#dishonest headlines

[umberandmochaagate]

Finally finished my 10am-12:30pm test 🙂 and the second test isn't uploaded yet 🙃

#i passed cuz I was on that phone #doesn't negate the absolute bullshit #and why was it copy and paste from the PowerPoints #but she was acting like saying that we didn't have access to our notes was academic dishonesty #lady they're ripped from the headlines but we're being dishonest for being right #how you think Freud's defense mechanisms are right plus be a psychologist but can't recognize your own???? #when it's so CLEARLY wrong #all I wanted to do was take my little finals bro

[cognitiveinequality]

i block early and often

Hey just FYI it's an election year in the USA and disinfo is already spreading. So a quick heads up for the kids out there: check your facts. Provide links. Give sources.

In 2024 I have zero interest in engaging with any account who is either too dishonest to act in good faith or too arrogant to admit they are susceptible to propaganda.

So if you are a purported "leftie" falling for reblog bait like screenshots of headlines/tweets/chyrons featuring obvious right-wing talking points paired with some cynically inflammatory commentary from some random grayface pfp deactivated blog, you're getting blocklisted, period.

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Edit: heyyyyy... feels like some people are trying to skate thru on a technicality, so I guess I need to be more clear.

Here are a few examples of things that might lead me to believe that you — at best — don't have a full grasp of the political, procedural, or pragmatic issues at hand ORRRR — at worst — are trying to push disinformation about the 2024 US election:

If you are advocating for abstaining from voting as a protest? Blocked.

Trying to push for voting third party? Blocked (and I'm begging you to look up what happened in the 2000 election and understand how easily a similar scenario could happen in 2024).

Blaming the Biden Administration/Democrats for issues that have either been stalled or blocked by the right wing in congress or the judicial branch? Blocked.

If you're trying to convince others that "Biden is just as bad" as Trump? Or "it doesn't matter which party wins" ? Or "Democrats are just as bad" as Republicans? Block block blockity blockeded. LOL.

#mine #politics #U.S. politics

[somanyants]

Lesson in dishonest headlines:

I look at this headline and think “Okay, the university suspended both the pro- and anti-Zionist student groups. That sounds dumb, I disagree with it, but in a sense ‘nobody is allowed to talk about it’ is something a centrist institution might view as an even-handed approach.

I read the article. The “Jewish club” that was suspended was specifically Jewish Voice for Peace. They suspended an anti-Zionist Palestinian group and an anti-Zionist Jewish group. I would never consider USA Today a bastion of journalistic integrity but it seems like this headline is pretty intentionally obscuring the position of this “Jewish student club.”

#gaza #free palestine #isreal palestine #western media #propaganda

[kp777]

By Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian Opinions

Sept. 10, 2022

CNN has a very odd definition of ‘objectivity’

CNN wants to be the new Fox News and it’s not even trying to hide it. Earlier this year Chris Licht became the new CEO of the cable network and immediately made it clear that he was going to change the network’s direction. One of Licht’s first moves was to embark on what Axios described as a “Capitol Hill diplomacy tour” and others described as a Republican boot-licking tour. Licht met with key lawmakers who had become wary of cable news and promised them that CNN was moving away from “alarmist” programming towards more neutral, objective reporting.

What does that mean in practice? Well, it appears to mean firing anyone who is critical of Donald Trump or Republicans. Last month CNN suddenly axed Brian Stelter’s Sunday show in a move many commentators considered politically motivated; Stelter had been an outspoken critic of Trump and was reviled by many on the right. Earlier this month White House correspondent John Harwood was fired shortly after calling Trump “a dishonest demagogue” on the air.

It’s not just who was fired that is alarming – it’s the abrupt manner in which they were fired. As the media analyst Josh Marshall noted “The most striking thing about Licht’s firings to date is how they are choreographed for … right-wing media consumption and designed to generate mass schadenfreude on the right: the bête noires Fox has been harping on for years suddenly marched to the top of the pyramid and hurled to the ground.” Licht says he’s moving away from sensational news, but he appears to be putting on his own little drama for the right.

After purging progressive voices, Licht has just made his first big hire: announcing on Tuesday that John Miller would be joining CNN as the network’s chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst. Miller isn’t exactly an obvious hire if you’re looking to brandish your new “neutrality” credentials. The former New York police department (NYPD) deputy commissioner of intelligence and counter-terrorism is an extremely polarizing figure who made headlines in March when he testified to the New York city council that the NYPD did not, in his opinion, inappropriately spy on Muslims after the September 11 2001 attacks. Which is a weird thing to say because Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting has clearly shown that the NYPD used census data to spy on Muslims following September 11 and the department has settled a number of lawsuits related to the illegal spying.

Read more.

#cnn #news media #chris licht #john miller #journalism #truth

[girlactionfigure]

On May 15th, the Arabs who call themselves Palestinians, along with the United Nations and millions of their supporters around the world, will commemorate Nakba day. They will beat their chests, cry inconsolably, hold rusty keys to buildings that don't exist, and shout out to the heavens about the injustice of colonialism and occupation. People around the world will weep with solidarity at the injustice of what has happened to them and curse the cruel European colonialists that kicked them out their homes. But it is all a lie, a farce, a whimsical tale woven in fiction and fantasy. Nakba day, or the 'Palestinian catastrophe' is not about the loss of a land that was never theirs. It is not about the destruction of a state that never existed. And it's not about the fictitious tale of Arabs being chased from their homes. It is about one thing only - the failure of the Arab world to commit mass genocide against the Jews of Israel and thereby add another 'glorious' chapter of Arab history. Chapters that include events such as the massacre of the Jewish community in Khaybar in ancient Medina, or the pogroms against the Jews in Hebron in 1929, or the slaughter of thousands of Jews in Morocco in 1465, or the many anti-Jewish rioting in the 1940s in Iraq and Libya and Egypt and Syria and Yemen that led to thousands of Jews being killed. Now many people, maybe some with good intentions, say we must recognise the pain of their loss and show sympathy and empathy to them. We must understand them and their side of the story so that we can go forward and build a better future together. But I will not be one of them. I will not recognise that 'pain' and I will not show empathy to a people whose leaders instruct their citizens to stab you and rip your heart out. I will not show sympathy to a system that indoctrinates children to hate from the very moment they can even open their eyes. I will not show any understanding to a society that honours those who commit mass murder by rewarding them with money and murals. To me, it doesn't matter how 'upset' the world is. It doesn't matter how many 'sad' stories from dishonest media like the BBC show. It doesn't matter how many fantastical headlines the New York Times invents. And it certainly doesn't matter how many groups jump up and down and criticise and threaten Israel - groups like some church bodies who support BDS, or university terror supporters masquerading as student bodies, or naive so-called Jewish groups like Jewish Voice for Peace, or IfNotNow who know or care little about being Jewish, yet miraculously find their Jewishness when it comes to bashing Israel under the banner of some warped understanding of the term tikkum olam. Even as I write these words, the Arab 'pain' has manifested itself in the form of over a thousand rockets being launched against innocent civilians - each of them with the intention of killing innocent people. But many world leaders, who love issuing statements, are not recognizing the pain or the suffering of my people forced into bunkers, often with just a few seconds warning before the terror rains down on them. Instead, they are naively calling on groups, recognised as terrorist entities, to restore calm and respect humanitarian law, as if terrorists have ever respected any innocent lives! Yet, there are so many who want to apply moral equivalency between terror groups who set out to murder, and a country trying to defend its civilians. It is mad. It is insane. It is crazy. And absolutely anyone who has any shroud of justice or decency knows that - yet are too scared to admit it. I do not blame innocent Arabs who are trying to provide a future for their children - instead I blame their corrupt leaders who live lavish lifestyles of luxury while reaping in the financial benefits of being 'oppressed.' I blame them for manipulating and corrupting and indoctrinating the minds of all those they supposedly rule, consigning them to a bleak future of nothingness. And I also hold those international bodies who do not seek to resolve the conflict, but perpetuate it, encouraging the lies and falsifications of history of an Arab narrative that never existed, while denying Jewish history that did. So no, on this day, I will not recognise their 'disaster' at all, because their 'disaster' meant my Jewish homeland lived and that means the Jewish future is brighter than it's ever been before. That is something we should never apologize for.

Justin Amler

#Israel #May 15 #Nakba Day #fantasy #tall tale

[daveysjackie]

Based on this prompt I found on Instagram

Alternate timeline where Davey never becomes a newsie and Jack unsuccessfully leads the strike.

Jack leads the strike as in canon but after he scabs and has sense knocked into him, he turns on Pulitzer again but is ultimately arrested and sent to The Refuge. He isn’t there too long bc he’s close to 18 and the Newsies (through a more long-winded approach) “win” the strike, but with a lot of loss. During the strike, many of them are sent to The Refuge where the guards (including our favourite Spider: Snyder) hurt and abuse the kids, resulting is many of them dying before the strike is over.

When Jack is freed, he’s an outcast; no one will give him an honest job, and his time in The Refuge has made him more short-tempered and flighty, meaning that people won’t even give him dishonest jobs. His life effectively ruined, he decides that the least he can do before he dies is eliminate Snyder and his ilk, avenging his fallen boys. This, over time, turns him into an almost vigilante figure: hiding in the shadows and getting rid of those who harm innocents.

Davey is a school teacher who only graduated two years ago. He teaches all day and offers tuition all evening so night is the only time he has to himself. One day, he cant sleep so he decides to go for a late night stroll and maybe get a drink. He comes across Jack and the body of his latest victim. Jack has never harmed an innocent before. But, he’s also never been caught. So he corners Davey, knife in hand, and practically growls the line at him, daring Davey to speak up and save himself.

Davey slowly asks Jack what the man’s crime was and Jack is stunned before he lays out the man’s crimes, stalking and preying on young women leaving school and work. Neither move once Jack confesses. Then Davey asks Jack what he plans on doing next. When Jack doesn’t answer, Davey tells him about a teacher he used to have, now his colleague, who always made him extremely uncomfortable and who Davey’s always suspected of harming the younger children he teaches. Davey is no longer in danger: he has Jack’s interest. So despite knowing how dangerous Jack is, Davey lets him hide out at his apartment.

The next few weeks, Davey tries to find evidence that his colleague really is as awful as he suspects and his confirmation comes as a confession from the man himself who, while absolutely wasted while the teachers are out for evening drinks, tells Davey that his little brother was a prospective of his that he never got around to (thankfully Davey had told Les how uncomfortable the teacher made him and Les did everything he could to avoid him). He goes home and tells Jack, who disappears for a week. He returns one night a week later and the news of the teacher’s murder is the morning headline.

But over those few weeks, while Jack is staying hidden in Davey’s apartment, the two, inevitably get to talking. Davey tells Jack about his family’s struggle being immigrants and Jewish, how he was always destined to teach because is was the only stable job easily accessible to him. In return, Jack shares his failures: failed to lead the strike to success, failed to protect his boys. Once Jack has killed taken care of Davey’s colleague, the two become partners of sorts. Jack continues his vigilante work and protecting the innocents of the city, Davey offers him a listening ear, and a place to hide. When they’re caught, it’s not because Jack had killed. It’s because Davey’s (usually absent) landlord decides to come over one morning to discuss raising the rent and lets himself in, finding Jack and Davey…in bed together. Jack’s lifetime of experience avoiding and dodging the law helps them escape and when Davey realises his life is over, Jack assures him that he’ll be safe, because Jack will always protect him.

They spend the night in one of Jack’s old hideouts and when Davey wakes up he’s alone and the police are banging on the door. He soon discovers that when he’d fallen asleep, Jack had left and turned himself in, confessing to every single murder. He also confesses to threatening Davey, forcefully bedding him and using his home to hide. Jack is arrested and sentenced to death.

And Davey, “the victim of it all”, is free and clear, at the expense of losing the only person he’s ever loved.

#newsies #jack kelly #92sies #davey jacobs #newsies broadway #1992sies #david jacobs #livesies #gay in every universe #angsty javid is the best javid #javid newsies #javey #javey newsies #i wrote this instead of sleeping #why am i like this

[spaceshiphorror]

a headline this blatantly dishonest made in an attempt to slander a company for actually caring about its employees is disgusting and Spikey Bitz should be ashamed

#warhammer #warhammer40k #warhammer 40k #warhammercommunity #40k #spikey bitz

[mightyflamethrower]

The far-left Washington Post is awfully excited about an electric vehicle (EV) driving 20,0000 miles from the Arctic to the South Pole and just as ecstatic to bury the inconvenient facts about this ludicrously dumb legendary trip.

“They drove from the Arctic to the South Pole – in an electric car,” screams the excited headline from one of the most dishonest publications on the planet.

“Scottish adventurers Chris and Julie Ramsey wanted to prove their electric SUV was as rugged and reliable as a conventional car. To do it, they decided to take it on a drive,” the Post reports.

“That drive started in March on the frozen waters of the Arctic Circle near the North Pole. It ended in December, about nine months and approximately 20,000 miles later, at the south pole in Antarctica.”

“The couple … hoped their feat could inspire other adventurers and any consumers considering electric vehicles,” the Post adds. “We could have failed at any moment, for whatever reason, and you just don’t know if you’re going to make it,” Julie Ramsey told the Post. “It just proves that EVs can go the distance.”

Yep, those amazing EVs, currently stuck in what is far from the coldest of cold weather in Chicago, certainly can go the distance. Who wouldn’t want to purchase a battery-powered car capable of driving 20,000 miles in nine months? After all, such a miraculous accom— Wait. According to my public school math, that’s an average of only 80 miles daily.

Hey, maybe 80 miles per day is impressive, considering the harsh environment.

Or maybe not…

As they continued south through Calgary, Alberta, and Vancouver, B.C., before entering Washington state, the couple said they faced another challenge: unreliable charging stations. The Ramseys praised the size and coverage of the electric-vehicle charging network in the United States but said they often encountered stations across the country that weren’t working.

Maybe I’m being too cynical. Maybe averaging 80 miles daily is a way not to rush and enjoy the trip.

Or maybe not…”The Ramseys stopped to sightsee but spent much of their time on the road, nervously watching their speed and battery levels to avoid getting stuck.”

Hey, at least they made it without any special treatment, right?

Or maybe not…

Before the trip, the couple partnered with an energy company, Enel X, to arrange the installation of more than 20 new electric-vehicle charging stations in countries including Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, where they spotted gaps in the coverage of existing stations[.]

But let’s not pick at nits here. The only thing that matters is that no fossil fuels were burned during this trip.

Or maybe not…”The remote location meant the Ramseys couldn’t eschew fossil fuels entirely – they recharged the vehicle using a gas-powered generator[.]”

Do you have any idea how stupid this all is? The Post wants us to believe this is like Charles Lindbergh’s historic non-stop flight from New York to Paris. Well, it’s not. What Lindbergh accomplished improved travel, sped it up, and made it more convenient than it was before, when the only way to cross the Atlantic was on a slow ocean voyage.

EVs do not improve travel. EVs are a step back in convenience, stress levels, and speed. Driving an EV from the Arctic to the South Pole is more like Lindbergh paddling a canoe across the Atlantic. Great job, Lindy, but I believe in progress.

It’s like these stupid high-speed trains. Hey, you can travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco in two hours. That’s not progress. I can do that now in an airplane without spending a trillion tax dollars.

An EV that allows you to unplug at home, make your daily commute, and then plug back in at home… That makes sense if you live in a warm climate. An EV for anything is nothing more than an invitation to stress, breakdowns, and inconvenience.

Maybe someday EVs will become more practical, but even then, why? You power the EV battery with electricity generated by fossil fuels. Won’t somebody please explain the upside to me — other than a sense of smuggery included with each Prius?

[laf-outloud]

https://www.tumblr.com/laf-outloud/728557739097391104/so-hellers-are-upset-with-jared-fans-for-not

I’ve been to about 4 cons now, one without Jared because he was sick, and I can definitely say that it wasn’t the same. I’m a J2 fan for cons (mostly in terms of enjoying their panels together), but I like Jared more. However, I don’t think I would go to a CE con that onlyy had Jared either, because the reason I go to CE conventions is to see them both. If I want to see one of them (Jared), I’ll go to a cheaper con. Literally, the reason most fans do CE is because they are unique (Besides JIB) in that they are one of the only places where you get J2 together. They just aren’t worth the prices for just one of them. Stop the J2 model, and I think profits will suffer more.

If it’s Jared's choice to pull back on CE appearances, I get it, and I guess CE still has to try get their money and have just Jensen headline. But, they need to be more realistic about prices and they need to tell the con-goers what’s going on. They haven’t given any kind of statement, which I understand would be difficult, especially if they might get Jared for some of the ones he’s not currently announced for. How do they say, "Come see Jensen and maybe Jared"? That could just lead to different disappointments. But they need to find a way to be more transparent when asking people to re-up their gold passes because right now, they are coming off as dishonest since the assumption is that we can expect both of them to be there. They could stop announcing cons so far in advance or something.

I saw that Ohio is actually cheaper than most other cons, so I’m guessing they know for sure that Jared isn’t attending that one, or they just don’t know if it’s a good market. I wouldn’t be surprised if Jared still gets added to one of the ones he isn’t announced for yet (one if the ones that still costs the same as usual). I’m just hoping that CE won’t use limited Jared appearances as an excuse to crank up the prices when he is there, and keep Jensen only cons at the current prices.

Realistically, these cons should be getting cheaper altogether, not more expensive. The show has been over for 3 years now.

I'm sure it's a very different experience with just one J. Part of what made SPN so special was the bond between Sam and Dean, played by Jared and Jensen. That kind of chemistry and banter that translates on stage is what draws in a lot of people.

CE really needs to do better, and I agree that they don't need to announce them so far in advance. Case in point, here's a response to one person's email which makes it sound like they perhaps haven't finalized the schedule with Jared, so if they're still working on it, they shouldn't announce and sell tickets until it's finalized.

Of course, it could also be that Jared's just not attending and they're working to get possible replacements, but they don't want to come right out and say that. If that's the case, it still won't work because again, it's the J2 chemistry people want.

As for the pricing... you can bet that CE will milk as much money out of the fandom as they think they can get away with. If people refuse to pay higher prices, they'll be forced to drop them back down.

#ask box #anti creation entertainment #convention issues

[hideawaysplace]

So what did Vennesa,Freddy, and Gregory do after security breach

Gregory had never been in charge of a TV before, so he just skimped the channels, most of them were news channels, some early morning kids cartoons that were way too childish for him.

After a while he noticed Freddy was watching also, his eyes narrowing as he looked like he was trying to scan everything he was seeing.

“Have you… ever watched TV?”

“Not outside TV, we were never allowed,” Freddy replied, “We would watch performances, employee safety tapes and sometimes security footage when we were allowed. I once found an old video player and some videos, they were from previous generations of Fazbear animatronics! I must have watched this one particular one a million types, it was a black bear and he was playing a red accordion, he was playing so beautifully, his fingers were moving so elegantly, like he had trained for years, and he had such a friendly smile, it is very hard to find such a friendly face, I kept watching in hopes of learning accordion… I haven’t watched those tapes for years now…”

“Why not?” Gregory asked.

“I was caught watching them one day by the Pizzaplex manager, I was scolded, told those tapes should have destroyed years ago, they were all flawed, and bad influences on me, they were destroyed and I was told to never talk about it again, I never told anyone else about the tapes… I did not understand, some looked creepy, sure, that white and pink one did, but others looked so kind.”

“I think they were being dishonest.”

“No, they… they would not lie to me…” Freddy looked hurt, “They could not have…”

At that moment the door was unlocked, Vanessa walked in, dragging a tower of large boxes behind her, grunting as she slowly inched them inside her apartment.

“Are you alright Officer Vanessa?” Freddy asked.

“Just Vanessa, I’m going to be fired so no point in saying Officer anymore,” She huffed.

“You’ve been gone for a while,” Gregory said.

“Well I made a few stops along the way to get something to eat, I hope you like breakfast burritos, they might be cold but that’s what a microwave is for,” She closed the door behind her and took one box off the tower.

“What’s in the box? You didn’t bring the others here did you?”

“No they’re definitely too aggressive to bring here, hopefully they’ll snap out of it but I’m not sure,” Vanessa said, “I took some parts. I just need to assemble it,” Vanessa ripped into the box and pulled out a few items, immediately they noticed the familiar red shoulder pads, spiked bracelets and large paws.

“You took parts for me?!” Freddy barked, “Vanessa!!”

“The security cameras are busted, they’ll write it off unless they want the police to question why kids have disappeared in the plex. Plus you need a body to defend yourself and Gregory.”

“I guess so however-”

“However we can’t be sure whatever was controlling me isn’t going to be a problem, something is wrong in that place,” She walked to her small kitchen bench and prepared coffee, she glared over the newspaper, she knew it wasn’t today’s paper but she hadn’t seen one in a while so she was curious what had happened in the meantime.

The major headline was about a strange entity appearing at night, so nothing unusual, she flicked through the pages, seeing sport headlines, some local wholesome stories, and a packet of coupons.

She did like some deals, so she glanced over them.

20% OF LAUNDRY LOAD AT HAPPY WASH.

GET A FAMILY SIZE TUB OF ICE CREAM FROM BROWN COW FOR HALF PRICE WHEN SPENDING $30 OR MORE.

TWO LARGE PIZZAS, A SIDE DISH OF PASTA, A SIDE OF GARLIC BREAD, DESSERT AND A LARGE BOTTLE OF COVE COOLER FOR $35, ONLY AVAILABLE AT ROCKSTAR’S PIZZA PLACE.

She stared at the last coupon a little longer than usual, something about the cartoon black bear with a red hat was for whatever reason sending alarm bells in her head.

Her vision turned fuzzy for a minute and she swore she saw the words:

DO NOT ENGAGE.

“Vanessa…?” Freddy asked, concerned.

She brought herself back, she stared longer at the bear, something was off about it, she remembered something, somewhere in her mind, a dream or a memory, it was a warning about something.

She placed the coupon down.

“It’s nothing, let’s eat breakfast, then I can fix your body!” She walked away.

#Hide's Asks #Writing Drabble #Five Nights at Freddy’s #Security Breach #FNAF Gregory #Glamrock Freddy #FNAF Vanessa #typicalrevolution

[hero-israel]

I feel like I've seen Haaretz as not a great source. They seem to be extremely critical of Israel, to the point it seems like self-tokenization. I swore I heard they had a Nazi funder, but I can't remember the source or details for that. Wondering if you know anything here. For lack of better words, dirt

Haaretz has about 3-4% of the Israeli newspaper market share. From 2006-2019 they were 25% owned by DuMont Schauberg, a German publishing firm that had strong links to Nazis - you can see more on their Wikipedia page. For what it's worth, that partnership is over. "Extreme criticism" is a good way to put it, as they are comfortable with criticism that urges or excuses killing Jews, and don't issue retractions or give punishments for false stories. There are appallingly many examples, please read THIS and then THIS, and follow all the links from them too. Long story short, Haaretz seems openly furious that Israel has left their favored politics behind, and responded to this by turning into half-crazed edgelords writing the most provocative and dishonest headlines possible.

#Israel #haaretz #leftist antisemitism #Gideon levy #Amira Hass #jumblr

[chorusgirls]

𝙸𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚈 𝙲𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙷 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚈 𝚆𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝚈𝙾𝚄, 𝙱𝚄𝚃 𝙵𝙸𝚁𝚂𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚈 𝙼𝚄𝚂𝚃 𝙲𝙰𝚃𝙲𝙷 𝚈𝙾𝚄.

…  FULL NAME   …  efigenia santa-maria idella coelho.

…  NICKNAMES   …  predominantly genie, occasionally gen, g, nia, or effie. to family alone is she efigenia.

…  ALIAS   …  the white rabbit.

…  AGE   …  twenty-eight.

…  GENDER  …  cis woman.

... PROUNOUNS ... she & her.

…  SEXUALITY  …  bisexual. kinsey scale 3.

…  CIVILIAN OCCUPATION   …  dancer at gravity nightclub.

…  CRIMINAL ASSOCIATION   …  hanging man soldier.

…  NOTABLE ATTRIBUTES   …  exceptionally lean, sculpted body, which lends to a taller appearance. noticeably soft, bouncy hair - never dyed & meticulously maintained.

 …  CHARACTER INSPIRATIONS   …  wendy darling ( peter pan ).  blossom ( powerpuff girls ). janet colgate/the jackal ( dirty rotten scoundrels ).  daphne kluger ( ocean's eight ).  elle woods ( legally blonde ).  cami  ( coyote ugly ).  danny ocean  ( ocean's eleven ). linus caldwell ( ocean's eleven ).  moneypenny  (  daniel craig bond films  ). mia toretto ( fast & furious series ). 

( + ) warm, daring, lighthearted, witty, efficient, intrepid, observant.

( - ) blunt, irreverent, dishonest, informal, unconventional.

𝚂𝙿𝙰𝚁𝙺𝙽𝙾𝚃𝙴𝚂.

* trigger warnings: none.

WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF AN ANGRY GOD, mother says, stroking her hair with a pearlescent whalebone comb passed down through the ages, telling the stories of mayan gods and peoples who will not be forgotten to history. YOU ARE THE DESCENDANT OF AN ANCIENT & MOST NOBLE BLOODLINE, father says. he chucks under her chin as she finishes the last of her popsicle, catching falling lime juice with the bow of his finger. it curves around his index like a noxious light green emerald - the second on that finger. and how did nobles take their place, my girl? he asks, turning to place a key into a lock, the drawer clicking as it opens. by the tip of a sword. the remainder of her popsicle, chewed down to the last stub, melts onto the exposed surface of deep blue velvet. as it softens and spreads, the little girl reaches a sticky hand down and brushes her fingers over the gold embossing on the handle of a pistol. this is our sword. this is how we keep our honour.

you would be forgiven for not recognizing the coelho family by name, though you know their face ⸺ or, at least, the ones moulded in plasticine and paint. too many mornings to name for people all across the globe, they awaken to grainy shots pulled from security footage, sitting pretty under various headlines: CRIMINALS STRIKE AGAIN. the coelho family are the whispers you've shared over coffee, the breaking news you've held your breath for: elite thieves you've known for decades, their mark left in animal masks and figurines.

she grows up a child of illicit luxury, living in a sprawling old-mediterranean style villa, wherein elaborate portraits of the virgin mary hanging above cabinets full of tightly-packed criminal accessories - grappling hooks and glass cutters - alongside a collection of firearms hung on the wall. the oddity of her childhood rests not only in the strangeness of her family’s occupation, but in the way it would walk hand in hand with the general trappings of youth: she attends a catholic private school, only to be driven each morning in a black town-car with a personal driver; her mother teaches her to braid hair sitting cross-legged in her bedroom,are and after completion turns around to instruct her in the art of lying without raising your heartbeat; the entirety of the family sits at the dinner table each night, sharing laughter. there is no way to call efigenia's upbringing normal, but their family is. love is a coagulant that persists even through the strangest of tides.

the criminality of their family lineage began before her parents, but they choose to continue the legacy: her father, the wolf; her mother the cat. they bare children, each of their own skill and purpose: her brother the stag, resolute & unyielding; her sister the owl, wise & knowing; and finally the rabbit, efigenia, quick & uncatchable. they're encouraged into the family business not only by trade, but by operation. you'll find .

there is no king that exists without an axe looking to separate its neck from its crown. the coelho heists span decades, continents, and priceless objects, and after all that time, the world begins to close in on them. the cia has finally found a thread to grasp, and they tug until it begins to unravel. to escape the capture, the coelhos are forced to abandon their south american throne. rio de janeiro, once their personal kingdom, is exchanged for the court of another - a safe place to hide among those like them. new york, in the noose of a hanging man.

the coelho's are welcomed into the fold of the gang seven years ago and brandished as crown jewels. genie's parents assume high level positions within the organization, and the children are offered freedom of choice: to assume a life of normalcy in a new country, bolstered by familial wealth, or to continue the path they've always known. to genie, these choices are one and the same. there is no normal to her without the thrill.

𝙷𝙴𝙰𝙳𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙾𝙽𝚂.

something of a wendy darling figure to lost boys - a den mother who walks the line between nourishing and authoritative. she'll make sure you look presentable and listen to your problems, clean you up or give you a shoulder to cry on, but she takes no shit. expect a versace heel cramped down your hand if you put it somewhere you shouldn't.

has a cat named mercutio.

her family is, technically, an aristocratic line, though all titles were abolished by the 20th century.

her skills lay largely in being immaterial: persuasion, flexibility, reconnaissance, the ability to appear and disappear like a rabbit in a magician's hat. while her physical combat capability exceeds that of the average individual, genie will use every trick in her book before resorting to participating in hand-to-hand combat.

there is absolutely 0 need for her to be working at gravity. she doesn't utilize it for hanging man, and money is a non-issue. it's literally because... she's a people person?? she likes having fun??

𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙽𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂.

regulars & favourites at gravity!

tba.

#lawlessintro

[blackacre13]

Have you read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo? can you make a loubbie verison please?

This book had me bawling and singing its praises, so this is an HONOR❤️✨ I will never do TJR’s novel Justice, but here is a poor attempt:

There had been a lot of press about me over the years. Scandalous headlines. Award nominations. Rumors. Pity parades. But no one truly knew my story. No one truly knew who Deborah Ocean was. Because well, Debbie Ocean wasn’t real. She was really Devorah Mayim. But I didn’t want to be restricted to a culture or a religion or a family or a background. I wanted to be famous. And I wanted to be famous for being me.

It was inappropriate and a bit rash I’m sure to go about an interview knowing I was going to give a story that was anything but what the magazine was looking for, but even if the magazine was mad, I was going to change this reporter’s damn life. Not that auctioning my gowns to raise money for cancer wasn’t a worthy cause. It was. Most certainly so. After all, cancer had taken my reason for living away not once. But twice. But it was no story. My life. That was the story.

The young girl seems intimidated. And hell, most people would be. But I’m not most people. She has no idea that I’m about to change her life. And she hasn’t the faintest clue that she will be the first human in the world to truly learn the story of Debbie Ocean, starlet and celebrity turned recluse.

It’s easy enough to begin. The smaller parts of my story are the ones that don’t affect me so. They don’t matter as much. They helped shape who I am, of course, but they don’t weigh as heavy on or torture my soul. They’re just artifacts.

My first husband is like that. Linus Caldwell. He was nice enough. A baby face. A boring but stable job. Chivalrous. He knew he was getting more than he bargained for in more ways than one. But he had enough income that he could help me run. And that’s what was important to me at the time.

Dennis Mayim was the devil. He was volatile. He abused my mother. He abused me. And I vowed every night that I would make my way out of Hell’s Kitchen and flee the city for a life that was better. Different.

I was upfront with Linus about this. We had our fun, and I showed him plenty of it, but he was my escape hatch. My safety valve. He wasn’t the love of my life. And that made it easier than ever for me to walk away.

Linus told me he always knew I’d leave him for another man, and that was true. But it wasn’t for love. It was for fame. And I’d never been dishonest about my goals. Robert Ryan, or Rusty, as the industry knew him, was an up and coming producer at Sunset Studios and we became fast friends. He wanted to produce films with stars and I wanted to be a star. He told me I had what it takes.

Linus was done. And Devorah was good as dead. I didn’t want my father trying to convince anyone he was owed any of my money anyway.

Claude was Rusty’s idea. Having a beau on my arm who was already a famous actor would only boost my star and help me on the road to fame. And I won’t lie, he was good…in the kitchen. What started as a publicity stunt turned into something real. It happened when you spent as much time together as we did. We had a lavish wedding. It was a gorgeous affair. A steamy honeymoon. And a Heaven of a homecoming. On camera at least. Hollywood doesn’t pay much attention to what truly happens behind closed doors. Especially when they can’t see the bruises or hear the yelling.

With a scotch in hand and a cigar in his mouth as he cursed at me, I realized my mistake. I’d married my father. I’d been blinded by the potential for fame and success. I hadn’t seen the yield signs.

But beauty is pain. And he was only taking it out on me because I was having an affect on his career as well. Who cares about Claude Becker when he was being outshone by his stunning, glamorous wife, Debbie Ocean? Not enough people for Claude’s liking.

It’s a relief when I am offered a different sort of role. I’ve done the sex. I’ve done the romance. I am tired of playing second fiddle and arm candy to Claude on film and in life. Josephine March was a role that would change all of that. Jo was serious. Aspirational. A writer. A leader. An inspiration to her sisters. It was going to put me on a pedestal and let me be seen in a whole different light. I was ecstatic.

The trouble, you see, was something else entirely. There are four March sisters. Amy is a nuisance. Meg is kind but dull. But Beth? Poor, sweet Beth, who falls ill and is taken from the world too soon? She could steal the show. And worse, she could steal the academy award.

I didn’t know anything about Louise Miller except that she was beautiful and talented. Younger than me. Bolder than me. And that bitch was going to steal my Oscar.

I didn’t know anything about Louise Miller except that she was beautiful and talented. Younger than me. Bolder than me. And that bitch was going to steal my Oscar.

#queue #blackacre13 #Lou miller #Debbie ocean #lou miller x debbie ocean #debbie ocean x lou miller #Lou x debbie #debbie x lou #lou and debbie #Debbie and Lou #Lou x Deb #Deb x lou #Lou and deb #Deb and Lou #heist girlfriends #heist wives #ocean’s eight fanfic #ocean’s eight fanfiction #ocean’s 8 fanfiction #ocean’s 8 fanfic #evelyn hugo #celia st james #evelyn x celia #celia x evelyn #the seven husbands of evelyn hugo #the 7 husbands of Evelyn hugo #Harry cameron #Dennis ocean #Danny ocean #Rusty Ryan

[thelensofyashunews]

wolfacejoeyy Gets Flirty On Double Single “cake” / “don’t be dishonest”

Infusing his infectious personality into a unique blend of sounds, wolfacejoeyy is well on his way to rap stardom. Ready to take his career to the next level, the 21-year-old artist shares “cake” / “don’t be dishonest,” a double single, plus a music video for “cake.” Joeyy has been teasing the highly-anticipated tracks on socials, generating over 160K combined views and over 6.5K creations on TikTok.

Leading off the two-pack is “cake,” a sexy drill anthem that finds Joeyy admiring the effect his girl has on him: “I told her she sexy, she said peroid, purr.” While fear of heartbreak prevents him from giving her his whole heart, he expresses his desire to spend time with her and his confidence that he can make this happen. "cake" arrives with a brand new music video, in which Joeyy retreats to a swanky Manhattan hotel room with several beauitful women for a playful pillow fight.

The second single “don’t be dishonest” continues Joeyy’s love-struck vibe, leaning more into sensual production and silky background vocals, as he remains confident as ever in his ability to win over any girl that he chooses. Wasting no time playing games, he asks his girl to step back and see the truth:“Baby let’s be honest / Everytime we had a problem baby girl I solved it / Treat you better than your ex you know I promise.” Joeyy premiered “don’t be dishonest” in a From the Block performance last week, building even more hype for the long-awaited track.

The “cake” / “don’t be dishonest” double single arrives as wolfacejoeyy’s second release of the year, following up “wya,” his high-energy January single (177k streams), and comes hot on the heels of his inclusion on Complex’s list of Rappers to Watch in 2024. “Wya” and “don’t be dishonest”/”cake” arrive after a breakout 2023 for the young rapper, in which he partnered with producer Whereis22 (aka the actor Michael Rainey Jr., from POWER on Starz), on the acclaimed EP 22Joeyy. The album featured the single “weekend” ft. Cash Cobain & Chow Lee, acclaimed by Pitchfork, and additional guest spots from SoFaygo and B-Lovee. Joeyy discussed the project in an interview with BET, and a profile in HYPEBEAST that came out earlier this month.

After the success of 22Joeyy and a tour slot opening for Eem Triplin, and a headlining show just this weekend at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn, Joeyy enters 2024 with a head of steam. Stay tuned for much more music from Joeyy in the near future.

Stay tuned for much more from Wolfacejoeyy this year!

#wolfacejoeyy #cake #don't be dishonest #staten island artist #staten island rapper #staten island #ny drill music #sexy drill #sex drill #music #soundcloud #youtube #artist #spotify #musician #rapper #culture #rap #Youtube #Spotify

[samueldays]

Several bluecheka started impersonating Elon Musk on Twitter to make some kind of point about misinformation and verification, so Twitter started suspending them. Impersonation is against the Twitter rules, and has been since before Musk bought it.

The privileged class felt that equality before the law was oppression. Indeed, some even thought it was fascism!

You wouldn't know a fascist if he danced naked in front of you, Lindsey.

Unlike one of my mutuals, I do not stan Elon Musk per se, but I respect him for having the right enemies. Musk's acquisition of Twitter really is pissing off a lot of shitty people, and they are making a lot of shitty complaints.

Some of the most blatant, IMO, are the complaints that Musk's changes might allow people to spout misinformation/disinformation on Twitter, particularly disinformation from the cover of a bluecheck -- but that was already a deeply entrenched problem coming from inside the house.

To recap: Olbermann is lying, Olbermann is lying about an important topic, Olbermann is lying in an unambiguously verifiable way, Olbermann continues to lie after being corrected several times, and to cap it off, Olbermann exists in a misinformation ecosystem of journalists and the like who have the gall to boast about their commitment to honesty and fact-checking, and award each other prizes about it.

That's the sort of aggravated misinformation which was on Twitter long before Musk, from verified sources, and it wasn't taken down.

May God strike them all with cancer of the tongue for the abuse they have put the gift of speech to.

In addition to the ones being projectively dishonest about misinformation, there's quite a few other general types:

The innumerate: "Musk could have used his money to solve world hunger!" No, he couldn't, that is the sort of nonsense believed by idiots for whom numbers over a billion are interchangeable with infinity.

The kafkatrapping: "Isn't it a bit fishy that you feel the need to write so much in defense of Elon Musk?" No. That is a wicked form of argument.

The wordcel: "Musk says he supports free speech but he [blocked me/suspended an impersonator/deleted spam email/other thing that sounds vaguely speech-related]." Do you want the Curse of Babel? Because this is how you get the Curse of Babel.

The worrying about things which already happened: "Musk might start to [revoke checkmarks/arbitrarily suspend people he doesn't like/allow hatred and lies on the platform]."

Special dishonorable mention for Robert Reich: "Musk has long advocated a libertarian vision of an uncontrolled internet. That's also the dream of every dictator, strongman and demagogue". I swear he not only said that, he got it past editors and into newspaper publication.

And finally,

The aggressively illiterate. Musk said "To independent-minded voters: Shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties, therefore I recommend voting for a Republican Congress, given that the Presidency is Democratic." and bluechecks started a circlejerk of selectively quoting each other that trimmed out everything before the first comma, everything after the second comma, as well as the word "therefore", and then paraphrased the out-of-context sub-sentence-fragment with headlines like "Elon Musk Says the Quiet Part Out Loud, Tells His Minions to Vote GOP". If you ever wonder why there's such a lack of nuance on the internet, I think This Fucking Shit Right Here is part of it.

Boy, there sure are a lot of loud idiots on the internet!

These seem a little different from the common-or-garden variety of loud idiot, though.

First, of course, is the Checkmark of Nominal Verification. C-o-g idiots generally don't get that. So many of these bluecheka are not merely wrong-on-the-internet, they are wrong with credentials, wrong about that same credential, wrong in a coördinated way about it, and recursively doubling down about the professional, verified, credentialed, expertise that bluechecks supposedly have, particularly bluechecks of a prestigious-sounding profession like journalists.

Second is a certain Orwellian-named coalition, and related coalitions like it organizing against Musk, where I have the sensation that these "coalitions" are more like... hm, "astroturf" is overused and it's not exactly "grassroots" they're pretending to be anyway. Let's go with "loudspeakers".

Loud, prominent, pushy, often sounding important and official but did you know you can just buy them?, pointless to argue with because there's nobody in the loudspeaker, the speaker element doesn't have its own opinion, there's a million outlets talking with a single voice, sometimes presenting as though it were a much larger crowd than it is, and it's indicative of a degree of coordination and infrastructure in the background that sometimes gets labeled "conspiracy".

And this framing also appeals to me because it lets me [compress/explain/predict] a lot of the complaints as metaphorically "I want sole control of the microphone." Musk has bought a chunk of loudspeakers, and the current broadcaster hates competition.

#all #twitter #bluecheck #rant #metaphorical loudspeaker

[singwhenyoucantspeak]

inflammatory headlines that imply something that is not true should be illegal. i dont care if the article itself sets the record straight. that is dishonest and irresponsible journalism.

#like sure this is important because lots of people dont read past the headline #but it also creates an emptional manipulation #that then completely changes the lense through which people are reading the article #so even if they read the whole thing and objectively understand that what the headline implied was false #their emotional response to it is already engrained and THAT is what they will remember about it! #its fucking damaging to readers perceptions of the facts!