#nov 26 2024

[shimomcdragon]

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[badboyhalo-updates]

Badboyhalo is live on Twitch! Title: Building Murder Mystery in Minecraft @_@ (Beating this hard parkour or Bust)

[lay-me-in-the-marsh]

peanut butter crackers - 200 cals

pirate's booty - 140 cals

(homemade) piece of sweet potato choco chip pumpkin bread - ??

white cheddar popcorners - 240 cals

high chew - 260 cals

melon ramune - 80 cals

grape ramune - 80 cals

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And his economically struggling voters keep saying they chose him over Harris because they think he'll lower prices and taxes for them.

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How will Tariffs effect the Historical Costume Community?

How will Tariffs effect the Historical Costume Community?

Maybe it was divine inspiration that I chose the summer of 2025 to semi-retire, because textiles are about to increase, ya'll! - so are avocados, strawberries, and fruits and vegetables from Mexico; electronics (from China) - like your cell phones and computers, televisions. But it doesn't stop there: building supplies, car parts, clothing, toys, medical supplies, medications, and much, much more is about to increase!

Why?

Because of Trump's brilliant economic plan to implement tariffs on countries like China, Mexico, and Canada on "Day one," to quote him directly.

Yes, that was sarcasm. For those who haven't been following the dire warnings economists worldwide and in America were shouting to the rooftops, i.e., that tariffs will cause economic disaster for many companies in the USA, and you still think the cost of gas and eggs and groceries are going to decrease in the Trump administration, boy oh boy are ya'll gonna have a huge awakening come January 20, 2025.

The way tariffs work is like this: American companies, who purchase goods outside of America, "are the ones who pay the tariffs" - NOT the companies sending goods to America for American consumers to buy. American companies will be paying MORE to import goods from other companies, and that increase will be passed on to the American people. These large corporations, who have already been recording record breaking profits since 2020, will use Trump’s tariffs as an excuse to raise their prices even more! – because there are no regulations on what they can charge the public. ALSO, they will be receiving more tax cuts, while the rest of us, especially the middle class who already carry the burden of the majority of the taxes in the USA will see an increase in our taxes. These tariffs will cost us an additional $2500 a year per household. That doesn't sound like much, but it adds up, especially for many who are already barely scraping by - myself included.

How will these tariffs impact the historical costume community specifically?

While Mexico, China and Canada are our top exports (places we buy from), the following countries are the most popular sources that USA consumers import textiles and clothing:

Vietnam

India

Bangladesh

Indonesia

Honduras

The majority of fine woolen textiles are exported from the UK. The cost of wool will also be affected, with costs going up from 10 to 20%. Maybe that doesn’t sound like much, but when you’re already paying $30 to $40 (and more) a yard for a good wool product an additional $3 to $6 per yard will carry a punch on my client’s budgets.

Companies like Silk Baron, who import silk fabrics in bulk from places like India, will have to increase their prices by a minimum of 20%. The price of silk is already $20 to $30 or more a yard through Silk Baron, and we can expect their prices to increase to $22 to $24, or $33 to $36 a yard.

Fabric-Store.com, used to only charge $12 a yard for linen, but beginning in 2020 they have raised their prices every year and are now charging $18 a yard. The impacts of tariffs will only increase these costs.

Trump’s tariffs on China will raise prices by 60%, and 10 to 20% to other countries who import goods to the USA. Tariffs impact consumers, NOT the companies who produce the products and ship them to American businesses.

Walmart and Lowes have already rung a warning nell that their prices are about to increase. According to an article by Reuters, a Walmart spokesperson stated, “We're concerned that significantly increased tariffs could lead to increased costs for our customers at a time when they are still feeling the remnants of inflation"…"Trump has vowed to make tariffs, which are a fraction of U.S. tax collections, central to his economic agenda. Executives have been increasingly fielding questions on the subject, with many noting ongoing efforts to continue to diversify their supply chains, particularly away from China, Trump's top target.”

Additionally, the CFO of Lowe’s, Brandon Silk, said: "Roughly 40% of our cost of goods sold are sourced outside of the U.S., and that includes both direct imports and national brands through our vendor partners"…"And as we look at the potential impacts (of tariffs), it certainly would add to product costs." These tariffs will impact the cost of appliances and building supplies, which means the cost of new construction will increase.

Grocery stores, who were already price gouging consumers since the pandemic are beginning to raise their prices. By the way, the President of the United States does not control the prices that big corporations charge consumers, it’s greed on the part of these companies like Albertson’s, Fred Meyer, etc., who set the prices. Harris planned to institute regulations to control their greed and lower the cost of groceries, etc., but Trump’s “tariffs,’ WILL absolutely affect American consumers.

Furthermore, voters, pissed off about Biden’s handling of Hamas, voted for Trump in protest. By the way, Trump and his entire administration are 100% pro-Israel, and support the atrocities Netanyahu has perpetrated against innocent civilians who have nothing to do with the terrorists of Hamas.

Voting is the equivalent to an open book examination in college or high school. All the information needed to educate yourselves on the issues are available at your fingertips, but you have to open the damn book! Voters, angry about Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people, chose not to educate themselves about what control or influence on world politics a Vice President actually HAS. Harris was not pro-Israel, but publicly stated she was against Palestinian and Israeli aggression.

When textile and supply prices go up, those increases affect the cost for costumers. The tariffs that will be implemented will increase costs by 60% from any goods purchased from China. For my business, this will impact such items as “freshwater pearls,” that I use on my costume embellishment. China is the world’s largest exporter of pearls, which are “grown” or farmed in that country.

Coates embroidery thread, which I use in my embroidery machines, are based in Mexico. With Trump’s tariffs the cost will go up 20%. A spool of Coates gold metallic thread is $12.99 at JoAnns. That will increase by roughly $2.60 per spool.

Faux Baleen from Germany, used in corsetry, will go up anywhere from 10 to 20%.

American Duchess, who contracts with shoemakers in China to produce their historical shoes will have to raise their prices by 60%!!  

Buttons, thread, fabric, notions, everything you can imagine used in the creation of historical costumes are imported from China. Tariffs will have a noticeable impact on the entire historical costume community, which is already an expensive hobby.

At a time when American’s are paying more for goods and groceries than other countries, not only will tariffs impact the economy, but Trump and the Republicans as outlined in Project 2025, plan to cut Social Security by no less than 20%, but they also are planning to do away with it entirely, to include social security disability, which millions of disabled and retired Americans depend on to exist.

In a word, and I don’t give a flying fig that I’m bringing politics into historical costuming, you voted for more inflation and higher cost of goods. It would behoove all ya’ll among the younger generations to use Google and research how the stock market crash of 1929 happened, and how tariffs played a significant role in exacerbating the Great Depression.

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, passed in June 1930, was a key factor. This act raised tariffs on thousands of imported goods in an attempt to protect American industries and farmers, which had unintended consequences such as:

Retaliation by Other Countries: Many countries responded by imposing their own tariffs on American goods, which led to a significant decline in international trade.

Reduction in Exports and Imports: American exports and imports fell by about 67% during the Great Depression. This decline in trade worsened the economic downturn.

Global Economic Impact: The tariffs contributed to a global economic slowdown, making it harder for the U.S. and other countries to recover from the depression.

These consequences ended in joblessness, as companies closed down. Read about the how the banks went under, people lost their jobs, resulting in widespread foreclosures, and the rise in shanty towns to house millions of homeless who were once productive members among the middle class.

Is this hyperbole? No! If you do not educate yourselves, history will repeat itself. Trump’s tariffs will impact Americans on a catastrophic level, as well as impact the global economy.

So, next time, maybe study for the “open book test” rather than sourcing your information from word of mouth like, you know, Fox News.

Hang on to your butts, it’s gonna get rough for all of us.

P.S: If you voted for him, and your fee-fees are hurt by this article, don't you dare say one hateful thing in my blog or my Facebook page or you will be blocked. FAFO.

[mikeywayarchive]

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[Nov 12, 2024]

[msbarrows]

Nov 26 - Didn't do much today other than running the vacuum and some crochet and gaming. For supper I did pasta with tomato veg sauce to finish off some veggies that needed using up. Threw in capers because why not. Cooked some tail ends of frozen bags of both shrimp and haddock fillets in butter for the protein.

Nov 27 - Lots of crochet sessions today. Finished playing around with another map in Timberborn.

Supper was chili and rice.

Nov 28 - Slept in stupidly late after staying up to the wee hours to finish the rainbow infinity scarf I've been crocheting.

Just me for supper so I made a grilled cheese sandwich, cooked in bacon fat because why not. I'll worry about veggies tomorrow.

[heldinhishands]

I think this lover heart will be the death of me. This hopeless goner of a romanticist, this stupid blind longing that never has a place to land. It's going to kill me one day. I should pluck it out like the splinter that it is. It's going to kill me. But then again, I'm sitting at this bar, blowing up my friend's phone with all the insane thoughts that come with rum. She doesn't mind. I'm looking at photos of my niece, no not the baby with a smile that glows my insides, but the teenager with so much life coming for her. I make a joke with a stranger and he doesn't hear me, I laugh for the both of us. I wonder if he is a father, a uncle, a husband. I wonder if he has ever cried about the same thing every night before. I wonder if he has it right now on his back. I have mine in my chest. It knocks, and I weep until it shakes out of me. People are so beautiful, so beautiful it hurts.

[freshthoughts2020]

[propicsmedia]

LET'S GO LIVE! Nov 26, 2024 Episode Replay #IsraelCeasefire #TrumpTarrif...

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[stickkitty]

Stickfigures/Species HCs/Info

SECTION 1:

Animated Stickfigures are called Animasticks for short. Sticks created by Alan are Animasticks/Hollowheads, but are sometimes called Noogaisticks (surely, stick figures with hollow heads didn't just come from Alan). Powerful Animasticks have sharp fingers, sharp teeth, and fangs. Animasticks’ secondary color (for example, TCO's is red) is in their eyes, mouth, and a little bit in the hair (if they choose to have/grow hair). The secondary color is a reflection of the soul. The secondary color fades when the stick dies. If the stick is plural, the secondary color will change color based on who is fronting. (For example, If TSC’s secondary color is gray, Star (the cowboy tsc) is fronting.) (Oh and btw I won’t really explore the whole TSC being plural HC much because I am not plural and is afraid of possibly doing something wrong.)

Sticks created in the Internet are Intersticks. Intersticks range in a lot of variety. Sticks born in the Outernet are Outersticks.

SECTION 2:

Stick figures can be born/determined-at-birth as male, female, bigender, nonbinary, agender, demigirl, demiboy, gxrl, or bxy. Unlike humans, being anything other than male or female is more common (around half of the population for stickfigures is not born male or female). Stickfigures sexes just work differently compared to humans.

I label their sexes using “M” and “F.” For example, females are “FF” and males are “MM.” Bigender is “FFMM” and agender has nothing (I would sometimes use X to show a symbol, but really it’s actually nothing). Nonbinary is “FM”, demigirl is “FFM,” and gxrl is “F”. You can only be a mother with two Fs, and you can be a father with one or two Ms.

Any two sticks can have biological children (I won't explain much about how that works other than code-science was used to make it possible. It is not naturally possible though.).

Since born sticks evolved from animated sticks. An unborn baby stick also goes in a symbol conversion process, making them considered "symbols" despite not being animated. All stick figures have game-like stats. They have hearts/hp, a strength bar, energy, and level. Most sticks only have one heart/life. TCO and TDL have 10 lives. TSC has infinite lives. Sticks do not have muscle, just stats showing their strength.

SECTION 3:

If you read TSC and Greenscreen’s bios, they have a glitching condition by being converted into symbol incorrectly. You are probably wondering how meds even exist. It is called "Unstable Symbol Syndrome" or USS for short. The reason meds exist is because it is not just TSC. It can happen to born sticks too, because they are symbols too (read section above). So, people have already been working on making life better for sticks affected by USS. It usually has glitching from not being fully stable. Glitch attacks can also happen, which is massive glitching (and lots of pain). A really bad glitch attack can make a stick go to the hospital and even die if it is bad enough. Life spans for sticks with USS tend to also be much shorter. Other Possible symptoms that are: Insensitivity, problems with the body functioning (like processing food and air for example), low intelligence, no face or loss of facial features, moments of brain fog, reduced emotion, no hair, no voice, no teeth, no physical growth, no mental growth, paralysis, and more. Some sticks may have some of the extra symptoms, some may have one, and some may have none (only glitching). TSC and Greenscreen just have the glitching kind. TSC’s powers make it better, though (they can’t die).

[tswiftupdatess]

taylorswift: Our 6 shows in Toronto were so incredible. It was awesome to play in Canada after so much time. As always, the fans in Toronto treated us like it was a hometown show. Couldn’t have asked for more love or generosity from the people who came out. I got to play a mashup of the *Grammy nominated* song ‘us’ with @gracieabrams, mashed up with ‘Out of the Woods’ and I just adore her. She’s been giving the most amazing performances every night on this tour!! The emotions have gotten pretty heightened for me and the rest of the team because it’s gotten extremely real for us: Our next city will be the last one of The Eras Tour, and the closing of the most extraordinary chapter of my life so far. See you 🔜 , Vancouver. We can’t wait to give you all we’ve got for three more shows. 🥲

AND for all International fans, I’m excited to tell you The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology will be available to you online starting 29 Nov at 1pm GMT along with The Official Eras Tour Book starting 7 Dec at 1pm GMT 🫶

(via Instagram | November 26, 2024)

[mikeywayarchive]

dodgerstadium: Welcome to the Black Parade! Join My Chemical Romance as they play The Black Parade in its entirety at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, July 26 with special guests Wallows.🖤Tickets on sale starting this Friday, Nov 15th @ 10AM local.🕙

[Nov 12, 2024]

[yeehawpim]

Hey y'all!🤠

I'm in the 2024 juried art exhibit this year at Coquitlam public library! You'll be able to find my submission "A Secret Third Thing" at the city centre branch (1169 Pinetree Way), go check it out along with all the other cool pieces!

The theme is "openness" and "curiosity," and the art will be up Sept. 26 - Nov. 6😊

[liatkolink]

For people still in denial whether Israel has committed war crimes, here is a comprehensive list of war crimes Israel has committed both before and after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the list being taken from the Wikipedia article of war crimes with some notable missing examples being the usage of chemical weapons, famine, disease and apartheid. The 7th of October attack did not occur in a vacuum, but is the product of decades of Israel not being held accountable for its war crimes.

Killing civilians:

Israel/Palestine: Unlawful Israeli Airstrikes Kill Civilians by Human Rights Watch on 15/Jul/2014

‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza – The Guardian on 2/Apr/2024

Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45, prompts international outcry by Reuters on 27/May/2024

Intentionally killing PoWs:

Israel’s Hush-Up Machine in Action: Denying Story Israel Executed Egyptian Prisoners by Washington Report on Middle East Affairs on 8/Apr/2010

Torture:

Israeli government report admits systematic torture of Palestinians by The Guardian on 10/Feb/2000

Israel/OPT: Horrifying cases of torture and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees amid spike in arbitrary arrests by Amnesty International on 8/Nov/2023

Israel: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Tortured by Human Rights Watch on 26/Aug/2024

Taking hostages:

Infographic: How many Palestinians are imprisoned by Israel? by AlJazeera on 17/Apr/2022

The thousands of Palestinians Israel arrests, tortures, holds even in death by AlJazeera on 17/Apr/2024

UN report: Palestinian detainees held arbitrarily and secretly, subjected to torture and mistreatment by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on 31/Jul/2024

Unnecessarily destroying civilian property:

Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices by Reuters on 15/May/2021

Israel targets infrastructure in Gaza to ramp up civilian pressure on Hamas, report claims by PBS News on 11/Dec/2023

Widespread destruction by Israeli Defence Forces of civilian infrastructure in Gaza by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on 8/Feb/2024

Deception by perfidy:

Israeli soldier gives 74-year-old Palestinian woman water then shoots her in the head by Middle East Monitor on 20/Jan/2015

Israeli special forces disguised as doctors kill three militants at West Bank hospital by The Guardian on 30/Jan/2024

NBC News investigation reveals Israel strikes on Gaza areas it said were safe by NBC News on 26/Apr/2024

Wartime sexual violence:

Stripped, beaten and blindfolded: new research reveals ongoing violence and abuse of Palestinian children detained by Israeli military by Save the Children on 10/Jul/2023

Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on 19/Feb/2024

‘Everything is legitimate’: Israeli leaders defend soldiers accused of rape by AlJazeera on 9/Aug/2024

Pillaging:

The Biblical Pseudo-Archeologists Pillaging the West Bank by The Atlantic on 28/Feb/2013

Jewish Soldiers and Civilians Looted Arab Neighbors' Property en Masse in '48. The Authorities Turned a Blind Eye by Haaretz on 3/Oct/2020

Israeli soldiers boast about looting from Gaza by AlJazeera on 14/Feb/2024

Any individual that is part of the command structure who orders any attempt to committing mass killings:

Netanyahu incites violence by casting protesters as clear and present danger by Middle East Eye on 30/Jul/2020

Israeli minister's call to 'erase' Palestinian village an incitement to violence, US says by Reuters on 1/Mar/2023

Netanyahu cites 'Amalek' Theory to justify Gaza Killings by Times of India on 29/Oct/2023

Database exposes 500 instances of Israeli incitement to genocide in Gaza by TRT World 4/Jan/2024

Genocide:

The Genocide of the Palestinian People: An International Law and Human Rights Perspective by Center for Constitutional Rights on 25/Aug/2016

Genocide Warning: Israel & Palestine by Genocide Watch on 21/May/2021

A top U.N. court says Gaza genocide is 'plausible' but does not order cease-fire by npr on 26/Jan/2024

‘Reasonable grounds’ to believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, UN rights expert says by CNN on 27/Mar/2024

Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza? New Report from BU School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic Lays Out Case from Boston University Today on 5/Jun/2024

Ethnic cleansing:

UN Human Rights Council: ‘Israel engaging in ethnic cleansing’ by the European Union Parliament on 23/Mar/2011

Israel's ethnic cleansing in Palestine is not history - it's still happening by Middle East Eye on 22/May/2019

UN expert warns of new instance of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, calls for immediate ceasefire by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on 14/Oct/2023

‘Plan for ethnic cleansing’: Israel’s north Gaza siege sets off alarms by AlJazeera on 22/Oct/2024

Granting of no quarter despite surrender:

White Flag Deaths Killings of Palestinian Civilians during Operation Cast Lead by Human Rights Watch on 13/Aug/2009

Investigators: Israel fired on Gaza civilians carrying white flags by The Electronic Intifada on 28/Jan/2015

3 hostages killed by Israeli soldier in Gaza were waving a white flag, Israel says by npr on 16/Dec/2023

A group of Palestinian men waving a white flag is shot at, killing 1 by NBC News on 24/Jan/2024

She was fleeing with her grandson, who was holding a white flag. Then she was shot by CNN on 26/Jan/2024

Two brothers shot by Israeli forces in Khan Younis, white flag ignored by AlJazeera on 29/Jan/2024

Conscription of children in the military: First one where I couldn't find anything. Way to go, Israel!

Flouting the legal distinctions of proportionality and military necessity:

Israel violates the principles of necessity, proportionality in its attacks on Gaza by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor on 13/May/2023

Enough: Self-Defense and Proportionality in the Israel-Hamas Conflict by Just Security on 6/Nov/2023

War Crimes and Accountability: The Case Against Israel’s Military Operations in Gaza by JURIST News on 5/Jul/2024