#3/15/2021

[sorrcha]

terk !

[yohankang]

so many dramas that should be my favorites this year and yet. nothing hits

[chilapis]

remembered my selfship blog from 2021 & scrolled down it. very strange and disturbing!

[br1ghtestlight]

this is so funny to me actually bcuz this is 100% how i talk abt my characters ages. i know what YEAR they were born and i know what rheir ages are supposed to be at the start of the story but i dont actually know when it takes place?? im really bad at math. There was a moment where rainbow was supposed to be 23 and i somehow accidentally made her 17 lmfao

[stars-n-spice]

Happy national boyfriend day <3

Everyone look at my boyfriend! ! ! !

ALSO HAPPY 15TH ANNIVERSARY TO CLONE WARS!!!!!!!!!!

[flamingfoxninja]

Remember the 6 hour this song is gonna get stuck in your head song?

yes. Because of asks like these I'm remembering it a lot more frequently

[radio-4-is-static]

"I sat down for coffee with my good friend Donna Missal one day and we talked for hours about music, songwriting, etc. I talked a bit about the early seeds of inspiration for the new music I was working on. How it's about having fun and writing music that is free and playful. I wasn't yet sure exactly how to deviate from the way I've written in the past, but the prospect excited me. I remember jokingly telling her that I wanted to "just talk my shit." She said, "why not just say that? ... Can I talk my shit." It suddenly felt simpler. It was as simple as granting myself permission to write freely, as I would in conversation. There is inherent value in how we speak to each other, there is inherent poetry in daily conversation. These moments with other great artists really inspires me, thank you for your help on this one Donna 💖"

– Vagabon on her new single Can I Talk My Shit?

[suncaptor]

The world has moved on once again twice anyone else still feel like they're in the exact same time and space as the first year of the pandemic.

[nomaishuttle]

ok took a GET SCARED break time to go back 2 physics the library closes in an hour and a half..

[astrxealis]

FINAL FANTASY XV MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME ACTUALLY !! i know i never talk about it but it. means everything to me. ffxiv is everything to me and special to me in a way ffxv is not but ffxv is special to me as well in a way ffxiv is not and i think it's beautiful that the many things that 'mean everything to me' are special to me in different, beautiful, varying ways. so, happy 6th anniversary to a flawed but nevertheless beautiful game that means the world to me!!

[gobbluthbutagirl]

the first time i rode on a plane i was 7 but then after that one trip i didn’t ride on a plane again until i was 22

[trader-sg112]

 بوينغ تواجه غرامة جنائية وتوافق على الإقرار بالذنب في حادثي تحطم طائرتين

قالت الحكومة الأمريكية في ملف قدمته لمحكمة إن بوينغ اتفقت مع وزارة العدل على إنهاء تحقيق تجريه الوزارة عبر الإقرار بالذنب في تهمة جنائية بالتآمر للاحتيال تتعلق بحادثي تحطم طائرتين 737 ماكس تسببا في سقوط مئات القتلى.

الإقرار، الذي قدمت السلطات ملفاً بشأنه في ساعة متأخرة من مساء أمس الأحد ولا يزال يتطلب موافقة قاض اتحادي، سيجعل صانع الطائرات مداناً بتهمة جنائية. وقالت وزارة العدل في الملف الذي قدمته إلى محكمة اتحادية في تكساس، وبه نظرة عامة على اتفاق من حيث المبدأ بهذا الصدد، إن بوينغ ستدفع أيضاً غرامة جنائية قدرها 243.6 مليون دولار.

تتعلق التهمة بحادثي تحطم طائرتين من طراز 737 ماكس في إندونيسيا وإثيوبيا في غضون خمسة أشهر في عامي 2018 و2019، مما أسفر عن مقتل 346 شخصا ودفع عائلات الضحايا إلى المطالبة بمحاكمة بوينغ.

وربما يهدد الإقرار بالذنب قدرة الشركة على إبرام عقود حكومية مربحة مع جهات منها وزارة الدفاع الأمريكية (البنتاغون) وإدارة الطيران والفضاء الأمريكية (ناسا)، لكنها قد تسعى إلى الحصول على إعفاءات. 

تعرضت بوينغ للملاحقة الجنائية بعد أن وجدت وزارة العدل في مايو أن الشركة لم تلتزم بتسويات جرت في عام 2021 متعلقة بالحادثين. غير أن الإقرار بالذنب يجنب بوينغ محاكمة كان من شأنها إثارة جدل واسع وتعريض العديد من قرارات الشركة التي سبقت تحطم الطائرتين لتدقيق عام أكبر.

كما أنه سيسهل على الشركة، التي سيكون لديها رئيس تنفيذي جديد في وقت لاحق من هذا العام، محاولة المضي قدما في سعيها للحصول على الموافقة على خطتها للاستحواذ على شركة سبيريت إيروسيستمز.

وأكد متحدث باسم بوينغ أنها "توصلت مع وزارة العدل إلى اتفاق من حيث المبدأ على شروط إنهاء (القضية)". ووفقا للملف المقدم للمحكمة، وافقت الشركة كذلك على استثمار ما لا يقل عن 455 مليون دولار على مدى السنوات الثلاث المقبلة لتعزيز برامجها المتعلقة بالسلامة.

[watchfreeone1]

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[xaviergalatis]

[mogai-sunflowers]

this will be a bit of a long post but i ask that you please please read the full thing if you want to know more about Sudan- i feel like not enough people ACTUALLY know what's going on in Sudan. a lot of people have a vague idea that a 'war' and genocide is going on, but it's important to know the specifics as well.

there is extremely little coverage of Sudan from non-Sudanese sources, and even those that DO cover it often paint it as a war between two different generals for power over a country- and to a certain extent, without context, that IS what's happening. for those unaware, the two 'warring factions' in Sudan are the official Sudanese military- the SAF (Sudanese Armed Forces) and the RSF (Rapid Support Forces).

in April 2019, during the Sudanese Revolution, Islamist dictator Omar al-Bashir was deposed by the SAF in response to a mass wave of revolutionary organizing, protests, and sit-ins. Immediately after, the TMC (Transitionary Military Council) was established, with SAF general inspector Abdel Fattah al-Burhan being appointed as the chairman. for a brief time, protestors engaged in negotiations with Burhan, and many believed that he was being ernest in his promises of a true civilian democratic government- but it soon became clear to protestors that he was not actually taking their demands seriously, so demonstrations once again intensified. on June 3, 2019, it was under Burhan's command that the Khartoum Massacre was committed, killing 118 protestors while they were participating in a sit-in at the military headquarters in Khartoum.

as the next few months went by, agreements came about to dissolve the TMC and form a Transitional Sovereignty Council based on a draft of a constitutional declaration. it was supposed to be that a military official would be the chairman for 21 months, then transitioning to a civilian chairman for the next 18 months- but Burhan staged a coup in October of 2021, and dissolved the council and effectively turned the Sudanese government back into a military junta, which was the cause of further protesting.

i want to emphasize the crimes and horrors of the SAF because they are often forgotten in these discussions due to the absolute atrocities committed by the RSF. there is no good guy here- both the SAF and the RSF are vying for dictatorial power. so let's talk about the RSF.

headed by genocidal war criminal Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known more widely as "Hemedti", the RSF formed around 2014 due to reorginization of the Janjaweed militias- which were the militias that formed across the Darfuri regions of southwestern Sudan to suppress demonstrations against Bashir's oppressive and racist regime which carried out the first genocide of Massalit and other ethnically non-Arab peoples across Darfur in the early 2000s. so to be succinct- the RSF has direct roots in dictatorial suppression of Sudanis protesting against ethnic cleansing, genocide, and oppression.

for around a decade, the RSF and SAF were different factions of the Sudanese military- both have their roots and a pattern of supporting dictatorial violence and anti-Black genocide. and, on April 15, 2023, these two dictatorial Arab-colonialist powers began fighting out of the blue. fighting has been most intense around Khartoum, the central state and capital city of Sudan, where now an estimated 35% of its residents have been forced to flee, with the rest trapped in the middle of an active war zone.

the RSF has been actively continuing the genocide of non-Arab Darfuri Sudanis that its predecessor the Janjaweed committed 20 years prior. they have been consistently launching attacks against Massalit villages in Darfur and El Geneina. Recently, they have completely ethnically cleansed several Massalit villages, killing hundreds in each one of them. in addition, they are committing so many other war crimes, like sexual violence, blocking access to humanitarian aid, occupying civilian homes and kicking the residents out, along with blatant ethnic cleansing campaigns, mass murder, and targeting of civilians.

but don't think that this is a 'civil war' as many are calling it. a civil war is an internal dispute, but this is far from that. both the SAF and the RSF are supported by external powers, namely the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Russia, who all provide funding to these groups IN EXCHANGE FOR SUDANESE RESOURCES LIKE GOLD AND OIL. this is, ultimately, not just some random war between two different military groups- it is a war funded by and for foreign colonial powers who have a vested interest in colonizing Sudan for its resources. as an example- the UAE's- and especially Dubai's- infamous gold and jewelry industry, is only made possible by the fact that the UAE illegally smuggles 80% of Sudan's gold- they fund this by sending weapons AND SOLDIERS to the RSF. Several of the gold mines in Sudan are owned and operated by the Russian government.

all of this, both the 'internal' AND the external, colonial aspects of this war and genocide, has led to the world's current WORST humanitarian crisis. not only do LOW estimates place the total murdered in the past year at 150,000, but out of Sudan's population of nearly 47 million, over half (25 million) are in severe need of humanitarian aid, and of those 25 million, over half are children. fighting between the RSF and SAF has lead to severe blockage of aid, and the UN's initial proposed budget of $1.5 billion in April of 2023 has not only not increased to accommodate the severe worsening of the crisis, but ALSO has not even been funded 20%.

2.5 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO STARVE TO DEATH IN SUDAN BY THIS FUCKING SEPTEMBER. THAT IS LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AWAY.

additionally, due to both western colonization and the Sudanese governments' deliberate cutting of internet access across the entirety of Sudan, there is a huge lack of the proper infrastructure for generating awareness and spreading videos and info from on the ground in Sudan. this means that not only are people unable to effectively crowdfund support to leave, but they are also barred from accessing social media to spread awareness, and they're unable to contact loved ones outside of Sudan most of the time.

also, Sudan is HUGE- in order for displaced people to escape fighting, they usually have to walk, on foot, for hundreds of miles, often across literal deserts, with extremely little access to water. there has also been a surge of internally displaced people dying due to illness and scorpion stings in displacement camps. 70% of Sudan's hospitals have stopped functioning entirely. and even if they DO make it to a neighboring country, most of the options there are just as bad, if not worse- Egypt is extremely anti-Black, and doesn't allow work permits to most Black refugees, meaning they are relegated to being houseless and jobless if they go to Egypt- and westward in Chad, there is also crisis with food and resources, so the government of Chad quite literally can not materially support anymore Sudanese refugees. In South Sudan, there is also conflict, war, and crisis, and in Ethiopia, where the genocide is taking place in Tigray, the government is extremely hostile to Sudanese refugees. there are currently more than 6,000 Sudanese refugees stranded in the forests because of the hostilities they faced while in UNHCR camps.

and everyday that we're not doing something, this genocide, war, and humanitarian crisis is getting worse. doing something starts with being educated. i urge y'all to look more into this, don't just take what i'm saying and roll with it- truly learn and listen to Sudanese activists on this. i highly recommend following these accounts on Instagram:

@/red_maat , @/bsonblast , @/sudansolidaritycollective, @/forsudaneseliberation, @/darfurwomenaction, @/liberatesudan, @/zzeirra, @/yousraelbagir, @/modathirzainalabdeen, @/sdn.world, @/nasalsudan, @/sudanuntold, @/kandakamagazine, and @/almigdadhassan0

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[svvordsmachine]

hi hope this doesn't sound accusatory bc i totally believe u when u say this and i think i may kind of be in the same boat myself rn (living in california) but can u explain a little more what u mean by it "costing money to work" it's something that i struggle to put into words to explain to ppl that it's a thing

nah youre good! [thumbs up] yeah i dont know a great way to explain this either other then "california (+everything tbh) is expensive and even with a higher state min-wage its still unrealistic" my bad but ill try. also sorta disclaimer i guess? very california-centric pov

i think the point when it feels like, or it actually is, more expensive to work is either one of getting paid enough, not enough hours, or both. (though ive mostly seen and experienced it with low hours/okay pay) because state minimum wage can be 15/hr but when average rent in sac is 2k, gas runs around 5/gal, and a single can of pepsi is 3$ (THREE DOLLARS!!!! im personally mad about that one) 15 is like nothing unless youre doing 50+ a week.

that is not considering: having kids + paying for childcare, working in a different city you live in, other forms of transit (when my car shit itself it was like around 80 a day to get to work), literally any other bills, anything that comes unexpected, so on and so on. if you live half an hour away from work its obvs more expensive then ten minutes or less. also not considering work making you need to get things like new clothes/shoes/etc.

it can be hard to explain cause when saying "yeah im only making 17/hr and struggling" that can sound more like, i dont know, a personal problem? and not something closer to a "im making 17/hr and working 3 hour days so its costing me a ton to get there"

though i guess it could just boil down to: things are expensive and where or what your work is, how sporadic the schedule is can make it so work is costing you. which is a hard thing to articulate because yeah im technically getting paid to be here. but not really.

hope literally any of this made sense!