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Well now I am weeping...

Do you ever think about how good omens the book is about two best friends, was a project made between two best friends, and then the tv show brought together two actors, David and Michael, who became best friends?

Cause I do and it’s an endlessly lovely thought.

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Pesach Chicken:

When you have less than one box of matzah and 36 hours left...

#jumblr #pesach #passover #matzah #matzo

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I've been rolling around in Good Omens thoughts again and a gifset made something jump out at me.

This is where the Metatron is going to come undone. He's got the same binary thinking as Heaven. Good or bad. Heaven or hell. Coffee or death. So predictable.

It reminded me of the scene in S1 when Aziraphale is confronted by the angels and they tell him "it's time to choose a side" and this is where it gets chewy and delicious.

Aziraphale points out "there obviously has to be two sides. That's the whole point, so people can make choices. That's what being human means - choices, but that's for them. Our job as angels should be to keep all this working so they can make choices".

He's already arguing for humanity all the way through S1, which is a problem, but it's something he's done consistently. Not questioning. Very much, not questioning. Just... offering suggestions. So this isn't news. He's even made these kind of suggestions to the Metatron before, so not new.

At the end of S1, Crowley points out that he thinks the real 'big one' is coming "Heaven and Hell against humanity". Aziraphale has been sitting with that knowledge for years. He and Crowley have been dancing on the edge of disaster with Heaven and Hell turning up whenever they wanted, invading their space, demanding their time and compliance even though they are seen as rogue agents.

Everything in S2 is Aziraphale trying to maintain the veneer of everything is fine while still dealing with the terror of it all falling apart. The "or death" has been hanging over them the whole time. He saw the attempted execution. He's been told by Heaven that Crowley is under threat.

But the thing about Aziraphale is that he never ever does the predictable thing. Yes, he agreed to go back to Heaven. Yes, the Metatron leveraged Crowley's safety against him to guarantee it. The statement of "I don't want to go back to Heaven" turning around as soon as Crowley's safety is brought into it. Yes, he'll be the Archangel.

But this is the angel who gave away his flaming sword and lied to God's face. This is the angel who interfered in a bet between God and Satan to save the lives of three children. This is the angel who collaborated with a demon so they could have more down time. This is the angel who was swayed towards saving the world because he loves his life there and all his favourite foods and music and indulgences. This is the angel who flipped the bird and dive-bombed out of Heaven to possess a medium and fly a scooter to the end of the world.

Whatever the Metatron thinks he's done by separating Crowley and Aziraphale, he has no idea what he's unleashed. Crowley's bee metaphor comes to mind here. Angels are fiercely protective of Heaven but once you're inside? Well, that's another story. Aziraphale may look like a bee, but he hasn't been a bee for a long, long time. They knew it at his trial.

And Aziraphale can't say he didn't warn them:

"So you're probably thinking if he can do this, I wonder what else he can do and very, very soon, you're all going to get the chance to find out"

Heaven's got a big storm coming and they let it right in through the front door.

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Things Biden and the Democrats did, this week #15

April 19-26 2024

President Biden appeared along side Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senators Ed Markey and Bernie Sanders to announce major climate action. Biden announced a program, Solar For All, 7 billion dollars aimed at supporting low income house holds install solar power in their homes. The program will support 900,000 households across the country getting solar. Lower the average energy bill for a family by $400 a month and avoid more than 30 million metric tons of carbon pollution over the next 25 years. The boost in solar installation will help create 200,000 new jobs across the country. The President also announced the launch of the Climate Conservation Crops. modeled on FDR's Civilian Civilian Conservation Corps and JFK's Peace Corps, Biden's Climate Conservation Crops will be a program where young people can connect with climate projects across the country and be paid to help protect the planet. The Corps will be 20,000 strong, with 2,000 openings listed right now on their webpage across 36 states DC and Puerto Rico.

The Department of Labor finalized a new rule on overtime. Currently employers are only required to pay overtime to workers making under $35,568. Under the new ruling that will be raised to workers making $43,888, and in January 2025 raised again to workers making $58,656 and under. This will bring overtime pay to 4 million more workers and transfer $1.5 billion from the pockets of companies to workers. It also fixes to raise the level with inflation every 3 years starting in 2027.

The EPA announced a $1 billion dollar program to help replace heavily duty vehicles with clean energy versions. There are currently 3 million class 6 and 7 vehicles, school buses, box trucks dump trucks, street sweepers, delivery trucks, bucket trucks, and utility trucks, in use. 70% of the funds will go to replacing School Buses with Clean energy buses and the remaining 30% will go to replacing Vocational Vehicles like dump trucks and street sweepers. Heavy Duty vehicles on top of green house cases release harmful nitrogen oxide and fine particulate matter and replacing them will not only combat climate change but improve public health.

The Department of Interior took actions to protect 13 million acres of Alaska wild land is protected and to secure the livelihood of Alaska Native peoples who rely on this land. The Administration refused oil and mining rights on the vast areas of Alaska land as well as a 210 miles road through the northern wildernesses. This area represents valuable habitat for caribou and endangered polar bears, as well as millions of migrating birds.

The Department of Transportation announced finalized rules requiring airlines to give automatic cash refunds for canceled flights and other inconvenience. The refunds will be automatic meaning passengers will not have apply for them, prompt the airlines are required to refund a credit card purchase in 7 days, and require repayment in full and in kind, airlines can not substitute travel vouchers for cash. The DOT also announced new rules to protect airline travelers from junk fees, airlines and ticket agents must now clearly tell travelers upfront about all fees so no one is surprised by a hidden fee.

The EPA announced finalized rules on emissions standards for fuel burning power plants. The new rules include a tightening of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, requiring a 70% reduction in mercury. It also had rules protecting ground water, new rules will require coal powered plants to remove 660 million pounds per year of pollutants discharged through wastewater, and for the first time federally regulates the dumping of coal ash, requiring safe dump sites that will not leak into ground water. Finalized rules require coal fired and new natural gas-fired power plants to capture up to 90% of their carbon pollution

Security of Transportation Pete Buttigieg attended the ground breaking of a new high speed rail project to connect Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The Biden Administration announced 3 billion to support the project 5 months ago. At 218 of all electric green rail the project promises to be the fastest way to get from LA to Las Vegas. Planned to open in 2028 just in time for the LA Olympics it is the first of many planned high speed rail projects. The Biden Administration has promised $66 billion for high speed rail and the largest single investment in Amtrak ever.

The FCC announced a new rule restoring Net Neutrality. Net Neutrality requires internet service pervaders to treat all websites equally and not slow certain ones now or speed others. In 2015 under Obama the FCC passed a rule requiring Net Neutrality. However in 2017, the FCC spread headed by Trump appointed Chair Ajit Pai repealed the rules. A patchwork of Democratic controlled states, lead by California passed state level laws requiring Net Neutrality forcing ISPs to de facto keep it in place. Late last year President Biden got the opportunity to replace Pai on the FCC, giving the FCC a 3 to 2 Democratic majority which voted this week to return to the Obama era rules and protect Net Neutrality nationwide.

The FTC passed finalized regulations to ban noncompete agreements in nearly all cases. These agreements, which cover 18% of American workers, about 30 million people, prohibit workers from joining or creating competing companies for a certain period of time. The FTC estimates that workers will earn an average of $524 dollars a year more and up to 8,500 new businesses will be created each year. The new rule will still allow noncompete for senior executives who make up less than 1% of the work force. Like with the FCC, two out of the 3 FTC commissioners who voted for the new rules are Biden appointees.

The Departments of Health and Human Services and Interior have announced a joint, $1 billion project to connect tribal communities to safe drinking water. Roughly half of Tribal households lack access to clean drinking water or adequate sanitation.

At the White House The Biden Administration announced plans to protect, restore and reconnect 8 million acres of wetlands and 100,000 miles of rivers and streams. This effort will include state, local and tribal government as well as private efforts along with the federal government to protect and restore the nations freshwater environments.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced a new rule boosting privacy protection for abortions. Republicans in states like Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma and Idaho have tried to make it a crime to leave the state to seek an abortion in a state where it is legal. The new federal rule would make it illegal for health information to be shared in these cases

Vice-President Harris announced a new rule requiring staffing standards at Nursing Homes across the country. The new rules will require registered nurses on duty 24 hours, seven days a week. This represents the first time the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have required specific numbers of nurses and aides in Nursing Homes that get Medicare and Medicaid funding.

The Biden Administration Announced a $6 billion deal with tech giant Micron to bring high tech manufacturing to New York. The deal is expected to see Micron invest $100 billion in Syracuse New York area as well as build a factory in Boise, Idaho. The deal will create 70,000 new jobs. It is part of the Biden Administration's effort to bring high tech chip manufacturing to America.

The Department of Education finalized the most comprehensive federal protections for Trans and other Queer students in the nation's history. The rules also overturn Trump era rules on how colleges should handle sexual assault and harassment.

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reblog if you’re a lesbian who supports bi girls, a bi girl who supports lesbians, or if you want all wlw to have a nice day

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Does anyone else go through pounds of butter at an alarming rate during Pesach or is it just me?

#jumblr #pesach #passover #matzah with butter and jelly is delicious

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It occurred to me that Michael and David's reactions to the kiss were very Aziracrow-coded. Literally if someone asked them how their first kiss was, that is EXACTLY how it would go.

Nina and Maggie, popping into the bookshop: "So, Mr. Fell, we hear Mx. Crowley finally got around to kissing you. How was it?"

Aziraphale: OH, NINA, IT WAS EVERYTHING I EVER DREAMED IT WOULD BE! CROWLEY IS SO HANDSOME AND WONDERFUL! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!

Crowley: Ehh. It was fine. He'd brushed his teeth. Whatever. Let's go, angel.

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Oh god, why didn’t you just let him through?

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Is it just me, or do walnuts always look nervous to everyone else? (I only ever eat/but/chop them for charoset.)

#passover #jumblr #jewish holidays #charoset

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I need everyone to know that the ship Götheborg, the world's largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship, answered a distress call the other day.

Imagine waiting for the coast guard or whatever to show up and instead a replica of 18th century merchant ship pulls up and tows you to the coast.

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wasn't gonna ever post these originally, but i showed my therapist them and she said i should. so here ya go tumblr, some fuckin....my little omen (???)

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Here's the thing about Saraqael and Liz Carr: She has driven home to me just how important and far-reaching representation is. She has given all of us viewers an excellent character who is a wheelchair user who is smart, competent funny, sexy, lovable, and sarcastic.

But that's not all: she appears in canon compliant and AU fanfics (like @tsyvia48's wonderful The Sincere Way and Oddity), with ripple effects outward. And on and on and on.

I am so excited that wheelchair users get to see themselves on the screen and in fanfic, and I am so excited for those fans who don't have a wheelchair user in their life to also see Liz Carr/Saraqael on the screen and in fanfic.

This is why Good Omens is amazing.

is anyone else a saraqael the angel enjoyer ?

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Helloooooo

Here come the sun duruduru 🎶

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Elica Le Bon

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Do you have any realistic first time fics? Like kinda awkward nervous but still sweet? Thank you for your hard work!!

Hey friend, thanks. Really this is one of those categories where there could be a MILLION fics in here, but I guess these are the ones I stumbled over first???

First Time - Realistic Sex

Sometimes Lost Is Where You Need to Beby stardust_made, 14 k, explicit. John is beside himself. He’s managed to fallin love with his flatmate, and he has no idea what to do about it. Neither doesSherlock … at first.

A Fever Dreamby Sexxica, 8 k,explicit. When Sherlock slips a new compound into John’s morning cuppa, hethinks he has everything under control. Of course this isn’t the case, and soonboth John and Sherlock are under the influence of something with some veryinteresting side effects.

Tequilaand Friends by MrsNoggin, 5 k, explicit. PWP. John and Sherlockstumble home inebriated from a birthday outing for John, and land in bed. Toosweet. Slightly awkward – just perfect.

A Study in Dichotomy byUrbanHymnal, 7 k, explicit. Sherlock rescues John, literally pulling him out ofa closet. After falling asleep against Sherlock, John realizes his fondness hasdeepened to something else. Realistic, awkward first-time sex ensues later.Messy & sweet!

TheVery Unlikely Existence of a Flightless Bird in a Tuxedo by cwb,8 k, explicit. This is magic. The author takes the very topical joke that BennyCumberbatch can’t pronounce “penguins” correctly to save his life, and spins itinto gold. A bomb at a zoo has Sherlock saying “pengwings” and “penglings” as fastas hail falling. This adorable mistake has John admitting his buried love forthis man, and adorable first time, competent John and virginlock sex ensues. SOsweet. (Locked to AO3.)

Sussexby SilentAuror, 26 k, explicit. After the Fall, John continues to work throughhis anger and distrust at having Sherlock reappear after three years missing. Hefinds he keeps touching Sherlock to make sure he’s still there. After Sherlockcasually mentions moving to Sussex one day, and a series of murders takes themto the area for an investigation, they finally make the move from friends tolovers. Sleeping together for comfort, then first time gay sex for both – sweetand lovely.

TheThin Line by odamaki, 10 k, mature. John and Sherlock findthemselves pressed in a wardrobe together for a case when something comes up.Slowly, awkwardly, the two admit their attraction, and fumble their way througha first time together. Awkward, realistic sex, and so much emotion. Oh, thefeels! (Locked to AO3 users.)

Fifth Time’s the Charm byEligh, 7 k, explicit. The first time John and Sherlock had sex, they were nearblackout drunk. The next few times continue to be a comedy of errors as Johninsists he’s not gay and this is all a terrible mistake. Sherlock tries todelet their encounters, but John is too deeply wrapped around his heart.Eventually, John realizes he’s being a twat, and  … fifth time’s the charm.

SomeoneElse’s Heart by thisprettywren, 4 k, explicit. A crime scene, a rainstorm, and something they bothshould have known all along. First time. Hurt/comfort.

What He’s Like bymagikspell, 2 k, explicit. Virginlock. First time, slightly awkward realisticsex. “I’m so in love with you,” John says, a statement of fact.“I will never not be in love with you.” Sherlock is so embarrassed.Talking and laughing in bed.

Sherlock Discovers“Three Continents Watson” by wendymarlowe, 13 k, explicit. When Sherlocklearns what John “Three Continents” Watson’s army nickname is for, herealizes he’s got the perfect opportunity for a first-hand experiment inphysical passion from the one person he can actually stand to be touched by.John thinks there might be a bit more to it than that.

What Sherlock Deletedbythelookyouredoingthelookagain , 4 k, explicit. Sherlock deletes all information he deems irrelevant, but John sets outto show him that pleasure is not meaningless at all.

First Time by SailorChibi, 2 k,mature. John has finally decided he’s ready to take the next step withSherlock. It’s his first time with a man but Sherlock is there to guide himevery step of the way. For a prompt on the kink meme.

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Now we know what it takes to get Neil Gaiman to say Holy fucknuggets!

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS?! O_O :)))