#Nature Tours from NYC

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[zuhaism]

⊹ ｡˚ 𓂃 ♡ Y/NRINA FAN FAVOURITES ?! 

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pairing : aespa5th!member x yoo jimin

synopsis : fan favourite y/nrina moments that convince them that they’re more than friends

genre : fluff

┈ clip 1

“we’re in sydney… nature. there’s y/n sunbathing on the grass”

giselle and karina walked over to you. her already closed eyes tightened as their shadows loomed over her. “she’s enjoying the moment..” karina explained to the camera.

“shes also asleep” giselle said with a giggle after nudging the girl and getting no reaction. “yah.. wake up!” karina poked y/n’s side. she flinched and warned her “do it again and ill jump you.”

karina giggled and poked the girls side deeper than before making her sit up. karina stood up and started running while y/n chased after her.

the clip got cut off to y/n on top of karina in the background of winter saying goodbye to the camera. they were on the grass as y/n sprawled her arms out over karina. if you squint you could see y/n cuddling into her.

y/nsairpods : nahh what they doing back there in 4:59

winterinari : we all saw that y/n

┈ clip 2

“helloooo everyonee !!”

“we raided y/ns room”

the live showed ningning, giselle and winter on y/n’s bed. it was currently 12:40am.

“what are you guys doing up?”

“we drank coffee hihi” said ningning as they looked for interesting comments.

“where’s y/n and karina?” read giselle aloud. “here they are.. unnie ill cover your face.” my’s could hear ningning whisper as they turned the camera around.

showing karina facing them straddling y/n on her gaming chair with her hands wrapped around y/n’s shoulder. while she played minecraft.

“haiii” karina waved with her bare face being covered by winters finger. “y/n say hi” winter spoke up.

she raised the hand that was on her keyboard and waved, her gaze still on the monitor. karina giggled and nestled her head deeper into the crook of the girl's neck, turning her attention back to her phone.

ningfordays : THEYRE DATING CMON

meowrina : mann if my girl aint clingy like that i dont want her (i want karina)

┈ clip 3

“now were done with our japan tour..” karina said still chewing on her food. beside her was y/n who eyed her food and opened her mouth.

karina picked up a piece of pickle and fed it to the younger girl. “you gave me vegetables.” y/n made a disgusted face.

“next time get ur own.” y/n made an annoyed face. “you look like a nerd with those glasses on .. chat do you agree with me. please comment ‘karina is a nerd’ i will be watching when this video uploads.”

y/n said whilst taking the camera from karina’s hands and fighting her off before she could get it back. “stop” karina sulked, going back to her food and ignoring y/n who shoved the camera on her face.

“atleast im a cute nerd.” y/n giggled at that.

“my cute nerd”

┈ clip 4

“hello everyone today i’ll be doing y/n’s make up yay!” karina said as she clapper her hands. she layed out the make up materials. “go wash your face first.” karina said to y/n who looked like she just had woken up. with her messy hair and oversized tshirt and pants.

“today we’re going to stroll around nyc but y/n is tired from jetlag so im helping her with her make up.”

y/n came back a little fresher than before. “come sit down.” karina motioned for y/n to sit infront if her. where she prepped a chair so the camera could capture it.

karina was standing as she did y/n’s make up until she got to her eyeliner. “agh this is hard while standing.” karina groaned as she pulled back from applying the eyeliner on y/n’s eyelid.

“sit” y/n pulled karina down on her lap as she was already towering above her. the camera caught the tips of karina’s ears turning red

y/n held karina close, steadying her as she worked on the eyeliner. making karina have the height advantage while y/n just closed her eyes and looked up.

ninging : ik what u are

tinniewinter : idk if i wanna be karina or y/n

┈ clip 5

“cut!” the choreographer called out. aespa was rehearsing for their synk hyper line tour in japan. everyone let out a breath of exhaustion as they let their muscles loose from posing.

karina approached y/n, who stood at her spot with her eyes closed, caught in a moment of post-performance relaxation. she didn’t even flinch when karina grabbed at her hoodie strings that got in her shirt from the vigorous dancing. fixing her hoodie.

she looked back up to face y/n and made eye contact with her. the camera caught the tip of her ears turning red. before she went in to wrap her arms around the girls shoulder. trying to ignore the flustered feeling from the sudden eye contact.

y/n, slightly taken aback, looked at karina with a hint of confusion. she returned the embrace by wrapping her arms around karina’s slim waist.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Wellness surveillance makes workers unwell

I'm on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in TORONTO on Mar 22, then with LAURA POITRAS in NYC on Mar 24, then Anaheim, and more!

"National conversation" sounds like one of those meaningless buzzphrases – until you live through one. The first one I really participated in actively was the national conversation – the global conversation – about privacy following the Snowden revelations.

This all went down when my daughter was five, and as my wife and I talked about the news, our kid naturally grew curious about it. I had to literally "explain like I'm five" global mass surveillance:

https://locusmag.com/2014/05/cory-doctorow-how-to-talk-to-your-children-about-mass-surveillance/

But parenting is a two-way street, so even as I was explaining surveillance to my kid, my own experiences raising a child changed how I thought about surveillance. Obviously I knew about many of the harms that surveillance brings, but parenting helped me viscerally appreciate one of the least-discussed, most important aspects of being watched: how it compromises being your authentic self:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2014/may/09/cybersecurity-begins-with-integrity-not-surveillance

As I wrote then:

There are times when she is working right at the limits of her abilities – drawing or dancing or writing or singing or building – and she catches me watching her and gets this look of mingled embarrassment and exasperation, and then she changes back to some task where she has more mastery. No one – not even a small child – likes to look foolish in front of other people.

Learning, growth, and fulfillment all require a zone of privacy, a time and place where we are not observed. Far from making us accountable, continuous, fine-grained surveillance by authority figures just scares us into living a cramped, inauthentic version of ourselves, where growth is all but impossible. Others have observed the role this plays in right-wing culture war bullshit: "an armed society is a polite society" is code for "people who make me feel uncomfortable just by existing should be terrorized into hiding their authentic selves from me." The point of Don't Say Gay laws and anti-trans bills isn't to eliminate gender nonconformity – it's to drive it into hiding.

Given all this, it's no surprise that workers who face workplace surveillance in the name of "wellness" feel unwell as a result:

https://www.ifow.org/publications/what-impact-does-exposure-to-workplace-technologies-have-on-workers-quality-of-life-briefing-paper

As the Future of Work Institute found in its study, some technologies – systems that make it easier to collaborate and communicate with colleagues – increase workers' sense of wellbeing. But wearables and AI tools make workers feel significantly worse:

https://assets-global.website-files.com/64d5f73a7fc5e8a240310c4d/65eef23e188fb988d1f19e58_Tech%20Exposure%20and%20Worker%20Wellbeing%20-%20Full%20WP%20-%20Final.pdf

Workers who reported these negative feelings confirmed that these tools make them feel "monitored." I mean, of course they do. Even where these tools are nominally designed to help you do your job better, they're also explicitly designed to help your boss keep track of you from moment to moment. As Brandon Vigliarolo writes for The Register, these are the same bosses who have been boasting to their investors about their plans to fire their workers and replace them with AI:

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/14/advanced_workplace_tech_study/

"Bossware" is a key example of the shitty rainbow of "disciplinary technology," tools that exist to take away human agency by making it easier to surveil and control its users:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/01/bossware/#bossware

Bossware is one of the stages of the Shitty Technology Adoption Curve: the process by which abusive and immiserating technologies progress up the privilege gradient as their proponents refine and normalize dystopian technologies in order to impose them on wider and wider audiences:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/24/gwb-rumsfeld-monsters/#bossware

The kinds of metrics that bossware gathers might be useful to workers, but only if the workers get to decide when, whether and how to share that data with other people. Microsoft Office helps you catch typos by underlining words its dictionary doesn't recognize; the cloud-based, "AI-powered" Office365 tells your boss that you're the 11th-worst speller in your division and uses "sentiment analysis" to predict whether you are likely to cause trouble:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/21/great-taylors-ghost/#solidarity-or-bust

Two hundred years ago, Luddites rose up against machines. Contrary to the ahistorical libel you've heard, the Luddites weren't angry or frightened of machines – they were angry at the machines' owners. They understood – correctly – that the purpose of a machine "so easy a child could use it" was to fire skilled adult workers and replace them with kidnapped, indentured Napoleonic War orphans who could be maimed and killed on the job without consequence:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/12/gig-work-is-the-opposite-of-steampunk/

A hundred years ago, the "Taylorites" picked up where those mill owners left off: choreographing workers' movements to the finest degree in a pseudoscientific effort to produce a kind of kabuki of boss-pleasing robotic efficiency. The new, AI-based Taylorism goes even further, allowing bosses to automatically blacklist gig workers who refuse to cross picket-lines, monitor "self-employed" call center operators in their own homes, and monitor the eyeballs of Amazon drivers:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/12/algorithmic-wage-discrimination/#fishers-of-men

AI-based monitoring technologies dock workers' wages, suspend them, and even fire them, and when workers object, they're stuck arguing with a chatbot that is the apotheosis of Computer Says No:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/11/robots-stole-my-jerb/#computer-says-no

There's plenty of research about AI successfully "augmenting" workers, making them more productive and I'm the last person to say that automation can't help you get more done:

https://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/en-us/report/augmented-workforce

But without understanding how AI augments class warfare – disciplining workers with a scale, speed and granularity beyond the sadistic fantasies of even the most micromanaging asshole boss – this research is meaningless.

The irony of bosses imposing monitoring to improve "wellness" and stave off "burnout" is that nothing is more exhausting, more immiserating, more infuriating than being continuously watched and judged.

Name your price for 18 of my DRM-free ebooks and support the Electronic Frontier Foundation with the Humble Cory Doctorow Bundle.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/15/wellness-taylorism/#sick-of-spying

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[herejusttosufferalong]

Here are my theories about N/L relationship. I am positive 50% is true, just not sure which 50%! They had chemistry from day 1, became friends and flirty with no feelings showing until the start of S3 filming. They couldn’t help the attraction, everybody on the set saw it and I think J felt it and discussions were had. Up to Sep 22, J referred to L’s mom and sis as MIL and SIL.

L/N were told that feelings may happen due to intensity, long hours, a uniquely shared experience and the roles they are acting. It was recommended for the sake of their careers they should wait and see if the feelings last. So ends, S3 filming. L goes to his Raya, young girl, vacay mode and ends up with A, who is a close friend of S. (I will not bring his SM fiasco from last year. That boy is just not savvy or astute enough to use SM to his professional advancement!) N starts dating E in April of last year. All is relatively hunky dory. Come Jan and PR training. They probably were just told to let go and let their natural chemistry shine, because PR people are not idiots! And boy, did they. A sees this and probably feels it too and starts to make some demands. She wants to be known as his gf and have an increase in her SM #, so she can monetize it. She posts Hotel locations, etc because they get to stay there at a reduced cost at the least. (The Soho vacays are just brag. L is the member, the rest are just friends that can go with him, but not alone). I am sure to a certain degree, A orchestrated the In Style fiasco.

Feelings get more confusing and complicated with N/L during the WT. A surprises L at the NYC premiere. He doesn’t seem thrilled about it, introduces A as a friend. During the A/N ‘intro’ and hug, A says she thinks N is funny! (She is, but an odd thing to say to your bf’s costar at an after party). Have no idea what other things happen behind the scenes, but all of us fall in love with Lukola. If they had had a wedding reception at the end of the London premiere, nobody would be surprised and there would be puddles of goo worldwide from our collective swooning.

Instead we got the pap pix.

Whoever arranged this is the single most evil and unromantic person in the world. We didn’t even get to watch part 2 and we were slapped hard and left confused. A can do whatever she wants, she will never have chemistry with L.

L got the backlash and N came to his rescue with a very sweet declaration. I think the SATC clip which was done during S3 filming was maybe supposed to bring the narrative to the show and funny things? or maybe N was upset by L’s behavior or inaction? I like to think N is not petty, but who knows. She took it down, because the comments went in the direction she wasn’t expecting. (She still needs to learn TT over Insta, they are different beasts.)

Apparently, E exited at some point. Maybe the romantic engagement dinner DM reported was actually a breakup?

Your post on LaLa land, I felt was too on the nose. With this current mess, maybe their professional advancement means no HEA. He did make a post and put LaLa Land?! She has made her career her priority. She is a Hamilton fan, she is not going to throw away her shot!! Is he subconsciously ruining his career? Does he just want to be in her presence and light? Can they work it out?

I brewed more coffee and am sitting at the restaurant with the rest of you. I just ordered a stack of pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream.

Your thoughts?

"Apparently, E exited at some point. Maybe the romantic engagement dinner DM reported was actually a breakup?"

It wasn't until recently that I considered they actual broke up or took a break around Nov/Dec '23 and then rekindled Feb/Mar '24

But that Nic sighting posted by DM was in Jan '24, no?

Maybe they reconnected sooner and then finally parted ways in Mar or early April

I know folks like to say that N wasn't as flirty or obvious until the end of the press tour but the April press junkets and livestream was something else

[vampiricgf]

idgaf about chappell roan but this weird debate going on because she refused to perform at the white house and is touring in red states so people are making shit up that shes some maga loving trumper is all beyond fucking brain dead.

these people always tell on themselves anytime red state vs blue state comes up. when texas had that massive snowstorm people were cheering for others to die because they lived in texas, forgetting that the majority of the population is people of color who live in massively gerrymandered voting districts and that politicians actively sabotage voting efforts in the south. anytime florida has a natural disaster suddenly everyones having their own personal snl audition for worst fucking comedian alive all because they think the idea of people in a red state dying in a hurricane is funny karmic justice. who do you think was most impacted by hurricane katrina? people of color in new orleans, louisiana. idk how to tell you that real people live in those places, real queer people and real people of color who are detrimentally impacted by laws in the south that make it harder for them to enact any positive changes but that doesn't mean they all have to abandon their homes en mass for major cities like LA or NYC in order to be "one of the good ones" if nobody is fighting for change in those areas then how the hell would change ever come about? the people doing that in red states are braver than any idiotic divorced from reality metro dickhead who thinks they're inherently better because they live in a blue state buying $9 coffee while typing asinine twitter replies to the people actually making an active difference in the world

[keiratheraven]

Bentley 8 Squad & Bella Goth as Taylor Swift Albums

I didn't put Taylor's self-titled album because she herself didn't include her songs from this album in The Eras Tour. I know, everyone will think that Angie is the only faithful swiftie. But I think almost of all her albums has resemblance to the Bentley 8 Squad, and Bella Goth as well.

Fearless (2008): similar to Johnny Smith, even though he has green skin, he has a strong confidence and doesn't care what others think about him.

Speak Now (2010): similar to Angela Pleasant. Angela is a swiftie from the beginning, and the butterfly + koi fish aesthetics in this album is very personal to her.

Red (2012): No need to explain. The entire RED album especially the color belongs to the Legendary Bella Goth.

1989 (2014): The blue aesthetics and the dreams of NYC belongs to Dirk, ofc.

Reputation (2017): The dark aesthetic and snakes. Need I say more? Couldn't be better for Lilith.

Lover (2019): Ripp is a romance sim who is proudly bisexual, and I believe "You Need to Calm Down" is his favorite LGBTQ+ Anthem.

Folklore/Evermore (2020): Puck is a fairy who loves nature, and he spends most of his time in the forest or woods.

Midnights (2022): I believe Dustin likes the lighter symbolism due to his bad boy nature, and "Vigilante Shit" is his favorite revenge anthem.

The Tortured Poets Department (2024): Ophelia is a poet who has anxiety and depression like the songs represented in this album. And the gray aesthetics belongs to her.

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just wanna bite down on that chain whilst d word matty rails me w my legs on his shoulders soz lol xxx

god ok let's say you fly out to meet him in nyc towards the end of fashion week, so you can spend a little bit of time together uninterrupted before the US tour starts (you've been working diligently back in the offices in both london and then LA doing final bits and bobs in prep for it). it's been a couple of weeks since you've been together, so naturally matty's on you pretty much the second you drop your bags in the hotel room, and his kisses are so distracting that you don't even notice the chain until you're trying to one-handedly shove his shirt off his shoulders (the other hand is in his hair, naturally) and your scrambling fingers meet cool metal. you jerk back like you've been shocked, jaw dropping as you take in your boyfriend's new accessory; matty moans lightly as you run your fingers across it gently, and you're like "this is pretty. d'you rewatch normal people and get inspired?", and matty's like "what? nah, i've never seen it. just saw this when i was shopping and thought it was cool. and, more importantly, i thought you'd like it lol". you're like "firstly, how the FUCK have you never seen normal people? we need to rectify that. but first... i need to appreciate that chain. close up, please", and matty laughs like "alright, princess". he scoops you onto the bed and makes quick work of getting you naked - well, almost, because as soon as matty sees the new lingerie you're wearing he just leans back and stares at you adoringly like "you're beautiful". you blush at the compliment, but you're getting needier by the second, so you hook a finger under the chain and use it to tug matty towards you so you can kiss him and murmur "and i'm even more beautiful when i'm cumming for you"; matty groans a "fuck, babe", but takes the hint and quickly undresses you both so he can slide inside you. and it starts off sweet, the two of you kissing and moaning into each other's mouths as matty slowly fucks you, but you need more - you caress your boyfriend's jaw like "missed you fucking me like this, baby. did you miss it too?", and matty's like "so fucking much, sweetheart", and you smile like "show me how much, please. make me feel it". like you said, matty lifts your legs to rest on his shoulders, leaning forward and stretching your legs in the most delicious way as he begins to fuck you desperately. it's GOOD, proper eyes-rolling-back-inducing, whimpering with every thrust type of sex, made even better by the fucked-out expression on your boyfriend's face and the chain dangling above your equally as fucked-out one; as matty moves slightly, the metal hits off your lip, and on nothing more than base desire you take it between your teeth, moaning around it as an orgasm starts to build in your lower stomach. the whole thing is so erotic to matty that he finds himself getting close, too, speeding up his movements in an effort to get you both off as he chokes out a "m'gonna cum, princess, tell me where you want it" - you release the chain from your lips to whine out "inside, please", but before you can take it back between your teeth matty kisses you deeply as orgasm hits you both. it's so strong that you actually bite his lip so hard it bleeds, which you only register after matty pulls back and out of you to run and grab a damp washcloth from the ensuite; as he comes back to bed, you're like "babe! you're bleeding! fuck, i'm so sorry", and matty shrugs like "it's alright, i'm alright". he then smirks like "the chain really made you go a bit feral, princess, didn't it? i love it. but i think i need to return the favour and mark up that pretty neck of yours now, yeah?", and you giggle like "you know, you could just take me to tiffany's and buy me a pretty necklace", and matty's like "well, we can do that too, once your legs start working again lol". hot! <3

[what-if-i-just-did]

Guilt & Revenge: Trust Issues

Whumptober Day 2: Trust Issues

Guilt & Revenge Masterlist

Wa I'm so excited to introduce ya'll to Noah-Elise!! Honestly she's so stubborn she just decided to be the caretaker in a story that wasn't supposed to have one but I'm just gonna sit back and see where she's taking this.

(I've literally made moodboards for every room in her apartment and I have a floorplan of it help)

TWs: Recovery after years of torture, anxiety, fear of breaking rules, mentions of food, blood, lack of clothing options, being deadnamed, getting startled by a slammed door, tears, having a bath, cells, and being really skinny

Amber hesitantly looked around the part of the apartment he could see. It wasn’t that big, but it was decent, considering they were in NYC. It was much bigger than the cell. 

The colours in the living room, where they were standing, were all tints of cream and gray and brown and natural greens, all very homey and comfortable. Still, it set his nerves alight. Noah-Elise was wearing a baby blue dress with a black corset, neon blue and black striped thigh-high socks, a lot of gothic jewelry, and a dark blue flannel. It had been a while since he’d seen anyone in alternative clothes. It was weird, remembering how he used to spend all his time being a part of those subcultures. He eyed the flannel suspiciously. It looked eerily similar to one that Mercedes had.

He could see a few doors, all open. He saw black tiles from a bathroom floor, and he was suddenly very grateful they weren’t white. He didn’t think he’d’ve liked going in there if it had been white. He could see the counter of what seemed like a narrow kitchen. He saw a double bed and a large, mirrored closet in another room, and quickly averted his eyes. It was clearly Noah-Elise’s bedroom, and.. he didn’t like the mirror. There was one more door, which wasn’t quite shut, but nonetheless, he couldn’t see inside the room behind it.

The past few days had been entirely chaotic. Passing out wasn’t a particularly new experience to him, but waking up in the hospital had been. He still couldn’t believe it had taken him several days to wake up. Noah-Elise had come almost as soon as he’d called, and their reunion was tearful and overwhelming. Everything had been so overwhelming.

The doctor had come and checked him over, Noah-Elise had said that he’d be staying with her, and she’d gotten instructions on how to take care of him and to watch out for refeeding syndrome and all these other things that, frankly, scared him. Everything scared him.

“Want a quick tour? There’s not really much to see..” Noah-Elise smiled apologetically. He hated it. He hated the way he was being treated like he was fragile- he hated more than anything that it was for good reason. It all felt so wrong. He shouldn’t’ve gotten out. It was a mistake. An accident. If he was as obedient as he was supposed to be, he should go back. Tell them he wasn’t dead, they made a mistake. Face whatever punishment was deemed suitable for this all. But he was so desperately relieved to be out… he couldn’t go back even if he wanted to. Not that the doctors or Noah-Elise would have allowed it. But still, it just.. felt wrong.

He nodded silently, and she smiled wider in pride. What was there to be proud of? All he did was nod. He sighed, and trailed after her. She pointed out the bathroom- which was dark purple and black, darker colors than he’d seen in a very long time. The hospital had seemed so colorful after years of a plain white cell, but Noah-Elise’s apartment really reminded him that other colors also existed. It was startling but.. good. It was a very fancy-looking bathroom, and he knew instinctively that Noah-Elise had DIY’d her way through most of the decor. That hurt, for some reason. He knew her so well.. had known her so well. And now, who knew how she had changed? 

He was scared of her. Couldn’t help it. For years, the presence of another person had very rarely not meant pain. He hated it. He wanted to trust her, to curl up in her arms and feel safe, like he was fifteen again, and cry. But he couldn’t. He couldn’t trust her. His guard had been up ever since he’d woken up, with all these strange new things that weren’t actually new and he was exhausted. He wanted her to leave him alone so he could curl up and sleep without worrying about being woken up and thrown straight into more pain. He hated himself for wanting her to leave when she’d been nothing but kind to him- taking him in, taking care of him, but not just now. Ever since they were thirteen, she’d been there for him. What had he ever done for her? 

The kitchen was very narrow, even more than his cell. It was white, and had paint splattered strategically all over the wall and cabinets. For a second Amber thought it was wallpaper before he spotted the stray splotches on the ceiling, past the line of where the painting tape must have been. “Did that ourselves”, is what Noah-Elise said when she caught him looking. Which startled the fuck out of him, making him feel like he’d been caught breaking a rule. A flicker of pity, or realization, crossed her face, before she slightly stammered and moved on.

She opened the door at the far end of the kitchen, leading to the balcony. There was a potted sunflower in the corner, and a hammock in the middle, and not much else. “This is one of my favorite places to hang out and read when it’s sunny. You’ll love it”, Noah-Elise said, with a soft, hopeful smile that broke Amber’s heart. He knew that damn smile. Same way she smiled after Jake got into a bar fight and she’d disinfected his scraped hands. Same way she smiled when Trevor came home after someone at school had bullied him for having two dads. He knew the damn smile, because he knew her, so why did he feel so fucking unsafe with her? If he couldn’t even feel safe with Noah-Elise… 

The first year, or two.. on the boat, it was hard to tell the time but.. the first while, all he’d thought about was coming back home to her and Jake, and Trevor and Dave & Zander. He was out!!! Why couldn’t he just be okay now?!

Amber was startled out of his thoughts by the sound of a door slamming. Immediately, a thousand apologies and pleadings were on his tongue, but they died at his lips, when he saw Noah-Elise’s face. Her face had changed too, of course. She was older now. Not really a teenager anymore. Fuck, neither was he. “Shit! I’m sorry, Am. The balcony doors are really hard to close, I just.. I’m sorry, I wasn’t thinking, are you okay? Amber?”

He still wasn’t used to being called his real name again. His vision went blurry with tears, and he couldn’t tell if it was from the fright, or from the sheer relief that overcame him. He quickly nodded, hoping she didn’t notice. “I’m okay,” he whispered, “Just scared.” 

Noah-Elise seemed to realize he didn’t couldn’t handle comfort right now, and he was grateful for the fact that she just moved on without mentioning it.

She showed him her bedroom without entering it. It was mint and baby pink. Not just the walls… everything. The bedding, the floor, the rug, the curtains, even the bathrobes hanging on the door. 

“If you need something while I’m in here, please knock, kay? Unless it’s uh, an emergency, or if I’m asleep. Yeah?”

He nodded silently, noting that he wasn’t allowed in her room without permission. He ignored the “emergency” thing. Emergencies mean urgency, and urgency meant it was about something important, which he was not. He didn’t even have to go through that thought process, it was just obvious to him that emergencies could never apply to him. 

Amber wondered if he’d be allowed to sleep on the sofa in the living room. It seemed really comfortable.

“You also saw the living room since it’s also kind of the hallway so… last but not least, the guest room. Or, I guess it’s your room now.” Noah-Elise further opened the door that he hadn’t been able to see past, revealing a bedroom with dark blues and pastel yellows, almost a beach theme. His jaw would have dropped if his most prominent stress response wasn’t a poker face. He got a whole room to himself..? Fuck, that bed looked amazingly soft. His own room? She was planning on keeping him that long? He got to.. to stay here? Holy shit. He couldn’t even comprehend.. this wasn’t a joke, right? He could barely comprehend that he’d be allowed to sleep in that amazing-looking bed, with proper bedding, holy fuck..

Suddenly he became aware she was still talking. “Sorry, what?” He felt so bad for interrupting her but he didn’t wanna miss any more of what she was saying. It had to be important if she was bothering to tell him. The color in the room was colorful enough not to remind him of his cell, but still calm enough that he didn’t feel too overwhelmed… it was perfect. 

“I said, let’s get you some clean clothes… yeah?” Noah-Elise looked at him, concerned.

He stared at her, even more speechless than he’d been before. Clean clothes..? He looked down at what he was wearing. A tank top that was once white, now almost brown with filth and dried blood. Cargo shorts that Paul bought him… maybe a year ago already? Also covered in filth, but more sturdy than the top, which was even torn in places. It wasn’t visible, but he knew that the boxershorts he was wearing under the cargo shorts had a few holes in them, threadbare in some places. He’d only gotten new underwear once since he’d woken up in the cell.

“Okay, you can wait for me in the bathroom, I’ll be right back.” 

An order, one he was more than willing to follow. He hated how being given a command slightly calmed his anxiety, but he obeyed anyway. He’d get clothes. And a soft bed. He couldn’t afford to screw up. A tiny voice, somewhere in the back of his mind, told him Noah-Elise wouldn’t withhold clothing or bedding if he didn’t obey her. He frowned at it. 

Why wouldn’t she? That’s how things work. Right? He shook his head.

After a few minutes, Noah-Elise came back with a little pile of clothes. “Here”, she said. “I’ll give you some privacy to change. Tell me if you need anything?”

Amber looked at her in awe, and nodded. Then his brain caught up, and he realized he was given permission to request something. He was already given so many things but… “Food?”

“Oh! Of course. I’ll have dinner ready once you’re done, if you wanna take a bath. And.. Amber?”

“Mm?” He was still staring at the clothes. 

“I’m glad you’re home. Like.. really glad.”

He looked up, and for the first time in probably over a year, smiled genuinely. “Me too.”

He locked the bathroom door and ran a bath, sitting in it until the water was brown and cold. Afterwards, he got dressed in the clothes he’d been given; a pair of skinny jeans that didn’t feel tight on him, a band shirt of Within Temptation that felt like it was swallowing him whole, and a red flannel. He felt more covered than he had in years. He wasn’t even questioning why Noah-Elise had pants that actually reached down to his ankles, cause fuck knows if they were hers they wouldn't have. He’d been promised food- he could even smell it. And there was a soft bed waiting for him. And… it was all because of Noah-Elise.

He quietly slipped out of the bathroom and watched her cook. He felt like he was breaking a rule, looking at her without her knowing. It made him nervous. But he stayed for a minute, just watching. He was still scared. That wouldn’t go away any time soon. But maybe it would eventually.

Maybe he could learn to trust his best friend again. 

[therosielord]

If you are planning on fleeing a red state, here is my pitch for moving to Chicago

I am a lesbian and a lifelong Chicagoan and I fuckin love it here. I grew up here, went to college here, and now live here as an adult, and I have no plans to leave. Despite being the 3rd biggest city in America, Chicago gets weirdly overlooked a lot and many people have never even been here.

If you are fleeing a red state because you're LGBTQ+, a woman, or an immigrant, here are the reasons I think you should move to Chicago:

We're a super queer-friendly city with several historically queer neighborhoods (that are actually affordable enough to live in).

Illinois has literally never voted red in my entire lifetime. That's the entire 21st century so far, btw.

We have a looooong history of fighting for abortion rights, even helping women get care before it was legal (google the Jane Collective).

Although there are red counties in the more rural part of the states, the blue influence of Chicago spreads far beyond the city's official borders. Chicago has such a large network of sprawling towns around it that still feel like a part of the city that we have a name for it: Chicagoland! So even if you're not a city person, you can find lots of more rural spaces within Chicagoland.

If you can't stand the idea of living too far from nature, never fear: there are tons of gorgeous nature preserves around Chicago! I grew up in a suburb where both the city border AND a forest preserve were a bike ride away.

Illinois has a great governor, J. B. Pritzker, whose response after the recent election was "To anyone who intends to come take away the freedom, opportunity, and dignity of Illinoisans, I would remind you that a happy warrior is still a warrior. You come for my people – you come through me."

We're a very diverse city with a large immigrant population. (Fun fact: the only city with a larger population of Polish people is Warsaw.) We have many localized ethnic neighborhoods all over the city. Which ties into my next point...

We have amazing food! Seriously, Chicago is super overlooked as one of the best eating cities in the country. I can find literally any cuisine from any country somewhere in Chicagoland, and we have everything from 3 Michelin star restaurants to hidden gem counter service spots with the best tacos al pastor you've ever had.

We have very strict gun control laws. Unfortunately, people get around these laws by going to Indiana to buy guns (thanks a LOT, Indiana), but the extra hassle means that there are actually fewer guns here than in red states and no one can open carry.

Chicago has a $15 citywide minimum wage and has plans to phase out tipping in restaurants (replaced with higher salaries).

We have really amazing museums like the Art Institute of Chicago (widely considered to be one of the best museums IN THE WORLD), the Field Museum (home to the most complete T-Rex ever, our beautiful mascot Sue), as well as a great aquarium, modern art museum, planetarium, and so many more I can't list them all. And they all have free days for Illinois residents!

We have great public transit. I don't own a car, most of my friends don't own a car, and we can get around just fine.

We never have hurricanes because we're a LAKE city, baby. We do have tornados but they rarely hit the actual city, they tend to stay out where there's more open space.

Cost of living is lower than other major blue cities like San Francisco and NYC

We have two baseball teams so that's double the baseball

Broadway shows frequently do a premier in Chicago before they open in NYC so we get a lot of huge musicals here. I've gotten free tickets to shows that later went on to tour the country.

Unlike SOME other large blue cities I could mention, we know how to put our trash in DUMPSTERS instead of IN THE STREET.

Giant bean

Your life will change after you've had a juicy Italian beef sandwich with hot giardiniera.

And finally, to address all the stories about Chicago being a crime-ridden warzone, here's the deal: they are simply not true. Where do those stories come from? It's simple: Chicago has a historically large black population and we're a liberal city. Racist republicans have convinced themselves that this means we must be a haven for crime. We have the same amount of crime as any large city, which is to say: far less crime per capita than in rural red areas. Seriously, look it up.

Not only is Chicago not the most dangerous city in America, we don't even make the list of the top 25.

But the thing is, those lies about Chicago actually kind of work in our favor, because it means that Republicans are too scared to come here. My own grandparents haven't visited in 10 years because they're convinced that if they do they'll get shot or something.

Anyway, move to Chicago, it's great here. And it'll probably be one of the safest strongholds for whatever comes in the next 4 years. If you're also from Chicago and have any other points I missed, please add them!

[stassiemontgomery]

" Oh, I'm sorry, sorry that you love me (ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha) Change my mind up like it's origami "

leaving   lipstick   stains   on   collars,   popping   champagne   over   conversations   in  foreign   languages,   and   early   sunday   mornings   sneaking   out   of   stranger’s   beds   to   get   to   get   barre   class ...

►GENERAL INFORMATION

FULL NAME: Anastasia Victorie Montgomery NICKNAME(S): Ana, Stassie LABEL: The Ice Princess AGE: 25 DATE OF BIRTH: July 10, 1999 ZODIAC: Cancer Sun, Virgo Rising, Leo Moon GENDER & PRONOUNS: Female; She/Her HERITAGE: English, Russian SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): English, French, Russian OCCUPATION: Olympic Figure Skater / Professional Dancer SEXUALITY & ROMANCE: Bisexual; Biromantic { female preference }

► APPEARANCE

FACE CLAIM: Jessica Alexander HEIGHT: 5'6" WEIGHT: 121 lbs. DOMINANT HAND: Right HAIR COLOR: Strawberry Blonde EYE COLOR: Blue SCARS: None. TATTOOS: None.

►PERSONALITY

POSITIVE TRAITS: Adroit, Romantic, Loyal, Brave, Compassionate, Passionate, Ambitious, Benevolent, Athletic. NEGATIVE TRAITS: Enigmatic, Guarded, Sensitive, Stubborn, Easily Bored, Perfectionistic, Detached. LIKES: Cafes, the sound of records playing, the smell of a new book and the smell of rain, astronomy, nature, cable-knit sweaters, the city lights, messy buns, old drive-ins, traveling, art museums, Shakespeare, Van Gogh, deep conversations, road trips, poetry, midnight runs. DISLIKES: Being told what to do, being the first to show up, being the last to show up, not being taken seriously, someone underestimating her, the cold, feeling rushed, the sensation of being crowded, being called ‘selfish’ or 'ungrateful', restriction of freedom, close-minded people, being talked over, people who sell out, those without passion.

►MENTALITY

PHOBIAS: Atychiphobia DISORDERS: OCD ALLERGIES: Seasonal (Pollen)

►BACKGROUND

HOMETOWN: Manhattan, NYC CURRENT RESIDENCE: Beverly Park, Los Angeles, CA EDUCATION LEVEL: BA in Mass Communications FAMILIAL CONNECTIONS: -Aurelia Montgomery - 54, Mother -Victor Montgomery - 50, Father

►FAVORITES

FOOD: Chocolate-covered strawberries DRINK: London Fog MOVIE: Black Swan / Marie Antoinette TV SHOW: The L Word, Sex Lives of College Girls, Bridgerton ARTIST/BAND: Tate McRae, The 1975, FLETCHER, Renee Rapp SONG: exes - Tate McRae

► EXTRA INFORMATION

JUNG TYPE: ENFP ENNEAGRAM: The Pathfinder (7w6) TEMPERAMENT: Sanguine MORAL ALIGNMENT: Neutral Good SIN: Pride VIRTUE: Diligence ELEMENT: Fire CHARACTER PLAYLIST

"I'm a wild ride that never stops. I'm a hard case they can't unlock."

► BIOGRAPHY

TW; family dysfunction

When Anastasia was born, her name was given as a path of life. Her mother having had been one of the most famous ballerinas for the Russian Ballet, it only made sense to give her daughter the name of one of the most sought-after roles for dancers. At the time, her parents had no idea just how big of a force she was going to be in the ballet realm. As others took steps, Anastasia took leaps. She was quickly the favorite in every studio she walked into, and she also managed to be the top of her class in academics as well. Even when making the switch from a public school to a prestigious performing arts school when she was in middle school, Anastasia never faltered in the changes in her life. From Clara in The Nutcracker, to Odette and Odile in Swan Lake, her talent well proceeded her and her mother gracefully handed on the baton of the ballet legacy when she retired. Though, Anastasia loved ballet; the discipline and well as the freedom, she also began to struggle when her mother retired. It was then, that she wasn't dancing for herself anymore, but living a life her mother could live vicariously through. At least she still had figure skating. Figure skating was something that was fully Anastasia's. Even when she was first competing, she loved the adrenaline rush that came from being on the ice. After the induction into the NYC Ballet, after touring headlining shows and juggling a social life and her figure skating, Anastasia told her mother that she wanted to pursue a higher education in mass communications. She received a full-ride scholarship (though she didn't need it) for an accelerated program in journalism and mass communications because of her GPA and outstanding SAT scores to NYU. Her father was the one who wouldn't let her pass it up. Suddenly, Anastasia's name is plastered all over the papers when her competition broke their ankle. Now having to compete in a placement that was given to her on a technicality, Anastasia is battling the negative headlines whilst trying to clean her family name. Ana is currently residing in Beverly Park try to get some of the pressure from the press off of her.

► DEEP DIVE

Anastasia is a force to be reckoned with; She's not afraid to speak her mind, and competition runs in her veins. If she wants something, she goes and gets it, and may no one get stuck in her path. Though she can be intense in these ways, she also has a warmth to her that draws people in. Elegant, soft, and almost whimsical - Anastasia can never truly fit in anywhere. If anything, she sticks out like a sore thumb. This aspect about her either makes her well-loved or disliked (some may write her off as pretentious or snobby), depending on the person. She loves art history due to her father being an art historian and growing up listening to all sorts of foreign fairytales and mythology. She's a hopeless romantic, but tends to self sabotage relationships. She enjoys dancing in the rain and making life cinematic at any and every opportunity. She's genuinely kind, and at the end of the day she'll make anyone laugh without knowing she's being funny. She's just drawn as a villian but has such a soft girl vibe.She's just guarded to a default due to coming from old money on her father's side and experiencing people trying to use her/them to get to the fortune.

[bookishfreedom]

Happy Pub day to a book as delightful as its cover suggests! 🪴✨🩷

Finally Fitz follows Ava "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a teen fashion influencer following her dreams - and her girlfriend, Dani - to New York City for a competitive summer fashion program.

But shortly after arrives, her picture-perfect summer falls apart when Dani breaks up with her, taking Fitz's confidence and inspiration along with her.

After a chance run-in with her long-long childhood best friend Levi, also going through his own breakup, Fitz concocts the perfect solution: fake dating to make both of their exes jealous enough to want them back. What could possibly go wrong?

Admittedly it took me a while to really get into this one, but after sticking with it, I ended up really enjoying it!!

Fitz is messy and complicated and real. She is someone simply trying to figure out her place in the world, in a way that I think we can all relate to. (Anyone who can't handle second-hand embarrassment from books? Consider yourself warned.)

I absolutely fell in love with Levi and all of his plant-rescuing, tour guiding dorkiness. If anything, I felt like we didn't get enough of Levi. Understandably so; Fitz deals with lots of challenges during her time in New York, challenges that are equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking. Still, I would ve loved to see even more depth to Levi outside of his relationship with Fitz.

This was the first YA novel I've read that has made me feel old - apparently Paramore is considered "retro" now? - but I also felt it went a little too heavy on the pop culture references for my taste. (Even as someone living through the social media age, SIX references to TikTok felt like overkill.)

Other than that, I greatly enjoyed Marisa Kanter's writing style. The dialogue (especially the banter!!) was delightful and natural. And boy, does she know how to set a scene! Even as someone who has never been the biggest NYC fan, I left this book feeling a little bit in love with the place.

Highly recommend to anyone looking for a YA romcom with some deeper themes.

Endless thanks to Netgalley and SimonTeen for the ARC in exchange for an honest review <3

[mooifyourecows]

What food do y’all have in good ol’ ‘Mercia?

all of it

honestly though it depends on where you are. America is a big immigrant country, with people from all over the world bringing their authentic food with them. if you're in a big city with a big variety of people (Chicago, NYC, LA, etc), you can pretty much find ANY kind of cuisine possible. If youre touring around Chicago and suddenly think "MAN i could really go for some moi moi rn..." you're in luck! you can easily find a nigerian restaurant to meet your needs no problemo!

now if you're in a small, podunk one stoplight town, variety is a lot harder to find. You WILL almost always have Mexican food as an option though. Good mexican food too. made by actual mexicans. i've been to a lot of mexican restaurants here in America on account of it is my favorite and I've never encountered one owned or operated by non mexicans. other than like... fast food like taco bell and such. white people mexican restaurants don't last long because they have to compete with authentic deliciousness and that's just not possible (obviously this is just my personal experience and i have not been to EVERY town in america so i'm sure there are some exceptions)

Different parts of the country have different popular foods. In coastal states you'll find a lot of seafood, naturally. Maine is rollin in lobster (joke about lobster rolls), and you'll find several different types of BBQ, from Texas to Kansas City to Memphis to a backyard near you 🫵. Southern Soul Food is one of my faves, what with the jambalaya and the gumbo and the corn bread and mac and cheese and so on and so forth, deliciously 🤤 (i swear if i ever make it to New Orleans one of these days, i'm not going home without gaining at least 50lbs)

We have a big pizza culture here and you can find different pizza types all over the country. There's some debate about which pizza is the BEST pizza, mainly with Chicago deep dish and NYC style in a neverending battle of butting heads. (personally i'm just happy to get any pizza so i can't say who is better)

Then there's the stuff like Philly Cheese steak, the Reuben, pies (so many pies, but namely apple and pumpkin are the big ones), New England Clam Chowder, buckeyes, cheese curds, tex-mex, etc.

Diners are kinda the backbone of American eating, if you ask me, because you're destined to find diners everywhere. they're comforting, they're familiar, they have big menus, and they're within budget. Diners usually serve breakfast all day too, so you can swing in late in the evening (or even in the middle of the night) and order a big plate of chicken and waffles and a warm slice of apple pie à la mode any damn time you want!

I hear non americans are always baffled by biscuits and gravy, because it definitely doesn't LOOK appetizing but it's SO good. country gravy with a spicy sausage on fresh, flaky biscuits? Yall i'm gettin hungry just thinking about it. that was the meal i ate, hungover, after my 21st birthday, and i didn't regret a single bite mmMMm

i also hear that non americans don't eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches but those are a big part of American culture, especially when you're a kid. aint nothin hit harder at lunchtime than takin a big ol bite of a gooey pb&j and chasin it with ice cold milk

Thanksgiving dinners are also iconically American food culture. gettin 20 of your family members together in one house, cookin a big ass turkey and serving it with a plethora of homestyle sides like stuffing, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, yams, mac and cheese, buttERNUT SQUASH, ACORN SQUASH, PUMPKIN PIE OH MAN OH MY i think i need to eat something before i gnaw through my arm

there's great native food too! frybread and succotash and what not. corn is a big thing for the indigenous people here and they popularized a lot of uses for it. I unfortunately haven't had a lot of it so i can't really speak on what's great and all, but if you just look up Native American food, you will see corn's influence lol

and OF COURSE we got the hamburgers and hot dogs. i know that fast food joints like mcdonalds have spread everywhere these days like a blight on the earth, but they're like... gas station burgers in comparison to the good stuff you can get. same with hotdogs. like i know that you can buy hotdogs from the store in a lot of places (for some reason in jars of liquid in the UK, i learned recently, which is..... fun) but they're not the same as getting a delicious hotdog with the works at a baseball game, you know? it's not the SAME. there's so much variety with what you can do with burgers and hotdogs! and Americans love to grill. it's pretty normal for households to have a grill they bust out every summer for backyard BBQs and cookouts.

anyway, i can't really tell you more about specific foods only in america because i genuinely don't know which foods here haven't either been brought over from somewhere else or have breached containment and gone off to other countries. i sometimes see restaurants in other countries have a "USA style" food and it seems to almost always be the most comically disgusting thing i've ever seen. (like pizza with fries and hot dogs as toppings lmaoooo)(ngl tho, i'd try it)

if anybody has some iconic American food to mention, feel free to do so! 👀

[yara-burton]

I had always felt like I had everything I could ever dream of, until I met Lewis.

Growing up, I felt like I was constantly traveling between London and Canada to see each of my parents. I spent half the year with one of them until I was old enough to realize it made more sense to be with my mum full-time, as I was always treated as more of an afterthought when I was around my dad. Once I turned 18, I knew moving to NYC to be with my cousin was going to be the best thing for me, having never really felt like I belonged in Canada or London.

Building a life for myself in NYC felt natural, especially once I met Romy and we had our flat together. Spending my days working either at my gallery or on a shoot was exactly what I had always dreamed about when I pictured having a career. It was perfect. I couldn’t imagine things feeling any better than they were, then I met Lewis.

Being with Lewis for the past couple of months changed everything, all in the most unexpected way. I knew he was special right from the start, when he asked to tour the gallery and wanted to know every detail about every piece of art that was on display. Talking to him practically nonstop every day after that and making plans to see each other as soon as we were free was how I spent my days after our date, and it felt so foreign to me. Never had I been with someone where I immediately felt so connected, so seen and understood like I did with Lewis.

I feel whole in a way I never realized I was lacking, simply because of him. His love and support, and the love I have for him feels so encompassing, like something you could only read about. Spending the past few days in London after my dad’s funeral and traveling to Manchester to meet the people Lewis loves the most has left me seeing everything in a new light, with fresh eyes. I’ve known from the beginning that being back in the UK is where he wanted to end up, and while I may have tried to use that as my reasoning to keep him at a distance at first, now I embrace it, knowing that we’re a packaged deal. Where he goes, I go.

[walkingtilwefall]

What do you like about Jacob Kemp David?

Sorry, just seeing this now!

I actually was not a fan of Newsies prior to seeing the tour. I was living in NYC when it opened on Broadway but was too busy to see anything on Broadway, and I had seen the movie on VHS when I was a kid (probably about 7 or 8 years after it came out) and wasn't, like, transfixed. When the tour was announced and happening, I was living with family in Boston. I grew up doing theater with Jacob (not professional, just stuff at camp) and I've always been the kind of person who will show up for people years after we stop seeing each other on a regular basis because I like to celebrate my friends' accomplishments. He was also one of the nicest people I knew, and I felt bad for having drifted apart (I had tried to get our core friend group together multiple times over the years but one girl was basically like "stop trying, nobody cares" and looking back, she was probably wrong but I didn't want to hear that from multiple people so I just kinda gave up) so it was really important to be there.

I saw the show in Boston on the last night of the tour, and his performance completely blew me away. I'm a very anxious person by nature and I think he played his Davey a lot more anxious than Ben did (and no shade to Ben, I ADORE Ben) which made Davey's accomplishments that much more rewarding to see because it read like he had much more at stake. I thought he worked very well with Dan, and I felt as if their connection was more based in their character work than Ben/Jeremy's who, I felt, worked well together because they knew each other before Newsies. I CARED about the characters (mostly Davey, of course, but all of them) after I saw the show and Jacob's performance. I think I still would have had fun if he had never been cast or if I had a time machine and got to see it on Broadway before finding out he was in the tour, but I don't think I would have become a full-fledged Fansie.

My absolute dream would be to see him and Ben in a production of Blood Brothers, never mind the fact that they're both wayyyy too old, lol

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Hey Nancy! I don't know if you'd know this but since you've been in the fandom for nearly a decade, I thought maybe you'd have a fair idea.

I've seen many people saying that he is putting in a lot of effort in the relationship with Alba by actually travelling outside of MA to be with her and stuff like that (Portugal and Finland), and he's never done so much for previous girlfriends.

Is this true? Per my knowledge, none of his official previous girlfriends lived outside the country, so the question of travelling overseas to meet them/their folks never arose. He did take Jenny to Australia. I know he went there for work, but I'm sure they had time to sightsee and stuff like that.

So what exactly is it that he is doing this time around that's so different and commendable? The IG dumps? There's nothing natural or organic about those. Especially not when they have a People article ready to go minutes after the dumps.

Here's the thing though, we have to acknowledge that we don't really know what all happened in his previous relationships. He's not big with sharing on SM, and did not have IG then.

So, we simply don't know what all was happening. For instance: he and Jenny were traveling around more than we knew from that story that a woman only shared in 2020 during pandemic lockdown of having seen them together taking a tour of a cave in Missouri in 2017, during round two. We knew nothing about that. Jenny didn't post to her socials about it. Neither did he. Who knows where all else they were going. But, as to him going to stuff for her - does going to her niece's soccer game a few suburbs over in MA count? Or going to her comedy shows in LA, Boston and Washington DC?

I can say I know from sightings he traveled up to Vancouver a couple of times in 2013 to visit Minka while she was filming Almost Human up there. She also traveled to Cleveland that year to visit him on the Winter Solider set. They were also in NYC together a couple of times, and Philadelphia, during that 2012-2013 round.

[helgereumann]

MALVILLE SUPERPHENIX: THE MOST DANGEROUS MACHINE IN THE WORLD, new CD by Strom|morts, on Ash International UK, preorder nov. 2023 Mixed by Randall Dunn at Circular Ruins Studio, Brooklyn NYC. Mastered by Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering Service, Chicago. Illustrations: Helge Reumann. Design: Philip Marshall, March 2023.

Superphénix is an industrial prototype for high-power sodium-cooled fast neutron reactors. It is located on the Creys-Malville site in France, close to the Swiss border. It is the largest fast neutron reactor in the world. It is also the world's largest reactor currently being dismantled. Commissioned in 1985 and definitively shut down in 1998, the plant operated for just 53 months. Numerous incidents, lengthy technical shutdowns, costs, protests and the dangerous nature of the facility led to the nuclear power station being decomissioned. What was presented at the time as the flagship of French nuclear power turned out to be the most dangerous machine in the world. Using modular synthesizers, field recordings and some guitar, strom|morts take you on an aural tour of the plant in full operation. Discover the nuclear site room by room. From the control room to the reactor, the 12 drone pieces that make up the tour will give you an intense experience.