AND the fact that they lost 1000 seats DESPITE introducing voter suppression (requiring IDs, turning people away if they refuse to remove a mask to "verify their id", putting people outside the polling station to turn ppl without ID away so it couldn't be logged who tried to vote but didnt have an ID with them) like its just embarrassing at this point
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to hell with it. another 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 for you sir if you wish
from the aftermath-of-fontenoy livesey/trelawney thing I've been poking at for the past year:
“You’ve been wounded — and when was the last time anyone has seen to it? Don’t tell me you’ve—“ But Livesey cuts him off, sharp and self-righteous, before he can finish.
“I am a doctor, and what is more, there has been no need. I am perfectly capable of tending to such a hurt myself.” Despite his words, Livesey’s tone is carefully bitten out, as if around pain, and his eyes are far more shadowed than Trelawney remembers their having been when Livesey left. The flush that rises to his cheeks out of anger is blotchy, stained rather than smooth.
“You admit to it, then. Does your family know of this? Have you…” Trelawney’s question trails off as he sees Livesey’s face at the reference. “You have not, haven’t you.”
“…you have the right of it, yes.” Livesey nods with a sort of mostly-performed apology that doesn’t at all hide the conviction in his eyes.
“But why?”
“I did not wish them to worry over me. They have troubles enough already without the addition of a son too foolish not to get himself shot.”
“Livesey, you were at the wars! God’s love, man, what did you expect would happen to you in a battle?” Staring in the face of Trelawney’s indignation, Livesey looks first confused, then mildly amused. Quite without intending it, he lets a squeaky chuckle escape him, and before long, both are laughing in earnest.
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Me, after forgetting to cut the top off an onion before dicing it: “Aw dammit”
The Gordon Ramsey that lives in my head: “Don’t worry there, this mistake isn’t going to ruin anything. No need to be too hard on yourself”
Me: “Wow, that’s…not what I was expecting”
Gordon: “Of course, you ought to know by now that I don’t shout at cooks just to do so. I do it because the people in hit television show Kitchen Nightmares are putting their services out into the public and claim to be good enough to have the title of head chef. You’re just some guy in your twenties making beef stroganoff for yourself and your roommate. I’m kind of a dick, yeah, but I’m not gonna scream at you for a minor mistake like this”
Me: “Oh….well…thanks”
Gordon: “You’re welcome…cunt…”
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VERY IMPORTANT a dam in the Netherlands, the weerdsluis lock, is directly on a migratory path for spawning fish. They have a worker stationed there to open the door for the fish, but they can take a while to open it. So to keep the fish from getting preyed on by birds they installed a doorbell. Only, the fish don't have hands to ring the doorbell. If you go to their website, they have a LIVE CAMERA AND A DOORBELL that YOU RING FOR THE FISH when they're waiting, and then the dam worker opens the door for them! I can't express how obsessed I am with this. look at this shit. oh my god.
Please check on the fish doorbell once in a while :)
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▶ capsule MORE! MORE! MORE! Tour Party Report by MARQUEE editor MMMatsumoto
▷ originally published in MARQUEE vol.71 (2009.02.10)
translation by ystk-archive
It was crazy packed, about 3200 people showed up. The place opened at 11 P.M., but no matter how much time went by, the line outside stayed long. There's no question: it was sold out. With the venue's industry-leading speaker system, capsule sounded incredible.
None other than capsule could close out the electro year of 2008, and at no other location than Tokyo's club ageHa. Although they seldom do official shows, the MORE! MORE! MORE! tour began on December 12th in Kanazawa and will visit twenty-one venues across the country until the finale in Okinawa on March 19th. And at this show, Nakata Yasutaka seemed different from usual.
As ☆Taku Takahashi worked the decks, the floor heated up. The walkways on the second level were already so choked with people that it was dangerous to dance — suddenly, the piercing electro noise of "FLASH BACK" rang out. Their set kicked off at 2 A.M. and in that exact moment, the crowd surged together towards the source of the sound (I say that, but it was so cramped that they were actually stuck). I looked up, and there was Nakata Yasutaka. The crowd was dizzy with excitement; the atmosphere was on fire. Nakata was tearing it up — it was the first time I'd ever seen him in that kind of state. He was definitely on the offensive, as if he was trying to send all the heat generated by the dancefloor right back at them. The way the music infiltrated the room, it seemed more intense. Just as I started feeling like I was at a hardcore punk show instead of a club gig, Koshijima Toshiko at long last made her appearance to "Starry Sky." The venue descended into pure madness, even up on the second floor. Koshijima started jumping around; unlike the cramped makeshift DJ booths at other area clubs, she had plenty of room to move around here. The music suddenly shifted into a killer medley going from "Starry Sky" to "Sugarless GiRL," and capsule and their audience had no choice but to go crazy.
While Koshijima started chatting up the crowd in her typical manner, for some reason Nakata kept repeating the "X" clip from "MUSiXXX," getting a laugh out of everyone. There was also a moment where Nakata and Koshijima stood with their arms around each others' shoulders. It really was a show that felt more casual than usual but also more intense: the temperature on the floor rose with the tremendous, rumbling bass of "JUMPER," and some people had to be carried out. By around 3:30 A.M., capsule finished their set with "Pleasure ground," but the two stayed behind onstage to hand things off to RAM RIDER.
Throughout the show, there were countless times where I got the feeling that capsule was warmly received by the crowd. The audience may have been a little intimidated, but they had a great time. I got the impression it was many peoples' first time seeing Koshijima in action, so that's also part of it. Nevertheless, that day I was particularly impressed by Nakata during the initial part of the show — it was the first time I'd ever seen him DJ like that, with so much passion. During the second half he was definitely on the turntables getting everybody hyped up, but I guess that first half was it for me.
Notes:
The date is mistyped on the first page; the ageHa performance written about here took place on December 29th, 2008!
Select photos in the collage were taken at the show at Zepp Osaka.
The third track in the setlist is Stress by French house duo Justice.
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The older I get the more I admire people who are earnestly, genuinely into whatever their thing is. I know it sounds like an annoying cliche but unless you're being cruel or hurtful there is really no need to be normal about things. The dude with the bad fake accent at the renaissance faire is having the time of his life. The people having photoshoots with their fashion dolls are loving it. The old lady with a yard unreasonably full of tacky ass lawn ornaments is having a blast, HOA be damned.
Don't waste your time being too cool to have fun, y'know?
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my collection of "weird social practices that are too funny to be considered rude"
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Telling young zoomers to "just switch to linux" is nuts some of these ipad kids have never even heard of a cmd.exe or BIOS you're throwing them to the wolves
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