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batboyblog · 7 months ago

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Things the Biden-Harris Administration Did This Week #32

August 30-September 6 2024.

President Biden announced $7.3 billion in clean energy investment for rural communities. This marks the largest investment in rural electrification since the New Deal. The money will go to 16 rural electric cooperatives across 23 states Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Together they will be able to generate 10 gigawatts of clean energy, enough to power 5 million households about 20% of America's rural population. This clean energy will reduce greenhouse emissions by 43.7 million tons a year, equivalent to removing more than 10 million cars off the road every year.

The Biden-Harris Administration announced a historic 10th offshore wind project. The latest project approved for the Atlantic coast of Maryland will generate 2,200 megawatts of clean, reliable renewable energy to power 770,000 homes. All together the 10 offshore wind projects approved by the Biden-Harris Administration will generation 15 gigawatts, enough to power 5.25 million homes. This is half way to the Administration's goal of 30 gigawatts of clean offshore wind power by 2030.

President Biden signed an Executive Order aimed at supporting and expanding unions. Called the "Good Jobs EO" the order will direct all federal agencies to take steps to recognize unions, to not interfere with the formation of unions and reach labor agreements on federally supported projects. It also directs agencies to prioritize equal pay and pay transparency, support projects that offer workers benefits like child care, health insurance, paid leave, and retirement benefits. It will also push workforce development and workplace safety.

The Department of Transportation announced $1 billion to make local roads safer. The money will go to 354 local communities across America to improve roadway safety and prevent deaths and serious injuries. This is part of the National Roadway Safety Strategy launched in 2022, since then traffic fatalities have decreased for 9 straight quarters. Since 2022 the program has supported projects in 1,400 communities effecting 75% of all Americans.

The Department of Energy announced $430 million to support America's aging hydropower. Hydropower currently accounts for nearly 27% of renewable electricity generation in the United States. However many of our dams were built during the New Deal for a national average of 79 years old. The money will go to 293 projects across 33 states. These updates will improve energy generation, workplace safety, and have a positive environmental impact on local fish and wildlife.

The EPA announced $300 million to help support tribal nations, and US territories cut climate pollution and boost green energy. The money will support projects by 33 tribes, and the Island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. EPA Administer Michael S. Regan announced the funds along side Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland in Arizona to highlight one of the projects. A project that will bring electricity for the first time to 900 homes on the Hopi Reservation.

The Biden-Harris Administration is investing $179 million in literacy. This investment in the Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant is the largest in history. Studies have shown that the 3rd grade is a key moment in a students literacy development, the CLSD is designed to help support states research, develop, and implement evidence-based literacy interventions to help students achieve key literacy milestones.

The US government secured the release of 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua. Nicaragua's dictator President Daniel Ortega has jailed large numbers of citizens since protests against his rule broke out in 2018. In February 2023 the US secured the release of over 200 political prisoners. Human rights orgs have documented torture and sexual abuse in Ortega's prisons.

The Justice Department announced the disruption of a major effort by Russia to interfere with the 2024 US Elections. Russian propaganda network, RT, deployed $10 million to Tenet Media to help spread Russian propaganda and help sway the election in favor of Trump and the Republicans as well as disrupting American society. Tenet Media employs many well known conservative on-line personalities such as Benny Johnson, Tim Pool, Lauren Southern, Dave Rubin, Tayler Hansen and Matt Christiansen.

Vice-President Harris outlined her plan for Small Businesses at a campaign stop in New Hampshire. Harris wants to expand from $5,000 to $50,000 tax incentives for startup expenses. This would help start 25 million new small business over four years.

#Thanks Biden #Joe Biden #kamala harris #climate change #climate action #wind power #Russia #human rights #politics #US politics #america politics #worker's rights #road safety

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formulatrash · 6 months ago

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What Hot Hatch* Should Every F1 Driver Have? Pt 1

*some of these cars are not technically hot hatches but they are, spiritually, hot hatches to ME and also car genres are meaningless shut up

Unfortunately because I have problems I allowed the group chat to commission me into writing this. I think you will be able to see the point where I really unleashed the thoughts that probably ought to be kept inside. Maybe I will keep Pt 2 to myself.

Max Verstappen - Honda Civic Type R This was tricky because we know the grid's resident cat dad is actually an SUV girly off the track. But he's also a brand loyalist and I'm fairly sure literally has had one of these as his factory car so it checks out that a car notorious for having a better engine than it did chassis would fit the Red Bull post-Newey meltdown. And if you need to go round a bunch of roundabouts there's really almost nothing rivalled to a Civic Type R.

Lewis Hamilton - og Nissan Leaf Yes, Lewis has never had any association to the Renault-Nissan alliance in his life but whatever he's leaving Mercedes. Think he's sort of forgotten about this but he did commit to only driving electric road cars awhile back and I will defend the Nissan Leaf with my LIFE as one of the most fun cars to drive. Nearly said the NISMO Leaf but actually the time I had a go in one of them it was insanely overbearing in a way someone used to having Bono to whine to wouldn't appreciate. The stripped down, basic, original is more than enough to fuck about in a multistory car park and I'm confident Lewis would immediately know what to do with it when next to a BMW at traffic lights.

George Russell - Williams Renault Clio This was actually what started it because I was introducing my beautiful wife to the groupchat and then considering which driver should throw some pocket money at it. Leaving aside the fact that if I was that rich there'd be a lockup in Monte Carlo full of the shittest mid-90s three-doors you've ever seen in your life, this car is perfect for George. It's got a legitimate heritage connection and it's a proper piece, something to look after. There's even matching sweaters for him and Carmen to wear in a sponsored post. And when he gets that look in his eye and starts clenching his jaw too much it's extremely good for doing donuts outside Carrefour.

Sergio Perez - Toyota GR Yaris No, I know he drives for a Honda works team but if they haven't fired him yet they'll probably overlook this. The GR Yaris is a bit of a North American legend because you can legally only get it in Mexico - they're not obtainable in the US. So this is an understated big dick move and maybe what Checo needs is to have a little obnoxious fun, y'know?

Charles Leclerc - Sbarro Super Eight Oh, Charles. Tied up in scarlet. In order to maintain his Maranello-chained brand suffering nothing but Ferrari's finest horsies could do but they're not really in the business of making mean little things to hoon. Unless you consider the driver academy, I guess. Anyway - the Sbarro Super Eight is a Ferrari 308 V8 engine in the body of the kind of vehicle you can get insured on under the age of 25. It has too much (260) horsepower, it's a little silly and deeply selfconscious. And like il predestinato there is only one in the whole world.

Carlos Sainz Jnr - VW Golf This isn't even a statement about what car he should have, this is a car he does have. Mr Sainz and I may disagree about many things but his opinion that the VW Golf is the ultimate road vehicle is absolutely correct. Anyone who's seen the excruciating DTS segment where he tries to take a McLaren to M&S for a disappointing taco mix purchase will understand why Carlos held on to his Golf, a much better vehicle for picking up some bits. In the words of the man himself: "No Golf, no party"

Lando Norris - Lancia Delta Integrale Mk 2 "la Perla" Anyone with my Instagram recommendations will know in quite some alarming detail which Monegasque petrol station Lando uses to fill up his collection of sports cars. Weird fan paparazzi behaviour aside, the man likes buying unique cars and clearly isn't above something quirky given the Fiat Jolly. The Delta Integrale "la Perla" 1) sounds a bit like a sex toy in a way I think he'd find amusing, 2) is rare, with a totally impractical pearlescent white paint job for something ostensibly intended to hoon. It's expensive, semi-unique (allegedly only a few hundred were made) and a little bit silly, with plenty of rally-proven power and drive to muck about with.

Oscar Piastri - Honda City Turbo Oscar seems like the kind of guy who doesn't care too much about appearances. Not in the sense he looks bad - he very clearly does not - but like, lot of rumpled shirts in his wardrobe he's not bothered about ironing, y'know. So it fits that he'd need a hot hatch that does the job more than it's about aesthetic. The things I know about Oscar are that he likes to spend time with his girlfriend and he learned Japanese at school so I'm diagnosing him with JDM import disease and making sure there's a passenger seat. The Honda City Turbo is a teeny weeny little car that only makes its way into being a hot hatch not a kei car because of the totally unnecessary powertrain. And what a fucking powertrain, straight from the Mugen division into the least likely chassis imaginable. Yes, the car is not the most ostentatious looking thing but it's technically interesting and sick as hell so whatever.

Zhou Guanyu - Renault Twingo 133 Silverstone edition Zhou is a man of immense taste and style. He has a great little cat. He is a national icon in his home country and, frankly, any other. He has spent a lot of his life in Sheffield. Aside from this making him basically an idealised form of bloke, I think this means I can entrust him with the Twingo. Not, it's got to be said, overpowered as a car in its base model (my Mk1 Twingo could boast a 0-62 measured in minutes) Renault have never been able to resist souping it up a bit and for some unlikely series of reasons made a sport version to tie into the 2011 British Grand Prix. I don't even want to know why, now, it's better that it stays a mystery. Anyway, this is a Twingo with unnecessary horsepower and live data feeds the Mk1 would probably have a misfire even considering. It's quirky, comes with plenty of backstory and y'know. Whomst amongst us hasn't been screwed around with by Renault a bit in the past?

Valtteri Bottas - the Suzuki Jimny The Jimny is a car of greats. Deceptively small, it works perfectly in a city or if you need to drive up a mountain to get to a gravel course. loads of room at the back for a bike rack. It's practical, a little odd-looking in a charming way and everyone's delighted every time they see one. You can definitely get your ass out in this vehicle. Is it a hot hatch? Probably not but you don't get to define how the Jimny lives its life.

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echodrops · 6 months ago

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Sometimes the events of my life are truly so comedic that I have to assume some supernatural being(s) are watching me like their favorite evening sitcom and just dying with laughter.

Peep this Shakespearean level comedy of errors:

Go out with coworkers for a celebration because our project trip to Puerto Rico was approved.

Coworker brings up travel requirements to Puerto Rico. Only a driver's license is required, but you need the "Real I.D." symbol.

Pull out my driver's license to check, only to discover that my driver's license is expiring in FIVE DAYS. Thanks for even the slightest notification, Department of Public Safety???

Try to renew online, can't. No explanation for why is provided. Go to the DPS Office. "Oh, you used your passport to renew last time, and now your passport is expired. You can get a new passport though and then renew."

"Ma'am... do you know how long getting a passport takes?"

"I think it only takes a couple months now?" ... "And what is the expiration date of my license???"

"We can use a birth certificate instead. You can get it at the court house and come right back. We should be able to finish the renewal today."

"Ma'am... I was born in LA..." Lady tells me the next available DPS appointment isn't even until October 17th, eight days after driver's license expiration. Make the appointment.

Go to the California birth certificate website. Have to pay $60 for them to print and ship the birth certificate to me. Only after paying do they reveal there is a back-order on birth certificates and it may take up to 35 days for my birthday certificate to arrive.

Cancel the October 17th DPS appointment in abject disappointment.

Driving on an expired license because what else can I do? I can't bum rides off coworkers for 35 DAYS.

ONE DAY after my license officially expires, a college kid texting and driving veers into my lane and hits my car. (Thankfully no injuries, just a lot of cosmetic damage.)

The other driver doesn't have insurance. I DON'T HAVE A VALID LICENSE so I can't even go through MY insurance.

We agree to get estimates from body shops and for her to pay for the damage out of pocket. I get one official estimate--$1000 in dent hammering and repainting.

She texts me later that her mom "knows someone who repairs cars." Is this guy licensed? "Oh yeah definitely."

"Okay, give me the address and I'll take the car to their shop for an estimate."

"Ummm, maybe you could just bring the car to my mom's house and she can take it to the mechanic?"

"With all due respect dear, are you out of your mind?"

She finally gives me the address of the mechanic. It's one block from Mexico. It's a house. There are six dogs running loose in the front yard. There's something that might have ONCE UPON A TIME been a body shop next door to the house but now is a pile of barely standing timbers.

"Mechanic" comes out. I ask to see his license. He shows me a piece of paper that looks two steps above "I printed this direct from a Google images search."

I have a moment of despair, and then I realize: My car is 11 years old and has 100,000 miles on it.

If my car ends up chopped up for parts or sold across the border to Mexico, I can report it as stolen.

THIS IS HOW ECHO GETS A NEW CAR.

I am zen. All is well. I hope the worst case scenario comes true. I agree to bring the car to the "mechanic" on Monday.

Get back in the car, head home for the day.

Get a call from boss.

Puerto Rico project trip cancelled.

You can't make this shit up.

#BUT FOR ME #IT WAS THURSDAY #IRL stuff #honestly at this point #my life is so ridiculous #that the funny story that came from this whole event #is worth more than the repair to the car #my struggle bus crashed a year ago and now I'm just on the struggle walk

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jisforjudi2 · 3 months ago

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Perry Mason Rewatch continued

Series 1 The Case of The

(first 10 episodes here)

E11 Crooked Candle. Perry and Della spend the night aboard a sailboat. Della wears her Barbie catch me fuck shoes at the dock, climbing into a dinghy, and getting - so very elegantly - into a sailboat moored in the basin.

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E12 Negligent Nymph. The happy threesome go out for Mexican food. No one told Paul that milk is better at quelling the fire in his mouth.

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E13 Moth-Eaten Mink. Even tho it's a bit raggedy Della loves a mink. (In season 9 she owns a much nicer mink in Sausalito Sunrise)

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E14 Baited Hook. Gertie wears plaid. Tragg escorts murderer to jail as of he were taking her to the Ritz for dinner. Perry and Della play house.

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E15 Fan Dancer's Horse. It all starts when Perry and Della are coming back from a dirty weekend in Mexico. There's some horsing around then they go on a date with Paul.

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E16 Demure Defendant. Della tries to hide evidence from Tragg but he's not having it. Perry confuses things by throwing a pill bottle in the lake and pays 2 little kids to find evidence.

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E17 Sun Bather's Diary. Naked woman has house trailer stolen while she sun bathes. Perry is intrigued. Della is skeptical. Paul drools. Donna Reed's husband is a suspect. Della kisses Perry, but only on the cheek. Perry is disappointed ☹️.

E18 Cautious Coquette. Murder, mayhem, slimy soon to be ex-husband who gets whacked, idiot but good looking insurance investigator makes mistake. Very tall Paul drives tiny car. A champagne toast!

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E19 Haunted Husband. Hitchhiker + Slimeball driver = Car accident. Movie executives. Rainy weather and feathers crack the case. Della misses Perry so much when he's out chasing clues that she uses his desk. Della and Perry work late.

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E20 Lonely Heiress. Wealthy woman. Overprotective half brother. Con man with diabetic girlfriend. Perry and Della go to the motel to "reenact the crime". Della's hungry so Paul and Perry toss a coin to see who takes her to dinner. Spoiler alert: they both win!

#perry della paul #perry mason #della street #paul drake #raymond burr #barbara hale #william hopper #perry mason rewatch

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mulders-too-large-shirt · 9 months ago

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s3 episode 1 "the blessing way" thoughts

wow… how much time has progressed… and to think, a mere two months ago, i barely knew these character’s names, let alone that they will likely stick with me for eternity...

let us begin. as we always must do.

okay, so i’m reading the episode description: scully is facing a possible dismissal!!! i know she broke rules but it was for FRIENDSHIP and LOVE! does that not count for anything anymore?!

(spooky noise) (dried up alien shot) (voice of disembodied narrative) last season on the X files…

(a recap of cig man burning things)

we open back in New Mexico, to Albert describing his relationship to memory and history: “memory is radiant and immutable, while history serves only those who seek to control it” <- banger line.

anyway. we see the smoldering ruins of that train car that was once full of aliens. but not a single mulder in sight…

cig man is breaking into the kind people’s houses!! he and his cronies are conducting violence… THEY HIT ALBERT IN THE HEAD NOOO??? HE IS A HERO... cig man, you are less than a mosquito to me

scully time!!! she’s on the scene… guess she didn’t get far back to DC. “where is he?” she asks, and they look at each other with concern in their eyes. oh, they don’t know...

eric walks into the room with a terribly beaten face... NOOO ERIC, THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER DONE THIS TO YOU.

now scully is screaming for him on the cliffs whilst the smoke still billows from the train where he was last seen… no response… it is not looking good for our friend mulder!!

she finally tries to go home, and a helicopter is shining on scully. RIGHT on her. this is not good for driving. they run her off the road with no regard for anyone's safety??? could have caused a MASSIVE pileup.

anyway, they grab her and it’s upsetting, asking where the files are and she says in the trunk. do we believe her??? it’s a copy of some of them, but not the DAT, which i would guess means the original cassette tape... oh nooo i’m scared… i mean she couldn’t deny it, but it’s also not looking good for the secrets she was trying to keep. so, without the "DAT", they just leave.

back at the FBI, they are telling her she needs to take a leave of absence. she is looking at the ground and it is once again giving student in the principal’s office. NO PAY OR BENEFITS??? you can't do that... what if she needs to go to the doctor......

i guess she is a doctor but the point stands. you NEED insurance in these parts.

she gives them her badge and gun and says she thinks mulder is dead :( NOOOOO you cannot admit defeat

skinner says “don’t think this hasn’t been difficult for everyone” and she is holding back a very very very biting remark but actually manages to hold it back, so god only knows what she wanted to say. a stronger woman than i.

until she leaves the room, that is!!! skinner comes out to talk to her and OH SHE IS MAD!!

“what about the people who are poisoning agent mulder’s water? whose protocol was that? the men who killed agent mulder, the people who killed his father- they aren’t meant to be found”

“we will find them”

“with all due respect, sir, I think you overestimate your position in the chain of command” <- OHHHH TEA. she basically said, you're a liar working for liars and perpetuating lies. meanwhile WE'RE the only real bitches at the function and one of ‘em’s dead because of YOUR pet cigarette man. SICK!!!!! truly evil.

now she has to find some work to pay the bills skinner!!

(i don't think skinner is evil, i just think he's a dick sometimes and that pisses me off more than sheer evilness. EACH time i think i have him figured out. he does something that proves me wrong)

one last visit to mulder's office before she leaves. she's going to take the real files on the cassette and they are GONE??? to whom have they gone…..

back in new york city. it's a meeting of the minds, all the big names in the world of covering up the existence of aliens. cig man is saying everything is fine, mulder is dead, and all the files are back. ALLEGEDLY!! i believe him on no accounts.

GASP scully going to her mom’s house… she walked there barefoot at night because her shoes hurt her :(

“i’ve made a terrible mistake. dad would be so ashamed of me” NOOOOOOOOOOOO DON’T SAY THAT!!!

(i cannot speak to the moral character of her father but if it were me, i would say it was doing the Right thing that counts far more than following corrupt orders from a corrupt system. and this is further proof that she is one of those people who Has to do the right thing or the guilt will consume her... )

and she DID do the right thing!!!! she just doesn't have faith!!!! i'll cry!!!

buzzards back in New Mexico… oh........

HAND SPOTTED!! white man’s hand in the rocks. is it mulder smushed??????

IT IS!! albert and co are hauling him out of a hole, and he’s looking quite dead, but he seems to have hid in a cave with the aliens. good on him for finding a convenient hole to duck into.

they’re doing a ceremony to call the Holy People!!!! i hope it works because remember, the calusari said mulder knows the devil and that seems contradictory...

hopefully they were just lying.

scully back home. sleeping in bed. answering the door, for someone knocks.

it’s FROHIKE???? i cackled. WHY does he know where she lives! and also why is he here when she is in her robe! well. i guess mourning will have you up and about at odd hours.

he drank a whole bottle of what looks like vodka...? and described mulder as “a redwood among mere sprouts” i laughed... it's so genuine. we all know a frohike, for better or for worse.

he assumes that she will be next in line for hunting The Truth, to which she replies, “i’m soon to be out of a job”. but she's a doctor, so it is gonna be okay. maybe she can just leave the last few months off her resume and get letters of recommendation from her professors. doctors, high in demand.

"and like rats, they just scatter back into the woodpile” she says, when discussing how these secretive people pull the strings behind the curtains. i took note because this is a yeehaw-sounding saying.

i guess we don't ever learn where she grew up, because it probably wasn't in one place, with her dad in the navy... but still. such a phrase is giving some sort of appalachia.

frohike brings bad news: the thinker was killed EXECUTION STYLE and found in a landfill... this is soooo fucked up. she is shocked they would do something so stupid and i was like ??? but ohh she's talking about tracing the bullets!

(i only realized this much later. i won't lie)

back in New Mexico, albert is working overtime calling the Holy People to come help, and mulder's floating out in space as he contemplates leaving this plane…

people are surrounding him. perhaps the holy people or his ancestors??

but no, it is... DEEP THROAT??? I’VE MISSED YOU!!! it was nice to see him again, even for a brief moment in the astral plane.

he’s going on, very theatrically, about the absence of time in whatever it is inhabits after life: “i come to you, old friend, with the dull clarity of the dead, not to beckon you, but to feel the fire and intensity that still live in you…. there is truth here, if that is what you seek, but there is no justice or judgement, without which, truth is a vast, dead hallow” <- he has been reading Shakespeare in the afterlife

no i actually loved that line. it goes hard. "the dull clearity of the dead". i'm eating that arrangement of words up

cutscene: aliens being gassed and locked in the railroad car. that’s…. Horrific

(this scene takes mere seconds, and isn't addressed again in any real way in the episode, but holy. it was. unsettling. what did these bastards do to them....?)

back to the commune with the deceased. it's Bill! mr. mulder! he opens his eyes at his dad’s voice. his dad says he’s very sorry for lying about the whole alien thing, and says he is the memory; “if you were to die now, the truth would die, and only the lies survive us”. so no pressure whatsoever. /s

seemingly awake now, he asks if his sister is in the realm with the rest of those who have passed. and he learns she isn't there yet, so i'm pretty sure that makes up his mind, that he'll go back. but imagine if the answer was yes, she was there... do you think he would have still found the strength to return?

back in D.C., scully has to take the visitor’s entrance to the FBI :( but the security guard knows her!!! she is friendly in this way :) she beeps suspiciously... but he lets her though. i suspect that she might be hiding something... but what?

she's waiting for skinner. and ohhh skinner didn’t call her “agent” this time...ohhh the vibes are…….. not really vibing. it is uncomfortable.

she is bringing the news article to him and suggesting cross running the weapon that killed the thinker with the weapon that killed mulder’s dad to get some answers. this seems reasonable to me! he says she has been relieved of investigative duty and basically dismisses her. but she just wants to be helpful!!!! can you blame her??? she just wants to be HELPFUL, skinner, she wants her friend back and not dead. so please DON'T say something catty right now, i SWEAR.

SKINNER. I HATE YOU SOMETIMES. “ohhh the systems would have went off” so there is no need to cross reference the weapons. they’re killing people executioner style!!!! do you really think the people at the police department wouldn’t cover such a thing up?!?!? come ON let's use our heads!!!

he parrots her earlier line about him not having as much power as he thinks... ohhh you bitch. you should both be on the same team here and that team is "please let agent mulder be ALIVE"

he’s all “oh, you just wanna be helpful because you want your job back?” and she very firmly says NO. i just want answers. and honestly, she is handling this way better than i would be. because i would be biting and clawing skinner at this moment. to imply that she just wants her JOB back when she's trying to bring him information regarding a bunch of mysterious deaths, including that of her PARTNER?!?!?

so he says to bring him the cassette tape that she DOESN’T have or otherwise sit tight and let them do their job. and there is unbridled rage in her eyes but it somehow manages to not escape beyond body language and again, applause.

pause. i’m actually so pissed on scully's behalf right now. and i just KNOW filming these scenes had to be fun.

as always in skinner's office, Bill Clinton watches over everything. his eyes are cold and uncaring. like a god who has abandoned its creation.

the MINUTE she leaves his office, cig man enters... SICK!!!! he's asking about the tape that he earlier claimed to the squad in new york that he got back… “that’s unfortunate”, he says, when he learns she doesn't have it. did he PLANT IT ON HER?? is that what the beeping was? do cassettes beep on metal detectors? i had some as a kid, i just remember feelings of plastic when holding them <-op was NOT onto something here

upon leaving, she is confused about the thingy beeping again. “you wearing a necklace or something?”, asks the security man. “no, not today”, and...... OH.... THE VISUAL INDICATOR THAT SHE HAS LOST ALL FAITH IN THE FORM OF HER CROSS NECKLACE BEING ABSENT. AUGHHHH TEARING MY SHIRT. ripping my hair out in grief. but that leaves the real question: what is in there?

she goes to the doctor, who looks at her neck. SOMETHING IS IN HER SKIN??? embedded in there. oh... it’s scarred over and they’re gonna pull it out, and i'm thinking i might gag if they show it, but thankfully they cut then. WHAT DID THEY DO TO HER IN ALIEN LAND????

back to the New Mexico cam!!! mulder progress!! three days of chanting and he is asking for water!! good news.

back to D.C. no extraction scene visible, thank god. COMPUTER CHIP???? IN HER NECK??? did they microchip her... so they can track her location... or is it some sort of coded information... oh this is soooo evil

back talking with melissa!!!! my witchy best friend!!! melissa wants scully to unpack her memories, but can you blame her for NOT wanting to do that?? does reliving alien testing sound fun to you??? but, despite her reservations, she goes to a hypnotherapist anyway because she is a good sister and melissa played the "please? for me?" card

(damn, this show sure has a lot of hypnotherapy. it’s funny because i have never encountered it at all outside of this show. maybe it was the big thing at the time? and they wanted to be cool and trendy?)

but we’re back now, in repressed memory town, circa the Duane Barry era. regarding whoever was conducting the tests on her, she says she couldn’t resist them. hey what does THAT mean!!!

things look close to getting revealed when she says it’s time to go. like i said, i can imagine this is probably top ten worst sensations of all time.

so she drives back home and skinner is there??? HUH???? she looks sooooo gagged. and i was too.

(tell me why. oh god this is awful. tell me why my first reaction was “she must be going back to her mom's place... and he’s dating scully’s mom”) (cue the "i'm going to start dating her HARDER" scene from the office)

back in New Mexico. to end the ceremony, mulder must not do any work, change clothes, or bathe for 4 days. PLEASE DO THIS THING MY FRIEND. the boys give him a pouch for sunflower seeds, which he asked for during the worst of his fevers. the sunflower seeds... that when he heard them as a kid, reminded him he was not the last person in the universe... my sweet babygirl, who is a grown man breaking many many laws... glad to have you back in our world

albert shares that he went to the origin place, so overall, this mission seems to have been a success. so please, mulder, do NOT screw this up!!! sit in a hotel room and eat your seeds in your dirty clothes just do NOT break the rules of the ceremony that just saved your life.

scully calls skinner, asking why he was at her place, and he denies ever being at her apartment. BUT cig man is sitting right in front of him soooo it wouldn't have been a good time to talk anyway...

mulder is monologuing into the abyss, as he has found a way to infiltrate scully’s dreams!! very impressive!!

cutscene to his father’s his funeral. scully is there. because she is fundamentally good. she hasn’t met his mother before, right? i recall thinking earlier their first exchange might not go well, because of the whole sacrificed the “sister” for her in the hostage exchange deal thing...

but it actually goes as well as a first meeting a funeral can go. and without citing her prophetic dreams, scully tells her that she has a strong feeling he will be found. scully engaging in the supernatural...? are her sisters words ringing in her ear? or does she interpret a prophetic message dream as a message from the subconscious. i don't even think she knows.

meanwhile, a suspicious man watches this. he wants to talk to her away from the others. he makes some vague sort of reference to the UN league of alien safeguarding, and he says with confidence that mulder is dead.

AND THEN HE STARTS DESCRIBING HOW SHE WILL BE MURDERED???? okay could we GET any more unsettling. survey is saying no. anyway, she will be murdered with either with an unregistered weapon and people who will be out of the country right after the crime has been committed, or by someone she trusts visiting her house. uh oh… skinner looking sus

she asks why she is worth killing: "you want something they don’t- justice” hmm. many such cases in american history.

this guy claims to be tipping her off because his colleagues are acting “impulsively” and her death would just draw attention to them. i mean they have already killed like, 3 people if you count presumed dead mulder, but maybe one more would really push it over the edge?

mulder’s mom comes home. AND HE’S THERE!!!! in different clothes. 4 days had best have passed. i refuse to contemplate that he violated the terms of the ceremony.

okay, back from the dead, and he is interrogating his mom about his dad. she is not answering any questions- does she truly not remember or is she just deflecting... she wants to know what the deal is, and he grabs a gun and says it has to do with samantha. and leaves ominously. that man sure does want to make a dramatic exit.

missy wants to come over (scully calls her sister missy!), and she says to come over. but then someone immediately calls and hangs up- a universal sign of danger, as scully knows. she tries to call missy back, but she doesn't pick up the phone. so she calls back and she says she’ll go over to missy's place instead. the air is very very tense. something is about to go down. but what?

running to her car. and IT'S SKINNER? he says to get in the car. scully goes in anyway but is very clearly suspicious he’ll kill her. AND SHE PULLS THE GUN ON HIM WHEN THEY GET TO MULDER'S PLACE!

“don’t turn around, or I’ll blow your head off” TEAAA! let out some of that rage i was earlier commenting was so well managed.

“don’t think I won’t do it, you son of a bitch” “no, I believe you” <- LMAOOOO he knows she is NOT messing around. and he does everything she asks of him, even sitting on his hands.

NOOOOO MELISSA GOES TO SCULLY'S PLACE AND KRYCHEK SHOOTS HER????? WHAAAAAAAAAAT???? he looks down and realizes it isn't scully, so he tells his companion that they should just leave. absolutely useless flop of a man. how did he even get into the FBI. maybe they'll just take anyone.

back to mulder's place. skinner claims he has the tape, and that he took it from mulder's desk. then why would he have sent her on the fool's errand of trying to find it? and now they BOTH have guns drawn on each other… as someone approaches the door…. presumably mulder coming home???

OHHHHHH this is the first time i have wanted to drop absolutely EVERYTHING and go straight into the next episode, writeup be damned. AUGHHH. what about melissa!!!!!! please let her make it PLEASE I CAN’T WATCH SCULLY ENDURE THIS!!!! can you imagine if she walks in the door and sees her sister bleeding out... hopefully krychek was too much of a failure to even land a lethal wound.

and honestly, from the moment I laid eyes on Krychek way back in s2, so long ago, i KNEW that he was a fucking rat. like. evil evil evil. idk how they’re gonna try and make me like him again if they decide to keep him on as a recurring character, but i truly do NOT give a fuck about what sort of backstory they come up with for him. i’m choosing anger over healing here.

i’m that guy by the cork board pinning things with string and smoking a cigarette until all the things line up because truly WHAT is going on!!!!

really great episode; the pacing and suspense were fantastic, i feel pumped to start a new season, i have a million questions but in an exciting rather than an overwhelming way, skinner you are once again on thin ice!!!

#melissa you have to live it is not negotioable. i am no longer asking.#krychek you deserve every ounce of suffering you have so far been denied in your life due to your cherubic frat boy looks #may hell unleash upon him like the flooding of the yellow river #we are soooo back baby!!!!!!!!!#juni's x files liveblog #3x01 #the x files #txf

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perry-the-platypus-f1cs · 3 months ago

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SO the results from this post came in and so here it is!

Ao3 link

Blood for the price of money PT1

Summary:

Mr. Kovaksky gets involved in something larger than himself. At first it's a simple call like many more before, but this time it was different. It had been years since he had dived face-first into the world of crime, blood, and gore, but Kavolsky knew that a call from Big Jim meant either two things: One, he’s being laid off and is being given to another crime lord to clean up their messes, or two, he had another gruesome cleanup that he needed to be covered before police came sniffing. It was neither. A Call of Duty crossover with the game Crime Scene Cleaner

Kovalsky knew the many, many risks that came with this job. But he never ever thought that he would be sold off to a damn cartel leader, especially not one as renowned as El Sin Nombre.

“I'm sorry?” he asks as the hot metal of his phone pressed against his ear, making him feel even more enclosed in his slightly spacious apartment. He knew better than to piss off Jim, or Big Jim, as the man prefers to be called.

Kovalsky always somehow managed to breach the standard conduct that Jim’s other workers held, even though the slight breaches in respect towards Jim would land anyone else 6 feet deep, Kovalsky always managed to weasel his way back into the crime boss’s good graces.

“I said that El Sin Nombre wants you to do a few jobs for them as a show of goodwill in our new partnership.” Jim’s gruff words were a demand, not a request, and it made Kovalsky’s spine straighten as the mob boss continued talking.

“I have told Sin Nombre about your... conditions. Rest assured, anything you find worth something you can take. As usual.” Jim’s voice crackles over the phone, but the information that he was just told Kovalsky allows the other man to breathe a small sigh of relief.

“Thanks…” he replies, slightly unnerved by the whole situation of being an insurance for an alliance between a mob boss and an unknown cartel leader. And to think he was a school janitor a few months ago.

But hey, he has bills to pay and a sick daughter whose life is on a constant edge. What's a little blood on his hands when he can help save his dearest daughter?

“You’re welcome, Mr. Cleaner. I’ve organised a private plane for you to get to Mexico. Sin Nombre’s men will meet you at the airport. Pack what you need.”

After Jim finishes speaking, the call cuts off, leaving Karvosky to the silence and isolation of his apartment. He lets out a heavy sigh, collapsing on the slightly uncomfortable couch, the springs digging into his back as he rubs his temple, the silence being broken by a soft bark coming from the lounge door.

“Hey, Dexter.” He smiles as the small brown dog races across the room like a lightning bolt and leaps onto Kovalsky’s chest, affectionately licking the man's face, letting the tense situation and atmosphere lighten up even if it wasn't enough to quell the ever-approaching fear in Kavosky’s heart.

—-----------------------------A few minutes later—-----------------------

The night was restless as Kovalsky drove towards the airport Jim sent him the directions to. His car was packed tightly with two suitcases he stuffed in the back before he had to speed off to the airport.

Turns out someone knew he was coming because, judging by the men in very expensive tailored suits with holsters strapped to their belts, they were Jim’s men.

They were standing around a clear car park spot that Kavosky quickly drives into, and before he knew it, his bags were taken out of his car, and he was being led through the airport to a private airstrip.

He knew that Jim was powerful but not ‘owning a whole airport’ powerful; it makes him think back to the times he had jokingly talked to Jim like he was your average Joe; he winces at the thought.

How close was he to death at those moments, only being spared because Jim needed him to clean up his messes? The idea isn't comforting.

The airstrip is long, desolate, and grey like any other airstrip in the airport, except, of course, the others did not have a sleek, plain white plane with golden stripes lining the hull and wings of the plane.

Not quite what he was thinking if they wanted subtlety, but he was in no position to argue; he was here to do a job after all. That is if he didn't dig his own grave first.

—----------------------hours later—--------------------------------

The flight was long and comfortable for the most part, but the watchful eyes of the crew and the men Jim sent with him didn't calm any of Kovalsky’s already skyrocketing nerves. The rough landing and drive to Las Almas was even more nerve-wracking, with nothing quelling the nerves bubbling in his stomach,

but the occasional smoke chiped of a little bit of the edge the men cramped with him in the car saying nothing as he exhales the smoke out of his nose, the swirling mist rising rising to the ceiling of the car.

The sleek black car comes to a stop. The man sitting in the passenger seat gets out of the car first, opening Koval's door for him. The other two men exit the car, the driver walking up to the large, pristine manor the car is parked in front of. The driver is met at the door by two balaclava-masked men armed with some type of rifles.

The sight makes Kovalsky’s hands twitch, his nerve reaching a higher peak than it had on the journey over. ‘Okay… this just got real way faster than I thought it would.’ The thought disappeared just as fast as it came, and before he knew it, he was being led into an elevator to an upper floor of the manor.

The masked men lead him and Jim’s men to an office on the higher levels of the manor. The office was a large, opulent space with walls lined with bookshelves.

A large mahogany table surrounded with velvet chairs is placed in the middle of the room. A woman with tan skin and dark hair sits at the furthest end of the table. She’s wearing a sleeveless shirt with a small white scarf draped over a small golden chain.

Kovalasky can feel her eyes pierce and look him up and down before she speaks, “So. You're the cleaner, Si?” She says, gesturing to him with one hand. Kovalsky finds himself nodding and giving a short, clipped answer: “Yes. That’s me.”

He answers, standing slightly straighter at being addressed directly by what he could only assume is one of El Sin Nombre’s lieutenants or El Sin Nombre herself.

He’s learnt in this line of work to underestimate no one man or woman; everyone can commit the atrocities that he eventually ends up cleaning.

“Call me Valeria. I’ll be giving you jobs while you're staying here. Big Jim tells me that you’re good at your job. But while you're here, you answer to me. Got it, pendejo?”

She asserts, raising an eyebrow as if daring him to question a word she says, and Kovalsky can see in the corner of his eye the guards standing at the door tense and tighten their grip on the rifles in their hands. Kovalsky folds his hands in front of him, lowering his head slightly.

“Yes, ma’am, I understand.”

Kovalsky knows that one of the only ways he’s getting out of this alive and without accidentally pissing off an entire cartel is to do whatever they want whenever they want.

He's gotten used to this routine with Jim, but nothing like this, and Kovalsky doesn't know if he should feel hurt or proud of himself that Jim just Airbnb’d out his cleaning services to a goddamn cartel.

‘Just great, first time I'm meeting a cartel member, and she calls me an asshole.’ Kovalsky thinks to himself as the woman picks up a roughly folded piece of paper from the large table, standing up and walking over to him.

“This has all the information you need.” She says, eyeing him with a little more respect than just a few seconds ago, but hey, he’ll take it. If bending over backwards means he’ll live, then you might as well call him a human slinky.

He took the paper from her hands, opening it, his eyes tracing over the delicately written letters detailing the paper.

389 Alexander Street (safehouse)

Code: 775396

“I’ll get started on it now.” Kovalsky says, pocketing the paper, his body slumping slightly in preparation for the blood, gore, and probable horrorshow that will no doubt be that safehouse, the one that he gets to clean—lucky him.

“A car is ready for you in the parking lot.” Valeria says offhandedly before throwing a keychain at him. He stumbles, the keys hitting his chest, but he catches them before they hit the floor.

“Thanks…,” he says warily, but what could he say? He turns awkwardly and steps towards the door, looking behind his back, catching a glimpse of Valeria’s smile before he hurriedly rushes out of the room, tripping slightly at the door and mentally cursing himself as he makes his way down via the elevator.

It stops at the second floor, and the ride could be described in one word: AWKWARD. Reason why?

Because standing only a few feet away from him are one guard and another man who Kovalsky assumes is an enforcer of some type, telling by his orangish-yellow detailed top and the golden chain hung around his neck and the bush that's plastered on his face that the man probably calls a beard.

The guard is holding a man who sticks out like a sore thumb against his surroundings: a grey t-shirt, deep blue pants, a tattoo on his left forearm, and an insignia of some sort,

but the thing that stands out the most is the absolutely atrocious hairstyle planted on his head, a scrappy mohawk that looks like a crackhead with a razor could do a better job than the hairstyle on the man's head.

The enforcer-looking man turns to him, huffing a cruel, twisting smile on his face, “Aye, cabron? You're the ‘Mr. Cleaner,’ aren't you?” The enforcer asks, tilting his head to the side as he looks at Kovalsky similarly to the way Valeria had looked at him, but this time it's more calculating, personal.

Kovalsky straightened his posture, leaning back against the elevator walls, “And if I am?” he asks, tilting his head, his eyes swinging over the guard and the other shity-haired man.

Kovalsky notices how the other two men observe him…calculating. The enforcer smirks, nodding his head, “Aye, pendejo? You are him, eh?” the enforcer says, taking a step back, looking Kovalsky up and down, nodding his head.

The presumably captured or kidnapped man looks at Kovalsky warily, looking between the other men suspiciously, taking in all the details of the conversation.

The elevator lands on the bottom floor, and Kovalsky exits, thinking back on what the hell just happened in the elevator, but he quickly pushes those thoughts down, knowing that he was here to do a job, and he would be damned if he let a cartel enforcer and a man with a bad haircut distract him from doing his job.

The doors shut behind him, and the elevator started to ascend to the top floor. Kovalsky’s feet carried him through the winding hallways and out of the looming mansion towards one of the empty black cars with heavily tinted windows. His fingers press down on the unlock button on the keys Valeria had given him.

The car's front light flashes, and he opens the door, slamming it behind him after he sits down in the driver's seat.

“This is a pretty nice car," he admits to himself, running his calloused hands along the sleek leather steering wheel.

His foot finds the gas pedal, and the engine roars to life, the car vibrating and buzzing with energy. He sighs, dreading the mess and the smell of blood and gore. But hey, whatever he needs to do to get out of here and get a hefty pay cheque is worth it, right?

And with that he drives along the winding roads.

An unsuspecting man in an unsuspecting car about to commit a crime no sane person would ever do. But here he was in the Gulf of Mexico about to clean up a safehouse for a cartel leader that his boss lent him to for a criminal organisation alliance. What could go wrong?

Notes:

Hello! I hope you all enjoyed this first chapter! I'm sorry to say that it will be a long time before this fic will be updated due to me being on holiday and the fact that I have 2 other fanfics that I'm trying to finish BUT this fic will continue! thank you for you time. have an amazing night/day!

Masterlist

#call of duty #john soap mactavish #valeria garza #Mr kovalsky #crime scene cleaner #crime scene cleaner fanfic #cod fanfic #alejandro vargas

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klbmsw · 19 days ago

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We Got Who They Voted For

The president chose not to take the high road

DAN RATHER

JAN 21

For what is supposed to be an esteemed, tradition-rich ceremony, full of grandeur and history, our presidential inauguration in the Capitol Rotunda today ended with what has become a Trump tradition: a long, hate-filled rant that would best be described in polite company as one giant load of hooey.

Most incoming presidents use their inauguration speech to optimistically look toward a bright future. Most presidents are not Donald Trump. His inaugural address was so dark, no one would have been surprised if it had started raining inside the rotunda.

Trump made America sound like a struggling nation rather than a country with one of the most robust and envied economies in the world. That is his schtick. It’s like Munchausen by Proxy, politics edition. He convinces people things are dire so that he, and only he, can swoop in to be their savior. To bring this point home, he said, “I was saved by god to make America great again.”

In the exact spot where rioters tried to carry out a coup four years ago, Trump unironically predicted that his proudest legacy will be as “peacemaker and unifier.” With all the grace of a thundering rhino, he laid blame for our country’s ills at the feet of Democrats sitting close by, accusing the Biden administration of a “horrible betrayal.” Way to be a peacemaker and unifier. We’ve all been here before. This bully has no filter, by design.

With oozing bravado, he said he would get back control of the Panama Canal, end the Green New Deal (including revoking electric car mandates — happy about that one, Elon?), and rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America (cue the shot of Hillary Clinton seated behind Trump guffawing). But what about all those promises made during the campaign? I’ve been taking notes, and it will be up to us, all of us, together with a robust and vigorous press, to hold the new president accountable.

Many Americans are in no mood for his nonsense, which, unsurprisingly, has already begun. Trump has started backtracking on some of his major pledges, promises he made in order to get elected. Many of which have never had a chance of becoming reality. Here is just a sampling:

Ending automatic citizenship for everyone born in the United States

In December, he hedged on this promise, telling NBC News that “We’ll maybe have to go back to the people.” It was, however, apparently one of the executive orders he signed today. Most constitutional scholars believe this birthright is enshrined in the 14th Amendment, so Trump’s executive order will be challenged in the courts.

Ending the war in Ukraine

Trump claimed he would do this before he took office. Clearly that didn’t happen, nor could it have. Last week Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia told Fox that the president wants to take “100 days” to see if he can “figure a way we can do this in the near term.”

Lowering the cost of gas to $2 a gallon

Presidential action has little effect on the price of gas. Global prices fluctuate because of things like wars and pandemics, not who is sitting in the Oval Office. He said today that he would “drill, baby, drill” to bring down the price of oil. One problem: Right now the U.S. is already drilling more than ever before. Also, to bring down prices, oil companies, i.e. many Trump supporters, would take a hit on profits.

Cutting automobile insurance costs in half

During the campaign, Trump erroneously claimed that the cost of auto insurance had jumped 73%, and that he would cut it by half. First, car insurance costs are up 16.5% year to year — a lot, to be sure. Second, since it is the states that regulate insurance rates, he is limited as to what, if anything, he can actually do.

Impose high tariffs on Canadian, Mexican, and Chinese imports

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that he will hold off on the tariffs while he awaits a review of trade and currency imbalances with the three nations. It seems someone talked some sense into Trump, since most economists believe raising tariffs would increase inflation and thus consumer costs.

Closing the border

Trump claimed in a post-election interview that he “wasn’t speaking literally” when he said he would close the U.S. border with Mexico. He has subsequently said he meant he would strengthen enforcement against illegal entry.

Lowering food prices

After asserting numerous times on the campaign trail that he would “rapidly drive down prices” of groceries on his first day in office, Trump walked back that promise just one month after winning the election. He told NBC News, “I’d like to bring them down. It’s hard to bring things down once they’re up. You know, it’s very hard.”

Dismantling the social safety net

Much waffling on this one. Trump has said he won’t touch Social Security, but Elon Musk has said everything is on the table. Reportedly, plans are circulating on Capitol Hill to make trillions of dollars in cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid over the next decade. Nearly 100 million Americans are beneficiaries of one or more of these programs. That is almost a third of the population. You know who isn’t in that group? Any of the billionaires currently advising the president.

Sadly, it appears one promise he will keep is pardoning the January 6 insurrectionists, in what has become one of the most sickening attempted rewrites of American history.

Just before leaving office, President Biden had one final shot for Trump, preemptively pardoning several members of government against whom Trump had promised political retribution, including Dr. Anthony Fauci and General Mark Milley.

As for the promises, how many will go unfilled before a large majority of people realize they have elected a charlatan?

The silence of critics is essential to the growth of authoritarian power. So time for another gentle reminder that the press has an imperative role to play in holding the powerful accountable. Here at Steady we are rededicating ourselves to doing our small part.

Stay Steady,

Dan

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insanescriptist · 5 months ago

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Im so scared because of this election and what it means for my loved ones and I.

If you're a global nonnie,

I'm sorry; you believed in the intelligence and humanity of the average American voter and were denied both.

Obviously Trump being elected is going to embolden the worst politics; either to use or abuse or both, the world and it's peoples. Not just in the current warring areas, but all over the world.

And remember, Trump is currently 78; he could easily die of natural causes within the next four years. Without Trump's star power, a lot of that momentum will die fast.

If you're in the US nonnie,

If you live in a Blue state, your state's likely to stay Blue, with all that being a Blue state entails

If you live in a Red state, your state is likely to stay Red, with all that being a Red state entails

If you live in a Purple state, it's likely going to swing one way or another and I wish you the best in surviving the politics and the political ads

Further US specifics under the cut

Like I'll be real and say I'm disappointed my state's not more purple, which is the best color anyway (side effect of living in the South; it's very Red Republican politics) but it is what it is; we just gotta live with it or deal with it so... most posts I've seen going around have focused on the importance of letting yourself grieve, choosing an issue to focus on and avoiding burnout. I think I'll focus on awareness somewhat. Just things to watch out for. Because there's going to be all sorts of obnoxious crowing and cawing about everything. I'll touch on things and if I had the time and energy, I'd link to various stories and sites but most of what I'll say here is easy enough to verify in broad strokes with a couple of internet searches.

If you're worried about the economy... yeah that's a valid worry and probably not the way you're thinking. You're thinking another trade war (Mexico would love it if there is btw, they benefited off of the last one and the Farmers who had soy in their fields as part of that rotation lost so much money) which would be ow for the US again, but mostly survivable as trade wars only focus either a trade good or trade partnership. The lesser issue but more concerning, Trump will slash anything he wants (regulations mostly) to ensure an economic boon because that's what people want and will notice by year 2 and 3 of his second term. What they'll celebrate. That and cheap gas. What they won't notice for a couple years is the further loosening of food regs (see all the recent food recalls and outbreaks) and what people won't notice for decades is the infrastructure issues (building regs for housing and ofc infrastructure in general.) There's also the various other safety regs and requirements built into the laws, no matter how shitty it is ie workman's comp. Regs are built in blood but business don't care if their money is bloody. But yeah, these reg slashes are going to crop up with after effects for absolute decades afterwards. Don't believe me? You should watch more housing renovation programs; there's various types of plumbing and electrical regulations that can absolutely date your house. And yes, the housing insurance companies can spot them and also not tell you about them, but certainly charge you for the increased risk. That's just for the housing regs btw. Industrials regs concern entire industries, like how much carbon your car can emit to be considered eco-friendly to what sort of pipes can be laid out where. No one wants to be the next Flint, Michigan but it could easily happen and probably with something else. There's buildings made less than 50 years ago that are made with materials considered unsafe by standards now. There's also banking shit to consider with businesses and housing. The oodles of various office and retail space unused which um. The banks care a lot about unused office space that can't even be refit into human housing. Empty retail space can eventually be filled with another business. Empty offices less so now that more businesses are less tied to the office as a place. (Reduces other business' overhead.) Banks hate having empty unprofitable buildings in their portfolio, but at least the interest rates are back to "normal" percentages. Like I won't get into the the money generation/shuffle game that's going on with the US debt, other than 2.4% is sustainable for political purposes and not humanitarian purposes, because boy would it be nice to slash the national debt. Really make the dollar worth something that way. Sure, I'll take getting paid more, but I'd sure like to be able to also buy more with my pay. Because foodstuff is still going high because of various supply issues due to climate issues, the newest banana plague, in addition to many, many recalls. Like does no one remember the arson going around various meat farms several years ago? The various poultry farms ended because of avian flu? Long story short, the food prices are still so high because supply is pretty fucked up. Stores have been jumping through so many hoops to get supplied, that the logistics people are probably Olympic level rhythm dancers by now. Which is an additional complication to the whole ongoing recall issues whenever there's a bad batch of anything. They're a bit too busy ensuring supply to always have all the documentation in order. Which obviously, recalls work best when stores know which products to pull. More economic news though, Trump is going to be so good for businesses. And so bad for the people.

If you're worried about your medical health, that's also a valid worry. Especially with his comments on various known vaccines. Like the standard ones we've had for ages. Might wanna get those touched up. Medical red tape is annoying to wade through at the best of times but he's not in office yet, so plan accordingly. Make the most use of your health benefits this year and next year (they're already set for the year), since the year after will be once he's in office and things will obviously shift to some degree with whatever health insurance you've got, if any. A little medical debt in prevention is more than worth the expense of cure later. Get the cavities seen to. Get that pap smear. Refresh your vaccinations. Do your tests, get your bloodwork ran and go through it bit by bit. Take your damn vitamins. (And your meds.) Because again, those regulations? Those are going to get more loosey-goosey. In some things. More tight on some things than others. It's going to vary by state politics. Like my state for example does allow for birth control but not for abortion. Would I like abortion to be an option, yes, because my state is terrible about supporting families after the birth of a child beyond WIC and SNAP benefits. Daycare waiting lists can be over a year and maternity/paternity leave is something of a joke depending on what/who you work for. About the only solid boon I can think of would be Trump's loosening of the health regs, that might entice some nurses back to nursing, easing that lack of human resources in the health care system. As a red state, there were so so so many nurses I've talked to that quit/retired rather than take a booster shot for Covid or even the original Covid shot. Which is a whole different story, but not for here.

If you're worried about your public safety because you're part of a vulnerable/minority population? Yeah, be concerned. Trump's political leanings and what he says emboldens all kinds of impulses in the worst people. So they might actually go through with impulses they wouldn't otherwise act on. The KKK might try to recruit again. Which I wish was a joke, but they actually did try to have a public, local to Izzy, meet during Trump's previous term; they got scared off by the locals. So general advice Look at travel recommendations/warnings when going through parts of the US. Plan trips carefully. Consider moving to friendlier places if able, take precautions if unable or unwilling. Keep to a buddy system. Stay with friends in public. Make your plans for if the worst happens so you don't anxiety spiral. Know who to crash with in an emergency How to get copies of your important documents if they're all ash or being held by another party etc. I know no one really does this nowadays but know your emergency contact's phone number!!! Still very important information. Your phone can be dead, lost, stolen or confiscated and along with all the data on it and with it. (Those phone cases with the wallet attachment? How delightful, a lost phone that has a wallet attached, especially one with a photo ID of any kind is a golden goose for anyone looking to do a little identity theft. Because in order to call to put cancels/holds on all your cards, you've gotta have a phone.) Also as a reminder, your biggest and best shield is your confidence; the moment you act like prey, you'll be treated as such by those looking for targets. Do your murder strut and your main problem will be people asking you for directions and grannies trying to get you to go to church.

#Izzy answers #anon #please leave the political stuff out of my tumblr #got too into it a previous time and burned myself out of tumblr

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brookstonalmanac · 2 months ago

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Holidays 2.1

Holidays

Abolition of Slavery Day (Mauritius)

Air Force Day (Nicaragua)

Aroma Day (Japan)

Be An Encourager Day

Bigfoot Day

Canadian Mounties Day

Car Insurance Day

CBD Day

Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndrome (CCDS) Awareness Day

Change Your Password Day

Coast Guard Day (India)

Commemoration of the Abolition of Slavery (Mauritius)

Conservatorship and Guardianship Abuse Awareness Day

Constitution Day (Mexico)

Cross-Quarter Day

Day of Remembrance & Respect to Victims of the Communist Regime (Bulgaria)

Dignity Action Day (UK)

FCC Censorship Day

Federal Territory Day (Malaysia)

45 RPM Record Day

Freedom from Slavery Day

G.I. Joe Day

Golden Ticket Day

Heroes Day (Rwanda)

Highlight Your Hair Day

Holiday Hugs Day - Celebrating Dedicated Platelet Donors

Hourly Comic Day

Hula In the Coola Day

Igbi (Avar people; Russia)

Inspire Your Employees to Excellence Day

International Brownie Camera Day

International Day of Black Women in the Arts

International Face & Body Art Day

Medicare Day (Australia)

Memorial Day of the Republic (Hungary)

Moving-Picture Studio Day

National Appreciation Day for Catholic Schools

National Breathing Space Day (Scotland)

National Energy Assistance Day

National Freedom Day

National Get Up Day

National Girls and Women in Sports Day

National Heroes’ Day (Rwanda)

National Lonely Hearts Day

National Serpent Day

National Texas Day

National Unclaimed Property Day

National Youth Heart Screening Day

No Hijab Day

No Politics Day

O.E.D. Day

PreCure Day (Japan)

Robinson Crusoe Day

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Day (Manitoba)

Sandy B. Hooks Day (Lousiana)

Sherman’s March Day

Spunky Old Broads' Day

13th Amendment Day (US)

Triohonsi begins (Wolves' holiday, ends 3rd; Bulgaria)

Tupperware Sculpting Day

Visite du Pape (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Wardrobe Malfunction Day

White Rabbit Day

World Aspergillosis Awareness Day

World Galgo Day

World Hijab Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Baked Alaska Day

Dark Chocolate Day

Decorating with Candy Day

International Furmint Day

International Gruit Day

National Cake Pops Day

National Canned Food Day

Skippy Peanut Butter Day

Nature Celebrations

Bay Laurel Day (French Republic)

National Day of the Mexican Axolotl (Mexico)

Primrose (Youth & Longing; Korean Birth Flowers)

Independence, Flag & Related Days

Confederation Agreement Day (Senegal; 1981)

The Consulate of Jovak Helm (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]

East New Jersey (Purchased by William Penn; 1682)

Federal Territory Day (Malaysia)

Texas (Voted to Secede from the U.S.; 1861)

Thulia (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

United Arab Republic (Created by merger of Egypt & Syria; 1958)

New Year’s Days

Imbolc (a.k.a. Oimelc; Celtic, Pagan) [1 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]

1st Saturday in February

Barber Day [1st Saturday]

Burning the Hom Strom (Graubünden, Switzerland) [1st Saturday]

Global Chaplains Day [1st Saturday]

Ice Cream For Breakfast Day [1st Saturday]

International Pisco Sour Day [1st Saturday]

Lace Day [1st Saturday]

National Play Outside Day [1st Saturday of Every Month]

Pork Rind Appreciation Day [1st Saturday]

Sandwich Saturday [Every Saturday]

Satyr's Day (Silenus, Greek God of Beer Buddies and Drinking Companions) [1st Saturday of Each Month]

Scout Sabbath [1st Saturday]

Six For Saturday [Every Saturday]

Sleep Over Saturday [1st Saturday of Each Month]

Social Saturday [1st Saturday of Each Month]

Sourdough Saturday [1st Saturday of Each Month]

South African National Beer Day (South Africa) [1st Saturday]

Spaghetti Saturday [Every Saturday]

Take Your Child to the Library Day [1st Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning February 1 (Last Week of January)

African Heritage & Health Week (thru 2.7)

International Networking Week [1st Week]

La Poutine Week (Canada) [thru 2.7]

National Patient Recognition Week (thru 2.7)

Solo Diners Eat Out Week (thru 2.7)

Women’s Heart Week (thru 2.7) [Always from 2.1]_

World Interfaith Harmony Week (thru 2.7) [1st Week]

Yukon Quest [thru 2.6]

Festivals Beginning February 1, 2025

AFRMA Fancy Rat and Mouse Show (Riverside, California)

Arizona Renaissance Festival (Apache Junction, Arizona) [thru 3.30]

Boys & Girls Club of Laredo Wine Tasting Gala (Laredo, Texas)

Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza (Brainerd, Minnesota)

Carnival in the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) [thru 2.27]

Carolina Chocolate Festival (Moorehead City, North Carolina) [thru 2.2]

Chocolate Tour (Excelsior Springs, Missouri)

Downtown Gadsden Chili Cook-Off (Gadsden, Alabama)

Florida Renaissance Festival (Deerfield Beach, Florida) [thru 3.23]

Hudson Valley Wingfest (Poughkeepsie, New York)

Melodifestivalen (Lulea, Sweden)

Panagbenga Festival (Baguio, the Philippines) [thru 3.1]

Something in the Way (Boston, Massachusetts) [thru 2.2]

South Florida Garlic Fest (Wellington, Florida) [thru 2.2]

Temecula Valley Barrel Tasting (Temecula, California) [thru 2.2]

Feast Days

Astina (Syrian Church; Saint)

Brigid, patron saint of Ireland (Saint Brigid's Day) [brewers]

Brigid’s Day (Pagan)

Brigit’s Day (Celtic Earth Mother & Godess of Fire, Wisdom, Poetry, and Sacred Wells; Everyday Wicca)

Candelaria of San José (Christian; Blessed)

Candlemas (Pagan)

Candlemas Eve

Chronos Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Day Sacred to Juno Sospita, Jupiter, Hercules, and Diana (Ancient Rome)

Emaculation (The Season of Intoxication begins, a.k.a. ‘Frop Harvest; Church of the SubGenius)

Festival of Dionysus begins (Ancient Greece) [thru 2.14]

First of Fettuccine February (Pastafarian)

Henry Morse (Christian; Saint)

Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch (Christian; Saint & Martyr)

Imbolc (a.k.a. Oimelc; Celtic, Pagan) [1 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]

John of the Grating (Christian; Saint)

Kalends of February (Ancient Rome)

Kinnia, Virgin of Ireland (Christian; Saint)

Là Fhèill Brìghde (Day when the Cailleach Beara gathers firewood; Celtic)

Landsegen (Germanic Neopaganism)

Langston Hughes (Writerism)

Lenaia (Festival of Drama to Dionysus, Greek God of Intoxication)

Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries, Day 1 of 3 (Ancient Greece festival honoring Ceres, Demeter, Persephone, and Proserpine)

The Lucaria (Festival of the Grove to Sucellus, Gaulish God of Alcohol; Ancient Rome) [also 7.19 & 7.21]

Mac the Dog (Muppetism)

Mauni Amavasya (Day of Silence; Hinduism)

Muriel Spark (Writerism)

Pindar (Positivist; Saint)

Pionuis (Christian; Martyr)

Serial (Christian; Saint)

Sigebert III, King of Austrasia (Christian; Saint)

Spring Mother Celebration (Norse)

Tapati Festival (a.k.a. Rapa Nui; Easter Island)

Terry Jones (Writerism)

Tuppence Day (Shamanism)

Verdiana (Christian; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Chinese: Month 1 (Wu-Yin), Day 4 (Xin-Chou)

Day Pillar: Metal Ox

12-Day Officers/12 Gods: Establish Day (建 Jian) [Inauspicious]

Holidays: Spring Festival Golden Week

Secular Saints Days

Fritjof Capra (Science)

Thomas Cole (Art)

Vladimir Dimitrov (Art)

Don Everly (Music)

John Ford (Entertainment)

Clark Gable (Entertainment)

Victor Herbert (Music)

Gilbert Hernandez (Art)

Lagston Hughes (Poetry)

Rick James (Music)

Terry Jones (Entertainment)

Galway Kinnell (Poetry)

Ștefan Luchian (Art)

Vivian Maier (Photography)

Del McCoury (Music)

Garrett Morris (Entertainment)

Takashi Murakami (Art)

George Pal (Entertainment)

Reynolds Price (Literature)

Joe Sample (Music)

Emilio G. Segrè (Science)

Muriel Spark (Literature)

Zao Wou-Ki (Art)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Butsumetsu (仏滅 Japan) [Unlucky all day.]

Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [8 of 30]

Premieres

Ain’t Nature Grand (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)

Alice Chops the Suey (Disney Cartoon; 1931)

Alice Gets Stung (Disney Cartoon; 1925)

Alice’s Little Parade (Disney Cartoon; 1926)

American Gigolo (Film; 1980)

Argybargy, by Squeeze (Album; 1980)

Bartender, Turn Those Lights Off a A Shot in the Dark (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 342; 1965)

Battling Bosko (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)

Big Game Fishing (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)

The Bird Man (Krazy Kat Cartoon; 1935)

Blind Date (Terrytoons Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1954)

The Bourne Identity, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1980)

Cagey Business (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1965)

Cakes and Ale, by W. Somerset Maugham (Novel; 1930)

Call Me, by Blondie (Song; 1980)

Call Mr. Fortune, by H.C. Bailey (Novel; 1920)

Call Northside 777 (Film; 1948)

Camptown Races, by Stephen Foster (Song; 1850)

Cockatoos for Two (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1947)

Col. Herza Liar’s Mysterious Case (Colonel Herzl Liar Cartoon; 1924)

Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton (Novel; 1948)

Dawn (Go Away), by The Four Seasons (Song; 1969)

Dingbat Land (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)

Dookie, by Green Day (Album; 1994)

Double Indemnity, by James M. Cain (Novel; 1936)

Dr. Ha-Ha (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)

Drum Up a Tenant (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)

Duck Fever (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

Felix Follows the Swallows (Felix Cartoon; 1925)

Felix ‘Hyps’ the Hippo (Felix Cartoon; 1924)

The First Flying Fish (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)

The Fox Hunt (Terrytoons Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1950)

Gag Buster (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

The General’s Little Helper (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1969)

The Ghost Fakir (Krazy Kat Cartoon; 1926)

Giant Steps, by John Coltrane (Album; 1960)

Gold Diggin’ Woodpecker (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1972)

Good and Guilty (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1962)

Good Snooze Tonight (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)

The Goods Thing of Life (Key Holding Cartoon; 1922)

Good Times (TV Series; 1974)

Hair Cut-Ups (Terrytoons Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1953)

Hardcase (Hanna-Barbera TV Movie; 1972)

A Hare-Breadth Finish (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)

Hare-Less Wolf (WB MM Cartoon; 1958)

Harvest, by Neil Young (Album; 1972)

The Hillbilly (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1935)

Hound Dog, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1953)

House of Cards (TV Series; 2013)

The House That Dinky Built (Dinky Doodle Cartoon; 1925)

How to Relax (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, by Richard Bach (Novel; 1977)

I’m Afraid to Come Home in the Dark (Fleischer Screen Songs Cartoon; 1930)

Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace (Novel; 1996)

It’s a Bird (Lowell Thomas Tall Story Cartoon; 1936)

It’s a Living (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)

Jaws, by Peter Benchley (Novel; 1974)

Jessie’s Girl, by Rick Springfield (Song; 1981)

Johnny Angel, by Shelley Fabares (Song; 1962)

The Kid from Mars (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1961)

Ko-Ko Song Car-Tunes (Fleischer Out of the Inkwell Cartoon; 1925)

Kung Fu: The Movie (TV Movie; 1986)

La Boheme, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1896)

Land Grab, featuring Hector Heathcote (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1970)

The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper (Novel; 1826)

Late Night with David Letterman (Talk Show; 1982)

The Lion’s Busy (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)

Manon Lescaut, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1893)

The Man Who Fell To Earth, by Walter Tevis (Novel; 1963)

MASH: A Novel about Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker (Novel; 1968)

The Masquerade (Fleischer Out of the Inkwell Cartoon; 1924)

Mechanical Bird (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

Miami Maniacs (Terrytoons Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1956)

Michel’s Mixed-Up Musical Bird (DePatie-Freleng Animated TV Special; 1978)

The Misunderstood Giant (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)

Modelling (Fleischer Out of the Inkwell Cartoon; 1923)

Mr. Winlucky (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1967)

The Old Folks at Home (Fleischer Ko-Ko Song Car-Tune Cartoon; 1925)

Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1837)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey (Novel; 1962)

Oxford English Dictionary, 1st Edition (Dictionary; 1884)

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Film; 1951)

Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag, recorded by James Brown (Song; 1965)

The Phantom Ship (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)

Pink Breakfast (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1979)

Popcorn and Politics (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1962)

A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Novel; 1912)

Racket Buster (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1949)

Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)

The Red Tractor (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)

Reduced Weights (Krazy Kat Cartoon; 1929)

Rhythm in the Beaux (WB MM Cartoon; 1935)

Road Runner a Go-Go (WB LT Cartoon; 1965)

Romantic Warrior, by Return to Forever (Album; 1976)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, adapted by Barbara Shook Hazen (Children’s Book; 1939)

Russian Doll (TV Series; 2019)

Sacré Bleu Cross (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)

Same Time, Next Year (Film; 1979)

Seaside Adventures (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

The Sky’s the Limit (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)

Slackers (Film; 2002)

Sleepy Time Chimes (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1971)

Sniffles Bells the Cat (WB MM Cartoon; 1941)

A Southern-Style Breakfast or How Many Grits Can You Eat? (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 341; 1965)

Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (Novel; 1999)

Space Kid (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1966)

Stage Struck (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

The Story of George Washington (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1965)

Supermarket Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1980)

Surrealistic Pillow, by Jefferson Airplane (Album; 1967)

The Tale of a Dog (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)

Three Is A Crowd (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)

Time Gallops On (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)

To Be Or Not to Be (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1963)

Train Terrain, featuring Hector Heathcote (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1971)

Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller (Novel; 1937)

Tumblr (Social Media App; 2007)

Under the Pink, by Tori Amos (Album; 1994)

Von Heute auf Morgen, by Arnold & Gertrude Schoenberg (Opera; 1930)

Warm Bodies (Film; 2013)

Where There’s Smoke, featuring Deputy Dawg (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)

Whiz Quiz Kid (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1964)

Wise Quacks (Dinky Duck Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)

Today’s Name Days

Brigitta, Katharina, Reginald, Severus (Austria)

Trifon (Bulgaria)

Brigita, Miroslav, Sever (Croatia)

Hynek (Czech Republic)

Brigida (Denmark)

Birgit, Birgitta, Gita, Piret, Pireta, Pirja, Pirje (Estonia)

Riitta (Finland)

Ella, Siméon (France)

Maria, Neujahr (Germany)

Tryfonas, Vasiliki, Vasilis (Greece)

Fruzsina, Ignác (Hungary)

Brigitta, Geminiano, Verdiana (Italy)

Andra, Brigita, Brita, Gita, Indra (Latvia)

Brigyta, Eidvilė, Gytautas, Ignotas (Lithuania)

Birte, Bjarte (Norway)

Bryda, Brygida, Dobrocha, Dobrochna, Iga, Ignacja, Ignacy, Paweł, Siemirad, Żegota (Poland)

Trifon (Romania)

Ksenia (Russia)

Tatiana (Slovakia)

Brígida, Cecilio (Spain)

Max, Maximilian (Sweden)

Basil, Bohdan, David, Vasylyna (Ukrainę)

Birgit, Birgitta, Bret, Brett, Bridget, Bridgette , Brigitte, Brita, Britney, Britt, Brittani, Brittany, Brittney, Clark, Clarke, Langdon, Langston (USA)

Today’s National Name Days

National Cameron Day

National People Named Dave Day

National Sean Day

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 32 of 2025; 333 days remaining in the year

ISO Week: Day 6 of Week 5 of 2025

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 12 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Wu-Yin), Day 4 (Xin-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Snake 4723 (until February 17, 2026) [Ding-Chou]

Coptic: 24 Tubah 1741

Druid Tree Calendar: Cypress (Jan 25-Feb 3) [Day 8 of 10]