The heavy pressure of the past several days has ebbed, and you're able to go about your business with a lighter heart...And so began my horoscope for today. It continues:
Don't be shy today about expressing your self. You'll feel better if you do. Speaking of feeling better, it would be a good idea to pay more attention to your body and start some healthier habits, too.
It's the last day of IRON NODER XVI: MORE STUBBORN-HARD THAN HAMMER'D IRON and I sit
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…Iron Widow is the debut novel of Chinese-born Canadian writer Xiran Jay Zhao, published in 2021, in the "science fantasy" genre, for adult and young adult readers. Iron Widow follows the ascent to power of a fictionalised version of Wu Zetian, China's only female emperor, in a setting where giant robots are used to combat gigantic otherworldly monsters called hunduns.
In Zetian's world, women are treated as chattel to men, and
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In general, NPC streamers tend to be attractive women wearing
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