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fireshotpteltd · 4 months ago
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Optimize Your Wi-Fi: The Ultimate Guide to Boost Home Internet
Struggling with slow internet? A lagging connection can ruin work, gaming, or streaming. Here’s how to boost home internet speed:
Router Placement – Keep it central & elevated for better coverage. Reduce Interference – Keep away from microwaves & Bluetooth devices. Upgrade Your Router – Older models can slow you down! Use 5GHz Band – Faster speeds, less congestion. Limit Connected Devices – Too many gadgets = slower speeds. Restart Regularly – A simple reboot can work wonders!
Want a smoother online experience? Try these tips today!
#BoostHomeInternet #WiFiBoost #FasterInternet #TechTips
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tsukuyomibun · 1 month ago
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An Urgent Need
Before you ask: yes, I've tried the free stuff. They either don't service my area or require you to buy a phone or have a pre-existing phone.
So, recently, I cut someone out who caused me over $700 in debt and forgot how much I needed a phone. Because yes, I did say to cancel the phone because I could get by with the VOIP I use.
Turns out, I can't. I require one in case I need help getting home, to call for doctor's appointments, for 2FA and as the backup number to my emails and accounts. I used it in my day-to-day.
I, unfortunately, forgot about this when I cut the person out.
So, now I'm stuck. I need a new one and I need one ASAP. I'm looking more at a lower-end cheaper phone which is still expensive imo but it's something so I can stay connected + get my own phone plan for a while.
Right now I'm looking at $350 to get my phone + plan for a bit until I can easily cover it on my own. I know it's a lot to ask right now, but I don't know what else to do other than this.
So, here's my ko-fi in case you want to help: https://ko-fi.com/tsukuyomibun
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batwynn · 1 month ago
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Just updating this a bit and sharing again! I’m opening up a few more slots as I’m starting some new meds/new medical equipment and my health insurance is not covering as much as I expected. ; u ;
Commissions-OPEN!
Hello again. I know the world is ending again, so please excuse me waving art around while we're all trying to afford groceries. But, sadly, I also need groceries and medication copays came back with a vengeance. As things are, Patreon/commissions are quite literally my only income due to bad health/disabilities. So, if you do have some money set aside for fancy schmancy arts, please take a moment to look at my portfolio here:
Prices:
(All base prices include 2 characters in the cost. Additional characters are $3+ to $10+ depending on style/detail.)
Prices and quick samples below the cut line ⤵️
Sketch/Colored Sketch: Base Price $28
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Basic Comic Page(s): Base Price $60+
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Please message me with any questions you'd like! I have a lot of "Do's" and not as many "Don'ts" as well as group artwork rates, commercial rates, NSFW requests, etc.
Book covers, DND groups, pet portraits, etc. are also welcome! Feel free to message me at any time with questions!
Slots as of 6/21/2025:
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hellyeahsickaf · 2 years ago
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I found an extremely dope disability survival guide for those who are homebound, bedbound, in need of disability accommodations, or would otherwise like resources for how to manage your life as a disabled person. (Link is safe)
It has some great articles and resources and while written by people with ME/CFS, it keeps all disabilities in mind. A lot of it is specific to the USA but even if you're from somewhere else, there are many guides that can still help you. Some really good ones are:
How to live a great disabled life- A guide full of resources to make your life easier and probably the best place to start (including links to some of the below resources). Everything from applying for good quality affordable housing to getting free transportation, affordable medication, how to get enough food stamps, how to get a free phone that doesn't suck, how to find housemates and caregivers, how to be homebound, support groups and Facebook pages (including for specific illnesses), how to help with social change from home, and so many more.
Turning a "no" into a "yes"- A guide on what to say when denied for disability aid/accommodations of many types, particularly over the phone. "Never take no for an answer over the phone. If you have not been turned down in writing, you have not been turned down. Period."
How to be poor in America- A very expansive and helpful guide including things from a directory to find your nearest food bank to resources for getting free home modifications, how to get cheap or free eye and dental care, extremely cheap internet, and financial assistance with vet bills
How to be homebound- This is pretty helpful even if you're not homebound. It includes guides on how to save spoons, getting free and low cost transportation, disability resources in your area, home meals, how to have fun/keep busy while in bed, and a severe bedbound activity master list which includes a link to an audio version of the list on Soundcloud
Master List of Disability Accommodation Letters For Housing- Guides on how to request accommodations and housing as well as your rights, laws, and prewritten sample letters to help you get whatever you need. Includes information on how to request additional bedrooms, stop evictions, request meetings via phone, mail, and email if you can't in person, what you can do if a request is denied, and many other helpful guides
Special Laws to Help Domestic Violence Survivors (Vouchers & Low Income Housing)- Protections, laws, and housing rights for survivors of DV (any gender), and how to get support and protection under the VAWA laws to help you and/or loved ones receive housing and assistance
Dealing With Debt & Disability- Information to assist with debt including student loans, medical debt, how to deal with debt collectors as well as an article with a step by step guide that helped the author cut her overwhelming medical bills by 80%!
There are so many more articles, guides, and tools here that have helped a lot of people. And there are a lot of rights, resources, and protections that people don't know they have and guides that can help you manage your life as a disabled person regardless of income, energy levels, and other factors.
Please boost!
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northgazaupdates · 9 months ago
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Personally, while I would prefer people use headphones to listen to music in public, I don’t mind if it’s played out loud as long as the volume is not too high.
These kinds of disputes seem silly to us, yet these are the kind of mundanities of which the people of Gaza have been denied. For people like my dear friend Ola @olagaza, existence is now preoccupied entirely with the struggle for survival, and such trivialities must seem like a luxury.
It was not always this way.
Before October 7th 2023, Ola was a mathematics teacher and graduate student in north Gaza. Her days were busy, filled with studying, working, spending time with family and friends, and occasionally finding a little time to relax.
Her days are still very busy, but now with looking for food and fleeing IOF attacks. Ola and her family are starving, and Ola herself has previously been hospitalized for malnutrition. They were displaced from their home by occupation attack, and have been forced to move frequently, often at a moment’s notice, between shelter centers. If a shelter center cannot be found, they are forced to live in the streets.
The little food that’s available in north Gaza comes at extremely inflated prices. Ola is desperately trying to purchase enough food for her family to keep them alive, but she is feeling very despondent. The physical and emotional tolls of genocide weigh heavily upon her. Trying to survive is difficult enough. But having to walk miles a day, under constant threat of IOF aerial and ground attacks, just to hopefully find enough internet to be able go online and ask strangers to please care enough about her life to pay a little attention to her story is dehumanizing. And yet it is the only way her family can find food.
You can help lighten Ola’s burden by
supporting her campaign
reblogging this post
following @olagaza and boosting her posts
copy-pasting this link (https://gofund.me/89e42c74) across all your social media accounts
Please help Ola not have to fight this battle for survival alone
Thank you❤️
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mostlysignssomeportents · 2 years ago
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Tesla's Dieselgate
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Elon Musk lies a lot. He lies about being a “utopian socialist.” He lies about being a “free speech absolutist.” He lies about which companies he founded:
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-cofounder-martin-eberhard-interview-history-elon-musk-ev-market-2023-2 He lies about being the “chief engineer” of those companies:
https://www.quora.com/Was-Elon-Musk-the-actual-engineer-behind-SpaceX-and-Tesla
He lies about really stupid stuff, like claiming that comsats that share the same spectrum will deliver steady broadband speeds as they add more users who each get a narrower slice of that spectrum:
https://www.eff.org/wp/case-fiber-home-today-why-fiber-superior-medium-21st-century-broadband
The fundamental laws of physics don’t care about this bullshit, but people do. The comsat lie convinced a bunch of people that pulling fiber to all our homes is literally impossible — as though the electrical and phone lines that come to our homes now were installed by an ancient, lost civilization. Pulling new cabling isn’t a mysterious art, like embalming pharaohs. We do it all the time. One of the poorest places in America installed universal fiber with a mule named “Ole Bub”:
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-one-traffic-light-town-with-some-of-the-fastest-internet-in-the-us
Previous tech barons had “reality distortion fields,” but Musk just blithely contradicts himself and pretends he isn’t doing so, like a budget Steve Jobs. There’s an entire site devoted to cataloging Musk’s public lies:
https://elonmusk.today/
But while Musk lacks the charm of earlier Silicon Valley grifters, he’s much better than they ever were at running a long con. For years, he’s been promising “full self driving…next year.”
https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/09/herbies-revenge/#100-billion-here-100-billion-there-pretty-soon-youre-talking-real-money
He’s hasn’t delivered, but he keeps claiming he has, making Teslas some of the deadliest cars on the road:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/10/tesla-autopilot-crashes-elon-musk/
Tesla is a giant shell-game masquerading as a car company. The important thing about Tesla isn’t its cars, it’s Tesla’s business arrangement, the Tesla-Financial Complex:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/11/24/no-puedo-pagar-no-pagara/#Rat
Once you start unpacking Tesla’s balance sheets, you start to realize how much the company depends on government subsidies and tax-breaks, combined with selling carbon credits that make huge, planet-destroying SUVs possible, under the pretense that this is somehow good for the environment:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/14/for-sale-green-indulgences/#killer-analogy
But even with all those financial shenanigans, Tesla’s got an absurdly high valuation, soaring at times to 1600x its profitability:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/15/hoover-calling/#intangibles
That valuation represents a bet on Tesla’s ability to extract ever-higher rents from its customers. Take Tesla’s batteries: you pay for the battery when you buy your car, but you don’t own that battery. You have to rent the right to use its full capacity, with Tesla reserving the right to reduce how far you go on a charge based on your willingness to pay:
https://memex.craphound.com/2017/09/10/teslas-demon-haunted-cars-in-irmas-path-get-a-temporary-battery-life-boost/
That’s just one of the many rent-a-features that Tesla drivers have to shell out for. You don’t own your car at all: when you sell it as a used vehicle, Tesla strips out these features you paid for and makes the next driver pay again, reducing the value of your used car and transfering it to Tesla’s shareholders:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21127243/tesla-model-s-autopilot-disabled-remotely-used-car-update
To maintain this rent-extraction racket, Tesla uses DRM that makes it a felony to alter your own car’s software without Tesla’s permission. This is the root of all autoenshittification:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/24/rent-to-pwn/#kitt-is-a-demon
This is technofeudalism. Whereas capitalists seek profits (income from selling things), feudalists seek rents (income from owning the things other people use). If Telsa were a capitalist enterprise, then entrepreneurs could enter the market and sell mods that let you unlock the functionality in your own car:
https://pluralistic.net/2020/06/11/1-in-3/#boost-50
But because Tesla is a feudal enterprise, capitalists must first secure permission from the fief, Elon Musk, who decides which companies are allowed to compete with him, and how.
Once a company owns the right to decide which software you can run, there’s no limit to the ways it can extract rent from you. Blocking you from changing your device’s software lets a company run overt scams on you. For example, they can block you from getting your car independently repaired with third-party parts.
But they can also screw you in sneaky ways. Once a device has DRM on it, Section 1201 of the DMCA makes it a felony to bypass that DRM, even for legitimate purposes. That means that your DRM-locked device can spy on you, and because no one is allowed to explore how that surveillance works, the manufacturer can be incredibly sloppy with all the personal info they gather:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/29/tesla-model-3-keeps-data-like-crash-videos-location-phone-contacts.html
All kinds of hidden anti-features can lurk in your DRM-locked car, protected from discovery, analysis and criticism by the illegality of bypassing the DRM. For example, Teslas have a hidden feature that lets them lock out their owners and summon a repo man to drive them away if you have a dispute about a late payment:
https://tiremeetsroad.com/2021/03/18/tesla-allegedly-remotely-unlocks-model-3-owners-car-uses-smart-summon-to-help-repo-agent/
DRM is a gun on the mantlepiece in Act I, and by Act III, it goes off, revealing some kind of ugly and often dangerous scam. Remember Dieselgate? Volkswagen created a line of demon-haunted cars: if they thought they were being scrutinized (by regulators measuring their emissions), they switched into a mode that traded performance for low emissions. But when they believed themselves to be unobserved, they reversed this, emitting deadly levels of NOX but delivering superior mileage.
The conversion of the VW diesel fleet into mobile gas-chambers wouldn’t have been possible without DRM. DRM adds a layer of serious criminal jeopardy to anyone attempting to reverse-engineer and study any device, from a phone to a car. DRM let Apple claim to be a champion of its users’ privacy even as it spied on them from asshole to appetite:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/#liar-liar
Now, Tesla is having its own Dieselgate scandal. A stunning investigation by Steve Stecklow and Norihiko Shirouzu for Reuters reveals how Tesla was able to create its own demon-haunted car, which systematically deceived drivers about its driving range, and the increasingly desperate measures the company turned to as customers discovered the ruse:
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/
The root of the deception is very simple: Tesla mis-sells its cars by falsely claiming ranges that those cars can’t attain. Every person who ever bought a Tesla was defrauded.
But this fraud would be easy to detect. If you bought a Tesla rated for 353 miles on a charge, but the dashboard range predictor told you that your fully charged car could only go 150 miles, you’d immediately figure something was up. So your Telsa tells another lie: the range predictor tells you that you can go 353 miles.
But again, if the car continued to tell you it has 203 miles of range when it was about to run out of charge, you’d figure something was up pretty quick — like, the first time your car ran out of battery while the dashboard cheerily informed you that you had 203 miles of range left.
So Teslas tell a third lie: when the battery charge reached about 50%, the fake range is replaced with the real one. That way, drivers aren’t getting mass-stranded by the roadside, and the scam can continue.
But there’s a new problem: drivers whose cars are rated for 353 miles but can’t go anything like that far on a full charge naturally assume that something is wrong with their cars, so they start calling Tesla service and asking to have the car checked over.
This creates a problem for Tesla: those service calls can cost the company $1,000, and of course, there’s nothing wrong with the car. It’s performing exactly as designed. So Tesla created its boldest fraud yet: a boiler-room full of anti-salespeople charged with convincing people that their cars weren’t broken.
This new unit — the “diversion team” — was headquartered in a Nevada satellite office, which was equipped with a metal xylophone that would be rung in triumph every time a Tesla owner was successfully conned into thinking that their car wasn’t defrauding them.
When a Tesla owner called this boiler room, the diverter would run remote diagnostics on their car, then pronounce it fine, and chide the driver for having energy-hungry driving habits (shades of Steve Jobs’s “You’re holding it wrong”):
https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/
The drivers who called the Diversion Team weren’t just lied to, they were also punished. The Tesla app was silently altered so that anyone who filed a complaint about their car’s range was no longer able to book a service appointment for any reason. If their car malfunctioned, they’d have to request a callback, which could take several days.
Meanwhile, the diverters on the diversion team were instructed not to inform drivers if the remote diagnostics they performed detected any other defects in the cars.
The diversion team had a 750 complaint/week quota: to juke this stat, diverters would close the case for any driver who failed to answer the phone when they were eventually called back. The center received 2,000+ calls every week. Diverters were ordered to keep calls to five minutes or less.
Eventually, diverters were ordered to cease performing any remote diagnostics on drivers’ cars: a source told Reuters that “Thousands of customers were told there is nothing wrong with their car” without any diagnostics being performed.
Predicting EV range is an inexact science as many factors can affect battery life, notably whether a journey is uphill or downhill. Every EV automaker has to come up with a figure that represents some kind of best guess under a mix of conditions. But while other manufacturers err on the side of caution, Tesla has the most inaccurate mileage estimates in the industry, double the industry average.
Other countries’ regulators have taken note. In Korea, Tesla was fined millions and Elon Musk was personally required to state that he had deceived Tesla buyers. The Korean regulator found that the true range of Teslas under normal winter conditions was less than half of the claimed range.
Now, many companies have been run by malignant narcissists who lied compulsively — think of Thomas Edison, archnemesis of Nikola Tesla himself. The difference here isn’t merely that Musk is a deeply unfit monster of a human being — but rather, that DRM allows him to defraud his customers behind a state-enforced opaque veil. The digital computers at the heart of a Tesla aren’t just demons haunting the car, changing its performance based on whether it believes it is being observed — they also allow Musk to invoke the power of the US government to felonize anyone who tries to peer into the black box where he commits his frauds.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/28/edison-not-tesla/#demon-haunted-world
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This Sunday (July 30) at 1530h, I’m appearing on a panel at Midsummer Scream in Long Beach, CA, to discuss the wonderful, award-winning “Ghost Post” Haunted Mansion project I worked on for Disney Imagineering.
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Image ID [A scene out of an 11th century tome on demon-summoning called 'Compendium rarissimum totius Artis Magicae sistematisatae per celeberrimos Artis hujus Magistros. Anno 1057. Noli me tangere.' It depicts a demon tormenting two unlucky would-be demon-summoners who have dug up a grave in a graveyard. One summoner is held aloft by his hair, screaming; the other screams from inside the grave he is digging up. The scene has been altered to remove the demon's prominent, urinating penis, to add in a Tesla supercharger, and a red Tesla Model S nosing into the scene.]
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Image: Steve Jurvetson (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tesla_Model_S_Indoors.jpg
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batboyblog · 1 year ago
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Things Biden and the Democrats did, this week #13
April 5-12 2024
President Biden announced the cancellation of a student loan debt for a further 277,000 Americans. This brings the number of a Americans who had their debt canceled by the Biden administration through different means since the Supreme Court struck down Biden's first place in 2023 to 4.3 million and a total of $153 billion of debt canceled so far. Most of these borrowers were a part of the President's SAVE Plan, a debt repayment program with 8 million enrollees, over 4 million of whom don't have to make monthly repayments and are still on the path to debt forgiveness.
President Biden announced a plan that would cancel student loan debt for 4 million borrowers and bring debt relief to 30 million Americans The plan takes steps like making automatic debt forgiveness through the public service forgiveness so qualified borrowers who don't know to apply will have their debts forgiven. The plan will wipe out the interest on the debt of 23 million Americans. President Biden touted how the plan will help black and Latino borrowers the most who carry the heavily debt burdens. The plan is expected to go into effect this fall ahead of the election.
President Biden and Vice-President Harris announced the closing of the so-called gun show loophole. For years people selling guns outside of traditional stores, such as at gun shows and in the 21st century over the internet have not been required to preform a background check to see if buyers are legally allowed to own a fire arm. Now all sellers of guns, even over the internet, are required to be licensed and preform a background check. This is the largest single expansion of the background check system since its creation.
The EPA published the first ever regulations on PFAS, known as forever chemicals, in drinking water. The new rules would reduce PFAS exposure for 100 million people according to the EPA. The Biden Administration announced along side the EPA regulations it would make available $1 billion dollars for state and local water treatment to help test for and filter out PFAS in line with the new rule. This marks the first time since 1996 that the EPA has passed a drinking water rule for new contaminants.
The Department of Commerce announced a deal with microchip giant TSMC to bring billions in investment and manufacturing to Arizona. The US makes only about 10% of the world's microchips and none of the most advanced chips. Under the CHIPS and Science Act the Biden Administration hopes to expand America's high-tech manufacturing so that 20% of advanced chips are made in America. TSMC makes about 90% of the world's advanced chips. The deal which sees a $6.6 billion dollar grant from the US government in exchange for $65 billion worth of investment by TSMC in 3 high tech manufacturing facilities in Arizona, the first of which will open next year. This represents the single largest foreign investment in Arizona's history and will bring thousands of new jobs to the state and boost America's microchip manufacturing.
The EPA finalized rules strengthening clean air standards around chemical plants. The new rule will lower the risk of cancer in communities near chemical plants by 96% and eliminate 6,200 tons of toxic air pollution each year. The rules target two dangerous cancer causing chemicals, ethylene oxide and chloroprene, the rule will reduce emissions of these chemicals by 80%.
the Department of the Interior announced it had beaten the Biden Administration goals when it comes to new clean energy projects. The Department has now permitted more than 25 gigawatts of clean energy projects on public lands, surpass the Administrations goal for 2025 already. These solar, wind, and hydro projects will power 12 million American homes with totally green power. Currently 10 gigawatts of clean energy are currently being generated on public lands, powering more than 5 million homes across the West. 
The Department of Transportation announced $830 million to support local communities in becoming more climate resilient. The money will go to 80 projects across 37 states, DC, and the US Virgin Islands The projects will help local Infrastructure better stand up to extreme weather causes by climate change.
The Senate confirmed Susan Bazis, Robert White, and Ann Marie McIff Allen to lifetime federal judgeships in Nebraska, Michigan, and Utah respectively. This brings the total number of judges appointed by President Biden to 193
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jungkooklover777 · 5 days ago
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clark kent with a celebrity gf is like witnessing an aurora borealis in real time.
the day y'all decided to go public, it broke the internet.
people were talking about you guys nonstop. mostly good things as not everyone can be satisfied. it got to the point where you had to mute your notifications and resist the urge to post something else.
“it’s gonna be okay.” clark murmurs as he sets your phone aside. “just don't think about it too much.”
you snort. “easy for you to say.”
he squints playfully and furrows his eyebrows in a faux scowl and it makes you smile and lean into his warmth.
sighing, you decide it'll be a problem for your pr team. (you gave them a raise and bonus afterwards)
obviously this stunt doesn’t go unnoticed by interviewers and talk show hosts. they take this absolute power move and ask about your blossoming relationship respectfully.
“he's, he's very nice and endearing.” you nod with a wide smile on your lips. “it’s hard not to notice him so when i did, i found myself wanting to see him all the time.”
clark visibly blushes and gushes but all in the safety of his living room, where there are no cameras panning for a shot of his reaction. he has the dopiest grin on his face and it matches yours.
you gave the people crumbs like this but that's more than enough. they'll milk it forever.
ihearty/n: i waited 3 and a half years... WHITE MAN DID IT IN 1 WEEK 🥀🥀🥀🥀💔💔💔💔
sillyg00se: She looks so happy 🥹 I hope we always get to see her like this
lilist☆r: the new tomdaya… dare i say better
jacob: Bros in the big leagues now 😭🙏🏽 Rookie of the year type shi
WonderWomanIsMyGoat: There's a celebrity couple everyone cares about, this is mine 💯
D1y/nglazerrr: wait why he kindaaa 🌚🌚
saddler✨: isn't he the guy that interviews superman?! that's so cool wth!!
“wait, what do some of these mean?” clark asks with a seriously confused expression on his face.
oh that's right, he's not all the way caught up on the new lingo. clark kent dating a celebrity gal means to be caught up online about what’s being said about him. he’s happy for the most part but there are some comments that leave him thinking you could do better.
he shouldn’t be taking chatter online seriously, but it’s kind of hard not to feel a little doubtful when he reads things like [i was fully expecting her to pop out with dylan o’brien i’m ngl] and [nooo i really wanted her and brenton thwaites together 😭] and don’t even get him started on the [if she likes it, i love it] like what does that even mean?! what, is he not good enough for the people?
of course you’re there to dust his worries away. “you’re the one i come home to.” you murmur as you kiss his forehead, his worry lines instantly relaxing. he sighs heavily, the doubts in his mind exiting his body once your hands tilt his face up. your gaze pours into him and when he sees himself in the reflection, he questions why he was even so uptight about what you two have in the first place.
being with a celebrity does come with its own perks though. he got familiar with what the internet calls “edits” of you but now he’s got himself quite the number of hashtags and edits. he’s already made a small fan club.
people fawning over him is definitely a new sight but it also boosts his confidence. it helps when you have some saved in a collection too.
clark kent dating a celebrity means there’s a little bit of you immersed everywhere. you’re a muse to many and are mentioned in songs. famous artists drop your name in their lyrics and allude to clever metaphors and phrases, never in a vulgar way.
he’ll be at a grocery store and hear a line with your name and perk up at the speaker instantly. he makes a mental note to listen to the entire song later.
many actors also speak out about collaborating with you on a project. when asked about celebrity crushes, your name is dropped quite a few times.
“i was mesmerized by her, to be honest. still am.” an actor confessed. clark smirks to himself. “yeah, get in line buddy.” he mumbles.
clark kent dating celebrity!reader means to always be bombarded with questions about you. he’s become somewhat of a celebrity himself at the daily planet.
“what’s she like?” steve asked with an excited look. clark eyes him wearily before saying, “don’t you have something to do?” cat’s not too far behind when she pipes up. “do you think you can get me her autograph?” and here comes “ladies man” jimmy, “can you set me up an interview with her?”.
he gets the people what they want but he feels so bad. “you don’t have to do this.” he says, sheepish. “you can still cancel.” you just kiss his cheek, leaving a pretty lipstick mark on it. “i think my boyfriend deserves some clout.” he snickers quietly and when the elevator doors open, he holds your hand.
clark kent gets real nervous real easily when he's the center of the attention, contrary to superman.
your costars chat him up while you're giving a short little red carpet interview with someone and they obviously dig him. what's not to like?
clark thinks they're pretty cool as well. they're really funny and welcome, plus they love you. he doesn’t get jealous, feeling secure enough in his relationship to know you only have eyes for him. even if your male costars are attractive and quite the catch, he knows they only see you as an incredible scene partner and dear friend.
promoting movies means red carpets and interviews and endless marketing but he'll brave through it all for you.
after all, his happiness lies in your success.
and when the pictures of you and him together looking glammed up come out, you break the internet again.
floods of comments stating how good you look, how great you both look together, and how cute of a couple you make.
you’re walking along the carpet when someone asks if they can ask him a couple of questions. evidently, clark’s surprised, his eyes wide in curiosity and nervousness. you lean in and tell him, “i’ll just be up ahead, don’t worry.”.
he’s in front of a microphone and camera now. “i think she’s great at what she does. she’s always working hard and wanting to improve.” he says before taking a quick glance at you. he relaxes when and finds you smiling wide, laughing. “she’s always had a passion for acting and knows what makes a good film so, to me, her success has been forthcoming.”
fans go crazy over his statement and behavior, dubbing him “white boy of the month” and in some instances, “white boy of the year”. they gush over how he looks when he looks at you, the way he looks at you, the way you always seem to lighten up and smile more around him.
“see, they love you.” you tell him as you read the comments. his cheeks are tinged a rosy hue and he shyly laughs, pushing his glasses up as he looks down. you put the phone down and kiss him, your fingers run through his unruly curls as his flex across the plane of your body.
clark kent thinks a rule of dating a celebrity includes looking good all the time, having some things like a comb and breath mint on standby because you never know when the paps come crawling.
you tell him that’s nonsense, he doesn’t have to look good all the time because unlike celebrities, the paparazzi can’t really harass civilians because that’s just a lawsuit waiting to happen.
besides, clark wouldn’t fret over his image anyway. he thinks it’s exhausting having to please everyone everywhere all the time.
you don’t have a headache with paparazzi bc they’re on the verge of being banned (thank you superman!) and you don’t care to be a people pleaser, either. that doesn’t mean you won’t put in an effort to look presentable when stepping out of the house but constantly worrying about your appearance tends to take on some serious mental strain.
your boyfriend looks good all the time, he doesn't even have to try! it's as easy as existing because there's not one bad angle on this guy!
clark kent’s parents are always asking about you. “did she eat yet?” “oh, make sure she’s being fed well, clark.” “poor thing, she must be so tired of having to be on her feet all day long.”
whenever you can, you make it a point to visit them with clark.
they loved watching your show and even binged it in a few days. “john don’t really care for television but he was hooked from the first episode!” ma giggles happily as you take a bite of their homemade cherry pie.
as you and clark leave, they bag you some leftover pie with a note on the bag.
“come back soon, okay?” she asks as you hug her and she pats your back lovingly. “oh, we will. promise.” you say as you link your pinky with hers.
clark watches as you hug pa, he says something that makes you smile and you hug him once more.
he loves watching his parents fawn over you and you shyly and happily accepting it. he loves watching you be adored by hundreds of thousands of people as you take in the glory teary-eyed. clark kent loves it when you do what you do.
you’re not a celebrity when you come home to him. you’re not a famous person when you’re around him. you’re not an academy award winning actress when you talk to his friends and family. to him and them, you’re just y/n; a kind spirited person who’s compassion and resilience are their defining traits.
celebrity or not, he loves you— every part.
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virovac · 2 months ago
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Chingaderita needs meds (documentation below) due tonight! June 2 Monday, ! (EST)
This is NOT A PALESTINE CAMPAIGN, but a supporter of Palestine campaign
@Chingaderita I summarized your last posts
Need at least $134 for meds (including transfer fee) Monday night (edit, now tonight June 6)
Happy pride month!!
Please help a nonbinary parent with 2 trans kids keep their family fed this June, I need my meds to keep living as many years as possible. I need $130 today or I'll miss my meds. And we need $35 to get to this week's appointment or we won't be able to file for an insulin refill.
Have been without them almost 7 weeks.
$0/$600
PaYPAL KO-FI
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"last post for transparency's sake. You can find evidence of the fire, that I've been sick for years and if you go back you can see we live in a house full of mold."
long suffering from storm damage and housefire Family of 9, elderly and kids and rescue cats .diabetic and disabled people
"I miss having my medication, I miss being able to eat anything without pain.
I'm afraid of ending at the hospital and not coming back.
Please, we're going to miss tomorrow's doctor appointment we won't be able to file for a refill of insulin until we can get another appointment.
I've had to walk back home under the rain with no raincoat or umbrella for 3 days in a row. I can't afford new shoes or pants or anything."
Summary of problems family faces , past documentation and some of past boosted campaigns below
a post about mother in law
have been helping boost many other donation campaigns* (see below cut),
Now its our turn to help them!
Documentation
Pictures of mold damage and other problems from earlier post before lost phone in links
first link (link 29) OCTOBER 19TH – second link OCTOBER 21ST
Keep reading
I know it’s hard for everyone but please, keep sharing, anything ANYTHING helps. We’ve been getting a bit of food and paying little by little what we owe at the corner store but the upcoming card payment is $190 and my meds are $130 and then let’s not forget my healthcare renewal. I also bring bad news, we’re starting with water shortages just like last year, we’ve gone from having 4 days of water a week to 1-2 if we’re lucky. Our only toilet is busted and there are 9 people here who use it. My kid still needs attention for a UTI he’s had for a couple of months now. And my partner has 3 ingrown nails and 2 big cuts on his feet he’s kept unattended for weeks. I’d hate to up the goal but we need every help we can get!!
more documentation from 2023. and
Went back on my blog to find proof of the fire where my in-laws lost everything, this other one with pictures and proof that I’ve been sick and struggling to get my medication since August 2023. Just felt like having things organized and maybe make another blog to keep all proof I can save since we lost a lot of information and pictures/videos when we sold our phones and lost the computer. Not to mention my blog is way older but I have no idea how to enter my archive :3
*They have been helping boost many campaigns, gaza and otherwise (and have asked me to boost these three while their internet is unreliable): 
(5) AHMED’S [campaign] IS VERY FORGOTTEN, PLEASE, KEEP SHARING!!! – @/chingaderita on Tumblr Donate to Trapped Family in Gaza Appeals for Help to Survive, organized by Abdallah Alanqar – @/chingaderita on Tumblr (latest post (18) Donate to Trapped Family in Gaza Appeals for Help to Survive, organized by Abdallah Alanqar – @virovac on Tumblr) (5) €5,688/€25,000 – @/chingaderita on Tumblr
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subbmissivesuccubus · 2 years ago
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No Nut November ~
a/n. A request by my Patron for the month of November! It was quite the fun one. If you'd like me to write a story for you, please consider joining my Patreon! (link in bio)
Contains : Toji X Fem reader. No nut November antics. Toji being horny. Reader being a tease.
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"Fuck-" you cursed, panting heavily as you lied back on the bed, finally getting a break. Your partner, Toji, lied down next to you, half as tired but just as satisfied. He hummed as his muscled relaxed, hot and sweaty from the numerous rounds of sex, completely naked as he got comfortable enough to drift into sleep.
You couldn’t help but frown at him, a bit annoyed at his satisfied and content expression while your body was crying from the over-stimulation. He had taken you over and over and over again, his stamina seemingly never ending as he fucked you multiple times in multiple positions. Even when you complained that you couldn’t take it anymore, he claimed that he’d make you take it. And after he pumped you with several loads of cum, he finally called it a night.
"You- you're such a horndog." you said. The man chuckled, manhandling you to get closer to him, placing you on his chest before giving you a sweet kiss on your hair. “You love it.” He teased, giving your butt a greedy squeeze, making you flinch as he touched the bright red mark he had left on your cheek before. 
This was your routine. Toji and you would go to work, you'd come back home, have dinner together before he took you to the bedroom and gave you the most toe curling, back arching, pussy squirting pleasure you'd ever experienced. The man had a huge dick and a ton of stamina, not going soft unless he's cum multiple times.
And it's amazing it truly is.
But after a while...it becomes a lot. There's only so many times your pussy can take a pounding before she gets sore and it starts to hurt even when you sit down. There's only so many times your nipples can get suckled on before any friction, even from your bra, makes them ache. There's only so many times you can wear a turtleneck before people connect the dots. You tried to say so to Toji, letting him know of your trouble but he either laughed it off, took is as a compliment and continued to fuck you silly regardless.
His desire for you and his constant want to have his hands on you was a big ego boost, but you needed a break and you figured out the perfect way to do it.
“Have you heard of something called No Nut November?” Toji snorted, looking down at you amused, “Sounds stupid. I’m guessing it means you don’t cum in all of November?” “Exactly. It’s an internet challenge. Think you can do it?” He chuckled again, not taking it seriously, “I have a beautiful girlfriend who I can fuck on a daily basis- why would I give that up for a dumb internet challenge?” “Hmm, thought so.” You said, acting unimpressed as you poked his nose, “There's no way you can keep your hands off of me for a month. You don't have the self-control. Why am I not surprised?"
Now, Toji knew what you were doing. You were baiting him, plain and simple. And was he going to fall for it? Of course not... but he didn’t like your tone.
"Wanna bet on that?" he asked.
You tried not to grin, the man falling for your trap hook, line and sinker. There was no way a man as proud as him would not rise to the challenge just to prove you wrong.
“Fine. From tomorrow until the end of December, you can’t cum.” You said, “That means no sex and no jerking off. If you fail, I get to decide when we have sex for at least a month.”
“And if I win, you are going to be my little sex doll I can fuck whenever I want with no complaints.” Toji challenged. You scoffed, more than confident that he wouldn’t be able to do it.
“Deal!”
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One week had gone by and it was already hell. Toji had to will himself to not drag you into the bedroom every night, the condescending smirk on your face actually giving him motivation to keep going. Ever since he started dating you, sex was a common and daily occurrence so to have it taken away was difficult for him to navigate but he could do this. He was an adult with self-control and he wasn’t a horny teenager who needed to get their rocks off all the time.
But during week two, he wondered if he truly had the self-control he thought he did.
You were not making it easy for him, oh no. You were a naughty little minx and once Toji went by one week with no sex, you realised you needed to make him break. Whether it was make-out sessions with a bit more tongue than you normally use, or ‘forgetting’ to lock the door while you showered so he’d walk in on you naked, or going to bed in nothing but his oversized t-shirt, or asking him to give you a massage and letting out sweet, filthy little moans as he worked out the knots. These small things were piling up, riling the man up even more to the point where in a sweet kiss from you would make his dick hard. You were good. But he wasn’t giving up.
But neither were you. And you decided to ramp it up for week 3.
“…And what are you doing?” Toji asked, looking you up and down and undressing you with his eyes. You were standing by the bedroom door, looking absolutely stunning in a lingerie piece he hadn’t seen before. It was a beautiful lace red piece, the underwear framing your body deliciously. Your tits, your stomach, your ass and the heaven between your legs- all the blood instantly went to his cock just by looking at you.
“Tojiiii~” you cooed, walking over towards him, your hips swaying seductively as you reached him. He was sitting against the headboard of the bed, idly scrolling through his phone but the random video he was watching was all but forgotten as you crawled between his legs. Your tits were practically swinging in front of his face as you straddled him, the man unable to deny you as he placed a hand on your waist, running his fingers over the soft lace.
“I’m so horny, Toji~” you cooed, rubbing your hand up and down his covered chest, “I need you.”
“Nice try.” The man responded, snorting as he flicked your forehead with his other hand, making you gasp, “I know your game here, little minx. You’re not getting me to fuck you.”
“How mean.” You said, pouting adorably and showing off the lip gloss you had put on, “If you’re not interested, then this can probably go on past November-“ “Not a chance.” Toji growled, gripping your waist so tightly it made you gasp, “You know I’m owning that pussy once this month is up. So be a good girl and wait.” “Wait?” you repeated, raising an eyebrow, “Why do I have to wait? I’m not doing the stupid challenge.” You smiled at the way Toji’s eyes followed you as you got off of him, bending over in front of him as you reached for a familiar drawer in the bedside table.
“Just because you’re not going to fuck me doesn’t mean I can’t have fun~” you said, holding up your favorite wand vibrator as well as a thick, vibrating dildo. “It’s not as big as you, but it’s good enough~”
  What proceeded was the worst yet best night of Toji’s life. He watched as you pleasured yourself, your sweet moans echoing through the room as you fucked yourself with your toys. With the vibrator rubbing your clit and the dildo sliding in and out of your pussy, you practically gave him a private show. Your lingerie was still on your body but pulled aside to expose your breasts and your cunt, making you look so delicious he just couldn’t keep his hands to himself. He didn’t dare to touch himself as he helped you along with your session, growling dirty things into your ear as he took over and fucked your cunt with the dildo, working it way better than you could yourself, groaning in delight as he suckled on your nipples as he drove you over the edge.
His dick was so hard it felt like it would explode. But he wouldn’t budge. He wanted to- God he wanted to- but he was going to stay strong. The reward he’d get for sticking with this at the end of the month would feel way better than the momentary pleasure he’d get from rubbing one out. So he stayed strong. Days went by, feeling longer and longer and your antics growing more and more bold. Your masturbation sessions were happening often, you were walking around the house in skimpy clothing, he’d wake up and find that you had ‘accidentally somehow fallen asleep with your face close to his cock’ but try as you might, you couldn’t break him.
He increased the ice-cold showers. He took longer working hours to distract himself. He fingered you so he could remind you of how good he was going to take you once the month was up. Hell, he even took up meditation to try and ease the tension in his body. And finally. Finally. After all that hard work- he made it.
He did it. He actually did it.
He was on the last day of November.
A full month of no sex. No pleasure. No jacking off. His cock hurt and his balls ached so badly, dying for some release and he couldn't wait to get it. Tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, he was going to take you and pound the shit out of you- fucking you so hard you won't be able to walk for days. He made sure you knew it too. Throughout the day, he was whispering filth to you, growling in your ear and palming his cock in front of you, loving the blush on your face as he detailed all the bad and naughty things he was going to do to you tonight. There was no doubt you felt defeated and after this, he was going to break and punish you.
Just an hour. He could do this. He was going to do this!
He was lounging on the couch of the living room, not focusing on what was on the TV as his mind was occupied with lust when he saw you walk out of their bedroom and upto him.
"How do I look?" you asked, twirling around so he could see your outfit. It was a cute short dress with a pair of leggings and he hummed in approval.  
"You going out?" he asked.
"Yup!" you said, suddenly dragging a suitcase from behind you, "I’m going to my parents’ house."
Toji raised his eyebrows, his eyes widening. What?
What?
"Excuse me?" he asked, watching as you dragged your suitcase over to the door.
"Sorry, I forgot to mention it before." you said casually, clearly ignoring the expression on his face, "Last minute plan- you know how it is."
"Bullshit." the man snarled, walking upto you before slamming his hands on the wall behind you, caging you, "You're just trying to fuck with me, aren't you?"
"Whatever do you mean?" you asked, a curious tilt in your tone which told Toji all he needed to know, "I just miss home and I know you have a busy workday tomorrow so I didn’t think you’d want to come. That’s not a problem, is it? I’ll only be there for a week.”
“A week-“ Toji growled, nails digging into his fist as he still cornered you against the wall, “You’re not fucking serious.”
You shrugged, faking innocence, “I mean, is there any reason I shouldn’t go? I have a few days off from work and my mom has been begging me to come by someday. The train leaves in…” you checked your watch, ignoring Toji’s scoffs at your audacity, “thirty minutes. So I better get going-“
“You’re not going anywhere you little brat!” Toji snarled, his patience snapping. There was no way in hell he was going to let you leave and have you been gone for a week. He was confident you were just bluffing but he was not taking that change. With a growl, he bent down and threw you over his shoulder, making you yelp as you were suddenly held upside down. He gave you butt a sharp spank, a slap so hard it made you forget how to breathe for a second before he stormed towards the bedroom.
“Wh- what about the bet?” you asked once he threw you onto the bed, Toji immediately getting undressed as he practically ripped his shirt off.
“Fuck the bet.” He said, grabbing you by the ankles before he pulled you towards him, a feral look in his eyes as he fisted the fabric of your tights, “Fuck No Nut November. And fuck you.”
You gasped as he started tearing apart your tights, the fabric ripping away like paper as all he could think about was fucking you. You could see the imprint of his cock straining against his sweatpants, you man already hot and bothered and eager. Your heart was beating fast in your chest, the excitement over-riding the fact that you were going to win the bet. Once the tights were torn enough and before you could even get a second to complain, he flipped you onto your stomach.
He slid your panties to the side, so desperate for you that he couldn’t be bothered to properly undress you before he grabbed two greedy handfuls of your ass. You mewled under him as he squeezed, the man spreading your cheeks apart before he dove in, face first. You yelped as Toji took a long, rough lick of your pussy, the familiar sensation something you truly missed since the start of the bet. You gasped and moaned as he started feasting on your cunt, his thick tongue sliding into you and working you open, your pussy slowly getting wet for him.
Toji growled against you, the vibration making you feel even better as he got you hot and bothered. His cock was so hard it was genuinely hurting him, the sensation of your pussy against his tongue and the taste of your sweet nectar making him go into overdrive. But even your pussy wasn’t going to make him forget how you pissed him off.
“Mmph- this isn’t for you- got it?” he snarled, smacking your ass once to get your attention, “I’m getting this cunt wet enough to fuck my fat cock deep inside you. I don’t care if you feel good and I don’t give a shit if you cum or not- you’ve gotten enough of that this month.”
“Don’t be- ah- mean.” You protested, gasping as he suddenly pulled away from you and flipped you onto your back again. “Oh, I haven’t even gotten started.” Toji said as he grabbed the hem of your dress and pulled it up harshly, also not caring to take it off completely. All he wanted was access to your tits and once he pulled your bra upto your chin, he got what he wanted. “You’ll see just how mean I can be.”
He took a nipple into his mouth before you could say anything, not wanting to hear anything out of your lips unless it was moans, cries or apologies. He slid his fingers into your panties, his thick digits sliding between your damp pussy lips, the slick sound of the contact echoing through the air. Despite the attitude, he knew you missed him too. Dildos just didn’t compare to him.
He slid a finger inside you, the glide easy due to your wetness as he slowly but thoroughly started stretching you out for his cock. Your fingers were in his hair, tugging at it harshly as he suckled on your nipple, his tongue twirling the sensitive bud around before he bit down, making you yelp from the pain. You rocked your hips against his fingers, arching your back as he slid a second one inside you before scissoring you open just how you like it.
“Fuck- good enough.” Toji said, separating from your nipple (which he indeed sucked raw) and gently taking his fingers out of you. He knelt between your legs after he gave you a quick peck on the lips, pushing his pants down to reveal his cock. Your eyes widened at the sight, your pussy throbbing as you gazed at the member you practically hadn’t seen all month. It was rock hard and twitching, precum leaking out of the tip that was so red, you wondered if it would burn your tongue if you sucked on it. His balls were always big and heavy and you didn’t know if the time apart muddled your memory a bit but you swore, they were somehow bigger.
  “Spread those fucking legs- show me that pussy.” Toji said, gripping his cock before he started tapping it against your cunt, purposefully targeting your clit and making you tremble from each hit, “Look at that. So needy and dripping even though you fucked yourself on that dildo every other night.”
He spat on your pussy, making you gasp at the vile action but it made your cunt gush even more. He truly was using you like he owned you. His cockhead rubbed at the glob of saliva that was trailing down your cunt before he finally, finally pressed it against your entrance.
“I won’t last long, but I don’t care.” Toji said, rocking his hips lightly as he teased your hole, “You’re here to be my cum dump. You’re here for my pleasure, got it?”
You couldn’t help but he bratty even though every fibre of your being wanted to beg the man to just fuck you already: “Enjoy it since I’m winning this bet~” “Oh, are you sure about that?”
You frowned at his words before your eyes widened and you looked over at the clock to see that…it was midnight. November was officially over. And you had lost.
“That- ah!” you screamed loudly as Toji plunged his cock into you, his girth splitting apart your wet, velvet walls as he pushed into your cunt. He laughed as he got inside you, eyes rolling to the back of his head as he felt your pussy wrap around him, that sweet, amazing feeling of your walls squeezing him greedily. He grabbed your legs by the back of your knees before pushing them upto your chest, catching you in a mating press, driving his cock deep, deep inside you.
“Fuck! Fuck- fuck!” you squealed, the whiplash from realizing you lost to the sensation of your cunt being stuffed full for the first time in a month making your head spin, “I thought- you- fuck!” “Nice try baby.” Toji snarled, body trembling as he got to feel your cunt again, his balls already threatening to spill his seed inside you, “But you’re going to have to try harder- fuck yes- if you wanna beat me~”
He lifted his hips up and thrust into you again, both of you moaning as he stuffed his cock deep inside your delicious cunt. He started picking up the pace, the nasty sound of his balls clapping against your ass was music to his ears as he started using you. This was for him.
“You’re my toy now, understand?” he asked, tightening his hold on your legs and keeping you nice and folded for him, “my sweet little fuck toy that I’m going to use to break every. Single. Fucking. Night!” he thrust harshly at each word, your eyes rolling to the back of your head as you felt his cock deliciously slide inside you, truly owning you. You hated to admit it, but you were secretly happy he won. As he pounded into you, you couldn’t help but remember how torturous this month was for you as well.
Sore pussy be damned, you were too addicted to Toji to give him up.
And while you swore you had more time before midnight struck, you were too cock drunk to think about it. Which was good for Toji as he thought ahead and might have changed the timing on the clock to make it a touch faster. But what you didn’t know wasn’t going to hurt you and by the time he was done with you, you’d forget how to count anyway.
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letsnowtalk · 10 days ago
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Part 13
The moment you stepped into the Final Four arena, the cameras found you.
Not because you were trying to be seen.
But because everything about you made it impossible not to be.
Fresh curls. Gold hoops. An oversized USC warmup tee hanging just right. And front-row seats you didn’t buy — because Juju left a pass with your name on it and a note scrawled on the back.
“You watched me all season. Now let me show off for you proper.”
— J
The arena was buzzing.
USC vs. NC State.
Winner goes to the national championship.
People cared about brackets, sure.
But the timeline?
Still buzzing over Juju vs. Azzi, still posting clips of your handshake, and now making memes of Juju saying “I did it for you” like it was a scene from a rom-com.
But none of that mattered now.
Because you were here.
And Juju knew exactly where you were sitting.
Warmups
You leaned on the barrier, watching Juju take warmup shots — still smooth, still locked in. You didn’t wave or call her name.
You didn’t have to.
She glanced over every third shot.
Eyes always coming back to you.
That’s when she showed up.
Kahleah Copper.
Phoenix Mercury. A walking bucket.
She walked past the bench, paused by your seat, and flashed a grin.
“LSU, huh?” she said, looking you up and down. “Didn’t expect to see you out here reppin’ USC.”
You smiled politely. “I rep where the real ones play.”
“Oooh,” she chuckled, eyes flicking over you. “You got favorites?”
You shrugged, playing coy. “Something like that.”
She leaned closer.
“Tell Juju if she fumbles you… I’m just one DM away.”
That’s when Juju saw.
You didn’t even get the chance to respond.
Because Juju walked directly over.
Didn’t jog. Didn’t wave.
Just moved with the quiet rage of someone who doesn’t do passive-aggressive.
“Everything good over here?” Juju asked, voice light, smile sharp.
Kahleah smirked. “Just congratulating your girl.”
Juju looked at you.
Then looked at her.
Dead in the eyes.
“Yeah, that’s the thing though.
She’s my girl.”
And then — without asking — Juju pulled you in and kissed you.
Full. Hands-on-your-waist. Nothing-subtle-about-it kiss.
The crowd lost it.
Cameras clicked.
Phones went up.
Juju leaned back, still close enough to kiss you again.
“You want a show, babe?”
You blinked, dazed. “You planning on giving them one?”
She turned back to Kahleah, grinning.
“Don’t blink.”
First Half
Juju was on fire.
Every crossover. Every drive. Every dime.
She pointed at you in the stands after her third and-one. Blew you a kiss after a corner three.
The announcers?
Eating. It. Up.
“Watkins is playing like she’s got something — or someone — to prove.”
“That kiss earlier? Might’ve added a little boost to those legs tonight.”
“I think we’ve stopped pretending this girl doesn’t have the baddest one in the crowd.”
At halftime, USC led by 15.
And you got pulled into a tunnel interview.
“Y/N,” the reporter started, mic out, “everyone saw the moment with Juju. And clearly you’re the person she’s playing for. Any message for her heading into the second half?”
You smirked right into the camera.
“Just keep cooking. I already know who I’m going home with.”
The Internet went crazy
“nah y’all. this isn’t basketball. this is cinema.”
“she really got WNBA players AND NCAA legends pressed over her.”
“juju got territorial and then dropped 26 in one half 😭”
“Y/N is living in a sapphic dream sequence. how does it feel to be God’s favorite?”
Second Half
NC State tried everything to stop her.
Box-and-one. Full court press. Double teams.
But Juju wasn’t just playing to win.
She was playing for you.
And every time she looked at you, every time her fingers brushed her lips then pointed to your seat, it was like she was saying
“You’re why I’m here.”
Final Score:
USC 81 – NC State 66
Final Four? Secured.
Championship game? Next.
You stood and clapped, beaming, as Juju jogged off the court and wrapped you in the kind of hug that didn’t need any more soft launches or stitched TikToks.
She held you like she knew the whole world was watching — and she didn’t care anymore.
This was her moment.
But more than that?
You were.
Back in the locker room, her phone buzzed with a text from Azzi.
AZZI: Tell her I said congrats.
Juju didn’t reply.
She handed you her phone and leaned in close.
“Let the past watch the future.”
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dandelionsresilience · 8 months ago
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Dandelion News - November 8-14
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1. Agrivoltaics for sustainable food, energy and water management in East Africa
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“[… C]ertain crops […] thrived under the partial shade provided by solar panels. The shade also helped to reduce water loss through evaporation, leading to more efficient water usage. Additionally, rainwater harvested from the panels could be used to supplement irrigation needs.”
2. The world’s largest wildlife crossing is now standing in California
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“The structure crosses a 10-lane freeway and has been built to help protect all sorts of wildlife[….] And it’s not just for fauna: some 5,000 plants grown from seed collected within a five-mile radius have been nurtured in two specially created nurseries. The bridge will be topped with wildflowers, shrubs and native grasses that will also benefit insect populations.”
3. Judge rules the military must cover gender-affirming surgery for members' dependents
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“[Judge] Torresen found that [gender-affirming] surgery is indeed medically necessary and that the Defense Department had not shown that any important governmental interest was advanced by denying the coverage.”
4. Social Media Can Boost Caracal Conservation
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“The team found that searches on the species doubled after the project [using “social media to educate about the caracal”] launched. […] ”The research demonstrates how a public interest in urban ecology and the global phenomenon of ‘cats on the internet’… can be harnessed to leverage conservation action.””
5. US Labor Board Bans Captive Audience Meetings to Ensure 'Truly Free' Worker Choice
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“[T]he National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday ruled that employers cannot force workers to attend anti-union speeches. [… W]orkers will no longer have to take part in so-called "captive audience meetings," which employers often use as a union-busting tool and a form of coercion.”
6. Study links grazing with plant phenology and abundance
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“In general, plants where caribou or muskoxen were present experienced earlier green-up and greater abundance later in the growing season. “We're used to thinking of the timing of plant availability as impacting the productivity of grazing animals, but not the reverse," Post said.”
7. Frog populations once decimated by disease mount a major comeback
“"These results provide a rare example of how reintroduction of resistant individuals can allow the landscape-scale recovery of disease-impacted species, and have broad implications for amphibians and many other taxa that are threatened with extinction by novel pathogens."”
8. California Announces Special Session To Protect Trans People
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“Newsom’s directive is clear: safeguard reproductive healthcare, support immigrants, and shield LGBTQ+ people from what is viewed as existential threats to civil rights and democratic norms. […] California has a unique opportunity to set the blueprint for other states in resisting a Trump administration[….]”
9. When ‘OK, Boomer’ Means ‘Let’s Go Protest’
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“Youth activists across the country recognize the efforts of their eco-minded predecessors and welcome them as mentors, role models, and collaborators in their battle against the climate crisis. […] “The idea that Boomers don’t care, he said, is “just misinformation.””
10. How Aussie Waste Warriors are Redirecting Excess Food to Those in Need
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“A growing movement is working to reduce perfectly good food going to waste by redirecting it to homes and charities. [… C]haritable organisations [… are] transforming fresh produce that would otherwise have gone to waste into millions of cooked, nutritious meals for people in need each year.”
November 1-7 news here | (all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I don’t claim credit for anything but curating.)
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dee-the-red-witch · 1 year ago
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Sigh. Would it really be Pride Month if my home internet wasn't cut off with our power soon to follow?
Yes. I'm asking for help if you can. Need to get about 450 in to cover things amd get everything back on so I can actually like do my job and such again. And, well, anything helps if you can pitch in. Here's the link: http://paypal.me/tormentedartifacts
And anything's appreciated, even if it's just signal boosting this post.
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mascot-multiverse · 2 months ago
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URGENT HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR TRANS HOUSEHOLD
💖 [GoFundMe] ☕ Griff’s Ko-Fi ☕ Salem’s Ko-Fi 🧸 Salem’s Toyhouse 🛒 Family Etsy shop
I am currently in need of urgent assistance. I've opened a GoFundMe to attempt to save my home and my family.
My name is Z. My partner Salem and our housemate Griff are attempting to escape a domestic violence situation. My now ex-boyfriend has been financially, emotionally, mentally, and finally physically abusing me and Salem for over a year. When things finally came to a head, I was able to get a restraining order to keep him out of the home he and I co-own. Due to his financial abuse, my home is at risk of being reclaimed by the bank.
My ex also badly damaged and lied about the state of my car. He was using it to commute with but drove extremely dangerously, resulting in my car becoming severely misaligned. The front driver side tire went flat overnight, and when we pulled it off we realized he had left a death trap and had likely planned to use it to harm himself or us. At this time we are unable to reach any human services building as the closest one is the next town over.
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Please boost, share, and interact however you can.
Our immediate concerns need around $3,500. This will cover: -A $700 overdue electric bill, in order to qualify for low-income assistance with the power company -Other utility bills my ex purposefully neglected (water, electric & internet) -Hopefully, repairs to my car. Thanks to my ex's reckless driving, it needs at least 2 new tires and a realignment, which we're waiting on an estimate for. -The $500+ charge it will take the close the phone plan I'm trapped in with my ex. The rest of the GFM's total $16k will be to cover future expenses, including my ex's portion of the house title. $510/$3,500 (out of $16k)
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transfloridaresources · 2 years ago
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[Photo ID: A person standing in daylight amidst dark smoke holding a large, Palestinian flag that obscures their face. Black, white, green, and red text reads: 'Global Strike. Jan 21-28, 2024.' Then more text reads: 'The strongest governments and weapons manufacturers are supporting this genocide against my people, and you are our only hope! STRIKE globally and call for a ceasefire! Strike, protest, stop the economic movements and make pressure on your countries to stand against this and stop it, if ISRAhell don’t find the financial and weapons support, or governments to hide their crimes they will be forced to stop the genocide! Go to the streets, protest and Globally strike for a week, (21-28) January! YALLA Brave and free people of the world, CEASEFIRE NOW! - Bisan Owda (wizard_bisan1). January 21, 2024.' /End ID]
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[Photo ID: A photo Bisan took of herself in the smudged mirror of an elevator. She's holding her phone up to face level while looking at the screen. She's wearing a bright blue PRESS helmet and a bright blue PRESS vest. Text over the photo reads: 'Now, we are without any connection, neither the internet nor the cellular, we can’t reach each other’s inside Gaza, we don’t know if our families and friends are alive or not, wounded or not.. still in their places or not! We take hours of walking and searching to reach someone, while moving became very risky! We can’t reach to you as well! The footage, information and news from Gaza are not reaching you as before because the Israeli army intentionally destroyers the signal towers and the servers, even using the E-SIM requires being in a high place which is very risky!. I borrowed this vest to upload this post! - Bisan Owda (wizard_bisan1). January 21, 2024.' /End ID]
TFR is participating in the Global Strike called upon by @wizard_bisan1 for this week. No money will be spent & Palestinian voices will continue to be boosted, alongside other resources for how to best use this week in support of pressuring for a ceasefire.
Bisan's full message from January 21, 2024:
Hi everyone, it’s Bisan from Gaza, I am still alive Alhamdullah.. it’s been 107 days of genocide, 15 weeks, 2568 hours of killing us, taking over our homes and lands in Gaza Strip, and forcing us to choose between leaving or death.. and sometimes we can’t even choose.. the Israeli air strikes simply kill us without any warnings. Now, we are without any connection, neither the internet nor the cellular, we can’t reach each other’s inside Gaza, we don’t know if our families and friends are alive or not, wounded or not.. still in their places or not! We take hours of walking and searching to reach someone, while moving became very risky! We can’t reach to you as well! The footage, information and news from Gaza are not reaching you as before because the Israeli army intentionally destroyers the signal towers and the servers, even using the E-SIM requires being in a high place which is very risky!. I borrowed this vest to upload this post! I am not scared of death, but of being displaced, scared of losing my family or friends, scared of being wounded and can’t have my treatment because the health system is collapsed in Gaza, and to die in pain! I am not scared of the destruction.. I lost my work place.. my home and my family work place and source of income, I am terrified of being killed by an occupier, and to be forgotten, one oppressed Bisan of a whole occupied people. The strongest governments and weapons manufacturers are supporting this genocide against my people, and you are our only hope! STRIKE globally and call for a ceasefire! Strike, protest, stop the economic movements and make pressure on your countries to stand against this and stop it, if ISRAhell don’t find the financial and weapons support, or governments to hide their crimes they will be forced to stop the genocide! Go to the streets, protest and Globally strike for a week, (21-28) January! YALLA Brave and free people of the world, CEASEFIRE NOW!
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we know that foods taste bland to sylus, so imagine when non mc cooks for the both of them and roomie!sylus is taken aback, his taste buds overwhelmed by the flavor
You know your way around a spice cabinet. You sprinkle seasonings on the meal you poured your heart into until your ancestors whisper from your shoulder, “Enough, my child.”
You make everything with love. You don’t always have time to cook, given the demands of your job and how it leaves you exhausted by the time you get home.
Sylus does most of the cooking when he’s in town—he insists it’s alright. That it’s the least he can do with you allowing him to shack up in your attic. Mooch off your shitty internet. Run up your electric bill (that he always covers) with his tinkering.
And when he isn’t around to sate your tastebuds with his worldly meals, you settle for takeout or a bowl of instant ramen.
But when you do take the time to cook, it’s a ritual. Something sacred. An all-day affair.
Everything’s made from scratch, from the pasta to the garlic bread. Again, you’re not shy when it comes to flavor. It’s almost like a hobby, how you bound around the kitchen, smiling, humming alongside the music spilling from your earbuds. You feel at ease. Happy. In your element. Even more so because you’re prepping something for your roomie.
He’s always taking care of you. Feeding you, humoring you, keeping you company, troubleshooting your electronics when you visit nefarious websites. It’s only fair you return his kindness. Besides, you like doing things for him.
‘Dinner’s on me tonight,’ he texts, on his way home from a meeting.
You tell him you’ve ‘already got something in the works,’ and he understandably responds with the raised brow emoji.
You only request that he grab something he’d like to drink with his meal on his way home. He’s bourgeois with expensive tastes, and your bottom-shelf, five-dollar Moscato won’t cut it.
He’s surprised by the spread once he gets home, toeing off his loafers by the door and slinging his coat on the rack. Teases you for the presentation, like you’re his spouse who prepared a feast for him like he’s returned from war.
It’s an ego boost when he takes that first bite, and his brows shoot up towards his hairline.
“Wow,” he quietly lauds, raspy, awestruck. All he can manage as his fork and knife clatter against the plate while he cuts through the meat and scoops up another mouthful of pasta.
Yeah. You might not cook like a refined chef working at a Michelin restaurant like him. But you cook with your heart. Soul. Like a mother making dinner for her kid on summer break following a semester of sleepless nights, endless studying, and saltine crackers and sardines to suffice for “sustenance.”
He’s sure to pay you back by helping with dishes. Putting suds in your hair and on the tip of your nose. Judging your taste in your music while it pollutes the serene atmosphere around you, filling the comfortable silence.
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