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'East of the Sun and West of the Moon' illustrated by Kay Nielsen, 1914
jamesphillimoresumbrella reblogged
jamesphillimoresumbrella reblogged
When absolutely 0 of Biden’s accomplishments have made any kind of news, and we’ve been fed a steady diet of fear and panic for 3 years, no one gets to be shocked when he loses the next election to Donald 2.0.
Posting anything positive about the president here will get you called a capitalist bootlicker.
What do we expect to happen?
Anger sells better. Anger feels better, it feels righteous.
It’s easier to protest against a president you don’t like then to actually remain in charge and keep pushing ahead, even if small, consistent accomplishments are all you receive.
I know I’ll never be missing an election in my life again (barring some kind of major medical event).
I just wish it weren’t so damn frustrating, feeling like you’re screaming into the void constantly, fighting against apathy.
CMS just announced that the government will start taking high-cost drugs that were developed with taxpayer dollars and start pulling patents to force competition and low cost generics. That’s fucking momentous.
I saw 1 news article on it. I wouldn’t have known it happened if I didn’t read the news every day. This should have caused the kind of celebration that erupted when companies started announcing $35 insulin caps. Why didn’t it?
Low cost hearing aids, lower and $0 student loans, concrete investments in green architecture…there was an announcement like 2 days ago to replace all leaded pipes out of US cities over the next 10 years, which will be an absolute boon in jobs for construction workers and can make our homes safer for kids. I’m sure I’ll see a headline in a year, “Biden’s lead pipe program causes drivers traffic headaches.”
Republicans want 20 foot concrete barriers topped with barbed wire across the entire southern border, and Democrats want amnesty and ease to citizenship for just about anyone who crosses, and it really seems like until a compromise is made somewhere in there, Republicans will continue to turn out in massive numbers to elections because God told them to, and Democrats will continue to stay home because the last president didn’t accomplish 100% of their goals and voting for an imperfect president is a personal and ethical failing.
Now take that mentality and spread it over every single social and economic issue.
I remember how utterly scared and angry we were sone years ago when Trump was trying to bankrupt the USPS. People were talking about it left right and sideways, asking people to buy from the USPS gift shop, start a stamp collection, anything. Then, Biden got elected and put a huge stop to that by getting rid of the unfair laws that only the USPS had to abide by. Overnight, the USPS was saved, and how did everyone react?
They didn't. It was hardly mentioned. Not a blip.
Same exact thing when it came to net neutrality!! It was DEVASTATING when it was killed. People died in wildfires because Internet providers throttled data of firefighters. Xfinity actually stole identities in order to make it happen.
About a month ago, BAM, it was restored because Biden appointed a Democratic leader to the FFC. Did anyone talk about it? Nope. I saw ONE post.
okay, so as much as I think that Biden was the least shitty of two garbage presidential candidates, and as much as I disagree with some of the things he’s done… …I have to admit that the Biden-Harris administration has done more for the average American’s life than any other I can remember in the last 20-30 years. even with a congress made up of majority spoiled toddlers who would rather kill a man than vote “yes” to save a hundred thousand, they have:
- changed the Medicare enrollment periods for elderly and disabled individuals, so that they don’t have to literally enroll in the designated period for enrollment and then STILL WAIT for 2, 3, 4, 5, or even SIX months for their healthcare to start
- along the Medicare line, they have added special enrollments for: people who just got released from jail, who lost their low-income healthcare through Medicaid, had a medical emergency or natural disaster that made them miss enrollment, didn’t enroll because they were lied to by their employers, etc
- they CAPPED THE COST OF INSULIN to $35/MONTH FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES!!!!! and they are working to get it capped to that for all Americans!!! (but of course, Republicans are fighting it)
- Biden pardoned all prior federal offenses for simple possession of marijuana and started the review process to get weed rescheduled federally
- provided hundreds of billions nationally in funding for the repair of roads/bridges/highways, expanding high-speed internet access, improving public transportation, adding electric vehicle charging, adding clean energy sources, removing pollution still leaking into communities from industrial manufacturing from DECADES ago, and REMOVAL OF LEAD PIPES not just on state land but on TRIBAL land and TERRITORIES!
- cracked down on the (frankly, abusive) overdraft fees from banks - to the point that many banks have removed the fees outright rather than deal with an investigation from the federal government over them - and the last minute surprise fees from hotels/concert venues/etc.
- They are working to change Social Security taxation so that those making above $400,000/yr actually have to fucking CONTRIBUTE - because, if you didn’t know, currently Social Security taxes cap out at $160,000. Yes, meaning that those who are MOST ABLE TO AFFORD paying more taxes, and who would contribute MORE in taxes, are paying pennies (if anything).
- Also, to increase the minimum SSA benefit from just a cut-and-dry figure that has to be manually increased (and is therefore subject to NOT getting increased), to a scaling percentage of 125% above the poverty line
- Also, also, to increase benefits for surviving spouses who abruptly lose 50%+ of their income when a spouse dies, then are shit out of luck for paying for homes/vehicles/etc
Not only that but:
- as many people who were vocally against it, they also made covid vaccines widely available and FREE for everyone during the pandemic
- provided massive student loan debt relief
- ENACTED A MINIMUM 15% CORPORATE TAX on large companies, who otherwise tend to skirt taxes with legally-gray methods
- Rejoined the Paris Agreement - literally can’t believe I even have to say that
- are providing relief to veterans exposed to burn pits
- reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act and added protections for LGBTQ+ individuals and non-women victims, changed it so it now allows tribes to now hold non-native aggressors liable under tribal justice systems, and improved long and short term housing for victims (as well as increased emergency housing access)
I’m not going to say I agree with every action taken under the Biden-Harris admin (lol, looking at you specifically, IRS), but. These things change people’s lives. Not just a little - they are the difference between literally dying a slow death from lack of medication and living happily. Between getting heart surgery and NOT getting heart surgery, because you don’t have health insurance, because you just got out of prison for having one (1) molecule of weed stuck to your sleeve during a traffic stop. Election season is already starting, so if you have to remember one thing, remember this:
Adding to this list, the Biden-Harris administration has also:
- Changed the Extra Help with Medicare Prescription Drug program, so that EVERYONE on Medicare who is under 150% of the federal poverty level can qualify for zero monthly premiums, zero deductibles, and capped prescription costs at $4.50 generic/$11.40 name-brand.
- Provided $3.5 million in grants to expand internet coverage on and to tribal lands.
- And $728 million to provide clean, sustainable drinking water to rural and tribal communities and support water and river conservation in the Colorado river basin.
- Provided funding for the expansion of Medicaid, meaning that now 40 states offer a year’s worth of health coverage after birth, so postpartum complications can be, y'know… treated without putting you into massive medical debt.
- Demanded an additional year of coverage for children’s healthcare under CHIP, via the CAA of 2023, with a hopeful continuation even further under section 1115.
- Invested $265 million across 16 states for natural disaster preparation and recovery, including streambank stabilization, flood prevention and watershed restoration projects.
And honestly, this administration has done so much more that I don’t have time to list - with wide-ranging effects that won’t be fully felt for another few years, but are MONUMENTAL for our country, our healthcare, our environment, our jobs, and our futures.
Please don’t allow shills and bots to convince you that voting doesn’t matter or that your vote is inconsequential.
Please register and vote in 2024.
Please.
jamesphillimoresumbrella reblogged
jamesphillimoresumbrella reblogged
Chapters: 17/17 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Sarah Sawyer, Irene Adler, Molly Hooper Additional Tags: PWP, Porn Star AU, is that even a thing?, oh sweet puppies what have I gone and done now, porn industry, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Oral Sex, Rimming Series: Part 5 of Numbered Porn Summary:
Written for this prompt on the kink meme: Sherlock is a porn actor who does cheesy porno movies. John is the cameraman.
Whenever Sherlock is in session, John is always aroused while filming him. Sherlock notices this and does everything he can to arouse John even more if possible, wiggling his arse in John’s direction, giving little winks, etc.
John becomes even more hot and bothered when only him and Sherlock are left on the set and Sherlock continues his ‘performance’. John then says “Fuck it” and fucks Sherlock right then and there.
Sherlock, despite his history, has the best lay ever.
Chapter 17 is up! And the fic is done!
Note: I probably should have let the editorial goblins have more of a run at it, but I am posting quite exuberantly, on not a lot of sleep, and before I absolutely have to go to sleep before my week of overnight shifts because I’m no longer twenty and able to go days without sleep without sacrificing function. I haven’t finished anything in ages, I hope this satisfies.
A weekend reblog
Source: archiveofourown.org
jamesphillimoresumbrella reblogged
hivs
why does this whole scene look & sound like a YTP
This is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
“Why is he staring at me like that? I don’t like it”
is this… a Mozart shitpost
Yes
BBC animated opera - the magic flute
Source: maoh
One from the vault. Wish me luck, I'm trying to finish all the things.
(Working on Out of Innsmouth next, we'll see how it goes.)
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I like the expression new-fangled. I don't know what it means for something to be fangled, but I sure as hell know it was recent
It’s from the Old English word feng, which can mean “to take”, or also “to grasp, hold, or embrace”. So something that’s newfangled is something that was taken up recently.
The reason it’s using this pretty archaic root is that it’s an older word than a lot of people think. Here it is in the Canterbury Tales.
Minutes after posting: "Why did I write archaic when I could have gone with old-fangled?"
Reblog to fangle this post
Sometimes the older words are best. "Early-adopted" doesn't have anything like the same grip. :)
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The Lament for Icarus (1898), by Herbert James Draper.
jamesphillimoresumbrella reblogged
Chapters: 17/17 Fandom: Sherlock (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Sarah Sawyer, Irene Adler, Molly Hooper Additional Tags: PWP, Porn Star AU, is that even a thing?, oh sweet puppies what have I gone and done now, porn industry, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Oral Sex, Rimming Series: Part 5 of Numbered Porn Summary:
Written for this prompt on the kink meme: Sherlock is a porn actor who does cheesy porno movies. John is the cameraman.
Whenever Sherlock is in session, John is always aroused while filming him. Sherlock notices this and does everything he can to arouse John even more if possible, wiggling his arse in John’s direction, giving little winks, etc.
John becomes even more hot and bothered when only him and Sherlock are left on the set and Sherlock continues his ‘performance’. John then says “Fuck it” and fucks Sherlock right then and there.
Sherlock, despite his history, has the best lay ever.
Chapter 17 is up! And the fic is done!
Note: I probably should have let the editorial goblins have more of a run at it, but I am posting quite exuberantly, on not a lot of sleep, and before I absolutely have to go to sleep before my week of overnight shifts because I’m no longer twenty and able to go days without sleep without sacrificing function. I haven’t finished anything in ages, I hope this satisfies.
A late night reblog
Source: archiveofourown.org
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Jules Brunfaut, The Maison Hannon (Hannon House), (Hotel Hannon) in Brussels, Belgium. 1903.
The Maison Hannon is one of the masterpieces of art nouveau in Brussels, uniting Belgian art nouveau with French art nouveau in a symbolist and dreamlike universe. Built on the corner of Avenue Brugmann and Avenue de la Jonction in Saint-Gilles, it was commissioned by the Hannon couple whose name it bears, Marie and Edouard, from their architect friend Jules Brunfaut in 1902.
Photo ©Paul Louis
Source: mote-historie