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harry potter redesigns! went to universal orlando recently and it awoke something in me…
First years convos (3)
The lunch table was already loud, but the first-years had carved out their usual chaotic corner of the cafeteria—louder, weirder, and vaguely unhinged in the way only a bunch of magically-gifted teenagers could manage. Yuu sat in the middle of it all, gnawing on a bread roll while Ace leaned across the table mid-rant.
“No, I’m serious! If you bite into string cheese instead of peeling it, you deserve prison.”
Deuce immediately snapped to attention, eyes wide. “That’s not even a misdemeanor. That’s, like, felony behavior.”
“Exactly!” Ace barked, flinging a grape across the table for emphasis.
“Wait,” Epel interjected, blinking. “I thought string cheese was for melting. You’re supposed to bite it.”
A collective gasp rippled through the table.
“Back to the countryside with you,” Ace hissed.
“Hey!” Epel flushed. “Don’t come for me just ‘cause y’all eat like anime protagonists!”
“Epel,” Yuu said slowly, “do you also bite popsicles straight from the freezer?”
He hesitated, then nodded.
“You’re not real,” Yuu whispered, staring at him like he was an eldritch being. “You’re an urban legend.”
“Biting ice cream is character-defining,” Sebek announced, slamming his tray down beside them with the force of a man about to give a war speech. “Lord Malleus would—”
“Nope. Nope!” Ace held up a hand. “Don’t drag your goth dragon dad into this.”
“He is not my—!”
“Bet he peels cheese like a gentleman,” Deuce mumbled.
“Lord Malleus does not consume cheese in public,” Sebek sniffed, insulted on three levels.
“That’s not a sentence I expected today,” Yuu muttered into her juice box.
Jack, having just sat down, raised an eyebrow. “What are we even talking about?”
“Cheese crimes,” Epel replied.
“Follow-up question,” Yuu said, pointing a finger, “would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or fifty duck-sized horses?”
“Duck-sized horses,” Jack said immediately.
“Wrong.” Epel pointed at him like he was accusing a murderer. “You ever been kicked by a horse?! Even mini ones are built like bricks!”
“They’re small, you could just stomp—”
“You wanna stomp a baby horse, Jack?” Ace interrupted with a grin. “That’s what you’re saying right now?”
“I never said that,” Jack snapped, ears twitching.
“No, but you implied it,” Deuce added, wide-eyed.
“Violence against animals, tsk tsk,” Yuu tutted dramatically.
Jack looked genuinely betrayed. “What kind of conversation is this?”
“Okay, but wait,” Yuu said, raising her hand again, “would you eat a centaur steak if the centaur gave you permission before dying?”
Deuce choked on his rice.
“I feel like that’s cannibalism,” Ace said slowly.
“No,” Yuu countered, “they’re not human. They’re, like, half horse.”
“So is my Uncle Kevin,” Epel muttered. Everyone stared.
“…You wanna unpack that?” Yuu asked, blinking.
“No,” Epel replied.
“Okay,” she nodded, moving on like that wasn’t concerning.
Sebek groaned. “Humans are so bizarre. Why discuss such filth during a meal?”
“You say that, but I know you’ve Googled if dragon tails are edible,” Ace shot back.
“THAT WAS FOR A RESEARCH PROJECT.”
“I don’t think your fanfiction counts,” Deuce said flatly.
“HOW DARE YOU—!”
“Hey,” Yuu cut in, voice suddenly soft and dangerous, “what does phoenix taste like?”
The table went quiet.
“…chicken?” Jack offered hesitantly.
“No way,” Ace scoffed. “Too spicy.”
“They literally combust,” Deuce said. “It’d be like eating coal.”
Epel nodded. “Like deep-fried ghost.”
Yuu stared at her tray. “I’d try it.”
Everyone turned to her.
“Are we gonna ignore that she said that so calmly?” Ace demanded. “Like she’s done it.”
“Yuu, blink twice if you’ve eaten something cursed,” Jack said, serious.
Yuu blinked. Twice.
Deuce leaned in. “Was it… human?”
“I’m vegetarian on Thursdays,” Yuu replied cryptically.
“That’s not—what does that mean—” Ace was gesturing wildly now. “That’s not even a real answer!”
Sebek stood, tray abandoned. “I can’t be near you people.”
“Then leave,” Epel deadpanned.
“Gladly!”
Sebek stomped off.
“…He’ll be back in five minutes,” Deuce said.
“He left his juice,” Jack noted.
Sure enough, Sebek returned thirty seconds later, grabbed his juice without making eye contact, and left again with a huff.
Ace cackled.
“We didn’t even get to the part about whether ghosts can consent to hauntings,” Yuu sighed dramatically, peeling another cheese stick.
“Next lunch,” Epel promised.
Jack buried his face in his hands. “I miss when we talked about normal things. Like sports.”
“We had a fifteen-minute argument last week about whether balls are sentient,” Deuce reminded him.
Jack groaned.
Yuu took a sip of juice, completely unfazed. “Hey, so… if you kiss a mermaid, is that, like, bestiality or intercultural relations?”
Ace screamed.
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The CBO estimates that benefit reductions would start at 8% in 2040 and steadily climb to a 10% cut by 2056.
Recent policy changes and economic shifts have slashed 12 years off the projected life span of the trust fund that pays for Medicare Part A, according to a newly updated report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund is now slated to be entirely exhausted by 2040, even though the balance generally increases through 2031, as spending will begin to outstrip income in the following year.
This rapid deterioration of Medicare’s financial solvency represents a stark drop from the CBO’s previous estimate, which was published just last year, in March 2025. The dramatically shortened timeline means future retirees could face significant cuts to vital health care services far sooner than previously anticipated. As required by the Deficit Control Act, CBO Director Phillip Swagel noted the projections reflect the assumption benefits would be paid as scheduled even after the HI trust fund was exhausted.
The primary culprit for this accelerated depletion is a sharp reduction in the fund’s projected income, heavily driven by legislation passed over the last year. Specifically, the 2025 reconciliation act (Public Law 119-21, more commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) significantly reduced the revenues the trust fund normally receives from taxing Social Security benefits. This legislation lowered tax rates and established a temporary deduction for taxpayers age 65 or older. Consequently, this major policy shift enacted during the Trump administration has directly contributed to starving the Medicare safety net of critical future funding.
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Gotham Academy: First Year || SCARECROW APPEARANCE!!!
First years say really stupid stuff (Quotes and mini convos)
(Wrote these during my Religion lesson at school, bc, like, I was so bored and tired of my teacher yapping)
(1)
Deuce: So, I was eating corn then other day and tried to deep throat it to get all the juices-
Sebek: WHAT.