#interact like its a legal proceeding??

[softness-and-shattering]

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[eyeheartboobiez]

-> 𝗃𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈𝖽𝖽 𝗑 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋!𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋

-> 𝗌𝗈𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅 𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖺 𝖺𝗎!

-> 𝖺/𝗇: 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍 5 𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾!! 𝗂 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝗆𝗒 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝖻𝗋𝗎𝖼𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝖼. 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗂 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗎 𝖾𝗇𝗃𝗈𝗒🫶🏿

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@y/nforeal: GUESS WHO JUST WON A GRAMMY!!! fr tho i couldn't be more thankful for how far i've come as not only an artist, but an individual. now that award szn is over, imma take some time off from making music, because these next few months are gonna be busyyy.

again, thank you to all my friends and everyone who's stuck by my side through everything. i love yall🥹🫶 #grammys2023

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user1: WE LOVE U TOO QUEEN

user2: what does she mean by busy tho??

⤷ user3: fr like is there a baby on the way or sumn💀

cass.cain: SO HAPPY FOR U BABES !!

⤷ y/nforeal: THX GIRLIE😘

⤷ user4: idc how delusional i look i still ship it🤷‍♀️

user5: been a fan since day one, couldn't be more proud🥹

user6: not jason liking her post...

⤷ y/nforeal: right like im confused too

⤷ user7: LMAOO she so real😭

Grammy winner Y/N Y/LN going to court?! From ruined careers to ruined relationships, here's the rundown that led to all this. (1/10/2023 11:54 AM PT)

Since August of last year, fans have been talking nonstop about the leaked track that's been trending all over the internet. With its romantic lyrics and suggestive imagery, the song — Fantasize — made its debut surprising not only the listeners, but the artist as well.

Renowned singer Y/N Y/LN was more shocked than anyone to find that one of her unreleased songs had been spread around online. Even moreso, when the culprit behind the act was none other than rival singer, Artemis Grace.

Which begs the question: Why would Artemis care to leak Y/N'S music?

Well last summer, her ex boyfriend Jason Todd was alleged to have been in an intimate relationship with the grammy winner. Ever since paparazzi caught the two kissing outside of Y/N's Malibu home, they’ve been rumored to have been seeing each other in private.

Supporters of the singer were more than ecstatic to see the two together, and were happy to see that both stars were getting their well deserved happy ending.

Especially Jason, who had spoken up in past interviews about his ex’s abusive behavior. Stating that the redhead was “more than controlling” throughout their relationship.

Unfortunately the so-called Fantasy was short lived, when the gothamite was seen outside of a nightclub with the toxic ex. Once the news broke headlines, while fans were more than devastated, they were just as quick to come to Y/N's defence.

Regardless of the heartache, many speculate that Y/N may have used Cassandra, Jason's sister, as a bit of a rebound! In fact, the tension between the two was more than noticeable in the interview they did together with Glamour.

As usual, fans jumped to the conclusion that their collaboration is what drove Jason to like Y/N's most recent post on instagram (an action that even she was skeptical about).

Back to the present, it seems that the redhead was also caught red handed. After TMZ investigators revealed Artemis as the culprit of the crime, Y/N made the smart decision to press charges.

On account of copyright infringement, as well as causing emotional distress, the offender had been served an official notice of the legal proceedings being taken against her.

However, because she failed to appear before the judge last week, Artemis was forcibly taken in by the authorities just this morning. The embarrassing encounter with law enforcement was seen by many in the area, and spectators did not hesitate to record the interaction and post it online.

Despite all the drama, fans are overjoyed to see the ex finally being held accountable for her behavior. And who knows, maybe the tragic story between star crossed lovers will get its happy ending after all!

end notes: so what do we think, yay or nay?

taglist: @din0o0o @cipheress-to-k-pop @bonnie-tz @phatnyash420

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

WebMD Page for Aziraphale

As promised to you all, inspired by that video of Aziraphale as an antidepressant. The WebMD drug format, from your clearly deranged mascot, Asmi. This took way too much effort. For legal purposes, even though this blog is a lawless hellscape, this is a spoof. If you did like it, reblog it, maggoty loves of mine, because likes don't help visibility on tumblr, and I want everyone to be traumatised with my own specific brand of unhinged. No pressure though, be rebels muaha. That being said:

MENU > DRUGS & MEDICATIONS > AZIRAPHALE

COMMON BRAND(S): Guardian of the East Gate, Angel GENERIC NAME(S): Aziraphale

USES This medication is used to treat mood-related disorders ranging from depression to chronic loneliness and anxiety. It has also been proven effective in treatment of Compulsive Demonic Behavioural Disorder (CDBD) and Post Fall Stress Disorder (PFSD). The medication results in an overall improvement in mood (see Side Effects), morals, and lifestyle choices. This medication is sometimes described as a 'miracle-worker'. It is advisable to ensure that the correct dosage is taken at regular intervals. The doctor/God/Forces That Be may prescribe a lower dose at the start, gradually increasing frequency and amount over the course of millennia.

SIDE EFFECTS Documented side-effects include pining behaviour, severe withdrawal symptoms in case of suddenly stopping the medication, heart palpitations, stuttering or stammering, mood swings including irrational lashing out or defensive behaviour when faced with highly emotional situations, break-ups, misunderstands, obliviousness, amongst others. Despite the studies being limited to a single subject (see Crowley et. al. updated 2023) these effects are typically harmless in the long term. Life-altering effects may also be noted, including irretrievably falling in love, marriage, a positive character arc, tendencies to put oneself at risk to ensure continuation of medication, lifelong friendship, fate-defying romance and severe allergy to the idea of discontinuation of medication.

WARNINGS Casual or reckless consumption can be too fast for the medication, which will lessen its effects, leading to withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms range from repeated indulging in CDBD and PFSD induced behaviours to alcoholism, depressive episodes, recklessness, listlessness, and prolonged car rides with no purpose. While the medication should not be consumed too fast, regularity is also advised. This is a long-term medication and not a short-term fix. Rare, short-term exposures will only worsen the side effects, withdrawal symptoms and may even reverse the drug effects.

PRECAUTIONS Ensure immortality so that the medication may be able to work its effect through the full course. Pre-existing trauma and heart conditions may require regular consultations with a therapist.

INTERACTIONS Drug interactions may change how the medication works or increase severity of side effects. This document does not include a comprehensive list of all drug interactions, please do adequate research and check instructions on the medication before proceeding with additional drugs. Aziraphale is known to have highly negative interactions with the toxin hellfire as well as the drugs Gabriel (only when sold as Supreme Archangel), Satan and Metatron (known toxin). Negative interference may occur due to most drugs from the class Heaven and Hell. Vague interference may occur with the drug class Homo sapiens.

OVERDOSE While less dangerous than withdrawal symptoms, overdose may lead to lack of personal space, miscommunication, and decrease in mood stability. Increased irritability is also common. Use with caution.

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REVIEWS (1) Effectiveness: 5 stars Ease of use: 4 stars Satisfaction: 100000000000000000000e stars

It must be noted that in the country where I live (India), advertisements for pharmaceutical drugs are legally prohibited on television and other media. Which is why I was very bewildered at the initial video. But WebMD is a universal phenomenon so this shall by my contribution to the fandom. Thank you @neil-gaiman, Good Omens has given me a lot of opportunities to exercise my brain in all the weirdest ways.

[wolfertinger]

cancelling, as a term, originated from black spaces and black activists who- for obvious reasons- lacked the power or safety to seek either legal or social accountability for people in power who were harmful. it was used to call for smaller-scale community accountability where society was content to ignore problems (such as white celebs being racist and getting away with it) it also had a strong presence in kink spaces, where dangerous individuals would look for victims under the guise of kink (usually directed at abusing women scot-free) and, as these were sex spaces, and often black- its not exactly safe to ask for cops to do anything. in order to make others aware of the danger so they could avoid or protect themselves from the offenders. it has, of course, a bit of a messy online history. but the core purpose is still to make people aware of the potential harmful nature of an individual, so that people can make informed choices about supporting or interacting with them. it is messy, and people need diligence when interacting with callouts meant to bring awareness to issues, and also understand that people do have the capacity for growth. transwomen have obviously been the victims of a lot of the worse aspects of callouts- usually in the form of minor mistakes at worse being blown up into massive accusations. it would be stupid to think that some callouts arent bad faith. however it would be equally stupid to think that all callouts are bad faith, and that all should be disregarded. bad people exist in spaces. bad people look for victims. bad people prey on the lack of knowledge people have about them so that they can either control the narrative or take advantage of someone else not knowing. and callouts are often the /only/ form of protection people can use online because many of these crimes arent taken seriously or the victims are people who simply do not have the ability to seek legal accountability. when you refuse to consider the possibility- you get wis- someone who got told 'im a rapist' to her face and proceeded to tear into the victim like a shark smelling blood because she couldnt be bothered to think for a moment that there was truth to it. ive seen other posts about 'how all callouts against trans people are bullshit' and you go into the replies and see defenses for truely fucking awful people like purplekecleon (known groomer, had sex with animals, so much more) to the point where it becomes very clear this mindset exists only to allow predators to profit and not to actually protect against false calls. It doesnt matter if salem did change and grow, if people want to avoid supporting puppychan even years later thats their right. they deserve to make the call on if they think he has or hasnt grown. people deserve to know if people have a history of abuse or predation they would be disgusted to know they supported. and if its been years and someone has grown and changed well than people can and should look at that and decide on their own they think theyve improved. but this tripwire "always innocent' shit wis pulls? the only person benefiting from that is the predator looking for friends who will turn the other way. no one wouldve been upset that wis wanted to help stabilize mari or look more into things first if she had been fucking normal about it and not an abusive piece of shit who wanted to terrorize a rape victim for the crime of being too mean after being raped

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[butterflytint]

what are TLAL characters majors ?

y/n: business

I see her as someone who’s still a bit ambiguous as to what her plan is in the future but business is something she chooses because she always had a little dream to own a shop (preferably a bookshop or a cafe) and kind of expand on that idea and be a business owner. She definitely takes a bunch of literature and creative writing electives though to keep up with her love of reading and writing.

Eren: prelaw/poli sci

He has repeatedly mentioned that he wants to be a lawyer and he loves watching crime docuseries because being a prosecutor or working in criminal justice had been a dream of his (among other things) Seeing the way Faye’s life ended and her legal proceedings were something that fueled him even more to work harder and we see a lot of that in the story

Armin: Biochemistry/minor in education

Its canon that armin is intelligent. He pays close attention to his work and takes a lot of pride and joy in it. I see him as someone that utilizes this in a forensic scientist/psychology type of path and work with major leagues like for example in the criminal justice system and helping humanity in some way with his intellect

Let’s forget the fact educators unfortunately don’t make much but it’s canon that armin is an intellectual and strong person who is capable of leading and teaching others. I see him as someone who pursues the highest form of education and hopes to get a phd in something that he would hope to teach as a professor himself

Sasha: Marketing

Sasha’s super friendly and is someone that is passionate and overall uplifting to the people around her. If she were to be working on a sales pitch I know she’d be amazing because her personality would outshine the lack of need of a certain product or service but whoever is listening to her would invest so quick in that LMAO

Connie: Undecided/ends up choosing business as well

He has an innovative mind and is much more clever than he’s given credit for. He’s the type of guy i see as wanting to prove his worth and super interactive with work and ideas

Mikasa: Sports medicine

She’s super into nutrition and health related stuff (in tlal) as well as keeping fit. She would be an amazing physical therapist or athletic trainer and she’d feel so much pride in that i feel

Jean: Business… as well

He never really wanted to pursue football professionally and wanted to be his own boss. I don’t see him as someone who would want to take orders or work happily under anyone else. Let’s be real, he’s pretty smart and could do literally anything (except bag Mikasa)

Pieck: Nursing

She has such a nurturing personality that i feel like she would be in health care in some way. We see her nurturing side a lot with y/n in the story as well as gabi and falco.

[gryficowa]

Players from the USA are annoyed to the new part of The Witcher for being Woke and DEI… You are talking about a Polish studio from games, because the fucking CD Project Red is the fuck from Poland

Ciri literally looks like a typical Slavic woman from that time

"CD Projekt SA (until July 25, 2011 Optimus SA) - Polish joint -stock company dealing in the production and distribution of computer games through its subsidiaries. The dominant entity of the CD Projekt capital group.

The company existed under its original name in 1988–2011. In the 90s She was one of the largest manufacturers of PCs in Poland, then expanded its activity to the production of cash registers, providing integrated IT solutions for offices and large enterprises, and created one of the leading Polish online portals onet.pl. After the division and subsequent transformations of the capital structure, Optimus took over CDP Investment and focused almost exclusively on the production, location and distribution of computer games [3] [4] [5].

In 2020, CD Projekt was placed first in the ranking of the 100 largest Polish private companies [6]"

"The company was founded in 1988 as a private company Romana Kluski. From 1994 Optimus was listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The company was the largest manufacturer of computers in Poland. In 1996, it began publishing, under which the "Education and Entertainment" group was created,, focusing Optiums Bis (distributor of Ubisoft games, Activision, Axall, Condor, Merit, MindScape, SSI, ID Software, SCI and Warner), Optimus Nexus (producer of games and multimedia) and Optimus Pascal (producer of spolkin) and Optimus himself was a representative of Disney Interactive. [10] [11]. On October 13, 1999, the company expanded the offer of products with game consoles, becoming one of the two official Nintendo distributors in Poland [12]. In the years 2000–2002, the company's legal transformations took place, as a result of which it was finally divided into two separate business entities - Optimus and the Onet Group. On August 28, 2006, the Securities and Stock Exchange Commission decided to withdraw the company from the WSE. The reason was improper performance of information duties by the Company. However, the decision did not enter into force and Optimus remained on the stock exchange.

At the beginning of 2006, the headquarters of Optimus was moved from Nowy Sącz to Warsaw, And the installation of computers on the principle of outsourcing to the ABC Data plant. In the same year, the company also filed a claim for compensation in the amount of PLN 35 million for unlawful decisions of tax authorities of 2002, which, according to Optimus, led to the loss of reputation by the company, losses PLN 27 million and direct costs of tax proceedings in the amount of PLN 8 million [1].

On October 31, 2007, members of the management of Optimus, Piotr Lewandowski and Michał Lorenc, were detained by CBŚ regarding the controversial increase in capital in the company. On April 16, 2008, Lewandowski was again detained by the CBA on charges of removing money from the company [13].

On January 22, 2008, the Company submitted a bankruptcy application to the court with the possibility of concluding an agreement, but it was withdrawn after the public broadcast of the shares, of which some of the revenues (13, PLN 5 million) was allocated to cover the obligations. Another bankruptcy application was submitted by the company West, but the courts of both instances dismissed him [14].

Optimus is the creator of the largest Polish internet portal - Onet.pl. After the sale of shares in the company by its founder Roman Kluska, the website was transferred to the Onet daughter company, which was then taken over by the ITI group, and in 2012 it hit the hands of the Axel Springer Polska Group. The name Onet.pl comes from the word Optimusnet"

Suddenly Poland became too progressive for fucking Americans?

[alianoralacanta]

Paddock Magazine Analysis (13-12-2007)

Context: Following the McLaren/Ferrari spying controversy of 2007, where McLaren eventually lost its 2nd place in the World Constructor's Championship and got a $100 m fine, Max Mosley in his capacity as FIA President did two interviews. The first was for BBC Hardtalk. His performance there was very poor, making it look suspiciously like the FIA's case was weak. More telling was the second interview, with Paddock Magazine. Given that Paddock Magazine was a FIA publication, it was not exactly going to be the height of intentional journalism. However, it provided an excellent demonstration of the FIA's beliefs about the case. When combined with what had been learned in 2007 (from the Hardtalk interview and earlier proceedings of the case), it was incredibly destructive to the FIA's case against McLaren. In combination, it went to the degree of indicating the FIA had a case to answer itself… My understanding of legal issues has evolved since then but I do not believe the FIA's position has correspondingly improved. (The first parts of quotes are bolded, to help put structure to this essay. I've also had to delete the artificial double-spacing that ended up in there for some reason. For the record, if I wanted to double-space an entry, I'd use the double-space function).

Warning! Long entry alert! An annotated guide to the Paddock Magazine interview with Max Mosley. It is the December 2007 edition, and the FIA has given us a handy link.

It is, as the FIA probably hoped, a good guide to the state of Max Mosley's thinking. Let's probe into this resource to find out exactly what the implications are of the interaction between Max's thought processes and what can be ascertained from other sources.

"I think, in the end, the championship went to the right person"

Max has a good point here. Kimi did in fact do the best performance out of the challengers, so it was perfectly sensible for him to have won the prize. It's refreshing to see some sensible opinions from Max.

"Well, I don't think it [the off-track drama] has done any damage - in fact, it has raised public awareness".

Yes, Max - raised it and turned them right off again. Unfortunately, the good initial note didn't last long.

"The only harm would come if people started to believe it [the spying] was endemic and we couldn't stamp it out."

Most people that weren't deeply knowledgeable about F1 before the Ferrari/McLaren mess were not aware that F1 even had spying. Their impression would not have been that stopping spying was good, it would have been "What do you mean, F1 has spying?!?" The people who've been following F1 for a time know that spying at some level is both endemic and, to a certain extent, inevitable. Admittedly, it is not inevitable to the point alleged against either McLaren or Renault, but information transfer between teams is inherant in any industry whose primary value is in the contents of talented people's heads. Formula 1 is demonstrably such an industry.

"I found myself defending McLaren, rather than trying to explain why we'd done what we had to do!"

If the HardTalk interview constituted a defence of McLaren's behaviour, I'm glad the interviewer did not ask Max to attack McLaren, because it looked to me and a number of other people as if Mosley was launching a McLaren attack at the time.

"The whole thing [the Ferrari/McLaren mess] should have been stopped before it started".

Correct. One would have thought that Nigel Stepney and Mike Coughlan would have known their information-swapping behaviour was slightly dodgy before engaging in it. Apparently not (at least in Coughlan's case).

"Ron [Dennis] could have gone to Jean [Todt] immediately after Australia and said: "Look, we asked the FIA about your floor because there's somebody at Ferrari giving us information".

Two problems. One, this was not the FIA's line at the time. For example, Spyker submitted a protest at that very race concerning Super Aguri and Squadra Toro Rosso using a Toro Rosso drawing, which arrived at Spyker by an unknown route (or at least, unknown to people outside the paddock such as me). Nobody from the FIA openly asked Spyker to tell Franz Tost about the drawing (this may have happened quietly, or Colin Kolles may have done the courtesy call on his own initiative, but we don't know either way). The impression that this sort of thing gives is that if the FIA is contacted in such a way that it receives the offending document(s), the opposing team manager need not be (perhaps because the FIA contacts the opposing team manager as a matter of routine in these cases). So what Max is effectively saying is that the FIA's policy was wrong at the time, for if McLaren had known that the FIA policy wouldn't hold six months down the line, it is highly unlikely he would have taken the path of relying on the known FIA procedures to do the appeal. Instead, he would have either informed Jean Todt (if he had known about the Stepney/Coughlan flow and intended to get it stopped) or he would have simply said nothing, and probably not appealed the Ferrari car in Australia at all (if he thought there was only the one document and/or he wanted to attempt to evade notice).

Secondly, there is no particular reason to believe that Jean would have stopped the information flow on Dennis' say-so, especially as it has yet to be proved whether Dennis knew who in the team had received the drawings, let alone whether this person had received the drawing in a legal fashion. For that matter, it isn't even clear that Dennis knew there was a drawing involved - it is entirely conceivable that Coughlan would only have told people verbally about what he knew about the Ferrari floor, and not given away sources. Certainly if I was in Coughlan's position and intended to use this Ferrari information illegally, this is what I would have done. Simply because the drawing was eventually discovered due to Trudy Coughlan stupidly taking some Ferrari CDs to a photocopy shop does not mean that her husband was stupid in his dealings with the material. With hindsight, the truly smart thing to have done would be to take the moral high ground and denounce Stepney as openly and as immediately as possible, but none of us have foresight as good as our hindsight.

"You get the odd person saying that this has always gone on in F1, but that's nonsense".

Er... ...Shadow/Arrows in 1977, anyone? That was the entire (successful) theft of a team's entire intellectual property (IP), back before the term was even invented. Then there's the whole Ferrari/Toyota mess, involving a copious amount of data theft by more than one ex-Ferrari (and now ex-Toyota and presumably ex-F1) employee.

Admittedly, the general backdrop of espionage is on nowhere near as large a scale (the McLaren/Renault mess is probably a run-of-the-mill example among instances of dishonest information transfer). However, the alleged extent of the Ferrari/McLaren mess has precedents.

"There was a constant stream of information for months"

Interestingly enough, this wasn't proven at the WMSC court, though Max would like to pretend it was proven. Having reviewed the relevant portion of the Ferrari/McLaren September case transcript, I have spotted in the preliminaries that the documents that supposedly prove this statement were considered by the McLaren lawyer to be illegally obtained and illegally revealed to the WMSC court. The response from the WMSC was that it was not concerned about whether the documents were legal. Since it was illegal to use them in court, it was also illegal to base any part of the judgement on these documents. As a result, these documents cannot constitute evidence, let alone proof, of the exchange between Stepney and Coughlan - unless the Italian courts deem that the documents do in fact constitute such evidence.

This hasn't happened yet. Therefore, there is no actual proof that the "live" part occurred, since the WMSC Court appeared to have no other sources for this in its transcript. It thought the illegally-used and unproven documents were "impressive" enough.

"The second major mistake that McLaren made was when they held an inquiry... ...they didn't do it thoroughly enough"

Well, all it would have taken is for two people to have lied in a way that was undetected and McLaren wouldn't have been able to detect that connection. Even if Coughlan and de la Rosa had been somewhat truthful (by admitting that they talked to each other), how much would have been considered normal for two employees, and would it be possible to prove in the relatively short timeframe (the inquiry occurred in the run-up to the July meeting, giving McLaren about three weeks to get the inquiry completed) to go through 1000 people's e-mails to find a handful of dodgy e-mails? Even if only e-mails sent by Coughlan were considered (it is known that McLaren suspected him of something, as he got suspended pretty sharpish when the exchange was initially discovered), that would still have been dozens, and likely hundreds, of e-mails to check. In a company that size, it is fairly easy for a dodgy e-mail connection to go undetected. Usually, discovery occurs when one of the parties accidentally copies their e-mail to someone who has the power to stop or inform on the perpetrators, or else someone in power sees such an e-mail on the screen. For all the advances in e-mail monitoring software, breaches outside a limited range (porn, unnecessary attachments, swearing and personal e-mailing) remain very difficult to detect, especially if the intention is to do so without unduly impeding the free flow of legitimate information. It would take a very time-consuming and thorough, or a very lucky inquiry, to have found out that a rogue employee was transferring illegally-obtained information to another employee unless one of them confessed. That didn't happen until early September (and then it was not to McLaren but to the FIA) - rather late for the initial July trial!

"I think everyone felt that there was more to this than we'd heard [in the July case]".

No, most of us didn't; at least, not in the English-speaking sources I've seen. The Europeans generally write in languages other than English, which makes assessing the rest of Max's answer difficult (the only other language I know is Spanish, and the Spaniards would presumably be pro-Alonso...) The time of which Max speaks was before the time that the FIA started chucking out transcripts to the general public at the slightest opportunity. We, the general public, were not expecting anything else to come out of the case. If the WMSC was, why didn't they take the trouble to advise us in the decision? Oh, wait a minute, that would have made their decision to try the case so early look premature...

In case you're wondering, not every Spanish source was pro-FIA about the second trial. El Pais was concerned that the FIA decision was pro-Ferrari - but maybe its being in Spanish precluded Max from reading it. So the generalisation that the continentals were all pro-FIA in the end is false.

"I'd already been told that some e-mails existed, by Bernie [Ecclestone] [when Ron Dennis informed Max of the e-mails]"

Clive at F1 Insight has already tackled this matter; suffice to say that Max's pretence that he was hearing about the e-mails from Ron for the first time is unimpressive at best. More transparency is expected from people enforcing rules.

"I wasn't sure enough to write to the drivers, until the Italian police came up with the list of all the contacts"

Excuse me, but isn't this the same inadmissible list that has already supposedly proven a "live" link between Nigel Stepney and Mike Coughlan despite its inadmissibility? If this is so, then Max was not entitled to use it as a tool to compel anyone to comply with its wishes, particularly with the threat implied with it being an FIA instruction. Such behaviour demeans the validity of FIA instructions.

That said, the FIA could and perhaps should have asked every employee in McLaren to turn over all relevant evidence as soon as it opened the investigation of the case on a reasonably-scaled amnesty scheme. It had the power to analyse the e-mails (including Spanish translation!) that McLaren could not reasonably be capable of doing in such a short time-frame, and it would also have led to a considerably swifter route to the conclusion of this matter.

"they [the e-mails] either came from Alonso or de la Rosa. But presumably the Alonso camp"

That's a mighty big leap, given that Max does not give evidence that differentiates the two. This sort of thinking can be seen elsewhere in this interview, to sometimes dangerous effect to his own case.

By the way, reading personal e-mails is normally illegal under the Computer Misuse Act. However, the sense of Max's elaboration of this question indicates that Fernando chose to reveal these e-mails to Bernie (why remains a mystery, when it would have been simpler to forward the lot to Max), on this occasion the initial Alonso e-mail can be said to have been acquired legally. There is no question over whether the subsequent driver e-mails were obtained legally, only whether Max's justification for requesting them was based on legally-obtained documentation.

"I still think, from a legal point of view, we should have excluded everybody [relating to McLaren over the Ferrari/McLaren mess]."

I'll give him that - he has never deviated once from this point of view. He is consistent in at least some of his opinions. If you assume the conclusion that the WMSC wanted us to believe, then this also follows. The conclusion is therefore valid.

The trouble is that the conclusion is not sound, for the evidence has turned out to be some illegally-obtained Italian documents and a bunch of e-mails that only prove that three employees knew rather than one (and also suggesting that only those three knew - otherwise the e-mails would have been in English and had a wider circulation). This means that there were three rogue employees. The two discovered by the September trial had been granted full amnesty, so technically the FIA was not empowered to issue any punishment to the rest of the team following the evidence, due to its inadequete nature.

"In the end, arguably justice was done [in the McLaren/Ferrari mess]."

Try making that quote compatible with the previous quote. Note that they are spoken by the same person, in the same paragraph in relation, to the same question. Can you get "justice was done" to fit with "we should have excluded everyone"? Me neither.

"For a lot of it [the evidence], you had to draw the inference."

This is the most self-destructive sentence I have ever seen in a court case. Only a fool admits to having little hard evidence for a guilty judgement, let alone one involving such a large penalty and with a larger one threatened. If this were a real court under discussion, the police would be immediately pressing for a re-trial without the interested parties even having to ask first. It pretty much invalidates Max Mosley as a judge of fact in these sorts of cases.

The temptation for me to skip the assumptions that follow this sentence are therefore too strong to resist.

"If we'd done nothing, there would be the temptation to set out to acquire information from another team in any number of ways."

This probably seemed like a logical thing to say at the time (this interview appears to have taken place in late October or early November). However, since the McLaren/Renault mess has shown that only the impression of co-operation is necessary in order to evade a spying charge, then this statement suddenly looks a bit strange. If anything, events will encourage employees to spy, not discourage them. Just not necessarily as individuals.

"I think, and hope, they're paranoid about not doing anything"

How's that for a "Go back to being blobs. Blobs are easy" (Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett) mentality?

"If there are things of that kind... ...they've been quietly got rid of"

Proof that this interview was done before mid-November, when the McLaren/Renault case re-appeared (after a brief mention in the September court case).

"Just suppose the 2008 McLaren incorporates everything from the 2007 Ferrari... ...we've got to make sure... ...the 2008 McLaren doesn't incorporate and Ferrari intellectual property"

If (and after everything above, it's a big if) you still believe that McLaren's guilty judgement was legitimate, then this is a perfectly sensible inference. Max is completely right about the need to check that cars are not contaminated with other teams' IP. In fact, why don't they do this with every team at the appropriate moment in the season, to proactively check that this sort of stuff doesn't happen?

Would be a neat idea...

[ultrahpfan5blog]

Barbenheimer Part 2: My thoughts on Oppenheimer.....

After a 50 min break after Barbie, I settle down to watch Oppenheimer in IMAX. I am a big fan of Nolan's movies. I haven't seen Following, but I either like or love every movie he has made. He's one of the few directors who is the star of his own movie, whether the lead actor is someone as famous as Leonardo DiCaprio or some unknowns like in Dunkirk. So I went in with high expectations and Nolan lived up to those expectations again.

Oppenheimer is a movie that leaves you shaken. I genuinely can't believe how a 3 hour movie which is all talk, ended up being so gripping that it just rushed by. This summer has seen its fair share of long movies, with a majority of summer blockbusters clocking in around 2.5 hours, but I felt the length with all of them. Not with Oppenheimer though. While I would hesitate to call it Nolan's best, its easily one of the best of the year.

What is amazing is the film is essentially two films at once. One is a movie about the construction of the bomb and the Trinity test and subsequent deployment of those bombs. The second is a courtroom drama of two legal proceedings happening at different points in time. Both movies are riveting and the structure of the movie is enthralling. The first act of the film basically acts as the first 2 acts of both movies. It sets up the characters, the various dynamics etc.... Then the second act is essentially the final act of the first movie, and the third act, if the final act of the second movie. It was a genius way to keep audience enthralled throughout.

The film is just filled with extraordinary work by everyone involved. The cinematography, costume design, product design, the practical effects, the performances, the directing etc... is all superb. I fully expect this film to get a lot of Oscar nomination come Oscar season. The characters are extremely well realized, and not just Oppenheimer or Strauss, but every single individual. There are so many known actors that appear in this film, sometimes just for a scene or two, but somehow every character is a fully realized character. I also like that Oppenheimer is portrayed as man. He has flaws, but he also has traits to be admired. Even Strauss is not portrayed as evil, just vindictive. Also, as someone who is in the Engineering field, the construction of the bomb was just fascinating to me. I loved watching legendary 20th century scientists, who are rockstars of the scientific community, depicted as people and I loved a lot of their individual interactions. The scenes between Oppenheimer and Einstein for example, were terrific. The final scene between them is genuinely terrifying. In general, the way Oppenheimer's mind is visualized is awesome.

There is not much in terms of flaws. The film is talky. For some, that may be boring. I can maybe say that the actual portrayal of the explosion, while exciting, was not as bombastic and horrifying as it could have been. There are moments in the courtroom drama part of the film, where it feels like it could have been edited down a little. And it took me about 15 minutes to get a handle on the structure of the film and the back and forth time jumps. But honestly, can't think of too much else apart from that.

The performances are incredible across the board. Cillian Murphy should be a top contender for best actor. The guy has been excellent in supporting roles for a while, but he kills it here. Apart from scenes from the Lewis Strauss confirmation hearing, he is on screen for every scene. RDJr finally breaks out of his Tony Stark skin and delivers a superb turn here. He really bursts into top gear in the final act of the film. Emily Blunt is lovely. She is largely in the background but she shines superbly when she has to be front and center towards the end. Matt Damon is immensely likable as Leslie Groves, one of Oppenheimer's true supporters outside of the scientific community. The film is littered with so many other excellent performances. Benny Safdie as Edward Teller, Josh Hartnett as Ernest Lawrence, Kenneth Branaugh as Niels Bohr, Jason Clarke as Roger Robb, Tom Conti as Albert Einstein, Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock, and David Krumholtz as Isidor Isaac Rabi are all highlights in the movie. Casey Affleck walks in for a couple of scenes and sent chills down my spine with his performance. Alden Ehrenreich has a superb mini arc of his own as aide to Strauss and he has some of the most satisfying scenes in the movie where he converts to an Oppenheimer supporter as he figures out the things Strauss has done. But there are so many excellent performances in this movie that I could go on and on.

As a director, Nolan has really outdone himself. I can't make an assessment as to where this film lands in Nolan's filmography but it is towards the top of an already excellent set of films. I suspect nothing will outdo TDK trilogy and Inception for me, but this might land right behind those. All in all, a 9/10 movie.

[wejustvibing]

“half the people are hell bent on seeing him at the crime scene and the other half are hell bent on proving he wasn't.”

so we just let someone we like get false accusations about a serious crime based on a few pictures and a fake list? i get what you mean but don’t out there saying they are equally bad bc it’s not

except both are the same. both are more concerned about lewis' involvement and this weird sense of moral superiority over this verdict on his character instead of the actual people involved. i have seen people accuse aretha and tata in this, they're running massive smear campaign against bey just because she's married to jay. my point is each and every celeb who has a picture or some interaction is being accused by these people. the best thing to do is to not platform them, not spread their stupid posts and not make fun of the situation. bc when all this started i have seen lewis fans "my dawg is going to jail" him over it. so tell me how's both different? and what's lewis' lawyers and merc PR or spinz gonna do about it? these are legal proceedings with serious allegations and real victims involved. everybody should just stop speculating and let the law take its course.

[defythemelody]

Tw: weed mention/ramble

Sometimes I also think about that time (which was like two weeks ago) about how I bought edibles and then proceeded to have some type of nervous breakdown about it while she tried to reassure me but also not encourage me. She was just like “how did you get those??? Was the site safe???” While I rapidly tried to explain how my parents always taught me to be a good kid and that this was my only and first time doing something like this.

At age 17. Almost 18

ITS SO FUCKED UP BECAUSE??????? ITS LEGAL IN CANADA (if you’re above 18-19 depending on province) AND IT WAS LITERALLY HELPING ME WITH MY DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS TOO it’s so fucked up………….. prob gonna see about getting a medical card or whatchamacallit when I turn the legal age of my province because instead my doctors put me on Prozac which is FINE but I can’t take my remaining edibles without risking them interacting. Like. Since ones an antidepressant and the other is a depressant. So fucked up really

There’s actually such a huge misconception regarding weed in general??? It’s not at all like how being drunk is (from what I’ve been told because I’m not touching alcohol) and like. For me I just get super soft and cuddly and pass out it used to help me get to sleep at night before they put me on prozac

Anyways that’s basically it. Here’s a funny screenshot I have from when I was searching up the logistics of telling my therapist about me taking edibles (in genuine fear and anxiety) IN FRONT OF HER DURING OUR SESSION

Truly where I peaked I think

[atwowbrainrot-sorrynotsorry]

Hold Me While You Wait Spider/GN!Reader +Little bit of Spider/Kiri Chapter 1.

rated PG-13. I guess. Human reader. Shipwrecked and stranded, as the only two humans for many km, you might as well try to get along. Slow burn, forced proximity, bonding over shitty dads. So much angst.

You were Mike Scorsby's kid. 17 years old and bored out of your mind on the Sea Dragon. None of the crew wanted you on the ship, but ever since your mom died, there wasn't really anywhere else you could go except to follow your dad around.

One day Mike enter your cabin and collapsed face first on the bed, and proceeded to complain about the big blue avatar marines who would be commandeering his ship. They had a warrant to do so and there was nothing your dad could legally do to stop them. He briefly mentioned their ¿mascot? The half-wild boy called Spider. You thought any change of pace, especially the kind that irritated your dad, was a good thing.

During the following week, you saw the recons and Spider, but had no reason to interact with them. You passed spider in the halls a couple times. It'd been a long time since you'd last seen a boy near your age, and never one so...stripey and shirtless. He seemed on edge, si you smiled and waved in an attempt to be friendly. He gave a polite smile, but didn't stop to talk.

You'd been putting an old radio back together one evening when you heard shouting and gunfire. A struggle. The Sea Dragon was under attack! Your dad popped his head into your bedroom doorway to yell at you to stay where you were. The ship was under attack from the Na'vi. He'd figure this one out. "We wouldn't be in this situation if not for the recoms." You thought.

It was difficult to stay still. Here was that excitement you craved. You sneaked through the galley, grabbing a spair exopack and putting on a life jacket because you had a premonition that creeped up your spine.

Sure enough, the ship began to tilt on its side. It was a little quieter now. To your horror, the main deck was littered with dead bodies. Both human and Na'vi. They slid wetly towards the sinking side of the ship.

There was movement out near the stern. You crept behind a pillar. it was a standoff between the recom known as Quaritch and a Na'vi woman. You gasped as she held Spider with a knife to his throat, and the soldier likewise held a smaller female Na'vi. You couldn't hear what they were saying from all the way over hear, so you sent up a prayer to eywa that the kids didn't end up dead. Nothing you could do but to get off a sinking ship. You wondered where your dad went. Mike was a rude bastard and a bit of a drunk but still your dad. You jumped overboard, hitting the tropical sea with a big splash, before bobbing to the surface thanks to your life jacket. You had no idea which way shore was. You let yourself float and be carried by the current, because waves always reach the shore eventually. The ship began to sink farther below the waves, with flames sprouting off of it, and fire on the water even. Oil leak, obviously. You hoped the thing didn't explode before you got far enough away. Where the hell was your dad? Did spider make it off alive? Why did you care? You'd barely interacted with him.

The sun had set and the water was getting colder. You were far away from the wreckage now and it was too dark to see the shore. The water was getting colder and you were hungry and thirsty. There were big hungry things lurking in the dark water that you tried not to think about. Looking around, you thought you saw a row of lights in the distance. You swam toward that. You might still die yet, but you were going to die on land, dammit. As the lights got closer, you could hear crying and ....praying? It was still too far away to make out the words, but it sounded like Na'vi. You'd tried to learn some Na'vi; it was a logical and useful thing to learn the native language. But you didn't think they'd much appreciate your presence, so as you got closer to the shore, you fought the current to swim diagonal to the shore and away from the crowd. Past the beach were rocks and giant mangrove trees. Ma Eywah, you were exhausted. Climbing up the tree roots was tough.

You noticed a puddle of fresh-looking water in the hollow of a tree trunk. You took a deep breath and held it, lifting your expo-pack to take a quick drink from the puddle. Ah, so much better. You knew that however much freshwater you were able to find, you would still die out here. Even with the spare exopack you'd held onto you only had a about 3days before you began to suffocate. The only chance of survival would be to approach the Metkayina village and beg for your life and to speak to Jake Sully, who might know how to get you back to human society. They'd probably still kill you anyway, just for being a human. It was a lose-lose situation.

Exhaustion began to over come you. It was probably best to take a little nap and give the natives some time to cool down and regroup anyway. You curled up in a fetal position on the hard tree trunk and took a little nap.

At sunrise you worked up the nerve to do the dreaded walk to the village. The first Na'vi to see you was a small child already as tall as you were. "Where olo'eyectan?" You asked in broken Na'vi and the child dragged you roughly, hopefully towards the chief.

The Metkayina's olo'eyectan was the biggest Na'vi you'd ever seen, and he observed you with a deep frown, arms crossed. You knelt before him, showing him your big, sad, puppy dog eyes, and pouty lips. The strategy was to look so pathetic that it would be dishonourable to murder a sad, wet, little meow meow such as yourself. "Need help. Talk to Jake Sully. Need go home. I'm sorry." You pleaded with the large chief. He regarded your pathetic countenance for a moment longer before speaking in a fast hushed tone with a pregnant woman tensely gripping a spear. The pregnant woman hissed at you and dragged you by the arm roughly to the centre of the village. You submitted to being tied up to a pole with your arms behind your back. The upside of this was that Spider was also tied to a pole next to yours. He gawped at you as if in disbelief that you were still alive.

"Oh Spider, thank Eywah! I wasn't sure anyone else made it off the boat alive!" You greeted him.

He shook his head and chuckled humourlessly. "Well, alive so far, but we're not in the clear yet. Jake will put a good word in for me hopefully, but I can't say the same for you. What was your name again?"

The boy you'd been so worried for didn't even know your name. You told him.

"Nice to meet you, Y/N. You look like shit."

"Right back at you."

A Metkayina yelled at you two to shut up. Several had come around to get a look at the human prisoners. In different circumstances, this would be a really interesting place to visit. The curved roofs and woven walled architecture was amazing, and the local fashion was beautiful.

"Do you know Jake Sully well?" You asked Spider.

"Yeah, he's known me my whole life. I grew up playing with his kids." He answered. "How'd you manage to survive the shipwreck?"

"Nothing special really. I just jumped overboard." You were even still wearing your life vest. "Do you think they'll kill me? I'm innocent, I didn't even want to get on the boat in the first place."

"I think if they wanted to kill us then they would have done it already. It's as easy as ripping off our masks. The Na'vi don't kill people unless they're threatened first. Usually. Just keep your head down, and I'll do the talking." Spider advised.

When Jake Sully arrived, he was not like you'd pictured him. You'd grown up hearing stories about a savage traitor. A terrorist. This man just looked worn out.

"Neteyam's dead. The funeral is tonight." He said to Spider.

"That's awful. I'm so sorry, sir." Spider said. He sniffled.

"It's not your fault."

"Ok?" Spider said in a tone of 'but isn't it though'?

"You, kid." Jake addressed you now in a commanding tone. "What was your role on the ship?"

"Nothing, officially. But I'm a pretty good mechanic. My dad was the captain of the ship. I'm pretty sure he's dead though. If you help me get back to the humans, or literally anywhere with earth air, I'll draw you a schematic of that class of ship and all it's weak spots. I'm on your side. The whole crew were assholes of some variety." You spoke fast and pleadingly.

"How do I know you're not a spy? You've already seen too much of Awa'atlu. How can I be sure you won't spill the beans if I get you home?" Jake asked.

"I'm on your side. I believe in Eywah. Please give me a chance to prove myself."

"Sir, that's my friend. Let me keep an eye on them." Spider interrupted.

Friend? That was a lie. He'd only just learned your name an hour ago. You were grateful for the help.

"Fine." Jake groaned. "If I untie you, Spider, will you behave yourself? You better make yourself scarce. These people are hostile towards any sky people right now. I'm going to call Norm and Max to come pick you two up."

"Yes, sir."

Jake untied Spider from the pole, but started walking away without even looking at you again. "Hey wait. I gotta pee. Don't make me pee my pants over here. I'm shy." You yelled after him.

"Fine. Spider, yet them off the pole, but keep their wrists bound. And don't let them out of your sight."

The boy untied you. "Do you really have to go pee?"

" Yeah. Surely you can let me out of your sight for that." You chuckled.

"Don't joke right now." He said, leading you towards the edge of the village. "I just learned my brother died."

"Wait, Your brother?" you asked.

"Yeah. Neteyam was like a a brother to me. All of the Sully kids are." He wiped at his eyes. "Just go piss behind a tree. I think we should stay out of the village for now." He untied your wrists. The feeling of his hands touching yours and the proximity of his bare chest to your back gave you butterflies in your stomach. It was definitely not an appropriate time to feel hormonal. "Thanks." You said. "I'm sorry about your brother. You should tell me more about him some time."

It seemed like Spider stayed near you longer than necessary and you wondered if he needed a hug.

"Come back quick, cause I gotta tie your wrists again."

~~*Later that Evening*~~

"Y/N, this is Kiri, Tuk and Lo'ak. Jake's kids and my best friends." Spider introduced you.

"Kaltxi" the littlest one greeted.

"Nice to meet you." Kiri said in english. Lo'ak gave you a look of suspicion.

This group was on the beach at night. Further up the coast, a larger group of Na'vi were preparing for a funeral. It didn't feel right for you to attend the funeral of a kid you didn't know, but Spider was going and he'd been ordered to keep an eye on you. You really wanted to see what a Metkayina funeral would entail anyway. It'd probably be a beautiful ceremony. Still, you were never supposed to have been here.

"You guys go ahead. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to attend I'll just stay here on the beach and watch for my ride."

"If that's what you really want..."Kiri said, unsure. "Come on, monkey boy. Let's go say goodbye to Neteyam." She held out her hand and Spider took it, she helped him onto her ilu. The group of kids took off, leaving you alone on the beach.

It was too quiet. You crouched down and sobbed into your knees. The sounds of the funeral carried acrossed the water. A woman sang sorrowfully, and you hummed along, unable to make out the words at this distance. The beautiful surroundings lulled you into a sense of calm. The whole of your future was a blank canvas before you, and for the first time in at least a year but maybe since forever, nothing was expected of you. The uncertainty was freeing. Some guy called Norm was coming to take you and Spider to a place called high camp, but besides that? You'd have to wait and see. You hoped Norm would arrive sooner rather than later because you hadn't eaten since before the battle on the boat.

Your dad was probably dead. You were an orphan now. It wasn't right to feel calm and relieved.

Mike Scorsby had known the Tulkun were sentient, and yet hunting them had been like a game to him. It wasn't just about how much money he could make extracting that golden substance. He genuinely enjoyed the chase. The man had no empathy, not even for you. He'd never hugged you or helped you with your homework, and yet he'd expected you to follow him to an alien planet, because where else could you stay, useless kid?

"Eywah, if you can here me, I'm nothing like that man. I'm going to do what I can to fight the sky demons, as I've heard them called. Eywah, don't punish me for the circumstances of my birth." You called out to the lonesome beach. Were you alone, though? A crab-like creature crawled near you foot. Another child of Eywah, just like the Na'vi. You realised out here, you'd never truly be alone again. The crab crawled over your shoe, unbothered by the presense of a small, squishy tan alien. You kicked off your shoes (a difficult thing to do with your hands behind your back) and sank your feet into the sand, wiggling your toes. A crowd of Na'vi on ilu and skimwings were making their way back to the beach. In the distance you heard the motor of a helicopter. It was probably Norm, you hoped and not people from bridgehead looking for survivors.

Out of the crowd came Kiri and Spider. "Hey, good to see you didn't run off." Spider put an arm around your shoulder, but his other hand was still clasped with Kiri's. "You really needn't have missed it. As far a funerals go, it was a pretty good one. Neteyam would have liked it. I've got to tell you about him sometime." The human boy sounded choked up.

"Oh, bring it in." Kiri wrapped him in a hug, Lo'ak and Tuk showed up behind them and joined in the group hug. You stood off to the side, while the siblings found comfort in each other. Jake and the woman known as Neytiri, found their way through the group to the kids. "I've got word that Norm and Max are waiting at the village." He announced, breaking off from the huddled mass of skinny arms.

"Do we have to go right now?" Spider asked.

"Yes, fairly soon. It's not safe for them to be this far out. The chopper ain't exactly subtle. Why, you got somewhere else to be?" Jake raised an eyebrow.

"No sir"

You and your new friend walked together back to the village.

"Fuuuck!" Spider groaned, startling you. "If only I was a real Na'vi, I could just stay with the Sully's. I wouldn't need to change this stupid mask, I could eat any of their food. I could fight alongside Jake. I'm old enough, I've got the skill. I hate this."

"I get it." you said.

"No you fucking don't, you don't know anything. You just got here." He snapped at you. You decided not to take it personally; it had been a rough couple of days.

"Hey, Watch your language." A brown human man with curly hair approach. "Hello, I'm Max Patel." He held out a hand for you to shake. "You must be Y/N. You're one lucky kid, do you realize that?"

And that's where the Author has decided to leave off Part 1. To be continued...

Chapter 2 here: https://www.tumblr.com/atwowbrainrot-sorrynotsorry/712124013651148800/id-accidentally-saved-as-draft-to-my-main-blog?

[beardedmrbean]

Texas executed Gary Green on Tuesday evening despite questions about whether his intellectual disability and history of mental illness should disqualify him from a death sentence.

Green, 51, was convicted in 2010 for the murder of his wife, Lovetta Armstead, and her 6-year-old daughter, Jazzmen Montgomery, the year before. After Green learned that his wife wanted to annul their marriage, he fatally stabbed Armstead and drowned Montgomery in a bathtub, according to court filings. Green turned himself in to police and confessed to the killings.

"I took not one, but two people that we all loved, and I had to live with that while I was here. I ask that you forgive me, not for me but for y'all. I'm fixing to go home and y'all are going to be here. I want to make sure you don't suffer. You have to forgive me to heal and move on," Green said in his final statement. He was pronounced dead at 7:07 p.m. Tuesday.

Green's lawyers wrote to Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot in late February asking him to join their request to delay Green''s execution so he could undergo further tests of his intellectual disability. Creuzot did not join the motion.

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While experts testified at his trial that Green likely had schizoaffective disorder, his lawyers say his defense counsel did not adequately look at how the condition impacted his life, or what role it played in the murders. Under Texas law, jurors are allowed to consider mitigating evidence such as mental illness when deciding on a death sentence. Green appealed to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which upheld his conviction and death sentence.

"An explanation of Green's manifestation of schizoaffective disorder would have aided the jury in weighing Green's moral culpability for his offense," Michael Mowla, one of Green's attorneys, said in a statement. "It is clear from Green's statements that his mental state at the time of the crime was heavily influenced by his severe and persistent mental illness, especially as filtered through his severe cognitive limitations."

The U.S. Supreme Court in 2002 prohibited the execution of people with intellectual disabilities. Texas defines intellectual disability based on low IQ scores, with 70 generally considered a threshold; how inmates interact with others and care for themselves; and whether deficiencies in those areas occurred before the age of 18. The lowest IQ score that Green submitted in his state proceedings was 78, placing him in the "borderline" range of intellectual functioning.

Green had planned to "take five lives," he wrote in a letter to Armstead. He attempted to kill Armstead's sons, then ages 9 and 12, but they persuaded him not to, according to court filings. Green then attempted suicide by consuming a large amount of Tylenol and Benadryl. When Green turned himself in to the police hours later, he said he believed the family was plotting against him.

One month before the killings, Green tried to get help at Timberlawn psychiatric hospital in Dallas. He was incorrectly diagnosed, discharged after four days and later unable to continue the antipsychotic medication he was prescribed because of cost.

Green is also involved in an ongoing legal battle over the state's use of expired drugs to kill prisoners. With fewer pharmacies willing to produce execution drugs, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has for years extended the use-by dates for lethal injections, which could make the process more painful.

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Inmates say the state prison system should not be allowed to extend the expiration dates of its execution drugs. They claim this practice violates the U.S. Constitution's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.

[cazort]

Learning words is great but one additional tip I would have for learning a new language is to learn every word in the context of a sentence that has been written or spoken by a native speaker.

Languages are idiomatic and words don't have one-to-one correspondences, but rather, complex, partly-overlapping meanings.

For example, in Spanish, "bomba" can mean "bomb" like an explosive, but it can also mean "pump", like a gas station pump or bike pump, or it can be slang for a sexy woman. And "Bomba" is also a genre of music and dance. And think about how in English, you can say something is "the bomb" and it means it is really awesome, but if you say something "bombed" it means that it was really bad and failed to achieve its goals (like bombing a test = failing or flunking, or a movie that bombs means it was unpopular and made very little money.)

So basically, understanding the literal / core meaning of a word is important, but you need to expose yourself to a lot of different sentences involving that word to pick up the different idiomatic uses. A great way to get this meaning when you look something up is to type the word into google image search when having the settings set for the language in question. This often captures alternate meanings or connotation differences that you might not catch from a dictionary translation.

It's not just the meaning too, it's a connotation of who would say it and where / when you would say it. For example, "poop", "take a shit", and "defecate" all mean the same thing. But say "poop" and you sound like a little kid, "take a shit" and you are being more vulgar, so something an adult or older teen would say only amongst friends in a casual setting, whereas "defecate" sounds formal and stodgy like you would see in a medical textbook or legal proceedings.

When you learn a word, don't just learn the meaning, learn the cultural context.

A lot of Americans find Japanese hard and I think a huge part of it is that Japanese carries relatively more meaning in connotation of "who is speaking" and "what context am I speaking in" and this context includes more information about your relationship to the listener. So for example you can humble yourself or alternatively, insult someone, by using different word choice. We do it in English too, but different languages vary in the degree to which we are able to do this and Japanese for instance does it more. So be aware of the different ways the languages use words differently from each other, and keep this in mind when learning the words. Learn the words in a cultural context, and expose yourself to a variety of contexts. For example, try to converse casually with peers in the language, but also listen to news broadcasts, a children's TV show, and a regular TV drama. Interact on social media in the language, but also take a book out that is on a more dry, nonfiction topic so you can span the range of reading casual, slang-rich text, with formal, precisely-written text.

If you pick material you already know a lot about, it will be easier to read or listen to, because your brain will fill in a lot of things from context. For example, because I know a lot about plants and birds, I can pick up field guides to plants and birds in other languages I only know some of (like Spanish, German, and Portuguese) and read them just fine, only having to look up an occasional word here or there, but I don't know these languages well enough to read a novel written for a typical adult audience of native speakers. If you start by exposing yourself to the material more accessible to you, it gives you a "way in" to the language that is easier and then you can start filling in the gaps and exploring the more general aspects of the language from there.

Tips to learn a new language

The 75 most common words make up 40% of occurrences The 200 most common words make up 50% of occurrences The 524 most common words make up 60% of occurrences The 1257 most common words make up 70% of occurrences The 2925 most common words make up 80% of occurrences The 7444 most common words make up 90% of occurrences The 13374 most common words make up 95% of occurrences The 25508 most common words make up 99% of occurrences

(Source: 5 Steps to Speak a New Language by Hung Quang Pham)

This article has an excellent summary on how to rapidly learn a new language within 90 days.

We can begin with studying the first 600 words. Of course chucking is an effective way to memorize words readily. Here’s a list to translate into the language you desire to learn that Derek Roger suggested! :)

EXPRESSIONS OF POLITENESS (about 50 expressions)      

‘Yes’ and ‘no’: yes, no, absolutely, no way, exactly.    

Question words: when? where? how? how much? how many? why? what? who? which? whose?    

Apologizing: excuse me, sorry to interrupt, well now, I’m afraid so, I’m afraid not.    

Meeting and parting: good morning, good afternoon, good evening, hello, goodbye, cheers, see you later, pleased to meet you, nice to have met.    

Interjections: please, thank you, don’t mention it, sorry, it’ll be done, I agree, congratulations, thank heavens, nonsense.    

NOUNS (about 120 words)

Time: morning, afternoon, evening, night; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; spring, summer, autumn, winter; time, occasion, minute, half-hour, hour, day, week, month, year.    

People: family, relative, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, husband, wife; colleague, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend; people, person, human being, man, woman, lady, gentleman, boy, girl, child.    

Objects: address, bag, book, car, clothes, key, letter (=to post), light (=lamp), money, name, newspaper, pen, pencil, picture, suitcase, thing, ticket.    

Places: place, world, country, town, street, road, school, shop, house, apartment, room, ground; Britain, name of the foreign country, British town-names, foreign town-names.    

Abstract: accident, beginning, change, color, damage, fun, half, help, joke, journey, language, English, name of the foreign language, letter (of alphabet), life, love, mistake, news, page, pain, part, question, reason, sort, surprise, way (=method), weather, work.    

Other: hand, foot, head, eye, mouth, voice; the left, the right; the top, the bottom, the side; air, water, sun, bread, food, paper, noise.    

PREPOSITIONS (about 40 words)    

General: of, to, at, for, from, in, on.    

Logical: about, according-to, except, like, against, with, without, by, despite, instead of.    

Space: into, out of, outside, towards, away from, behind, in front of, beside, next to, between, above, on top of, below, under, underneath, near to, a long way from, through.    

Time: after, ago, before, during, since, until.    

DETERMINERS (about 80 words)  

Articles and numbers: a, the; nos. 0–20; nos. 30–100; nos. 200–1000; last, next, 1st–12th.    

Demonstrative: this, that.    

Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.    

Quantifiers: all, some, no, any, many, much, more, less, a few, several, whole, a little, a lot of.    

Comparators: both, neither, each, every, other, another, same, different, such.    

ADJECTIVES (about 80 words)    

Color: black, blue, green, red, white, yellow.    

Evaluative: bad, good, terrible; important, urgent, necessary; possible, impossible; right, wrong, true.    

General: big, little, small, heavy; high, low; hot, cold, warm; easy, difficult; cheap, expensive; clean, dirty; beautiful, funny (=comical), funny (=odd), usual, common (=shared), nice, pretty, wonderful; boring, interesting, dangerous, safe; short, tall, long; new, old; calm, clear, dry; fast, slow; finished, free, full, light (=not dark), open, quiet, ready, strong.    

Personal: afraid, alone, angry, certain, cheerful, dead, famous, glad, happy, ill, kind, married, pleased, sorry, stupid, surprised, tired, well, worried, young.    

VERBS (about 100 words)    

arrive, ask, be, be able to, become, begin, believe, borrow, bring, buy, can, change, check, collect, come, continue, cry, do, drop, eat, fall, feel, find, finish, forget, give, going to, have, have to, hear, help, hold, hope, hurt (oneself), hurt (someone else), keep, know, laugh, learn, leave, lend, let (=allow), lie down, like, listen, live (=be alive), live (=reside), look (at), look for, lose, love, make, may (=permission), may (=possibility), mean, meet, must, need, obtain, open, ought to, pay, play, put, read, remember, say, see, sell, send, should, show, shut, sing, sleep, speak, stand, stay, stop, suggest, take, talk, teach, think, travel, try, understand, use, used to, wait for, walk, want, watch, will, work (=operate), work (=toil), worry, would, write.    

PRONOUNS (about 40 words)

Personal: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, one; myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.    

Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.    

Demonstrative: this, that.    

Universal: everyone, everybody, everything, each, both, all, one, another.

Indefinite: someone, somebody, something, some, a few, a little, more, less; anyone, anybody, anything, any, either, much, many.    

Negative: no-one, nobody, nothing, none, neither.    

ADVERBS (about 60 words)

Place: here, there, above, over, below, in front, behind, nearby, a long way away, inside, outside, to the right, to the left, somewhere, anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, home, upstairs, downstairs.    

Time: now, soon, immediately, quickly, finally, again, once, for a long time, today, generally, sometimes, always, often, before, after, early, late, never, not yet, still, already, then (=at that time), then (=next), yesterday, tomorrow, tonight.    

Quantifiers: a little, about (=approximately), almost, at least, completely, very, enough, exactly, just, not, too much, more, less.    

Manner: also, especially, gradually, of course, only, otherwise, perhaps, probably, quite, so, then (=therefore), too (=also), unfortunately, very much, well.    

CONJUNCTIONS (about 30 words)

Coordinating: and, but, or; as, than, like.    

Time & Place: when, while, before, after, since (=time), until; where.    

Manner & Logic: how, why, because, since (=because), although, if; what, who, whom, whose, which, that.   

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The never-ending debate on whether marijuana is a gateway drug is more politically oriented than factual. Those supporting its legalization argue that it is impossible to develop a marijuana addiction, while the proponents opposing it claim it increases the likelihood of substance abuse disorder among its users. Despite being the most widely used illicit drug, marijuana is prohibited in many states, and its possession and use are criminalized. It was first criminalized in the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, following the debut of an anti-cannabis film that promoted the notion that cannabis use enables irresponsible sexual and criminal behavior among teenagers. This criminalization burgeoned the mass incarceration of teenagers and young adults. But is cannabis as harmful as they say it to be? Is marijuana really a gateway drug? This article will answer these questions, elaborating on past research to reach a verdict. What is a gateway drug? To begin with, it is paramount to understand the gateway hypothesis. The gateway drug effect was first theorized in a study investigating substance use history in 1975. The study claimed that gateway drug users progressed to other drugs since softer drugs primed their brain's desire for harder drugs, such as heroin and cocaine. The gateway drug theory also claims that drug users are more likely to abuse less harmful drugs such as marijuana, alcohol, and tobacco. Abuse of these drugs altogether produces a multiplier effect, probing the user to seek harder drugs whose high would match the combination. Many factors contribute to a drug's gateway effect. Some include: Social environment. A person's social interactions make them vulnerable to trying other drugs that their social circle would do. Availability and socioeconomic factors. People are more likely to abuse readily available drugs than those out of their reach. Therefore, it is evident that a heroin user first began using marijuana as it was within reach and affordable. The same reasons driving one to abuse alcohol or cannabis – depression, stress, etc., can just as quickly drive them to do harder drugs. More people are exposed to harder drugs through their dealers/ peddlers. What does research say? Being a matter of controversy, there has been numerous research on marijuana's gateway hypothesis. A research report by the National Institute on Drug Abuse suggests that early use of cannabinoids decreases the reactivity of the brain's reward center in the later stages of adulthood in rodents. If the same reaction extends to humans, this would explain the susceptibility of people who use marijuana early in life to fall victim to other addictions. In a survey conducted by the National Epidemiological Study of Alcohol Use and Related Disorders, early marijuana users who had underlying alcohol use disorder were more likely to develop severe alcoholism than those who did not. Cannabis use is also linked to other substance use disorders, such as nicotine abuse, but so is alcohol and tobacco abuse. There may be a correlation between marijuana and hard drugs. Still, there's very little evidence to prove that cannabis use causes the brain's neural pathways to develop a desire for other harder drugs. The question remains: Why do hard drug users begin with marijuana before proceeding to harder drugs? A report by the Drug Policy Research Center (DPRC) stated that the same opportunities and tendencies that predispose users to marijuana predispose them to use harder drugs. Although it does not disqualify the gateway theory, it suggests other plausible reasons why marijuana is the first illicit drug abused by hard drug users. Statistically, adolescents who abuse marijuana habitually have experience with other drugs, such as alcohol and tobacco, both of which are easily accessible. This, therefore, confirms that marijuana is not entirely the first gateway to illegal drug abuse. Other researchers have linked marijuana's illegality as the bridge to doing hard drugs.

Will marijuana legalization reduce the use of other drugs? There is a weak claim that legalizing pot will alienate pot dealers from heroin and cocaine dealers. This has the potential to reduce the likelihood that a pot user will be initiated to harder drugs through their dealers, thereby reducing its gateway effect. The smoking of pot began way before it was prohibited. In states where pot is legalized, adults are more likely to stick to pot than try other drugs. Perhaps, if marijuana was legalized, it could be a potential anti-gateway drug. But this is just an ambiguous hypothesis. What is the verdict? No substantive evidence proves marijuana is a gateway, as many risk factors are involved. Such risk factors draw the line between people experimenting with other harder drugs and developing an addiction. Either way, for a person to progress to other drugs, their life situation significantly contributes to the decision. Although cannabis and marijuana can be used interchangeably, cannabis refers to a broader group of marijuana and hemp. Weed, or marijuana, contains substantial amounts of THC, which induces the high. Other myths associated with marijuana use Some supporters of weed legalization tend to believe that because it is a natural plant, it is hardly addictive. However, like any other mind-altering substance, it is possible to develop marijuana addiction. Natural doesn't always mean safe. Doctors believe a lifetime weed user has a 10% chance of developing an addiction. Although the odds are low, they are confident that frequent use creates dependence, especially for young adults. Weed users believe that a weed overdose is impossible to occur. This is based on the notion that an overdose is always associated with death. But that's not the case. Although there are hardly any reported fatalities from cannabis overdose alone, it is possible to OD on weed, an effect known as a green out. A green out primarily manifests through hallucinations, vomiting, nausea, high blood pressure, and confusion, leaving the victim feeling quite sickly.

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Importance of Physical Surveillance in Private Investigations Agency in Delhi

Private investigations agency in Delhi have evolved over the years with the advent of advanced technology, yet one aspect remains timelessly relevant: physical surveillance. It is a cornerstone of private investigative work, providing critical insights and irrefutable evidence that other methods cannot match. Here, we explore the importance of physical surveillance in private investigations, its applications, and how it ensures the integrity of findings.

What is Physical Surveillance?

Physical surveillance involves observing a person, location, or activity in real-time to gather information. This method requires skilled investigators to monitor and document behaviors, interactions, and movements without alerting the subject.

Unlike electronic surveillance, which relies on devices such as GPS trackers and CCTV cameras, physical surveillance demands a human presence and expertise. It allows investigators to adapt to unpredictable scenarios, ensuring comprehensive coverage of a case.

Applications of Physical Surveillance

Physical surveillance plays a pivotal role in various types of private investigations, including:

Infidelity Investigations Physical surveillance can confirm or dispel suspicions of a partner’s infidelity by documenting their interactions and activities discreetly.

Corporate Investigations Employers often use surveillance to uncover employee misconduct, such as theft, fraud, or breach of non-compete agreements.

Insurance Fraud Cases Surveillance is essential in detecting fraudulent claims by observing the claimant's activities to verify their physical condition and reported limitations.

Missing Persons Cases Trained investigators use surveillance techniques to locate missing individuals by monitoring specific locations or tracking known associates.

Child Custody Disputes Surveillance helps gather evidence about a parent’s behavior, ensuring that custody decisions are based on the child’s best interests.

Benefits of Physical Surveillance

Real-Time Evidence Collection Physical surveillance captures events as they unfold, offering unfiltered and immediate insights. This real-time documentation can be vital in legal proceedings.

Adaptability to Changing Scenarios Unlike static surveillance methods, physical surveillance allows investigators to respond dynamically to unexpected movements or changes in behavior.

Corroboration of Other Evidence Physical surveillance can validate findings from other investigative techniques, such as background checks or digital forensics, strengthening the overall case.

Legal and Ethical Considerations Skilled investigators are well-versed in legal boundaries, ensuring that evidence gathered through physical surveillance is admissible in court and obtained ethically Private Investigations Agency in Delhi.

Detailed Reporting Investigators provide comprehensive reports, including photographic or video evidence, timelines, and observations, giving clients a clear understanding of the situation.

Challenges in Physical Surveillance

While highly effective, physical surveillance comes with challenges that demand expertise and meticulous planning:

Maintaining Discretion: Avoiding detection while staying close enough to observe activities requires skill and experience.

Legal Restrictions: Adhering to local laws regarding privacy and surveillance is crucial to prevent legal repercussions.

Environmental Factors: Weather, lighting, and crowded areas can complicate surveillance operations.

Subject Behavior: Unpredictable movements or heightened awareness from the subject can disrupt the investigation.

The Role of Technology in Physical Surveillance

Although physical surveillance relies heavily on human skill, technology enhances its effectiveness. Investigators often use tools like long-range cameras, night vision equipment, and unmarked vehicles to maintain an advantage while remaining inconspicuous.

Conclusion

Physical surveillance remains an indispensable tool in private investigations. Its ability to provide real-time, actionable intelligence ensures that clients receive accurate and comprehensive information. Whether uncovering deception, resolving disputes, or ensuring justice, physical surveillance is a testament to the expertise and dedication of professional investigators.

For those seeking reliable Detective services in Delhi, partnering with experienced agencies ensures that physical surveillance is conducted efficiently, ethically, and legally. By choosing the right experts, clients can gain peace of mind and clarity in even the most complex situations. Private Investigations Agency in Delhi

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