#this sums up Aug-Dec perfectly

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I posted 7,655 times in 2022

That's 7,655 more posts than 2021!

1,341 posts created (18%)

6,314 posts reblogged (82%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@heroesbyler

@aemiron-main

@magentamee

@octobergrae

@laozuspo

I tagged 2,630 of my posts in 2022

#byler - 659 posts

#will byers - 547 posts

#stranger things - 515 posts

#mike wheeler - 457 posts

#asks - 427 posts

#personal - 235 posts

#henry/vecna/001 - 131 posts

#paper faces - 120 posts

#byler tumblr - 101 posts

#@prev - 84 posts

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#please put your hands through the pats of my cage i promise i won’t bite you i promise i won’t rip you to shreds please please please put—

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

guys i hate to break it to you but i found a leaked pic of mikhail and—

1,250 notes - Posted August 26, 2022

#4

i still can’t believe Will made fucking self-insert OC fanart of Mike and him and their friends and had the guts to not only show it to Mike but also to use it as a means to give Mike a thinly-veiled love confession.

who the fuck is doing it like Will Byers? the man is fucking insane??? the ClA couldn’t force me to do something that fucking cringe. like Will I love you man, and that was precious!! but that was also one of the single most cringe things i’ve ever witnessed 😭😭😭

like ok imagine making (sfw) furry art of your crush and you and showing it to them like “haha yeah man these are our fursonas,, no no yeah your girlfriend commissioned it actually lol— but see how you’ve got a white, heart shaped patch of fur? that’s because you’re the heart of the clan—”

IM SHAKING AND SOBBINF—

1,451 notes - Posted October 18, 2022

#3

Can we all, just for a moment, sit and think how much of a menace Will and Mike are going to be in s5?

Will is 200% snarkier now than he was before. Mike is a known menace already. I need to see some quality judgmental tag-teaming. I need them to share Looks™ and make Comments™. I need to see them piggyback off each other to roast the shit out of people.

Will "Friends? What friends?" Byers and Mike "Cursed out his teachers at age 13" Wheeler.

Will "😐🙄🫢" Byers and Mike "🤨😪🤢" Wheeler.

They're 15-17 years old. They're finally back together. Both of them are bored and quarantined in Hawkins. sheeeeeeesh.

2,271 notes - Posted September 12, 2022

#2

I love how rink-o-mania can literally just be summed up in

will: *sigh* 🙄 😔 🛼 👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 😐🫡 🫥

mike: 👁👁 🤨 🤔 ??? *visibly shaking because he hasn't filled his daily quota of William Byers Interactions and Affection*

2,414 notes - Posted September 6, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

the funniest part of byler and byler doubt is that...Mike is literally written in such a way that Will couldn't get a boyfriend. Mike threw a fit in S4 when Will wasn't paying him enough attention.

if Will ever mentioned anyone else Mike would go insane like

Will: So there's this gu-- Mike: What guy? He's not good enough for you. I'll kick his ass. Tell me his name I'm gonna kick his ass. Will: Mike: Will: Mike: Seriously tell me about this gu-- Will: How about we have some quiet time, actually.

3,208 notes - Posted October 5, 2022

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Fashion Designer and Blogger Gloria Yu’s Ultimate Guide to Hong Kong

  “In Hong Kong eating is a social experience; it’s how we connect with our friends and family. It’s also how we express our creativity.” Gloria Yu, a Vancouver-born designer/blogger. Over lunch at Little Bao, a street-food inspired resto run by May chow (named Asia’s Best Female Chef in 2017), Yu guides me through the best restaurants Hong Kong has to offer.

Better than Christmas Turkey. roasted duck, glutinous rice, lap cheong, shiitake, white pepper gravy *exclusive for #ChristmasinParadise * #NeoChinese #HappyParadiseHK

A post shared by Happy Paradise (@happyparadisehk) on Dec 21, 2017 at 12:22am PST

Happy Paradise for its whole tea smoked pigeon, poached yellow wine chicken with oyster mushroom fried rice in shiitake broth, and iberico roasted pork char siu rice bowl.

Feels like a 🦆 is flying around in my stomach from yesterday. 😋#sorrydude #mott32 #hongkong #peckingduck #beijingduck #베이징덕 #홍콩

A post shared by Heemesama Kimura (金希姸) (@hhyynn) on Apr 1, 2018 at 8:30pm PDT

Mott 32 for dim sum and their cocktails with Chinese influence. Be sure to try the signature Apple Wood Roasted 42 Days Peking Duck.

Wow! Check out our new lineup of gin specials, one for every palate. So refreshing and perfectly accented. Do you like a classic one? Or maybe an elderflower infusion? Come on down and enjoy some good weather with us! #mrspoundhk

A post shared by Mrs. Pound (@mrspoundhk) on Aug 29, 2016 at 8:20pm PDT

Mrs. Pound for the food and the scene. The restaurant is tucked behind the façade of an old stamp shop in Sheung Wan. To get to the restaurant you enter through a secret door. Mrs Pound, a fictional character, is a burlesque dancer from the 50s who fell in love with a married wealthy Hong Kong businessman and stamp collector. When she retired from dancing, he opened a stamp shop to conceal their hidden speakeasy. Sip a Bohemian Sour (green tea with whiskey) and nibble on some Rendang Poutine.

The Double Happiness at The Butchers Club Burger at Wong Chuk Hang. Open Mon – Fri lunch only

A post shared by The Butchers Club (@the.butchers.club) on Jun 10, 2017 at 2:16am PDT

The Butchers Club for its Beyond Burger, a plant-based meat substitute that sizzles and tastes like real meat! Good for the planet, good for your body, good for your taste buds.

Baby It's Cold Outside! – Come to The Woods and let our cocktails brighten up your day! 🍹 . . . #thewoodshk #cocktail #mixology #bartender #bartending #hongkong #hkig #hkfood #hkfoodie #instafood #hongkongfood #vscocam #vscofood #worldsbestbars #50bestbars #cocktails #drinks #alcohol #gintonic #hkig #ighk #cocktailbar #cocktailporn #cocktails #drinks #weekend #shake #cocktailshaker #soho #central

A post shared by The Woods (@thewoodshk) on Mar 7, 2018 at 10:20pm PST

The Woods for its moody poetic setting. The décor is inspired by the idea of “Komorebi” – a Japanese term that describes what you see when light filters through the trees and dances on the leaves. The cocktails are made from artisanal spirits and have unusual combinations. My personal favourite is the spicy Tom Yum cocktail. It is offered as a shot on the menu but just order it as drink with the bartender!

Kingsman secret style . . . #foxglove #bar #luxurylifestyle #hongkong #travel #interiordesign #photooftheday

A post shared by Tim Wong (@tim_wong13) on Apr 21, 2018 at 10:46pm PDT

Foxglove for live music. We’re a little obsessed with the idea of Speakeasy joints here in Hong Kong. This one also has a hidden entrance that looks like an umbrella shop. Inside, the vibe is lux 1950s. My go-to drink is a dry vodka martini. The New York Sour is a close second.

Find out more about our travels in Hong Kong and enter for a chance to win a trip for two to Hong Kong and Thailand valued at $7,500 CAD here.

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Contra Activist Judges, It’s Not Discriminatory to Prohibit Transgender Individuals From Joining Military

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Gay boys or heros?

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Alden Abbott / December 12, 2017

On Dec. 11, a federal lower court judge in Washington, D.C., refused to stay her earlier Oct. 30 order blocking President Donald Trump’s Aug. 25 directive regarding transgender military service.

That directive, transmitted to the departments of Defense and Homeland Security, put to a halt the Obama administration’s June 2016 plan to allow transgender individuals to serve openly in the U.S. armed forces, beginning in July 2017 (but put on hold until Jan. 1, 2018, by Defense Secretary James Mattis).

If allowed to stand, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly’s decision—coupled with similar Nov.  21 and Dec. 11 holdings in separate case by federal judges in Maryland and Seattle—would have enormous negative consequences.

It would mean that effective Jan. 1, 2018, the U.S. armed services would have to begin admitting transgender individuals, subject to certain guidelines. The armed services also (based on the ruling by the Maryland judge) would have to fund sex reassignment surgical procedures for military personnel—on the taxpayer’s dime.

As a legal matter, these federal court decisions are deficient. Judges have no business displacing the reasoned decision of the president, under his constitutional authority as commander-in-chief, to promote military readiness by establishing sound principles for eligibility to serve in the armed forces.

The lower court decisions acknowledge this presidential authority, but nevertheless claim that, by being prevented from serving in the military, transgender individuals would be denied “equal protection of the law” guaranteed by the Constitution.

But equal protection prohibits invidious discrimination based on immutable characteristics such as race—discrimination lacking any rational justification. It does not apply to rationally based noninvidious differentiation among classes of individuals needed to advance national goals, such as a strong military.

Rules denying military service opportunities to individuals who have serious medical problems (for example, heart disease, chronic asthma, or cancer) are not invidious discrimination—they are fully rational efforts to promote well-run and effective military services. Because individuals suffering from significant medical difficulties drive up costs and tend to impair combat effectiveness, it is perfectly rational to bar them from military recruitment.

These medical considerations apply directly to transgender individuals, who often must cope with serious physical and psychological problems. As Heritage Foundation scholar Thomas Spoehr, a retired three-star general, has explained, transgender individuals allowed into the military “would need medical treatments—hormone therapies and often surgeries and the accompanying recovery times—throughout the duration of their service.” Moreover:

Some studies report that transgender individuals attempt suicide and experience psychological distress at rates many times the U.S. national average. To be clear, this is self-reported data, not data gleaned from rigorously controlled, clinical tests. But at this time, these survey results are the best available data. It would be both irresponsible and immoral to place such individuals in a position where they are exposed to the additional extraordinary stresses and pressures of the battlefield.

In short, admitting transgender individuals into the armed forces, even with the best of intentions, is highly problematic.

As Trump’s Aug. 25 directive explained, the Obama administration “failed to identify a sufficient basis to conclude that terminating the [Defense and Homeland Security] Departments’ longstanding policy and practice [regarding transgender service] would not hinder military effectiveness and lethality, disrupt unit cohesion, or tax military resources[.]” Thus, Trump concluded that “there remain meaningful concerns that further study is needed to ensure that continued implementation of last year’s policy change would not have those negative effects.”

Heritage Foundation scholars have detailed the problems service by transgender individuals poses for military preparedness here and here.

Summing up their concerns in a July 25 announcement, Heritage analysts Spoehr, director of the Center for National Defense; Emilie Kao, director of the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society; and Ryan Anderson, a senior research fellow in the DeVos Center, stated:

At a time when growing foreign threats are stretching our military’s resources, our priority should be on maintaining military readiness and directing taxpayer funds towards mission-critical purposes. Respecting the dignity of all people does not mean subjecting taxpayers to the tremendous medical costs of sex reassignment and allowing the enlistment of individuals whose resilience to the rigors of combat is uncertain.

Let us hope that the federal courts of appeal—and, if necessary, the Supreme Court—expeditiously reverse the lower court decisions and make it clear that the president has full authority to establish the terms, if any, under which transgender individuals are given (or denied) the opportunity to serve in the United States armed forces.

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Contra Activist Judges, It’s Not Discriminatory to Prohibit Transgender Individuals From Joining Military Contra Activist Judges, It’s Not Discriminatory to Prohibit Transgender Individuals From Joining Military Alden Abbott / December 12, 2017…