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gale-gentlepenguin · 1 year

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Can you continue your arrival swap au? I'm really intrigued to see what happens next!

(What if Lila and Alya swapped arrival times) Part 4

(Previous)

-Alya has the fox necklace and ran, Lila gives chase.

-Alya manages to hide in an alley way and slides to the ground, lila's words haunting her. While Alya is a confident individual, she still didnt establish herself in this new school, and her only friend right now happens to be the bestie of the bully that is threatening to destroy her social life.

-Hawkmoth picks up on this feeling and decide now is the perfect time to make an akuma.

-So he slides an akuma in the fox necklace and...

-"Fauxgarou, (Points if you actually guess what this is a reference too). I am Hawkmoth. You are doing what you can to stop someone from lying only for you to suffer the consequences. I am giving you the power to expose the truth and scare anyone that would dare do wrong.

-So Alya agrees and becomes a Werefox creature (Think kind of like Clawdeen but Fox variant and a bit more monsterous).

-Lila arrives only to see the new akuma and Fauxgarou is ready to fight.

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-So now having made copies and met Fu, Marinette leaves and realizes oh s*** she was supposed to help Lila with a thing. So she starts rushing and finds herself in the park where she accidentally bumps into Adrien. She flusteredly apologizes and Adrien notices the book she's holding. Asking where she got it.

-Marinette mumbled an answer about it belonging to Lila, but Adrien realized something was off as he told her it isnt hers but his.

-Marinette was shocked to hear it and gives adrien the book back, not knowing it was his. Adrien accepts her apology and even says he should thank her for having it. If he went home without it, his dad would be mad at him, as he wasnt supposed to take it.

-Marinette now has a culprit, not adrien but Gabriel. But she also realizes Lila stole the book from Adrien. But why would she want a necklace made as a copy from the book...

-This thought was interrupted when lila runs into the park Bite mark on her arm. She was being chased by some sort of Fox human hybrid.

-Lila was screaming for help. Adrien and Marinette split up to go get help (transform)

-Chat noir arrives first and knocks back Fauxgarou saying its not polite to bite.

-Ladybug scoops up Lila and asks what happened. Lila lies about the encounter and suddenly she gains fox ears, she lies again and suddenly a tail. Everytime lila Lies she turns more and more into a fox! (Think like Truth mixed with Oni-chan with a fox twist)

-Ladybug realizes this and instructs Lila to tell her everything HONESTLY, and Lila still tries to twist it a bit only for her to gain a fox paw for an arm and decides to stop lying.

-Ladybug hides her disappointment and rushes into the fight to help save Alya.

-Chat noir got bit during the scuffle and is worried on what would happen.

-"As long as you dont lie, you will be fine."

-"Good to know, btw You are the most beautiful girl in all of Paris."

-There was no fox parts that appeared.

-"Focus kitty."

-Fauxgarou clashed with the heroes and thanks to quick thinking they stopped her.

-Alya gets deakumatized and appologizes (not remembering what happened).

-Ladybug tells her that she understood why she got akumatized and that she shouldnt be hard on herself over it. And she is sure that her new friend wont abandon her. The heroes head off after they fixed everything.

-Marinette came back and hugged alya saying she is glad she is okay.

-Alya is now convinced she needs to set up a blog dedicated to the two heroes that saved her... but first she needed to stand up to Lila.

#arrival swap au #ml fan akuma #fauxgarou #miraculous ladybug #alt volpina #ml what if #ml au

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legobiwan · 4 years

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idk who you support but i’m really scared about biden getting the nomination cause he so would not beat trump

(Fair warning, real-life politics mini-rant incoming).

Sigh. I'm really disappointed (and surprised, tbh) that so much of the electorate seemed to go for the "safe" candidate. I wonder how many Biden voters went for Hilary vs. Trump in 2016. I also wonder what those demographics were. (No one in my social circle of 30-something professional artsy liberals was going for Biden, that's for sure.) Then again, if the more conservative arm of the Democratic party is willing to go for Biden, maybe he'd have a better chance in 2020? I don't know. I personally would love Bernie or Warren to get the nomination, but seeing as Warren hasn't gained any traction (that's a different story for a different day) I've been all in for Bernie at this point. If Biden gets the nom, I'll vote for him because the alternative is far worse, but I won't be thrilled to do so. How this will play out in November is anyone's guess. Our system is a disaster and I'm counting more on state/local than federal government to keep the sanity. Luckily, I live in a place where that's a possibility.

For my fellow American followers who are also unhappy: VOTE IN YOUR LOCAL ELECTIONS. Do your downballot research. The only way we're going to really change things is from the ground up.

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This has been a lego psa. Now back to Star Wars.

#hello there #ask legobiwan #politics #dont worry this wont become a politics blog #but im actually pretty pissed off about how this all went #also #who are these people???#voting?#i mean my perspective is skewed by my geography and the fact i run mostly in artist circles but still #rants from the lego compound #this has been a lego psa #non star wars #obvs #i dont know vote jarjar 2020 let's blow it all up hahahajaa #i know most of you are here on tumblr to eacape this shit so ill get back to thr gffa now #sigh.....

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tavtiers · 6 years

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could you analyze an Heir of Doom?

of course!! since you’re my first ever request, i decided to give you the works with not just a god tier analysis but planet, song, and quadrant suggestions too! i hope you dont mind :0

alright to start off, here’s my brief analysis of the god tier

Heir of Doom (44% activity) - inherits energy to influence: inevitability, entropy, pessimism, illness, sacrifice, decay

opposite - Knight of Life (protects/protects others with energy to influence: eternality, growth, optimism, energy, healing, restoration) inverse - Mage of Life (understands energy to influence: eternality, growth, optimism, energy, healing, restoration)

CANON EXAMPLES - Mituna Captor, The Psiioniic

NON-CANON EXAMPLES - Robert Joseph MacCready (Fallout 3, Fallout 4)

i’ll be using MacCready alongside Mituna and the Psiioniic as reference for this god tier, since i am primarily a character classpecting blog :0 if you aren’t into fallout, don’t worry i will provide information on him!! also if you’d like to know more about maccready, his wiki is here

okay moving on…

heirs are passive with 15% activity

passive classpects are kinder, but less likely to stand up for themselves

doom is active with 73% activity

active classpects are meaner, but more likely to stand up for themselves

this makes an heir of doom relatively passive with 44% activity

this means that since the heir of doom is an almost neutral (50%) passive god tier, they won’t be extremely murdery or dangerous, will possess a relatively sane amount of aggression, and aren’t likely to go on a murderous rampage or kill their friends unnecessarily. all around, an heir of doom is well rounded in the activity department :)

while the idea of the heir of doom classpect sounds extremely negative, there are in fact good things about inheriting doom! just like how forest fires are necessary for a forest to grow (they give the forest nutrients, get rid of underbrush, etc), having bad things happen to you can be necessary for personal growth

also, once god tiered you could physically control doom! there’s a number of ways you could go with this. i mainly visualize this as being able to control fire, creating powerful firestorms the way john does the windy thing. on this same vein, since god tiered john becomes wind, could a god tiered heir of doom become fire? or maybe become plague or illness? those all sound pretty neat, but tbh…

BEST IDEA: an Heir of Doom can become a swarm of locusts in combat

okay moving on to personalitysince heirs naturally gravitate towards their aspect, heirs of doom (especially younger ones) will often give off a disagreeable or rude first impression

for instance, mituna naturally gravitates towards discord by intentionally trying to cause problems (calling meenah a ‘wader’, swearing excessively, etc)

though heirs of doom can be disagreeable and rude, their friends often wont take them too seriously and see them for who they truly are beneath their negativity

the heir class and the doom aspect have conflicting personalities. because of this, an heir of doom would likely switch from friendly, dorky, and likeable one minute (the heir) to rude and disagreeable the next (the doom aspect)

they’ll be swearing nonstop one minute, and the next they’ll be polite and apologetic

this is of course seen with mituna switching from FUCK YOU to I’M SORRY :(this can also be seen with maccready (i’ll get into this in more depth later)

john, as an heir of breath, gravitated towards distance from his father and independenceequius, as an heir of void, gravitated towards shadows and keeping his problems a secret

mituna, our canon example of an heir of doom, gravitated towards doom in a number of ways. one example of this is his intentionally dangerous stunts.

as well as this, he gravitated towards misfortune by constantly talking about how they were all doomed and gravitated towards rules by constantly apologizing when reprimanded (“i’m sorry, please forgive me again”)

heirs have their aspect given to them, so they dont have to do too much work to acquire it and are already naturally skilled with it

this means that an heir of doom would already be naturally skilled at doom (maybe skilled at dealing with sickness, death, misfortune, etc because they’ve already had so much happen to them)

bc of this, an heir of doom could be a great moirail, knowing how to offer someone support when they’re going through hard times, bc the heir of doom has already gone through so much themselves

heirs of doom have got pessimism on lock and are rarely (if ever) naively optimistic. they’re good at telling when something’s going badly.

they are fully aware of what is dangerous, but as heirs naturally gravitate towards their aspect, they are prone to doing dangerous things anyways, just for the fun of it!

“i know i could get hurt but i don’t care i’m doing it anyways! if i get hurt i know how to deal with it, it’s happened plenty of times before”

example: mituna’s skateboard stunts

possible example: maccready’s smoking habit

since they naturally gravitate towards pessimism they can be overly pessimistic however and may sometimes believe things perfectly benign and ordinary to be problems waiting to happen

an heir of doom could actually become an extremely powerful force of destruction when god tiered. and on the plus side, you probably wouldn’t have to worry about them getting out of control. with 44% activity they would most likely understand how to be the embodiment of destruction to their enemies, while still keeping their friends out of any AVOIDABLE harms way

heirs often have an important figure in their life that causes them to experience their aspect forcefully and negatively

for example:

john’s dad dies, so he no longer has a familyequius inherits death/nothing from gamzee

following this trend, mituna inherits illness from kurloz (overexerted psionics due to incident with kurloz, left him brain damaged)

mituna also inherits sacrifice/death with meenah killing them all

as an heir of doom LOTS of bad stuff is going to happen to them (inherits doom) but with the heir’s can-do attitude they’ll be able to learn how to use their own doom to their advantage

an heir of doom is kind of like a sick person who uses their sickness to their advantage, intentionally making people they dislike sick as well

or (as in maccready’s case) maybe the people they care about have all died so they use the pessimism they’ve gained from that experience to kill the ones who caused it (almost like the punisher)

speaking of an Heir of Doom possibly having their loved ones die, Doom would most likely follow the heir where ever they went and an Heir could unwittingly cause their loved ones to die by just being in their presence

the psiioniic very obviously inherited doom by having all his friends killed/enslaved/etc and then being used as a living battery by the condesce

as life has to do with helping people, and doom is it’s opposite, heirs of doom (embodying doom) may be immoral at times and not see a problem with theft or deceit (or, like mituna, they’re just generally crass and rude)

tl;dr: heirs of doom inherit doom which sounds bad, but by inheriting it, they are capable of embodying doom and using their own doom to their advantage.they tend to be disagreeable and rude, but if told otherwise, they will attempt to remedy their behavior

heirs of doom tend to have “nerdy” interests as seen with mituna’s love of video games and maccready’s interest in comic books and scifi

because they embody pessimism they could be overly paranoid or believe in conspiracy theories

they can be prone to outbursts (both positive and negative)

heirs often inherit leadership positions

examples: john (homestuck) as team leader, alistair (dragon age) as king, maccready (fallout) as mayor, the mayor (homestuck) as mayor, mayor meanswell (lazytown) as mayor, iron bull (dragon age) as leader of the chargers, etc.

nooow on to a non-homestuck example. Robert Joseph MacCready from Fallout 3 and 4 is an excellent example of an Heir of Doom.

so an heir of doom starts out surrounded by doom and doesnt have to worry about creating it themselves. a person/group of people/thing will encourage and cultivate doom in the heir and allow them to embody doom. afterwards, the heir of doom will be able to manipulate doom however they wish, most obviously physically.

comparing this to maccready, as a kid he started out surrounded by death and misfortune. the nuclear apocalypse occurs and he and the other kids are trapped in the little lamplight caves. all the adults that go out to get help never come back and are presumed to be dead. after maccready punches princess in the nose, saying that the kids need a leader not a princess, the other kids encourage and cultivate pessimism and rules in maccready by appointing him mayor of little lamplight. after being appointed as mayor, he grows to embody rules, immorality, and pessimism, ruling over and protecting little lamplight with his foul-mouthed, no nonsense attitude.

later on as an adult, he is surrounded by doom again in the form of death and illness. his wife is killed by ghouls and his son contracts an unknown disease. this causes him to embody doom again in the form of pessimism and immorality. even before his wife’s death, he is shown to still be embodying immorality and death by lying to her about being a soldier, working as a hired gun, etc. as well as this he is implied to have severe depression.

a notable parallel between maccready and mituna is their attitude towards swearing. mituna tends to be foul-mouthed and rude, that is until someone reprimands him. he then completely changes his character and apologizes profusely (im sorry im so sorry)

this mirrors how maccready used to swear constantly as a kid, but does his best to avoid this as an adult after his son asks him to be a better person

on that same note, both heirs of doom are implied to change their disagreeable attitudes around specific people they care about (for mituna it’s kurloz, for maccready his son)

here’s a snippet of an excellent analysis by dahniwitchoflight that i highly encourage you to read: “They might live in or around decaying, old, decrepit places. They might even live in a kind of war zone, or the aftermath of one. If they think something is their responsibility, or they have an obligation to do something, nothing can stop them from their inevitable purpose and they can be stubborn in this way as well.”

another great analysis: “Doom players tend to be somewhat gloomy and also aware of their shortcomings, but at the same time possess great power and capability.”

fun fact: doom is the least common out of all the aspects! you’re unique!! :D

noow for an added bonus, the extra stuff! i really hope you dont mind, i know this was a lot to read :U

A few planet suggestions:

Land of Caverns and Pestilence

Land of Stomach and Carrion - in this one the first gate starts you out in the stomach of the largest dead whale in existence, like bigger than your house, just for fun :0c

Land of Bottomless Pits and Apocalypse - zombie apocalypse to be precise :D (lol out one apocalypse, into another)

Land of Gloom and Teeth

Your most likely Denizen is Hades. Some other viable denizens: Persephone, Thanatos, Janus, Moros, Tartarus, Themis, Cerberus, Aidos, Dike, Eunomia, Eulabeia, Geras, Nomos, Poine, Sophrosyne, Phlegethon, AchlysDahni came up with these! You can read her post with each denizen’s full description here

SONGS

New Elysium - CelldwellerSeven Devils - Florence & the MachineSay Goodbye - Green DayHurt - Johnny Cash

QUADRANTS

god tiers an heir of doom could be compatible with, sorted from most to least likely/healthy

♥ Matespriteship: Rogue of Life, Rogue of Mind, Knight of Life, Rogue of Time, Knight of Mind, Maid of Life, Knight of Time, Maid of Mind, Thief of Life, Maid of Time, Thief of Mind, Thief of Time

♦ Moirallegiance: Rogue of Rage, Rogue of Time, Prince of Rage, Prince of Time, Page of Rage, Page of Time

♠ Kismesissitude: Seer of Hope, Thief of Hope, Maid of Hope

♣ Auspisticism: n/a

aaalright i guess i’m done :) thanks again for the suggestion!!

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sweetlifetownsville · 5 years

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Caught Out!! Townsville Enterprise Doctors Political Survey Results

With three quarters of a million dollars of ratepayers money each year, this should be the trigger for a complete overhaul of this secretive, biased organisation run with staggering on-going incompetence. Theyre certainly nowhere near clever enough to successfully lie. This is a clearly partisan and lets face it, totally dumb attempt to manipulate voter intention with outright lies, and cannot be ignored even in the highly unlikely case it was a mistake. Also, Labor lass Jenny Hill believes big private business should get all the government assistance and public money they can, and although she unsuccessfully championed this for Adani, our mayor now has her public begging bowl out in Canberra for another set of n billionaires. Why The Magpie supports Israel Filou in his row with those pompous, over-stepping rugger buggers. And the legal loophole that means you can drive on illegal drugs and not be fined or detected But First Bentley will be back next week, having, as old Sir Wally Scott would put it, home(ward) his footsteps he hath turnd, from wandering on some a foreign strand. (Dear Mystified of Mysterton, it means hes back from travelling overseas sigh). So until then, for those who like a little visual titillation, heres a small selection of the state of play on the enormously enjoyable Brexit contortions.

There is a certain schadenfreude is all this fall from arrogance that prompted that famous Times headline Heavy Fog In Channel. Continent Cut Off. The Times, October 22, 1957 but this is regarded as a bit of triumphal chortle by the Times at pre-war Nazi propaganda which first invented the headline to criticise Britain in the 1930s. While Were Overseas, Lets Duck Across That Channel

It affects us all, atheists like The Pie included. But, unusually, The Pie upset a few folks in comment during the week when he posted this comment:

OK let The Magpie be the first to call it and condemn him as a negative conspiracy theorist if you will you wont be the first. But the first sign is there. The Parisian authorities have been very quick one would say with indecent and panicked haste ,. to declare that the Notre Dame fire was definitely accidental BUT THEY SAY THEY DONT KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT!!! An oddity to say the least, we know the Frogs are a rum lot, but that conclusion is mysterious. Heres a conspiracy theory for you authorities DO KNOW what caused it arson of one sort of another, and the roster of restoration workers in the building prior to the blaze will be looked at in detail. The authorities fear which some justification that if they announced it was arson immediately, with public grief, anger and dismay running so dangerously high in a population renowned for its volatility, there would be bloody chaos, especially by right wing groups who would automatically blame the countrys somewhat militant Muslim minority. And such almost certain mayhem could not be contained within the borders of France so perhaps when the cause is made public, it will either be a Watergate-style exercise, or authorities will hope if they have to announce it was in fact arson, some of the heat will have been dialled down, unlikely as that may be. Good luck, world. The Pie maintains this is a reasonable theory, reinforced subsequently by the vague official statement in the past 36 hours that the heart-breaking blaze was probably started by an electrical short circuit which may be correct, but such short circuits can be arranged (known in certain circles as a Jewish stocktake.) But humour inevitably found more than one joker making light of the tragedy we do that from a distance dont we? when a commenter posted : No one knows who started the fire, but Quasimodo has a hunch Boom-tish. Back To The Home Front, And The Dudley Do Nothings Finally Have Done Something but not only is it the wrong thing, but could be actionable . TEL ran this full page ad in the Bulletin today (Saturday), an ad which was paid for by ratepayers who involuntarily give this pointless outfit $750,000 and subsidised rent every year.

The odour of rodent was instantly overwhelming.

KAP Candidate for Herbert Nanette Radeck Particularly to the Katter Party and its candidate for Herbert, school teacher Nanette Radeck. She was quick out of the blocks soon after the paper hit the streets, to call out TEL for rigging the graph. Ms Radeck posted this immediate response on Facebook (the Paul Bunyan she mentions is the KAP candidate for Dawson.).

The most telling question posed there by Ms Radeck is motive. What on earth is a crowd like TEL doing underhand stuff like this, or will they have to admit to incompetence, which will surprise no one. Another question raised is can we actually trust the other Partys replies as posted in this ad, or have they been fluffed up to suit whatever secret agenda the TEL board, CEO Patty OCallaghan and Mayor Mullet have cooked up. TEL using ratepayers money to influence those same ratepayers how to vote while at the same time enriching the Bulletin is a closed circuit power loop at least thats what they think. What neither TEL or the Bulletin seem to realize is that no matter what the readers politics, this inept, stumblebum attempt at playing political grown-ups has further shattered credibility and support within the community for both TEL and the Bulletin. But hey, but dont worry, now that Ms Radeck has outed TEL for either their sloppy and/or deceitful actions, you may rest assured Our Jenna is on the job she has guaranteed that during this election campaign, nothing will get by her or her tough-questioning investigative journalists she said so in the paper, remember?

Or is this pic sent in by an amused Magpie reader the literal truth? Fit only for the bottom of cockies cages?

Jenny Hills Business Brainwave

No doubt inspired by the successful hordes of beggars she encountered while in India visiting her pal Gotem Adani, our Mayor Mullet has had yet another light bulb moment or should that be begging bowl moment. While in on the sub-continent, Mayor Mullet had the opportunity to take a stroll through the surrounding city streets. And it proved to be an inspirational moment. Desperate for people to believe that the unicorn battery factory will become a reality, the mayor regularly farts a rainbow update of twaddle spouted by a the Magnis company desperate to keep its wobbly share price up. Magnis and its consortium partners are considering eight yes, EIGHT Australian sites for a battery manufacturing operation. Geez, hope they dont try to play one city off against another, a sort of bidding war. Cripes! awww, no, they wouldnt dare. Desperate to breathe new life into this severely ailing unicorn, Mayor Mullet has resorted to a favourite Labor tactic; in the belief that she can scare up even more concessions of public money during an election campaign, she has dusted off the Townsville begging bowl, and is seeking commitments of $50million from both major parties for unspecified infrastructure to benefit the councils billionaire private sector partners. It was best spelt out by old blog chum Memory Man during the week in comments.

So, the cats out of the bag. The Townsville battery factory needs more taxpayer funding to work. It got $3.5m to do a feasibility study from the State; it got some form of land gift from the Council; and now, the Mayor wants the federal government to chip in tens of millions for infrastructure. What this tells us is that the business case is looking pretty shaky, because if it wasnt why would the mayor be calling for a taxpayer handout?Sure, its her general style take public money and give it to a handful or private investors or billionaires but surely she cant be that gullible. Or is it just desperation? The Pies guess desperately gullible or gullibly desperate Speaking Of Dopey Matters, Heres An Interesting Snippet From Sophisticates Corner in the Astonisher

Well, thats nothing next to our southern neighbours in NSW. Presumably this applies to Queensland too. If Thats Given You The Munchies, This Will Be Of Interest Youll know who to curse when you pay for booze and tucker at the new stadium.

The Folau Flapdoodle Dizzy Izzy is just that, an intellectually childish twit BUT a twit with rights. And Australian Rugby has clearly over-stepped the mark with their plan to sack Folau over ONE SINGLE WORD he used in a tweet professing his religious beliefs which he has a right under Religious Freedom laws to do. This is what he tweeted.

So he certainly wasnt singling out gays and in fact, The Pie felt a little put-upon himself, as he, over 70 years, fitted seven of the criteria, if you include shoplifting Freddo Frogs from J.C.Pennys in Tamworth when aged 8 got caught never again and idolised Debby Reynolds in Tammy when aged 11. But the PC drunks and fornicators at Rugby Australia decided to do some very selective virtue signalling, and have now given a eminently ignorable tweet a thousand times the exposure it wouldve otherwise attracted. The New Zealand female Goth who is somehow Aussie Rugbys boss insists it was against Folaus contract to make any anti-gay statement publicly. Well, just for starters, whether RA has the legal power to impose such a rule in a contract is challengeable when it clashes with a right to religious freedom. Lawyers are already packing hampers for another legal picnic. And if the only way to maintain team morale is to gag players and staff from expressing privately held views in privately operated public forums, then the games morally rooted off the field, matching their on-field chaos. And in all the huffing and puffing, there havent been too many, if any, voices in the gay community with anything much to say frankly, they couldnt care less, this sort of bible bashing is no doubt well beneath them. Columnist Miranda Devine is not someone with whom the Pie usually agrees, but she was eloquent in expressing her and The Pies take on this stupidity on the Today Show. Israel Folau is a sad throwback to the missionary-inspired simplistic superstitious barbarism peddled to the less aware in the basic Pacific cultures, and he is your everyday bible bashing parrot with a fairytale-fried brain whose opinion should be discounted if ever encountered. But nevertheless, The Magpie fully supports him in this matter, rather than support some self-righteous Colonel Blimps who would not allow The Magpie to express that aforesaid opinion if they had their way. And a final note to the developmentally delayed who are back there still pondering Izzys naughty list: no, my dears, idolator is not someone on the dole. Health Check-Up

Indeed, something gotta give with Queensland Health soon. And Townsville Hospital wont be exempt. Last weeks correspondent, patient Richard Bingley is out of hospital but the battle with some health services goes on. This is his update of a couple of days ago. Hi. Ive been discharged on Wednesday. The system failures continued. On discharge I was advised I was having 8 heart related medications added to what I was already on. Very important you dont miss the top two as they support the stents put in your heart and stop them from clotting and failing. The medical team advised the hospitals pharmacy spoke to my current pharmacist and provided new prescriptions and they would be ready Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday afternoon my chemist had still heard nothing. I attended dialysis Thursday then the TTH pharmacy to be informed sorry Richard we werent told you had been discharged so we havent contacted your pharmacy yet. It was sorted by 4 pm and I had to do a double up on the dosage because I missed one. Another thing identified is appointments. There are office staff tripping over each other with bugger all to do up there. I have permanent appointments Tuesday Thursday and Saturday 06.45 am to 11.15 am at the dialysis clinic. Yet when the office staff schedule an appointment with another specialist they make that appointment during dialysis time. The you beaut computer booking system cant tell the staff I am already booked in for an appointment therefore doubling up. Specialist clinics dont have computer access to recent tests. Apparently they take up to 30 days to be uploaded onto the system. In my case that lead to three ECG heart scans over a 10 day period all showed irregularities in my heart that required immediate action, none were acted on or uploaded into the system for two specialist appointments I attended in that time. The question of why the test was given three times and someone else being delayed while tests are repeated. How many emergencies could have been prevented if the checks and balances were in place. My mother is drafting a full detailed letter of the shortcomings of the system up until my heart attack. She will send it on to Ross Bates and Deb Freckleton. Along with the Member of Mundingburra (again) and to the health minister (again) and complaints system at the hospital (again) Hopefully something may get accomplished this time. Im supposed to be starting some form of cardiac rehabilitation treatments as soon as possible. In Qld health that must means 10 years at this stage. Just wont hold my breath. Pedants Corner From comments during the week. The Magpie Good news for finger weary word pedants, fed up with going back through text to change ize to ise, all the while muttering through gritted teeth something about bloody American cultural imperialism. It turns out that ise is the newcomer, for reasons not totally clear, and no less than Prince Charles uses ize because it is orginal English.

As The Guardian reports, Even the word bible Oxford Dictionary says either one is OK. Least Surprising Headline Of The Week The chickens are on final approach, undercarriage down, ready for landing back on the roost.,

In fact, staying abreast of all the happenings in America this week has kept The Magpie busier that an AFL turnstile ticket-taker. And for the first time in his experience, an unfortunate moment: never before has a President publicly and purposely used the word bullshit, but President Agent Orange (Caution: defoliates constitutions) used it several times in a number of tweets when he discovered his Mueller troubles are far from over. The fun is just beginning but the American toonist s continue to have a field day. A subtle one from The New Yorker kicks off this weeks gallery.

And Finally, For Book Lovers In these trying times for our beloved city, The Pie thinks he has found some revealing reading matter, which may clarify things for you he spied these while browsing through Booktopia. There is this handsome tome on the antecedents of our current council

which has led to this academic follow-up summation

which was then naturally followed by

But there is one book we will never get a peek into it is Jenny Hills private get even diary, The Book of Revenge.

Thats our lot for now, (full edit in the morning), hope you enjoy the rest of Easter break, and trust you find some fodder in here to inspire you to jump into comments, they run 24/7. And as always, you can help the blog to stay aloft with a donation, the how to button is below sincere thanks to those whove helped out so far, it has been of great assistance. http://www.townsvillemagpie.com.au/caught-out-townsville-enterprise-doctors-political-survey-results/

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mynighttimenarrative-blog · 7 years

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Day one

I just started driving for Uber about two days ago. I was advised by some friends that I should right down my adventures. For some reason adventures tend to find me, and I end up with some pretty amazing stories. I am sure that I am one of the millions and millions of people with cool stories. I will blend right in. I dont know what information is visible, I tried to hide as much as I can. I would not want some one to stumble accross this and have their feelings hurt. So I kind of hope I blend in and wont be noticed. For those who know me let me know what you can see and keep me a sceret, but you are free to share my blog of random stories.

Im still sitting here trying to decide how honest I want to be, especially because you, my reader, do know or might know me in person. I might shatter whatever illusion you might have of me. Shame. I guess Ill be honest.

I really hope that this story will trun out like “How I Met Your” Father and not like a show that might air on the ID channel, but as the title of this particular entry suggest this is only the beginning.

So Friday 17, 2017 around 9pm, I set out to my new side job. Apprehensive about where the night would take me, I drove to the nearest Dollar Tree for doggie bags, tissues, and a basket. I wanted to be prepared for the drunks I would be driving home.

With in the first five minutes of going online I received my frist request to drive a lovely couple to the Northpark draft house. They werent talkers but learned they were going to watch the new John Wick movie. This was followed by another request followed by a phone call and my first cancellation. I was finally becoming calm beind the wheel. I dont know why I was so nervous. This is coming from a current couch surfing host. Five star rating I might add.

Next I got a request from a guy who was having a few drinks at this bar down my street. A few months ago or maybe last year, I dont remember the exact time, this place was held up and the people robbed. No one was hurt or injured, but it deterred from ever going there. I have already been held up at knife point once when I worked at the Dairy Queen, that is located down a near by street from this bar. Once was enough. Did I mention I used to live alone at an apartment complex walking distance from that Dairy Queen, and still do? Anyway I picked this guy up. White, blue eyed, tall, slender, pretty cute, and around my age. He smelled of alcohol and some cheap cologne. He must have been pretty drunk, I asked him how the bar is and if he had heard about the robbery that had happened there. He said yes and that he was actually supposed to be there that night. He said that he knew they guys that did it. I dont know if the guys who actually did the robbery were every caugh, but this guy said he knew them or at least who they were. He told me that it wasn’t supposed to be a robbery. He said that these guys were armed and that they were looking for someone, but since the person was not there they made it look like a robbery and took off. He said that he was lucky not to be there. I asked if he was the one those guys were looking for but he laughed and said no that he meant he was lucky he wasnt there because he has never believed in banks and usually carried a large sum of money on his person. Then he confesses that he is currently carrying about two thousand dollars on him at the moment. By this time we had arrived at his distination. Before he gets out of my truck he asked me if I would like to have a drink with him. As cute as he is I politely declined his offer. Mostly because I noticed he didnt bother to tip me, especially after he said he had money. Cheap? I dont know but I really dislike paying for my own drinks.

The rest of the night was a blurr of faces. Older women talking about men they met at the bar that night, ignoring me. Some, friendly tried to keep a conversation about the weather, kids, and pets. Nothing too excitng. Finally I picked up two couples in their forties. Very drunk and very friendly. Besides asking me how long I have been an uber driver and if I had kids, one of the men asked me that if with this uber driving I was allowed to stop driving when I wanted. I said yes and his next question made everyone giggle. He asked me that if it was requested of me to take a long drive or a long break if I would do it? I giggled along with everyone when, I assume, his wife asked him “are you asking her to go back with us?” Her laugher made me giggle more, I have been asked questions like this more often than you would think. He never got the chance to answer his wife because his phone rang, so I was saved, too The rest of the dive was full of praise for how well prepared I was for driving drunk people home. And the usual surprise of this being my first day. When we arrived at their huge beautiful house they complemented my driving and my truck. The man who asked me that bold question asked me to lower my window he handed me a small wad of bills.

“I am too drunk, here. I dont know how much that is...”

“So I might get lucky with a Benjamin?”

He laughs and says maybe and starts to advise me about maybe carrying mace or a stun gun. He said good looking girl like me needed some form of protection against all the drunk men I might encounter. I told him that I would see about getting something and not to worry about me I would be fine. He stumbled away to join his friends in that amazing house. Where I was more than sure that their party would continue behind those heavy wooden doors. I went ofline for the night and I was disappointed to not find a single benjamin.

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‘It was a nice idea, but …’ Europeans on what went wrong with the EU

On its 60th birthday, people from Sweden to Bulgaria with doubts about the EU speak their mind about whether the project is worth pursuing

A triple-A rating is more important than solidarity. Were digging our own grave

Constanze Clever. Photograph: Sddeutsche Zeitung

A few months ago, I was chatting with my husbands work colleague in a beer garden. It was about eastern Europe and the question of why those countries take so few refugees. The colleague came from Poland. He was of the view that in Europe we should first and foremost look after ourselves.

In particular, he didnt want Muslims to be allowed in. According to him, they are a threat to the Christian identity of Europe.

So of course we clashed about this Im a fan of open borders, and I find it unbelievable when people oppose open borders while personally benefiting from them. To be able to move freely is a basic right, and the essence of Europe.

In the conversation, it became clear to me: we are both Europeans, but we come from different worlds. For us in Germany, things have gone well materially in the past 10 years. In Poland, things are different. That is why it is important that we reduce the imbalance.

But were not doing that. Why must Greece pay such high interest rates on the capital market? Rich Germany pays virtually nothing. We Europeans are under the thumb of financial markets. A triple-A rating is more important than solidarity. So were digging our own grave. Unless justice quickly assumes precedence over the economy again, we wont have the EU much longer. That would be a nightmare.

Constanze Clever, 33, hairdresser, Germany

I hate the ever encroaching political union its a vanity project

Gerard Richardson. Photograph: Gerard Richardson

I dont think Europe as a group of countries has ever really been able to unite. Cultures, opinions, approaches to everything, from business to foreign relations, are so diverse.

Trade, on the other hand now thats a really good harmoniser. People can agree on that far, far more easily. So I liked the idea after the war of uniting around trade. It didnt have to be complicated, and at first it wasnt. But then we started down the road to political union.

Thats what I hate: ever encroaching political union. Europe has become a vanity exercise for politicians with too much ambition. The euro was vanity, not based on economic reality. Im not an isolationist, far from it, but I really, honestly do not believe good government can ever come from too large and diverse a group of politicians.

Look at the hopelessly divided approach to problems like Greece, or the migrant crisis. Its a disaster. The EU cant even agree on where to host its own parliament.

There are good parts: free movement, thats obviously a benefit. But its all so badly managed. And I dont believe the EU has prevented war; Nato did that. If they turned the clock back to the EEC being just a free market alone, then I would be more than happy to stay engaged. They should take the politics out of Europe. It worked as a trading bloc, but not as this.

Gerard Richardson, 55, fine wine merchant and coffee roaster, UK

It sows a mentality that theres always money but billions have disappeared

Graca Ramos. Photograph: Sddeutsche Zeitung

First of all, the EU has been a great thing for both my countries, Portugal and Spain. The other European countries brought us back to life (after decades of dictatorship). Thats why the vast majority of Spaniards and Portuguese tend to be pro-European. Europe has pumped a lot of money into our countries.

On the one hand the EU has brought positive economic developments, on the other hand there have been negative consequences. It sows a mentality that there is always money. We have lost sight of what it is to save. People havent been watching closely enough where all these billions have gone. The economies of both countries have slumped because there hasnt been effective control over the way this money has been spent.

As a Portuguese woman Im worried about a two speed Europe . Does that mean the small countries will be put aside and suspended? We feel as a small country both protected and accepted within the EU and I hope that that doesnt change. The Eurosceptic voices in other countries worry me a lot. We must all ask ourselves what we have done wrong.

Graa Ramos, 40, theatre administrator, Spain

Nations have no rights. The EU took over everything

Jozsefne Varadi. Photograph: La Stampa

The nations have no rights. The EU completely took over and everything has to happen here as they wish.

But the EU has a lot of advantages too. We entered to EU so we have to accept a lot of things, I admit, but they should give more independence to nations.

Every time the government wants to decrease utility costs or taxes, or create more workplaces to let us breathe a little bit easier, they have a problem with it. Im with the nation with all my heart. I do everything. I help campaign. Im a member of the Fidesz party since its foundation. I consider this government good and fair. Our prime minister needs a lot of bravery to stand up like this for the nation.

Did you see what happened here during the prime ministers speech? Did you see the people whistling? They think this is not a democracy, but if I had done the same when Ferenc Gyurcsany was prime minister, if I had used my whistle, they would have shot me.

Jozsefne Varadi, 87, pensioner, Hungary

Erasmus, the euro, are just sweets with a bitter aftertaste

Luca Carabetta. Photograph: Luca Carabetta/La Stampa

They draw lines on a map, take decisions from on high, and then, if they dont work, they use every economic excuse possible to justify them as necessary to maintain the unity and progress.

I am an energy engineer, a young entrepreneur from the Erasmus generation. I was born when Italy joined Schengen, in 1990, and you could leave your passport in the drawer to travel with family, or later to see friends in France, Germany, Denmark. Yet my Euroscepticism began when I was young, in my town of ButtiglieraAlta, near Turin. I saw the No-Tav movement (against high speed rail) grow in my valley, the Susa valley, I started studying and concluded that the projects tied to the European corridors were conceived in an office in Brussels, far away from local communities and their needs.

I believe Europe is an extreme concession of sovereignty, which flattens diversity and national identities built throughout history. I do not agree with the economic homogeneity that binds the EU together. Does that seem strange from a young person with foreign friends? Absolutely not. Beppe Grillos Five Star Movement has shown me a clear path for what I always thought, and thats why I vote for it.

In these years, Brussels has not been able to create a common welfare system, no citizens feel like Europe is closer, notwithstanding the sharing of pseudo-values and the currency. Erasmus, the euro, are sweets with a bitter aftertaste. Unitary economics, so far, has penalised us. Unitary politics, for me, does not represent us, the citizens.

Luca Carabetta, 27, tech CEO, Italy

Europe was a nice idea, but globalist politics and the euro have killed us

Luc Defrance. Photograph: Cyril Bitton

Im a wheat farmer from northern France. Thats to say Im one of those people said to be very rich, living off subsidies, smoking a big cigar. In reality, I started work at 16, have worked like a dog for 50 years and am now ruined. I realised we were finished so I sold my operation last June.

Europe was a nice idea, but its the globalist politics that has killed us that and the euro. In the rest of the world, other countries can devalue their currency and become competitive. With the euro, we are trapped. Marine Le Pen is right we should get out of it.

Europe is just all restrictions and rules. You have to keep records on crop treatments and be careful about employment rules. You are bothered on all fronts. And the slightest mistake could cost you 10,000 in CAP aid, and thats a catastrophe.

In any case, theyre reducing the aid. In 2010, I got 100,000 in basic grants; last year it was 52,000, and soon there wont be any more. Doing a job that depend on grants is not healthy. Europe would do better to create a safety net and fix prices rather than grants.

Luc Defrance, 66, farmer, France

Many Dutch people feel powerless and angry. It is time to rediscover our identity

Joost Niemller. Photograph: Katrien Mulder

As well as books I write a blog called De Nieuwe Realist (the new realist). Europe is a land endowed with a rich civilisation. It works because it is based on the nation states, and yet its goal is to dismantle nation states, which would signify the end of European democracy. That is why many Dutch people, possibly even a majority, would like to leave the EU.

People want to take back control and decide their own future. Mass immigration is a serious problem. Many Dutch people feel powerless and angry. It is time for the Netherlands to rediscover its identity.

Joost Niemller, 60, writer, the Netherlands

The Eurosceptics in my family are happy that Russia is stepping up strongly

Rozalina Laskova. Photograph: Zdravko Yonchev/Sddeutsche Zeitung

I cant imagine Europe without the EU and am in favour of more integration. But I sometimes forget that other Bulgarians do not think like that. I have Eurosceptics in my own family, like my mother and aunt, who are bigger supporters of Russian culture, like a lot of Bulgarians. They see and read the same Bulgarian media which speak of the supposed all-encompassing manipulation of our country by Brussels and Washington. My aunt Maria asked me mockingly whether I also get money from the Americans. They are happy that Russia is stepping up so strongly.

Rozalina Laskova, 34, cultural adviser, Bulgaria

I would like to do a Swexit just like in the UK

Andreas berg Photograph: Andreas berg

The EU started as something different. In the beginning it was a good thing, a peacekeeping operation. But it has grown into something else: a massive, undemocratic monster, lots of people doing nothing to benefit the voters in their respective countries.

It seems to me more than half of the laws in Sweden are not decided by the Swedish government but by the EU. We vote for the government but if it doesnt have the majority of the power, how can that be democratic?

We choose representatives for the EU parliament, but I dont believe thats democratic either the ones who really affect what happens are not democratically elected. I havent read all the EU laws, only some of them, and some may benefit Sweden but many dont.

I work in the construction industry and we have seen a shift towards what they have in the UK, where people from the poorer countries come to work for you, and they do it for lower wages.

The main problem with the EU is that it incorporates loads of countries, and they are so vastly different in every way: welfare, economics, everything. To correct this the EU will have to make the richer countries poorer. So I would like to do a Swexit have a referendum like in the UK, and leave.

Andreas berg, 52, construction worker, Sweden

Stories collected by the Guardians Jon Henley and David Crouch in Gothenberg, and correspondents for the Europa group of newspapers: Thomas Urban in Madrid, Sebastian Jannasch in Brussels, Christian Gschwendtner in Munich, Lucie Soullier and Jean-Pierre Stroobants

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Stop with the leggings shaming and let women dress how they want

Oh the horror … LEGGINGS.

Image: Shutterstock / FXQuadro

United Airlines’ recent leggings ban has done much more than anger the online world it’s sparked an important discussion about the ongoing struggle women face dress in regards to unfair dress codes.

Though the great “should leggings be considered pants?” debate has been around for years, the controversy surrounding women’s dress codes was furiously reignited after Shannon Watts tweeted about two girls being banned from boarding a flight until they changed out of the leggings.

SEE ALSO: United Airlines: ‘Your leggings are welcome.’ Delta: ‘Duh’

Following the severe backlash, Jonathan Guerin, a spokesperson at United Airlines, assured Mashable that the leggings restriction solely applies to a select group of people: employees and their “pass riders,” friends or relatives of United employees who receive free or heavily discounted travel. All other passengers are invited to wear their leggings onboard United flights.

Why your worries are completely justified

Still, if you’re a woman and you’re flying as a pass rider, you are held to a much higher dress standard than others on your flight including being expected to leave your comfy, form-fitting leggings at home.

“Women are always damned if they do, damned if they don’t,” Dana Suchow a writer, stylist, and activist who runsDo The Hotpants, abody-positive blog focused on women’s empowerment told Mashable. “It seems like women exist solely to be judged by others and that there’s no space in which women are safe in to exist in the way that we want to exist … It goes from policing how much makeup we wear to how our hair is done or if our nails are a certain color.”

Other women agree. They rallied on Twitter to offer support and reflect on the fashion regulations that have made them feel “embarrassed” or “sexualized” by others.

Though United’s official statement casts its response as simply following a procedure that “most companies” also enforce, on Sunday, Twitter user Dana Schwartz explained why the dress code controversy matters so much.

Schwartz encouraged women to vocalize their own thoughts on the incident by sharing an anecdote about her shorts being too short in fifth grade. She also put the problem into visual terms by sharing a powerful drawing of a girl wearing “acceptable” clothing on one half of her body and “unacceptable” clothing on the other half.

http://pic.twitter.com/FFZkmI3lGp

Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) March 26, 2017

As dozens of women opened up about dress code-related pressures and negative experiences they’ve had in their own lives in schools, during extracurricular activities and even at their places of employment the problematic expectations of women’s fashion and bodies became increasingly clear. The stories shared, which included criticism for too much jewelry and cleavage, or not enough length, fabric or footwear, are nothing new and often straddle the line between enforcing “appropriate” fashion and slut-shaming.

“I want those girls to know they’re not alone,” Suchow said. “Even though it feels like the world, your schools and even plane companies all the places you spend your money are against you, there are people fighting for you and going through the same struggles. There are people who love you and know you’re worth more than what you’re wearing or how much makeup you have on.”

As beautifully displayed on an oversized white T-shirt by Isabella Villegas an 18-year-old girl who recently came to her 13-year-old’s sister’s defense after she was told her off-the-shoulder top was too revealing aside from being complete BS, dress codes can also promote objectification, sexualization and blaming the wearer for the actions of others. And though males are also given certain dress code guidelines, the strict and limiting regulations often lead to a feeling of shame amongst women.

my 13 year old sister was dress coded for her shirt today for “revealing too much chest and shoulder” so i made her a shirt to change into http://pic.twitter.com/NdRQws91HB

isabella rossellini (@bellavillegas_) March 13, 2017

In a 2015 interview with The Atlantic, Maggie Sunseri, producer of Shame: A Documentary on School Dress Code a short film featuring interviews with high school students about the negative impacts of dress codes explained, “Ive never seen a boy called out for his attire even though they also break the rules … The dress code makes girls feel self-conscious, ashamed, and uncomfortable in their own bodies.”

“But dress codes apply to boys too!” Men, did you feel shame for breaking dress code? For women, it becomes a character indictment.

Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) March 26, 2017

Airline dress code drama is nothing new

Though United’s latest dress code drama is making major headlines, this is not the first time women have been asked to change their physical appearance or to cover up by airlines.

Back in 2012, Southwest Airlines found itself in hot water after reportedly confronting a woman on her flight for showing too much cleavage in her flannel shirt. According to Jezebel, the woman, Avital, was told her cleavage was “inappropriate” and that she wouldn’t be able to fly unless she buttoned up a bit more.

“I didn’t want to let the representative’s Big Feelings about my breasts change the way I intended to board my flight,” she told the publication, “And lo and behold, the plane didn’t fall out of the sky … my cleavage did not interfere with the plane’s ability to function properly.”

And though the airline reportedly offered her an apology and a refund on her flight, “to add insult to injury,” Avital explained, “the guy sitting in front of me on the plane was wearing a shirt with an actual Trojan condom embedded behind a clear plastic applique and had no trouble getting on his flight.”

She concluded: “Slut shaming, pure and simple.”

Last May, JetBlue delayed boarding privileges for a 26-year-old woman traveling from Boston to Seattle because of her clothing. As Salon wrote, the Seattle burlesque performer, Maggie McMuffin, was reportedly told her shorts were too short and a gate agent requested she “cover up in order to get on the flight.”

Hey @JetBlue I was catching a connecting flight in Boston after a lovely flight from New York. Five minutes before boarding I was stopped.

Maggie McMuffin (@MaggieMcMuff) May 18, 2016

“I felt angry. I felt disrespected. I felt disappointed in the company,” McMuffin told the publication, while JetBlue spokesperson, Morgan Johnston, explained the decision was made with families in mind.

“The gate and onboard crew discussed the customers clothing and determined that the burlesque shorts may offend other families on the flight. While the customer was not denied boarding, the crew members politely asked if she could change,” Johnston told Salon.

After purchasing a new pair of shorts, McMuffin reportedly boarded her flight without further incident. JetBlue reportedly sent her a direct message on Twitter after seeing her frustrated tweets, explaining the request came from the pilot.

“It’s getting frustrating and exhausting,” Suchow said, reflecting on the numerous dress code regulations and appearance-based judgements women are constantly faced with. “I just don’t know what the ideal dress for a woman is. I honestly believe that these fake rules exist and keep women focused on their bodies and their appearance.”

“It keeps them shopping and it keeps them spending money instead of fighting for equal rights, fighting for equal pay, fighting for a seat at the table where they are treated equally because we’re so focused on our appearance … that’s what society has told us is important.”

But hey, don’t worry, if airlines dont want you to wear shorts that come above your knees or shirts that drop any lower than your collarbone there are plenty of other amazing fashion alternatives for you to choose from. The New Yorkerjokinglydefinesappropriate female flying attireas “refraining from showing cleavage, too much leg, or the outline of a human body,” and suggests women wear “a baggy tuxedo that looks like it belonged to a nineteen-thirties tap dancer, or a full hazmat suit.”

But rest assured, you dont need to take things THAT far. In the winter its easy to bundle up in ultra conservative sweaters topped with puffy ski jackets to ensure even someone with x-ray vision wont be able to make out any semblance of a female figure, and when the hot summer sun arrives you can strip down to light layers, like a nice mumu and baggy sweats, or full-length overalls paired with a fashionable turtleneck.

Sounds great, right? Just great.

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