Smarter To Be Lucky Than Lucky To Be Smart.

[kiyokospeaks]

Help Dr. Shadi and his family in Gaza

Dr. Shadi is the head of the Bronchoscopic Department in Al-Shifa hospital.

From his GoFundMe:

My name is Dr. Shady Awad from Gaza (Palestine), I´m a doctor , I am writing this after lots of thoughts and hesitation. But the urgency and need to rescue my family is greater than my resilience. I am desperately seeking your generous support to help me evacuate my family (my wife and 6 children) from Gaza.

I worked in Al-Shifa Hospital as a mergency doctor and I was among the last ones to evacuate it, I’ve been volunteering in the different remaining hospitals since then in Khan Yunis and Rafah. I am dedicated to stay here and save lives in Gaza, but now I’ve come to a point where I’m desperate and I URGENTLY and humbly ask you to help me save my family’s life by getting them out of Gaza since there’s no SAFE place in Gaza due to slow deaths by hunger, dehydration, displacement, the spreading of illnesses and and the ongoing bombings. Choosing to leave is a very painful decision to make, but the situation has become untenable.

on October 7, the escalation of hostilities and subsequent Israeli military directives forced my family and me into multiple relocations, resulting in the loss of our home and displacement from the north to the south of Gaza. Each move has been marked by life-threatening experiences and heart-wrenching losses in our community.

Our once peaceful home has been reduced to rubble, taking away not only our shelter but also the cherished possessions and memories we held dear, including those of our. The loss is immeasurable, and the daily struggle for survival has become increasingly difficult.

my neighborhood after October 7.

We are desperately seeking financial assistance to evacuate from the dangerous situation in Gaza. Our immediate goal is to flees to a safe place for our family, away from the ongoing conflict, where we can begin the process of rebuilding our shattered lives. The funds will be used for essential needs such as temporary housing, food, medical care, and for urgent travel through the Rafah border crossing to Egypt, requiring a hefty $8,000-10000 travel fee per individual.

I am reaching out to you, dear friends, family, and compassionate strangers, to ask for your support in funding our evacuation. The funds raised will be used to cover transportation costs, temporary shelter, and basic necessities for our family until we can establish a more stable situation.

Here's a breakdown of the estimated costs:

-Passport fees: 120 euro per person (a total of 600 euro for five family members).

-Evacuation Fee/Egyptian Coordination: 8000 euro per adult person and 4000 for one child (Considering current evacuation fees and coordination expenses at the Egyptian border).

-Transportation to Rafah Crossing: 1000 euro.

Your support, no matter how small, can make a significant difference in helping us escape the cycle of violence and uncertainty. By contributing to this campaign, you are providing a lifeline for my family to rebuild, heal, and start anew.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for considering our plea. Your kindness and generosity will make a profound difference in our lives.

[leahsfiction]

Silence on the Set: Claims of Harassment and Assault Within Portland’s Film Community

[Editor’s Note: The following article includes discussions of sexual harassment and assault. Because of the sensitive nature of their experi

fuck Christian Kane and Dean Devlin. it's awful that this has been quietly happening the whole time on the Leverage set (and The Librarians too). i won't be watching the rest of Leverage Redemption and personally i feel like it's going to be hard to rewatch the beloved original

[holy-muffins]

Difficult article to read but the TLDR is: The folks who made Leverage and The Librarians appear to have actively shielded Christian Kane (Elliott Spencer) and Tim Hutton (Nate Ford) from reports of sexual harassment for years, up to and including Dean Devlin helping to keep the reports quiet.

Highlights include:

No real HR department, policy, or even designated person to report to at the production company

No reports written down by the people who ultimately received the reports, neatly dodging acknowledging they received ANY reports at all:

"We never received an official report! Sorry, can't follow up on what isn't there!"

Rinse and repeat

[claudia-kishi]

The world is just crashing all around us, and… and you guys won’t take me seriously because you guys think I’m… Me. You think I’m me.

[claudia-kishi]

Ezekiel Jones doesn’t do easy. He does impossible.

[mirlambda]

we've all heard the "Ezekiel Jones doesn't know he's a demigod" theory (classic, based on actual evidence) but have you considered: "Ezekiel doesn't know he's the missing son of Oberon" theory (new & exciting, based solely on me wanting to draw John Harlan Kim as a fae prince)

[stephgrips-deactivated20200826]

[londonspirit]

NEW LEVERAGE TRAILER!!!

[innytoes]

Leverage: Redemption episode where it becomes clear someone needs to go undercover as a stripper and there’s an awkward moment of looking around before a scene change of Harry in body glitter, a bowtie, and rip-off pants.

[what---i-dated-a]

#this is ‘Eliot is secretly a world class pole dancer because of course he is’ erasure

No no no see that’s what makes it great, what happens is, they do the con, and about halfway through AFTER Harry has had to fumble his way through at least one dance, one of the other strippers recognizes Eliot and is like “Oh hey! How’ve you been?”

He absolutely could have done it but he chose to keep mum because they wanted to haze the newbie.

Alternatively, he starts critiquing/gently correcting Harry’s attempts at Doing Stripper Things and when they’re all like “?????”

“What? I dated a stripper.”

Bonus:

Parker/Hardison: A stripper?

Eliot: Okay a couple strippers.

Parker/Hardison: Uh-huh.

[what---i-dated-a]

#just because eliot can doesn’t mean he’s gonna because making harry flail is much funnier#Eliot knows exactly which brands of body glitter are the best and he has Opinions okay

[cloysterbell]

[cynassa]

I didn't like the "he's his father's son" line. Is this an unpopular opinion?

No DOUBT Hardison learnt a lot from Nate, but given what we know of him, he was always essentially very kind and learnt a lot of his morality from his Nana. What we see of his first heist is him paying off his foster parent's medical bills.

[beingfacetious]

You, uh, bumped the door there. Sets the alarm off. Oh, you know what? We—you know how it is. Sorry!

[leverage-writing-prompts]

Leverage Writing Prompt #43

With the horrific situation in Afghanistan going on, I felt compelled to explore what Eliot Spencer would think about it. And now it’s your turn! What would Eliot Spencer think about the current situation in Afghanistan?

[jenkins-annex]

Hey maybe we shouldn’t turn the ongoing atrocities of the situation in Afghanistan into fodder for talking about a fictional man. Just a thought.

[cluelessrebel1988]

Having recently finished rewatching all five seasons of Leverage before diving into Leverage: Redemption, I have to say that the new series is just…better. Not that the original was bad, but the new show takes what worked about the original and vastly improves upon it. 

I find Harry Wilson to be a much more compelling character than Nate Ford ever was, because he’s someone we see face down the errors of his ways and how, through joining the Leverage team, he’s trying to make amends. Nate was already disillusioned with the system he’d been working in when we met him in the pilot and while the writers did have some interesting ideas for his character with his alcoholism and his history with his father, it never felt like either of those were explored with enough depth to make them compelling. He stops drinking between seasons one and two, but falls off the wagon to help sell a con, and the fact that he’s an alcoholic is only occasionally brought up after that with no real resolution for it, and his relationship with his father gets even fewer mentions with even less resolution. Harry, on the other hand, is new as a criminal, but he wants to work to make amends for the wrongs he’s committed – maybe sometimes too much, to the point where it nearly blows the con. There’s more to explore with the character, sure, but this is a good start.

Breanna is a nice addition as well. Bringing in a younger character, especially one who’s grown up in the post-9/11 world we live in and doesn’t know anything different is interesting, but beyond that, her desire to prove herself as more than just the hacker is very endearing, and I’m very interested to see where the character goes in future episodes. I hope that at least one of those episodes involves Hardison coming back and seeing how she’s grown as part of the team. I also really like the mentor-mentee relationship she’s got going with Parker and Elliot (and Sophie too, to a lesser extent).

As for the three returners, I love how they’ve evolved in the years since the end of the original show. Parker especially, seeing a therapist and being able to do work as both a grifter and a thief, which just adds to the arsenal for the team, and gives Sophie a chance to flex her skills as the team’s new mastermind, a role she’s inhabiting very well.

Overall, I think Leverage: Redemption is doing a better job at finding the right balance between character development and the con than the original series did and I am 100 percent here for it.

[claudia-kishi]

So…

[claudia-kishi]

He is evil.

[alternate-fandom]

The Panamanian Monkey Job + The Onion headlines

[soundsfaebutokay]

It's a pity it's out of focus, but I have been dyyinnnng over this stupid face that Harry Wilson makes while Hardison and Eliot are bickering in front of him.

What is that face, man? You met them hours ago! They've threatened you multiple times and one of those guys actually knocked you out! Why do you look like a teenager who just discovered the concept of shipping? Get ahold of yourself, Mr. Wilson.