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electronicgrowth · 4 years

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Guardian Angel: Chapter 2

Leah receives lots of bad news.

Warnings: death, car accidents, mentions of injuries, mentions of surgery

WC: 1837

When I was sixteen my dad died. He was driving home from work late one night and a drunk driver hit him. I was at a sleepover when it happened. After a night of sugary drinks and disgusting junk food we passed out around two in the morning. We couldn’t have been sleeping for more than an hour, when I was shook awake by Charlie.

“You gotta come with me kiddo,” he said. In a sleepy haze I collected my things and followed him. He wouldn’t tell me what happened, but I knew something was wrong.

Finally, when he got me home and sat me down at the kitchen bar. I saw Ransom in my periphery, standing at the edge of the kitchen, leaning up against a wall.

“Dad was in an accident, Leah,” Charlie said tears were threatening to spill out of his large, green eyes, “He— he didn’t make it.”

I can’t describe the feeling of hearing a loved one has died. But it feels like everything is in a free fall. Like you know the impact has to be coming, the pain has to be coming, but it’s not here yet. I was shocked. And the shock stayed with me for a few moments. Then came the tears. And the screaming.

“It’s so unfair. Everyone else got two parents. Now I don’t have any. My mom didn’t want me. And my daddy left me! I don’t have anyone now!” I screamed and hit Charlie with all the force my sixteen year old body could muster. Ransom came up behind me and grabbed me. He spun me around and held my face.

His blue eyes were red and watery. He had also been crying. He just pulled me in and held me. I sobbed into his chest. He kissed my forehead and whispered, “I’ve got you Bunny Rabbit. I’ve got you.”

The weird thing about grief is how you can think about something completely unrelated in the midst of your breakdown. I remember being struck by how different Ransom’s hug felt, compared to all the other hugs he had given me. When I was a kid he hugged me all the time. But this was different. He had gotten stronger, more muscular. He looked like a man. He felt like how I imagined a man would feel like. How I had always hoped Ransom would feel when he hugged.

Eventually, I calmed down enough to shower and climb into my bed. It was near six in the morning, when I finally fell asleep. Ransom slept on my floor that night.

The funeral came and went in a blur. I was struck by how silly the funeral and visitation are. It felt performative. Why were Charlie, Ethan, and I forced to host all these people? Why did we have to pay for it? It wasn’t what I wanted to do, but social convention dictated that we do it.

Ransom was like glue through the whole process. He helped us plan, made sure we were eating and showering. He was a pallbearer at the funeral. And he cemented himself in between Charlie and I during the service. Him being there was enough to comfort Charlie. But half way through the service my grief was threatening to bring me to my knees. Ransom wrapped his arm around me and pulled me closer. He kissed my forehead to comfort me. He just held me close to him for the remainder of the ceremony.

Dad’s job as a public defender didn’t leave much money for us to work with. We sold the house we had grown up in and any furniture we could find it in us to part with.

Charlie had a place with Ransom in New York. And Ethan was already out in California at college. So, that left me effectively homeless. The judge ruled that I would be under Charlie’s guardianship until I turned eighteen, or went to college. So, I moved to New York.

I hated it there. It was so loud and I missed Boston with ever fiber of my being. I also refused to go to school. My dad’s death left me with a lot of anxiety that manifested in strange ways. One of which, was anxiety with large crowds and unfamiliar situations.

I couldn’t imagine having to ride a crowded bus or subway to school. Just to sit in a class of people I didn’t know. Charlie and I compromised. I would go to therapy, and he would let me do an online high school instead. I never had any of the boyfriends I had dreamed of having. I only ever met one boy I was interested in. He was a member of study group. I really liked him. His name was Brandon.

We would meet at the coffee shop and do our homework together. One day Ransom came early to get me, and caught us kissing. He flipped out, like I had never seen before.

“What the fuck do you think you’re doing?” He yelled, grabbing Brandon by his collar.

“Ransom, calm down we were just kissing,” I said, while I tried to pry Ransom’s hands off Brandon.

“You listen to me you little snot nosed punk, if I see with 100 feet of this girl again I will fucking end you. You got me?” Ransom threatened. Poor Brandon nodded, and fearfully gathered his school supplies and raced out of the coffee shop.

“What the hell Ransom?” I screeched.

“Get your shit, I’m taking you home,” he said. When I didn’t move, he grabbed my books and notes and threw them into my backpack. He hauled me and my schoolwork out of the coffee shop.

“Ransom, I’m serious. What was that about?” I question.

“What?” He snarled, “You want to lose your virginity to that nobody?”

“What if I did? It wouldn’t be any of your business, Ransom,” I countered.

“Everything you do is my business Bunny Rabbit,” he said.

“You can’t protect me or control me forever Ransom. I’m going to grow up, and there’s nothing you can do about it,” I said brushing past him. We returned to our apartment, ignoring each other completely.

Of course, I was angry at Ransom, but if I was being honest with myself I was quite happy at the reaction that Brandon initiated in Ransom. Was he jealous? No, he couldn’t be jealous. He was twenty-six, I was sixteen. He slept with models, Brandon had been my first kiss. Even if he wasn’t strictly jealous, Ransom’s reaction bolstered my ego.

Eventually, the anxiety started to subside with the help of medication and therapy. I started doing yoga and meditating as well. Charlie was working crazy hours, but seemed to be handling the stress very well. Often, that left me with Ransom. He wasn’t into working a real job. And he didn’t have to since Harlan was footing his bills. He was working on his own writing. He confided in me that he always dreamed of following in his grandfather’s footsteps and becoming a writer. He made me promise to never tell anyone, not even Charlie. Ransom’s writing was amazing. He let me read excerpts and give notes on what I liked, or didn’t like. This arrangement was just temporary though. I was chomping at the bit to get back to Boston and go to college.

After getting my high school diploma, I opted to go to Boston College. The campus felt magical to me. All old buildings, and a library out of the movies. I was excited to pursue a degree in Literature. I wanted to work in publishing in some capacity, so I minored in business to strengthen my options. I flourished in college. Made friends, got decent grades. Kissed a few more boys, maybe did a little more than that. Well, did a lot more than that.

But life loves to throw curve balls. When I was twenty, Charlie died. The doctor said he had a mild heart arrhythmia that he never knew about. The cocaine forced him into heart failure. Again Ransom stuck to me like glue. Comforted me when Ethan didn’t. Helped me arrange everything. What surprised me the most was that Harlan came to the funeral. He had a hug for both me and Ransom.

After that Ransom moved home to Massachusetts too. He said New York was what Charlie wanted. There was nothing left there for him anymore.

I decided to take an extended leave from school. But really I spent my days in bed barely moving. Ransom quickly discovered that I wasn’t taking care of myself and forced me to move in with him until I was doing better. He made me shower and eat. And at least get out of bed, even if I was just moving to the living room. He let me pick our takeout every night and all our shows. He even let me watch shows he absolutely hated, with barely a breath of complaint.

He even started to apply pressure for me to go back to school. He insisted that I keep living with him while I got my degree. I worked my ass off but managed to graduate just one semester late. Ethan couldn’t be bothered to fly in to watch me walk, he was too busy out in San Francisco with his job. But there was Ransom, just like when I was little. With a big bouquet of flowers and the proudest smile.

I wasn’t fielding off job offers after graduation.

“I could talk to my grandfather, you know. He’s always liked you, I’m sure he knows of something at Blood Like Wine that would be a good fit for you,” Ransom told me.

“I appreciate the offer Ran, but I want to make it on my own,” I responded. Eventually, I got an unpaid internship at a small publishing company. It was mostly, getting coffee and stuff like that. I also worked a part time job as a receptionist to pay my bills.

I loved being on my own and being independent. Ransom bought his house near his grandfather around that time. I hoped that meant he was spending more time with Harlan. Hopefully, thinking about writing again.

One night I was driving home from my job. I started to round a corner, but as I pumped the brakes the car wasn’t slowing. I began to panic. I floored the brake, still nothing. My car careened off the road; I had attempted the turn, even without the aid of my brakes. My car rolled with a sickening crunch about three and a half times. Along with the crunches was a symphony of glass breaking. I screamed the whole time. The car stopped upside down. Leaving me dangling by my seatbelt. I managed to reach to the passenger side where my purse was. I struggled to stay coherent through the pain that had settled on my left side. I found my phone and dialed 911 before I passed out.

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asomeonenamedjey · 7 years

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can you answer all 150 in like a master post, you can take all the time you want, but honestly, I love knowing all that I can about my friends and people answering asks is like, my kink, so pls jey

LETS DO THIS (under the cut)

1.Who was the last person you held hands with? my friend ellie

2. Are you outgoing or shy? shy

3. Who are you looking forward to seeing? it would be nice to see my pal @imametaphwhore

4. Are you easy to get along with? i guess so?

5. If you were drunk would the person you like take care of you? idk most likely my friends

6. What kind of people are you attracted to? feminine boys when it comes to looks and pursinalety wise i tend to find myself attracted to ppl who seem ultra anxious

7. Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now? lmao no

8. Who from the opposite gender is on your mind? ...no one really atleast not in a romantic sence

9. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable? not really tbh

10. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with? my friend ellie...but it wasnt that

11. What does the most recent text that you sent say? “what do you wanna eat that isnt pizza”

12. What are your 5 favorite songs right now? the entire wintergatan and detektivbyran albums

13. Do you like it when people play with your hair? i liked it when it was long but ppl cant really do it anymore since its short but i love it so so much

14. Do you believe in luck and miracles? miracles? no luck..sure

15. What good thing happened this summer? i got out of a toxic friendship and i grew as a purson

16. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? ...i think i kissed my mom a few weeks ago

17. Do you think there is life on other planets? yeah but not in the green human like thing with big black eyes sort of way

18. Do you still talk to your first crush? never had one

19. Do you like bubble baths? hell no

20. Do you like your neighbors? tbh i have no clue if i even have neighbors...

21. What are you bad habits? i actually tend to be really mean to others as a way to take out my anger in myself rather than properly managing self hatred and stuff..idk i know its bad and i want to stop =/

22. Where would you like to travel? germany!

23. Do you have trust issues? no but it takes me a long long time to warm up to someone

24. Favorite part of your daily routine? getting to watch wintergatan videos

25. What part of your body are you most uncomfortable with? idk tbh i actually dont mind my body much, i mean yeah it would be nice to look more masculen but i dont hate my body

26. What do you do when you wake up? to my desk where my computer is

27. Do you wish your skin was lighter or darker? darker

28. Who are you most comfortable around? aside from family? idk i recently got really confterble with my pals ellie its been a while since ive gotten so close to someone

29. Have any of your ex’s told you they regret breaking up? again i never dated anyone

30. Do you ever want to get married? not really

31. Is your hair long enough for a pony tail? a tiny tiny one near the top

32. Which celebrities would you have a threesome with? ....idk im not really attracted to anyone in that sort of way

33. Spell your name with your chin. ujew7yu

34. Do you play sports? What sports? no..

35. Would you rather live without TV or music? without TV

36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them? never liked anyone period

37. What do you say during awkward silences? nothing...

38. Describe your dream girl/guy? dont have one... jessie eisenberg is pretty though

39. What are your favorite stores to shop in? tbh i really like looking around in toy stores...

40. What do you want to do after high school? im not sure i might make music i might do more art i might become a doctor..im not sure

41. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance? yes but if you fuck it up you deserve nothing

42. If your being extremely quiet what does it mean? im not too loud in the first place but im probubly overwelmed

43. Do you smile at strangers? no

44. Trip to outer space or bottom of the ocean? yes

45. What makes you get out of bed in the morning? wintergatan..

46. What are you paranoid about? that ppl just think im gross are only talk to me out of pitty

47. Have you ever been high? no but my sister has lmao

48. Have you ever been drunk? no but my sister has lmao

49. Have you done anything recently that you hope nobody finds out about? yeah

50. What was the colour of the last hoodie you wore? navy green

51. Ever wished you were someone else? quite a few times acttually haha

52. One thing you wish you could change about yourself? i wish i was cis

53. Favourite makeup brand? dont like makeup

54. Favourite store? ...hot topic..i dont buy clothes from there though

55. Favourite blog? star-nebula

56. Favourite colour? desatuated blues and reds i hate greens, yellows, and oranges

57. Favourite food? spaghetti+bread

58. Last thing you ate? mashed potatos and potato salad

59. First thing you ate this morning? 3 hashbrowns

60. Ever won a competition? For what? rythmic gysnastics

61. Been suspended/expelled? For what? no..

62. Been arrested? For what? stepping on my dogs foot...he yelped and i turned myself in

63. Ever been in love? no

64. Tell us the story of your first kiss? never had one

65. Are you hungry right now? i just ate mashed potatos and potato salad

66. Do you like your tumblr friends more than your real friends? alot of my real friends are also my tumblr friends

67. Facebook or Twitter? hate both

68. Twitter or Tumblr? tumblr

69. Are you watching tv right now? no

70. Names of your bestfriends? ellie emily and maka

71. Craving something? What? nothing

72. What colour are your towels? green

72. How many pillows do you sleep with? 2 body pillows and 1 small square one

73. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? no there annoying

74. How many stuffed animals do you think you have? 3 but all of them are smol and on my shelf

75. Favourite animal? i like whales

76. What colour is your underwear? dark green

77. Chocolate or Vanilla? vanilla

78. Favourite ice cream flavour? green tea

79. What colour shirt are you wearing? black

80. What colour pants? grey

81. Favourite tv show? none atm

82. Favourite movie? why stop now

83. Mean Girls or Mean Girls 2? heathers

84. Mean Girls or 21 Jump Street? none

85. Favourite character from Mean Girls? dont like the movie

86. Favourite character from Finding Nemo? dory

87. First person you talked to today? my mom

88. Last person you talked to today? my mom

89. Name a person you hate? fuckin ethan

90. Name a person you love? emily maka ellie charlie

91. Is there anyone you want to punch in the face right now? no im chill

92. In a fight with someone? no im chill

93. How many sweatpants do you have? like 4

94. How many sweaters/hoodies do you have? 3

95. Last movie you watched? hethers

96. Favourite actress? dont have one

97. Favourite actor? as i said i like jesse eisenberg alot

98. Do you tan a lot? no

99. Have any pets? 2 betta fish and an old dog i love them

100. How are you feeling? good alittle tired and a little bitter sweet

101. Do you type fast? i think so?

102. Do you regret anything from your past? toxic friendship i was in

103. Can you spell well? lmao no

104. Do you miss anyone from your past? my uncle sam, he’s gone now though

105. Ever been to a bonfire party? yeah

106. Ever broken someone’s heart? probubly

107. Have you ever been on a horse? yeah her name was penelope

108. What should you be doing? studying german

109. Is something irritating you right now? idk im tired of most humans atm

110. Have you ever liked someone so much it hurt? ive wanted physical affection from someone so bad it hurt but nothing romantic

111. Do you have trust issues? no not really

112. Who was the last person you cried in front of? my friend grechen i think

113. What was your childhood nickname? birth name..nothing speacial

114. Have you ever been out of your province/state? oh yeah 100%

115. Do you play the Wii? not anymore but i have one

116. Are you listening to music right now? yeah

117. Do you like chicken noodle soup? sorta

118. Do you like Chinese food? yeah

119. Favourite book? idk

120. Are you afraid of the dark? no but sometimes my imaganation gets the best of me

121. Are you mean? yes and i dont like it

122. Is cheating ever okay? no not ever

123. Can you keep white shoes clean? i cant keep black shoes clean take a lucky guess

124. Do you believe in love at first sight? no

125. Do you believe in true love? no

126. Are you currently bored? not really

127. What makes you happy? music art wintergatan

128. Would you change your name? already did (not officaly but whatever)

129. What your zodiac sign? leo

130. Do you like subway? its alright

131. Your bestfriend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you do? tell them im not into them and see what happens

132. Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with? i think i already answered this

133. Favourite lyrics right now? none right now

134. Can you count to one million? anyone can if they have the time

135. Dumbest lie you ever told? “i didnt kick that kid” I WAS 6 OK SHUT UP

136. Do you sleep with your doors open or closed? closed

137. How tall are you? 5′3 i think

138. Curly or Straight hair? straight

139. Brunette or Blonde? brunette

140. Summer or Winter? fall

141. Night or Day? night

142. Favourite month? dont have one april i guess

143. Are you a vegetarian? no

144. Dark, milk or white chocolate? milk

145. Tea or Coffee? tea

146. Was today a good day? yeah

147. Mars or Snickers? snickers

148. What’s your favourite quote? “Talent is totally overrated patience and hard work is all you need”

149. Do you believe in ghosts? no

150. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the first line “my death-wound fron the side whence i expecten no ill, and be safe on that where i looked for most danger”

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kartiavelino · 5 years

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The 10 rising stars you should watch for in 2019

Because the Oscar nominations draw close to, the focus will shine on many well-known names. However let’s transfer on and try the up-and-comers in Hollywood to watch on screens in the approaching years. A few of our rising stars already had breakout roles in 2018, together with Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie of “Go away No Hint” and John David Washington of “BlacKkKlansman.” Movie star DNA additionally makes our listing of newbies with Washington, who has downplayed the truth that he’s the offspring of the one and solely Denzel, and Maya Hawke, daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. Veteran performers, together with Awkwafina (“Loopy Wealthy Asians”), who’ve been toiling in the trade for years (in her case, as a rapper), are also getting their correct consideration, together with the very freshest-faced of newcomers, similar to 13-year-old Shahadi Wright Joseph. Right here’s who to maintain your eye on now and in the years to come back. Awkwafina Awkwafina in a scene from “Loopy Wealthy Asians.”AP The place you know her from: Her rap albums “Yellow Ranger” and “In Fina We Belief,” as Constance in “Oceans 8” and because the wild and wisecracking greatest good friend Peik Lin in “Loopy Wealthy Asians” The place you’ll see her this 12 months: A secretive new fantasy drama movie known as “Paradise Hills” and a Comedy Central TV sequence known as — what else? — “Awkwafina.” Why she’s a standout: This 29-year-old actress, who was born and raised in New York, has an explosive persona that will have been helped alongside by her bizarre listing of pre-fame jobs: bodega employee and air- conditioning firm worker, amongst them. What she’s recognized for now isn’t promoting sandwiches, however stealing scenes. In “Oceans 8,” she starred alongside Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock and Rihanna. Who was everyone speaking about? Awkwafina. In “Loopy Wealthy Asians,” Constance Wu performed the romantic lead. Who did everyone bear in mind? The hilarious greatest good friend, Awkwafina. In 2019, she’s poised to turn into a comedy powerhouse. Ed Oxenbould Ed Oxenbould in “Wildlife.”©IFC Movies/Everett Assortment The place you know him from: Because the grandson in 2015’s “The Go to” and as Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal’s emotionally struggling teen son in “Wildlife” The place you’ll see him this 12 months: “Being Gavin,” an Australian movie that additionally stars his dad Jamie Why he’s a standout: Like Lucas Hedges in “Manchester by the Sea” or Nicholas Hoult in “A few Boy,” Oxenbould is a younger actor who excels at listening. For audiences, that quiet contemplation makes the teenager with deep swimming pools for eyes completely transfixing. The 17-year-old Australian confirmed off his chops final 12 months in Paul Dano’s film “Wildlife,” in which he outshone co-stars Mulligan and Gyllenhaal as a son who needed to pave his personal path as his dad and mom’ lives unraveled. He’s one of many youngest actors on our listing, but when this extraordinary first main function is any indication, he has a few years of strolling the crimson carpet to come back. Joe Alwyn WireImage The place you know him from: “Boy Erased,” “Mary Queen of Scots” and Emma Stone’s kinky boy toy in “The Favorite” The place you’ll see him this 12 months: “Harriet,” the brand new Harriet Tubman biopic starring Cynthia Erivo and Janelle Monáe Why he’s a standout: It’s simple to neglect Alwyn is a rattling good actor. That’s as a result of his most cited credit score tends to be his function as Taylor Swift’s boyfriend. However whereas engagement rumors swirl, the good-looking Brit has had a run of supporting roles in main, acclaimed movies — 4 in 2018 alone. With every passing function the 6-foot-2 actor reveals extra persona and sheds some boyishness — typically scandalously. In “The Favorite,” Alwyn, 27, has intercourse scenes with Stone and at one level tells her, “I’ll have you stripped and whipped.” As for what goes on in his life with Swift, whom he started courting in 2017, he refuses to debate it. “I believe we now have been efficiently very personal, and that has now sunk in for folks,” he instructed British Vogue. John David Washington John David Washington starred in “Blackkklansman.”Focus Options The place you know him from: “Monsters and Males,” “Monster,” “The Previous Man & the Gun” with Robert Redford, and as a Colorado police division’s first black officer in “BlacKkKlansman” The place you’ll see him this 12 months: Greater than doubtless on the Oscars Why he’s a standout: In Washington’s quick, however impactful profession, he has carried out the unattainable: He’s made us neglect he’s Denzel Washington’s son. A formidable and completely completely different actor from his pop, 34-year-old Washington began out taking part in soccer. He was even signed by the St. Louis Rams, however quickly determined the pigskin wasn’t for him. “As soon as I tore my Achilles tendon, I knew I couldn’t play once more,” he instructed The Publish final September. “That’s after I transitioned to my first ardour.” His greatest break to this point has been Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” which earned him a Golden Globe nod for greatest actor. He might be forging a brand new appearing dynasty: Barrymores, Redgraves, Washingtons. Danielle Macdonald Danielle Macdonald in a scene from “Dumplin.’ “Netflix The place you know her from: As an aspiring rapper in “Patti Cake$,” a Dolly Parton obsessed fan in “Dumplin’,” and the sufferer of an apocalyptic plague in “Hen Field” The place you’ll see her this 12 months: “Paradise Hills” and a Netflix sequence known as “Unbelievable,” additionally starring Toni Collette Why she’s a standout: You’ve most likely seen a number of Macdonald the previous few months. That’s as a result of two of her hottest movies to this point — “Hen Field” and “Dumplin’ ” — have been each launched by Netflix in December. The 27-year-old Australian actress radiates attraction and persona on-screen, when rapping or singing, being humorous or susceptible. Her efficiency in “Patti Cake$” made such an impression, she was supplied the function of Jennifer Aniston’s daughter in “Dumplin’ ” with out having to audition. The function required her to croon with Dolly Parton, however Macdonald, a superb rapper, doesn’t take into account herself historically musical. “I can’t sing. So, you know, it took me a very very long time to get a take that was half respectable,” she instructed Elle. “It wasn’t my first time in a recording sales space, nevertheless it was my first time singing and I needed to sing on set to Dolly Parton.” Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie in “Go away No Hint.”Scott Inexperienced / Bleecker Avenue You might know her from: A pitch-perfect efficiency as the teenager daughter of a traumatized struggle vet (Ben Foster) in the quiet, critically-acclaimed indie “Go away No Hint.” That earned her the breakthrough efficiency award from the Nationwide Board of Evaluation. Or, if you’re a fellow Kiwi, you could know her from earlier TV sequence together with the children’ present “Lucy Lewis Can’t Lose” and the cleaning soap opera “Shortland Avenue.” The place you’ll see her this 12 months: She’ll be throughout in 2019, from the Taika Waititi-directed darkish comedy “Jojo Rabbit,” taking part in a Jewish lady throughout World Struggle II, to “The King,” in which she’ll seem reverse one in every of final 12 months’s up-and-comers, Timothée Chalamet. She’s additionally taking part in a grieving sibling in the upcoming Netflix sequence “Misplaced Ladies,” the true-crime story of a Lengthy Island lady who goes lacking — not like McKenzie, who’ll be ever-more seen. Why she’s a standout: The 18-year-old actress has already proven a knack for delving deep into her roles; she discovered real-life survival abilities together with fire-building and foraging for “Go away No Hint,” which, by the way, was directed by Debra Granik — who found one other up-and-comer by the title of Jennifer Lawrence for her 2010 movie, “Winter’s Bone.” Shahadi Wright Joseph Actor Shahadi Wright Joseph, left, with singer David Aleksander on the American Music Awards in October.UPI You might know her from: Taking part in Little Inez in 2016’s “Hairspray Reside!” — in which she was the youngest solid member — plus Broadway roles in “College of Rock” and “The Lion King.” The place you’ll see her this 12 months: This 12 months, she’s set to revisit “The Lion King” as she voices the younger lion Nala in Disney’s live-action, large finances remake (in which Beyoncé is taking part in the grownup Nala), out in July. She’s additionally starring alongside Lupita Nyong’o in Jordan Peele’s new movie, “Us,” a few vacationing household with some unwelcome guests; its trailer impressively one-ups “Get Out” in creepiness. Why she’s a standout: The effervescent 13-year-old made a televised smash in “Hairspray,” however she was a pint-size showbiz veteran years earlier than that. 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The latest academic research on the web, hypertext and social media

Semantic Web, Knowledge Graphs, Social Media and Memes

As a PhD student, I’m keen to discover the latest academic research, which often happens at conferences. Although my main area of research is within marketing, my specialist area is social media. This year I stumbled over the ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media.

In case, like me, you didn’t know, the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) is a major international organisation focused on ‘Advancing Computing as a Science & Profession’. Their members include Vint Cerf, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and many of the computing great and good. They hold 170 conferences a year and have 37 Special Interest Groups, including Hypertext and Social Media.

Academic research source: ACM Digital Library

They also have a Digital Library that contains a wealth of significant academic articles about fake news, analysing Twitter data, bots and big data, privacy and artificial intelligence, as well as every aspect of applied computing and IT you could imagine.

I’ve previously written about the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) and the Academy of Marketing Conference.

The ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media took place over 5 days in Prague at the historical Charles University, chaired by Dr Peter Dolog from Aalborg University, Denmark and Professor Peter Vojtas from Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. The event is partly sponsored by SIGWEB and their representative Professor Ethan Munson explained how SIGWEB was a valuable source of information with the latest academic content on all aspects hypermedia.

What is hypertext? And why does it matter?

Hypertext is a medium (words, images, sound) that contains links. The whole concept of the WWW was built around hypertext – documents that link from one place to another. If you remove hypertext, you end up in a silo that may not contain the real information needed.

What happened to the Semantic Web?

On a related note, another key area is the concept of the semantic web; this was part of Tim Berners-Lee’s original vision for the web and it’s about how data in web pages is structured and how it can be read by computers.

The first keynote at the ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media was delivered by Peter Mika of Schibsted who shared his findings on What happened to the Semantic Web?’ Peter provided an overview and explained that back in 2001, Scientific American popularised the semantic web and in the land of search, semantic has grown, partly with rich snippets from Google, Yahoo and Bing. This was closely followed by Pinterest’s rich pins and Facebook’s open graph – it’s all intended to be part of a semantic web.

The issue at the moment is that there are fewer standards, so everyone’s opting for their own system, rather than an open method across all platforms and the result is that web search has become more complex. How many times have you searched for something online, only to find a whole bundle of irrelevant material? This has led to a new area of research ‘semantic search’. The aim is to study retrieval methods where the user intent and resources are represented in a semantic representation, so you’re more likely to get better search results. This is where knowledge graphs appear. Relevant information is linked and used in the search results. So if I search for ‘Bloomingdales New York opening hours’, I’m more likely to get what I was looking for, rather than reviews of the department store. It’s also about how web engineers construct websites to ensure that any possible search data is labelled and tagged correctly.

Knowledge Graphs and Social Media

We wrote about Knowledge Graphs in 2012 and the challenge is that knowledge graphs are private not public – so we have no real opportunity to add to them, other than to edit, as we wrote about in 2016.

One of my interests is social media and the growth of these social networks has led to a more siloed-approach. If I’m in Facebook, I search for content from friends and family and may even read movie reviews, vacation stories and more. The key is that I do all this within one ecosystem, Facebook, rather than crawling across the world wide web, from site to site.

I think of this a little like the all-inclusive holiday. People taking holidays where it’s a fixed price, tend to stay within the resort as they’re already committed (money rather than time) and it’s an easier option. Booking your own flights, accommodation and planning trips, finding and booking restaurants requires more effort and potentially a greater commitment in terms of costs. And social media sites like Facebook are making it easier and easier to stay in the ecosystem; news, trending stories, instant articles – it’s all designed to keep the audience captive for as long as possible.

Peter Mika concluded that the threats were about the monopolisation of the web – largely by social media, but there are opportunities too! Peter mentioned the possibility of standards for sharing user preferences/profiles – privacy was a big theme across the conference – along with open alternatives to Siri/Alexa/Cortana/Google Now, that connect to any (semantic) web service, rather than the specific search engine or location.

A meme is not a virus

The second keynote was delivered by Kristina Lerman; ‘A meme is not a virus: the role of cognitive heuristics in information diffusion’. Starting with the concept of how memes spread online, it’s similar to the outbreak of a virus and her work has looked at standard models of contagion which shows large outbreaks of a virus.

Kristina explained how memes are unlikely to become viral due to various biases and mentioned the cognitive bias codex.

A user needs to see an item and find it interesting before they decide to respond. Looking back at how people make decisions there is a position bias as people pay about 5% more attention to stories at the top of the list! So, if you’re unlucky enough to have content further down the list, it won’t be seen. This is interesting as Facebook focuses on primacy and recency; placing what’s new at the top of the page, emphasising ‘recent content’ and this may be one of the reasons why.

The other issue is in the world of constant content, users divide their attention over all incoming posts, although Kristina mentioned that ‘highly connected people are less sustainable to infection due to their increased cognitive load.’ Effectively people that are well-connected online, are less likely to re-tweet memes, as they are subject to so much additional content. Plus, those with many connections are less likely to re-tweet older posts.

This means that technically, highly connected people suppress the spread of information online. Bizarrely many companies focus on those with large numbers of followers to share their information.

Perhaps they should be looking for those with fewer followers?

Future research to watch

Over the 5 days there were over 35 presentations and too many to list here, so my highlights included:

Lorena Recalde shared details on how to detect trending topics

How to classify news outlets using Twitter from @ElejaldeErick

David Millard, Associate Professor of Computer and Web Science at the University of Southampton and Charlie Hargood shared their Location-Based Narrative using Sculptural Hypertext based on the Tiree Tech Wave (the Isle of Tiree is in Scotland and they have an event on technology every year)

Ladislav Peska looked at recommender systems

Mirella Moro explored Point of Interest ratings and reviews

And a workshop on Immersion in e-Learning was delivered by the enthusiastic Alexandra Cristea from the University of Warwick.

And next year the conference moves from Europe to Baltimore in the USA!

from Blog – Smart Insights http://www.smartinsights.com/managing-digital-marketing/marketing-innovation/latest-academic-research-web-hypertext-social-media/

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