#well semi-historical ig

[schnitzelsemmerl]

Based on a convo i had with my dear child Rae:

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Hamilton: -et il dit toujours "français pas ci, français pas ça!" J'AI EN MERRE DE CEL IDIOT FRANÇAIS!

Boleyn: Mon ami, que la reine d'Angleterre te donne quelques conseils!

Boleyn: Tu voles son mari. >:)

Hamilton: ...

Hamilton: continuent

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Translation:

Hamilton: and he's always like "French this, French that!" I AM SICK OF THAT FRENCH IDIOT!

Boleyn: my friend, let the ✨️Queen of England✨️ give you some advice!

Boleyn: go steal his husband >:)

Hamilton:

Hamilton: continue

[the-malfunctioning-somnambulist]

Okay, my own Tedward Lobo boohoo post incoming, thanks to the deleted scenes. Sorry for retelling the plot ig.

As a rule, the most horrible stuff in a movie happens to comic relief characters (looking at Kevin, the "he can control rats with his mind" guy). And "Renfield" is a horror (!) comedy (!!), which makes things worse.

Teddy's family and, on a larger scale, the city itself is a rather closed system. And in this environment the only way to prove oneself is the kind of violence Teddy can't stomach. The deleted scene with him and Mandy downstairs makes it clear that Mandy is Bellafrancesca's favourite, the one who will probably inherit the empire because she /is/ ready to go far enough (regardless of if she's been conditioned or if she's just that brand of Weird Little Girl TM). Maybe Teddy has been behind the white curtain too and knows he'd rather not step in there again.

And yes, he tries to prove himself in small ways (like terrifying one specific cop), but the existence of Mandy as viable competition explains why he's always that high, why he brags so much, why he desperately wants to be taken seriously by Rebecca: he knows he's lost the family game. He's smart enough to know he's a failed cause, and he tries to drown that out and be more of a clown than he actually is because that feels safe. Because from this underachiever clown position you can still sometimes surprise people with your Lobo ruthlessness and feel, for a moment, that you're enough.

He can be a decent talker, and he probably thinks it's his strong side, because he constantly uses that as self-defense with his mom, Rebecca, and especially with Dracula to buy some time or soften the blow. That's the behaviour of someone who considers himself bad at /doing/ stuff. He really has internalized it.

But then there's Dracula and Renfield's divorce.

Dracula is historically the kind of villain who draws on the subconscious and brings out the worst in people. Cage's Dracula is less of a symbol and has quite a lot of personality, but everyone around still projects their insecurities onto him: Renfield knows he's not a good person and chooses to blame Dracula for all of that, and Teddy ends up as ""susceptible"" to Dracula's powers not because his mind is actually weaker or whatever (god that whole piece of lore was so antisemitic). Teddy simply gives himself up to Dracula because he already thinks he's worthless.  As in, worthless by himself, only good for someone else's business, a husk that doesn't stop being a husk because it was filled. It's a semi-conscious choice, but not a character flaw like Renfield's commitment issues. Teddy is less in it for the powers of a familiar (but sure, let's just call a visibly Jewish guy "greedy") and more for the security of being and /doing/ enough instead of just crashing and burning and bullshitting his way through life.

And again, Dracula is someone to whom you prove yourself with violence, as Renfield has done over the years while bringing him victims. And again, Teddy fails and gets killed in a pretty horrific way, played for coolness like a fighting game fatality hit. He can't be enough for the system he lives in, and he can't escape it even by giving his loyalty to an outsider (which he was genuinely ready to do because his mom's ally is his ally), and this internal conflict kills Teddy even before Bobby does.

But with all that insecurity going on, Teddy is loved, if in a condescending way - and he KNOWS that he's loved. One deleted scene that hurt to see was the moment when Teddy returns to the Lobo mansion and everyone is overjoyed, not just because of the money he throws around but because, well, he's still part of the family, their lovable doofus and the life and soul of their parties. And he strolls upstairs, confident that his mother will welcome him - and hearing the opposite actually comes as a surprise. He is loved, but not /trusted/ in the way Mandy is. He is not respected. Maybe if there was no love, he'd have a chance at leaving, but to those who love him, Teddy is loyal to the death where Renfield is a cheater trying to make his former family into a sob story for Rebecca.

Teddy's tragedy is that he could thrive and just be a fun dude in a different environment but he cannot see himself in any other context. He desperately affirms, again and again, "I'm Teddy fucking Lobo!" - both claiming he's a valid member of the family and announcing himself as a person. Except even in this case he doesn't use his full name, doesn't own its ridiculousness - he lacks the self-confidence for that. Always a Teddy, never a grown-up Tedward. Always a son, never the head of the household. From Bella to Mandy, the Lobo family might well be turning into a matriarchy anyway.

Tragedy is always about a person in the wrong circumstances, and this is highlighted by the yin yang thing: Teddy wants to inspire fear instead of pity, and Renfield wants to inspire pity instead of fear. Teddy wants to pretend he has more agency than he does, and Renfield wants to pretend he had less agency than he did. Teddy could probably enjoy some normal parties with no bloodshed involved, and Renfield could fit right into the Lobo family with his habit of self-righteously terrifying and dismembering those he kills/brings to Dracula (mind you, Dracula himself never mutilates the bodies that much, he usually does the bare minimun to kill a person).

It's all just kinda sad.

tl;dr Teddy makes himself more obnoxious on purpose because he's the loser older brother in a society he doesn't fit into and he knows it and copes through aggressive clowning but cannot get out except in death.

[deadrosencrantz]

doctor who actually making the 19 year old companions act like 19 year olds has been an extremely good move. as a current 19 year old in the U.K., i feel like i'm at least a decent judge of this?

i mostly wanna talk about ryan because i think he's more the type of person I am, yaz also feels real to me but i guess i'll leave that to someone else

so! things about ryan that make me believe he's a dorky loser of my age despite tosin cole being a Real grown-up

he makes vlogs nobody watches

re-friends yaz, gently bullies her ("you just went way down in my opinion, he was punching above his weight")

WHERES THE RELOAD WHEREDS THE RELOAD AAAAAAAAAAA

(but negative points for making him reference call of duty when any REAL 19 year old boy would have referenced halo, ffs the weapons looked straight out of the covenant armoury)

(i assume he was simplifying himself for the benefit of graham who is only capable of remembering 1 (one) video game)

"did you just accidentally pay me a compliment?" "................whatever"

quiet frustration with a baby boomer for trying to force a connection, obvious differences in the way they communicate driving a wedge between them

uses social media and the internet and cares about his phone and nobody around him is a bitch about it because of course he does (i mention this because there's so much TV out there that can't resist taking a cheap shot at "tech-obsessed" youths whenever possible)

emotionally affected by tragedy, desire to respect the dead ("he knew he could die but he still did it anyway" about rahul in e1). that felt like an appeal to milennial/gen z sensibilities imo, like of course compassion is not exclusive to my generation but i feel like there's a lot of young people like me really craving the kind of like, acknowledgement of the human costs of things? i think this is kind of related to

ryan being like, not Socially Conscious, but having absorbed enough life to be Socially Conscious? like big mood, is there anything more late-teens than having some great social and moral ideas but not being exactly sure how to apply them or of relevant historical contexts

he wants fairness but isn't always conscious of how the world works ("tell me you don't get hassle")

also a special shout out for ryan not remembering who rosa parks was but it's not because he's totally ignorant, he just got confused on the details and did still have a good basis of knowledge on the civil rights movement, i love that we aren't going for absolutes

well thought out deadpan humour in front of others ("good, cause i don't eat them"), dorky talking to himself when alone. ("nice one ryan! THANKS RYAN!")

relationship-guruing total strangers (kerblam!) and the specific way he tells graham to shut up when he mentions ryan's similar issue

he doesn't mind when people are different! that's a big deal for the kind of teen i think ryan is being written as, which is to say, not a douchebag. he's grown up knowing human diversity and i think he's felt isolated enough he doesn't ever want to judge others? he accepts flirting from a gay man without being a lil bitch about it (i hate that i have to specify that as a positive but ykno toxic masculinity) and a man giving birth essentially without issue.

idk i just think it's nice that ryan seems to be written for open-minded nerdy kids and young people, and as a good role model of acceptance?

(semi related: i want ryan to be gay or bi more and more with every passing ep but he's likeable as a Woke Straight too)

doesn't hate his disability but has some level of frustration with it that imo is portrayed with enough nuance even in its brief appearances? and because diagnosis is easier these days i think that's a big thing for my gen, having a name for your problem for most of your life and being mostly at peace with it but like, god whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

"SILLY" PLANS THAT WORK!! being playfully judgemental of ppl for not knowing music, hello arachnids in the u.k.

what was it he said, "you have no idea how uncool you sound right now"? that was A+

his sometimes slightly awkward way of speaking, like, speaks to me, as a 19 year old with a developmental disability, and the balance of growing up/finding your feet with being different to your peers

he's used to graham being kind of mean about his dyspraxia but doesn't even really make a big deal of it bc old people just be like that ig

willing to admit mistakes but not to be teased for them by adults (woman who fell to earth, ghost monument, rosa, kerblam)

i know a lot of this is kind of projecty but like, that's what's so good about it!! ryan is close enough to me and my peers that it's possible to read him as one of us!! which is not true of a lot of media youth rep!

i CAN project onto ryan, more easily than with any other character in media

and i didn't know how much i needed that until chibz like, descended upon this show with divine providence

to be clear i'm not saying those traits are exclusive to my generation, just that i see a lot of our generalised attitude to life in ryan and that makes me happy. i see a lot of my life!! shit boi!! also i'm on the bus to uni and very tired so sorry if like literally none of this made sense, tbh this post barely even has a thesis i just wanted to write things i like about ryan

[kuyarexdelsdiaries]

A WORD FROM KRD: Tokyo 2020 Closing Credits

57 years after the 1964 first hosting, Tokyo has made it through the 2nd consecuitive hosting. Japan has hosted the Summer games in the capital once and the Winter Olympics (1972 in Sapporo & 1998 in Nagano) twice prior to the 2nd hosting of the olympiad in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Cignal, the country's leading direct-to-home satellite service in the country, which turned 12 this year, witnessed sporting events in all angles. With millions and millions have turned to Cignal and its prepaid counterpart Satlite for news, sports, entertainment, and more; the MVP-owned pay television service, along with telecom giants PLDT and Smart, and Terrestrial broadcasters TV5 Network (TV5 and One Sports) forged with Dentsu, a global content provider and distributor, to bring non-stop olympic coverage to filipino audiences on satellite and terrestrial TV, and on digital platforms via streaming.

The stalled olympics pushed through this year. The campaign for Team Philippines began with 19 athletes, equaled to that of Sydney games 21 years ago. Four boxers, most in the number of athletes. Followed by Three athletes in Golf, while Weightlifting, Athlethics, and Swimming with two athletes each; and one athlete in: Judo, Skateboarding, Rowing, Shooting, Artistic Gymnastics, and Taekwondo.

Aside from the Philippines, two other nations had their historic Gold medals in the Olympics for the 1st time: Bermuda, and Qatar.

Filipinos tuned in to Team Philippines action for the entire two-week duration of the games. One by one, athletes failed. Then, only the best and strongest were prevail. Meet your Pinoy Big Four in Tokyo 2020: Our medalists who performed very well in this quadrennial meet and they deserved them the best. In this month's A Word from KRD, we will pay homage to the athletes in our own little way. Our salute to them.

BRONZE MEDALIST🥉

Eumir Marcial, Boxing (Men's Middleweight, the 1st Bronze for the country since Roel Velasco in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics for the same sport after 29 years, and 1st Men's Boxing medal for PH in 25 years)

-drawn a BYE in Round of 32

-def. Younes Nemouchi, of Algeria in Round of 16- via RSC-I

-def. Arman Darchinyan (niece of Nonito Donaire's former foe Vic Darchinyan) of Armenia in Quarterfinals-via KO

-lost to Khyzhniak, a Ukranian opponent in Semis- SD

SILVER MEDALIST🥈

Nesthy Petecio, Boxing (Women's Featherweight, 1st Filipina to win the medal in Boxing, and 1st Silver Medal for PH since Hidilyn Diaz in Weightlifting at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and a significant day in Philippine Amateur Boxing when on August 3, 1996; Mansueto Velasco settled for Silver Medal in the same sport after his loss in the Atlanta games against his opponent)

-def. Matshu, a Congan opponent in Round of 32- UD

-def. Lin Yu-Ting of Chinese-Taipei in Round of 16

(upsetted World No. 1)- SD

-def. Arias, a Colombian opponent in Quarterfinals- UD

-def. Irma Testa of Italy in Semifinals- SD

-lost to Irie Sena of host Japan in the Gold Medal bout

(Petecio-Irie rivalry now stands at 3-1)- UD

SILVER MEDALIST🥈

Carlo Paalam, Boxing (Men's Flyweight)

-def. Irvine, an Irish opponent in Round of 32- SD

-def. Mohammed Flissi of Algeria in Round of 16- UD

-def. Shokobin Zoirov of Uzbekistan in Quarterfinals- SD (upsetted World no. 1 after the fight stopped in Round 2 due to a headbutt, the scorecards of judges determined the winner with one judge tied the scores)

-def. Ryomei Tanaka of host Japan in Semifinals- UD

-lost to Galai Yafal of Great Britain in the Gold Medal bout- SD

GOLD MEDALIST🥇

Hidilyn Diaz, Weightlifting (Women's 55KG, 1st Olympic Record holder for PH in 69 years, 1st Gold Medalist in a non-demo/exhibition sport for PH in history after 97 years in the country's participation at the Summer Games)

-Snatch: 97KG

-Clean & Jerk: 127KG (OR)

-Total lifts: 144KG (OR)

(Second Filipino to win multiple medals after Teofilo Yldefonso in 1928 & 1932 editions who earned Bronze in both of the games in Swimming)

Our BIG respect and congratulations also to the athletes who didn't make it to the podium in these sports disciplines during the olympic run:

-Cris Nievarez (Rowing)

-Elreen Ando (Weightlifting)

-Jayson Valdez (Shooting)

-Margielyn Didal (Skateboarding)

-Kiyomi Watanabe (Judo)

-Kurt Barbosa (Taekwondo)

-Irish Magno (Boxing)

-Kristina Knott (Athletics)

-Luke Gebbie and Remedy Rule (Swimming)

-EJ Obiena (Pole Vault)

-Carlos Yulo (Artistic Gymnastics)

-Juvic Pagunsan, Bianca Pagdanganan, and Yuka Saso (Golf)

During the 2-week run of the Olympics in Tokyo, my IG account posted the progress of our Filipino olympian hopefuls and in the end, there were only four in the podium.

Our thanks and big CONGRATULATIONS to the Cignal/TV5 crew who flew to Tokyo to bring the coverage of the games unhampered and uninterrupted thanks to the resources on Free TV, satellite, and digital streaming platforms. To Gretchen Ho, Paolo del Rosario, Sev Sarmenta, Carlo Pamintuan, and the Filipino media crew in Japan (Dyan Castillejo of ABS-CBN, Mav Gonzales of GMA, Francis Ochoa of PDI, the Samurai reporters of Bombo Radyo Philippines, et.al.), our big salute to them.

Indeed, we saw them STRONGER in the light of this present health crisis. Without these, our moment will be useless. Faster, Higher, Stronger, Together- The new Olympic motto shedding the light of every olympians around the world. Despite the issues concerning each country's situation (including the Refugee Olympic Athletes from different parts of the world, and the ROC athletes in spite of the ban on doping and other issues in Russia), and the pandemic, it is indeed a never-ending story, and a journey for our Philippine Olympic athletes. Our special thanks go out to IOC Execuitive Board Member Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, and also to Philippine Olympic Commitee President Bambol Tolentino, and MVP Sports Foundation led by Chairman Manny Pangilinan, and President Ricky Vargas; for making the impossible POSSIBLE. A record-breaking moment: Four medals, exceeding the 1932 output of 3 medals. What a show of support for our country, because of YOU. Through your prayers and cheers, these athletes became stronger than they could ever imagine for.

We at KRD and the Filipino people are one in congratulating our athletes and our BIG FOUR for making it this far, and their stories will not end there.

Sayonara, Tokyo Japan!

Bonjourno, Paris France!

SEE YOU ALL STRONGER IN 2024!

MABUHAY ANG ATLETANG PILIPINO!

TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY ALONE!!!

[straykats]

kat talks: childhood

ie. the rest of the 14 songs on this beloved album that, as im typing this, haven't even listened to yet <3

knowhow

that is some fun keys.

okay i take back what i said above about this album being a lot more melancholic. this is very fun and debut-lucy vibes

ohhhh yeah this chorus is nice.

also there's a lot of?? ambient sound ig? like non-instrumental sounds. i think they said they're more an ambient band/use every day sounds

the bass in the (?) bridge (????) is delicious. and the instrumental break thingy god i really dont know my terminology

when unsure just add 'thingy' at the end <3

the little beatbox/drum thingy sound

mp3

AHH MAJOR RADWIMPS/GHIBLI PIANO

the build up and then softening into the vocals and then the fun little violin/bass again <3 and??? xylophone?????

this is such a fun song to skip too HAHA like. kids in yellow raincoats or uniforms and butterflies and cartoon clouds and cardboard cutout trees kinda thing. crayons and all that.

i feel like if i heard the violin, keys and bass separately i wouldnt have thought they'd go together but they do

WAIT IS THAT wait is that. there's a metallic sound and i thought it was a chime but then i thought no, more like a metal xylophone but no i think it might be.. glass? like tapping a glass??? cup?

the 'na na na' (theres a word for those too and i forgot sigh i miss music) is so fun

play

ah play, beloved. i know i've said my bit about it^^ but this'll be my first time listening to it since yesterday so i'll do a more reaction thingy than a review hehe

the piano really does remind me of radwimps?

gwangil's vocals ugHghGHgvgHVSGAmbshk,NJnjnk cries sobs throws up or whatever i love his voice

also vocalist drummers???? scrumptious concept

the interval at the end of sangyeop's part makes me think of historical kdramas??? HAHAHA but his voice suits this song so well

UGHDSBHKVNDSVS the break into the chorus makes me so AHHHH like it fills me w so much emotion

and then the way it drops off is so nice too

god i just love this song so much

THE BIRDHE TJE KEY wait im too tired i cant think

the cymbal hit before the chorus really makes it like if it wasnt there the effect wouldnt be the same

the rit out <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

10sec

first thought tarzan trashin' the camp im so sorry its the drum im expecting horns

ARGH i was expecting quaver hits for the thingy (makes sense if u hear the song and if i was comprehensive)

THE GUIATRVABFHVDSBVDS

THGE GUIATTFDBSVHJDSBD ????????????? NICEEEEEEEEEE

the vocals in this are so fun.

ooo this is niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

jazz???? idk im bad at genres but its giving me fun little lounge club bar thingy idk man IDK

THE VIOLIN. IS IMITAITNG. A SAX. god i love it here

THE RAP????????????????????????????????????????/

SHUT UP THIS SONG IS SO FUN

you & me

groovy v nice v spring wind

oh no no longer spirng winds

running alongside the river bank at sunset???

BUILDUPPPP ohoho??

OHOHO????

ohoho?

oHOHOHO????

also btw so far only play has been kinda melancholic

kids arts and crafts, yellow submarines, clipart of sea creatures. bubbles and seaweed.

seaspray against the sunset??

i;m just listing vibes/imagery im getting

i REALLY like the chorus but i cant remember the name of this beat division (?)

it starts a semiquaver before the beat drops, which means the beat is a semi/quaver long which means semiquaver 2/3 are silent which makes it feel very jumpy and like. start-y?? THATS NOT A WORD but i know what i meant

idk if semiquavers are right but i dont have the energy to figure this out idk why i didnt just say 'beat'

domino

the laughing w the distortion sounds like old tv

oooooooo this is new

what is the string/synth doing at the top omg

airplane announcement???

HOW DID THAT END UP ON BEAT THAT WAS SO NEAT

THIS SONG IS SO FUN BUT IN A SLIGHTLY OFFPUTTING WAY

like. circus-y vibes

but not in a skz/ateez way (idr which ateez song it was)

THIS SONG IS SO DIFFERENT i would not have guessed it was lucy

i cant pinpoint the circus vibe im getting from this and its really stressing me out

THE GASP???

foul

sad songs yAY

autumn evenings walking alone

oH YEAH ph yeah i love i love i love

this is a 'sing your heart out' one too @ chorus

in a feelings kinda way

whats the thing kinda glissando-ing in the back i cant tell is it a synth

anything i cant identify i call a synth

o yeah?? this bridge?? the consisten keys + building drums _ building bass

YEAH INSTR CUT VOCAL RING OUT YEAHHH

buildup bUILDUP BUILDUP

WHATHS THAT THINGGGGGG

tom and jerry looney toons sad wailing instrument sound

my warm loneliness

im so excited for this song

aw its so soft and acoustic and it reminds me of another song but icr which

lullaby kinda thing, singing you to sleep

the voice sounds very close and warm and intimate (in a nonsexual intimate way)

i can also hear a fem voice singing this

lee suhyun my love pls

VIOLIN YES yes yes yes ye sye sye vhsvs

this is kind of the 'go to sleep, dream of something nice' song

the pitz ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh

and then arco again

OH ohoh wait we're getting like

whisked away to a gentle carnival kinda thing

not a crazy clown carnival but like a magic one

how did this song so smoothly build up the instrumentation

that was so sOFT

prequel

clock ticking??

the vocals shut up im crying i love all of lucy's vocals

god the violin osunds so magical you go yechan u bring those tears

is this. . the second chorus? idk. its beautiful. its hopeful. singing for spring, for a brighter day kinda thing. summer showers.

wistful

oof the way everything jsut simmered down?????

that was cinematic fr

don't forget our night

yuh get those cicada sounds in

oh yeah this sounds like childhood

god this sounds like childhood

the vocals and piano singing/playing the same thing

RADWIMPS VIBES AGAIN

OH YEAH NOW VIOLIN AND VOCALS

it's giving me softer sparkle (the song) vibes

slight melodic similarities too?

oh this is so soft and beautiful and calming and freeing and taking deep breaths and just grounding

this has movie outro vibes

colorless

argh got 'how can i love the heartbreak, you're the one i love' vibes and got sad immediately HAHA

i think its the same chord/key

titled colourless, being only keys and voice, but it still feels like bleeding paint? watercolour, thin, dull/washed out colours but still coloured

i really loved this, despite how little i said

opening

oh i like this OH I LIKE TGIS

OH I LIKE THIS

WHATS IT GIVING I CANT PINPOINT ITS GIVING LIKE ANIME OPENING

THE OIZZICATJGOLSHVSNS

THE ABSBSSBHSJKDSABASSSSSSSSSSSS

favourite song oh my god

oh the second verse's start is nice

ARGHHH THE ROUGH/ALMOST RASPY VOCALS AGAINST THE STRUMSMDNFDS

ohoho smth fun in the bridge

THE HIGH NOTE AHH ahh placement bootiful (i mean placement in the song;s structure not the vocal quality idk vocals)

god the violin is so GOOD in this

esp agaisnt the drums/bass/guiatar

ending

why did my screen get brighter as this song started wtf type of magic shit fr

half way through and i havent said much - not bc i dont like the song im just really caught up in this one too HAHA

there have been a handful of sounds i cant quite palce and i wanna replay but im zoning out and cant concentrate on anything but sound rn

the string build up is nice

and then the silence before coming all in full crash

this song really suits the title ending

we will fly away

THATS SO SOFT

deemo vibes

oh thats GRAND

also the strings moving from left to right and now more central/evenly dispersed

lyrics about the stars and the moon NICE

disney/deemo/indie game vibes fr

nice are those cellos ugh so sexy of lucy

the pizz makes it feel like dancing on the stars

and then the [bowing techniwue i forgot the name]

god this song is so nice

grand palace, dark blues and golds, bright lights

oh??? this?? is so?? magical and grand and im so bamboozlsed (pos, so pos)

the final cadence ARGH i forgot the name for it but its GOOD and matches the song so well

you are my light

another soft almost lullaby-like one <3

HALF WAY THROUGH WHEN THE VOCAL CHANGES LIKE THE WAY IT'S?? UH????? DONE EDITTED MASTERED THINGY

BOTH EARS??? IUTS A DOFFERENT MEMBER IN EACH EAR FUCK

the ending was so soft and gentle

cant believe this album came to an end. how dare they.

overall i loved it and i loved it and i uh loved it and i would pay for overpriced tickets to see lucy live okay dont mind me. im very tired rn and that last song made me sleepy (as in it was really gentle) ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i love lucy.

i highly recommend: 10sec, you & me, domino, prequel, opening, and we will fly away. and obviously, play as well.

okay if anyone actually read this post HAHA listen to some of the songs and come talk to me!!

kat talks: lucy - play

okay i was gonna do this like one of my usual 'kat talks - song/album' thingies but i cant i was so fully in love with this song that im scared to listen to the whole album. this was a lot more softer and.. bittersweet, melancholic than i had been expecting. i'd have thought that we would get at least something like flowering or snooze. just something fun and upbeat and adventurous. but in hindsight, this.. was such a nice title for this comeback. the album, titled childhood, makes me very.. [emotions]. i'm still yet to listen to it all, but i've heard the highlight medley and from memory most of it is very soft and gentle and nothing like their prior titles. which i guess really pulls everything full circle? or, half circle. but in a good way. especially paired with the play mv, ut really does feel like this kind of.. weighed down, tired song where one, now an adult, looks back and reminisces about their childhood. i have both a lot and yet nothing to say, for i'm still kind of caught up in the song and the gentle emotions it has. yall idk what the hell i'm saying but :( <3 also i just. gwangil singing [cries softly]

[junker-town]

11 winners and 6 losers from a hectic NBA trade deadline

Every key East contender won, while Anthony Davis and the Lakers both left with egg on their faces.

The NBA trade deadline has come and gone, and the biggest names on the verge of leaving, Anthony Davis and Mike Conley, stayed put. But in the final 24 hours, more than a dozen trades rocked the league, with Eastern Conference contenders one-upping each other in a four-team battle for the top spot in the conference. It was intense.

Tobias Harris is a Sixers, Nikola Mirotic is a Buck, Marc Gasol is a Raptor, and AD is still on the table for Boston come June. And that’s all after Kristaps Porzingis went to Dallas last week. What a stretch.

Winners

1. Celtics

Anthony Davis is still a Pelican! More importantly, he isn’t a Laker. Boston couldn’t negotiate a deal with New Orleans during the trade deadline due to a CBA loophole involving Kyrie Irving’s contract, but can as soon as this summer. The path is right there for them to snag the superstar they’ve coveted for years.

2. Mavericks

Dallas made a shocking move a week before the deadline in acquiring Kristaps Porzingis from the Knicks. The Mavericks suddenly have an identity behind two European stars in Porzingis and Rookie of the Year-to-be Luka Doncic. They could be on the verge of something here.

The haul cost the Mavs an unsettled Dennis Smith Jr., who didn’t fit so well with Doncic, two players expiring contracts who weren’t going to return anyway in DeAndre Jordan and Wesley Matthews, and cap space in taking on Tim Hardaway Jr. (With Harrison Barnes off to the Kings, Dallas was able to offset some of that cash for the future and open room to eventually sign another big contributor or two.) It also cost the Mavericks two future first-round picks, which could end up coming back to bite them.

But you can’t do much better than pairing Porzingis and Luka Doncic. Should Porzingis return healthy from a torn ACL, this could be a home run.

3. 76ers

Philadelphia, for better or worse, has decided to go all in right now. Its move for Jimmy Butler earlier in the season proved this, and now, with a trade for Tobias Harris and the subsequent deal sending Markelle Fultz off to Orlando for Jonathan Simmons, they’re doubling down.

A starting lineup of Ben Simmons, J.J. Redick, Butler, Harris, and Joel Embiid might be the best in the league outside of the Bay Area, and they made up for lost depth by acquiring Simmons, James Ennis, Mike Scott, and Boban Marjanovic. (Expect them to also add at least one more player in the buyout market).

Now, the challenge is getting the pieces to fit. If they do, the Sixers could make a real run at the Finals.

The trickier part comes in the offseason when Butler and Harris are free agents, but for now, this trade should be viewed as a win for a team with a championship in sight. You play to win the game, after all.

4. Bucks

Milwaukee got one of the biggest steals of the deadline in trading for Nikola Mirotic, a sweet-shooting stretch big from New Orleans. It cost the Bucks zero rotation players and four second-round picks, of which Milwaukee had a surplus.

Mirotic gives the Bucks even more depth and cements them as the favorites in the East. This was a big, big win.

5. Raptors

Toronto got a deadline steal, too, when it shipped Jonas Valanciunas, Delon Wright, C.J. Miles, and a second-round pick to Memphis for Marc Gasol. He’ll probably back up Serge Ibaka at center, showing just how deep that team is.

6. Marc Gasol

No longer does Gasol have to play for a middling, indecisive team. Now, he gets to go and really contend for a title with an absolutely stacked Toronto Raptors roster.

7. Kristaps Porzingis

Porzingis was sick of how he was treated in New York and wanted to go somewhere that’s make him happier. Now, he gets to team up with a buddy in Luka and a franchise that has already gone out of its way to accept his brother and agent, Janis.

8. LaVar Ball

He got our attention again, and this is what he wants, so:

LaVar Ball says Lonzo is better than LeBron "He getting old"....then takes shot at LeBron's free throw shooting "He's been in the league a long time to not be able to hit no free throws" pic.twitter.com/59PisEPhQX

— gifdsports (@gifdsports) February 7, 2019

9. Lonzo Ball

He didn’t get traded, and announced it hilariously over his Instagram story:

LONZO BALL IS ON ONE SDUKFLSDHBFLKSDBFSDK (from his IG story) pic.twitter.com/sngUUqWQAZ

— Silver Screen & Roll (@LakersSBN) February 7, 2019

10. Markelle Fultz

Fultz’s injury recovery period has been a rushed and tense battle between the Sixers’ front office, the team, his agent, and his family. It’s been an ugly ride for the 20-year-old.

But now that heat is off, as he’s been traded to an Orlando Magic team that isn’t poised to win anytime soon. He can take all the time he needs.

11. Clippers

The Clippers dealt an expiring-contract semi-star who they weren’t likely to re-sign anyway in Harris, and got more than a solid return. They landed one of the most coveted assets on the market in the Heat’s 2021 unprotected first-round pick, along with Philly’s 2020 lottery-protected pick and a quality prospect in Landry Shamet.

They’ve stockpiled enough assets to be a major player on the trade market, and they kept their cap sheet clean for chasing big-name free agents this summer, too. Look out.

Losers

1. Lakers

Simple answer: They didn’t get Anthony Davis. Now the nightmare comes, as L.A. will have to compete with the Celtics and any other competitor who marches in — hi, Clippers! — knowing their offer didn’t overwhelm the Pelicans the first time around.

2. Knicks

New York and Kristaps Porzingis couldn’t get on the same page even after Phil Jackson left, but the Knicks still dealt him prematurely. Porzingis reportedly met with management to essentially request a trade, but the Latvian had little leverage to do so and won anyway. Even when he became a free agent in 2019, he’d be restricted, meaning the Knicks could match any offer he signed and keep him. There was time to still make amends, or, at worst, drive up his stock after he returned from injury.

But the Knicks dealt him anyway for Smith — who is a fine project — picks, and cap space. That feels very underwhelming. We’ve seen what little New York does historically with open room on its cap sheet, and it isn’t good.

Maybe this year is different, but everything is only OK if the Knicks can convince Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, and/or Kyrie Irving to come to town.

3. Wizards

A freak in-home incident turned John Wall’s heel injury into an Achilles rupture, likely costing him most, if not all, of next season in addition to the rest of this one. That should’ve been the turning point for Washington to sell off all its pieces and pivot to a complete rebuild.

But, of course, it wasn’t. Instead of finally having the giant fire sale that’s been long overdue, Washington did what it always does and went halfway. It dealt some key players away merely to avoiding the luxury tax while keeping others in a misguided attempt to be “competitive.”

The Wizards let go of Otto Porter Jr., a former No. 3 pick who’s been solid in spurts, for Jabari Parker and Bobby Portis. Parker is an underachieving 23-year-old who isn’t shy about his lack of defensive effort, and Portis will become a restricted free agent this summer. Washington also got a second-round pick, which was then offset by the one they had to deal to get rid of Markieff Morris for three months of Wesley Johnson.

Just brutal stuff in D.C.

4. Harrison Barnes

Barnes knew he was on the trade block, but opted to play on Wednesday night for the Mavericks, anyway. That backfired, as he was traded to the Kings during the game in the fourth quarter, and heard about it through fans on their phones in the arena. Oops.

5. Grizzlies

After holding on to Marc Gasol for a few seasons too long, Memphis got a lackluster return for the former All-Star in a deal that made the Raptors even stronger. Toronto dealt 26-year-old Delon Wright, who is restricted free agency-bound, a so-so Jonas Valanciunas, and C.J. Miles, who doesn’t fit a rebuilding mentality. They didn’t receive any first-round picks either, just a mere second-rounder.

After all that, Memphis held onto Mike Conley, marooning the franchise legend with a bunch of kids.

The franchise can’t feel good about what came from one of its best players ever, and it’s hard to see Conley’s price going up this summer.

6. Anthony Davis (and his camp)

After all that, he’s still in New Orleans — and not on the Lakers.

[societysonlooker]

Legitimate question to my jewish followers:

Ok, so I've been using this term completely incorrectly, but if I want to refer to the group of religions that all acknowledge the same/similar god (Judaism's god, or said god once or twice derived (Judaism, Christianity, and islam)), what term should I use when only refering to Judaism and Christianity in a historical context? Not to lump them together, but, well, to lump them together in their semi-uniqueness as monotheistic religions. In the past I've used "judeo-christian" to talk about the deriving of monotheism into a number of different, thiugh interconnected religions. Generally, in a comparison to polytheistic religions, or religions that are technically monotheistic but also not (hinduism, and technically Buddhism? Not possitive question for another day) I refer to them as "Judeo-christian beliefs", (and usually not talking about Islam in the same sentence because im talking about a period before Islam came into existence, or because I'll be talking about the emergence of Islam later. And this is assuming I bring them up in chronological order, including how long judaism was around before christianity was even a blip on the map).

ig my question is, should I just say "...like Judaism and Christianity..." ? I feel like i should, I just wanna check with someone who's, you know, actually jewish.

[componentplanet]

PubMed Leaps Into Pseudoscience, Links 5G, Coronavirus

PubMed is a free life science and biomedical database anyone can search to find papers published on various topics. It’s been free to the public since 1997, and it’s often referenced by people looking for recent medical studies on a given topic. Because it’s a search engine used by both the general public and medical professionals alike, the decisions PubMed makes about which content to surface in response to a query are incredibly important. Generally, the site has been viewed as a reliable way to find genuine medical information rather than pseudoscientific claptrap.

Unfortunately, that’s not as true as it used to be, as evidenced by the recent appearance of this gem: “5G Technology and Induction of Coronavirus in Skin Cells.” The paper is currently online in preprint and awaiting publication.

It makes pretty much exactly the argument you think it does.

It’s not this exact theory, but it’s exactly this stupid.

Rabbit, Meet Hole

We’re going to be talking about credentials a lot in this story, so let’s start with mine. I’m a 19-year veteran of technology reporting who graduated with a political science degree from DePauw University. Jessica Hall, who has written for ET before and has degrees in both biology and mathematics, was gracious enough to help me evaluate both this paper and several others by the various authors we’ll be discussing.

This raises the obvious question: Is an undergrad-level journalist capable of evaluating the deep and sophisticated science of a group of COVID-19 researchers? No. Fortunately, I’m not being asked to. All I have to do is illustrate how an organization that’s given up on safeguarding its own reputation can be used to carry water for conspiracy theorists and the lunatic fringe.

So let’s get started. Here’s the first sentence of the abstract: “In this research, we show that 5G millimeter waves could be absorbed by dermatologic cells acting like antennas, transferred to other cells and play the main role in producing Coronaviruses in biological cells.” (Emphasis added)

If 5G actually played the main role in producing coronavirus, you’d expect the countries with the highest 5G deployments to have the highest cases of COVID-19. The United States is the undisputed world leader in the latter category, yet our 5G mmWave coverage (and that’s the type these authors identify as harmful) is so bad, Verizon just got in trouble for claiming its 5G network is “nationwide” and was forced to change its advertising.

If 5G causes coronavirus, the worst outbreaks of coronavirus should directly correlate to the places where 5G networks exist. They don’t. They generally correlate to cities (with a few exceptions, such as rural Italy) because urban areas have always been at greater risk during pandemics due to population density and, historically speaking, the difficulties of dealing with sewage treatment, disease, and corpse disposal anywhere humans lived in large numbers.

For examples, see: The Antonine Plague, the Plague of Justinian, and the historical spread of the Black Death following its arrival in Constantinople.

Regarding 5G frequencies, the “scientists” claim: “Its[sic] frequencies are above 24 GHz, reaching up to 72 GHz, which is above the extremely high frequency band’s lower boundary.”

This is the kind of fearful wording intended to imply that the reader is in some sort of danger based on “extremely high frequency.” What it actually indicates is that scientists are really bad at naming things. Allow me to introduce you to the glories of the electromagnetic spectrum, as defined by science:

Low Frequency Medium Frequency High Frequency Very High Frequency Ultra High Frequency Super High Frequency Extremely High Frequency Visible Spectrum. Ultraviolet X-ray Gamma Ray

Remember that time you turned on an infrared lamp in your bathroom and it gave you cancer? No? Huh. Must be all the cell phones rotting your brain. The fact that all of the damaging energy known to harm humans is sitting above visible light while everything known not to be harmful is sitting below it, including 5G signals, is surely some mistake.

But this team of sciency folks isn’t just using scary language — they’re blatantly misrepresenting the actual bands that mmWave 5G deployments use. Here they are:

24GHz to 72GHz, you say? Mind pointing out where? Unless COVID-19 can literally travel through time and infect us from the era when 72GHz 5G exists, how can it possibly matter that 5G signals might one day use that frequency band?

This Is What Bad Scientists Think Science Looks Like

This article isn’t so much a scientific paper as a representation of what a moron thinks a scientific paper is. Allow me to quote directly from the authors and/or the semi-sentient Markov chain that stole their identities:

It has been shown that 5G mobile networking technology will affect not only the skin and eyes, but will have adverse systemic effects as well.

In another study, it was argued that 5G technologies cause great harm to human health. Cancer is only one of the many problems. 5G causes 720! (factorial) different diseases in human beings, and can kill everything that lives except some forms of microorganisms (12).

This last was so amazing, I had to check the citation. Here’s the opening sentence from that modest proposal:

The intent of this article is to show that wireless technology is, without remedy other than termination, one of the most devastating environmental and health threats and threats to personal liberty ever created.

Pro Tip: When a scientist declares that the intent of their article is to prove that the only way to safeguard all of humanity, as well as the very principle of liberty, is to destroy all mobile communications technology because there is literally no alternative, that person may have what is sometimes referred to as an “agenda.” (Or a disorder).

Back to the original trainwreck:

The question is whether millimeter waves in 5G technology could contribute in constructing some viruses like COVID-19 within a cell. To reply to this question, we should consider the electronic structure of a DNA and its emitted waves.

With respect — and this bit, I explicitly ran past Ms. Hall — that is not the question. The question is whether any radio wave or signal has been shown to help any type of virus colonize the human body. The answer, up until the torrent of stupidity that is the 5G-coronavirus conspiracy theory, was no. And since the 5G-coronavirus conspiracy theory is literally ascientific bullshit, the answer remains no. Viruses turn human cells into factories to replicate more of themselves. This is literally how viruses work. A virus that requires a radio signal as a vital intermediary (which is what the authors’ claim, given that they identify 5G as “play(ing) the main role”) is a shit virus.

Imagine a bacteria that could only kill you if you like Nickelback. There are not enough Nickelback fans for that to be an effective evolutionary strategy, yet there are somehow far more Nickelback fans in the United States than people living in range of effective 5G service.

It disgusts me, too, but there we are.

Let’s Talk About the Credentials of the Author… and the Publisher

Professor M. Fioranelli: Listed as lead author on the paper, Fioranelli is the EiC of the International Journal of Inflammation, Cancer and Integrative Therapy, which is owned by Omics. Omics has been heavily criticized and the validity of its publications challenged in the United States based on its poor peer review practices, its pay-to-publish fee structure, and its use of scientist’s names in marketing materials without their knowledge and consent. The US NIH demanded in 2013 that OMICS stop claiming to be affiliated with the US government or its employees.

The university he teaches at, Marconi University, has the dubious distinction of being accredited by the ACICS, a US accreditation agency so corrupt, its authority was revoked until Betsy DeVos reinstated it. Since that decision, a USA Today investigation has found that Reagan University, an ACICS-accredited school, has no students, no buildings, no faculty, and no alumni.

Other papers Professor Fioranelli has collaborated on include “A Mathematical Model for the Signal of Death and Emergence of Mind Out of Brain in Izhikevich Neuron Model,” which claims to present evidence that Cartesian duality — namely, that the mind and brain are entirely separate constructs — is scientifically valid. He’s also a credited author in the page-turner coming to a budget TV network near you: “Formation of Neural Circuits in an Expanded Version of Darwin’s Theory: Effects of DNAs in Extra Dimensions and within the Earth’s Core on Neural Networks.”

Sepehri A: Sepehri is also a co-author on the “We’ve proven minds exist after death” paper and the “Extradimensional DNA from the Earth’s Core is making AI want to kill us” paper. Mossimo and Sepehri also collaborated in a horror pitch: “Recovery of Brain in Chick Embryos by Growing Second Heart and Brain,” which is either up for an Ig Nobel or an option for Wes Craven.

Roccia MG: Surprise surprise. This individual also contributed to the “I stink, therefore I still am” deep dive into Descartian dementia.

M Jafferany: First, the good news. M. Jafferany isn’t mentioned on any of the papers above. Now the bad news:

“Awareness of Psychodermatology in Indian Dermatologist.” “Psychodermatology in Iran: A Survey on Knowledge…“

Clinics in Dermatology notes, of psychodermatology: “Although many data have been published, it appears that not enough good statistical evidence exists to support them.”

The idea that stress can contribute to skin problems is not controversial. But psychodermatology typically goes farther from painting stress as a factor and identifies it as something more akin to a primary agent. This latter idea is not well-supported in the scientific literature. (Have you noticed that most of these people seem to be dermatologists yet?)

O Y Olisova: Olisova was lead author on a paper claiming COVID-19 could be treated effectively with Apremilast, a psoriasis medication. Her proof for this? A single asymptomatic patient on Apremilast who didn’t display symptoms of COVID-19. Under this theory of medicine the fact that my grandfather lived to be 90 while smoking like a chimney means cigarettes are safe for everyone. Lung candy, basically. Tasty, tasty, lung candy.

Lomonosov KM: I can’t speak to Lomonsov’s general work with vitiligo patients, though my fiancée thought it sounded like ‘borderline pseudoscience’ and noted that he typically publishes exclusively in Russian and is self-evidently involved in authorial work with those we could charitably describe as on the fringes of the scientific community.

T Lotti: Lotti appears to have also done a reasonable amount of serious work, but she’s signed on to this 5G-coronavirus conspiracy merry-go-round nevertheless. Strangely, she’s also contributed to articles specifically addressing how COVID-19 would impact dermatological clinics and is part of a group of scientists advocating for safe practices and policies that safeguard patients.

None of these authors has the standing or authority to speak to the causes of COVID-19, and the fact that this paper has appeared in the PubMed database or been linked by the NIH is evidence of serious methodological flaws in the approval process. This isn’t science. It’s what people who don’t actually practice the scientific method appear to think it looks like.

Some of this can be excused by the overwhelming nature of the COVID-19 epidemic and the need for all scientific nooks and crannies to be explored, but even a cursory investigation into the history of the organizations and individuals publishing this work demonstrates how profoundly counter-factual it is. If you want serious scientific advice, don’t get it from people who speak and refer to grand, sweeping assumptions as though they were proven scientific fact. And if you run into any AIs near the Earth’s core, make sure to check that they remain in the usual four dimensions.

If you run into any dermatologists pretending they have the qualifications to moonlight as signal engineers and infectious disease experts outside the explicit realm of dermatology, kindly do us all a favor and tell them to shut the fuck up.

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