#to indicate that it is a hashtag. Households

[3rdeyeinsights]

there's a new trend of people using lemon juice instead of dishsoap

[bitcofun]

This is a viewpoint editorial by Charles MacKenzie, head of organization advancement at BitcoinRacing. The U.K.'s the majority of distinguished motorsports circuit which ended up being the Grand Prix's long-term house in 1987, and has actually stayed a component on the F1 calendar since will quickly be swarmed by a little army of Bitcoin lovers. Over 125 Bitcoin enthusiasts are gathering together at Silverstone Circuit on October 16 to delight in a phenomenon never ever seen prior to at the 72 years of age track, 3 bitcoin liveried vehicles running around the historical circuit in their last races of the season. As enjoying this high-octane bitcoin themed adventure, visitors will take pleasure in the chance to attempt Salvadoran Pupusas, race a Bitcoin liveried vehicle on a sophisticated racing simulator and listen to conference design speeches from popular U.K. Bitcoiners. The Bitcoin Racing group has actually made it compulsory that all visitors use Bitcoin merch so that on the special day Bitcoin has a substantial existence at the track. The group has actually offered this method the hashtag #turnsilverstoneorange and they hope that this substantial display screen of assistance for the group and the digital currency will motivate both authorities at Silverstone and fans alike to begin discovering more about Bitcoin. If you wish to attend this occasion you can register for totally free here, and you can likewise get some main merch from these sites Bitcoin racing is a little family-run race group that has actually been driving to circuits like Brands Hatch Circuit and Oulton Park throughout the U.K. to promote Bitcoin, utilizing their own funds. Not just do they expose countless viewers to the bitcoin logo design on race days, they likewise make certain that countless vehicle drivers see the logo design on their enormous semitruck as they pass through the U.K. highways. You can see Bitcoin racing's newest race here where among their motorists, Liam Browning, accomplished a 2nd location podium for the group after making the most of a security automobile lap! The group presently races in the City Car Cup which is an entry-level champion, however they have some great young motorists with dreams to go all the method, and the household group is now striving to get in touch with bitcoin business, plebs and fans to make this occur. Charlie from Bitcoin racing stated "So far throughout our project, we have actually taken a trip about 3,500 miles throughout the nation with our Bitcoin racing semitruck ... I believe these preliminary impressions on individuals who see us as we drive by are really essential as they will begin getting individuals to think of Bitcoin. We have actually approximated that over 70,000 individuals will see our vehicles on the U.K. roadways alone based upon some back of the envelope computations!" On a lot more amazing note, Bitcoin Racing has federal government consent to show El Salvador's nationwide flag on the roofing of their automobiles, indicating that all the viewers who concern see their last races at Silverstone will take pleasure in seeing the flag of El Salvador zip them as the group promotes the nation and its legal tender. The group has actually been welcomed to El Salvador in September on a main see where they will talk about with the country how Bitcoin Racing, Salvadoran chauffeur Sebastian Melrose and the nation can work together to utilize motorsports as a medium to promote the nation and its currency. Melrose has his eyes set on the Porsche Carrera Cup and thinks this prominent champion will act as a great method to promote his country. On the day of the occasion there will be some really prominent visitors participating in Silverstone, who all participants will have the possibility to fulfill. Unannounced at this point you can rest ensured that there will be some really well understood people from the Bitcoin area going to. At their very first race at Oulton park the UK Ambassador to El Salvador, Her Excellency Ms.

Vanessa Interiano, was in presence. In addition to these prominent A-listers Bitcoin Racing has actually worked with a complete racing simulator where visitors will be provided the opportunity to race a bitcoin liveried vehicle to attempt and beat the lap times of their main motorists. The director of LuxSim24, Robert Pearson, who was orange pilled by the group, will be accepting satoshis for the very first time as payment from individuals who want to see if they have what it requires to beat the group's leading chauffeurs. Robert stated "I am delighted to open my company approximately emerging currencies and to progress with the times. The truth that I can transform a part of the bitcoin immediately to money, with costs which are much lower than the standard banking apps is exceptionally amazing." Attendees can likewise anticipate Bitcoin-themed video games, pupusas, speeches from bitcoin OGs like Daniel Prince and Jason Deane, and the opportunity to get ₤10(~$10) in totally free bitcoin from the group if they bring a good friend who hasn't bought bitcoin prior to. In the future Bitcoin Racing wishes to go into a fleet of Bitcoin automobiles into the U.K.'s a lot of distinguished, prominent motorsports bundle called the TOCA plan. Within this plan, the British touring automobiles, Porsche Carrera Cup, JCW MINI obstacle and Ginnetas all fight it out for the podium. Notably these champions take pleasure in over 70 hours of live T.V. time with countless T.V. audiences, numerous countless viewers throughout the season and a worldwide reach of countless fans on social networks. With your assistance the group can resist versus the Cardano, Doge and HEX vehicles, and provide Bitcoin an opportunity to be promoted in these high level champions! Thanks from the Bitcoin racing group for reading this post, we can't wait to fulfill you at Silverstone this October. This is a visitor post by Charles MacKenzie. Viewpoints revealed are totally their own and do not always show those of BTC Inc or Bitcoin Magazine Read More

[juliathephantom]

JATP Fanfic Recs: Multichapter Edition

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'Stupid Cupid, Stop Hitting On Me' by Bluefire510

Juke

Luke, a troublemaker cupid, meets Julie, who is also one of Love HQ's toughest cases to crack.

She claims to have no desire to fall in love.

But Luke is always up for a challenge.

Let's see if he could get Julie to fall for her Perfect Match by next Valentine's Day.... and maybe teach her all about love while he's at it.

*Operation Hashtag Rulie by where_you_go

Reggie/Luke/Julie

“Explain yourselves,” Caleb ground out.

“Uh…it’s not what it looks like?” Reggie tried, wincing.

“Oh really, Reginald? Because it looks like two of my most popular band members from a family-friendly band are fornicating in public!”

-

Julie and Reggie get caught up in a PR misunderstanding that leads to them "dating" for a few months. It's not a big deal, or at least it wouldn't be, if Luke would stop acting so weird.

*Unexpected by Phantom_Lover

Luke is determined to breeze through his senior year and onto mega stardom (which means avoiding school, and Principal Lessa, as much as possible). That is until he's forced to work side-by-side with quiet good-girl, Julie Molina, on the big end-of-the-year talent show. The two struggle to see eye to eye, and meeting the all-important deadline seems impossible until something unexpected happens between them.

keys to the cage (and the devil to pay) by HearJessRoar

Juke, Willex

Julie Molina has always thought it would be rather exciting to meet a pirate.

Unfortunately, she's right.

"Julie, Julie Patterson, I'm a maid here in the governor's household," she bluffs. And she wishes that Luke's name hadn't been the first that she'd come up with, because the long-haired pirate's eyebrows raise immediately.

"Luke got married?" he says, sounding oddly betrayed.

His blonde companion looks equally gutted. "He didn't even tell us."

Piss Off Your Parents (Date Me To Scare Them) by TheNameIsBritney

Willex

Alex Mercer doesn't want to go home for Christmas; but if he has to, he's certainly gonna raise a little hell. Enter: Willie, the cute guy in his history of English class who would be the perfect fake boyfriend candidate.

So if you wanna piss off your parents, date me to scare them, show them you're all grown up. If long hair and tattoos are what attract you, baby then you're in luck.

*i'll hold your music (here inside my hands) by musicals_musicals

"Your soulmate must love music just like you do”

Julie is 3 years old, enthusiastically playing a small plastic piano, the first time she sees her string.

It makes sense that music would connect her to her soulmate.

or

How Julie finds her way back to music, joins a band, falls in love, and meets Luke Patterson (not necessarily in that order)

*a masterpiece in motion, more beautiful every day by fairylightsandrainydays

Willex, Juke

Alex Mercer is a merboy with a fascination for the human world. Willie is a prince who he saves from a storm. And Caleb Covington is the sea witch who is going to make Alex's dream come true.

So long as Caleb gets what he wants.

*days go by and seasons change (lets try again next winter) by itsagamefortwo

Juke

julie's ready for a year away from home, studying and trying to re-find the magic in music. luke's about to start on a summer tour around europe opening for a band. they meet one night, sparks fly and emotions run high. now they've just got to try and see if they can maintain a long distance friendship.

Who Could Deny These Butterflies? by xxPrettyLittleTimeBombxx

Juke

“I know this is going to sound kinda crazy…but, could you maybe pretend to be in love with me for a few minutes?”

—

When Julie Molina approaches Luke Patterson at a bar and asks him to pretend to be her boyfriend, she never expects to find herself in a position where she and Luke have to keep up the ruse for longer than five minutes. Figures that out of all of the strangers she could have approached that night, she’d gone and picked the one guy who just so happens to be in a rock band that’s on the brink of blowing up.

*relight that spark by @ruzek-halstead

Juke

julie molina has had nothing but a tough life. after losing both her parents early on, she was left in the care of her step-monster karen and her two step-daughters. while working at her late father's diner, completing household duties and being at karen's beck and call at all hours, julie was well on her way to getting accepted into the college of her dreams and having enough money to move out.

and then one day she received a text message from an unknown number. it started out innocent, crossed wires based on a flyer she put up three years ago.

this is the story of julie molina and her prince charming, and everything in between.

i never saw you coming (and i'll never be the same) by ruzekhalstead (@ruzek-halstead)

Juke

julie molina, a new student to uc berkeley, secures a job at a tiny, run-down grocery store, where she meets a group of people who inadvertently become some of the most important people in her life.

there's nothing like suffering in the workplace with your co-workers to solidify a bond.

a look into julie's life in a brand new city, as told by the customer service experience throughout the months.

an oddly specific grocery store au that no one asked for but i'm writing anyway to satisfy my brain

*Love Drunk by captainkippen

Juke

Thirty-two missed calls. Fifty-eight texts waiting. Over one hundred various social media notifications. A deep sense of foreboding took over. Julie swallowed. Slowly, she lifted the phone back to her ear.

"Flynn… what happened last night?"

After a night out in Vegas, Julie and Luke wake up to find themselves married. Hijinks ensue.

*So that's how it happens by echocharm (@echocharm17618)

Juke

But it had to be today. Julie had this crazy feeling in her stomach. Not nervous butterflies. More like fireflies that were trying to zap her (Do fireflies electrocute people? She should google that). It felt like that moment her parents spoke about all the time. The day they met. And when they first spoke to each other. Her mom always says that an intense zap went through her whole body.

Are you new or nervous? Julie has been waiting a (short)lifetime to hear those words be said to her.

She walked down a few more steps in the auditorium and found a spot. It was one of the few seats left in the room that wasn’t all the way up in the back. She sat down and settled into the uncomfortable, hard, plastic chair and took a deep shaky breath. The prof was nowhere to be seen. But there was a cute boy in the seat next to her. He had sort of long brown hair that was covered with a grey toque. And he was wearing a cut off t-shirt and you could see his very nice arms. Julie’s breathing was still shaky, and his attractiveness wasn’t helping the situation.

*we're too young to know things like love by Ephemeral_Joy

(@lydias--stiles)

Juke

The various ways and situations people notice the connection between Julie and Luke, whether that be a close friend or a complete stranger.

(started as a 5+1 fic and then i kind of went rogue. oops.)

*and i know i've kissed you before, but i didn't do it right (can i try again?) by Ephemeral_Joy (@lydias--stiles)

Juke

Some things just can't be fixed with a song.

(Julie and Luke break up.)

*The Infamous Tale of Luke and Julie's Grand Trip Across America by Ephemeral_Joy (@lydias--stiles)

Juke

In any normal situation, Luke wouldn't let this random girl hitchhike with him across America.

Then again, he wasn't normal. And neither was she.

(or: the roadtrip!au no one asked for)

*We Found Wonderland by ICanSpellConfusionWithAK (@pink-flame)

At the end of season one Julie isn’t able to save the boys and they are jolted out of existence. But what if there was another way? Julie finds herself back in 1995 with a chance to stop the boys of Sunset Curve from ever dying at all. But will she be able to find her way home afterwards? Will she want to? Or has Alice really gone down the rabbit hole this time...

A Moment of Quiet Conversation by JackONeillisTheMan

Juke

Julie and Luke talk about how he was the one who introduced her to rock. Then just fluff, more and more fluff.

*Feels like I've opened my eyes again by ICanSpellConfusionWithAK (@pink-flame)

Juke

After the whirlwind her life has been since the boys showed up it’s not that surprising that Julie would be a little tired. But is it normal that she’s more exhausted than she’s ever been? With Nick acting weird, Alex and Reggie both wrapped up in their own problems and her relationship with Luke still a big question mark, she has her work cut out for her if she’s looking to sit back and relax.

Basically my ideas and speculation about what season 2 might hold, or at least some of the things I would like to see.

find the strength, find the melody by sunset_phantom

Juke

An AU in which the boys are alive, Julie has been kicked out of her music program, and she somehow ends up falling in love with Luke in three days while he simultaneously brings her back to her first love of all: music.

after silence, wake me up by Vargynja

Juke

Julie hasn't been able to make music after her mother's death. She lives in New York working as an assistant for Luke, working hard to move forward in her career.

Luke finds out he's about to be deported back to Canada. A panicked lie leads them to fake a relationship to get married so he can stay in the country. Despite working together for two years they aren't close but a trip to Alaska to visit Julie's family might change that

Based on the premise of The Proposal (2009)

[coochiequeens]

Islamabad, Pakistan – A Pakistani court has convicted and sentenced a man to death for the murder, rape and beheading of a woman in the capital, Islamabad, last year.

The case shocked the nation and prompted widespread protests calling for greater rights for women in a country where violence against them has been described as “endemic”.

Judge Muhammad Atta Rabbani convicted and sentenced Zahir Jaffer to death for the murder of Noor Mukadam during court proceedings on Thursday.

The court also sentenced two members of Jaffer’s household staff to 10 years in prison each for abetting the murder and confining Mukadam.

A number of others accused of abetment, including Jaffer’s parents, were acquitted.

Police found the body of 27-year-old Mukadam at Jaffer’s residence in July last year with the initial police report indicating she had been “slaughtered” and suffered other injuries.

In his initial police complaint, Shaukat Mukadam, the victim’s father, said his “daughter has been brutally murdered with a sharp-edged weapon and beheaded”.

“The death sentence for Zahir Jaffer, this was very necessary,” said Shaukat outside the Islamabad courtroom. “I said time and again that this was not a case of my daughter, it is a question of all of Pakistan’s daughters.”

Crowds thronged the area outside the courtroom ahead of the verdict being delivered.

The case had gained national prominence, with the social media hashtag #JusticeForNoor widely used to condemn the killing and other acts of violence against women in the South Asian country.

The trial began in October with prosecutors, the following month, sharing grisly details from security camera footage at the scene of the crime that showed Noor had attempted to escape Jaffer’s residence by jumping out of a window on the first floor and staggering towards the main gate, where her exit was barred by a member of his household staff.

In his legal defence, Jaffer’s counsel had pleaded that the accused was mentally unwell, but the court ruled in January that a medical board would not be formed to adjudicate Jaffer’s mental state.

History of violence against women and girls

Rights groups have long decried Pakistan’s poor human rights record on protecting the rights of women and ending gender-based violence in the South Asian country, which ranks 130 out 189 countries on the UN’s gender inequality index.

“Violence against women and girls – including rape, murder, acid attacks, domestic violence, and forced marriage – remains a serious problem throughout Pakistan,” noted US-based rights group Human Rights Watch in its 2021 annual report.

In 2020, the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) recorded at least 430 cases of killings in the name of so-called “honour”, with 363 women killed in gender-based attacks.

According to survey data from the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), at least 85 percent of Pakistani women “have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life”, the highest number worldwide.

A 2020 UK government document on gender-based violence in Pakistan describes the practice as “endemic”.

The death sentence given to Jaffer is subject to confirmation by the Islamabad High Court, an appellate court where he also has the right to appeal.

Shaukat, the victim’s father, said his family had still not decided whether they would appeal the acquittals awarded to several suspects.

“I expected that I would get justice, and praise be to Allah we have gotten justice and the main culprit has been sentenced to death,” Shaukat said. “As for the rest of the culprits we will see what happens [in terms of appeals].”

[gra-sonas]

i think people expected that with CAM gone the cast would be more active, but it looks like nothing changed, the cast is just not very active on sm and the ones that are don't really post anything out of the substance, like picture of a camera or the sunset are not enough to keep us interested. It's frustrating especially since we can't expect the cw to promote the show, they'll probably photoshop the same poster for the third time lol. I worry about the rantings since s4 is not guaranteed.

LOL, yeah, The CW won’t do any promo until very close to the S3 premiere, and even then the promo will mostly consist of posting some old clips and badly photoshopped pics/posters (like you, I also won’t get my hopes up that they’ll do a new photoshoot 😩).

I wouldn’t worry about the S3 ratings all that much tbh. The show will likely air during the summer months (when they usually air reruns of shows bc people have better things to do than watch TV) and The CW won’t expect the show to perform as well as it likely would if it aired during spring (like it normally would if Covid hadn’t fucked up the schedule for every show and broadcaster). 

The show will have 3 finished seasons under its belt by the time S3 airs. The CW makes most of its money by selling their shows internationally + with broadcast syndication. The more finished seasons a show has, the better it sells. Regardless of S3 ratings, I doubt The CW’s going to cancel RNM.

Apart from that, they need shows for their mid-season schedule (which should hopefully be able to air during spring again in 2022) in the US, and why cancel a show that’s been doing well enough so far (and is also fairly “cheap” to make, not much CGI, no expensive explosions or car chases, they also get nice tax incentives in New Mexico), when there’s no guarantee that a new show would perform any better (and would be as “cheap” to make)?

Nah, I’m fairly certain that regardless of the show’s S3 ratings in the US, RNM will be renewed. And depending on what the long term plans are, it’ll run for as long as intended (5 seasons in total was the initial goal, I could maybe see a 6th season happening if the actors are on board, but I don’t see the show go on beyond that tbh - mostly bc of the actors, who have to move to NM for 7-8 months/year, and I guess at some point they’ll get tired of that, no matter how beautiful NM is, and how lovely Santa Fe).

The S3 ratings next year will only be able to give us an indication of how well received the season is (I expect the numbers to be low bc of the summer, but there might be an uptick in ratings if good stories rope in more viewers over the course of S3 - JUST GIVE US MALEX).

Also important to note: overnight ratings are not overly informative anymore, people are much more prone to stream shows at a later point, so what’s more interesting and important (and also looked at by broadcasters) are the 10-day cumulated ratings that include DVR and streaming numbers. 

If you look at those (on Wikipedia f.e.), RNM’s been doing quite well, and those are definitely numbers that matter much more than just the overnight ratings. Those can give a first indication, but the 10-day totals are what they look at nowadays.

We can’t do anything about boosting overnight ratings bc only households with a Nielsen box get counted, what helps is talking about the show on social media while a new episode airs tho. Always using the show’s hashtag, tagging the official account (and The CW) etc. Also interacting with the show’s social media (liking IG posts, sharing them in stories, RTing tweets etc). It won’t have a massive impact but it shows at least that there’s still interest.

What concerned fans can also do to help RNM when it airs next year: stream the show on The CW app or website after the original broadcast (if you’re not from the US, use a US VPN). I did that during S1, just opened a tab in the background, muted it, and streamed episodes 2-3 times a day (it’s important that a good chunk of the episode gets streamed, just starting the stream and closing the tab after 5 mins won’t do). We can’t “cheat” when it comes to overnights, but we can “cheat”, at least a little bit, when it comes to streaming numbers. 😇

What also helps, is buying a season pass for the show on amazon or iTunes (or other services available in your country). I bought season passes for S1 and 2 on iTunes, and those sales definitely count towards the show’s total ratings!

Anyway, this got long. Just think it’s important to be aware that US ratings (esp. overnight ratings) are not the be-all and end-all in regards to the show’s fate anymore. Streaming numbers are just, probably even more important, what counts the most is the international sales numbers tho, and so far the show’s doing fairly well in that regard. 

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[comradeclown]

OK, so in honour of my top posts now being me saying at various degrees of length that Arthur is gay (hashtag mylegacy, lmao…), I thought I should just go for it and actually dive in a bit a lot into why I read the character as gay. Now, usually all the justification I need to read a character as gay is “wouldn’t it be cool if this character I like/relate to/etc were gay like me?” and “it’s OK, officer, I do what I want”, and I’m well aware that 99% of the time it’s me using my own creativity to do a resistant reading + the film/book/whatever bumbling into subtext entirely by accident. And while I definitely don’t think there’s ever any more justification needed for any kind of LGBT reading, lol, as it comes to Arthur, obviously feel free to disagree with me, but I honestly think my read of him as a gay man is entirely textually supported, however unwitting and accidental that might have been on the part of the filmmakers (mind you, I don’t think it was Todd Phillips’ conscious intent, but I’m like… 85% sure Joaquin Phoenix knew exactly what he was doing).

(ETA that this is extremely long, so I’ve put it all under a cut.)

First of all, there’s of course… pretty much the entirety of Joaquin Phoenix’s performance (a very, very small sample can be found in my he gay son tag and just generally in my arthur fleck tag, ha), from his mannerisms to his physicality to the way he interacts with other characters. I know part of it is a function of wanting to go back to the character’s campy roots (which are themselves… you know…), and I know I’m relying on stereotypes to some extent, but first of all, you can’t divorce either camp or gender non-conformity from LGBT history and existence, and secondly this is literally how characters have been coded as gay throughout the entire history of cinema. What I’m saying here is that you can’t have a character who acts like Arthur does, literal limp wrist and all, or says “come on, Muuuurrrayyy, do I look like the kind of girl clown who could start a movement” the way he does, to pick one of many, many examples, and not evoke the long history of cinematic wink emojis at People Like Me.

That in itself would… honestly be plenty, lol, but it could be chalked up to, idk, Joaquin Phoenix doing his own thing, were it not for the fact that it’s completely reinforced at every turn by the filmmaking language, even down to his wardrobe choices, and it’s worth noting at this point that the framing is always one of empathy — albeit with nuance — and affording the character subjectivity, rather than being “ew, look at this gross [homophobic slur]”. Like, the very first time we see Arthur, literally our first impression of the character, he’s at a mirror, putting on make-up and then ruining it by crying, and while the make-up is of course part of his job, this is just not how the inner crises of straight male characters are expressed in the language of cinema. Of note too is the fact that he’s clearly visually separated from his co-workers in all the scenes at Ha-Ha’s, indicating his alienation from them, and while this could be chalked up purely to his disabilities, I don’t buy that that’s the only reason, given that Gary gets shit due to his dwarfism, sure, but at the end of the day he’s clearly “one of the boys” in a way Arthur (can’t be) isn’t.

There are honestly so many examples of the framing working to separate Arthur from conventional masculinity and heterosexuality that I’m just going to pick some highlights, such as: obviously, the way he expresses himself emotionally through dancing (to the point that one of his coworkers explicitly ribs him about it, “if your dancing doesn’t do the trick”), which again is not something that straight male characters do in the language of cinema. The fact that all the media we see him consume is musicals, classic comedies and a talk show he’s obsessively fannish about and watches with his mother — and we know he’s a fan of the show as a whole, not just Murray, hence him saying “I love Dr Sally” (and the way he says it…). Or, speaking of his media habits, when he’s dancing with the gun while watching Shall We Dance, this could have so, so easily been about him ~regaining his lost masculinity~ through, say, fantasies of revenge or badassery, but instead it’s about him being acknowledged as a great dancer and punishing bad dancers, and it all ends in slapstick anyway.

Also, while I’m on this topic, I want to address the nature of Arthur’s dissociative fantasies about Sophie. Honestly, I don’t read them as indicative of genuine romantic/sexual interest at all, because the film frames them as identical to Arthur’s more deliberate daydreams about Murray. I mean, not that I’m adverse to gay readings of that if that’s what you want to do, lmao, but to me they’re both very clearly post-traumatic fantasies of having another person look after you for once, of having someone value and cherish you and take care of you emotionally (which obviously has massive appeal if you’ve been dealing with the after-effects of catastrophic trauma all your life but nobody has given a shit about your suffering and you’ve had to be the one to look after other people to boot). Note that after the get-together with Sophie — which is clearly patterned after all those old comedies and musicals Arthur watches — the Sophie fantasies are incredibly platonic and involve things like having another person be there for you in a crisis, telling you something supportive, getting you a hot drink (in contrast with the reality of the hospital scene, in which Arthur is alone and he’s the one trying to comfort someone else, i.e., holding Penny’s hand), essentially no different from fantasy!Murray hugging Arthur and knowing exactly what to say to make him feel good about himself. Also note that both fantasies involve being the object of someone else’s affection, Murray picks Arthur out of the audience and Sophie comes to him, it’s a pillow princess Cinderella fantasy, more than someone loving you it’s about being loved. (And, once more, this could easily have all been v. v. different, the Murray fantasy could have been the much more conventionally masculine fantasy of being a famous comedian and being invited on Murray’s show, the Sophie fantasies could have had an undeniable sexual component, etc.)

Anyway, to get back to the general point of cinematic framing, again if the movie didn’t want me to read Artie as gay, it shouldn’t have had a pivotal moment in his character arc be him sitting at his mother’s vanity table, doing a new make-up look which involves using her lipstick, and then having a Moment while he’s literally holding a quasi-glamour shot of her.

And the thing is, all these reams of stuff aren’t even the key piece of the puzzle for me, which is the way in which the film as a whole can be read as a gay narrative. I’ve posted before about how part of the emotional catharsis of the film is about Arthur finally shamelessly embracing and even revelling in all his freakishness and socially-despised traits, a big one of which being what is arguably his effeminacy and… honestly I don’t need to explain how that’s a classic gay (and more generally LGBT) narrative, do I? Like, there’s a reason why a pivotal scene is Arthur having his hair-dyeing underwear rave in a flat that’s suddenly incredibly bright and sunny for the first time, it’s about reclaiming the pain and ugliness of your life and your circumstances into a space of potential liberation, which is honestly why this movie is always going to be incredibly personally meaningful to me for so many reasons, but definitely meaningful to me as a gay woman. (Again, this could so, so easily have been about him becoming some stone-cold badass or whatever, but instead the film has him dye his hair, put on a super garish new outfit and new make-up look, dance shamelessly in the street, and be incredibly campy on national television.)

More generally, there’s other aspects of the narrative arc that tie into this general theme and which also serve to continually distance Arthur from the conventional cinematic narratives of heterosexual manhood: for instance, once he starts fully embracing the Joker persona — which is… just Arthur, the crucial difference is in how others perceive him and how he perceives himself — any attraction to women, feigned or real, goes completely out the window and the only genuinely affectionate interaction he has with another human being is with Gary (I know we all love to joke about his first kiss being with Dr Sally, but it’s obviously Comedy Jokes and he doesn’t even kiss her for real, his make-up is completely intact; Arthur’s only real kiss in the movie is when he kisses Gary). Or, when Arthur’s personal narrative finally intersects completely with the larger social narrative — which is itself about upheaval, reclamation and potential liberation — the big triumphant moment is him once again dancing, this time for a cheering crowd, and using blood like lipstick to redraw his smile.

Or even, to a lesser extent, his whole sub-plot with his mother, before I watched the film I was worried that this was going to be the usual narrative about the henpecked guy who finally puts the bitch in her place as part of becoming a Real Man, and it’s not at all, quite the opposite, Arthur is not henpecked and is clearly in charge of the household, he genuinely loves Penny — and is confident she loves him back — and enjoys doing at least some things with her (them watching the Murray Franklin Show together), and up until the reveal any issues he has with her are largely the product of having to look after an ill person with zero social support and while working a physically and emotionally demanding job and dealing with his own disabilities. When he kills her, it’s a deeply sad and self-destructive scene and it’s the result of his profound anguish and sense of betrayal and he frames it as the bitter, trauma-haunted dark half of self-actualisation and self-acceptance (“that’s the real me”, “I haven’t been happy one minute of my entire fucking life”, “now I realise… it’s a fucking comedy”).

Or, at a more meta-textual level, the way the film is unabashedly both a pulpy thriller and a melodrama, just shamelessly embracing all its emotions, its pain and catharsis, without a trace of irony. Like, yeah, part of this is the immense sincerity and compassion Joaquin Phoenix brings to his performance, but it really is the movie’s approach as a whole, and when there is humour — and I do think there’s quite a lot of humour in the movie — it’s not the distancing, let’s-not-feel-anything-too-deeply-bro humour of your typical MCU movie, it’s the camp sensibility of laughing with and at your own tragedy. (Myriad examples down to the use of certain songs in the soundtrack.)

On a final note, you guys know how much I don’t care about authorial intent, but I feel compelled to point out that in his director’s commentary, Todd Phillips says, while discussing Arthur’s journey into becoming Joker, that he reads the larger pop-cultural character of the Joker as someone who doesn’t want women, and like… Again, it’s not like I think that he was deliberately making a gay narrative in any way, it’s just that if you’re creating this journey of a man who eventually becomes a character who’s not interested in women in that sense, you’ve also just ended up stumbling into a gay narrative accidentally on purpose, lmao, what’s the real difference between “at the end of the story, Arthur doesn’t want women because he’s ~da Joker now, baby, he doesn’t want anything~” and “at the end of the story, Arthur doesn’t want women because he’s gay and he’s no longer deeply repressed and closeted”?

Anyway, like I said, feel free to disagree, he’s a fictional character, lol, but this is where I’m coming from, and the reason why if everyone involved in the movie decided to make a statement tomorrow about how much Arthur Fleck wants to bone women I’d just say “shit, idc, I’m afraid you made a gay movie about Arthur Fleck, a gay man, it’s a little too late to retcon this bitch now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”. Also this is over 2,000 words long what the fuck I am so sorry

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This is Exactly How the Instagram Algorithm Functions in 2020

Just how does the Instagram formula actually function? It's an inquiry that's caused a great deal of complication considering that Instagram relocated far from a chronological feed, motivating much more inquiries. Do video clips execute much better than images in the algorithm? How do you obtain your articles seen by more of your followers? Do hashtags harm or assist? Just recently, Instagram established the record straight, clearing up a lots of rumors concerning specifically how the Instagram formula functions. Find out the facts regarding the Instagram algorithm, including exactly how it benefits feed blog posts, stories, and also the check out web page! And also, obtain our finest ideas for beating the formula and also getting more interaction: Exactly How the Instagram Algorithm Works for Your Feed Posts in 2020 According to Instagram, there are 6 vital elements that affect the Instagram formula for feed blog posts: Rate of interest Partnership Timeliness Frequency Following Use It's likewise vital to note that the Instagram formula is regularly altering. Instagram recently went on document in January 2020 to address a number of reports regarding its questionable formula. For instance, you may have assumed that Instagram turn out a brand-new version of its algorithm every couple of weeks, however this isn't true. The Instagram algorithm is really changing all of the moment, based on the massive quantity of information it acquires every min of on a daily basis. The formula is powered by machine learning, which indicates that any type of new behavior patterns or trends will certainly be factored into exactly how the formula functions. # 1: The Instagram Algorithm Predicts How Much You Care About a Post instagram seguidores Your Instagram feed isn't just based upon that you follow, it's also based on who as well as what you like. The even more the Instagram formula assumes you will certainly "like" that article, the higher it will show up in your feed. This is based upon "past behavior on similar web content as well as potentially device vision assessing the real material of the article." So essentially, what you see in your Instagram feed is a mix of every one of your Instagram actions. The close friends you communicate with the most, who's tales you see, people you are marked in pictures with, as well as naturally, the sort of posts that you like and discuss. What Engagements Are Most Important to the Instagram Algorithm? We understand that the formula prioritizes content that gets the many interaction when it comes to feed efficiency. What are the most crucial engagements? According to Instagram, one of the most vital interactions for feed position are remarks, likes, reshares, and also for video posts, views, which is actually handy to called you plan your material as well as inscriptions. Although it's not provided as an essential involvement indication right now, it can likewise be worthwhile to optimize your material for saves-- particularly as Instagram trials hiding likes in a lot more nations. # 2: The Instagram Algorithm Determines Your Relationship with Followers The Instagram formula wants to prioritize revealing you blog posts from your close friends, household, as well as accounts that you appreciate. In order to show you what you desire (what you really, truly want), the algorithm utilizes interactions from you to assemble with each other that is closest to you. For instance, if you comment on a lot of someone's photos or are tagged in pictures with them, this signals to Instagram that they probably come under your "loved ones" classification. Thomas Dimson, a software program designer at Instagram, shared exactly how Instagram might in theory determine who you care about the most, based on just how you utilize the application: People whose content you like (possibly including stories as well as live video clips). People you route message. People you look for. People you understand in reality. This gives you a suggestion of exactly how your habits on Instagram affects what web content you see in your app. As an example, have you observed that after you recently adhere to somebody, you'll see a great deal of their material in your feed? Yet if you do not involve with it, after that you're indicating to Instagram that you may not be that interested any longer. This is why turning up on Instagram regularly-- whether that's by uploading to your tales or feed each day-- is so vital! It keeps you top of mind with your followers, helps your interaction, and also aids your posts be seen by the formula. Suggestion # 1: Spend More Time Posting Consistently To Instagram. You'll not just boost your engagement but it's a signal to the algorithm that you're a quality account when you upload consistently excellent content to Instagram! And the extra frequently and continually you post, the more likely your audience will engage as well as see with your content. When it comes to exactly how often you must upload, your excellent publishing regularity will certainly depend on you or your business' objectives as well as the amount of time you can commit to your Instagram marketing efforts. Social network expert Neil Patel describes, "If you make a practice of publishing numerous times a day and afterwards change to only a few times a week, you will start to lose followers and also create much less interaction per article. " This means that the very best uploading regularity for Instagram is the publishing regularity that you can constantly maintain for the remainder of your natural life.". It's essential to dedicate to an uploading timetable that you can not just maintain, however also fits in with your process so you're never ever compromising on top quality or uploading for the purpose of it. Big brand names like @GoToSkincare can keep posting twice, or perhaps 3 times a day thanks to a committed media group, graphic developers and also plenty of high quality user-generated material to select from. But don't allow that discourage you-- even if you just choose to publish as soon as every 3 days, a smooth pattern of constantly great content will be compensated. To assist see to it you're posting constantly, you'll want to obtain accustomed with exactly how to arrange your Instagram messages. With a complimentary Instagram scheduler like Later, you can prepare as well as arrange all of your pictures, subtitles, as well as hashtags from the internet. This will save you a great deal of time (and sanity), and also leave you plenty of extra time to concentrate on various other vital locations of your Instagram marketing method. Suggestion # 2: Use Instagram Features Like Notifications as well as Facebook Page Manager. Deal with comments like a discussion-- you intend to see to it you're always replying as well as involving with the discuss your feed to alert the algorithm you have a "connection" with your follower. And if the remark doesn't call for a feedback, reveal them some like with a heart! We know, keeping an eye on all your Instagram comments is hard. It's simple to miss out on remarks in the Instagram app, particularly if a person is talking about an older message. Instagram continues to roll out new features that make it much easier than ever to maintain the conversation choosing your audience. An excellent method to see to it you're staying on top of comments is to produce more focused-notifications in your Instagram setups. Simply most likely to your account setups, navigate to "notifications" and also select 'Off' for all choices leaving out 'Comments':. Currently, your Instagram remarks will not get shed in the mess so you can constantly ensure you're responding without delay to your audience. Obtaining a healthy influx of direct messages on Instagram and Facebook is a fantastic indicator that your audience is engaged with your brand and also the material that you're posting. Yet splitting your interest between both Facebook and Instagram messaging platforms (and also other systems too!) can be time-consuming as well as challenging to monitor. Currently, you'll be able to quickly reply to remarks as well as inquiries from a solitary area! This makes certain to quicken your workflow, promote much better interaction with your target market, and also eventually, drive more interaction! # 3: The Instagram Algorithm Factors in Timeliness. Not just does the algorithm take note of just how much involvement your Instagram blog post gets, yet it also the length of time ago the photo was posted. Instagram's formula is beginning to care a lot more regarding when you published, rather than just the material or involvement on the article, due to the fact that it always intends to serve you the most up to date, most interesting messages. This was brought up around the vacations last year when a lot of people were still seeing Christmas blog posts even though it was past New Year's. By discovering your personalized finest time to post on Instagram, you can hack the formula to raise your reach and also obtain more likes and also followers. You provide on your own a much better chance of racking up those likes-- swiftly if you publish at a time when most of your followers are on-line! Suggestion # 4: Find Out When Your Audience Is Most Active. Utilizing your Instagram Insights, you can use the Activity metrics to work out the times of the day when your target market is most active online:. These peak times can often differ throughout the week-- for instance at weekends your target market might be most energetic in the mid-morning, while throughout the week it could be on their commute home or down-time after job. # 4: The Instagram Algorithm Uses Frequency to Sort Your Posts. How typically do you open the Instagram app? If you're a frequent scroller, your feed will look a lot more "chronological" considering that Instagram tries to "show you the best blog posts given that your last check out.". If you inspect the Instagram application less often, after that your feed will certainly be sorted a lot more to what Instagram assumes you'll like, rather than chronologically. # 5: The Instagram Algorithm Keeps Tabs on Your Following. The number of individuals do you follow on Instagram? If you adhere to a lot of individuals, then Instagram has extra options to choose from, so you possibly won't see every one of the posts from every account. # 6: The Instagram Algorithm Calculates Your App Usage. If you invest a great deal of time on Instagram, you're going to see even more messages as Instagram "digs deeper right into its directory.". Nevertheless, if you just invest a couple of mins in the application every day, then you're going to simply obtain the day's highlights from the formula.

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DIGITAL CLEANING

Thursday 30th April

Exercise 3: Digital Cleaning

Opportunity to sit as a collective, remotely and attend to the digital space with care. e.g. deleting, wiping, organising, new folders, downloads, deleting emails, apps, desk tops, tracking hashtags. writing notes to self. finding. losing. before/after. storage.

Thinking about the kind of NESTING PROCESS & STORAGE SYSTEM. Considering the questions that we process when undertaking this kind of task:

- where does this belong? do I need it? should I keep it? should I delete it? where is the safest place? what system should I use? does this fit better here? what kinds of factors are considered during this decision process? what do I value? 

- Caring and Cleaning as a care practice: creating an individual value system. Or perhaps it’s a household one: for pairs, for families, is it cohesive for everyone? who makes these decisions? what do I value and why and where and how is this system maintained: e.g. efficiency, emotional intuition, aesthetic, time frame, spatial limitations.

- Emotional Consideration: Will I regret this? Is this helpful? Will this relieve me? Thinking ahead and engaging with moral, emotional and ethical consideration to future selves and others when living/using communally or independently. Cleaning as cathartic, living with ease, as personal: the things out of sight or immediately at hand approaches.

- What our belongings say about us: do they say anything? are they entirely removed? are they essential to ‘us’? how much do they indicate? what are those objects/systems/values/ways of practicing living saying about us? what about the condition of them: where they are placed, are they clean, are they dirty, are they new? difference between the jeans that are overwashed but new compared to the treasured older pair that are folded at the bottom of the wardrobe.

- Treasured objects: collected items, the quality, age, quantity of them, emotional significance, the respect owed and given, comparison with hoarding and differences between.

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Macmillan's YA Sneak Peek Sweepstakes 2019

Just because you may have missed BookCon, doesn't mean you need to miss out on new and upcoming YA! 

Enter our YA Sneak Peek Sweepstakes on Twitter, Facebook, and/or Instagram for a chance to win from Saturday, June 1, 2019 - Sunday, June 9, 2019. Official rules below. 

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS SWEEPSTAKES. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED STATES AND D.C. WHO ARE 13 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT THE TIME OF ENTRY. U.S. LAW GOVERNS THIS SWEEPSTAKES. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

ELIGIBILITY: The Macmillan’s YA Sneak Peek Sweepstakes 2019 Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to persons who as of the date of entry (and, if a winner, as of the date of prize fulfillment) are a legal resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia and who are 13 years of age or older. We are sorry for the geographic restrictions, unfortunately it is required for various legal reasons. Persons who as of the date of entry (and, if a winner, as of the date of prize fulfillment) are an employee of Macmillan Publishers  (“Sponsor”) or any of Sponsor’s Affiliates (as defined in Section 7), and members of the immediate family or household (whether or not related) of any such employee, are not eligible. Eligibility determinations will be made by Sponsor in its discretion and will be final and binding. U.S. law governs this Sweepstakes. Void where prohibited by law.

HOW TO ENTER: The entry period for the Sweepstakes begins at 12:00 A.M. Eastern Time (ET) on Saturday, June 1, 2019 and continues through 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 9, 2019 (the “Entry Period”). No purchase is necessary. Any entrant who is under 18 years of age or otherwise under the legal age of majority in the jurisdiction in which the entrant resides (a “Minor”) must obtain permission to enter from his or her parent or legal guardian, and the agreement of the parent or legal guardian to these Official Rules, prior to entry. Entrants may enter the Sweepstakes via Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. The social media platform used by the entrant to enter will not affect his or her odds of winning. Twitter Entry: To enter the Sweepstakes via Twitter, during the Entry Period, entrants must retweet a tweet sent from Sponsor’s @MacmillanUSA  Twitter account that is identified as being part of the Sweepstakes entry process (i.e., a tweet indicating that by retweeting the entrant will have the opportunity to enter the Sweepstakes).  To be eligible, the entrant must “follow” Sponsor’s @MacmillanUSA  Twitter account and the entrant’s retweet must include @MacmillanUSA and the following hashtags: #sweepstakes and #yasneakpeek19. Each entry tweet must comply with all terms and conditions and technical requirements of Twitter, including without limitation the Twitter Terms of Service and the Twitter Rules. Instagram Entry: To enter the Sweepstakes via Instagram, during the Entry Period, entrants must make an Instagram comment on an Instagram post sent from Sponsor’s @MacmillanUSA Instagram account that is identified as being part of the Sweepstakes entry process (i.e., a Instagram post indicating that by making a comment on the post, the entrant will have the opportunity to enter the Sweepstakes). To be eligible, the entrant must “follow” Sponsor’s @MacmillanUSA  Instagram account. Each Instagram comment must comply with all terms and conditions and technical requirements of Instagram, including without limitation the Terms of Use and the Community Guidelines. Entrants are prohibited from inaccurately tagging content or encouraging other Instagram users to inaccurately tag content in any Instagram comment or post. Facebook Entry: To enter the Sweepstakes via Facebook, during the Entry Period, entrants must make a Facebook comment on a Facebook post sent from Sponsor’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/MacmillanUSA/) that is identified as being part of the Sweepstakes entry process (i.e., a Facebook post indicating that by making a comment on the post, the entrant will have the opportunity to enter the Sweepstakes).  To be eligible, the entrant must “like” Sponsor’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/MacmillanUSA/). Each Facebook comment must comply with all terms and conditions and technical requirements of Facebook, including without limitation the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and Community Standards. General Entry Terms and Conditions: A Facebook comment, tweet or Instagram comment that is submitted for purposes of Sweepstakes entry is referred to in these Official Rules as a “Submission.” Submitting a Submission during the Entry Period constitutes acknowledgement of and consent to these Official Rules. Each Submission must comply with all of the submission guidelines set forth in this Section 2 and in Section 3 below. Each Submission may be submitted only once. If a particular Submission is submitted more than once, Sponsor will have the right to disqualify all entrants who submitted the duplicative Submission. There is a limit of one entry per person, regardless of the method of entry used. All entries must be completed and received by Sponsor prior to the conclusion of the Entry Period. Entry times will be determined by the timestamp attributed to the entrant’s Submission by the social media platform used by the entrant to enter. The entrant must be the registered user of the social media account used to submit the Submission. Normal time rates, if any, charged by the entrant’s Internet or mobile service provider will apply. All entries are subject to verification at any time. Proof of submission does not constitute proof of entry. Sponsor will have the right, in its discretion, to require proof of identity and/or eligibility in a form acceptable to Sponsor (including, without limitation, government-issued photo identification). Failure to provide such proof to the satisfaction of Sponsor in a timely manner may result in disqualification. The entrant must be able to receive private messages from the social media account used by the entrant to enter the Sweepstakes (i.e., a Direct Message for Twitter entrants, an Instagram Direct message for Instagram entrants and a private message for Facebook entrants) from the time of submission through sixty days after the end of the Entry Period to enable Sponsor to communicate with potential winners.

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WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION: Following the conclusion of the Entry Period, one potential Grand Prize winner will be selected in a random drawing conducted by Sponsor or its agent from among all eligible entries received during the Entry Period from  Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. The odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries received. Potential winners will be notified via [a private message sent to the social media account used by the potential winner to enter the Sweepstakes (i.e., a Direct Message for Twitter entrants, an Instagram Direct message for Instagram entrants and a private message for Facebook entrants), and if Sponsor’s notification requires a response, the potential winner must respond to Sponsor’s initial notification attempt within 72 hours with such personal and/or contact information as Sponsor may require (for example, the potential winner’s email address, name and/or mailing address). The potential winner is subject to verification of eligibility and may, in Sponsor’s discretion, be required to complete, sign and return to Sponsor an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Liability or an Affirmation of Eligibility/Release of Liability, as determined by Sponsor, and, if legally permissible, a Publicity Release, and any other documentation provided by Sponsor in connection with verification of the potential winner’s eligibility and confirmation of the releases and grant of rights set forth herein (as applicable, “Winner Verification Documents”), within seven days of attempted delivery of same. The potential winner may also in Sponsor’s discretion be required to complete and return to Sponsor an IRS Form W-9 within seven days of attempted delivery of same. If the potential winner is a Minor, Sponsor will have the right to request that the potential winner’s parent or legal guardian sign the Winner Verification Documents on behalf of the winner, or to award the prize directly in the name of the winner’s parent or legal guardian, who in such event will be required to sign the Winner Verification Documents and/or an IRS Form W-9. If the potential winner cannot be reached or does not respond within 72 hours of the initial notification attempt or fails to complete, sign, and return any required Winner Verification Documents or IRS Form W-9 within seven days of attempted delivery of same, or if the potential winner does not otherwise comply with these Official Rules and/or cannot accept the prize as awarded for any reason, then the potential winner may be disqualified and an alternate winner may, at Sponsor’s discretion, be selected from among the remaining eligible entries as specified in these Official Rules (in which case the foregoing provisions will apply to such newly-selected entrant).

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DIY Series #1: The most beautiful and easiest indoor plants to grow in your home

https://blog.truuue.com/diy-series-1-the-most-beautiful-and-easiest-indoor-plants-to-grow-in-your-home/Original content is available here -I love to repurpose my home every once in a while.

Growing up a nomad, and having lived alone for quite a number of years now, I’ve learned various tips and tricks along the way to make my place as consistently homely (and comfortable, and big) as possible. After all, it is my own space… and I need a lot of it.

So, to share the joys of DIY-ing, I’ve decided to start a Series of DIY Tips and Tricks to help youupgrade your home.

I’m starting with indoor plants.

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To see our list of Singapore’s Best Condominium Gardens, click HERE or visit Truuue.com.

My favourite indoor plants (featured below) are super easy to upkeep, aesthetically pleasing, and good for your wellbeing – being highly effective in fighting off indoor pollutants (which are apparently 12x worse than outdoor pollutants), and boosting self-esteem, cognitive functions, and sense of stability and control.

Follow the care tips provided and I’m very sure your plant will brighten your home for a very, very long time.

1. Money plant (Pilea Peperomiodes)

Also known as the Feng Shui plant, the money plant is grown in Singapore to bring wealth and luck to the household. It is simple to care for, and can tolerate low light and air-conditioning. Prune it correctly and the leaves will flourish.

Care tips:

Light The money plant is best kept under constant indirect, medium light exposure. However, if any leaves start to turn slightly yellow, you’ll have to give your plant some good ole’ Vitamin D under the direct sunlight.

H2O The money plant does not need a lot of watering. In order to maintain the soil at ideal moist level, you’ll just have to water your money plant every 7 to 10 days.

2. Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum)

One of the prettiest and most low-maintenance blooms to keep in your home, the peace lily is one of the world’s best air purifiers. A NASA Approved air-filtering houseplant, the peace lily helps neutralise gases such as Carbon Monoxide and Benzene from household products and furnishings. Over time, your Peace Lily will acclimatise itself to your indoor environment, making it a statement plant that is truly oh-so-easy to care for.

Care tips:

Light Like the money plant, peace lilies thrive better with indirect sunlight. If the leaves turn yellow, it’s because there’s too much light exposure.

H2O It’s really easy to determine when your plant needs water – its leaves will droop. Air conditioning may dry up its soil faster than usual. Watering is only required to keep the soil moist.

Flower Care Flowers will blossom twice a year (for a period of two months each time) and are strikingly white in colour. If your plant is not flowering yet, keep it in a dark room. Add in water-soluble fertilizers when the plant is at full bloom to ensure the flowers remain in prime condition.

3. Swedish Ivy Plant (Plectranthus Verticillatus)

For those looking for hanging basket houseplants, the Swedish Ivy is the perfect choice. It is not as easy to maintain as the other indoor plants featured, but I love it because it is simply adorable. If pruned correctly, the potted plant can look like a big head of Afro hair. The Swedish Ivy comprises of a vibrant foliage of shiny, dark green leaves. With enough bright light, the plant can also grow white or pink tubular-shaped flowers.

Care tips:

Light & Shape To maintain the ball-shape of the plant, it’ll have to be placed under bright indirect sunlight, so the leaves do not “reach” for more sun. You’ll also have to prune the plant, once it’s too long for your ideal shape, cut off 1/3 of the vines.

H2O Watering need not be frequent – do it only when the soil is dry to touch. Swedish Ivy is much easier to “save” when there is lack of water (when the leaves are shrivelling).

Temperature The plant thrives better in cooler temperatures, so your indoor environment should be maintained between 20 – 25 degrees Celsius.

4. Fiddle-Leaf Fig (Ficus Lyrata)

A gorgeous indoor tree with big, dark green leaves that look like fiddles (hence, the name), the fiddle-leaf fig is the perfect statement piece to brighten a room. Fiddle-leaf figs can grow up to 3 meters tall indoors, although they can be topped to prevent them from growing any further. The plant should be displayed in a 20–35cm diameter pot to give it room to grow.

Care tips:

Light The plant thrives in bright but indirect sunlight – so placing it next to the windows (and not in front of it) is perfect.

H2O Watering is not frequent – only when the top inch of the soil is dry. One way to figure this out is to stick a third of your finger into the soil.

Leaf Care Given how big the leaves are, you’ll have to wipe down dust resting on the leaves once in awhile. Dust accumulation prevents the sunlight from being absorbed by the plant. Also, the leaves should not be watered / sprayed as this will encourage bacterial and fungi growth.

5. African Violets (Saintpaulia)

African violets are probably one of the easiest blooms to take care of as compared to other flowering plants. Growing in vibrant pink and purple colours, African violets look delicate, and are best displayed in small pots. These pots will also tightly contain the roots, allowing the plant to absorb water effectively.

Care tips:

Light The plant thrives best in indirect, medium sunlight. The perfect place to perch your African violets is next to the windowsill.

H2O African Violets only need to be watered sporadically – the soil should be kept moist but not wet.

Flower Care The flowers will require 8 hours of darkness per day to bloom at full capacity. To encourage new bloom development, spent blossoms and blossom stems should be pinched off.

6. Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera is a choice Feng Shui plant to keep at home. Having medicinal qualities, the Aloe Vera is believed to add positive chi and balance to its environment. Caring for the Aloe Vera plant is also super easy – all the signs are on the leaves.

Care tips:

Light If the leaves turn a little bit brown, that’s an indication that your Aloe plant needs less sunlight. Leaves that are not growing upwards, but lie quite flat is an indication that the plant needs more sunlight. In general, your plant should be placed in indirect light.

H2O Aloe Vera leaves are meant to naturally grow upwards. If the leaves are thin and curled, that would indicate that your plant needs more watering. Proper watering of the Aloe plant will depend on the size of the plant itself, as well as the soil. But the general rule of thumb is that the soil should be soaked, and the frequency of watering should be every 1-2 weeks and only when the soil appears to be dried out.

7. Snake Plant (Sansevieria Trifasciata)

Hands down the easiest plant to upkeep in this list (at least, from my experience), the Snake Plant is really the perfect go-to-choice for seriously low-maintenance plant owners. It’s also great for cleaning air (converting CO2 into Oxygen at night), and best kept in the bedroom.

For owners looking for more exotic Snake Plants, there are varieties in yellow or silver striped leaves – called Golden Flame and Bantel’s Sensation respectively.

Care tips:

Light & H2O The Snake Plant can go neglected for weeks on end and still look completely fresh. It also does not need much sunlight. Replenish it every fortnight or so with a good watering and leave it out in indirect and bright sunlight for the occasional therapy.

8. Staghorn Fern (Platycerium)

Staghorn ferns look best when mounted on the wall as feature pieces (as pictured). There are two types of staghorn fronds (a.k.a. fern leaves) – fertile and sterile. The decorative types have fertile fronds that are forked, resembling deer antlers. If you want to DIY your fern mount, here’s a great instructional blog.

Care tips:

Light Staghorn ferns that are placed indoors thrive best in indirect, brighter light (as compared to outdoor ferns, which thrive in medium to low light).

H2O The key to prolonging the staghorn fern’s life is to water it frequently enough – taking into account the humidity levels in the room. The general rule of thumb is that the more humid your home is, the less the staghorn fern needs watering (every 1.5-2 weeks or so). Once watered, let the plant drip dry before re-hanging it.

Frond Care The staghorn frond is prone to black spot fungal disease in indoor conditions. To prevent this from happening, fronds should never be moistened or misted. The fronds should also be wiped down to prevent dust from accumulating.

9. [EDITOR’S CHOICE] ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas)

Following on from the snake plant, the ZZ plant takes the cake as the second easiest plant to upkeepindoors. It is perfect for the indoor conditions as it can survive in low light and more artificial conditions. A fun fact about the ZZ plant is its ability to actually flower a bloom resembling a yellow Calla Lily – though this rarely happens.

Care tips:

Light While the ZZ plant can survive in very low light conditions, the optimal way to care for it is to place it in the way of indirect medium sunlight. Monitor the leaves to make sure that the sunlight exposure is just right and does not scald the leaves. If leaves start becoming yellow and curly, that is an indication of too much light.

H2O The ZZ plant only needs the occasional water therapy, which should be done when the soil has dried out. The number 1 cause of plant death is actually over-watering.

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Hey! I’m writing a character whose Chinese- Hawaiian, but there are barely any resources about them, as they are a very small minority. I can’t even describe their skin color??

Many an ask ago I was discussing interracial relationships, and a self-proclaimed Chinese-Polynesian follower replied. Minority or not, they apparently ain’t hard to find. Talk to them. Some people might be okay with being asked questions, but it’s generally better to let them volunteer answers.

Also, skintone does not and should not indicate ethnicity. There are four people in my biracial family and not one of us has a skintone that matches the other. I’ve met white people with darker tans than me because they vacation a lot or work in the sun more than I do, yet I’m the “brown” one.

Instead of niche researching hoping for one or two hyper specific resources, study what Chinese families are like, what Hawaiian families are like, and what living in any biracial household is like. Then combine those qualities and you’ll have an idea of what your character’s childhood and current personality may be like.

You can also get a lot of information (and entertainment) out of following hashtags like #growingupchinese or #growinguphawaiian. Informal information straight from the source is generally far better than formal statistics and studies.

Of course, if your character exists in a previous era, not every resource will be 100% helpful as cultures can change gradually over time.

Check out @writingwithcolor and their resource page(s) for additional info.

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Telling Stories: Social media helps farmers connect | Weekend Magazine

Amy Richardson has a narrative to inform, and she or he has greater than 18,000 individuals listening. Since 2013, the dairy farmer and mom of three, who, alongside along with her husband and his household, owns and operates Richardson Household Farm in Hartland, has been sharing photos and tales of farm life on her Instagram account, @richardsonfamfarmer.

Over time, she has realized that the cows are the most effective “spokesmodels” for the farm, however she additionally shares tales about herself and her household. Between 50 and 60 registered Jersey cows stay on the farm, and she or he says the breed just isn’t solely photogenic however suits in effectively along with her hill farm panorama.

“Individuals like to see their photographs,” she says about her cows by cellphone from her farm. “They prefer to see what the cows are doing or see the brand new calves, or they’ve their favourite cows.”

Richardson has observed that extra individuals join along with her farm story due to her social media presence, and that may translate to gross sales, as has occurred along with her household’s maple syrup bought on-line. Her brother-in-law manages that facet of the enterprise, however he forwards her an growing quantity of messages from individuals who inform her they discovered the farm on-line after connecting along with her social media account.

Her presence on social media has additionally related her with the bigger farming neighborhood. For instance, on a go to to the UK in 2018, Richardson made some extent of visiting a number of of the farms she is related with on Instagram.

“It was so cool to satisfy these people in particular person and stroll on their farms that I had seen in so many photographs over time,” says Richardson of the expertise.

Richardson discovered her means onto social media with assist from Agrimark, the proprietor of Cabot Creamery Co-op, of which her household’s farm is a member. Their milk goes into the co-op’s cheese and a number of other years in the past, she was a part of a gaggle of farmers who traveled to New York Metropolis at hand out cheese samples. All of them wearing purple and black plaid coats and gave tastes of Cabot cheddar to grocery retailer buyers.

“It was such a cool alternative to satisfy prospects head to head and say ‘thanks’ for supporting our co-op,” Richardson says. From there, she started to attach with Cabot’s social media outreach and determined to offer it a attempt for herself, on her personal farm. She selected Instagram due to the concentrate on footage, and her farm is so scenic. She was additionally drawn to it as a result of she didn’t want to put in writing a complete lot; she figured the viewers may concentrate on the photographs. She says there was a studying curve, with just a few bumps alongside the best way, and her method has advanced over time.

Now, extra farmers can join with their prospects and communities by means of social media with the assist of Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition and the Connecticut River Watershed Farmers Alliance. The teams have collectively launched a brand new social media occasion, referred to as #Farm24VT, that’s an internet celebration of agriculture, meals and dairy farming in Vermont. The occasion will probably be held on Fb, Instagram and Twitter on Could 12, with posts beginning at 5 a.m. and working for a full 24 hours.

To take part within the occasion, Vermont farmers, agribusinesses, meals producers and others within the agricultural neighborhood will share photographs, movies and tales to indicate the eagerness, laborious work and dedication that goes into rising and producing meals. The entire posts will embrace the #Farm24VT hashtag so members of the general public all through the area can simply discover them. Social media customers can comply with this hashtag on any of the three platforms to see these posts of their social media feeds.

“Farmers are actually pleased with the work they do,” says Sarah Audet, who’s a advisor to the Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition and an organizer of the #Farm24VT occasion. “They need individuals to know how their meals will get grown and produced,” she continued.

The coalition offered social media workshops and toolkits for farmers who needed to get began, and there are recorded workshops out there on the group’s web site for any farmer who’s on the lookout for a tutorial. This assist allowed farmers to not solely put together for this upcoming occasion however will even assist them to maintain utilizing social media going ahead to inform their farming tales.

After all, the net occasion has particular relevance now. Due to the pandemic, Vermont farmers have misplaced lots of their alternatives to welcome neighbors and neighborhood members to their farms. Faculty discipline journeys, open homes and drop-in visits from individuals driving by have all stopped. #Farm24VT is a chance for shoppers to be taught extra about the place their meals comes from and see the faces of the individuals and animals who produce it.

“The pandemic has additionally meant that customers have a better appreciation for meals safety and security,” Richardson was quoted as saying in a latest information launch in regards to the occasion. “Farmers and meals producers continued to work across the clock throughout the peak of the pandemic, and folk typically turned to their native farm stands to seek out scrumptious, nutritious meals,” the press launch defined.

The latest press launch additionally shared some essential statistics: Even earlier than the pandemic, Vermonters ranked highest within the nation for consumption of domestically grown and produced meals, in keeping with the Locavore Index 2019 from Strolling of the Heifers. The Vermont meals and agriculture sectors are additionally vital to the state’s economic system. The sectors make use of greater than 64,000 Vermonters and create greater than $11.3 billion in financial exercise, in keeping with the “Vermont Agriculture and Meals System Strategic Plan, 2021–30,” launched earlier this 12 months by Vermont Farm to Plate.

The forthcoming occasion will embrace the chance for these watching from dwelling, work or faculty to win Vermont meals and farm merchandise. Prizes embrace a 12 months’s provide of Cabot cheese, a two-night keep at Parker Hill Farm & Boutique Campground in Springfield, and a baking bundle from King Arthur Baking. Different companies donating prizes embrace Brown Bunny Pottery, Farm Craft VT, Fats Toad Farm, Guillemette Farm, Hanover Co-op Meals Shops of New Hampshire and Vermont, MKVT Farm, Purple Hummingbird Woolens, Silloway Maple, Snowshoe Farm Alpacas, and vTerra Farms.

“It’s essential to have a relationship with farmers and meals manufacturing,” says Audet, whose husband is a dairy farmer at Blue Spruce Farm in Bridport. “They need to perceive who’re the individuals, locations and animals behind the scrumptious meals we take pleasure in in Vermont.”

For extra particulars about #Farm24VT, go to farm24vt or discover them on Fb, Instagram or Twitter @farm24vt. Social media customers also can seek for the #Farm24VT hashtag to get related to the occasion and taking part farms.

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Zack Snyder’s Justice League: Streaming Report Suggests There’s Limited Audience for Snyderverse

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In addition to being a rare four-hour blockbuster, Zack Snyder’s Justice League, a.k.a. the Snyder Cut, has been one of the most fascinating movie experiments in some time. 

Due in part to an unfailingly passionate fan campaign, Warner Brothers’ major DC superhero team-up got two bites at the apple, first with the studio-favored Justice League (2017), then with director Zack Snyder’s cut on HBO Max last month. The existence of the pair has provided an interesting case study in exactly what audiences really prefer. Based on fan response (and our own, albeit mixed, review), it would appear that a singular, auteur’s vision wins out creatively.

But what about financially? 

In an article about Godzilla v. Kong’s record-breaking opening weekend, Variety reports a fuller picture of Zack Snyder’s Justice League’s streaming performance. The data from streaming media analysis firm TVision (via Observer) indicates that Zack Snyder’s Justice League drew a smaller streaming share than other Warner/HBO Max releases Godzilla v. Kong, Judas and the Black Messiah, and Wonder Woman 1984.

The data is presented in a graphic below.

To all the people that said it was breaking record left and right. All of WB/HBO Max's biggest titles were bigger than the Snydercut. pic.twitter.com/EwPkmmeLF7

— The Voice Of Reason™ 📽🎞📺 (@YrOnlyHope) April 7, 2021

Unlike the Nielsen Ratings era of traditional terrestrial television, there is not one universally recognized ratings metric for streaming services. This is largely due to streamers themselves carefully guarding their own viewership data and reporting on a need-to-know basis. TVision’s methods in measuring viewership appear to be statistically sound though. The firm measures around 25,000 titles across the U.S. amongst a panel of roughly 5,000 households and 14,000 individuals to extrapolate viewership data. And TVision’s findings are largely corroborated by other studies. 

Per the Observer article, subscriber monitoring service ANTENNA reports that Zack Snyder’s Justice League led to a 2.3 percent increase in HBO Max signups the weekend it premiered. That is certainly useful to WarnedMedia, but it doesn’t reach the same subscription levels of Wonder Woman 1984. Variety’s own reporting also quotes a Reelgood study that found Godzilla v. Kong and The Little Things received more views during their respective opening weekends than the Snyder Cut.

Again, the numbers and metrics in the streaming world can be unclear and confusing… often deliberately so for the benefit of studios and streaming services. But enough anecdotal evidence has popped up in these recent studies to suggest Zack Snyder’s Justice League was only a modest hit for HBO Max. 

What does that mean for the future of the “Snyderverse?” Probably nothing good. Despite prevalent “Restore the Snyderverse” hashtags across social media and comment sections (there will probably be a few in this very comment section below!), WarnerMedia has made it pretty clear that they have no plans for further directors cuts of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, Martian Manhunter spinoffs, or Affleck Batmans. Never mind direct sequels to Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

“I appreciate that they love Zack’s work and we are very thankful for his many contributions to DC,” WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff told Variety. “We’re just so happy that he could bring his cut of the Justice League to life because that wasn’t in the plan until about a year ago. With that comes the completion of his trilogy. We’re very happy we’ve done this, but we’re very excited about the plans we have for all the multi-dimensional DC characters that are being developed right now.”

With WarnerMedia hesitant to continue on with the Snyderverse, it was always going to take a herculean effort from Zack Snyder’s Justice League to convince them otherwise. Now the data suggests that the film was successful, but not “Restore the Snyderverse” successful. 

Now, just for fun, let’s remember the important aphorism about messengers and whether it is appropriate to shoot them. (It is not.)

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