#they emailed THE ACCOUNTANT

[cultivating-wildflowers]

today is a "per our last discussion" kind of day

[beeduoo]

inspired by an ancient post of mine....

[socialistexan]

Rare Quora W

[bellobambino]

Simmer Down

310w Vignette

Summary: There's a sauce thief on the loose in reader's apartment.

Author's Note: this is really what im spending my saturday on? sauce thief luigi? i love a man compelled. compelled to taste the sauce, compelled to fix the system, etc.

TW: Food??

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Luigi has a problem keeping his hands to himself. He gets his hands into everything. Bring him clothes shopping, and he's touching the clothes, feeling everything. It even extends to me, with his constant need for physical touch. But right now, the victim is the sauce.

If left alone, this pot of sauce i'm standing over at the range will become the most delicious marinara to grace the earth.

I can feel Luigi's aura behind me. I turn around, and he's holding a piece of bread, staring at the pot of sauce with frightening conviction. It isn't subtle.

"you have five seconds before i break your fingers," i say, swatting him back with the wooden spoon.

He gives me an infuriating grin, "C'mon, it smells done."

"It is not done. It needs more time to simmer."

But he ignores me with an "i'm just gonna..." reaching around me to dip his bread into the sauce. I smack him on the arm with the spoon.

"Ow!!" he reels back, cradling his arm like i could possibly hurt him. He shoves the marinara dipped bread in his mouth before I could do anything about it.

"Lu, that loaf was meant for dinner, and you've eaten --like, half of it."

"I'm taste testing it to make sure it's not poisoned." he says through a mouthful of bread. "For you." he smiles.

"Go, Luigi! Out of the kitchen!" I turn him around and gently push him away.

He groans like it's me who's being ridiculous. He drags his feet to the island bar stool where he slumps down dramatically. "You're starving me to death."

"Shut up, you'll live." I can't stop the smile that creeps onto my face.

Out of the corner of my eye, he's slowly ripping off another piece of bread and popping it in his mouth.

Half a loaf, this guy.

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[ppedri]

[gottalottarocks]

Are you an American? Frustrated by the political process? Do you feel like you have no voice in our government? Let me introduce you to the wonderful world of public comments. 

This is where federal agencies propose new regulations asking for public feedback:

Regulations.gov

Here's a step by step on how to navigate this:

Look through the proposals on the explore tab and filter by "Proposed Rule". These are the regulations that have been proposed, but not finalized. 

If you click on these, they are pretty dense, text heavy explanations of the proposed rule changes. I definitely do a lot of googling when trying to understand what I'm reading. Also there are a lot of different topics here and I definitely don't comment on everything.

This is how you make a public comment. For example, for this proposed rule:

Start a new document and write the subject and docket number. Your comment NEEDS to have the docket number for them to count it most of the time, and the correct subject some of the time.

^^ this is ambiguous, but add the docket ID and subject just to be safe, it should look like this:

Ref: Docket ID No. NSD 104

Provisions Pertaining to Preventing Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and U.S. Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern

Then address to the person at the very very end of the page. 

Scroll all the way to the end:

^^this is the person you address to. 

Then introduce yourself. If you have experience related to the proposed rule, talk about that. For rules related to the environment and public health I say that I'm a geologist with a master's degree and I work in environmental remediation. Otherwise, I just say I'm a concerned citizen. 

Then I say hey I agree/ disagree with this proposed rule and here's why. Oftentimes there will be lists that the federal agency is asking for specific feedback on.

Commenting on these will have a lot of impact. 

Here's an example comment I forgot to post for a rule regarding methane emissions in the oil and gas industry:

Administrator Michael Regan The United States Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460

Ref: Docket ID No. __ Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems Dear Administrator Regan, My name is __ and I am writing to you as a geologist and graduate of ___.  I currently work in ____. Thank you for your interest in reducing methane pollution, which I believe to be one of the most important aspects in reducing the harm caused by the climate crisis. Within the short term, methane is a much more powerful force of global warming than carbon dioxide. It breaks down faster than carbon dioxide— but it traps significantly more heat that should be bouncing back into space. When scientists talk about taking our foot off the gas pedal in regards to the climate crisis, methane is at the forefront of our minds. Natural gas is often proposed as a solution to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions (since it produces less carbon dioxide than coal plants), but these methane leaks are a serious threat to public health. Not only is methane hazardous, it’s ability to cause short-term superheating is contributing to the rapid increase in wildfires within the U.S. and globally, further degrading air quality. Last summer in NYC skies were orange, caused by ash from Canadian wildfires. As someone who sets up air monitoring equipment every day to ensure the surrounding community is not impacted from the disposal of hazardous waste, I have a unique opportunity to see on a day-to-day basis how air quality is degrading. I strongly support the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed waste emissions charge. For EPA’s implementation of the fee to fulfill Congress’s goals, the final regulation must continue to include key requirements including: ·       Regulatory compliance exemptions must only become available after final standards and plans are in effect in all states and that these plans are at least as strong as the EPA's 202 methane emissions proposal. Operators filing for exemption must also demonstrate full compliance across their facilities; ·       Strong and clear criteria must remain in place for operators seeking an exemption based on unreasonable permitting delays; ·       When operators seek an exemption for plugged wells, they must clearly demonstrate that their wells have been properly plugged and are no longer polluting; ·       Transparent calculations and methodologies to accurately determine an owner or operator’s net emissions; and ·       Strong verification protocols so that fee obligations accurately reflect reported emissions and that exemptions are only available once the conditions Congress set forth are met. I urge the EPA to quickly finalize this proposal with limited flaring, strengthened emissions standards for storage tanks, and a pathway for enhanced community monitoring. Thank you, ___________

And then paste your comment in or upload a document and submit! You will be asked to provide your name and address. Also the FCC will only take comments on their website, but the proposed rule will be posted on the federal regulations website I put above and they should have a link to the FCC website within that post. 

[petricorah]

what should i draw this weekend

[moeblob]

A lil guy !

[unpretty]

what does that even meeeeeean

[ceeejus]

INSIDE BASEBALL, a big compilation of sketchbook stuff from 2021-2024, is now available! it's 116 pages, got stuff from my sketchbooks, abandoned digital files, and some process sketch stuff too. includes fandom (ace attorney, genshin, hsr, etc...) and also a bunch of observational drawing/misc stuff as well.

you can get it as a physical book HERE or as a digital pdf HERE!

[bedupolker]

what happened to limerance and lust part 1? it seems to be a dead link.

oops it seems to have completely vanished and I won't be back to my computer for another two months. Bummer, sorry!

Edit: ITS BEEN FOUND!!!!

[teashay]

[muffinlance]

It's Sunday. I had plans. Clean the house, do some laundry, some life admin, the gym, find a body of water to enjoy what's presumably the last hot day of the year. Instead, I stumbled across 'Salvage' this morning and I have not done anything else but read it all day. I dont even go there, to quote the ancient Gods. I have not even seen a single episode of this show. But I cannot stop reading it. It's so so so so good. But I have no AO3 account so I can only leave Kudos there. So here's my comment: ARGHHDUWHAULA THIS IS SO GOOD I WANT TO CLAW MY FACE OFF!!!

But if Claw Face Off, how can Read More Fics?

(I have 19 Avatar fics posted, if you do get an account. Only 2 or 3 for those not logged in.)

[wip]

Hi, I was wondering if it would be possible to separate more blogs coming from the same mail. Like on instagram where two accounts from the same person can have different subscription and likes.

I do not find practical how the main blog has the control of the likes and subscriptions. Especially when having two blogs mean that they're for different purpose.

I hope my request is clear enough, if it isn't, I would be happy to explain in more details.

Thank you in advance and have a great day

Answer: Hi, @charlie-theidiot!

Well, what are the chances?

It sounds like you’re describing a current project of ours: “Identities”! It’s something we’d like to do, and very much intend to do. Only we have to level with you folks: it’s a big, big project, and we don’t have the bandwidth for it right now, particularly with Communities taking so much time and resources.

Thanks for your question. Hopefully, it won’t be too long until we’ve got some news to share. We’ll keep you posted!