#crowd safety

[idroolinmysleep]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises those stuck in a crowd crush to keep their hands in front of their chest “like a boxer” and to maintain firm footing. The agency also said not to resist the force of the crowd, but instead try to move diagonally to the edge of the crowd when there is a lull in movement. If you fall down, the C.D.C. advises to curl into a ball to try to protect yourself.

[emdotcom]

Yeah, so while I was on my "I'm going to read into Vanny/Vanessa as much as possible" journey, I noticed an odd quirk in her animations in how she moves. At first, I thought it reminded me of a ballerina, 'cause she's kinda tip-toeing, & she has this way of keeping her head & chest in one place as she moves, but I looked again & realized --

That's not ballet! She's doing a tight-rope act. Like, look at this one:

This is like standing up on the wooden boards before you do the actual tight-rope walking, & the ring leader is hyping you up as you do some fun movement for the crowds. &, then, these:

These are all instances where she walks with one foot directly in front of the other. In that third, she's doing the "woaaah" wiggly-ass balance movements & everything, as if she's swaying up at the top of the tent, even though she's down on solid ground.

Idk, I feel like the way her feet are placed isn't accurate (pretty sure they should be pointed left & right, not both forwards...) doesn't make this 100% correct, but I like it. It also connects back with her first SB teaser, wherein she's up in the rafters.

[immult]

ugh. imogen could've summoned a reilora when they were appealing to the masses you know. even under the zone of truth imogen wouldn't be lying if she had twisted it to say that the "terrors" can be bent under her will and power. do you know how hopeful that display would've been for the room's- exandria's morale? do you know the amount of positive votes that alone would get bells hells?

but it will send the wrong message. it is never about reining or annihilating the ruidians. it's about imogen arriving at kreviris and saying how wonderful it would be if she's allowed to share the taloned highlands, her birthland, with them.

Exaltant Hope as in her hope was so enduring that it saves. Red Storm as in her bloodright, curse, and blessing. but the title was always meant to be read together: Exaltant Hope of the Red Storm. she is the red storm's hope. ruidus' and ruidians' and ruidusborns' and all the exandrian dreams dreamt on that ruddy surface.

it is imogen in whitestone, leaning against the door that shuts her out, saying things that look scary can be so beautiful if you give them a chance.

[leiamcgonagall]

Overheard at robotics build session part five:

“It’s the iphone of military takeovers.”

“I love bearings that crunch, the sign of truly healthy bearings.”

“They’re crayons, you delinquents.”

“Safety isn’t as important as the wall of shame.”

“Here you go, if it’s a carcinogen do it outside.”

“A long time ago in the galaxy far far away that is robotics 2013…”

“What do you want from me, you foul creature?!!! I’m in hell!!! Hey, what do you put in for sine theta here?”

“I don’t know how it works, therefore it doesn’t exist.”

“Is that a reference to the hit natural sleep schedule, fuck you industrialization?”

“Worst case scenario only one of us dies. There’s not enough electricity in the world. I don’t fear electricity, electricity fears me. That’s why I’ve never been shocked more than three times in a day.”

“I went to the ER for stomach pains and left with a half a cast on my arm.”

On today’s agenda: how many safety violations can my team commit in one sitting

(Additional quote insanity)

[drenched-in-sunlight]

i like ghostflower (hell I draw fanarts for them) but I’ve decided I like the version of them in my head more and will just stay away from the fandom in general cuz I’ve seen some discussion and they just make me go “what on earth are y’all on” 💀💀💀💀

[etapereine]

on today's episode of bonkers fines:

julien bernard got fined for "damaging the reputation of the sport" for interacting with the crowd on his home roads - including his fan club and i think some of his family

[utilitycaster]

I hadn't heard of the soda wax safety tools in CR video - looked it up and wasn't sure I wanted to spend 47min watching it myself. In brief, what's the beef?

some video essayist made a bunch of wildly out of pocket parasocial assumptions about the cast based on poorly cherrypicked interviews with them and with others who have played with them (eg: Erika Ishii) in order to claim they used specific safety tools rather than saying to themself "hmmm perhaps the cast's 'safety tools' are 'being friends who communicate with each other honestly and frequently' and I'm pulling this all out of my ass to push a really stupid agenda."

[coochiequeens]

Dang said she’s been reflecting on their support, emphasizing that she thinks it’s no coincidence that women came to her defense. She said she thinks there’s been a showing of solidarity among women over the public safety threats and harassment that they deal with. "

By Kimmy Yam

A woman who was attacked in the Boston subway is speaking out after a group of teens were recorded harassing her with racist language and attempting to block her from leaving the train. 

Vivian Dang, 25, told NBC News that she was on the red line at around 10 p.m. last Thursday when the unidentified teens followed her into a train car. A video she took of the incident shows them hurling racial slurs, mocking her in an accent and physically cornering her. 

“Can I get some dumplings?” one of the teens can be heard saying with a fake accent. “Can I get some ramen with the egg?” 

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police confirmed to NBC News that the investigation is active and declined to comment any further on the incident. But the morning after the attack, police said on social media that they were looking for the teens, who had not only taunted, harassed and threatened passengers, but had also smashed a train window before fleeing. 

Video of the incident has since gone viral on TikTok, prompting discussions over public transit safety. 

While the train was crowded, Dang said that three women helped her throughout the ordeal. Two of them had encouraged her to sit next to them, while another spoke up for her. 

“We did have a moment when I was thanking them for sticking up for me and one of them even gave me a pepper spray because she had extra,” Dang said. “We just had a casual conversation about how she always has these things prepared.”

One of the women also assured her of the severity of the situation and brought the police over to Dang, she said, helping her report the incident. 

Since, Dang said she’s been reflecting on their support, emphasizing that she thinks it’s no coincidence that women came to her defense. She said she thinks there’s been a showing of solidarity among women over the public safety threats and harassment that they deal with. 

“We’re kind of looking out for each other. It’s always the women,” Dang said. “You see women pretending they know each other on the street just to have them avoid a stranger approaching them or something. It’s very the norm to really just stick up for one another as a woman.” 

“I’m hoping that this is an eye opener for people taking public transport and just being more cautious of the people around you,” Dang said. “And I hope that this sparks more conversation into the racism that’s been occurring, every day … not everybody gets to record their incident.” 

The 25-year-old said that when the teens entered the train, they immediately began to threaten passengers. 

“I was in the first cart with them. They were already saying stuff like, ‘This is a mass robbery. Everyone get on the ground,’” Dang said. “One of them sat right next to me, speaking really loudly at me, but I was just ignoring it.”

When the teens attempted to yank the shoes off a male passenger, Dang said she moved to another train car. But the group trailed her. 

“One of the first things they said to me already was that I was being racist for ‘staying away from Black people,’” Dang said. “Then they started spewing things at me.”

What followed, Dang said, was a barrage of anti-Asian insults, some of which didn’t make it into her recording. 

“I didn’t catch this on the clip, but they just went off in one part with so many comments about dogs and cats, saying, “Oh, this is why my dog is missing,’” Dang said, referencing the racist stereotype around Asian cuisine. When one woman spoke up in defense of Dang, the teens began to mock her accent, the video shows.

For the most part, Dang said she stayed calm and quiet, attempting to appear unfazed by their remarks, until the teens tried to trap her in the car.

“They were starting to say stuff like, ‘Don’t let her leave.’” said Dang, who was concerned they would follow her home. “That was when I was starting to get really scared.”

The group ended up getting off the train before Dang did. 

Dang said that receiving racist remarks isn’t new to her, and that during the height of the Covid pandemic verbal attacks became more common on public transit. To truly address the problem, Dang said that media, politicians and those with a platform need to be more cognizant that their words and the blame that was shifted toward the Asian community has led to real-life consequences.  

“Lack of education, lack of resources of being able to control the things that people are hearing, and saying — that’s ultimately the reason why we still deal with these things every day,” Dang said. 

[engagemythrusters]

dogma didn't want to do a portrait but tup and kix made him… and there's only so many flashes he can take before it looks like war.

[fisheito]

OMG. that means... Cloaca Crew........

WAIT.

✨C l o a c a C r e w✨

[pokeblr-confessions]

my service arcanine has saved my life an insane amount of times and hes just the sweetest little ball of firey fluffy love. but hes also like, really huge. and people get scared of him whenever i go shopping and stuff and even have called the police on me

Confession #567

[aceofstars16]

Since I watched a video about it I figured I’d share with y’all what I learned about making sure your eclipse glasses are legit (and how to make an eclipse viewer, Gravity Falls edition), even though it might be cloudy lol

1. Look for the ISO logo on the glasses and the code ISO 12312-2

2. Use a lightbulb to check it. Look at a lightbulb through them, if you can only see a very dim light from the filament, you should be okay. The fake ones you can still see with the glasses, the real ones it’s black unless looking at the sun/a light

3. Check the manufacturer to see if they are on this list

(This is the video I watched to learn this)

Extras:

-Use common sense, if you have kids make sure they know to be careful as well

-Read the directions on the glasses. Mine say don’t use to look at the sun for more than 3 minutes, I would say just use it to look for a few seconds cause that’s all you really need anyway

-If you have binoculars, they need separate covers for them that you use on the front end (totally don’t know this cause my brother almost burned a hole in a pair of glasses in 2017 cause he didn’t cover the front of the binoculars shhh)

If you don’t have glasses, you can make an eclipse viewer pretty easily! Honestly you could probably even just get a piece of aluminum foil or darker paper and poke a hole in it and it would work (I don’t think it’ll work with clouds though…who knows lol)

And of course cause I can…I’m just sharing these pages from the Gravity Falls book Mabel and Dipper’s Guide to Mystery and Nonstop Fun as the directions ✨

[heavenechos]

open starter with: nestor royce location: the maidens ball

There was safety in a crowd, if you knew where to look for it. Nestor waded through the crowds, feeling mostly at ease- though he was unsure where to put his hand without a sword to rest it on. He’d almost made it to a table of food when he heard a voice that seemed to be directed towards him. Turning, he turned to see someone looking at him with expectant eyes. “What was that?” Now a bit bashful, he turned to look behind him, certain the comment had been meant for another. “Are you talking to me?”  

[no0dlru]

Typical Saturday night in Devon

[iwatcheditbegin]

Idk what’s gonna happen with the remaining shows. I doubt they are gonna cancel, but I def think they are gonna really amp up the existing security plans and increase police presence.

[mars-ipan]

we’re out of eggs in the house and i’ve been on such an egg kick but i can’t make eggs for breakfast tomorrow because we have no more eggs