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Arthur Pike gets diagnosed with autism at a relatively young age and it takes Hayden and Jackie about 0.5 seconds after reading the report to look at him, look at Shane, look at each other, look at Arthur, look at Shane, look back at each other and go, "ohhhhhhhhhhhh"
Such a good fic
Amok Time from Stonn's Perspective
There is this line in the episode that many people find totally iconic:
And don't get me wrong, I agree - it is a good line. But it's also so very, very wrong in context?
Put yourself into Stonn's perspective for a moment:
He loves T'Pring, and she tells him that she loves him as well, but she is engaged to this guy.
She has not spoken to him for ages, he has all but abandoned life on Vulcan for a career in Starfleet and because he is half-human, he may never enter Pon Farr at all. Except one day he does, and you are totally expecting one of two things to happen:
a) T'Pring marries him and your affair is over.
b) She challenges and chooses you as champion - which has a 61.54% chance of ending in your death because the guy is a soldier with combat training and experience. (This is the way kal-if-fee is supposed to work, btw.)
Except neither of those things happen because your girlfriend is brilliant and awesome and loves you very much and finds a way to keep you safe and to be with you no matter what.
And then the guy says that to you.
And you realize that he understands nothing - that T'Pring does not prefer you for logical reasons but because she loves you. And that she just made you the most perfect love declaration imaginable.
But you're Vulcan, and the situation is already awkward enough, and T'pring evidently does not need you to fight for her honour, so you say nothing.
And then everyone sees you and your future wife as the villain because she did not want to sleep with a guy that apparently everyone else wants to sleep with. Not gonna lie, I'd be mad.
Except Stonn is probably too busy eating p*ssy to think about Spock.
āIt made me think about my own life. And it wasnāt about career or anything. It was about being remembered as someone who was good and kind and contributed something of valueā¦ I certainly donāt think about the films Iām going to leave behind and how people are going to remember me in that sense. I hope that people think of me fondly and that I was a good person. That I was a good bloke. Like my grandpa.ā
-Chris Hemsworth on gaining more perspective after his grandfatherās recent death (British GQ, June 6, 2023).
šø by Georges Antoni
He is now as he was 15 years ago, the man who uses his first big cheque to pay off his parentsā mortgage, more concerned with being a āgood blokeā
āI always remember having this fight with a random dude who claimed that āstraight white menā were the only true innovators. His prime example for this was the computerā¦ the computerā¦ THE COMPUTER!!! THE COM-PU-TER!!!
Alan Turing - Gay man and āfather of computingā Wren operating Bombe - The code cracking computers of the 2nd world war were entirely run by women Katherine Johnson - African American NASA mathematician and āHuman computerā Ada Lovelace - arguably the 1st computer programmerā
- Sacha Coward
Also Margaret Hamilton - NASA computer scientist who put the first man on the moon - an as-yet-unmatched feet of software engineering, here pictured beside the full source of that computer programme. #myhero
Grace Hopper - the woman that coined the term ābugā Ā
- @robinlayfield
Grace Hopper did more than coin the term ābugā. She invented the first program linker in the early 1950s, for the UNIVAC I. A program linker translates instructions from one language to another (for example, numerical codes that represent instructions translated to machine code that computers can read), which is the very foundation of how computerās operate independently. she also pulled a steve rogers and tried to enlist in the military a bunch of times and was denied. then, an exception was made for her when she joined the navy reserves, and she ended up serving for over 40 years (half of which was active duty). she retired from the navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper. she was born in NYC in 1906. Grace Hopper was a fucking badass.
also computing was typically a job for women (many of whom were black women that made incredible contributions) back in the day, so itās absolutely fucking wild that straight white men think they are the foundation of computer innovation. men PUSHED women out and took the credit.
Reblogging to do what the failed education system never did.
Reblogging to do
what the failed education
system never did.
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
Adding Wendy Carlos to the list! Trans icon and pioneer of synthesized music!!
Also, just about every computerized device outside of desktops is running ARM chips now. Your phone, your keyboard, your car, your watch. Basically everything.
And ARM was primarily designed by Sophie Wilson, a trans woman.
Please donāt forget Hedy Lamarr. Screwed over by the US government. She helped develop spread spectrum communication, which in part led to the development of WiFi and Bluetooth tech.
Tom Hiddleston at Essex Serpent and The sheep scene!! #hiddlesfan #hiddles #tomhiddleston #hiddlestonfan #hiddleston #hiddlestoners #essexserpent #theessexserpent
so, who guessed it wasnt a real sheep?
Your power is out but I guide you down the hallway with my sickass light-up shoes
No no, keep going.
just dont look back
Love this so much breaking the 4th wall this entire series was my favorite part of the series, yes daddy issues are correct, especially daddy Loki šš„µšš¤š©
Learn to say ācan you love me a bit harder today? Itās a rough dayā and then explain how you want to be loved harder.
Learn to say āI could use some support. Are you able to provide some? This is how you can support me -ā
Learn to say āI feel lonely. Are you able to keep me company?ā
Learn to say āIām feeling overwhelmed. Can I talk to you about it?ā
Do this instead of dropping hints or expecting someone to be able to read you. What may be obvious to you isnāt necessarily obvious to someone else. Youāre often hurting your own feelings by not communicating your needs and just hoping people meet them anyways.
I know this is easier said than done. We often drop hints because we feel ashamed or bad about asking for help. But the truth is, for most of our loved ones, us hinting at things is exhausting. It can also set them up for failure because they donāt know your expectations. Sometimes they miss hints but sometimes they ignore them because itās more draining when they arenāt asked directly. Itās very likely your loved one would appreciate you being direct.
People often want to support and help you, but a lot of them like to be told how they can do that.
Learn to say āI feel
lonely. Are you able to
keep me company?ā
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
Yes please this- I live with people who don't ask and it is so exhausting to be constantly guessing and then dealing with the reaction when you guess wrong
Unlearning How White People Ask Personal Questions
http://www.samefacts.com/2014/05/culture-and-civil-society/unlearning-how-white-people-ask-personal-questions/
Holy shit. I have ALWAYS thought the people around me were being unconscionably intrusive and power-playing in their starter conversations and they told me I was antisocial and oblivious to culture norms. Turns out, maybe Iām just from a different culture.
****new link****
by Keith Humphreys - May 5, 2014 Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
When I met my fianceās African-American stepfather, things did not start well. Stumbling for some way to start a conversation with a man whose life was unlike mine in almost every respect, I asked āSo, what do you do for a living?ā.
He looked down at his shoes and said quietly āWell, Iām unemployedā.
At the time I cringed inwardly and recognized that I had committed a terrible social gaffe which seemed to scream āHey prospective in-law, since I am probably going to be a member of your family real soon, I thought I would let you know up front that I am a completely insensitive jackassā. But I felt even worse years later when I came to appreciate the racial dimension of how I had humiliated my stepfather-in-law to be.
For that painful but necessary bit of knowledge I owe a white friend who throughout her childhood attended Chicago schools in a majority Black district. She passed along a marvelous book that helped her make sense of her own inter-racial experiences. It was Kochmanās Black and White Styles in Conflict, and it had a lasting effect on me. One of the many things I learned from this anthropological treasure trove of a book is how race affects the personal questions we feel entitled to ask and the answers we receive in response.
My question to my stepfather was at the level of content a simple conversation starter (albeit a completely failed one). But at the level of process, it was an expression of power. Kochmanās book sensitized me to middle class whitesā tendency to ask personal questions without first considering whether they have a right to know the personal details of someone elseās life. When we ask someone what they do for a living for example, we are also asking for at least partial information on their income, their status in the class hierarchy and their perceived importance in the world. Unbidden, that question can be quite an invasion. The presumption that one is entitled to such information is rarely made explicit, but that doesnāt prevent it from forcing other people to make a painful choice: Disclose something they want to keep secret or flatly refuse to answer (which oddly enough usually makes them, rather than the questioner, look rude).
Kochmanās book taught me a new word, which describes an indirect conversational technique he studied in urban Black communities: āsignifyingā. He gives the example (as I recall it, 25 years on) of a marriage-minded black woman who is dating a man who pays for everything on their very nice dates. She wonders if he has a good job. But instead of grilling him with āSo what do you do for a living?ā, she signifies āWhatever oil well you own, I hope it keeps pumping!ā.
Her signifying in this way is a sensitive, respectful method to raise the issue she wants to know about because unlike my entitled direct question it keeps the control under the person whose personal information is of interest. Her comment could be reasonably responded to by her date as a funny joke, a bit of flirtation, or a wish for good luck. But of course it also shows that if the man freely chooses to reveal something like āThings look good for me financially: Iām a certified public accountant at a big, stable firmā, he can do so and know she will be interested.
Since reading Kochmanās book, I have never again directly asked anyone what they do for a living. Instead my line is āSo how do you spend your time?ā. Some people (particularly middle class white people) choose to answer that question in the bog standard way by describing their job. But other people choose to tell me about the compelling novel they are reading, what they enjoy about being a parent, the medical treatment they are getting for their bad back, whatever. Any of those answers flow just as smoothly from the signification in a way they wouldnāt from a direct question about their vocation.
From the perspective of ameliorating all the racial pain in the world, this change in my behavior is a grain of sand in the Sahara. But I pass this experience along nonetheless, for two reasons. First, very generally, if any of us human beings can easily engage in small kindnesses, we should. Second, specific to race, if those of us who have more power can learn to refrain from using it to harm people in any way ā major or minor ā we should do that too.
This is really useful stuff ā as someone whoās on disability and knows a ton of people in the same boat, āWhat do you do for a living?ā can be such a loaded question. āHow do you spend your time?ā is a much more compassionate thing to ask, because you can just enthuse about what youāre writing or how great your cats are or whatever.
I cringe whenever someone around me asks what people do for a living or for work when they first meet them because I know itās about status, power, and money and it feels so intrusive and impersonal.
Reblogging - and adding this is a NORTH AMERICAN WHITE thing to do. This kind of question, asking in any way about someoneās job/financial situation, can be seen as super rude by white people elsewhere. Donāt do this in France, for example, or you will be written off as a mannerless lout. Ask about their favourite football team or who they support in the Tour de France or their favourite wine or something that will actually start a conversation
These Thranduil promo shots are golden
You brought the monster.
Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
This is so Loki. Enjoying the sense of power right before she pulls the rug out from under him And the monster he despises is the one who captures him.
You have earned the respect and gratitude of me and my people.
BRENDAN FRASER as RICK OāCONNELL and ODED FEHR as ARDETH BAY
in THE MUMMY (1999)
Oded Fehr was a GIFT in this movie, and all these years later heās still a fox on Discovery
wiggly boiis
Nothingās more fun than a wading pool full of ferrets loll
For the wonderful Jeremy BrettāsĀ death anniversary.
Such a fantastic actor and gentleman.
Jeremy Brett - scholar and gentleman
Some pictures from the Jeremy Brett Celebration and dedication off his bench today at Clapham Common.
So nice to see David Burke. Second picture is with actress Rosalyn Landor, who was in the episode The Speckled Band.
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So nice to see him remembered
ancient greek word of the day: ĪŗĪ±ĪŗĪæĪøĪµĻĪ®Ļ (kakotherÄs),Ā unfitted to endure summer heat
this literally means ābad at summerā pass it on
Reblog if you, too, are bad at summer
reblogging this a. Year later. Because summer is hotter this year and I am worse at coping
Meanwhile, on Twitter:
Eric Martin, writer/producer on Loki, talks us through episode 5.
Here are some of his remarks:
"While this episode takes place outside, it was almost totally shot on a soundstage. @kasrafarahani brought in I donāt know how many tons of dirt and grass from a nearby field and created the world of the Void inside."
"Alligator Loki was definitely a crew favorite."
"Okay, now we're coming to my favorite set of the series. @kasrafarahani literally bought a bowling alley in Omaha and had it shipped out to Atlanta to be turned into The Loki Palace."
"The whole thing was covered with amazing little details of variants with extra fingers or nostrils and variant pop culture references."
"Almost all of the scenes in the Void were shot on one stage. @kasrafarahani redressed it for each new scene and @iamkateherron and @durald carefully shot in different angles to make it all feel new."
"Tom had a lot of fun with President Loki. He spent the night before coming up with all sorts of hilarious alt lines, but we settled on "beef-witted, half-faced scrubs"
"Jack Veal was great as Kid Loki. He followed Tom around like a puppy. Between shots, Tom is always moving. Heāll run in place, do squats, or whatever. Adorably, Jack started doing squats and running in-place with him."
"Tom and Owen really do like each other so much. There was real friendship in that hug. Plus, we were all sequestered to avoid Covid, so I think they just enjoyed human contact."
"Everyone was so excited to have @RichardEGrant for this episode. I mean, heās Withnail, after all. And he could not have been more humble and excited to be there. In-between his scenes, Richard would just hangout on set and kick back for a nap on the ground. No fuss at all. Just wanted to stick around so heād be around when were were ready to shoot. And remember how Jack Veal would follow Tom around? Pretty much all the other actors did that with Richard. @RichardEGrant did take after take with industrial fans blowing in his face and nothing to act against but blue curtains and brought such emotion to every take. He was such a joy to watch."
"Loki and Sylvie enchanting Alioth together was something we found pretty late into the process. It was #KevinWright that brought up that they should hold hands and find the strength within each other and it was such and of course moment."
"Wow. What an episode. Great work was done by many, but @TomKauffman, @iamkateherron and @kasrafarahani really earned their paychecks with this one."
And finally:
"Someone asked if the #AlligatorLoki plushy was actually used in the action and the answer is YES and hereās the proof."
