#meet on school grounds

[chawsl]

[idontmindifuforgetme]

i literally have the bestest friends ever. like of all time

[mylove-thresher]

Ohh science class how I love you. I never listen and get to draw. And still get good grades. Except this one fucking time.

[glacial-art]

Evadne, the best thing that has ever happened to the Sorceror

Seven Part Pact is a ttrpg by @jdragsky about wizards and you should play it rn ^-^

[pillowenvelopchair]

Absolutely fucking stupid that my schools suicide prevention protocol is to basically to put someone in house arrest until a professional can write and “prove” that theyre okay so that theyre sure that they can let a student back in. Yeah. Sure. Just force someone to be in the house where they are even MORE at danger when there are literal sharp objects makes it easier to do it

[milimeters-morales]

sometimes it’s fun to think that Miles just has to go to school right after the events of BTSV. bc i can only assume all this is taking place over a weekend, since he was at home nearing sunset for the party, which probably wouldn’t be allowed on a weekday without Miles sneaking off of school grounds. The other theory is that he’s just starting his spring break, since ATSV is taking sometime in March, and the meeting with the counselor just so happened to be close to it, even though i don’t really buy that bc why such an important meeting with so many students & parents days right before a break? wouldn’t it make more sense to have it done during a normal week? but it’s whatever bc it’s more of a “well schools are different everywhere” thing, and less funny than “Miles saves his dad and his universe and gets a C- on his pop quiz the next day” to me so i don’t really consider it that much

Edit: wait no, that can’t be possible because ..? hold on i need to do some math .

Edit 2: am i missing something??? Miles became spider-man in december 2018, and he says he’s been at it for a year and four months, which mean he’s been spider-man for 16 months, which would make ATSV take place in 2020??? so i was right about the month just not the year . okay we got there. yeah this makes sense bc he had to have had his birthday lol uh doy

[shilohta]

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[thetimelordbatgirl]

"Riles, how about I do what you do, and you do what you do?"-the credits should have rolled at that point in Girl Meets Belief, because its a good message on religious belief's, but nooo, this episode wants to force belief's down people's throats so can't have that be the message.

[bonesandpoemsandflowers]

I know that per book canon and what the actual opera house cellars look like, Erik’s got some pretty drab digs in there but I’ve secretly always pictured it as like, the absolute worst of what the Las Vegas strip has to offer. you’re not sure if you’re underground or not, or how far underground, and there’s fake building facades and fake windows with painted scenes and ceiling clouds some places but not others, fake skylights and sometimes water features, and you have no idea what time it is because there’s no natural cues and everything is enchanting for maybe 5 minutes and then you’re lost and enraged and hungry and how the FUCK do we get out of here.

[siphoklansan]

I hope you’re doing ok Sippy, that army stuff sounds hard, I’d die on the first day 🫠

Thanks dummy I’m doing better now that I’ve cleared all my missing assignments and that the training is over🥹🫶 all that’s left is the special course training in January 💀 (camping for 3 days 3 nights)

AOJDJNSKKDOJ It’s only difficult on the first year (at least imo). We don’t work out all the time in this training, surprisingly. We do stuff like:

Learning how to stand at attention/salutes (also salutes when you’re equipped with a weapon)

Marching

Leadership skills

War strategies (not too detailed yet this year, but we learned some formations)

Shooting with a rifle (50 meters)

Punishments are usually just doing planks, rolling around in dirt/mud or the “4 directions” exercise (you squat down with your hands behind your head and everytime the drill instructor uses a whistle, you jump from left to right and front to back while chanting some stuff. This exercise sucks ass istg because you’re wearing these heavy ass combat boots💀)

The training starts from 10th grade (age around 16+)

[jeanharlowseyebrows]

tbh steve/bucky still kind of hits post-infinity war in a tragedy enjoyers type of way where steve did All Of That in a gay way for bucky only to turn tail and run in the 13th hour because actually the two of them have zero idea how to talk to each other anymore and it’s actually more relaxing to zip back in time to steal your almost-girlfriend from her future husband and children than it is to pretend you like the super soldier assassin wearing your dead best friend’s face

[winking]

hmmm

[reasonsforhope]

"In Sacramento, California, an estimated 6,615 people are experiencing homelessness, a number that — while still heartbreakingly high — has declined 29% since 2023, according to the latest Point In Time counts. 

But a new project, which has been in the works since 2022, might bring that number down even lower.

A new 13-acre property purchased by Sacramento County will soon be home to the Watt Service Center and Safe Stay. 

The county broke ground on the mixed-use service center this week, which will provide shelter, emergency respite, safe parking, health services, and more to community members who are unsheltered — meaning they don’t have a place to safely sleep at night.

“We wanted to do something that is not only larger, but a large-scale campus to provide more than just the shelter,” Janna Haynes, of the county’s Department of Homeless Services and Housing, told KCRA3 News.

The Watt Service Center will have amenities to help meet the needs of anyone staying there, including bathrooms, showers, laundry, and food, as well as mental health, treatment, and employment services.

“You can also meet with your case manager, get behavior health services, look for a job, get rehousing services, a place for your dog,” Jaynes added. “It’s really everything you need, not only for your day-to-day life, but to hopefully end your homelessness.”

While the center is a costly offering, the city explained that it is ultimately less expensive than allowing the homelessness crisis to go unmitigated.

The land was purchased for $22 million and will cost an estimated $42 million to construct the center. According to ABC10 News it will be mostly funded by the American Rescue Plan Act.

While the center will have the capacity to host 225 beds in Safe Stay cabins, 50-person capacity in Safe Parking, and 75-person capacity for emergency/weather respite beds, it will serve countless others outside of the 350 total people it can house at any given time.

According to a press release from the county, “conservative estimates” have found that over the course of 15 years, the center will serve 18,000 people.

In 2017, the city found that the average cost for an “unsheltered individual” was about $45,000 a year, considering public systems like county jail, shelters, behavioral health, and more.

With the projected impact of the shelter, that cost lowers to less than $3,600 per person.

“If you break down the funding, it’s actually not that expensive,” Rich Desmond, county supervisor for District 3, told ABC10.

“It’s a heck of a lot cheaper than letting someone stay out in the community, unsheltered where they are extremely expensive in terms of the emergency response from fire, our emergency rooms, our law enforcement response.”

Providing what the county calls “wraparound services” not only brings down costs but truly helps people meet their basic needs.

“The really great thing about this site in particular, that we don't have at any other shelters, is the sheer size and the ability to really wrap everything people need,” Emily Halcon, director of the Department of Homeless Services and Housing with Sacramento County, told ABC10. 

One notable feature is the center’s Safe Parking spaces, which are the first of their kind in the city. People living in their cars will now have a safe place to park, monitored by security.

“We know a lot of people who are unsheltered actually are living out of their cars,” Desmond said, “maybe a family that’s barely hanging on but they still need that vital transportation to get their kids to school or get to work.”

This support is especially helpful for those who are newly homeless, Halcon added, building on the amenities provided in the county’s two other “safe stay” facilities. 

While Sacramento County just broke ground on the Watt Service Center, officials say they hope to begin moving people into the facility in January 2026.

“Our staff is putting in extra time and attention to this campus, ensuring that it houses everything we need to end homelessness for people,” Desmond said in a statement.

Once it’s up and running, Jaynes told KCRA3, they plan to onboard formerly unhoused community members as part of the staff at the facility.

“When you have a conversation with someone who understands where you’ve been, and you see the success they’re having now,” Jaynes said, “it really does give you hope something could be different.”

-via GoodGoodGood, January 24, 2025

[apocalypticdemon]

only seven more weeks before I never have to do ethnographic work again. it's so far away but also..... so close.....

[ourbastardofsorrows]

sorry for making that face when you were talking. i accidentally drank coffee grounds, and they were almost as bad as the things you were saying