#media circus

[girlactionfigure]

Now it's becoming more clear - the prime minsiters of Spain and Belgium have apparently been recruited by Hamas. The Spanish PM is now giving a speech in which he says the 4-day ceasefire is not good enough, and he demands a permanent truce. Hamas survives. As expected, Hamas and its friends in the international community are turning this into a media circus. And these are only the first 13 of 238 hostages. We are playing Hamas's game now, and it's one Israel is not well equipped to win. Many, if not most Israelis feel the remaining hostages should be rescued through military action. Doing it this way only plays into the hands of the jihadists.

Israel Today

[browniefox]

Media Circus - Chapter 32

Breaking News! Drayden has left the Battle Subway! News Story Still Developing!

The Battle Subway's Multi Train was closed several days ago after the sudden departure of Subway Master Emmet to Sinnoh. However, Drayden, Mayor and previous Gym Leader of Opelucid City had taken over maintaining the Singles line. Shortly after, the previous Gym Leaders of Striaton City - Cilan, Cress, and Chili - maintained the Doubles and Multi Battle Lines. However, late this evening Mayor Drayden was found leaving that station in a hurry, the singles line now being maintained by Cress.

He has gone on to say publicly that he will be unable to be reached for an unknown amount of time. Duties have been passed to Champion Iris until further notice.

[idroolinmysleep]

Trump called out for his supporters, which is the media. The media gave him a billion dollars’ worth of free advertising, and they’re doing it again. When he said to his supporters, ‘come out,’ they did not fail him.

I Stood Outside the Court Waiting for Trump to Arrive. It Showed Me Some Things About His Support Now.

I see no lies here.

[mbharestuff]

despise this Amber Heard/Johnny Depp media circus. hate how many fucking people are carrying water for a growing anti #MeToo movement because it's easier to make stupidass dunks.

Like, look at this shit. This was recommended "based on my likes." I've never liked a goddamn thing related to the trial.

fuck this entirely. I'm so disgusted.

[elektraflowers]

I have a lot of inchoate thoughts about what's going on with Kate Middleton now. Not the human being named Kate Middleton (or Kate Windsor, Kate The Duchess of Cambridge, whatever her real name is) but the media circus surrounding her absence and all the conspiracy theories. I'm going to put these thoughts here.

1) Kate clearly signifies something(s) important in the public imagination, both in North America and the UK (and other places I'm not familiar with as well). If I had to put it in words, I'd say she represents an ideal wifely figure. Motherhood is part of that as well. She is often contrasted with Meghan Markle, who is seen as grasping, grifting, self-absorbed, even a poisonous influence on Prince Harry (who was well north of 30 when he married her). Kate is now defined in part by the absence of these qualities. There's also a racial element, but it's hard for me to tell exactly how that plays into that, especially as an American.

2) When I finally started going to stores again in ~April 2021, the Harry/Meghan interview with Oprah had just aired. I didn't see it but I could tell it $^()%&! BOMBED by the tabloid covers. I hadn't been to a store in over a year so I really noticed that. With the exception of gutter trash like the National Enquirer, there were no anti-Meghan covers anywhere. Anti-Harry, a little, but Meghan was not mentioned at all. Most of the covers were about how Kate was the silent strength of the BRF. They'd have pictures of her looking resolute. A few had pictures of Prince William looking vaguely upset along with headlines about how he was fighting with his brother. But this was a clear illustration of how Kate is compared to her sister in law. No half-reputable paper in America will print an anti-Meghan cover even if public opinion turns against her. So they print a pro-Kate cover and never mention Meghan at all.

3) A lot of the speculation feels incredibly prurient. My understanding is that the palace let people know that Kate's recovery time was not going to be short, but she would be back to royal duties at Easter. Abdominal surgery can have a long recovery period. It seems really odd to focus on what seems like a non-story, or a story that's not really anyone's business. It's like seeing paramedics working on someone on the sidewalk. You instinctively avert your eyes because you'd want others to do the same for you. Since the paramedics are there you don't have to do anything, the situation is at hand. Oddly enough the reaction is opposite in a car, you're more likely to look (or I am) and I think that distancing has a psychological effect. How much more distant when it's words on the internet.

4) The monarchy is in a very strange place after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. It's not quite clear what the British Royal Family signifies now. King Charles is a far more polarizing figure. I'm not a subject of the Crown, so I don't quite feel that web of attachment, resentment, patriotism, boredom, anger, and admiration that seems to exist for many UK residents. I know how I feel about Queen Elizabeth asking the Royal Guard to play the Star Spangled Banner at Buckingham Palace on September 13, 2001. I always get choked up when I think about that. It's not something you can argue me out of feeling.

All this said, I think some of this tension is being expressed by this scandal. Kate can't even do what is asked of her. She can't pose for pictures or bake cookies for charity workers or film short videos. She is one of the most popular members of the BRF so it's only natural that people are paying a lot of attention even if it's very invasive.

5) I wouldn't trade places with Kate Middleton for anything on this earth. Imagine having enough resources that you can genuinely down tools and recover for months, but the price you pay is endless speculation.

[chiegetseven]

I feel like I should own up to having made a mistake by voting for the Green Party candidate, Jill Stein, in 2016. I was very frustrated that Bernie Sanders was not selected as the Democratic candidate (I voted for him in the primaries) and I really didn't like Hillary Rodham Clinton's record as Secretary of State. Of course I didn't believe Donald Trump would win the presidency, I thought he was so obviously a joke that Hillary would win whether or not I voted for her. And considering that I voted in Mississippi that year and they haven't gone Blue in my lifetime, my vote for HRC really wouldn't have made a difference, I didn't see the benefit. I was so very tired of politics as usual and honestly rebelled against my party & my parents' party because I didn't feel like they were actually standing up for anything good anymore.

On the night of the election, I watched with growing dread as the votes came in and showed the Donald Trump would win the election, despite not having the popular vote, which has been true of every Republican President elected in my lifetime. They've gotten astonishingly worse each presidential cycle and I absolutely dread the circus of conservative clowns coming to media outlets everywhere.

So now I vote Democrat no matter what, even though they are hypocritical and far from perfect and compromise to a fault. Because politics are like the bus, they won't get you exactly where you need to go, but they can get you closer. And I make sure to vote in local elections and pay attention to the bills, ordinances, and other policies set to be voted on. And I build and support my community because we can only get through this by working together.

[prokopetz]

I understand that The Amazing Digital Circus is ripe for "what if the main character snapped and killed everybody" crackfic, but y'all, if Pomni went off the deep end she would not be your sexy glitchcore murderwife. She'd do it screaming and flailing, and it'd make Tom and Jerry sound effects the whole time she's killing you.

[immaculatasknight]

Spinning faster and faster

[don-lichterman]

El caso Cassez-Vallarta: Una novela criminal | Tráiler oficial | Netflix

El caso Cassez-Vallarta: Una novela criminal | Tráiler oficial | Netflix

El caso Cassez-Vallarta: Una novela criminal examina el caso de Florence Cassez e Israel Vallarta, presuntos secuestradores y protagonistas de uno de los arrestos más notables y escandalosos en la historia de México. Mediante entrevistas y un meticuloso análisis de los archivos públicos, la serie documental detalla las irregularidades de este proceso y pone bajo el reflector a quienes…

[overlyinvestedinlife]

Okay so we watched:

Lando be informed of his lap time deletion and walking away whilst Max was being interviewed

George giving an interview believing he was p3 not knowing about the lap time deletion and only being informed at the end by Oscar

Max off to the side with Mark Webber (Oscar’s manager) who’s explaining what happened with Lando.

Oscar’s lap time being deleted mid interview

Naomi having to inform him at the end of his interview of his lap time deletion and being dropped 3 grid places.

Oscar still ending up in the post qualifying picture because it was way to late to go find Lewis

F1 is a completely serious multibillion dollar sport with a long and esteemed history.

[gremlin-pattie]

i love you time loops i love you inescapable purgatories i love you characters who were doomed from the start but try to escape anyway i love you inevitable fates i love you characters who choose to care about others when it would be easier not to

[browniefox]

Media Circus Chapter 23 - In Unova, Gym Leader Drayden is hounded by reporters as he maintains the battle part of the battle subway. He refuses to comment, but it is noted that he does look surprised and overjoyed, even, at the news of Ingo officially being found in Unova. Later, there were pictures found of him on the phone, and though the man's face is hard to read due to his beard, he looked happy and was seen crying.

[8-bitbrainrot]

is there a name for the genre of character that consists of toothy rabbitoid assholes because i need to know it

[putting-kinger-in-places]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PUT HIM IN TSP

Liquid TSP Substitute, Kelly-Moore Paints

[larkspurglove]

I was genuinely surprised that the gummy crocodiles had accurate, unexaggerated Australian accents but then I remembered that Glitch is an animation studio based in Australia. And they hired an Australian voice actor to voice Gummigoo. Anyway props to glitch

[hasellia]

Jax didn't change. At all. He is still the same arsehole from the first time we saw him.

From what I remember; he was dismissive of Ragatha, manipulated an emotionally vulnerable Kinger, pushed Gangle to her potential death and didn't give two fucks that Kaufmo died of dismay. All in episode 1

What changed, is that the audience saw what happens we Jax doesn't get his way.

Jax doesn't just seem "disappointed" here. He seems seething, like a child, and we get a good wide close up of his face just to make it's clear he's absolutely not happy in any way.

Episode 2 seems to be setting up how different people react to being in a seemingly inescapable scenario, a la time loop nihilism.

You have Pomni and Ragatha who try to reach out to others, trying to build a supportive collective. There's Kinger and Gangle, who are stuck in survival mode and need that support assistance. Not everyone is in the mental position to help out as they want to be. With enough time and reassurance, Gangle may be able to break out of her insecurities. Kinger... I'm saying this as someone who relates to Kinger the most out of the cast: I think my king is stuck with his chronic anxiety and neurodivergencies. Someone give him a Lexam and Intuitive. So with Jax...

Jax is playing a video game. To him, this is just Undertale with multiplayer and he wants to see what happens on the genocide route. He's so under stimulated for meaning that he wants to fuck around and find out. If you want to find out what happens in a boring co-op game, what's funnier? Jumping into the enemy pit yourself, or getting your buddy to jump in instead. He may not even see the main cast as other players. What separates Gumigoo from Ragatha? The princess? The goop monsters? ... Kaufmo? Jax just might have lost his sense of humanity in everything but himself. Cogito ergo sum. I think Jax is meant to be a criticism of people who unironically think everyone is varying degrees of those NPC roleplay videos.

So yeah, I never saw Jax as Bugs Bunny. He was always a toxic League of Legends player stuck in VR coop game to me. We're just thankfully spared of his gamer words. Maybe when we see more of Zooble, we'll see someone stand up to him. No promises.