#budgets are a thing

[stil-lindigo]

Bisan is calling for another global strike!

I saw some posts just outlining Jan 21st, and wanted to clarify that Bisan has called for a full seven days of action.

What a global strike would look like is:

calling in sick to work

purchasing bare essentials ahead of the week so you can observe the general boycott of goods / buying as little as you genuinely can

putting in a concerted effort to elevate Palestinian voices and make it clear that this strike is in support of a permanent ceasefire!

For those who will have to purchase necessary goods during this time, please observe the brands that the BDS movement is asking us to boycott!

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Right now is also a good time to mention some better uses for your money during this week.

Available e-sims in Gaza are running low!!

Mirna El Helbawi and her team are working round the clock to continue to connect Palestinians as Israel does its best to cut them off from the rest of the world.

You can learn how to purchase and send e-sims here, and below you’ll find a list of what is currently needed (the areas in brackets indicate what region you should select to buy e-sims in).

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CareforGaza is an organisation that does verifiably good work, distributing supplies directly to Palestinian families.

They have a Gofundme set up at the moment, but because of Gofundme’s poor track record regarding refusing to transfer funds to Palestinians, I’d recommend continuing to donate directly to their PayPal here.

Good luck to all of you. Don't turn away from Palestine!

#i know that for some people their first instinct will be to scoff. how can anyone just not buy things for a full week? #what about groceries? rent? #and personally. i wanna say yes. there are some things that we have to spend money on to survive. #but it is possible still to make a concerted effort in your life #to carve out seven days where you can minimise that amount of money #i know its a lot. #for some people who are living on a tight budget. i know its not possible and i dont fault you for that #but i know for a fact that so many of us would be able to take out a few daily purchases in observance of this strike #do your best #dont turn away from palestine #free palestine #palestine #from the river to the sea #call to action

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

ITS THREE AM AND YOU KNOW WHAT THIS CANNOT KILL ME IN A WAY THAT MATTERS COMMISSION NEEDS????

S PI R A L S

#i looked up and it was suddenly 3 in the morning what happened #also when it is done I will post this thing it's not a gift so i'm happy to share #also its the reason that 4:20 is currently written on my hand i reset my stopwatch for this commission #and then realized i wanted to add more and the commissioner told me to go hog wild with the budget so

[muffinlance]

Do you get the impression the live action is treating us like utter morons?? Like I thought that making it aimed at an older audience would open the doors for more subtle story telling, but no, they're just using monologues to tell us eveything! Like in the second episode Katara's like 'oh his power isn't that he's the avatar, it's that he ~connects~ to people'. Girl we're not idiots we can see that!! And the first episode with Aang's goddawful 'I don't want this responsibility' monologue

THIS, YES. The word that keeps coming to mind is definitely "subtlety". The show for literal children? Had it. The remake for adults? Not so much.

#This is literally Storytelling 101: Show Don't Tell #I'm sorry scriptwriters I know you were working before your union won minimal staffing in writers' rooms and decent pay and all that #but You Know What You Did #Also cgi artists plz unionize #A few more hours on Momo would have maybe taken him further out of the nightmare monkey puppet category #I know some people are reporting him as cute #But all I can see is a creature from the Magnus Archives #that thing is the skin of Momo being worn by something that doesn't quite move right underneath #And maybe it is looking for a better fit #Don't let it touch you adorable child actor Aang #avatar the last airbender #atla #natla #Anyone looking to block the live action posts I'll be tagging all of these with that natla tag going forward #But yeah not going to post about it much #I came I saw I deemed it not worth the hours of my life it asked #I can literally write a better Avatar AU than this #Anyway back to Toph beating up Blind Zuko! #*write write write" #(their big budget fanfic can't hurt me it can only introduce more fans to the original)

[miusato]

Yeah but what if they're some oddly high budget cartoon from the 00s???

#atlus adds gradients to the animation to launder money kind of budget i mean lol #something like an angsty teenage drama cartoon that gets cancelled after 1 season and the ending was a cliffhanger #only for it to gain notoriety in the late 10s and fans begged them to bring them back #and then season 2 came out decades later and Shinji and Minako are dating for like 5 eps only to break up #like thats outrageous there's no such things as that kind of series happening ahaha #anyway this is like a reference for me i figure out how to draw them to fit my style more #now I have to figure out Aki and the rest of the gang lol #and then in 10 months you will see me recreating my fav scenes as if they aired on cartoon network or something lol #asukart #persona 3 #persona 3 reload #shinjiro aragaki #kotone shiomi #minako arisato #shinjiham #foolmoon #persona 3 portable #persona 3 femc

[swiftlymurmurs]

Wonderful to once more have Doctor Who episodes with great writing and the most garbage CGI you have ever laid eyes on instead of the other way around. Feels like home

#besties that hallway #oooooooh i have seen better greenscreen effects on tiny youtube channels #properly doing cgi body horror is really hard though i'll give them that #i imagine full The Thing style practicals just weren't in the budget #doctor who #wild blue yonder

[demolitionwoman-blog]

I’m fucking livid about this — 40% budget cut?? FORTY FUCKING PERCENT??? For one of their best-performing shows of 2022???? 🤬🤬🤬

[image text: screenshot of a tweet by meowzawowza_: “OOF, I will never forgive HBO for how dirty they did OFMD. A 40% budget cut is ROUGH. It sounds like they’re still trying to figure out the budget for S3 and that might be contributing to the renewal holdup. S2 was by all means a success, though (see comments)”

Image in tweet is screenshot of a Wall Street Journal article: “Jenkins said he had slashed the budget for season 2 by 40%. Much of that cost cutting was achieved by moving the production from Los Angeles to New Zealand, where it benefited from tax credits and other savings, the producer said.

Though he declined to go into specifics about the show’s price tag, Jenkins said the revised and “more fiscally responsible” budget for the show put “Our Flag Means Death” in line with what a half-hour comedy should cost.

“The first season of the show was made in a different era from the second season,” Jenkins said, “and if there’s a third season of the show, it will be made in a still different era.”

“We’re all just trying to figure out how to make an over-produced pirate comedy an actual viable commercial enterprise.””]

#there’s a special place in hell for HBO execs #forty fucking percent budget cut #like we joke about things being homophobic but honestly this feels homophobic #Zaslav and Bloys can eat a bag of dicks #it’s not enough to eat the rich #ofmd #our flag means death

[mcmactictac]

yes the PJO show still has some significant changes compared to the book (the whole Medusa thing) but the understanding of the characters is spot fucking on. Like the percabeth dynamic? I’m obsessed. The mf consensus song? Hilarious. Every little thing they change they give a new thing that feels so real and in character that I just appreciate we get to see it. It’s like we get to see things that we haven’t before and they’re things that are absolutely plausible and in character for the trio.

#Percy Jackson #that being said I do think it’s funny how much effort they’re putting in to avoid using a ton of special effects #no bus blow up? sad day but like I Absolutley get it #same thing with beheading Medusa being made invisible like it’s financially easier and keeps a child friendly rating #that being said I’m curious to watch the whole season to see where they spent all their budget on effects #PJO #PJO tv

[bettsfic]

this movie broke me. i have a headache from crying. i've been dissociating for 2 hours. i got fried chicken on my way home and i don't remember it. 5 stars.

#no really i have a story hangover right now #the feeling you get when you see one of your favorite things of all time for the first time #nobody has made a movie like this in forever #this mid-tier domestic release modest budget cult hit #the kind of movie you watch every year alongside a christmas story and the grinch and whatever else #iconic #truly and genuinely iconic #the holdovers

[witchytrina]

Channeling in The Wheel of Time 2.01

#Liandrin Guirale #Nynaeve al'Meara #Alanna Mosvani #Verin Mathwin #Moiraine Damodred #wot show spoilers #wot on prime spoilers #wotonprimeedit #The Wheel of Time #made by me #channeling looks so elevated now! #budget does wonderous things

[areyoudoingthis]

in light of the everything we are SO lucky we got s2 at all. they murdered the budget and forced them to make do however they could with half the money and they still gave us a lovely season AND a happy ending for ed and stede. we could so easily have been left with ed crying alone forever but we got joy and hope and healing instead

#s2 is a miracle isn't it #there were so many shitty things going on at hbo and the tv industry in general that could have killed it and yet it happened #and it was a beautiful gift #I'm even sorrier now that they had to work with half the budget of s1 and that they probably got offered even less money for s3 #it's truly evil of hbo but I'm so grateful that they went ahead and worked on s2 anyway

[shitouttabuck]

hello i am wondering: do you guys keep physical notes of money in your wallets anymore? or just card/phone pay

#thinkin bc my mum just came in asking because neither she or my dad had any to pay the cab guy #i usually have enough on me to pay for a 20 min cab ride home but no more than that #and then i was like huh is it a parent thing to do when u have younger kids. like to give them spending money n shit #thinkin about ravi being confused that buck always has cash money when they go out #and buck being like o well chris gets a 20 buck spending budget at the zoo gift shop or the arcade or chaperoned at the movies

[opera-ghost]

#work: 30 minutes ; school: 20 minutes ; sleep: 10 minutes ; making these text post things: 23 hours #someone who is good with time please help me budget this my family is dying #phantom of the opera #poto #poto shitpost #poto text

[queenofinys]

Every Marisa Coulter Outfit in His Dark Materials (2019 - 2022)

#marisa coulter #his dark materials #ruth wilson #hdmedit #hdmsource #mrs coulter #adaptationsdaily #maya edits #used up their entire outfit budget in the first two episodes and then went oh no and just had her rewear the same 3 things #someone smarter than me analyze the color palette shift or whatever #also i know i forgot the pajamas from 3x04 but (a) i couldn't find a good angle and (b) they look the same as the ones from 1x02 #and (c) it would've ruined the layout

[thecsquirrel]

This part!

#first kill #first kill netflix #and it is all of those things and I love it #a budget of $25.37 and a pack of spirit gum #give them a new season #queer representation #twitter

[bonkalore]

Unfortunately, the reunion of Shak and Jayce in the show was... lackluster in the emotional department. It was def something I wanted a bit more of. Seems weird to NOT react a bit more emotionally after finding your long lost brother that essentially raised you after 5 YEARS, but I digress.

Also wish there was more of him snapping out of his demon mode stuff bc of loved ones and not just throwing the magic hammer at him. Def became more prominent in this AU.

Bottom bit is him not realizing Daniel is with them as he's busy just being relieved to see Shak again and then shifted back immediately in defense, whoops. Bad first impressions, but lucky for Jayce, Daniel looks up to him as his tracker hero. Last thing Jayce was doing was fighting for his life in a prison riot he caused so he could try to escape and is covered in old blood and viscera since being let out of the soul box... wouldn't exactly want to shake his hand but.. haha He looks quite horrifying.

Don't worry, he'll get to clean up in a bit.

#Daniel Spellbound #Jayce Chinda #Shakila Chinda #monster transformation #demon #giant tiny #Bleeding Magic AU #size difference #transformation #my art #my comics #I get the show had budget and time issues but God it was like they were allergic to emotion #other than anger and sassy #I feel like that's just a thing in a lot of animated shows these days tho?? #are they not allowed to get more emotional anymore???

[psychicpinenut]

psych was really like 'we have $2 and 3 days to make this episode' and they created michael scorsese level of production every time

#psych #psych usa #love it when steve franks talks about how they didn't have the budget for fucking anything and how they had to pull off certain things #pine rambles