#iNews

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As footballer Marcus Rashford found when he campaigned against child food poverty, and called for universal free school meals, he was demonised by the press and denounced by Tory politicians. Why? Because he challenged power and questioned the structures that make and keep people poor. Similarly, Brazilian Archbishop Helder Camara asked why, “when I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist”. Better a communist than a saint. Solidarity, not charity (even with the royal seal of approval) is the only way to rid us of poverty.

Andrew Fisher, ‘Royal visits to baby banks are a dangerous normalisation of poverty’, iNews

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“Checo was on the ropes careerwise. We did a deal that gave him a second wind and he has now won four grands prix and numerous podiums. He is driving better and better and finding his confidence. The biggest challenge for Checo is sustaining that over 23 events because that is where Max has become so strong over the last few years with the relentless consistency that he has.” As you might expect, Horner’s appreciation of Verstappen is absolute. How could it be otherwise? Verstappen’s divinity is universally acknowledged, giving full expression to the eternal qualities shared by the pantheon. Asked if he is already on the lookout for the next Max, Horner replied: “There isn’t another Max. If you look back at 2021 at the pressure he had at certain points he drove some incredible races. “In Zandvoort, his home nation had turned it into a flipping nightclub for the weekend. The noise on the grid, the expectation, the royal family was there. I remember watching him getting ready for the race, just a 24-year-old lad, he had this amazing ability to detach himself from what was going on around him and just be in the moment. He drove an incredible race, won it, but there was no crowd surfing at the end of it. It was just on to the next one.”

By Kevin Garside March 25, 2023 inews.co.uk Archive link | Original link

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Biennale di Venezia Stati Uniti Jeffrey Gibson

Lia Choen -informazione-arte

L’artista Jeffrey Gibson rappresenterà gli Stati Uniti alla Biennale di Venezia. È la prima volta che un artista nativo viene esposto in una mostra personale all’interno del padiglione degli Stati Uniti. E’ un membro della Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians e le sue radici sono Cherokee. Cresciuto negli Stati Uniti, in Germania, in Corea, oggi risiede a New York. Si ispira alla cultura pop, la…

[newstattoos]

On vacation in Spain a few years ago, I discovered myself on a seaside surrounded by sunbathers, the overwhelming majority of whom boasted tattoos streaked properly throughout their uncovered pores and skin. Regardless of age or gender, nearly all of them had ink. To the left of me was an Englishman whose again was given over to West Ham's crest,...

[2ndbestalex]

ANTHPO IS THE CHEESEBALL MAN

[blissfali]

my psychologist took it upon herself to give my pharmacy my trans name instead of my Legal name without my permission or acknowledgement which is why i couldnt get ahold of my meds for 3 days 😭😭HELLO???

[cringelordofchaos]

Hailey - She's imperfect, but she tries

Jake - He is good, but he lies

Zander - He is hard on himself

Sean - They are broken and won't ask for help

Milly - She is messy, but she's kind

Luke is NOT LONELY most of the time lmaooo he's literally a cardboard box

They're all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie (the Music club)

They (jomies) are gone but they used to be mine (Jake's)

[little-b1rdy]

@catzgam3rz da loverz for ur birthday that i may or may not have missed

[fiendfluid]

NOT OUR HANKERCHIEF ARTHUR

[indizombie]

A few weeks ago, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found that 3.8 million people in the UK – more than one in 20 of us – had experienced “destitution”. For most of my lifetime, I had regarded the word “destitution” as something of an historical artefact, a relic of Dickensian novels and the Great Depression of the inter-war years. Poverty has always been with us – I grew up in the 1980s in a single parent family and was on free school meals. But deep, grinding poverty is back. Decades of progress are being unravelled. The JRF defines destitution as “when people cannot afford to meet their most basic physical needs to stay warm, dry, clean and fed”. Think about that for a minute: one in every 20 of us, and approximately one in 15 children (two in every classroom), are struggling to stay warm, dry, clean and fed.

Andrew Fisher, ‘Royal visits to baby banks are a dangerous normalisation of poverty’, iNews

[coffeebooh]

EXCUSE ME VIC BUT YOU DID WHAT

[cringelordofchaos]

Ok I LOVE this but i... I don't think that's arabic 😭

But I'd also like to say that Kit might be japanese coded!!

This post, made by Evan Stanley on the topic of designing Kit the fennec, discussed the earlier concepts of giving Kit a *typical Japanese elementary schoolkid's backpack", and further saying "to compliment Surge's "japanese delinquent vibes"" (which only further suggests Surge's japanese coding)

Sonic Character Cultural Coding

Despite the fact that a good chunk of Sonic characters are anthropomorphized animals, a large amount of them have been given explicit or implicit coding that aligns with cultures that we see on Earth! I’ve found it hard to find a detailed list of it all online, so… I made one!

Disclaimers:

I am going to say: some of these may seem pretty obvious, but at the same time I’ve seen people miss them, so I’ll be including both the “obvious” and “obscure” coding.

If I accidentally said anything offensive, please let me know so I can correct it!

We are going to start with Sonic himself, and then do the rest in alphabetical order! Let’s go!

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[six-of-ravens]

my aunt: apparently the premier of Manitoba was once charged for beating his girlfriend

me (dismayed): wow that's really uh, rough--

my aunt: the premier of Saskatchewan once killed a woman in a drunk driving accident

me: WELL OKAY SO WE'RE THREE FOR THREE WITH KINDA SHITTY PRAIRIE PREMIERS AND I DON'T WANT DANIELLE SMITH TO BE THE BEST OF THEM SO PLEASE TELL ME SHE KILLED SOMEONE TOO

[angeltism]

heyyy haha iwant some other kind of. alonetime with you if you know hwta i mean. ha. hahaha