#old news articles

[princehendir]

I swear to god that green day has had this exact same "scandal" like five times now.

[foldingfittedsheets]

It is insane to me that timestamps are optional on this webbed site. A major context clue is just opt in so I’ll reblog something from four years ago and people think it’s happening right just now like babe. Enable your timestamps. Why are you stumbling through the world with one eye closed?

[communistkenobi]

like it is an endlessly infuriating habit of white trans people to focus on the misogyny of terfs but not the racism. their misogyny is inextricable from white supremacy, it’s not two bigotries that they happen to hold independently, their racism is not “in addition to” their misogyny, they are co-constitutive

[pochiperpe90]

Charlize Theron about The Old Guard 2

[gaymelie]

Once again saw someone yell on here about how "nobody is going to report this aaah the media is evil", closed this app and not even a minute later saw a report with that exact content on a major news platform. Ngl this phrasing is rapidly being added to the list of things i won't reblog on principle.

[emergingghost]

julien baker photographed by joseph patrick [x]

[nostalgiahime]

Internet Tech Article from Point of View Magazine (November 1999)

[whewchilly]

“I have huge respect for Carlos. I’m perfectly aware of the job he did last year. He was the architect of our recovery after the summer break. He brought us the win in Singapore and the podium in Monza. I had to take a decision, and the decision was harsh. We closed the discussion by saying, ‘It is like it is. Let’s push until the last corner of the last lap and do a mega-good season.”

- Fred Vasseur for the New York Times, May 2024

[tayrussellfiles]

taylor russell for ny times (2024) 🤍

photographed by kalpesh lathigra

[kindahoping4forever]

📸: Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for iHeartRadio

[perelka-l]

A whole page of nothing but Overseer James Talloran delusion for brainrot reasons. Please send help.

(Lyrics are from Вогні by Go_A: "And again the lights appear, and again I follow them". Had that one on repeat for almost entire 4 hours of coloring)

[randomfoggytiger]

David Duchovny's Rehab Snitch: Confirmation

Every article I've come across discussing DD's stint in rehab always recycled the same sentiment, which abcnews succinctly sums up:

He was the first celebrity to own up to sex addiction. Other public figures have sought treatment following sexual indiscretions since then.... But Duchovny still holds the distinction of being the only celebrity to cite sex addiction as his reason for treatment, as opposed to depression, "undisclosed reasons" or any number of other ailments.

Yet, according to his own words, David had a different experience:

To be honest with you, when I went through it [rehab] and I was stripped of my anonymity, y'know, immediately-- which, if you're going to attempt to do 12 Step stuff, anonymity is a keystone of that. And I was barred from that almost immediately in my journey there.

And I wondered: what could he be referencing, being "stripped of his anonymity?"

Well, the only article I could find that confirms DD's side of things was written in October 2008-- and it paints a different picture from the one I hear commonly speculated:

"X Files" star David Duchovny's announcement that was he was in rehab for sex addiction sparked a lot of rumors. One of them was that he'd been caught having an affair with his tennis instructor (a woman) and that he was undergoing rehab to save his marriage.

Alas, it isn't so, says a close friend. Duchovny did not check in because of an extramarital fling. That much the friend is certain of. Even more so: Duchovny's problem has been longstanding. His wife, Tea Leoni, was aware of it for some time. It had just reached a point where it had to be treated.

I have inferred from my conversation with Duchovny's friend that this has something to do with an addiction to pornography, probably on the internet. It's the sex equivalent of a gambling addiction, where the person is just hopelessly trapped in chat rooms....

By the way, I'm told that David issued that press statement about his rehab because the tabloids were about to issue their own story. What happened: A fellow patient "dropped a dime" on David to make some extra coin. Nice confidentiality!

Huffington Post still has the article up, meaning whatever legal measures David used to shut down alleged affair rumors were ineffective or unwarranted in this case: either because he didn't feel the need to address anonymous speculation-- other rag mags still have "articles" up about he or Tea cheating, after all-- or because the "source" had proof that the newspaper wielded in their defense. Regardless, no other tabloid fodder matched the key detail DD mentioned on his podcast. Meaning, to me, these claims not only coincide with what he said, but also have legs of their own.

This is all to be taken with a grain of salt, of course. No one will ever know the truth of what happened except David and Tea. As is their right.

Thank you for reading~

[diathadevil]

Do you ever think about how Fakir, after him and Ahiru finally broke everything that kept the town of Goldkröne in the ghostly hands of its writer, after they finally have some air of peace over the town finally being able to live in its intended early 2000s environment, that Fakir still feels at times like it's not real and that for a while he fears that if he closes his eyes it'll be back in Drosselmeyer's control. Like it just doesn't feel real to him during that first year of calm, until he feels the dull pain on his recovering hand injury and Ahiru who follows him without a pendant anywhere to be found.

He doesn't feel it's real, the calm finality of this town, but he makes sure to feel the scar on his hand. And he makes sure to hold the little duck and realize that she is who she has always been. Him and the town are finally living peacefully.

[communistkenobi]

re: that gamete article, I think what’s also compelling to anti-trans activists is that gametes are invisible - it’s the same reason why debates about chromosomes are persuasive, they are imperceptible in all social interactions outside of a doctor’s office, and so counter-intuitively they can be argued as being always visible, always seeping out through our pours as a gendered essence that cannot be concealed or changed. actually being able to look at your individual gametes or chromosomes is gated behind medical institutions, and because of this inaccessibility they can be loaded with all kinds of social and political meaning, converted into a mystical essence contained within the body that imbues you with a gendered spirit. this is why I don’t think we should ever concede that transphobes are making biological arguments - they are using the authority of evolutionary and medical biology to do gender metaphysics, it’s a deliberate mystification of scientific authority for reactionary political goals. they aren’t making scientific claims and they aren’t trying to

[pharawee]

An update on marriage equality in Thailand:

The Senate voted 147-4, with 7 abstentions, to approve the Marriage Equality Bill in its first Senate reading.

A 27-member committee has been set up to vet the Bill before the second and third readings.

The second reading is expected in July. [source: Thai Enquirer]

[Update] Before the voting, some senators commented against the bill. Apart from religious arguments opposing the bill by other senators, Senator Seri Suwanphanon stated that being attracted to people of the same sex and advocating for same-sex marriage is unnatural. However, he acknowledged that society has changed and there is a need to accept it.

Nonetheless, he expressed concerns that if same-sex couples were "allowed" to marry, their marriages might not last long, posing a potential problem for society. The senator suggested that a condition be implemented requiring same-sex couples to live together for six months before legally marrying each other.

Additionally, he voiced concerns about children conceived while their mothers were in heterosexual relationships but then decided to raise the child with a female partner after the breakup. However, he did not specify his concerns.

Still, the majority of the Senate had agreed to approve the bill's principles, and a committee, consisting of senators and representatives from the civil sector, was set up to vet the bill before the second reading.

Meanwhile, the 27-member committee responsible for vetting the bill is expected to consider new proposals, including raising the minimum age for marriage to 20 years old. The lower house had previously agreed that the minimum age should be 18. [Source: Thai Enquirer]

[greenforestflowers]

I’m gonna lose my mind. This was blocked once already!!! Are you fucking kidding me?