#Philadelphia Daily News

[thefictionaledition]

Number five is alive, and kicking bank robbers

Mystery robot

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Condemned Building Used as Prison: The Story of Philadelphia's Detention Center

[newstimetoday]

Randy Moss Makes Strong Statement on Cancer Battle at NFL Honors Awards

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[mofromgaza]

✅️Vetted by @gazavetters, my number verified on the list is ( #235 )✅️

My dear friends,

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for your immense generosity and unwavering support for me, my family, and our cats. I deeply appreciate your noble spirit in helping us through these challenging times.

I apologize for the delay in updating you on our situation. My family and I are deeply touched by each and every donation, which brings us comfort and eases our hardship during this ordeal.

After the ceasefire announcement, we had hoped to return to our home, a place that would shield us from the bitter cold and allow us to live like everyone else in the world. However, we were shocked by the sheer devastation we witnessed in my city of Rafah, particularly in our neighborhood of Tal Al Sultan.

A picture of my city Rafah before and after the genocide.

|| THE FAMILY HOME ||

The family home where we had a small apartment was partially destroyed, rendering it uninhabitable. It's surrounded by massive piles of rubble, making our street look like a ghost town.

|| THE DREAM HOME ||

About five years ago, our family decided to pool all our savings and invest in building a new house, which we fondly called "The Dream home." We purchased a plot of land and began constructing a two-story house with a small garden for my mother, who loves gardening and raising poultry. We were close to finishing it when the machinery of destruction turned our dream into ashes.

|| THE LAND ||

Our beautiful farm (the land) , which was our last hope and located a bit away from the military operations zone, has now turned into a pile of sand and rubble , its trees reduced to firewood. This destruction was the final blow that made us weep bitterly for those trees, the poultry, and the cats that used to live happily with us. That shattered our dreams of ever returning home.

Sadly , We are still living in tents in the Mawasi Khan Yunis area, and we can't even go back to see our neighborhood safely. The area is extremely dangerous because it's close to the Egyptian border ( Philadelphia Corridor) , from which they have not yet withdrawn until this update .

I know this has been a lengthy explanation, but I needed to explain everything to you in detail.

I hope you will continue to support and help us in our efforts to rebuild a small home where we can live safely, like any other human being. A home is the most basic human right, which we now lack.

Save us from the bitter cold, and alleviate our pain and suffering. Stand by us and support us, for you are my family.

Thank a lot to everyone who supports us!

Follow me on Instagram to stay updated on our daily lives👉🏽 M.ib89

Help me to spread the word

[humming-fly]

Good News for 4/20

My daily call reminder for everyone today includes some recent good news courtesy of this reddit post, which I've just copypasted wholesale for everyone over here to enjoy!

Resistance

crosswalks in Seattle were hacked to play AI audio of Jeff Bezos asking not to tax the rich, in reference to Washington’s regressive tax structure

crosswalks in Palo Alto were hacked to play AI audio of Elon talking about be being a friendless loser

A constituent at Marjorie Taylor Green’s town hall called her a “butch body bigot”

Constituents at Chuck Grassley’s town hall demanded they get Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of El Salvador (this was in IOWA, and was mostly older white people)

5 Calls posted that people are averaging 50 calls a minute to representatives via the app, specifically about Kilmar and CECOT

Posters went up around Philadelphia just before 4/15 about Elon and his companies not paying taxes

Protesters showed up outside a courthouse in Vermont in support of Rumeysa Ozturk during her detention hearing

People travelled from all over Missouri to speak out in opposition of a proposed abortion ban during a committee hearing

Home Alone 2 director wants to cut Trump’s cameo out of the movie

Attorneys in the solicitor general’s office of the DOJ are resigning

A group of current and former Big Law attorneys are organizing to fight back against the administration’s attacks on law firms

More associates have quit law firms that capitulated to Trump

Harvard refused to comply with Trump’s demands, despite losing billions in federal funding

Protesters marched to Fetterman’s Philadelphia office demanding he hold in person town halls

Universities are creating NATO-like alliances of “mutual defense compacts”, where they’d all support and defend each other if Trump attacks one

Farmers in Maine had a tractor “parade” to protest USDA cuts

Boise city hall is continuing to have their pride flag up despite a new Idaho state law banning pride flags on government property

Republicans breaking ranks

Mark Kelly said republicans will start to distance themselves from Trump and speak out against his policies, that they’re saying things in private they won’t say publicly

Lisa Murkowski heavily criticized Trump’s policies during a nonprofit leadership summit, also said there’s a “growing number of republicans” opposing Medicaid cuts

12 house republicans signed a letter to Mike Johnson saying they won’t vote for a final budget reconciliation bill that cuts Medicaid

17 republicans in the Montana state senate joined democrats to block an anti-trans bill that would have made it a felony for an adult to help trans kids under 16 access gender affirming medical care

The Libertarian Party of Travis County, TX passed a resolution calling for Trump to be impeached

Dems doing stuff

Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to put eyes on Kilmar Abrego Garcia and attempt to negotiate his release. After being denied access to CECOT or even a phone call on Wednesday, he was able to meet with Kilmar on Thursday

Robert Garcia and Maxwell Frost are trying to get a congressional delegation authorized to travel to El Salvador

Cory Booker, Maxine Dexter, Yassamin Ansari, and Mark Desaulnier have all said (separately) they plan to travel to El Salvador

Chuck Schumer is blocking Trump’s nominees for federal prosecutors in NY—this is different than when senators put holds on cabinet nominees and this would completely block the appointments instead of just slow them down

Becca Balint Led 67 House Colleagues in Demanding Answers from DHS and the State Department on Mohsen Mahdawi’s Arrest

Elizabeth Warren and Melanie Stansbury introduced a bill to create stronger ethics rules and crack down on conflicts of interest for special government employees

Sarah McBride forced the Trump admin to reverse course on slashing a manufacturing support program in Delaware

Sean Casten held a town hall in the deepest red district in Illinois

Democrats have identified 35 vulnerable republican house seats to target in the midterms

Texas state representative John Bucy introduced a bill to expand online voter registration

Kathy Hochul supported a law passed by NYC city council to shift payment of broker fees from renters to landlords, after the Real Estate Board of NY sued the city to block it

Tony Evers locked in an increase in public school funding in Wisconsin for 400 years, the state Supreme Court backed it up

Janet Mills refused to comply with Trump’s orders on banning transgender athletes, said “I’m happy to go to court”

Illinois house democrats advanced legislation to require public colleges and universities to provide reproductive health care services to students

Jared Polis signed the Protecting the Freedom to Marry Act, protecting every Coloradan’s right to marry who they love

Nevada democrats introduced legislation to help the state hire federal workers fired by Trump and Elon

Wes Moore signed legislation aimed at connecting laid-off federal health care workers with jobs

NC AG Jeff Jackson sued property management companies over using RealPage to set and inflate rents, the second largest one settled and agreed to stop using it

Legal stuff

A lawsuit was filed against the DoD on behalf of students at schools on military bases, stating that book removals and curriculum changes violate their first amendment rights

Gavin Newsom is suing Trump over tariffs

Newsom is planning to sue Trump over the dismantling of Americorp

Judge Boasberg finds “probable cause” to hold Trump admin in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations

Judge Xinis ordered two weeks of discovery in the Abrego Garcia case, including depositions of the four officials who signed affidavits, and doesn’t rule out holding them in contempt

An appeals court denied the Trump administration’s attempt to appeal the order from Judge Xinis to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

A former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice had his law license suspended for 3 years for violating professional conduct rules during a probe of the 2020 presidential vote

A group of small businesses is suing Trump over the tariffs, arguing they’re illegal under the IEEPA

A judge blocked Trump’s EO targeting law firm Susman Godfrey

Appeals court blocked the ban on trans military service members

Supreme Court temporarily blocked deportations under the Alien Enemies Act

A court denied the administration’s attempt to appeal an order mandating officials’ depositions about Kilmar’s deportation

A judge blocked the administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” gender markers on passports

Foreign students are suing DHS over their visas being terminated

A federal judge blocked the Department of Energy from cutting over $400M in research funds to universities

A judge blocked the EPA from withholding billions in funds from clean energy programs

An Idaho judge ruled to broaden medical exceptions to the state’s abortion bans

Misc

Trump’s approval rating among independents is -22, the lowest ever for this point in a presidency

Three pentagon officials have been suspended in a leak investigation

Spokane, WA city council is proposing an ordinance that would include Two-Spirit people in the city’s human rights code, double up on state shield protections and ensure city employees’ insurance covers gender-affirming and reproductive healthcare

David Hogg (DNC vice chair) is planning to spend $20M funding primary challengers against sitting House members in safe blue districts who aren’t fighting hard enough

Florida lawmakers unanimously approved making medical marijuana cards free for veterans

Run For Something reported that over 200,000 people have signed up with them to run for office since 2017, and they’re currently averaging 500 new signups a day

National Republican Senatorial Committee is warning republicans that democrats are out-fundraising them

Six men in Coeur d’Alene, ID have been charged after dragging Teresa Borrenpohl out of a town hall in February

Mike Lindell (MyPillow guy) cried to a judge that he was “in ruins” and had no money after refusing to pay sanctions to Smartmatic

Portland city council unanimously voted to grant an appeal to stop a Portland General Electric project that would cut down 397 trees in Forest Park to build power lines

Unions form pro bono legal network for federal workers targeted by Trump

Funding was extended for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database (cybersecurity)

Democrats are more trusted on the economy than republicans for the first time in years

The FDA granted fast track status to a bird flu vaccine

Dems won against Maga candidates in the Newark school board election

Labor union reps in Utah got twice the required number of signatures to get a referendum on the ballot to repeal a recent bill that ended collective bargaining

Washington state senate passed a bill that would require insurance companies to cover a 12-month supply of hormone replacement therapy at a time

Betty Martinez Franco became the first Latina elected to Irvine city council. She came to the US as an undocumented immigrant and has since become a citizen, gotten a masters degree, started a PR agency, and is now elected to city council

Elon’s L’s

Elon dropped DOGE’s savings goal from $2T to $150B—less than 10% of the original goal

Elon was outed as dm’ing women he’d never met and offering to impregnate them, shortly after that he announced he was deactivating twitter’s dm feature

Elon’s meeting at the Pentagon on China was stopped by Trump (“what the fuck is Elon doing there? Make sure he doesn’t go”)

[nasa]

NASA Inspires Your Crafty Creations for World Embroidery Day

It’s amazing what you can do with a little needle and thread! For #WorldEmbroideryDay, we asked what NASA imagery inspired you. You responded with a variety of embroidered creations, highlighting our different areas of study.

Here’s what we found:

Webb’s Carina Nebula

Wendy Edwards, a project coordinator with Earth Science Data Systems at NASA, created this embroidered piece inspired by Webb’s Carina Nebula image. Captured in infrared light, this image revealed for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth. Credit: Wendy Edwards, NASA. Pattern credit: Clare Bray, Climbing Goat Designs

Wendy Edwards, a project coordinator with Earth Science Data Systems at NASA, first learned cross stitch in middle school where she had to pick rotating electives and cross stitch/embroidery was one of the options.  “When I look up to the stars and think about how incredibly, incomprehensibly big it is out there in the universe, I’m reminded that the universe isn’t ‘out there’ at all. We’re in it,” she said. Her latest piece focused on Webb’s image release of the Carina Nebula. The image showcased the telescope’s ability to peer through cosmic dust, shedding new light on how stars form.

Ocean Color Imagery: Exploring the North Caspian Sea

Danielle Currie of Satellite Stitches created a piece inspired by the Caspian Sea, taken by NASA’s ocean color satellites. Credit: Danielle Currie/Satellite Stitches

Danielle Currie is an environmental professional who resides in New Brunswick, Canada. She began embroidering at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic as a hobby to take her mind off the stress of the unknown. Danielle’s piece is titled “46.69, 50.43,” named after the coordinates of the area of the northern Caspian Sea captured by LandSat8 in 2019.

An image of the Caspian Sea captured by Landsat 8 in 2019. Credit: NASA

Two Hubble Images of the Pillars of Creation, 1995 and 2015

Melissa Cole of Star Stuff Stitching created an embroidery piece based on the Hubble image Pillars of Creation released in 1995. Credit: Melissa Cole, Star Stuff Stitching

Melissa Cole is an award-winning fiber artist from Philadelphia, PA, USA, inspired by the beauty and vastness of the universe. They began creating their own cross stitch patterns at 14, while living with their grandparents in rural Michigan, using colored pencils and graph paper.  The Pillars of Creation (Eagle Nebula, M16), released by the Hubble Telescope in 1995 when Melissa was just 11 years old, captured the imagination of a young person in a rural, religious setting, with limited access to science education.

Lauren Wright Vartanian of the shop Neurons and Nebulas created this piece inspired by the Hubble Space Telescope’s 2015 25th anniversary re-capture of the Pillars of Creation. Credit:  Lauren Wright Vartanian, Neurons and Nebulas

Lauren Wright Vartanian of Guelph, Ontario Canada considers herself a huge space nerd. She’s a multidisciplinary artist who took up hand sewing after the birth of her daughter. She’s currently working on the illustrations for a science themed alphabet book, made entirely out of textile art. It is being published by Firefly Books and comes out in the fall of 2024. Lauren said she was enamored by the original Pillars image released by Hubble in 1995. When Hubble released a higher resolution capture in 2015, she fell in love even further! This is her tribute to those well-known images.

James Webb Telescope Captures Pillars of Creation

Darci Lenker of Darci Lenker Art, created a rectangular version of Webb’s Pillars of Creation. Credit:  Darci Lenker of Darci Lenker Art

Darci Lenker of Norman, Oklahoma started embroidery in college more than 20 years ago, but mainly only used it as an embellishment for her other fiber works. In 2015, she started a daily embroidery project where she planned to do one one-inch circle of embroidery every day for a year.  She did a collection of miniature thread painted galaxies and nebulas for Science Museum Oklahoma in 2019. Lenker said she had previously embroidered the Hubble Telescope’s image of Pillars of Creation and was excited to see the new Webb Telescope image of the same thing. Lenker could not wait to stitch the same piece with bolder, more vivid colors.

Milky Way

Darci Lenker of Darci Lenker Art was inspired by NASA’s imaging of the Milky Way Galaxy. Credit: Darci Lenker

In this piece, Lenker became inspired by the Milky Way Galaxy, which is organized into spiral arms of giant stars that illuminate interstellar gas and dust. The Sun is in a finger called the Orion Spur.

The Cosmic Microwave Background

This image shows an embroidery design based on the cosmic microwave background, created by Jessica Campbell, who runs Astrostitches. Inside a tan wooden frame, a colorful oval is stitched onto a black background in shades of blue, green, yellow, and a little bit of red. Credit: Jessica Campbell/ Astrostitches

Jessica Campbell obtained her PhD in astrophysics from the University of Toronto studying interstellar dust and magnetic fields in the Milky Way Galaxy. Jessica promptly taught herself how to cross-stitch in March 2020 and has since enjoyed turning astronomical observations into realistic cross-stitches. Her piece was inspired by the cosmic microwave background, which displays the oldest light in the universe.

The full-sky image of the temperature fluctuations (shown as color differences) in the cosmic microwave background, made from nine years of WMAP observations. These are the seeds of galaxies, from a time when the universe was under 400,000 years old. Credit: NASA/WMAP Science Team

GISSTEMP: NASA’s Yearly Temperature Release

Katy Mersmann, a NASA social media specialist, created this embroidered piece based on NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) global annual temperature record. Earth’s average surface temperature in 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record. Credit: Katy Mersmann, NASA

Katy Mersmann is a social media specialist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. She started embroidering when she was in graduate school. Many of her pieces are inspired by her work as a communicator. With climate data in particular, she was inspired by the researchers who are doing the work to understand how the planet is changing. The GISTEMP piece above is based on a data visualization of 2020 global temperature anomalies, still currently tied for the warmest year on record.

In addition to embroidery, NASA continues to inspire art in all forms. Check out other creative takes with Landsat Crafts and the James Webb Space telescope public art gallery.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space!

[sturniolo04]

could you do dad matt and the triplets being on tour and matts toddler coming with them but she gets homesick and matt had to comfort her

A/n:  ofc! i put a slight spin on it! I absolutely love these requests I have coming in, you guys are amazing!! I made it into a series of moments! I hope you love it! And remember to leave requests in my inbox! If you don’t like the pre added name in my works you can simply put in your own or don’t read it, it up to you :)-Charli

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Here it was again Matt and his brothers were on the road on another tour, it being their third one out of their entire career they have grown on YouTube with their fans. The only thing that was little different was instead of having just the three of them on the tour bus moving from state to state it was them plus matt's 1 year old daughter savannah.

Matt really didn't feel comfortable leaving her for a month and a half with her grandparents not because he didn't trust them but because she was a handful and he knew that plus a month is a long time too.

At first the notion of savannah tagging along and seeing all of the different states starting out in san antonio then now ending up in North Carolina was fun her enjoying all of the sights and spending her dad's money on random toys and food because lets face it she is a daddy's girl to the core and there was no denying that at any point in her life. Over time Matt had noticed a slight sight in her demanor once the finished the north Carolina show getting ready to board the bus to Philadelphia.

"are we g'ng back h'me now'

savannah sighs out to chris seeing he was carrying her back to the bus since matt had to grab some extra things to put on the bus. savannah was honestly feeling drained of this whole notion because to her it all looked like and seemed like that they were doing the same thing. she couldn't understand why they were moving her all around to do the exact same thing each time.

"um not exactly we are going to a new place"

chris chuckles out replying to her tickling her to lighten her mood seeing she looked physically drained, her letting couple of giggles fall from her lips.

"okay bed time"

matt announces as savvannah lets out a soft sigh as he picks her up to carry her to her designated bunk on the bus, them being a couple hours or so out from Philadelphia. Matt gave her a kiss kiss on her forehead as she snuggled into her blankets and teddy bear beginning to fall alseep rather quickly. It always took her a longer time to fall asleep when they were home.

"does she seem okay to you"

matt asks chris and nick scrathing the back of his head standing in front of the pair on the couch.

"i think so why you ask"

nick responds focusing on editing the other content they needed for the show the next day.

"i dont know she just seems off"

matt huffs out sitting down on the couch across from them.

"i think she was just really tired today she did ask if we were going home tonight"

chris shrugs. it was true to a degree savannah was tired, tired of being on the road she liked being at home with all of her stuff and her daily routine they had all cultivated around her and with her day in and day out.

"i wouldnt worry about it too much she might feel a little better tomorrow for sure it might just be homesick you remember how you were our very first tour"

nick simply stated as matt simply nodded his head.

"it might just be that just showing up a little different since she is 1"

nick continues as matt just lets out some sort of agreement.

the next morning savannah had woken up in an not so random hotel room them finally being in philadelphia.

"good morning munchkin"

nick chuckles coming over to her side of the bed already fully dressed for the day.

"wheres dad"

savannah immediately asks rubbing her eyes still waking up.

"um he's in the bathroom he will be out in a few sav I promise"

chris replies to her sitting on the bed with her as she simply nodded her head growing silent afterwards. weird

Once matt and everyone was fully ready for the day they went to go get something to eat for breakfast before they went to explore the town and savannah was not having it.

"do you want to try some of this"

matt asks holding up a fork with a piece of a waffle on it to her mouth.

"no i dont want that"

savannah pouts folding her arms over her chest as her eyes filled with tears.

"are you sure"

nick questions sitting across from her seeing he could her to as least try it knowing she would like it if she did.

"no"

savannah abruptly states which took the triplets back a little. Savnnah discreetly cover her face to hide the tears that were beginning to spill down her cheeks. she was fed up with these shenanigans, she didn't want to try anything new.

"sav you okay?"

chris asks catiously placing a comforting hand her back. Savannah, weirdly enough was really good at not showing her emotions so it was always hard to tell when she was upset or just being her. Savannah just nodded her head 'yes'

It was finally time to gear up for the meet and greet with the fans before the show actually started and savannah was being extremely clingly. Matt usually left her to her own devices that being his phone backstage but that was not doing it for her tonight.

Matt was in the middle of talking to a fan when savannah came running up to matt tugging slightly on his cargo pants.

"hey you what are you doing"

matt chuckles as savannah didnt respond getting overstimulated being surrounded around too many new faces she didn't like it.

"im so sorry"

matt apologizes to the girl in front of him picking up savannah resting her on his hip in the process.

"its okay she so cute"

the girl giggles out waving to her sweetly.

"say hi"

matt coos to savannah immediately hiding her face in his chest.

"oh okay she not having it right now"

matt chuckles out before saying thank you to her and letting nick and chris know he was going to get Savannah situated again real quick.

"okay do you think you would be able to sit still for an hour until the show is over with my phone"

matt asks his daughter kneeling in fron of her sitting on a couch backstage.

"i guess but-"

savannah trails off almost scared to confess whats on her mind.

"what is it babygirl"

matt asks lovingly tilting his head as he take her hands into his.

"sweetie whats wrong"

matt coos out completely taken back at savannah sobbing uncontrollably out of nowhere.

"i just wanna go home dad i miss home'

savannah honestly sobs out as matts eyes soften towards his daughter. Nick was right

"sav im sorry Look i get it dad's sorry i didn't notice this sooner okay if it makes you feel any better I miss home too"

matt trails off honestly to his daughter as she slowly wipes away her tears.

"its okay to miss home we will back soon I promise"

matt continues as she simply nods her head in agreement and understanding.

"okay give me a hug"

matt chuckles as she leans her tiny body into his giving him a hug.

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[transit-fag]

Philadelphia-New York City is one of the most important corridors in the US as it is a pair of cities that are just 90 miles apart and are the 6th and 1st largest cities in the country respectively. And luckily they have good transit connections

The train travel times between the 2 cities varies between about an hour and 10 minutes and an hour and 50 minutes

Additionally there are a total of 48 amtrak trains that go between the 2 cities daily and 48 more NJ Transit Trains between NYC and Trenton where you can then transfer to a train from Philadelphia to Trenton that take about 2 hours and 30 minutes includingthe transfer.

Basically of all major city pairs in the US, none have better connectivity than Philadelphia and New York

[elierlick]

July 9, 1924 - Via The Daily Times, New Philadelphia, Ohio

[american-troubadour]

Phil Ochs performing at Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. December 23, 1966.

Philadelphia Daily News | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Fri, Dec 9, 1966:

Philadelphia Daily News | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Tue, Dec 13, 1966:

Asbury Park Press | Asbury Park, New Jersey | Fri, Dec 23, 1966:

The Philadelphia Inquirer | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Sat, Dec 24, 1966:

[ofmdrecaps]

02/09-12/2025 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Con O'Neill (Momentus Event w/Samba, Kristian, and Vico); Samba Schutte; Anapela Polata'ivao; Alex Sherman/Alyssa Lane; Rachel House; Brian Gattas; Adopt Our Crew: Words of Love; Fan Spotlight: Owltrouser's Bayeux Tapestries; Our Flag Means Fanfiction; Gay Pirate News Hour; Love Notes;

= David Jenkins =

David's fic is finally finished (as of the 16th)! The last of it will be posted in the next recap for the 13th-16th, I just ran out of image room on tumblr on this one or I'd have put them all together. If you'd like to read the whole thing you can do so in many different places!

David's Bluesky Thread

On Tumblr: Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5

All in One Place: On the repository

Source: David Jenkins Bsky

= Rhys Darby =

Rhys is out in Austin on the 15-16, Raleigh 18-19, and Philadelphia Feb 25-26 for his comedy tour! If you get a chance to go please let me know how it went!

Source: Cap City's Comedy IG

He's got some New Love Hurts BTS up on his Paid Substack!

Source: Rhys Paid Substack

Rhys has been so busy! He had another Rhys Darby's Funny Thing's Society on the seventh, and was joined by Jim Jefferies and Trae Crowder at the Largo Los Angeles!

Source: Largo Los Angeles IG

= Taika Waititi =

Hey did you know Taika directed this super bowl commercial?

In case you haven't seen enough of him, more and more vids and images are getting released from his award ceremony at the Producers Guild of America!

Source: IG

Source: Kevin Goetz

Source: Producer's Guild IG

= Con O'Neill =

The latest OFMD Momentus Event went out without a hitch! In case you didn't get to join, there were some surprise guests-- Kristian, Samba, and Vico! One of our crewmates, @ringasunn wrote fics just for the occasion and they were read by our cast members! These fics are Izzy centric and NSFW!

The video was uploaded to youtube, but youtube took it down for mature content, so if you'd like a copy, you can access it here!

Con also wrote everyone a note after the fact!

"After today's event I fell into a deep sleep and woke myself up with my screams I am now on my way to find a priest ...thanks to my fellow pirates @puertoricaninja @kristiannairn @sambaschutte and the lovely @charliecapen for arranging it all .... love is a weapon. Use it x #love #ofmd #izzy #fightback"

Source: Con O'Neill's IG

= Samba Schutte =

Samba is finally on bluesky! You can find him here!

Source: Samba's Bsky

Great news! Samba's movie Advanced Chemistry was in the top 3 of the movies streamed on Stars!

Source: Samba's IG Stories

= Anapela Polata'ivao =

Our dearest Auntie was out at the Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, Premiere of her film ‘Tinā’! So many showed up to celebrate her wonderful film which goes live in theatres on Feb 27th!

In honor of the premiere, Costume designer Kama Aliska was kind enough to share some lovely BTS photos of Anapela and the crew!

Source: Kama Aliska's IG

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Source: TPPlus.NZ IG

= Rachel House =

Just a quick shot with our dear Mary Reed <3

Source: Instagram

= Alex Sherman & Alyssa Lane =

Some great news! Alex Sherman and Alyssa Lane will be joining The Wee Con via a Digital Panel!

Source A MuseOfFyre's IG

= Brian Gattas =

Just a sweet tribute from our Siegfried to Elizabeth Banks for her birthday <3

Source: Brian's IG stories

== Adopt Our Crew: Words of Love ==

More lovely words of love by our crewmates over at @adoptourcrew in honor of Valentine's Day! Thank you for continuing to educate us on all the wonderful types of love there are!

Source: Adopt Our Crew's Bsky

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Owltrousers's Bayeux Tapestry =

More Tapestries by the wonderful @owltrousers! This time for Season 1 Episode 2 - A Damned Man!

Source: Owltrouser's Bluesky

= Our Flag Means Fanfiction =

Another episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction is live, and this time it's The Fang (aka Kevin) Episode! Check it out on your favorite podcast platform via their linktr.ee!

Source: OFMFF Instagram

= Gay Pirate News Hour =

Special debrief of the "Izzy Into Me" Momentus event by the Gay Pirate News Hour side of Our Flag Means Fanfiction!

Source: OFMFF Instagram

== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies. I feel like I'm perpetually behind now, kiddo's been sick, I've been sick, heck the whole country seems to be sick. Thanks so much as always for your patience on these <3

I'm running on fumes and I was trying to get the next recap up as well tonight so I'm gonna just send some love from some other folks who've been keeping me going these last several days.

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Onstage in Philadelphia, 1967. Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

“Out front [of the Civic Center Convention Hall in Philadelphia], thousands of fervent young bodies pushed avidly against each other, police and any passing black limousine hoping for a glimpse of the four men. Why? ‘Because I LOVE them,’ moaned 15-year-old Dee Darey, of 9220 Horatio Rd. ‘They’re so great. They’re my favorites. The Beatles? Oh, they’re so out, very below. They make a different impression.’ ‘Yeah!’ bellowed another girl behind her, ‘they turned into a bunch of nuts.’ […] ‘[The Monkees are] beautiful, they’re talented and they’re cute,’ said Pat Bookford, 14, of 7649 Elmwood Ave., tossing her long brown hair decisively. ‘And,’ said Janet O’Neill, also 14, of 7651 Elmwood Ave., ‘they don’t scream like some other dumb groups.’ ‘Yeah,’ said Pat, ‘the Beatles — they grew beards and mustaches and got creepy.’ ‘I still like them, though,’ said Janet. ‘I think the psychedelic bit is boss.’ The crowd grew and grew. Now and then one scream would rise above the others. ‘[Davy] Jones is gorgeous!’ ‘Peter Tork has a dimple!’” - article by Judy Oppenheimer, Philadelphia Daily News, July 24, 1967

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my life story and how i plan on turning my life into a dream –

hi everyone! this is my first post on this blog and it is about my life and how i plan on turning it into the life of my dreams! if you're someone who is in a similar situation, i hope my blog will provide you with comfort and inspiration to chase the life of your dreams as well :))

i. WHO AM I ??

my name is evangeline, i'm eighteen years old, a sophomore in university, and when i was seventeen my parents kicked me out the house. but we can start at the beginning. i grew up in new york, raised by a single immigrant mother, and for some of my life we were very very poor. my mom was only sixteen when she was married and eighteen when she had me - of course, she had a lot of problems. she didn't know how to raise a child. she dealt with extreme cases of depression, anxiety, PTSD, and BPD. but she didn't know how to handle this mental issues, which didn't facilitate a healthy environment for me growing up. we were homeless at one point or another. but my mom worked hard so we could have a good life. we moved to philadelphia when i was around seven. our financial situation got better, her mental health did not. i was bullied and ostracized a lot at school. it got to the point that during COVID, i became homeschooled during high school. i didn't talk or see anyone but my parents for those three years. i graduated high school a year early, started college at 16. mentally, school was a lot to deal with. i suffered through a lot with my parents, especially my narcissistic mother who ignored me for my entire spring semester of my freshman year of college. long story short, things just didn't work out between my parents and i lost everything i had. the future i had planned for myself. my whole family. it's been six months and i'm in a better place, but i'm still not living the life of my dreams.

ii. WHERE AM I RIGHT NOW??

i live with two professors for free and i have my own job, but i want to gain a life of independence and stability. especially, i want to get better at developing healthy relationships, since i've lost many "friends" during my time at college and me and my boyfriend are on the edge of our relationship. but first, focusing on self love and taking care of myself and my life. i just got back into loa and self-improvement, so i decided to start a tumblr blog to record my journey.

ii. WHERE DO I START?

it's hard to know exactly where to start. all the information about improvement, loa, manifestation, shifting, self love, is a lot and overwhelming. so i'm trying to start out small. i'm implementing daily habits that i've been neglecting to do, slowly starting to think more positively and journaling, expressing healthy boundaries in friendships and relationships i currently have. every week i will try to make a post summarizing what's happened and my reflections and internal monologuing. i will share life lessons i've learned and my manifestation journey. all you guys have to do is follow along :))

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George Washington's Farewell Address

George Washington's Farewell Address was published in a Philadelphia newspaper on 19 September 1796, near the end of his second and final presidential term. In it, Washington explains his reasoning for not seeking a third term and warns his countrymen against various dangers facing the United States, such as disunity, partisanship, and foreign entanglements.

George Washington's Farewell Address

George Washington (Public Domain)

Initially, Washington had hoped to retire at the end of his first term in 1792 but had been persuaded to serve a second term in order to deal with a series of crises facing the United States. These included the rise of partisanship within the nation itself (the nationalist Federalist Party against the populist Democratic-Republican Party), as well as the looming threat of getting pulled into the ongoing French Revolutionary Wars in Europe. By 1796, these crises were less pressing, leading Washington to decide that it was time to hand the reins of executive power to a successor. The address, originally penned by James Madison, was extensively rewritten by Alexander Hamilton ahead of its publication so that only a few sections of Madison's original draft remained in the final version. The address was not delivered verbally but was instead printed in the newspaper American Daily Advertiser. The Farewell Address remains one of the most significant and oft-cited addresses in the history of US politics.

Excerpts from the Address

Friends and Fellow-Citizens: The period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the United States being not far distant, and the time actually arrived when your thoughts must be employed in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distinct expression of the public voice, that I should now apprise you of the resolution I have formed, to decline being considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made.

…The acceptance of, and continuance hitherto in, the office to which your suffrages have twice called me have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power, consistently with motives which I was not at liberty to disregard, to return to that retirement from which I had been reluctantly drawn. The strength of my inclination to do this, previous to the last election, had even led to the preparation of an address to declare it to you; but mature reflection on the then perplexed and critical posture of our affairs with foreign nations, and the unanimous advice of persons entitled to my confidence, impelled me to abandon the idea…I rejoice that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the sentiment of duty…that in the present circumstances of our country you will not disapprove of my determination to retire.

The impressions with which I first undertook the arduous trust were explained on the proper occasion. In the discharge of this trust, I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed towards the organization and administration of the government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable. Not unconscious in the outset of the inferiority of my qualifications, experience in my own eyes, perhaps more still in the eyes of others, has strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself, and every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome…I have the consolation to believe that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.

In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not forbid me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe my beloved country for the many honors it has conferred upon me…if benefits have resulted to our country from services, let it always be remembered to your praise and as an instructive example in our annals that…the constancy of your support was the essential prop of the efforts and a guarantee of the plans by which they were effected. Profoundly penetrated with this idea, I shall carry it with me to my grave as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained…

Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger natural to that solicitude, urge me on an occasion like the present to offer to your solemn contemplation, and to recommend to your frequent review, some sentiments which are the result of much reflection…and which appear to me all important to the permanency of your felicity as a people. These will be offered to you with the more freedom as you can only see in them the disinterested warnings of a parting friend, who can possibly have no personal motive to bias his counsel…

The unity of government which constitutes you one people is now dear to you. It is justly so; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of the very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that…much pains will be taken, many artifices employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed, it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as the palladium of your political safety and prosperity…and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.

…While then every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts greater strength, greater resource, proportionably greater security from external danger, a less frequent interruption of their peace by foreign nations; and…they must derive from union an exemption from the broils and wars between themselves which so frequently afflict neighboring countries…which their own rivalships alone would be sufficient to produce, but which opposite foreign alliances, attachments, and intrigues, would stimulate and embitter. Hence likewise they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which under any form of government are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty…

…In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as matter of serious concern that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations – northern and southern – Atlantic and western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart burnings which spring from these misrepresentations. They tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection…

…To the effacay and permanency of your Union, a government for the whole is indispensable…Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a Constitution of government better calculated than your former for an intimate Union and for the efficacious management of your common concerns. This government…has a just claim to your confidence and your support. Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions…but the Constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all…

…All obstructions to the execution of laws, all combinations and associations under whatever plausible character with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction; to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common councils and modified by mutual interests. However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.

…I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the state, with particular reference to the founding of them on geographical discriminations. Let me now take a more comprehensive view and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baleful effects of the spirit of party, generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness and is truly their worst enemy.

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty.

Without looking forward to an extremity of this kind (which nevertheless ought not to be entirely out of sight) the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and the duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it. It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.

There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and will serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty. This, within certain limits, is probably true – and in governments of a monarchical cast patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged…

…It is important, likewise, that…those entrusted with confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one and thus to create…a real despotism…The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power…has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern, some of them in our country and under our own eyes. To preserve them must be as necessary as to institute them…

…Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness…let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths…and let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.

…As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible…avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear…

…Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all…It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it?

…In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded and that in place of them just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest…The nation, prompted by ill will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy…So, likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter, without adequate inducement or justification…

…Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. But that jealousy, to be useful, must be impartial; else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defense against it…The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connections as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop…

…In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope that they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish – that they will control the usual current of passions or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But if I may flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good, that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism – this hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude for your welfare by which they have been dictated.

…Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.

Relying on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat, in which I promise myself to realize without alloy the sweet enjoyment of partaking in the midst of my fellow citizens the benign influence of good laws under a free government – the ever favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors and dangers.

GEO. WASHINGTON

United States

19th September 1796

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