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Is it...did we....for really real...?
Everyone understood the assignment everywhere today!
Dick Cheney died, Mamdani beat Cuomo, Dems swept the board, GET FUCKED YOU MAGA LOSERS.
Vance’s half brother lost the mayoral election in Cincinnati. 78.23% said fuck you and your brother. Lolololol
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a deleted scene, david told me so in a dream
SANJEEV BHASKAR Taskmaster 20x07 'Drier than you think, chalk.'
I’ve been absent cause I was in a mad dash to finish all my cosplays for a con last weekend and while my Jinx with Fishbones was the clear hit of the weekend (I legit lost track of how many photos I posed for) and my Alastor was special cause I met Amir (and rambled uncontrollably), this Blackbeard cosplay is possibly my favorite photo of me in cosplay ever taken.
I was just ridiculous and stupid and silly with this cosplay and barely anyone knew OFMD but it didn’t matter cause I had so much fun. I may have also had a stuffed animal bunny “wolf” that I took photos with (and yes, I do have a spider tattoo under the gloves).
Also at least a couple people did know who I was and flipped out and one person ran up and said “You wear fine things well” and I totally did not almost cry it was fine.
went to an elementaryschool musical production and they started the show with the director saying: "Now there's some very small viewers here today, so just so you know. There will be a scary character later in the show. This is her," and a girl in a kinda scary ghost outfit did a creepy walk across the stage, the stood up straight and did a cheery wave, "but remember, it's just Nina. She's pretending to be scary."
Aaaand i would very much like for horror movies to have that as a little bonus feature you can chose. Let me start a movie with Guillermo del Toro showing me a scary ghost that might jump at me, but don't worry, thats just Doug!
Sometimes I think about how Doug Jones really loves hallmark movies and wants to be in one so badly. Let Doug into your movies, HALLMARK.
I love that Stede and Ed appear on the surface to be “opposites attract” and then turn out to be so incredibly the same, to such a degree that they are actually on a different wavelength from everyone else around them and it is actively annoying to spend more than five minutes in their company together (but that’s OK, they don’t want you in their relationship anyway). AND, when they are not together, everyone else’s lives are demonstrably worse.
Couple of all time, really. Do not separate and do not get in between.
(Also why no one will ever be able to write or create a credible OT3 with the two of them, they are an OTP who would annoy a 3 to death and also forget that a 3 existed.)
Reblog if you stand against order, civilization, and goodness itself
GODDAMN RIGHT I DO
“The best revenge is living well. I’ve been living like shit, it’s been fucking up my sleep.”
Idk, I just thought of this scene when I listened to this song the other day.
i appreciate ofmd’s “it’s only 1717 when it’s funny” approach to historical accuracy. pinnochio was written in the 1800s. the real israel hands should be 16. pyramid schemes. stede being in that incredibly modern theater teacher outfit. anyway i think lucius should know who lady gaga is but no one else does
[a reply from bitchdisorder: dnd campaign-style period accuracy]
love all the notes on this post everyone thank you for reminding me of hits such as:
swede singing a mozart song before mozart was born
lucius saying he had a beard in the gay, dating a girl because you’re closeted sense & jim having no idea what the fuck he’s talking about
ed’s actual biker jacket which literally did not even occur to me while watching that it might be slightly out of place because i was too into the idea of pirates wearing leather
the real ed & stede being in their 20s
someone saying “they’re going to leave me a bad review” potentially implying the existence of a ye olde yelp
everyone saying “bro”
Olu’s crocs
and of course, something i was going to mention in my original post but forgot, jim’s gc2b binder
1717 was in no way a leap year
stede roleplaying a phrenologist before phrenology was invented
“Xena: Warrior Princess” walked so “Our Flag Means Death” could gaily sprint
I was just thinking this recently, and a conversation with @unadulteratedkr and @littlefingies about verisimilitude vs accuracy and knowing the rules in order to break them, and how neatly OFMD walks those lines. (the leather jacket, but it has toggles instead of zippers!)
Also now I kinda want to go thru and do the same thing with S2 (off the top of my head: Zheng lived like 100 years after those guys, the pendulum clock wasn’t invented until the 1800s iirc)
To paraphrase a lesser pirate franchise, “1717 is really more of a guideline than a rule.”
Happy June 3rd!
A most excellent day. A day of plant pirating.
Hellaur everyone. These are all prints on my Inprnt Shop
Happy Sailing!
One of those really sweet Taskmaster moments. I might have had to wipe away a little tear.
PSA: Credit Card Phone Scam
(Or, how Tumblr just saved my ass)
I saw a PSA recently about a scam going around with spoofed official numbers calling and asking for information, and how you should hang up and call back using the correct number rather than just go along with what the caller is telling you. But this is Tumblr, so I'll never be able to find the post again.
I decided to make my own, because this literally just happened to me an hour ago. Hopefully my story can spread some more awareness and save other asses the way mine was saved.
Around 7:30pm tonight (Friday), I got a phone call from a 1-800 number. I almost didn't answer it, then I saw it was 1-800-465-4___, and I recognized that as the start of the CIBC phone number, so I picked up.
Me: Hello?
Guy: Hi, is this [MrsD]?"
Me: Yes.
Guy: Hi, [MrsD], this is _____ from CIBC, how are you tonight?
I thought, okay, this is a sales call. Right before I'm about to sit down for dinner. Typical. Mentally, I'm already putting together an exit strategy, preparing to say no to everything and get off the phone ASAP. But then—
Guy: We've just flagged suspicious activity on your CIBC Visa card. It was an online BestBuy transaction for $980.00. Was that your transaction?
Me, flustered: Uh. What? Sorry, how much?
Guy: $980.00 at BestBuy, was that you?
Me: Oh. At BestBuy?
Guy: Yes, your card was used at a BestBuy in [town nearby]. Was that you? Did you go to [town nearby] today? You don't live in [town nearby], right?
Me: Uh. No?
Guy: Okay, so I need some information to verify this transaction.
By this point, my brain had caught on that something about this was hinky. First of all, I thought he said it was an online purchase, then he said it was in person. But maybe I'd misheard, he was talking fast. My second thought was that every other time there was a suspicious transaction, I got an automated phone call and a text message with instructions to call back. I've never had a person call me directly.
My third thought was, well, the phone number on the caller ID was right....
THEN! I remembered a Tumblr post I saw recently, and I remembered what it told me to do.
Me: I'm skeptical about this call. I'm going to call CIBC myself and look into this.
Guy: What? Ma'am, you can just tell me, I can verify—
Me: No. Thank you, but I'll call the number on the back of my card.
Guy, getting more agitated: Ma'am, if you look at the number on your card, you'll see it's the same number.
Me: You know that can spoofed, right?
Guy: Uh— but ma'am—
Me: Sorry, but I need to make sure. I'm going to call CIBC directly.
The guy kept sputtering, but I hung up on him. In that moment, I really didn't think that he was a scammer. In fact, I thought I was being paranoid and was maybe kinda rude to the guy. I wondered if I was being overcautious, and I felt a bit guilty.
I called the number on the back of my credit card, waited 15 minutes for an agent, and told him what just happened.
IMMEDIATELY—
Agent: You didn't tell him anything, did you?
Me: No. I said I wasn't in [town nearby] today, but that's it.
Agent: Good. You did the right thing by calling us, let me look into the transaction for you.
Then, a minute later:
Agent: I'm not seeing any transaction like that. There's no flags on your card, nothing suspicious at all.
Me: So it was a scam?
Agent: Yep. Entirely fake.
I was honestly surprised. I really thought that there was some kind of mix-up and that I would be apologizing to this guy for being rude to his colleague.
Looking back on it now, I can see all the telltale signs of it being a scam call:
Time of day. Early evening on a Friday, chances are people are either sitting down for dinner or in a hurry to get somewhere. In this situation, a lot people probably wouldn't think twice about giving "the bank" some information just to get off the phone. (Joke's on them, I have no life!) But the way that I reacted to his introduction did evoke the desired reaction of Ugh, what now? Leave me alone! that the scammer was banking on (pun intended).
Sense of urgency. The scammer spoke fast, threw details at me quickly, and made sure I knew that I had to give him my information right away. This honestly threw me off. It was overwhelming, and I felt concerned and a bit frantic for a few seconds until I thought about what I know about scams and what I'd just read in that Tumblr PSA.
Complete lack of empathy or understanding about my skepticism/anti-fraud precautions. The last time I had to get a new credit card number due to fraud, the agent I spoke to said things like "I know this is frustrating", "I'm sorry this is a hassle", etc. And of course the CIBC agent I spoke to tonight was immediately grateful that I'd called them directly and reassured me that CIBC would never ask for information. By contrast, the scammer was outright dismissive of my concerns and got agitated when I wouldn't just trust him right off the bat.
Emotional provocation. Similar to #2 & #3 above, the scammer was very good at making me feel things. Worried and fearful at first, then guilty about being suspicious, to the point where I actually apologized to the guy. (Granted, I am Canadian, but still!)
And finally, I cannot stress enough: the spoofed phone number. I am a pretty well-informed person. I keep up with news about scams and whatnot. I know that phone numbers can be spoofed. I've been in front of my phone when it just starts to ring and I can see the auto-dialler number appear briefly before it gets replaced with a number that has my area code. But tonight—early evening on a Friday—I was cooking dinner and my phone was across the room. It had rung several times by the time I got to it. I only picked it up because I recognized the CIBC number. And when the scammer started his spiel, the fact that the number was the same was enough for me to give him just a tiny moment of trust. Had he actually gotten past that first barrier and started requesting my information, I think I would have caught on, because people asking for sensitive information over the phone is a huge obvious red flag. I like to think I would have caught on, anyway. But maybe not! That fake number almost had me.
TL;DR: No matter what the number on your caller ID says—that it's your bank, your energy company, your internet provider, whatever!—if the person on the other end is requesting sensitive information urgently, don't panic. Stop. Think. Then tell them nothing, hang up the phone, and call your service provider yourself using a verified phone number.
As someone who has worked a legitimate job calling people to verify information: I would tell you my name, the company I’m calling from that I am on a recorded line and if you say “hey I don’t trust you” I say “I TOTALLY GET IT. PLEASE CALL A NUMBER YOU TRUST” and do not push it further. The legitimate company shouldn’t ever pressure you.
Protect your stuff. Credit card charges typically have to clear before you can dispute them anyway. Whatever they’re calling about, if legit, can wait five minutes for you to find the right number you trust.
STARTING TOMORROW
Scientists in weather and climate are live streaming for 100 hours to make their case to the American public.
They are live streaming, but engagement is necessary for it to work. SHARE THIS WITH PEOPLE, RECORD THE STREAM, POST CLIPS OF IT THAT ARE FUNNY, if you can tune in, PLEASE DO!
This is something that has to be heard by as many people as possible. Put it on in the background! See if you can get other people to watch it! Do whatever you can do support those who are trying to be supported! Anything and everything helps!
TUNE IN HERE
article I posted screenshots of here
7 seconds · Clipped by Charseraph · Original video "Live from NASA GISS, kicking-off the Weather and Climate 100-hour livestream" by The Wea
“There’s a pretty robust scientific consensus that when it gets warm, ice melts”
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Screenshot of an article headline: "Climate and weather scientists are joining the anti-Trump resistance in the most 'scientist-iest' way", written by Andrew Freedman. The lead image from the article is a photo of a computer screen with a complex weather map on it, and a person's arm and hand pointing at some detail on the screen.
Screenshot of some of the article text: Forget marching in the streets with creative signs. For President Donald Trump's second term, in the face of steep funding cuts for climate and weather research and forecasting, scientists have a new way of engaging the public: livestreamed presentations. Starting Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET and lasting for 100 straight hours, climate and weather specialists will spend 15 minutes each talking about their work and why it is so valuable for the American people. /end description]
They're live right now!!!
