Former Loudoun County Superintendent Scott Ziegler convicted of special ed. teacher’s retaliatory firing
The former school’s superintendent of Loudoun County, Virginia, was found guilty Friday for the retaliatory firing of a special education school teacher, a misdemeanor charge related to a larger scandal that engulfed the district over how it handled a pair of sexual assaults.
Scott Ziegler was found not guilty of a lesser charge, punishing an employee for attending court. He faces up to a year…
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Finland backs NATO; Russia vows 'retaliatory' steps
Finland backs NATO; Russia vows ‘retaliatory’ steps
Editor’s note: This page recaps the news from Ukraine on Thursday, May 12. Follow here for the latest updates and news from Friday, May 13, as Russia’s invasion continues.
Finland’s leadership announced support Thursday for expedited NATO membership despite dire Kremlin warnings of “retaliatory steps.”
The decision by President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin is strongly supported…
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Putin orders retaliatory sanctions against the West: Kremlin
Putin orders retaliatory sanctions against the West: Kremlin
Putin orders retaliatory sanctions against the West: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on retaliatory economic sanctions in response to the “unfriendly actions of certain foreign states and international organisations”, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. The document does not provide any details of which individuals or entities may be affected by the measures. According to…
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la puerta del inferno
in which floyd takes you on an impromptu date.
a/n: not proofread, had this one rotting in my drafts for a while so i hope it’s okay. floyd’s probably ooc too, sincerest apologies.
“shrimpyyyyy!” echoed from behind you in the hall as you walked alongside ace and deuce. instinctively the duo recognized the voice and broke into a dead sprint, leaving you behind to deal with floyd yourself.
as you heard his footsteps get closer he grabbed your shoulders and wrapped his arms around you in a back hug.
“shrimpy!! found ya!”, he giggled, all whilst keeping you in that tight hug.
“what’s up floyd?,” you smiled back at him.
“i need your help with somethin’”, he replied with a closed eye grin.
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“eat up, shrimpy!” floyd exclaimed.
the booth table where both of you sat, floyd directly across of you, was covered in dishes. from mere appetizers to three course meals and deserts.
“what’s all this for?”, you questioned.
sure, you and floyd hung out and got along well and sure, he made your stomach do flips and your heart race, but what of it would lead to this?
“just wanted to hang out ya,” he smiled, flashing his teeth at you as he grabbed a knife and a fork and began to cut into what appeared to be a fancy steak dish.
“open wide, shrimpy,” he crooned, as he fed you bites of the steak. your heart was racing like you were in a marathon, you could feel butterflies flailing wildly in your stomach as you ate the steak that he, floyd leech of all people, fed you.
so not only was your crush cutting and feeding you pieces of steak, the steak was absolutely incredible.
“wow! this is really good, floyd. who made all of this?”, you exclaimed.
“hehe, that’s a secret, shrimpy~”, he answered, his eyes never once leaving your face.
unbeknownst to you, floyd himself had cooked, baked and prepared every single dish on that table. all of it — just for you.
“no, floyd, really…who made all this? it’s incredible!,”
“why’s it matter? did’ya like it or not?”, he pouted.
“liked it? i loved it! thanks for treating me, floyd. next times on me.”, you replied, feeling far too giddy for your heart’s sake.
at that floyd’s face broke into a huge grin.
as you and floyd conversed, the other leech twin approached your table.
“floyd, [name], i’m glad to see that your date went well. is there anything else i can help you with?”, jade smiled as you felt your mouth open wide agape.
“what? date???”, you questioned and the grins on the twins faces confirmed your question.
“‘course it is, shrimpy~, i made it all myself just for ya,”floyd smiled at you, very pleased with himself.
“and since ya said you’d treat me next time, that oughta count as a second date, right?~”
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circ is such 4 hypocrite. they cl4im to be pro endo 4nd then keep being friends with bigots (they're besties with J4S 4nd other people who've h4r4ssed you so its not surprising). even more recently they c4me out 4nd reve4led themselves to be one of the mods of the 4nti endo 4nd bigoted sysbox tumblr blog 4nd its so fucking dis4ppointed. i never re4lly liked them bec4use of how much they h4r4ss tulp4s but their recent post on th4t blog is such 4 new low. THEY H4VE SUCH PICK ME ENERGY. they're liter4lly joking 4bout being better 4nd more 'civil' th4n most pro endos 4nd endos (you know the people they SUPPOSEDLY support so much), which re-enforces stereotypes 4bout endo systems. they literally do not give 4 shit 4bout us or our rights 4nd i wish more plur4l collectives fucking stopped supporting them just bec4use they make 're4lly nice and friendly sysmed cdd system' their whole br4nd. they're like those people who 4spire to be 4 model minority. they dont c4re. they h4ve never c4red. they only c4re about their own 4cceptance and getting popul4rity but dont c4re 4bout the rest of the community. im so 4ngry. my littles who used to find their blog comforting 4re fucking he4rtbroken. i knew they were shit but im so 4ngry 4t myself for not being 4ble to protect my system. im so 4ngry on beh4lf of my system and on beh4lf of the whole plur4l community. we deserve better
https://www.tumblr.com/sysboxes/745040882164760576/which-mod-is-circular-bircular-arent-they-pro?source=share
i hope this is ok4y to send. im just re4lly angry and your blog h4s 4lw4ys been 4 s4fe sp4ce for us. th4nk you for everything you do btw. despite the h4te, you 4lw4ys keep posting 4nd fighting for our rights. my system 4dmires you [ ^-^] <3
I'm sorry you feel hurt and betrayed.
It's terrible to put your trust in someone and find out they aren't who you thought they were. But for what it's worth, I don't think you let your system down.
Life is about making mistakes and learning. You can't refuse to trust anyone just because you get burned in the past. Maybe it hurts now, but I don't think any lasting damage was done.
Personally, learning this... I find myself largely indifferent. I'm not at all surprised at this, knowing them. They've modded anti-endo discord servers, so why not an anti-endo sysbox blog?
My own feelings on Circ are complicated. I do not consider Circ safe for endogenic systems given their reblogs and support of anti-endos, and frequent parroting of anti-endo talking points.
At the same time, I actually do think their presence in anti-endo spaces has been a net positive for our goals in those communities. Circ has bragged a few times about making their anti-endo friends more pro-endo. And while I wouldn't say those friends became allies to the pro-endo community, many did switch to more neutral stances which I do think helped reduce hate against endogenic and pro endo systems in those spaces, and that seems like a good thing for me.
So I guess, while I don't care much for Circ as a person due to history there, I can acknowledge that their influence in anti-endo spaces ultimately serves my goals.
Besides, it's really upsetting some anti-endos so that's fun to watch! 😁
And you know, they have a point.
Like, if I was following a pro-endo blog and learned that one of the mods was anti-endo... and an anti-endo who bragged about making pro-endos more anti-leaning, I would be very suspicious of not just that one anti-endo but all the mods on that blog they were friends with.
How can you trust that your anti-endo sysbox mods haven't already been converted to the other side and aren't just lying to you about their syscourse stance???
Now you might think I'm just intentionally trying to spread mistrust and division among anti-endos by saying this... get them to turn on each other and tear themselves apart from the inside. And you'd be absolutely right! But that doesn't mean I'm wrong, and it doesn't mean me stating my motives aloud will make it any less likely to work!
And I would even like to say that I do appreciate the mod team on that blog being able to look past an alleged pro-endo's syscourse stance. Even if it's only for this one kind-of-hypocritical exception since they still refuse to interact with any other pro-endos.
Yes, I SophieInWonderland, endogenic tulpa, support sysboxes for having a pro-endo-identifying mod!
And since antiendovents crossposted in the inclusive plural tag, this is going straight into the anti-endo tags so the entire anti-endo community can see me expressing this support that I'm sure won't create any waves at all. 😈
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Every nation wishing to fight or resist american imperialism must be willing to hold nuclear arsenals. You don't have to use them, you don't even have to have a lot, you just have to have them. It does not make you a threat by merely having a weapon, especially if there is a warmonger with tenfold more and more than willing to use them on you.
The imperialists in washington have nuclear weapons and they are willing to and have used them. You have to speak to imperialists with their language. Abject destruction and violence is the only language they know. You have to tell them that if they want to bite, you will bite back equally.
SN: AZ24
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[not even through first page of dash on allotted brief lunch time tumblr break]
[absolutely fantastic post about Palestine and Palestinians persevering and living and don’t let your western media propaganda bias dehumanise them to you based on stereotypes about their people during this ongoing genocide perpetuated by the state of israel]
awesome awesome hell yeah cool yes reblo-
“so anyway yeah Death To Israel”
…it would’ve been so fucking easy.
to not immediately miss the entire subtext of your own damn post.
“Dissolve.” “Dismantle.” “Deconstruct.” “Topple.” “Overthrow.” or i don’t know, just fucking…
one of so many other words that explicitly and specifically describe a process of removing the authority and sovereign status of a nation/state and its radical, war criminal government and occupying military forces.
but no instead let’s go with Death just fucking kill them all wipe them out the same way they’re doing to Palestine because as we all know of course there’s no “citizens” in israel actively fighting and protesting and campaigning and being targeted by their own radical government for it. they’re all just exactly the same as the stereotype all the media making it out of israel shows - toxic, racist, inhuman, bullshit viral video/tiktok stars, who are all cheering and making jokes about it, and if you try to humanize israelis right now what are you a fucking zionist how DARE you not support Palestine?
and then these same folks will turn around and say “okay y’all STOP freaking out about retaliatory violence, NO ONE is saying freeing Palestine means theyre are gonna turn around and try to wipe israeli’s* out the same way, that’s making a LOT of incredibly harmful assumptions about them based on barbaric and fearmongering stereotypes ”
…in the same fucking breath they just said “death to israel.”
8 whole minutes in and that’s ALREADY enough social media for the day 🫥
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