female victims into provocative positions and mutilated their bodies. Roiling decapitated Hoyt and placed her head on a cabinet shelf for the sole purpose of shocking witnesses stumbling across the scene. He had a long history of robberies, assaults, and voyeurism, and some of his earliest convictions occurred when he was a teenager.
64. Ángel Díaz (~1960s-2006, lethal injection): In his native Puerto Rico, Díaz stabbed an unidentified man, who was a director of a local drug rehabilitation center, 19 times while the victim was asleep. Díaz was sentenced for second degree murder, but he escaped after beating a guard near death, and fled to Florida. During his stay in Florida, Díaz and his accomplices robbed a strip club at gunpoint, and shot and killed the manager, 49 year old Joseph Nagy. After Nagy’s murder, he and his accomplices relocated themselves to Connecticut. However, they were arrested for a possession of illegal firearms charge. Díaz and 3 other inmates briefly managed to escape by beating up a guard and threatening another at knifepoint, but were quickly recaptured. After a cellmate testified that Díaz confessed to Nagy’s murder, he was deported back to Florida and sentenced to death. His execution sparked controversy, as it took him 34 minutes to succumb to the lethal drugs. Díaz’s other criminal convictions include shooting and injuring an officer during an armed robbery and several drug possession charges. Authorities also suspected him of being involved with several Puerto Rican nationalist insurgent groups.
65. Mark Schwab (1987-2008, lethal injection): Schwab lured 11 year old Junny Rios-Martinez into a motel room by posing as a photographer for a surfing magazine. He bound Rios-Martinez, anally penetrated him, and smothered the boy to death with a pillow. Schwab also had a conviction for the sexual battery of a 13 year old boy, and he was released after serving 3 out of an 8 year prison sentence months before Rios-Martinez's murder.
66. Richard Henyard (1993-2008, lethal injection): Henyard and his teenage accomplice carjacked 35 year old Dorothy Lewis, and her two daughters, 7 year old Jamilya and 3 year old Jasmine. The pair raped Dorothy, and shot and killed both of her daughters. Dorothy was also shot in the head, but was able to survive. Dorothy recounted that she tried praying for her and her children's safety, and Henyard taunted her by mockingly claiming to be Satan himself.
67. Wayne Tompkins (~1980s-2008, lethal injection): While helping his girlfriend move from their home, Tompkins made sexual advances on her 15 year old daughter, Lisa DeCarr. When she rejected him, Tompkins raped and strangeld her to death with a bathrobe, and tried to report DeCarr as a runaway. Tompkins also had several sexual assault convictions and accusations prior to the murder. One incident involved him abducting and abusing a gas station clerk.
68. John Marek (~1980s-2008, lethal injection): Marek and his accomplice, Raymond Wigley, picked up 47 year old Adela Simmons. They forced Simmons to perform oral sex on them, burned her fingers and pubic hairs, and strangled her to death with a bandana. The pair then dumped her body near a beach. Marek was sentenced to death for Simmons' murder, while Wigley was given a life sentence. While in prison, Wigley himself was strangled to death by the above mentioned John Blackwelder.
69. Martin Grossman (1984-2010, lethal injection): Grossman was given probation after a spree involving the burglary of an ex girlfriend's home and stealing cars. While out shooting a stolen handgun with a friend, they were confronted by Margaret Park, a 26 year old wildlife ranger. Wanting to avoid being arrested and put back into prison for violating his parole, Grossman and his friend attacked Park with a flashlight. They wrestled her service pistol away from her and shot and killed Park with it. Due to Grossman being Jewish, his death sentence outraged several Jewish organizations across the globe, and they petitioned ceaselessly for his clemency.
70. Manuel Valle (1978-2011, lethal injection): While driving a stolen car, Valle was pulled over by Louis Pena, a 41 year old police officer, for a traffic violation. In the confrontation, Valle shot Pena and his partner. Although Pena was killed in the shooting, his partner's life was saved by a bullet proof vest.
71. Oba Chandler (~1960s-2011, lethal injection): Chandler enticed a woman, 36 year old Joan Rogers, and her two daughters, 17 year old Michelle and 14 year old Christe, with the promise of a boat ride. On board, he bound the family with rope and raped all three of them. Chandler then tied concrete blocks around Joan and her daughters' necks and tossed them into the ocean to drown. He also raped and strangled 20 year old Ivelisse Berrios–Beguerisse after abducting her from a mall, and was linked to the murder by a 2014 DNA test 3 years after his execution. Chandler was an inveterate sexual predator with a very long criminal history, and was first arrested for car theft in his early teens. Many of his other crimes include several convictions of armed robbery, burglary, rape, counterfeiting, and kidnapping. In one incident, he broke into a couple’s house, and sexually assaulted the wife in front of her husband. One surviving victim, a 24 year old Canadian tourist, helped investigators tie Chandler to the Rogers’ murders with her reports.
72. Robert Waterhouse (~1966-2012, lethal injection): In 1966, Waterhouse snuck into the home of 77 year old Ella Carter, and raped and strangled her to death. He was paroled after serving 8 years of a life sentence. A few years later, Waterhouse picked up 29 year old Deborah Kammerer from a bar and assaulted her on a nearby beach. He stabbed and violated Kammerer with a broken bottle, shoved a tampon down her throat, and drowned her in the ocean waters.
73. David Gore (1981-2012, lethal injection): Gore and his cousin abducted and murdered 4 teenage girls (17 year old Ying Hua Ling, 17 year old Lynn Eilliot, 14 year old Angelica LaVallee, 14 year old Barbara Byer) and 2 grown women (48 year old Hsiang Huang Ling and 35 year old Judith Daley). The victims were kidnapped through force, picked up while hitchhiking, or tricked into thinking that Gore was a police officer detaining them. They were then tied up, raped, and shot or strangled to death. The cousins dismembered the bodies in their attempts to destroy them and buried the scattered remains in shallow graves. Two of their victims, Ying Hua Ling and Hsiang Huang Ling, were a mother and daughter pair of Taiwanese immigrants, and the cousins murdered them together. A 7th victim, 14 year old friend of Eilliot, was also abducted and sodomized, but she managed to escape with Eilliot's help.
74. Manuel Pardo Jr. (1986-2012, lethal injection): Pardo was a corrupt cop heavily involved in the drug trade. After his department fired him for his abuse of power and suspected tampering of investigations, Pardo went on a crime spree. He shot and killed at least 9 men and women in robberies and interpersonal disputes. The victims he murdered in robberies were 39 year old Ulpiano Ledo, 37 year old Luis Robledo, 33 year old Mario Amador, and 28 year old Roberto Alons. In every robbery incident, he stole the victims’ credit cards. Pardo killed 28 year old Fara Quintero in an argument over a ring he pawned to her and 30 year old Sara Musa for refusing his demands of buying him a VCR set with a credit card stolen from one of his previous robberies. Another victim, Michael Millot, a 38 year old Haitian refugee that took up work as a gunsmith, was slain out of Pardo’s fears of him being a police informant. His last murders were 40 year old Ramon Alvero, a drug dealer that he work for, and Alvaro’s girlfriend, 38 year old Daisy Ricard. Pardo turned on the couple after Alvaro stiffed him of a meeting. He shot Alvaro dead, but Padro’s gun jammed when he tried to shoot Ricard as well. As he was beating Ricard to death with his gun, it discharged and hit Pardo’s foot. On death row, Pardo tried to fashion himself as a vigilante trying to rid Florida of all drug related crimes.
75. Larry Mann (~1970s-2012, lethal injection): Mann ambushed 10 year old Elisa Nelson while she was biking from school to a dentist appointment. He raped Nelson and beat her to death with a pipe. Authorities also initially suspected Mann in the murders of several girls in the area, such as 16 year old Janie Sanders and 13 year old Rose Levandoski, but the current thinking is that another (still unknown) predator was likely responsible. Although he had convictions against adult women, Mann was a pedophile with a history of mostly preying on young girls.
76. Elmer Carroll (~1972-2012, lethal injection): Carroll broke into the room of 10 year old Christine McGowan. He raped and strangled the girl to death, tucked the body underneath the bedsheets, and stole her stepfather's construction truck. McGowan's body discovered was by her stepfather when he came to check on her. At the time of the murder, Carroll had two separate convictions (including one against his then 5 year old niece) for child molestation and was first accused of rape at the age of 16.
77. William Van (~1971-2013, lethal injection): Poyck Van Poyck and another man, Frank Valdez, ambushed a prison van that their incarcerated friend was being transported in with the intent of freeing him. The pair shot and killed a guard, 40 year old Fred Griffis and wounded another. Despite overtaking the van, they were forced to retreat without their friend with the arrival of police reinforcements. Both were captured after a brief shootout with the police and were given death sentences for Griffis’ murder. The case sparked controversy when Valdez was beaten to death by other prison guards in his cell. The officers involved were all fired but acquitted for murder in their trials. Van Poyck had several convictions of armed robbery on his record.
78. John Ferguson (~1960s-2013, lethal injection): Ferguson was the mastermind of the Carol City massacre that his above mentioned accomplices, Marvin Francois and Beauford White, participated in. He also committed a series of murders on his own. Two of his other victims, 17 year old Brian Glenfeldt and 17 year old Belinda Worley, were a couple that were ambushed in the parking lot of an ice cream shop. Ferguson raped Worley, shot her and Glenfeldt dead, and ran off with her jewelry and Glenfeldt’s wallet. Another couple, 82 year old Katherine and 75 year old Raymond Perry, were assaulted by Ferguson in their motel room, robbed, and shot dead execution style. Authorities also believe that Ferguson was responsible for the murders of James Ward, a 40 year old runaway from a mental institution, and Joseph Walters (age unknown), but was never convicted of them in court. Ferguson had a troubled upbringing, was stealing cars at the age of 13, and convicted for the attempted murder of an officer. Due to allegations of him being a schizophrenic, his execution was delayed numerous times, which is why he was put to death decades after his accomplices.
79. Marshall Gore (1988-2013, lethal injection): Gore abducted and murdered two women, 30 year old Robyn Novick and 19 year old Susan Roark. Both women were last seen in his company, and they were raped, beaten, and stabbed to death. He also carjacked 32 year old Tina Coralis while she was driving with her 2 year old son Jimmy. Gore raped Tina, beat her with a rock, slit her throat, dumped her on the side of the road, and drove off with her car while Jimmy was still in it. Tina survived the attack and notified the police about her kidnapped son and stolen car. The police were able to rescue Jimmy unharmed and capture Gore without incident.
80. William Happ (~1980s-2013, lethal injection): Happ dragged 21 year old Angela Crowley out of her own car window in a convenience store parking lot. He anally raped and strangled Crowley to death with her pants. A corner's report mentioned that Crowley received over 20 blows to her head during the assault. Happ had several convictions of armed robbery, one of which pertained to an abduction incident.
81. Darius Kimbrough (1991-2013, lethal injection): Kimbrough climbed into the apartment window of 28 year old Denise Collin with the help of a ladder. He raped and repeatedly slammed her head against the wall. She was found bloodied and nude by the paramedics called to the scene. Collin died of her injuries in the hospital a day after the attack. Her murder went unsolved until samples of Kimbrough’s DNA were collected from another one of his rapes. With the presence of additional pubic hairs found in Collin’s room, at least two other men were also certainly involved, but they remain at large to this day.
82. Thomas Knight (~1960s-2013, lethal injection): Knight began his string of murders by abducting his former employer, 64 year old Sydney Gans, and Sydney's wife, 60 year old Lillian. After her forced them to withdraw $50,000 from their bank accounts, Knight shot the Gans' dead. He was apprehended and, but he managed to escape from jail while awaiting trial. While on the run, Knight gunned down a clerk, 54 year old William Culpepper, while holding up a liquor store, and $640 from the cash register. A month later, Knight was recaptured following an armed standoff with police, and sentenced to death for the Gan killings. On death row, he stabbed a correctional officer, 48 year old Richard Burke, to death with a sharpened spoon over the prison allegedly barring him from seeing his mother. Knight had numerous theft and burglary convictions that date back to when he was 9 years old.
83. Juan Chavez (1995-2014, lethal injection): Chavez accosted 9 year old Jimmy Ryce when the boy was dropped off at a stop by a school bus, and abducted him at gunpoint. He took Ryce to a trailer on his employers' property and raped him. When Ryce tried to signal a passing helicopter for help, Chavez shot him in the back of the head, and muffled his cries as he died. The body was then decapitated and dismembered, and Chavez buried the remains near his trailer.
84. Paul Howell (~1990s-2014, lethal injection): Howell was part of a drug smuggling gang. One of the members had a falling out with the ring and made an agreement with law enforcement to testify against them. Howell constructed a microwave bomb to assassinate the witness in her home, and he assigned an associate to carry out the hit. As he was transporting the bomb to its intended destination, the associate was pulled over and detained by deputies. While being processed, the bomb detonated prematurely, and killed a deputy, 35 year old James Fulford, Jr.
85. Robert Henry (1987-2014, lethal injection): As part of his plan to assault the gas station that he worked at, Henry tricked his co workers, 53 year old Phyllis Harris and 35 year old Janet Thermidor, into thinking that a robber was holding him hostage. He duped the women into allowing themselves to be tied up and gagged, as Henry claimed to them that the fictitious "robber" was forcing him to do it. Both women were beaten with hammers as Henry ransacked the station’s store. After he stole a total of $1,269 from the register, he poured gasoline all over the building, and set it on fire. Thermidor and Harris were burned alive in the blaze and died of their injures, but Thermidor survived long enough to identify Henry as the assailant.
86. Robert Hendrix (1990-2014, lethal injection): To prevent his cousin, 25 year old Elmer Scott Jr., from testifying against him in a then upcoming burglary trail, Hendrix broke into the home that he shared with his wife, 18 year old Susan, with an accomplice. He shot Susan and Elmer, beat them with the butt of his rifle, and slashed their throats. In the case that he was about to be tried for, Elmer and Hendrix burglarized a home together, and Elmer agreed to testify against him in exchange for a reduced sentence.
87. John Henry (~1975-2014, lethal injection): In 1975, Henry got into an argument with his first wife, 28 year old Patricia Roddy, while they were driving with her daughters. Henry pulled over and stabbed Patricia to death in front of her children. After he plead guilty, Henry was given a 15 year sentence for second degree murder, and was released in 1983 after serving 8. Shortly after his release, he married 28 year old Suzanne Overstreet. As what happened with his first wife, he fatally stabbed Suzanne during an argument in 1985. He then took his stepson, 4 year old Eugene Christian, to a chicken farm and stabbed him to death as well. Henry also had several convictions for the possession of drugs and illegal firearms.
88. Eddie Davis (~1980s-2014, lethal injection): Davis kidnapped his ex girlfriend's daughter, 11 year Kimberly Waters, from her home and gagged her with a rag. He took the girl to a trailer that he used to live in, and raped and strangled her to death. His criminal activity before the murder included several arrests for burglary and autotheft.
89. Chadwick Banks (1992-2014, lethal injection): Banks shot his wife, 30 year old Cassandra, in the head while she was sleeping on their couch. He then crept into the room of his stepdaughter, 10 year old Melody Cooper, and sexually assaulted her. Melody was also shot dead during the abuse.
90. Johnny Kormondy (~1989-2014, lethal injection): Kormondy and his two accomplices invaded a house that Gary McAdams, a 38 year old banker, shared with his wife, 38 year old Cecilia. The couple were ambushed after they returned home from a high school reunion. Gary was shot and killed by Kormondy, while Cecilia was forced to orally copulate the other intruders. Several items were stolen in the robbery, but my sources didn’t disclose any specifics. Kormondy had several previous convictions of robberies and auto thefts, and the earliest occurred when he was 14.
91. Jerry Correll (1985-2015, lethal injection): Correll shot and killed his ex wife, 25 year old Susan, their daughter, 5 year old Tuesday, Susan's sister, 29 year old Marybeth Jones, and their mother, 58 year old Mary Lou Hines. All four victims were murdered in a home they shared together.
92. Oscar Bolin (~1977-2015, lethal injection): Bolin was sentenced to death for the abductions and murders of 26 year old Teri Matthews, 25 year old Natalie Holley, and 17 year old Stephanie Collins. All 3 victims were kidnapped while they were getting off from work, raped, and killed in beating and stabbing attacks. He raped and strangled a fourth victim, 30 year old Deborah Stowe, to death in Texas, but wasn't charged due to already facing the death penalty in Florida. Bolin also took part in the non fatal abduction and gang rape of a waitress in Ohio, was charged for kidnapping his girlfriend (which were later dropped by the courts), and had several theft convictions that started when he was 15.
93. Mark Asay (1987-2017, lethal injection): Asay shot and killed a black man, 34 year old Robert Booker, during a racially charged fight that he picked at a bar. After Booker's murder, Asay, his brother, and their friend went cruising for prostitutes. They encountered a cross dressing sex worker, 26 year old Robert McDowell, they were acquainted with and picked him up. McDowell was also shot dead by Asay when they got into an argument over payment for an oral sex act.
94. Michael Lambrix (1983-2017, lethal injection): While intoxicated, Lambrix beat one of his friends, 35 year old Clarence Moore, to death with a tire iron, and fatally strangled another friend, 19 year old Aleisha Bryant, with a t-shirt in their trailer. He was previously arrested for welfare fraud and was detained for an unspecified "unrelated charge" during the murder investigation.
95. Patrick Hannon (1991-2017, lethal injection): 27 year old Brandon Snider vandalized the bedroom of his ex girlfriend while she was away on vacation. The ex girlfriend's brother was friends with Hannon, and he convinced him to launch a revenge attack on Snider with the help of another friend. They broke into Snider's apartment, stabbed him, and slit his throat. Snider's roommate, 28 year old Robert Carter, witnessed the murder, and tried hiding underneath his bed. Hannon dragged Carter out and shot him to death.
96. Eric Branch (1991-2018, lethal injection): In 1993, Branch abducted and carjacked 21 year old Susan Morris. He raped, beat, and strangled her to death, and then buried Morris' body in a shallow grave near a nature trail. Branch used Morris' car to flee back to his native Indiana, but was captured for a traffic violation. A registered sex offender, Branch had previous convictions for sexually abusing a 14 year old girl, and raped an unidentified woman 10 days before Morris' murder.
97. José Jiménez (~1990-2018, lethal injection): Jiménez fatally strangled Marie Debas, a 32 year old French woman who was allegedly in a relationship with a Medellin cartel drug runner, during a burglary of her apartment. Two years later, he burglarized the home of 63 year old Phyllis Minas, and stabbed her to death.
98. Bobby Long (~1990-2018, lethal injection): As the “Classified Ad Rapist”, Long raped over 50 women. He was given that epithet due to contacting and luring his victims through classified ads. After one of his victims sought charges that initially convicted him (though were later dropped on appeals), Long’s pattern of sexual violence escalated to murder. Long murdered at least 10 women and teenage girls between the ages of 18-28 and non fatally assaulted a 33 year old woman, Linda Nuttall, and a 17 year old girl, Lisa McVey. The victims were picked up through hitchhiking, forcibly grabbed while walking alone on streets, or were prostitutes lured with promises of payment for sexual favors. Long’s sparing of his last victim, McVey, provided to be his downfall, as it was her meticulously detailed reports that led law enforcement to him.
99. Gary Bowles (~1970s-2019, lethal injection): Bowles lured 6 men, 72 year old Milton Bradley, 59 year old John Roberts, 47 year old Walter Hinton, 47 year old Alverson, 39 year old David Jarman, and 38 year old Albert Morris by prostituting himself to them. Once a victim was enticed, Bowles strangled them, and stole their credit cards. He also had several convictions for armed robbery, hospitalized his stepfather in his early teens, and served a 6 year prison sentence for sexually assaulting his girlfriend.
100. Donald Dillbeck (~1979-2023, lethal injection): In 1979, Dillbeck stole a car, and was pulled over by a deputy, 31 year old Dwight Hall. After a prolonged chase and scuffle, Dillbeck shot and killed Hall with his own gun. He was then given a life sentence for Hall's murder. Dillbeck escaped from prison in 1990, and stabbed 44 year old Robbie Vann to death while trying to seize her car. The pursuing officers recaptured him shortly after the killing, and he was sentenced to death for Vann's murder.
101. Louis Gaskin (~1986-2023, lethal injection): Gaskin started his burglary spree by breaking into the home of couple, 56 year old Robert and 55 year old Georgette Sturmfels. He shot them both dead, and stole their lamp, VCR set, and some jewelry and money. His second target was a house owned by 38 year old Joseph Rector and his wife Mary (age unknown). Although Gaskin shot Joseph, the couple both managed to escape him with their lives. Due to him wearing a ninja costume as a disguise during the robberies, he was dubbed as the "Ninja Killer" by media outlets. Gaskin also had a few robbery convictions at the time of the murders.
102. Darryl Barwick (1983-2023, lethal injection): Barwick stalked 24 year old Rebecca Wendt as she was sunbathing in a pool, followed her to her apartment, and forced himself inside to rob it. He stabbed Wendt 37 times and raped her. At the age of 16, Barwick had committed a similar act of rape and burglary against an unidentified woman, and was released from prison 3 months before Wendt's murder.
103. Duane Owen (1984-2023, lethal injection): Owen raped 14 year old Karen Slattery while burglarizing a home she was babysitting at, and stabbed her to death. A few months later, Owen burglarized another home owned by 38 year old Georgianna Worden. She was sexually assaulted and fatally beaten with a hammer. He was captured while breaking into another house on the same day, and confessed to Worden and Slattery's murders
104. James Barnes (~1988-2023, lethal injection): In 1988, Barnes invaded the home of 41 year old Patricia Miller, and tied her up with her own shoelaces. She was sexually assaulted, beaten to death with a hammer, and Barnes set her bed on fire to destroy any evidence of the crime. 9 years later, Barnes strangled his estranged wife, 44 year old Linda, to death in her home, and stuffed the body into a closet. He stayed in the house until he was arrested by police officers. Barnes also admitted to the shooting deaths of Chester Wetmore, a 14 year old runaway, and Brenda Fletcher, a 50 year old prostitute, but was never charged for their killings. According to Barnes, he killed both victims for stealing from him.
105. Michael Zack III (1996-2023, lethal injection): Zack befriended two women, 40 year old Laura Rosillo and 31 year old Ravonne Smith, while hanging out at bars. He lured Rosillo to the beach with the promise of drugs, and assaulted her with a tire iron. Rosillo was raped, strangled to death, and he buried her body in a sand dune. A day later, he tricked Smith into letting him inside her house. She was smashed in the head with a glass bottle, raped, and stabbed to death. Zack then fled with her car, television set, VCR, and her purse. On a different note, when he was a child, Zack’s older sister dismembered their mother with an ax over an argument regarding the sister’s boyfriend. He used that story to gain the sympathy of his victims. His sister (who was simply institutionalized rather then incarcerated for the murder) also testified about their stepfather’s alleged abuse of them at his trial, though the prosecutors debunked most of her stories.
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Witherspoon, Chisora, Joshua & Dubois. Pundits & retired boxers always outline the same game plan to beat him (don't turn it into a dog fight, use physicality & reach) like it's so easy to implement. But he's just too skilled. He has too much physical & mental stamina, slickness, & footwork for it to work against him. There's a very real possibility that he might become undisputed & as an AJ & Fury fan it is terrifying. He's like a magician. He looks so easy to hit & manhandle but somehow he makes it to the 12th round with just as much in the tank as the first, thoroughly outboxing his opponent.
Have we all truly realised (assuming we're on Fury's side) that this could actually happen. I've always believed fury beats usyk but I realised 2 things that's thrown that into doubt.
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2024.05.17 15:50 ES_MattP Tim Cain mentions the origin of 'Woof Woof' and Unit Outlining in his video "Fallout Easter Eggs In Other Games".

Tim Cain, developer and designer behind the first Fallout game posted a video today ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yfWmNZV3_U ), in which among other things, he tells how Fallout directly influenced an Easter Egg and a feature in Age 2.
While technically not "Fallout Easter Eggs" in the strictest sense (compared to say putting a Pip Boy on a Monk unit), they came up in a discussion Tim and I took part in where in addition to Easter Eggs, we discussed direct and indirect influences in our games that were taken from, or due to, other games.
The story behind the 'woof woof' cheat is pretty straight forward.
Having played Fallout during the development of Age 2 (1998-1999), as well as being a brand new dog owner for the first time in my life, upon finding the dog Sasha in the Cathedral while playing Fallout, I said to myself "Hey! I want to do that too", and put it on my personal to-do list then and there. That is, to hide Stormy Dog somewhere in Age of Kings. Many dog owners will understand this. Anyway, at the very end of Age 2 development, a reminder went out to get any cheat codes or Easter eggs into the game before code freeze. So I got busy adding Stormy in. Artist Duncan McKissick donated a few hours of his time making the flying dog graphics.
That was probably one of the last times that individual developers were able to include cheats and Easter Eggs in the games without having to get approval by management, marketing, legal, and so on. A shift that was occurring industry wide as games became bigger business and everything had to be more carefully vetted and 'on brand' - a change which you can see if you compare Easter Eggs in various games from the 1990s vs the 2000s and later.
As for drawing Outlines around obscured units, that was not an originally planned feature for Age 2. We had begun full development of Age 2 with so many other things on our "to do list" for the game, that there was no item or idea on to deal with finding hidden or obscured units. It was an annoyance in Age 1, but not insurmountable.
At some point in late 1998 or early 1999, Bruce Shelly had gone to Redmond, WA for a press event where Microsoft had gathered a number of games journalists and was presenting all the various games they had in development. During the event, someone from one of the big game magazines at the time (Computer Gaming World or PC Gamer, I don't recall which) asked him point blank "what are you going to do about units being obscured and players having trouble finding them?" Bruce was very well prepared with our Age 2 plans and talking points, but that wasn't on the list anywhere, so he was 'thinking on his feet' when he realized it was a serious issue (as our buildings and other graphics were much bigger than in the previous game) answered "we will rotate the map".
From a design perspective, rotating the map was the most logical idea on how to fix/address the problem, without realizing that would take a MASSIVE amount of programing and additional art production - enough to miss our ship date - which were hard "Drop Dead" dates back when you had to arrange to have physical boxes and CDs in stores in time for Christmas. At that moment in time, Ensemble already knew the future was 3D and had just started on the Bang! Engine which would power Age of Mythology and Age3 and where rotating the map was natural, but the Genie Engine behind Age 1 and Age 2 had come from before 3D Video Cards were even a thing.
When Bruce got back to Ensemble's offices in Dallas, TX, I remember being in the debriefing meeting for his trip and when he got to the obscured unit issue and his response, lead programmer Angelo Laudon and I both were like "Oh Crap - That would take a metric s**t ton of work from both Art and Programming - it's not practical", and we said as much. And I think it was one of the producers - either Harter Ryan or Chris Rippy, who asked "Well, do you have any other ideas?" And it was at that moment, I remembered playing Fallout and how it would draw glowing outlines around the characters and items. Being the main graphics programmer, I could see it right there in my head how I could add that feature to the SLP graphics data format the game used. So I spoke up and said something like "I've got an idea - we can add outlines to hidden units".
I said I would I need a few weeks to implement it, and it was deemed important enough that I began work on it immediately. I updated ArtDesk (our main graphics asset tool) to generate the outline data in the SLP files, the genie engine to dynamically generate static clip masks, the unit databases to add the properties for which units generated outlines and which graphics would let outlines show through them, and so on.
After about three weeks, I had a single unit - an archer - that drew an outline when it went behind a Monastery. When I showed it to management, I remember being asked "That's great! But will take 3 weeks to (add this) to each unit?" as they were rightfully concerned about the schedule impact of all this. I remember then checking a batch conversion that was in process and replying "Nope. Give it another 20 or 30 minutes and every unit in the game will have outlines" Many expressions of relief quickly ensued, and everyone was playing with obscured units drawing outlines in the following day's playtest.
Anyway, that's the longer version of the Age 2 things mentioned in Tim's video - I thought some of you might enjoy hearing the details about what happened all those years ago.
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2024.05.17 05:20 AliceStanleyJr "I Hate My Reflection for Years and Years": TTPD & Sylvia Plath’s “The Magic Mirror"

Hi, clowns! Found lots of connections to an essay Sylvia Plath wrote and TTPD. Lots of info below, but was interesting!
TL; DR Plath’s college thesis paper is all about troubled poets and their “DOUBLES.”
Initial Tortured Poets and Sylvia Plath Connections
Of course, the theme of TTPD is tortured poets, so many avid literary Swifties have enjoyed seeking connections between Swift’s new songs and iconic poetry. No connections are overt, but some seem to be more likely than others. Namely, there’s been much discussion of Virginia Woolf thanks to the song “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?”(perhaps a riff on the Edward Albee play title). Other Swifties have found possible lyrical links to Mary Shelley and Charlotte Bronte. Swift herself references Patti Smith and Dylan Thomas in the album’s title track.
I remembered a third poet in relation to Smith and Thomas: Sylvia Plath, obviously an all timer of a tortured poet. I remember hearing an anecdote that she had been obsessed with Thomas and stalked him outside the Chelsea Hotel (also named in the TTPD title track). I did a quick skim of Plath’s Wikipedia to confirm and then started noticing many possible connections to TTPD and Plath’s life.
In the “Fortnight” music video, Swift acts out being institutionalized for insanity and getting electric shock treatment—two significant experiences in Plath’s life. Plath was also coupled with a deeply problematic man, Ted Hughes. Plath fell in love with Hughes for his artistic talent before he revealed himself to be an unsupportive parter, ultimately cheating on Plath with a younger woman. The narrative is not too dissimilar to the narrative about Swift’s alleged ex Matty Healy, as seemingly told in TTPD. (Of course, we don’t know the true subjects of Swift’s songs—if they’re even actually confessional—but some key hints point to Healy. Whether those hints provide actual context to Swift’s life or to the story Swift is telling of her life, one cannot know.) Finally, several of TTPD songs reference a latent desire for suicide (“I might as well die / it would make no difference” etc.). Okay, post-“finally,” these are stretches, but, I’ll note anyway: one of Plath’s most famous collections of poems is titled Ariel, but an alternate title was Daddy. There are connections to both words in TTPD via the song “But Daddy I Love Him.” The title is a line from the Disney movie The Little Mermaid (which features the main character Ariel, a mermaid, caught between two worlds). Extra clowning: some people (hi, I'm people) believe Swift’s 1989 costume for her first Paris concert was an allusion to Ariel: a pink crop top and a seafoam skirt.
As I dug into Plath's life, I couldn’t help but also see similarities to Swift's life. Both women were prolific writers from a very young age. Also, although possibly obscured through artistic license, both women were/are known to write about their own lives. (Plath was apparently encouraged by her professors Robert Lowell and Anne Sexton to write from her experience. I cannot help but tie in Swift’s “The Manuscript” lyric “the Professor said to write what you know.”) Both Plath and Swift expressed/express their depression via their writing, but if you only knew them from their public personas, you’d never guess the depths of their struggles. It seems both Plath and Swift lived/live double lives. Plath was actually fascinated by the concept of doubles. In fact, the concept of doubling was the topic of Plath’s college thesis paper “The Magic Mirror.”
The Magic Mirror and TTPD
Plath’s college paper is sadly not available to the general public. (It had a limited print run in, you guessed it, 1989.) But! I was able to read a few texts about the thesis, and the amount of possible TTPD references is astounding.
Since we can’t analyze Swift’s work via Plath’s directly, I’d like to share several key quotes from the most telling article I could find about the “The Magic Mirror”: “Sylvia Plath’s Magic Mirror” by Kelly Coyne (May 2018, The Los Angeles Review of Books). (To be noted, Coyne has also written about Swift, in her article “Growing Up In Taylor Swift’s America” in December 2023 on Literary Hub—a fabulous read!)
Early in her article, Coyne sets the scene for Plath's thesis:
“Her undergraduate thesis, which she wrote as a senior at Smith College...is titled “The Magic Mirror: A Study of the Double in Two of Dostoevsky’s Novels.” “The Magic Mirror” explores literary doubles made up of a character’s repressed traits, and, as the double grows in power, it heralds the protagonist’s death. Citing Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as well as Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, Plath argued that the choice to create a double works to “reveal hitherto concealed character traits in a radical manner” and simultaneously exposes the driving conflicts of the novel housing that character. Her thesis claims that both Ivan, of The Brothers Karamazov, and Golyadkin, of The Double, have attempted to repress troubling aspects of their personalities, resulting in the double.”
Immediately, I imagine the two versions of Swift from the “Anti-Hero” music video. One Swift is real, true, sensible. The other is a pot-stirring, self-esteem destroying, alcoholic. During Eras, the huge Swift (monster on a hill) screams and stomps around in the background while the real, true Swift smiles and dances in a sparkle dress onstage. The fandom seems to be referring to these two Swifts as Taylor Swift and TAYLOR SWIFT (TM). Folks have theorized Post-Malone in the Fortnight music video is not necessarily a lover, but a twin, or double, of Swift. This theory is enhances by the Eras visuals during that song, specifically two dancers walking away to the back of the stage, but then becoming one.
More Coyne: “Plath, quoting Dostoyevsky in her thesis, noted that Ivan’s double, Smerdyakov, is “wrinkled” and “yellow.” The distinct differences in appearance between originator and double, she continued, are meant to reflect the protagonist’s mental state and cultural status.”
First of all, yellow. In the Gaylor community, folks have often theorized yellow symbolizes being closeted—a reading based on the symbolic coloring in the 1999 film …But I’m a Cheerleader. However, one need not be a Gaylor to consider the importance of yellow to Swift’s storytelling. Most recently, Swift performed “my tears ricochet” at Eras in a bright yellow dress, as her dancers were dressed for a funeral. Following Coyne’s analysis of Plath's analysis of Dostoyevsky, one could guess Swift is teasing a death of some version of herself.
Coyne discusses how Plath clearly used a “double” of herself to write The Bell Jar. Plath herself spent a summer in New York interning for Mademoiselle. The protagonist in TBJ, Esther, spends a summer in New York interning at a magazine too. To go even further down the rabbit hole, Esther also doubles herself, frequently expressing normalcy on the outside and despair on the inside. On the book's first page, Esther tells her audience, “I was supposed to be having the time of my life.” (Again, I cannot help but hear a Swift echo of, “I can read your mind / she’s having the time of her life” from “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” about smiling through her depression.) Coyne makes many more references to mirrors and concealing in The Bell Jar, Ether’s split (and sadness) gets worse and worse the more she hides who she is from others. Notably, at a low point, Esther hides under her mother’s bed. (And Swift sings of a post-heartbreak depression, “Afterwards she only ate kids' cereal / And couldn't sleep unless it was in her mother's bed.”)
Coyne writes about the “imprisoned” aspect of doubles: “The wound from which Esther tries, and fails, to hide chimes with the inescapable, colonizing double, and Plath’s language again illustrates its penal nature: it is inside Esther, but it traps her like a jail cell.” (Again, I cannot help but see references to “Fresh Out the Slammer”, “The Smaller Man Who Ever Lived,” and the TTPD Eras visuals of cages and cell lighting.)
Coyne, on Plath’s doubles’ names, something Swift has not ever used (or so we think): “From her conception of The Bell Jar all the way to its final revisions, Plath suffered an exhausting amount of anxiety over its heroine’s name.” Plath wrote to a friend, “‘I’ll have to publish it under a pseudonym, if I ever get it accepted, because it’s so chock full of real people I’d be sued to death’...Indeed, this wasn’t mere paranoia; she did have to change her protagonist’s name at the instruction of her editor for legal reasons.”
Coyne continues, “Most novelists likely have concerns about being associated with the characters to whom they give life, especially the ugly ones, and especially when the character resembles its author. Yet what is unique about Plath’s case is her knowledge of the theoretical underpinnings and implications of her choice to push Esther away, and the hold this knowledge assumed on Plath’s work and life. Another look at The Bell Jar with a consideration of Esther as Plath’s double tangles the issue even further, and Plath drops clues for this kind of reading throughout the novel. Esther, for example, sits down to write her own novel and recounts, “My heroine would be myself, only in disguise. She would be called Elaine. Elaine. I counted the letters on my fingers. There were six letters in Esther, too. It seemed a lucky thing.” Not coincidentally, Plath’s first name has six letters as well.” Again, Plath was in a bizarre double infinity loop (like the loop on the Eras stage in “Down Bad”?). Plath was concealing her double, the protagonist in her novel, who was concealing her double, the protagonist in her novel.
Coyne wraps up her findings: “In her thesis, written nearly a decade earlier, as she turned 22 — the year after her first documented suicide attempt — Plath claimed, quoting Otto Rank:
In such situations, where the Double symbolizes the evil or repressed elements in man’s nature, the apparition of the Double “becomes a persecution by it, the repressed material returns in the form of that which represses.” Man’s instinct to avoid or ignore the unpleasant aspects of his character turns into an active terror when he is faced by his Double, which resurrects those very parts of his personality which he sought to escape. The confrontation of the Double in these instances usually results in a duel which ends in insanity or death for the original hero.”
Coyne seems to argue Plath believed an artist's double has the power to become bigger than the artist herself, ultimately killing her. Is TTPD Swift's predetermination of, hopefully, her her double's death instead of her own?
In Conclusion: Plath to her Mentor, Dessner on Swift
Who knows what TTPD is really truly about, and who knows if we ever will.
The biggest Easter egg, hiding in plain sight, is that the album is titled THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. There’s no apostrophe after “poet.” Nor is there an apostrophe after the “s” in “poets.” The department does not belong to a poet or to a collection of poets. It is a department OF tortured poets, perhaps two, to be exact. …or perhaps the album indicates the departure of the tortured poet...and her double.
I’ll sign off with two final quotes from my research:
According to Coyne, three months before Plath died by suicide, she had written a mentor about her second (obviously unfinished) book. Plath wrote, “It is to be called “Doubletake”, meaning that the second look you take at something reveals a deeper, double meaning […] it is semi-autobiographical about a wife whose husband turns out to be a deserter and philanderer although she had thought he was wonderful & perfect.”
According to Aaron Dessner’s TTPD release Instagram post: ”Keep searching and you'll find some new detail, layer or sliver of meaning with each listen.”
SUBREDDIT PS! Shout out to Expensive_Succotash5 for noting the TTPD intro poem's reference to being out of the oven, could be an allusion to Plath's death. Also shout-out to Good-Amphibian-7993 for this connection to a photo of Plath with a rose, not unlike Swift's album rose art.
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May 17, 2024, the boxing world will witness a historic event as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk clash for the undisputed heavyweight championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The fight, which has been dubbed as “Ring of Fire”, will be the first time that all four major belts (WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO) and the prestigious Ring magazine title will be on the line in the heavyweight division since 1999, when Lennox Lewis unified them by defeating Evander Holyfield1. The winner of Fury vs Usyk will also become the first boxer to hold the WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO titles simultaneously in any weight class.
Tyson Fury, who hails from Manchester, England, is the reigning WBC champion and the lineal heavyweight champion, having defeated Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 and Deontay Wilder in 2020 to claim those honors. Fury, who is nicknamed “The Gypsy King”, is widely regarded as one of the best heavyweights of all time, with an undefeated record of 34 wins and one draw, 24 of them by knockout. Fury is known for his exceptional boxing skills, his unpredictable style, his charismatic personality, and his mental resilience. Fury has overcome depression, addiction, obesity, and adversity to reach the pinnacle of the sport3.
Oleksandr Usyk, who represents Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, is the current WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO champion, as well as the Ring magazine champion. Usyk, who is nicknamed “The Cat”, is also considered as one of the best heavyweights of all time, with an unbeaten record of 21 wins, 14 of them by knockout. Usyk is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, having won all four belts in that division in 2018 by defeating Murat Gassiev in the final of the World Boxing Super Series. Usyk is a masterful boxer, with a high ring IQ, a southpaw stance, a fast and accurate jab, and a powerful left hand. Usyk is also a two-time Olympic medalist, having won gold in 2012 and bronze in 2008.
The fight between Fury and Usyk is expected to be a highly competitive and entertaining bout, as both fighters have proven to be elite and dominant in their respective careers. Fury will have the advantage of size, reach, and experience, as he stands at 6 feet 9 inches and has fought in 13 world title fights. Usyk will have the edge in speed, agility, and technique, as he stands at 6 feet 3 inches and has fought in 10 world title fights. Both fighters are also confident and charismatic, and have engaged in some verbal sparring and mind games in the build-up to the fight.
The fight will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of the “Riyadh Season”, a festival of entertainment and sports events. The fight will be broadcasted on ESPN+ pay-per-view in the United States, and on Sky Sports Box Office in the United Kingdom. The fight will also be supported by a stacked undercard, featuring former heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder in separate bouts, as well as other exciting matchups.
Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk is a must-see event for boxing fans, as it showcases the best of the best in the heavyweight division. The fight will also make history, as it will crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era. Don’t miss Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk, live from the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 17, 2024.
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May 17, 2024, the boxing world will witness a historic event as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk clash for the undisputed heavyweight championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The fight, which has been dubbed as “Ring of Fire”, will be the first time that all four major belts (WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO) and the prestigious Ring magazine title will be on the line in the heavyweight division since 1999, when Lennox Lewis unified them by defeating Evander Holyfield1. The winner of Fury vs Usyk will also become the first boxer to hold the WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO titles simultaneously in any weight class.
Tyson Fury, who hails from Manchester, England, is the reigning WBC champion and the lineal heavyweight champion, having defeated Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 and Deontay Wilder in 2020 to claim those honors. Fury, who is nicknamed “The Gypsy King”, is widely regarded as one of the best heavyweights of all time, with an undefeated record of 34 wins and one draw, 24 of them by knockout. Fury is known for his exceptional boxing skills, his unpredictable style, his charismatic personality, and his mental resilience. Fury has overcome depression, addiction, obesity, and adversity to reach the pinnacle of the sport3.
Oleksandr Usyk, who represents Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, is the current WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO champion, as well as the Ring magazine champion. Usyk, who is nicknamed “The Cat”, is also considered as one of the best heavyweights of all time, with an unbeaten record of 21 wins, 14 of them by knockout. Usyk is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, having won all four belts in that division in 2018 by defeating Murat Gassiev in the final of the World Boxing Super Series. Usyk is a masterful boxer, with a high ring IQ, a southpaw stance, a fast and accurate jab, and a powerful left hand. Usyk is also a two-time Olympic medalist, having won gold in 2012 and bronze in 2008.
The fight between Fury and Usyk is expected to be a highly competitive and entertaining bout, as both fighters have proven to be elite and dominant in their respective careers. Fury will have the advantage of size, reach, and experience, as he stands at 6 feet 9 inches and has fought in 13 world title fights. Usyk will have the edge in speed, agility, and technique, as he stands at 6 feet 3 inches and has fought in 10 world title fights. Both fighters are also confident and charismatic, and have engaged in some verbal sparring and mind games in the build-up to the fight.
The fight will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of the “Riyadh Season”, a festival of entertainment and sports events. The fight will be broadcasted on ESPN+ pay-per-view in the United States, and on Sky Sports Box Office in the United Kingdom. The fight will also be supported by a stacked undercard, featuring former heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder in separate bouts, as well as other exciting matchups.
Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk is a must-see event for boxing fans, as it showcases the best of the best in the heavyweight division. The fight will also make history, as it will crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era. Don’t miss Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk, live from the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 17, 2024.
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May 17, 2024, the boxing world will witness a historic event as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk clash for the undisputed heavyweight championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The fight, which has been dubbed as “Ring of Fire”, will be the first time that all four major belts (WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO) and the prestigious Ring magazine title will be on the line in the heavyweight division since 1999, when Lennox Lewis unified them by defeating Evander Holyfield1. The winner of Fury vs Usyk will also become the first boxer to hold the WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO titles simultaneously in any weight class.
Tyson Fury, who hails from Manchester, England, is the reigning WBC champion and the lineal heavyweight champion, having defeated Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 and Deontay Wilder in 2020 to claim those honors. Fury, who is nicknamed “The Gypsy King”, is widely regarded as one of the best heavyweights of all time, with an undefeated record of 34 wins and one draw, 24 of them by knockout. Fury is known for his exceptional boxing skills, his unpredictable style, his charismatic personality, and his mental resilience. Fury has overcome depression, addiction, obesity, and adversity to reach the pinnacle of the sport3.
Oleksandr Usyk, who represents Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, is the current WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO champion, as well as the Ring magazine champion. Usyk, who is nicknamed “The Cat”, is also considered as one of the best heavyweights of all time, with an unbeaten record of 21 wins, 14 of them by knockout. Usyk is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, having won all four belts in that division in 2018 by defeating Murat Gassiev in the final of the World Boxing Super Series. Usyk is a masterful boxer, with a high ring IQ, a southpaw stance, a fast and accurate jab, and a powerful left hand. Usyk is also a two-time Olympic medalist, having won gold in 2012 and bronze in 2008.
The fight between Fury and Usyk is expected to be a highly competitive and entertaining bout, as both fighters have proven to be elite and dominant in their respective careers. Fury will have the advantage of size, reach, and experience, as he stands at 6 feet 9 inches and has fought in 13 world title fights. Usyk will have the edge in speed, agility, and technique, as he stands at 6 feet 3 inches and has fought in 10 world title fights. Both fighters are also confident and charismatic, and have engaged in some verbal sparring and mind games in the build-up to the fight.
The fight will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of the “Riyadh Season”, a festival of entertainment and sports events. The fight will be broadcasted on ESPN+ pay-per-view in the United States, and on Sky Sports Box Office in the United Kingdom. The fight will also be supported by a stacked undercard, featuring former heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder in separate bouts, as well as other exciting matchups.
Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk is a must-see event for boxing fans, as it showcases the best of the best in the heavyweight division. The fight will also make history, as it will crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era. Don’t miss Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk, live from the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 17, 2024.
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May 17, 2024, the boxing world will witness a historic event as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk clash for the undisputed heavyweight championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The fight, which has been dubbed as “Ring of Fire”, will be the first time that all four major belts (WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO) and the prestigious Ring magazine title will be on the line in the heavyweight division since 1999, when Lennox Lewis unified them by defeating Evander Holyfield1. The winner of Fury vs Usyk will also become the first boxer to hold the WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO titles simultaneously in any weight class.
Tyson Fury, who hails from Manchester, England, is the reigning WBC champion and the lineal heavyweight champion, having defeated Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 and Deontay Wilder in 2020 to claim those honors. Fury, who is nicknamed “The Gypsy King”, is widely regarded as one of the best heavyweights of all time, with an undefeated record of 34 wins and one draw, 24 of them by knockout. Fury is known for his exceptional boxing skills, his unpredictable style, his charismatic personality, and his mental resilience. Fury has overcome depression, addiction, obesity, and adversity to reach the pinnacle of the sport3.
Oleksandr Usyk, who represents Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, is the current WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO champion, as well as the Ring magazine champion. Usyk, who is nicknamed “The Cat”, is also considered as one of the best heavyweights of all time, with an unbeaten record of 21 wins, 14 of them by knockout. Usyk is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, having won all four belts in that division in 2018 by defeating Murat Gassiev in the final of the World Boxing Super Series. Usyk is a masterful boxer, with a high ring IQ, a southpaw stance, a fast and accurate jab, and a powerful left hand. Usyk is also a two-time Olympic medalist, having won gold in 2012 and bronze in 2008.
The fight between Fury and Usyk is expected to be a highly competitive and entertaining bout, as both fighters have proven to be elite and dominant in their respective careers. Fury will have the advantage of size, reach, and experience, as he stands at 6 feet 9 inches and has fought in 13 world title fights. Usyk will have the edge in speed, agility, and technique, as he stands at 6 feet 3 inches and has fought in 10 world title fights. Both fighters are also confident and charismatic, and have engaged in some verbal sparring and mind games in the build-up to the fight.
The fight will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of the “Riyadh Season”, a festival of entertainment and sports events. The fight will be broadcasted on ESPN+ pay-per-view in the United States, and on Sky Sports Box Office in the United Kingdom. The fight will also be supported by a stacked undercard, featuring former heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder in separate bouts, as well as other exciting matchups.
Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk is a must-see event for boxing fans, as it showcases the best of the best in the heavyweight division. The fight will also make history, as it will crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era. Don’t miss Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk, live from the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 17, 2024.
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May 17, 2024, the boxing world will witness a historic event as Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk clash for the undisputed heavyweight championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The fight, which has been dubbed as “Ring of Fire”, will be the first time that all four major belts (WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO) and the prestigious Ring magazine title will be on the line in the heavyweight division since 1999, when Lennox Lewis unified them by defeating Evander Holyfield1. The winner of Fury vs Usyk will also become the first boxer to hold the WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO titles simultaneously in any weight class.
Tyson Fury, who hails from Manchester, England, is the reigning WBC champion and the lineal heavyweight champion, having defeated Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 and Deontay Wilder in 2020 to claim those honors. Fury, who is nicknamed “The Gypsy King”, is widely regarded as one of the best heavyweights of all time, with an undefeated record of 34 wins and one draw, 24 of them by knockout. Fury is known for his exceptional boxing skills, his unpredictable style, his charismatic personality, and his mental resilience. Fury has overcome depression, addiction, obesity, and adversity to reach the pinnacle of the sport3.
Oleksandr Usyk, who represents Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, is the current WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO champion, as well as the Ring magazine champion. Usyk, who is nicknamed “The Cat”, is also considered as one of the best heavyweights of all time, with an unbeaten record of 21 wins, 14 of them by knockout. Usyk is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, having won all four belts in that division in 2018 by defeating Murat Gassiev in the final of the World Boxing Super Series. Usyk is a masterful boxer, with a high ring IQ, a southpaw stance, a fast and accurate jab, and a powerful left hand. Usyk is also a two-time Olympic medalist, having won gold in 2012 and bronze in 2008.
The fight between Fury and Usyk is expected to be a highly competitive and entertaining bout, as both fighters have proven to be elite and dominant in their respective careers. Fury will have the advantage of size, reach, and experience, as he stands at 6 feet 9 inches and has fought in 13 world title fights. Usyk will have the edge in speed, agility, and technique, as he stands at 6 feet 3 inches and has fought in 10 world title fights. Both fighters are also confident and charismatic, and have engaged in some verbal sparring and mind games in the build-up to the fight.
The fight will take place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of the “Riyadh Season”, a festival of entertainment and sports events. The fight will be broadcasted on ESPN+ pay-per-view in the United States, and on Sky Sports Box Office in the United Kingdom. The fight will also be supported by a stacked undercard, featuring former heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder in separate bouts, as well as other exciting matchups.
Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk is a must-see event for boxing fans, as it showcases the best of the best in the heavyweight division. The fight will also make history, as it will crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era. Don’t miss Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk, live from the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 17, 2024.
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2024.05.14 13:09 Potnoodle2785 'Jonathan Bailey doesn’t like to bare it all. But vulnerability fueled his best performance yet' - Jonny interview with the LA Times

'Jonathan Bailey doesn’t like to bare it all. But vulnerability fueled his best performance yet' - Jonny interview with the LA Times
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“This is where all the cruising happened.”
Jonathan Bailey and I are standing in Pershing Square on a bright, blustery spring afternoon, nearing the end of a homemade queer history tour of downtown L.A.: One Magazine, Cooper Do-Nuts/Nancy Valverde Square, the Dover bathhouse, the Biltmore Hotel and this, the city’s former Central Park, a haven, since before World War I, for “fairies” and “sissy boys,” servicemen on leave and beatniks on the road.
“Is it still happening now?” he asks.
“Probably not as much,” I venture.
“Well, you let me know if it’s happening,” he teases, a mischievous smile lighting up his face.
Bailey understands the uses of the charm offensive. As Sam, the handsome Lothario of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s delightful pre-”Fleabag” curio, “Crashing”; Anthony, the romantic hero of “Bridgerton’s” second season; and John, the jerk of a protagonist in Mike Bartlett’s love triangle play “Cock,” the English actor, 36, has swaggered up to the precipice of superstardom. With roles in such studio tentpoles as “Wicked” and “Jurassic World” on the horizon, he may just break through. Yet he delivers career-best work in Showtime’s queer melodrama “Fellow Travelers,” as anti-Communist crusader-turned-gay rights activist Tim Laughlin, by leaving behind the self-assured rakes and tapping a new wellspring: soft power.
Tim may be, as Bailey puts it, “an open nerve,” but as it turns out, the devout Catholic and political naïf — who falls for suave State Department operative Hawkins “Hawk” Fuller (Matt Bomer) just as Sen. Joseph McCarthy tries to purge the federal government of LGBTQ people — is formidable indeed.
Stretching from the Lavender Scare to the depths of the AIDS crisis, in scenes of tenderness, cruelty and toe-curling sex, Bailey’s performance communicates that little-spoken truth of relationships: It takes more strength to submit than it does to control. The former demands discipline, courage, trust; the latter requires only force.
“In ‘Bridgerton,’ [Bailey] is like a Hawkins Fuller character — he is very sexy and has lots of power, has that kind of confident charisma that absolutely is not Tim at all,” says “Fellow Travelers” creator Ron Nyswaner.
But any doubt about Bailey’s ability to mesh with Bomer, who boarded the project early in development, was put to bed with the actors’ virtual rehearsal of a meeting on a park bench in the pilot. “‘Well, that’s a first,’” Nyswaner recalls an executive texting him. “I cried in a chemistry read.”
‘Am I inviting people in?’
Bailey grew up in a musical family in the Oxfordshire countryside outside London, and this, coupled with an appreciation for the morning prayers, choir practice and Mass he attended as a scholarship student at the local Catholic school, fed his precocious talents. (“I loved the performance of it,” he laughs. “Not to diminish the celebration of religious process, but I did love the idea of wearing a gown.”) By age 10, he’d appeared in the West End, playing Gavroche in a production of “Les Misérables,” an experience he now recognizes as an encounter with a queer found family — albeit one shadowed by the toll of the AIDS crisis, which peaked in the U.K. in the mid-1990s.
“When I’m asked about my childhood, there’s so much I don’t remember, and I think that’s true of anyone who’s been in fight or flight for 20 years,” he says. “I would have been in a cast of people whose friends would have died in the last seven years. I think of where I was seven years ago. I had all my gay friends then. It’s only retrospectively that I can retrofit a real gay community around me [in the theater], that I just wasn’t aware of [then].”
During the late 1990s and early 2000s, American and British culture presented queer adolescents with a bewildering array of mixed signals. As beloved celebrities came out in growing numbers, and the battle for marriage equality became a central locus of LGBTQ political organizing, the media continued to propagate harmful stereotypes of gay men as miserable, lonely, perverted or worse — and, Bailey remembers, callously turned George Michael, arrested on suspicion of cruising in a Beverly Hills restroom in 1998, and Irish pop star Stephen Gately, who revealed his sexuality in 1999, fearful he was about to be outed, into tabloid spectacles.
No wonder Bailey, like many LGBTQ people of his generation, should feel the “chemical” thrill of “validation and acceptance” during London Pride at age 18, then embark on a two-year relationship with a woman in his 20s.
“Dangerously, if you’re not exposed to people who can show you other examples of happiness, you think that’s the easiest way to live,” Bailey says. “It’s funny. You look back and you can tell the story in one way, which is that I always knew who I was and my sexuality and my identity within that. But obviously at times, it was really tough. I compromised my own happiness, for sure. And compromised other people’s happiness.”
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Disclosures about his personal life have become particularly thorny for the actor since the premiere of “Bridgerton,” the blockbuster bodice-ripper from executive producer Shonda Rhimes.
“The Netflix effect does knock you off center completely,” he says, recalling the experience of finding a paparazzo waiting outside his new flat before he’d even moved in. “Suddenly, you do start having nightmares about people climbing in your windows... Even now, talking about it makes me feel like, ‘Am I inviting people in?’”
He is also critical of the media for churning out headlines about the smallest details of celebrities’ private lives, often detached from their original context. In an interview with the London Evening Standard published in December, Bailey described a harrowing encounter in a Washington, D.C., coffee shop in which a man threatened his life for being queer — and, in recounting the experience, offhandedly mentioned the “lovely man” he’d called, shaken, after it happened. Although Bailey acknowledges that the original story handled the subject with aplomb, he felt dismayed that more attention wasn’t paid to the intended warning about rising anti-LGBTQ sentiment: “The only thing that got syndicated from that story was that I had a boyfriend, and it wasn’t true,” he sighs. “It was kind of depressing, if I’m honest.”
Still, Bailey, who once turned down a role in a queer-themed TV series because it would have required him to speed along revelations about his personal life he wasn’t ready to make, is prepared to embrace the power of vulnerability when it feeds the work. Although a member of his inner circle expressed doubts about “Fellow Travelers’” steamy sex scenes, for instance, the actor intuited that they were what made the project worth doing: “I was like, ‘I’m telling you, they are the reason why this is going to be brilliant.’”
‘He’s changed my trajectory in my own life’
To those who would complain about the state of sex in film and TV, “Fellow Travelers” is the perfect riposte. All of it matters, from Tim’s first flirtation with Hawk to the finale’s closing minutes, because the series, at its core, is about the importance of soft power: the strength required to bend, but not break; to adapt, but not abandon oneself; to survive without shrinking to nothing in the process. And depicting that through sex, specifically gay sex, makes “Fellow Travelers” radical indeed.
Bailey understands that baring so much comes with certain risks. When I tell him that research for the story has filled my algorithmic “For You” feed on X (formerly Twitter) with speculation that his onscreen relationship with Bomer has a real-life element, he notes that “shipping” fictional couples and costars alike has long been part of Hollywood fantasy. But he bristles at the implication that he and Bomer are anything but skilled actors at work.
“I would love for people to know that the success of our chemistry isn’t based on us f—. It’s actually about us leaning into the craft,” he says. “It’s a vulnerable situation to be in, talking about it on record. I don’t want to rob people of their thoughts. But I do have a set of values, and as an artist, you don’t need to be f— to tell that love story.”
Underlying that craft, Bailey adds, is the confidence to speak up, as with one scene in “Fellow Travelers” that was adjusted because he said, “I don’t want to be naked today.” He learned to use his voice the hard way: In his early 20s, he recalls, he was once “bullied” on set when “someone was threatened” by him and vowed to himself, “I’m never going to do that to someone. I’m never going to allow that to happen."
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This impulse to direct his influence in support of others has blossomed further with “Fellow Travelers.” On the day of our interview, Bailey enthuses about an upcoming meeting with legendary gay rights activist Cleve Jones and shares his idea for a docuseries recording the stories of elders in the LGBTQ+ community while they are still here to tell them. He describes lying in a hospital bed on set on World AIDS Day, in character as Tim, surrounded by gay men who had lost friends and lovers during the crisis, and finding himself thinking, “What do I want to leave behind?”
“I think he’s changed my trajectory in my own life,” Bailey says.
This is, perhaps, the most common reaction I know to diving deep into queer history — the understanding that we, like our forerunners, are responsible for shaping the queer future, whether in politics, society or art. No one is going to do it on our behalf.
As we stand on the nondescript corner now named for her, I relate the story of the late queer activist Nancy Valverde, who was arrested repeatedly while a barber school student in the 1950s on suspicion of “masquerading” because of her preference for short hair and men’s clothing, and later successfully challenged her harassment by the police in court.
“What a hero!” Bailey exclaims, wondering at Valverde’s bravery. “The thing that’s so interesting with power battles is, ultimately, identity is the thing that gives you the most strength and power in your life, isn’t it?
“Because that’s one thing people can’t take away from you: who you are and how you express yourself."
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