#ICE VT

[greenbagjosh]

Monday 11 August 2003 - one more tram ride in Zürich - more comedy CDs - just a regular locomotive-pulled train - new trains and busses for Munich plus the new convention center extension - a journey on Percy Adlon's "Sugarbaby" U Bahn line - a bedtime film and that's it until tomorrow

Monday 11 August 2003

Good morning! Today I make the final long train ride for this vacation, from Zürich to Munich. I would take the same train ride route as I did on the evening of Sunday 9 August 1998. When I arrived in Munich, I would check into the hotel, ride the then-new extension to Trudering on the U2, take a ride on the new bus from Arabellapark to Studentenstadt, take a new U Bahn car from Studentenstadt to Odeonsplatz, and another one back to the hotel. To end, I would watch a US film on TV, dubbed in German (I understood pretty much everything). Hope you will enjoy this day's journey.

Guten Morgen! Heute mache ich die letzte lange Zugfahrt für diesen Urlaub, von Zürich nach München. Ich würde die gleiche Zugfahrt nehmen wie am Abend des Sonntags, 9. August 1998. Als ich in München ankam, checkte ich im Hotel ein, fuhr mit der U2 die damals neue Verlängerung nach Trudering, machte eine Fahrt mit der neuer Bus vom Arabellapark zur Studentenstadt, mit einem neuen U-Bahn-Wagen von der Studentenstadt zum Odeonsplatz und mit einem weiteren zurück zum Hotel. Zum Abschluss schaute ich mir im Fernsehen einen US-Film an, der auf Deutsch synchronisiert war (ich verstand so ziemlich alles). Ich hoffe, Sie werden die Reise dieses Tages genießen.

Bonjour! Aujourd'hui, je fais le dernier long trajet en train pour ces vacances, de Zürich à Munich. J'empruntais le même trajet en train que le soir du dimanche 9 août 1998. Quand j'arrivais à Munich, je m'enregistrais à l'hôtel, prenais la nouvelle extension vers Trudering sur le U2, faisais un tour sur le nouveau bus d'Arabellapark à Studentenstadt, prendre une nouvelle voiture U Bahn de Studentenstadt à Odeonsplatz, et une autre pour retourner à l'hôtel. Pour finir, je regardais à la télé un film américain doublé en allemand (j'ai à peu près tout compris). J'espère que vous apprécierez le voyage de cette journée.

Dobro jutro! Danes opravim zadnjo dolgo vožnjo z vlakom za te počitnice, od Züricha do Münchna. Peljal bi se po isti poti z vlakom, kot sem zvečer v nedeljo, 9. avgusta 1998. Ko sem prispel v München, sem se prijavil v hotel, se peljal s takrat novim podaljškom do Truderinga na U2, se peljal z nov avtobus od Arabellaparka do Studentenstadta, vzemite nov avto U Bahn od Studentenstadta do Odeonsplatza in še enega nazaj do hotela. Za konec bi gledal ameriški film na TV, sinhroniziran v nemščino (razumel sem skoraj vse). Upam, da boste uživali v današnjem potovanju.

Dobro jutro! Danas idem na posljednju dugu vožnju vlakom za ovaj odmor, od Züricha do Münchena. Vozio bih se istom rutom vlaka kao uvečer u nedjelju 9. kolovoza 1998. Kad bih stigao u München, prijavio bih se u hotel, vozio bih se tada novim produžetkom do Truderinga na U2, vozio bih se novim autobusom od Arabellaparka do Studentenstadta, uzmite novi U Bahn auto od Studentenstadta do Odeonsplatza i još jedan natrag do hotela. Za kraj, pogledao bih američki film na TV-u, sinkroniziran na njemački (razumio sam skoro sve). Nadam se da ćete uživati u današnjem putovanju.

Buongiorno! Oggi faccio l'ultimo lungo viaggio in treno per questa vacanza, da Zurigo a Monaco. Avrei preso lo stesso percorso di viaggio in treno della sera di domenica 9 agosto 1998. Quando sarei arrivato a Monaco, avrei fatto il check-in in albergo, avrei preso l'allora nuovo prolungamento per Trudering sulla U2, avrei fatto un giro sulla nuovo autobus da Arabellapark a Studentenstadt, prendere un nuovo vagone U Bahn da Studentenstadt a Odeonsplatz, e un altro per tornare in hotel. Per finire, guardavo un film americano in TV, doppiato in tedesco (ho capito praticamente tutto). Spero che apprezzerai il viaggio di questa giornata.

About 6:30 AM I woke up, took a shower and went to breakfast. Then I went back to my room and packed, and then checked out of the hostel. I went pretty much the same way as I did the previous day, namely the covered bridge to the SBB station. It would have been about 8:30 AM when I arrived at the station. I took the 8:50 AM train to Zürich HB, and arrived about 9:20 AM. I put my luggage in a locker. The rates of the Zürich HB lockers are one of Switzerland's most expensive. However they were secure.

My train would not leave until about 12 PM, so I would take a tram ride from Zürich HB to Bürkliplatz, to see it a bit less crowded than Saturday the 9th. From there, I would take the line 5 or 6 to Enge, and return to Zürich HB by tram line 7 through Paradeplatz. I went to City Disc just past Rennweg, and bought a couple of CDs, "Achtung Almi kommt" by Almi, "No Broblem" by Peach Weber, and Plüsch's debut CD that has "Häb's güet". I paid for those CDs and then walked to HB. I went underground to the stores level, and bought another grapefruit soda bottle as well as a prepared ham and cheese sandwich. It may have been about 11:30 AM when I went upstairs to the locker level to fetch my wheeled suitcase, then I went to the track where my train would depart from.

The train that I was expecting from track 16, was not the ICE VT, namely the diesel multiple unit form of the Inter City Express by Deutsche Bahn, but rather an engine-driven train, with conventional cars and a dining car between the first and second classes. The first class cars were close to the rear of the train away from the engine. The engine would be a SBB 421 electric locomotive, up to and including Lindau Hbf, now Lindau-Insel. From Lindau, the train would change direction and would be pulled by two DB 218 diesel engines to Munich. At the time, no one thought that there would ever be electrification, until December 2020. From December 2020, dedicated EMUs from SBB, known as the ETR 610 Astoro, would replace the engine-driven trains and make use of the new DB electrified rails.

The train left around 12 PM, made its journey through Zürich Airport, Winterthur, St. Gallen, last station in Switzerland at St. Margrethen before crossing the Rhine into Austria, Bregenz, Lindau Hbf, changing direction and then going on to Memmingen, Buchloe and through Geltendorf to München Hbf. On the way I heard on the radio an interesting remix of Double's "Captain of her heart" with a bit more instrumentation than the original release. Then the news came on, I think it was about 2 PM.

The train arrived about 4:30 PM, into Munich Hbf. My hotel was along the Schillerstrasse, where I have stayed many times in different hotels. It did not have an elevator, and my room was on the third floor above the ground level, so that was a bit inconvenient. The room was comfortable despite the heat. It had an ensuite bathroom and shower, and it also had a color TV. I found out there was a movie I wanted to see, and it would be shown at 9 PM that evening, and also would be dubbed in German. I would make every effort that evening to return to the room before then.

I rested up for a half hour before going downstairs, and then I went to München Hbf, bought a 3 day pass and stamped it in the machine before boarding the U2 for Messegelände. Messegelände Ost was the new U2 extension from Innsbrucker Ring, that opened earlier that year. It would include the Trudering S Bahn station connection. Prior to 2003, the U2 terminated at Innsbrucker Ring and there was already a connection to the U5 line. I also remember the Kolumbusplatz and the Silberhornstrasse stations. When I lived in Giesing in 1997, particularly at the site of the future station St Quirin Platz, there was an U1 extension being built to Mangfallplatz that opened in early 1998. My local station was Silberhornplatz for that summer.

At Messestadt West, I alighted the train and walked around the Messe. The old Messe was at the current location of Theresienwiese, close to the site of the Wies'n, or Oktoberfest. The new one was located east of Trudering. I walked to the Messestadt Ost station and boarded the U2 for Innsbrucker Ring, then I took a U5 to Max Weber Platz. Max Weber Platz has two platforms for the westbound lines and one for the eastbound lines that branch off. I changed to the U4 for Arabellapark. Arabellapark was my local U Bahn station in Summer 1998 when I lived at Englschalking. The MVV, or the Munich transit union, had purchased new busses to replace the older MAN fleet, so I boarded one for Studentenstadt. The new busses were equipped with prerecorded stop announcements. Prior to that, almost every bus stop was announced live by the driver.

The bus drove from Arabellapark, past Cosimabad and along Freischützstraße to the Johanneskirchen rail station, and then west to Studentenstadt. The sun was about to set, and I had to take the U6 down to Odeonsplatz and the U4 or U5 to Hbf. Much of the U6 north of Marienplatz was part of the 1985 film by Percy Adlon "Sugarbaby" starring Marianne Sägebrecht and Eisi Gulp. At the time, only the A and B series were running. In 2003, MVV introduced a new series called the C series. This was the first new series with longitudal seating, and automatic next station announcements. I was impressed by the space that the new seating arrangement gave. Also the trains could be walked through, whereas the A and B series had only two cars per train. I rode it to Odeonsplatz where I had to change to the U4 and U5, a level below. I rode this two stops to Hbf and alighted.

On the way to the hotel, on Schillerstraße, I stopped at a Döner Kebab restaurant. I ate a lahmacun (Turkish pizza) and a can of Mezzo Mix, the cola-orange mix. I managed to finish, and walk back to the hotel with 15 minutes to spare. I was in the room about ten minutes before the film started. It would have been on RTL2. The film was one made in 1996, originally in English, and starred Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds. I did see it in English years ago. Pretty much all the German dialog was understandable. After the film ended, I went to sleep.

Please join me tomorrow, when I go shopping during the day, buy a funny music CD from Helge Schneider, visit the Olympic Tower, hear the voice of Louis Armstrong (or what I think it was), and have supper at the Hofbräuhaus complete with a Wies'n Mass of Hofbräu Original. The 12th would be the last full day in Europe before flying home to the USA. Hope you will join me then. Good night!

Bitte kommen Sie morgen zu mir, wenn ich tagsüber einkaufen gehe, eine lustige Musik-CD von Helge Schneider kaufe, den Olympiaturm besuche, die Stimme von Louis Armstrong (oder was ich glaube) höre und im Hofbräuhaus zu Abend esse eine Wies'n Messe von Hofbräu Original. Der 12. wäre der letzte volle Tag in Europa, bevor es nach Hause in die USA ging. Ich hoffe, Sie kommen dann zu mir. Gute Nacht!

Joignez-vous à moi demain, quand je vais faire du shopping pendant la journée, acheter un CD de musique amusante de Helge Schneider, visiter la tour olympique, entendre la voix de Louis Armstrong (ou ce que je pense que c'était) et dîner au Hofbräuhaus avec une messe Wies'n de Hofbräu Original. Le 12 serait le dernier jour complet en Europe avant de rentrer aux États-Unis. J'espère que vous me rejoindrez alors. Bonne nuit!

Prosim, pridruži se mi jutri, ko grem podnevi po nakupih, kupim smešno glasbeno zgoščenko Helge Schneider, obiščem olimpijski stolp, slišim glas Louisa Armstronga (ali kar mislim, da je bil) in večerjam v Hofbräuhausu skupaj z Wies'n Mass of Hofbräu Original. 12. bi bil zadnji polni dan v Evropi pred poletom domov v ZDA. Upam, da se mi boš takrat pridružil. Lahko noč!

Pridružite mi se sutra, kada idem u kupovinu tijekom dana, kupim šaljivi glazbeni CD od Helgea Schneidera, posjetim Olimpijski toranj, čujem glas Louisa Armstronga (ili onoga što mislim da je bio), i večeram u Hofbräuhausu zajedno s a Wies'n misa Hofbräu Original. Dvanaesti će biti posljednji cijeli dan u Europi prije leta kući u SAD. Nadam se da ćeš mi se tada pridružiti. Laku noć!

Per favore, unisciti a me domani, quando vado a fare shopping durante il giorno, compro un CD musicale divertente da Helge Schneider, visito la Torre Olimpica, ascolto la voce di Louis Armstrong (o quello che penso fosse) e ceniamo all'Hofbräuhaus completo di una messa Wies'n di Hofbräu originale. Il 12 sarebbe stato l'ultimo giorno intero in Europa prima di tornare a casa negli Stati Uniti. Spero che ti unirai a me allora. Buona notte!

[nahitspatrick]

Had the most wonderful day 🖤🍁💀🍂

[liamgallaghermpreg]

i hc that you tend to be really "go with the flow" when it comes to irl hangouts

I would say so!! Sometimes I get it into my head I wanna hit a certain bar or smth like if I’m craving to go out dancing but most of the time I’m down for whatever!

[katsukistofu]

my caffeine mix-up!

contents ౨ৎ ⋆ hawks x fem reader. fluff. slightly suggestive. you accidentally pick up the number two hero’s coffee so picks you up instead. | pt. ii

You take a sip of your morning coffee and almost spit it out on your dashboard.

This could not be your order. It was so… unusually sugary. Too sugary. Like someone liquified a whole candy store and shoved it into a venti cup.

Still reeling a little from the overly sweet aftertaste that lingers on your tongue, your eyes trail down to read:

Vt Crml Crnch Frap

5 Banana

Ex Caramel Drizzle

Extra Whip

Extra Ice

Ex Cinnamon

7 pumps Add Dk Crml Sauce

Ex Caramel Crunch

1 pump Honey Blend

Heavy Cream

Double Blended

What kind of pretentious asshole orders this garbage? Were their taste buds dead?

You mentally sent your condolences to the poor person that had to make this disgusting monstrosity of a drink. Please, you would’ve taken one look at the order and thrown it in the trash.

Your eyes searched the paper cup for who your local coffee shop transgressor was– catching sight of a scribble in blue marker reading “H-A.” You moved your hand a bit to reveal a “W-K-S.” A sense of dread creeps in as you numbly stare at the squiggly heart next to it.

It was like someone slipped an ice cube down the back of your shirt.

You had mistakenly picked up the wildly famous winged pro hero’s order and to make things even worse, put your mouth on where his was supposed to be.

Okay that sounded kind of dirty. But it’s not like you could drive back and return it now, what with your lip gloss already staining the lid.

Hey, um, I think I accidentally took a sip of the Hawks’s coffee? Oopsies? You guess you could pay for his order to be remade, but who’s to say he’ll even come back for it, much less accept it from some random stranger?

You were already running late to your desk job as is, and your coworkers were probably scratching their heads, wondering where you were since you always arrived at least half an hour before them. Should you just throw it away and pretend it never happened?

Oh god, would some person dig through the trash the moment you turned your back and extract your DNA from your lip gloss on the lid, thinking you were a deranged fan who stole his drink on purpose?

Or worse—that you were his secret girlfriend picking up his drink who had just wanted a little taste first before delivering it to him?

Your brain starts to wring itself dry of all the possibilities that could happen, shuddering despite each one being as unlikely as the next. An impressive mental workout for an un-caffeinated person at barely eight in the morning.

You wish you never even went to get your usual little treat today. That barista definitely looked right at you when you went to pick up your order, you swear they did.

But now that you’re thinking about it, maybe they were looking at the person standing behind you that you didn’t see as you rushed out of the shop? How do you even miss a man with wings that big?

Something gently knocks on the driver side window and you almost jump out of your seat.

As you roll it down with caution, your brain momentarily stops functioning as you’re met with a pair of striking golden eyes. Another inch of tinted glass down, a strong Grecian nose.

Forget work, the hell. You didn’t even know noses could be that pretty, and as your last bit of window disappears into the car so does your self-respect as you realize he’s abandoned his usual tan-colored jacket, standing before you in his black compression shirt with gold embossment.

Forget everything, actually.

You don't realize you’re holding your breath until he laughs at you, and you sheepishly close your slightly parted lips.

“Didn’t know coffee thieves came this cute.” Drinking in your appearance his keen eyes stray from yours, slowly trailing down to your trembling lips, a stark contrast to the growing smirk on his. “Or this nervous.”

His fingers drum absentmindedly on the side of your car door, clear amusement written across his handsome face as he waits for you to say something. You collect yourself and snap out of your thoughts, taking a deep breath.

“I’msososorryIdrankyourcoffee!” You squeeze your eyes shut in embarrassment as your words come out in a jumble. “I totally grabbed the wrong order and I can’t believe I didn’t see you waiting behind me, I swear I’m not a creep–”

“Hey, hey,” Hawks gently interrupts you, reassurance laced in his voice. “It’s all good, no harm done.” He taps the paper cup that somehow miraculously hasn’t slipped out of your fingers yet.

“Sooo was it good?”

You choke on air, not expecting that. “Your drink?”

“Yeah, my drink.” He shoots you a cheeky grin. That bastard. “Good or nah?” You pause, contemplating if you should lie–no. No, today you chose honesty.

“...Genuinely, I have no idea how you drink this shit.”

Hawks laughs at your bold answer. “Thanks for being my little taste tester anyways. Too sweet, huh?” The tip of his finger traces around the remnants of your lip gloss on the lid, the cup still in your now slightly shaky hand as you nod.

His touch seared against your skin, as his pretty fingers closed around yours to raise the drink up to his lips to take a slow sip, eyes never leaving your own.

With a gaze that was infuriatingly sultry as it was sweet, like a bird of prey beckoning a field mouse to be their next meal, he murmurs, “Just how I like it.”

You’re not really sure he was talking about the coffee anymore.

He hums, and your thighs involuntarily clench a bit as his soft-looking mouth closes around the opening of the lid to take another sip.

“I’d say you’re a villain that deserves their own special category.” He grins, eyes sparkling conspiratorially. “One that involves letting me take her out to dinner.”

If you weren’t sitting down you know your legs would have given out. “Like… like on a date?” You gape at him incredulously. Because there was no way. Hawks. Just asked you out.

“Now sweetheart, what else would it be?” Hawks smirks at your dazed expression, like you’re sure you misheard him. So cute. “I mean, unless you don’t want to–”

“No!” He blinks, and your hand flies to cover your mouth at your sudden outburst.

“I-I mean, I want to…” You shyly say at a much quieter volume, fidgeting with the rings on your fingers. He leans closer to you with a grin, languidly resting his folded arms over the open frame of your car door.

“It’s a date then. I know this really good sushi and ramen place down the block near my agency, my treat of course.”

“If I’m a villain is this your idea of rehabilitation?” You joke dryly. “Because it’s working.”

He tips your chin up. “Oh don’t worry pretty, I’m just getting started with turning you into a good girl.” A hot flush creeps up your neck to your cheeks, and you almost melt into a puddle right then and there at your steering wheel.

“I’d love to stay but I’m actually so late for work right now.” You utter weakly, chin still resting against his finger. Hawks tilts his head at that, unfolding his vibrant crimson wings as he wordlessly opens the front door of your car.

With little effort and an impressive flex of his biceps, plus a sharp intake of breath from you, one of his arms slips under your thighs and another firmly hugs you just under your shoulder blades as he lifts you up to his firm chest.

A smirk tugs at his lips as he feels your flustered arms hastily reach up to wrap around his neck. Honeyed eyes like molten gold meet yours as he gives a gentle squeeze to your thigh through your pencil skirt, and once again you find yourself needing a reminder to breathe.

“So, where to?”

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“IS THAT FUCKING HAWKS OUTSIDE OUR COMPANY’S BUILDING?!”

say you can’t sleep, baby i know, that’s that me expresso~ ♪

[auroraluciferi]

The thin ice has already had deadly consequences in New England.

At Vermont’s Lake Champlain, the annual ice fishing tournament was cancelled last weekend when three fishermen died after falling through the ice. One man’s body was found hours after he was expected to return home from the lake, while the other two died after their utility vehicle broke through the ice.

Montpelier, Vermont, had its warmest January on record this year since 1948, with Burlington recording its fifth warmest January since 1884, according to the Burlington National Weather Service.

Robert Wilson, a professor of geography and environment at Syracuse University, said the Northeast as a whole is now a “fast-warming region,” with winter seasons warming faster than summers due to the climate crisis.

And he underscored how this trend is threatening some of New England’s most cherished winter activities.

“In coming decades, winter — as most people understand it — will get shorter and warmer, with less snow and more rain,” Wilson said. “This poses a serious threat to winter recreation: snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and downhill skiing.”

[pupsmailbox]

MASC PRONOUNS ⌇　ae/aem.　ae/aim.　be/bem.　be/bim.　boy/boy.　ce/cem.　ce/cim.　de/dem.　de/dim.　ey/em.　fe/fem.　fe/fim.　ha/ham.　he/hem.　he/him.　h!/h!m.　h#/h#m.　h$/h$m.　h%/h%m.　h&/h&m.　h/hm.　h+/h+m.　h-/h-m.　h=/h=m.　h@/h@m.　h^/h^m.　h_/h_m.　h~/h~m.　h☆/h☆m.　h♡/h♡m.　hi/him.　ho/hom.　hu/hum.　hx/hxm.　hy/hym.　je/jem.　je/jim.　ke/kem.　ke/kim.　le/lem.　le/lim.　male/male.　masc/masc.　me/min.　mr/mr.　ne/nem.　ne/nim.　pe/pen.　pe/pin.　qe/qem.　qe/qim.　re/rem.　re/rim.　se/sem.　se/sim.　sir/sir.　te/tem.　te/tim.　ve/vem.　ve/vim.　we/wem.　we/win.　xe/xem.　xe/xim.　ye/yem.　ye/yim.　ze/zem.　ze/zim.

FEM PRONOUNS ⌇　ae/aer.　 ae/air.　 be/ber.　 be/bir.　 ce/cer.　 ce/cir.　 de/der.　 de/dir.　 ey/eir.　 ey/er.　 fe/fer.　 fe/fir.　 fem/fem.　 female/female.　 ge/ger.　 ge/gir.　 girl/girl.　 he/her.　 he/hir.　 je/jer.　 je/jir.　 ke/ker.　 ke/kir.　 le/ler.　 le/lir.　 madam/madam.　 me/mer.　 me/mir.　 miss/miss.　 mrs/mrs.　 ms/ms.　 ne/ner.　 ne/nir.　 pe/per.　 pe/pir.　 qe/qer.　 qe/qir.　 re/rer.　 re/rir.　 se/ser.　 se/sir.　 sha/har.　 she/her.　 sh☆/h☆r.　 sh♡/h♡r.　 sh~/h~r.　 sh!/h!r.　 sh@/h@r.　 sh#/h#r.　 sh$/h$r.　 sh%/h%r.　 sh^/h^r.　 sh&/h&r.　 sh*/h*r.　 sh_/h_r. sh-/h-r.　 sh+/h+r.sh=/h=r.　 shi/hir.　 shx/hxr.　 shy/hyr.　 te/ter.　 te/tir.　 ve/ver.　 ve/vir.　 we/wer.　 we/wir.　 xe/xer.　 xe/xir.　 ye/yer.　 ye/yir.　 ze/zer.　 ze/zir.

NEUTRAL PRONOUNS ⌇　aey/aem.　ahey/ahem.　at/at.　bey/bem.　bhey/bhem.　bt/bt.　cey/cem.　chey/chem.　ct/ct.　dey/dem.　dhey/dhem.　dt/dt.　ehey/ehem.　et/et.　ey/em.　fey/fem.　fhey/fhem.　ft/ft.　gey/gem.　ghey/ghem.　gt/gt.　hey/hem.　ht/ht.　ib/ib.　ic/ic.　id/id.　if/if.　ig/ig.　ih/ih.　ihey/ihem.　ij/ij.　ik/ik.　il/il.　im/im.　in/in.　ip/ip.　iq/iq.　ir/ir.　is/is.　it/it.　~t/~t.　!t/!t.　@t/@t.　#t/#t.　$t/$t.　%t/%t.　^t/ ^t.　&t/&t.　t/t.　-t/-t.　_t/_t.　+t/+t.　=t/=t.　☆t/☆t.　♡t/♡t.　iv/iv.　iw/iw.　ix/ix.　iz/iz.　jey/jem.　jhey/jhem.　jt/jt.　key/kem.　khey/khem.　kid/kid.　kt/kt.　ley/lem.　lhey/lhem.　lt/lt.　mey/mem.　mhey/mhem.　mt/mt.　mx/mx.　neu/neu.　neutral/neutral.　ney/nem.　nhey/nhem.　nt/nt.　ohey/ohem.　ot/ot.　person/person.　pey/pem.　phey/phem.　pt/pt.　qey/qem.　qhey/qhem.　qt/qt rey/rem.　rhey/rhem.　rt/rt.　sey/sem.　shey/shem.　st/st.　tey/tem.　they/them.　th☆y/th☆m.　th♡y/th♡m.　thxy/thxm.　thiy/thim.　thy/thym.　thay/tham.　th~y/th~m.　th!y/th!m.　th@y/th@m.　th#y/th#m.　th$y/th$m.　th%y/th%m.　th^y/th^m.　th&y/th&m.　thy/thm.　th_y/th_m.　th-y/th-m.　th=y/th=m.　th+y/th+m.　thon/thon.　uhey/uhem.　ut/ut.　vey/vem.　vhey/vhem.　vt/vt.　wey/wem.　whey/whem.　wt/wt.　xey/xem.　xhey/xhem.　xt/xt.　yey/yem.　yhey/yhem.　yt/yt.　zey/zem.　zhey/zhem.　zt/zt.

[secular-jew]

So you know, our people are pretty good at Ice Cream?

‘Irv’ Robbins (Jewish), returned as an army sergeant in WWII. Using money he saved from his #BarMitzvah, Irv joined forces with his brother-in-law Bert Baskins (also Jewish), to open their first Baskin-Robbins (31 flavors) ice cream parlor in Glendale CA in 1948.

About 30 years later, in 1978, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, two Jewish friends from Long Island NY, founded Ben & Jerry's in Burlington VT.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Rowaida Abdelaziz at HuffPost:

A group of Democratic senators led by Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter Tuesday night to the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to shut down four private detention centers. The letter, first reviewed by HuffPost and signed by Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), targets facilities in New Mexico, California, Louisiana and Virginia. All of the facilities have faced serious complaints over treatment of detainees. Contracts for two of those facilities are up for renewal this week.

“We do not support a system that detains people in inhumane conditions that result in long-term medical issues, psychological trauma, and sometimes death. We urge that these facilities be shut down, in a step towards building an immigration system that welcomes and respects migrants,” read the letter. The letter, addressed to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Patrick Lechleitner, the acting director of ICE, also demands immigration officials to hand over a list of all public and private ICE detention facilities as well as a timeline for ending contracts at those four facilities. “After reports of inhumane conditions, including sleep deprivation, dirty drinking water, and psychological trauma, independent watchdogs and other experts have recommended that the Biden administration close the worst of these facilities,” Warren said. “This would be a meaningful step toward ending the federal government’s reliance on private detention centers.”

10 Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), sent a letter calling for the closing of the inhumane ICE detention centers. It's also why ICE should be abolished.

[fuzzynovagoblin]

I was driving back from VT to CT and there is a gas station I often stop at that I knew you needed to ask for a key to the bathroom. So I went in to use the bathroom mostly just to see which key the attendant would give me.

HE GAVE ME THE PINK KEY!!!!! 🎉🏳️‍⚧️💕🎊🎉

He had no reason to care about me or be concerned about my gender preferences so he gave me the womens just because I actually passed enough for him to categorize me as "woman"

I'm so happy about this, but the whole weekend (took Friday and Monday off for a 4 day weekend) was really great and made me feel like a girl, this was just the icing on the cake.

[gumdropmodels]

Gummy where did u go? U never post anymore :(

Oh, did I not say it here?

I got a job!!! It's SUPPOSED to be part-time, but I have been massively swamped this past week. "T vT)

My official schedule should kick in by next week I think. But these first two weeks have been ROUGH. I just got home from work tonight in fact and all I wanna do is eat ice cream while naked and sleep. lol

[greenapplespider]

9 people you want to know better

Three ships: Reigen x Dimple (mp100), Iorveth x Roche (Witcher), Diego x Manny (Ice Age, DO NOT LOOK AT ME)

First ship: 10th Doctor x Captain Jack Harkness

Last song: Gimme Gimme Gimme

Last movie: Ice Age 4

Currently reading: Discrimination and Disparities by Thomas Sowell

Currently watching: Ice Age 5

Currently eating: Coffee

Currently craving: beef

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@nyanderful-to-you @rainbowpanther9 @zombiemanateegiraffe @libertarian-druid-in-greater-vt @uncle-mojave @zpansven @kanobarlowe @the-scungles-of-crungles @boogalooroo

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ICE illegally deports family of asylum seekers from Vermont

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A family has been deported to Honduras, in violation of the government’s legal protections for asylum seekers. Greisy Mejia, 29, came to the United States with her nine-year-old daughter and infant son fleeing for her life. Rather than allow her to apply for relief from deportation, immigration agents detained Greisy and her children yesterday in St. Albans, VT. 

As dozens of community members gathered for an emergency rally outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office, Greisy and her children were driven away. They were put on a plane and deported to Honduras. ICE carried out this deportation despite protections guaranteeing individuals who express fear of persecution in their country of origin an interview with an asylum officer.

Late last year – following extortion and threats from organized crime – Greisy and her family fled Honduras to seek asylum in the United States. When she arrived at the border, she was detained. Though Greisy told Border Patrol agents that she feared for her life, she was not allowed to apply for asylum. Instead, she and her children were deported. 

Greisy and family in Vermont

Knowing that staying in Honduras could be a death sentence, Greisy again attempted to come to the U.S earlier this year. Because they had denied her the opportunity to request asylum the first time, Greisy decided not to turn herself into Border Patrol again; instead, she crossed the border, hoping to join her family in Vermont.

Because of their vulnerable position, Greisy and her children were kidnapped as soon as they made it across. The kidnappers held them for weeks, abused them, and demanded $9,000 ransom from her family. Greisy and her children were finally able to escape and reach a police officer in Uvalde, Texas.

Following their escape from the kidnappers, Greisy was once more handed over to Border Patrol. She was given an ankle monitor, put under an order of supervision, and allowed to travel to Vermont. Upon arriving in Vermont, Greisy connected with Migrant Justice and was in the process of applying for asylum and for a special visa available to victims of human trafficking.

After several routine appointments with ICE, Greisy was asked to return to their office in St. Albans, VT with her two kids. ICE agents knew that she would be filing a petition to request to remain in the U.S. and implied that they might remove her ankle monitor.

Yesterday, July 9th, Greisy and her two kids reported to the ICE office. They remained in the waiting room for six hours, held without food, under the pretense that ICE would consider Greisy’s petition for relief. When agents finally appeared, they arrested Greisy, her nine-year-old daughter, and infant son.

The family’s attorneys at the Center for Justice Reform of Vermont Law and Graduate School attempted to file an emergency application for a “Stay of Removal” to stop their deportation, but ICE would not accept the application at its Vermont office. Instead, the agency put the family on a plane to Honduras, where they arrived this afternoon.

We denounce this cruel and horrific abuse. ICE needlessly and knowingly sent a family back to a country where their lives will be at risk – in violation of the law and the agency’s own guidelines. We hold ICE responsible for any harm that comes to Greisy and her family. This is an attack against the entire immigrant community. Migrant Justice mourns the deportation of this family and will continue to fight for their safe return to the United States.

[danglovely]

Regrading Taskmaster: S01E04 Down an octave.

*Score changes in parenthesis.

Prize Task: Most beautiful item.

Tim's trip to Cologne is beautiful, both because the cathedral is stunning and because they actually ended up taking the trip. Romesh's statute might be the only other thing that is actually aesthetically pleasing (depending on your taste for Roisin's cardigan). I can't do magic eyes, but reports are that Josh lied about his prize task because of course he did.

Tim: 5 (0) Romesh: 4 (+3) Roisin: 3 (+1) Frank: 2 (-1) Josh: 1 (-3)

VT 01: Make this ice block disappear as fast as possible.

A task rife with pedantry because it uses the word "disappear" rather than "melt." This leads to the natural question "disappear from existence or sight?" and in the case of the latter, "whose sight?"

Tim throws the thing in the river which is a similar tactic to what worked for Paul Sinha and Iain Stirling in a Series Eight eraser task. I'm inclined to defer to the studio scores because even if we take Tim's definition of disappear, it would have been more elegant to actually conceal the ice from Alex rather than chucking it in the river.

Josh: 5 Frank: 4 Roisin: 3 Romesh: 2 Tim: 1

VT 02: Get to 11 points as fast as possible.

The debut of team tasks and the start of inconsistent scoring. The team points were originally meant to be a split of five. Greg never does this, much to Alex's chagrin. Both teams achieve the task and Frank/Tim solve the puzzle. It's all about time though, so a 3-2 split in favor of the team of three feels right.

Roisin, Romesh, and Josh: 3 (+1) Frank and Tim: 2 (+1)

VT 03: Fill an egg cup with as many tears as possible.

There is an argument that Roisin and Tim should get zero points for not getting any tears into the cup. However, within the four corners of the task, that might just have been the most tears possible for them and they should actually get 2 points for coming in joint fourth.

Frank: 5 (0) Romesh: 4 (0) Josh: 3 (0) Roisin: 2 (+1) Tim: 2 (+1)

Solo Task: Count the beans/rings/grains of rice.

Josh did this one by himself and it infamously won him the series. Solo tasks are inherently unfair but Taskmaster is never about being fair. That said, Josh's efforts were never actually evaluated for accuracy, so no points.

Josh: 0 (-1)

Live Task: Memorize the names of an Australian rules football team.

Everybody got one so everyone was awarded one point. It's purely academic, but because everyone came in joint first, everyone should have received five.

Frank: 5 (+4) Josh: 5 (+4) Roisin: 5 (+4) Romesh: 5 (+4) Tim: 5 (+4)

Final

Frank: 18 (+4) Josh: 17 (+1) Roisin: 16 (+7) Romesh: 18 (+8) Tim: 15 (+6)

Josh originally won the episode largely because he lied about his prize task. I have Frank and Romesh tied with the break going Frank's way for finding Alex faster.

[tieflingkisser]

Biden Opposes Bill That Would Keep Cops and Feds From Buying Your Data

The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act would prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from purchasing data that they would otherwise need a warrant to obtain.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is once again trying to keep the government from performing an end run around the Fourth Amendment by buying people's personal data. This week, President Joe Biden indicated that he opposed the bill. H.R. 4639, known as the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, "expands prohibited disclosures of stored electronic communications" to include purchases of data by law enforcement and intelligence agencies. First introduced in 2021 by Sens. Ron Wyden (D–Ore.), Rand Paul (R–Ky.), Patrick Leahy (D–Vt.), and Mike Lee (R–Utah), the bill has been reintroduced in subsequent sessions. The current version was introduced in the House by Rep. Warren Davidson (R–Ohio) and in the Senate by Wyden and Paul. On Wednesday, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D–N.Y.), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee and one of the House bill's cosponsors, affirmed his support on the House floor. "That anyone should have Americans' private information is highly troubling to me," Nadler said. "But that our federal government can obtain it without a warrant should be troubling to all of us." On Tuesday, the White House announced that the Biden administration "strongly opposes" the bill. According to a Statement of Administration Policy, the bill "generally would prohibit the Intelligence Community and law enforcement from obtaining certain commercially available information—subject only to narrow, unworkable exceptions." The Stored Communications Act forbids technology companies from disclosing certain subscriber information, including to the government. But certain types of data—including search histories, credit reports, employment records, and cellphone geolocation data—is "commercially available" and can be sold by third parties called data brokers. Often this data is purchased by private companies in order to better tailor their ad spending. Governments typically need a warrant to access any of that type of information—as recently as 2018, the Supreme Court affirmed in Carpenter v. United States that the government cannot access a person's cellphone location data without a warrant. "Although such records are generated for commercial purposes," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts, that alone did not "negate" the plaintiff's expectation of privacy. "We decline to grant the state unrestricted access to a wireless carrier's database of physical location information." Put simply: Come back with a warrant. But instead of honoring that decision, law enforcement and intelligence agencies just started buying the information from data brokers instead: The National Security Agency (NSA) buys people's internet metadata, and agencies within the Department of Homeland Security—including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP)—purchase cellphone location data. Even agencies without an explicit law enforcement mandate have gotten in on the fun: In one example, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) paid $420,000 for cellphone data in order to monitor compliance with COVID-19 lockdown measures. The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act would ban these transactions. Regarding customer and subscriber records obtained without a warrant, the bill "prohibits law enforcement agencies and intelligence agencies from obtaining the records or information from a third party in exchange for anything of value (e.g., purchasing them)." It further prohibits other government agencies from sharing that information and prevents the records from being used in "any trial, hearing, or proceeding." Again, this should not be controversial: The Fourth Amendment requires law enforcement to get a warrant based upon "probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation," before searching one's "persons, houses, papers, and effects."

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[er-cryptid]

Test Abbreviations

Vt = tidal volume

IRV = inspiratory reserve volume

IC = inspiratory capacity

ERV = expiratory reserve volume

VC = vital capacity

RV = residual volume

TLC = total lung capacity

FRC = functional residual capacity

Vtg = thoracic gas volume

[dancedance-resolution]

Hi again, I am just catching up on your messages and IM SORRY DDR BUT I DO NOT LIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS

I live in Vermont, very much not surprised that that wasn't a guess, it's an often overlooked state 😭 I do not know anything about sports but we do appear to have women's ice hockey, but not any pwhl unfortunately so I cannot offer that as incentive to visit 🥺

ok yes, I see what you were saying about the 8 hour drive lol. I absolutely agree, long drives are the worst... Most of my internet friends live in different countries though, so I think my conclusion about it being not that far was that if you're only 8 hours away from me then technically I could visit? whereas my other friends I have no hope of visiting without a plane ticket 😭

also, I love having my own tag, thank you 🥺

and that sounds like an excellent plan for when you meet with him! proud of you for putting that in place and I'm glad to hear my idea feels useful 💖

and also if you ever do somehow find yourself closer to VT you absolutely should let me know and I will come off anon because I consider you a friend and would love to hang out 💖💖💖But for now, the cloak of anonymity stays because I have revealed too much lmao

-ace lesbian anon

it is frankly astonishing to me that you don’t live in massachusetts, i feel like a solid 35% of tumblr lives in massachusetts….. in fact, i think you’re the first vermont person that i’ve met (knowing they’re from vermont)???🤔 (also you know how michiganders is ppl from michigan and baltimorons is baltimore - do you guys have a vermont version of that?)

anyways so regarding straight boy alas he didn’t message me back about confirming a time yesterday so it didn’t happen! unsure if i’ll message him trying to set smth up again 🤔 i sent my friend screenshots of what i’d sent him initially and they told me they would find that message super jarring lol, which i now very much see 😂 like this is in the top 10 ddr autism moments, and im a muppets fan so that’s saying a lot 😂 generally though, i definitely still want to meet up w a cis man bc im still quite curious, but idk about the timeline now 🤷

i will absolutely let you know if/when i’m up in your area! surely one of these days i’ll get restless to fuck around and head north lol 🫡

hope you’re doing well etc 🥰🥰🥰