#cricket deal

[screechingfromthevoid]

The cape wrapping was too much for me I have to leave

[some-pers0n]

Redditors will see a character headcanoned as anything other than cishet and will immediately double over and start wailing about the death of freedom and the oppression of straight people

[squeakadeeks]

im sure someone can relate to this but somehow despite all odds a cricket got into my room last night but didnt Activate until about 1 am. i'm embarrassed to say it took me a good 5 minutes to realize what it was and that it was coming from inside my room/very close by and in the moment it scared the willies out of me due to how loud it was. i kind of just rolled awake and thought We Are Fucking Under Attack

[yugiohz]

wallahi the fujoshi goggles are off (maybe even permanently, i fear), but i think dabi and hawks deserved one final confrontation. the question is, what kind of final interaction could they even have gotten? i have no idea tbh like i never gave it much thought let me think about it *pensive*

[prakranwomanswh0re]

Well… is this side of the fandom officially dead yet?

[softichill]

I hhave a job interview in the afternoon and I'm toonervous to fall asleep 👍

[youngchronicpain]

my right foot is so numb today!

[killeroos]

ASHES 2023 - 2ND TEST, LORD'S CRICKET GROUND Jonny Bairstow attempts to stump Marnus Labuschagne as he steps out of his crease - Day 3 Alex Carey stumps Jonny Bairstow as he steps out of his crease - Day 5

[fadedstarsfms]

who: closed starter for Cricket @glitchfms where: their apartment

Maia made sure everything was perfect when Cricket came home from the hospital. They both needed some time to recover from their festival activities but obviously Cricket's was a lot worse than Maia's. So as soon as Maia was feeling better she went into overdrive to make sure that Cricket was taken care of. "Okay so I have a wide arrange of movies that Asher helped me pick out if you want to have a movie night at any point." She arranged the movies on their coffee table so they could see the options. "Plus don't you worry about going back to work before you're ready. I talked with our landlord and he understood what we're going through and is giving us some extra time for rent." Which was a complete lie. Maia was just planning on paying it all herself so Cricket didn't have to worry about a thing. "And did you know I used to be a nurse? So if you need me to look at anything I got you."

[lesbiancolumbo]

inb4 "well you're on reddit" yeah yeah i know i know but people on the food network reddit are INSANE like there is so much bending over backwards to hate women contestants over there that i'm like okkkkkkkk

[heatherfield]

When you meant to get "Tallahassee" but you end up getting "The Cricket Game" instead.

Guess I'm gonna have to gif this man in glorious HD. *shrugs*

[armoralor]

nothing like waking up to even more homophobia, misogyny, and threats of physical violence for queer content you like

[antisocialgaycat]

the funniest thing just happened

so i was sitting here doing coding cos im shit at it and dont feel like failing anything again and i hear an anguished screech coming from the kitchen, followed by my sister screaming "MITCHELL" so of course i had to see what had happened

so i go to the kitchen and find my sister lying on the floor, almost in tears. i asked her what happened and she just pointed at the television, which was playing the cricket, and said "it was a no ball" and then went back to just lying on the ground.

i then asked my mother what had happened and it turns out mitch marsh had just gotten a wicket but his foot was over the line when he bowled it, so it was a no ball and didnt count. i thought someone had died or been injured but no. it was literally just the cricket.

[bopinion]

2024 / 23

Aperçu of the Week

"Shut up! I can't stand it!"

(Donald Duck, who so often speaks from my soul, turned 90 years on Sunday)

Bad News of the Week

Germany - and by that I mean society and politics - cannot find a sensible way to deal with extremism. Not with the right, not with the left - and not with religious fanaticism either. In Mannheim, a police officer was killed when he tried to defend the election campaign stand of a far-right movement (of all things) against an attack by an individual. A drama that shocked many. The attacker was an Afghan, who is unsurprisingly a Muslim.

Since then, people in Germany have been discussing whether there is a misguided migration policy or whether Germany has a problem with Islamist parallel societies. Unfortunately, this is grist to the mill of those who complain about foreign infiltration, uncontrolled immigration and a lack of integration. Which is all completely inflated. And of course "deportation" was discussed.

Deportation means that someone who applies for asylum and is denied it (for whatever reason) has to go back to their country of origin. With one exception: if they would not be safe there. For example, if they belong to a religious minority that is persecuted in their home country. Or is homosexual, but this is condemned or forbidden by their state. A few failed states such as Syria or Afghanistan are generally considered too unsafe for anyone to be sent back there.

Now this constitutional (and humanitarian!) principle is being called into question. Even by our chancellor. What I don't understand is the specific facts of the case. If someone commits a criminal offense under our laws - which the killing of a police officer, for example, undoubtedly is - they must be charged and sentenced accordingly by our prosecution. According to our laws. Does anyone seriously believe that an attack on Islamophobes that led to the death of an infidel system henchman would be punished in Afghanistan in a way that even resembles our legislation? Which would correspond to our moral sense of justice? Which could give the victim's relatives, friends and colleagues an equity?

Not me. Anyone who commits a crime in Germany should be charged and sentenced in Germany and serve their sentence in Germany. Even if that costs our tax money. We as a state and society owe that to the victim. To misuse this tragedy as a momentum for an exaggerated discussion about "the fundamentally evil foreigner" makes a mockery of the 29-year-old police officer who lost his life in the line of duty even after his death. He certainly does not deserve that.

Good News of the Week

Last week was a more than significant one for Europe. First of all, it was the 80th anniversary of D-Day. In other words, the day on which 170,000 infantrymen from the USA, Great Britain and Canada landed in Normandy with 5,300 ships and supported by 11,000 aircraft as part of "Operation Overlord" to finally liberate Europe from the fascist scourge of Nazi Germany. A historical event for which not least the Germans are grateful, as it paved the way for a democratic peace process in Western Europe that made the European Union possible in the first place - which absurdly exists today without the UK, but that's another story that not even David Cameron can explain.

Which brings us to the elections of the European Parliament, the democratic institution that represents the most people on this planet - because India (not only) in my opinion does not (yet) meet the criteria of a true democracy. Which, for Germany, actually went exactly as expected. With a clear victory for the conservatives (who are in opposition in the Bundestag), a clear strengthening of the far right (whose voters were hardly impressed by the scandals of the last weeks and months) and a rejection of the federal government (the traffic light coalition of social democrats, greens and liberals).

A few details. The electoral map of Germany is precisely divided into two: the conservative CDU/CSU leads in all western federal states, while the far-right AfD leads in all eastern states. The traffic light parties are losing 20% compared to the 2021 federal election that brought them into government. The Greens lose the most. Young people - including many first-time voters, as the voting age of 16 applied for the first time - vote for either small, progressive parties (high level of education) or the AfD (low level of education). This is a drama in itself, as it cuts off an entire generation from political reality. Voter turnout rises slightly to just under 65%.

But it is not all bad: the EPP (European People's Party, to which the German election winners CDU and CSU also belong) of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has won in principle. This is good, even if it will be more difficult for her to gain a majority in the future. Because she is an internationally established leader who is taken seriously in global political circles. Or because she is the driving force behind the "Green Deal", which is making the headlines less and less often, but is still fundamentally on track.

And above all, it is good that these elections took place at all. A democratic election for (almost) an entire continent. A continent that has largely understood that constructive cooperation in peace is to the benefit of all. The foundation for this was laid 80 years ago, when countless young men from faraway North America were prepared to risk their lives for the liberation of Europe. Thank you very much.

I couldn't care less...

...that there is now an action figure of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called "Super Bigote" (super moustache). Such a ridiculous cult of personality can't hide the fact that Maduro is closer to a super villain than a super hero.

It's fine with me...

...that Italian opera has been declared an intangible world cultural heritage by UNESCO. As a "Friend of the Italian Opera" (yes, that's a reference), I have a few more suggestions: Parmiggiano, La dolce vita, Vitello tonnato, Ermenegildo Zegna, Aperol sprizz, Vespa, Caffé, Pininfarina, Chianti. And of course that inimitable way of talking with your hands. Viva Italia!

As I write this...

...I can hear crickets chirping. It still feels like April - it's wet, cold and windy. But this sound of nature, which reminds me of vacations as a child, gives me hope that summer will come this year too.

Post Scriptum

Death Valley is living up to its name: temperatures of up to 50 degrees were recorded in the Mojave Desert last week. And 44 in the middle of Las Vegas - never before has it been so hot so early in the year in the south-west of the USA. At the same time, the wildfire season is starting earlier. According to a study published on Friday by the University of California in Los Angeles, air pollution caused by forest fires in California has led to more than 52,000 deaths within ten years. The number of deaths caused by the fires is therefore many times higher than the number of fire-related deaths. Yes, the "consequential costs" of climate change, which are often concealed, also cost human lives.

[captainsourwolf]

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