#The Williams Institute

[lionofchaeronea]

Monterey Coast, William Frederic Ritschl, after 1911

[demifiendrsa]

28 YEARS LATER – Official Trailer

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It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.

[thesharktist]

Imagine Vanessa giving Jon a statement about what her father has done and the spirits in the animatronics because who else would believe her? Who else could she turn to? Some institute across the Atlantic that takes and looks into accounts of the deeply unsettling. Imagine Sasha and/or Tim and/or Martin checking out the pizzeria, Imagine

Art coming later today hopefully

[proofinggentlewoman]

The Shadow of Death (1874) - William Holman Hunt

[themasocismtango]

Sketchbook stuff, might digitize some of this:)

[luceibs]

WILLIAM AFTON!?! /j

[captainfairygodmother]

Am I going mad, or is this poem genuinely Good Omens coded?

"I went to the Garden of Love,

And saw what I never had seen:

A Chapel was built in the midst,

Where I used to play on the green.

And the gates of this Chapel were shut,

And 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door;

So I turn'd to the Garden of Love,

That so many sweet flowers bore.

And I saw it was filled with graves,

And tomb-stones where flowers should be:

And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds,

And binding with briars, my joys & desires."

-William Blake, "The Garden of Love"

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Erin Reed at Erin In The Morning:

In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Human Behavior on Thursday, researchers found that anti-trans bans lead to a 72% increase in suicide attempts among transgender individuals, compared to states without such legislation. The study, which surveyed over 61,000 transgender and nonbinary individuals through multiple waves of questions distributed by The Trevor Project, analyzed the state-level impact of anti-trans legislation. These bans, primarily targeting gender-affirming care, bathroom access, and school policies, had not been examined using this methodology before. The study’s findings could have far-reaching international implications as more countries face pressure to implement similar restrictions on transgender people. Due to the wide variation in laws and protections surrounding transgender individuals across the United States, roughly half of all states have enacted extreme anti-trans legislation, including bans on gender-affirming care. Meanwhile, the other half have passed no such laws, with many even expanding protections for transgender people and their healthcare. This disparity allows researchers to treat the differing outcomes as a "natural experiment," providing direct evidence that anti-trans bans cause harm in a way that few previous studies could achieve… evidence that The Trevor Project was collecting along the way.

The researchers found significant harm. States that passed anti-trans laws saw suicide attempt rates rise by up to 72% among transgender and nonbinary youth aged 13 to 17, and by 44% among those aged 13 to 24. To strengthen the evidence of causality, the researchers controlled for various factors, including state by state differences, race, age, the impact of COVID-19, and even conducted alternate placebo tests.

In explaining why youth aged 13 to 17 were more affected by anti-trans legislation, researchers highlighted healthcare bans, stating, “[They] may also rely on their parents or guardians to access gender-affirming healthcare or other vital resources. These additional complications, combined with the impact of anti-transgender legislation, likely compound for younger TGNB individuals, contributing to the effects described in this study.” The increase is significant: according to The Trevor Project, 20% of transgender youth in America have attempted suicide at some point in their lives. Using the Williams Institute estimate of 300,000 transgender youth in America, anti-transgender legislation could account for an increase of tens of thousands of suicide attempts by transgender people.

[...] The evidence around transgender care led to a historic policy resolution condemning bans on gender affirming care by the American Psychological Association, the largest psychological association in the world, which was voted on by representatives of its 157,000 members. This study, however, is likely to become a key piece of evidence in the fight against harsh anti-trans legislation, including care restrictions, due to its innovative design, large sample size, and ability to capture the direct impacts of anti-transgender laws across multiple states.

According to a recently published study in Nature Human Behavior, anti-trans state laws have led to a 72% increase of suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary youth.

See Also:

The Advocate: Anti-trans laws caused a significant spike in suicide attempts among trans youth: study

[teacupfullofstars]

I'm listening to The Magnus Archives while also being in my FNAF Era is wild. Also, William Afton is an Avatar of The Hunt but has hints of The Stranger and The End. Anyways my brain rots are seeping into each other.

[kittyoverlord]

LAST DAY TO FILE - 12/17/2024 (today)

DID YOU GO TO A "TOP TIER" UNIVERSITY? DID YOU RECEIVE SOME FINANCIAL AID? FILE TODAY TO RECEIVE COMPENSATION!!!

Closes at 11:59:59 Pacific Time

Got mine in at the last minute as per usual. Sending out anyway in case anyone else wants to scramble to get things together today.

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Platoon (1986, Oliver Stone)

24/03/2024

Platoon is a 1986 film, written and directed by Oliver Stone, which deals with his time in Vietnam as a volunteer during the war and is inspired by the real experiences the director had between 1967 and 1971 during his military service.

The film won 4 Oscars out of 8 nominations and Oliver Stone was also awarded the Silver Bear in Berlin as best director. In 1998 the American Film Institute placed it in eighty-third place in the ranking of the one hundred best American films of all time, while ten years later, in the updated list, it dropped to eighty-sixth place. In 2019, it was chosen for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress.

The bloodiest episode, as in many other films dealing with the Vietnam War, is inspired by the most atrocious event of that conflict, known to history as the My Lai massacre, in which American soldiers committed atrocities including rape of very young girls, indiscriminate killings of innocent civilians, destruction of the homes and resources of the inhabitants, believed to be allies of the Viet Cong, despite there being no evidence. From this perspective, the figure of the platoon commander, Lieutenant Wolfe, both for his inability to control his men and for other characteristics, can be traced back to the main person responsible for My Lai, the then US Army Lieutenant William Calley, convicted to several years of military detention for that very affair.

Due to an error by Lieutenant Wolfe, who gives wrong coordinates via radio, the platoon is decimated by friendly artillery.

In the last war action of his volunteer service, Chris escapes a deadly ambush by the Viet Cong who almost completely annihilate the platoon and the subsequent American bombing with napalm.

Initially Hollywood snubs the script as many producers are of the opinion that what three is to say about the Vietnam War has already been reported in highly successful films such as Apocalypse Now and The Deer Hunter, however the strength of Stone's script still attracts some producers who see enormous potential in him. He was then assigned to write a screenplay for another film, Stone accepted and wrote Midnight Express in 1977, thanks to which he won the Oscar for best non-original screenplay (first statuette for Stone) a fact that made all of Hollywood understand the Stone's enormous potential; it was therefore not difficult for him to find the producer to begin work on Platoon.

The film was shot, following the great example of Apocalypse Now, director Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines, starting in February 1986. The film's production was almost canceled due to the political upheavals in country, due to Ferdinand Marcos, dictator of the country. Upon arrival in the Philippines, the cast members underwent a two-week course of intensive training by Dale Dye (former Marine captain during the Vietnam War and interpreter of Captain Harris), during which they had to dig trenches and suffer forced marches and night "ambushes".

[callmewisteria]

the more i think about the institute in fallout 4, and the FEV experiments, the more convinced i am that the institute scientists who started the programme just played way too much resident evil as kids, and thought they could do what william and annette birkin couldn't in re2 with the g virus

[novelswithariana]

Season 2 Episode 22

Janine: Wait. So you did watch "Night at the Museum"? Gregory: Yeah. I take all your recommendations seriously. I want to know why you like stuff.

[baebeylik]

The Card Game. William Carter. American. 1950.

The Art Institute of Chicago.