#jim's journal

[headdaze]

being witness to the wind breaker ao3 page slowly grow from barely 13 pages to almost 30 now brings me a certain kind of happiness 🥹

[lone-sk]

Today I decided to revisit Jim's Journal, and I was immediately hit with this absolute banger

[potentiallyjim]

I'm really struggling right now, and since posting here is like shouting into the void, I figure the void can take all my worries.

I recently got moved to a new team at work. Without warning. It's not fun to be reminded I'm little more than a replacable cog, but whatever. The projects I'd been working on moved with me. Also fine. But more work has been added to my plate. A lot of work my previous boss and two others had been doing part-time got added to my load.

It's not that I can't do this work. It's all data science like I'm used to, but I'm now the "owner" on all this. The main point of contact, which has always been my former boss' role.

Logically, they wouldn't toss me in without a net and I know I can rely on the folks who formerly worked on this stuff to help look over my work if needed, but I still feel like I'm being tossed in the deep end.

I'm a people-pleaser. Another team is wanting more of this data science work and after working through the details, I gave them a rough timeline of 2 months. This wasn't even a generous timeline for the amount of work they were asking for. They shot back that they were expecting on the order of 2 weeks. Again, logocal me knows that's a wildly unreasonable request, but the inner people-pleaser tells me "well, if I just push myself more..."

On the bright side, talking with the folks who were doing this work previously, they balked at the two-week expectation. And my new boss is telling me not to make *any* commitments or expectations since I'm still in the "learning" phase of this project.

I woke up this morning at 5am and had a minor panic attack thinking about work. I can't live like this.

I guess being in demand means I can pick and choose what I get to work on. I get to determine what I get to work on. ... Yeah. I'm in demand amd my time is a limited supply. I get to control this economy! This is oddly empowering!

[cupid-http]

[lilbeanz]

If you're not in the jodt discord, you don't know about Jim 😔✌️

[remembertheplunge]

These are photos of my August 12, 2004 journal entry. It was a big day in Gay life. New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey resigned after announcing that he, a man married to a woman, was having an affair with a man.

The California Supreme Court annulled Gay Marriage.

And, the day before, the Modesto Bee published a letter to the editor which could have been written today in response apparently to a gay and minority hate letter previously published in the paper.

[themarvelproject]

Marvel house ad for the African Saga team-up between The Punisher and Wolverine in The Punisher War Journal featuring art by Jim Lee (1989)

[political-us]

Since taking office, President Donald Trump has engaged in several actions to censor or restrict media outlets:

1. Barring the Associated Press (AP) from Presidential Events: In February 2025, the Trump administration prohibited AP journalists from covering events in the Oval Office and traveling on Air Force One. This decision was in response to the AP’s refusal to adopt the administration’s directive to rename the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America” in their reporting. 

2. Canceling Subscriptions to Major News Outlets: The State Department, under President Trump’s directive, canceled subscriptions to prominent news organizations, including The New York Times, Associated Press, Reuters, and Bloomberg News. This move was part of a broader initiative to reduce government spending on media subscriptions deemed non-essential. 

3. Investigations into Media Organizations: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr, appointed by President Trump, revived investigations into alleged bias by major networks such as CBS, ABC, and NBC. Additionally, the FCC initiated probes into National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) regarding their sponsorships, with recommendations to halt federal funding for these public broadcasters. 

4. Manipulation of Language in Official Communications: The Trump administration has been noted for intentionally altering language in official communications to advance its agenda. Examples include rebranding offshore drilling as an “energy emergency” and renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.” Such linguistic changes have been criticized as attempts to reshape societal narratives and historical facts. 

These actions have raised concerns among journalists and free speech advocates, who view them as potential infringements on press freedom and the First Amendment.

[fidjiefidjie]

Bon jour et bonne semaine à tous ☕️ 📰

Les nouvelles dans le métro à NY 🗽 USA 1974

Photo de Jim Pickerell

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #864

In the 1980 presidential election, people cast write-in votes for both Miss Piggy and Kermit.

Source:

"Cizanckas Fund ... The Write-in Votes." Matthew L. Wald. Connecticut Journal. December 7, 1980. Section C, page 3.

[garadinervi]

Tokyo Poetry Journal (ToPoJo) Vol. 15: Visual///Visionary Poetry, 2024

Essays: Scott Mehl, Jordan A. Y. Smith, and Jim Andrews Cover Art: Solène Ballesta and Lin Syoki Design: Victoria Bennett Lead editor: Zoria Petkoska K.

(via @blnxpc)

[headdaze]

ok follow-up post to the one screaming about how I learned to cope with character death fear yada yada yada

[for context the character I just got attached too in the webtoon is called thaddeus][he is indeed very attractive]

when I went to type in the tags I typed in the webtoon name--Killer Peter--just to see if the tag would pop up automatically (I wasn't sure since it's a fairly??? new webtoon???? just a little over a year old 🥹) the tag popped up but 2 out of the 3 other tags that also automatically pop up besides, obviously, the words I literally typed in--which as I have found out are the ones that are most often associated with the words I've put in--are:

#killer peter thaddeus ... and.... #thaddeus x reader

I literally went "oh." out loud then started laughing so hard and continued with "DANGGGGG YALL ARE THIIIIRRRRSSSTYYYYYYY!!!! LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" 🤣🤣🤣

not faulting you (I am one of you, in fact) but I was just surprised because like I said in my previous post, as a webtoon reader, I sometimes forget it's not just "me" reading the series and feeling things for it, there are other readers who carry the same passion as I do 🥰 that's why I love this place and other places where fans can congregate, like reddit 🥹 it's nice to be reminded that I'm not alone as a fan, even though it feels like it sometimes 🥹💞

tldr; y'all thirsty, good for you, I may have gotten surprised and gotten a good laugh out of it but honestly me too ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

[yemme]

Jim Acosta... "I will not give into the lies. I will not give into fear."

[vertigoartgore]

1988's Punisher War Journal Vol.1 #2 page 2. Script/layouts by Carl Potts, finished art/pencils/inks by Jim Lee, colors by Gregory Wright, lettering by Jim Novak and edited by Don Daley.

[s0larize]

[lilbeanz]

JIM 🗣📣‼️