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[girlfriendsofthegalaxy]

tuesday again 7/23/24

i woke up at ass o'clock monday morning to find BOTH of my cats sleeping on the bed with me :') temporary peace and love on planet niceys

also read a book where my takeaway was that there are SO many opportunities in the world for evil engineering but not nearly enough for evil puzzle games

listening

my sister sent me ONE instagram reel/screencap of a tiktok and ive been muttering "emergency! emergency! paging DOCTOR BEAT!" under my breath for the past three days. alarmingly catchy remix of this gloria estefan song. this specific video below is pretty close but there are approximately eight zillion versions

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reading

Dark Wire by Joseph Cox (photo from here, description from the publisher's site).

The inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI made its own tech start-up to wiretap the world, shows how cunning both the authorities and drug traffickers have become, with privacy implications for everyone. In 2018, a powerful app for secure communications called Anom took root among organized criminals. They believed Anom allowed them to conduct business in the shadows. Except for one thing: it was secretly run by the FBI.    Backdoor access to Anom and a series of related investigations granted American, Australian, and European authorities a front-row seat to the underworld. Tens of thousands of criminals worldwide appeared in full view of the same agents they were trying to evade. International smugglers. Money launderers. Hitmen. A sprawling global economy as efficient and interconnected as the legal one. Officers watched drug shipments and murder plots unfold, making arrests without blowing their cover. But, as the FBI started to lose control of Anom, did the agency go too far?   A painstakingly investigated exposé, Dark Wire reveals the true scale and stakes of this unprecedented operation through the agents and crooks who were there. This fly-on-the-wall thriller is a caper for our modern world, where no one can be sure who is listening in. 

i really liked this one! cox did a really good job of slowly unfurling the extremely technical details as they became relevant, instead of one horrible infodump near the beginning, and has a real gift for humanizing little anecdotes that illustrate the concept. he's also dryly funny in a very british way, eg the transition between one paragraph describing a very talented olive oil salesman and his lifestyle to how that olive oil processing covered up drug labs with the sentence "But Catanzariti didn't stay with olives; he pivoted instead to methamphetamine." i loooooove reading about how the drug trade gets around customs. i love edge cases and figuring out why things fail. i truly think some of the finest materials engineers of our time are out there trying to figure out how to get cocaine into australia.

this is deeply reported in a way that's very different from a lot of popsci and pop-history books that annoy me: this is NOT a book where it feels like the author is simply padding out a wikipedia page, supplemented with articles he's already written. he's been on this beat since 2016 and it shows: he has quotes from hundreds of people on many sides of the drug war. something i also appreciate is that cox is not automatically, rabidly pro-cop; he does not gloss over the very real tortures and kidnappings and all the other nasty realities of the global drug trade, and frequently shows how much overreach and entrapment took place during this whole endeavor. i particularly liked a chapter where he flipped back and forth from various law enforcement officials assuring him they of course complied with all relevant privacy laws and blacklisted anyone using it for simple secure communications, and lawyers telling cox "no the cops very much did spy on my privileged communication with my clients and i know this because these texts came up in court". also gratifying to read about some cases overturned or thrown out, in the odd case a judge decided it looked too much like entrapment.

i feel like i devoured this book SO fast but it's a solid 352 pages in hardcover. i also had to wait a good two months on the libby holds lists so there is strong interest in this book! good for cox!

how did i find this book: it's austin underscore walker's fault. they used to be coworkers at vice and cox and three others broke off last year to found 404 Media, which has had an absolutely crazy amount of real-world impact for the size (again! four people!) and how long they've been around. rip vice. wish u did better by your people.

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watching

watched Hercules (1997, dir. Clements & Musker) with my bestie's five year old. i did not grow up with disney movies and don't really have a nostalgic affinity for them but this shit holds up! i like how meg has the silhouette of a greek vase

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playing

powerwash simulator has a new free DLC out! we get to go to the aquarium and wash some exhibits and wash the research submarine!!! VERY soothing. took me a good solid two hour podcast episode to clean the exhibits.

the temporary summer event in genshin impact is very darling this year-- there are big indie game vibes and unlocking every chest is a little more complicated or has a little bit more story attached than usual. very excited to see if this continues with the next big update that introduces a whole new land.

i also like that they've picked An Art Style to work with-- everything is very toy-like or origami. not that genshin doesn't have a distinct art style, but playing around with something less realistic is fun!

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making

look im going to have to add a cross stitch update to the morning reblog. the lighting in here is simply Not Good Enough

[duranduratulsa]

Here's this week's 80's Fest Amazon Music Preferred Artists...

1. Michael Jackson (15 appearances)

2. Hall & Oates (10 appearances)

3. George Michael, Sting (9 appearances)

4. Prince, Steve Perry, Billy Joel (8 appearances)

5. The Police, U2, Prince & The Revolution, Phil Collins (7 appearances)

6. Def Leppard, Janet Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Andy Taylor, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain (6 appearances)

7. Journey, Huey Lewis & The News, INXS, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, Bon Jovi, Eddie Van Halen (5 appearances)

8. Tom Petty, Tina Turner, Simply Red, Lionel Richie, REO Speedwagon, Toto, Sade, Guns N' Roses, Whitney Houston, Wham!, Stevie Wonder, Kenny Loggins, Eddie Money, Duran Duran, Van Halen, Bobby Brown (4 appearances)

9. Starship, Depeche Mode, Bonnie Tyler, Ann Wilson, The Bangles, Bananarama, Aerosmith, Boy George & Culture Club, Air Supply Music, AC/DC, Genesis, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth (3 appearances)

10. Paul McCartney, New Edition, Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine, Whitesnake, Rick Astley, Richard Marx, Thomas Dolby, Peter Cetera, Tracy Chapman Online, David Bowie, Young MC, John Mellencamp, Robert Palmer, Talking Heads, James Ingram, Spandau Ballet (Official), Heart, Billy Ocean, Marvin Gaye, The Go-Go's, Kenny Rogers, Bruce Springsteen, Foreigner, Paul Young, Michael Sembello, Tommy Tutone, Roxette, Dire Straits, Bryan Adams, Bruce Hornsby, Olivia Newton-John (2 appearances)

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[bestmusicalworldcup]

2024 Best Musical World Cup Qualifiers Official List L-Z

This section of the Official List features musicals between letters L-Z that have NOT automatically qualified.

Here is the list of musicals that have automatically qualified.

Here is the list for letters A-K.

Lady Bess The Last Five Years Lempicka Les Parapluies de Cherbourg The Light in the Piazza The Lightning Thief A Little Night Music Little Women Lizzie The Lord of the Rings Love in Hate Nation Love Never Dies La Légende du roi Arthur Made in Dagenham The Mad Ones The Magic Show Magic Tree House: The Musical Mail Man of La Mancha The Man Who Laughs Mary Poppins Me and My Girl Mean Girls Meet Me in St. Louis Memphis Mentiras el musical Merrily We Roll Along Miss Saigon Monty Python's Spamalot Mozart! Mozart, l'opéra rock The Music Man My Fair Lady The Mystery of Edwin Drood Nerdy Prudes Must Die A New Brain Newsies Next to Normal Nine Notre-Dame de Paris Octet Oklahoma! Oliver Once Once on this Island Once Upon A Mattress On the Town On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan Operation Mincemeat Ordinary Days The Pajama Game Parade Le Passe-Muraille / Amour Passion Phantom (Yeston & Kopit) Pippin The Pirate Queen Preludes Pretty Woman The Prince of Egypt Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Producers The Prom Ragtime Raisin Rebecca Redhead Ride the Cyclone Le Roi Soleil Roméo et Juliette: de la Haine à l'Amour Sarafina! The Scarlet Pimpernel School of Rock The Secret Garden The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1964) Seussical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers She Loves Me Show Boat Shrek the Musical Sidd Siete veces adios Singin' in the Rain Six Soldaat van Oranje Some Like It Hot Soul Ferryman 灵魂摆渡之永生 South Pacific Spies Are Forever The Spitfire Grill SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical Starlight Express Starmania / Tycoon Starry Starship State Fair A Strange Loop Sunday in the Park with George Sunset Boulevard Sweet Charity A Tale of Two Cities Tanz der Vampire / Dance of the Vampires Tarrytown Tarzan The Ten Commandments: The Musical Thoroughly Modern Millie The Threepenny Opera / Die Dreigroschenoper Thrill Me Tick Tick Boom Timéo Titanic [title of show] The Trail to Oregon! The Trouble With Dead Boyfriends Tuck Everlasting Two Gentlemen of Verona Urinetown Victor/Victoria Victory Farm Waitress We Are the Tigers Wiedzmin The Wild Party (Lippa) The Will Rogers Follies The Wiz The Wizard of Oz (1987) The Woman in White Women on the Verge of A Nervous Breakdown Wonderful Town Wonderland A Year with Frog and Toad Young Frankenstein You're A Good Man Charlie Brown Zorro

[tuiyla]

what do you think santana’s coming out would have been like if she hadn’t been outed?

Oh man that's a question and a half. I was legit so thrown off by that. Not in a bad way! Always appreciate Santana questions, always. I just spend so much time being mad about what actually happened and being absolutely appalled by Glee dropping the ball this badly, it's hard to even approach the topic without that in mind. Even while thinking about this I caught myself wanting to curse the canon events out multiple times. But I'll show restraint and pretend, for a few blissful minutes, that season 3 doesn't exist the way it does. This post is going to be more of what I would have liked to see instead of what realistically could have happened because Glee lost out on my willingness to care about their established boundaries when they vomited The Outing scene onto my screen.

In my ideal world, Santana would have been allowed the baby steps she deserved. Sure, she was way deep in the closet in season 2 but by the end we see progress. She's so clearly isn't ready yet and that's fine, in this timeline we're not pressuring her in any way. It's early season 3 and she and Brittany are officially together but only they know it. It's a bit of an open secret in the Glee Club, too, but everyone, and I mean everyone knows better than to think it's any of their business. Around the time of one of the the Troubletones rehearsals Mercedes catches Brittana making out and Santana freaks out, initially. Brittany reassures her that Mercedes is their friend and it's fine and later we get a Sancedes scene. Santana at first tries to deflect but Mercedes lets her know that she isn't there to judge or anything, she just gives the advice that Santana would be happier if she embraced herself and all that usual Glee speech. After the Troubletones WRONGFULLY lose Sectionals and Quinn gets the girls back and Santana sees how ND welcomes them with open arms, she makes a decision.

It feels safer to make a public Glee announcement first. They sing a duet with Brittany and Britt does the talking because Santana is more comfortable letting the song (Melissa Etheridge's Come to My Window, maybe?) speak for her. No one is shocked but they're all supportive, especially the people who matter (*cough* the girls and Klaine *cough*). Will tries to make a speech, blah blah, it's just a wholesome scene. Ideally a Kurtana scene follows because this is my headcanon I do what I want.

Now people who already sort of knew are in the clear but it's limited to the Glee Club and none of them blabber to other students, particularly not in the hallway because they're good people who love and support Santana. Based on Santana's heartbreaking "I haven't even told my parents yet" I'm going to choose to infer that she was thinking about it. She's terrified and needs a Pierce family dinner, together with a supportive Whitney and Pierce Pierce to convince her she's ready for this. We get to see the actual scene, around Christmas time, with Gloria Estefan and Dr. Lopez and it's emotional but cathartic. They're with Santana, no matter what, though her dad does have an ominous line about Alma. Not in a rude way but in a way when a parent fears what might await their kid. Santana staunchly refuses the subject of Abuela and asks her parents not to say anything to anyone.

The school year goes on. Valentine's Day comes around and following some homophobic shenanigans at McKinley and Figgins revealing the same double standard as he did in Heart, somehow, Santana decides to take a stand. She kisses Brittany very publicly in school one day and maybe we do get a slightly altered version of the Heart God Squad storyline. Except she gets to beat up Joe because I said so. All is relatively well. Santana and Brittany are now practically out to the school and Santana shows concern every now and then, but she feels lighter. This timeline actually deals with the fact that she wouldn't suddenly have no fears about being out and jerks exist, but it's easier that she did it on her own terms and not through a political ad.

Regionals rolls around and Dave is outed. I'm sorry David in this timeline your fate is unfortunately still the same. We get the attempt but thankfully Dave survives and recovers. Santana visits him in the hospital, they have a conversation and it makes her realize that life's too short to be terrified of who she is. The final puzzle piece in this portion of her coming out story? Abuela Alma. And so Santana goes to her grandmother, tells her about having had time to reflect and the coming out goes much the same as it did in the only valid IKAG scene. And Alma rejects her much the same, breaking Santana's heart and causing her to lash out at the people who have been supporting her these past few months. After the initial shock of just having been disowned, she picks herself up and thinks about Dave and how she can't let others' opinions of her define her life. Santana's clearly shaken from the experience and it gets brought up time and again but she marches on.

Santana starts college and decides she's going to be upfront from the first moment on. She tells people about her girlfriend, how proud of her she is, how much she loves Brittany. When they break up, the strength fades as Santana already wasn't feeling the whole Louisville vibe. Canon events ensue, and when she moves to New York she gets to truly just be herself and live her sexuality for the first time. That doesn't just mean sleeping around, thought some of that too. When she gets together with Dani and meets her cool queer friends, Santana feels at peace. It took a minute, but she's fine with casually dropping the word lesbian and introducing herself as, well, herself.

I know that last bit wasn't necessary for the coming out journey itself but it's good for my soul to think about. I can't say what I've written is tremendously exciting but imo it's what she damn well deserved. This didn't actually answer your question in that I don't think this is what would have happened; Glee demonstrated that they had no desire to follow through on Santana's story with the care it deserved. But it is what I'd like to think.

[meret118]

The Fleetwood Mac singer is the latest icon to have her likeness celebrated in doll form as part of Mattel's Barbie series of famous musicians, along with Tina Turner, Gloria Estefan, David Bowie and Elvis Presley. It will be officially released in November.

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Mattel says it designed the doll in honor of Nicks' 75th birthday, which was in May. It was inspired by her outfit on the cover of the 1977 album Rumours.

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Nicks is known for her flared, fringed all-black ensembles, a look she's been honing since the 1970s. She told USA Today that after her first Fleetwood Mac tour she contacted a designer, Margi Kent, and drew her a stick figure wearing a handkerchief skirt and platform boots."I said to her, 'Margi, I want to wear this when I'm 60 because I know I'll be on stage when I'm 60,' even though I'd been in Fleetwood Mac all of eight months, and she said, 'OK,' and I went back in a week and by the time we did Rumours I had my beautiful black outfit," Nicks recalled.

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Nicks — who just extended her current North America tour into next year — officially introduced "Stevie Barbie" on stage at New York's Madison Square Garden on Sunday night."I hope you all love her as much as I do," she said, holding up the figurine as the crowd cheered.And it seems people do. The $55 doll sold out on Mattel's website within hours of its preorder release on Monday, and quickly emerged on resale markets at almost twice the price.

Nicks, a longtime baby doll collector, played an active role in designing her Barbie.

More at the link.

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The doll will be in stores November 10.

ETA: Am I missing an FM reference? Isn't the article title referring to a famous Donna Summer song instead?

ETA2:

tidalrace

It’s a line from Rhiannon

Thank you! :)

[beckettumartanner]

Beckett's Excellent Jams Mixtape

Flamingo - Kero Kero Bonito

Sunburn - The Living Tombstone

A Friend Like You - Andy Grammer

Conga - Gloria Estefan (Official Chipmunk cover)

Nobody Like U - 4*Town (Annapantsu cover)

Gitchee Gitchee Goo - Phineas and the Ferbtones

Ring a Ding - The Chipettes

What Time is It? - High School Musical 2

Superman - Goldfinger

Alvinnn! Medley - On the Inside, You Are the One, Let the Games Begin, Wild and Free, Fun Time, Down for Whatever

Blackout City - Anamanaguchi

Peaches - Jack Black (Cristina Vee cover)

Dare to Be Stupid - Weird Al Yankovic

I'm Alright - Kenny Loggins (Victoria Vox cover)

Pizza Toots - The Chipmunks

So What - P!nk (official Chipette version)

There's Always Someone Cooler Than You - Ben Folds

Happy Together - The Turtles

This Side of Paradise - Bree Sharpe

The Trouble Man - Eikichi Yazawa

You're the One That I Want - Grease

My Way - Frank Sinatra (Monica Bejenaru cover)

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[bikeresforeverforeverbikers]

Gloria Estefan - Here We Are (Official Video)

[archivomusicalrumberos1]

Gloria Estefan • Wepa (Official Video 4K)

[ladyanneboleyn2]

Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra (Official Video)

[nityarawal]

Gloria Estefan - Cuando Hay Amor (Official Video)

"Cuando Hay Amor," @gloriaestefanbrasil

https://youtu.be/cUq4I0tWKrA?si=GxAc8av9af01Xpmw #SongOfTheDay2 #SOTD2 #CuandoHayAmor #GloriaEstefan

[itssappypatheticlittleme]

Gloria Estefan - Wepa (Official Music Video)

[duranduratulsa]

Here are today and yesterday's 80's Fest Amazon Music Preferred Artists...

1. Michael Jackson, George Michael, Prince & The Revolution (5 appearances)

2. Eddie Van Halen, Billy Joel, Tom Petty, Phil Collins, Hall & Oates (4 appearances)

3. Foreigner, Journey, New Edition, Dire Straits, Lionel Richie, Bon Jovi, Billy Ocean, Culture Club, A-Ha, REO Speedwagon, Van Halen, Kenny Loggins, AC/DC, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, U2, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Rick James, Sting, Billy Idol (2 appearances)

4. Nu Shooz, Sade, Bryan Adams, Run DMC, Aretha Franklin, Cyndi Lauper, The Go-Go's, Toto, Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes, Beastie Boys, Scorpions, The Human League, Sheena Easton, New Kids On The Block, Janet Jackson, Kool & the Gang, The Police, Def Leppard, The Clash, Pet Shop Boys, Kim Carnes, Timbuk 3 · Official Music, Naked Eyes, Steve Miller Band, De La Soul, Poison, Huey Lewis & The News, Men Without Hats, Wham!, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, John Mellencamp, Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine, Adam Ant, Eddie Money, Zapp, Cheryl Lynn, Bruce Hornsby & The Range, David Bowie, The Romantics, A Flock Of Seagulls, Bananarama, Eddie Murphy, Cutting Crew, Genesis, Dinosaur Jr., Toni Basil, Kim Wilde, Information Society, The Vapors, Pat Benetar, Berlin, Peter Cetera, Amy Grant, Irene Cara, Christopher Cross, Bob Seger, Simply Red, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Waitresses, Bad English, Survivor, Chris DeBurgh, Stevie Wonder, Luther Vandross, Martika, Rick Springfield, ZZ Top, Marvin Gaye, Rick Astley, Whodini, Tears for Fears, Debbie Gibson, NWA, Matthew Wilder, Bruce Springsteen, Dead Or Alive, Bow Wow Wow, Starship (1 appearance)

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[spacemen2001]

Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra (Official Video)

Gloria Estefan - La Tierra

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Gloria Estefan - Mi Tierra (Official Video)

[bikeresforeverforeverbikers]

Gloria Estefan - Here We Are (Official Video)