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Carol Aird is a lesbian.

not just a lesbian but the lesbian

What did the astronauts on the International Space Station see when they looked upon the Earth from orbit in 2017? See some of the top Earth observations from the year and download these pics, as chosen by our Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.   Astronauts have used hand-held cameras to photograph the Earth for more than 55 years. Beginning with the Mercury missions in the early 1960s, astronauts have taken more than 1.5 million photographs of the Earth. Today, the International Space Station continues this tradition of Earth observation from human-tended spacecraft. Operational since November 2000, the space station is well suited for documenting Earth features. The orbiting laboratory maintains an altitude of about 250 miles above the Earth, providing an excellent stage for observing most populated areas of the world. 

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - A letto, il bacio (1892)

Viviamo, mia Lesbia, e amiamo        e ogni mormorio perfido dei vecchi        valga per noi la più vile moneta.        Il giorno può morire e poi risorgere, ma quando muore il nostro breve giorno,        una notte infinita dormiremo.        Tu dammi mille baci, e quindi cento,        poi dammene altri mille, e quindi cento, quindi mille continui, e quindi cento.        E quando poi saranno mille e mille  nasconderemo il loro vero numero,        che non getti il malocchio l’invidioso        per un numero di baci così alto.

Catullo

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Let us live, my Lesbia, and love. As for all the rumors of those stern old men, Let us value them at a mere penny. Suns may set and yet rise again, but Us, with our brief light, can set but once. One never-ending night must be slept. Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred. Then, another thousand, and a second hundred. Then, yet another thousand, and a hundred. Then, when we have counted up many thousands, Let us shake the abacus so that no one may know the number, And become jealous when they see How many kisses we have shared. 

Catullus