#october 2020 contest

[lnfopl]

It's the spooky month!

[mariacallous]

Why disinformation experts say the Israel-Hamas war is a nightmare to investigate

The Israel-Hamas conflict has been a minefield of confusing counter-arguments and controversies—and an information environment that experts investigating mis- and disinformation say is among the worst they’ve ever experienced.

In the time since Hamas launched its terror attack against Israel last month—and Israel has responded with a weekslong counterattack—social media has been full of comments, pictures, and video from both sides of the conflict putting forward their case. But alongside real images of the battles going on in the region, plenty of disinformation has been sown by bad actors.

“What is new this time, especially with Twitter, is the clutter of information that the platform has created, or has given a space for people to create, with the way verification is handled,” says Pooja Chaudhuri, a researcher and trainer at Bellingcat, which has been working to verify or debunk claims from both the Israeli and Palestinian sides of the conflict, from confirming that Israel Defense Forces struck the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza to debunking the idea that the IDF has blown up some of Gaza’s most sacred sites.

Bellingcat has found plenty of claims and counterclaims to investigate, but convincing people of the truth has proven more difficult than in previous situations because of the firmly entrenched views on either side, says Chaudhuri’s colleague Eliot Higgins, the site’s founder.

“People are thinking in terms of, ‘Whose side are you on?’ rather than ‘What’s real,’” Higgins says. “And if you’re saying something that doesn’t agree with my side, then it has to mean you’re on the other side. That makes it very difficult to be involved in the discourse around this stuff, because it’s so divided.”

For Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), there have only been two moments prior to this that have proved as difficult for his organization to monitor and track: One was the disinformation-fueled 2020 U.S. presidential election, and the other was the hotly contested space around the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I can’t remember a comparable time. You’ve got this completely chaotic information ecosystem,” Ahmed says, adding that in the weeks since Hamas’s October 7 terror attack social media has become the opposite of a “useful or healthy environment to be in”—in stark contrast to what it used to be, which was a source of reputable, timely information about global events as they happened.

The CCDH has focused its attention on X (formerly Twitter), in particular, and is currently involved in a lawsuit with the social media company, but Ahmed says the problem runs much deeper.

“It’s fundamental at this point,” he says. “It’s not a failure of any one platform or individual. It’s a failure of legislators and regulators, particularly in the United States, to get to grips with this.” (An X spokesperson has previously disputed the CCDH’s findings to Fast Company, taking issue with the organization’s research methodology. “According to what we know, the CCDH will claim that posts are not ‘actioned’ unless the accounts posting them are suspended,” the spokesperson said. “The majority of actions that X takes are on individual posts, for example by restricting the reach of a post.”)

Ahmed contends that inertia among regulators has allowed antisemitic conspiracy theories to fester online to the extent that many people believe and buy into those concepts. Further, he says it has prevented organizations like the CCDH from properly analyzing the spread of disinformation and those beliefs on social media platforms. “As a result of the chaos created by the American legislative system, we have no transparency legislation. Doing research on these platforms right now is near impossible,” he says.

It doesn’t help when social media companies are throttling access to their application programming interfaces, through which many organizations like the CCDH do research. “We can’t tell if there’s more Islamophobia than antisemitism or vice versa,” he admits. “But my gut tells me this is a moment in which we are seeing a radical increase in mobilization against Jewish people.”

Right at the time when the most insight is needed into how platforms are managing the torrent of dis- and misinformation flooding their apps, there’s the least possible transparency.

The issue isn’t limited to private organizations. Governments are also struggling to get a handle on how disinformation, misinformation, hate speech, and conspiracy theories are spreading on social media. Some have reached out to the CCDH to try and get clarity.

“In the last few days and weeks, I’ve briefed governments all around the world,” says Ahmed, who declines to name those governments—though Fast Company understands that they may include the U.K. and European Union representatives. Advertisers, too, have been calling on the CCDH to get information about which platforms are safest for them to advertise on.

Deeply divided viewpoints are exacerbated not only by platforms tamping down on their transparency but also by technological advances that make it easier than ever to produce convincing content that can be passed off as authentic. “The use of AI images has been used to show support,” Chaudhuri says. This isn’t necessarily a problem for trained open-source investigators like those working for Bellingcat, but it is for rank-and-file users who can be hoodwinked into believing generative-AI-created content is real.

And even if those AI-generated images don’t sway minds, they can offer another weapon in the armory of those supporting one side or the other—a slur, similar to the use of “fake news” to describe factual claims that don’t chime with your beliefs, that can be deployed to discredit legitimate images or video of events.

“What is most interesting is anything that you don’t agree with, you can just say that it’s AI and try to discredit information that may also be genuine,” Choudhury says, pointing to users who have claimed an image of a dead baby shared by Israel’s account on X was AI—when in fact it was real—as an example of weaponizing claims of AI tampering. “The use of AI in this case,” she says, “has been quite problematic.”

[arofili]

Tolkien Fandom Event Calendar

Recently I’ve received some asks about events/weeks in the Tolkien fandom, so I thought I’d compile a list of those that I know about. This is not exhaustive, and dates are subject to change by the organizers of these events!

Other blogs you can check out are @tolkieneventsblog and @tolkienfandomevents, though I’m not sure how active those are. The @silmarillionwritersguild Discord also has a channel dedicated to signal boosts for all sorts of Tolkien-related & general fandom happenings, which is another excellent way to keep up with fandom goings-on.

Want to run your own event? Here’s some of my tips!

If your event is not on here and you’d like it to be, let me know and I can add it :) Note: I will only add events that have announced dates!

~

JANUARY Screw Yule My Slashy Valentine @myslashyvalentine — work time Lord of the Rings Secret Santa @lotr-sesa — reveals Thorin’s Spring Forge @thorinsspringforge — signups Second Age Week @secondageweek

FEBRUARY Hidden Paths My Slashy Valentine — reveals Thorin’s Spring Forge — claims Maedhros and Maglor Week @maedhrosmaglorweek

MARCH Back to Middle-earth Month @spring-into-arda Thorin’s Spring Forge — work time Fëanorian Week Fun with Fanon Fest Round 1 @funwithfanon

APRIL Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang @tolkienrsb — signups Silm Remix @tolkienremix — signups & assignments Thorin’s Spring Forge — reveals  Aralas Week @aralas-week Barduil Month @bi-widower-dads All of Arda is Autistic @all-of-arda-is-autistic F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase I @spring-into-arda

MAY Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — claims Silm Remix — reveals Aspec Arda Week @aspecardaweek Angbang Week @angbangweek Gondolin Week @gondolinweek F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase II

JUNE Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — work time Scribbles and Drabbles @fall-for-tolkien — signups Tolkien Ekphrasis Week @tolkienekphrasisweek F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase III

JULY Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — work time Scribbles and Drabbles — claims Tolkien Gen Week @tolkiengenweek LotR Ladies Week @lotrladiessource Tolkien Appreciation Week @tolkienweek Tolkien Latin American & Caribbean Week @tolkienlatamandcaribbeanweek

AUGUST Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — deadlines Scribbles and Drabbles — art reveals Innumerable Stars Exchange @innumerable-stars — nominations & signups Tolkien of Colour Week @tolkienofcolourweek Silvergifting Week @silvergiftingweek Tolkien OC Week @tolkienocweek

SEPTEMBER Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — reveals Scribbles and Drabbles — work time Innumerable Stars Exchange — signups & assignments Sindar Week @sindarweek Dor Cúarthol Week @dorcuartholweek Finwëan Ladies Week @finweanladiesweek

OCTOBER Innumerable Stars Exchange — reveals Scribbles and Drabbles — work time Half-elven Week @halfelvenweek

NOVEMBER Tolkien Secret Santa @officialtolkiensecretsanta — signups & assignments Scribbles and Drabbles — fic reveals Nolofinwean Week @nolofinweanweek

DECEMBER Tolkien Secret Santa — advent calendar & reveals My Slashy Valentine @myslashyvalentine — signups & assignments Lord of the Rings Secret Santa — claims Khazad Week @khazadweek

MONTHLY EVENTS: These events have prompts/challenges occurring every month. Teitho Contest Tolkien Short Fanworks Silmarillion Writers’ Guild @silmarillionwritersguild

(this list was last updated 5/4/23)

LEGACY EVENTS: These events used to occur, but have not happened within the last year. Arda Needs More Pride @ardaneedsmorepride (bimonthly; last run 2020) Kiliel Week @kilielweek (timing variable; last run 2021) @oneringnet monthly events (last run 2021) Atani Week @ataniweek (January; last run 2021) Legendarium Ladies April @legendariumladiesapril (April; last run 2020) Gates of Summer Exchange @gatesofsummerexchange (May-June, last run 2022) Tolkien South Asian Week, run by @arwenindomiel (June; last run 2022) Arafinwëan Week @arafinweanweek (July; last run 2019) Fëanturi Week (August; last run 2019; no official blog and the creator has deactivated) Imladrim Week @imladrimweek (November; last run 2019) Doriath Week @doriathweek (November; last run 2020) Tolkien Family Week @tolkienfamilyweek (November; last run 2021)

[zoe-oneesama]

I know you said you're not doing time travel-related episodes in the SLau, but I was wondering where they'd fit into the timeline? Like, which seasons/which episode numbers they'd be using your organisation? Purely out of curiosity, since you're not doing the rabbit miraculous/time travel, and there's no pressure for an answer, just wondering where you'd place them in the timeline

Alright, you asked for it. This is an alternate universe where the Pandemic didn't happen btw, for my own sanity:

September 2019:

Origins part 1: Mon, Sept 2 (First Day of School)

Origins part 2: Tues, Sept 3

Stormy Weather: Sat, Sept 14

Bubbler: Mon, Sept 16 (SL Adrien's Bday!) and Tues, Sept 17

Lady Wifi: Thurs, Sept 26-Sat, Sept 28 (all 3 days)

October 2019:

Copycat: Wed, Oct 2 and Thursday, Oct 3

Mr. Pigeon: Mon, Oct 7

The Pharaoh: Fri, Oct 16

Horrificator: Sat, Oct 26 and Sun, Oct 27 (over "Fall Break")

November 2019:

Rogercop: Fri, Nov 4 (after "Fall Break" ends)

Darkblade: Tues, Nov 11 and Wed, Nov 12 (biggest inaccuracy since this isn't when mayoral elections would take place)

Gamer: Thurs, Nov 14 and Fri, Nov 15

Reflekta: Mon, Nov 25

December 2019 (Where I start keeping a physical planner because my digital one kept deleting notes):

Timebreaker: Sat, Dec 7 (SL Alix's Bday!)

Simon Says: Sun, Dec 8 and the next Sun, Dec 15

Volpina: Wed, Dec 18

Collector: Wed, Dec 18, Thurs, Dec 19, and Fri, Dec 20

Befana: Fri, Dec 20 and Tues, Dec 24 (SL Marinette's Bday!) (During "Christmas Winter Break")

January 2020:

Kung Food: Fri, Jan 3 (End "Christmas Winter Break")

Evillustrator: Mon, Jan 6 (SL Nathaniel's Bday!), Tues, Jan 7

Vanisher: Mon, Jan 13 - Wed, Jan 15 (all 3 days)

Riposte: Fri, Jan 17 and Mon, Jan 20

Captain Hardrock: Sat, Jan 25

February 2020:

Syren: Sat, Feb 1

Dark Cupid: Fri, Feb 14

Interlude 1: Mon, Feb 17

Animan: Fri, Feb 21, and Sat, Feb 22

Puppeteer: Mon, Feb 24, and Tues, Feb 25 (during "Winter Break")

March 2020:

Pixelator: Fri, March 13

Guitar Villain: Sat, March 14-Mon, March 16 (all 3 days)

Princess Fragrance: Fri, March 27

Despair Bear: Mon, March 30

April 2020 (Things get weird here thanks to reordering some episodes):

Sapotis: Fri, April 3 and Sat, April 4

Anansi: Mon, April 20 (during "Spring Break")

Troublemaker: Sat, April 25-Mon, April 27 (technically "spring break" should still be going but we'll pretend it's done)

[Silencer Montague Sequence starts from Fri, April 17, since the contest is for the bands to make something in 2 weeks]

May 2020:

Silencer (the main episode): Fri, May 1 and Sat, May 2

Desperada: Sun, May 3

Ikari Gozen: Fri, May 15 and Sat, May 16

Crocoduel: Thrus, May 21 and Sat, May 23 (SL Luka and Juleka's Bday!)

Robostus: Mon, May 25

Prime Queen: Fri, May 29

June 2020:

Zombizou: Tues, June 2 (SL Caline's Bday!), and Wed, June 3

The Mime: Fri, June 5

Gorizilla: Sat, June 6

Sandboy: Mon, June 8

Reverser: Tues, June 9 - Fri, June 12 (all 4 days)

Party Crasher (all dates after this point are loose guesses): Sat, June 13

Frozer: Between Mon, June 15-Friday, June 19

Frightningale: Sat, June 20

Malediktator: Fri, June 26

Style Queen: Sat, June 27

Queen Wasp: Sat, June 27 and Sun, June 28

July 2020:

Catalyst/Mayura: Fri, July 3 (Last Day of School)

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Sam Heughan’s Sassenach whisky brand loses the final legal fight in a trademark dispute in the European Union 🇪🇺

Sam Heughan launched his whisky brand "The Sassenach" in 2020, nickname his character uses for his on-screen love interest in the time travel drama "Outlander". Since 2021, Heughan has been embroiled in a legal battle with "Sasse" a German distillery over the name of his whisky brand, arguing that the Sassenach whisky would confuse customers who might think he is linked to them.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), which resolves trademark disputes, ruled in favour of the German company and issued a decision upholding the opposition saying The Sassenach could not use the name as a whisky brand. After losing the initial decision at the Fifth Board of Appeals in 2021, Heughan's legal team appealed in 2022 to overturn the decision.

His legal team said there was no risk of confusion as Outlander was popular in Germany. Lawyers for the Sasse distillery, however, said: "The television series may be as popular as the other side claims, which we deny, nonetheless it is not sufficient to assume that the average consumer knows the meaning of that term. Both parties in litigation were given time to present evidence and arguments in their defence and after the Examination period, the Opposition Division’s decision was taken this year 2023.

Great Glen Company or its representative never commented on the EU decisions until last October, in New York when Sam Heughan was asked about Sassenach whisky situation in the European Union in a chat with Mark Gillespie at the Whisky Cast podcast and Heughan's response was very limited, deflecting the question talking about the name in dispute but not the EUIPO's decision, regarding Sassenach whisky that was supposedly aware of the official communication from the European Union Intellectual Property Office - Opposition Division- sent to Great Glen Company in July 2023, which considered that the disputed trademark 'The Sassenach' must be rejected for all the contested goods.

It's a bit curious that after the EUIPO decision, Sam Heughan appeared on a surprise visit to New Orleans, which included podcasts, and events with @sgwinespirits on Tales of the cocktail with an unscheduled tasting of his drinks at the Ritz-Carlton in Nola. Later on, he began his Sassenach sales tour around the United States last summer. If these people had known what had happened with his Sassenach brand in the EU would be different?

In addition, Great Glen Company (GGC) applied to register a new trademark with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the EU, following the EUIPO decision, following its earlier idea to build on all the Outlander ideas, the new trademark is called "LALLYBROCH SPIRITS" (Lallybroch means "lazy tower" in Gaelic). It will not use Midhope/Lallybroch as a distillery. This new trademark has nothing to do with or relate to the grounds of Midhope Castle, the site of a new whisky distillery with a different brand and ownership. Its new application is already registered in the United States.

It's pending resolution in the EU, Canada and the United Kingdom where Heughan requested its registration.

WIPO

EUIPO

THE SASSENACH UNIQUE SPIRITS

The Great Glen Company, Sam Heughan’s firm, applied to register the brand name Scotch whisky THE SASSENACH UNIQUE SPIRITS as a future trademark to sell the whisky across Europe, but Theo Sasse e.K brand distillery in Schöppingen-Germany, objected claiming the name was too close to its trademarked name, which it uses to sell whiskies and brandies spirits.

On 20th July 2023 the Opposition Division takes the following:

DECISION

1. Opposition is upheld for all the contested goods.

2. International registration is entirely refused protection in respect of the European Union.

REASONS

On 24th November 2021 the opponent Theo Sasse e.K filed an opposition against all the goods (Class 33) of international registration designating the European Union. The opposition is based on, inter alia, German trademark registration ‘Sasse’ (word mark). Also, the opponent invoked Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR and Article 8(4) EUTMR.

LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION — ARTICLE 8(1)(b) EUTMR

A likelihood of confusion exists if there is a risk that the public might believe that the goods or services in question, under the assumption that they bear the marks in question, come from the same undertaking or, as the case may be, from economically linked undertakings.

The opposition is based on more than one earlier trade mark. The Opposition Division finds it appropriate to first examine the opposition in relation to the opponent’s German trade mark registration.

a) The goods

The goods on which the opposition is based are, inter alia, the following:

Class 33: Alcoholic beverages, excluding beers. Alcoholic beverages, except beer are identically contained in both lists of goods (including synonyms).

b) Relevant public — degree of attention

The average consumer of the category of products concerned is deemed to be reasonably well informed and reasonably observant and circumspect. It should also be borne in mind that the average consumer’s degree of attention is likely to vary according to the category of goods or services in question. In the present case, the goods found to be identical are directed at the public at large.

c) The signs

The relevant territory is Germany.

Contested sign The global appreciation of the visual, aural or conceptual similarity of the marks in question must be based on the overall impression given by the marks, bearing in mind, in particular, their distinctive and dominant components. The earlier mark is the word mark ‘Sasse’. The protection of a word mark concerns the word as such and not the specific graphic or stylistic elements accompanying that mark.

The verbal element ‘SASSENACH’ of the contested mark has, contrary to the allegations of the holder, no meaning for the relevant public and is, therefore, distinctive. Likewise, the unicorn device of the contested sign has no particular meaning in relation to the goods and is distinctive.

THE SASSENACH’ in the contested sign are the dominant elements as they are the most eye-catching.

Visually, the signs coincide in ‘SASSE’, which represents the entire earlier mark. The signs differ in the representation of a unicorn and the additional letters ‘-NACH’ (after SASSE) and the non-distinctive elements ‘The’ as well as ‘UNIQUE SPIRITS’ in the contested mark. Thus, the single word element of the earlier mark is fully contained in the most distinctive verbal element of the contested mark. That fact alone is a clear indication of a visual similarity. Therefore, the signs are similar to a below-average degree.

Aurally, the signs coincide in the syllables ‘Sas-se’, which is the sole and distinctive element of the earlier mark and the beginning of the most important verbal element of the contested sign, ‘Sas-se-nach’. The signs differ in the last letters of this word (one syllable), ‘nach’, and in the first verbal element of the contested sign, ‘The’. The fact remains that the earlier mark is entirely included at the beginning of the most important verbal element of the contested sign.

Conceptually, the signs will always be dissimilar as the contested mark will be understood with at least one meaning, namely the unicorn in the contested mark. As the signs have been found similar in at least one aspect of the comparison, the examination of likelihood of confusion will proceed.

d) Distinctiveness of the earlier mark The distinctiveness of the earlier mark is one of the factors to be taken into account in the global assessment of likelihood of confusion. In the present case, the earlier trade mark as a whole has no meaning for any of the goods in question from the perspective of the public in the relevant territory. Therefore, the distinctiveness of the earlier mark must be seen as normal.

e) Global assessment, other arguments and conclusion The goods at issue are identical. They target the general public, who possesses an average degree of attention. The earlier mark has a normal degree of distinctiveness. The signs are visually similar to a below average degree and aurally similar to an average degree since the sole and distinctive element of the earlier mark, ‘Sasse’, is entirely reproduced at the beginning of the contested sign’s only fully distinctive verbal element, ‘Sassenach’. Evaluating the likelihood of confusion implies some interdependence between the relevant factors and, in particular, a similarity between the marks and between the goods or services.

Considering all the above, especially taking into account that the earlier mark is entirely reproduced in the contested sign and used for goods that are identical, the Opposition Division finds that there is a likelihood of confusion on the part of the public. Therefore, the opposition is well founded on the basis of the opponent’s German trade mark registration It follows that the contested trade mark must be rejected for all the contested goods. As the earlier right German trade mark registration leads to the success of the opposition and to the rejection of the contested trade mark The Sassenach for all the goods against which the opposition was directed.

The trademark status was "totally refused", meaning that THE SASSENACH UNIQUE SPIRITS trademark cannot be registered in the EU. If SH's trade mark application is refused, he can file an appeal. He must file his notice of appeal within 2 months from the date of the refusal decision (August-September) and the grounds of appeal must be filed within 4 months from the same date of notification (October-November). But, He did not appeal and last November the EUIPO confirmed by letter the provisional refusal of his trademark and refused its protection in the European Union. The final decision was published on 14 December 2023.

Conclusion

The EUIPO’s decision of the Board of Appeals, regarding its whisky has a “displacement” because Sassenach whisky cannot be registered as a trademark in the EU, the Sassenach trademark was refused. SH must be aware the significance of the total refusal decision regarding its whisky brand. If he was planning to recover from a legal dispute by putting his gin on an impromptu Sassenach tour around US last summer, proving that his recent EU legal battle was a mere bump in the road, he should have thought twice. He lost a legal battle to register his Sassenach whisky brand as a European Community trademark ® in 27 states. It is a big difference. It seems that if Heughan wants to continue selling its whisky, it will have to change the name.

LALLYBROCH SPIRITS registration:

United Kingdom

Canada

USA

[scotianostra]

Thomas Sean Connery, born in the Fountainbridge area of Edinburgh on 25th August, 1930.

Big Tam, as he was affectionately known around Fountainbridge in his youth, he was Tommy until his teens, when he shot up in height and stature, at one point he entered a bodybuilding contest, he was 6'2″ at the time, weighed around 14 stone, had a 48-inch chest, 25-inch thigh, and his arms were 15.25 inches.

His first job was as a milkman with the St Cuthbert’s Co-Operative Society in Edinburgh. I would think he would have delivered the milk on a horse drawn carriage, the stables for these horses was in the are he grew up, were in Grove Street, where I used to live the main offices for St Cuthbert’s still stands round the corner on Fountainbridge.

Connery also played football at junior level for Bonnyrigg Rose, my cousin played for them too for several years.

A few more facts about Sean are he has a tattoo on his arm that state “Scotland Forever” he got when he enrolled in the Merchant Navy, he was discharged from that job due to stomach ulcers, between jobs he was a nude model for art students at Edinburgh College of art, again not to far from Fountainbridge. Other jobs he took up were, a lorry driver, a lifeguard at Portobello swimming baths,a labourer and a coffin polisher!

I think it is interesting Connery never strayed far from Fountainbridge in his younger days, indeed when he decided that acting was a career he was going to pursue, it was the nearby Kings Theatre he got a job helping backstage, he was also competing in bodybuilding competitions at this time and while at an event in London he learned that there were auditions being held for South Pacific, he was picked to appear on the chorus line but as the production toured the country he was making his way up the ladder.

By the time it hit Edinburgh he had the part of Marine Cpl Hamilton Steeves and was understudying two of the juvenile leads, and his salary was raised from £12 to £14–10s a week, when the production was reprised the following year he had the lead role on the tour, taking over from the actor Larry Hagman, who played the part in London’s West End.

Connery never looked back from there and of course the role of James Bond catapulted him to international stardom, Ian Fleming though was against him getting the part initially, he said Sean was “unrefined” and not what he had in mind, Sean soon won him over though and Fleming later admitted he was an “ideal” Bond.

A few of the parts Sean either didn’t get or turned down are Gandalf, in the Lord of the Rings series of films, he said he never understood the books and also wasn’t keen on 18 months of filming in New Zealand. He also turned down the chance to play the role of the Architect in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. Sean was asked to portray King Edward I in Braveheart, but was too busy working on Another film at the time, Patrick McGoohan took the role instead, I’m sort of glad he never played Longshanks.

His 93rd and last film was 2003’s The League of Extraordinary Gentleman - although he officially retired in 2006, although he was temporarily tempted back to do the voice of Sir Billi in the animated adventure comedy of the same name.

Sir Sean Connery passed away in his sleep on 31st October 2020 at his home in the Bahamas, his son said he had been unwell for some time. The official cause of death was pneumonia, heart failure and old age, his death certificate revealed.

In a career spanning over 50 years, Connery earned an Academy Award, multiple Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille and Henrietta Awards, as well as two British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) awards.

[drstonetrivia]

Chapter 208 Trivia

Brody-Os! Part of a complete breakfast.

Magma is posed here like Senku is in the manga volumes' character introduction pages. He's also next to Senku's two best friends rather than Nikki and Yo.

I don't think it means anything but Magma did beat Senku this chapter… Is Magma the replacement for Senku? 🤔

We finally see Joel's arm, and it does seem to be fully functional given he's rapidly weaving donuts between Luna and Yuzuriha (while blushing, because he still hasn't gotten used to women).

I think this implies that broken/crushed bones heal similar to piercing wounds.

The mathlympics coincides* with the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, and the little icons on the banner they faxed are based on the ones Japan used for the sports.

*Technically the closing ceremony was a few weeks ago but the manga was on break.

This panel is interesting: either they're saying this person was revived 51st in Corn City and had the number written on him, and that it stayed on his skin despite having been written on the outer/damaged layer of stone, or that tattoos don't count as healable injuries.

This could mean that the petrification only heals life-threatening injuries, as Soyuz's head scar and now this tattoo (technically the body treats the foreign ink as an infection of sorts) have stayed.

This does imply Kaseki's arthritis was considered life-threatening though…

If the number on the soldier's arm was in fact his revival number, then the population of the world is probably close to Dunbar's number already, since 51 + 75 = 126, plus the Spaniards, making the total Earth population ~150.

The corn harvest here may be telling us Corn City has been back up and running for the last 60-100 days, as that's about as long corn needs to grow. If we assume the start date is October 1st, then it would be around late November/early December now.

(It could also be much earlier if this corn was still the corn growing naturally over the last 7-8 years, rather than them planting it.)

Just for fun I compared the ring size to Kinro's thumb width and I think it's accurate, at least it is for my hand. His hand is a little smaller than I was expecting though…

(0.5 * 33.6 = 16.8mm if you want to check your own thumb!)

Just because nixie tubes are cool, this is how the calculator number display looked. Depending on the noble gas/gases they filled it with, it could be orange-yellow, blue, or purple-pink.

(They should also have 12 pins on the bottom, one for each number+decimal point+1 anode)

Gen mentions they're crossing the Indian Ocean, so I guess Math City is considered established now. The next ones are Rubber City and Aluminum City, but since they're both across the Indian Ocean from India, they could be going to either one of them. Rubber is closer, however.

The scrawny scientists are fine, but Magma is too big for his contestant podium and has to straddle it.

Magma's studying payed off, he can read numbers!

Ukyo's such a good teacher :)

The calculator itself is a 32 bit floating point calculator, has four functions (+, -, *, / ) and with a display that shows 12 digits, the sign (positive or negative numbers) and status (for example if a number is too big to display or some other error).

The name on the calculator, Senku Intelligent - 1, may be a /very/ loose reference to the TI calculators you likely used at school, though "TI" stands for "Texas Instruments" rather than "Texas Intelligent".

These candies Minami's has next to her are definitely corn syrup based, and are probably getting stickier by the minute because sugar candies should be stored in an airtight container and that looks like an open jar.

If anyone's confused by how Ryusui Bank works, I believe the plan is to add and subtract any transactions people make and save their totals on the calculator, or keep a paper record of it (=ledger). It's entirely trust based, there's nothing of physical value being traded.

The time difference between India and California is 12 hours 30 minutes, so it's probably mid-morning for the ones on the Perseus and evening for the ones in Corn City, going by the skies shown.

From what I could tell, all the magnetic memory parts were basically exactly as they described them, including the little history lesson Senku adds on page 8. There just wasn't much more to add! (I know I said this before but I loved this chapter haha)

[beardedmrbean]

Shamima Begum has lost her latest bid to overturn the government’s decision to strip her of British citizenship, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Ms Begum left the UK aged 15 with two other east London schoolgirls to travel to Syria in February 2015.

Last year, she lost a challenge against the decision at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC).

Here are the key developments to date:

August 1999: Shamima Begum is born in England to parents of Bangladeshi heritage.

February 2015: British counter-terrorism police launched an international hunt to find three London schoolgirls who were making their way to the so-called Islamic State’s (Isis) territory in Syria.

Ms Begum, 15, had slipped out of her house in east London, with friends, Kadiza Sultant, 16 and Amira Abase. They caught a flight to Istanbul, Turkey and travelled to the Syrian border from there.

In late February, the Metropolitan police confirm that Begum and her friends had reached Syria. Ten days after arriving in the country, Shamima Begum marries Yago Riedijk, a Dutch-born convert to Islam and a convicted terrorist.

October 2017: A US-backed alliance of Syrian fighters takes full control of Raqqa, ending three years of Isis rule in the city.

13 February 2019: The Times’ war correspondent Anthony Loyd finds Ms Begum, then 19-years-old, at the al-Hawl refugee camp in Northern Syria. A pregnant Ms Begum tells him that she wants to return to the UK to raise her child but that she did not regret her decision to join Isis. She says that she had had two other children who died of malnutrition.

She says she had been unfazed by seeing the head of a beheaded man as he was an “enemy of Islam” but believes that Isis did not deserve victory.

Three days later, Ms Begum gives birth to a baby boy.

19 February 2019: The UK government serves notice that it intends to strip Ms Begum of her British citizenship.

The then-Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, writes to Ms Begum’s parents to inform them of his order to strip her citizenship. He believes that, because her parents are of Bangladeshi heritage, she can apply for citizenship of that country.

The law allows the government to remove citizenship if they can show the person behaved “in a manner which is seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the UK” and when there is “reasonable grounds for believing that the person is able, under the law of a country or territory outside the UK, to become a national of such a country or territory.”

24 February 2019: Ms Begum’s father, Ahmed Ali, speaks to The Mail on Sunday and says that he “doesn’t have a problem” with his daughter’s British citizenship being removed.

Speaking from his home in Bangladesh, he said: “If she at least admitted she made a mistake then I would feel sorry for her and other people would feel sorry for her, but she does not accept her wrong.”

16 July 2020: The Court of Appeal rules that Ms Begum should be permitted to return to the UK in order to fairly contest the British government’s decision to revoke her citizenship. This ruling was appealed and sent to the Supreme Court.

26 February 2021: On February 26, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against bringing Ms Begum back, thus reversing the previous decision.

15 September 2021: Ms Begum asks the British people for forgiveness in an interview with ITV. The now-22-year-old says that Isis’s killing of innocent people is “unjustifiable”.

She apologised for comments she had previously made to a BBC journalist about the Manchester Arena bombing. In 2019, she had claimed - when asked about the 2017 attack - that it was wrong to kill innocent people, but that Isis considered it justified as retaliation for coalition bombing of Isis-held areas.

She told ITV: “I do not believe that one evil justifies another evil. I don’t think that women and children should be killed for other people’s motives and for other people’s agendas.”

November 2022

Before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), Ms Begum’s counsel said: “Without seeking to investigate and determine, still less consider, whether she was a child victim of trafficking and whether there were failures by public authorities in the UK to prevent her being trafficked.”

January 2023

In the BBC podcast series, she said she understood public anger towards her but insisted she was not a “bad person”.

She said she accepted she was viewed “as a danger, as a risk”, but blamed her portrayal in the media.

February 22, 2023

Ms Begum lost her appeal in a SIAC court to overturn the government’s decision to strip her of her British citizenship.

October 2023

Ms Begum’s appeal against the loss of her British citizenship began in the Court of Appeal.

Begum’s team of barristers claim she was a victim of Isis propaganda and was groomed into terrorism.

Samantha Knights KC told the court the government had failed to consider the legal duties owed to Ms Begum as a potential victim of trafficking or as a result of “state failures” in her case.

February 2024

Three judges dismissed Ms Begum‘s bid at the Court of Appeal.

Giving the ruling, Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr said: “It could be argued the decision in Ms Begum‘s case was harsh. It could also be argued that Ms Begum is the author of her own misfortune.

“But it is not for this court to agree or disagree with either point of view. Our only task is to assess whether the deprivation decision was unlawful.

[louisupdates]

The physical article via soyannemona [1.10.2023]

[article translated via Google Translate.]

Louis Tomlinson, a world idol in Miribilla

The former member of One Direction starts this Sunday at the Bilbao Arena the peninsular section of his 'Faith in the Future' tour

Josu Olarte | Sunday, October 1, 2023, 08:39

The individual emancipation of a successful group is always a complicated issue, especially when that process is gestated in the sparkling and feverish universe of the 'boybands', which only rarely lead to long-distance solo races. Of course, every rule has exceptions as well— notorious, as those starring global stars such as the former N'Sync, Justin Timberlake; Robbie Williams (Take That); or more recently, Harry Styles, with whom Louis Tomlinson (Doncaster, 1991) coincided in One Direction, the quintet that emerged from the television contest 'X Factor', which happens to be the most successful boyband in history, after having sold more than 70 million copies of the five albums they released between 2010 and 2015.

With his band gestated from television, Louis Troy Austin (he took the last name Tomlinson from his stepfather) learned about the hysteria of the fans and the challenges of fame (he was even speculated to have a relationship with Styles), and had six years of dazzling success, which reportedly earned about 50 million euros to each of its members.

Tomlinson— who on Sunday night will give one of only three concerts of his tour in Spain at the Bilbao Arena (21.00 hours)— may have always been seen as the most disposable boy in the band, but like his companions (Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne), he has tried to continue his career on his own since 2016. "With One Direction, I gained confidence on stage and vocally. Now I have to find my style and my place in the industry," he acknowledged, shortly after chaining a series of solo singles that although he says he is proud of them now, does not consider them musically representative.

Overcoming the death of his mother and an 18-year-old sister, Tomlinson continued to fight for emancipation as a singer and composer who, apart from Styles who is already at the top-level pop league, seems to be consolidating more solidly than his colleagues. Despite this, with "Walls", his debut in 2020 in which he included new songs and solo singles such as 'Just Hold On' [ed. This is untrue. Just Hold On was not included in Walls.], he seemed to explore all possible directions with choral production, from electronic music to sensitive ballads or Oasis-esque pop guitar, whom he covered in his first student band, from which he would be expelled.

Emulate The Indie Sound

With the ground paid by his television screening (linked to the 'X Factor' program [ed. 2018] as a mentor for new talents), Tomlinson embarked in 2020 on his first global tour of 80 concerts to promote his debut, 'Walls'. It was a massive and very profitable tour, given a pandemic situation and the forced stoppage caused by the virus. Louis took advantage of this time to offer a concert via livestreaming from London, becoming the soloist with the most virtual tickets sold (more than 160,000), a record ratified by the 'Guinness Book of World Records'.

After the tour and the break with Syco, the label of Simon Cowell, the head of 'X Factor', Tomlinson focused on the gestation of his next job with the support of the multinational BMG. Preceded by the single 'Bigger Than Me', the album 'Faith In The Future' was harshly criticized by the British press, but topped the sales charts in the United Kingdom in November last year. If his debut 'Walls', considered 'irrelevant', was criticized for his lack of musical definition, his new work has also been the subject of criticism for unreservedly emulating the sound of the British indie of the millennial era, pointing towards festival pop rock.

Perhaps in response to this recurring criticism in his solo career, Louis has included in the Deluxe edition of his latest album an ironic song entitled 'Copy Of A Copy Of A Copy'. In his concerts, Tomlinson presents himself with an organic and guitar-style band that evokes indie pop. In addition, it offers a great display of lights and sound, along with an unbridled enthusiasm of its followers.

Exceptional measures to avoid camping

The expectation raised by Louis Tomlinson has led the organization to take exceptional measures for access to the concert venue, and thus avoid the camping that, in recent days, dozens of fans from different parts of Europe had formed in the vicinity of the Bilbao Arena. Thus, the tour promoter has warned that attendees will be able to start queuing from nine in the morning this Sunday, but never "before." Those who arrive earlier will not only not receive the bracelets, but will also be moved to the end of the queue. Security members will place "sequentially numbered" wristbands on the wrists of the spectators "on a first-come, first-served basis." Fans must return to the queue at three in the afternoon and go to the access of the track located at gate A. "Security will respect the wristbands for one hour - from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. From four o'clock, the followers will line up as they arrive.

[impy96]

Peak Time Contestant List

Alright so because I couldn't find one with a brief search I've made it myself! Here's a list of all the contestants on JTBC's Peak Time in order of their ages (oldest to youngest) and also including their debut dates for the fun of it.

Long post warning, there are 86 people who made it through the first round. I tried to take photos of the members from the PEAK TIME account where possible, but for the big groups they don't have individual shots for everyone...so I went with twitter selcas instead!

Garam (L) - Born 28th June 1991 - Debuted in DGNA on 4th March 2010, previously with Xing sometime in April 2008.

Injun (R) - Born 9th March 1992 - Debuted in DGNA on 4th March 2010, previously with Xing sometime in April 2008.

Taebin (L) - Born 8th December 1993 - Debuted in BLK on 28th November 2017.

Byungjoo (R) - Born 8th January 1994 - Debuted in ToppDogg/XENO-T on 22nd October 2013.

Taehwan (L) - Born 15th January 1994 - Debuted in Vanner on 14th February 2019.

Heejae (R) - Born 22nd February 1994 - Debuted in MASC on 18th August 2016.

Sorim (L) - Born 22nd February 1994 - Debuted in BLK on 28th November 2017.

Ireah (R) - Born 25th March 1994 - Debuted in MASC on 18th August 2016.

Jay (L) - Born 31st March 1994 - Debuted in DGNA on 4th March 2010, previously with Xing sometime in February 2007.

Jongup (R) - Born 6th February 1995 - Debuted in B.A.P on 26th February 2012.

Bitsaeon (L) - Born 4th June 1995 - Debuted in M.O.N.T on 4th January 2019.

Gon (R) - Born 7th July 1995 - Debuted in Vanner on 14th February 2019.

Ilkyung (L) - Born 4th November 1995 - Debuted in BLK on 28th November 2017.

Hyesung (R) - Born 17th January 1996 - Debuted in Vanner on 14th February 2019.

Ahxian (L) - Born 27th March 1996 - Debuted in Vanner on 14th February 2019.

Heedo (R) - Born 22nd April 1996 - Debuted in B.I.G on 8th July 2014.

Inno (L)- Born 23rd May 1996 - Debuted in BLK on 28th November 2017.

E-Chan (R)- Born 19th February 1997 - Debuted in DKB on 3rd February 2020.

Yeongkwang (L) - Born 22nd September 1997 - Debuted in Vanner on 14th February 2019.

Teo (R) - Born 22nd October 1997 - Debuted in DKB on 3rd February 2020.

D1 (L)- Born 15th February 1998 - Debuted in DKB on 3rd February 2020.

Minseok (R) - Born 31st May 1998 - Debuted in DIGNITY on 23rd September 2022.

Luo (L) - Born 8th July 1998 - Debuted in DIGNITY on 23rd September 2022, previously with MASC on 12th September 2017.

Roda (R) - Born 19th September 1998 - Debuted in M.O.N.T on 4th January 2019.

Luke (L) - Born 25th September 1998 - Debuted in DIGNITY on 23rd September 2022.

GK (R) - Born 29th September 1998 - Debuted in DKB on 3rd February 2020.

Gon (L) - Born 13th November 1998 - Debuted in Argon on 11th March 2019.

On (R) - Born 14th November 1998 - Debuted in DIGNITY on 23rd September 2022.

Seongjun (L) - Born 14th March 1999 - Debuted in BDC on 23rd September 2020.

Kiyong (R) - Born 25th March 1999 - Debuted in 24K on 19th July 2019.

Heechan (L) - Born 31st July 1999 - Debuted in DKB on 3rd February 2020.

Hyeongjin (R) - Born 26th August 1999 - Debuted in DIGNITY on 23rd September 2022.

Sihun (L) - Born 13th October 1999 - Debuted in BDC on 23rd September 2020.

J-Min (R) - Born 16th October 1999 - Debuted in BAE173 on 19th November 2020.

Hangyul (L) - Born 7th December 1999 - Debuted in BAE173 on 19th November 2020, previously with IM66 on 1st September 2017 and X1 on 27th August 2019.

Jihun (R) - Born 9th January 2000 - Debuted in BXB on 30th January 2023, previously in TRCNG on 10th October 2017.

Hyunjae (L) - Born 14th January 2000 - Debuted in BLACK6IX on 7th April 2017.

Lune (R) - Born 27th February 2000 - Debuted in DKB on 3rd February 2020.

Shin (L) - Born 18th March 2000 - Debuted in GHOST9 on 23rd September 2020.

Junhyung (R) - Born 21st October 2000 - Debuted in GHOST9 on 23rd September 2020.

Yoojun (L) - Born 22nd December 2000 - Debuted in BAE173 on 19th November 2020.

Junseo (R) - Born 16th January 2001 - Debuted in DKB on 3rd February 2020.

Hyunwoo (L)- Born 21st January 2001 - Debuted in BXB on 30th January 2023, previously in TRCNG on 10th October 2017.

Imchan (R) - Born 24th January 2001 - Debuted in 24K on 2nd August 2019.

Junghwan (L) - Born 19th February 2001 - Debuted in BDC on 23rd September 2020.

Hyeongjin (R) - Born 25th February 2001 - Debuted in NTX on 30th March 2021.

Muzin (L) - Born 29th March 2001 - Debuted in BAE173 on 19th November 2020.

Siwoo (R) - Born 11th May 2001 - Debuted in BXB on 30th January 2023, previously in TRCNG on 10th October 2017.

Xiwoo (L) - Born 6th June 2001 - Debuted in 24K on 26th July 2019.

Go_U (R) - Born 15th June 2001 - Debuted in BLITZERS on 12th May 2021.

Juhan (L) - Born 21st June 2001 - Debuted in BLITZERS on 12th May 2021.

Yunhyeok (R) - Born 9th August 2001 - Debuted in NTX on 30th March 2021.

Hamin (L) - Born 13th November 2001 - Debuted in BXB on 30th January 2023, previously in TRCNG on 10th October 2017.

Junseo (R) - Born 28th December 2001 - Debuted in BAE173 on 19th November 2020.

Jinhwa (L) - Born 15th January 2002 - Debuted in BLITZERS on 12th May 2021.

Jaemin (R) - Born 7th March 2002 - Debuted in NTX on 30th March 2021.

Yuma (L) - Born 13th April 2002 - Debuted in 24K sometime in 2022.

Changhun (R) - Born 4th May 2002 - Debuted in NTX on 30th March 2021.

Yuku (L) - Born 12th May 2002 - Debuted in DKB on 3rd February 2020.

Hojun (R) - Born 22nd May 2002 - Debuted in NTX on 30th March 2021.

[hibikinumberonefan]

Response to recent nonsense allegations

(I had a friend proofread this post because it is important)

Discourse under the cut

For the record, these come from ex-friends from high school and the homestuck fandom who made me abandon my entire online presence back in 2020. They deadnamed me (as may you have seen). Please do not use my deadname.

proship

I am not a proshipper, I am also not an anti. I was only vaguely aware of these terms until this year. I am indeed neutral on this issue because I am an adult with a job and I simply do not care. I have read theory and arguments from both proshipper and antishipper people and this remains my position. My honest position is gross\triggering smut should be hidden behind multiple warnings and not easy for minors to find, and that harassment is wrong. I will reblog from whoever I want to.

transmisogyny

First of all, hi, I am transfem. The clique/group who I'm pretty sure are making these claims are 7/8 not that.

This is about homestuck fandom discourse. If you know about the John/June Egbert gender controversy, this is what this is about.

If you don't know, the creator of Homestuck ran a contest to allow a fan to make something (semi)canonical and that fan chose to "canonize" John Egbert, the main character, being a trans girl named June.

Now, I am a June Egbert believer personally, but these people's problem is that I spoke out against "hardjuners", people who believe it's transmisogynistic to have another opinion on Egbert, and that I refused to disassociate from people who consider Egbert to be male. I maintain this position.

zionism

This entirely comes from a document one of them found after I accidentally left my google drive logged on on a public computer. It had arguments for a case in a debate class in October 2016, and the topic was whether Israel is an apartheid state. I argued the negative on this question, which they took as evidence I was supposedly a Zionist, ignoring the fact that I did not choose which side I had to argue, as anyone who has done speech & debate will understand. I am an anti-Zionist, and against the state of Israel. I don't feel comfortable speaking on this issue both because of this and some touchy family history, but that is my position.

minor/adult ship

This claim is that I shipped Aranea Serket (19.5) and Jake English (16) from again, Homestuck romantically. I did write an Aranea/Jake story in 2019, but it was a piece of vent art where I was projecting on Jake (yippee). This story portrayed the relationship as abusive, as it is canonically.

[highabovethecloudssomewhere]

it’s October which means I can tell the Pumpkin Carving Contest story

so back in good ol’ 2020,I was at this gap-year program and all of us students were split between 3 houses as living quarters. come October, my housemates and I were on the tailend of a mandated quarantine because two of my housemates tested positive for Covid. our classmates from another house were also mid-mandated household quarantine for the same reason. the third house: same story, same quarantine. 

long story short we wanted to do something for Halloween so we hosted a pumpkin carving contest over Zoom. the winners got a chipotle giftcard for the house or something but that’s not important. we had two hours to carve and then we’d present our finished pumpkins one at a time over the Zoom meeting and the program staff would vote on a winning design

one house did a Christmas scene for their carving. the other did an elaborate recreation of the program’s logo.

my house, we d

we did Hellmo

(we won for. for some reason.)

(Side-note: my 70 year old grandmother was very excited that me and my housemates had won a Pumpkin Carving Contest. I sent her the picture of the pumpkin and tried to explain, feeling a little bad. Then she saw the original meme and thought it was hilarious. Kept proudly showing people pictures of the pumpkin and explaining in her adoring little old southern grandmother voice that she “thinks it’s called Hellmo” and isn’t that lovely)

[coochiequeens]

Sounds like TRAs are pissed that by supporting the LGBTQ but still recognizing that biology is real she’s not being obedient enough.

Tory MP Penny Mordaunt has said she sees “no incompatibility” with protecting both trans rights and women’s rights – appearing to U-turn on comments she made when she ran for Conservative Party leader.

In a new interview, the leader of the House of Commons claimed she is “here for all of my constituents” and said her job as a politician is to “bring people together”. 

“I see no incompatibility with being kind and understanding, and protecting the ability for trans people to go around and live their lives, with protecting my rights as a woman to privacy and dignity,” she told Nick Robinson on BBC podcast Political Thinking.

Her comments come after both prime minister Rishi Sunak and home secretary Suella Braverman have used attacks on the trans community and banal rhetoric about penises for political leverage, with deputy chairman Lee Anderson evening claiming that the Tories would fight the next election on “a mix of culture wars and trans debate”.

“The world is a dangerous and an uncertain place, and we’ve got enough things to worry about than starting spats on Twitter … and culture wars,” Mordaunt added. 

When Robinson claimed her position that “trans women are women, and trans men are men” had previously caused Mordaunt political problems, she explained that “people’s rights in law” was a separate issue to biology. 

“We’re talking about people’s rights in law, not biology. That’s the difference, and I’ve been very clear on that.”

Mordaunt added that her views on the trans community “have always been very clear” and “were very clear throughout the whole leadership contest”. 

Despite her claim that her support for the trans community was “clear”, the MP has previously flip-flopped on the issue of LGBTQ+ rights. 

During her time as equalities minister, Mordaunt was seen as a rare ally to the LGBTQ+ community among the Conservatives, marching in Pride parades and vowing to end conversion therapy.

In 2020, she explained that seeing the prejudice her gay twin brother James faced when he came out in the 1980s inspired her to become an ally.

“I see a direct parallel between what he went through and what the trans community are going through today, which is why I think it is really important that we show our support at every opportunity,” she said at the time.

Her support for LGBTQ+ rights came into question during the 2022 Conservative leadership race, however, facing criticism due to a Twitter thread in which she said biology was “overwhelmingly important”.

“I am biologically a woman. If I have a hysterectomy or mastectomy, I am still a woman. And I am legally a woman,” she wrote.

“Some people born male and who have been through the gender recognition process are also legally female. That DOES NOT mean they are biological women, like me.”

In the lengthy Twitter thread, she spoke about her opposition to so-called “trans orthodoxy”, claiming she supports a “science-based” approach to the question of trans women’s inclusion in sports and would not “undermine” women’s rights.

She added in a later interview that she had “never supported self-ID” for trans people. 

Due to the Twitter thread, Mordaunt was accused of ‘throwing trans people under the bus’in order to go further during the leadership race, before pulling out in October 2022, leaving Rishi Sunak to take the job of unelected prime minister.

Penny Mordaunt added during the Political Thinking show that she and her twin brother James had previously had “different views” when it came to politics, but insisted things were “not awkward” between them. 

James has previously criticised members of the Conservative Party for being “complicit” in anti-LGBTQ+ hatred, adding that the party was “pushing LGBTQ+ rights backwards at an alarming rate”. 

“If you are a member of the Conservative Party, a Conservative MP, part of this homophobic, transphobic government, you are complicit,” he said on Twitter. 

Mordaunt explained on the show that “people have different views. members of my family have different views. And that’s democracy”.

Penny and her twin brother have different political views yet things aren’t awkward? And no one has cut each other off? That alone is completely counter to what TRA personalities like Jeffery Marsh spew.

Any ladies in the UK please comment

[bookofbolden]

Eleanor Marie Bolden: A Timeline

trigger(s): kidnapping mention towards end

January 13, 1995 (Albany, New York): Born with the name Emily Moore to Stephanie Moore, a 16-year-old high school cheerleader.

January 17, 1995 (Albany, New York): Sent to live with the Britton Family.

June 12, 2000 (Albany, New York): Attends her first ballet class.

October 4, 2002 (Rochester, New York): Sent to live with the Wortham Family.

December 25, 2002 (Rochester, New York): Completes her first original fairy tale written exclusively in green crayon.

May 12, 2004 (Buffalo, New York): Sent to live with the Dixon Family.

August 28, 2004 (Albany, New York): Sent to live with the Barker Family.

January 13, 2006 (Albany, New York): Receives a camera for her birthday and develops an interest in photography.

March 11, 2006 (Albany, New York): Enters a short story into her school's writing contest, wins first place (the prize money of $100 soon turns up missing from her piggy bank).

June 1, 2006 (Syracuse, New York): Sent to live with the Hughes Family.

November 25, 2007 (New Rochelle, New York): Sent to live with the Bolden Family.

January 13, 2009 (New Rochelle, New York): Adopted by Dennis and Mary Bolden, legally changes name to Eleanor Marie Bolden (her choice, after Elinor Dashwood from Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility and Marie Antoinette).

August 19, 2013 (New York, New York): Begins classes at Columbia university.

February 6, 2015 (Worldwide): "A Season of Secrets", novella by Eleanor Bolden is published.

May 13, 2017 (New York, New York): Graduates with Bachelors in English Language and Literature

January 26, 2019 (New York, New York): Meets Lillian "Lily" Murphy.

April 19, 2019 (Worldwide): "The Lost Art of Being Yourself", novella by Eleanor Bolden is published.

July 4, 2019 (New York, New York): Becomes the girlfriend of Lily Murphy.

May 16, 2020 (New York, New York): Graduates with Masters in English Language and Literature.

September 4, 2021 (Portland, Maine): Moves in with Lily Murphy.

June 12, 2023 (Portland, Maine): Lily Murphy is kidnapped.

July 15, 2023 (Wicked's Rest, Maine): Moves to Wicked's Rest alone.

[smoshgoshbefosh]

October 12th :o

Dude you got two videos pretty early on. That doesn't usually happen until 2011/2012 ish. Very exciting!

What Smosh Videos were Posted on Your Birthday?

2008:

Boxman for President- Smosh Main

Smosh Boxman "President" Dance How To(+Contest)- Smosh Main

2009:

No videos uploaded October 12

2010:

No videos uploaded October 12

2011:

No videos uploaded October 12

2012:

How to Annoy a Gamer- Smosh Main

Best Video Game Weapons- Smosh Games

Facing Off in Mortal Kombat- Smosh Games

2013:

This Will Break Your Brain- Smosh Pit

The Zombie Apocalypse Needs No Story (Gamer Nation)- Smosh Games

2014:

New Smosh Games Members?? (Bonus)- Smosh Games

2015:

Watching Old Videos 5- Smosh Pit

Lasercorn is a Pyromaniac! (Maricraft)- Smosh Games

2016:

Every Bird Ever- Smosh Main

Hacked to Death in Watchdogs 2 (Press Start)- Smosh Games

2017:

Extreme Clothes Swap Challenge (Squad Vlogs)- Smosh Pit

2018:

No uploads October 12

2019:

No uploads October 12

2020:

Every White Friend Ever- Smosh Main

2021:

Try Not To Laugh 80 (Luck of The Dice)- Smosh Pit

Mystery Krispy Kreme Challenge (w/Steve Zargoza)- Smosh Games

2022:

We Surprised our Friends with an Award Show- Smosh Main

2023:

Anthony Reacts to "Where's Anthony" Jokes- Smosh Pit

Remember when Slenderman was The Scariest Thing on the Internet? (Short)- Smosh Games

Can You Guess the Game from One Scene? (Shorts)- Smosh Games

Can Shayne Finally win A Match? (Live)- Smosh Games

[mcllv]

☁️ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ 🩰 CHOI YOONAH or more professionally known as YOONA is the leader, main rapper and visual of MELLY. She was known pre-debut for being an SM scouted trainee and for having been a popular Uzzlang in high school. Yoona trained in honeyco for only 4 months before being put in the official line-up for melly! 

NAME ─── choi yoonah

STAGE NAME ─── yoona

BIRTHDAY ─── march 27 1999

ZODIAC ─── aries

POSITION ─── leader , main rapper , visual

PLACE OF BIRTH ─── busan , south korea

ETHNICITY ─── korean

HEIGHT ─── 5'6 | 1.73 m

FACE CLAIM ─── soodam , secret number

OFFICIAL COLOUR ─── tba

ANIMAL REPRESENTATION ─── tba

☁️ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ 🩰 WU MIAOYIN or more professionally known as MEILI is a dancer and sub-vocalist in MELLY. Before debut she was a contestant in the Chinese survival show Chuang 2020. In which she was eliminated in episode 4. 

NAME ─── wu miaoyin

STAGE NAME ─── meilli

BRITHDAY ─── june 17th 1999

ZODIAC ─── cancer

POSITION ─── dancer , sub-vocalist

PLACE OF BIRTH ─── beijing , china

ETHNICITY ─── chinese

HEIGHT ─── 5'6 | 1.72 m

FACE CLAIM ─── yuqi , gidle

OFFICIAL COLOUR ─── tba

ANIMAL REPRESENTATION ─── tba

☁️ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ 🩰 PARK SUHYEON or more professionally known as SOOAH is the lead dancer and a visual of MELLY. Similar to yoona, sooah gained attention when she was younger for having been an Uzzlang. She was also a former PANANILLA trainee. Having been in a pre-debut with the members of the extremely popular girl group DOLLISTIC. But sadly left the company before debuting with the other girls. 

NAME ─── park suhyeon

STAGE NAME ─── sooah

BIRTHDAY ─── january 1st 2000

ZODIAC ─── capricorn

POSITION ─── lead dancer , visual

PLACE OF BIRTH ─── seoul , south korea

ETHNICITY ─── korean

HEIGHT ─── 5'4 | 1.69 m

FACE CLAIM ─── suhyeon , billie

OFFICIAL COLOUR ─── tba

ANIMAL REPRESENTATION ─── tba

☁️ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ 🩰 PARK NATALIE or more professionally known as NANCY is the Main vocalist and producer of MELLY. She has been credited on many other artist songs in honeyco as a producer and writer including lost ravines riley’s solo which became a huge hit. 

NAME ─── park natalie

STAGE NAME ─── nancy

BIRTHDAY ─── january 14th 2000

ZODIAC ─── capricorn

POSITION ─── main vocalist , producer

PLACE OF BIRTH ─── vancouver , british columbia

ETHNICITY ─── korean

HEIGHT ─── 5'5 | 1.70 m

FACE CLAIM ─── dosie , purplekiss

OFFICIAL COLOUR ─── tba

ANIMAL REPRESENTATION ─── tba

☁️ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ 🩰 KIM JIMIN or more professionally known as CUPID is the main dancer and a sub-vocalist of MELLY. She has been an mc for music bank on multiple occasions and has been featured in lost ravines older teaser videos as an unnamed extra. She has a very charismatic and joyful persona that fans love.

NAME ─── kim jimin

STAGE NAME ─── cupid

BIRTHDAY ─── febuary 15th 2001

ZODIAC ─── aquarius

POSITION ─── main dancer , lead rapper

PLACE OF BIRTH ─── seoul , south korea

ETHNICITY ─── korean

HEIGHT ─── 5'4 | 1.65 m

FACE CLAIM ─── sumin , stacy

OFFICIAL COLOUR ─── tba

ANIMAL REPRESENTATION ─── tba

☁️ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ 🩰 HIKARI HINATA or more professionally known as just HINATA is the lead rapper, lead vocalist and maknae of MELLY. She has a background in acting and voice acting, having been a child actor since she was 8, and having one credit as a supporting voice for the anime kakegurui as an extra.

NAME ─── hikari hinata

STAGE NAME ─── hinata

BIRTHDAY ─── october 23rd 2001

ZODIAC ─── scorpio

POSITION ─── lead vocalist and maknae

PLACE OF BIRTH ─── osaka , japan

ETHNICITY ─── japanese

HEIGHT ─── 5'5 | 1.70 m

FACE CLAIM ─── remi , cherry bullet

OFFICIAL COLOUR ─── tba

ANIMAL REPRESENTATION ─── tba