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She is still married to River (we all know the gender difference doesn’t mean anything for this marriage ;D)
Thirteen will likely put it away for another time when it will fit again.
If anything, it makes me wonder where they got the ring to begin with. Because Eleven didn’t wear it, yet he is the one that married her, but it fit Twelve.
That’s true, but it hurts nonetheless (like seeing Eleven’s bowtie fall to the floor). Hopefully Thirteen can recover it (everything was falling out of the TARDIS), because I’m gonna totally headcanon it’s in her fannypack.
I would very much like to know what Eleven did with it in-universe though and why. I hope some official writer puts that into an official story sooner rather than later.
And all my love to Capaldi for making sure to wear his real life wedding ring all the time so we could have this awesome bit of River/Doctor information! And Paul Cornell for writing it.
Yes...the first time the Twelfth Doctor wears his wedding ring is in the same scene when he pointedly tells Clara he’s not her boyfriend. And Twelve proceeds to wear it during the entirety of his incarnation. He doesn’t even remove it himself, it only comes off when he regenerates and Thirteen’s finger is too small, so it falls off of her hand.
And as to Clara’s death, he was immediately stuck in a time loop after watching Clara die so there was literally no time for him to process the grief of losing his friend. He couldn’t get away from it because he was forced to physically and emotionally reset back to the same state he arrived in, which was mere minutes after watching Clara die, every day. Every time the loop restarted, so did his fresh grief over losing her. Not to mention his rage at the way the Time Lords were using and abusing him. All he could do was wait out however long it took (he sure as hell wasn’t going to help them by giving in) and between the never ending fresh grief and fresh rage, his frantic actions when he does--finally--break free make sense. He was severely traumatized and forced to relive that trauma for 4.5 billion years. It would be shocking if he didn’t do something drastic after that.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed changes that could cut off internet and phone service to 8 million Americans, many of them Puerto Ricans recovering from Hurricane Irma.
Nicole Goodkind at Newsweek:
A new rule championed by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai would limit internet and phone access for millions of low-income and elderly Americans.
Pai’s proposed changes to the Lifeline program, which currently serves 12 million Americans by providing subsidized phone and internet service, would cut service to about 70 percent, or 8 million, of them. Many of these recipients live in Puerto Rico and rely on Lifeline for assistance as they recover from Hurricane Irma.
Last week, a group of Democratic Senators including Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, Kirsten Gillibrand, Jeff Merkley, Edward J. Markey, Ron Wyden, Richard Blumenthal, Elizabeth Warren, Dick Durbin and Cory Booker wrote a letter to the FCC chairman questioning his motives.
“The Lifeline program is essential for millions of Americans who rely on subsidized internet access to find jobs, schedule doctor’s appointments, complete their school assignments, interface with the government, and remain connected in a digital economy,” they wrote. “The program helps Americans—including disproportionate numbers of families with children, veterans and people of color—survive.”
The letter also questioned the economic reasoning for the program change. “It is unclear why the FCC would spend billions of dollars to expand access to broadband while at the same time make Lifeline less accessible to those who need it most,” it read.
The Lifeline program is a 33-year-old bipartisan program started under President Ronald Reagan and bolstered by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Low-income Americans are granted a monthly household subsidy of $9.25 to help pay for internet and phone service. Changes proposed by Pai would prevent telecom companies that don’t provide their own infrastructure, like AT&T or Sprint, from offering the subsidized plans. About 70 percent of users are on a plan that doesn’t use its own infrastructure. The Lifeline service is paid for through special service fees on phone bills.
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In Puerto Rico, where 550,000 people, or about 17 percent of the total population, use the Lifeline program, communities are much more isolated and poverty is much more extreme than it is in the continental United States, according to the Census Bureau. “These are rural communities two hours away from any real health care,” he said. “We’re not talking about giving these people unlimited texting. This isn’t a luxury. This is something people use to take care of their basic needs.”
News of River Song sweeps across the fandom like a hurricane. Out from the shadows we all crawl, howling like banshees, screeching and crawling at the tiniest scraps new content like the starved and forgotten creatures we are.
Stevan Moffat shines down on us like the cruel and benevolent god that he is. “Here my children,” he bellows.
TDOTD novilization appears, and life is breathed into us anew.
