#LinkedIn Page Set up

[clamsjams]

this might be an abnormal take but i consider youtubers tweeting about how they’re looking for people to work for them to be unprofessional at best and downright exploitative at worst

[cbrownjc]

The Devil's Minion (Armand/Daniel): Metas and Info Masterpost

This is an updated masterpost containing all links regarding asks I've gotten about Armand and Daniel's relationship (Devil's Minion), as well as metas I've written about the relationship, as it pertains to the AMC+ TV Show, as well as book info about the pair. This post is for quick reference for anyone looking for a specific meta or answer to a question they may have, as well as for myself, as the show goes forward.

You can find the first/old masterpost I did for this here.

This new post is the one I will update from now on with any new metas or important info going forward.

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Book Specific References/Questions:

A book-based timeline of the events regarding Daniel and the Devil's Minion story/relationship (created by Lixx) -- here.

No, Anne Rice was not against fanfic because people were writing her characters having gay sex (and isn't rolling in her grave over the gay sex in the show) -- here and here.

Yes, the ship name for Armand/Daniel (as far as book-fandom goes) has always been "Devil's Minion" since at least when the Queen of the Damned book was first published in 1988 -- here.

What we know about Daniel's background from the books (which is not much) -- here.

Overview of Armand's backstory and relationship with Lestat, Louis, and Daniel in the books -- here and here.

Who and what is Armand's endgame (in the books & spec regarding the show during Season 1) -- here and here.

Armand and Daniel's relationship was NOT love at first sight, like it was for Lestat and Louis. Their relationship, in fact, starts out more like a horror movie (but it gave them the chance to see, and fall in love with each other, with no illusions as to who the other one was) -- here, here, here, and here.

David Talbot (aka why the show has likely replaced his character with Louis and Daniel) -- here.

The origin of the "Boss" nickname that many fanfic writers have Daniel call Armand in fanfics -- here.

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AMC+ Universe Specific Reference Links:

Daniel Molloy's LinkedIn page, set up by the AMC+ show -- here.

Daniel Molloy's Practicum Course Website -- here.

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General AMC+ Show Devil's Minion Metas and Specs:

Why I think a large part of the Devil's Minion storyline, particularly the 4-year Chase between Armand and Daniel, as well as their romance after that, all happened in the past, during the book's original 12-year timeline (1973 to 1985); including signs and hints in the show that it did -- here, here, here, here, here, here and here. (And a gifset tags meta here.)

What I think Louis was doing while Armand was chasing younger Daniel for 4 years, as well as very likely the first 3 years (at least) of Armand & Daniel's full romantic relationship after that (in short, IMO Louis was very likely asleep, underground in the earth, healing from his burn wounds) -- here.

Why I think Louis doesn't know -- or remember -- what happened between Armand and Daniel in the past -- here.

Why I don't think it was Armand who erased Daniel's memories of their past relationship -- here and here.

Daniel, Parkinson's Disease, and Dr. Fareed -- here, here, and here.

Daniel's importance to Armand's story (a.k.a. why Daniel won't be killed off ... or at least he won't stay dead if he does die) -- here, here, and here.

Thoughts on Daniel's sexuality (with commentary about the 1980s AIDS crisis) -- here, here, and here.

About the Armand = Alice theory -- here and here.

What I feel is the most important thing when it comes to adapting The Devil's Minion story/relationship, and why -- here, here, and here.

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Season One-Specific Metas and Specs (many of these were either confirmed or disproven by what was shown by the end of the season, or by the end of Season 2):

Rashid is Armand Specs (proven correct!) with spec on Devil's Minion having happened in the past -- here, here, and here.

Shipping Armand based on just aesthetics (because no, Rashid was NOT Armand's true self, just a performance) -- here.

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Pre-Season Two-Specific Metas and Specs (many of these were either confirmed or disproven by what was shown during Season 2):

Another ask/meta about the "Endgame" relationships -- here.

Yes, Devil's Minion has their toxic side. And? 🤷🏾‍♀️ This is the Vampire Chronicles, EVERY relationship has its toxic level to it -- here and here.

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Season Two-Specific Metas and Specs (written as Season 2 was airing, and were either proven correct or wrong by the end of the season):

The purpose of The Chase between Armand and Daniel in the show's universe -- here.

Could Daniel be seen as scraps because Armand couldn't have Louis or Lestat? -- here.

My prediction/meta that Daniel would be turned by the end of the season, (before the screener leaks spoiled it) -- here.

More thoughts/specs on Daniel being turned -- here, here, and here.

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Post-Season Two-Specific Metas and Specs:

Why, IMO, Armand turning Daniel out of "spite" in any way is a bad adaptation of The Devil's Minion story (and Armand & Daniel's relationship) if it's true -- here, here, and here.

Why The Chase, and the romantic relationship that came after, has to have happened in the past, if the show wants to keep to the heart of Armand & Daniel's characters and relationship, post Season 2 -- here.

Armand turning Daniel did not lead to them "getting together" or some kind of happy ending for them right away in the books. In fact, they broke up for over 15 years after Daniel's turning, and Daniel went mad/crazy (and went to live with Marius), a storyline which I feel the show could still do in some way -- here and here. (Tulane Archive scan, which shows their breakup, that was cut from The Vampire Armand book, where it was only mentioned instead -- here.)

. . . that all said, one way or another, there is something strange and off going on with Daniel and the publishing of the Interview with the Vampire book, per the hints given in Mayfair Witches, Season 2 -- here.

More thoughts on Daniel, Raglan James, and the Talamasca -- here, here, and here.

Armand and The Great Laws -- here and here.

Possible Armand and Daniel episode in Season 3 -- here.

No, I don't think The Devil's Minion has been plotted out fully, down to every single last detail, with regard to the show; because TV show writing is more organic than writing a book or a film, because of its medium -- here and here.

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Showrunner Rolin Jones talking about The Devil's Minion:

Yes, Rolin Jones did promise Devil's Minion, actually -- here.

What Rolin Jones said at SDCC 2022 about Devil's Minion -- here (YouTube Video).

Rolin Jones speaking at the 2024 ATX TV Festival about Devil's Minion -- here (video).

[neocelticavalon]

🛡🐲 Sketch Log 5 - TMNT Fantasy AU 🐉🐢⚔

Been a very busy week setting up my portfolio page on behance, and went for job hunting thru LinkedIn, and other adult stuff *sighss and I hardly spent much time to draw some doodles or write my TMNT Fantasy AU...so here's what I got instead for you guys😔👇👇👇

In case you guys been wondering where the shell did she get the purple fire magic on her battle axe? Here's your answer👇😀

My other inspo on kaijus😊👇👇

Close up doodles💕💝💖👇👇

And lastly, Tribunal Leonardo and Chloe 👇💙💕💙💕💙💪😍😍🥰🥰 HAPPY ST. VALENTINES DAY, SHELLHEADS!!!💘💘 (cuz today is their day and I do think they deserved some credits!💕💕💕💯💯)

A little bit Knightess April x Villager Irma of course!!💕💜💕💜💕💜💖💖💖

I think this is the first reaction Irma would make when meeting/encounters a giant talking turtle with glowing markings...walking in front of her (?)

⭐BONUS DOODLES!!👇⭐

Knightess April and Tribunal Donnie reading a map together, what kind of fantasy map...?? Hidden treasure map...???? We'll never know🥲

I HOPE EVERYONE ARE ENJOYING THEIR VALENTINES DAY!!!🥰🥰🥰 MAY YOUR DAY FILLED WITH LOTSA LOVE AND HUGGSSS!!!💘💝💌💕💕💞💞❤❤

💜ANY Support like reblogs, comments and likes are GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! Toodles, loves!💜⚔👑

[wokealqaeda]

On April 10, 2023, a mass shooting occurred at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Five people were killed, and eight others were injured, including two responding police officers. The shooter, 25-year-old former employee Connor James Sturgeon, was fatally shot by police.

The shooting happened on the first floor of the Old National Bank on East Main Street, near Louisville Slugger Field and Waterfront Park. The shooter used an AR-15 style rifle, according to an anonymous federal law enforcement source.

Phone calls placed at around 8:38 a.m. EDT from the Old National Bank reported an active shooter in the area. The call was later changed to an active aggressor report. The employees of Old National Bank were in a conference room during a scheduled virtual meeting when the shooter opened fire. A manager at the bank said she observed the shooting through her computer. After the first shots were fired, the shooter began livestreaming the shooting on Instagram until he was killed by officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD). The livestream was then taken down by Instagram.

An eyewitness in the conference room recounted that those in the room heard a click before the shooter opened fire. Another had just walked past the conference room and thought the shooting was construction noise, before being alerted of the shooting by another employee. Officers arrived at the bank three minutes after the first call. A woman who was at the intersection at the start of the shooting recounted that she saw a man lying near the entrance to a hotel before hearing shots and speeding off to a safer location. The shooter had set himself up in an ambush position to target police officers. Around 8:45 a.m., the LMPD confirmed that officers had exchanged gunfire with the shooter, who died of five police-inflicted bullet wounds approximately five minutes after the police arrived.

Five people were killed in the shooting. All of the victims were employed at Old National Bank. They were:

Joshua Barrick, 40

Deana Eckert, 57 (who died in the hospital the same day)

Tommy Elliott, 63

Juliana Farmer, 45

Jim Tutt, 64

The chief medical officer at University of Louisville Hospital said they had received nine patients, including two police officers, who were injured in the shooting. Three of them had been released later that afternoon, three were still in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and three who were critically wounded had required operations. One police officer required brain surgery.

The LMPD identified the perpetrator as 25-year-old Connor James Sturgeon (February 11, 1998 – April 10, 2023), who was raised in Greenville, Indiana. Sturgeon attended Floyd Central High School in Floyds Knobs as a teenager. A former student told The Daily Beast that Sturgeon was a star athlete, and seen as a smart and popular student at Floyd Central. Another student claimed that Sturgeon was kept home for most of the eighth grade after repeatedly suffering concussions playing football. A spokesperson for Sturgeon's family confirmed that Sturgeon suffered several concussions. After graduating from Floyd Central in the spring of 2016, Sturgeon moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he attended the University of Alabama and graduated in December 2020, before moving back to Louisville where he was employed by the Old National Bank beginning in June 2021. According to a LinkedIn page, he interned at the bank over previous summers, and had worked full-time at the bank for nearly two years. A bank manager recalled him as being "low key" and "relaxed", and family members noted that he had depression. Several of his friends and members of his family expressed surprise over him being the perpetrator.

Prior to the shooting, Sturgeon messaged one of his friends stating that he felt suicidal and added that he wanted to kill as many people in the bank as he could, according to a police dispatcher. Sturgeon's Instagram account featured mostly pictures of his family and friends, and some dark memes. One had the caption, "I could burn this whole place down," another featured a gif of a scene from Star Wars: The Force Awakens where character Kylo Ren says "I know what I have to do, but I don't know if I have the strength to do it", and the last post before the attack said, "They won’t listen to words or protests. Let’s see if they hear this."

Sturgeon legally purchased the AR-15 rifle from a Louisville dealer six days before the shooting. Law enforcement sources said that Sturgeon left notes, one at his home and one on him, saying that part of his plan was to show how easily a person with mental illness could legally acquire a firearm in the United States. Sturgeon noted targeting "upper class white people" for its potential impactfulness on the issue was a motive for his actions.

Sturgeon's brain was retained and was tested for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain condition caused by repeated trauma to the head. In November, the results were released and found no evidence of CTE.

[mariacallous]

Employees at the Social Security Administration (SSA) were informed on Thursday morning that new rules forbid them from accessing “general news” websites, including those that have been at the forefront of the reporting on Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort.

In an email reviewed by WIRED and addressed to “all SSA employees” from a mailing list called “internal communications,” the agency informed employees that it was “implementing additional restrictions to the categories of websites prohibited from government-furnished equipment. Effective today, March 6, 2025, the categories include: Online shopping; General News; and Sports.” The headline read “Internet Browsing from Government Equipment.”

The email did not specify which websites in particular were to be blocked. However, WIRED has confirmed with two sources inside the SSA that Wired.com is no longer accessible today, though it was accessible previously.

The sources also confirmed that the websites of The Washington Post, The New York Times, and MSNBC were inaccessible. However, the sources were able to access other news websites including Politico and Axios.

“Local news blocked,” says one source at SSA, who was granted anonymity over fears of retribution. “So if there was a local shooting or something, I wouldn’t be able to see.”

It’s unclear who has implemented the block list or what criteria were used to populate it, but it appears not to be based on ideological grounds, as Fox News and Breitbart are also blocked.

On Friday, weeks after DOGE engineers were installed at SSA, the agency announced plans to cut 7,000 employees. Many of the agency’s most senior staff have resigned. This includes former SSA commissioner Michelle King, who has decades of experience within the agency. She was replaced by acting commissioner Leland Dudek, a mid-level staffer who claimed in a LinkedIn post, reviewed by WIRED, that he had been punished by King for helping DOGE engineers when they first arrived. Musk and Donald Trump have also continued to push the conspiracy theory that millions of dead people are continuing to collect social security benefits, despite the fact those claims have been debunked.

In the hours after the initial email was sent about blocking news sites, some employees received another email from their managers providing instructions on how to disable news showing up on the Edge landing page. This was not a requirement but a recommendation to help employees resist the temptation to click on news links, a source who had received the email told WIRED.

Those trying to visit Wired.com were greeted with a page replicating much of what was in the initial email. It also listed a “URL Reputiation” score, though it was unclear where that score was being sourced from, or if it has a bearing on site access. Different blocked news websites were given different scores, according to screenshots viewed by WIRED.

SSA employees typically use computers with Microsoft’s Edge installed as the internet browser. The default landing page on that browser is set to show news headlines, according to several sources at SSA.

“Employees with a legitimate business [sic] should submit an exception SAM request for their supervisor's review,” the email continued. “These additional restrictions will help reduce risk and better protect the sensitive information entrusted to us in our many systems.”

On Reddit, multiple members of the FedNews subreddit who said they worked at the SSA claimed that accessing news in a timely manner was an essential part of their job. Others pointed out that being able to make purchases online was a core component of their work.

After this article was published, an SSA spokesperson told WIRED that it implemented the restrictions because “employees should be focused on mission-critical work and serving the American people.”

It did not respond to requests for comment on why some news websites were blocked and others were not.

Employees at several other US government agencies contacted by WIRED said similar blocks on news pages had not been implemented on their networks.

[colourme-feral]

A vibrant series of images featuring local farmers set against lush green foliage is one of the striking contrasts that has become a key visual direction for the film ‘The Paradise of Thorns.’ This direction was shaped through extensive research and collaboration by every team involved, including the director, art team, stylists, cinematographer, and colorists.

"When we decided to make a movie about durian farmers, we started by researching the landscape of durian orchards. Typically, the climate in Thailand is warm, so we anchored the film’s palette in green, representing the trees and foliage. Then, we thought about what would happen when people were added to these scenes. As each team did their homework, we all ended up on the same page—Thai people love vibrant, secondary colors like pink, purple, orange, and green. From there, we pulled all these ideas together and created a standardized color palette that shaped everything from our location choices to the wardrobe. We like to call it the 'Thai Color Palette.’ shared Director Naruebet ‘Boss’ Kuno.

“We hope everyone who watches the film can feel the vibrant colors of local life, the essence of being Thai, and the stories that unfold here in Thailand. Our goal is to share this unique Thai identity in a way that speaks to audiences around the world,” Boss Kuno added. from GDH's LinkedIn

Credit, credit

[1800titz]

Chapter two of Fetish: on tumblr tomorrow (4/21) at 2 PM EST

little sneaky

Nobody ever told her how to recover from falsely accusing an innocent man of violent crime either, by the way, and definitely not if she were to do it in a packed parking lot, like she was vocally denouncing androcentrism and domestic abuse through a megaphone. She’s publicly shamed a man of integrity (and obscenely active dick game), and she’s become the unwitting villain of an erotic tragedy in the process.

Y/N drums her fingers over her knuckles, forearms pasted to her tummy, as she lays flat on her back across the mattress. The fan whirs. The rich culture of willing sadomasochism and honey-drenched moans has been bulldozed. In its place resides an unnatural, guilt-soaked silence.

She’s gentrified his sex life.

There’s this eerie, monk-like devotion to abstinence now. The walls used to be alive with sound: the breathless little whimpers, the unfiltered, incomprehensible praise spilling from his mouth in a voice dipped in something warm and ruined. Now? Nothing. The auditory depravity she once resented is now a phantom limb. She didn’t realize how accustomed she’d become to the rhythm of his vices until they were gone; like a street that used to be full of neon-lit sin, now sanitized into a vegan brunch spot with really shitty, overpriced sandwiches. 

Anyways, in theory, there are worse things Y/N could be doing at midnight. 

Cutting her own bangs, for example. Cyberstalking an ex that ghosted her in 2017 (kicking off the trail of breadcrumbs with a google search and then LinkedIn, maybe, because she suspects she might still be blocked on Instagram). She spent one night falling down a forum rabbit hole cataloging a conspiracy on how birds aren’t real. There is a vast variety of terrible decisions the young woman could be making. Nothing, however, quite contends using her designated sleeping hours to surf through an archive of her soft-eyed, tragically beautiful neighbor using his hands to fold women into a state of obedience as if practicing origami. 

She tells herself it’s a form of research. A yearning to be more… open-minded (given that the whole celibacy streak has her feeling like one of those PTA moms lobbying for romance book bans). Besides, the curly-haired brunette had practically invited her to take a look into his hobbies— opened up the page and showed her, casually said words like ���you can look into domestic discipline… if you wanted to understand a bit better.” And really— what better way to take accountability, foster crucial character growth within herself, and accept her neighbor for what he is, with open arms, than to take a deep dive into his self-published porno collection?

Maybe part of it is guilt. The knowledge that she’s not only humiliated a man and basically twisted his arm into outing his NSFW extracurriculars in front of a crowd, but somehow managed to kneecap his entire operation in the process. At the very least, if his dick isn’t just out of commission altogether, he’s certainly not entertaining… the other thing. It’s too quiet. Maybe part of it is the shame bubbling up as she chews into the slick inside of her cheek, sprawled on her back. But the other part? 

That’s pure, unadulterated fascination. The morbid kind of curiosity that gnaws in, the kind that should probably be dispelled and left unentertained— the depraved kind that ripples at Harry’s cherubic locks, wide-set shoulders, toned arms, hulking palms. Curiosity killed the cat— that’s how the expression goes. It’s a good thing then, Y/N thinks wryly, the tip of her pointer dragging along the trackpad, that she’s not a feline. 

There are a few thoughts that smack Y/N as soon as she opens the webpage, one of the first being: the catalog of thumbnails feels like a violent act against her very sense of propriety. It’s an extensive panoply, to say the least. The filthy, rectangular display images, stacked in rows upon one another, all showcase women and an oddly familiar torso, a set of legs, usually coated by another body. Some are shot from the same angle, and others from another; women strewn over a knee with underwear bunched to the crooks at the backs of their knees, a handful of different shades. Different contours to their shapes, different hair that drapes over their downturned faces—

The breath Y/N sucks in chills her teeth. 

One thing remains consistent across the visual library— Harry exists in almost all of them. The pictures are cropped right across the tops of his shoulders, all of them, the young woman supposes for the sake of protecting his identity. But the rings are the same. The tar-shaded medley of tattoos branded across his arms is the same. In one photo, his palm rests across a faceless woman’s hip, as if to keep her slotted in place, fingers digging divots into soft flesh, and Y/N makes out one eagle wing peering out along his forearm; on the opposite side, a trio of nails that peek out from beneath the sleeve of his tee, the anatomical heart. 

Amongst the sordid array of half-naked silhouettes in vulnerable positions, the shape of her groggy-eyed reflection ghosting over the glowing screen of her laptop sits like an omen. It feels like an intrusion. Something so public, not meant for her eyes to see, and yet…

She clicks on one of the videos; a random selection made from the middle of the page, however far down she’s managed to scroll. 

Very quickly, Y/N discovers that Harry— her neighbor, Harry, the same man who occasionally knocks on her door to swap a misdelivered set of envelopes, who Y/N ogles from the end of the hallway like a longingly-observed-from-a-distance, unattainable rom-com love interest— has made an entire pastime out of turning women into docile, whining things with nothing but a palm full of deliberate, measured strength and a voice like a warm brand.

[louisupdates]

DJ: Euros at Glasto. Whose idea was it to sneak a television in?

Lottie: He [big brother Louis Tomlinson] said this idea, he was like, ‘We’re gonna take a tele in.’ He’d thought of everything. We took a generator, two buckets of rocks to like, set it in. And I was like, ‘They’re not going to let you take rocks in.’ We just walked through! Couldn’t believe it.

Host: It’s just what you do, isn’t it?

Lottie: He was like, ‘Just, everyone, just stay chill, just walk through, like, it’s not on the prohibited items list.’ So, I thought it was really amazing, ‘cuz he was like, ‘Let’s not set it up just for us. Let’s set it up for as many people to watch.’

- Lottie Tomlinson describing brother Louis Tomlinson sneaking a television into Glastonbury 2024. via hitsradiouk TikTok. Louis went viral as the “god of Glasto” [BBC News, Billboard, Metro, The Guardian, Rolling Stone UK, LinkedIn, iHeart, Page Six, Ladbible] for his ingenuity. He ranked No. 3 on Glastonbury 2024’s Most Memorable Moments [The Guardian], and was lauded a “Silver Fox” [Today, People]. Even the English NT and Samsung commented.

[butchjackabbot]

i do have a bit of a guilty pleasure for those "character's social media" posts but i never actually rb any because i always feel like theyre so unrealistically curated that it takes me out djshdjhdkjsk so it got me to thinking about the pitt character's social media usage. um. here's some thoughts. enjoy

i only wrote about the characters i felt like writing about, but if u want to hear my thoughts on other characters just shoot me an ask lol

mohan

has an instagram page, but not the app, she deleted it sometime in med school. sometimes re-downloads it, but seeing everybody she knew and having to update on her life fills her with so much anxiety that she deletes it again. icon is her childhood cat and her page has a handful of random posts from high school and undergrad w/ minimal captions, but that's it.

linkedin warrior. she loved linkedin, huge linkedin advocate. fell off after she started residency, and has a sort of hatred towards it that makes her feel like she's betrayed herself.

pinterest where she keeps boards that make her feel inspired. quotes, imagery of who she wants to be and what the space she wants around her to look like.

storygraph, not goodreads because she doesn't want to support amazon. always sets her yearly reading goal so high that she cannot possibly reach it - i.e. she reads 5 books one year, that means she should be able to read 20 the next. disappoints herself and ends up avoiding reading altogether because of it. needs to delete storygraph or stop setting a goal.

santos

instagram is sporadically updated, aims to look sarcastic and cute. posts only reach back to the end of medical school, she archived everything before that.

tumblr. absolutely a tumblr user. account was made when she was in middle school, and i'm gonna say it was for the purpose of posing about xena warrior princess, buffy and supernatural. now is kind of just an aesthetic blog, for the most part. can go months without posting then will reappear, post like 30 unfiltered thoughts in a row, and disappear.

private twitter she made in undergrad, yaps and yaps and yaps. way to stay connected with both irl and online friends.

tiktok addict... she goes to sleep doomscrolling.

DOES have a linkedin she was forced to make for a class in undergrad. no profile picture, no information besides her name, and her only post says "balls" (mohan is scandalized bc "trinity! this is going to show up when people search your name" "(shrug) hasn't been a problem")

ellis

active on both instagram and tiktok, sporadically posts fit checks. has a pretty good amount of people following her. feed curated so she can look mysterious and cool, captions often quotes or song lyrics. posts photo dumps and random thoughts on her close friends story a lot.

fitness tracker apps - loves myfitnesspal. she does, in fact, track her food each day to make sure that she's eating enough. finds it to be a really helpful reminder with a busy schedule.

linkedin casual. it's professional, it works. it exists, but she doesn't like posting on it. tries to post once every few months or so - maybe about publications or job updates.

still uses snapchat, got into the habit in high school and some of her friends are still pretty active w it

private twitter where she occasionally posts, mostly just retweets stuff that makes her laugh. santos and ellis follow each other, ellis absolutely terrorizes santos in her replies.

abbot

you will find nothing except a facebook that hasn't had consistent posts since his spouse died (~2013?). a lot of it is posts of them, from them. some shares of memes or interesting news, in between. since they died, there's a sporadic photos from his life but it's maybe a handful of posts. he only started posting again in 2015, and hasn't posted since 2018. every year on his birthday, a splatter of people still wish him a happy birthday.

somewhere out there, there is a twitter he made in 2008 under a handle that has nothing to do with his name. he has noooo clue what the username or password is. my omniscient self says there's a few retweets and maybe a tweet making a stupid joke before he abandoned it almost immediately.

not exactly social media but: huge physical media advocate, only has some music on his phone as like. "commute music." but otherwise likes collecting vinyl and CDs. refuses to subscribe to streaming services. knows how to torrent and will only watch tv/film that way, besides going to the cinema or finding stuff on places like the internet archive/going to the library.

collins

has an instagram she sporadically posts on, posts go back to 2012. mostly posts scenery pics. her profile photo is a candid that robby took when they went on a trip somewhere pretty and scenic together. she hasn't really posted as much since they broke up (~2021, heather starts residency at ptmc next year) because every time she looks at that profile picture, it stings. she hasn't really had time to think about changing it with finishing up med school at the time and starting residency, and she's at a point where she doesn't really want to change it. it was a fond memory. anyway... hasn't made a post since 2022, but sometimes opens it up and reposts something in her story.

linkedin that used to be more active in her undergrad and finance days, keeps it updated.

facebook she posts on a few times a year, probably. just has it for family, at this point. photos from important events, comments on family's posts, some reposts of stuff she found interesting/funny.

robby

younger robby was a punk and he was active on forums specific to his interests - focusing on different bands, world & american politics, the punk scene specifically.

made a twitter in 2008, still sporadically active. likes to post "witty" commentary and mostly retweets things he finds funny or politics.

has a facebook that he used to be extremely active on when he made it (adhd farmville addict). has not posted in a few years.

instagram with maybe about 5 posts from 2012-2014. has some tags from heather, posts that he logged in only to like and comment on. profile picture is also him from around that time, trying to look cool with sunglasses on. bio is some quote from a classic book.

goodreads - reads a lot, actually, and wants to catalog and review each book. sets a goal of about 20 books per year, and often exceeds it. pretentious commentary is his fav thing to add to a goodreads book's review section.

[hannahssimblr]

That evening after I drive home the house is a battlefield. As soon as I let myself into the hallway the sounds of some escalating conflict are sweeping through from the kitchen, but it doesn’t surprise me. It’s been this way for months. I just toss my car keys onto the table and head upstairs. 

“Think about the way you make me live!” My mother shrieks as I shuffle through my desk drawer to retrieve my iPod and the noise cancelling headphones I use for my laptop. My dad says something in response, his rumbling tones infuriatingly calm, unfazed. He always speaks to her with such a patronising air of reasonableness, so honestly it’s no wonder she’s going insane.

“Ivy?” I knock on her bedroom door, “I’m back. Can I come in?”

Her voice is quiet within, “Yeah.”

“Hey, what’s up?” The noise from downstairs is louder I come inside, but Ivy’s room is right above the kitchen. I know she has been listening. She is perched on her bed kneading a corner of her blanket in her little hands, body tense and static like a startled cat. 

Mom raises her voice even further in shocked outrage, “What are you saying? Do you regret our children?”

“I just bought a cool new album,” I say, “do you want to hear it?”

“What’s it called?”

“Contra. You remember Vampire Weekend, right?”

“Um...”

“You liked their last album.”

“Did I?”

“Here,” I climb to my knees in front of her and plop the headphones onto her head. They’re big on her and want to slip down towards her jaw until i carefully adjust them while she watches me with interest. Everything I do is interesting to Ivy, even my thumb circling the dial on my iPod as I navigate to the first song on the album. I grin into her face, “can you hear me?”

She nods, so I crank it up, “how about now?”

She gasps, “It’s so loud! I can’t hear you!” 

“Good,” and I sit right by her, on the floor by her bed while she lays back and tries to hum along to songs she's never heard before. She does it in mom's car every time the radio comes on, which is apparently irritating, but I don't think so. She's a musical kid who is just trying to work something out in her head.

As I listen to her weird little melodies I doodle with a ballpoint pen I found in the pocket of my jacket. I've flipped to the back page of one of her school copy books, and I know she doesn’t mind, she can bring them into school and tell her classmates that she did them if she likes. 

Every now and again pieces of the argument are clear enough to understand, mostly mom’s side. “You do nothing around here, what are you talking about?” She screams, “You just sit in your office all night and-” some muffled aggression. Then at one point she brings up Fergal from work, which is a poor choice, because it really sets dad off. I know this because I finally hear a shocked “how dare you!” from him, which seems fair, actually. 

Fergal from work is her boyfriend. Or was, maybe, I don’t ask. All I know is that Fergal from work exists and that my mother was having an affair with him for, like, two years or something. I googled him when I first started hearing his name thrown around like daggers through the rooms of this house, and he’s pretty much how you might imagine a Fergal. He’s older, weedier and less good looking than my father, with hair so fine and light that his eyebrows are hardly visible and a hairline like the tide has gone out on it, but his smile is sort of kind. His LinkedIn picture has him smiling broadly and the lines on his face and around his eyes suggest that he’s spent a good chunk of his life doing just that. Smiling. Aside from likely being nice, he’s probably ten times more interesting than Christopher too, which has to be the real selling point. I bet that listens to her when she talks to him and makes her laugh, if she’s still capable of that, so I can’t really be angry with her about Fergal. I might have done the same thing as she did if I ever felt so trapped.  

I must be listening too obviously because Ivy slips the headphones off. “What are they saying?”

“Stupid shit, Ives, it’s not interesting.”

She pauses and says in a very small voice, “Do you think they’ll get a divorce?”

I turn to her, “They might. But I don’t think it’d be such a bad idea. Do you?”

She shrugs. 

“At least if they divorced they’d stop fighting.” At least eventually.

“They fight a lot,” she whispers, “I hate it.”

“Yeah, same.”

“What will happen to us? What if neither of them wants us?”

This surprises a laugh right out of me, “It's not like they'll have a choice. Did you think we’d get thrown into an orphanage or something?”

“Maybe.”

“I think you’ve been reading too many of those Jacqueline Wilson books about the kids from broken homes. Next time we go to the library we’ll get you something a bit less sad and tragic, do you think?”

She shrugs, but I'll get her into Goosebumps yet. I am determined.

“You want to know what I think?”

 A nod.

“I think them being divorced would actually be fine, because at least they wouldn’t be doing this all the time,” I tilt my head toward the floor, shaking with the reverberation of the slamming patio door, “And also we probably wouldn’t have to be around dad half as often.”

Ivy looks conflicted, “Well I don’t not want a dad.”

I almost tell her that Christopher isn’t that interested in his role as her father and the way that he interacts, or more accurately fails to interact with her, is not normal, even if it’s what she’s used to, and that I bet Fergal would be a better dad, but I figure it’s probably not the wisest to mention any of that. 

“He’ll still always be your dad, just like how mom will always be your mom and I’ll always be your brother, you know? No matter what happens or how things change. You're made from him, you know? That doesn't just go away.”

“I don’t want change.”

“Everything changes, all of the time.”

“I don’t like it.”

“You don’t have to. Things move on whether you like it or not, and you have to accept it.”

Her eyes fill with tears, “I don’t want you to move away either.”

“No, c’mon,” I scramble onto her bed and pull her into my chest, “I know, but I can’t stay here forever, I’m an adult now, I’m going to have to go, but it’s not right away…” 

“Yes, but soon.”

I hesitate, “Oh, Ivy, it’s, like-”

“And then it’ll be just me, and everything will be different,” as tears overflow I understand that it’s not just about this, it’s about everything, all of the chaos and the disruption that I cannot fix. I just shush her and rock her side to side. It’s hard for her, but I refuse to lie to her about what might happen. 

“I need to move away, I feel like I don’t have another option.”

“But why?”

“I- I think you’ll get it when you’re older, maybe. It's just very important to me.”

“I won’t see you anymore.”

“Yes you will, maybe not as much, but you’ll get used to it really quickly. And imagine if I went to college somewhere really exciting, you could come and see me and we could do all kinds of fun stuff, yeah? Like if I’m in Paris, imagine, I could take you to Disneyland.”

She sniffles, “Paris?”

“Yeah, you loved Paris a couple of years ago, right?”

She nods and rubs her eyes, “Could we try and go up the Eiffel Tower again?”

“Duh, and you’d be old enough not to be so scared.”

“Maybe-” a thick swallow “maybe even your new house would have a balcony and we could see it from there.”

“Oh, for sure, and we’d get pastries from the bakery downstairs in the mornings, they'd just so happen to be best ones ever, and there’d be a man playing the accordion outside- no, everywhere, like, no matter where we go, he’s there with his swirly little French Guy moustache...”

She giggles, “Is he following us around?”

“Oh, yeah, a total stalker, actually. Maybe we’d have to call the French police on him.” 

We both laugh as she dries her face with her sleeves. Coming up with all the very French things we would do in Paris, every detail down to the layout of my beautiful Haussmann style apartment overlooking the Seine is nice.

I'm not stupid, of course, I know perfectly well that the reality of a move to Paris would involve me and Michelle stuffed into a Chambre de Bonne tiny enough to touch both walls at the same time, tripping over half baked art projects and every possession we own, our pent up frustration causing us to have screaming matches that would wake up the whole arrondissement, but it’s nice to be an idealist for a minute or two. 

“Where else could you live?” she asks me once we’ve exhausted all of the parisian stereotypes and run out of hypotheticals. 

“Hmm, how about Amsterdam?”

“Oh! Anne Frank lived there, we read the book at school last year.”

I tell her that yes, if I lived there I’d take her to see the house with that stairway hidden behind the bookcase, and then we would... cycle around the place and annoy everyone because she’s so unsteady on her bike. I make up a story about how she keeps swerving out of her lane and getting in everybody's way, eventually causing a giant bike pile up along the canal like some sort of rat king of Dutch cyclists.

“Where else!”

“Um, Berlin...” and I purse my lips and try to think of things to do in Berlin that are appropriate for a nine year old, but for some reason all I can think of is a surly line of leather clad druggies in front of a techno club. “They like going to nightclubs, I guess…”

“I can go to a nightclub.”

“Yeah, as if! You’d hate it, it’s just loud music and everyone bumping into you. Hey, you know there’s one nightclub in Berlin that’s so exclusive that they only let the coolest people in Europe inside? You have to wait in line for hours and if they think you’re even a little bit uncool then they send you home.”

Her eyes get wide, “Really? Hm. I think I could get in.”

The idea of Ivy being let into Berghain makes me guffaw, “Oh, you think so, do you?”

“Yeah I’m cool enough!”

“No you aren’t.”

“I am,” she leaps up and pretends to strangle me while I hold her at arm's length, “there’s no such thing as a cool nine year old.”

“There’s no such thing as a cool eighteen year old either.”

“Uh! There is, you're looking at one. I would get into that club, no doubt.”

“No you wouldn’t, they wouldn’t even let you in the line.”

“Nah, they’d beg me to come in because I’d make it cooler.”

“They’d see you coming and pretend to be closed.”

As we laugh and make stupid, childish jokes at one another I’m aware of an acceptance I feel with her that I don’t around other people. I’m never really so blatantly stupid and goofy in public, but Ivy, who has become my favourite person in the world, no matter what I do or say it’s funny, and she never thinks I’m weird, at least not in a bad way. I can fully let my guard down. Even though the fighting has stopped I don't really want to leave, but the moon has risen now, and the grasshoppers are chirping. Ivy has to sleep.

I gather up my headphones and iPod and get up, despite her protests and attempts to come up with more funny things we might do as we galivant through fictional Europe.

“You're stalling,” I say, “you know well you have to go to sleep now.”

“No, no! Just one more thing!”

“Nope! Sorry! And don’t forget to brush your teeth, or I’ll tell dad.”

She pulls her ugliest face. She knows I’d never, but it’s funny, like telling a christian kid that Satan is watching.

I shut the door very gently. It's not particularly late, maybe ten, but the house is morgue quiet, almost eerie, like the aftermath of a hurricane. 

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[fairycosmos]

if it's alright, I have a question for the job searching tips anon/anyone else who may know: how do you add yourself to job searching groups on linkedin? I never heard of that feature and I feel like simple searching for jobs/setting up alarms for it is such a mess. when I search for a job title it keeps giving me totally unrelated jobs to the point that I kind of just gave up on it.

I have been trying to find a job for almost a year now and have been feeling quite demotivated about it lately because I feel like I keep doing stuff wrong or like I'm missing something and like I'm going in circles and it just sucks. but there really is nothing else but to keep trying and trying and hopefully one day we'll get there. I wish us all good luck ❤️

so im on linkedin and what ive done is search 'jobseekers' then filter the results to show groups rather than posts or people (there's a little option at the top of the search that allows you to do this.) this has given me access to a few pages that are about helping unemployed ppl find jobs esp if you search ur country after 'jobseekers.' honestly facebook is good for this as well and the pages are easy to find so that could be an alternative for u to consider!! sending so much luck ur way i am absolutely manifesting that you get something soon - i know what a genuine hell job searching is and a lot if it honestly IS just going in circles at least in my experience. doesn't sound like you're doing anything wrong but yeah it's important to take breaks like that anon said bc getting burnt out and deeply depressed over it all is so so easy and we all deserve more than that. lots of love to you, any employer would truly be lucky to have you!! ❤️

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Kickstart Your Earnings with Content Writing: A Beginner’s Friendly Roadmap

If you’ve ever wondered how ordinary people turn their words into cash, content writing might be your sweet spot. You don’t need a fancy degree or decades of experience to get started. With some guidance, dedication, and a dash of creativity, you can start earning from content writing sooner than you think. This guide walks you through each step in a friendly, down‑to‑earth way so you’ll feel confident launching your freelance writing journey.

Why Content Writing Is a Great Starting Point Content writing covers everything from blog posts and web pages to social media captions and product descriptions. Businesses of all sizes need fresh, engaging words to connect with their audience, rank higher in search engines, and boost sales. As companies continue to invest in digital marketing, demand for quality content writers stays strong. Plus, you can work from anywhere, set your own hours, and choose projects that spark your interest.

Understanding the Basics of Earning from Content Writing At its core, earning from content writing means providing value through written words. Clients pay for:

Research that saves them time

SEO‑friendly copy that boosts visibility

Clear, engaging storytelling that connects with readers

Consistent output that maintains an active online presence

Your job is to become the go‑to person who delivers those benefits reliably.

Step 1: Identify Your Niche and Strengths While generalists can find work, specializing helps you stand out. Consider topics you enjoy or know well—travel, personal finance, health and wellness, tech, lifestyle, parenting, gaming, or education. Having a niche makes it easier to showcase your expertise and justify higher rates. If you’re a fitness buff who loves writing, focus on blogs and articles in that sphere. If you have a background in software, aim for tech how‑to guides.

Step 2: Build a Portfolio That Shows Your Skills Clients want proof you can write well. Even if you haven’t been paid yet, you can create sample pieces:

Start a personal blog or Medium page and publish 3 to 5 high‑quality articles in your niche.

Guest post on small blogs that accept submissions.

Rewrite or summarize existing news stories in your voice (clearly marked as samples).

Draft mock project pieces for imaginary clients—product descriptions, newsletters, or landing pages.

Organize these in a simple online portfolio. You can use free tools like Google Sites, Wix, or WordPress. Make sure each sample highlights your SEO skills by including relevant keywords naturally in titles and subheadings.

Step 3: Optimize Your Online Profiles for Visibility Next, set up profiles on freelance platforms and job boards. Popular destinations include Upwork, Fiverr, Freelancer, ProBlogger, Contena, and LinkedIn. When crafting your profile:

Write an engaging headline that includes “content writer” or “freelance writer.”

Summarize your background, niche focus, and any standout achievements.

List your portfolio samples or link directly to your site.

Add relevant skills: SEO, WordPress, SEMrush, Mailchimp, social media management, etc.

Request testimonials from friends or colleagues who can vouch for your work ethic or writing ability.

A well‑optimized profile boosts your chances of appearing in client searches and winning invitations.

Step 4: Find Your First Paid Gigs Landing that first paid project often takes persistence. Strategies that work:

Pitch directly to small businesses or local startups. Send personalized emails offering a free trial article or website audit.

Apply to relevant listings daily on freelance boards. Tailor each proposal to the client’s needs—mention specifics from their job post.

Explore niche‑specific boards like BloggingPro or JournalismJobs for targeted opportunities.

Network on LinkedIn by sharing helpful writing tips, engaging with posts in your niche, and connecting with marketing professionals.

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Use free keyword research tools like Google Keyword Planner or Ubersuggest to identify target phrases.

Incorporate primary keywords in titles, opening paragraphs, subheadings, and naturally throughout the text.

Keep sentences concise, break up text with subheadings, and add bullet lists or numbered steps for scannability.

Learn basic on‑page SEO: meta descriptions, internal linking, image alt text, and proper URL structure.

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Per‑word rate: New freelance writers often start at five to ten cents per word, moving up to twenty cents or more with experience.

Per‑hour rate: Beginners might charge twenty to thirty dollars per hour, progressing to fifty and beyond as skills sharpen.

Per‑project fee: Flat rates for complete blog posts or web pages, factoring in research, revisions, and strategy.

Always agree on payment milestones. A 50/50 split works—half up front, half on completion. Use contracts to outline deliverables, deadlines, and revision policies. This keeps both sides on the same page.

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Meet deadlines without reminders.

Communicate clearly—let them know if you hit a roadblock and propose solutions.

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Suggest topic ideas for future posts based on emerging trends in their industry.

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Invest time in online courses or webinars on SEO, storytelling, and copywriting. The more you learn, the more you can charge.

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Creating digital products, such as eBooks or courses on content writing, to earn passive income.

Diversifying revenue streams helps insulate your income from slow periods.

Putting It All Together Earning from content writing is an achievable goal, even if you’re starting from scratch. By identifying your niche, building an impressive portfolio, mastering SEO, and delivering top‑notch work, you’ll attract clients eager to pay for your expertise. Remember that patience and persistence pay off. Treat every project as a chance to improve your craft and delight a client. Before you know it, you’ll have a thriving freelance writing business that fits your lifestyle and fuels your creative passions.

[museeeuuuum]

Hello again, this is the same anon from earlier. I just watched your videos and they were really helpful! I still have some questions though, like do you have any advice for the best places to look for job postings in GLAM? I have heard some fields these days will focus job postings on sites frequented by people in the field instead of broader ones like LinkedIn. I was wondering if you knew of websites like that

I saw your earlier ask, but figured this would be the best one to respond to.

Without knowing where you're located/where you want to work, I can't recommend any specific sites. Canada has a museum association (as do most of our provinces), and they have job boards. I know the UK has a heritage job board and that the USA also has a variety of museum associations. Start there and also set up camp on the Careers/Employment page for any museums you want to work at.

The field is hard to get into, so apply to whatever you can that you think you might have a chance at (including to jobs that might provide relevant experience, but aren't in the sector).

I only had an internship and some volunteer experience under my belt before I started at my first major job, but I had a ton of experience doing manual labour and customer service which was crucial to me getting a museum position.

Personally, I recently took down my LinkedIn as I found it pretty useless. (Plus, my following is growing, and the internet doesn't need to know my work history or education outside of what I decide to deliberately share).

Let me know if this answers your question!

[messofcontradictions01]

Headcanons — magic school bus kids + social media

arnold: has a side instagram just for posting pictures of cool rocks he sees. loves a news podcast, probably listens to all things considered every day to stay up to date. has an instagram story highlight documenting every time his friends get him into a ridiculous situation, and looking tiredly into the camera.

carlos: trying unsuccessfully to get a joke tweet to go viral. joined tumblr years ago for the memes and is no longer sure if there’s a way out. probably loves commentary youtube and the r/dadjokes subreddit. secretly reads back through all of dorothy ann’s old goodreads reviews when he misses her. posts tiktok skits using his friends as mediocre supporting actors.

dorothy ann: has a propensity for getting lost in youtube video essay rabbit holes. absolute queen of goodreads, constantly accidentally making other people feel bad with how quickly she meets her yearly reading goal. has an immaculate linkedIn. listens to a bunch of different science-y podcasts, like hidden brain and radio lab. comments on all of nasa’s instagram posts.

keesha: runs a recipe blog. posts lots about different social justice movements. has a facebook with exactly one friend; her grandmother, who hasn’t learned how to use anything else and just likes to send her granddaughter things. takes and posts lots of cute candids of her friends. queen of the curated pinterest board. likes to record mini vlogs of her outings with friends.

phoebe: thinks the internet should exclusively be used for watching cute animal videos, but has to get her phone pulled away from her and forcibly stopped from writing rant comments to people who don’t properly care for their pets. loves taking pictures of plants, if there were such a thing as iNaturalist influencer she would be one. streams animal crossing on twitch for a dedicated following of three subscribers (one of them is arnold).

ralphie: never escaped 2010s geek culture; probably follows a bunch of star wars and marvel meme pages. live tweets sports games; everyone else mutes him during the world cup. wants to start a bro podcast, but knows keesha would stop being his friend if he did.

tim: runs an art instagram with a pretty decent following. likes to log foreign art films no one else has seen on letterboxd. definitely had a vsco when that was a thing people did. forces the gang to maintain a curated discord channel.

wanda: posts tiktoks of her doing the same prank on arnold over and over and it scaring him every time. secretly runs a molly cule fan page. likes to edit together cool videos of her doing skateboard tricks set to pop punk. reposts memes that are too niche or weird for anyone else to find funny on her insta story almost daily. had a months-long streak of planking in strange places for her bereal.

[ivan-fyodorovich-k]

a maddening or comforting theological insight depending perhaps on your disposition

I have few virtues and little genuine wisdom but one thing that I think I have that was a true insight I can almost date with precision. It was 20 November, but I forget the year, in the 2005-2007 window.

It occurred to me in a church service that God's thoughts are not my thoughts. This is a Bible verse and perhaps a cliche but I internalized that I cannot see what God sees and do not know what God knows.

The practical application of this is that every time I am late and furious I am late I do not know whether leaving 5 minutes earlier would have put me in a car accident. Who knows how much suffering is actually preventative of something worse?

In 2023 when I was starting to apply for permanent employment a friend of mine here told me I should look into the "PMF" program, which is something the federal government (you see where this is going) implemented to set up people with advanced degrees with government jobs. I missed the window in 2023 but applied last fall in 2024. The application mainly consisted of a personality test to see whether or not you're the kind of person they've determined is useful in a government bureaucracy. Evidently I do not have the disposition, because they said "no thanks."

I was pretty pissed off, not so much because I was set on a government job but because I don't handle rejection well. I'd have had to move to D.C. with the family and, who knows

Anyway all the PhDs on my LinkedIn page have been dropping like flies in the current purge, including at least one person who was in the PMF program.

So it looks like I dodged a bullet there. Was God involved? As always, it is impossible to say.

I almost did my PhD in at Cambridge (the famous one) but I couldn't get the funding together and opted not to plunge into suffocating debt. I would have stared in 2019 and then spent the entire three year program in quarantine.

Who knows how many other disasters I have been spared because prospective employers said no or things did not otherwise work out?