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#the owl house

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#the owl house

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now that it's been five months, can I point out something really funny that I don't think anybody noticed?

so you may remember that round 2 was notorious for the voter fraud that happened in blackbonnet vs stucky. some people (on both sides!) found the whole thing hilarious; some people (again, on both sides!) got really, really unreasonably angry.

the graph looked like this. now, that's a very sudden and noticeable spike there at the end; this was definitely a coordinated effort and it was definitely to some degree fraud. there's screenshots of a job listing on sproutgigs to prove it.

but look at the rest of the graph. that's fairly natural-looking— no enormous spikes, no stopping and starting. there's bumps, of course, because sometimes you get reblogged by someone with lots of followers, and there's upsets, but there aren't cliffs. for the most part, except for that sudden bend at the end, this is pretty normal voter behavior.

people joked about the fraud in this poll for weeks afterwards. "hey, where's the award for most voter fraud?" people said.

well.

the award for most voter fraud does not go to stucky vs blackbonnet. it goes to this absolute fucking nonsense:

like, look at that. look at those long stretches where almost nobody was voting crimeboys. look at the sudden jumps, and look at how suddenly they end. in the earlier sections you can see the little pauses where whoever was frauding took a break to rest their wrists and get a snack.

I don't know what I think the takeaway here is. you could say this is a story about how accusations of voter fraud don't track voter fraud, they track controversy. you could say this is a story about how if you don't have a graph right in front of you, it is significantly harder to identify voter fraud than you think it is. both of those are even true.

but personally, I like to look at it as a post about how if you really try, you can chart human passion. and I think that's beautiful.

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Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - Round 1 Side 1

This poll is a celebration of fandom and fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

#PERCABETH MY BELOVED

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FT Polyship week

Day 3 : Light

Note : I was ran out of time for making a more complicated coloration, but I kinda like this anyway 🥰

#fairy tail

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FT Polyship week

Day 3 : Light

Note : I was ran out of time for making a more complicated coloration, but I kinda like this anyway 🥰

#fairy tail

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#the owl house

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My grandmother Naifa al-Sawada was born in June 1932. A beautiful girl with blue eyes, she was the only daughter to her parents. They were originally from Gaza but moved to nearby Bir al-Saba, where Naifa’s father Rizq worked as a merchant. She did well at school and in 1947 obtained the necessary certificate from the British – then the rulers of Palestine – to attend university. She did not do so, however. Her father was fearful about what could happen to her at a time when war in Palestine appeared imminent. At a young age, she married my grandfather Salman al-Nawaty and went to live in Gaza. Between 1947 and 1949, Zionist forces expelled approximately 800,000 Palestinians from their homes. Among those directly affected by the Nakba – Arabic for catastrophe – were Naifa’s own parents, who fled their home in Bir al-Saba for Gaza. Having witnessed the Nakba, Naifa encouraged her own children to defend Palestine. Naifa gave birth to four girls and six boys.Like so many mothers in Gaza, she experienced great loss. Her son Moataz went missing while traveling to Jerusalem in 1982. It is still not known what happened to him. Another son Moheeb, a journalist, left Palestine for Norway in 2007. Three years later he traveled to Syria. In January 2011, he went missing. The Syrian authorities subsequently confirmed to the Norwegian diplomatic service that he was imprisoned. But he has not been allowed to contact his family.We do not know his current whereabouts or even if he is alive or dead. My grandmother witnessed the first intifada from 1987 and 1993. On the streets around her, youngsters with stones and slingshots rose up against armed Israeli soldiers in tanks and military jeeps. During that time, her son Moheeb – the aforementioned journalist – was held for more than a year without charge or trial. That infamous practice is called administrative detention. My grandmother lived close to al-Shifa, Gaza’s largest hospital. She took great care of arranging everything in her home with her delicate hands. She used those same hands to comb her hair into braids. She memorized the Quran and took great interest in the education of her children and grandchildren. On 21 March this year, Israeli troops broke into my grandmother’s home. The soldiers displayed immense brutality. They ordered the women in our family to evacuate on foot and arrested the men. They would not allow the women to take my grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s disease, with them. The soldiers claimed that my grandmother would be safe. That was a lie. The invasion of my grandmother’s house took place amid Israel’s siege on al-Shifa hospital. My grandmother’s house was destroyed during that siege and she was killed. Her remains were found days after the Israeli troops eventually withdrew from the hospital earlier this month. She was killed – alone – in the same house where she had lived since 1955. We do not know if she suffered or if she died quickly. We do know that she was older than Israel’s merciless occupation.

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Anakin is just, like, a supercharged molotov cocktail, right?

#star wars #tcw #501st

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#the owl house #LMAO

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holy server b@man! is opening invitations for 24 hours

(from 10 AM CST on April 22nd, to 10 AM CST on April 23rd)

in HSB, you can chat with other batfam fans, get fic recs, share awesome art, make friends, create headcanons, play games, stream your art, and more!

HSB is:

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gen-focused, mostly on batfam but we do love the other dc groups and characters

open to new fans, old fans, lurkers, creators, and everything in between!

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After getting back the results, I will be hosting a four (4) day event for Nali this year!

Please fill out this form!

#fairy tail

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#the owl house

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cal please chill out, you're making it hard to teach

(donation doodles! // tip jar)

#star wars #LMAO

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#the owl house #MOOD

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padme body horror is supreme bc when you think about it, her very existence requires constant agony. in real life that red invasion gown took several weeks to build. and the costumes were so uncomfortable that kiera knightly, who was sabe for like 2 seconds, cried every night while filming. the main way natalie portman describes her prequels costumes is “painful” . and sure “beautiful” usually follows but dude. imagine being 14 and in constant pain bc your job requires you be pretty as possible while defending your planet from fucking invasion. i can’t imagine how estranged i’d feel from my own body and sense of self in that moment. you can take that (already extreme) rigor over the body to all kinds of violent ends. possession. some sort of creature. self-mutilation. fic writes itself tbh!

#star wars

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anakin skywalker did nothing wrong i've got the proof kill the lights i want a dramatic atmosphere

first off it's not illegal to be in a silly silly mood so jot that down

look at how badly he needed to wash his hair in ROTS. is that a man who should have responsibilities? just look at his hair.

instead of sitting normally he uses his jedi cloak (stores the mysticism) as a blanket even in public... and i happen to understand that on a soul deep level.

the need to huddle oh so true bestie

what early 20s geek doesn't do a few murders i mean don't we all. joy to the world motherfucker that's the ennui

worked in customer service at age 9

has been in the workforce since birth and can i be real? DOES HE LOSE HIS PTO DAYS EVERY YEAR? if there's no 401k matching all bets are off go ham in there

'judas' by lady gaga is a song that just does this to people idk what to tell you, the man respects a banger irregardless of genre

hermit crab without a shell disease. he just exists awkward. he was born to exist in a 7 foot suit of armor and frankly he looks deeply depressed without it.

the jedi failed to provide an adequate amount of hides in his enclosure

he never existed in the modern era so he could never listen to three days grace and that would have fixed him entirely... like pour one out for the man

add a dash of pity for his raw blatant trenchcoat kid energy

apparently in legends he broke both his legs in a podracing accident as a child and gdhsgsgheyehdgsd if you break both legs at 6 years old and that's just the start of the horrors man idk what to tell you

ITS NOT ILLEGAL TO BE IN A SILLY GOOFY MOOD

in conclusion fuck them kids. depose me nerds i'll see you in court

#star wars #anakin skywalker