#TIF 2024

[i-ekdosi]

88η Διεθνής Έκθεση Θεσσαλονίκης 2024

   Με στόχο την καινοτομία και την τεχνολογική εξέλιξη ανοίγει τις πύλες της  η 88η Διεθνής Έκθεση Θεσσαλονίκης που θα πραγματοποιηθεί στο Διεθνές Εκθεσιακό Κέντρο της πόλης από τις 7 έως τ��ς 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024.

       Στη φετινή έκθεση παίρνουν μέρος 1300 εκθέτες (άμεσοι και έμμεσοι) από 25 χώρες , ενώ για πρώτη φορά συμμετέχουν εκθέτες από το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, το Κατάρ, την  Ιαπωνία, τις Χώρες της Υποσαχάριας Αφρικής , το Εκουαδόρ και το Κόσοβο. Επίσης , σημαντική παρουσία στην έκθεση θα έχουν και οι ελληνικές συμμετοχές μεταξύ των οποίων ξεχωρίζουν οι Περιφέρειες Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας, Αττικής , Πελοποννήσου κ.ά. , τα Πανεπιστήμια της χώρας , 47 Επιμελητήρια με 350 επιχειρήσεις , αγρότες από διάφορα μέρη της Ελλάδας που θα παρουσιάζουν τα προϊόντα τους, κ.ά.

       Επιπλέον, τιμώμενη Χώρα για φέτος είναι η Γερμανία , η οποία με σύνθημα hallo Ελλάδα και υπό το brand “ made in Germany” έρχεται στην 88η ΔΕΘ  με 135 επιχειρήσεις για να παρουσιάσει τις προτάσεις της σε θέματα τεχνολογίας, εκπαίδευσης , προστασίας του περιβάλλοντος, κατασκευών, υγείας, ψηφιακής οικονομίας και μεταφορών , ενώ θα πραγματοποιηθούν και επιχειρηματικές συναντήσεις (Β2Β) με εταιρείες από τη Γερμανία.

   Παράλληλα,  στο πλαίσιο της έκθεσης θα πραγματοποιηθούν και παράλληλες εκδηλώσεις  μεταξύ των οποίων ξεχωρίζουν τα drone light shows , τα οποία θα φωτίσουν για 3 βράδια τον ουρανό της Θεσσαλονίκης και θα εισάγουν τους επισκέπτες στον κόσμο των ψηφιακών πυροτεχνημάτων , το συνέδριο του Economist, τα music events , το ΡΑΛΛΥ ΔΕΘ και άλλα.

    Η έκθεση τελεί υπό την αιγίδα του Υπουργείου Εσωτερικών (Μακεδονίας – Θράκης ) και της Περιφέρειας Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας.  Χορηγοί της έκθεσης είναι η Εθνική Τράπεζα , η ΔΕΗ, η Aegean, η NOVA, η μπύρα ΝΥΜΦΗ ,  η Autohellas Hertz, η Volkswagen και η Παπαστράτος.

     Μάλιστα, κατά τη διάρκεια σημερινής συνέντευξης τύπου ο Υφυπουργός Εσωτερικών ( Μακεδονίας – Θράκης) κ. Κωνσταντίνος Γκιουλέκας  ανέφερε ότι η έκθεση πέρα από ό,τι σημαίνει για τους Θεσσαλονικείς και τους Βορειοελλαδίτες δεν παύει να είναι μια πολύ μεγάλη ευκαιρία και συνώνυμη με εμπορικές συνεργασίες, επιχειρηματικότητα, καινοτομία και ταυτόχρονα υπογράμμισε δε τη συμμετοχή της Γερμανίας ως Τιμώμενης Χώρας στην 88η ΔΕΘ, ενώ απευθυνόμενος στους ανθρώπους της ΔΕΘ-HELEXPO σημείωσε πως κρατούν την έκθεση πολύ ψηλά.

    Από την πλευρά του,  ο πρέσβης της Ομοσπονδιακής Δημοκρατίας της Γερμανίας στην Ελλάδα, κ. Αντρέας Κιντλ χαρακτήρισε τη Θεσσαλονίκη ως δεύτερη πρωτεύουσα της Ελλάδας και παράλληλα έκανε λόγο για μια εξαιρετική ευκαιρία μέσω της γερμανικής συμμετοχήςνα αναδειχθεί η ελληνογερμανική συνεργασία, όχι μόνο η πολιτική και η οικονομική, αλλά όλου του φάσματος. Σημείωσε δε ότι υπάρχει μεγάλο επενδυτικό ενδιαφέρον από τη Γερμανία για τη χώρα μας, ενώ τόνισε πως η γερμανική συμμετοχή είναι η μεγαλύτερη σε έκθεση στο εξωτερικό τα τελευταία 25 χρόνια. Ακόμη, αναφέρθηκε στις 150 εκδηλώσεις που θα διοργανωθούν στο γερμανικό περίπτερο, στο οποίο προσκάλεσε το κοινό.

      Τέλος, ο Δήμαρχος Θεσσαλονίκης κ. Στέλιος Αγγελούδης επισήμανε πως η 88η ΔΕΘ είναι μια ιστορική καταβολή, ένα ιστορικό αποτύπωμα της πόλης, του δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης, όλης της Βόρειας Ελλάδας και σημείωσε πως αυτή την ιστορική κατάκτηση πρέπει να την προστατεύσουμε, να την ενισχύσουμε και να δούμε την προοπτική και την αναφορά της στο μέλλον με τα νέα της ποιοτικά δεδομένα. Αναφερόμενος στη σημαντική συμμετοχή της Γερμανίας ως Τιμώμενης Χώρας, υπογράμμισε και τις μεγάλες τουριστικές ροές προς τη χώρα μας από τη γερμανική αγορά.

   Οι ώρες λειτουργίας της έκθεσης είναι :

Δευτέρα με Παρασκευή : 16:00 -22:00

Σαββατοκύριακα :            10:00 -22:00.

   Το εισιτήριο είναι 8 Ευρώ για γενική είσοδο , ενώ για παιδιά (από 4 έως 10 ετών ) με τη συνοδεία ενήλικα , καθώς και για τρίτεκνους- πολύτεκνους ( με την επίδειξη της σχετικής κάρτας ) είναι 5 Ευρώ . Το οικογενειακό εισιτήριο 4 ατόμων  είναι 25 Ευρώ .

[awardswatcherik]

2024 TIFF: Jharrel Jerome and Zhao Tao to Receive Tribute Awards at Toronto International Film Festival

[wakanatranslations]

TIF Appearance！Matsumoto Wakana (24.07.26)

[syntian]

À L'infini.

[ipfy-dot-tif]

literally went through hel and back to try and make sense of Anything that .was happening. anyway

[showbizndentertainment]

Jacob Elordi, Daniel Minahan, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sasha Calle, Diego Calva, and Will Poulter pose for ‘ON SWIFT HORSES’ at the Toronto International Film Festival 2024.

[libraford]

(I have permission to share this.)

Text- from Walking Distance Brewing Company

Happy Pride month! We are here another year to celebrate Pride with you! Thank you for your love and support through a difficult year of slander and harassment. Your support has not just kept us afloat but has made us thrive! Our inclusive community isn’t here just for Pride - we’re here all year. It's not always easy being inclusive in town. The library, community organizations, and yes, even Walking Distance have been targets. In this post, we're going to discuss the attacks against the library and against us. Last June, the library had a pride book display [1]. On July 3rd, (now ex) city councilmember Deb Groat wrote an email to the library at the request of the Union Faith Family Coalition [2]. In this email, she wrote: “I am deeply offended by explicitly sexual material on display in the children’s section of our library. Shame on you and your staff for pandering to any social agenda in displaying reading material to children.” [3] Later on in the email she wrote: “The library may well want to pass a levy in the future, or have input in a community TIF.” [3] On November 27, 2023 - Deb Groat was joined by city councilmember Mark Reams in voting for a TIF that would divert money away from the library for 30 years. Luckily, the extension did not pass. [4] According to Union County Faith Family Coalition’s founder, Mark Reams is a member. [2] Deb Groat and Mark Reams vote together to divert money from the library. Let’s move on to us. In June 2023, we had a drag show. On July 8th, Mark Reams’ wife, Leslie Reams posted on Facebook calling Walking Distance “Little Epstein Island” [5] joining in the same rhetoric spread by the Union County Faith Family Coalition, who nicknamed us, “Walking Distance Grooming Co.” Additionally, on April 15th, 2024 - while on-shift at her job, Leslie Reams called us a “den of depravity bar [that] preys on children,” and called our bartenders and customers, “pedophiles” and “drunks.” Let’s be clear. Leslie Reams, the members of the Union County Faith Family Coalition, and their followers have never called law enforcement (to our knowledge) - something we would expect and want to happen if pedophilia was happening. Law enforcement has never been called, we suspect that even they know that it’s not true. We have heard many rumors, as bad as, “Walking Distance is full of pedophiles” to more innocuous rumors that hurt our reputation. Our guess is that the same people who don’t believe we’re pedophiles, but want to demonize queerness, also know their audience and are able to tone it back to do the damage they can. We saw sales dips directly following Leslie Reams’ statements. We have heard city council members echoing similar rumors. Last summer, we had around 10 citations against the owner’s house and the business from the city and council - none of these citations asked us to remedy anything (except for the one about mowing…oops), and in fact there were instances when the local officials said that we were doing everything right, but they are only reaching out to us because they had so many calls. The year prior, Walking Distance and the owner's house had 0 citations. We’ll never know exactly how much business we lost due to the slander against us. We do know, we lost a lot. Similarly, we’ll never know exactly how much the support of our community has meant. We do know, it meant a whole lot. The support has kept us afloat, and with time, it's made us thrive. We know that we have survived to see another June. And we are ready to celebrate it, in the face of the hate. There would be no pride with no hate. Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday for drag BINGO; Saturday for drag brunch; and also visit us on Saturday during Marysville Pride. We have more Pride events this week and month, keep your eyes peeled! And even if it's not a pride related event, we are always inclusive. Oh, and there's a city council meeting next Monday, June 10th at 7PM.

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Here's some photos of the extremely offensive library display:

They haven't given a call to action yet.

So anyways, that's what's happening in a nearby town. Marysville's pride event is this weekend and if you'd like to show up for local queers its going to be a very fun time.

I'm thinking of grabbing some of my local gays and giving them our patronage, of course. Its somewhat unrealistic to ask strangers on the internet to do take a hike all the way to Ohio for drag bingo.

So I think I would just like to call attention to it- if this is happening in our area, its probably happening in yours too. If you were thinking of attending a drag show but were on the fence about it, I think you should. They're a fun time.

Being involved in the queer community can be as simple as attending a drag show. Or going to a silly queer-focused event. Or supporting a queer-owned business. Every little bit of support for your queer community counts!

[librarycards]

Submissions open through June 30, 2024 - Mad Dykes, Queer Worlds

Hello all! I'm editing a special issue of the literary magazine Sinister Wisdom titled Mad Dykes, Queer Worlds. If you're Mad –– regardless of personal label or diagnostic status –– and identify with some aspect of dyke experience (in all its multiplicities!), I want to consider your work for publication.

The title links to Submittable, the platform Sinister Wisdom (and most other magazines) use to process submissions. It's free to use, but can be inaccessible for visually disabled people. If that's you, email Sinister Wisdom for alternative submission options.

I am particularly interested in reading work by young/new/emerging creatives, survivors of psychiatric/medical incarceration, and/or those living outside the Global North/West. Visual art and written work are all welcome!

Note: Sinister Wisdom can't pay $; they compensate in a year-long print subscription and complementary copies of the journal. If you only submit to magazines that pay, consider checking out mine, manywor(l)ds.place; we reopen for general submissions June 1.

Feel free to email me with any further questions. Don't self-reject. ID for the image both in the alt text and below the cut.

Mad Dykes, Queer Worlds

What is Madness, and how do we, as lesbian/queer creatives, wield it? Amid much feminist discourse around the figure of the “madwoman,” mostly as an archetype to be avoided or, in some instances, appropriated, in reaction to rational distress under violently cisheteropatriarchal conditions, comparatively little discussion has focused on the lived experience of psychiatric survivorship, iatrogenic harm, and abuse under the sign of “mental illness” or psychiatric disability. Behind and beyond the figure of the madwoman, or the specter of “hysteria,” are the lived (sur)realities of Madpeople of all marginalized genders.

This issue of Sinister Wisdom seeks contributions by lesbian, queer, and/or trans people self-identified as Mad, mentally disabled, and/or psychiatric survivors. Following the portmanteaue coinages “transMad” (Cavar), “neuroqueer” (Walker, Yergeau, and Michaels-Dillon), and “neurotrans” (Smilges), Madness and (gender)queerness are deeply entangled and often inextricable from each other, both as they manifest “inside” us and in our ways of relating to our words, world(s), lovers, and friends.

What, who, and where are Mad dykes, and how do we find each other in a world increasingly oriented toward cisheteronormative, whitewashed wellness? What are the legacies and ongoing violences of queer/trans pathologization in our communities and beyond? How do we live as transMad people amid cissexist, saneist attacks from the reactionary Right? And how do we share, negotiate, or conceal our experiences of trauma, altered realities, and unfamiliar access needs while also building community?

Please submit works of any, all, or no genres, including reviews and interviews, up to 5,000 words, and a short contributor biography between 25 and 125 words. We are also seeking illustrations and photographs (.jpg or .tif files only, print resolution size at least 300 ppi). Please do not send previously published work.

Deadline for submissions: June 30, 2024

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[herejusttosufferalong]

Since we've not done timeline for a while, here is my new one.

Luke and Nic realized their feelings during s3, but she decided that they should not go for it for many reasons at the time (it would be messing with their work, Polin feelings might bleed into their personal ones, his recent break up and not wanting to be a rebound. And her, being hurt many times before, wanted to be sure of his feelings and her own as well.). Tif timeline revealed that he was all over her at the end of the shooting and after. He was clearly in love, wanted to go for it.

So she suggested to take a break, but he took it as a rejection. He was already not in a good place after the break up with Jade. But most probably he kept it for himself. His ego took a hit and he started spiraling into HBS 1.

But his online flirting got vivid attention from the fandom, so he picked A from a dozen girls and settled for a while with her. She seemed nice, fit very well with R's new babe and the gang could go in their trips together.

Then in autumn they meet again for reshoots and he plays coy (he is resentful inside).

Then early 2024 they start meeting again with Nic and the Bton team for the WT and feelings resurface again. In the meantime he has this casual, pleasant something with A, his ego likes that this girl is very impressed by him. He knows he won't be around much during the WT, so he makes promises what will happen after, to keep her at bay and avoid tantrums. He is a people pleaser at his core.

Nic in the meantime probably also engages herself with a fling with Eamon. But she misses Luke, and seeing him with this one dimensional girl makes her upset. She did not think he will settle for somebody so soon. She also knows this is not serious for Luke, he is just silly with this girl. Probably feels the resentment from his side as well.

They start the WT, and feelings surface very soon. And tension too. Luke made promises to A to claim her properly in one way or another, but they can not do it bc of the Pr. His promises are binding him to A after the WT, but his feelings to Nic. He is totally conflicted and confused. Wants to do the right thing but can not, because either way, someone gets hurt.

But he is also angry with Nic for the break and the confusing situation with A, he blames Nic for the mess inside, plays petty and unavailable.

Here probably comes something from Nic's side. Maybe it's Eamon or somebody else (Jake is an option, maybe L does not know at that point what is JD to Nic), but he gets very tense and offended around Italy. They made up, some tension is released (maybe in bed, who knows) and they continue the WT with the peak of Brasil, where they literally can not hold on to pretend any longer. They look like they are on their honeymoon.

In the meantime and during the breaks Luke feels like shit, bc he was misleading Ant the whole time, not with malicious intention, but still.

He tells N that he can not leave A now, bc they have planned vacations and fashion week appearances together, which he promised to A a long time ago and he feels he can not undo it (peope pleaser, spineless golden retriever again).

Nic is mad, naturally. She did not waited during the break to hand over his man to a toilet twerker.

What happened during pap walk, is still a mistery, but my feeling is that he promised A he will acknowledge her at one point after the hints (NYE, Instyle) and this was his offer. He wanted to go for plausible deniability, so he didn't plan to hold her hand, which she sabotaged. He misread the room, the backlash was bigger then he anticipated.

Then they went to Milan, GQ and Sorrento, all programs planned ahead. He looks miserable all the time, because he is.

Nic probably freezes him, which ads to the misery. I think A doesn't really know what is going on, about Nic and him, and that he plans to break up with her at one point. He probably tells her that he is not ready or doesn't want a serious relationship right now, so they should keep it light and he helps her to kick off her influencer career. Which is a naive thought and it doesn't happen. The fandom is riled up because they picked up the signs of Lukola being in love and doesn't understand pap walk. They are harassing both of them and shit all over sm where they appear, which makes it difficult to make any deals with any brands.

You can see the signs Ant not being very satisfied how things turned out in Italy.

Nic is getting fed up, further freeze comes after some well pointed message, finally the "here, this is all yours" post to wake him up.

They might be on and off, he sits there while is getting ready for the Glam event.

JD goes everywhere with her, which makes Luke angry. They both need somebody at hand who is available all the time.

And from here, I don't have a clue.

Nic's silence shows she told him to get his shit together and take over fanservice for a while, also bc he needs redemption badly.

Back to shooting, back to some kind of a bubble...

This reads like a bad fanfic outline

I love it

💜🥃

[hard--headed--woman]

literally can't believe this homophobic shit... i read that Cemetery Boys book because my trans (tif) friend loved it and asked me to read it, it basically tells the story of a teenage tif from a family where women and men have different powers who wants to prove her family that she is a boy and so that she has the powers men of this family have. she keeps calling herself gay which is fucking annoying but the worst thing is that she meets a GAY boy and they end up together 🙃 like you have that scene where the boy comes out and says that he never had a girlfriend because he's gay, the tif is happy because of course it means that he can be attracted to her right? and in that same scene she does her coming out too, in a very emotional line she blushes, is nervous and says "er... well, i, i like boys too" as if it was an intense moment and an important annoucement lol. later in the book he falls in love with her and they kiss and start dating 🙃 calling their relationship gay 🙃 so in 2024 it's totally normal and accepted to write a book that is basically homophobic propaganda saying that gay men can fall in love with women... great 🖕🏽

[loveisnotfinite]

Should I make a permanent reservation? Table for 1k souls? No? 2k? How many are we around the globe?

[klaramarieleblochova]

Goddamnit Tifaine!😭❤️

[aftonfamilyvalues]

I have a sort of conspiracy theory about liberal feminism that I need to get off my chest. The whole "pick me vs girls girl" culture is actively creating TiFs.

Women who don't fit into certain standards society holds have been shamed for it since the beginning of time, but now rejecting femininity is being seen as anti feminist. Girls who aren't even putting down other women are called nlogs and pick me's just because they're awkward and kind of tomboyish.

Look at Jlaw. She was shamed out of the public eye for acting like an actual human and not a walking caricature of womanhood (eating pizza and falling down on the red carpet). There's an audio going around being mocked on tiktok where a woman rightfully says "I don't like makeup. I think it's bad for women". I've seen nasty comments under Korean feminist insta posts where the women in question are smashing their makeup or wearing comfortable clothing and talking openly about it.

I genuinely think this is the reason why a lot of girls believe themselves not to be female. Since it's shameful and cringy to not be feminine as a woman in the year of our Lord 2024, it would logically be better to think of yourself as a man or some in between thing. Tomboys are basically an endangered species at this point and it's really really sad. Little girls aren't climbing trees or playing in the mud. They're playing with skincare and makeup. I truly feel like I'm living in a black mirror episode and it's scary.

Sorry for the long winded rant. I'm semi crypto on main and wanted to put this out there. I dunno why I sent this to the "I want to make a milkshake out of copia's cum" account but I don't really know anyone else who gets insane anons like you do. x

i think youre right though, there is definitely a backlash against feminism right now that comes in the form of hyper femininity and capitalism.

if you dont wear makeup, youre a childish loser who needs to learn how to put on eyeliner. if you dont shave, encourage other women to not shave, youre bombarded with women with "sensory issuee" and are just as bad as a patriarchal man. if you dont like pink, you have internalized misogyny. if you say anything about how high heels damage your feet, youre shaming women. if you talk about how womens clothes are made worse than mens, just go shop in the mens section! stop doing anything, stop going against the quo, let women do what they want! dont question anything!

and in more recent years, ive been seeing the evidence of this seeping into girls younger and younger. we now have little girls begging for drunk elephant and sephora items, to shop where the adult women shop. honestly i didnt even know what drunk elephant was until i saw a girls christmas list on here. theyre spending adult with a job money on products, whether it be from saved allowances and or from their parents. i just saw a video about a 9 year old girl getting bullied for having a tumbler from walmart and not one of the expensive trendy stanley cups. there was always an issue with bullying over not having name brand but i feel like its gotten so much worse. and thats not even talking about the "skincare" aspect of it.

theres so much to say about this but they really did rebrand capitalism as being woman positive though.

[quotergirl19]

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[homicidols]

Your Homicidols Weekender #402

Welcome to FxxK TiF Weekend, 2024 Edition. We are a little bit less salty than previous years when overseas wota were blocked from purchasing livestream tickets to view  the worlds biggest idol festival. That’s because, this year, there are no livestreams being broadcast at all. Finally, overseas fans aren’t being singled out, everybody’s getting screwed!!   So, unless you are physically present…