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Everyone SAYS they want a fairytale wedding but when I show up and curse their firstborn suddenly I’m a jerk.
#ok who invited regina
apparently the firstborn did….
reblogging again. REBLOGGING AGAIN
I rarely reblog things, but cOME ON THIS IS GENIUS.
I will reblog this until I’m dead
hey so Iran's trending rn and as an Iranian who's living in iran i feel the need to share that we don't give a fuck about our supreme leader dying, people celebrated his death all over the country, we're so happy he's dead and are praying for his son to follow suit.
our government is a corrupted, evil one; we're not safe in Iran BECAUSE of our government.
one might argue that "then why haven't you overthrown them then?" well we tried. our government has killed well over 32 thousand people in just 2 days, mocked the murders of children and teenagers in live national tv and imprisoned so many students and professors, hell they even arrested medical DOCTORS who helped the protestors.
y'all keep saying "yeah it's all mossad/us propaganda" but i need you to understand that people in Iran have been in a digital blackout for three months now. the ONLY people who have access to internet are the ones who AGREE and spread IRAN'S PROPAGANDA.
there's a whole war happening and instead of alarms, they cut out our internet and phone connections, we couldn't even call or text our loved ones. don't get me wrong i hate interference from another country on our inside situation but i need you to understand that our hatred and fury with our current regime is far greater than us hating isreal and us bombing us.
oh and btw, everything is fucking filtered and censored here, we can't use any app without a vpn and now? even fucking google don't work without it.
our economy was and is collapsing due to the greed and corruption our government allowed and runs by it.
don't fall for western propaganda on us being uncivilized or "evil terrorist muslims" (half the country ain't even muslim, they use religion as a tool for oppression) but ALSO don't fall for Iran's propaganda on how we're helpless people getting bombed by evil US and how much we love our regime and supreme leader. we want them all dead.
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdQuxw52/
I think I found my new favorite rabbit hole. This voice actor does Shakespeare scenes in a southern accent and I need to see the whole damn play. Absolutely beautiful
if you're not from the us american south, there's some amazing nuances to this you may have missed. i can't really describe all of them, because i've lived here my whole life and a lot of the body language is sort of a native tongue thing. the body language is its own language, and i am not so great at teaching language. i do know i instinctively sucked on my lower teeth at the same time as he did, and when he scratched the side of his face, i was ready to take up fucking arms with him.
but y'all. the way he said "brutus is an honourable man" - each and every time it changed just a little. it was the full condemnation Shakespeare wanted it to be. it started off slightly mock sincere. barely trying to cover the sarcasm. by the end...it wasn't a threat, it was a promise.
christ, he's good.
the eliding of “you all” to “y’all” while still maintaining 2 syllables is a deliberate and brilliant act of violence. “bear with me” said exactly like i’ve heard it at every funeral. the choices of breaking and re-establishing of eye contact. the balance of rehearsed and improvised tone. A+++ get this man a hollywood contract.
anyone who acts like there's some kind of implicit understanding or sisterhood between all women is straight up lying
i made this post specifically about a friend of mine, so let me say this: if you want to be a girl, but feel like you can't because you would never be comfortable in The Club of Womanhood, don't worry! feeling like an alienated little weirdo who will never Get what other girls seem to pick up naturally is in fact an extremely Girl experience
You cannot pay to get your own fics or ANY fics printed out!
YOU CANNOT USE A PRINTING SITE TO PRINT OUT FANFICS LIKE A BOOK.
That is ILLEGAL.
It could ruin fanfiction for everyone.
Just don't!
Why?
OP, can we get some clarification on this?
Like, don't self publish fic as a book? (Obviously don't.). Or don't take the file over to Kinko's to print? (That seems like it would be okay.)
Or are the kids doing some new thing I'm too old to understand?
@caladeniablue
Printing out a fic with your own devices and materials and then binding it into a book, yourself, is okay.
But if you were to use a site like Lulu, where you pay them to professionally print out a fic and bind it into a book, then it is illegal.
Because money is being made off of something that neither YOU nor Lulu own.
Say you were to download a complete Star Trek fic off of AO3 and then send that to Lulu to print into a physical book.
You do not own Star Trek.
Lulu does not own Star Trek.
Yet Lulu just made money off of it when you pay them for this printed version of a Star Trek fic.
That's why it's illegal and fans need to STOP doing it.
Or it could jeopardize the ability we've been granted to write and post fanfiction online, AT ALL.
Here are some posts that explain it rather well
Recently there's been a lot of commotion in the online writing community about printing fanfiction. Everyone's been asking the question, is
TikTok is ground zero for tutorials on printing fanfiction through commercial printers like Lulu and Barnes & Noble Press. Myself and ot
This one is from Lulu itself, condemning people from using their service to print fanfiction:
Have you ever written fanfiction? If you're an author, you probably have. Learn more about fanfiction and publishing.
To put it simple:
You print it out and bind it yourself? Good. Legal! 👍🏻
You pay someone else to do it for you? Bad. Illegal. 👎🏻
babe. I know we’re all going thru a lot rn but I just wanna give u the heads up that sesame streets future is in jeopardy. hbo has chosen not to renew it for new episodes (a series that has been going since 1969) and the residents of 123 Sesame Street no longer have a home :(
Two things to prop up right now:
The ACLU - They’ll do their best to make sure this dumpster fire doesn’t turn into a wildfire.
The Trevor Project - They’ll be fielding a lot of calls, texts, and chats in the next few days and beyond.
I am making this post for no apparent reason, Americans
Resources for immigration to Canada:
Immigrate to Canada
Immigration and citizenship
Canada Points System
Six selection factors – Federal Skilled Worker Program (Express Entry)
Skilled Occupation List Canada 2022
Articles on moving to Canada from the USA:
Moving to Canada, explained
‘Move to Canada’ threats return – but actually emigrating there is difficult
Dreaming of Moving to Canada? Here’s What to Know If You’re American
Studying in Canada:
Step by step: How to get into a Canadian university as an international student
HOW TO APPLY TO CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
Moving from the U.S. to Study in Canada
Study in Canada: Step-By-Step Guide for International Students
For knowing basic Canadian politics:
GUIDE TO THE CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS
Canada Guide: Government
Canadian Government: Structure, Type & Facts
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I know this isn’t viable for all Americans and in general I wouldn’t recommend it (given how difficult it can be) but I know a lot of vulnerable people are desperate and feeling very unsafe in the USA right now. I’m not judging anyone, which is why I am providing this information with no bias what so ever.
Americans should also know that Canada has every single systemic social issue that the USA does, so moving here is not going to necessarily get rid of these issues. They may be less severe in some ways, more severe in others but there are serious issues here, so if you are considering this please don’t uphold Canada as some kind of utopia.
I am also available anytime to answer any questions.
Posting this again for obvious reasons.
This isn’t going to be a solution for everyone, but for Trans people, People Of Colour, Immigrants and many other marginalized groups may no longer feel safe after tonight’s election result, so I’m just offering whatever help I can.
Here’s some updated information as some of the information above is now outdated:
IRCC updates: Frequently Asked Questions
As a disabled Canadian, if you are a disabled American, keep in mind that there are some messed up things about disability rights, assistance and such in this country. Also Canada DOES NOT have a federal law like the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) so that should be a thing you consider before you move up here. Person with Disability/disability income assistance benefit programs are up to and run by the provinces here so I reccomend picking a province or two you would consider moving to first and then researching their PWD/disability assistance income benefits before applying to immigrate or study here and service dog laws can vary by province so you will want to google that for the provinces you want to immigrate to or study in if that is something that applies to you.
Also research Canadian disability rights both federally and on a provincial level before you possibly come here.
@lotrweek 2024 — Day IV: Gifts, Burdens and Choices ↳ ARAGORN II & THORIN II OAKENSHIELD + Prophecy
01. All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost. The old that is strong does not wither. Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken. A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken. The crownless again shall be king.
02. The Lord of Silver Fountains, the King of Carven Stone. The King beneath the Mountain shall come into his own. And the bells shall ring in gladness at the Mountain King's return. But all shall fail in sadness, and the lake will shine and burn.
I think the description of old! cherik in the official novel is very interesting.
Compared to beach divorce
It's more like they are having some kind of mid-life marital crisis……
But just because you're divorced doesn't mean you don't care about each other.（By the way, Magneto was tortured quite miserably here...
but Divorce can take children to the worst places...
ps: At the end of the of last stand, he was indeed playing chess with Charles, but Charles was dead at that time, so he was playing chess with Charles in his mind.
i love how charles and erik’s relationship trope is strangers to lovers to enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers to enemies to lovers
In 2016, over 75,000 mail-in ballots were left uncounted and discarded because they were received after mail-in voting deadlines, which all vary by state, according to CBS news.
Some states like California allow you to check with the Registrar of Voters on-line to verify both if a ballot has issued and if it was received to help prevent voting errors.
Remember, the most common forms of voter fraud are 1) gerrymandering, 2) voter suppression and 3) foreign participation through both lobbying and online misinformation.
OCTOBER 13. IT’S BEING DELIBERATELY SLOWED. OCTOBER 13.
ITS FUCKING LOAD BEARING?!
My least favorite things about anti- UBI discourse is always the techbros whining that "nobody is going to work anymore! People will just watch Netflix all day!" and I have 2 responses:
1) Who the fuck cares. Who the fuck cares what people do with their time! That's kind of the fucking point!
2) People aren't going to stop laboring. Housework (look, it's right there in the word!) will still need to be done. So will maintenance on our homes and personal spaces. Children will still need carers, as will the elderly and disabled. There are millions of examples of ~work~ that we do all the time, uncompensated, that won't suddenly stop because we aren't forced to sell our labor to provide corporation's profits.
I'm not surprised that what is traditionally women's work is invisible to these dipshits, but it never fails to anger me.
Anyway. Join the IWW.
Field studies have been conducted in several countries now, and the result is always the same - people will just flop about for a couple of months to recover from the burnout most people who have a job live with, and then they look for something to do. Some get a job with reduced hours, and some start doing charitable stuff like volunteering in soup kitchens and teaching others to do whatever their particular skill is. They socialize more, they are happier, and on average, people will work more, not less.
But the thing is, employers suddenly have to think about how to make their jobs appealing enough for someone to come and do them! It's hard to find someone to work for you for long hours under horrible conditions, if they can just choose not to; which shows you how voluntary our current system actually is.
Oh my god, as a disabled person who cannot work, you have no idea what it's like to be unemployed full time indefinitely. It suuucks. There's a reason why when one of my friends retired, all of his friends told him he needed to make sure he had things to fill his days
People want to work. People want to be useful. I volunteered to make rehearsal tracks for my choir because I wanted to work. I have beta-read friends' fics because I can't work as an editor any more.
UBI just means that you can't trap people in abusive environments because they have no alternative any more.
Love that you can see the cogs turning in the cat's head when its person is showing it how to pot the black. The cat is Looking and Understanding! And then it does it! Perfect little helper. 💜💜💜
Cats love to be Included in their human's activities. Kitty here has successfully participated in the Knock Balls Down Holes Game and feels very pleased about it.
What a lovely black shorthair! He is looking very happy to play a Human Game :)
Once again randomly remembered this story about a couple who had a small parrot - pretty sure it was a budgie - who didn't talk but learned to communicate with people in its own way. Once it figured out that people always turn to check their phones when the notification sound comes on, it started making the text message notification sound to request human attention. The parrot also liked to follow people to the door whenever guests were leaving, and would use its wings to pantomime the motions of a person putting their coat on. A very clever, charming bird.
And every once in a while it just randomly hated some people. Not for any real reason, or even reason to suspect bad vibes, but by deciding "fuck this person in particular" for shits and giggles alone. And one time when the owners had invited a new friend to their home, the bird decided that it Did Not Like Her.
So in the middle of polite conversation, the bird - who was free to roam around the apartment at the time - hopped onto the living room coffee table, right in front of the unwanted guest. And in that moment, the owners put two and two together and understood that whatever mischief the bird had decided to do, it was now too late to stop it.
But instead of unleashing the absolute hell that even the tiniest displeased parrot could be capable of, the little budgie made its little "may I have your attention please" cell phone notification sound, and once the guest was focused on the bird, looked at her dead in the eye while doing the putting-my-coat-on wing motion.
The guest did not recognise the pantomime for what it was, but she was nonetheless delighted that the parrot would do a little wing-roll dance for her. And the host couple were at first too stunned and then too polite to tell her how impressive that gesture truly was. Their bird had shown both remarkable restraint and cleverness by using its entire vocabulary of human communication just to say
"I have an important announcement: I think you should leave."
This is frustrating.
I love the comparison, but I hate how they are comparing.
They are acting like she is using optics to give herself an advantage. But the device she is wearing is just for comfort and essentially does the same thing as closing one eye and squinting the other.
The little thing over the left eye is basically like an eye patch.
And the thing over her right eye is a mechanical iris, like in a camera lens, but it is NOT a lens.
Different lighting environments are going to be brighter or darker and you may have to squint more or less to let in the same amount of light into your eye. Squinting allows the shooter to get the sharpest possible vision in order to shoot a bullseye the size of a 12-point Times New Roman period.
But if you have to squint for hours for practice and in competition, this can strain your face muscles and become uncomfortable. So this iris basically squints for you.
It's more like wearing comfortable shoes so your feet do not hurt than a lens magnifying the target and giving an advantage.
Both athletes have access to these items. One felt more comfortable without them. The other didn't feel like getting a muscle cramp from squinting all day.
Either would have shot the same if they had or had not used these devices.
Just a funny difference in gear preference.
I should also add, the Turkish dad is the only one using lenses.
I'd just like to add that Kim Yeji may look like a cool cyborg badass, but she and the Turkish dad only won silver.
The gold medal winner in the women's air pistol finals was adorable and a bit overshadowed.
Oh Ye-jin, who is only 19, won gold and set an Olympic record with her final score.
Kim Yeji is her mentor and seems very supportive of her.
Also, Oh Ye-jin added a little heart to the barrel blocking thingie.
I mean, it's like she got lost at summer camp and just wandered into the Olympics to win gold.
I think she deserves some attention too.
When I was watching the competition I kept wondering why they never showed the actual target as it was being shot. On the broadcast they just show a graphic of the target.
And then the commentator said the bullseye was literally the size of a period—smaller than the actual pellets they are shooting. And that the entire target was the size of a coin.
They'd have to set up a macro lens next to every target for you to see them.
Pretty much every shot lands within the 3 inner circles. And if you hit the 3rd circle your shot is basically garbage. Like you'd see the shooters grimace and do an angry little foot stomp if they hit it there.
Like, if you get a 7 you might as well go home.
And the best shot possible is a 10.9—which would be hitting as close to the bullseye as can be measured.
This was Oh Ye-jin's final gold medal winning shot.
A 10.6!
It's absolutely bonkers how precise these shooters are.
I mean... look at this period...
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Now imagine trying to shoot it from 30 feet away.
I don't think my old ass could even see the damned thing.
Thank you for the context, my nearsighted ass did NOT know this.
