#drag idea

[carsonfatboobs]

My drag name is Crabalina and I am a big fat lady crab who sits at the bottom of the ocean and criticises other sea creatures.

[ihaveaproblemdonti]

Guys I have a batshit drag performance idea

Naked in Manhattan but it’s Daleks in Manhattan, like the Doctor Who episode(s)

Dalek Sec (in the shell) gets wheeled on by a guy in a pig mask and a boiler suit, with some kind of Chappell Roan accoutrements on it.

The song starts. Like. *ring* hi, it’s DALEK SEC, LEADER OF THE CULT OF SKARO I know you just landed, and I know you’re probably busy but, I’d love to see you so call me when you can <3

And the song proceeds as normal until the chorus, where instead of naked it’s DAAALEKS ✨in Manhattan✨ and either the entire chorus or just the TOUCH ME TOUCH ME TOUCH ME TOUCH ME is in the Dalek voice. I just need the touch mes viscerally. Maybe some other shit thrown in for funsies.

And right at the end of the bridge, the reveal: cunty human Dalek sec covered in glitter and sequins. I’m talking fake lashes on the single eyeball. Fucking ribbons on his weird worm head. His brain is bedazzled. He’s not wearing pants. It’s magnificent.

Maybe at some point there’s pig people dancing in the background to make it more on theme, maybe Andrew Garfield comes in from stage left for two seconds, maybe the pig people start doing burlesque, maybe human Dalek sec gets a big feather fan and starts dancing too!!!! Who knows!!!!

It is for a very very niche audience but I do not care!!! That audience is me!!!!!!!! And my partner!!!!! So that’s two people!!!!!

[justin-time-4-a-byte]

I really want to incorporate clocks/gears/cyborg kind of clownery into my looks :o)

[timethehobo]

If there were stealth segments… Cue the mgs exclamation sound whenever an enemy spots them. ❗️😂

[batsyheere]

Tim froze. "Huh?"

"I mean, you're definitely cute. But I don't feel comfortable with strangers? And I don't want there to be any misunderstandings."

Danny Nightingale looked flustered, nervous, and far too pretty with his cheeks flushing red under the glow of the nearby lamp fixtures. Tim wondered when his brain would finally come back online. Right now it was far too interested in putting everything else on the backburner.

On one hand, he had been trying to get information out of Danny on his connection to Vlad Masters- a connection that had seemed more tenuous with each passing minute of the evening. On the other, Tim could admit it had sounded a bit like he was inviting Danny for something more.

And if he was honest with himself, it was only mostly unintentional.

"It's not even you, I just get attached really easily and don't want something casual. Sorry."

Tim hadn't even realized boundary setting could be so attractive.

"No. Yeah, that's- fine." Smooth. The Drake-Wayne charm at its finest. Tim could hear Jason snickering on the comms.

[blueberry-blast]

Getting a feel for my designs for smilk & all of his era's, plus some headcanons & extras.

[vaugely10]

pet crew from a lil space au im fiddling with

+ extra under cut :]

MAIL SPACE SHIP! i used the post office van pearl built and just space-ificated it as much as i could :D

[nuclearanomaly]

IDK Emmrich... maybe that one should have been left alone

[reasonsforhope]

Federal regulators on Tuesday [April 23, 2024] enacted a nationwide ban on new noncompete agreements, which keep millions of Americans — from minimum-wage earners to CEOs — from switching jobs within their industries.

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday afternoon voted 3-to-2 to approve the new rule, which will ban noncompetes for all workers when the regulations take effect in 120 days [So, the ban starts in early September, 2024!]. For senior executives, existing noncompetes can remain in force. For all other employees, existing noncompetes are not enforceable.

[That's right: if you're currently under a noncompete agreement, it's completely invalid as of September 2024! You're free!!]

The antitrust and consumer protection agency heard from thousands of people who said they had been harmed by noncompetes, illustrating how the agreements are "robbing people of their economic liberty," FTC Chair Lina Khan said. 

The FTC commissioners voted along party lines, with its two Republicans arguing the agency lacked the jurisdiction to enact the rule and that such moves should be made in Congress...

Why it matters

The new rule could impact tens of millions of workers, said Heidi Shierholz, a labor economist and president of the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. 

"For nonunion workers, the only leverage they have is their ability to quit their job," Shierholz told CBS MoneyWatch. "Noncompetes don't just stop you from taking a job — they stop you from starting your own business."

Since proposing the new rule, the FTC has received more than 26,000 public comments on the regulations. The final rule adopted "would generally prevent most employers from using noncompete clauses," the FTC said in a statement.

The agency's action comes more than two years after President Biden directed the agency to "curtail the unfair use" of noncompetes, under which employees effectively sign away future work opportunities in their industry as a condition of keeping their current job. The president's executive order urged the FTC to target such labor restrictions and others that improperly constrain employees from seeking work.

"The freedom to change jobs is core to economic liberty and to a competitive, thriving economy," Khan said in a statement making the case for axing noncompetes. "Noncompetes block workers from freely switching jobs, depriving them of higher wages and better working conditions, and depriving businesses of a talent pool that they need to build and expand."

Real-life consequences

In laying out its rationale for banishing noncompetes from the labor landscape, the FTC offered real-life examples of how the agreements can hurt workers.

In one case, a single father earned about $11 an hour as a security guard for a Florida firm, but resigned a few weeks after taking the job when his child care fell through. Months later, he took a job as a security guard at a bank, making nearly $15 an hour. But the bank terminated his employment after receiving a letter from the man's prior employer stating he had signed a two-year noncompete.

In another example, a factory manager at a textile company saw his paycheck dry up after the 2008 financial crisis. A rival textile company offered him a better job and a big raise, but his noncompete blocked him from taking it, according to the FTC. A subsequent legal battle took three years, wiping out his savings. 

-via CBS Moneywatch, April 24, 2024

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Note:

A lot of people think that noncompete agreements are only a white-collar issue, but they absolutely affect blue-collar workers too, as you can see from the security guard anecdote.

In fact, one in six food and service workers are bound by noncompete agreements. That's right - one in six food workers can't leave Burger King to work for Wendy's [hypothetical example], in the name of "trade secrets." (x, x, x)

Noncompete agreements also restrict workers in industries from tech and video games to neighborhood yoga studios. "The White House estimates that tens of millions of workers are subject to noncompete agreements, even in states like California where they're banned." (x, x, x)

The FTC estimates that the ban will lead to "the creation of 8,500 new businesses annually, an average annual pay increase of $524 for workers, lower health care costs, and as many as 29,000 more patents each year for the next decade." (x)

Clearer explanation of noncompete agreements below the cut.

Noncompete agreements can restrict workers from leaving for a better job or starting their own business.

Noncompetes often effectively coerce workers into staying in jobs they want to leave, and even force them to leave a profession or relocate.

Noncompetes can prevent workers from accepting higher-paying jobs, and even curtail the pay of workers not subject to them directly.

Of the more than 26,000 comments received by the FTC, more than 25,000 supported banning noncompetes. 

[p12lysanderdelanne]

combining tumblr calendar events with evil intent

alternately with glasses and without glasses but with realistic vision

[dizzybizz]

FoM (fields of memes (pt1))

[paintedcrows]

Assorted Gravity Falls doodles!

[heliomanteia]

“70-80 hours is short for Dragon Age game” incorrect in fact a statistical error. An average Dragon Age game has a runtime of around 80 hours with most quests touched upon. Inquisition, which is bloated with arguably irrelevant side quests and rounds up to hundreds hours of gameplay, is an outlier and should not be counted.

[potatodotpng]

[whimzycle]

E. Aster "Go the fuck to therapy" Bunnymund

[windfalling]

1.02 // 1.06 // 1.08 The Stranger vs. Sol on recognizing and differentiating Osha and Mae