Pashinyan's bombshell report about Kocharyan lawyer's secret visits to Constitutional Court

A few months ago the Parliament voted to condemn the CC chief Hrayr Tovmasyan for his bias, alleged rule violations, etc. A petition was sent to CC for his fellow judges to hear the complaints against him.
The CC outright rejected the petition and didn't even consider discussing it, which raised Parliament's ire and accelerated the attempt to dissolve the body.
 
CC chief Hrayr Tovmasyan's godson is none other than Robert Kocharyan's lawyer Orbelyan. CC has the ability to release Kocharyan from jail if it claims a law he's charged with is unconstitutional.
Kocharyan's lawyer was accused of secretly meeting with Tovmasyan.
 
During today's speech in Meghri, Pashinyan said there is info that lawyer Orbelyan went to CC to meet Tovmasyan and steps were taken to cover it up.
Pashinyan said:
CC's chief of staff instructed the security not to record the entrance of lawyer Orbelyan, saying "let him in, it's boss's relative". This happened numerous times. We know this because an investigation was conducted and CC's security guards testified that this happened.
These secret meetings between Tovmasyan and Kocharyan's lawyer were happening while CC was hearing a law that affected Kocharyan (immunity stuff).
Chief Tovmasyan has a record of expressing personal opinion around March 1st (which Kocharyan is charged with). Tovmasyan was a HHK MP at the time of appointment. A judge should always recuse himself from cases connected to him. Tovmasyan didn't recuse himself.
This is one of the reasons why Parliament petitioned CC to apply sanctions against Tovmasyan, for violating rules. The CC rejected the petition and didn't even hear the complaints, which essentially took away Parliament's power granted to it by Constitution.
The CC exceeded its power, took away Parliament's power, and it's not even possible to challenge CC's decision. They are acting above the law... I need you to vote YES on April 5th.
https://youtu.be/aiq191S_ucY
https://factor.am/228337.html
Tag: ConstitutionalCourt HrayrTovmasyan LawyerOrbelyan

the YES campaign on a tour

A few hours earlier...
Pashinyan returned from the EU trip where he met various officials to discuss reforms. He uploaded a pic from the jet's pilot cabin. "I'm abusing my powers by live-streaming from the cabin," joked PM upon landing in Zvartnots.
Livestream https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182527
 
The PM, 1st lady and the QP party members then traveled to Agarak settlement to hold a rally to promote a YES vote on the April 5th referendum.
The leader of NO campaign, the former deputy Justice Minister HHK Ruben Melikyan, incorrectly accused the PM of breaking the law for using a helicopter to fly to the southern region.
VIDEO https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182534
https://fip.am/10694
 
Agarak residents surrounded Pashinyan and demanded an unplanned speech. The PM had no choice but to satisfy the calls for circlejerk, as the streets were shut by the residents. "You have essentially shut down the roads, this is symbolic... please attend Meghri rally for the main speech," said PM before giving a mini-speech.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182545
 
Rally began in the southern Meghri city.
Pashinyan: Some former regime members say the govt plans to falsify referendum results. They don't get it, do they? I'd rather cut my both hands and the hands of any election fraudster. https://youtu.be/FObw9Ms40Kg
QP chief Lilith Makunts spoke about some of CC judges' biases and "life terms in office".
Pashinyan spoke about the Serj-Tovmasyan collusion and the 2018 Constitutional Court hijacking.
Education Minister: In democratic countries, the govt asks people's opinion while solving important problems. Let's repeat 2018... This will be a blow to those who used to sit in their cabinets and make decisions for you without caring about your opinion.
Hanrapetutyun Party chief Aram Sargsyan: the face of NO are Rob and Serj. This referendum is a continuation of what began earlier. They say the referendum is illegal. Where do you see such referendums being illegal, in Azerbaijan?
Yerkrapah Veterans chief Sasun Mikaelyan: we will have true freedom when the judicial system works properly. A YES vote will create a better future for our kids.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182549
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182555
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182563
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182572
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182566

Kocharyan ally Mayrapetyan's health

The court earlier issued an arrest warrant for Samvel Mayrapetyan, the Kocharyan ally accused of acting as a middleman for a $7mln bribe. He went to EU for medical care and didn't return.
His lawyer says Mayraletyan will undergo a new surgery soon and that the absence is "legal and justified".
Q: it's been a year. He's promised to get a surgery and return.
Lawyer: his surgeries are "routine". More could be needed. We'll challenge the illegal decision that placed an arrest warrant against my client.
The investigators believe he's hiding under the pretense of medical care despite multiple warnings and time-frame to appear. They say Mayrapetyan can receive the care in Armenia.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182496

Tushonka wants to visit Europe

Disgraced general Manvel Grigoryan has asked Healthcare Ministry and the court to let him travel to Europe for medical reasons.
https://factor.am/228422.html

Kocharyan' health / Missed the trial

Former president Robert Kocharyan was taken from jail to a hospital. Doctors found heart arrhythmia and 3rd stage high blood pressure (160-180 upper).
The judge postponed his trial to March 17th.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182558
Would Kocharyan and his friends ever go to the doctor and detect their health problems it wasn't for their arrests? Double-edged sword? 🤔

it turns out the dude wasn't "healthy"

Yesterday, Pashinyan went to a village and promised an elderly lonely woman to help with housing, but got mad when a young man approached him with the same plea. "You're an able-bodied man like me," said agitated Pashinyan before leaving.
Now the man claims he has had a disability for many years. "I have back problems, I used to walk with aid. I got caught off guard during yesterday's conversation with PM and didn't have an opportunity to tell Pashinyan about my condition. I got shy and didn't respond."
WILL PASHINYAN OWN UP AS HE DID LAST YEAR WITH THE FIRED IRS WORKER? Well, we're waiting...
https://news.am/arm/news/565133.html

border escalation continues

An Armenian contractor was killed today during a border shootout. The situation escalated a few weeks ago. Last week, Azeris did a failed infiltration attempt leaving 1 dead. They sustained 3 combat deaths since the escalation.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/182595

Matenadaran Restores Oldest Armenian Manuscript

This book was written in 981. It's been restored by the book-nerds at Matenadaran.
"The manuscript is written in bolorgir [bolola-gir?], a type of cursive which back then was considered a less prestigious writing style."
English article: https://www.civilnet.am/news/2020/03/10/Matenadaran-Restores-Oldest-Armenian-Manuscript/377957

dudz in hazmat suitz

Healthcare Ministry sent doctors in hazmat suits to quarantine 2 Yerevan visitors who allegedly weren't properly checked at Zvartnots airport upon arrival. Their COVID tests came negative.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182342

no Italy for you

Civil Aviation has raised the alarm level and strictly advises against traveling to Italy, citing Italian state-wide quarantine which restricts leaving home unless it's for a family matter, basic necessities, work.
Italy has >9000 wounded, 436 killed, 700 recovered.
 
2 jets will arrive from Italy today. The passengers will be isolated from other airport passengers and checked. Update: 1st jet arrived without symptoms.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182533
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182538
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182559
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/182594

not many cancellations in hotels

When 31 Iranian-Armenians were quarantined in a 5-star former Tsakhkadzor hotel building, some patrons were concerned and canceled their bookings in nearby hotels.
"The panic was only on the first day," said Kotayk governor Romanos, "Now the bookings are back to normal. There were many patrons on March 8th. Tsakhkadzor mayor went to give flowers to the quarantined women."
The mayor later clarified that he transferred the flowers through workers in hazmat suits. (smart man, you'll survive this walrus attack)
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182543
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1008009.html

prosecutors busted a property embezzlement

In what appears to be a routine way to embezzle property, prosecutors say the former Property Management officials illegally hired and colluded with a private property value assessor in 2017, which valued a certain property at 33mln.
The property was sold for 21mln. A recent assessment shows the property was, in reality, worth 48mln at the time. A felony case is launched against the officials.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182539

Amulsar miner Lydian to sue Armenia / Workers in ECHR

Context: Amulsar hills have gold. Lydian miner got a mining permit under Serj administration. Accusations were made that the permit was given illegally after covering up environmental issues. Pashinyan administration launched a felony investigation and year-long environmental research, which found 16 issues but overall "safe for operations" if the issues are fixed. The environmental activists, however, didn't care, and continued to blockade the mining area, causing the miner to suspend its operations.
 
Lydian said:
We'll sue the govt to recover the financial losses done since 2018, and also for the unearned revenues that we were supposed to get during 10-15 years of projected mine operation. We have staff who lost their jobs. They are in a bad financial situation now.
So far 30 workers joined the lawsuit, but all 300 will join soon. These workers used to earn 600k/mo. The govt broke its promise of helping us to resume our operations. If the govt cannot secure the rights of our workers, we'll take it to the European Court for Human Rights.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/182590

where are the sequoia seeds?

Lasy year Yerevan mayor received sequoia seeds as a gift from L.A. Municipality says they won't be planted in Yerevan because the trees are too tall, can fall, won't work in Yerevan climate. Sequoias can grow in Ijevan Park.
http://www.panarmenian.net/arm/news/278830/

WTF lol mayor named a street after himself

Kotayk governor is suing Nor Gegh municipality to reverse a past decision that renamed Yerevanyan St. to Frontik Tevosyan St., named after the former mayor of the settlement. A local school was also named after him.
The Lower Court denied the lawsuit citing a law that requires the governor to act within 2 months in a situation like this. Governor Romanos escalated the case to Appeals Court. One of the arguments is that he wasn't the governor at the time due to political changes.
The former mayor wants to donate his property to the settlement, in exchange for preserving his name on the street. Governor objects it.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1008026.html
https://armeniasputnik.am/society/20200310/22338225/frontik-tevosyany-patrast-1unecvaqy-tal-hamaynqin-vor-poxocn-ir-anunov-mna-marzpet.html

the barber trainer of Sevilla

Armenian national team's soccer coach Khashmanyan quit last month.
Soccer Federation technical chief Hines Melendes went to his home Spain to find a new coach. He convinced Joaquín Caparrós to take the job.
Caparros worked at Villareal, Athletic Bilbao, Sevilla, Osasuna, Granada, Levante, Mallorca, etc.
"I got an interesting offer to return to the pitch as a trainer. My goal is to help advance Armenia to 2022 World Cup," said Caparros who recently worked in backstage.
He'll coach Armenia until Nov-2021 and receive a relatively modest salary.
What if he agreed to move to Armenia so he can escape the raging coronavirus in Europe? 🤔
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182556
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182557
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182564
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Caparr%C3%B3s
Compilation https://youtu.be/grZLxsCT6W0

new law results / compressed gas sales in Armenia

In 2019 the govt passed a consumer protection law to require gas stations to measure gas in KG instead of volume to avoid fraud. Some stations used to heat the gas before selling, so it would expand in volume and cost more.
The Economic Competition Committee (ECC) found that in 2019, 22% of the compressed natural gas was consumed by Yerevan drivers. Vayots Dzor only 2%. The average price was 98 Drams without indirect taxes.
The ECC audited gas stations within Yerevan and a 10km radius to see if they're competitive. 28 companies were asked to present 1Q18 vs 1Q19 data.
In some Yerevan districts, it was ~300 Drams, while elsewhere ~210. The prices were increased [on paper] after the law's application. Some stations charge more now but don't defraud. (technically it's the same price)
ECC found some possible price-fixing as well, after noticing similar prices across the board in some geo-locations. They're auditing the gas sales to see whether the prices are justified or "fixed". A gun was found in the jail cell where Jeffrey Epstein was suicided.
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1008011.html

bad construction job wasn't paid

Last year Pashinyan threw a temper tantrum over some poor quality road repair and said the companies won't be paid from now on. Modern equipment was purchased to monitor asphalt quality.
Gegharquniq govt says in 2019 they didn't pay 100mln to 3 construction firms for violating norms, laying asphalt under the rain, and not using proper equipment. "We warned everyone ahead of time. This will be a lesson for others. Our province has the best results."
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1008073.html

hundreds of applications to build slaughterhouses

The govt earlier passed a law to improve meat safety standards (could help exports) by requiring butchering be done at licensed clean butcheries with lab access that tests the animal's blood ahead of time. Farmers can send their cattle to these locations free of charge, but there weren't many locations across Armenia.
The Food Safety Committee says 272 petitions were received to build butcheries. 88 are under construction. 5 are mobile butcheries that will travel to villages to collect and butcher animals.
The govt subsidizes 7% of construction cost and issues an 8-year loan with 11% interest.
The govt is training >100 experts to handle licensed butchering and lab work.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182546
https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1008062.html

more care for domestic violence victims

Labor Ministry plans to expand care for domestic violence victims in 2020. All provinces will have new shelters and aid facilities. They're working with an NGO. The latter used its resources to help 73 people since 2016: 66 females and 7 males.
https://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/182608

new equipment for oncology

National Oncology Center has a new type of neurosurgery microscope Leica PROvido that's used in surgery rooms to get high definition imagery with a laser focus. This allows surgeons to see deeper and clearer.
Surgeon: this is going to make our job easier. It's better focused during a movement. It's going to let us detect and remove more tumor growths. We can work on blood vessels and nerves.
The Healthcare Ministry recently made all cancer surgery free. It'll apply to these types of surgeries as well.
National Oncology Center was recently removed from the list of institutes that was scheduled to be privatized. Pashinyan administration claimed the center is "too strategically important" thus should remain under govt control. An investment plan was created.
https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182522

eco and gastro tourism expands

Pemzashen, Shirak has a new eco-gastro-agro-tourism guest hall to attract the lovers of nature, with the help of a UN program to develop such travel in rural Armenia. "Everything is homegrown and natural."
Tourists can make their apricot and apple vodka under guidance, make tonir BBQ, threaded cheese, learn to make mini statues with tuf stone, etc. The teachers are the local residents.
Similar projects exist in Gyumri and 2 other places.
Shirak government is working on coordinating the growing tourism. "Gyumri is going to have its first European flight in a month. The visitor should be informed of where to travel around Gyumri."
Pics https://armtimes.com/hy/article/182504

ICYM: Monday's important news

https://www.reddit.com/armenia/comments/fg03az/mar92020_your_daily_news_summarized_todays_majo
Edit: typos
 

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I'm planning to backpack across India in Mar, Apr 2020. I'm from Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan National parks have most of the tropical wildlife present in India (except Lions, Tigers, Rhinos, Snow animals...etc).
From some recommendations, I shortlisted the following National Parks. Kindly tell me how they differ from each other and which are the MUST-GOs. Feel free to recommend me new ones as well. I am more keen on going on a safari and seeing these animals (not found in Sri Lanka) in their natural habitats.

1. Corbett Tiger Reserve
2. Gir National Park
3. Nagarhole Tiger National Park
4. Wayanad Wildlife Park - Kerala

PS: I have already been to Kaziranga (Assam) and the Darjeeling Zoo.

Google loves IOT devices. IOT devices love to biologically feminize, sterilize and emasculate males of all species. These devices don't go to The Good Place when you recycle them, they end up in your body.
Monsanto paid Google to bury unfavorable news

• https://futurism.com/the-byte/monsanto-google-hide-unfavorable-news

Revealed: Google made large contributions to climate change deniers

• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/11/google-contributions-climate-change-deniers

Monsanto paid Google to promote search results for “Monsanto Glyphosate Carey Gillam” that criticized her work, the documents obtained by The Guardian revealed.

• https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/07/monsanto-fusion-center-journalists-roundup-neil-young

Google OK To Pump Diminishing Pristine Groundwater To Cool Servers

• https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-approves-google-permit-to-pull-million-gallons-annually-from/article_e0186a18-eb80-11e9-adfa-678150bb0c22.html

Google = Evil
Articles appearing in Common Dreams, Futurism and The Guardian have described how a well-respected Reuters journalist, Carey Gillam, was systematically harassed by Monsanto with the assistance of Google.

• https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/09/22/google-becomes-evil

Back when Google started deploying its little Street View cars around our neighborhoods, the company also ended up collecting about 600 GB of emails, passwords, and other payload data from unencrypted wifi networks in over 30 countries.

• https://gizmodo.com/heres-your-reminder-that-google-has-always-been-evil-1836628967

The Inexorable Evil Of Google's Governance Structure

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/robasgha2019/01/11/the-inexorable-evil-of-googles-governing-structure/#492d22047457

Pentagon says Google's Drone Targeting Work Is Exempt From Freedom of Information Act

• https://theintercept.com/2019/03/25/google-project-maven-pentagon-foia/

Google starts AI lab in China while ending an AI contract with the Pentagon

• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7314519/Peter-Thiel-slams-Google-carrying-artificial-intelligence-research-China.html

Google building technology to automate oilfields and to enhance oil retrieval.

• https://gizmodo.com/how-google-microsoft-and-big-tech-are-automating-the-1832790799

How Google Girly Men Are Made
I know the guy down the road from my place who invented Febreeze, a petrochemical odorizer. An odorizer is something that "stinks pretty", as my dad used to say about perfume. He has a degree in chemistry. If you like breathing petrochemicals because they smell good, be my guest. That new car smell is nothing but poison. The educated people destroying the world are highly trained professionals. They're not nearly as smart as they think they are, but they're highly paid, and highly professional. The people who approve the chemicals are highly paid, educated professionals, who will sign their name to anything with 6 zeros attached to it.
Petrochemicals and plastic use grows 7X faster than human population. By 2040 more oil will be made into chemicals and plastics than burned in cars each year, for the first time. People who work in plastic extrusion plants die young. By 2025 cars will spew over 5 gigs of EMF data per day, as your car makes more money from your personal life than the sale of itself new. By 2030 your car will lock you up and drive you to the cop shop triggered by AI debtor prison algos. Miss one big payment too many, and pray your car doesn't suicide you off the road in revenge before it gets there.
In China your phone auto pays for your jaywalking ticket before you hit the other curb thanks to AI facial recognition. AI IOT devices are made from toxic nano mineral petrochemical plastic particles. And, by 2025 there will be gazillions of IOT bugs. Gates wanted a computer in every home and google wants a bug up every ass. That's why google protects people like Monsanto.
Smart diapers will eventually turn your kids into stupid sterile ghosts. Car tire and brake nano dust combine with combustible nano magnets, and PFAS dust, with C02 levels of 1,000 ppm, to literally make you 15% stupider and infinitely sicker. By 2025, sitting in your car for an hour will make you sicker than 2 hours of wearing VR goggles on Red Bull.
Urban water air food fabrics and EMF fields are toxic to life on earth, and will have unstoppable irreversible multi-generational genetic consequences that will be ever so very terribly slightly unkind. Our nano plastic metal gadgets, gizmos and bugs are making us chemically extinct as a species, the good news is that runaway climate extinction may slow the process somewhat.
Before You Begin Your Journey - I would like to introduce academic scientific fraud. This goes to prove how sold out academia and science are, with the possible exception of any subject ending in studies. I don't know my ass from a hole in the ground, but I do know that you should never trust anyone over 30 who is a physicist or priest.

Academic And Scientific Fraud

1,500 scientists lift the lid on reproducibility - Nature
Peer review: a flawed process at the heart of science – Royal Society
Peer-Review Fraud — Hacking the Scientific Publication Process - NEJM
Worst Science Fraud - Discover Magazine
Is the Peer Review Process a Scam? – enago academy
Let’s end reviewer fraud – Publons
107 cancer papers retracted due to peer review fraud | Ars Technica
Why scientists need to do more about research fraud – Guardian
Canadian researchers who commit scientific fraud are protected by privacy laws – The Toronto Star
China cracks down after investigation finds massive peer-review fraud – science mag
The Bottom of the Barrel of Science Fraud – Neuroskeptic
Scientific Fraud – EuroScientist journal
5 Common Types of Pharmaceutical Frauds You Should Know About!
Journey - Your Personal Descent Into Hell
Da Bone To Pick With You - RJC
A plateful of plastic – Reuters
Plastic Is Killing the Bacteria That Make 10% of Earth's Oxygen - Nature
Petrochemicals set to be the largest driver of world oil demand - IEA
Ocean Acidification Toxifying Phytoplankton - Planet Experts
Global petrochemicals market size projection - Newswire
Brake dust nanoparticles will kill you - INEWS
The future of petrochemicals - Deloitte
Rising use of plastics to drive oil demand to 2050: IEA - Reuters
Facing climate change pressure, big oil bets on plastic - Axios
A Surge of New Plastic Production Is on the Way - Yale
PFAS in almost everything - Yale ( there are thousands of different kinds of them )
Pollution Causing Feminization of Males Across Multiple Species - The Independent
Environmental impact of estrogens on human, animal and plant life - Science Direct
Warming warning over turtle feminization - PhysOrg
Environmental Warming and Feminization of Sea Turtle Populations31539-7) - Cell.com
Demasculinization and feminization of male gonads by atrazine: Consistent effects across vertebrate classes - NIH
Are Endocrine Disruptors Blurring Issues of Gender? - NIC
Background fish feminization effects in European remote sites - Nature
Endocrine Disruption Found in Fish Exposed to Municipal Wastewater - USGS
Evolution or Extinction of Men - Women's Health
Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products And Endocrine Disruptors in Water - EES
Black carbon found in women's placentas, even in remote sites - Newsweek
Environmental pollution is associated with increased risk of psychiatric disorders in the US and Denmark - PLOS
Top 10 air polluted cities are all in India = worse than China - FT
Lead Found in Drinking Fountains at 17% of California Public Schools - Capital & Main
Lake Michigan’s water volume can't dilute its chemicals - E Magazine
Males of All Species are Becoming More Female - Mercola ( with apologies )
Microplastic pollution ‘number one threat’ to humankind - Environmental Journal
Toxicity of Nanoparticles on the Reproductive System - Frontiers of Pharmacology
Pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environments an emerging threat for marine organisms - Science Direct
Microplastics cause chromosomal, reproductive abnormalities, early puberty, childhood obesity, increased blood pressure - Earth Day
Nanoparticles and embryonic development - Oncotarget
Moderate use of nanoparticles in food, toothpaste affects brain - Nebraska Today
Magnetic nanoparticles make youth stupid - The Scientist
Expert reaction to magnetite, air pollution and Alzheimer’s - Science Media Center
Plastic Teabags Release Billions of particles into Tea - Science Tech Daily
Impacts of Nano-Sized Plastic Particles on Benthic Invertebrates - Frontiers of Science
Microplastics in seafood and health - Springer
Nanoplastics accumulate in marine organisms and may pose harm to aquatic food chains - Science Daily
Microplastic Pollution has Physiological and Genetic Repercussions - Tech Today
Microplastics: From Fish To Human - Scientific American
Nine Things to Know About Microplastics - The Maritime Executive
Microplastics pose a threat to plants - Botany One
How tiny plastic particles are polluting our soil- United Nations
High levels of BPA found in the urine of teenagers - CSR Journal
Environmental Risk, Human Health, and Toxic Effects of Nanoparticles - Wiley Library
Silver nanoparticles have lethal effects on development and longevity - Nature
Combination of nanoparticles and contaminants form killer cocktail - Science Daily
Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Exposure on Human Health - Springer
Central nervous system toxicity of metallic nanoparticles - Dovepress
Metal Nanoparticles Damage Brain DNA - Tech Net
Toxicity of Nanoparticles on Insects - Dergy Park
Nanoparticles impact fish and us through food chain - Nordic Science
Impact of Nanoparticles on Brain Health - NCBI
Pesticides, petrochemicals and organic chemicals in drinking water - Health Vermont
Pharmaceuticals in the water cycle - USGS
Is tap water safe? - Environmental Magazine
11 terrifying things that could be lurking in your tap water - Business Insider
New PFAS Replacements May Pose More Risks - EWG
For Decades, Polluters Knew PFAS Were Dangerous But Hid Risks - EWG
Neonic Pesticide May Become More Toxic in Tap Water - NRDC
How DuPont Poisoned the World with Teflon - Organic Consumer
PFOA + PFOS = LOWER SPERM COUNTS + SMALLER PENISES - The Intercept
The Chemicals in Your Mac and Cheese - NYT
PFAS Chemicals Harm the Immune System, Decrease Response to Vaccines- EWG

Stupification

The impact of exposure to air pollution on cognitive performance - PNAS
Seniors and men are especially vulnerable to cognitive decline due to dirty air - Motherboard
Is air pollution making us stupider? - The Week
'Suppressed' EU report could have banned 31 pesticides worth billions, the report said pesticides are making us stupid, depressed and infertile - Guardian
Western diet cause reduced cognition, declining cognition and dementia - NIH
Too Much Screen Time Damages the Brain - Psych Today
What Screen Time Can Really Do to Kids' Brains - Psych Today
Your smartphone📱is making you👈 stupid, antisocial 🙅 and unhealthy 😷. So why can't you put it down❔⁉️ - The Globe & Mail
Myopia Epidemic From Too Much Screen Time, Not Enough Sunlight - USC

Demasculinization

Teflon Frying Pans = Smaller Penis - Daily Mail
Western Male Sperm Counts Down 60% in 40 years - Indpendent
Generational decline in testosterone levels observed - Helio 2007
You're Not The Man Your Father Was - Forbes
Millennial men are significantly weaker than their fathers - The Telegraph
Pathologizing Kids, Big Pharma Style - Counterpunch
How social media is making us dumb, angry, addicted - the college fix
Spike In Autism Linked To Preservative In Processed Foods - UCF
How Modern Life Is Transforming The Human Skeleton - BBC ( with apologies )
100 Years Evolution = small jaw + crooked teeth + sleep apnea - PLOS Blog
Spermacidal Junk Food Blues - The Telegraph

Organize

Long-term Antipsychotic Treatment and Lower Brain Volumes - NCBI
Chronic refined carbohydrates = neurocognitive deficits - NCBI
Refined sugar intake = lower cognitive continuum - Neurology
Excessive carbohydrates = insulin resistance - Nature
EMF Effects on Bees, Butterflies and Wildlife - EH Trust
135 reports on effects of EMF on male fertility (1972–2012)- EMF Research
These scientists think that plastics are shrinking men’s penises - SMH
Pesticide residue on fruits and veggies tied to infertility - Reuters
Plastic Food Packaging Shrinking Dicks - The Sun UK
Naval Medical Research Institute: 2300 Studies on EMF Health Effects - EMF Research
PFAS: Insights from Past Actions to Inform Today’s Decisions - Nature
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PFAS/PFOS = Most western men will be infertile by 2060

https://www.indy100.com/article/men-infertile-2060-science-us-europe-australia-new-zealand-8025861
EMFs = Adverse Reproductive Effects
https://www.emfresearch.com/emfs-fertility-reproduction/
PFAS/PFOS = Forever Chemicals in Drinking Water And Air
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/02/epa-blasted-failing-set-drinking-water-limits-forever-chemicals
Drugged Waters — how modern medicine is turning into an environmental curse
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/drugged-waters-how-modern-medicine-turning-environmental-curse
Anti-Depressants And Violence (pro-gun, but still useful)
https://ammo.com/articles/ssri-antidepressants-mass-shootings-violent-side-effects
Over-diagnosis and over-treatment of depression is common in the U.S.
https://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2013/mojtabai-depression-over-diagnosis-and-over-treatment.html
Your Cosmetics May Be Killing You
https://thewalrus.ca/your-cosmetics-may-be-killing-you/
Dental flossing and other behaviors linked with higher levels of PFAS in the body
https://silentspring.org/research-update/dental-flossing-and-other-behaviors-linked-higher-levels-pfas-body
Photo toxic video light makes you myopic, frys your brain, damages your retina and disturbs your sleep.
https://news.yahoo.com/led-light-damage-eyes-health-authority-warns-002221659.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-02-screen-linked-epidemic-myopia-young.html
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/12/how-does-screen-time-affect-kids-brains-the-first-results-of-a-landmark-study-are-alarming/
EMF = Brain/blood barrier degradation which exposes brain to blood contaminates.
https://www.emfresearch.com/emfs-blood-brain-barrie
Nano-plastics penetrate the blood/brain barrier in fish causing behavioural disorders.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-10813-0

Have you meticulously curated a Pinterest board or folder of photos for fashion inspiration and absolutely love the aesthetic you’ve found, but realized that all the outfits in the photos are too impractical to directly translate to your lifestyle?
You can still definitely infuse your own wardrobe (or start a new one, if you're in the process of doing an overhaul) with some fantasy style. Just because you need or want a smaller capsule wardrobe doesn't mean it needs to be full of white button-down shirts, black trousers, nude pumps, and LBDs.
Focusing on building a wardrobe rather than constructing as many individual outfits to be as evocative of the theme as humanly possible makes the style more wearable and easier to integrate with other sorts of pieces that are either more minimal and casual or of another style.
There is a FAQ after the examples discussing a few things like “Do I need to have just one style? Do I need to define my style(s) to Fashion properly?”
Edited again on 7/16 to clean up formatting and add more detail, after a detour of the post getting removed by automod because I accidentally added a url-shortened youtube link.
Now with downloadable pdf version of this guide (sans the examples because then it would be 50 pages with all the photos, but I've updated to include some small written examples at each section)! Thanks u/katie-didnot for suggesting I make one.

What this is

This is a pretty long post, but I hope that this guide can give anyone who feels lost trying to pull the aesthetic of a more fantastical inspiration boards into their actual outfits without feeling like they’re wearing a half-assed cosplay a detailed framework and concrete examples to help make that happen.
I enjoy making inspo boards and sometimes come up with wardrobes for them. Sometimes it’s an entirely virtual wardrobe, sometimes I like to see what I can come up with just from my existing closet, and sometimes I want to change up my style a little and will get more things.
These are the sorts of things that I look for when analyzing any inspiration board. I find that for so many things in life, starting from a checklist can help a lot. Since this is a creative endeavor, there are a lot of ways you could do this. If you have another method that works for you, I’d love to hear about it in the comments! I personally love organization, structure, lists, that sort of thing, so this way has worked well for me.

What this is not

Magic – If you want to look like you're wearing super dramatic period pieces or extravagant costumes in your inspiration board, but don't actually want to wear literally these things, you are not going to look exactly like the original board. We're still going to end up with an interpretation, not a direct "how to cop this exact look" outfit.
A shopping guide – Items shown were selected purely on visual merits and from coming from stores that provided clear stock photos for illustration purposes.
A complete wardrobe overhaul guide – See the guide from the sidebar for great advice on how to go about that. I also recommend reading “The Curated Closet” by Anuschka Rees which is what the sidebar guide is based on. A lot of this post has roots in the methods from the book, though I’ve emphasized what I’ve personally found helpful as well as added content including some outfit styling tips. The book goes over a lot more areas related to wardrobe overhauls, such as learning how to shop mindfully and evaluate clothing fit, as well as going into more detail on things that are just briefly discussed here, such as closet composition.
Examples attempt to be somewhat comprehensive in broad categories of clothing but are not aiming for 100% coverage of clothing for every activity life could throw at you.
A gold standard for inspiration albums. I do include some boards because that’s the whole starting point, but the focus on this was more on the process of distilling a style based on looking at elements like fabrics and cuts and not how to make a great album featuring a diversity of bodies and designers. I was also lazy and didn’t copy all the individual images into an imgur album (just a shot of the whole board), but if you’re doing a standalone inspiration post you should do that because then people can see the images more easily.

Distill the elements of your inspiration board

When taking notes for this section, avoid vague terms like “ethereal” or “1970s”. Go for concrete details like “low square necklines” or “monochrome tie-dye”. You can use the more vague terms to group details together, but most of the list should be things that you can literally search for online, or something that is an instantly identifiable property of an item.
What are the recurring visual elements in the style board?
Since you’re going through all this because most of the items in the board aren’t directly wearable for your lifestyle, you want to start off looking at more basic properties of the style. For example, it’s easier to look for something if you’re looking for a “light colored longline wool(-blend) coat with faux fur collacuffs” than “something that feels like a snow queen would wear it”.

• Colors and prints Get really descriptive with your notes on prints. For example, if there are polka dots, are they large, bold, randomly placed polka dots or tiny evenly-spaced polka dots? Is animal print a realistic pattern or stylized? Does the print have crisp edges or is more painterly? Are the colors high contrast or muted?
  • In addition to noting specific colors, I like to identify types of colors that works for the style because when shopping it is usually impractical to literally only buy five exact shades. For example, cool-toned pastels and deep jewel tones, saturated earth tones, or warm greys.
• Fabrics Note general fabric properties. Structured and crisp suiting fabrics? Earthy fabrics like heavy linen? Diaphanous fabrics like mesh and lace? Are there a lot of technical/performance fabrics (i.e. athletic fabrics). Pay attention to fabric weight, drape, and texture, even for things like t-shirts.
• Silhouettes What common outfit silhouettes are there? Which parts of the body are emphasized and de-emphasized? Are shapes more organic and slouchy, or tailored? You can get a bit more clothing specific here where it makes sense, as some descriptors are only applicable to a particular category of clothing, e.g. “wide leg pants”, so we can start getting more specific here). For example, “sharply emphasized shoulders in a structured silhouette that defines the waist”, “a soft columnar silhouette with long dresses that lightly skim the body with lots of fabric”, “structured cropped outerwear over a very fitted top and slouchy pants”, or “sack silhouette that leaves no idea of the body shape, but with fitted sleeves / sleeveless”.
• Motifs A catch-all for any other notable (but specific!) details. For example, “celestial objects” (if they appear a lot in jewelry and as clothing embellishments but aren’t exactly a print) or “visible mending”.
• Styling choices How is the clothing worn can also make or break a look. Are tops always tucked in? Are they tucked in neatly or in a looser partial way? Are shoes always worn with visible socks? Are pants cuffed or shirtsleeves rolled up? Are tops buttoned up all the way? Is there always a ton of layers? Is jewelry bold or minimal? Is hair worn down and loose or up? Does hair have volume or is it kept sleek/short? Is there visible makeup? Is it graphic or soft and blended?

What makes this distinct from other similar styles?
What subset of the visual elements should we focus on to keep the style intent more obvious? Thinking about what not to include can be as helpful for keeping the style distinct as what to include.
For example, if you have a “queen of the night” board and decided you will be wearing all black, how will you keep your look distinct from other commonly black monochrome aesthetics? You could note to avoid denim and t-shirts (especially together), and to try and avoid completely unembellished outfits (the queen of the night is not a ninja).

Note requirements of your lifestyle

What constraints does your lifestyle put on your wardrobe? E.g. Is this capsule for work, weekends, or both? Are you in a business casual office? Have an active job? Bike commute? What’s your tolerance for fussing with clothes? Is dry cleaning okay? Do you go clubbing? Attend operas? How often? Do you have fluffy pets that shed a lot? Young children?
Note hard requirements to put on clothes based on these lifestyle. E.g. no fabrics that collect or show lint easily, machine-washable and dryable fabrics only, only items that have enough stretch you can bend over and do squats easily, nothing that requires special undergarments to look nice, long sleeves must be able to be pushed up, no skirts or pants that drag on the ground, nothing that requires a very specific kind of tuck to look nice.
You can keep some distinction for special occasion clothes, but be realistic. If you are at work or at home or doing something active outdoors 97% of the time, if you want to minimize the number of items which collect dust in your closet, aim to buy everything to fit into your criteria.
Write that all down.

Identify specific items make the biggest impact

What specific pieces do you think would make the biggest impact for this style? These will likely be more distinct types of clothing (e.g. flare pants, military style jackets, wide-brimmed hats) that appear in multiple images, or a detail (e.g. plaid fabric, embroidery) that appears in multiple pieces.
Be specific but not so specific you have no hope for finding the item at all lest you get it custom made. Think along the lines of detail in “plaid wide-leg or loose tapered trousers” or “heavy boots with a lot of hardware”. Write down anything you think could work, and note whether there’s a range of colors you’d like to find it in, or are set on finding it in a specific color.
For any pieces that do not work with the list of lifestyle requirements, try and think of a similar item that still has the same feeling. For example, if your board has lots of people wearing pointed toe stilettos but you don’t wear heels, you could add leather pointed toe flats or boots. Sometimes there might not be any obvious toned-down version for an item, but that’s okay. There are so many dimensions of style to work with that you can always incorporate something else.

How do you actually find stuff once you have a list?

This is a bit of an art, and it’s a combination of knowing the pure elements you want and finding some brands that tend to make that style.
It generally helps to know more fashion vocab, so you can search particular shops or on Etsy or ebay. The easiest way to do this is to image search for “types of { collars / sleeves / skirts / etc }” and take a look at some infographics.
If you have no idea what shop to start with, use the shopping tab on Google or search in shopping aggregators like Lyst.
If you find one brand that fits the style, find their Instagram and see if they follow similar brands. If they have a hashtag on instagram, see what other brand hashtags people who wear that brand use.
Err towards looking at a lot of stuff and bookmarking it and filtering things down later. If the style you're chasing is incredibly specific, it's unlikely you'll find a brand that caters to it exactly.

Building a well-rounded wardrobe

As you’re looking for new pieces, consider the role each item plays in an outfit. Is it more of a statement or a base piece? Is it a shirt/bottom/outerweashoe/etc? Is that a niche that is filled in the items you have already?
Try and fill out categories of clothing evenly. If you have 10 items of new style that you’re mixing with 50 items of your old style but 7 of the new items are blouses in the same color family, that’s probably not going to make as much of an impact as if you had a few bottoms, a piece of outerwear, a pair of shoes, and some accessories mixed in.

Notes on color palettes

In my opinion, keeping a limited color palette is the easiest way to get a cohesive feel in a wardrobe that may otherwise be eclectic. A limited color palette doesn’t necessarily mean a neutral palette. You can pick neons and cool neutrals, colors that remind you of a tropical vacation…. you name it. Just keep constraints on some dimensions of the color.
Color can also be used to create a sense of variety in a smaller wardrobe. To create more depth in the capsule using color, you can include at least one color each that’s dark, medium, and light value.
Check that the color variety isn’t just in one category of your wardrobe. Try and have as much of your palette as possible in each category (i.e. if all your tops are colorful but all the bottoms are dark, that still won’t feel like much variety).

Integrating a new style into your existing wardrobe

It’s fine to keep items for this new style as a separate mini capsule within your wardrobe. But if you want to be able to integrate them without looking too eclectic, I recommend sitting down with the list of key items you've identified and a shortlist of your most-worn clothing (a simple paper list or spreadsheet with one column per clothing category works great) and considering how things could work together in different combinations. e.g. if you are deciding what type or color of top you could get, think about whether it would work with at least 3/5 of your most-worn bottoms.
Depending on your wardrobe, the style you’re trying to add, and what level of eclecticness you’re cool with, tasteful integration with your current wardrobe may not be feasible and you may want to just keep the new style as a small capsule within the rest of your wardrobe.
Definitely don't buy a new wardrobe in a month! Start with getting a few items (I'm talking like, 2-3 things) and see how you feel from there. Again, if you’re doing a wardrobe overhaul, the guide in the sidebar outlines some advice for that excellently.

Finding a balance of wearability and drama in outfits

We’re essentially aiming to half-ass the style on the original board. But to look intentional, half-ass it evenly in the whole outfit. Keep the parts of the outfit at similar levels of formality. Items don’t have to be exactly the same level of extra, but it will look more cohesive if they are all about one level of formality of each other.
Zoe Hong’s video “How to Design From Runway to Real Life” (being extra careful not to offend the AutoMod again with a shortened link – her channel is youtube.com/zoehongteaches) goes over a lot of elements that can make things more or less wearable. It’s written with an audience of design students in mind rather than consumers, but the concepts are all solid. Formality of clothes in women’s fashion is much less clear cut than in men’s fashion, but generally fabric will determine a lot of it. i.e. Just because it’s a dress doesn’t mean it’s formal. A stretchy knit cotton sundress is less formal than a cotton poplin sundress, and a dress in the same cut with tiers of eyelet lace would be more festive.
If you’re going to err towards more disparate levels of extra in the items used in one outfit, I find that grounding the look (literally) with shoes that have visual interest often makes the whole thing look more intentional. Doesn’t mean you have to wear bedazzled heels, but the shoes should have visual weight and contribute to the style of the outfit. For example, flat leather oxfords, pointed toe boots, or chunky strap flatform sandals all have more visual interest than your standard pair of low-profile black sneakers or flip flops but are still being wearable relative to a lot of the shoes you find in Pinterest outfits.
Another method that you can try is rather than starting with a plain outfit and swapping in or adding more fanciful pieces, you can initially go all out with the look and then remove (or swap out for a more low-key version) a few accessories or base items until you feel comfortable.

Examples!

Let's actually see how we can draw the rest of the owl.
I included three examples. The first is more on the extreme side in terms of starting point and endpoint because I feel that makes for a clearer example. It’s a complete but small wardrobe and the outfits are shown as polyvore style collages because I obviously am not going to actually buy a wardrobe's worth of stuff for a reddit post.
The latter two are like the FFA Inspo Album Starter Pack (I mean that as a term of endearment) and use items that are a subset of my actual wardrobe. The first one is more of an “I don’t want to go through this whole damn list exactly step by step, but I can more or less get the idea” example. I generally follow this process when doing my own wardrobe remixes now that I've done it so much I don't need a literal checklist, but in the last example I really go all out picking apart the board details just to show the kinds of things you can notice and decide whether to incorporate into your own look.
I chose more popular ones because since these are the sorts of styles I’ve seen a lot of inspo posts for over the past few years, I’m familiar with, and I could actually put some outfits together with using mostly stuff I had already. If you’ve got your own board and a list of some items you decided to get based on it, I’d love to see them!

Example 1: Victorian garden party, but make it athleisure

When your inner self is eating muffins and sipping tea with the characters of The Importance of Being Earnest but you work from home and are very active and have no tolerance for any sort of clothing that doesn't have high stretch.
This one just uses stock photos but I did collage the stock photos into outfits to give a better idea of how they could go together.

• Inspiration: Imgur screnshot and Pinterest board
• Items and Outfits: Imgur More detailed explanation of how I chose different types of items are in the imgur album. You can find the items and outfits as subsections on the Pinterest board linked above.

Recurring Elements

• Colors: creams, whites, beige, pastel floral colors, quite a lot of green and lighter blue – think of a lovely spring day
• Fabrics: Sheer layers, lace, airy fabrics, silk
• Silhouettes: Nipped in waists, full skirts, high necklines or sharp v or square necklines, graceful gathers and drape, voluminous sleeves
• Styling Choices: Hats! Hats were an integral part of outfits back in the turn of the century. Skirts and sleeves are poofy, but there aren’t really layers.

Distinguish from other styles

There’s going to be a fair amount of overlap with any sort of aggressively soft and feminine style, but to give the wardrobe a bit more focus, we can decide on some things we are not going to include in order to reduce elements that may skew it in other directions.

• Ballet style: Soft frothy pastels and floral motifs and athletic cuts are also strongly associated with ballet. In order to steer a bit away from this, let’s avoid anything with mesh or sequins.
• Lingerie-inspired style: Corsetry and yards of lace are both elements that conjure images of fluffy Edwardian blouses and parasols. However, if we are going with more skintight athletic wear items, then these can easily move into a lingerie aesthetic, so let’s avoid lace-up and lace elements.

Misc notes

I actually started out focusing on creams, pinks, and purples, but realized it would read a bit too “gendered childrens clothing line”, so I decided to add the blues and greens.
Another thing I did here to keep things simpler was limiting the floral prints to accessories and bottoms, but avoiding tops. I felt that floral tops was the more pedestrian choice (I’m being DRAMATIC and CREATIVE here), so I limited it to pants and accessories. I think this also makes it easier to mix-and-match because you rarely have to worry about clashing prints if they’re all in pants.

Specific things to look for

In this example since I decided to stick to athleisure it was simple enough to just search for floral prints and colors within the palette. For accessories I wanted to include some more direct references, so I looked into straw and canvas bags, a wide-brimmed hat, and a porcelain tea set inspired water bottle.

Example 2: Your basic witch

This is basically the recurring summer goth/witch themed inspo that pops up periodically.
Here tbh I just got lazy but figured it would be good to have one shorter and less “Are you crazy?? Who’s gonna go through all these steps and detail????” example anyway.
Looking at the inspo board on Pinterest (or a screenshot of it on imgur), we can see it’s a pretty traditional dramatic romantic goth sort of style with all black, with a bent towards a medieval historical style rather than more punk-y goth.
Say we’re starting with a casual wardrobe that’s mostly black already, but is pretty plain so no one would take a look and be like “YES this definitely has low-key witchy vibes.”
If the spring/summer basics are basic black denim shorts, jeans, and a jersey maxi skirt, plain sandals, and boots and I don’t really want to go full out queen-of-the-night-wears-valentino because I like stretch skirts and denim, then the place to try and incorporate the style would be in tops and accessories.
If I have the 3 bottoms mentioned above that I want to incorporate and get 2 more fun and themed (i.e. more elaborate or sheer fabrics, or silhouettes with dramatic poofy sleeves and/or severe medieval dress style square necklines) tops that go with all of them, then that’s 6 outfits and if you’re only wearing these on weekends that’s already a great set to work with, especially if you add options for accessories. You can have a lot of fun with a particular style even if you don’t have a giant collection of items for it.
The most obvious accessories to add would be a black wide-brimmed hat and a purse that has more elaborate details on it. Silver-toned boho jewelry would also work, as well as some more fashion-y sunglasses (e.g. circle style or cat-eye style instead of aviator).
I also shamelessly love witchy styles. This year I decided I think the more maximalist version is a lot more fun than the minimal sack-dress woodsy style, so I got 2 tops that were more on theme. I wanted to get more feeling of variety so I got a long sleeved off the shoulder blouson sleeve top and a square-neck sleeveless crop top. I think a lace-up corset closure would be more on-theme than a zipper, but I’ve tried lace-up styles before and I personally don’t like wearing them. I like how this top is reminiscent of stays (as in the corset-like things) but the zipper keeps it from being too ren faire anyway. (I already had a black sun hat).
Et voila, a few outfits.. More obviously inspired by the board than a black ribbed tank top and the same bottoms, but also wearable in a casual setting.

Example 3: 1920s-1940s adventurer style

You know those posts. The perennial Indiana Jones / Lara Croft inspired posts.
Inspiration, items and outfits: Imgur (more details on how I chose items and put together outfits in the album). Pinterest (just inspo).

Recurring Elements

TLDR: earth-toned vintage military-inspired style with a relaxed but practical feel.

• Earth tones: Obviously. Olive, khaki, beige/cream, browns of various shades. Some black, but it’s not a dominant neutral. Think National Park Service.
• Sturdy natural fabrics: All over the catalogs you see them bragging about how the properties of the cotton, linen, wool, and leather items of various kinds will aid you on your adventure. Not the sort of technical materials you’d get from modern workwear and activewear brands. (For the record, I don’t hate synthetics on principle. They just don’t make sense here.) There are still soft fabrics, but nothing diaphonous or delicate.
• Comfortable silhouettes: a bit loose to accommodate movement because spandex wasn’t really a thing in clothes back in our era of inspiration, but not so loose that things will catch on vegetation or machinery. I didn’t want to comb through all the scans to dig it up, but the copy from one of the catalogs advertising a skirt said something to the effect of “loose enough to take long brisk strides in without catching between the legs”.
• Military details: A lot of this style is closely related to the military (i.e. pilots) or is just so utilitarian in bent that military surplus makes sense.
• Vintage styling: The catalogs cite inspiration anywhere from the Victorian era through the 1980s (they did actually sell t-shirts in addition to stuff like that embedded scans), but from what I can tell focuses on the elements of 20s through 40s. With an 80s bent, for example they have so many sweater dresses and shirt dresses with wide belts over them. So this means mostly structured and tailored items and more classic style shoes like lace-up boots and oxfords.

Specific items and styling details that could work

• Boots: A lot of the modern inspo photos feature Doc Martens boots, which also work with the military inspiration. Shoes are generally comfortable and on the sturdy side, and are lace-up. Chelsea boots would work too.
• Loose trousers: Specifically jodhpurs, but we can assume that we’re not going to be walking around casually in those any time soon, but trousers that are relaxed around the thighs then tapered down can have a similar vibe. Wide-leg 40s trousers also appear. There aren’t really any leggings or skinny pants. Jeans were a thing in the 40s and definitely appear in a lot of working women historical photos, but I think going hard enough on the vintage pieces to pull a look more old-timey with jeans will usually end up looking like a costume or a 50s pinup style so I’d just avoid it.
• Midi skirts: Not mini skirts (might as well wear shorts) or maxi skirts which would be a trip hazard. Crisp styles rather than breezy or boho styles.
• Belts. Belted everything! Very 80s with the dresses.
• Aviator-inspired bomber jackets, shearling jackets: Optional: those leather flight caps and goggles :P
• Safari/field jackets
• Linen/cotton button-down shirts, beige/white or olive. This + khaki or olive bottoms are core pieces. Henley shirts or plain tops can also work, more of an off-duty sort of vibe.
• Hats: structured hats like panama hats, in straw or wool. Probably wanna avoid anything that looks like a literal pith helmet.
• Bandana/scarf for hair or around the neck.
• Heritage/Fisherman sweaters
• Jumpsuits and safari/utility dresses
• Vintage aviator style watches
• Leathecanvas backpacks and messenger bags

For modern looks, a balance between vintage-inspired and modern. If pants are more modern (e.g. plain trousers vs pleated trousers), pair with a more old-timey top. If the top and bottom could be just any old outfit, add a hat + statement vintage shoes.

Distinguish from other styles

So at a certain level of dilution, any original inspo can and will read more vaguely. But some things to think about:

• Soft prairie / romantic / Victorian undergarments style: At least one of top/bottom should be more structured. So a soft romantic vintage style top like the one in the linked photo could work with more structured pants (like the free people crop wide-leg pant from above shown again here). Or the pictured skirt could work with a utility/camp button-down.
• Socialite on vacation in the Mediterranean style: These two images show items/outfits that are pretty close, but not quite sturdy enough to feel adventure-y. The first is more of a loungewear jumpsuit and while the second outfit is pretty close, the shoes don’t exactly look like they’re made for going places even though they’re flat. Open shoes can work, but I think something more heavy-duty like Birkenstocks fit better.
• Just straight-up military inspired style: I think by nature a lot of the pieces or outfits individually could be read as just plain vintage military inspo, but collectively they shouldn’t have a drill sergeant vibe. In another example of accessories making or breaking it, the sleek black boots and black beret bring it more towards “when you have brunch at 11 and a coup at 12”. I tend to favor lace-up boots for this style because it feels more boots-on-the-ground and less shiny officer boots, if that makes any sense. Also sticking to lighter earthy tones can keep things more obviously safari inspired.
• Professor style: actual professors now obviously wear a larger variety of styles, but I mean that sort of old school ivy league humanities professor look. This is a really fun look, but it’s on the formal/buttoned-up side and doesn’t quite have the outdoorsy vibe. I think incorporating at least one more utilitarian/relaxed fit piece can help bring it more towards an exploreadventurer look.

FAQ

Questions no one has actually asked me, since I obviously just posted this, but which I've seen cropping up periodically on FFA.
Cool, now I can dress like a Tolkien elf / sci-fi villain at my new job at the law firm?
If part of your job description involves wearing a literal uniform for safety/practicality or looking as close to some conservative industry standard as possible, it's probably in your best interest from a career perspective to stick to reserve your creative outfits for the weekend.
There was one true corporate goth “Dark Goddess of the Cubicle Farm” (sadly since deleted) which actually attempted to be fully business casual compliant, and the top comment was basically "that just looks like business casual with small goth details?" That’s the point! There’s a spectrum on how hard you can lean into a style. You can incorporate a small flavor of it, or a lot. Your clothes don’t have to be a 100% reflection of WHO YOU REALLY ARE INSIDE every day. Just have fun with it how you can.
Do I need to have just one style? Do I need to define my style(s) to Fashion properly?
No, only if you think it will be fun or that having a more cohesive wardrobe will make getting dressed easier for you. Even if you find it helpful to define your style, it doesn’t have to be like, “Atlantic storm goddess who is trying to pass as a schoolteacher in 1940s NYC”. Something like “I like things that are more minimal and structured for my business casual clothes” or “girly-leaning grunge” can also work.
You could still apply the process I outlined here. I just chose more sartorially weird examples because I think most people have a better sense of how to find items that were inspired by things that are obvious to find in mall stores, but it isn't always obvious how to do that if you're starting with movie costume or couture inspo.
Having a sort of mission statement for your wardrobe that you can come back to when shopping or deciding what you need to get rid of can help keep all your pieces more cohesive, which will make creating intentional-looking outfits easier. If you don’t care about having a cohesive outfit or wardrobe, there is no reason to do this. But many people find having some kind of cohesive look aesthetically pleasing and comforting.
You also don't need just one style! I don't militantly stick to one style, but I still like to come up with capsules within my wardrobe that fit more specific aesthetics. You could also have one main style so that most of your clothes will look fine together that you defined based off an intensely-curated Pinterest board, and then the other 20% is just whatever you thought looked nice. Or maybe 80% of your clothes is just whatever you thought looked nice and could wear to work, but you have a small capsule of going-out clothes with a strong aesthetic. Whatever floats your boat.
Why does FFA have a childish obsession with shoving their wardrobes into overly specific style buckets?
Because it's a way that people can have fun with clothes. Let 👏 people 👏 like 👏 things
Seriously though, it's an online forum. You're gonna get the people who are really extra into things.
But why witches??
There was a whole thread on that
All My Previous Inspiration Albums:^{Gratuitousself-promotion}
Storybook style | Geology | Pirate | Ocean | Dragons and Knights | Dessert | Desert | UFO Corporate | Wearable Witch | Mushroom and Lichen | Non-floral Botanical | Circus

note: this is the real Saturday June 9th post. The other one was for June 8th, which i posted after midnight my time and forgot to update the date stamp. apologies for any confusion!

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  [Title Post] Honeybees can conceive and interpret zero, proving for the first time ever that insects are capable of mathematical abstraction. This demonstrates an understanding that parallels animals such as the African grey parrot, nonhuman primates, and even preschool children.
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• QuixoticPrince
  A new study finds that when 25 percent of people in a group adopt a new social norm, it creates a tipping point where the entire group follows suit. This shows the direct causal effect of the size of a committed minority on its capacity to create social change
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/space

• mvea
  [Title Post] Two new solar systems have been found relatively close to our own. One of them is just 160 light years from Earth and includes three planets that are remarkably similar in size to our own. One of the three is exactly the same size as our own world, and the others are only ever so slightly bigger.
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/technology

• mvea
  Ajit Pai’s FCC lied about “DDoS” attack, ex-chair’s statement indicates - Wheeler: There was no "coverup" of 2014 DDoS attack, because there was no DDoS.
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• mvea
  People kicking these food delivery robots is an early insight into how cruel humans could be to robots
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/Futurology

• mvea
  Microplastics in our mussels: the sea is feeding human garbage back to us. A new report found that seafood contains an alarming amount of plastic – and in fact no sea creature is immune. It’s as if the ocean is wreaking its revenge
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/AskReddit

• BenedickCabbagepatch
  Redditor who own niche hobby shops like model shops, how the hell do you make enough money to stay afloat?
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/IAmA

• auralarchipelago
  I'm a backpacking ethnomusicologist traveling Indonesia researching and recording rare and endangered traditional music, then sharing it all for free online.
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/todayilearned

• serenity78
  TIL in Aztec mythology, giving birth was seen as a woman's battle with the gods to win her child's life. Mothers who succeeded were celebrated, while women who died in childbirth were thought to become vampiric monsters called Cihuateteo, which stole other women's children.
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/coolguides

• randomusefulbits
  Guide to different protein shakes
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/movies

• impeccabletim
  First Man (Official Trailer)
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/sports

• az9393
  Three brothers were on the starting squad for the New Zealand rugby team today.
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/Art

• OwnTheKnight
  When it's cooler outside, Pascal Campion, Digital, 2018
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/television

• cognitionconditional
  Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children: The TV legend possessed an extraordinary understanding of how kids make sense of language.
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/pics

• BabaGanusch
  Spent a week in Scotland. Decided to try and find Skyfall with my daughter.
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/gifs

• SGutman
  A sea turtle swimming up to take a nap in a giant barrel sponge
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• Scaulbylausis
  Tips are appreciated
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• -Dannysaur-
  18 years ago today, the Met's manager got ejected and came back wearing a disguise
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/mildlyinteresting

• mattjh
  This broken parking pole in Philly was redecorated to look like the Leaning Tower of Pisa
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• kwkkly
  My friends jacket is made entirely out of reflective material... This is what a picture with flash looks like
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/interestingasfuck

• nlotherioum
  After a 3 year long community clean-up. Versova beach, Mumbai
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• Le_Canard
  Ferrofluid inside of a rotating magnetic field shows us a 2D slice of the 3D magnetic field
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/MostBeautiful

• whatsaustindoin
  The actual most beautiful waterfall I’ve ever seen [OC]
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/EarthPorn

• i3r1ana
  Chasm Lake - Rocky Mountain National Park, CO [OC] [2448 x 3264]
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/spaceporn

• Fly_or_Boom
  Juno | Perijove 13 [1920x1080]
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/AbandonedPorn

• pinkeyedcyclops
  We don't go to Ravenholm (abandoned industry, Belgium) (OC) [3000x2000]
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/HistoryPorn

• Eggtat
  Dwarf Henry Behrens dances with his pet cat in the doorway of his Worthing home, 1956 [1200 x 1200]
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• ibkeepr
  Mister Rogers visiting the set of the TV show “The Incredible Hulk”, February 1980 [445x570]
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/aww

• gentle_dinosaur
  Grandpa saved a rabbit 🐰
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• BlondeRed
  She didn't grow into them
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• scbmobile
  Joyful hops from a baby deer
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/Awwducational

• Prufrock451
  This is the Eastern Tiger Salamander, which can grow over a foot in length: North American forests hold one salamander per square meter!
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Something New

Everyday we’ll feature a selected small subreddit and its top content. It's a fun way to include and celebrate smaller subreddits.

Today's subreddit is...

/tacos

Its top 3 all time posts

• Likes_Tacos
  I just found this subreddit.
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• krattscreatures
  Don't get too excited
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• Provider92
  My reaction after I stumbled into this subreddit
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It's Friday. It's Spotlight time. Let's get down to business!
Today's featured athlete is a person I've been lucky enough to get to know a bit outside of just /running. She's got a quick wit to match her growing list of abilities and she's not afraid to use it. Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for this week's highlighted runner... cPharoah!
Let's do this.

The Runner:

First Name?

Clare

Age?

23

Where are you from?

Originally Pennsylvania, but currently stuck in good ole Alabama for the past five years (undergrad & grad school).

Occupation?

Currently a graduate student & teaching assistant in anthropology. In theory, when I graduate, I’ll go work for the National Parks Service (doing archaeology things) or go do GIS analysis in some office somewhere.

Running Q&A's:

What are your PR’s?

• 1 mile: 6:18
• 5k: 22:04 (hopefully breaking this over thanksgiving!)
• Half Marathon: 1:39
• Marathon: 4:30ish (set during 12 hour race)
• 50k: 5:30 is (set during 12 hour race)
• 50 miles: 9:36ish (set during 12 hour race)

What is your distance PR?

58.986 miles, from my 12 hour race a couple weeks ago.

What’s your highest recorded weekly mileage?

I hit 92 miles during the last ARTC Super Week, and I think I’d like to do a 100 mile week in the wintespring this year. If I hadn’t gone out one night during Super Week (and ended up hungover the next day and not doubling), I could have definitely hit 100.

What’s your comfy pace?

It was around 9:30 during the summer heat and humidity, but it’s getting closer to the 8:45-9:00 range now that the weather is getting cooler.

How long have you been running?

I started couch to 5k in May 2016, but took a month off when I went to Romania, so I didn’t finish it until August 2016. In my mind, that’s when my real “running” started.

Tell us why you began running?

Running has always been a big thing in my family. My mom, aunt, and uncle all run or coach. My mom and aunt have done Boston a couple times, and one of my earliest memories is standing at the finish line at the Boston Marathon, waiting for my mom and wondering why there was a man lying on the ground covered in a shiny silver blanket, puking his guts up. My uncle ran track and XC in college, and now coaches a pretty good high school team nearby. My mom tried to get me and my sister into running when we were in middle and high school, but I always felt like I had so much to live up to and that I’d be awful and let everyone down. So I stuck to swimming. After I graduated undergrad, I felt like such a big out-of-shape potato, so I decided to give running a shot. It stuck! I hate talking about running with my family though. My mother is convinced that anyone above the age of 50 shouldn’t be running anything longer than a half marathon, and she also thinks I’m going to seriously injure myself, that run streaks are bad, and that I run way way too much. My uncle just gives me shit about how much faster he is. When he found out I got a new half marathon PR, his response was “Well, mine’s still 30 minutes faster. Got a long ways to go!”. So while it’s common ground that I have with a lot of family members, it’s definitely something I like to keep personal.

Most memorable running moment?

Probably the last ~30 minutes of my 12 hour, when I started running fast and realized I was going to win. It hurt real bad and I don’t think I’ve ever felt that bad ass in my whole life. It was pitch black and I was just running as fast as I could, could barely even breathe, waiting to hear the horn blow and wanting it to be over SO BADLY so I could finally be done.

Do you have a running mantra?

Recently, I’ve just been chanting over and over in my head, “this is fun. I’m having fun.” or some variation of that. One trail race where we were constantly going over big ass rocks, I kept yelling “rocks are fun!”, and probably annoying everyone around me. On one race with a lot of climbing, I kept thinking in my head “hills are fun!”. I try to make myself enjoy the sucky parts and not let myself get grumpy, because I know that won’t end well for me. If I’m not enjoying myself, what’s the point?

What time of day do you prefer to run?

I used to be a big morning runner, but I’ve been really enjoying running in the early afternoon lately. I liked to run when it was the hottest during the summeearly “fall”, in hopes that I’d be getting extra benefits from learning how to deal with the heat. I’ve definitely noticed I’m able to hold a faster pace way easier if I run in the afternoon versus in the morning. I think it’s because I’m still basically asleep during my morning runs.

Any big races coming up?

Nothing super big until February. Running a 13.5 mile trail race in a couple weeks, and racing a road 5k over Thanksgiving Break. In February, I run my first official marathon (Mercedes Marathon woohoo!) and then in March I’m doing my first official 50k (Oak Mountain 50k!). I’m going to Tunnel Hill to crew/observe a friend of mine who’s running the hundred (AND I GET TO POSSIBLY ANNOY SHOES), but that’s not really MY big race, per se.

What are your short-term running goals?

Within the next year, I think I’d like to break 20 in the 5k and break my fairly soft “PR’s” in the marathon and 50k. I’d also like to try for 100 miles at EU this summer. Besides that, I think I need to concentrate on actually racing less (as opposed to the past year, where I’ve been doing a race or two every month), so I can focus on getting a decent block of steady training.

What are your long-term running goals?

Long term, I have a bunch of different goals. I’d like to qualify for Boston before I’m 30 (don’t know if I ever want to actually RUN Boston though). I want to do a 100 miler and not totally embarrass myself. I have a long list of ultras/trail races I want to race (stereotypical Western States, GDR, Leadville, Speedgoat, etc). I’m a very VERY competitive person, so I’d also like to do fairly well at some bigger races. I don’t see myself ever winning anything big, but I’d like to be able to place top 20-30%, or at least make an honest attempt. I like going fast.

What’s one piece of running advice you’d give to the younger version of yourself?

You’re not all that great at swimming. Try running. But don’t do it with mom or anyone. Once you get past the beginning sucky parts, it’s actually fun! Don’t do track, though. Short distances suck.

What is something you need to work on to become a better runner?

I think I could definitely work on my form and cadence a lot. Do more core work (as opposed to the ZERO core work I currently do). Start lifting weights again. I also need to stop only doing easy runs and start throwing some speedwork into my week on a consistent basis. The more I think about it, the more I can find to improve on. I’m never satisfied (this goes for everything in life, not just running).

What is your current shoe choice?

Road: Hoka One One Clifton 3 (this may change after the Altra Duo is released. Oh BABY it looks nice) Trail: Hoka One One Speedgoats

Trail? Road? Track? Or Treadmill?

Trail wins, hands down. If I’m pressed for time (aka, during the week), I’ll hit the roads. I don’t do a whole lot of speedwork, so I’ve only used a track like twice. I don’t know of a public-use track around where I live currently, so that’s kinda out. Oh, and fuck treadmills. I can’t run for more than a mile before I’m ready to jump off a cliff, just to put myself out of my misery.

What is your ideal running weather?

Either sunny, slightly warm, and raining or about 50 degrees and clear skies. I’m a huge wimp about the cold after living in Alabama for 5 years, and the transition back to cold weather in DecembeJanuary when I’m up in PA is always VERY tough for me.

Do you have any social media accounts you’d like to share? [Facebook, Strava, Twitter]

Strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/15875698 Instagram: @claree_elizabeth Twitter (not very running related, but hey): @farrowpaceism

Just For Fun:

What’s your spirit animal?

A giraffe. When I was 3 years old, my parents lost me in the Philadelphia Zoo and found me after I crawled inside the giraffe enclosure. I’m not tall, so I don’t have that in common with them, but I tend to move around just as awkwardly.

What hobbies and interests do you have besides running?

I do various art things (pottery, printmaking, cross stitch). I also read a lot in my spare time. Grad school and running tend to occupy the majority of my free time, however, so I don’t do a lot besides those things. I’m super lame.

Do you have any hidden talents?

I can make a REALLY good goat/sheep noise. I also have very hyperflexible joints, so I can do some weird, vaguely contortion-like things with my limbs. I don’t know if this counts as a “hidden” talent, but I’ve spent a lot of time studying human osteology throughout undergrad/grad school, so I can identify bone fragments fairly easily. Not the easiest party trick, however.

Biggest pet peeve?

Inconsiderate people. I know it’s not limited to this area of the country, but a lot of Southerner’s I’ve met are super inconsiderate of anyone besides themselves. I don’t necessarily go out of my way to make things easier for other people, but I make an attempt to not be a giant asshole and to be aware of other people around me. There’s a tendency to use fake “politeness” to mask blatant rudeness that really grinds my gears.

Dream job! What would it be?

Working for the National Parks Service, living on the park property, doing a mix of archaeological fieldwork and spatial data analysis. Either that or coronemedical examiner. But I really don’t want to go back to school to go to med school, so I’m leaning towards the park thing.

Favorite Quote or Poem?

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt.

What is your favorite movie?

Oh man. I don’t actually really watch a lot of TV or movies (I get distracted about 15 minutes in and want to go do something else), but I guess I’d say A Knight’s Tale. Or the Princess Bride.

What is your biggest character flaw?

I’m very selfish, in the sense that I don’t like to sacrifice things I want to do just because someone else thinks I shouldn’t do it. This mainly comes up in relationships, when a guy wants me to change something about myself to suit his preferences more. I care about other people, but I put myself first. I’m also very competitive and disgustingly self-confident about things I have no business being confident about. Bit of a god complex, I guess.

What songs have you been listening to recently?

According to Spotify, my recent jams have been “Not That Girl – Ashnikko Remix” by GIRLI, “You Don’t Know About Me” by Ella Vos, “Machu Picchu” by Neon Dreams, and a whoooole lot of Metallica.

What are some of your favorite non-running subreddits?

Hmmm… probably /awfuleyebrows, /trashy, /diWHY, /anthropology, etc. I can usually find enough to amuse myself from all those. I used to be really into /makeupaddiction and similar subs, but I’m way way too lazy/don’t care enough to wear makeup 90% of the time now.

One Last Question:

What is the origin of your username?

This is super lame, but it’s basically just a mashup of my first and last name, but spelled differently. Pharoah is way cooler. And I get to pretend like I rule Egypt.

That's it folks! Have a great weekend and enjoy the miles.

Thanks for reading everyone!

Please tag cPharoah when asking a question in this thread.

Previously Featured Spotlight Runners:

Palindrome27	A-german-muffin	xfkirsten	PepperoniFire	rennuR_liarT
Santa Claus	Brwalkernc	Pinkpiggie	Fobo911	Kinsibit
Jaime_manger	Craigster38	Despoena	Philpips	Brunchweasel
Chickensedan	Skragen	Incster	Freedomweasel	Jennifer1911
RedKryptonite	Zebano	Kevin402can	Punkrock_runner	ProudPatriot07
Once_a_hobby_jogger	Loratliff	57001	Borichu	Denovosibi
Causticwonder	Dirtybritch	TheRedInTheSky	Aewillia	Judyblumereference
Flocculus	El_day2	YourShoesUntied	Jeade-en	Kyle-Kranz
ItsReallyReallyTrue	Jangle_Bo_Jingles	RichieClare	sloworfast	RobotPettingZoo
Runwichi	Smruttkay	Sacamato	Kibitzor	Edge767
BrianOgilvie	Cromagnonized	c0me_at_me_br0	Some_Other_Sherman	Caitlionator
Ahf0913	Vermilionweirdo	NonReligiousPopette	JonnyHydra	LadyMasterChemist
Polgara19	Mamabear5678	Octopifungus	Barnaby_McFoo	Zazzera
DAHarlow	IamShartacus	Mayfest	Brotherbock	ThePsion
Zwingtip	JKrusas	Usho	TripleBogey25	GreatDeku
SheSaidGoodBye	LeastBadOption	Josandal	Docbad32	Mattack73
Tipsy_Topsy	SecretSexBot	TheReelKanyeWest	Anbu1538	Marximumrunner
OblongPlatypus	Beardedtrogon	TheOnlyCaveat	Stan_Leeway	RunningPT_Lauren
Chweris	Karmicbias	Miikermb	ThatServer	Runlowsky
Microthorpe	LittleEngineThatWill	Stretchy_Arms	BubblesAreMyGame	KoffeeKev
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ATTENTION READERS!

I've been getting some more messages recently from a lot of people asking to be featured in the Friday Spotlight Thread. My response to them is the same every time. I do not get to personally choose who is chosen for each thread. With exception to Palindrome27 (which I randomly chose to get this started), every runner thus far has been selected by the person before them. It's one of the perks of getting nominated. There is no list of names. No spreadsheet with columns of people. Nothing. So for those confused, users like Philpips was chosen by Despoena. Despoena was chosen by Craigster38. So on and so on. You get the idea. Doing it this way eliminates the hassle of having to personally pick someone every week. This keeps me neutral. Some of you have expressed your opinion (via PM) on who's been featured this far claiming that I have only chosen runners who are fast, have been running for a while, or compete in longer distance races. Quite frankly, you're wrong. Just browse the table of previous athletes above and you'll see that a wide variety of runners have been on display. Being chosen is simply luck of the draw. There is zero favoritism here. Each featured runner gets to personally pick someone they find interesting. I apply no pressure to the runners to pick a particular skill level of runner. This is the beauty of the process. If you want to be featured, you can up your chances of being chosen by being an active member of the subreddit. Comment as much as possible. Submit quality content. Provide as much as you can as a runner to help keep this community growing and I'm certain your efforts will not go unnoticed. Just keep tuning in and making friends and eventually it'll pay off if you want to be featured. Thank you.