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miss-1ng · 3 years

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Dimiclaude kiss prompt no. 55?

this turned out... longer than i intended lmao

also hope you're okay with a soulmate au, because this is the only idea i had for this lol! thanks for requesting <3 <3

(also a warning for spoilers about claude's backstory and maybe dimitri's a little bit but otherwise i'm pretty sure everything is spoiler-free!!)

His name is Khalid, is what Dimitri’s mind - wide awake from the searing sting of finally gaining his soulmark - says, barely a whisper while when Ingrid got hers, she screamed with joy the moment she found out her soulmate was Glenn.

That was a year ago, on the fourth of the Guardian Moon, precisely the day of her birth, which was celebrated with her family and friends.

It’s legend that you become of age to receive a soulmark from the day you turn twelve to the day you turn sixteen. Sylvain, two years older, had, unsurprisingly received his two years prior to Ingrid and Felix who both received theirs when they officially became of age.

Dimitri however, while not exactly a rare case, though not a complete normality, had received his a year later than which his childhood friends did, at age 13.

Her mark glistens a glittering gold on the inside of her left wrist, corresponding with Glenn’s which is on the inside of his right one. Dimitri remembers her gushing how when the first time they held hands, their marks shone when they touched.

He also remembers Felix gagging and glaring at the two lovebirds for the rest of the day, completely enraptured with one another and nothing else.

As of that day, their betrothal was made official, now that Ingrid had her mark to confirm the one Glenn owned.

That was a while back now, and today, an exact year later, is Dimitri’s birthday. The mark on his arm stings, but as his eyes really take in the word in beautiful script on his wrist, he begins to ignore the pain.

Exactly three hours later, he’s at the Felix and Glenn’s home, sitting outside on the grass with the two of them, having recently abandoned the wooden training swords. Glenn is a full four years older than all of them, except Sylvain, who is only two years older. Yet despite his age Glenn still treats them the same.

When Dimitri finally shows the two his soulmark after lots of nagging, he notices the way Felix bites his lip and averts his gaze.

But before he can question it, Felix teases “You’re going to have a boyfriend!” before bursting out into laughter.

Dimitri hadn’t even thought of that, fully focused on the fact that he has a soulmark and not on the fact that his soulmate has the name of a boy.

He… isn’t too sure what to feel about that.

“And you are too,” Glenn calls in a sing-song voice to his younger brother, only to get fiercely elbowed in the stomach. A scowl has found its way onto the bright-eyed boy’s face.

Dimitri doesn’t say a word. Felix has been oddly secretive about his soulmark ever since he got it a month after Ingrid’s, while she had been flouncing it around whenever she got the chance and wasn’t with Glenn. Though at the same time, even at thirteen, Felix has been secretive, spending more time by himself than with the group unless he was absolutely forced too.

“Shut up!” he snaps, folding his arms and pouting. “I hate you.”

“So kind, Fe,” Glenn teases with a grin, ruffling his younger brother’s hair.

Silently Dimitri wonders what it would be like if he was in Glenn’s shoes, and he had a little brother of his own.

The silence Dimitri’s indulged in gets broken with a familiar call, and Dimitri turns to see Sylvain, even taller than the last time he saw his friend, standing alongside Ingrid who immediately rushes to greet Dimitri with a hug before running over to Glenn.

“Happy birthday, Dimitri!” Sylvain hollers the second he closes the door, separating the kids from the adults indoors. He joins the group. “How does it feel to no longer be the only soulmate-less one?” He adds a wink as if the very phrase itself wasn’t terrible enough.

A collective group of groans reverberate around the circle they’ve formed.

“You’re an idiot,” Felix grumbles to the older teen, averting all eye contact and instead vouching for a heated glare at the grass. Oh, if looks could kill.

“Aww, I love you too, Fe,” Sylvain teases, still grinning merrily as if he nothing is wrong with the world.

Felix’s face flushes. “Why does everyone keep saying that?”

Ingrid laughs. “I can say it too, if you’d like.” She clears her throat, as if beginning some long and important speech. “Aww, I love you too, Felix.”

“Now that’s left is Dimitri,” Glenn notes, looking at him.

The younger Fraldarius looks just about ready to bolt as Dimitri says “Aww, I love you too, Felix.”

Instead, he just mutters “It’s your birthday so I’ll take it. Just this once though.”

Sylvain leans close to Dimitri and whispers in a not-so-quiet voice “A little birdy told me you received your soulmark!” Bold black cursive writing stares up at him with non-existent eyes and he feels his heart start to thud.

Thump. Thump-thump. Thump. Thump-thump.

He doesn’t reply, instead peeling his sleeve a little higher above and shows Ingrid and Sylvain his soulmark.

The taller of the two squints at it, as if it’s hard to see. Ingrid’s reaction is more surprised, by the way her eyes widen, and her jaw goes a little slack. She fixes it when she sees his eyes on her with a small smile. “That’s great, Dimitri! It’s so pretty,” she gushes in a very un-Ingrid manner, but the twinkle in her eyes is all the same. “I wonder when you’ll meet your soulmate…”

“Khalid’s not a Fódlan name,” Sylvain offhandedly comments. Dimitri frowns at him, and he hastily continues. “I mean it’s not a Fódlan name I’ve heard. Who knows? You could get some hottie from Duscur or Brigid.”

“Of course, someone from Duscur or Brigid would come all the way over for our Prince,” Glenn drily says, pecking Ingrid on the cheek at her wide-eyed smile. “We’re not getting rid of him that easily.”

His soulmark was something Dimitri was very focused on for a while.

Then Duscur happened and everything seemed to fall apart.

His family, his friends… everything changed. The mark on Ingrid’s wrist faded to a black splotch, and the golden writing had completely disappeared.

Felix had shut himself off completely, not leaving his room unless he was training and not talking to anyone unless he was yelling at them.

Sylvain… seemed more closed off – more subdued. Dimitri saw him less and less as the months ebbed on.

And Dimitri… Dimitri couldn’t sleep, couldn’t focus, couldn’t even think. His dreams being haunted by the dead, his father begging for revenge, Glenn hissing in his ear, taunting him, his mother, crying at his feet.

“You should’ve saved us,” they hiss. “Kill them for us. Kill them all!”

It’s not the first time he wakes to a cold sweat, a scream hanging on the edge of his lips.

He’s sent to live, along with the Duscur boy he met, Dedue, at Rodrigue’s place, and there Dimitri finds it frequent where he gets the full brunt of Felix’s verbal abuse. He wants to talk back, to say it wasn’t his fault, but he can’t find the words, can’t even find the motivation to speak. Instead, he just nods, silent, and Dedue finds him, concern lingering in his gaze.

It’s like that for a while.

Then the rebellion happens, and Felix seems to hate him even more.

It’s almost a relief when he arrives to the Officers Academy.

There he meets Edelgard von Hresvelg (or reunites, perhaps, if his hunch is in fact correct), heir to the Empire, and Claude von Riegan, heir to House Riegan.

Claude is… well… Claude is a lot of things.

In their audience with Rhea, he is stiff and stoic-faced, though the second they’re released from the chamber, he introduces himself properly to Dimitri. “So, you’re the prince,” he says with a wink. “Nice to meet you.”

“It is good to meet you too,” says Dimitri in return, dipping his head. He offers a small smile.

It’s not the only time they talk. As the year ebbs on, Dimitri gets to know Claude, should it be through sparring together, or even tea times Claude has insisted on. Claude is… well, first of all he’s nice and he’s kind, and he’s also very funny. He seems to bring a smile to Dimitri’s face whenever he’s around, and not only that but he’s…

…he’s beautiful.

Maybe it’s his smile, Dimitri supposes, his genuine one, or maybe those piercing green eyes. He’s also been good looking.

Sometimes when they train, Dimitri catches himself staring, and Claude’s caught him too, offering a wink and a teasing comment without any heat.

Not only that but Dimitri’s heart flutters whenever he’s around Claude, and he has to remind himself constantly that this isn’t okay because Claude is not his soulmate. The mark on his wrist proves just that much.

“You’re staring, your Highness.”

Dimitri flinches, almost forgetting that Sylvain is opposite him, lazily twirling his lance. He smirks at his childhood friend. “Got your eyes on someone?”

It would be great if he was immune to Sylvain’s teasing, but he is only human, and heat rises to his cheeks. “No!” His voice sounds a few pitches higher than it usually is. He clears his throat, averting his gaze from Claude who turns away from Hilda who he’s sparring with (how he got her to do so remains a mystery to the school) to offer a questioning brow. “I mean, uh, no. Of course not.”

“Sure, sure.”

Sylvain doesn’t sound at all convinced. He leans closer, whispering in Dimitri’s ear, “I mean Riegan is pretty hot. I don’t think even your soulmate would blame you for checking him out.”

Dimitri splutters, “W-what?”

“I have to go,” Sylvain says. “Pick up some of the ladies- oh, hey, Fe!” He runs off towards the direction of Felix who enters the training ground, and Dimitri doesn’t stop him, staring into the distance as his cheeks turn redder and redder as the seconds pass.

Nevertheless, Dimitri still goes out of his way to spend his time with Claude, pointedly ignoring his soulmark whenever he does.

“Your princliness!” Claude calls, waving in greeting as he runs over to him. Dimitri tries not to blush when he yet again winks.

“Claude!” He tries his hardest not to sound too surprised. “What-what are you doing here?”

He looks amazing. Dressed in a sharp suit he’s seen many of the other students wearing, his hair tousled and falling in front of his eyes. “I think the proper question is what are you doing here? Dedue’s worried about you. Says you haven’t even showed up to the ball and-”

Dimitri’s brain seems to shut off, his mind not listening as he surges forwards, closing the distance between them with a kiss.

It lasts two seconds. Maybe three.

Because immediately after their lips touch Dimitri lets go, eyes wide. “I- that was out of line,” he rushes. “I’m sorry, Claude, I shouldn’t have done that-”

But Claude pulls him back in, and Dimitri feels the mark on his wrist burn and-

He stares down at it, watching the white handwriting shimmer to gold. “What…?”

��I have been waiting so long to do that,” Claude breathes, oblivious to Dimitri’s confusion. He raises an eyebrow, clutching his hands. “Hey, what’s wrong…?”

“Khalid,” Dimitri breathes. Claude’s eyes widen. “That’s your name?”

“I-” Claude pauses, before nodding. “Yes. It is.”

Dimitri pulls him close, arms wrapping around him. He kisses Claude – or is it Khalid? – again, and again, and again. “It’s a beautiful name.”

“Mmhm.”

“I love you.”

“I love you too.”

Their night ends not in the ballroom, but outside under the moonlight, the memory of soft kisses and warm embraces never to leave Dimitri’s mind.

#fe3h #dimiclaude #request #kiss prompt #dimitri alexandre blaiddyd #claude von riegan #my fanfics

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isnt-it-pretty · 3 years

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A The Queen’s Gambit inspired Sylvix fic I’ve had sitting in my drafts forever. Figured I may as well post the WIP!

TW for substance abuse, and generally everything terrible from both FE3H and from The Queen’s Gambit.

The room is silent. Hundreds of people wait with baited breath as two of the world's leading chess players fight across a wooden board. The pieces are lacquered - hand carved. Only the best for the players in Enbarr.

Sylvain studies the board, picking out his response to his opponents play several steps ahead. It's already the second day - five long hours the night previous left them both exhausted. Sylvain barely remembered to eat before crashing for 13 hours.

His opponent lifts a piece, his rook, and moves it forward. It's a clever strategy, but it won't be enough. The man across from him knows it too - he's twice Sylvain's age, but desperately trying to keep up.

They see it at the same time. A single move, and it'll be finished. There won't be a way for his opponent to come back from it. If he moves his bishop, it'll all be over. His opponent will resign, and Sylvain will be the youngest world champion at 22 years old.

It's his turn, he stares at the piece, his brain ticking into overdrive. It would be so easy, just to move to pieces. But then what? What else does Sylvain have but chess? He has no friends, has a family only in name. The media hates him, a stark contrast to being the Darling of the chess world at seven years old.

One move. And he'll win. He'll prove Miklan wrong, prove the media — his former friends, wrong.

He should have drank more before coming.

His hand is reaching for his king before he even realizes it - the words leaving his lip of their own accord. It feels right.

"I resign."

He knocks over his king, the hall is silent in shock.

Sylvain gets up, doesn't even bother shaking his opponents hand, and walks out.

...

He stops by his room with a single mindedness. His phone is going crazy, but Sylvain hasn't checked to see who is trying to reach him.

Everybody, probably.

His mother must be having an aneurysm, the media must be going insane.

He opens the door to his room and tosses the phone on the bed. His wallet too, but not before emptying out his cash as a tip for hotel staff. $500 total.

It's barely anything compared to his sizable room service charges - which is probably the cost of his room twice over. It's all paid for, he never leaves debt at a hotel.

There's an untouched bottle of whiskey on top of his mini bar. Expensive in beautiful glass. He hasn't touched it, preferring cheap straight liquor. Just because he can afford expensive drinks doesn't mean he bothers with it. He stops noticing the taste soon enough anyway.

He doesn't bother getting changed as he grabs the whiskey and heads out of the room. Somebody will come bother him if he stays there, and he doesn't want to be disturbed. Doesn't want to think.

Sylvain just threw the biggest match of his life, yet he can't bring himself to care.

The roof access is unlocked, which really should be a case for concern. Anybody with a key card could enter the stairwell and climb to the roof of the hotel - 5 stars and twelve floors. He can see all of Enbarr from up here. The twinkling of its lights remain unperturbed despite his actions.

There's a railing about a foot from the edge. Sylvain ducks under it easily, and sits with his legs dangling downward. Nobody will be able to see him from the ground. Just a spec in the darkness looming above their heads.

He uncorks the glass crystal stopper and drinks.

...

Glenn loved chess. He was pretty good at it, too. It was something he and their father used to do together. Felix would sit on his dad’s lap and try to reach for the pieces. By the time he was six, most of the set had baby sized teeth marks engorged into them

Felix never had the patience for it, personally. He never wanted to study moves or games, never wanted to sit quietly and practice it. He preferred to run around, rolling in the dirt and mud with his friends.

It didn’t stop Felix from being enthralled every time he watched his other brother play.

There was a finesse to it. A certain wisdom that Felix could never quite grasp as Glenn carefully moved the pieces. He was better than their father by ten, and was competing in chess competitions by eleven.

Felix went to every one of his games.

Even now, so many years later, Felix can remember the magic of that first game. He was seven, following behind his dad like a little duckling, his hand grasped tightly in Glenn’s. There were plastic tables with chess sets on them lining the hall of the old community centre, but Glenn didn’t care. He was ecstatic to be there. The joy didn’t fade, even after Glenn lost the second to last game.

A year later they were watching TV. There was a chess special on.

That was the first time he saw Sylvain Gautier.

Ten years old, the boy was already the darling of the chess world. His smiling was dazzling. The interviewer was asking generic questions, what was it like competing against adults, does he see chess in his future, etc etc. The answers came so naturally Felix thought the boy may have been magic.

After that interview, Glenn found every source he could about the boy. He replayed all of Sylvain’s games, tried to puzzle through the choices that were made, and why. Tried to figure out if there was a specific style to his play, something that could be used to trip him up.

In the end, there was nothing.

Two years later, Felix accompanied Glenn to a small competition in Fhirdiahd. Dimitri and Ingrid went along, if only to provide support. Both Ingrid and Dimitri were shaping up to be pretty good chess players themselves, but even working together they still couldn’t hold a candle to Glenn.

The competition was held in a high school gym. Rodrigue dropped them off and said he’d pick them up after.

It was a shock to everybody when Sylvain Gautier showed up to play.

Felix remembered seeing him walk up to the people running check in. Remembered seeing two college age students choke. Sylvain didn’t even smile at them. Didn’t even remove his sunglasses.

He just said his name like everybody in the building didn’t know who he was, picked up a sheet to track his moves, and went into the gym.

Even years later, it was probably the most surreal experience of Felix’s life.

Glenn won every game, ascended through the ranks just like Felix knew he would, until he was sitting across from a celebrity of the chess world.

Sylvain was twelve at the time, but even that seemed so much older to Felix, who was small even for a ten year old.

Glenn smiled and held out his hand. Sylvain shook it, and they played.

As expected, Glenn lost. Dramatically, in fact, but Glenn didn’t mind. He was fifteen, was planning on what to do when he graduated high school in a few years. He enjoyed chess, but he simply didn’t have to love or dedication to play professionally, or the natural born talent. Their dad always said that the best chess players had a mix of both.

Sylvain flashed Glenn a smile, a little different from the one Felix had seen on TV interviews and magazine covers. Suddenly, it hit him. Sylvain had seemed bored in every game he played, but not Glenn’s.

"You're pretty good," he told Glenn when it was all over. 21 moves total - it was savage. “Did you study Loog’s games?”

Glenn lit up. “I did! I, um, studied your games a lot too. I figured it may be a good counter to your strategy.” He looked over the board, over his dramatic loss. “Guess that didn’t pan out.”

Sylvain just shrugged. “You’re not the first to try it, don’t worry about it.” He checked his phone, typed something, and slipped it back into a pocket with a sigh. “Sorry, I’ve gotta go. Good to meet you Glenn...”

“Fraldarius,” Glenn answered, a little flustered. Felix knew he’d never hear the end of this day.

“Fraldarius,” Sylvain said. He shot Felix a smile too, before heading out of the building.

In the end, Glenn got the prize money - apparently Sylvain insisted. Said Glenn likely would have won, if he hadn't shown up.

Felix was only ten, but he found himself following everything Sylvain did after that.

...

The first time Sylvain played chess, he was five years old. Small and prone to illness, he wasn’t allowed to go outside like other kids his age. Instead Sylvain was kept indoors, where it was safe and controlled. He spent several days a month ill in bed, wrapped in soft blankets as nannies brought him juice and borth. His childhood was marked by books and quiet toys, things he could do without bothering people, or over exerting himself.

One day his tutor, an older gentleman named Mr. Hanneman, took out the chess board in some lesson or another. He said it would be a good way to pass the time. It was quiet, thought provoking, and could be played from a sickbed, as Sylvain so often found himself.

Miklan, seven years older and already pissed at the world, barely paid attention to the rules, but Sylvain was enthralled. The chess pieces were beautiful, they all had rules about how they could move and act - just like him.

He took up the game with a single minded focus, wanting to know everything about it. He got Mr. Hanneman to bring him books and help him read them. Days which before had passed in a boring feverish haze were instead spent reading chess books, or replaying famous games.

By the time he was six, Sylvain was playing eleven board simultaneous games and winning all of them. He started competing soon afterward.

His parents were thrilled. It was the only time they'd ever bothered paying attention to him. Whenever he won, they’d make time to go out for dinner, or watch a movie with him. His mother read him stories at night. It felt good. So he kept playing, kept hoping they would keep gracing him with small smiles at his wins. Kept chasing the feeling of affection.

Other people, he came to find out, were just like chess pieces too.

In chess, one can estimate an outcome to a specific move. Can anticipate a reaction, and have a response already prepared. People are much the same.

He learned to read situations and people, how to act a specific way to get the outcome he thought would be most desirable. It didn’t always go his way, but like chess, it often did. He learned to smile; dazzle crowds and interviewers. His poor health was a well kept secret.

By eight years old, Sylvain Jose Gautier was a renowned name within the chess world. A prodigy. A future Grandmaster. He was on the cover of almost every chess magazine at least once, and was invited for photo ops with professionals.

Miklan hated it of course. He tried to play chess, desperately wanting what Sylvain had, but he was never very good. He got even more angry, and when angry, he lashed out. Sylvain was an easy target.

Sylvain never told his parents, but he knew that they were already aware. There was simply nothing that could be done without impacting the family. So he dealt with it, learned how to sleep to not aggravate bruises, learned to make himself silent, a shadow in his home.

It wasn’t hard, his parents did always like a puppet for a child.

#my writing #Sylvix #wip

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andrewuttaro · 5 years

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New Look Sabres: GM 13 - ARI - 9-2-2

Is this a trap game? I’ll admit I’m not familiar with the concept. Arizona has been on the edge of competitive since… always? Yeah they had that conference final appearance but we’re all kinda conditioned to think they’re bad. It’s the teams that you think you should beat but have a high likelihood to surprise you that constitute trap games, right? The Yotes had a rough start but have managed to off the likes of Nashville and the Rangers to arrive in Buffalo 6 and 4. Like the Buffalo Sabres everyone is still wondering if they might actually be good. Another thing these two teams have in common is a man named Phil Housley. After bouncing around a little bit following his firing from the Sabres Head Coach position in the Spring he finds himself the assistant Coach of the Arizona Coyotes. They are certainly trying to recapture his coaching talent from his time with the Nashville Predators where he benefited a lot from a stacked defense. When Lance Lysowski, the last good hockey writer at the Buffalo News, asked Housley if he would make any changes to his time as Sabres bench boss he responded: “Those are things I’ll keep to myself”. If there’s anything Phil Housley is good at its dodging the meat of a question, eh? All kidding aside that is the best possible answer to that question. What is he going to do, activate all the suburban hockey dads and roast one of the talented player’s compete level? I think it’s safe to say he’s done with Buffalo and really doesn’t want to be pressed into any talk about it. I put the feelers for what Sabres fans feel about Phil Housley on twitter. In the most unsurprising chain of events since missing the playoffs most of y’all responded with “tHe DaY hE gOt FiReD!” There were a couple interesting responses I’ll throw in at the end of this postgame. For now let’s dive into the Sabres Episode XIII: the Return of Housley!

The Sabres came out crisp as the Autumn air in the first period. They outshot and out-chanced a Yotes side that was up to the task. Arizona made the first mistake however when Lawson Crouse got called for tripping Evan Rodrigues. The powerplay has been a canary-in-the-coal-mine for the Sabres in the early going this season. If it’s firing bangers in the first period you can tell it will be a good game for us. The games the PP wasn’t exactly spinning well were the not so pretty games a la New York, LA, Detroit and Anaheim. Mind you they won half those games. I had hardly vocalized this thought when Jack Eichel gets kicked out of the faceoff circle and proceeds to score immediately thereafter with that classic slapper. It’s Eichel’s 23rd birthday and evidently he had not scored on his birthday yet in his career on this team. There it is, Happy Birthday, bud. The game evened up a bit down the gut of the period while the Sabres still got the prettier chances. It would be another pretty goal from the increasingly nice Marcus Johansson Jeff Skinner duo. They shut down some quality O-zone time for the Yotes and went off on the rush down ice. Skinner gave the puck to Johansson who didn’t skate too far before returning it to Skinner to tap it in. They did a little crisscross in the middle there and it was just so pretty. They were out to 2-0 lead, but again the Coyotes were not missing their chances either. In spite of being boxed out over and over again by Jack Eichel and Jake McCabe, old friend Phil Kessel got his looks. Victor Hinostroza seemed to be breathing down Hutton’s neck whenever he was in the zone. This Arizona side has allowed the fewest goals in the league so far, you have to be careful with them when they do get their chances. Before the first ended Carter Hutton let in a Conor Garland tight-angle shot that was less than stellar. It was hard to see how it went in from most angles but one at ice-level showed a big 3-hole. It was 2-1 through 20 minutes of play.

The home team came out hot in the second period as well. There was a push of play in the first ten minutes where the Sabres hemmed Arizona in their zone for 1:40 continuous minutes! It got uproarious cheering from the home crowd and to be frank it sent a shiver up my spine. You watch that kind of multi-minute dominance and you almost don’t recognize the squad in front of you. They were winning quick puck battles and nailing very tight passes. They looked like they were on a powerplay, but they were roasting wolf meat 5 on 5 in that stretch! Its that kind of peak “play connected” competitiveness and actualization of real skill that makes me believe this hot start is for real. In that glorious stretch I felt this squad was really and truly back from the darkness. I think they’re for real and I feel more confident than I ever have after that stretch. Unfortunately there is somehow always a reason to be a disappointed Sabres fan and we found it as Buffalo was not rewarded for the frightfully good first half of the period. Arizona pushed back, reclaimed the edge in shots and eventually got a fluke equalizer off Hutton’s ass. It was tied at 2 going into the third period and I’d like to share Rob Ray’s joy in saying this was the most fun Sabres game yet this season but I just can’t. The third period was vintage Sabres. When I use that phrase I’m referring to the 2010s Sabres. They had no lead but decided to more or less retreat into a defensive shell. They had let the expected goals darling of this young NHL season back into the game and in the third they let them take over. Every player wearing Blue and Gold on that sheet of ice saw their corsi percentage implode and had it not been for Carter Hutton standing on his head at times there would have been no loser point as solace. Evan Rodrigues started the game out hungry. By the third period he disappeared. Jake McCabe and Rasmus Ristolainen simultaneously decided to forget two respective lifetimes of hockey training and could not pass a puck without a turnover for the life of them. Now one might say the Sabres began playing for overtime. One word answer there pals: unacceptable. Regulation wins are the currency of dynasties and I don’t care how good the Sabres have looked in extra hockey so far this season. Stop with that garbage.

Arizona earned their overtime point having shelled Buffalo with shots at a 2-1 rate in the third. In overtime they registered the only official shot on goal. Apart from an Olofsson ringer of the crossbar this was the worst overtime period I’ve seen from this new Sabres squad. As with the regulation portion of the night if Victor Hinostroza or Phil Kessel converted any of their chances this would be a darker story. At one point even Hutton caught the turtle bug and turned over the puck in the corner almost gifting the Yotes an overtime winner. It was a jaw dropping overtime in more bad ways than good ones. It went to the shootout and all it took was Nick Schmaltz outmaneuvering Hutton to sink one to seal the visitor’s victory. This one ended 3-2 Coyotes and looked like a microcosm of the Sabres play through its now completed first month of the season: gloriously fun and evidently more cohesive as a team but very much still bearing the toothless mistrust of themselves and propensity to fail to complete games. They end October 9-2-2 and I think that record is very telling. They’ll will have to sit on this surrender until Friday when they travel to Washington to take on the Capitals. I think the last third period plus of this game earned them every little bit of the nagging sensation this outcome will weigh on them in those intermittent days.

So back to the Housley memories: he got some applause when the video tribute came on the jumbotron and I don’t necessarily hate that. BUT, and this is a big but, most of us Sabres fans simply will not remember him fondly, at least for his coaching tenure. One @alexa_mallare replied with her photo of the Fire Housley sign her and her family made and put up in the 300 level for a few glorious minutes at Fan Appreciation Night last season. According to her Rasmus Ristolainen caught sight of it during warmups and got a chuckle out of it. Alexa says the team staff held Housley in the tunnel while they were forced to take it down. Heroes! Heroes, I tell you! Those last few months of the season were so catatonic someone had to show signs of life and it ended up having to be us fans. @depressedbflos replied with the Rob Ray quotes that got dug up and promptly reburied before the Housley firing. Evidently Ray was not treated right as a rookie by Housley during their playing careers and Ray still holds it against him. The quotes were from a 2003 Buffalo News piece that someone rediscovered as Housley dug his own grave that Spring. I think that was the moment that I personally realized he was done. When you’re so reviled by the fanbase you got signs going up, 15-year-old quotes coming out AND the team is losing at a record clip its over. Unfortunately Housleyisms like throwing Sobotka out there in the dying minutes of a 2-2 tie aren’t lost on Ralph Krueger. However I think we can all agree this new guy is a whole lot better at… well… everything? Everything right?

The one guy who replied a positive gif of the former coach made sure to qualify afterward that he did not endorse the coaching acumen of Housley. What a crazy time we lived through, eh? This has been the roast of Phil Housley. Thank you for coming, please like, comment and share this blog on your way out. Should we be concerned about this current team? Eh, yes in certain places. Do I think they’ll win at this clip in November: no. Do I think they’ll win more games than they lose: yes. I really feel as though 9-2-2 is something to believe in. This club is really something new. I believe it and you should too. They’ve got two games left this weekend and then it’s off to Sweden. I choose to believe, and risk being hurt. I suggest you do too. What fun would this be if we all played it safe?

Thanks for Reading.

P.S. Happy Halloween everyone.

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We Won’t Be Bullied By Unions or Any Other Anti-Choice Critics

You know, I find it real interesting that teachers are supposed to promote anti-bullying in schools but their unions constantly use bullying tactics to intimidate people who support school choice.

It happened in Chicago when the Chicago Teachers Union was trying to muscle the CEO of Civitas Education Partners, LeeAndra Khan, into a contract by striking a few weeks ago.

Sad to see CTU & @ChiACTS educators disrespect school leaders @leeandrakhan like this. Thought unions were progressive & had respect for people. @civitasschools teachers, you ok with this? Modeling what bullying looks like for your students. #MoneyforTeachersFirst #ChiACTStrike pic.twitter.com/sczwi7IaJs

— allison jack (@applejack32) February 13, 2019

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Now it’s happening during the Oakland teachers strike.

Let’s be fair, Oakland teachers get paid way too little considering they live in one of the most expensive areas in the country. But the situation in Oakland has escalated to an outrageous level. I mean, these activists are real life gangsta. Showing up at a local charter school leaders’ house and harassing them? Wow!

Here is the statement from the National Parent Council & national ed activists about the attack on @jonathanklein42 and @GOPublicSchools. Bullying, violence and intimidation is happening across the nation and MUST STOP NOW. @The74 @edu_post #educhat @arneduncan @JohnBKing pic.twitter.com/OFrZ6yV2nK

— Keri Rodrigues (@radiokeri) February 23, 2019

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Then, school board meetings are being cancelled because the safety of school board members is in question.

Peace. Folks. Well they cancelled the meeting. Couldn’t ensure our safety. I was grateful for the Brothas from Church that were ready to walk with me! I was prayed up. Ready to go into battle. Just do the work! Appreciate y’all! Tomorrow…#wecanteachourown #howareoaklandchildren

— jumoke hinton (@jumokehinton3) February 28, 2019

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And to top it off, every day this strike goes on, it’s costing millions of dollars that could actually be puts towards education.

As if all that isn’t enough to be pissed about, they always want to throw the term “privatized education” around to convince people that reformers are trying to tear down the public education system. They even called OUSD school board member, parent and activist, Jumoke Hinton Hodge, a privatizer.

Look at how they smear our people simply for speaking up for our students and families.

This is why we fight. The devil is busy.@RealTalkGwenS @PeeplesChoice85 @nvlevy @MNTOY2006 @LatashaGandy @educatorbarnes @sowhesed @vesiawils @vivettdukes pic.twitter.com/EpYL1boHk0

— Citizen Stewart (@citizenstewart) February 27, 2019

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Well let’s talk about who’s benefiting and who’s suffering from a true privatized education.

First of all, how dare anyone accuse a Black or Latino parent of pushing an agenda of privatized education when our kids have been systematically legislated and zoned out of access to decent public schools for generations.

The fact that schools in predominantly White districts get 23 billion dollars more than those that serve students of color is exclusionary and points to inequitable funding practices that disproportionately affect those students.

By the way, shoutout to intentional and longstanding segregation that’s kept Black and Latino kids from getting into those better funded schools.

Also, schools that are predominantly White tend to have more challenging classes and coursework while Black and Latino schools have less high-rigor coursework. TNTP’s Opportunity Myth report proves that these students often receive coursework below their grade levels because their teachers don’t believe they can do grade level work.

It’s called the belief gap.

TNTP's Opportunity Myth report laid it plain: students in low-income communities get half as much grade level work & 1/5 less time with rigorous instruction. Let's start talking about EXPLICIT bias. https://t.co/xMsQRr3xmn @TNTP @DanWeisbergTNTP #TheOpportunityMyth #8blackhands

— Colin Seale (@ColinESeale) January 31, 2019

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Don’t even get me started on racially charged and biased discipline practices that send Black boys down the school-to-prison pipeline while White boys follow the school-to-politics pipeline.

Bottom line, White kids get to enjoy certain privileges, advantages and access in public education while Black and Latino students are knocking on closed doors, jumping through hoops and over hurdles to reap half those benefits.

So don’t tell me that choice advocates shouldn’t fight for something better because this current system, fundamentally, is a privatized education.

And that’s why I am entirely grateful for others who fight, day in and day out, for quality and equity for Black and Latino kids, despite heavy opposition.

School board members, like Director Hodge, who remain unbiased and truly work for students and families.

Organizations and groups like La Comadre and the men of 8 Black Hands who are keeping it real on the education front.

We appreciate that and hope others follow your lead. Thank you for all you do in education. https://t.co/Crbt6BfA1Z

— The 8 Black Hands Podcast (@8BlackHands1) February 11, 2019

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School leaders like Sharif El-Mekki and Christopher Goins who incorporate their experiences as Black men and expertise as educators to deliver culturally relevant and important curricula to their students that tackle issues in social justice.

And parents like Gwen Samuel who will stop at nothing—even suing her state—to make sure all our babies get fair and equal treatment.

"Imagine for a moment a Black mother attempting to enroll her son in a local, high-performing magnet school with open spots, only to be wait-listed and denied one of the open seats due to the fact that they were reserved for white students. https://t.co/mA2TExc3bW

— Yep! I'm "That" Mom (@RealTalkGwenS) February 25, 2019

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So y’all can stop calling us privatizers—we’re advocates for access, school choice and reform.

And I’ll say this again for the people who may have missed it the first time: We’re fighting for liberation and we won’t back down. We can’t be swayed or distracted by education politics, we won’t be bullied by unions or any other anti-choice proxies. We’re not giving up on our kids or communities.

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Top 15 Films of 2016

Hey, I’m still doing this!

Living in Chicago (and working at a job with flexibility for occasional film streaming) means better access to films, and I saw 63 of the films released last year (er, if “released last year” is loosely defined). As always, this is a list of my favorite films—the ones I connected with most or couldn’t stop thinking about. I’m stretching to 15 films this year, because I couldn’t narrow it any further, and because does anyone read this?

Different year, same disclaimer: We all have different standards and tolerance for material, so if you’re wary of certain kinds of content, I’d recommend perusing reviews or ratings before trusting my recommendations.

(I really struggled to narrow this down! #22 is La La Land, #21 is Paterson, #20 is One More Time with Feeling, #19 is Kubo and the Two Strings, #18 is The Handmaiden, #17 is The Lobster, and #16 is Cemetery of Splendor.)

15. Swiss Army Man

I had to watch this twice to make sure it deserved a spot on my list—was there really as much heartfelt sweetness as I initially perceived?—but I can confirm that if you don’t mind more than a handful (an island-full, more accurately) of fart jokes and boner jokes, Swiss Army Man offers a heartfeltly sweet story about friendship and what happens when our intricately constructed inner worlds are exposed for the world to see.

14. Loving

This is the film that 2015’s Freeheld wanted to be: Poignant, gentle, and lovely, Loving seems mostly unconcerned with reminding you that it’s a film about a major social issue or a major Supreme Court case. Instead, it’s a film about a couple whose connection to a major social issue finds them at the center of a major Supreme Court case, but most of that exists in the background: Watch Mildred and Richard tend to each other, take care of each other, be husband and wife to each other.

13. Captain Fantastic

Wickedly funny and concerned with two of my favorite themes (i.e., whether those who withdraw from society might actually be better off, and a la #15, what happens when our private worlds are publicly exposed), Captain Fantastic was unlike anything else I saw this year. This is the opposite of a movie that doesn’t know what it thinks about its protagonist and his decisions—it cares deeply for Ben Cash (a nuanced performance from Viggo Mortensen) and his family and presents them as complex humans worthy of our time and consideration.

12. Manchester by the Sea

Okay, it bummed me out that so much of the discussion about this movie focused on how sad it was, as if it were created merely to win sad-movie Oscars: It is a profoundly sad story, but it’s also bleakly funny and boldly straightforward, a sort of workman’s examination of grief less concerned with pompous soliloquies than with the sort of humdrum triggers and decisions that grief is actually made of, like: When is it warm enough to bury a body in Massachusetts?

11. OJ: Made in America

The documentary that finally scratched my Serial-shaped itch! OJ: Made in America earns its nearly 8-hour runtime by showing exactly how Simpson’s trial captured so many contemporary dynamics in American culture: race, policing, celebrity, sports, marriage, abuse, economics, etc., etc. It says a lot that I was hooked 30 minutes in, at which point the film is still mostly only talking about Simpson’s football career.

10. Moana

I saw Moana with my family over Christmas, and there was a specific moment about two-thirds of the way in when I stopped thinking, “This is a beautiful film, and I’m so glad my niece and nephews are getting to see such a great female hero,” and realized, “No, forget the kids, forget progressive politics—Moana is a badass character, and this is a genuinely entertaining and movie story.” I could write pages about this film, from its wonderful subversion of kids’ movie tropes to its rich theological themes to its beautiful visual style, but I’m too busy crying at the part where the ocean gives Te Fiti’s heart to Moana.

9. Sing Street

Sing Street has all the elements of a coming-of-age classic (breakout performances from two young leads, a self-aware sense of humor, moments of surprising darkness, and an ambitious ending that reaches for the mythic) and ties them together in a toe-tapping, catchy package. What elevates Sing Street is its subtle forays into the imaginary, like the slow pan around the room as the band assembles for “Up” and the heartbreaking fantasy of “Drive It Like You Stole It.” If nothing else (and there’s so much else!), this film gave us the sublime “Riddle of the Model.”

8. Hidden Figures

Listen, the worst thing I can say about this film is that it’s somewhat low-hanging, feel-good fruit; but if you want to feel good after watching a movie, you could do much, much worse than a story about the unsung black women heroes of NASA in the 1960s featuring perfect performances, deft pacing, and dialogue that sizzles. The film subversively suggests that one of the worst dangers of systemic injustice (among many) is its sheer mathematical inefficiency, and the subplot about Katherine’s difficulty finding a bathroom for (so-called) colored women is one of the best portrayals of the slowly exhausting burdens of invisible (to some) discrimination I’ve seen.

7. Krisha

Imagine a horror movie where the villain is the anxiety induced by large family gatherings, or maybe the demons that accompany you to those gatherings. Though I usually look forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas with my own relatives, Krisha was the kind of film that grabbed me by the shoulders and wouldn’t let me exhale till the credits rolled. The unfamiliar cast (composed of mostly real-life friends and family) and house setting help this film feel like a small peek into the dynamics of a real family system. How is this Krisha Fairchild’s first prominent role (at least in a long time), and when can I see her on screen next?

6. The Fits

This year’s “I don’t know exactly what to say about it except that it’s doing something brilliant, and I couldn’t take my eyes off it” entry! The Fits is undoubtedly up to some interesting things in terms of gender and social pressure, but this film spoke to me primarily on a visceral-aesthetic level, due primarily to Royalty Hightower’s commanding, stoic (and, undoubtedly, career-launching) physical performance as a young boxer-turned-dancer.

5. I Am Not Your Negro

In a year that gave us more than a handful of compelling, tightly-constructed documentaries about various issues concerning race in the United States (including #11), I Am Not Your Negro had the greatest effect on me. The film’s clever, gut-wrenching juxtaposition of protest and police footage (What year was that clip from, again?) and pop culture history is elevated a few steps by searing narration from James Baldwin’s typewriter and a smart, poignant structure highlighting the deaths of three Civil Rights Movement giants.

4. The Witch

I only watch horror films if they get buzz like The Witch got, and the buzz did not mislead me: This is a gorgeous, haunting, disturbing film, one that meticulously crafts a self-contained world as a means of isolating us in that world with its isolated protagonists. As a result, the dangers menacing the family—from the surrounding forest, but more pressingly from each person’s heart—feel truly menacing, and we may not know any better than the characters what they should fear most. Don’t let any critic tell you what the ending means; it’s much more fruitful to argue it out with fellow viewers. The second-best film on faith I saw this year.

3. Silence

Admittedly I was rooting for this film out of the gate as a huge fan of Endo’s novel, but I think the adaptation succeeds on many fronts: The brutally patient pace, the fully-realized (and stunning) recreation of 17th-century Japan, and the sheer power of every interaction between Neeson’s Ferreira and Garfield’s Rodrigues. It was a growing frustration of mine to see how poorly (and inevitably) Silence performed at the box office compared to 2016’s God is Not Dead 2; suffice it to say that I consider the former film a much more compelling exploration of the question of God’s absence. (It’s rare that a film adaptation of a character so matches my imagination that I actually recognize the character, but thus was the case with Kubozuka’s snivelling, tormented portrayal of Kichijiro.)

2. Arrival

I loved this film for a few reasons. It’s absolutely the most gripping experience I had in a theater all year, with each of the film’s high-stakes revelations unfurling slowly and organically with a pleasantly slow burn. It’s a perfect marriage of form and function, in terms of how the story plays with familiar tropes (including cinematic depictions of grief) to foreshadow and surprise us. It’s firing on all cylinders, including a powerhouse performance from Amy Adams, an unforgettable score, and breathtaking, expansive cinematography, to deliver a story that’s equally satisfying as both an alien encounter film and a personal family drama. More than anything, though—and I shouldn’t spoil too much here—it’s a wholly imaginative exploration of the age-old question of whether you’d live your life differently, if you had the chance. The last ten minutes of dialogue are nearly perfect.

1. Moonlight

I knew this would be my favorite film of the year about 10 minutes in. It’s become cliched to call the film “empathetic,” but it’s true that I can’t remember a story so concerned with letting its characters speak on their own terms as Moonlight is. Each performance is masterful: See if you can count how many times Juan (Mahershala Ali) or Paula (Naomie Harris) shifts between vulnerable and withdrawn (”soft” and “hard,” in the language of the film) in any given scene, or all the near-imperceptible ways Kevin and Chiron admit to themselves and signal to each other what they hope will happen. My second viewing revealed many of the film’s brilliant structural touches, like the way each act ends with the moment that effectively concludes each chapter of Chiron’s development, or the subtle visual motifs that tie his life together; notice, for example, the way Kevin heating up water on the stove to make Chrion tea recalls young Chiron heating water for his bath, or the colors of the shirts the two leads wear in the final scene. What else? The film contains both my favorite line (”I cry so much sometimes I think one day I’m gon’ just turn into drops.”) and my favorite scene (the transcendent baptism-via-swimming-lesson sequence) of the year, and I haven’t talked to anyone who was unaffected by it. Moonlight is a timeless masterpiece and my favorite film of 2016.

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New podcasts from January 9-13, 2017

Monday 1/9 ~

*New* Loose Talk Giants ‘The Life and Times of Killz’ ft @ikechukwuKillz ~ Soundcloud: bit.ly/2i6EAmJ iOS: http://apple.co/2i6LQPn

*New* Black Girl Nerds Podcast ‘Doctor Who, Blackish and Writing Novels’ ~ iOS: http://apple.co/2iwBCnN) Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2iwHzRs

*New* Fuse Box Radio ‘DJ Fusion Mini-Lounge Music Mix For The 2017’ ~ Acast: http://bit.ly/2jlQCoH

*New* Black Meets World ‘American Women’ ft Chrissy Cole ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2iboc2J iOS: http://apple.co/2ibn8fv

*New* Go and Grow Show Open Praise (part 2) ft Jason of Open Praise Tampa ~ Site: http://bit.ly/2jlSltN iOS: http://apple.co/2jm217P

*New* Head Boss Pod ‘Setting Goals’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2iWFwcN iOS: http://apple.co/2iWPuea

*New* 2Shots_POD ‘Mean Uggin’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2ibpfQd iOS: http://apple.co/2ibsd7p

*New* 2 BELTZ Podcast ‘Next Time on Draco Ball Z’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2jlZ7jt iOS: http://apple.co/2jlYJkN

*New* nycfitnessczar ft Nicole Rodrigues founder of NRPRGroup ~ site: http://bit.ly/2ibtDyL iOS: http://apple.co/2ibndiU

*New* S. Anthony Says ‘Snow Spots & My Old Ex ‘~ Podbean: http://bit.ly/2iwKhGT iOS: http://apple.co/2iwHxZP

*New* Runaway Jukebox ‘The Only Jewel Runner in The Room’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2jvJqKz iOS: http://apple.co/2jvEplp

*New* Just Say Words Pod ‘Giuseppe's On Dirt Bikes’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2ibjYbg iOS: http://apple.co/2ibqO0M

*New* Mostly Lit ‘Diversity In Publishing’ ft Crystal M Morgan ~ Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2iVKwMG iOS: http://apple.co/2iVFPCD

Tuesday 1/10

*New* For Colored Nerds ‘Atlanta’ ~ Acast: http://bit.ly/2jgF5HY iOS: http://apple.co/2jgLh2r

*New* On My Grown TP ‘Grown & Geeky’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2jsBuWu iOS: http://apple.co/2jspfZV

*New* Wud Up Doe Podcast ‘A Star Wars Story Discussion’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2ib4hTj iOS: http://apple.co/2ib8c2u

*New* TBGWT ‘Cream’ ~ site: http://bit.ly/2jgEk1F iOS: http://apple.co/2jgxwRE

*New* Make life Real ‘Is it Ralph?’ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2j3iMYx iOS: http://apple.co/2j3ebp9

*New* DMSTBoyz ‘Firestick & Pornhub’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2j3f1lP iOS: http://apple.co/2j3rGFv

*New* IGPhilosophy ‘Unapologetically Ignorant’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2iZmv7f iOS: http://apple.co/2iZrJjH

*New* #SitWithUs ‘Winter is Here’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2j3rOor iOS: http://apple.co/2j3lbT6

*New* 4TheCULTURE_POD ‘Hey Big Head’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2iZvWUq iOS: http://apple.co/2iZtAF8

*New* #WhyNotSports w/ @ItsDMurph ‘Surprise’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2j5Kzbh iOS: http://apple.co/2j5OtAZ

*New* Office Hours Pod ‘Going To The Military’ ~ Acast: http://bit.ly/2j3srOT iOS: http://apple.co/2j3jFjN

*New* #MyTaughtYou w/ Myleik ‘Happy New Year! Career + Relationship’ ~ Podomatic: http://bit.ly/2j5MmwS iOS: http://apple.co/2j5Sghr

*New* Revision Path Anne E. Barry ~ Site: http://bit.ly/2jgDoua iOS: http://apple.co/2jgDPoa

Wednesday 1/11

*New* Combat Jack Show ft allhiphop.com ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2j4IHNq iOS: http://apple.co/2j4PZRk

*New* The Sneaker Box’ MJ is the richest endorser of all-time’ ~ site: http://bit.ly/2igV23U iOS: http://apple.co/2igRJK4

*New* WJGBpodcast ‘Hide and Seek My Money’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2j4KFNS iOS: http://apple.co/2j4A6KQ

*New* EMA_radio1 ‘Eminem Tests Kendrick's Pen Game’ ~ site: http://bit.ly/2j4HeXi iOS: http://apple.co/2j4JduF

*New* Heart Hustle Pod ‘Business Partnerships’ ~ site: http://bit.ly/2jA8vQy iOS: http://apple.co/2jAkTjG

*New* Tha Reality Is ‘My Fight With Bell's Palsy’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2igSoLB iOS: http://apple.co/2igRy1w

*New* Melanin Mille ‘Superstar On The Loose’ ft Jamelia ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2jbCkKP iOS: http://apple.co/2jbDK86

*New* PsychTechCast ‘Men Against Fire’ ~ Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2igUhrK iOS: http://apple.co/2igRRJI

*New* Side Hustle Pro ‘Social Media Strategist’ CailaKSpeaks ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2igVpvz iOS: http://apple.co/2ih2NGY

*New* The Cure Podcast ‘RIP Back Page’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2j4UETk iOS: http://apple.co/2j4Nxdm

*New* So Fresh So Prince ‘The One Where Trevor Dies’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2igU0Vs iOS: http://apple.co/2igZmjE

*New* Dreams in Drive ft CossMarte of Con Body NYC ~ site: http://bit.ly/2ih4d4c iOS: http://apple.co/2igVBL9

*New* Cinemabun cast ‘Hidden Figures’ ft @CruzanChoklate ~ site: http://bit.ly/2ih7rVJ iOS: http://apple.co/2igZNdX

Thursday

*New* Aint No Free Lunch ‘Golden Globes’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2j6amxi iOS: http://apple.co/2j6aCfM

*New* The Fan Podcast ‘MAGCON???’ ~ Audioboom: http://bit.ly/2iisxTG iOS: http://apple.co/2iipCdk

*New* 2 Two Tones ‘Celebrity Fight Night’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2iirp2c iOS: http://apple.co/2iiBR9Q

*New* #CatchTheTea Pull Up On Em ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2jd6sW3 iOS: http://apple.co/2jd8Ko1

*New* HTagBlackoutPod ‘Tap'em In The Footballs’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2jcZpgf iOS: http://apple.co/2jd6kpC

*New* Comic Book Junto ‘Y'all Got Too Much Money’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2j6e9ek iOS: http://apple.co/2j64FQf

*New* Soul Glo Project ‘D'Lo’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2j5YpYB iOS: http://apple.co/2j6bhOw

*New* Thanks For Askin ‘President Piss’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2j6gKVp iOS: http://apple.co/2j6bUYu

*New* Digi GOOD times ‘KerryKlassic of Intecoo’ ~ site: http://bit.ly/2jd8s0q iOS: http://apple.co/2jddUk1

*New* Birds Bees and Bs ‘What About Your Friends?’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2iirZNq iOS: http://apple.co/2iiqlv4

*New* Cocktales ATL ‘Younger Men, Divorce and Family Matters’ ~ podomatic: http://bit.ly/2iiy38v iOS: http://apple.co/2iiDxjV

*New* Word Of Mouth Show ‘Why You So Obsessed With Me’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2iirjYy iOS: http://apple.co/2iiAY1c

*New* The World of Kevin ‘Definition of Friendship’ ~ iOS: http://apple.co/2jBIn7N Stitcher: http://bit.ly/2jBIksG

Friday

*New* #ReaganomicsPodcast ‘Dysfunctional Republican Friends’ ~ soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2imhEzT iOS: http://apple.co/2imot4P

*New* #BehindTheBrilliance Q+A: Creating an "Ideal Life" ~ site: http://bit.ly/2jgQeLJ iOS: http://apple.co/2jgUefa

*New* DreAllDay ‘Mastering The Athlete-To-Business Transition’ ~ site: http://bit.ly/2j9He8G iOS: http://apple.co/2j9IfNX

*New* SSNpodcast #HiddenFences: 2017 Golden Globes Recap ~ site: http://bit.ly/2jO82hP iOS: http://apple.co/2jOcRYk

*New* TOSPodcast_SO ‘Happy Wives, Happy Lives - Part II ‘ ~ soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2imcpAl iOS: http://apple.co/2imhOHP

*New* Token Blacks ‘He Gone Leave You for a White @Gause_Man’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2iRCqns iOS: http://apple.co/2iRGrZ6

*New* Unoriginal Pod ‘Adolf Scatler’ ~ soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2jGuQMl iOS: http://apple.co/2jGtKjw

*New* RI_Podcast ‘The Bryan Crawford Episode’ ~ Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2jGtVvc iOS: http://apple.co/2jGhZdc

*New* BitchMedia #BackTalk Golden Globes & White Nationalist Book Deal ~ site: http://bit.ly/2immpcI iOS: http://apple.co/2imhicV

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ixvyupdates · 5 years

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We Won’t Be Bullied By Unions or Any Other Anti-Choice Critics

You know, I find it real interesting that teachers are supposed to promote anti-bullying in schools but their unions constantly use bullying tactics to intimidate people who support school choice.

It happened in Chicago when the Chicago Teachers Union was trying to muscle the CEO of Civitas Education Partners, LeeAndra Khan, into a contract by striking a few weeks ago.

— allison jack (@applejack32) February 13, 2019

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Now it’s happening during the Oakland teachers strike.

— Keri Rodrigues (@radiokeri) February 23, 2019

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Then, school board meetings are being cancelled because the safety of school board members is in question.

— jumoke hinton (@jumokehinton3) February 28, 2019

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And to top it off, every day this strike goes on, it’s costing millions of dollars that could actually be puts towards education.

Look at how they smear our people simply for speaking up for our students and families.

This is why we fight. The devil is busy.@RealTalkGwenS @PeeplesChoice85 @nvlevy @MNTOY2006 @LatashaGandy @educatorbarnes @sowhesed @vesiawils @vivettdukes pic.twitter.com/EpYL1boHk0

— Citizen Stewart (@citizenstewart) February 27, 2019

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Well let’s talk about who’s benefiting and who’s suffering from a true privatized education.

By the way, shoutout to intentional and longstanding segregation that’s kept Black and Latino kids from getting into those better funded schools.

It’s called the belief gap.

— Colin Seale (@ColinESeale) January 31, 2019

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Don’t even get me started on racially charged and biased discipline practices that send Black boys down the school-to-prison pipeline while White boys follow the school-to-politics pipeline.

So don’t tell me that choice advocates shouldn’t fight for something better because this current system, fundamentally, is a privatized education.

And that’s why I am entirely grateful for others who fight, day in and day out, for quality and equity for Black and Latino kids, despite heavy opposition.

School board members, like Director Hodge, who remain unbiased and truly work for students and families.

Organizations and groups like La Comadre and the men of 8 Black Hands who are keeping it real on the education front.

We appreciate that and hope others follow your lead. Thank you for all you do in education. https://t.co/Crbt6BfA1Z

— The 8 Black Hands Podcast (@8BlackHands1) February 11, 2019

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And parents like Gwen Samuel who will stop at nothing—even suing her state—to make sure all our babies get fair and equal treatment.

— Yep! I'm "That" Mom (@RealTalkGwenS) February 25, 2019

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So y’all can stop calling us privatizers—we’re advocates for access, school choice and reform.

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We Won’t Be Bullied By Unions or Any Other Anti-Choice Critics syndicated from https://sapsnkraguide.wordpress.com

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ixvyupdates · 5 years

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We Won’t Be Bullied by Unions or Any Other Anti-Choice Critics

You know, I find it real interesting that teachers are supposed to promote anti-bullying in schools but their unions constantly use bullying tactics to intimidate people who support school choice.

It happened in Chicago when the Chicago Teachers Union was trying to muscle the CEO of Civitas Education Partners, LeeAndra Khan, into a contract by striking a few weeks ago.

— allison jack (@applejack32) February 13, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Now it’s happening during the Oakland teachers strike.

— Keri Rodrigues (@radiokeri) February 23, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Then, school board meetings are being cancelled because the safety of school board members is in question.

— jumoke hinton (@jumokehinton3) February 28, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

And to top it off, every day this strike goes on, it’s costing millions of dollars that could actually be puts towards education.

Look at how they smear our people simply for speaking up for our students and families.

This is why we fight. The devil is busy.@RealTalkGwenS @PeeplesChoice85 @nvlevy @MNTOY2006 @LatashaGandy @educatorbarnes @sowhesed @vesiawils @vivettdukes pic.twitter.com/EpYL1boHk0

— Citizen Stewart (@citizenstewart) February 27, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Well let’s talk about who’s benefiting and who’s suffering from a true privatized education.

By the way, shoutout to intentional and longstanding segregation that’s kept Black and Latino kids from getting into those better funded schools.

It’s called the belief gap.

— Colin Seale (@ColinESeale) January 31, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Don’t even get me started on racially charged and biased discipline practices that send Black boys down the school-to-prison pipeline while White boys follow the school-to-politics pipeline.

So don’t tell me that choice advocates shouldn’t fight for something better because this current system, fundamentally, is a privatized education.

And that’s why I am entirely grateful for others who fight, day in and day out, for quality and equity for Black and Latino kids, despite heavy opposition.

School board members, like Director Hodge, who remain unbiased and truly work for students and families.

Organizations and groups like La Comadre and the men of 8 Black Hands who are keeping it real on the education front.

We appreciate that and hope others follow your lead. Thank you for all you do in education. https://t.co/Crbt6BfA1Z

— The 8 Black Hands Podcast (@8BlackHands1) February 11, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

And parents like Gwen Samuel who will stop at nothing—even suing her state—to make sure all our babies get fair and equal treatment.

— Yep! I'm "That" Mom (@RealTalkGwenS) February 25, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

So y’all can stop calling us privatizers—we’re advocates for access, school choice and reform.

We Won’t Be Bullied by Unions or Any Other Anti-Choice Critics syndicated from https://sapsnkraguide.wordpress.com

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ixvyupdates · 5 years

Text

We Won’t Be Bullied by Unions or Any Other Anti-Choice Critics

You know, I find it real interesting that teachers are supposed to promote anti-bullying in schools but their unions constantly use bullying tactics to intimidate people who support school choice.

It happened in Chicago when the Chicago Teachers Union was trying to muscle the CEO of Civitas Education Partners, LeeAndra Khan, into a contract by striking a few weeks ago.

— allison jack (@applejack32) February 13, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Now it’s happening during the Oakland teachers strike.

— Keri Rodrigues (@radiokeri) February 23, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Then, school board meetings are being cancelled because the safety of school board members is in question.

— jumoke hinton (@jumokehinton3) February 28, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

And to top it off, every day this strike goes on, it’s costing millions of dollars that could actually be puts towards education.

Look at how they smear our people simply for speaking up for our students and families.

This is why we fight. The devil is busy.@RealTalkGwenS @PeeplesChoice85 @nvlevy @MNTOY2006 @LatashaGandy @educatorbarnes @sowhesed @vesiawils @vivettdukes pic.twitter.com/EpYL1boHk0

— Citizen Stewart (@citizenstewart) February 27, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Well let’s talk about who’s benefiting and who’s suffering from a true privatized education.

By the way, shoutout to intentional and longstanding segregation that’s kept Black and Latino kids from getting into those better funded schools.

It’s called the belief gap.

— Colin Seale (@ColinESeale) January 31, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Don’t even get me started on racially charged and biased discipline practices that send Black boys down the school-to-prison pipeline while White boys follow the school-to-politics pipeline.

So don’t tell me that choice advocates shouldn’t fight for something better because this current system, fundamentally, is a privatized education.

And that’s why I am entirely grateful for others who fight, day in and day out, for quality and equity for Black and Latino kids, despite heavy opposition.

School board members, like Director Hodge, who remain unbiased and truly work for students and families.

Organizations and groups like La Comadre and the men of 8 Black Hands who are keeping it real on the education front.

We appreciate that and hope others follow your lead. Thank you for all you do in education. https://t.co/Crbt6BfA1Z

— The 8 Black Hands Podcast (@8BlackHands1) February 11, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

And parents like Gwen Samuel who will stop at nothing—even suing her state—to make sure all our babies get fair and equal treatment.

— Yep! I'm "That" Mom (@RealTalkGwenS) February 25, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

So y’all can stop calling us privatizers—we’re advocates for access, school choice and reform.

We Won’t Be Bullied by Unions or Any Other Anti-Choice Critics syndicated from https://sapsnkraguide.wordpress.com

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ixvyupdates · 5 years

Text

We Won’t Be Bullied by Unions or Any Other Anti-Choice Critics

You know, I find it real interesting that teachers are supposed to promote anti-bullying in schools but their unions constantly use bullying tactics to intimidate people who support school choice.

It happened in Chicago when the Chicago Teachers Union was trying to muscle the CEO of Civitas Education Partners, LeeAndra Khan, into a contract by striking a few weeks ago.

— allison jack (@applejack32) February 13, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Now it’s happening during the Oakland teachers strike.

— Keri Rodrigues (@radiokeri) February 23, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Then, school board meetings are being cancelled because the safety of school board members is in question.

— jumoke hinton (@jumokehinton3) February 28, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

And to top it off, every day this strike goes on, it’s costing millions of dollars that could actually be puts towards education.

Look at how they smear our people simply for speaking up for our students and families.

This is why we fight. The devil is busy.@RealTalkGwenS @PeeplesChoice85 @nvlevy @MNTOY2006 @LatashaGandy @educatorbarnes @sowhesed @vesiawils @vivettdukes pic.twitter.com/EpYL1boHk0

— Citizen Stewart (@citizenstewart) February 27, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Well let’s talk about who’s benefiting and who’s suffering from a true privatized education.

By the way, shoutout to intentional and longstanding segregation that’s kept Black and Latino kids from getting into those better funded schools.

It’s called the belief gap.

— Colin Seale (@ColinESeale) January 31, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Don’t even get me started on racially charged and biased discipline practices that send Black boys down the school-to-prison pipeline while White boys follow the school-to-politics pipeline.

So don’t tell me that choice advocates shouldn’t fight for something better because this current system, fundamentally, is a privatized education.

And that’s why I am entirely grateful for others who fight, day in and day out, for quality and equity for Black and Latino kids, despite heavy opposition.

School board members, like Director Hodge, who remain unbiased and truly work for students and families.

Organizations and groups like La Comadre and the men of 8 Black Hands who are keeping it real on the education front.

We appreciate that and hope others follow your lead. Thank you for all you do in education. https://t.co/Crbt6BfA1Z

— The 8 Black Hands Podcast (@8BlackHands1) February 11, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

And parents like Gwen Samuel who will stop at nothing—even suing her state—to make sure all our babies get fair and equal treatment.

— Yep! I'm "That" Mom (@RealTalkGwenS) February 25, 2019

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

So y’all can stop calling us privatizers—we’re advocates for access, school choice and reform.

We Won’t Be Bullied by Unions or Any Other Anti-Choice Critics syndicated from https://sapsnkraguide.wordpress.com

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