#Common Cause case

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Post-Facto Environmental Clearances

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has struck down the 2017 notification and 2021 SOP allowing post-facto environmental clearances. The court held them unconstitutional, reinforcing the importance of prior scrutiny under the EIA 2006 norms. Supreme Court Strikes Down Centre’s Post-Facto Environmental Clearance Regime: A Landmark for Environmental Jurisprudence In a pivotal judgment on…

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holy shit. in the scene in DDBA episode 4 where Matt is approaching Frank’s hideout, you can hear a steady beat underlying the score. Matt located Frank by his fucking heartbeat.

[obsessedwithstarwars]

Jazz makes a deal with Desiree after finding her brother in their parent’s basement. And it’s not a pretty sight.

Her deal: Desiree gets a slightly longer leash (in a matter of speaking) as long as Danny and Jazz are safe. (Or something like that. Point is, she made a deal)

I wish this never happened and that Danny and I were safe somewhere else!

There’s a snap of fingers, a bright flash, then she’s outside in an unfamiliar city with sirens blaring and people wailing as a scarecrow runs by with some sort of gas, chased by someone dressed like Vlad adjacent except all black with a weird looking bat symbol on his chest.

Not normal, but also not the weirdest thing she’s seen.

But there’s no sign of Danny.

Desiree looks at Jazz and smiles bitterly, “I never said you’d be safe together.” And disappears.

Meanwhile, Danny wakes up screaming in an alley until he realizes he is not in pain and somehow has no wounds from their parents. His screams attract the attention of a man walking by, who comes to investigate, Danny decides to go invisible right in front of him which was dumb but he was injured just a couple seconds ago so cut him some slack. It really should have freaked the guy out, but he just has an astonished look on his face before also turning invisible.

Or: Jazz is sent to Gotham and Danny is sent to Coast City. Jazz becomes an unwilling part of scarecrow’s scheme (could be any villain) and is saved by a bat (any bat, although I prefer Red Hood or Robin) and Danny accidentally showed Martian Manhunter his powers.

Could work with Superman too in Metropolis. He could pick up a dumpster and throw it at Clark and Clark would calmly catch it while Danny is babbling/apologizing for getting scared and throwing something that could have killed the man, then slowly everything clicks and he disappears, leaving Clark Kent to investigate.

(Also background: Danny has just been told he will be the future Ghost King in this and Jazz was told by Clockwork that she would have a difficult decision and a difficult future in store but that it will be good for them and for the realms. Jazz doesn’t believe in fortune tellers, especially vague ones and says so to Clockwork’s face which cracks a smile. I’d personally write it as a Hardcover ship, but honestly if anyone wants to yoink this and do something else with it, I’d be okay with that too!)

[broareweabouttoviberightnow]

Y'ALL I'M SO SORRY I MISSED TIDBIT TUESDAY!!! SOMEONE SUE ME WAGHHH to make up for it please accept tidbit THURSDAY (a lil longer than usual 'cause I'm real sorry AGH)

"Oh fuck." Dallas skidded to a halt, heaved in the fridged night air in gasps that burned down his throat 'n panted out his nose in hot bursts. Johnny froze beside him, wrapped hands around his biceps 'n dug his nails in.

They were cornered. Fuck. How had Dallas let that happen? But he knew how. 'Cause at some point c'mon just high tail it this way 'n they'll get sick of chasin' 'n bail had become duckin' alleys 'n leapin' fences 'n the sound of sirens comin' ever closer.

Johnny's eyes are sharp 'n dark 'n watchin' Dallas close, his back to the tall fence that bordered the lot. Jesus Christ. Dallas should have been more careful. Ain't no way both of them are gettin' over that. He bites his lip. Hard.

Well. Nothin' to be done about it.

He tears his jacket off his shoulders, slips it off his arms 'n shoves it into Johnny's hands. Johnny hesitates then lets out a low noise, shakes his head, tries to force the worn leather back into Dallas' arms. "Dal, no, c'mon."

"Stop wastin' time, Johnny." His voice comes out a little harsher than he means it to, scrapin' against his chest as his heart bangs away under the veins in his wrists. In one smooth, practiced, 'n worn movement done a hundred times til it was rounded at the edges, he slides his St. Christopher over his head, his ring from his finger, droppin' them both into Johnny's already waitin', upturned palm.

The sirens reach a crescendoin' pitch, wailin' 'n yowlin', the lights cuttin' long, low shadows across the lot. They were out of time.

"Dal-"

"C'mon, kid." Dallas doesn't wait for him to comply, just grabs for his ankle 'n hoists him unceremoniously over the rustin' fence. Like he was already expectin' it, Johnny twists, manages to land on his feet. The sleeves of Dally's jacket hang low over his hands 'n for a moment they both just stand there, lookin' at each other through the braided metal. 'Til Johnny can't stand it anymore, tears his eyes away 'cause lookin' at Dallas like that reminds him of Dally on the other side of chains that can't be cleared as easily as a boost 'n a well-placed leap.

Cops are crossin' the lot now 'n Dallas glances over his shoulder, haloed 'n silhouetted in the red 'n blue. "C'mon Johnny Cakes. You gotta beat it." 'N his voice is low 'n urgent 'n he wants to sound cool 'n tuff but it cracks just a lil' on the edges. But he's gotta get the kid outta here 'cause Johnny had a chance. 'N Dallas wasn't gonna let him go down for somethin' he could throw himself in the way of.

"Dal, please-"

"Johnny please." 'N then he's runnin'. 'Cause Johnny was never as brave as Dallas Winston. 'N he never would be.

Dallas watches his shadow slip away 'n sighs, bares his teeth 'n grins 'n throws his hands mockin'ly into the air. Johnny can hear his gunfire laugh crack crack crack-in' as he ducks into an alley 'n disappears.

...

Johnny clears the Curtis steps in one long leap, bangs the door open harder than he means to 'n flinches. Four heads whip around, Soda 'n Darry already risin' to their feet.

"Johnny? What's-?" Darry freezes, takes a good look at the jacket slidin' from Johnny's slight shoulders, the pendent bit between his teeth, the ring he's gotta keep his fingers bent so it doesn't slide off, 'n sighs. He abandons the plate of dinner he's inevitably just sat down for 'n snaps his keys from the counter.

"Johnny, you ok?" Soda shoves his chair back so it scraps against the tile 'n Darry winces.

"'M fine." He drops the St. Christopher from his mouth, hoists the jacket up. "It's-"

"Dallas." Darry toes his shoes on, grabs a sweatshirt discarded beside the door. "If the station calls, let 'em know I'm already on the way." He sighs again. Johnny sways on his feet, the adrenaline rushin' straight out of him 'cause Darry's got it now. Got him now.

"Johnny, you ok kid?" Soda's got his hands on his biceps now, lookin' him close in the eye.

"Yeah," Johnny heaves in a breath, runs a hand under his nose 'n winces when dry blood flakes off under his fingers, "S'ok."

Soda glances over his head 'n Darry pauses, gives him a look that levels him to his core. He was real good at those. But whatever he sees convinces him Johnny ain't lyin'. He hovers in the door a moment longer, watchin' Johnny with those ice-green eyes before he shakes his head, leans over, 'n brushes the last of the dried blood from Johnny's face.

"Y'know, kid? You look just like him in that." 'N none of them are sure that's a good thing. But Johnny just grins, crooked in the way he learned from Dallas.

"Y'know? There are worse people to be like."

[in-asterism]

cursed daughter of a blessed mother who is the blessed daughter of a cursed mother who is the cursed daughter of a cursed mother

[iamumbra195]

I hate when people talk about Ashler like it’s inconceivable to ship them.

They’ll be like “Oh, they had so much beef, they’re barely even friends.” Genuinely asking here, have you even read the webtoon if you think that?

Tyler had issues with practically everyone at the beginning, hell, most of the kids didn’t even like each other. Ben, Aiden, Ashlyn, and Logan all thought he was a jerk and he was acting like one because he was trying to protect himself and Taylor and the whole situation was stressful as hell. That’s why his character development is so good. Even Ashlyn remarks that he’s being less of a jerk in one chapter and Taylor says that he's begun to see the others as real friends, maybe even family.

They all eventually became allies and then friends, including Ashlyn and Tyler. Sure, they like to throw some sarcastic remarks at each other but that’s just their sense of humour and part of the appeal of their friendship. Same with Aiden and Tyler, they insult each other all the time but the insults that were originally meant to hurt are now used affectionately.

He gave Ashlyn a nickname guys. He gave a jokey nickname to cheer her up because she felt terrible about the fact that she had to leave him behind while he got terribly hurt, while he died. She literally started crying out of guilt and being overwhelmed by the whole situation. She cares about him and he cares about her and the whole gang cares about each other, which is why there are so many ships in the fandom to begin with.

So stop acting like anyone who ships Ashler is stupid and stop saying ‘they’re like siblings’ on every post about them. We know it’s probably not gonna be canon, hell, Red herself said romance isn’t the focus of the webtoon at all.

I don’t even like shipping in general but the TikTok fandom keeps pissing me off. Stop acting like everyone has to ship the same things as you and stop commenting shit like ‘cute edit but I wish it was Aidlyn’ or ‘They’re just friends, they act like siblings’. Like yeah, they’re not canon but you’d have to be blind if you couldn’t see why some people ship it. Stop shitting on people’s ships and let them have their fun, we all know they’re not canon.

NONE OF THEM ARE.

Anyway, that’s the end of my rant. Sorry, I keep getting Ashler hate every time I search it up on TikTok. It’s so stupid and annoying, let people ship who they want in peace and stop undermining Ashlyn and Tyler's canon friendship and character development to shit on people’s ships. It’s an insult to the characters and your ability to read between the lines.

Live, Laugh, Love Ashler.

[rigelmejo]

@earlgrey--tea you asked who learned French just by watching TV shows and I'm thrilled you asked.

Here is the paper Peter Llewellyn Foley published: Picking up a second language from television: an autoethnographic L2 simulation of L1 French learning. Looking over the paper again now, he did 1500 hours of audio-visual French material for native speakers. He read toward the end of that period for some hundreds of hours, and he talked to people in French similarly toward the end of that period for some hundreds of hours. I read the whole thing, and I recommend anyone else who's curious reads the whole thing. Because my takeaways may not be the same as another person's. The paper includes what he did, how he studied, how he tracked his study, what study materials worked best (he found children's cartoons with a lot of visuals of what is being talked about were the easiest to learn from in the first few hundred hours - and adult television where they talk about things not directly visually shown as some of the hardest stuff that he used once he had more understanding of the language).

His paper shows at least 1 person could learn French by watching shows (with children's cartoons being best at the beginning stage until you learn more words), and trying to figure out what each thing means as you hear it. He did a lot of puzzling out the sounds he heard, using context and guessing what was being talked about (for curiosity's sake he did the opposite of what ALG Automatic Language Growth articles tend to suggest people do). He did not do any reading later sometime after 1000 hours, and it's fascinating how different he imagined French spelling was based on his guesses from the sound, compared to how it is actually spelled. He did use some graded readers for learners once he was reading.

He did not look any word translations up when watching all those shows. He personally makes the guess that if he HAD looked up words, if he HAD used French subtitles, and if he had focused entirely on children's shows at first, his progress might have taken less time. But his experiment did not do that, so it's only a guess, and actual success of people who've looked up words should be referenced instead for how successful or not it is (people like r/Refold learners look up words while watching shows), and he did not use any video materials made for language learners but my personal thinking is that Comprehensible Input type lessons at the beginning stage may have worked even better than children's cartoons.

To me, his level of understanding and ability to do things lines up fairly well with Dreaming Spanish's roadmap estimated hours to do X things. That makes sense to me as Peter basically studied with stuff made for native speakers, which eventually became more comprehensible. And Dreaming Spanish is designed to be fully comprehensible to a learner, until they can comprehend stuff for native speakers. I imagine Peter had a harder time initially, but as an English speaker learning French, with all the cognates, maybe he didn't have to learn as much to cross the threshold into comprehending children's shows as someone learning a language with no cognates.

I wrote my in depth thoughts about his paper here but it's mostly just rambling.

[glitter-stained]

I promise I’m not being messy but where are you seeing the stupid posts? I’m just curious

Like most of my mental health issues, people having incorrect takes i disagree with about fictional characters i love is multicausal. I'm firmly off twitter, tiktok and, more recently, off instagram as well, so my main source of frustration is tumblr.

Sometimes it's a genius reblogging a vague post about the treatment of victims in fandom and the way it ties to culture irl and thinking it's a reasonable and respectful take to suggest we retcon stories that involve themes of victimhood entirely and not see how this would be out-of-pocket and inappropriate.

Sometimes tumblr.com does the funny thing on my dash where it sees I liked several Steph posts so it shows me a wildly incorrect take from someone so determined to hate onto Jason they'd make Steph into an asshole- and sometimes I get into the notes because I'm a masochist and see someone calling Jason a terrorist for the events of Seeing Red while referring to Mia Dearden as a teenage girl (nevermind that she and jason are practically the same age), a csa victim (several times) and Green Arrow's daughter and sidekick, but never by her actual name. Of course, there's the time I made the mistake of going into the Mia tag because (god forbid) I wanted to find art of one of my favourite characters to reblog. Honestly the mia & jason discourse made me angrier on behalf of Mia than Jason tbh.

There's also the frequent tendency of people to maintag jason hate, which comes from I believe two sources. First there's the people who love to hate Jason and don't realize it's still not a positive post for the character (i.e. "bftc is actually good! People just need to accept that jason is an obsessive little psycho, he's actually in character in it he's just evil and I love him for that, he's one of my favourite crazy evil fucked up guys :3 love how fucked up in the head he is"/ or "jason's hypocrisy is a core element of his character and that's what makes him interesting, him going after children (never mind that jason mia and tim are all in the same age range and they're all in their late teens at that point) but having a no drugs for children policy is a super important factor that gets referenced in later comics (i.e. bftc/morrison's b&e) and I love how complex and flawed that makes him!!"). And course, there's also the people who think it's appropriate to put hate in the character tag, both towards his fans and towards the character, which is how we end up with "jt fans steal the trait of being a victim of sexual abuse from female characters because of misogyny" in the character tag ending up on my dash.

I don't tend to understand fanfic as "takes", because fanfic is transformational work yadda yadda just because I don't like the characterization doesn't mean I should make assumptions on what the author's actual knowledge and opinions on canon are. However, sometimes people will write things in their author note that are definitely opinions, maybe to explain or justify their fic I don't know, which is how sometimes you'll be browsing ao3 and find yourself face to face with a fic about Morrison era Jason, a csa survivor, sexually abusing Sasha, and an author note that states "Jason Todd is a hypocrite and I write him as one". (Come to think of it, all those posts about hypocrisy are starting to make me think i'll have to make a side-point about cognitive dissonance in my personality meta 😮‍💨). So sometimes, it's ao3.

And of course, sometimes my lovely mutuals vent to me on discord or dms about the discourse they have seen, like phenomenally vapid shallow comparisons of James Gordon Junior and Jason Todd that vividly ignore how fucked up Dick's behaviour was in the only era where that comparison would make sense and hide behind a nothingburger to avoid acknowledging the psychophobic nature of their take. And sometimes, in those situations, I get so annoyed about it that, after checking out the source (because I'm a principled hater) I will vague about it myself.

Honestly I'm trying to tone it down because this blog is supposed to be fun and interesting and I know I've been pretty negative recently (probably related to my extremely stressed current situation but who knows) but, yeah. That's where it comes from.

[kojitheopossum]

Does this mean that eeltho would use proper spices if he could? Or would they be too much cause of different biology?

Btw I'm the carnivores also eat plants guy and I do agree like people! The deer in your backyard aren't just sweet little guys!! They eat other little guys! Like baby birds or lizards or hell even squirrels!

no, definitely not, like u said their different biology’s too different. that being said etho does have taste preferences though, there are some fish he prefers (mackerel and squid)

yes!!! agreed !!! it’s really interesting. also deer just suck

[beneaththebloodylake]

its a bit baffling when aa fans talk about that fan timline. not only do i have no idea when theyre talking about, but it doesnt actually really have a bearing on the games. the fans extrapolated it from one date, but even though itd technically be accurrate its clearly not something that was considered relevent to the games setting. i dont know why they put that year there but the games are really more written as set when they were made, so its so weird to fans talking like theyre actually set later

[wow-an-unfunny-joke]

Vanitas infodumping about vampires will forever live rent free in my head

[dykedvonte]

If Ulysses has a million haters, then I'm one of them. If Ulysses has one hater, then I'm THAT ONE. If Ulysses has no haters, that means I'm dead. If the world is with Ulysses than I’m against the world.

[stxrvel]

so....... what would you guys say if i said that........ ive been writing a fic...... thats not icft....... but its jungkook x f!reader being idiots in love...... friends to lovers........ with angst bc if you dont know already i am A SUCKER for angst......... and that it currently has 8k words and im just halfway through.................................

like........ what would you say.

[pati-patter]

Yeah watching protocol episode 7 and she defenitely knoows...

[itsays]

both psychiatrists being shocked i was able to talk my way out of being locked up.... yall need to pay closer attention bro i literally say phrases like "im an actress" on any regular therapy session like. i will fake sanity like a criminal fakes insanity. but better