#the 3rd journal

[askingtherapybill]

Yippee, friendship :D. Anywizzle, whats it like being in therapy?

TOO MUCH TALKING!

[doctorsiren]

The books reveal that Ford is actually a secret partier

(Available as a print on my Etsy Shop)

(wips under cut)

[obsob]

poems and cats from january!!

[lesbianphobic]

I truly believe Stanley had the potential to be as smart and successful as Ford but because their parents designated Ford the smart one and Stan the "free-spirited" one, Stan never believed he had the same potential and still believes he doesn't

[marinecanary]

Ford trying to hide the journals from Bill (or anyone who would help Bill) is so much funnier when you realize Bill can see through every photo/drawing of himself

[blackbackedjackal]

Ngl, I've been dreading 2024 because it's big election year for the USA, and we get to choose between government funded genocide or government funded genocide.

[salemontrial]

My beloved<3

[kindlythevoid]

(Here is the link to the recipe:)

Part Two, Part Three, Part Four

[vedicinsights]

Astrology Observation PART 6

People who have Rahu (North node) in the 3rd house are more likely to work in media, marketing, writing, journalism, or communication-related fields, whether verbal or non-verbal. However, the 3rd house is known as the house of valor. Rahu positioned here will not make the native truly courageous; it will only create the appearance of courage. Since Rahu is a planet of illusions and deception, it creates a false sense of bravery that doesn't truly exist.

LET ASTROLOGY CHOOSE YOU!

[odinsblog]

False Equivalence

Why does the mainstream media keep depicting lunatic-right Republicans and normal Democrats as equidistant from the center?

With the final passage of the debt ceiling deal, Democrats got off easier than one might have expected, given that it was a deal between a mainstream Democratic president and a Republican House in thrall to the lunatic far right. In drastic contrast to the scorched-earth budget bill initially passed by the Republican-controlled House, the cuts were about par for the course in a divided government; and they spare the country a repeat of this debt-hostage ordeal for two years.

However, much of the media played the agreement as a compromise between two equal extremes. The New York Times story about the House passage of the deal included this astonishing sentence: "With both far-right and hard-left lawmakers in revolt over the deal, it fell to a bipartisan coalition powered by Democrats to push the bill over the finish line, throwing their support behind the compromise in an effort to break the fiscal stalemate that had gripped Washington for weeks."

Think about that for a moment. There is no doubt that Matt Gaetz, Elise Stefanik, Lauren Boebert, Paul Gosar et al. are far-right by any definition, as white supremacists, Christian nationalists, election deniers, and nihilists on fiscal policy.

But no Democrats in the House can fairly be described as hard left. Those who voted against the deal included moderate liberals such as Joaquin Castro, mainstream progressives like Rosa DeLauro and Jan Schakowsky, as well as self-described democratic socialists including Cori Bush and AOC. But none of them are "hard left," which suggests anti-democratic, any more than Franklin Roosevelt was hard left.

The Times coverage reinforces a narrative of false equivalence that the media keeps repeating, with lazy catchphrases like "partisan bickering." It also plays into the hands of corrupt No Labels and Third Way types, who promote the idea that the best course for the republic is to split the difference between neofascists and a normal mainstream Democratic Party and president.

Big media, obsessed as it is with the appearance of fair and balanced coverage, took years to give itself permission to accurately describe Donald Trump with the impolite word "liar." But its treatment of the two parties as in any sense symmetrical is far more insidious than using euphemisms to characterize Trump’s lies.

Our friend Peter Dreier, whose observations inspired this post, points out that by any reasonable definition, "even the most left-oriented Democrats (AOC, Bush, Bowman, Raskin, Jayapal) are not extremists. They are shades of social democrats. They are pro-union, pro-choice, pro-affirmative action, pro-LGBT equality, pro-Green New Deal, pro-progressive taxation. But the most right-wing Republicans are extremists and reactionaries."

(continue reading)

[happy-hermit]

If third life had waited a few years to come out Pizza would have been a camel and desert duo would have taken it. literally everywhere.

[askingtherapybill]

Hello Bill! How are you doing lately? Don't forget to take care of your lashes. I am sending my favourite mascara as a gift~

THANK YOU!

[doctorsiren]

Today’s outfit! I went as Dipper for Halloween 2018, so I already had the vest ready to go! Sadly, I don’t know what happened to the sock puppet Dipper I made in 2018 for my costume.

[sweetdreamsjeff]

Excerpt from Record Collector September 2015

"One of the most revealing interviews of Jeff Buckley’s short life was conducted for a fanzine with a small readership. Phil Smith resurrects it here, with thanks to Andrew Truth for the interview and extensive contributions

In 1995, fanzine journalism was giving the established music press a run for its money. Andrew Truth had been producing Plane Truth since 1988 but issue 15 (circulation: 500) was to be his last. It had interviews with the usual unusual selection of bands, some fondly remembered and some largely forgotten.

Lurking at the back of the fanzine was an encounter with Jeff Buckley, son of Tim and on the way to becoming a legend in his own right. Andrew had conducted the interview on 3 September 1994, before Buckley’s show at what was then the Hop & Grape (now Manchester Academy 3). Buckley had only just released Grace and started touring with a full band, which Andrew remembers him enthusing about. The album was yet to slow-burn its way into the hearts of millions.

(found by SweetDreamsJeff on 9.10.2024)

[live-like-ghibli]

09.11.24 || schoolwork and rethinking processes

[daftpatience]

nice paper!!! have you ordered any other cool stationery recently, or is there anything that's catching your eye? i have a whiteboard book, notebooks, and paper coming in soon!

yay paper! i did just recently get a new natsumehandmade book cover for my sketchbook (midori a6) to match the one i already had for my journal (stalogy365 a6) and im super happy with it!!

these are my favourite book covers as they're cheaper and roomier than hobonichi book covers while being just as pretty! they also have a TON of pattern options on every shop listing!! if i was the type id buy like a bunch more, but having any that sit around empty waiting for a turn or just hold an old book to go on a shelf feels too sad to me. these things are precious and gotta see use! it took me so long to choose which pattern i wanted both times cus of that XD

the stickers on my journal cover are all from i_spy_cy ^u^