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authorstalker · 4 years

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My Favorite Books of 2020!

Writers & Lovers, Lily King - My most recommended book of 2020 is a portrait of the artist as a 30-something woman that features a character I would do anything to make out with. Parakeet, Marie-Helene Bertino - Her writing is incredible, I jotted down so many sentences. It’s about family and marriage and convention and trauma (but I laughed a lot too!). It features crazy twists and turns, plus a super interesting, new-to-me job (you know I love reading about work).

Pizza Girl, Jean Kyoung Frazier - In my opinion, this book has the best cover of 2020. It’s a wild ride from start to finish and features a funny, sad slacker girl and so much pizza.

Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald - When a nonfiction book lands on my end-of-year roundup, you know it’s outstanding. It’s about animals and nature and it reminded me that I know very little about anything. It features wild boars, meadows, swans, the 9/11 tribute lights, and deer-vehicle collisions, among other topics!

Not Like the Movies, Kerry Winfrey - Kerry has my favorite sense of humor and is an expert on pies, yacht rock, Gilmore Girls and romcoms. This book has a Luke and Lorelai love story better than the original and it features an iconic character: Mikey Danger.

Everything Here Is Under Control, Emily Adrian - So many personal obsessions contained in here: Ohio, dramatic teenage friendships, motherhood, disappointing men! It features a scene I haven’t stopped thinking about since I first read the book, more than a year ago.

So We Can Glow, Leesa Cross-Smith - I bought this collection just before everything shut down in March and it saved me from the depths of despair. It features a story called “Tim Riggins Would’ve Smoked” -- you know you wanna read that.

Evening, Nessa Rapoport - This novel is so unexpectedly funny and the writing is *chef’s kiss* and it made me SOB. When I finished, I turned back to the first page and started reading again. It features a Type A sister and a Type B sister; in other words, the story of my life bwahahaha.

The Knockout Queen, Rufi Thorpe - I’ve posted about Rufi many times on here (and interviewed her!) because she is one of my writing queens. Seriously, what is it like to be that brilliant? This book features the most memorable, heartbreaking character of the year: Bunny Lampert.

Solutions and Other Problems, Allie Brosh - The long-awaited return of Allie Brosh features the funniest story about drugs and the funniest story about breaking into your neighbor’s house, plus pets, sickness, divorce, love, childhood, loneliness, and learning how to be your own friend. Did I cry? Oh yeah!!!

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bxstvrd · 4 years

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ENTER STAGE RIGHT... JONAH PRYCE AS “THE VILLAIN”

content warnings for: infidelity, disassociation, emotional abuse, gaslighting, disordered eating / body image issues

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&& basics–– full name: jonathan alexander pryce sinclair age: twenty-one (sensitive little cancer, his birthday’s july 1st) sexuality: bisexual baby (literally bc he’s still parsing all of this / figuring out this part of his identity) gender & pronouns: cis, he/him/his character comps: kendall roy ( succession ), the man in black ( westworld ), bojack horseman ( bojack horseman ), adam groff ( sex education ), tim riggins ( friday night lights ), max evans ( roswell new mexico ) full statistics page here

&& history––

jonah’s got legacies on both sides of his family. his father, william pryce, is the heir of a meat distribution company based in pennsylvania that’s become one of the largest beef distributors in the continental united states. his mother, charlotte sinclair, is from old money that’s now tied up in several magazines / newspapers in the tristate area

his whole childhood, he could never figure out why william hated him so much, why william would never give him an ounce of paternal love, not the way he did with jonah’s brothers. and then one night, in a drunken tirade, william reveals: jonah’s a bastard. he’s not william’s son, but rather a product of charlotte’s infidelity

the truth of who he is makes too much sense to jonah, contextualizes everything that’s ever happened to him, and it breaks something in him. he grows into the role of the ‘destroyer’, the villain, the bastard. he learns coldness from his father, apathy from his mother, and shoulders the guilt of his own birth as though he’s not just a child, as though he did something to deserve this. he comes to realize, it’s not that he did anything wrong. simply put, jonah was just born wrong.

theater helps, and he’s good at it too, but it doesn’t undo the ache of being cast aside. jonah becomes obsessed with finding his birth father and finally, after sixteen years of pretending, he confronts his mother, who reluctantly gives jonah his name: desmond burnes.

desmond burnes is a playwright, much to jonah’s delight. and he’s an alderidge alum (which is why jonah even applied here to begin with). the summer before he goes off to college, jonah decides to go to new york to track down his dad, using a summer theater program at columbia as a guise for tracking des down. and at first, des is everything he wanted in a parent: thoughtful, attentive, engaged. but the more jonah gets to know him, the more he realizes how hot and cold des is, how similar the two of them are, in all the worst ways.

the summer ends in turmoil, as you would expect. jonah developed a bit of a crush on hugh, the prop designer for des’ play, not realizing that des and hugh were already entangled sexually. jonah finds the two of them together, and it breaks him, not because he’s jealous, but because he realizes: des will never be the kind of father jonah’s needed his whole life. it leaves a hole in his heart, a void he thinks will never be filled.

until....enter stage left!! orson hobbs. that slimy mother fucker saw how much pain there is in jonah, but also saw how he could harness that deep, deep agony for something great. and jonah, for what feels like the millionth time in his life, put all of his trust and love and hope into the wrong fucking person because he was so desperate to be good in jonah’s eyes, so desperate to have someone who saw him and wouldn’t leave, like everyone else before orson.

his relationship with helen really threw a wrench in that though. orson always liked jonah broken, and with helen, he finally sound some sense of healing. so he reeled jonah back in, using the role of achilles as the hook line and sinker, and jonah, oblivious to how he was being manipulated, fell for it all. he’s always been so susceptible to changing himself for the approval of other people, always twisting himself into whatever shape he thinks people want to see. it’s only towards the end, days before the curtain rises for troilus and cressida, that jonah understands: orson never cared about him. orson likes him broken, docile, his. and orson will cast him aside if he refuses to comply.

orson’s death has shaken him to his core because, even though he didn’t kill orson, a part of jonah knows that, if he saw orson that night, he would have. knowing he has that rage in him, knowing that that’s what he’s truly capable of... he’s never felt more wrong, more evil in his whole life, and hell, maybe that’s just who he is. maybe he’s failed, so many times, at being good because he’s got a black mark on his heart, just like des, just like william.

&& random facts––

smokes too many cigarettes & doesn’t drink enough water

hates birds

sketches when he’s bored, likes drawing butts

is a staunch vegetarian, trying to go vegan but likes cheese too much

would cry @ everything if he didn’t have to deal w the embarrassment of being vulnerable in front of people

doesn’t know how to swim

knows literally every single thing there is to know about david fincher, one might call him... obsessed??

always looks like he just woke up from a nap... probably because he did

and in that vein, Nap King, he’s been diagnosed with a mild form of narcolepsy, don’t fuck w jonah’s naps

allergic to cats, but loves them so much its stupid

compulsively buys candles when he’s sad (so always buying candles because he’s always fucking sad)

gets HEATED about the great british bake off. don’t talk to him about it if you don’t want to open a pandora’s box of his love for mary berry

favorite color is yellow

always cold

disaster bi: clumsy as fuck. horrible driver. can’t sit properly in chairs. never knows what time it is

#ensembleintro #{ about }#{ to feel anything deranges you. to be seen feeling anything strips you naked }#im........VIBIN

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jellybeanbeing · 5 years

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You’re Not Good Enough Book Tag

1. You only have one more spot on your Spelling B team, who would you pick to complete your team? Nina Zenik or Evelyn Hugo

Nina Zenik! Nina is a smart cookie (not saying that Evelyn isn’t smart, because she is smart) who knows like 4+ languages. I’m pretty sure she’ll be a top notch speller and on top of that, spell words in 4+ other languages.

2. Both characters want to kill you, which one would you kill first so you have a better chance of surviving? Julian Blackthorn or Evie O’Niell

I’m killing Julian Blackthorn. That boy would cut my throat without a second thought. Plus, what’s Evie gonna do with her powers? Not much, to be honest.

3. You’re on the bachelor/bachelorette an you’re down to these two characters, which one are you going to give your rose too? Elias Veturius or Jesper Fahey

Can I not? Because these two beautiful beings deserve so much more than what I could give them. I’LL SEND THEM BOTH OFF TO LIVE THEIR LIVES WITH THEIR TRUE LOVE who is not me, even though I love both of them so so much. But if I have to choose, bye Elias.

4. You’ve been chosen for the Hunger Games, who would most likely volunteer in your place? Rhysand or Jem Carstairs

I would hope it’s Rhysand so I can marry Jem and not have to worry about him being killed but knowing just how kind Jem is, he would volunteer. And I mean, Rhysand, I like him but I LOVE JEM CARSTAIRS SO.

5. You’re stranded on an island. Which character would you sacrifice to engage in cannibalism? Jace Herondale or Gansey

Bye Jace. I’m sorry for anyone who loves him, but I mean, it’s Richard Gansey III. But let’s be real. The more logical thing to do would be to sacrifice Gansey because Jace is more capable of finding a way off the island, but if we don’t find a way off that island, Jace will kill me and eat me so, bye Jace.

6. You’re the next DC/Marvel superhero (with your own tv show of course), who is your sidekick? Kell Maresh or Kate Harker

Haha, let’s be honest. With either of them being my sidekick, it will turn into The Great Gatsby where I’m the side character in my own story. BUTTTTT I’m choosing Kate because I feel like she’d be the kick ass side kick we all need.

7. You’re a manager of an Avocado admiring company, who would you fire for lack of communication skills? William Herondale or Magnus Bane

Bye William Herondale. We all know that Magnus can swoon anyone with his looks and words and if he can’t, he has magic on his side to help him.

8. You’ve just finished a book in which your favorite character dies, which character is most likely to comfort you? Blue Sargent or Victor Vale

Blue Sargent. I mean, come on, Victor Vale? Comforting me? That’s never gonna happen.

9. Ugh, it’s high school. Who would most likely be part of the popular clique? Noah Czerny or Marcella Riggins

I feel like both of them would be apart of the popular clique but in different ways. Noah would be in the clique because he’s super cool and lax. Marcella would be in a clique because she possesses that certain power to make people want to be her and love her. But most likely? Noah.

10. The day has arrived; you’re finally a year older! Who would have the nerve to forget your birthday? Emma Carstairs or August Flynn

August Flynn, but if I’m being real here, they both would not forget because they are such kind characters. I only say August because he’s got a lot on his plate and he doesn’t have time to remember minuscule things like my birthday.

11. You’ve just found an upcoming booktube star? Who would most likely be? Helene Aquilla or Isabelle Lightwood

Isabelle Lightwood. Izzy has that YouTube-like personality. She’s outgoing and can talk easily. She’d enjoy talking to a camera and doing funny skits and what not. Helene, I think, would just be so awkward or would be like, “what the hell am I doing?”

12. Sleepover time! Unfortunately you can only invite one person, who would you invite? Ronan Lynch or Rowan Damisch

Ronan Lynch. Ronan and I can go on late night adventures and fuck shit up. THAT IS MY DREAM.

13. Bam, you’re pregnant. Who’s the father/mother? Adam Parrish or Wylan Van Eck

Adam Parrish. I still love Wylan, but I mean, it’s Adam Parrish.

14. You’ve just written a super important text. Who would ‘see’ it, but not reply? Avitas Harper or Delilah Bard

Delilah Bard. I feel like she wouldn’t even be the kind of person to text, or have a phone.

15. You’ve just woken up and it’s time for breakfast. Your mum’s been replaced by..who?! Theta Knight or Inej Ghafa

Inej Ghafa. I love Theta, but Inej as my mother? Any day, PLEASE. She’d be the best mother ever.

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oconnormusicstudio · 3 years

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August 2: Today in Music History

• 1891 ~ Sir Arthur Bliss, British composer Read quotes by and about Bliss • 1900 ~ Helen Morgan (Riggins), Pop Singer • 1905 ~ Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer • 1924 ~ Joe Harnell, Conductor and arranger • 1925 ~ John Dexter, Opera director, Mid-America Chorale • 1921 ~ Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor, died in Naples. • 1926 ~ The first demonstration of the Vitaphone system, that…

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lavellington · 7 years

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My Top 10 DGHDA fics

Since this lil fandom is expanding with the advent of season 2 (and since we are all still REELING from yesterday’s phenomenal episode oh my GOD), I thought I’d rave a bit about my favourite fics. I know if you’ve been in the fandom any length of time then you’ve already read all of these, but rec lists never hurt, especially with new faces popping up!

Please note, this is a list of my personal favourites, and therefore is very biased in favour of Brotzly, and very biased in a multitude of other ways. There are lots of other great fics on ao3 as well, I’m just very otp-focused.

(Also, I decided I wasn’t going to have anyone on here twice, but I have both inky and neko on here twice because they have written such a high number of iconic fics)

1. Universal Truths by inkyfishes ( @inkyfishes )

Author Summary:

“...Very long story short, until yesterday, it hailed as my greatest case: one of deception, danger, double-crosses, and an all-round perversion of high emotion and - dare I say it - romance…”

What do horses, robots, time-travel, false identities, alternate universes, flagrant homosexuality and the University of Cambridge have in common? Probably not much, but it's all Todd Brotzman has to work with after he falls through a hole in space and time, arriving at St. Cedd’s College for the first day of Svlad Cjelli (not yet notoriously known as Dirk Gently). There's a case to be solved, but it refuses to start. For both Todd and Svlad, and Dirk and Farah, events unfold in exactly the way you'd expect at Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

(This work is canon-compliant as per the end of Season 1. It refers to canon set out in the two Dirk Gently novels, the Dirk Gently 2010 TV Series, the Dirk Gently Comics "The Salmon of Doubt" and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, but none of that is needed to understand the work.)

My gushing:

It’s a close call, since there is a lot of great stuff in this fandom, but this is my personal favourite Dirk Gently fic. The ambition and scope of this story absolutely blows my mind. It unites pretty much every form of Dirk Gently, from the original novels up to the most recent BBCA version which forms the main focus of the story, and its take on the characters is both original and convincing. Beautifully written, funny, sad, and with romantic tension that will knock your socks off. This is an epic journey.

2. The Dolphin Paradox by nekosmuse ( @nekosmuse )

Author Summary:

Having lost his job at the Perriman Grand, Todd takes a job selling vintage vinyl to unappreciative hipsters while trying to put his life back together. Dirk Gently is a somewhat regular customer. That is, until Dirk can fix the timeline and get Todd his memories back.

The Record Store AU that's not a Record Store AU.

My gushing:

I’m still so grateful to have been a part of the fandom while this was in progress. Waiting for the updates, which were phenomenal every time, and watching the story unfold, was such a blast. Even if you’re wary of AUs, I recommend you give this a try. The slightly different version of Todd is so interesting and the love story is so very sweet. Not to mention the plot is riveting and clever. Fandom classic, must read.

3. you can break a thing, but you cannot always afterward guide it into the shape you want by cosmicocean, princessparadox ( @cosmicoceanfic, @princessparadoxical )

Author Summary:

He does not think about home. The memories feel like they burn holes in his mind.

AU where every Blackwing subject is a changeling, except for one: an abducted fae, who will answer to no name but Icarus.

My gushing:

Dirk is a fae! This fic unites the sci-fi sensibilities of the first season with magic and mythology in a way that now feels kind of prophetic, given the events and tone of the second season. It’s gorgeously, gorgeously written, with an intense soulmate vibe that is counterbalanced wonderfully by top notch banter. All the characters shine so brightly in this, but powerful yet vulnerable Dirk is my favourite part. Frigging epic.

4. objects in mirror may be closer than they appear by sharlook

( @aceabed )

Author Summary:

You’re alone, with your arms wrapped tight around a pillow at god knows what time in the night, and there are tears running down your face because you can’t seem to stop thinking about it, not even in your dreams.

And then clutching your covers you get an idea.

(In which Dirk has nightmares about Blackwing, goes to Todd for help, and is really, really, really in love.)

My gushing:

This fic absolutely blindsided me, with the kind of writing that seems quiet and delicately wrought, but is simultaneously incredibly powerful and poignant. A wonderful portrayal of Dirk dealing with his traumas and anxieties, while being very in love with Todd. May make you cry. I have so much love for this story, and so much admiration for the prose. Achingly beautiful.

5. split the secret up by piggy09

Author Summary:

He asks if Dirk can hear it and Dirk just laughs, the sound reassuringly human.

Well, not reassuringly. Reassuringly would mean Todd had to be reassured.

It’s just – it sounds human. Which is good. Because Dirk is human. Definitely.

My gushing:

Fic in which the Blackwing subjects are not quite human. Featuring eldritch!Dirk. This story is beautifully, meticulously written, and very evocative and unsettling. Yet Dirk is still somehow the sweetest eldritch abomination I’ve ever heard of.

6. Blood Is Thicker Than Water (But You Know What's Even Thicker? Cookie Dough. Tastes Better, Too.) by DontOffendTheBees ( @dont-offend-the-bees )

Author Summary:

'“Dirk… you know how to make cookies, right?”

The detective glanced between Todd and the ingredients, brow furrowing. “Actually, I was rather hoping you did…”

Todd sighed. He was gonna need another beer. “Let’s Google it.”'

In which Dirk and Todd ill-advisedly try to bake cheer-up cookies for Farah at 3am, and maybe confront some feelings in the process. Fluffy, very lightly angsty anonymous prompt fill, rated teen for a spot of language and mild drunkenness.

My gushing:

I found it very difficult to pick one of Helen’s fics, but in the end I went with this, the first instalment of the baking series, because it is a gift (although I also highly recommend her big bang fic). The dialogue is insanely adorable, it’s perfectly in character, and it exactly satisfies my craving for sweet, domestic fluff. Rendered all the more plausible by the beautiful friendship we’ve seen between Todd, Dirk, and Farah in season 2. :’)

7. Piranha in the Stream of Creation by sarkywoman ( @sarkywoman )

Author Summary:

"We got tuned into each other's radio stations. Let's say that. I got to walk through life ending others and she got the patterns. But it's not all right. Sometimes we're muddled. I'm never sure if I'm doing the right thing. "

Role-Swap AU. Dirk is the holistic assassin, Bart the detective.

My gushing:

The summary above says it all, really. This is such an interesting premise, and I was so happy to see it so well-executed in this fic. Dirk and Bart are very different, and yet still somehow very in-character. A fascinating read from start to finish, and flips your initial ideas on their head in much the same way as the show. I love my holistic children in this story.

8. The Furthest City Light by nekosmuse ( @nekosmuse )

Author Summary:

Dirk Gently (as he's taken to calling himself) has spent most of his life in Blackwing custody. In that time absolutely nothing of any interest has happened. Instead, a good deal of not-very-good or possibly even very-bad things have happened. These mostly involved a number of people in white coats poking and prodding him while making him guess at numbers. Outside of these unwanted visitors, the vast majority of Dirk's time is spent alone. And then one day a technician leads Dirk into a room where a boy around his age sits behind a table, looking sullen and perhaps a little nervous. Dirk likes him immediately.

Alternate Meeting AU, in which 21 year old Dirk meets 20 year old Todd while still in Blackwing custody.

My gushing:

This story will pluck at your heartstrings, while simultaneously making you want to beat up Riggins even more than you probably already did. Young Dirk and Todd are so convincingly written here - just a tad more vulnerable, more raw than in the show, but still good for each other in so many ways. Dirk in particular will make you cry. Stunningly written as you would expect from neko.

9. A Pattern of Errors by coloursflyaway ( @coloursflyaway )

Author summary:

Dirk picks Todd up for a road trip he never planned to go on, with a red cabriolet and a bright smile and a thousand places to go. And although Todd doesn't know what he expected, he definitely gets more than he bargained for.

My gushing:

Beautiful multi-chapter road trip fic, featuring soft boys holding hands, emotional self-sabotage, and eventual declarations of love. Very calming, dreamy, and emotional.

10. Pray for the Thunder and the Rain by inkyfishes ( @inkyfishes)

Author Summary:

A Farah-centric slice of a possible future.

Everything has gone wrong. Everything is broken. Farah works through her anxiety whilst beginning their lives on the run. Her place in the universe is, as yet, undecided.

(Set immediately after the end of Season 1. Written before airing of Season 2.)

My gushing:

Farah Farah Farah!! A very convincing look at what might have happened post the clusterfuck ending of season 1. This fic is so beautiful and captures Farah’s voice WONDERFULLY, with some bonus Faranda just to make it perfect.

#dghda fic #dghda fic recs #brotzly #mine #my recs #fic recs #dghda #dirk gently #faranda #au fic #road trip fic #slow burn fic #i know i know i haven't got boring boring sex on here #but i already have two inky fics and i wanted some faranda in here because i love my girls #<3 this fandom #long post #lemme know if any links are broken or incorrect or what have you #yes this is what I have been doing instead of writing rip me

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newstinxahoi · 4 years

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Phi công học lái xe tải, sửa bể bơi mùa dịch

Không thể lái máy bay vì Covid-19, nhiều phi công tại Mỹ và Anh phải tìm đủ việc làm thêm để có thu nhập.

Điều khiển những chiếc máy bay có giá hàng trăm triệu USD từng là công việc mơ ước của nhiều người và cơ hội việc làm cũng không thiếu. Năm ngoái, Boeing ước tính các hãng hàng không sẽ cần thêm 800.000 phi công trong 20 năm tới, để đáp ứng sự bùng nổ nhu cầu du lịch của châu Á. Một số hãng bay Trung Quốc còn đưa ra mức lương hơn 300.000 USD một năm, đi kèm các đặc quyền để tuyển phi công kinh nghiệm.

Tuy nhiên, Covid-19 đột ngột ập tới, khiến các đường bay quốc tế phải tạm dừng và 51% phi cơ toàn cầu xếp xó. Trong khi chờ đợi ngày quay trở lại buồng lái, các phi công tạm thời duy trì thu nhập bằng muôn kiểu công việc khác nhau, đôi khi khá "kỳ quặc".

Một số phi công Mỹ đang làm việc tại các siêu thị. Những người khác làm tại các công ty điện thoại. Có người còn học thêm bằng lái xe tải hoặc làm việc trong ngành dịch vụ tài chính. Nhiều người nhận ra những nghề tay trái họ làm bấy lâu giờ lại trở thành nguồn thu nhập chính.

"Chúng tôi sẽ làm bất cứ điều gì có thể để giải quyết vấn đề và bảo vệ gia đình", Chris Riggins, một phi công của Delta Air Lines và là người phát ngôn của Hiệp hội Phi công quốc tế (ALPA) cho biết, "Điều đó có nghĩa nếu cần làm việc trong cửa hàng tạp hóa, phi công cũng chấp nhận".

Richard Garner, phi công của Qantas Airways. Ảnh: Bloomberg

Hai năm trước, Richard Garner (43 tuổi), phi công của Qantas Airways thành lập một công ty tư vấn tài chính, sắp xếp các khoản vay cho nhân viên hàng không. Anh chưa bao giờ nghĩ đó là một nghề chính. Garner lái chiếc máy bay đầu tiên ở tuổi 14 và không bao giờ muốn làm bất cứ điều gì khác. Cho đến tháng 3/2020, anh vẫn còn lái chiếc Airbus A330 chặng Australia - châu Á. Nhưng sau đó, Qantas cho tạm nghỉ hai phần ba trong số 30.000 nhân viên, bao gồm cả Garner.

Bây giờ, công ty tư vấn tài chính trở thành sinh kế chủ lực của anh. "Đó không phải là điều tôi thực sự muốn. Nhưng khi cuộc đời ném cho bạn quả chanh, hãy làm một ly nước chanh. Chẳng phải mọi người hay nói thế sao?", anh giải thích

Các chuyến bay nội địa đang bắt đầu cất cánh trở lại ở nhiều quốc gia, bao gồm Trung Quốc và Mỹ - hai thị trường hàng không lớn nhất thế giới. American Airlines đã tăng 74% lịch trình tháng 7 so với tháng 6, nhưng công suất vẫn thấp hơn cùng kỳ năm ngoái.

Dù bay nội địa dần phục hồi giúp các phi công bớt thất nghiệp, số chuyến bay trên toàn cầu hiện vẫn ít hơn hai phần ba so với năm ngoái, theo công ty dõi chuyến bay Aviation Worldwide. Tính đến 8/6, số chuyến bay ở Tây Âu, Mỹ Latinh và Nam Á thấp hơn 70% so với thời điểm trước đại dịch.

Hiện chưa rõ khi nào ngành hàng không sẽ phục hồi hoàn toàn. Theo Hiệp hội Vận tải Hàng không Quốc tế, các hãng hàng không trên thế giới dự kiến lỗ 84,3 tỷ USD và giảm 50% doanh thu trong năm nay. Cathay Pacific Airways tuần trước cho biết cần huy động 39 tỷ đôla Hong Kong từ chính phủ và các cổ đông để tránh sụp đổ.

Điều này chỉ ra một tương lai ảm đạm cho sự nghiệp các phi công. Trong đó có rất nhiều người đã yêu máy bay từ bé. "Không ai bước vào nghề này một cách tình cờ", Robert Bor - một lãnh đạo tại Trung tâm Tâm lý Hàng không - công ty giúp sàng lọc phi công cho nhiều hãng bay Anh cho biết, "Đây là nghề hấp dẫn những người tận tâm, đam mê và đôi khi là ám ảnh".

Tại Leeds (Anh), Dave Fielding mơ ước lái máy bay chiến đấu kể từ khi nhận được một chiếc máy bay đồ chơi lúc lên 7. Nhưng khi phát hiện ra mình dễ bị say máy bay, ông từ giã ước mơ lái máy bay chiến đấu để chuyển sang lái máy bay thương mại. Ở tuổi 53, ông đã là cơ trưởng của British Airways gần 30 năm.

Tuy nhiên, Fielding đã không lái máy bay vài tháng nay và kịch bản tốt nhất cũng vẫn là phải đợi thêm vài tháng. Với hỗ trợ của chính phủ, các hãng hàng không Anh có thể bắt đầu cho phi công làm việc bán thời gian trở lại từ tháng 7. Nhưng một số người vẫn sẽ chờ ít nhất đến tháng 10 hoặc lâu hơn. British Airways đặt mục tiêu cắt giảm 2.000 việc làm, bắt đầu bằng việc nghỉ hưu tự nguyện.

Cơ trưởng Dave Fielding là một trong những người giúp phát triển dự án Wingman. Ảnh: Bloomberg

Gần đây, Fielding và một số đồng nghiệp tham gia vào dự án Wingman, quy tụ hơn 5.000 tình nguyện viên phi hành đoàn. Dự án này phân bổ đội ngũ đi phục vụ phòng chờ bệnh viện, pha trà, cà phê và đồ ăn nhẹ cho các nhân viên y tế tại 50 cơ sở.

Fielding nói nhân viên hàng không được khuyến khích tham gia vào nhiều công việc trong bệnh viện. "Nếu nói Covid-19 đã dạy chúng tôi điều gì, đó là một thế giới mới", ông nói, "Dự án này đã mở ra cơ hội cho các tình nguyện viên".

Trên một cộng đồng của các phi công có tên Professional Pilots Rumour Network, nhiều người đã chia sẻ về công việc mới của mình. Một phi công lái Boeing 737 than thở rằng việc xếp hàng siêu thị có thu nhập chẳng thấm tháp gì với số nợ 60.000-70.000 USD của anh. Trong khi đó, một phi công lái Airbus A320 nói rằng anh đang làm công việc bảo mật bán thời gian, với thu nhập cả tuần chỉ bằng lái máy bay nửa ngày. Một người khác còn chấp nhận việc nặng nhọc hơn như đi sửa chữa và lắp đặt bể bơi.

Một tiếp viên hàng không phục vụ nhân viên y tế tại Bệnh viện Whittington. Ảnh: Bloomberg

Tất cả có thể chỉ là tạm thời. Boeing chỉ ra rằng nhu cầu của hành khách sẽ tăng dần đều sau các biến cố. Các sự kiện như dịch SARS năm 2003, khủng bố 11/9 năm 2001 và khủng hoảng tài chính là ví dụ.

Điều tương tự cũng sẽ đến nếu Covid-19 hạ nhiệt. Boeing cho biết trong một tuyên bố. Về lâu dài, nhu cầu đi lại và vận tải hàng không vẫn tăng nên các phi công và kỹ thuật viên vẫn sẽ có việc làm.

Còn trong ngắn hạn, các hãng hàng không lớn của Mỹ như Delta và United Airlines vẫn cần cắt giảm khoảng 20% số phi công, theo báo cáo ngày 3/6 từ Cowen and Co. Hai hãng này cắt giảm từ 11.000 đến 13.000 nhân sự trong tất cả công việc, ưu tiên sắp xếp thông qua nghỉ hưu sớm.

Theo nhà phân tích Helene Becker của Cowen and Co, các hãng sẽ không sa thải trước ngày 30/9, tuân thủ yêu cầu trong điều khoản viện trợ của chính phủ. Vì vậy, nhiều người trong ngành đang chờ đợi ngày 1/10 trong "sợ hãi".

Các hãng hàng không trên toàn thế giới đã lên kế hoạch loại bỏ hàng chục ngàn lao động để bảo toàn tiền mặt cho quá trình phục hồi kéo dài nhiều năm. Deutsche Lufthansa cho biết có thể dư thừa 22.000 lao động, Alitalia cũng dư hơn 6.800. Emirates, hãng bay đường dài lớn nhất thế giới, đang xem xét cắt giảm khoảng 30.000 nhân viên.

Delta đang cân nhắc gói nghỉ hưu sớm. Phi công đủ điều kiện sẽ nhận một khoản thu nhập và phúc lợi cho đến khị họ đến tuổi nghỉ hưu bắt buộc là 65. American Airlines, Southwest Airlines và JetBlue Airways Corp cũng đưa ra các loại ưu đãi tương tự.

Mark Charman - nhà sáng lập kiêm CEO hãng cho thuê phi công Goose Recruitment cho rằng biến động này có thể khiến máy bay rơi vào tay các phi công ít kinh nghiệm. Bên cạnh đó, các phi công kỳ cựu còn phải ra đi vì khủng hoảng, thì những người mới cũng ngại nhảy vào. Nhất là khi họ thường phải tốn 150.000 USD để trải qua quá trình học tập để đủ điều kiện bay thương mại.

"Việc chảy máu chất xám và thiết hụt nhân tài mới sẽ khiến thị trường thiếu hụt kỹ năng trong tương lai", Charman nói, "Phi công không còn là nghề hấp dẫn như xưa".

Phiên An (theo Bloomberg)

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By Stephen Harold Riggins

Books and Theses

Rosemary Ricciardelli, Also Serving Time: Canada’s Provincial and Territorial Correctional Officers. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019.

Peter Baehr, The Unmasking Style in Social Thought. London: Routledge, 2019. A symposium on this book is forthcoming in The Canadian Review of Sociology.

The symposium in The American Sociologist is now available as Online-first Articles.

Daniel Kudla, “Business Improvement Areas and the Justification of Urban Revitalization: Using the Pragmatic Sociology of Critique to Understand Neoliberal Urban Governance.” PhD dissertation, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph, September 2019.

Articles

Judith Adler, “Tocqueville Mortal and Immortal: Power and Style.” In The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville, Daniel Gordon (Ed.). London: Anthem, 2019, 45-64.

Judith Adler, American Journal of Sociology, 124(6), 2019, 1848-1850. A book review of Gary Alan Fine’s Talking Art: The Culture of Practice and the Practice of Culture in MFA Education. “Gary Fine’s ethnographic study of three university-based graduate programs in art is sure to be recognized as an essential text in the sociology of art and the sociology of higher education.”

Peter Baehr, “Unmasking Religion: Marx’s Stance, Tocqueville’s Alternative.” In The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville, Daniel Gordon (Ed.). London: Anthem, 2019, 21-44.

Emmanuel Banchani and Eric Y. Tenkorang, “Determinants of Low Birth Weight in Ghana: Does Quality of Antenatal Care Matter,” Journal of Maternal and Child Health, February 2020. Online-first Article.

Leslie Butler, Ewa M. Dabrowska and Barbara Neis, “Farm Safety: A Prerequisite for Sustainable Food Production in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Canadian Food Studies, 2019, 6(1), 117-135.

Nilima Gulrajani and Liam Swiss, “Donor Proliferation to what ends? New Donor Countries and the Search for Legitimacy,” Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 40(3), 348-368.

J. Scott Kenney, “Western Civilization, Inequality, and the Diversity Shell Game,” Academic Questions, 2019, 32(3), 354-360.

Daniel Kudla, “Urban Authenticity as a Panacea for Urban Disorder? Business Improvement Areas, Cultural Power, and the Worlds of Justification.” In Planning and AuthentiCITIES. New York: Routledge, 2018, 75-93.

Daniel Kudla and Michael Courey, “Managing Territorial Stigmatization from the ‘Middle’: The Revitalization of a Post-industrial Business Improvement Area,” Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2019, 51(2), 351-373.

Daniel Kudla and Patrick Parnaby, “To Serve and to Tweet: An Examination of Police-related Twitter Activity in Toronto,” Social Media and Society, 2018, 4(3), 1-13.

Vincent Kuuire, Eric Y. Tenkorang, Prince Michael Amegbor, Mark Rosenberg, “Understanding Unmet Health-care Need among Older Ghanaians: A Gendered Analysis,” Aging and Society, January 2020. Online-first Article.

Barbara Neis and Katherine Lippel, “Occupational Health and Safety and the Mobile Workforce: Insights from a Canadian Research Program,” New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 2019, 29(3), 297-316.

Anton Oleinik, “On the Role of Historical Myths in Nation-state Building: The Case of Ukraine,” Nationalities Papers, 2019, 47(6), 1-17.

Nicole Power and Moss Norman, “Re-inscribing Gender Relations through Employment-related Geographical Mobility: The Case of Newfoundland Youth in Resource Extraction,” Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2019, 44(3), 283-308.

Alice Pearl Sedziafa, Eric Y. Tenkorang, Adobea Owusu, “Can Marriage (Re)produce and Legitimize Sexual Violence?: A Phenomenological Study of a Ghanaian Patrilineal Society,” Women’s Studies International Forum, 77, November-December, 2019.

Jeffrey van den Scott and Lisa-jo K. van den Scott, “Imagined Engagements: Interpreting the Musical Relationship with the Canadian North,” Qualitative Sociology Review, 2019, 15(2), 90-104.

Newsworthy

Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott received the Helena Lopata Excellence in Mentorship Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.

Rosemary Ricciardelli received the 2019 MUN Presidents Award for Outstanding Research.

MA student Laura Squires was awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Masters Graduate Scholarship in support of her MA thesis research. Her thesis project is titled “Are Correctional Programs in Newfoundland Effective? Examining the Experiences of Justice-involved Individuals with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders.” Her supervisors were Adrienne Peters and Rose Ricciardelli.

David Chafe (MUN PhD in sociology) was featured in a CBC Radio story about his career in business, academia, and music. David has recently released a recording of piano pieces titled Still. The launch of the disc can be seen on a YouTube video. Music on the disc includes pieces by Grieg, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, Moszkowski, and Rachmaninoff.

Judyannet Muchiri, PhD Proposal Presentation, “Safe Spaces for Young Women’s Civic Participation in Kenya,” October 2019.

The Newfoundland and Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs featured a profile of MA student Ifeoma Ineh’s experiences of the MUN Entrepreneurship Training Program.

https://www.thenloweadvisor.org/post/profile-ifeoma-ineh

The Department of Sociology sponsored the Henrietta Harvey Lecture “Writing Ocean Histories” by Helen Rozwadowski, Professor of History and Maritime Studies at the University of Connecticut and author of Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans.

Janet Harron, “What we don’t know: Sociologist Collaborates with First Light to Uncover St. John’s Indigenous History,” The Gazette, September 18, 2019. The article features the work of Rochelle Coté.

https://gazette.mun.ca/public-engagement/what-we-dont-know/?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term&utm_content&utm_campaign&fbclid=IwAR0KtbcOtanqb4m0W_4jg6feELWMyBCBmlHk1hTgerNSLtkTGMx0Zz7ayrI

Lecture by William Herbert, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial University, “Trans Rights as Risks: On the Ambivalent Implementation of Canada’s Groundbreaking Trans Prison Reform,” October 25, 2019.

Stephen Harold Riggins and Paul Bouissac celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in Germany and France in October. Their relationship is documented in the book The Pleasures of Time: Two Men, a Life. (Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2003). Since retiring, Stephen has published two books of his photographs: Newfoundland, Ontario, Indiana: 1963-2018 and Quilt Blocks by Susan Ledgerwood. For the past two years he was been working on an edition of poems and interviews by Richard Brooks Hendrickson (1925-2019) in addition to his on-going research project about the history of the MUN Department of Sociology. Paul Bouissac’s seventh book on the anthropology of the circus appeared in 2018, The Meaning of the Circus: The Communicative Experience of Cult, Art, and Awe (London: Bloomsbury Academic Press).

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Featured Zine: Discipline Press

We are proud to present our beautiful collection of Discipline Press Zines! Including Ugly Dirty Nasty Noisy, Uglier Dirtier Nastier Noisier, Interviews, Body Interviews, and What We Do is Secret. We also have some amazing Chicanx History posters as well as the Ainte Idella poster! And check out the Caroline Schub photobook too! Gorgeous! Full list & info below!

Ugly Dirty Nasty Noisy

A 2014 compilation of NYC born, bred, transplanted, longtime resident and affiliated punk artists. Curated and assembled by Tamara Santibañez.

68 pages, black and white digital printing on matte stock, square spine staple bound.

Artists included:

SAM RYSER

JULIA GARDER

BEN CHARLES TROGDEN

MIYAKO BELLIZZI

ALEXANDER HEIR

MALLORY WESTON

JESSE RIGGINS

ALEXIS GROSS

KELSEY HENDERSON

HELEN MICHELSEN

EMILY STEBBINS

AMANDA MERTEN

EUGENE TERRY

REGGIE MCCAFFERTY

TAMARA SANTIBANEZ

DYLAN GOLDBERGER

JANUARY HUNT

HEATHER BENJAMIN

EMMA KOHLMANN

JESS POPLAWSKI

ALEX MCTIGUE

JUSTIN CATANIA

NINA HARTMANN

JASON ROY

DILEK BAYKARA

CHRIS BERNTSEN

GEORGIA STAPLES

WILL SHELDON

CECILIA CALDIERA

Uglier Dirtier Nastier Noisier

Second issue to the first Ugly Dirty Nasty Noisy zine. A 2015 compilation of NYC born, bred, transplanted, longtime resident and affiliated punk artists. Curated and assembled by Tamara Santibañez.

Black and white digital printing on matte stock, square spine staple bound.

Artists Included:

LARA GOETZL

CHRISTINA GEMORA

EUGENE TERRY

KEEGAN DAKKAR

ALEX HEIR

ALEXIS GROSS

CECELIA CALDIERA

MATTHEW BELLOSI

ROBIN PAK

HELEN MICHELSEN

GEORGIA STAPLES

SAM LIGHT

MALLORY WESTON

JANUARY HUNT

TIFFA JET

SGT. CILURSELF

CHRIS BERNSTEN

MATEO CARTAGENA

JUSTIN CATANIA

KELSEY HENDERSON

DYLAN GOLDBERGER

DILEK BAYKARA

EMILY STEBBINS

ALEX MCTIGUE

RHYLLI OGIURA

REGGIE MCCAFFERTY

JASON ROY

EMMA KOHLMANN

TAMARA SANTIBANEZ

Body Interviews

A series of thirteen interviews conducted with creatives across artistic disciplines whose work deals with the human body. Interviews conducted and compiled by Tamara Santibañez.

8x10”, black and white.

Interviewees include:

Evie Falci

Jane “Pain” Chardiet

Alexis Mincolla

Jesse Hazelip

Zana Bayne

Todd Pendu

Material Lust

January Hunt

Daniel Albrigo

Kelsey Henderson

Blaise Cepis

Titania Inglis

Emma Kohlmann

Chicanx History Poster Series

Discipline’s first official release is a series of Chicanx History posters curated in collaboration with Ricardo Montenegro (Mr. 1777). Largely in response to the popularization of Chicanx culture in the United States, Discipline’s aim is to reconnect images with the history and reality of the communities they depict. Each month will see a new poster with an event or figure chosen by Montenegro and illustrated by a different artist in the Chicanx art tradition. The artists are selected to represent a cross section of generations and styles within the genre.

Ainte Idella

Confessional style diary entires written by Diamond Stingly to her late great aunt Idella.

16.5” x 22.5” full color offset printing on 100lb newsprint with foldout poster on reverse.

Limited run of 1000.

Proceeds go to benefit

https://www.newyorkcares.org

Caroline Schub 2010-2016

This first photography book from artist Caroline Schub encompasses work shot over a period of six years of her practice. The volume features a series of self portraits, staged environments and video stills informed by her experience with her own chronic illness and bodily evolution.

Printed by all-female bookbinding and printing house Small Editions in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Limited edition of 100, signed and numbered by the artist. 9x12” with textured cover laminate and pearlescent foil stamped title.

More at http://www.disciplinepress.com/

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