#⋅ ∗ ∘ ❁ ▬ ❝ public official °〚 announcements 〛.

[verstappentime]

i posted about this before, but let me (as a journalist irl) elaborate what's likely going on with daniel!!

when no one asked dan about his future during press day last week, we all automatically recognized this was probably the result of an embargo (we have quite a few f1 fans in the newsroom). stranger still that christian horner was in the TP conference and didn't speak on it either. we had expected that combo to make a sort of joint announcement.

so what's an embargo/how does it work?

essentially, it's when a source gives you any information ahead of time, but requests you do not publish anything on it until a certain date and time. this can be done for a lot of reasons. embargoes usually request that you refrain from sharing information from a press release or document.

usually embargoes are put in place so essentially you keep to your time table of when the information becomes "public," but news outlets aren't left scrambling because they have already written their story and have it ready to go live as soon as it's acceptable. in the case of f1 this also applies to instagram posts and things like that. that's why you'll often see the posts go live straight away when an announcement is made; everything's pre-confirmed & pre-written, they're just waiting for the green light.

if you violate an embargo in sports journalism, you'll likely have your credentials to, say, get into the press pen revoked. you/your outlet will no longer receive any privileged information. and you'll likely be asked to take it down. not for any legal reason -- you're just burning a bridge and violating trust. so this info COULD be leaked, but under the honor system, it rarely is. (especially bc if you post embargoed info & ruin your org's reputation with the source, you're probably losing your job.)

so what's going on in DR's case?

most likely, all credible sources have either A) been given the information under an embargo, or B) been told the time they can expect an embargoed press release. (i work with law enforcement, so for me this is usually just something like "you can expect the records to be sent out before dinner time friday night but it will be embargoed till 9 a.m. when they're officially public record.")

either way, everyone has probably been warned off asking those questions, but they also likely already know the answer. whatever they received, even if it doesn't reveal all the cards, most likely said daniel would not answer questions prior to the official release time and essentially, don't bother.

what's up with all the rumors?

essentially, when every credible source has their hands tied, there's no one to counter all the randoms. we see it all the time -- people yapping trading theories when we actually know what happened and can't say. unfortunately in f1 some of the randoms have some sort of name recognition -- and for some reason there are like 500 completely not credible news outlets full of untrue shit. so right now, they are the only people 1) free to bang on with theories and 2) who dont either have the info or know when the info is coming available. so that's allowing them to take up all the space.

conclusion: this isn't necessarily good or bad, but explains why we're hearing so many irrelevant people's opinions on this and not hearing anything from VCARB, daniel or his team. it was most likely done to give preferred sources the jump on announcing the news, but also to allow daniel to focus.

i'm assuming the embargo will be lifted monday morning european time, but we may hear a vague denial this weekend as theres probably some building frustration (like daniel saying yeah you'll see me in COTA or whatever).

[dontforgetukraine]

The Ukrainian Institute begins cooperation with Google Arts & Culture! We are glad to announce that the Ukrainian Institute has become an official partner of Google Arts & Culture. Our partner profile is now available on the platform. The cooperation began with the publication of the stories of work of sixties artist Lyubov Panchenko within the collection “Ukrainian Artists Through the Ages”, which is dedicated to Ukrainian art and its outstanding representatives. The collection will be supplemented with the stories of other Ukrainian women artists of the 1960s, whose work was partially or completely lost due to political repression and censorship of the Soviet era. These materials are part of the interactive online project 60s. “Ukrainian Artists Through the Ages” is part of the “Ukraine Nearby” project. The project was created by Google Arts & Culture in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and cultural institutions of Ukraine.

To see more of this project and artworks from Lyubov Panchenko, visit here! It's really interesting!

[lady-raziel]

Not to talk about the watcher thing again as I’ve already kind of said my piece, but one of the most batshit insane parts of this whole unbelievable situation is that for some reason they decided that for some fucking reason the BEST time to announce this highly controversial decision was literally DAYS before they would be going on an international tour and having to face irate fans IN PERSON. Guys. What the hell. At least have the sensibility to announce a move that you HAD to have known would make people upset AFTER one of the few times you actually interact in person with your fanbase.

I hope you’re ready to investigate the Tower of London for ghosts, because I have a feeling the Londoners will be more than happy to acquaint you with the building later this week.

Insane move after insane move. Truly.

[bihastuff]

Yeah I love black butler it's my favorite sport manga

[evermoredeluxe]

also in like. pr terms “imminent” often means This Has Already Happened We’re Just Softening The Blow

exactly! like it’s clear what’s happening because they didn’t need to make the public speculate At All (it’s not like they’ve been together for 6 years, their one year is yet to come), but they did

[causalityparadoxes]

No because what do you MEAN theres a finished teaser thats being shown privately but not publicly. You cant do this to me

[theloveinc]

that would be such a wild meet ugly w bkg, like you're crying in the bathroom like you said n the groom barges in n you both start fighting loudly again n bkg tells him to leave you alone n tells his groomsmen to take him away then he tells everyone to go home bc the wedding is over n everyone is like wtf is going on?? n your bridesmaids are like "should we stay n help" n bkg is like "no i'll take care of it" n suddenly it ends with you in your mascara tear stained face, wedding dress all a mess n so dirty at mcdonald's with a pro hero sitting in front of you just staring n making sure ur okay n everyone wondering what went on lollll

RIGHT?!?!

And It's sooooo not Bakugo's bag but for some reason he feels so... not exactly obligated but... that it's the right thing to do to stay, buy you food, and help you pick up all the pieces.

He even helps you out of your dress, lets you wrap up in his spare coat and some pajama pants a bridesmaid left in your get-ready room. You cry when you see the empty venue and all the wilting flowers, but he helps you through that, too, holding you like he's known you for years, mumbling about how "you're never gonna get over it unless you do the work yourself."

He even picks out one of the nicest remaining flowers of your bouquet to send home with you that night, not to remember the day by, but to remember the good that came out of it: you were spared from marrying a "fuckin' loser extra," and you met him, and that can't be all bad, right?

(I think it's a little cliche to say you fall in love that exact night and he leaves you with his number... but you see him again, for sure, maybe dropping off some of your, now unneeded, wedding favors as a thank you gift for him to share with his staff at his agency (which was NOT hard to find, nor to gain entrance to)...

And there you are walking into his office only to be met by a whole handful of little sidekicks, going, "look, guys! It's the bride! It's Dynamight's bride!" as they're all so excited to finally meet the person in the pictures that were taken for the paper, of you and Bakugo sitting in that McDonald's, crying.)

[bisexualrapline]

i hate army twitter lmao someone remind me not to go on there ever

[mssophiesthirdaidmysterybiscuits]

Since I am currently in said process, here is your PSA:

REWATCH "THE OFFICIAL CAST RECORDING"!

REWATCH "A GAME MOST CHANGED"!

Thank you for coming to my PSA-Talk!

[the-chattering-tower]

Deeply disappointed in staff's recent bouts of unprofessionalism

Like. they were never known for professionalism when interacting with their users to begin with, usually falling between "alright" and "bro what the fuck were you thinking"

But are they (or at the very least the community manager i guess) really so fuckin bored now that they've started picking fights off-site/stalking ppl off-site to take action against them on-site?? As far as I'm concerned, if someone says something about your site not on your site, it's none of your fuckin business, or at the very least not something you can take action against them for on your site. In an ideal world the answer would be to take it up with the moderators of the site the issue is taking place on, which yeah sure this is tumblr so that won't happen, but their response of "you said something mean about us on your social media, stop that :(" is still childish at best

[superpublicitystunt]

!!SUPER PUBLICITY STUNT!!

A fan of superheroes? Absolute losers? Probably the most pathetic heroes you’ve ever seen morally, skilfully and intelligently? Look no further than SUPER PUBLICITY STUNT!

More information to be released over the Summer, but theres a release date in mind for Autumn/Fall

[italiantea]

not gonna lie girls the dog club's internal communication is Abysmal

[riinzler]

everyday i think about this hc i have that when rinzler was first repurposed he had a clearer personality and sense of self that was slowly lost over time b/c of later code changes

[mannyrorona]

Personally I don’t care about the two, but man I’d definitely be pissed if I was supposedly dating a man for “over a year” and he out here eying women up & down in interviews flirting and talking about being focused on finding a partner?? When you’ve been supposedly seeing someone the entire time? 💀😂 weird?

Side note: YALL BE HURTING YOUR OWN FEELINGS ANYWAY. Y’all been down in the trenches looking for the smallest details of these two having a connection and now it’s finally photographed in ya face proved yourself right & you mad? 💀 did you not ask for this…..?

[bistaxx]

I lived.

[vsonker]

NDA 2 Result 2024: Announcement and Details

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