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Slow Down, Go Faster
Another race weekend has arrived at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario. This weekend the IMSA Car Series is here for the Chevrolet Grand Prix. One of the things I love about this series are the very colorful cars. While race cars are usually full of color, it’s almost like specialized artists work on these cars. This is more than a race, it’s designed for full color…
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Batman fun fact! Did you know that Scarecrow’s toxin doesn’t always cause fear? Sometimes it does the opposite! In Detective Comics #571, he wields a variant that completely inhibits the biochemical fear response, preventing people from feeling any concern for themselves or using basic common sense. He runs a racket administering it to star athletes, who take huge risks and get badly injured. Then they’re willing to cough up a lot for an antidote. Batman and Robin - here Jason Todd - catch on, but Bruce is dosed with the reverse fear toxin; since his intelligence is his greatest strength, being too overconfident and reckless to think twice about anything makes him his own worst enemy.
This premise was adapted in the Batman: The Animated Series episode “Never Fear”. There we see that with no fear of losing his moral integrity, Bruce becomes cold and merciless to criminals. Robin - here Tim Drake - has to catch somebody he leaves to fall off a building, tie him up to stop him endangering himself and others and give him the antidote to prevent him murdering Scarecrow.
But in the comic book, Jason is kidnapped by Scarecrow. He gets gassed and hallucinates Bruce dying and telling him that it’s his fault. He isn’t around to keep Bruce in check as he goes to rescue him through a series of death traps that he can’t resist cutting it as close as possible in. So how does Bruce not go off the deep end? How does he not lose sight of what’s important? Not lose himself?
Because even a drug designed to shut down stress at the most fundamental level can’t overpower his true worst fear. The Dark Knight might feel fearless…
but a parent never is.
#this whole issue is full of adorable jason content#at the beginning he’s really excited to be watching a car race for the case#he cries when he thinks bruce is dead and bruce comforts him#until then he has complete faith that bruce will survive all the death traps even under the influence of the drug#i’m so glad nothing as bad as bruce fears ever happens to him!#because as this adventure proves batman will always save robin#batman#bruce wayne#scarecrow#jonathan crane#robin#jason todd#robin jason#batdad#dc comics#dc#batman: the animated series#btas
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The Pennsylvania Senate race is still too close to call.
While it's unlikely to affect the presidential race, I hope Americans are aware that the NBC decision desk (pictured above) and New York Times decision desk have not yet called the Pennsylvania Senate race between McCormick (R) and Casey (D), deeming it still too close to call. The AP called the race for McCormick on Wednesday November 7, citing a 30,000 vote margin between the candidates with an estimated 91,000 votes remaining to count -- the rationale being that there were not enough potential votes left in areas favouring Casey to make a difference.
Since then:
The number of estimated votes left to count has been updated by PA from 91,000 to at least 100,000 per a Thursday announcement from the PA Secretary of State, including provisional, military, overseas, and some Election Day votes;
McCormick has filed multiple lawsuits in an attempt to prevent or limit continue counting of provisional ballots, some of which have now by Friday been withdrawn or dismissed;
Efforts from a group called "PA Fair Elections" to challenge 4,000 mail-in ballots (mostly from overseas or military voters) have now all been withdrawn or dismissed. A number of these challenges had previously been flagged both by the media and by individual voters. (Screenshots of these challenge emails being circulated on tumblr alongside accusations of 'cheating' -- in the end these challenges were made in bad faith, but technically made and ultimately dismissed through legal means.)
This DOES NOT MEAN that the Pennsylvania Senate seat is in any way guaranteed to flip once all the remaining votes are counted. The race is extremely close -- enough so that the AP is confident standing by its call.
What it DOES mean is that the votes have not yet finished being counted, and that it is not yet truly known who will have the most votes in the end. Although McCormick has already declared victory, Casey (in my view very reasonably and wisely) has not yet conceded and is calling for all votes to be counted.
By Pennsylvania law, a recount must occur if the race is within 0.5%. It's looking likely that this will occur. While recounts rarely change the outcome unless results are truly within the main of a handful of votes, they are an important tool for ensuring confidence in the final results.
I know that people are grieving and demoralized right now, but these tight margin races are CRITICAL for determining how large the margin of victory will be for Democrats to flip the Senate in future elections. (Assuming future electing aren't subverted or dismantled somehow by a second Trump administration, but we have to hold out hope for institutional residence here.) The outcome of this and other right Senate and House races may have enormous consequences in a few years, and it would be agonizing to look back and realize that the window of opportunity to ensure a fair outcome had been squandered.
So -- what can Americans do?
Send a note to Bob Casey and his team via his campaign website in support of his efforts to ensure all votes are counted (particularly given the legal challenges from the Republican candidate and Republican-aligned groups) and decision to wait to concede until all votes are counted. The man is getting dragged in Conservative media in particular for 'refusing to concede'; add your voice to the people validating that decision as both reasonable and moral.
Keep an eye on this race as the counting (and potential recounting) proceeds, including any further legal challenges attempting to prevent or limit the counting of all ballots. Regardless of the outcome, all eligible votes MUST BE COUNTED. To do otherwise would be both subversion if democracy and an stoicism legal precedent for future elections.
Watch for other legal challenges, particularly in battleground states or right races, seeking to disqualify or prevent the counting of ballots. Look for credible sources, especially local ones. Make noise about them with cited sources if you think there is a risk they may be missed. Notify groups like Democracy Docket or the American Civil Liberties Union if you have concerns. Shared truth and shared confidence in the legitimacy of election results -- including that all eligible votes are counted -- is essential for democracy to function.
Push back on claims that the election results are fully known or finalized. With multiple House races still undecided and a few razor-thin margin Senate races with ballots remaining to be counted, those kind of statements are simply not true. And state-level race are inherently more likely to not make it onto people's radar than the presidential race if candidates try to make it so certain ballots aren't counted or contesting the results if a tight race flips.
There is only a very small window post-election to ensure things like outstanding legal challenges over whether certain ballots can be included in the count are resolved. Please stay alert and do not let that window close without doing all you can to ensure every eligible ballot is counted -- particularly in those tight, tight down-ballot races. 🙏
Note: This post should be accurate as of the end of day on Friday, November 9. Once the results of the PA Senate race are known and truly final, I will update this pay with the results.
#pennsylvania#us senate#us election#election 2024#pa#us politics#uspol#democracy#i hasn't realized that this race still hadn't been called#or all ballots counted#and seeing the legal challenges from McCormick when i dug into it further made me Extremely Unimpressed#combined with the bad faith challenges to overseas ballots this seems to me like a coordinated/multifaceted effort to disenfranchise voters#is it 'fraud'? likely technically not#but it's certainly immoral and undemocratic#and should not be tolerated#regardless of whether it does it did not end up affecting the outcone
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hey btw charles refusing to drive the car until someone looked at it today was fantastic. i don't want to hear for a second that he was being whiney. 1) he was right and this allowed the problem to be solved but 2) THAT'S a driver who is taking control. people always ask why charles doesn't stand up to his team when given a shit strategy. this time he insisted on what he needed. 3) bryan's new to him and charles is setting a precedent to create a different relationship than he had with xavi. he wants his questions answered and he wants his opinion heard! and he made it heard! i was so proud of him today. and impressed with his ability to feel the issue that his engineers weren't seeing. any results he has this weekend will be derived from this moment.
#charles leclerc#t's race reports#f1 tv said some weird thing abt how this means charles doesn't have faith in his team?#i think it's the opposite#he knows its HIS team and he wants his voice heard
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Buffy and Faith meeting pre-Sunnydale
#btvs#buffy summers#faith lehane#buffy x faith#fuffy#fuffyedit#AUs#mine#according to google ED was 15 in Race the Sun#and SMG was 15 in Swans Crossing#Buffy was called as a slayer at 15#where's that post about what it would have looked like if smg's age matched buffy's#“i think it went "imagine that lil baby face…..going thru the horrors”#cause i'm feeling that big time right now 😭💔#*THAT* baby face was the one told she had the weight of the world on her shoulders#That was what Buffy would've looked like in the Becoming Pt 1 flashbacks#PROTECT HER#PROTECT BOTH OF THEM
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carlos is just celebrating fernando’s birthday by doing what he would do… making questionable career moves ‼️‼️
#it’s in his nando superfan blood#actually tho I am kind of a carlos to williams believer ....#happy bday fernando#happy Williams announcement day carlos#formula one#f1#scuderia ferrari#carlos sainz#fernando alonso#williams racing#i have faith
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LAKE MISSOULA x JONAS VINGEGAARD
credits under cut!
lake missoula - richy mitch and the coal miners // jonas vingegaard - team presentation, tour de france 2024 // jonas vingegaard, tadej pogacar, and remco evenepoel - podium ceremony, tour de france 2024 (belga images) // tadej pogacar and jonas vingegaard - tour de france 2024 // wayward son - rainbow rowell // jonas vingegaard - stage 21, tour de france 2024 // it's down to legs - caley fretz // jonas vingegaard - stage 20, tour de france 2024 // jonas vingegaard - tour de france 2024 // jonas vingegaard - stage 11, tour de france 2024 // a poem on hope - wendell berry // jonas vingegaard and remco evenepoel - stage 19, tour de france 2024 // quora user shulamit widawsky // jonas vingegaard - stage 21, tour de france 2024 (getty images) // jonas vingegaard - stage 21, tour de france 2024 post-race interview (flobikes) // 'now the fight is over': jonas vingegaard concedes tour de france battle for yellow, but still aims for second - adam becket // jonas vingegaard - stage 19, tour de france 2024 post-race interview (flobikes) // video: jonas vingegaard and matteo jorgenson consoled after heart-breaking end to stage 19 of 2024 tour de france for team visma | lease a bike - kieran wood // jonas vingegaard - tour de france 2024 // jonas vingegaard - tour de france 2024 // 'probably the hardest moment of my career'-- jonas vingegaard on his crash and fight to be ready for the tour de france - stephen farrand // jonas vingegaard's tour de france was a venn diagram - iain treloar // rise up and salute the sun: the writings of suzy kassem - suzy kassem // jonas vingegaard - tour de france 2023 // jonas vingegaard - stage 21, tour de france 2024 // jonas vingegaard - stage 11, tour de france 2024 // vingegaard exhausted after tour de france: may cut season short - sjoerd valkering // jonas vingegaard and tadej pogacar - stage 20, tour de france 2024 (belga images) // the thing is - ellen bass // "if you had told me four months ago that i would be second, i wouldn't have believed you" - jonas vingegaard disappointed but proud of his tour de france - ondrej zhasil // jonas vingegaard and tadej pogacar - stage 11, tour de france 2024 // jonas vingegaard - stage 11, tour de france 2024 post-race interview (nbc sports) // alfred lord tennyson // jonas vingegaard and tadej pogacar - stage 11, tour de france 2024 // remco evenepoel and jonas vingegaard - stage 21, tour de france 2024 // jonas vingegaard and tadej pogacar - tour de france 2024 // matteo jorgenson and jonas vingegaard - stage 19, tour de france 2024 // matteo jorgenson and jonas vingegaard - tour de france 2024 // jonas vingegaard and tadej pogacar - podium ceremony, tour de france 2024 // jonas vingegaard and wout van aert - tour de france 2024 (team visma | lease a bike)
#obligatory jonasposting#i don’t know if i got the vibe i wanted to capture?? i feel like watching jonas race this year has ultimately been about hope#like the entire thing at its core feels like a leap of faith- of course visma was obsessively running numbers behind the scenes and#trying to prepare him as well as possible#but in the end he still hadn’t raced since april. he still had less than half the preparation and a massive question mark was following#them to the startline#but he still came. and he still believed. and everyone around him believed beyond everything else-#staff. commentators. fans. everyone was holding their breath because they don’t know where to place their bets#so it all comes down to crossing your fingers every time he gets a mechanical. saying a prayer under your breath when he loses 30 seconds.#and then stage 11 comes along! the tension is suddenly resolved and it’s like seeing the sun again!#but then things start to go downhill- but everyone still keeps hoping. the commentators i was watching were still saying “if” instead of#“when” about his podium in stage 21 because despite everything people still had hope! they don’t want to lay down the hammer#and even when he still finished second#the grief still mingled with the wonderful and beautiful fact that he still did it!#you take a step back and against all odds jonas vingegaard came back from the brink of death and podiumed the fucking tour de france!#and that heartbreak and wonder can coexist. you didn’t hope for nothing. the sky is still blue. the sun still shines. he made it.#sorry long tag rant i’m a yapper at heart y’all#me reading or listening to anything ever rn: omg this is so jonas coded!!!#jonas vingegaard#jv#tadej pogacar#remco evenepoel#wout van aert#wva#matteo jorgenson#tdf#tdf 2024#tour de france 2024#tour de france#cycling
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Pc/you and gn school LIs + Great Hawk doing a three legged race
Whitney is tripping you the fuck up I'm so sorry. They are going to make fun of you regardless of if you were outspeeding them or not.
Kylar is tripping you guys because they got too excited that you're that close and their legs were too weak. Carry them. Please. (--- Status btw)
Depending on your physique and athleticism, you are either keeping pace with Sydney or they run too fast and you fall or something. It's funny and they fuss over you after the fact because you could have gotten hurt. The more corrupt they are, the more likely they are to laugh at you before helping.
Robin will try to keep pace with you no matter how fast or slow you are. Please don't outrun them they will make the saddest most sopping wet cat face at you.
Great Hawk is confused, they simply Pick You Up. Goodbye <33
#fungus.mag#fungus.writes#dol#degrees of lewdity#dol x reader#degrees of lewdity x reader#dol whitney#whitney the bully#dol kylar#kylar the loner#dol sydney#sydney the faithful#sydney the fallen#dol robin#robin the orphan#dol great hawk#great hawk the terror#ive never been in a three legged race before but something possessed me and wrote this#might write abt more serious topics later who knows! not me. im hungry as hell#please let me on break so i csn eat aha (has not eaten anything for 20 hours) (i forgot)#oh no im having dol oc thoughts RRRG RGRGGGGHRGRGGHHH#anyways why is sydney lowkey fast in dol like dude what you pray and sort books all day wdym surprising strength unhand me !!!!
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Intellectually I understand where people are coming from, but personally I do THE biggest double take every time someone boils down conservative Christian ideology (and/or secularized cultural reflections thereof) to a kind of dour puritanism that proclaims happiness is sin/suffering is a moral good/everyone should be miserable all the time. Like I get it! I do. But also, institutionally, I have never met a group of more passionate worshippers and vicious defenders of their own comfort than evangelical Christians. There is a reason the common thread between my various weird triggers more or less boils down to "toxic positivity." There is a REASON my exvangelical tag is #walking away from omelas.
#one of my biggest problems with half-cooked critiques of christianity tbqh#and fundamentally it's just the flip side of the same coin#to liberal christians going 'well republicans aren't REAL christians bc they flout the teachings of their own holy text'#religions are socially as well as ideologically constructed! 'real' christianity is christianity as it is really practiced!#valid critique WITHIN the faith perhaps but not that meaningful (and in fact kind of willfully dense imo) take on christianity as a whole.#likewise trying to pin the evils of institutional christianity on some fatal underlying theological flaw is getting the issue backwards#in much the same way that treating race as a biological reality as opposed to a social construct is getting things backwards#empires do not rob and murder and enslave because they are racist.#they do those things out of naked self interest and invent racism to justify themselves and prop up their power.#walking away from omelas#my posts
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god lord wdym red bull brought the wrong wing 😭 they really are going to be claiming charles as their third driver on main this weekend
#I am not thinking about it bc I am already sad about my lack of lestappen cooldown car#I have faith in them fixing this. somehow#or max making it work. somehow#charles leclerc#red bull racing#las vegas gp 2024
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Procreate WIPs
#wip#pokemon ingo#Racing Miku#Luke#(hes my zomboid character c:)#Madeon#Yeah its Good Faith Forever fanart what about it#Kingdom Hearts#Sora
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When It Rains At The Track
Much of what is done in the way of ministry at a race track is in the form of building relationships. It’s also wonderful when I can use real life surroundings as faith connectors.
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I HAVE NEVER CRIED SO HARD IN MY LIFE
#STUFF THAT HITS DIFFERENT WHEN UR CHRISTIAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#WELL DONE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT!!!!!I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT I HAVE FINISHED THE RACE I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#HANGE ZOE#ERWIN SMITH#ATTACK ON TITAN#YES THE COLORS ARE DIRECTLY LIFTED FROM MERCURY AND LIGHTNING BY JMM (LIKE A FIERY PHOENIX BIRD!!! LIKE DEATH IN REVERSE!!!)#:D I AM DISTRAUGHT!!!!!!!!#WHEREFORE ART THOU#SNK#SNK SPOILERS
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but why is charles i being so shit today 😭😭
carlos is getting like 4 tenths on him.
as a wise sage ( @gaslightgirlsummer ) once told me. we reserve any weekend judgements on Charles’ performance until q2
#it’s like he wakes up and remembers his menace racing roots#also where is your faith. this is il predestinato. forza charles sempre.#charles leclerc#mexican gp 2024
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re: lando norris, starbucks, F1 and boycotts
the first rule of Formula 1 is understanding these privileged men do not give a shit. they partake in the most elite sport there is, where only 20 people can do it at a time. it's a bubble of money and luxury they thrive whitin.
just don't put anyone on a pedestal or your hand on fire for any of them. not even the ones that seem like the good ones.
personally, I expect the bare minimum of no homophobia, no racism, no sexual misconduct or assault. but I do not expect them to care about world problems as strongly as we do. bc if all went to shits they will run to a safe mansion, and we'll be the ones left to survive.
embrace fandom and friendships, the fun of the races and the drama, sharing gifs and fics and edits, and put THAT above your favorite driver!
#eveytime a driver i like has a bad race i think it's the universe keeping the balance and humiliating this hot millionaire#formula 1#f1#text post#lando norris#like the level is so low i dont even expect them to be faithful partners to the WAGs 😭#not even seb and lewis are safe from this btw#i say this so ppl dont upset themselved too much abt them#NOT defending the drivers at all#i wish it wasnt like this but the elitism of the sport has only gotten WORSE so....#no hope for change anytime soon :/#charles leclerc#max verstappen#lewis hamilton#george russell#discourse
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Please god I will do ANYTHING for a Piastri Podium this weekend
#pookie piastri#he deserves it#in his HOME RACE??#I have faith#please god#manifesting#f1#formula 1#formula one#f1blr#oscar piastri f1#oscar piastri#mclaren formula 1#mclaren#Australian Grand Prix 2024
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