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Attention Keith Lee: Restaurants To Avoid On Your Arizona Food Tour

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OMGGGGGG ATHENA AND KEITH LEE ON THE KICK OFF SHOW?!?!?!? TK BLESSING ME FR😍😍😍

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Sent to a foreign country as a tribute, Lady Ki (c.1320- after 1369) carved a place for herself and became a powerful empress, the last of the Yuan dynasty.

From maid to imperial consort 

Lady Ki, also known as Öljei Khuduq, was born in Xingzhou, Gaoli (present-day Korea). The Korean state used to send a tribute of women to its neighbor, the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty, who controlled most of modern-day China and its surrounding areas such as present-day Mongolia. 

Lady Ki entered the palace and was assigned to Toghon Temür's service. Described as beautiful and clever, she quickly caught the young emperor’s attention and was elevated to the rank of consort.

The empress Danishiri was hostile to Lady Ki but was executed in 1335 or 1337 for having tried to protect her brother who was involved in a rebellion.

Toghon Temür then tried to name Lady Ki empress, but his decision was met with extreme hostility. Indeed, no Korean woman had held the dignity so far. Most empresses came from the Mongol Khongirad clan. He ultimately relented and chose a Mongol empress: Bayan Khuduq. 

A powerful favorite 

Lady Ki’s position was strengthened when she gave birth to a son, Ayushiridara (future emperor Zhaozong of Northern Yuan, r.1370-1378). Bayan Khuduq's son died young. Having a frugal and effaced personality, the empress was furthermore no match for Lady Ki. Ayushiridara was thus made heir apparent in 1355.

Empress Ki was influential and involved herself in political and military affairs. She for instance protected the high-ranking official Toqto'a but withdrew her support when he opposed the installation of her son as heir apparent. 

She liked to read the Women’s Book of Filial Piety and sought examples of past empresses she could emulate. When a famine struck in 1359, she showed her generosity by having the officials distribute porridge to the hungry, using her own funds to have thousands of corpses buried and hiring monks to perform funeral services. 

Lady Ki used her influence to promote her family’s interests. Her kinsmen in Korea were granted official ranks and titles. They repeatedly abused their power, which led the Korean king to execute Lady Ki’s entire clan. 

When she learned about it, she asked her son to avenge her family and raise a force of 10,000 soldiers. The military campaign was a complete failure and the entire force was routed. 

Empress before the fall

Bayan Khuduq died in 1365. No obstacles stood in Lady Ki’s way and she received the empress’s seal. It seems that she tried to make up for the mistakes of a poorly-performing emperor. Later historians indeed wrote that Toghon Temür preferred focusing on wine and women, though this could be an exaggeration to justify the fall of the Yuan Dynasty. 

The government’s structure was disintegrating. Empress Ki conspired to force the emperor to abdicate and put her son on the throne but failed. She faced little consequences and was simply put under house arrest for 100 days. Her agressive defense of her son’s interests was in keeping with Mongolian political culture, which recognized the influence of strong women. 

The Yuan dynasty fell in 1368 when the armies of the future Ming Emperor Hongwu entered the capital. Empress Ki fled to the north with Toghon Temür. What happened to her afterward is unclear, but she likely died the following year.

Her life was the inspiration for a 2013  Korean television drama, Empress Ki.

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Further reading 

Buell Paul D., Fiaschetti Francesca, Historical Dictionary of the Mongol World Empire

McMahon Keith, Celestial Women: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing

Robinson David M., Empire's Twilight: Northeast Asia Under the Mongols

Xu Shindan, “Öljei Qudu”, in: Hong Lee Lily Xiao, Wiles Sue (ed.), Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume II: Tang Through Ming 618 - 1644

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The Duke of Died-Badly-Shire: A Mini-Tourney

I realize there's another mini-tourney going on right now, but I want to bring your attention to something important. Every day in this country, there is a poll that pits men against each other, in which their only weapon is their stunning good looks; every day, one must fall. Some fall harder than others. Some fall stupendously hard. Some fall embarrassingly hard. We at the Billboard Hotties Tourney Foundation want to acknowledge a select few of those who were clobbered by their competition in the first round of this tournament and give one of them a renewal of life with the title of Duke of Died-Badly-Shire. You, the voters, must select the nominee you believe deserved better in his respective poll, and whoever earns the majority of votes will take the title. Each of the following received less than 25% of the vote in their poll...which one deserves justice?

[madameaug]

oooo can you do when Jeanie pranks jungkook by saying another man’s name? Love the fictions keep it up!

Sure! I'm going to keep the 'wrong name' basis but add my own twist :) Hope it still meets your requests.

*just for this imagine Jungkook has continued down his path as a singer/member of BTS. Not a boxer but everything else remains the same

Pairing: Jungkook x Jenentte

"Guess what I learned about your daddy?" Jennette asked to Peanut as she swung her legs to the right. She wiped her daughter's hind legs with a moist wipe, removing all of the urine.

"Appa?"

"Yes! Guess what I learned about him." Jennette tossed the wipe into the trashcan, sliding up the fresh diaper up Peanut's legs. She babbled a response squirming slightly from the cold air. Tilting her up, her polka-dot leggings rose with no issue.

"His English name is Justin. Isn't that a funny name?" Wiggling her nose against Peanut's, causing her to laugh. Her two baby teeth peeked out of her gums. As quickly as Peanut was growing up, she was starting to resemble a lot like her mother. Those first few months of baldness were over and she had a decent amount of hair. If Jennette used a small rubber band, she could do pigtails.

"Why would he want to name himself Justin. Your appa is so silly." She carried Peanut in her arms and walked out of the woman's bathroom. "Let's prank him, okay?"

Not really sure what her mother was stating, Peanut clapped.

"Appa. Appa."

They returned to the table of three where Jungkook was sitting. Peanut slid perfectly into the restaurant's booster. It had been a while since the family of three had been out in public together. With Jungkook's commitments and Jennette's new managerial role their time together was limited.

But with the members pursuing solo endeavors now, it was the most free time Jungkook has had in a really long time. He was spending every moment possible with his family.

"Peanut cheese!" Jungkook pulled out his phone, taking pictures. Ever since he became a father, he's found no reason to take a picture of Peanut. Her first time at a restaurant, he took a picture. First time touching the grass, he took a picture. First time using the potty, you guessed it. He took a picture.

Like a subject of classical conditioning, Peanut started cheesing. Her cheeks were open, her eyes closed, and drool slipped down her mouth. Jennette jokes that if Peanut were to model, she wouldn't be camera shy.

"Justin, can you pass me that napkin?"

Watching the clear liquid string down onto Peanut's shirt, Jungkook moved with haste. Not even registering the name Jennette just called him.

"What did you say?

Before Jennette could respond, the waiter brought the food out.

The steam coming from his plate enticed him. Jennette was treating him to breakfast at a black-owned restaurant. He decided to be spontaneous and try shrimp and grits. Looking at his dish, he could tell his shrimp was well seasoned. The grits were thick and cheesy.

Taking a spoonful, he had to bite his tongue from releasing a satisfied moan. The grits were hotter than he anticipated, but they were too good for him to spit out. So he tried to cool it off with his mouth.

Nodding his head he quoted the saying of food reviewer Keith Lee.

"For sho, you right on." He fed himself another spoonful. "I don't know why you kept me from this place for so long. It's so good."

Jennette smiled, seeing Jungkook enjoy his food.

"Well this can become our little spot."

"Absolutely."

"Justin." Peanut grabbed onto Jungkook's shoulder. She wanted to get his attention and try some of his bowl's food.

"Who's Justin, baby?"

"You're Justin, Justin."

"What?" Jungkook was addled. Slowly scooping up a Peanut appropriate amount of grits. Who the fuck was Justin? This man who apparently has been around his girl and baby. Jungkook looked to Jennette for a clue, but her face was neutral.

"Tell appa who Justin is baby."

"Pleaseeee." She leaned her body, trying to get closer to the spoon of grits in Jungkook's hand.

Not denying his baby girl the grits any longer, he fed her. Watching the good food hit her belly. She smiled, then opened her mouth again.

"Justin look at this funny meme." Jennette laughed while showing her phone. It was a funny new parent post of Instagram that Jennette had been following since she learned she was pregnant.

Taking her phone, Jungkook tucked her phone under his thigh. "Who the hell is Justin? Cause it's not me, and you got my Peanut repeating after you."

"Just a guy I know."

"Who is he." Jungkook's tone was becoming more assertive. He was tired of repeating of himself. And the longer he was going without knowing 'Justin's identity the more he feared ruining this nice family breakfast.

"Jennette, please, my patience is thinning out."

Taking him at his word, Jennette answered his question.

"I found an old video of you saying that you wanted to go by Justin. I shared that with Peanut in the bathroom. It was just a prank, there's no Justin."

Jungkook's face immediately softened. He playfully rolled his eyes. Knowing exactly what interview you were referring to.

"Oh gosh, you watched that clip." He physically cringed. Peanut whined still wanting some grits. Jungkook pulled her onto his lap. Feeding the remaining of his grits to his baby girl.

"I'd hate to be Justin right now." Jennette laughed.

"Whatever." Jungkook kissed Peanut's cheek. Enjoying the rest of the breakfast hour with his little family.

AND SCENE <3

Happy holidays to all of my beautiful followers and readers. May the holidays be enjoyable and relaxing for you. 2024 is just around the corner. Wonderful things are waiting for you. Smooches ~~~

[maxwelljacobfriedman]

I keep thinking about Keith Lee tweeting how he was injured before the match, and there's a deeply paranoid part of me that wonders why he would do that unless the company was trying to force him to perform injured, and he knew bringing public attention to it would get them to replace him, because seriously, why would you say that right before the match? And I know it's always a problem with wrestlers and athletes in general trying to push through injuries, but Kenny and Ibushi and even MJF, to an extent, have been just upsetting examples lately, it's just really bad.

[adamwatchesmovies]

Inside Man (2006)

Inside Man does something new with the heist genre. It’s stylish, exciting, filled with intrigue and packed with great actors around every corner. Thanks to its ending, this is a film you won’t soon forget.

In New York, masked robbers take control of a Manhattan bank by holding the people inside hostage. Their leader (Clive Owen) confiscates everyone's phones, divides them into separate rooms and forces them to wear outfits identical to their captors'. As the criminals turn their attention towards the bank’s contents, Detectives Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) and Bill Mitchell (Chiwetel Ejiofor) take charge of the negotiations. Meanwhile, the bank's founder, Arthur Case (Christopher Plummer), hires professional “fixer” Madeleine White (Jodie Foster) to protect the contents of his safe deposit box.

The ingenious thing about Inside Man is that it follows the hostage negotiators rather than the thieves. This allows us to be fooled by their operation without the film having to cheat or go by the old rule that “if the plan is laid out, it isn’t going to work and if it isn’t, everything is going according to plan”. You’re as puzzled as the hostages and the detectives by what the “Steves” are up to. The way they take control of the bank and handle the hostages proves these are no ordinary criminals. The question is what are they after, exactly? If it were simply money, that would be exciting but obvious and frankly, you’d doubt the thieves’ ability to get away with it. No. Whatever they want, it’s in that safety deposit box. The detectives don’t know that. You’re not even sure if the thieves know what’s inside but whatever it is, it's valuable and it's got to be dirty. No one with clean hands needs to call someone like Madeleine White.

This mystery of the safe deposit box solves one of the inherent problems of heist films, which is the likability of the protagonists. Even when you have the likes of Danny Ocean breaking into a vault, innocent people - security guards who are simply doing their jobs, for example - are going to get hurt or at the very least traumatized by the experience. Dalton Russel (Owen) may be dirty but he’s certainly not as dirty as Arthur Case. At least, you don’t think so. Who knows? Maybe the mystery will be worth all the inconvenience these people are going through. Either way, Frazier and Mitchell are clean for sure so you always have someone you can feel comfortable cheering for.

Aside from one scene that talks about violent video games and gangsta culture (it's a bit on the nose, even if it is largely accurate), this is a superbly directed film. There’s one particular scene where Frazier’s whole world comes to the brink of collapse. In any other movie, the director would’ve had him dramatically leave his trailer but Spike Lee instead chooses to put Denzel on a track and move him towards the camera in a continuous motion. It’s jarring and unusual but it drives the point home like nothing else could’ve. It helps that Lee is working with a wonderfully inventive story by Russel Gewirtz. Inside Man is filled with superb dialogue and makes great use of the city it’s set in. This is the kind of movie that always keeps you guessing because the different characters are always sizing each other up and snatching little advantages from the most unexpected situations. The thieves may be in control of the bank but you know that’s going to change eventually. The detectives in charge are just too smart. Unfortunately, Dalton Russell knows this, which means everything must be part of the plan…

There are a lot of complicated and dubious moral choices in Inside Man. The police make some serious mistakes. The errors they make feel like they were anticipated by the thieves. The violence and stress Russell and his crew unleash upon their hostages is nerve-wracking but it’s hard not to admire them a little bit - they’re just so good at what they’re doing. This and the mystery of that box compel you to keep watching, always keeping note of who’s doing what because this film is told in flashbacks. You sort of know what’s going to happen at the end but you have no idea how. You don’t know what the title refers to, but it’s got to be a hint and you’re determined to figure it out before time runs out and the movie tells you. This is the kind of movie you want to watch again once it’s done so you can tally all the breadcrumbs before they pay off.

Inside Man is a memorable thriller filled with great stuff. There are twists, satisfying red herrings, memorable characters, ambiguous morals to keep you guessing, an intelligence that acknowledges the pitfalls of the genre and the choices made by Spike Lee make it interesting on a technical level as well. Sometimes it’s so intense I don’t know if you could call it “fun” but there’s no way you can keep your eyes off of Inside Man. (March 19, 2022)

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Fandom-based Masterlist

OAll of my masterlists have been sorted by book or series (Writer’s Block, etc) and I know that when I browse someone’s masterlist I enjoy being able to sort by fandom, so here’s most of my work by fandom. Older fics aren’t included because I don’t really want to draw attention to them, but you can find them in my other masterlists.

“Open” means I still accept requests for the fandom. “Closed” means I don’t. I do prefer that requests be made under my Writer’s Block list so that I can get it finished, but if you have a specific request you’d like to make, you’re welcome to as long as it’s an open fandom. Here is a list of characters I accept.

Multi Fandom

Shonen University (master)

Adventure Time (open)

Marshall Lee Abadeer

Photographs (fluff, hurt/comfort)

Death Note (closed)

Mail “Matt” Jeevas

Not According to Plan (fluff)

Descendants (closed)

Harry Hook

Book Shop (fluff, hurt/comfort)

Harry Hook x Carlos de Vil

I’m Sorry Kiss (fluff, hurt/comfort)

Mal x Evie

French Kiss (fluff)

Gilmore Girls (open)

Jess Mariano

Catching Feelings (smut)

Fruits Basket (open)

Hatsuharu Sohma

Out of Darkness (hurt/comfort)

Seductive Kiss (smut)

Year of the Cow (fluff)

Kyo Sohma

Home Alone (fluff)

Haikyuu (open)

Akaashi Keiji

Just an Average Day (fluff)

Kuroo Tetsurou

Favorite TV Show (fluff)

Tsukishima Kei

Awkward Kiss (fluff)

Helluva Boss (open)

Striker

Picking Up Trash and Calling It Treasure (master)

Miraculous Ladybug (closed)

Chat Noir

Dancing (fluff)

Luka Couffaine

Ride (smut)

Luka Couffaine x Marinette Dupain-Cheng

Concert (fluff)

My Hero Academia (open)

Bakugo Katsuki

Sad (angst, hurt/comfort)

Bakugo Katsuki x Kirishima Eijirou

Ugly Sweaters (fluff)

Chisaki Kai x Shigaraki Tomura

Coffee (domestic fluff)

Shigaraki Tomura

Flowers (fluff)

Shinso Hitoshi

Long Distance (fluff)

Play With Me (smut)

Shinto Hitoshi x Kaminari Denki

Bedtime (fluff)

Todoroki Shouto

Twister (fluff)

Todoroki Shouto x Bakugo Katsuki x Midoriya Izuku

Comfy Cozy (domestic fluff)

Todoroki Shouto x Midoriya Izuku

Enjoying Nature (fluff)

Once Upon a Time (closed)

Killian Jones

Forest (fluff)

Ouran High School Host Club (closed)

Kaoru Hitachiin

Stargazing (fluff)

Tamaki Suoh

Nose Kiss (fluff)

Tamaki Suoh x Kyoya Ootori

Night Beach (fluff)

Riverdale (closed)

Jughead Jones

Sharing a Shake (hurt/comfort)

Sweet Pea x Fangs

School Dance (fluff)

Voltron (open)

James Griffin

Fire (fluff) 

Keith Kogane

Boyfriend Does My Makeup (fluff, humor)

I’m Not Going Anywhere (fluff, comfort)

Pocky Game (fluff)

Lance McClain

Selfie (fluff)

Takashi Shirogane

Out to Dinner (fluff)

Takashi Shirogane x Lance McClain

Surprised Kiss (hurt/comfort)

[wwethennowforevertogether]

~ Bienvenue sur ta Ligue simulée ~

Ce blog sera une fédération simulée sur la puissance montante du catch américain! La WWE ( World Wrestling Entertainment ! Créée en 1952. Sur cette fédération vous pourrez choisir uniquement des Superstars de la WWE ou bien d'anciens de la WWE. Je n'autoriserai que quatre superstars &/ou Womens par personnes. Je vous souhaite un excellent moment sur cette ligue virtuelle et vous souhaite bonnes chances pour votre carrière!

Attention, parmi vos 4 superstars vous devez au moins choisir deux superstar ou Womens sous contrat avec la WWE. Les deux roster seront réuni, c'est à dire qu'il n'y aura plus que un Show par semaine

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FOOD A lasting impression

Months later, D-FW restaurants still feeling the ‘Keith Lee Effect’

In late January, TikTok star and food reviewer Keith Lee rolled into Dallas, bringing a maelstrom of social media fervor and millions of eyes to North Texas’ restaurant scene.

Lee, who is known for highlighting small, minority-owned businesses, visited and critiqued nearly a dozen restaurants across Dallas-Fort Worth, sticking to his review format of anonymously ordering takeout, eating it in the privacy of a car, and posting a video of his real-time thoughts prefaced with his trademark exordium: “I got it, let’s try it.”

Some of the North Texas restaurants Lee chose, like Halal Fusionz and CeeZoos Bar and Lounge, were fledgling businesses still sorting out their hours and online ordering systems.

Others, like Hutchins BBQ, Terry Black’s Barbecue and Absolutely Edible Cakes and Catering, had weathered the volatility of the restaurant business for decades before Lee arrived.

Not one knew what to expect when they were thrust into the cosmos of viral internet fame.

They all hoped, though, that they would experience the so-called “Keith Lee Effect” — the instant and almost crushing surge in business that follows a positive review from Lee.

With unapologetic candor, a penchant for the underdog and 16 million fiercely loyal followers, Lee, a former professional mixed martial arts fighter based in Las Vegas, has managed to wield his influence to revive struggling restaurants around the country.

He’s done so with an approach that diverges from traditional restaurant criticism in key ways:

He usually visits a restaurant just once, and he orders only takeout.

Like traditional critics, Lee doesn’t accept free meals, and he usually attempts to remain anonymous when ordering to receive the same experience as a regular customer.

Lee wasn’t the first to enter this new era of social media restaurant criticism, but he has elevated it to incredible levels of influence that have prompted the industry to adapt quickly.

When Lee dishes out praise, scenes of lines curling around buildings and restaurants selling out of food inevitably follow.

But what happens to the restaurants he doesn’t review so favorably?

And what comes of the attention these businesses receive, good or bad, after he’s moved on?

To understand Lee’s impact, The Dallas Morning News talked with the owners of the 10 North Texas restaurants he reviewed.

Their experiences — varied, but patterned — reveal a fascinating reality for independent restaurants in the era of social media criticism.

It’s a reality in which a singular opinion, with enough traction, can save or vanquish a business overnight.

Lee, who notoriously does not do interviews, did not respond to interview requests via email or direct message on TikTok from The News for this story.

The successes

Of the 10 Dallas-Fort Worth restaurants that were paid a visit by Lee, half had lines out the door within hours of Lee posting a review.

The uptick in business at every one of these restaurants has largely held steady.

Sales at both locations of Hutchins BBQ, one in Frisco and the other in McKinney, are up 40% from last year since Lee called the food “goddamn delicious,” said owner Tracy Hutchins.

“It’s truly incredible,” Hutchins said. “I would have expected it to kind of taper off and kind of get back to normal in late February and March, but that’s not the case for us. I just think we grew a completely new audience. I truly believe this is our new norm. It’s the power of social media.”

The post-Keith Lee increase in business has been so extreme at Halal Fusionz, a relatively new ghost kitchen concept in Farmers Branch, that owner Ahmed Siyaji is looking for a brick-and-mortar restaurant space to move into — a previously out-of-reach goal.

Before Lee’s review, Siyaji’s Pakistani-Tex-Mex concept was struggling to get off the ground.

He was barely making ends meet and only had about five orders a day.

That changed when Lee walked in, shook Siyaji’s hand and told him to get ready for a crowd.

With only hours to prepare before Lee posted his positive review of Halal Fusionz and its Nihari x Birria Tacos, Siyaji scrambled to gather supplies and recruit friends to help him in the kitchen.

That first day, he fulfilled 200 orders and received dozens of others he couldn’t get to.

Since then, daily business at Halal Fusionz is 18 times what it used to be.

Siyaji now has six part-time employees.

“I’m absolutely grateful for what [Lee] does and how he intentionally goes to restaurants that are minority-owned or places that need the spotlight or are struggling,” he said. “He’s like the Batman of food.” Taste Project, a pay-what-you-can nonprofit restaurant in Fort Worth, has seen a 20% increase in customers and a flood of volunteer applications since Lee visited, owner Julie Williams said.

He didn’t try the food at the dine-in-only restaurant, but he posted a video about its mission and called it “one of the dopest restaurants I’ve ever seen” — verbiage now proudly emblazoned on the restaurant’s façade.

Williams said Lee, who came into the restaurant flanked by his bodyguard and his family, “clearly had done a lot of research” on its mission to reduce food insecurity and expand access to healthy food.

In the months since Lee posted his video on Taste Project, financial contributions to the nonprofit have spiked.

It recently received hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to help close out funding for a second restaurant location, and it was awarded a community impact award from the Dallas Mavericks, Williams said.

“There is a direct connection between new financial support and his attention,” she said. “It’s been incredible.”

At Brunchaholics in DeSoto, sales have doubled since Lee’s review of the restaurant’s Soul Food Burrito and fried catfish, said owner Jessie Washington.

The shift to this newfound attention was a challenge, though, he said.

“We really weren’t prepared, to be honest. Any business would struggle if 100 people showed up at once,” he said. “We definitely gave out some refunds that first day. But it’s an amazing marketing opportunity, and I feel like my food stands up to his review.”

Nikki Jackson, the owner of Absolutely Edible Cakes and Catering in Rowlett, said she’s hesitant to admit how well her business is doing thanks to Lee — because she can hardly believe it herself.

For the 22 years she’s been in business, November and December have always been Jackson’s busiest months, and they float her financially through the rest of the year.

In the eight days after Lee posted a review of two of her cakes in January, sales exceeded the previous November and December combined.

Jackson now averages 100 walk-in customers a day on weekdays and close to 200 a day on weekends.

Her wholesale and catering sales have practically doubled.

“It’s unbelievable,” she said. “I keep going back and looking at it and thinking, ‘This can’t be.’ The Keith Lee Effect is still in full effect.”

The fallouts

As much as a review from Lee can incite immense public support, so too can it open the door for intense backlash.

Some of the North Texas businesses he reviewed experienced the flip side of the Keith Lee Effect, where the intensity with which his followers rally around a restaurant he loves is channeled into online vitriol.

No one experienced this more acutely than Kim Viverette, owner and chef of the newly opened Sweetly Seasoned food truck in Garland.

It wasn’t that Lee disliked Viverette’s food — in fact, he scored her pulled pork sandwich and jerk chicken tacos highly — but what followed his review landed Viverette on the wrong side of Lee’s followers.

After trying Sweetly Seasoned, Lee introduced himself to Viverette and left her a $4,000 tip, as he often does at small businesses he likes.

The tip, he said on video, was to be distributed between Viverette and the two people who were cutting and braiding hair in the parking lot next to the truck that day.

Those two people were friends of Viverette’s son whom she said she had never met.

They showed up after hearing Viverette received an anonymous phone call saying Lee would visit the food truck, Viverette told The News.

Shortly after Lee posted his review of Sweetly Seasoned, the woman who had been braiding hair posted a TikTok video saying Viverette had not given her or the barber their portion of the tip.

The response from Lee’s followers was swift and condemning.

Online reviews for Sweetly Seasoned were flooded with 1-star comments calling Viverette a thief and saying her food caused food poisoning.

Her cellphone rang incessantly with berating and threatening calls, and people came to her food truck to take video of her.

Her social media accounts were inundated with comments saying she should end up homeless and her business should close permanently.

“It has been a nightmare,” Viverette said. “It got out of hand and it went way too far.”

‘Keith Lee cult ’

After Lee’s tip hit her bank account, Viverette said she did pay the two people, although she first messaged Lee to clarify that they were not her employees and ask if she was supposed to pay them.

“I said, ‘I know when you came out it appeared as if they were part of my staff, but they were not part of my staff. I don’t even know them. Do you still want me to issue them the money?’”

Lee never responded to her, Viverette said, but he did post a video saying he had made it clear how that money was to be distributed and that in his opinion, the food truck had been struggling not only because of marketing but also because of “personal issues.”

In the days following, Viverette temporarily shut down her food truck and tried to hide from what she described as the “Keith Lee cult.”

“It’s hard for me to talk to people about this because it has put so much of a strain on my life,” she said. “I went into a deep depression.”

She has reopened the food truck and is trying to get her business back on track, but sales are slow, and the harassing phone calls and negative reviews still come daily.

If things don’t turn around in a year or so, she said she’ll move back to her hometown of Milwaukee.

“I feel like I was blessed to have [Lee] come,” she said. “I just feel like it was handled inappropriately. I feel like he should have asked me if they were my staff, or if he wanted to give them the money, he should have done it himself. My mistake was not knowing what was going on around me.”

Collateral damage

When the masses came after the Sweetly Seasoned food truck, collateral damage ensued.

A case of mistaken identity dragged Dallas ghost kitchen Seasoned Street Food into the conversation.

Its owners began receiving a barrage of negative reviews and harassing phone calls from people thinking their business was Viverette’s.

Aimee Evola, who owned the ghost kitchen with her husband and business partner Jonathan Evola, said they immediately reached out to Lee to ask him to set the record straight with his audience and tell them they were coming after the wrong business.

Lee never responded or made any sort of public statement, Aimee Evola said.

The harassment continued for weeks, and their sales made a sharp and permanent decline.

At the end of March, they closed Seasoned Street Food — and the other ghost kitchen concept they ran alongside it, which also received an onslaught of negative reviews.

Evola said she is hesitant to equate the ordeal to Seasoned Street Food’s demise, but there was a clear nosedive in business when the harassment began, she said.

“I’m not sure if it’s completely related, but things were moving along in a forward-moving motion before this happened, and then everything just started to decline,” she said. “Restaurants are very volatile and finicky. One bad week or one bad day can become such a big hiccup for cash flow and return business.”

For Evola, Lee’s time in North Texas felt like “a tornado came through, and now you have to clean up after it.”

At CeeZoos Bar and Lounge in the Cedars, owner Cee Gilmore’s ambitions to create a music lounge with a notable weekend brunch were dashed after Lee’s less-than-flattering review.

Gilmore said after the review, hardly any customers came for brunch, and his cook promptly quit, so he folded the brunch program and dropped the word “restaurant” from the business name.

Still, he is grateful Lee came, he said.

“Any attention is better than no attention,” Gilmore said. “I was just really hoping for the Keith Lee Effect, but I didn’t get it. It’s alright though. I think it kind of got me and my brother back on our original vision for CeeZoos. It was always the plan for it to be a bar lounge for entertainment, and we kind of got away from that.”

Systematic flaws

Terry Black’s Barbecue owner Mark Black said he doesn’t think any benefit has come from the review his restaurant received, in which Lee said the jalapeño cheddar sausage had an “overpowering meat flavor” and the mac-n-cheese tasted like a “salty, wet noodle.” Lee did rate the restaurant’s brisket and ribs highly.

“Are we going to lose business because of it long term? Possibly,” Black said. “I don’t think it will be any percentage that we notice.”

The way Lee tried the food at Terry Black’s was less than ideal, Black noted.

“To be honest, his order was picked up late and it was a to-go order eaten in the car. It had been sitting for 30 to 45 minutes, and he ate one noodle off the top of the cold mac-n-cheese and dragged it,” he said.

The experience of a restaurant like Terry Black’s, which is not formatted for takeout dining, is lost in such an approach, he added.

Black said that when his restaurant is typically reviewed, “[the critics] go into the pits and show the whole process because what we do is very intensive. It’s not like cooking a burger or steaks.”

At Roots Southern Table in Farmers Branch, a James Beard-nominated restaurant from celebrity chef Tiffany Derry, little if anything has changed since Lee gave it a lukewarm review and said the duck fat fried chicken and short rib were not the best he’s had but also not the worst — a frequently used critique of Lee’s.

“We were already busy and are still busy,” said Derry, who also runs Roots Chicken Shak and the new Radici. “We have lots of people who dine with us regularly, which is the highest compliment you can get as a restaurant. It feels like business as normal.”

Thunderbird Pies, a Detroit-style pizza spot in East Dallas that was Lee’s first North Texas stop, is back to business as usual, too, after Lee gave its pizzas low ratings for crust that was too bouncy and sauce that tasted too strongly of onions.

But the return to normal came only after the restaurant endured a week or more of relentless negative online comments, said Jeff Amador, chief marketing officer for the restaurant group that owns Thunderbird Pies, Cane Rosso and Zoli’s.

“It seems like everyone has forgotten now,” Amador said. “We obviously wish [Lee] liked our food better and that we got the boost and attention and long lines you see when he likes a place. We didn’t get that, but we didn’t lose any followers or customers.”

Coming out of the ordeal unscathed, Amador said, is a win.

And for the record, he said, there are no onions in Thunderbird’s marinara, just a small amount of shallot.

The new reality

Many of the business owners The News talked to for this story said they see Lee’s social media-driven approach as the new frontier of restaurant criticism.

“Restaurants have to be prepared for this now,” said Williams of the Taste Project.

Although, she added, it’s hard to be prepared for something if you don’t know when or if it will happen.

There is inescapable vulnerability and unpredictability for restaurants in a world where anyone with a phone and a social media platform can be a critic.

One mistake can live online forever in an echo chamber void of clemency or context, but one positive viral post can pay dividends.

Lee’s stamp of approval is especially transformative.

Without a culinary or journalistic background, Lee has cultivated a devoted following with his food takes.

His everyman approach draws masses, and other content creators have taken note.

Scores of Lee-esque food reviews now fill social media feeds, although few have the influence Lee’s do.

But the TikTok restaurant review emerged well before Lee started recording himself eating takeout.

A “new category of eviscerating restaurant criticism” surfaced when TikTok creators entered the arena, said a 2022 article from Bon Appetit’s Sam Stone.

Heavy-handed, hyperbole-ridden critiques took root on the social media platform years ago and have persisted.

Lee’s reviews differ from this flavor of criticism.

Rather than assigning blanketed critiques of “good” or “bad,” he scores dishes with a point system that leaves room for nuance, and he often seeks out restaurants in the shadows over those that are flashy or widely known.

He doesn’t embody the bombast of his counterparts, but his harsh opinions of the food landscapes in cities like Atlanta and San Francisco have been widely criticized.

His content, as a 2023 article from Eater’s Amy McCarthy and Jaya Saxena noted, fills the space between dwindling staff critic roles at media outlets and the pay-to-play world of influencers.

His success is proof that there is still an appetite for being told where and what to eat, and that the people who get to do that job and the way they do it have changed.

Regardless of how restaurant owners feel about Lee — whether they see his reviews as welcomed marketing or under-developed opinions with potential to harm — his model is here to stay.

It’s a new era, said Black of Terry Black’s, and restaurants are wise to embrace it.

“You have to go with the new-age way of doing things and stay on top of it,” said Black. “You have to adapt.”

[rickygoldman34]

Hello everyone Ricky Goldman here.

Its AEW World's End live at Nassau Veterans memorial Coliseum in Uniondale new York. The 1st match on the zero hour is Willow Nightingale vs Kris Statlander. This was actually a decent match despite a few botches and slips. They went back and forth throughout and both got thier spots. Multiple pin fall attempts but with a lariat and a cover it was Willow with the W.

Next up its a Battle Royale match winner gets a TNT title shot. In it is Killeswitch,Lance Archer,Danhausen,Dalton Castle,Dark Order, Christopher Daniels,Kip Sabian,Johhny Tv,Serpentico,Lee Johnson,Danny magic,Darius Martin,The Butcher,The Blade,Bryan Keith,Action Andretti. Your typical battle royal here with many eliminations,your winner Killswitch.

3rd one is Hook vs Wheeler Yuta for the FTW title. Hook went right after Wheeler before Yuta stopped him to go out the ring where they fought on the ramp,Yuta filled the ring with weapons then slammed the champion into the barricade. Into the ring then where Wheeler used a stop sign then trash can to the back of Hook. The champion got back in it with a few German suplexs. Yuta wouldn't stop though as he grabbed another trash can,Hook locks on red rum but got slammed into the trash can back into again,he used a hockey stick and then locked in Red rum again to retain.

1st match on the main show is Blackpool Combat Club,Mark Briscoe and Daniel Garcia vs Brody King,Jay White,Jay Lethal and Rush. Lethal and Mark trade blows then Bryan and White in,they go at it.Brody and Daniel in,Brody turned his attention to Matt Maynard who was on commentary. Rush in then frequent tags between both Jays,Garcia with a bloody nose now but he fought on to tag in Briscoe alot of action on the outside. Lots of pin fall attempts and cohesive tag team action, Claudio with suplexs,Garcia comes in to pin Brody so his team are victorious.

Next its Miro vs Andrade El Idolo. Miro went right after Andrade,the action very quickly spilled out where Andrade sent Miro over the announce table,back in and the crowd is dead,up to the top rope where Miro hits a super plex. Andrade back in it again with a cross body from the top as he gains advantage. Miro with the camel clutch but Andrade wouldnt give up as he fought on hooking in the figure 8 but CJ Perry on the outside helps Miro who hits a superkick for the victory.

[aspectabundgaze]

Crowds that are funded = CrowdFunds

I love creating content. I also love putting out content for my 162 subscribers on YouTube, if it is still at 162 subs. I can still manage it on my own. But what about content creators who are growing and aren't really sponsored by certain brands? Now if you asked me and my opinion, crowdfunding can be an effective tool when it comes to helping building a community for the creative minds. Platforms like Patreon, Ko-Fi helped artists, graphic designers, beginners or professional filmmakers (who aren't tied to a huge distribution company, singer-songwriters, chefs, bakers, and also content creators to not only help fund their projects, or continue to keep their brands alive, but to also allow them to connect directly with their audiences/subscribers, and build a community around their work. 

Before we get into the question does crowdfunding actually help content creators or those in the creative industry, let's get a little into what crowdfunding is. In an article translated to English originally published by Greek author Zorica Golić in 2014, Golić has states that crowdfunding has become this alternative financing option, especially for projects that struggle to obtain loans from traditional sources like banks or investors. Dannberg, T. describes crowdfunding is a form and part of crowd sourcing, and the typical user of a crowd sourcing platform is described as a middle to old, middle to upper-class, highly educated, married white man with high-speed internet connection.

Other than being a platform to help fund content creators, these crowdfunding platforms also serves as something that motivates creators and contributes to a sense of community. Additionally, crowdfunding helps build a sustainable fan base by connecting with backers, turning them into long-term supporters, as stated by Dannberg, T., 2017. But with it’s positive look, it also has this negative outlook to it. Now with the attention of social media, it has brought not only the interest but also scrutiny when it comes to crowdfunding as stated by Chin, Jones, McNutt & Pebler, 2014. Furter explained by Chin, Jones, McNutt & Pebbler, this draws criticism on duped funders, projects done by celebrities and movie studios whose main motive is to continue on exploiting their fans and audiences into funded projects they themselves can fund.

Examples I can see from my own personal observations The Try Guys, Watcher, while both were part of Buzzfeed, people associated with the company like Eugene Lee Yang, Zack Kornfeld, Keith Habersberger (Try Guys), or Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej, and Steven Lim (Watcher) eventually branched out and started their own companies. As someone who used to subscribe to The Try Guys' patreon, these crowdfunding sites allows fans to view scenes that were not included in their uploaded content on YouTube, early access to more videos or videos scheduled for release from days to a week ahead, or ability to have their feedback and suggestions taken by these content creators for their future content. Another example would be PBS Eons. People who subscribed to their Patreon would be given a shoutout at the end of the videos, but it depends on the rankings of contents they chose to subscribe. But these businesses had already gained a number of exposure, fans and followers that getting the financial support for crowdfunding wouldn’t really be an issue. So take a look on Jon Widegren. Widegren planned on traveling across the United States to really enjoy as well as getting inspiration from burger joints he visited. Widegren spent 3 more months in the States before returning to Stockholm and got to work on he’s new project, Flippin’ Burgers, which was a success thanks to crowdfunds.

In conclusion, does crowdfunding helps the creative industry and community? Yes. Yes it does. I’ve seen it help my friends who were art students who used Ko-Fi, Patreon to help fund their budget to fund their art supplies. And it has also helped me as a writer. I get paid to write certain stories on platforms like Tumblr for fans and in turn, I would be given small donations in my Ko-Fi account to help me financially and my research for any of these stories I’ve been commissioned to write.

References

Golić, Z., 2014. Advantages of crowdfunding as an alternative source of financing of small and medium-sized enterprises. Zbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Istočnom Sarajevu, (8), pp.39-48, viewed 26 November 2023.

Dannberg, T., 2017. Advantages and disadvantages with crowdfunding:-and who are the users?, viewed 27 November 2023.

Bennett, L., Chin, B. and Jones, B. (2015) ‘Crowdfunding: A New Media & Society special issue’, New Media & Society, 17(2), pp. 141–148, viewed 26 November 2023

‘Flippin’ burgers – sthlm’s best’, Truck Stop El Bulli, viewed 28 November 2023, <https://truckstopelbulli.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/flippin-burgers-sthlms-best>

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[ID: The first six images are all in the same format. They show bright red text in all caps, centered in the image, on a white background, and with a red border on the edges of the image. They read:

A guide to:

Blockout 2024

A introduction to digital mobilization

#blockout2024 is an individual movement dedicated to the deplatforming of celebrities

"Why celebrities?"

In an increasingly digital world, we need to reflect on the media we are expected to engage with.

Questioning, rejecting, and mobilizing against massive displays of luxury is a call to invest our attention for the betterment of humanity, not to support a system that doesn't support us.

"Are you cancelling celebrities?"

No. This is not a movement to attack or shame celebrities (though I'm judging). It's a reminder of the individual choice we have as consumers in who we support. In a world designed for the success of the 1%, reclaiming individual attention is important.

Celebrities owe nothing to us, therefore we owe nothing to them.

Reconsider who you choose to contribute to the platform of

This is an important example of digital mobilization, an emerging area of study in which technology is looked at as a toolkit for the widespread and effective mobilization of a cause.

Continue reclaiming individual power!

Images 7 and 8 show a list labelled "Celebrities that attended the Met Gala 2024". Below the title the tag #blockout2024 is added. The list in the images is arranged in columns. List read:

Alia Bhatt, Amanda Seyfried, Ambika Mod, Andrew Scott, Ariana Grande, Ashley Graham, Awkwafina, Ayo Edebiri, Bad Bunny, Baz Lurhmann, Ben Simmons, Brie Larson, Bruna Marquezine, Camila Cabello, Camila Mendes, Cara Delevingne, Cardi B, Catherine Martin, Charlie Hunnam, Chase Stokes, Chris Hemsworth, Christian Cowan, Colman Domingo, Corey Gamble, Cynthia Erivo, Ed Sheeran, Eddie Redmayne, Elizabeth Debicki, Elle Fanning, Emily Ratajkowski, Emma Chamberlain, Emma Mackey, FKA Twigs, Gabrielle Union, Gigi Hadid, Gracie Abrams, Greta Gerwig, Greta Lee, Gwendoline Christie, Hugh Jackman, Irina Shayk, Jack Harlow, Jaden Smith, Jamie Dornan, Jazz Charton, Jennie Kim, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Biel, Jonathan Bailey, Jonathan Groff, Josh O'Connor, Jude Law, Kaia Gerber, Keeley Hawes, Keith Urban, Keke Palmer, Kelsea Ballerini, Kendall Jenner, Kerry Washington, Kieran Culkin, Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Kylie Jenner, Kylie Minogue, La La Anthony, Lana Del Rey, Lea Michele, Lil Nas X, Lily Gladstone Lily, James Luca, Guadagnino Madelyn, Cline Matt, Damon, Matthew Mactadyen, Meg Ryan, Michelle Yeoh, Mike Faist, Mindy Kaling, Naomi Watts, Nicholas Galitzine, Nicki Minaj, Pamela Anderson, Nicole Kidman, Omar Apollo, Penelope Cruz, Phoebe Tonkin, Rachel Sennott, Phoebe Dynevor, Rachel Zegler, Rauw Alejandro, Rebecca Ferguson, Rihanna, Riley Keough, Rita Ora, Sabrina Carpenter, Sam Smith, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sebastian Stan, Serena Williams, Shakira, Sienna Miller, Steven Yeun, Stray Kids, Sydney Sweeney, Taika Waititi, Taraji P. Henson, Taylor Russell, Teyana Taylor, Troye Sivan, Tyla, Uma Thurman Usher, Willow Smith, Zendaya, Zoe Saldaña

END LIST READ

The ninth and tenth images are another list, this time of celebrities usernames. I will be separating the @ sign from the usernames with a / sign. List read:

Blockout2024

CelebrityBlockout #BlockList

@/The Rock @/Oprah @/ArianaGrande @/ KimKardasian @/Kloe Kardasian @/ KendalJenner @/kourtneykardasian @/Kaitlyn Jenner @/KrisJenner @/Vogue @/ENews @/ Kevin Hart @/SelenaGomez @/SamSmith @/ dailymail @/markhamill@/AmySchumer@/

LanaDelRay @/GalGadot @/Jojo Siwa @/ ChrisOlsen @/HaleyBaylee@/MTV@/TMZ@/

DojaCat @/ChrisHemsworth @/Netflix @/Jlo @/

lizzo @/justinbieber @/meghantrainor @/ haileybieber@/rihanna@/taylorswift @/beyonce @/tombrady

END LIST READ

The next image is a screenshot of a spreadsheet showing celebrity names in the first column and their instagram links in the second column. The celebrities visible are Kim Kardashian, Gal Gadot, Jerry Seinfeld, Jamie Lee Curtis, Liev Schreiber, Amy Schumer, Michael Douglas, Sharon Osbourne, Debra Messing, Noah Schnapp, Ryan Murphy, Zachary Levi, George Lopez, Mark Hamill, and Howie Mandel.]

The original tweet I got this from says via 2024Blockout. I couldn't find the @ on Twitter so it's likely a TikTok account.

The goal is to block any major celebrity who hasn't spoken up about Gaza in order to cut off their means of making money off of us. If their videos and ads don't appear on our TLs and FYPs, that means no revenue for them. There's some videos going around explaining this campaign in depth better which I'll post later on, but I'm liking the idea and blocking whoever I can on Twitter and IG since I don't have TikTok.

Here's a blocklist I saw going around:

[worldtodaysposts]

Couple Banned from Owning Animals After ‘House of Horrors

A Manitoba couple has been fined $20,000 and banned from owning animals for life after animal protection officers seized dozens of sick and malnourished dogs, rabbits and birds.

“By any stretch of the imagination and understanding, I see no reason not to properly describe this as a house of horrors for these animals,” provincial court Judge Keith Eyrikson said Thursday.

Bruce and Maureen Feaver pleaded guilty to several offences under the Animal Care Act, including keeping animals in unsanitary conditions, failing to provide adequate food and water and failing to provide medical attention.

According to an agreed statement of facts provided to court, the dog had “significant medical issues and was deemed to be emaciated” and had not received proper medical attention following an earlier injury or illness.

The couple surrendered the dog to animal protection officers who, a day later, visited their home and found 21 dogs, 14 rabbits and 25 birds, all of them in various states of medical distress.

The animals were confined in a small space, in unsanitary conditions, without adequate lighting or ventilation and no opportunity for exercise.

Animal protection officers seized all of the animals, a number of which were euthanized, court heard.

“It seems strange that this got this far and how could it get this far is something that I can’t stop turning to,” Crown attorney Lee Turner told Eyrikson. “It seems the Feavers’ desire to have animals is much, much higher than their interest in caring for them.”

Animal protection officers inspected the couple’s home a second time on Jan. 31, 2018, and found another 10 dogs and three rabbits living in unsanitary conditions, many of them in need of medical attention. In a garage, officers stumbled over three dead dogs under a blanket on the floor. The couple said the dogs had died after being left alone in a car for three hours during the officers’ Oct. 5 visit.

In April 2018, officers seized three more dogs from the couple’s home and another three in January 2019.

[sportscrimenews]

Couple banned from owning animals after ‘house of horrors’

A Manitoba couple has been fined $20,000 and banned from owning animals for life after animal protection officers seized dozens of sick and malnourished dogs, rabbits and birds from their Winnipeg area home.

“By any stretch of the imagination and understanding, I see no reason not to properly describe this as a house of horrors for these animals,” provincial court Judge Keith Eyrikson said Thursday.

Bruce and Maureen Feaver pleaded guilty to several offences under the Animal Care Act, including keeping animals in unsanitary conditions, failing to provide adequate food and water and failing to provide medical attention

The couple came to the attention of authorities after a basset hound belonging to them was turned in as lost to the Winnipeg Humane Society on Oct. 5, 2017.

According to an agreed statement of facts provided to court, the dog had “significant medical issues and was deemed to be emaciated” and had not received proper medical attention following an earlier injury or illness.

The couple surrendered the dog to animal protection officers who, a day later, visited their home and found 21 dogs, 14 rabbits and 25 birds, all of them in various states of medical distress.

The animals were confined in a small space, in unsanitary conditions, without adequate lighting or ventilation and no opportunity for exercise.

Animal protection officers seized all of the animals, a number of which were euthanized, court heard.

“It seems strange that this got this far and how could it get this far is something that I can’t stop turning to,” Crown attorney Lee Turner told Eyrikson. “It seems the Feavers’ desire to have animals is much, much higher than their interest in caring for them.”

Animal protection officers inspected the couple’s home a second time on Jan. 31, 2018, and found another 10 dogs and three rabbits living in unsanitary conditions, many of them in need of medical attention. In a garage, officers stumbled over three dead dogs under a blanket on the floor. The couple said the dogs had died after being left alone in a car for three hours during the officers’ Oct. 5 visit.

In April 2018, officers seized three more dogs from the couple’s home and another three in January 2019.

“Throughout the entirety of the periods in question, the Feavers acknowledge they could have done more for the well-being of the animals, provided more care than they did, and ought to have been more forthcoming in seeking assistance when these situations got out of control,” says the agreed statement of facts.

Court heard care for the animals deteriorated as the couple struggled with their own health, financial problems and caring for Maureen Feaver’s ailing parents.

“While I accept the Feavers were doing the best they could to protect these animals, the end results were perverse,” Eyrikson said. “What this amounted to in many ways for these animals was torture.”

Eyrikson rejected a request the couple be allowed to keep up to three dogs, saying he had no faith the animals would be cared for responsibly.