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Red Bull's inability to keep a straight story, a study:

Marko told Motorsport that Daniel was made aware that Singapore would be his last race. “[The timing] was related to a variety of factors and obligations, He was informed, and the worthy farewell performance was, I think, the fastest lap.” [Source: Motorsport 26/09/24]. However, when Daniel was asked to address the rumours in Singapore during media day on 19/09/24 if contractually it was even possible that Singapore could be his last race, Daniel laughed and said: "I don't think so. But I also don't want to stand here and be the lawyer. Look, I would say ‘no.’” This was corroborated by Mekies the following day on the 20/09/24 to Sky Sport F1 when asked about purported Singapore deadline, confirming “We made it also quite public that we will sit down together after Singapore, that's where we are really. So, nothing decided so far".

Writing for Formula 1 on the 26/09/2024, Barretto says that “High-level sources” told him that Daniel was informed he would be dropped in Baku, round 17 of the calendar. However, Craig Slater who broke the news on Sky Sports F1 says his sources told him “Riccardo learned the news that he would not be continuing in that car on Sunday night in Singapore. It was confirmed officially to him in a face-to-face meeting with Christian Horner and it was a very emotional evening, I spoke to Daniel”. Slater added that he visited the VCARB hospitality and "there were a fair few tears in that VCARB hospitality area” [Source: Sky Sports F1 26/09/24]

Horner claims that Helmut wanted Daniel out by Barcelona: “Even around Barcelona, Helmut wanted him out of the car. There was already a lot of pressure on him there.” [Source: F1 Nation podcast, 30/09/24 ] Barcelona was round 10 of the calendar, yet in round 13 when Helmut was asked if there was a favourite among the three incumbent drivers Helmut was still open [Source: ORF 19/07/24]

Lawson stated that “I knew about it for the last probably two weeks,” to New Zealand’s Newstalk ZB after his F1 promotion became public [Source: Newstalk ZB, 26/09/24]. However, when SkyF1 Germany asked VCARB CEO Bayer if Singapore would be Daniel’s last race he said: “No”. And that the much speculated post Singapore deadline is to determine their 2025 lineup: “Singapore is certainly another milestone and there will now be these final discussions after Singapore to discuss our line-up for 2025” [Source: SkySportFormel1, 20/09/24]. However x2, Lawson does not even have a contract for 2025 "I've got until the end of the season," Lawson confirmed in an [Source: New Zealand Herald, 27/09/24]. "I'll find out more about how it looks as the season progresses. But for now, yes, it's these six races."

VCARB TP Mekies told Motorsport that the move is not about immediate results because Daniel still had the speed as per Miami, the move to drop Daniel was to address driver lineup concerns for 2026 however both Verstappen and Perez allegedly have contracts until 2026. [source: Motorsport 27/09/24]

When there are so many conflicting narratives in such a short period of time: someone is lying.

+The only side of the story we haven’t heard since this catastrophic breakdown in PR and internal communications is Daniel's side :)

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BOYCOTTING FOR PALESTINE

The Official BDS Boycott Targets

Campaigns

Block the boat: End maritime arms transfer to Israel

Ban Apartheid Israel from Sports (FIFA, Olympics)

CAF get off Israel's train: Boycott CAF

Greenwashing Apartheid

Israeli Spyware

Military Embargo

Farming Injustice

Consumer Boycotts - a complete boycott of these brands

Cisco

Axa

Puma

Carrefour

HP

Siemens

Chevron

Intel

Caltex

Israeli produce

Re/max

Ahava

Texaco

Sodastream

Intel

Organic Boycott Targets - boycotts not initiated by BDS but still complete boycott of these brands

Disney

Macdonald's

Dominos

Papa Johns

Burger King

Pizza Hut

Wix

Divestments and exclusion - pressure governments, institutions, investment funds, city councils, etc. to exclude from procurement contracts and investments and to divest from these

Elbit Systems

CAF

Volvo

CAT

Barclays

JCB

HD Hyundai

TKH Security

HikVision

Pressure - boycotts when reasonable alternatives exist, as well as lobbying, peaceful disruptions, and social media pressure.

Google

Amazon

AirBnb

Booking.Com

Expedia

Teva

Here are some companies that strongly support Israel (but are not Boycott targets). There is no ethical consumption under capitalism and boycotting is a political strategy - not a moral one. If you did try to boycott every supporter of Israel you would struggle to survive because every major company supports Israel (as a result of attempting to keep the US economy afloat), that being said, the ones that are being boycotted by masses and not already on the organic boycott list are coloured red.

5 Star Chocolate

7Days

7Up

Apple

Arsenal FC

ALDO

Arket

Axe

Accenture

Ariel

Adidas

ActionIQ

Aquafina

Amika

AccuWeather

Activia

Adobe

Aesop

Azrieli Group

American Eagle

Amway Corp

Axel Springer

American Airlines

American Express

Atlassian

AdeS

Aquarius

Ayataka

Audi

Barqs

Bain & Company

Bayer

Bank Leumi

Bank Hapoalim

BCG (Boston Consulting Group)

Biotherm

Bershka

Bloomberg

BMW

Boeing

Booz Allen Hamilton

Burberry

Bath & Body Works

Bosch

Bristol Myers Squibb

Capri Holdings

Costa

Carita Paris

CareTrust REIT

Caterpillar

Coach

Cappy

Caudalie

CeraVe

Check Point Software Technologies

Cerelac

Chanel

Chapman and Cutler

Channel

Cheerios

Cheetos

Chevron

Chips Ahoy!

Christina Aguilera

Citi Bank

Codral

Cosco

Canada Dry

Citi

Clal Insurance Enterprises

Clean & Clear

Clearblue

Clinique

Champion

Club Social

Coca Cola

Coffee Mate

Colgate

Comcast

Compass

Caesars

Conde Nast

Cooley LLP

Costco

Côte d’Or

Crest

CV Starr

CyberArk Software

Cytokinetics

Crayola

Cra Z Art

Daimler

Dr Pepper

Del Valle

Daim

Doctor Pepper

Dasani

Doritos

Daz

Dior

Dell

Deloitte

Delta Air Lines

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Telekom

DHL Group

David Off

Disney

DLA Piper

Domestos

Domino’s

Douglas Elliman

Downy

Duane Morris LLP

Dreft Baby Detergent & Laundry Products

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream

eBay

Edelman

Eli Lilly

Evian

Empyrean

Ericsson

Endeavor

EPAM Systems

Estee Lauder

Elbit Systems

EY

Forbes

Facebook

Fairlife

Fanta

First International Bank of Israel

Fiverr

Funyuns

Fuze

Fox News

Fritos

Fox Corp

Gatorade

Gamida Cell

GE

Glamglow

General Catalyst

General Motors

Georgia

Gold Peak

Genesys

Goldman Sachs

Grandma’s Cookies

Garnier

Guess

Greenberg Traurig

Guerlain

Givenchy

H&M

Hadiklaim

Huggies

Hanes

HSBC

Head & Shoulders

Hersheys

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hewlett Packard

Hasbro

Hyundai

Henkel

Harel Insurance Investment & Financial Services

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HubSpot

Huntsman Corp

IBM

Innocent

Insight Partners

Inditex Group

IT Cosmetics

Instacart

Intermedia

Interpublic Group

Instagram

ICL Group

Intuit

Jazwares

Jefferies

John Lewis

JP Morgan Chase

Jaguar

Johnson & Johnson

JPMorgan

Kenon Holdings

Kate Spade

Kirks’

Kinley Water

KKR

KFC

KKW Cosmetics

Kurkure

Keebler

Kolynos

Kaufland

Kevita

Knorr

KPMG

Lemonade

Lidl

Loblaws

Levi Strauss

Louis Vuitton

Life Water

Levi’s

Levi’s Strauss

LinkedIn

Land Rover

L’Oréal

Lego

Levissima

Live Nation Entertainment

Lufthansa

La Roche-Posay

Lipton

Major League Baseball

Manpower Group

Marriott

Marsh McLennan

Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Mastercard

Mattel

Minute Maid

Monster

Monki

Mainz FC

Mellow Yellow

Mountain Dew

Migdal Insurance

Marks & Spencer

Mirinda

McDermott Will & Emery

Motorola

McKinsey

Merck

Michael Kors

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank

Merck KGaA

Micheal Kors

Milkybar

Maybelline

Mount Franklin

Meta

MeUndies

Mattle

Microsoft

Munchies

Miranda

Morgan Lewis

Moroccanoil

Morgan Stanley

MRC

Nasdaq

Naughty Dog

Nivea

Next

NOS

Nabisco

Nutter Butter

No Frills

National Basketball Association

National Geographic

Nintendo

New Balance

Nutella

Newtons

NVIDIA

Netflix

Nescafe

Nestle

Nesquick

Nike

Nussbeisser

Oreo

Oral B

Old spice

Oysho

Omeprazole

Oceanspray

Opodo

P&G (Procter and Gamble)

Pampers

Pull & Bear

Pepsi

Pfizer

Popeyes

Parker Pens

Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Pizza Hut

Powerade

Purina

Phoenix Holdings

Propel

Ponds

Pure Leaf Green Tea

Power Action Wipes

PwC

Prada

Perry Ellis

Prada Eyewear

Pringles

Payoneer

Procter & Gamble

Purelife

Pureology

Quaker Oats

Reddit

Royal Bank of Canada

Ruffles

Revlon

Ralph Lauren

Ritz

Rolls Royce

Royal

S.Pellegrino

Sabra Hummus

Sabre

Sony

SAP

Simply

Smart Water

Sprite

Schwabe

Shell

Soda Stream

Siemens

StreamElements

Schweppes

Sunsilk

Signal

Skittles

Smart Food

Sobe

Smarties

Sephora

Sam’s Club

Superbus

Samsung

Sodastream

Sunkist

Scotiabank

Sour Patch Kids

Starbucks

Sadaf

Stride

Subway

Tang

Tate’s Bake Shop

The Body Shop

Tesco

Twitch

The Ordinary

Tim Hortons

Tostitos

Timberland

Topo Chico

Tapestry

Tropicana

Tommy Hilfiger

Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries

Turbos

Tom Ford

Taco Bell

Triscuit

TUC

Twix

Tottenham Hotspurs

Twisties

Tripadvisor

Uber

Uber Eats

Urban Decay

Upfield

Unilever

Vicks

Victoria’s Secret

V8

Vaseline

Vitaminwater

Volkswagen

Volvo

Walmart

Wegmans

WhatsApp

Waitrose

Woolworths

Wheat Thins

Walkers

Warner Brothers

Warner Chilcot

Warner Music

Wells Fargo

Winston & Strawn

WingStreet

Wissotzky Tea

WWE

Wheel Washing Powder

Wrigley Company

YouTube

Yvel

Yum Brands

Ziyad

Zara

Zim Shipping

Ziff Davis

[diogenesz2020portugal]

Pottyondy Edina 

Schiffer András, a Megafon ÖTödik hadoszlopa Facebook posztban vette védelmébe szegény, jó Orbán Viktort, mert egy influenszer (én) utolsó szarházinak nevezte. Azzal kezdi Schiffer András, hogy nem ízléses szarházinak nevezni a miniszterelnököt, mert:

"Egyrészt azért nem, mert ők az én hazámat képviselik akkor is, ha ez nekem nagyon nem tetszik. Másodszor pedig azért nem, mert a jogállamiság védelme nem a brüsszeli panaszkodásoknál, vagy a Szabadság téri jópofizásoknál kezdődik, hanem ott, ha önmagukért is tiszteljük a közös intézményeinket, függetlenül attól, hogy azt éppen ki testesíti meg."

Tiszteljük a közös intézményeket! Ohhh! András, mesélj még! Tehát van egy hatalom, ami a saját törvényeit sem tartja be, a világ gazembereivel és népirtóival haverkodik, a politikai ellenfeleit pedofilozza, embercsempészeknek és pedofilsegítőknek ad kegyelmet, az országot lerabolja, a környezetet pusztítja, az oktatást, az egészségügyet tönkreteszi, a közmédiát kisajátítja. De tiszteljük a közös intézményeinket! És azért szarházinak mègse nevezzük miniszterelnök urunkat. Köszönöm András a kioktatást, de az én hazámat képviselte már Szálasi, Rákosi, Kádár és Gyurcsány, és ha Orbán Viktor nem is a legrosszabb közülük, tisztelet maximum a szolgáitól jár neki.

Schiffer így folytatja:

"Tegyük azonban félre egy pillanatra az ízlésbeli fenntartásokat! Ha mondjuk Hatvanpuszta, a magyar víz- és termőföld-vagyonra telepített akkugyárak, a munkajog, a sztrájkjog leépítése, a foglalkozás-egészségügy szétverése, a szakszervezetek ellehetetlenítése, a szerződéssel engedélyezhető környezetszennyezés miatt nevezné egy influenszer „utolsó sz*házinak” a miniszterelnököt, azt legalábbis érteni vélném."

Kedves András! Használtam ezen ügyek miatt is hasonló jelzőket Orbán Viktorra, sőt még száz dolgot tudok mondani, amiért kiérdemli. Nem azt írtam, hogy a képmutató háborús celebkedés miatt szarházi a Főni, hanem csak megállapítottam, hogy szégyen, hogy ez az "utolsó szarházi vezeti az országunkat".

De emiatt még nem válaszoltam volna. Ami igazán megdöbbentett az írásodban, az az orbáni propaganda szó szerinti felmondása. Tehát nézzük, hogyan értékeled az úgynevezett "békemissziót", amit az a miniszterelnök folytat, aki nevezte már háborúpártinak Európát, a magyar ellenzéket, Von der Leyent és MZP-t, Bident és Magyar Pétert, csak egyvalakit nem. Vlagyimir Putyint. Őt még nem nevezte háborúpártinak. Tudod András, a fószert, aki elindította az egész öldöklést.

Tehát mit mond Schiffer András? Ezt:

"Európában egyetlen vezető veszi a bátorságot, hogy legalább meghallgassa a harcoló feleket"

Tény, hogy a nyugati vezetők nem találkoznak Putyinnal. De ez tényleg azt jelenti, hogy nem ismerik az álláspontját? Tényleg azt jelenti, hogy szegény, békepárti Putyin ott szorong a Kremlben, a világbéke iránti olthatatlan szomjával, egyedül, mert senkinek sem tudja elmondani?

Nem, András. Pontosan tudod, hogy nem ezt jelenti. Pontosan tudod, hogy Putyinnak minden képessége megvan, hogy a feltételeit és a szándékait kommunikálja. Pontosan tudod, hogy nyugati és keleti diplomaták százai keresik a megoldást a konfliktusra, és pontosan tudod, hogy amikor ezek a háttérben folyó tárgyalások eredményre vezetnek, akkor csatlakoznak a miniszterelnökök, elnökök, uniós vezetők. Mert mindaddig amíg Putyinban nincs szándék a békére, addig ezek a látogatások csak az orosz propagandagépezetet szolgálnák. Azt a propagandagépezetet, ami valóban háborúpárti, ami valóban emberek, civilek, gyerekek gyilkolását szolgálja, és aminek te is része vagy.

Képtelenségnek tűnt eddig nekem, hogy egy magyar értelmiségi -aki nem Deák Dániel vagy Bayer Zsolt- az arcát adja ahhoz a média-hazugsághoz, hogy Orbán Viktor, akit megvet a nyugati világ, akit lenéz a keleti világ, akit megvet Ukrajna és akit semmibe vesz Oroszország (ugye emlékszel még Orbán előző békemissziójára, amikor Putyin biztosította arról a nagy magyar államférfit, hogy nem lesz háború, nem támadja meg Ukrajnát?), majd képes lesz békét teremteni ebben az őrületben. Majd pont Orbán Viktor látogatása lesz az, ami után bárki hátrább vonul. Ezzel szemben az az igazság, hogy Orbán Viktor jelenléte, politikája olaj a tűzre, tovább szolgálja az orosz áldozatiság narratíváját, tovább szolgálja a "mindenki felelős, csak Oroszország kevésbé" hazugságát.

Schiffer András így zárja gondolatait:

"Értem én, hogy nem az árnyalt értékeléstől, hanem az úgymond erős kifejezésektől keletkezik több kattintás és csörög sűrűbben a kassza, csakhogy a kormánypropaganda is pont ezen az elven működik."

András! Nyilván jól belelátsz a kormánypropaganda működésébe, de azért jelzem neked, hogy itt, a másik oldalon nem csörög a kassza Facebook posztok után. Egész pontosan soha egy fillért nem kaptam sem Facebook posztért, sem a politikai véleményemért semmilyen megrendelőtől. A gyanúsítgatás, a ki nem mondott vádaskodás viszont nagyon ismerős.

Mondd csak ki nyugodtan! "Dollárbaloldal! Soros! Nemzetáruló!" - hisz már nagyon közel vagy. És sokan lesznek, akik tisztelni fognak, hogy meghajolsz az erő és a hatalom előtt. Orbán Viktor sem tesz mást Putyinnal.

[dailywusiala]

i made flo & jamal inspired playlists

based on these interviews:

and my headcanons

for flo: he has mentioned some songs in the interview which I included in the playlist. he listens to mostly german rap but I think he also listens to some dutch and spanish rap because of his leverkusen team mates. not all the german rap I included is the type of songs he mentioned, like teuterekordz or tiefbasskommando, and I don't think he would like their music in general (too political for his taste) but maybe one or two songs. he listens to a few pop songs but mostly rap.

for jamal: he did not mention any specific songs he likes, but he said that he listens to a mix of genres. so I put some uk rap, especially older songs. I think he would be the sentimental type and listen to songs he used to listen to with his friends back in england. after that, he didn't keep up with uk music that much anymore, so he now listens to a lot more american music. he would also definetky listen to 2000s pop divas and 90s r'n'b or even older music because his mom used to play it, and it reminds him of her.

I also think that flo would start listening to some uk rap after hearing jamal play it or request it during training sessions (jamal requesting "whys this dealer" and flo later checking out niko b and adding songs to his playlist)

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You know what, season 2 broke a lot of our hearts, didn't it? Well, here's some moments I thought were funny, heartwarming and just off the wall to lighten things up!

Starting with the Hidden Inventory/Premature Death Arc and if y'all want, I'll do a part 2 for the Shibuya Incident!

NOTE: I may have talked about some of these moments before in other posts.

Utahime, just all of Utahime in the first episode. She's awesome, I adore her. "SHOOOOKOOOO!!"

Chibi Satoru and Suguru. Especially the part of Suguru walking up the stairs as the others were talking. "Urusei."

"SENSEI, I SAY WE STOP THIS HUNT FOR THE CULPRIT!"

"SO IT WAS YOU!"

"Blegh!"

Shoko dipping out.

Suguru was really about to jump Satoru with a curse!!!

The fact that Suguru even went from wearing regular-waist pants to high-waist ones from manga to anime is glorious. Whoever decided that knew Suguru was meant to be a fashion icon.

Digimon

That WALK!!! Y'all, those are Special Grade sorcerers!

Suguru scowling Satoru on his behavior, also... "Satorrruuu~" Did he have to purr? That was a purr!

I love Satoru Gojo, I do. But with those glasses, he really do be looking like one of the Three Blind Mice from Shrek.

I don't know how but Toji somehow made saying he took his wife's last name scary. Like, he was very intimidating that it bypass me the first time of how cute it is that he loved Mamaguro a lot.

They actually added Suguru fixing himself a cup of tea in the anime!! This teenager really had that man captured by some Kissing Curse, told him he couldn't be a rice farmer and had himself some tea. Iconic.

Ooh, Satoru didn't have to do Bayer like that. But I applaud him for taking such a selfie!

Shoko trying to explain how RCT works actually irritated Satoru... which is rare!

Riko actually was the first to defeat Satoru. Did him dirty!! Suguru actually laughs at Satoru getting slapped while in the anime he looks shocked. Either way, his reaction is funny as hell.

"You look like a liar! And what's up with those bangs?" Then Riko got jumped for that!

Suguru's bangs ain't that bad, come on!

Knowing how Suguru turns out, it's something he's the one to tell Kuroi that she's Riko's family. Years later, he had his own "family". It's actually heartwarming he tells her that.

That old man didn't even get touched yet and he was already seeing his dead dog from 50 years ago!! Man's life flashed right before his eyes and he even says that! The whooping Suguru put on him was so bad that he was having visions!!

The one time Satoru is shown to have some sort of charm is with a bunch of school girls. The teacher should be locked up though.

Baghead man really had on the All Might cosplay.

Toji didn't have to say a word to that man and he still scared him shitless. Alright, Toji, I see you being all scary!

Satoru really be carrying kids like they're bags of groceries. Did it with Yuji, he did it with Riko.

"I failed!"

Kuroi being rescued! Satoru really stomped on those guys!

The plane scene. Satoru checking each passenger all with a glare. Meanwhile, Suguru was just chilling with a book, sitting there all pretty.

The whole beach scene!! "IT'S A SEA CUCUMBER!!"

Teen Kento having that hairstyle and his dynamic with Yu is just too adorable. He looks like he has Wii music playing in his head all day. Such a good kid!!

I cannot believe that DIO's VA is also Toji's. It's funnier when Toji has had beef with Satoru as a kid and DIO has had generational beef with the Joestars.

I just know that Worm Curse was having the time of its life on Toji's back while he was jumping around and being tossed about. Also, Toji smiling the whole time while fighting.

Suguru actually has mad hops! Did y'all not see that long ass jump?!

Squid gun. Speaking of, where in the hell did all those squids come from?! I need a story on that one!

Toji talking about how he fights for a while before Suguru tells him to shut up and due.

"Am I pretty?" "Sorry, you're not my type." Okay, well, damn.

The Worm Curse pretty much "NOPE" at Suguru.

That kick was fucking personal, I just know it! Also, the fact that Toji actually thought about the curses inhabiting Suguru's body is something. Especially, given later. I actually question that when Suguru dies in JJK 0, did Satoru have to deal with any curses?

Toji remembering Megumi.

Also, if you pay attention to the Worm, that thing sometimes matches Toji's expressions. It's like Reki and his headband (SK8 the Infinity).

Satoru standing all menacingly outside for Toji.

"Is he high?" Well, given that a few moments later he'll be floating in the air.

The fact that people have described Toji's death as "turned into the Apple logo" to "the Rengoku treatment". Y'all are out of pocket! And he looked so disappointed, too.

"Mommy... hug me..." That scene is just...

"I like girls with healthy appetites!" Yu, never change!!

Yuki's reaction to what Suguru tells her about what he has heard about her. "She's pouting."

"I heard you the first time. That's why I said 'huh'!" Bro was just that mad.

Shoko. Just Shoko when she and Suguru meet in Shinjuku.

Heartbreaking as the scene is, you had one lanky ass teenager looking deranged on one end and the other with the "I'm going to the store real quick" fit on having this fight in front of KFC. Becomes even funnier when you remember the slogan "finger lickin' good". What does this have to do with anything? Think about Yuji.

One, where did Suguru get the robes from? Two, given he was born the following year in February after Satoru, if I did my calculations right... Suguru really started a cult at 17. No wonder there were objections. After he killed that guy, I'm sure everyone was like "oh, he's unhinged".

Okay, but the head rubs he gave the twins were so cute!! Look, they may been raised as killers, but it's sweet that they were Suguru's family. He adored those girls and they adored him!

The first meeting between Megumi and Satoru!!

Satoru waking up and seeing his students was just so heartwarming!!!

[sztupy]

Hungarian entity that Taiwanese pager company said it authorised to produce and sell devices denies making them

Lili Bayer in Brussels and Michael Safi report for the Guardian:

The CEO of a Hungarian entity which a Taiwanese company said it had authorised to produce and sell pagers has denied making the devices, saying she was just an “intermediate.”

Gold Apollo, a Taiwan-based company, said in a statement today that it had a partnership with the Budapest-based BAC Consulting KFT, and had authorised BAC “to use our brand trademark for product sales in designated regions, but the design and manufacturing of the products are solely the responsibility of BAC.”

“Regarding the AR-924 pager model mentioned in the recent media reports, we clarify that this model is produced and sold by BAC. Our company only provides the brand trademark authorization and is not involved in the design or manufacturing of this product,” it added.

BAC Consulting was registered in Hungary in 2022 and provided a Budapest address on its website – the same address used by multiple companies.

On its website, which was live early Wednesday but later became unavailable, BAC Consulting provided long yet vague descriptions of its work.

“With over a decade of consulting experience, we are on an exciting and rewarding journey with our network of passionate experts with a hunger for innovation and discovery for the Environment, Innovation & Development, and International Affairs,” according to the company’s LinkedIn page.

Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono presents herself on LinkedIn as the CEO of the company. Her LinkedIn page describes her as a native speaker of both Hungarian and Italian.

Bársony-Arcidiacono and BAC Consulting did not respond to questions from the Guardian. Reached by phone, Bársony-Arcidiacono asked how the paper got the number and then hung up.

However, she confirmed to NBC that her company worked with Gold Apollo.

Asked about the pagers and the explosions, Bársony-Arcidiacono said: “I don’t make the pagers. I am just the intermediate. I think you got it wrong.”

Asked about the Hungarian company, EU foreign affairs spokesperson Peter Stano said at a press conference on Wednesday: “let’s not jump to conclusions at this stage.”

“The reasons and how it was done, how it was organised, needs to be investigated,” he said.

Asked about the CEO’s claim on LinkedIn that she also works for the European Commission, a spokesperson said “she is not a staff member, never been.”

[metalhealth-willdriveyoumad]

Hottest Drummer Tournament

Drummers don’t get enough love. I know it, you know it, and this tournament is here to change that

Inspired by @the-hottest-band-tournament, introducing the Hottest Drummer Tournament. Just send your favorite drummer (or drummers) and they'll be added to the list. All genres, eras, and genders welcome! All they need is at least one officially released album/EP where they’re a primary drummer and they’re on the list!

Send your submissions in here, and get ready <3 (and follow or block #hottest drummer tournament, depending on your interest)

Contestants:

John Fowler

Roger Taylor (Queen)

Razzle Dingley

Steven Adler

Dave Grohl

Taylor Hawkins

Jani Lane

Max Weinberg

Harley Feinstein

Terry Chambers

Ringo Starr

Jaki Liebezeit

Mario Conte

Stix Zadinia

Christian “CC” Coma

Neil Peart

Tré Cool

Nick Mason

Joey Jordison

Tommy Lee

Ben Graves

Jay Weinberg

Tico Torres

Steven Sweet

Rikki Rokkett

Rob Affuso

Bob Bryar

Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan

Mike Portnoy

Ville Valo

Keith Moon

Quinton Kufahl

Dominic Howard

Alex Bent

Gavin Harrison

Animal

Mario Duplantier

Blas Elias

Havve Hogan

Frank Ferrer

Sheila E.

Dustin Steinke

Bobby Jarzombek

Eddie Bayers

John Bonham

Dennis Wilson

Micky Dolenz

Paul Cook

Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)

Roy Mayorga

Beatmaster V

Will Calhoun

Roxy Petrucci

Alex Van Halen

Danny Carey

Vinnie Paul

Anderson .Paak

Peter DePoe

Matt Sorum

Questlove

Chad Smith

Willie Hall

Larry Mullen Jr.

Mitch Mitchell

[ek-atherine]

Ink Manifestation (Satoru Gojo x Reader): Chapter 2

A/N: I'll be adding this story onto quotev as well under the same name!

Word Count: 3027

It wasn’t hard getting the woman in the maid’s uniform out of that man’s grip. Thanks to Suguru and I both being there he was taken down pretty easily. I had used my ink to make a tendril that connected back to my right arm to fling him back towards me, which also caused him to drop the woman he was holding, then once he reached close enough to me, I kicked him out the giant hole in the wall. He screamed out in fear thinking he was going to fall to his death, but I knew Suguru would have a curse waiting to hold him captured until we knew both the girls he had potentially harmed were safe and to get some information out of him. 

We placed the two women on a couch that was surprisingly still intact. I was checking on the state of their health while Suguru was making some tea. The man from earlier was still being held by one of Suguru’s cursed spirits and yelling out at the two of us to listen to him, but we just carried on with what we were doing. I sit down on the couch opposite the one that two women were on and Suguru walks over and hands me a cup of tea he made for me. 

“Two sugars?” I ask him already knowing since I immediately took a sip from the tea. 

“Come on, of course.” He said knowingly. It was so nice to have friends that really knew me even if it’s something as small as knowing how I like my tea. 

“Please, I’m sorry! I’ll pull out of this job!” The man yells out to Suguru and me begging. Suguru had a cursed spirit that was trying to kiss the man saying let’s kiss as the man tries to push the spirit away the best he can. The man kept spewing out nonsense about what he’d do for a job instead of this one something about a rice farmer. I wasn’t really paying attention to his nonsense. Suguru and I look back at him and put our hands to our ears acting like we can’t hear him. 

“I know you can hear me!” 

“Like a curse user could cut it as a farmer,” Suguru says as he goes back to sipping at his cup of tea. I lightly chuckle at him messing with the man but try to not make it obvious to the man. 

“So you can hear me!” The man confirms. “Damn, students acting all condescending. But Bayer-San is here, too! He’s Q’s strongest combatant! He’ll take care of you two and these things!”

Just then my phone goes off and it’s a message with an attachment from Satoru. It was a picture Satoru took of himself with the other Q member that he had beaten up. I chuckle at the picture and get the man’s attention. 

“This him?” I ask showing the man the picture on my phone. The man’s eyes widen and his voice now sounds defeated when he answers confirming it is his partner. 

After having a bit of fun messing around with the guy Satoru finally met back with us. We went to somewhere safer that also didn’t have a giant hole in the wall. Satoru was holding the girl in his arms while we looked down at her. 

“Should we get her to a doctor?” Satoru asks. 

“It’s times like this I wish I had reversed curse technique like Shoko,” Suguru commented. 

“Agreed, and I can only heal myself with my technique, it wouldn’t work on her. She’s breathing though and doesn’t seem to have any obvious injuries. I think she’ll be okay.”

She finally started to move around then finally opened her eyes and looked up at Satoru. 

“Oh, you’re awake.” He says obviously. She stares at him for a moment before she yells and slaps him hard across his face and quickly jumps out of his arms. Suguru and I looked at the girl shocked. 

“You scum! If you think you’re gonna kill me you better be ready to die first!” She yells as she gets herself in a stance ready to fight. Satoru holds his cheek in annoyance that a little girl managed to hit him. 

“Riko, calm down. We’re not with the group that attacked you.” Suguru tells her as he places his hand on Satoru’s shoulder. 

“Liar! You have the face of a liar!” Riko yells at the two not trusting us. “Your bangs are weird, too!” 

“I like her!” I say laughing at my friends. 

The boys then started to teach the girl a lesson for what she said to them and stood on either side of her twisting her and pulling her. They weren’t actually really hurting her, just being annoying. The elevator door to the room then went off and the maid from earlier appeared when the doors opened. The boys finally dropped her when the maid, Kuroi, told them to stop. She was on top of one of Suguru’s cursed spirits. 

   “Young lady, these young men and young woman happen to be our allies,” Kuroi explained to Riko. 

   Satoru was seated on the couch pouting about how Riko had hit him earlier. I stood behind him messing around with his hair putting little braids into it at random. 

   “This brat is a lot more aggressive than I expected her to be,” Satoru complains. 

   “You’re not really hurt, stop whining,” I tell him. 

   “Here I was thinking about how to be considerate about the whole assimilation thing.” He continues making me roll my eyes in response. 

“That’s because you really aren’t very sophisticated,” Riko tells him. “Listen up! Tengen is the same as me! Just the same as I am also Tengen. Some might mistake assimilation for death just as you did. But believe me, there’s a big difference. I may appear to become Tengen through assimilation but by the same logic, Tengen will also become me. It will be my will,” 

I sort of stop listening to Riko as I look down to Satoru to see he changed his lock screen of his phone to a picture of us while I was tattooing him. I’m surprised he wasn’t obviously whining or in pain from it. 

“Aww! You changed your lock screen?” I asked him as Suguru also looked over and Satoru showed his phone over to give us a better look. 

“Don’t we look hot?” He asks and I chuckle at this. He’s always trying to boost all of our egos, I’m surprised mine isn’t as high as his cause of how he talks about us as well as himself. Thankfully his ego is skyrocketed, so it keeps me just a tad bit humble, I hope anyway.

“Listen!” Riko yells at the three of us embarrassed. 

“You probably aren’t very popular with that attitude,” Satoru says. 

“We won’t even feel bad sending you off,” Suguru tells her. 

“I am very popular at school!” Riko continues to yell. Riki’s demeanor then changes to a shocked one. “School! Kuroi, what time is it?”

“Almost noon,” Kuroi answers. “But I think going to school might-“

“I said and I’m going!” Riko yells and the three of us look at each other thinking about what to do. 

The three of us including Kuroi all sit around a very unused pool, as Satoru makes a phone call to Yaga, and by the sound of it, Satoru isn’t happy with what Yaga tells him. 

“I’m sure it's a lot safer to head back to Jujutsu High!” Satoru yells to Yaga over the phone. Yaga speaks for a moment before Satoru groans, hangs up the phone, and kicks his foot in the water of the pool. 

“Lax upbringing at its finest,” Satoru says as he stands up. 

“Come on, Satoru, don’t be like that,” I tell him. Riko was just so young, I felt bad for her, she wouldn’t get to have her own life anymore, no more of her friends or loved ones. I don’t know what I’d do or how I’d react if I was in her situation. She seems to be taking it well, but I think it's just her putting on a brave face. My face fell thinking about her situation and I went quiet, Suguru continued on trying to make Satoru understand Riko’s situation a bit more. 

“Despite what she may say, after the assimilation, she’s gonna spend her whole life as Tengen on the deepest floor of Jujutsu High, as the foundation of all barriers.” Suguru continues for me. “She won’t be able to see her friends, family, or anyone precious in her life again.”

He practically read my mind, jeez. I’m with these guys way too much, maybe they can at this point honestly. 

“Let her do what she wants. It’s part of our mission.” 

“Riko has no family. They were in an accident when she was little.” Kuroi chimes in. The three of us turn to face her and listen to what she has to say. “I’ve taken care of her since then. So I want her to at least have what time she can with her friends.”

“So you’re her family, then,” I confirm with a smile. She gives a slight nod in response. This whole mission is so grim, more so than what I’m used to. Dealing with cursed spirits was one thing, this is a whole other level.

“Suguru, how’re the cursed spirits you sent to watch over her?” Satoru asks as he leans his elbow on his shoulder. 

“I just wish I could share my senses with them like Mei does,” Suguru explains to him. “Even so, they’ll let us know as soon as anything unusual happens.” 

Just as soon as he finished his sentence Suguru called for Satoru and me.

“Go to Riko’s side, two of them have been exorcised.”

We all rush immediately to Riko’s school to make sure she’s okay and rush her to safety if needed. I know she won’t be too thrilled to see us all at her school where her friends could see her. 

“Where is Riko?” I ask Kuroi as we dash through the corridors.

“She has music this period, so either the music room or the chapel.” Kuroi quickly answers. 

“They study in a chapel?” Satoru asks.

I shoot him an annoyed glance. “That really isn’t what’s important right now, Satoru.”

“(Y/n) and Satoru, take the chapel, Kuroi take the music room. I’ll deal with the two unknowns.” Suguru instructs us all. Without another word, Satoru and I take off toward the chapel, hopefully, where Riko is. 

“This is why I told that brat to stay within eyeshot so we could protect her,” Satoru complains. 

“And this is why veils are too important to forget!” I retort, frustrated at this common occurrence of his. 

He chuckles at my frustration, his long strides making it difficult for me to keep up with him. Satoru reaches the doors before me and quickly bursts through them as I follow close behind him. 

“Amanai!” He yells out stopping at the entrance so we can catch our breath. 

All the girls in Riko’s class look back curiously while she looks back at us in pure horror. Suddenly all her friends yell out, surprised, asking about her ‘boyfriend’. She tries to explain that Satoru is her cousin and not her boyfriend to save herself from the embarrassment. All the girls start gushing over Satoru making me roll my eyes since he immediately started buying into their attention posing for them. 

“Are you done yet?” I ask him annoyed. He looks at me with an amused smirk. “What?” 

“Nothing, there’s no reason to be jealous, (N/n).” he shrugs to me. 

I try to prevent my face from turning beet red to no avail. “I-I am not!” I yell at him embarrassed at my stuttering. Yup, cause that definitely made me seem like it. 

His grin widens, clearly enjoying my flustered state. “Sure, sure. Whatever you say.”

I sigh out and cross my arms. “Let’s just get Amanai out of here.” 

While Amanai’s classmates continue causing a commotion Satoru and I grab her and get her out of the chapel. 

“I told you guys not to show yourself before my friends!” Amanai scolds us. 

“I’m sorry, but curse users attacked. We couldn’t risk you being here unwatched by one of us anymore.” I explained to her. Satoru then grabs Amanai by the back and runs with her. He jumps up to the rooftop of a building and I quickly follow after. 

“You know, you don’t have to manhandle her,” I tell him and he glances over at me, smirking.

“It’s faster this way.” He explains. 

Satoru then turned his attention to Amanai. “We’re heading to Jujutsu High. You don’t want your friends to get caught up in this, do you?”

In the middle of the city on top of buildings surrounding each other, the three of us suddenly found ourselves surrounded by identical figures. Each one was a hulking, muscular man clad in green pants and a tight white shirt. Their faces were covered by brown bags that had one singular crude eyehole cut out. The other should be an eyehole instead was intact and had a black X drawn over it and a stitched-looking mouth drawn where that would be as well. 

I had just finished dialing Suguru’s contact number into my phone. Thankfully, he picked up immediately. “(Y/n)?” “There’s a bounty of thirty million on Amanai’s head?” I asked.

“Yeah. It was posted on an underground site for curse users.” He confirms. “Apparently, the time limit is 11 AM the day after tomorrow.”

I sigh leaning my head back annoyed. “Of course, makes sense. Why would our job be easy?”

“Two, three, four…They all look the same.” Amanai says looking at all the men surrounding us. “Are they shikigami?” 

“Jeez, and jujutsu sorcerers are short-handed all year round. If you want to change jobs, we’ll welcome you, old man.” Satoru tries to convince the curse user, though his demeanor doesn’t make his offer seem genuine.

One of the clones speaks up to respond. “Nah, public employment ain’t easy work, either. Just hand over that brat and we’ll be fine.”

Raising his hand up, the curse user creates another identical clone seemingly out of thin air. Now there were five of them around us. 

“What’s so great about this brat?” Satoru asked them. 

With a slight wave of Satoru’s hand, two of the clones from the opposite building of each other were suddenly yanked toward the middle where the three of us were standing. The force was so immense that the two collided into each other in mid-air and fell to the ground. And despite the brutal collision, they didn’t disappear, these were not shikigami we were dealing with. All of them had to be eradicated. 

“The shikigami isn’t disappearing! Which is the real one?!” Amanai yells out surprised.

I smirk at her realizing this as well. “Nope, these aren’t shikigami. They’re clones. And each one is the real one!”

Since Satoru was holding onto Amanai, I would deal with the clones. Even though Satoru was more than capable of dealing with them himself. Two of them lunged toward Satoru and Amanai, but both of our instincts were too quick. Satoru stopped their advances with his technique leaving the clones shocked and confused. 

I seized the opportunity, black ink began to seep from my skin twisting and writhing into long tendrils. I shoot the tendrils forward toward the two clones, wrapping the tendrils around their wrists. I could feel them attempting to struggle against the binding and Satoru’s technique, but it was no use, they were stuck there. 

I grunted out in effort yanking the tendrils towards me, lifting the clones into the air. They fail helplessly, their masks unable to hide their panic and yells. They continued to be suspended in the air before I brought them crashing down onto the rooftop with a bone-jarring impact. The concrete cracked beneath the strength of my throw. 

“H-holy crap!” Amanai yells out surprised. She shields her head from the blocks of concrete flying around. 

I smirk at her reaction, then gaze to the final clone. “I’m surprised, such a unique technique, but you’re incredibly weak,” 

He looks down from the building he was at, his earlier confidence fading fast. He glances around quickly before he decides to make a run for it. I chuckle at this and glance over at Satoru. 

“I love when they play hard to get,” I tell him with a grin. 

In a Spider-Man-like action, I flick my wrist outward causing string-like ink to disperse and catch onto the building above. The string of ink latches securely and I fling myself to the top of the building where the final clone was running. While still airborne, I shoot out more ink, aiming for the feet of the clone. The ink snakes out from my body wrapping around the ankles of the clone, trapping him in place.

The clone struggles, his movements are frantic realizing he can’t move. I land gracefully behind him, only a few feet away. “Going somewhere?” I asked him sweetly but laced with a deadly edge.

I flick my wrist again, this time, my ink tendrils wrapping around his waist tightly. I yank the tendrils towards me again sending the clone flying backwards and behind me, back where Satoru and Amanai were. I make my way back over and look down at the building they are still standing at. The clone was in a crater surrounded by rubble from his landing, only a few feet away from the two. 

“Oops, guess I need to work on my aiming,” I yell out to the two in an attempt at an apology. Satoru smiles and gives me a thumbs-up. Amanai then reaches for her phone while I walk back over and she gasps out.

“Kuroi! Kuroi has been…” She tries to yell out but she’s too shocked and just shows her phone that has a picture of Kuroi tied up and gagged. 

[apenitentialprayer]

Fasting can so easily be done with the spirit of pride. And if we think that observing Jesus' command —"do not let your left hand know what your right is doing (Mt 6:3 [cf. 6:16-18])— means never telling anyone anything about our fasting we are mistaken. For the most dangerous audience for spiritual pride is ourselves. For this reason, sharing our Lenten program with someone who knows us well (like a spouse, a close friend or relative, a spiritual advisor), and letting them express their honest opinion about it, and thus being ready to reconsider it — this is a sign of a healthy Lenten fast, or a practice designed to take us out of ourselves, to relativize our wills, and so expand our hearts to embrace the fully cosmic plan of God revealed at Easter. We might grow in some virtue (or at least lose some weight) by giving up sweets for Lent. But, then again, we'll likely grow in many virtues we really need if we submit our program to the judgment of another, and humbly ready ourselves to hear something like, "Oh, that's nice, but perhaps what you might really want to work on this Lent is something like…"

- Fr. John Bayer, O. Cist (Fasting in the Rule of St. Benedict During Lent). Bolded emphases added.