#gable price and friends

[artist-issues]

break the cycle. it's been "Why do I feel this way? -> is it ever going to get better? -> Wow, I'm messed up -> I'm insecure about that -> But I'll share my mess with others because the insecurity doesn't control me -> they like it & feel it too -> but if they like it because we're all messed up, then aren't I just secure in my mess? Am I afraid to get cleaned up because then they won't connect with me anymore? -> so then my insecurities do control me -> Why do I feel this way? -> is it ever going to get better? -> Wow, I'm messed up -> I'm insecure about that ->" for as long as I can remember.

Let Him break into the cycle and give you a security in Him, not in your mess. An identity in Him, not in your issues. He's got to take your hand and lead you up, step by step, growing and healing away from that cycle. The cycle shouldn't be who you are. Your support shouldn't be your support just because they have the same mess in common. You shouldn't be worried that by getting a wound healed and moving on, you're giving up your Wounded Support Group.

break the cycle by surrendering to God, who is outside of the cycle and can and does make you a new creation.

what would it be like if you stop looking so much at how you feel, and how you think, and how you are, and start talking about something other than your own psyche? Other than what your psyche has in common with others' psyches? You're so profound when you talk about your thoughts and the people who have the same kinds of thoughts as you. What would it be like if you started looking at something outside of yourself and talking about that?

[sincerecinnamon]

Gable Price & Friends is a brilliant band and although I know most of you guys aren't christians, the music genuinely sounds so incredibly good and it doesn't lay on the messages too heavy if you guys don't want that

@ch3rie-pop I think you should see if you like them because they are genuinely a great band and doesn't sacrifice the message for sound despite me simultaneously downplaying the message in this post but to be honest to everyone seeing this I just want to spread this band because I discovered it today by seeing them live at a concert and it was fantastic

(And that scream at the end of the vid was me.. to those followers of mine who know Scott Pilgrim, I was genuinely acting like Knives-)

[silvanvoyageur]

✨ everyone's arminian and everyone's a communist ✨

[bookcub]

January 2025 Reads

i went a little wild this month reading (and literally did nothing else outside of work) so here is what i read with 1 sentence review and grade each

witch of wild things by raquel vasquez gilliland - i enjoyed the complex family dynamics and magic system but didn't care about the romance. grade: B

rani choudhury must die by adiba jaigirdar - this read like a bad 90's romcom and i ended up skimming most of it. grade: D

counting down with you by tashie bhuiyan - this is a cute and straightforward ya romcom with complicated family dynamics. grade: B

a show for two by tashie bhuiyan - i have discovered i don't like type a characters and their arcs anymore but at least the family stuff was interesting. grade: C

full shift by jennifer dugan - i wanted more girl werewolves but ultimately found this unfulfilling. grade: B-

lightning in her hands by raquel vasquez gilliland- disappointing for the friends to lovers storyline but the sisters' relationship and mc's growth were very engaging. grade: B

firekeeper's daughter by angeline boulley - this didn't quite live up to the hype but i really enjoyed the themes and the mystery. grade: B

witch hat atelier by kamone shirahama (vol 1-4) - a great manga for me to start with, familiar plot with lovely characters and a lovely art style. grade: B+

what happened at midnight by courtney milan - i loveeeee courtney milan but this novella was more forgettable although the themes of abuse were handled respectfully and terrifyingly well. grade: B

unlocked by courtney milan - not many can pull of childhood bully and victim romance but there was so much grovelling and actual repair done that i was fully impressed! grade: A-

a kiss for midwinter by courtney milan - sex ed IS sexy and i thought the set up for this novella was really interesting. grade: A-

the duchess war by courtney milan - my least favorite of the series but milan has never written a bad book in her life so it was still good. grade: B

the countess conspiracy by courtney milan - a new contender for best milan book??? could it be??? i was up until 2am finishing this. friends to lovers done RIGHT. overall grade: A+

the heiress effect by courtney milan - the romances in this were sweet but i really was invested in the sisters' relationship the most. grade: B+

the suffragette scandal by courtney milan - the characters had really interesting histories but i wish they had a little more chemistry. grade: B+

a knot in the grain and other stories by robin mckinley - too many age gap romances, i actively skipped one because the narrative constantly called him a man and her a girl. *shudders* grade: C-

the year i flew away by marie arnold - this was very intense and had a great message although the pacing was a little wonky. grade: B

talk sweetly to me by courtney milan - a lovely coda concluding the duchess war series

unveiled by courtney milan - like many romances, this moved way too fast for me but i did like it overall, especially the personal struggles. grade: B-

pegasus by robin mckinley - wow, i love re falling in love with a book i adored as a child. too bad i'll never get a sequel. grade: A+

cheer up: love and pom poms by crystal frasier - this read like a really good outline of a story but the scenes moved to fast to sit with the emotion. grade: C

the poet x by elizabeth acevedo - acevedo has a way with words that seems magical. and on theme with this month, loved the family shit, didn't care about the romance.

the reappearance of rachel price by holly jackson - i keep forgetting i love a good mystery and this fully delivered. grade: A

is love the answer? by uta isaki - a cute ace coming out book and a really good second manga for me! grade: B-

the grace of wild things by heather fawcett - a year after starting this, i finally finished. an interesting remix of anne of green gables. grade: B-

satisfaction guaranteed by karelia stenz-waters - another reread that remains probably my favorite wlw romance. grade: A

bonus: halfway through the spear cuts through water by simon jimenez and it's intense and sooooo good!

[ajthepeach]

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hi!!!!!!

i have a lot of nicknames, check bio for all of them,, my most common ones r aj and various variants of "peach"!

cishet girl, christian, Jesus and mcyt enthusiast! [grian. i mean grian enthusiast. but i also love lizzie <33]

i do art! a lot! only post it sometimes tho,, usually on communities ^_^

MULTIFANDOM. SUUUUPER SUPER DUPER MULTIFANDOM. hermitcraft/🚦, tma, fmab, ghibli, splatoon, sdv, dr who, hollow knight, tpot, ii, bfdi, hfjone, objectified, b99, isat, glitch techs, crk, pjo/hoo, HATSUNE M-

DONT be afraid to:

☆ ask for a doodle

☆ barrage my asks

☆ ask about my ocs

☆ ask about aus im developing

☆ @ me in anything [ESPECIALLY GRIAN/LIZZIE RELATED]

☆ politely ask about my faith

☆ ask about my fanfic

DO be afraid to:

☆ attack me about my faith

☆ attack me in general

☆ ask my political standpoints or, if i give them, attack me about them [politics can die]

what else do ppl put on here?? hmmmmmmmmm..

tags, right?

finally learned how to use tags so heres mine:

#r-aj-mbling - for when i cannot stop yapping

#this post was brought to you by aj - the tag angel uses when i tag her in things/she reblogs stuff i posted/rbed

#ALWAYS REBLOG ANGEL ARTS for rbing angels art

#ajsks for when i answer asks

#ajrt for my art

#for later

top three bands are the crane wives, lovejoy [support shubble] and gable price & friends

ricky jamaraz is my favorite artist and lovejoy half-replacement [MMMMICROWWAAAAAAAAAAAVE] + josiah queen is amazing too and u should totally check them both out

this is my DIAMOND PERMIT for THE LETTER A [thank you @/hermit-permits!]

do people usually put their mutuals on here?

well im gonna

@/angelonasher, @/whisperofthewild, @/dragonmushrrom, @/olithewitch, @/uni-amaly, @/tyrannogiglwatr, @/drunk-cucumber, @/appleblocks, @/tamblerdraws @/exit-pursued-by-a-squid, @/ovium-sheep, @/maymaymayonase, @/katslitterbox, @/twiishaa, @/s1lv3rp4w3dc4t

good? good. ill prolly update later

blinkies/whatever the heck these r called:

[storkmuffin]

Sorry if this is tedious, but I'm here to answer the "what the hell is happening in America" tag. I come from a long line of poverty. My great grandmother was born in a tar paper shack. I don't know the full history, but I'll give you the modern summary.

Our politicians are paid off by companies to preserve their interests. That means much less oversight than there should be. Companies raise prices and lower wages to line their own pockets. They bust most union efforts. Then, when people resort to survival crime like shoplifting, the store often just has security intervene or locks up the products.

I work in a grocery store which is owned by one of the largest grocery corporations in the country. It was even going to be merged with the largest recently until the deal fell through. I also live in a city with the highest grocery prices in the country. My company gouges prices horribly. You can rarely find anything there for a sane price and I avoid buying unless I have to.

I'm fortunate that we're a union store, but the union has no teeth, so our contracts have been getting worse every term. I make enough to pay my (relatively few) bills, but I have to get government food and medical assistance. If I were to work just a few more hours a week, that assistance would be taken away because I make too much money. My medical assistance would also be taken away, and there's no way I could maintain my housing and my health alone.

All of this isn't new. The government uses propaganda to pit races and classes against one another to make us hate each other instead of this inhumane system. But it's definitely a tighter squeeze in recent years.

This is not intrusive, at all. To just be my very heavy handed self - I was moved and honored that you were willing to share this much of your real life with me. I've read it several times over, trying to understand.

For anyone who might see this and wonder about the context, I put the tag, "What the hell is happening in America and England" on a chain of post about how stores that sell basic necessities (the combo pharmacy-and-grocery chains places) are starting to lock up basic essential goods, for which you now have to summon a clerk to obtain. I've only seen that sort of arrangement on the Anne of Green Gables TV series, you know, from the early 20th century in small town fantasy Canada. In Seoul, the only things I've ever seen locked up behind the clerk at the counter of a convenience store are cigarettes. Pharmacists keep prescription drugs (like the opioid painkillers) behind them but birth control pills (which are OTC in Korea) and everything else is just out in front for you to pick up. Hard liquor and wine are just in the fridge or on the shelf, next to all the other drinks, you know, in both convenience stores and supermarkets.

I lived in America both as a child, then later as a college and grad student, then as a professional on H1B visa, but it wasn't like that when I was there, so I was shocked at the apparent deterioration the post was reporting. Your ask (answer?) gives me a lot more context. I've obviously been back frequently (most to NY or CA for work) but you don't normally go to a supermarket on vacation or a biz trip, so I didn' t know.

The nightmare situation a lot of Americans are in about healthcare I am familiar with, and it appalls me afresh every time I have to imagine living in that system. Whenever I tell Korean friends that the US is a place where one of the routine things a cancer patient has to do is get in touch with a good bankruptcy lawyer while they're in treatment, because that's how their healthcare system 'works,' nobody believes me and end up googling it right then and there. Then they stare in disbelief at what they learn for long, shocked silences.

And I don't want to paint S. Korea as some sort of 'advanced' or 'improved' system. I'm very privileged and very sheltered, plus on the autism spectrum - maybe there ARE places where they lock up diapers and condoms against the customer in Seoul or elsewhere, and i just don't know. The people who live in half-basement single-room apartments that drowned in place in flash floods in neighborhoods I'd never heard of in Seoul in once-in-a-century downpours because their windows were barred and there were no emergency exits shocked me at the time (a couple years ago) and haunt me to this day. It's just that - we've at least made it so that you will get a baseline of healthcare, provided by the state, if you come down with a serious illness, no matter who you are. That seems like the absolute minimum to me, because my system provides everyone that last safety net.

[myblogforbooks123]

I understand there's been a lot of discourse lately regarding whether you should read classic books, but there's been little to no recommendations for beginners. Not to toot my own horn, but I thought I could help solve this problem. Due to length, I'm going to avoid including my take on the discourse. Below is a list of recommendations. Content warnings are available on StoryGraph.

Recommendations

So, you want to read a classic book but have no idea where to start. I'll start with a list of how to get books for cheap, then I'll recommend some short stories, before finally recommending full books.

Cheap books:

I'd recommend getting a library card first and foremost. This will allow you to not only take home books for free, but to download apps (Libby, Hoopla) that will loan out free ebooks.

If, like me, your local library is inaccessible (nearly all of mine are closed for renovations currently), you can use Thriftbooks.com, Barnes and Noble, Bookoutlet.com, or any other bookseller.

Mass market paperbacks are designed to be cheap, and sellers like Dover Thrift or Signet Classics are incredibly accessible. Puffin Classics are also cheap.

Most classic children's books are cheap. Anne of Green Gables, Aesop's Fables, Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Wind in the Willows, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Hobbit, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Secret Garden, Winnie the Pooh, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, A Wrinkle in Time, The Call of the Wild, many of these can be easily found and are cheap. Don't stick in this section forever though; these are children's books for a reason. This is a good starting point to get into the habit of reading, but move onto adult books as you go.

Short Stories:

Those Who Walk Away From Omelas: a perfect town has a secret. This author has also written tons of other works!

Harrison Bergeron: through the use of physical handicaps, everyone is finally equal. I love this author as well! (And before you get the wrong idea, he isn't a bigot. He's been fighting for Black, disabled, transgender, and LGBTQ rights long before it was socially acceptable.)

The Lottery: everyone in town partakes in a mysterious lottery.

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: AI takes over the world and holds five people captive.

The Necklace: a vain woman requires that she wear the highest-quality jewelry to a gathering, and pays a high price for it. If you like plot twists, you have to read this.

The Tell-Tale Heart: a man kills another man, and tries to convince both you and himself that he is sane.

Barbie-Q: a short story about growing up Mexican in poverty, and the beauty standards American society forces on us.

Tell Them Not to Kill Me!: an old man tries to avoid being killed.

Young Goodman Brown: it's been years since I read it, but a Puritan comes across devil worship in the woods.

Books:

Many of these will be novellas, which are shorter books.

I'd also recommend reading the full works of the short story authors you like.

The Stranger: a man who seemingly has no emotions kills someone.

Metamorphosis: Gregor Samsa wakes up one day to find he has turned into a giant bug.

Animal Farm: animals seek to establish a utopia in which everyone is equal.

The Pearl: a poor man finds a pearl that can change his family's life forever. (Warning: this one is particularly graphic.)

The Death of Ivan Ilych: a man who lived a superficial life dies.

A Christmas Carol: Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy old man, is sent to the past and future to learn from his mistakes.

Siddhartha: an Indian Brahmin leaves everything to look for meaning.

The Giver: a young boy is tasked with holding all of his society's memories.

The Outsiders: a boy and his friend who live in poverty, and who are at constant war with their rich classmates, go too far one night.

Slaughterhouse Five: prisoners of war during World War II are treated like cattle and survive the bombing of Dresden.

Hamlet: a man has to reconcile with his father's death, and his mother's remarriage to his uncle. (If Shakespeare is difficult for you, read the No Fear Shakespeare edition. You can find it for cheap.)

Feel free to read anything apart from this list, and to recommend other works. These are just works I've read and liked.

[junesrooms]

my entire physical tbr itemized, categorized, and alphabetized: (it's really a lot more than i thought it was oops!)

currently reading: 3 - sunburn by chloe michelle howarth - the hobbit by j.r.r. tolkien - the goldfinch by donna tartt (reread)

fiction: 71 - call me by your name by andré aciman - marytr! by kaveh akbar - mansfield park by jane austen - persuasion by jane austen - sense and sensibility by jane austen - bunny by mona awad - leaving the yellow house by saul bellow - jaws by peter benchley - evelina by frances burney - the finger by william s. burroughs - the skeleton's holiday by leonora carrington - the perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky - the gilded wolves by roshani chokshi - the silvered serpents by roshani chokshi - the bronzed beasts by roshani chokshi - and then there were none by agatha christie - until we shatter by kate dylan - glittering city by cyprian ekwensi - the black ball by ralph ellison - gone girl by gillian flynn - grendel by john gardner - the magicians by lev grossman - the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne - beach read by emily henry - dune by frank herbert - the price of salt by patricia highsmith - the missing girl by shirley jackson - capitana by cassandra james - this fatal kiss by alicia jasinska - howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones - the great hunger by patrick kavanagh - antarctica by claire keegan - so late in the day by claire keegan - piers of the homeless night by jack kerouac - one flew over the cuckoo's nest by ken kesey - if it bleeds by stephen king - the legend of the sleepers by danilo kiš - babel by r.f. kuang - the poppy war by r.f. kuang - a game of thrones by george r.r. martin - the breakthrough by daphne du maurier - the road by cormac mccarthy - the haunted boy by carson mccullers - gone with the wind by margaret mitchell - anne of green gables by l.m. montgomery - the veiled woman by anaïs nin - the custard heart by dorothy parker - the cracked looking-glass by katherine anne porter - the vampire lestat by anne rice - till september petronella by jean rhys - pamela by samuel richardson - if we were villains by m.l. rio - intermezzo by sally rooney - normal people by sally rooney - as you like it by william shakespeare - julius caesar by william shakespeare - frankenstein by mary shelley - unwholly by neal shusterman - water moon by samantha sotto yambao - east of eden by john steinbeck - the vigilante by john steinbeck - kidnapped by robert louis stevenson - treasure island by robert louis stevenson - the little friend by donna tartt - fools of fortune by william trevor - on earth we're briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong - are you listening? by tillie walden - the cloud roads by martha wells - hell followed with us by andrew joseph white - death the barber by william carlos williams - oranges are not the only fruit by jeanette winterson

fiction (rereads): 10 - little women by louisa may alcott - emma by jane austen - jane eyre by charlotte brontë - the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by mark haddon - motherthing by ainslie hogarth - the bell jar by sylvia plath - interview with the vampire by anne rice - king lear by william shakespeare - the taming of the shrew by william shakespeare - dracula by bram stroker

translated fiction: 29 - the end by samuel beckett - in the absence of men by philippe besson - the garden of forking paths by jorge luis borges - the distance of the moon by italo calvino - blue bamboo by osamu dazai - pandora's box by osamu dazai - the real osamu dazai: a life in twenty stories by osamu dazai - crime and punishment by fyodor dostoevsky - the count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas - why do you wear a cheap watch? by hans fallada - the dialogue of two snails by federico garcía lorca - four russian short stories by gazdanov & others - kiki's delivery service by eiko kadono - the vegetarian by han kang - the three electroknights by stanislaw lem - the survivor by primo levi - daydream and drunkenness of a young lady by clarice lispector - kafka on the shore by haruki murakami - lance by vladimir nabokov - i have more souls than one by fernando pessoa - the gigolo by françoise sagan - letter to my mother by georges simenon - of dogs and walls by yūko tsushima - backwards to britain by jules verne - twenty thousand leagues under the sea by jules verne - aeneid by virgil - asleep by banana yoshimoto - goodbye tsugumi by banana yoshimoto - butter by asako yuzuki

translated fiction (rereads): 7 - three japanese short stories by akutagawa & others - the iliad by homer - the odyssey by homer - amerika by franz kafka - the elephant vanishes by haruki murakami - metamorphoses by ovid - war and peace by leo tolstoy

non-fiction: 16 - africa's tarnished name by chinua achebe - the kill jar by j. reuban appelman - dark days by james baldwin - the red tenda of bologna by john berger - the duke in his domain by truman capote - smoke gets in your eyes and other lessons from the crematory by caitlin doughty - loving sylvia plath by emily van duyne - the problem that has no name by betty friedan - on writing: a memoir of the craft by stephen king - the nineties by chuck klosterman - the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house by audre lorde - the longest silence: a life in fishing by thomas mcguane - notes on nationalism by george orwell - notes on 'camp' by susan sontag - just kids by patti smith - food by gertrude stein

non-fiction (rereads): 2 - letter from birmingham jail by martin luther king, jr. - the unabridged journals of sylvia plath by sylvia plath

translated non-fiction: 4 - meditations by marcus aurelius - on living and dying well by cicero - an advertisement for toothpaste by ryszard kapuściński - madame du deffand and the idiots by javier marías

translated non-fiction (rereads): 2 - create dangerously by albert camus - i want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki by baek sehee

total: 144 books

[sunkissedliterarylightofchrist]

I do what YOU 🫵 do when you’re upset but I play twenty one pilots, half•alive, and Gable Price and Friends and cry on the floor

[la-galaxie-langblr]

Positivity post, 22nd January - 11th February

Cooking new things and them turning out fairly well (most notable is the enoki and udon stir fry I made, absolutely delicious)

Soup leftovers

Submitting an exam I'm fairly proud of with plenty of time to spare

I got access to my phonology class on Blackboard!!! So unbelievably hyped for this semester

Calls with my uni bestie, at the time of first writing she isn't back yet but she will be soon <3

Getting more comfortable watching Instagram reels in French (ik ik but it's a start!!)

Green spaces on campus are very emotionally supportive

I've started playing geography games which is pretty fun - matching countries and capitals, naming countries on every continent, click where this country is etc. I'm not very good yet but it's fun to learn new things :)

One of my flatmates came back today, it's nice not having the flat be eerily quiet all the time

Countdown to fun events happening very soon!!

Waking up cosy and more rested day by day, classes are gonna hit me like a bus next week so I'm taking it while I can lol

Talking lots with a class friend about our exams (no collusion here dw) and bonding over our dislike of our history and culture modules, I'm hoping we can go for coffee after a seminar some day :)

Update my class friend said yes to going out for coffee and I can't wait!!!!

The sheer relief of submitting all my exams :D

I visited my friend for their birthday and we played loads of stardew valley

My uni bestie came back!! :D

Spoons and giggles with friends

A new class routine to get started with, my modules this semester are already looking to be much more interesting than last semester :D

The tumble dryer in uni actually dried my clothes for once!!!

Restful nights' sleep

Finalising accommodation for the Squad Holiday in summer and it looks so good considering the price we paid :D

Endless late nights chatting and laughing until we cry

The crocuses are in bloom at the local park and it's gorgeous!!!!

Visiting 2 friends in Scotland over the weekend, so much love <333

Podcast episodes my beloved

Seeing a different side to my uni friends over a game of Catan in a fun way (so much yelling 💀💀💀💀💀 but the insults were incredibly creative)

Clean sheets and clean room

Spoons cookie crunch with strawberries my beloved

Orange juice is absolutely delicious and I should really buy it more often

Getting back into reading and discussing books with friends <3

As an extension to the above: reading a book given to you by a friend and their annotations are all there <333

I recorded half a podcast episode on a night I felt really anxious and it calmed me down and sparked some creativity in me

The joy of learning new things, I'm loving my phonology class atm

Slowly developing a stronger sense of self, in the words of Marina and the Diamonds "I know exactly what I want and who I want to be" well not with that amount of certainty but still

Every year or so I reread Anne of Green Gables and every year I'm reminded of why it's my favourite book ever

[jordanianroyals]

Authorities arrest a relative of the King of Jordan and 3 others for $1M insider-trading plot

A relative of the King of Jordan and three other men in Miami face charges of conspiring to make insider stock trades on a business acquired by one of South Florida’s major publicly held companies, MasTec

By the Associated Press, September 16, 2024

Authorities charged four men, including a relative of the King of Jordan, for conspiring to make insider stock trades on a business acquired by one of South Florida’s major publicly held companies, MasTec.

Federico Nannini, 26; his father, Mauro Nannini, 63; and two of his friends, Alejandro Thermiotis, 26; and Francisco Tonarely, 25, were arrested Friday and charged in a federal indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and 24 related offenses, The Miami Herald reported.

Thermiotis is the King of Jordan's relative. Thermiotis’ brother, Jameel, married King Abdulla’s daughter, Princess Iman, last year. The Jordanian Royal Palace did not respond to a request for comment.

According to the indictment from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, the four defendants shared confidential information within a close circle of family and friends, and used it to buy shares at a lower price and then turn a $1 million profit after the information became public.

The Securities and Exchange Commission also filed a parallel civil lawsuit against them in Miami federal court. All four had their first court appearances on Friday.

Federal authorities said the alleged scheme began in June 2022 when Federico Nannini, a consultant, began advising MasTec on its planned acquisition of Indiana-based Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives.

MasTec is an engineering and construction company based in Coral Gables, Florida, that provides infrastructure services for the energy, utility and communications industries.

Federico Nannini then started sharing the confidential information with his father, Mauro Nannini, and Thermiotis, a close friend, according to the indictment. Federico Nannini, Thermiotis and Tonarely went to Gulliver Preparatory School together in Pinecrest, Florida, a suburban village in Miami-Dade County.

Mauro Nannini bought shares in Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives the day after his son got access to the financial information about the proposed MasTec acquisition, the indictment said.

Thermiotis also passed along the insider information about the deal to Tonarely.

In a text, Tonarely wrote Thermiotis: “I want to make some money right now. … What [do] we do?” After sharing the confidential information, Thermiotis texted him: “Not a soul okay.” Tonarely responded: “Obviously. … You told me not to.” Days later, a member of Tonarely’s family signed a letter sponsoring Thermiotis’ membership at a Miami yacht club, prosecutors noted in a news release. As the MasTec acquisition progressed, Federico Nannini continued to update his father and close friend, Thermiotis, about the deal. In turn, Thermiotis continued to share the insider information with Tonarely, prosecutors said. In July 2022, Federico Nannini started worrying that the acquisition would fall through and confided in his father. Mauro Nannini sold his stock in Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, the indictment says. But when Federico Nannini saw confidential financial paperwork saying the deal was happening after all, he texted his friend, Thermiotis: “It’s going thru. … Holy s--- bro.” Thermiotis’ response: “Don’t text. … But lfg.” Lfg means “let’s f---ing go.” With that encouraging insider information, Mauro Nannini began to buy back his position in Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, according to the indictment. Toward the end of July, when MasTec’s acquisition of Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives was publicly announced, Mauro Nannini, Thermiotis and Tonarely sold their shares and options in the Indiana company for a profit, according to the indictment. A couple of days later, on July 27, 2022, Federico Nannini texted Thermiotis a picture of a Rolex Daytona with the message: “You wanna hook it up for the boy. I know it’s a little over budget but this is the one.” Thermiotis responded: “Haahaha yeah but give it a bit. … Prices should come down a bit on everything.”

As the MasTec acquisition progressed, Federico Nannini continued to update his father and close friend, Thermiotis, about the deal. In turn, Thermiotis continued to share the insider information with Tonarely, prosecutors said.

At one point in July 2022, when Federico Nannini became worried the acquisition would not go through, Mauro Nannini sold his IEA stock, according to the indictment.

When Federico Nannini received confidential financials that indicated the acquisition was going forward, he texted Thermiotis, who responded.

At that point, Mauro Nannini began to buy back his position in IEA stock and options, the indictment said.

When MasTec’s acquisition of IEA was reported publicly on July 25, 2022, Mauro Nannini, Thermiotis, and Tonarely all sold their shares and option contracts in IEA at a profit.

A conviction for conspiracy to commit securities fraud carries up to five years in prison, while a conviction on the related 24 securities fraud charges carries maximum penalties of 20 to 25 years imprisonment.

[beardedmrbean]

MIAMI (AP) — Authorities charged four men, including a relative of the King of Jordan, for conspiring to make insider stock trades on a business acquired by one of South Florida’s major publicly held companies, MasTec.

Federico Nannini, 26; his father, Mauro Nannini, 63; and two of his friends, Alejandro Thermiotis, 26; and Francisco Tonarely, 25, were arrested Friday and charged in a federal indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and 24 related offenses, The Miami Herald reported.

Thermiotis is the King of Jordan's relative. Thermiotis’ brother, Jameel, married King Abdulla’s daughter, Princess Iman, last year. The Jordanian Royal Palace did not respond to a request for comment.

According to the indictment from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida, the four defendants shared confidential information within a close circle of family and friends, and used it to buy shares at a lower price and then turn a $1 million profit after the information became public.

The Securities and Exchange Commission also filed a parallel civil lawsuit against them in Miami federal court. All four had their first court appearances on Friday.

Federal authorities said the alleged scheme began in June 2022 when Federico Nannini, a consultant, began advising MasTec on its planned acquisition of Indiana-based Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives.

MasTec is an engineering and construction company based in Coral Gables, Florida, that provides infrastructure services for the energy, utility and communications industries.

Federico Nannini then started sharing the confidential information with his father, Mauro Nannini, and Thermiotis, a close friend, according to the indictment. Federico Nannini, Thermiotis and Tonarely went to Gulliver Preparatory School together in Pinecrest, Florida, a suburban village in Miami-Dade County.

Mauro Nannini bought shares in Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives the day after his son got access to the financial information about the proposed MasTec acquisition, the indictment said.

Thermiotis also passed along the insider information about the deal to Tonarely.

As the MasTec acquisition progressed, Federico Nannini continued to update his father and close friend, Thermiotis, about the deal. In turn, Thermiotis continued to share the insider information with Tonarely, prosecutors said.

At one point in July 2022, when Federico Nannini became worried the acquisition would not go through, Mauro Nannini sold his IEA stock, according to the indictment.

When Federico Nannini received confidential financials that indicated the acquisition was going forward, he texted Thermiotis, who responded.

At that point, Mauro Nannini began to buy back his position in IEA stock and options, the indictment said.

When MasTec’s acquisition of IEA was reported publicly on July 25, 2022, Mauro Nannini, Thermiotis, and Tonarely all sold their shares and option contracts in IEA at a profit.

A conviction for conspiracy to commit securities fraud carries up to five years in prison, while a conviction on the related 24 securities fraud charges carries maximum penalties of 20 to 25 years imprisonment.

[yeetusthemighty]

Heyo! I, too, associate Ninjago with the music I listen to (it’s a problem lol)

For me, “End of Beginning” by Djo is so (pre-?) Crystalized Kai it’s ridiculous

“Jungle in the City” by Gable Price and Friends also gives me strong Kai vibes, but I’m not sure for which season. Maybe DR?

“Newspaper Boat” by Gable Price and Friends also gives Kai vibes or honestly maybe Lloyd in DR. Either way, the DR vibes are crazy

“Closer to the Ground” by the Fold always makes me think of Jay, but like pre-merge Jay. Or season 3 when the boys are falling from that asteroid lol

Last one lol

“Drown Me in Emotions” by Carver Commodore is very Cole for me. I feel like he’d love the song lol. I’m thinking maybe it would be more of a Hunted or MoM Cole, but honestly, if you feel it for somewhere else, put it there

(Also, I love the idea for this! I’ll be a listener!)

AAAAA thank you these are great!!

I really like the Gable Price ones I should go listen to more of that music

Here is the link to the main playlist because I realized there are like 800 other playlists with the same name:

You can find most of the season specific playlists by just typing in The Name of the Season - Ninjago Season __

[If you want to find them]

[raspberryzingaaa]

Love it when a Gable Price And Friends song both hits(jammable) and hits(wait that's too real)

[lillipad72]

My Anne of Green Gables Collection ~~ Anne of Avonlea

The story of me finding this book: I went used bookstore hopping with a friend after we went to a book festival and before we went to the ballet (it was quite the day)! There we were in the rare book room when my friend picked up a book she found interesting and then looked at the price and it was over $1000, so we promptly put it back. I then made a joke that I would spend that much only on an Anne book (like I could afford that haha) but I never find them. Just then...I got to the 'm's, and there IT was.

About the book: This copy is a first edition, but the fifteenth impression, from 1911. It is not technically in the best of conditions, but it is the prettiest book I own, and I will defend it with my life. (Both aspects did cause the price to be excellent!)

So the cover is green cloth bound and features a colored drawing of Anne! But my favorite part is the inside! The first thing of note is the other books out by the author at this time and their prices, of course. Then there is a beautiful colored drawing insert of Anne Shirley. It is literally so beautiful (and one of my images on my tumblr for good reason) Do I take it out just to stare at this image? Yes. Also, you will see the printing dates of the fifteenth impression, October 1911. An unique aspect of this book is that the previous owner signed her name in the copy as Marguerite Gage so I think about her as I read it.

Anyways I am so glad that this book has found a home with me and I will cherish it forever!

[mykingdomforapen]

if you still feel like answering the writing ask meme: 1, 11, 13, 18, 22, and 68? Hope you're doing well!

Hehehehe I love answering questions :))

Do you daydream a lot before you write, or go for it as soon as the ideas strike?

I love daydreaming about it first! It makes me excited about the story, and I also love rewatching the movies in my mind of blorbos and stories hehehe. I've had something of a beloved routine where I sort of imagine certain scenes as I'm about to fall asleep.

11. Do you write scenes in order, or do you jump around?

I almost always write scenes in order! There are many moments that I can only fully realise after going through the journey of the story as the characters do. Certain emotional arcs that I would have missed had I only went with Plan A, or motifs/parallels/foreshadowing that I didn't think of including until I'm in the moment. I will jump backwards, but never forwards.

13. Do you listen to music while you write? If yes, what have you been listening to recently?

YESSss I listen to music when I write, and very specific mood setting music. Whether it is thematically relevant, or its melody evokes emotions in me that fit the mood of the story even if the lyrics are not entirely relevant. I have certain songs that I associate to certain stories for sure.

For example, in spinning silk I listened to a lot of Kuchikamizake Trip during Chapter 6, when Cheng Xiaoshi falls through his different death scenes. For the finale, chapter 8, I was exclusively listening to Katawaredoki on loop, and I was sitting in the middle seat of a plane to Hong Kong and I had that song downloaded because I had no internet access. courage of stars wouldn't be what it has become were it not for Saturn by Sleeping at Last, naturally. But I also listened to Mercury by Sleeping at Last while writing chapter 12 and Repentance by Gable Price and Friends while writing chapter 13 & 14. And because these are about future chapters, I'll go ahead and say that they were for mood setting melodies, rather than because of their lyrics.

Right now, I'm playing with a new Link Click WIP. I'm listening to the Boy and the Heron OST by Joe Hisaishi on loop, mainly for its relevance :).

But in general? Sleeping At Last is THE band to listen to while writing. They have rescued me SO MUCH and they're beautiful. They have both lyrical songs and orchestral instrumentals, the perfect balance.

18. Do you enjoy research? Which fic of yours required the most research?

Because I love history, and I tend to write history-influenced fics, I do love research! I love aiming for accuracy in my stories, not to be pedantic about it but to make it feel as immersed into the setting as possible. One time, I was writing a fic that took place in Reading, England. A place that I've never been to, but because of looking things up and incorporating what I learned, a reader who actually was from Reading left me a comment saying how much they appreciated that, and it made me happy that those details could be meaningful to someone!

The fic I researched for the most....it could either be here be dragons (1917) or indeed, courage of stars. The difference is that here be dragons, which takes in WWII-era Reading, England, I did a lot of external research about the civilian experience of war, a day in the life of during that era, rationing, etc. as well as drawing from my uni background. It's weird calling courage of stars research when it was really me asking my family lots of questions, for purposes outside of fic, and I just happened to be able to incorporate what I learned into fic.

22. Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process? How do you come up with titles?

It depends on the story! Fics that I knew very quickly what the title would be, in some cases even before I finished writing it, are: here be dragons, today is such a good day, (Ted Lasso), and Jacob and Esau say their goodbyes (Thor). Others I have to finish it until I can tell what they are meant to be because of a theme of the story that had grown as I wrote it, like finally (The Bear), irreplaceable (Falcon and the Winter Soldier), and priceless (Squid Game). I also LOVE quoting poems, Bible verses, songs, etc. that are relevant to the story: greater love has no one than this (Trigun Stampede) which is part of a Bible verse, therefore, dark past, (Ted Lasso) which is from one of my favorite Mary Oliver poems, the prison disappears (FatWS) which is from a letter written by Vincent van Gogh, and more fics drawing from a line from The Little Prince, A Separate Peace, and various Sleeping At Last songs. Those usually come to me upon after writing it.

68. Are there any fics that influenced you to write the way you do?

There are so many fic writers that I admire and wish to emulate, but end up never being able to. There are also fics that, especially when I was younger, left SUCH an impression on me that they inspired me to write an original novel (if I got a nickel for every time this happened, I would get two nickels, which is not much but it's weird it happened twice). Both those fics were not on Ao3 and are essentially impossible for me to find again, btw. One was a Durarara!! fic and another was a Thor and Loki fic. I'm definitely a Frankenstein's monster of many writers I admire, both fic writers and published writers.

I will say that Markus Zusak a la The Book Thief fame has definitely influenced the way I write metaphors and turns of phrases. Hands down, that man makes magic with words, it's insane.

Thank you so much for asking me questions!! I love to share my thoughts heeheehee.

From this ask meme!