My landlord pasted an ai generated ass eviction notice on my door because you have to cite a reason and he doesn’t have one so he just chopped that section out brother you cannot be serious
Would you like the added layer that he did this right after I tested for mold in my house and it was quite literally in every room and he came here to check out the hole in my ceiling that he has left unrepaired for two years
im gonna fight this in any way I can obviously but I want out of here as soon as possible I can’t get a new place until the end of this month but I do need to save for movers and a moving truck and a deposit. I also live with my mom who is severely disabled and I take care of which makes things more complicated. If you want to help my Cash App and Venmo are @ ishaanjs obviously nobody is obligated to give anything and thank you if you do
update on this: he dropped the eviction and gave us until the end of the month to leave, we both have apartments lined up in two different cities and are planning on moving on the 25th but as of right now dont have close to enough to cover all the expenses of renting a truck, down payments and gas. I’d really appreciate if anybody can reblog or give anything im on very limited time, thank you very much to everyone who has helped me in any way im very grateful
Several wildfires are forcing members of a number of First Nations to flee their homes in northern Ontario.
“I had time to run home and pack a bag and get to the beach where the boats were waiting,” said a member of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation (Collins). “We literally had minutes to get on the boats and flee before it took our town.
“Once we left my house finally after packing what I could in a pack sack, the fire was right behind our place. We had to run to the beach and once we got there, it was only moments before the fire had jumped over the (train) track and was coming for us.”
it has since been confirmed that namaygoosisagagun first nation has completely burnt to the ground. if you would like to help the community navigate an ongoing crisis, i urge you to donate to the anishinabek nation 7th generation, a registered charity seeking to improve the lives of first nations people. donations are going directly to members of namaygoosisagagun first nation.
if you're canadian, you can e-transfer [email protected]. if you're outside canada, they accept paypal as well. see more information HERE
“I am wearing a 60s shift dress from Other People’s Clothes and a suede fringe jacket and clogs from L Train. Along with the jewelry, the whole outfit is thrifted except for the tights. The bolo tie is from a lady on Brighton Beach. My style is inspired by my art (and vice versa) which draws from the fantastical world up in my head, using a lot of jewel tones, pastels, and layering. My style is also heavily influenced by the music I listen to, which usually spans from old folk and country, to psychedelic rock and punk.”
Along with “The Catcher in the Rye,” J. D. Salinger’s Holden Caulfield turns 75 today, July 16. That’s a long time for anyone to remain a 17
Along with “The Catcher in the Rye,” J. D. Salinger’s Holden Caulfield turns 75 today, July 16. That’s a long time for anyone to remain a 17-year-old, but Holden, a New Yorker through and through, has, like Huck Finn, defied going out of date.
As a college teacher, I am never surprised by students who have read “The Catcher in the Rye” before they get to my class. Salinger’s novel is assigned reading in high schools across the country as well as a book of choice for many students before they get to high school.
The question I ask myself is whether Holden can continue to be as meaningful to students as he was to me growing up at a time when adults were made uneasy just by Holden’s way of speaking.
Today’s “anxious generation,” as Generation Z (those born between 1997 and 2012) has been labelled, faces a social world very different from Holden’s by virtue of having Instagram, TikTok, and smart phones as constants in their daily lives.
Holden, by contrast, seeks out alone time. He feels free to trust his own intuitions and to test himself with constant reading. As he jokingly puts it, “I’m quite illiterate, but I read a lot.” “The Catcher in the Rye” is filled with Holden’s references to authors as different as Thomas Hardy and F. Scott Fitzgerald, whom he has read with great seriousness.
This seriousness is consistent with Holden’s deepest feelings. He worries more about others than himself. He even worries about the ducks in Central Park surviving the winter once the lagoon they live in freezes over.
When Holden’s 10-year-old sister asks him what he wants to do when he grows up, he tells her he wants to be a catcher in the rye and save children like those in Robert Burns’ poem “Comin’ Thro the Rye” from falling off a cliff. And when a teacher tells Holden life is a game, he thinks about what it means to be on the losing side in the game. “If you get on the side where all the hot-shots are, then it’s a game all right — I’ll admit that,” he sarcastically says to himself.
Holden’s favorite word is “phony.” He applies it liberally to those he thinks are frauds. When “The Catcher in the Rye” was published, a reviewer for The New Yorker, assured readers Holden’s harsh judgments would not last into adulthood. “He will even become more tolerant of phonies — it is part of the mechanics of living,” the reviewer concluded.
But in “The Catcher in the Rye” Holden gives no indication that he is going to be tolerant of phonies in the future. Despite being kicked out of four schools, Holden never promises he is going to “apply himself” in his next school. “I mean how do you know what you’re going to do till you do it?” he asks.
Holden isn’t trying to be evasive about what is in store for him. He is just claiming for himself the right to be a work in progress, a claim that makes as much sense for a 17-year-old today as it did in 1951 for Holden.
I don’t expect my students to identify with Holden the same way I did. Why should they follow my example? It is enough, I think, that many of my students find echoes of Holden’s thinking in their own. He reminds them that there is honor in distrusting those in authority, even the president, when they ask us to live in a world where threats and bullying are the norm.
Nicolaus Mills is author of “The Triumph of Meanness: America’s War Against its Better Self.” He is co-chair of the literature department at Sarah Lawrence College.
weed gummies are such a fake sounding concept like yeah if you eat this piece of candy and wait an hour you'll suddenly become very easily entertained and airheaded and cuddly
one time I went over to a friend's house and their housemate was making paper in the living room, and we saw this big tub full of water they were using to dissolve old scrap paper into a slurry, and everyone was immediately like "oh, you need scrap paper?" and started turning out their jacket pockets and producing expired coupons and bus tickets and crumpled receipts and old shopping lists and whatever else they'd been carrying round with them for no good reason, and passing it all to the paper-making housemate to make sure it was suitable before it got torn up and dropped into the tub, while people took turns stirring the slurry with a big wooden stick. it was strangely ritualistic, like presenting an offering to some kind of temple elder for inspection before placing it in a watery shrine to be devoured and reformed. pulp for the pulp god.
"Own a piece of history! The Arcade is the first indoor shopping mall in the country and an architectural gem. This bright micro-loft is filled with natural light, and the bedroom offers views of the city and a vibrant downtown mural an added bonus since every unit does not enjoy an outward-facing view."
$225,000/1 br/1 ba
Built in 1829
Providence, RI
[househunting on substack which is free]
A papercraft of Hitomi from The Vision of Escaflowne! I had been meaning to watch this series for years, but never quite managed to get it to the top of my to-watch list. Recently, however, I saw the whole thing with a group enthusiastic pals, and it was wonderful! The magic and worldbuilding were all fascinating, the characters were delightful, and I really enjoyed Hitomi as a protagonist. So, here she is in paper, dowsing with her pendant!
