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i keep wondering if i should watch "wicked" but i actually don't have to because i already saw that time kristin chenoweth's life was changed onstage by the voice teacher she pulled out of the audience to sing "for good" in 2013

sashayed

odinsblog

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has accused Elon Musk of “highway robbery” after $80 million approved by Congress “vanished” from the city’s bank account.

The Trump administration “clawed back” the $80 million that the Federal Emergency Management Agency paid to New York City last week to help house migrants, federal officials confirmed.

“Today ... my @NYCComptroller office discovered that $80 MILLION in already authorized, allocated, and paid federal aid was WIPED from the City's bank account,” Lander said Wednesday in a post on X.

“Let's be crystal clear: This is highway robbery. Elon Musk, with no legal authority, illegally seized federal funds from New Yorkers,” Lander added. He said the money was supposed to reimburse the city for costs it had already incurred and had invoiced to the federal government.

The rescinded funds raise legality issues facing funding freezes and take-backs by Elon Musk and the Trump administration often in the wake of legally executed congressional appropriations and documents laying out payments and even funds for work already provided and costs incurred.

Lander, who is running for New York City mayor, also hit out at current Mayor Eric Adams for not “fighting back.” The federal Department of Justice moved to drop a corruption cast against Adams Monday soon after he was seen socializing with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

Some legal experts said that the federal government was bound to honor binding contracts, and suggested that the reclamation of the $80 million could be illegal if the city’s reimbursement agreement with FEMA did not authorize a clawback.

“In addition, this appears to be an attempt to impound appropriated funds without following the procedures set out in the Impoundment Control Act,” said David A. Super, a professor of administrative law at Georgetown University. “That would make it illegal substantively.”

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durnesque-esque

Speaking of the Super Bowl, this is a screen shot of a video ESPN posted (the commentary text on the video is theirs) and I find it *fascinating* that the official video of the show didn't show this angle.

So most folks at home didn't see the shadow being cast on the ground, which is a very classic "hangman" from tarot. Although, I'd assume we're supposed to think of other hanging men when we see this. Strange fruit, if you will.

Powerful. Upsetting. And of course, hidden from TV viewers.

shitpostingsapphic

I think someone on Twitter said that Caitlyn went from Count Fagula to Captain Strap and I haven't been able to stop laughing about it

onlytiktoks

mapsontheweb

Prisons/Jails vs Colleges - More prisons or more colleges?

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hesbythecampfire

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Sounds legit

songue85

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dere you go

oursidae

ey you lil shits

lets just talk about this here cookie recipe

this shit

the

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HOLY SHIT

I JUST FINISHED THIS AND WOW IT TASTES AMAZING

YES

WONDERFUL

1000000/10 WOULD ATE AGAIN

smolfairy-deactivated20150914

yAy

post-and-out

For magic improvements on thing that is already perfect:

Use one spoon white sugar, and one spoon brown if you have it.

After microwave, before noms, add vanilla ice cream.

\o/

fan-troll

salt is a flavour enhancer, add just a tiny dash, not enough to make it salty.

goldpilot22

Because I love you all.

purple---skye

reblogging cause i need to save this

5bi5

A note for those who have trouble measuring butter with a spoon as I do: one cup I am sixteen tablespoons. Butter/margarine bricks are usually a half a cup, so just cut one eighth of that amount

ironwoman359

These are really good! And yes, for the love of god, if you have it use white sugar and brown sugar, add just a pinch of salt, and as many chocolate chips as you darn well please. Great with icecream, whipped cream on top, or a tall glass of milk (keep in mind you gotta eat it with a spoon, you can’t dip it in milk)

Super college friendly (trust me)

lee-not-garrison

I made this and it’s super awesome! Bonus things you could add: butterscotch flavoring, cut up KitKats, torn apart Milkyways, and stolen ice cream!

dying-by-fangirling-deactivated

Ohhhh boy kiddos have at it!

whump-mybeloved

Reblogging so I remember to do this

esoteric-stars

Just made this but am out of chocolate chips so used hot chocolate powder a splash of milk and marshmallows. HEAVANLY

thatonelonelydwaggy

Reblog to save a life

starkid256

i will pray to you

starkid256

i burnt it

yeahokayillreblogthat

yeah okay, ill reblog that!

lemonsharks

@taraljc i found it I found the sacred mug cookie recipe

taraljc

exeggcute

at some point we gotta acknowledge that getting the majority of your news and takes and general opinions from tumblr is not meaningfully different than getting it from tiktok even though on here it's in textual form. understanding the world through the lens of viral videos vs understanding it through breathless unsourced text posts written by dykeastarion69

astudyinimagination

#this is what made me switch to actually reading news sites regularly some years ago#(and when something's controversial or doesn't seem quite right I look up multiple news sources to try to get a fuller picture) (@thirddoctor)

A quick reminder that the Associated Press is totally free, and also often covers the news stories that Tumblr users say no one is covering. NPR is also free. So is ProPublica.

Also, here's a chart that might be helpful, in terms of determining bias and reliability: Interactive Media Bias Chart

zetabrarian

All this + SIFT

effervescentdragon

Yesterday I got a message from a friend in Germany who told me she cannot watch John Oliver's new video titled "The West Bank, JD Vance & Kamala Harris" that her boyfriend sent her from Serbia. This struck me as odd but also unsurprising, because John Oliver talks, amongst other things, about how Israeli settlements in Palestine are illegal. So I started investigating, asking my friends all around the world if they can see the video. Austria was a no, USA was a no, UK was a no, UAE was a no, India was a no. Then my friend with access to VPN got involved, and she checked the world for me. She then found a site that lets you tell where a video is blocked. Here is a map of all the countries where the video is blocked:

Now, some of these countries have YT blocked completely, but I really want you to ask yourselves why this video is blocked. Why is it blocked in countries where, as another friend has said, John Oliver is known and watched and trusted. I want you to think about that for a bit, and then I want you to wonder what it is that he says in this video that warrants it being unavailable for half of the world, and which half of the world that is. Why won't they let a white British man speak to the audience of the "western" world. What is it that he has to say? Then maybe watch it, and come to your own conclusions. Some critical thinking won't go amiss here.

Here is the video, if you can open it:

And here is the link typed out: https://youtu.be/LCXdbtlY9WM?si=tOl_sCdYKqWGKkxX

Here is the link for the video on Instagram, which should be available to watch: LINK.

butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway

Lets be very clear. For years now, John Oliver has been a string example for effective "pushing left" of the center and liberal wing of our national progressive groups. He's gentle, funny, welcoming of change, educational and informative, and adamently holds his line. The show is very much still meeting people where they are at (possibly part of its efficacy!) so it's not like he's always saying things the way farther left people would say them. But he is a subtle and consistent push left all the same.

It is.....concerning. that some of these countries have decided to bar viewership of this video. John Oliver is deeply cautious with his lawyers about what he can or cannot say and do. He crafts his episodes with intention and care.

What possible excuse could the United Fucking States of America have to censor a video about genocide and the current presumptive Democratic Nominee for president/Republican nominee for vice president from an internationally popular US news show? What could POSSIBLY be in that episode that justifies such a choice while we are in the midst of an authoritarian power struggle at the national political level?

I strongly recommend trying to find a way to watch the video or read a transcript so you can assess the answer to that question for yourself.

butts-bouncing-on-the-beltway

So it looks like (at least in USA) a copy has been reuploaded to Youtube (haven't yet checked streaming for the full video, but was able to access the main segment on youtube)

I'm gonna dig more into this later but have to hop onto a work call.

sarking

fwiw, the URL of the one that's accessible in the US corresponds with the URL of the one the official account shared in their tweet.

catchymemes

How to protect yourself during stampede

bohemian-pixel-pusher

this isn’t the usual thing I’d share on my stupid nerd blog, but this is SO important. I was nearly crushed in a crowd like this once. It was terrifying because you have NO control over the panicking mass of humans around you. you are just at the mercy of all this chaotic force. this is a real thing that can happen very suddenly! it did happen in the news recently! My situation was, the olympics was happening in my city, I was on my way home from school, and a crowd of people suddenly flooded into the street around me. in seconds it went from, busy-city-street-crowded, to, wtf I can’t even move crowded. I was so pressed against the backpack of the man in front of me, my feet lifted off the ground a moment. People were climbing lamp posts, signs, bus shelters, trees, everything to get up out of it. it was like the street became an ocean of people, and all the people’s survival instincts were making them dumber. everyone was yelling. no one knew how to solve it. police, fire fighters and medics saved us by breaking the locks on the inside of the mall we were trapped next to. a huge group flooded into the building, releasing a bit of the pressure on the people outside. I was in that group that got in.

We were trapped in the mall awhile. Because the olympics was on, they had big screens in a few sitting areas of the mall that would normally be showing the games. but now the coverage was focused on this crowd surge. They showed a helicopter shot of the building we were now in, totally surrounded by colorful dots. a solid mass of humans with no space between. I know someone was partially trampled and needed medics, because I saw that, but i don’t know the statistics on who else was hurt, hopefully no one killed! I don’t know if these methods can definitely save you, but they might give you a better chance. so watch and share!

tenthdynasty

Sharing to my own stupid nerd blog for the same reason, this is SO IMPORTANT. Human crushes are one of the most unexpected ways to die. People go out to a show or a sports game, and make it there, but they never come back. Other strategies include staying away from large obstacles (like fences) that you could get crushed against, and doing your best to stay above the crowd. Try to climb onto something if you can.

And also — not to get nitpicky with deadly tragedies, but they’re called “human crushes,” not “stampedes.” It’s an important difference in description and also in respect. The deaths usually happen because the victims are pinned together in a tight space, they can’t breathe (as in the video) and they suffocate. “Stampede” doesn’t convey what actually happened to those people. The crush that happened in Seoul recently wasn’t because people “stampeded,” it was because they couldn’t move at all and they suffocated. But calling it a “stampede,” you’d think it was the people themselves that ran over each other, like wild animals. It’s disrespectful and untrue.

Horrifyingly, the victims of many human crushes have been blamed for their own deaths, which are usually purely accidental or due to criminal mismanagement from authorities. If you’re in a mental place to read about tragedies and police corruption, check out the Hillsborough Disaster, in which 97 people died due to the incompetence of the police, who then blamed everything on the victims: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster

becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys

If you can’t play the video:

1. Stand like a boxer. Nice wide stance, arms up like you’re preparing to either throw a punch or shield against one, i.e. elbows bent by your waist and fists by your shoulders. That will keep some space around your chest

2. If you fall and can’t get up, roll onto your side and curl up in the foetal position

ao3femslashtop100-tournament

AO3 Femslash Top 100: Round 4

Poison Ivy/Harley Quinn (DC) vs Adora/Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

Ivy/Harley (DC)

Adora/Catra (She-Ra)

Voting ended onSep 17, 2024

ao3femslashtop100-tournament

AO3 Femslash Top 100: Round 4

Blake Belladonna/Yang Xiao Long (RWBY) vs Female Shepard/Liara T'Soni (Mass Effect)

Blake/Yang (RWBY)

FemShep/Liara (Mass Effect)

Voting ended onSep 17, 2024

unique-ones-enlightened

thesylverlining

I wish more people got this because some ‘low-empathy’ people are the most compassionate and sympathetic in the universe, and I hate it when that’s taken to mean ‘unfeeling and probably hostile’ when nothing could be further from the truth

quantum-jump

Or, as my dad put it,

Sympathy: I know how you feel Empathy: I feel how you feel Compassion: is there anything I can do to help?

ourcollectivefantasy

Posting this because I see these words used interchangeably in RP writing a lot, and they are - in fact - not the same. Know the differences and impress your writer friends! It really is noticeable when someone has a strong grasp of vocabulary, and thus is a stronger writer.

pinxiedust

Also, empathy is not always compassionate or sympathetic! It very often goes with those two, but empathy itself is not a requirement for feeling sympathy or compassion at all. Empathy works like a sponge, and can happen whether you care about the people around you or not. It works with negative emotions such as anger, and can make you question which of the emotions you currently feel are your own.