Alrik

Let It Happen

[acmedeus]

A disclaimer, because, why not,

Hi.

Okay bye.

Just kidding, but that's quite literally me if I'm having a mental breakdown. (Yes, the same exact scenario. With a big ass mattress down there too, 'cause I'm dramatic that way.)

My name is Alrik Iver, and I usually go with 'Alrik'. My other nickname is Ayik, and I don't think I've ever heard anyone call me with other than that... New ones are very welcomed, though.

I'm in my legal age—somewhere over 20—and I'm an INFP who resides under the protection of Libra sun. My preferred pronouns are He/They, although I'm fine with any pronouns as long as it's not It/Its.

My interests stretch greatly, to the point where I cannot list them properly, but these days, I've been putting my attention on Formula One, TV series (BBC Sherlock, 2 Broke Girls, Supernatural, The Office, and the list goes on), Stray Kids, video games, books, and as well as music. I consider myself to be pretty boring when it comes to the media I consume, so my preferred genres when it comes to movies and books are young-adult, fantasy, and sci-fi. I'm a wuss too btw because I've never been a fan of horror movies and games, but... I do watch a lot of crime docuseries and horror games playthroughs/speedruns, for fun. My favorite book is The Witcher trilogy, and I came from the video game franchise (bless CD Projekt Red for making the best game of all time). For songs, I listen to a lot—like, a lot—of hip-hop and R&B, although that doesn't mean I don't listen to Indonesian Pop when I'm stressed out.

I'll add things here as I go along, but for now, there's that.

Important Side Note: Everyone is free to ignore my tweets, and please do not follow first without my consent and/or permission. I do not mind interacting with minors, as long as they understand the boundaries that I have set. My account is Unfollow/Block/Mute free. For those who are in the basic DNF and DNI criteria, please stay away.

Retrospring | RP Handle

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Rehashed #2

Hello hello hello, and welcome back to Rehashed, a.k.a Alrik’s media recap of the month. This is the second edition, as I have posted the first one last month.

May was quite the journey... I’d say it leans more towards character development (iykyk), but hey, I enjoyed some fun stuffs anyway. Without further ado, here are the medias I have enjoyed in May.

The Architecture of Love [2024]

Okay, hear me out. I know some people will gasp at the fact that I even watch this movie—not because it’s horrible, but it’s in the genres of movies that I won’t be voluntarily watching—but I will still be including this in the list. My mom, who pulled me into watching the movie, highlighted that she was there for Putri Marino. Fine, that’s fair. About the movie: I don’t know if it’s because I rarely watch these kinds of movie, but I found it really cheesy and somewhat a bit shallow. I’m disappointed that they didn’t do a deeper dive on Raia’s character and backstory, and suddenly the focus shifted to River and it… didn’t come back to Raia’s POV? I was hoping there would be balanced views from both protagonists, but oh well I was wrong. I loved it only because it was set in New York. That is all.

Passengers [2017, Netflix]

What’s with this month and emotionally upsetting movies that I watch? Two in a row, damn. ‘Passengers’ tells a story about this male passenger, apparently waking up from his supposedly long hibernation period with still 90 years into moving to a new planet, with like hundreds upon thousands of others seeking for a new start to life. Having lived one year by himself, he became a bit insane (bro who doesn’t, bffr) and he decided to force open the hibernation capsule of an elite-class passenger… basically forcing this poor woman to accompany him with 89 years left drifting in the space. I’ll just get to my thoughts: I like how they are from very different backgrounds, but somehow, they got to connect to each other, albeit there are fights in-between, of course. Also, one thing that I’m mad at this as BE graduate: why the fuck would you fly a big ass starship, to another fucking planet, with all of the fucking staffs HIBERNATING as well??? Why don’t they have assigned shifts to make sure the ship is flying just fine? Dumbass.

Too Sweet by Hozier [2024]

“But while in this world…” Yeah, you can continue. Go on.

I, of course, found this on TikTok. No brainer. The funny thing is that, this song reminds me of my last year of university because, “I think I’ll take my whiskey neat (not this one); my coffee black, and my bed at 3.” See that last line? r/actually_me. Even until now, lol.

Nobody Knows by KISS OF LIFE [2023]

I’m going to be honest. I was bored, and I decided to watch KISS OF LIFE’s Midas Touch M/V. The song? Amazing. The music video? Got me repeating again and again like I’ve never seen of K-Pop before. But then, I came across the dance practice video of a song that they previously came up with, titled ‘Nobody Knows’, and my God Julie Han you can step on me whenever you want. Jokes aside, but their songs are really good, and I’m very delighted with the fact that their live vocals sound just exactly like the studio version. 10/10.

“How to develop the habits you want – and get rid of the ones you don’t (w/ James Clear)” produced by How to Be a Better Human (TED and PRX) [April 8, 2024]

Lately, I have never been so distrustful of the internet’s guide to be productive, because one will tell me to hustle so hard that I can see nothing but money, and the other will tell me to just do it in my pace. I want the best of both worlds! So, as I was listening to this podcast episode, I’m just taking key points of what I could implement into my life, e.g. there’s no perfect way of doing and/or implementing habits, falling out of habit is fine and it doesn’t mean that you’re failing, you need to change your environment to get out of bad habits, etc. I could see myself applying it, and boy is it harder to say than to execute it. But hey, it puts my mind at ease knowing that I’m just a human, and mistakes are inevitable sometimes. At least, I’m learning every single day.

“The best camping gear, according to National Geographic staff” written by Iona Brannon, National Geographic

The best camping gear of 2024, according to National Geographic staff

From sturdy tents to cozy sleeping bags, these are the tried-and-true camping essentials we love.

Am I a camping person? No. Am I a hiker? Also no. But one thing about me: I like being nosy about what people brings for different occasions (with their consent, of course). I was scrolling through WhatsApp channels in the morning (can you tell I’m pretty old?), and I found this article being posted by National Geographic. I was rearranging a situation in my mind where I need to go on a hike & I magically can’t say no, and scrolling the list like I need to pick which one is the best gear for me. They also listed the considerations you need to be taking in terms of the trip that you’re going for, the cost of the gears, the sustainability of them, etc. It’s a good read.

And that is all for Rehashed #2, a.k.a May edition! I know it is more lengthy than the first one; but I hope you enjoyed it, still. A presto, lettrice e lettore!

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Rehashed | #1

I am terribly sorry for the non-creative title, it's just a synonym of "recap" that I found through a quick Google search. I have tried to scour around my brain, and it seems like I can't find anything better; the main goal is for me to consistently do this every month, so. Without further ado...

Welcome! This is Alrik's first post of media recap throughout the month. I will be posting at least once a month about the medias that I've consumed in that time frame; this way, I'll keep myself accountable for the diversity of things that I listen, watch, read, or basically have immersed myself in.

For the first post, though, I'll be true to myself that I've been consuming rather "mediocre" medias, so. Please don't click your tongue as you scroll through, I'm (surprisingly) just an ordinary human, like others are.

The Gentlemen [Netflix – 1st season, 2024]

A series that I instantly put on my watch list just because I like watching people doing dangerous things (that are scripted. Please, don't drag me by quoting that). Set in the Great Britain, just a fallen aristocratic family trying to regain their wealth by working with a super attractive lady who produces zaza and turns out his land's their working site. My favorite. Honestly, honestly, I didn't come for the cast, but now, goddamn, can Eddie and Susie please get together or something. Loving Kaya Scodelario's accent & fashion here, also now I get why people would do anything for Theo James. 4,6/5 from me.

Pardon Me (feat. Future & Mike WiLL Made-It) by Lil Yachty [2020]

What can I say. I love Future. This pops up, and the rest is history. I really love the "go poof" part, and I also love Future's whistles here. Someone said that Future's so great that his whistles can make a song fire... Eh, they're not wrong about that.

13 by LANY [2017]

My current daily routine is to see what Spotify has in stock for me for my 'Chill Mix' playlist, and this song popped in the playlist randomly. I usually skip songs that I'm not familiar with, but I was focused on doing something else until I realized that I'll be listening to this song a lot. Tune & lyrics-wise, it fits. I won't elaborate more.

Jason Derulo is apparently best friends with Michael Bublé. [Source: Street Hearts on TikTok]

Short story: I was about to scroll through till I realized who they were. Okay, there's Jason Derulo, BUT WITH THE MICHAEL BUBLE? Bro, what. Again, I agree with someone that said, "This is like seeing those unexpected animal friendships," and I can't agree more. Plus it's so funny to hear Jason calling him with "Mike", lol.

(playlist/jazz) a collection of jazz that is not loud and calm by luv or not [YouTube]

This playlist appeared on my YouTube home page and I clicked on it, it didn't disappoint. In fact, I'm listening to it as I write this.

And that's Rehashed #1, a.k.a my media recap for April 2024. See you next month!

[rockabswing]

making a separate thread for help links 💖 i will add more links as i find them !!

post w/ part two can be found here

PALESTINE

decolonize palestine

one click goes a long way !

petition signatures

post with various petitions and campaigns

who are the israeli settlers ?

URGE CONGRESS TO STAND WITH PALESTINE

USA - contact your representatives through this google doc

USA - contact

USA - contact

text resist to 50409 to send a letter to your representatives to pass HR3103-- a bill that prohibits tax dollars from going to israel !

UK - call for a ceasefire

UK - email your MP

UK - email to call for a ceasefire

australia - contact your rep !

twitter thread of donation links

protest preparation

companies to boycott

longer list of companies to boycott*

news source for updates

another news source

palestinian news source

palestinian journalist to follow

palestinian journalist #2

palestinian who posts updates about his living conditions

palestinian journalist

news from gaza

gaza news source

palestinian tiktoker who shares updates on palestine

free resources - includes 6 textbooks

israel's plan to ethically cleanse gaza

various subtwt charities for palestine

canadian based donation website #1

canadian based donation site #2

canadian based donation site #3 with information

USA based donation site #1

USA based donation site #2

USA based donation site #3

USA based donation site #4

UK donation site #1

UK donation site #2

UK donation site #3

australian donation site #1

australian donation site #2

australian donation site #3

buy an e-sim for a palestinian !

buy hygiene products for afab palestinians

games for gaza

purchase a keffiyeh !

note: it is not guaranteed that donations will get to palestinians due to the blockade. it is still noble to donate, but keep that in mind.

*another note: it is important to focus on the companies that the bds movement has listed. although important to know about, having a more targeted approach will have better results.

CONGO

2022 & 2023 global report of DRC

genocide watch - DRC

video about congo

congo infographic

another video about congo

canada based donation website

another canadian donation website

3rd canadian donation site

USA donation site #1

USA donation site #2

USA donation site #3

USA donation site #4

USA donation site #5

USA donation site #6

UK donation site #1

UK donation site #2

UK donation site #3

UK donation site #4

UK donation site #5

UK donation site #6

UK donation site #7

UK donation site #8

UK donation site #9

australian donation site #1

australian donation site #2

australian donation site #3

congolese donation site

youtube film about congo

another infographic

thread about congo

SUDAN

this site lets you choose which country you're donating from !

canadian donation site #1

canadian donation site #2

canadian donation site #3

USA donation site #1

USA donation site #2

USA donation site #3

USA donation site #4

USA donation site #5

UK donation site #1

UK donation site #2

UK donation site #3

australian donation site #1

australian donation site #2

australian donation site #3

sudanese donation site, but also has USA and canadian sites near the bottom

video about sudan

quick summary about sudan

list of other sudanese charities to donate to

information about sudan

important information about sudan

sudanese journalist

if there is anything that needs to be added, please feel free to add them onto this post !! I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE IT !!!! i made this thread for basic level information about these genocides; this is not to make you an expert in these topics. if anything is inaccurate, please feel free to tell me and i will correct it !

PLEASE ADD INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER GENOCIDES IF YOU KNOW ANY !!!!!

[nativenews]

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Why am I built dumb like this

[arabian-batboy]

I really find it interesting how Zionists have no issues constantly using words like "Islamic" or "Islamist" or "jihadist" to describe the people they're killing without any fear of being accused of Islamophobia or that they're being bigots.

Because they know that we live in a world where anything or anyone remotely "Muslim" are automatically portrayed as inherently evil and deserving of death, especially in the US and other Western countries where Israel gets most of its support from them. So therefore, no one can be mad at them for killing all of these people, right? After all, they're only killing scary radical "Islamists" and "jihadists," NOT innocent people.

Meanwhile you would never hear any pro-Palestine people calling IDF soldiers "Jewists" or "Jewish extremists," even when they're literally branding the star of David onto Palestinians' faces and houses, instead we have to be very careful to not associate Judaism with Israel's crimes and are obligated to write a long essay about how we in fact do NOT want to kill every Jew in the world before we're allowed to show a shred of sympathy toward the thousands of Palestinian civilians being murdered as we are speaking.

Yet somehow that's not enough and they still hit us with the "when you say Zionists you actually mean Jews!" all while ignoring how they themselves aren't putting any effort into not demonizing Islam and Muslims with their words, because demonizing Islam and Muslims isn't an issue to them and the only way they can justify all the killing they're doing.

[heritageposts]

It's also worth pointing out that Ukraine has a population of 43 million, while Gaza's is only a little over 2 million

And yet...

[lewisdidthat]

Daniel Ricciardo as text posts (part 2 of ?)

[face--the--strange]

The Witcher + NYTMinusContext (part 4/?)

[divinity-in-chaos]

Wow I’ve made more it seems. Cause hELP ME

Also another bonus Mystrade one!!! Cause I saw this post and immediately went Oh Greg.

[catcrumb]

[probablyasocialecologist]

[whiplash1-10]

The popularity of ships like Aziraphael/Crowley and Ed/Stede makes so much sense because it’s the classic good boy meets bad boy except this time the bad boy is also a good boy, the good boy is insane actually, and both boys are middle aged men

[totallysilvergirl]

yes i know OP wasn't talking about them but

[heritageposts]

if you support israel right now, you're supporting the extermination of the palestinian people.

it really is that simple.

this isn't a 'complicated conflict,' it isn't a situation that 'requires nuance,' it's not a 'geopolitical event' that requires us to condemn the 'bad actors' on 'both sides.'

it's a genocide.

there is no 'nuance' to be had here. it's a genocide, committed by the israeli state against the palestinian people, and it's happening right now as we speak. you don't have to infer anything: israel has openly, with next to no pushback from so-called liberal democracies, cut off gaza's access to water, food and electricity. that's more than two million palestinians denied even the basic necessities for life. a million of them, children.

what is that, if not a genocide?

and that's only the latest escalation. we could go all day, listing the atrocities the palestinian people have been subjected to. the killings, the beatings, the children sexually abused in detention center, all the hospitals and ambulances being blown up, videos of palestinians being heckled by settlers as they're driven from their homes, israelis gathering on hilltops to cheer as their military drops bombs on gaza...

but all westerns want to talk about, is hamas.

because the murder of palestinians by the IDF is status quo; it doesn't affect them. what's one more dead palestinian but a statistic? but if hamas has killed a handful of israelis — if they've go as far as to even kill babies — then that justifies the extermination of two million palestinians, children and infants included.

westerns will even say that the palestinians brought it on themselves; that they should have know that a drop of israeli blood requires a river in return.

and just so we're clear, you don't have to like hamas. but when you equate hamas with the IDF, when you derail every conversation by demanding a condemnation of 'both sides,' or when you, god forbid, agree that israel is justified in dismantling hamas — which, as israel themselves have outlined, will involve the complete destruction of gaza and the murder of hundreds of thousands of civilians — then either wake up, or own up to the fact that you're a participant in the extermination of the palestinian people.

do you think i'm being harsh? then imagine how it's like living under constant aerial bombardment. with no food, no water, no electricity. constant air-raid sirens. a bomb, dropping every minute. never knowing a moment a peace, always wondering if today is going to be your last day, if you and your family are still going to be here tomorrow.

could you stomach living in gaza, for even a day? i doubt it.

and still, now, on the eve of what might be the ground invasion of gaza — with one million palestinians being told to flee, with nowhere to go — i'm getting messages from people who demand my sympathy... for israel.

well, you're not getting it.

i'm not even humoring your hand-wringing.

if you live in israel, and you're one of the ones who've turned a blind-eye to the suffering of the palestinian people, if you've fought for the IDF or tacitly supported them, if you've callously called upon the memory of the holocaust thinking the death and suffering of your ancestors would wash the blood of your own hands....

then yeah, i think you deserve every single hamas rocket lobbed at you and so much more.

[raina-at]

Oh, fuck plot, why not write a fic in which nothing happens save for Sherlock and John having breakfast and a long conversation.

[caffeinatedopossum]

Me when I remember something I said ages ago that was wrong or my values no longer align with