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we expanded the house!
#postcard legacy#postcard: 01#the sims 4#sims#ts4 legacy#ts4#sims 4#simblr#sorry this is a filler#everyone finally has their own room#im moving like in 2 days#so packing my pc tomo night#*sierra#*sonya#*keoni#*iverson#*kaleek
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throw back to January 2 years ago, i think i improved technically, but photograph-wise nothing replaces a lovely window with real sunlight.
music is untitled 01 by sales i still donât own anything
#miniatures#architecture#photography#animation#art#artists on tumblr#diy#papercraft#plants#garden#house#tiny#weird bird#postcards from nowhere#music is untitled 01 by sales
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HEART OF A WOMAN. we ainât spoke in so long, probably put me in the past. i can still get you wet, and i can still make you laugh.
01, CHAPTER ONE. OLD SPARKS.
ju speaks. whoâs catching my word play for this chapter ooouuu.. iâm having so much fun writing them already and yes, mayaâs gonna be a problem (i am just so predictable). pairing. wnba!paige bueckers x fem!oc. warnings. sexual innuendos. kinda content too? idk this fic feeds you all.
present day, may, 2025.
los angeles still doesnât feel real.
itâs like a whole new game out here, and iâve been telling myself i can handle it. going first in the draft was wild��iâd dreamt of that moment since i was a kid, but hearing my name called, realizing it was real, felt different. laâs been something else too, this city thatâs both too big and somehow feels small once youâre in it. iâve got an apartment with this insane view too. floor to ceiling windows, sunlight flooding in every morning, palm trees out front like something off a postcard, but it doesnât quite feel like home yet. i guess i thought maybe it would by now.
the teamâs been great, though. down to the vets, the coaching staff, the media team⌠every single one of them welcomed me like iâve always belonged here, and that makes things easier. cam threw this party tonight to really celebrate me being here, not just another pr event, but like⌠i donât know, like they actually wanted to get to know me better. her backyardâs all polished up. the gates hold up some fairy lights, and the smell of barbecue just tops it all off.
mayaâs been around since day one, practically the second i landed here. sheâs one of our coordinatorsâsmart, organized, and just enough older than me. stanford grad, of course, which sheâs mentioned just enough times that i know sheâs proud of it. thereâs something good about her. yeah, sheâs good. she knows how to handle herself, thatâs for sure.
nailea hasnât been around. i thought iâd see her by now, maybe even catch lurking during one of my practices or just⌠run into her somewhere. i mean, iâm sure she wouldnât quit her job because of me. sheâs been quiet, out of sight. which is fine. we havenât really talked since before the draftâif thatâs what youâd call it. itâs probably for the best. i donât think she really wants to talk anyway.
iâm mid-sentence, talking to rae and rickea about their pregame rituals when maya steps up, her manicured hand resting casually on my slouched shoulder like it belongs there. she laughs at something rae says, smiling, and i feel myself ease into the conversation a little more.
raeâs all animated, talking about how she wonât step onto the court without this neon scrunchie she swears by. iâm leaning in to give her grief for it when i catch something in my peripheryâsomeone, actually.
naileaâs here. at my welcome to the league party, maybe just coming by to say she showed up. iâm sure cam would kill her if she didnât, they got pretty close last year. she looks like she just stepped out of my memories, if you think about that memory everyday.
i suck in, turning in attempt to not make myself seen. then, rae, three jell-o shots deep and definitely feeling it, pats my thigh in excitement and grins wide. ânai! câmere!â she calls her over, completely missing how iâm trying not to look too invested.
i bite my lip, turning my head back over. i see how she hesitates, and then she looks at me. thereâs no emotion, not a single ounce of longing or surprise. she looks at me like iâm nothing. it hurts more than iâd ever admit, but at the same time, i get it. i donât exactly have the right to expect anything else.
her eyes shift to the others, weighing her options, probably playing out how the entire encounter would go in her head, but raeâs insistence doesnât really give her much of a choice. she flashes us a grin, though iâm sure it isnât for me, before she slowly waltzes over.
my eyes follow her like some unconscious habit until sheâs almost in reach. as she comes closer, i find myself sizing her up, cataloging the way her hair falls just right, how her shirt hangs off her shoulders. then, out of nowhere, rickea shoves a finger into my ear from my left, and i flinch, turning to see her arched eyebrows silently demanding that i lock in. i donât question itâi do. a little bit.
ânai handles a good chunk of our pr. sheâs doing game day operations this year too,â rae cuts through. she was on some paid internship last year, testing out every role the sparks had to offer to see what she liked. she moved up. got the job.
i donât know why it stings that sheâs doing good without me.
âwe know eachââ i begin.
âwe went to high school toââ nai says at the same time as me, and i look at her. rickea is stifling back a laugh beside me, and nai finishes her sentence.
âpaige and i went to high school together.â she says, and i stay silent. high school? is that all i am now? a high school buddy?
raeâs grin grows wider, and sheâs so excited about it i can barely make out her words. âsheâs so great, and basically our backbone now,â she says, nudging naileaâs shoulder. âif it werenât for her, iâd be late to half my interviews, right?â she laughs, a little too loud.
âguess you owe her then,â i say simply, forcing a grin. naiâs eyes flash to mine, but theyâre off me just as quick. i let mine stay, squinting as maya begins to ramble.
âand she makes my job way easier.â mayaâs fingers tap against my shoulder, almost like sheâs staking a claim. âyou ever need someone to keep you in line, paige, sheâs your girl,â she adds, smiling at nai, though thereâs some unfamiliarity to it. i can tell that they know each other, just not well enough iâm assuming.
naiâs eyes drop to mayaâs hand, just a quick glance, but itâs enough to make me hyper-aware of the touch. her gaze returns to my face, a single eyebrow raised in that subtle way thatâs more telling than words. like sheâs already put it all together, and she doesnât need to say a thing. instinctively, i shift, shrugging mayaâs hand off with a casual roll of my shoulder, trying to mask it as if iâm just adjusting my posture.
nai doesnât react, but her mouth twitches, a hint of a smirk, there and gone.
she lets out a soft laugh as i lean more against the table now, and i caught the way maya dropped her hand to her side. âi think paige has got it handled.â
i raise an eyebrow, leaning back just a little. âcould always use the backup.â
naiâs eyes flash with a quick, knowing glint as she tilts her head, that slight smirk of hers appearing like sheâs been waiting for an opening. âbackup?â she repeats, nearly cheerful. i hated her tone. âthought you were more into⌠side options than backups, paige.â
itâs subtle, just low enough that only i catch the full weight of it, but it lands. i let out a low chuckle, stroking my chin and licking my lips. âaight,â i say, swallowing down any reaction, âi set myself up for that.â
maya gives me a sidelong look, sensing the tension but probably not quite getting it. nai laughs softly, a quick, dismissive sound that shouldnât hit as hard as it does. itâs almost like sheâs proud of getting that dig in. i cross my arms over my chest, and for some reason, i canât contain my own smile.
rickea jumps in then, catching the vibeâor maybe just rescuing me. âanyway!â she says, her voice bright, easing into some story about some mascot switch-up from last year nai had to handle. i nod along, pretending iâm invested, though every part of me is still reeling from naiâs words, her laugh, the way she looked at me like she had me all figured out.
but maybe thatâs what she wants me to think.
the backyardâs emptied out now, save for a few stray bottles and a couple of plastic jello cups scattered across the tables. i slide the glass door open and step inside, the house now filled with some low music from a record player. i was planning to find cam, to thank her for throwing this whole thing together. but when i come into the kitchen, itâs nai i see, her sleeves rolled up, forearms wet, scrubbing out a vase under the sink.
sheâs focused, eyebrows furrowed just slightly, and i catch myself looking just a second too long before she looks up herself, catching me in the act. she pauses for a moment, her hands stilled under the water before she continues.
âdidnât take you for the clean up crew,â she mumbles, a little low that i almost donât hear it over the running water.
i shrug, poking my bottom lip out. âfigured i owed cam for putting this together,â i say, eyes still fixed on her. ânothinâ like a little gratitude, right?â
she lets out a little scoff, eyes still on the vase, fingers working over the smooth glass, rinsing it under the stream. âcamâs got enough gratitude coming her way,â she murmurs, and i canât really read the implication. âshe doesnât need more from you.â
the words are light, almost casual, but they land with an edge that sticks. i take a slow step closer, letting the sliding door click shut behind me as i stand by it, almost like iâm stuck.
âwell,â i start, beginning to stroll closer with my hands tucked in my pockets, âmaybe iâm here because i wanted to check in. see how youâre doing.â
her eyes cut to me briefly, unimpressed. âiâm good, paige,â she says, letting the vase drip dry on a towel, and turning her attention to the next one. ânever been better, actually.â
âgreat,â i say, not breaking eye contact, even as she keeps hers on the dishes, hands slowing just slightly. âthen you wonât mind the company.â
she lifts an eyebrow, smirking, and i feel my pulse spike. âcompany?â she repeats, cocking her head as she pauses, hands resting on the edge of the sink, she says, âi think iâve had enough of yours for a lifetime.â
i wiggle my eyebrows at her. âaw, donât be like that, nai.â i canât help the laugh that slips out, soft and a little cocky. âwhereâd you pick up all this lilâ attitude at?â i manage to get a little closer with each word until iâm rounding the island. she knows iâm there, close, and trying to ignore it probably.
she sighs, setting the vase down with a clink that sounds just a little too deliberate before picking up the last one. âlife has a way of teaching you things. people, too.â she cuts her eyes my way, just barely, still trying to act like iâm not right in her space.
âoh, so now iâm a life lesson?â i murmur, stepping so that iâm almost right beside her, leaning on the counter. âbut youâre still here. helpinâ clean up my party.â
she hesitates, and i can see her jaw tense just slightly. âiâm here for cam.â
âcam, huh?â i murmur, my eyes never leaving her. âand what about me?â
she laughs, a little breathless, and itâs the first real sign of her softening. iâll take whatever i can get. âyouâre somethinâ else. you know that?â
of course i know that. she knows i know that, she used to tell me it all the time. she reaches to cut the water off, flipping the vase over on the counter to dry. âgood somethinâ or bad somethinâ?â i ask, inching just a little closer as i tuck my bottom lip between my teeth.
âdepends on the day,â she replies simply, and i can tell sheâs trying to occupy herself as she rearranges the glasses.
i smile, facing her as i lean an arm on the counter. âthat a challenge?â i lick my lips. âyou know i love a good challenge.â
she scoffs lightly, rolling her eyes but staying put nonetheless. âdonât think youâre up for this one, bueckers.â
âoh, iâm up for it,â i counter, following her every move. âin fact, i thrive on it.â iâve managed to get so close now that i can smell the scent of her shampoo mingling with the faint floral notes of soap. i canât help but notice the newfound lightness to it too, and i realize she mustâve switched out some old with some new.
âmhm?â she asks, that smirk returning as she finally looks at me. i love when she hums like that, like iâve got her at loss for words or something. her gaze flicks down to my lips for just a heartbeat, but i catch it.
âyeah,â i whisper, testing the waters. âand iâm pretty good at winning.â
i can see the shift in her expressionâthe way her breath hitches just a bit. âand what do you think youâre gonna win?â itâs like it took everything in her to say that as she exhales.
i lean back slightly, just enough to meet her eyes fully, but my focus has found her lips again. âyou know what i want,â i say, and my voice is almost a whisper. âi think you know exactly what i want.â
thereâs a faint smirk on her face as she grips the counter. âno.â she says, seemingly very aware of my intentions as she shakes her head, but doesnât move an inch.
i let my tongue swarm my mouth hungrily. âjust one.â i practically beg.
she leans in, leaving a soft, fast peck on my lips, and iâm afraid it isnât enough for satisfaction. sheâs back staring, and before i get the chance to say anything about it, itâs like she already fought the doubts in her mind as she throws herself into me, lips crashing.
my lips press against hers in that familiar, heady rush that iâd almost convinced myself iâd forgotten. she doesnât pull awayâinstead, her hand slips up to my shoulder, the same one maya had her paws on just a couple hours ago, and fuck i can barely bring myself to think about that.
my hand finds her waist, gripping just enough to feel her press against me, her breaths shallow, matching mine. i want to rip her clothes off and take her here, no matter how uncordial that may be, but the universe seems to have other plans.
she tastes like everything iâve had time to reflect on, every memory i know she tried to bury. iâm rough, hands squeezing her waist so tight like iâm scared sheâll slip away if i let go.
but just as iâm getting lost in her, weâre interrupted by the sound of footsteps. we break apart instantly, spinning toward the door just in time to see cam step in, her eyes widening as she stops short, eyebrows lifting as she takes in the scene.
my tongue darts to the corner of my mouth as i place my hands behind my back awkwardly, as if to keep them from wandering. nai is smoothing out her shirt (the most obvious thing you could do in a situation like this), that guarded look slipping right back into place as she clears her throat.
âpaige was just leaving.â
#paige bueckers#paige bueckers x oc#paige bueckers fic#paige bueckers fanfiction#paige bueckers uconn#paige bueckers smut#paige bueckers x fem#lgbtq fanfiction#lgbtqia#wlw fanfic#wlw fiction#wlw smut#wlw blog#wlw yearning#paige bueckers blog
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01/17/2024 Crew Recap
Well, today was once again a day of new and exciting things happening, and some fun progress on all fronts. Anything I missed -- as always please add. Links to all the threads are in the pictures so please visit them, I want to make sure people who actually posted them are credited :) I realize this is a lot, so if you don't wanna read it all, please at least hop to the bottom for a special message.
===Today's Impact===
Petition Status: We broke 58,000 Signatures! Great job everyone!
Our Flag Means Death Status on Television Stats -- Numbers went up a bit!
#SaveOFMD Trending #4 in Hungary, way to go friends!
Source
Wondering if your calls are working? THEY ARE! Apparently they are cataloging and categorizing calls.
Warner Bros Discovery Inc is still trending downward!
Our Flag For Palestine - Care for Gaza Fundraiser is up to $7535!
The team on this is pretty great about transparency, feel free to check out the twitter thread here
===Cast / Crew Sightings===
Chaos Dad, David Jenkins posted about the 35th Annual Glaad Media Awards Nominating Our Flag Means Death for Outstanding Comedy Series!
Con O'Neill started posting stories on IG with #SaveOFMD and also he showed up in a Screen Rant Plus interview! Our Flag Means Death Interview: Con OâNeill On Izzy & Blackbeard In Season 2
And our Pirate Queen Ruibo Qian was reposting save ofmd art on IG!
=Latest Twitter / Other Platform Insanity=
So apparently someone updated the Our Flag Means Death Wikipedia page to say one of the Production Companies was Astroglide, you cheeky little fuckers.
Source
Squishables joined the fun with Astroglide.
Astroglide Announced a Live Reaction Video to OFMD they'll be doing on Friday. Thanks to IG: _Irene_Adler for bringing this to my attention! Somehow I missed it looking at this post this morning.
===Articles===
1. Could HBOâs Beloved âOur Flag Means Deathâ Jump To Another Ship After Cancellation?
2. Our Flag Means Death's "numbers weren't there" for renewal says MAX's boss - but it is welcome to sail to another platform
3. OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH CANCELED AT MAX, BUT IT COULD FIND LIFE ON OTHER PLATFORMS
===Ways to Help===
So I found of a new way to keep engagement up that I hadn't heard of before-- I apologize if you all already know about it and I'm repeating it! Daily Clicks to help with Engagement: Clickable Links below:
Our Flag Means Death Wikipedia Page Google Search for Our Flag Means Death Google UK Search for Our Flag Means Death Our Flag Means Death IMDB
Fundraiser for LimbPower
Looks like another fundraiser going on by our fellow OFMD Crew, right now is by For Our New Unicorn, that benefits LimbPower. This has been going on since December but has had some ramp up since the cancellation announcement. If you're looking for somewhere to donate, seems to be a good cause!
Calls / Emails / Faxes
I don't believe anything has changed in terms of calls and emails but here's the latest info in case you're just joining us, there's a lovely post over at @renewasacrew's post.
Postcards / Outside the US Fans
@renewasacrew has the following awesome post about how to send mail from outside the US: Are you outside the US and looking to send Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav a letter? đ´ââ ď¸
Petition
As usual, sharing the petition with posts is super helpful, and @merryfinches has a cool guide on how to get additional email addresses if you want to help send more signatures here
Hashtag Updates from yesterday
#RenewAsACrew #SaveOFMD #TheNumbersWereThere.
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â¤ď¸â¤ď¸Lastly because even if you are tired of hearing it, I'm going to keep saying it, so suck it up buttercup here comes some love â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
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Every single one of you is enough.
If you bust your ass for this campaign, YOU ARE ENOUGH.
If you signed the petition and that was it, YOU ARE ENOUGH
If you lurk and keep an eye on things, YOU ARE ENOUGH.
If you do nothing at all, and just take care of yourself, YOU ARE ENOUGH.
There is NOTHING in this world that you could do to make you not enough.
Remember that.
You are amazing-
and beautiful-
and everything you do every single day is wonderful-
and YOU are worthy of love.
You are doing a great job just being you. Keep doing that.
We are so lucky to have each and every one of you here on this planet with us.
Remember to drink some water, and take care of yourself if you can. Even if it's just a few minutes a day. You got this, and you're loved. đĽ°
Love you crew. Have a good night/day, wherever you are on this little blue dot. <3
#ofmd#our flag means death#renew as a crew#save ofmd#thenumberswerethere#saveofmd#save our flag means death#our flag means us#ofmd daily recap
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Lonely Cards Club
by hellolovers13
Louis Tomlinson/Harry Styles | Chapter 25/25
tags: Christmas fluff, strangers?/exes?/friends? to lovers, idk but it's one of those
Harry's life in Cardiff is rather uneventful. Until he receives a strange Christmas postcard. It gets even stranger when he finds another one the next day. đ An Advent story about missed opportunities and second chances.
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#my-fics#larry stylinson#hlcreators#hltracks#hljournal#thelarriefics#trackinghome#trackinghappily#larry fics#hlficlibrary#tracksintheam#ficsfor4am#1dficvillage#yourlarrysource#allwaswell16#1dsource#alwaysxlarrie#ao3 feed larry#hlsource#advent fic 2023#posting this so i will actually follow through with posting
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First Date- [MUTI! BLLK X F!READER]
(SEPARATE) pt2
Staring: niko, kaiser, ness
pt1: Rin, Sae, Kaiser
pt3: Otoya, Karasu, Reo
[ BLLK Scenario Masterlist ]
TW: heavy ooc, bad grammar, bad spelling, bad formatting, cringe, scuff, etc.
>Niko
[Manga/Anime cafe/store ]
Niko waited for you outside the school doors, the two of you had agreed to go to the new anime cafe as a date. It had been a few minutes since class ended and you still werenât there, Niko was getting worried âI swear if she-â he mumbled to himself
âNIKOOâ you crashed into him, catching your breath âSorry- *huff* the teacher- *huff* held us backâŚâ
âSmh [Y/N]... whatâd you do now?â he sighed, you getting in trouble was nothing new
âNothing nothingâ you reassured him, brushing yourself off âAnyway, you ready to go?â
Niko nodded as you both left the school ground, chatting about whatever you found interesting. You spotted the cafe with cats in the window, and he saw it too
âNiko Niko look! Itâs this one right?â you smiled at him as you pointed to the storeÂ
âCuteâŚâ he replied âThe cats I mean-â
You rolled your eyes as the bells above the doors ringed when he pushed it open, âHello!â a woman greeted as you two entered âCan I get anything started for you? Are will you look around first?â
âWeâll just look aroundâ Niko was already walking towards the large shelfs of Manga on display âThereâs so manyâŚâ he stared in awe, talking to himself
You quickly skimmed the shelfs til one book caught your eyes, âHey Niko,â you pulled it out and showed him âBanana Fish, your favourite right?â
He quickly came over and took the book âYea! Looks like they have all the volumes here!â he smiled while running a finger through the pages âOh yea, this one's your favourite, right?â he took out another book and handed it to you, it was one you started recently and desperately tried to get Niko to read
âMhm! You should totally give it a shot one dayâ you both took the books as you went up to order food
Niko flipped through the menu and pointed out some cute foods to you âLook, this oneâs themed after the main character. Oh I think youâll like this one, it looks pretty sweet.â In the end, you both decided to share some Totoro styled waffles and each got your own themed side drinks.
While you waited for your food to arrive at your table, Niko told you about Banana Fish, and even listened to you rant about your favourite manga/anime
âHave you watched Blue Lock?â You asked him excitedly, forgetting about the fourth wall
â...Blue Lock?âÂ
âNevermind-...â
Finally your food was ready, and you took photos (you did the finger hearts for the camera) before cutting it down the middle and taking a bite
âGeez slow downâŚâ he joked, before eating his portion too. After a while, he excused himself quickly before leaving, you just shrugged and continued eating, almost done anyway
He quickly came back with two macarons in hand, blushing slightly, âFor youâŚâ he slid the first one to you, a face of your favourite character on it,
âAwww Geto :D wait what happened to his forehead-â you took a toothpick and poked lightly at it, whoever made the macaroon put red icing bubbles on his forehead
Niko held in a laugh âThatâs just foulâŚâ
[Doesnât have to be Geto lol, just thought it was funny]
âWell, thank you for the macaron!â you gave him a quick smile âI hope it wasnât too muchâŚâ
âNah itâs fineâ he sat down beside you and pulled out a postcard âThere was a promotion, so I got a free Miku postcard out of itâ
He gave it to you to look at, it was a beautiful card, with a high quality Miku on it with a holographic background.
âItâs so pretttyyyyâ your eyes sparkled as you stared in awe at itÂ
âY-You can have itâŚâ Niko whispered as he looked away, the slightest blush on his face
âAre you sure??â you asked hesitantly, it was his after all,
âYea⌠youâre always 01 in my heartâŚâ
â...â
â...â
âWas that a Miku pick-up line-?â
The two of you finished eating and headed out the cafe, giving a small thanks to the workersÂ
âWhere to now?â He asked, turning towards you
âHm⌠I think thereâs actually a manga store around here somewhere, there was a new volume I wanted to pick upâŚâ
âOh I think I know the one youâre talking about⌠itâs this way.â
Once you guys got there, your jaw dropped at the sight. Shelves upon shelves of books, new and limited ones in display cases. You thought the cafe had a lot, but no- this one had 6x as many. And you could buy them too!
You dragged your finger across the spines of the books, walking down the isles, Niko close behind.
You suddenly stopped and pulled out a book, it was the limited edition of your favourite series. âNiko!â you spun around and showed him the book âItâs the anniversary special :Dâ you were going to buy it, until you saw the price⌠you knew that special volumes may be expensive, but you didnât think they were that much!!Â
You put the book back into their places, silently sobbing at the fact you couldnât afford itÂ
âHm, whatâs wrong?â he asked you, while watching you shelve them
âItâs too expensive⌠Donât worry, Iâll get it one day!â you replied, trying to convince yourself more than him
âAlright⌠I saw a book over there that seemed interesting, why donât we split up for now, we can meet up in a few minutes.â
You gave him a nod, and went back to wandering
After a while, you met Niko at the check out. You had already bought 2 books and it seems that he bought one too.
âHey Niko! Ready to go?â you got your things and got ready to leave
âMhmâ he hummed as he bagged the book, angling it so you couldnât see the cover
You though, happened to notice, âWhat did you get?â
He pretended not to hear your question and walked out, waiting for you to follow. You frowned at his lack of a response, but went along anyway
It came the time that you both had to go home, so you two stood at the entrance to the subway station.
âThank you for coming out with meâ he gave you a short bow, blushing slightly. âI got you a giftâŚâ he pulled out the bag from the manga store and presented it to you, âItâs the special volume you wantedâŚâ
As you opened the bag, you found that it was indeed the anniversary special. You thanked him, still in awe at the book and gave him a hug âThank you so much, Niko! You really shouldnât have đĽšâ
You pulled out your own bag with the books you bought and handed it to him âThese are the only volumes youâre missing in your collection, right?â You remember looking though his shelves, you were 70% percent sure he didnât have these
âYes, these are the onesâŚâ he took the books gently, his eyes practically glued to them (not that we can rlly tell) âThank youâ he said, barely louder than a whisper
Niko smiled and gave you a wave as you hopped on your train, hugging the books tightly. He really couldnât stop blushing, happy with how the day went.
It was that day he decided heâd never be able to get sick of you
>Kaiser
[Ice Skating (also for this is set in Germany, during Christmas]
Running around the German night market was a vibe like no other
And Kaiser being there was the cherry on top. He held your hand while gently guiding you through the stalls.
âSchatz, letâs grab some chocolateâ, he said while looking at a few bars of chocolate on display. âThey have white, milk, dark, caramel, everything. What would you like?â he asked you, having already grabbed a bar of his own, a very bitter dark chocolate.
You silently judged his decision before choosing your own. âYou like your chocolate that bitter?â you laughed
He frowned âWhatâs wrong with that? I aint no p#ssy.â he grinned at you âAnd milk chocolate sucks. I canât stand any white-coloured drinks.â
âChocolate isnât a drink-â
âStill sucks. Have you made your choice?â He looked at you, taking the bar from your hands and getting ready to pay. You nodded as the worker scanned the bars
âTheyâre HOW MUCH??â your jaw dropped as you saw the price
Kaiser only smirked as he paid, âTheyâre traditional, high quality, german chocolate. A very well-known brand.â he opened your bar and held it up to you, âTry itâ
( If you didnât eat it when he offered, he wouldâve shoved it down your throat (affectionately) )
The second you took a bite of the chocolate, it felt like you were transported to heaven. It was perfect, the best chocolate youâve ever had. You quickly took more, taking the the delicious taste and texture
Kaiser did a prideful huff, knowing that he was the reason for the happy look on your face. Even if it was indirectly-Â Â
He ate his own chocolate as the two of you wandered about more, occasionally stopping at other booths. You guys got matching scarfs, keychains, you were so close to getting him to buy cat ears, but he refused.
Eventually, you guys were at the heart of the market, right where the big Christmas tree was. You were spaced out, admiring the lights, before the flash of a camera snapped you out of it.
Kaiser smiled, looking at the photo, âYou look beautiful, Meine Liebe.â He gave you a gentle kiss before taking your hand, âJoin me skating?â
You didnât even have to move as kaiser got on his knees to lace up your skates for you. What a gentleman. He even held your hand when getting on the ice. If you didnât know how to skate, heâd guide you (or just drag you across the ice). If you do know how to skate, heâd definitely challenge you to a race.Â
And do NOT underestimate this man, he is GRACEFUL. Unless ur a professional skater, itâll prob be a pretty close tie, that or he laps you like twice to show off⌠if you are really good at skating (or if you wanna pretend to be, we donât judge) and beat him, heâd just say he was going easy on you with a salty smile, trying to convince himself more than you.
After heâs gotten over it, heâd hold you hand (or pocket it) while skating in circles with you, just admiring your voice as you spoke. Heâd spin you in circles, twirl you around, all that ;) If he caught anyone staring, heâd just show you off more and pull you in after a spin.
He couldnât stop smiling, he was so happy, just being by your side and in your presence. This was one of the few times he was quiet, wanting to hear nothing but your voice.
You both skated around for a bit longer before getting off the ice. Kaiser undid your laces, and put everything away for you. After looking at the last few stalls, the two of you exited the market, and Kaiser sent you home.
He texted you once he got home to make sure you did too, and he couldnât stop smiling. For the whole week, he was smiling, the whole week (until some imbecile talked to him.) the whole team was slightly scared until it was revealed it was because of you. That made more sense to them.
He already marked his calendar for next year, and itâs not a choice <3
>Ness
[Lego date/chill picnic]
You and Ness had been friends for a while, hanging out whenever he wasnât busy w/Kaiser (which wasnât really that often). Today was one of the few days you guys had time, so you were wandering the mall and ended up inside the LEGO store.
â[Y/N] look, itâs a blue rose!â he showed you the box, looking at the price tag âDo you think Kaiser would like it?â
You sighed while browsing, âNess, you donât have to always be thinking of him⌠youâre with me right now after all.â
He hesitated for a second before smiling and putting the box back, âYes, youâre right. Which set do you want?â he followed your eyes, skimming the shelvesÂ
âOh, what do you think of that one?â you pointed at a LEGO box, a bunny in a magicians hat on the cover âDo you like it?â
âOh- yes, it looks very niceâŚâ he stared at it, thinking about how cute it was, but still trying to process that you asked for his opinion âDo you like magic and things like that?â he assumed that's why you were grabbing the box
âNoâ you started walking over to the cashier and gave Ness a smile âBut i know you doâ
His face turned red at the words, you werenât wrong, but he didnât expect you to know that, heâd barely mentioned it.
âLet me pay,â he said as the cashier rang it up. You wouldâve stopped him, but before you knew it, he tapped his card and was already putting the box in the bag
He gave you a smile as he held the item. You felt bad because he was already carrying your other belongings, but he insisted and there was really no way you could convince him otherwise.
The two of you left the store, and slowly made your way around the mall.Â
âHey, letâs grab some desserts!â Ness pointed at the bakery and dragged you in âLook look! Itâs bread :DâÂ
You picked out a few foods you liked, and he picked some too.
After buying the food, the two of you left the mall, and for a while it seemed that you both were just mindlessly wandering. But Ness had something planned, and soon you found yourself at a surprisingly clean picnic table at a near-by park.Â
âNess- Where are we??â you hesitated before sitting down after him
âDonât worry! Do you like it here?â he gave you a smile, a bit of obsession in his eyes
You nodded as he set up all the food, and even brought out the LEGO set. You felt a bit awkward as you just watched him, but he refused to let you help, insisting on doing everything for you with a smile
After everything was laid out, you guys started eating the food, and building the LEGO at the same time. You listened to him talk about his day, and he listened to you talk about yours!
All in all, you two had a fun time! The food was all finished and the LEGO set was built. Ness took a ton of pictures of you the LEGO, and you even let him keep the final product!
A/N: Hope yall don't mind the ass formatting.. lotta word blocks ik, ill fix it when i actually make tumblr specific posts :')
#bllk#bllk x reader#blue lock#blue lock x reader#blue lock x you#bllk x you#headcannons#bllk headcanons#masterlist#bllk scenarios#niko ikki#niko x reader#michael kaiser#kaiser x reader#alexis ness#ness x reader
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It wasnât too big of a surprise when Miss Myra Beckett left her Papaâs tobacco farm following her twenty-fourth birthday. Mister Myron Beckett always said his daughter was an independent spirit, and her Mama â may God rest her soul â always said she was too much trouble to ever marry. Nowadays, Myra lives in New York with her closest companion, an up-and-coming artist called Rosetta Nelson. Postcards sent to the remaining Beckett children say that Myra acts now, and has found more solid employment in a library. They say that Rosetta is the best painter since those Italian men of the Renaissance, and that her unkind husband walked out on her, and that she and Myra have recently gotten a puppy together. Ainât that something? Well, Mister Beckett says over tea, at least sheâs not living with a man unmarriedâŚ
"maybe i'll use them for something else one day,"
i said, immediately falling in love with them. well. you know the drill, cc links and creator tags under the cut!
check my resources page and genetics tag for genetics
hair/eyebrows : simadelicâs georgie curls â serawisâ 1920âs brows // saturngaloreâs harlem pinup locs â ceeproductionsâ snatched baby hairs
everyday : zurkdesign's cloche hat conversion â pixelunivairse's wendy earrings 04 â christopher067's prism cloud necklace â adrienpastels solitaire dress (a billion thanks to @simfuldelights to reuploading it for me <3!) â blueraptorsdenâs vintage stockings â waxesnostalgicâs cuban heel mary janes // sunflower-petalsâ kasi earrings â happylifesimsâ 1920s day dress 01 â simlasyaâs pearl flower ring â blueraptorsdenâs vintage stockings â waxesnostalgicâs cuban heel mary janes
formal : laeskaâs zita earrings â happylifesimsâ roxie court dress â blueraptorsdenâs vintage stockings â simsfromthepastâs 1920âs shoes // thelpethondielâs pearl choker â happylifesimsâ queenie dress â dancemachinetraitâs pemberley gloves â simsfromthepastâs 1920âs shoes
athletic : waxesnostalgic's short sleeved armistice blouse â waxesnostalgic's trousers â lehgames bow oxfords // waxesnostalgic's short sleeved plain blouse â waxesnostalgic's trousers
sleep : happylifesims' accessory duster coat â caio-ccâs ballet flats // largetaytertotsâ bonnet add-ons â happylifesimsâ 1920s nightgown with robe â simlasyaâs pearl flower ring â caio-ccâs ballet flats
party : delis-simsâ marlene headband â glitterberrysimsâ jade dragonfly earrings â ladyboletâs old hollywood eyeshadow â evazetta's gwen lipstick â flowermilksimsâ clover and pearl necklace â retropixels' starlet dress â kumikyaâs sheer gloves â akrsims' bow pumps b // simstroubleâs notte headpiece â someone-elsaâs tassel earrings â ladyboletâs old hollywood eyeshadow â evazettaâs ingrid lipstick â ms-marysimsâ isabel necklace â happylifesimsâ 1920s evening dress 08 â kumikyaâs sheer gloves â gohliad's mary janes
swim : plumbobteasocietyâs vintage knit turban â hypergnomesimblrâs soft serve tennis dress // plumbobteasocietyâs vintage knit turban â waxesnostalgicâs androgynous swimsuits â simlasyaâs pearl flower ring
summer : happylifesimsâ boater â pixelunivairse's wendy earrings 04 â christopher067's prism cloud necklace â happylifesimsâ 1920s day dress 09 â blueraptorsdenâs vintage stockings // pixelunivairse's wendy earrings 0 â christopher067's prism cloud necklace â retropixels stenographer dress â simlasyaâs pearl flower ring
winter : moon-simmer's asuncion cloche recolor â pixelunivairse's wendy earrings 04 â standardheld's scarf 03 â moon-simmer's mercedes coat recolor â dancemachinetraitâs pemberley gloves â plumbjamâs wool leggings // happylifesims' miss fisher cloche â pixelunivairse's wendy earrings 04 â zurkdesign's fur coat â dancemachinetraitâs pemberley gloves â plumbjamâs wool leggings
sugar : sforzcc's fetching stuff â nolan-sims couronne de fleurs for pets
thank you to @simadelics @serawis @saturngalore @ceeproductions @zurkdesign @pixelunivairse @christopher067 @blueraptorsden @waxesnostalgic @sunflower-petals @happylifesimsreblogs @simlasya @laeska @simsfromthepast @dancemachinetrait @lehgames @caio-cc @largetaytertots @delis-sims @flowermilksims @kumikya @simstrouble @someone-elsa @ms-marysims @plumbobteasociety @hypergnomesimblr @moon-simmers @nolan-sims and anyone not on tumblr/not-taggable!!
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FOB8 SLEUTHING
i need everyone to know iâm losing my mind about the fob8 ARG thing theyâve got going on right now. and i need you all to know that the date January 1st is so extremely important.
so there is a field of dreams quote popping up, a baseball movie. the only song i can think of with an explicit baseball reference is Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown.
so, if you happen to go to the youtube playlists on their channel to find the playlist for Folie, youâll notice that one: all playlists have been updated within a week ago. but more importantly youâll notice that two: all of the songs on the Folie playlist have had their description edited to say released on 01-01-2008
and no. there is no way this is correct. the album was recorded in the summer and as we all know, released on December 10th.
THEN, if you went on the website to sign up for the postcard thing, youll have noticed the Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name Of This Song So We Wouldnt Get Sued reference with the lyrics âDo not open before Christmasâ.
So imagine my shock at the moment i went to check the description on the From Under The Cork Tree playlist and, sure enough, its been changed in the description of all those songs as well to January 1st. Again. this is very incorrect.
I dont know what this means, i doubt anything will be released on that day. However, Something is going to happen i fucking bet on it. Theres probably more clues and references im missing and maybe someone already beat me to this but. i thought this was important to share just in case.
#newt speaks#im going nuts but i dont think im nuts enough to imagine this.#fall out boy#fob#fob8#folie a deux#from under the cork tree#please is anyone listening to me im screaming into a void#fall out boy 8#ALSO I PREDICTED THIS WAS GOING TO BE AN ARG FROM THE MOMENT THE TRIBUNE AD DROPPED#ask my friend jay i never posted about that but i DID sksks
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For each week of December, there are two movie titles and four prompts to get inspired by. The tag for this event is #steviesholiday
Stevie's Holiday Movie Marathon
Dec 01-08: Chrissy's Comedy Week
Dec 09-15: Eddie's Edgy Week
Movies: "The Santa Clause" (1884), "Elf" (2003)
Prompts: Decorating, Carols, Santa, Sweater
Dec 16-22: Robin's Retro Week
Movies: "Krampus" (2015), "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (1993)
Prompts: Coal, Black, Naughty, Snowstorm
Dec 23-29: Stevie's Sexy Week
Movies: "White Christmas" (1954), "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946)
Prompts: Angel, Sleigh, Family, Postcard
Movies: "Violent Night" (2023), "The Holiday" (2006)
Prompts: Red, Toys, Fur, Proposal
Important note: from now on the Ao3 collections will stay open until the next event starts.
Happy creating!
#stevieweek#steviesholiday#stranger things event#event info#stevie harrington#transfem steve harrington#fem steve harrington#female steve harrington#transfeminine steve harrington#mtf steve harrington#steve harrington#nonbinary steve harrington#genderqueer steve harrington#genderfluid steve harrington#queer steve harrington
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Osomatsu-san's 23rd WEB Kuji ă So Cute! MATSU Stuffed Pouch⪠ă ( 2024 )
i'm really excited for this kuji and saw that the website updated to include the prizes, here's what they're gonna be!
A prize : fluffy polyester blanket
B prize : clear pvc multi-pouch
C prize : acrylic stands
D prize : A4 art boards
E prize : mini acrylic figures ( they mention that these can fit into the pouches, which is so perfect )
F prize : sticker set, 3 count
G prize : can badges
last win prize : extra large acrylic stands
purchase bonus ( 01 ) : a postcard for every 5 items purchased
purchase bonus ( 02 ) : neet express shipping box ( based on the 19th web kuji's designs ) if you purchase 20 items or more
moachan prize : acrylic panel
i also want to point out that the " so cute! / ĺŻćăă¤ăă¤ăďź" from the kuji's title includes the hiragana for tsume, which can mean packing or stuffing. ( i feel like you could also translate it as " cuteness packed! " based on the characters used, but everywhere i tried double checking translated it as so cute so i'll stick with that for now. )
#i have not gone to bed yet. because i am stupid.#but i must share this with the people#wait actually does this kuji start today?? i think it does#still thinking about trying to buy something from it...#as per usual please take my translating with a massive grain of salt bc i do use mtl to help#osomatsu-san#osmt#osomatsu#osomatsu matsuno#karamatsu#karamatsu matsuno#choromatsu#choromatsu matsuno#ichimatsu#ichimatsu matsuno#jyushimatsu#jyushimatsu matsuno#todomatsu#todomatsu matsuno#matsuno bros#official
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sunday mornings
#postcard legacy#postcard: 01#the sims 4#sims#ts4 legacy#ts4#sims 4#simblr#*sierra#*sonya#*keoni#*iverson#*kaleek
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Google makes millions on paid abortion disinformation
Googleâs search quality has been in steady decline for years, and Google assures us that theyâre working on it, though the most visible effort is replacing links to webpages with lengthy, florid paragraphs written by a confident habitual liar chatbot:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/16/tweedledumber/#easily-spooked
The internet is increasingly full of garbage, much of it written by other confident habitual liar chatbots, which are now extruding plausible sentences at enormous scale. Future confident habitual liar chatbots will be trained on the output of these confident liar chatbots, producing Jathan Sadowskiâs âHabsburg AIâ:
https://twitter.com/jathansadowski/status/1625245803211272194
But the declining quality of Google Search isnât merely a function of chatbot overload. For many years, Googleâs local business listings have been terrible. Anyone whoâs tried to find a handyman, a locksmith, an emergency tow, or other small businessperson has discovered that Google is worse than useless for this. Try to search for that locksmith on the corner that you pass every day? You wonât find themâââbut you will find a fake locksmith service that will dispatch an unqualified, fumble-fingered guy with a drill and a knockoff lock, who will drill out your lock, replace it with one made of bubblegum and spit, and charge you 400% the going rate (and then maybe come back to rob you):
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/business/fake-online-locksmiths-may-be-out-to-pick-your-pocket-too.html
Google is clearly losing the fraud/spam wars, which is pretty awful, given that they have spent billions to put every other search engine out of business. They spend $45b every year to secure exclusivity deals that prevent people from discovering or using rivalsâââthatâs like buying a whole Twitter every year, just so they donât have to compete:
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-a-google-antitrust-case-could/
But thereâs an even worse form of fraudulent listing on Google, one they could do something about, but choose not to: ad-fraud. For all the money and energy thrown into âdark SEOâ to trick Google into putting your shitty, scammy website at the top of the listings, thereâs a much simpler method. All you need to do is pay Googleâââbuy an ad, and your obviously fraudulent site will be right there, at the top of the search results.
There are so many top searches that go to fraud or malware sites. Tech support is a favorite. Itâs not uncommon to search for tech support for Google products and be served a fake tech-support website where a scammer will try to trick you into installing a remote-access trojan and then steal everything you have, and/or take blackmail photos of you with your webcam:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-search-ads-infiltrated-again-by-tech-support-scams/
This is true even when Google has a trivial means of reliably detecting fraud. Take the restaurant monster-in-the-middle scam: a scammer clones the menu of a restaurant, marking up their prices by 15%, and then buys the top ad slot for searches for that restaurant. Search for the restaurant, click the top link, and land on a lookalike site. The scammer collects your order, bills your card, then places the same order, in your name, with the restaurant.
The thing is, Google runs these ads even for restaurants that are verified merchantsâââGoogle mails the restaurant a postcard with a unique number on it, and the restaurant owner keys that number in to verify that they are who they say they are. It would not be hard for Google to check whether an ad for a business matches one of its verified merchants, and, if so, whether the email address is a different one from the verified one on file. If so, Google could just email the verified address with a âPlease confirm that youâre trying to buy an ad for a website other than the one we have on fileâ message:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/24/passive-income/#swiss-cheese-security
Google doesnât do this. Instead, they acceptâââand make a fortune fromâââpaid disinformation, across every category.
But not all categories of paid disinformation are equally bad: itâs one thing to pay a 15% surcharge on a takeout meal, but thereâs a whole universe of paid medical disinformation that Google knows about and has an official policy of tolerating.
This paid medical disinformation comes from âcrisis pregnancy centersâ: these are fake abortion clinics that raise huge sums from religious fanatics to buy ads that show up for people seeking information about procuring an abortion. If they are duped by one of these ads, they are directed to a Big Con-style storefront staffed by people who pretend that they perform abortions, but who bombard their marks with falsehoods about health complications.
These con artists try to trick their marks into consenting to sexual assaultâââa transvaginal ultrasound. This is a prelude to another fraud, in which the âsporadic electrical impulsesâ generated by an early fetal structure is a âheartbeatâ (early fetuses do not have hearts, so they cannot produce heartbeats):
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/heartbeat-bills-called-fetal-heartbeat-six-weeks-pregnancy-rcna24435
If the victim still insists on getting an abortion, the fraudsters will use deceptive tactics to draw out the process until they run out the clock for a legal abortion, procuring a forced birth through deceit.
It is hard to imagine a less ethical course of conduct. Googleâs policy of accepting âcrisis pregnancy centerâ ads is the moral equivalent of taking money from fake oncologists who counsel people with cancer to forego chemotherapy in favor of juice-cleanses.
There is no ambiguity here: the purpose of a âcrisis prengancy centerâ is to deceive people seeking abortions into thinking they are dealing with an abortion clinic, and then further deceive them into foregoing the abortion, by means of lies, sexually invasive and unnecessary medical procedures, and delaying tactics.
Now, a new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate finds that Google made $10m last year on ads from âcrisis pregnancy centersâ:
https://www.wired.com/story/google-made-millions-from-ads-for-fake-abortion-clinics/
Many of these âcrisis pregnancy centersâ are also registered 501(c)3 charities, which makes them eligible for Googleâs ad grants, which provide free ads to nonprofits. Marketers who cater to âcrisis pregnancy centerâ advertise that they can help their clients qualify for these grants. In 2019, Google was caught giving tens of thousands of dollarsâ worth of free ads to âcrisis pregnancy centersâ:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/12/google-advertising-abortion-obria
The keywords that âcrisis pregnancy centersâ bid up include âPlanned Parenthoodââââmeaning that if actual Planned Parenthood clinics want to appear at the top of the search for âplanned parenthood,â they have to outbid the fraudsters seeking to deceive Planned Parenthood patients.
Google has an official policy of requiring customers that pay for ads matching abortion-related search terms to label their ads to state whether or not they provide abortions, but the report documents failures to enforce this policy. The labels themselves are confusing: for example, abortion travel funds have to be labeled as ânot providing abortions.â
Google isnât afraid to ban whole categories of advertising: for example, Google has banned Plan C, a nonprofit that provides information about medication abortions. The company erroneously classes Plan C as an âunauthorized pharmacy.â But Google continues to offer paid disinformation on behalf of forced birth groups that claim there is such a thing as âabortion reversalâ (there isnâtâââbut the âabortion reversalâ drug cocktail is potentially lethal).
This is inexcusable, but itâs not uniqueâââand itâs not even that profitable. $10m is a drop in the bucket for a company like Google. When youâre lighting $45b/year on fire just to prevent competition, $10m is chump change. A better way to understand Googleâs relationship to paid disinformation can be found by studying Facebookâs own paid disinformation problem.
Facebook has a well-documented problem with paid political disinformationâââunambiguous, illegal materials, like paid notices advising people to remember to vote on November 6th (when election day falls on November 5th). The company eventually promised to put political ads in a repository where they could be inspected by all parties to track its progress in blocking paid disinformation.
Facebook did a terrible job at this, with huge slices of its political ads never landing in its transparency portal. We know this because independent researchers at NYUâs engineering school built an independent, crowdsourced tracker called Ad Observer, which scraped all the ads volunteers saw and uploaded them to a portal called Ad Observatory.
Facebook viciously attacked the NYU project, falsely smearing it as a privacy risk (the plugin was open source and was independently audited by Mozilla researchers, who confirmed that it didnât collect any personal information). When that didnât work, they sent a stream of legal threats, claiming that NYU was trafficking in a âcircumvention deviceâ as defined by Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a felony carrying a five-year prison sentence and a $500k fineâââfor a first offense.
Eventually, NYU folded the project. Facebook, meanwhile, has fired or reassigned most of the staff who work on political ad transparency:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/08/06/get-you-coming-and-going/#potemkin-research-program
What are we to make of this? Facebook claims that it doesnât need or want political ad revenue, which are a drop in the bucket and cause all kinds of headaches. Thatâs likely trueâââbut Facebookâs aversion to blocking political ads doesnât extend to spending a lot of money to keep paid political disinfo off the platform.
The company could turn up the sensitivity on its blocking algorithm, which would generate more false positives, in which nonpolitical ads are misidentified and have to be reviewed by humans. This is expensive, and itâs an expense Facebook can avoid if it can suppress information about its failures to block paid political disinformation. Itâs cheaper to silence critics than it is to address their criticism.
I donât think Google gives a shit about the $10m it gets from predatory fake abortion clinics. But I think the company believes that the PR trouble it would get into for blocking themâââand the expense it would incur in trying to catch and block fake abortion clinic adsâââare real liabilities. In other words, itâs not about the $10m it would lose by blocking the adsâââGoogle wants to avoid the political heat it would take from forced birth fanatics and cost of the human reviewers who would have to double-check rejected ads.
In other words, Google doesnât abet fraudulent abortion clinics because they share the depraved sadism of the people who run these clinics. Rather, Google teams up with these sadists out of cowardice and greed.
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/06/15/paid-medical-disinformation/#crisis-pregnancy-centers
[Image ID: A ruined streetscene. Atop a pile of rubble sits a dilapidated shack. In front of the shack is a letterboard with the word ABORTIONS set off-center and crooked. In the foreground is a carny barker at a podium, gesturing at the sign and the shack. The barker's head and face have been replaced with the Google logo. Within the barker's podium is a heap of US$100 bills.]
Image: Flying Logos (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Over_$1,000,000_dollars_in_USD_$100_bill_stacks.png
CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
#pluralistic#abortion clinics#forced birth#disinformation#medical disinformation#paid disinformation#google#google ads#ad-tech#seo#kiin thai#locksmiths#abortion#dobbs crisis pregnancy centers#roe v wade
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*leaves a postcard from Ireland with a picture of a stormy ocean*
Hey dad, itâs Vera. Sorry I missed Fatherâs Day, in my defense I didnât know Iâd have a dad to celebrate with. Maybe we can do something when I get home. Anyways, yeah. Iâm sorry about all the conflict at the moment, I hate it so much. I donât even care about the right and wrong anymore, I just want my family to be okay. Why do I always have to get caught between all these people I love? Never mind. I donât want to get into that right now, dad. That isnât what this is about. I picked this card up a while ago, I get them all over the place. This one reminded me of you, for some reason. Look in the bottom right corner for where, thereâs some really cool bioluminescent algae, though I canât figure out what kind of the life of me.
I like the night, you know that already. After all, Iâm functionally nocturnal when I can manage it. The reason this card made me think of you was because of a memory I have, from when I was still new to freedom. I was just starting to get comfortable with you and the labs, and you took me out to these tide pools in New Jersey to look at lichens. I thought it was so cool, you know â you donât have any reason to remember, but I do. We took the data and sat on the roof of your car listening to Hozier, because it was already some of my favorite music, eating cold sandwiches and talking. I think thatâs when I started to move toward seeing you as a father figure. You answered all my questions as best you could about the things weâd seen in the pools, and when I started to tell you about my history you only asked genuine questions, we looked at the stars and you talked about how you came to be an Avenger. I think I almost called you my dad for the first time a few months later at that Young Minds in Science Gala youâd tapped me to speak at? I did that speech for two main reasons â to piss off Flash Thompson, and because of know you hate giving most speeches and I didnât want you to have to go through that. When I opened it, because we both know I did it with no prep and improved, I almost introduced it with âso, I didnât think I would be speaking to you all tonight, but my Dad asked me to, so here we are.â I ended up simply saying âI wasnât exactly planning on this, but when your mentor asks if you can help him out by giving a speech, you ask the topic and how many minutes you need to fill.â I freaked out for a week.
And if my reaction didnât tell you, I never thought youâd want or care for me as a daughter. Youâre still welcome to rescind at any time, clearly. But anyways, thank you, for.. yeah. More than I can write to put into words. Everything. For seeing the fact that we arenât entirely seeing eye to eye right now and still loving me, for helping me through my sexuality crisises, for making me tea and holding me and giving me a safe space. For letting me be your annoying intern with enough trauma to power the New York power grid. Thank you for not hating me, and for letting me be in your life. I love you, so, so, so much
All the love in the world, your daughter, Vespera A. Volkov Heladottir-Banner
P.s. if you donât hate me when youâve read this⌠text me so I know you got it okay? I wouldâve given it in person but Iâm a coward
@moongirlwidow
*crying by the time he finished reading* *puts the postcard up on his cork board*
Mini Redđ
Fuck you you made me cry
Sent at 10:01 am
Love you kiddo
Sent at 10:01 am
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[NEWS] Sato Ryuji has Announced an Event to Celebrate his 30th Birthday
EVENT INFORMATION
Name of Event: Approaching the 60th Birthday ~Celebration of Sato Ryuji's 30th Birthday~
Date: January 17, 2025
Times
Session 01: Open 13.00 (Japan time) / Start 14.00 (Japan time)
Session 02: Open 17.00 (Japan time) / Start 18.00 (Japan time)
Venue: Located in Tokyo (exact venue will be indicated on ticket)
Ticket Price: 8,800 yen
Bonus: Limited edition postcard available at venue
NOTE: The event will be held on Sato Ryuji's actual birthday, which is January 17.
TICKET APPLICATION DATES AND TIMES
Sato Ryuji Fanclub Application (Round 01)
Ticket Application Period: Now to 23.59 (Japan time) on October 27, 2024
Result Announcement: October 31, 2024
Sato Ryuji Fanclub Application (Round 02)
Ticket Application Period: 12.00 (Japan time) on November 07, 2024 to 23.59 (Japan time) on November 17, 2024
Result Announcement: November 21, 2024
General Ticket Sales
Date: December 12, 2024
Start Time: 10.00 (Japan time)
TO APPLY FOR TICKETS
Round 01 of the Sato Ryuji Fanclub ticket application is currently open. To apply, please refer to this link: HERE
NOTE: A fanclub membership is required for application. To register for a membership, please refer to this link: HERE
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