#trust in institutions

[atlanticsentinel]

Spanish Judges Block Senate Debate to Replace Them

Spanish judges block Senate debate to replace them

Constitutional Court in Madrid, Spain at night (Europa Press) Conservatives have plunged Spain into what Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez describes as “an unprecedented situation in our democracy” and Catalonia’s El Nacional calls “the biggest institutional challenge between powers in Spain since the attempted coup d’état of 1981.” “You have silenced parliament,” Sánchez told opposition leader…

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#Europe #Justice #People&039;s Party (Spain) #Southern Europe #Spain #Trust in Institutions

[kittykatninja321]

Any au that has Jason willingly working for the government even if it’s as a social worker has automatically kinda lost me because we’re talking about someone who distrusts the system so much that as a child he chose the streets over going into custody of social services. Jason’s lack of faith in institutions continues into adulthood (but also through his original Robin tenure low key), one of the most substantial differences between his and Bruce’s philosophy is the fact that Bruce puts his faith in the law and the criminal justice system while Jason decidedly does not in the slightest

#‘Jason would work for Gotham social services as a civilian/day job ’ Would Jason trust Gotham social services? Genuinely honest question #feel free to answer with panels and stuff #I just don’t see him as someone who trusts state institutions or The System at all #Jason Todd #Dc #You could sorta look at the diplomat’s son case as a difference between Bruce and Jason’s faith in the law #Bruce just sorta throws his hands up and goes ‘law has our hands tied’ and Jason is very unsatisfied with this answer #and he may or may not do something very much outside of the law in response #Tangent note: cop comparisons aside any au that has Jason actually working inside a police department has lost the plot #Jason Todd says fuck 12 he told me himself

[alwaysbewoke]

the fix is in!!

#Supreme Court corruption #judicial integrity #legal ethics #accountability #justice system reform #transparency #judicial independence #public trust #legal oversight #ethical standards #judicial misconduct #Supreme Court accountability #judicial power #political thuggery #institutional limits #checks and balances #public pressure #media coverage #judicial reform #democratic principles #constitutional interpretation #judicial impartiality #judicial appointments #separation of powers #government accountability #supreme court ruling #presidential immunity case #Trump legal arguments #congressional impeachment power #criminal charges

[maeamian]

Actually research skills are hard to learn especially unsupervised so maybe telling people to just "Go figure it out" especially if you already know they've been failed academically in other ways, might actually be a great way to just send them to a PragerU video on the topic.

#Like what specific things do you look for in a good source? #How do you develop sources that you can trust to give you new information? #These take looking at and analyzing good and bad sources with a trusted educator #Not being told by someone on the internet that you should “Already know this” #“That's no excuse” it literally is I'm sorry that you think everyone should be perfect but that's not how things are #everyone (even you) has shit they probably should know but don't #There's new people being born all the time they do not spring from the womb with the same knowledge in your head! #And we live in an actively hostile information environment! #Just seems like maybe we could focus our rage cannons on institutions #Instead of individual people who were failed by them #When younger americans bring up how they were failed in this regard they are often asking for help even #And just get hit with this stupid rage at someone else possibly not knowing something that seems obvious #I'm just saying for a bunch of people priding themselves on not being as bad as the children; the folks who talk like this aren't acting it

[luuxxart]

royal college trio 🍂🍁

#persona 5 #goro akechi #akira kurusu #sumire yoshizawa #firstly. I would like to apologize if I got any of the writing wrong but I’m. trusting Wikipedia #I forgot how much I missed them until I started drawing this #just to point it out #Akechi goes to ritsumeikan; Akira goes to Doshisha; and Sumire goes to Kyoto U #my reasoning is in a previous college shuake post #but to recap… rits and dodai have a rivalry…. Kyoto U is just kind of neutral so .. that’s how it works w then #I wanted to make the caption a quote I saw in my college’s chapel bc it’s what inspired this piece but #there’s no one to credit afaik except doshisha as an institution as a whole?? #it doesn’t link back to my institution. technically #but iykyk #and if you know don’t say anything #rare occasion where I don’t use any filters lol #just really liked my shading and everything here so #OH OH before I go pls look closely at their phones for little details :) #realized u can’t see sumi’s that well but it’s a clear case with a Sylveon card in it #also idk what she’s showing Akira might be like. a new mini pc Futaba’s working on who knows

[hephaestuscrew]

Books and reading are really important to Clara Entwhistle. She bonds with Jasper the cabbie over having read The Grey Book, with Titus Byrne over Captain Swift novels, and with a random pickpocket over Figgler's Prestidigitation. She sees the right reading material as a potential solution to any uncertainty in her life. Trilling's Arts of Detection can teach her how to be a detective. Posner's A Guide to Business for Gentlemen can tell her how to make Fleet-Entwhistle Investigations a success. She only moved to London in the first place because she read Horrocks' Tales from the City in the Harrogate Herald.

I find this particularly interesting because we have significant evidence that Clara's access to reading material has been tightly controlled and subject to judgement for most of her life. She tells Fleet, "once, when I was young, Mother caught me reading a sensation novel and threatened to send me to the Mesmer Institute". She considers this a formative enough experience that it's one of the first facts she lists when wanting to share information about herself with Fleet. As a child, her reading choices were something shameful, something that indicated she wasn't the kind of young woman her mother wanted her to be. And even as an adult, arriving into London for the first time, she is chastised by her mother for wanting to buy a newspaper: "What need have you for a newspaper?... You can read my copy of this month's All a Lady Need Know. Disagreement resolved." In the world Clara has been trapped in, the ladylike thing is to only access a very limited sphere of appropriate information and not to read anything that falls outside of that sphere. And those boundaries of ladylike-ness will be rigidly enforced.

So perhaps it's no wonder that after Clara arrives in London, she's devouring everything from taxi regulation manuals to adventure novels, repeatedly calling the librarian for recommendations in the middle of the night, taking out 20 books at a time and then realising she's underestimated how long it will take her to read them. No wonder she's so often telling people about books she's read. For Clara Entwhistle, being able to do any of those things openly is a new and thrilling kind of freedom.

#Victoriocity #Clara Entwhistle #I think the way she views books also speaks to a fairly lonely childhood / young adulthood #where she didn't necessarily have a lot of people she could trust to talk to or ask for information from #(not that a love of book always indicates that #just that her particular kind of reliance on them coupled with other things we know about her point in that direction) #I hadn't heard of the Mesmer Institute previously #but according to Encyclopedia Britannica #Mesmer's work was 'the forerunner of the modern practice of hypnotism' #The words mesmerism / mesmerise are eponyms from him #Basically I think we can assume Clara's mother was viewing her reading choices as an ailment #to be cured through (practices similar to) hypnotism #which is deeply sinister #Anyway Clara deserves to get to read all the books she wants #victoriocity spoilers #the empty man posteth #victoriocity podcast

[captainofthetidesbreath]

I feel like it says a lot about the relationships between the major institutions of the Trust and the Consectorship's place in it that Spahr's role, the role of any Prime Consector, can be summarized as: show pony, attack dog, scapegoat.

#Jonas Spahr #Midst #Midst podcast #Midst things #The Upper Trust doesn't see anyone outside of their number as PEOPLE really. Just tools and agenda items. #That does—as Spahr is learning real quick—include the Prime Consector. He might AS WELL be a literal dog to them. #His entire job is to be pretty and do as told and attack who they point him at and take the blame. #The Company and the Consectorship obviously perpetuates its own harms and is a toxic institution in its own right. #(That is not up for debate and is not what I'm discussing here. I'm talking about the relationships between Trust institutions.) #The thing about the Prime Consector is that despite their rank they're strictly managed and have no real agency or power over anything. #Prime Consector is an interesting office in that its role is to distance the Upper Trust and the notaryship from their decisions. #The Consectorship does not truly make decisions. They carry out those of the Upper Trust and the Central Vault. #Do the dirty work and take the blame—to keep everyone else's hands clean. #To be the scapegoat for everyone else's mistakes and lack of foresight or inability to solve a problem. #(obligatory: I don't have a subscription so keep that in mind before saying stuff to me—I keep getting vague comments about upcoming eps)

[spiralsandeyes]

ok but here me out. let me propose. as much as i am crying over the idea of an alternate world where gerry gets to be happy... anyone else feel like something was slightly off there?? anyone else wondering about gerry having little memory of what happened??? i hesitate to even say it in case i'm off base but man they LOVE fucking with us and can you imagine if gerry is not, in fact, living a better life, but instead living a life that he doesn't KNOW is fucked up? can we think about that real quick. in this hypothetical, can we also wonder if "gigi" Does know. CAN WE SPECULATE A LITTLE PLEASE

#like something something we know the magnus institute was doing Something with the kids and it may have had to do with empathy #gerry is immediately shown to be Extremely noticeably kind and generous #his dynamic with gertrude feels a little Too intact in that. one could read her tone as um. her knowing something he doesn't. maybe. #'of course you do' WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT!!!!! #IDK BRO THIS FEELS. FISHY. LIKE THE KIND OF THING WE INITIALLY LAUGH OFF AND THEN IT BITES US LATER #am i insane or do i just not trust gertrude to be honest about a situation in any universe #only time will tell #tmagp spoilers #tmagp #the magnus protocol #magpod

[magn-animously]

She even drinks tea... when everybody else has a coffee addiction

#i don't even know what to trust anymore if it turns out she's not from tma universe #the magnus protocol #tmagp #well tbh she didn't work at the institute so i don't know why their beverage preferences would affect her

[in-pleasant-company]

June 1913 | September 1913

November 1913 | December 1913

January 10, 1914 | February 15, 1914

February 22, 1914 | March 15, 1914

Di Froyen-Velt (the Jewish Ladies' Home Journal) was a Yiddish women's magazine published in New York in the early 20th century.

The magazines I pulled these images from are available on the website of The National Library of Israel - and you can download them as pdfs. Not all the magazines listed are available and I didn't pull images from all the magazines available to download. Also the downloading is a little glitchy, you might have to click download a couple of times before the download actually starts.

I don't know if the patterns were produced under the label of the magazine, but the March 15, 1914 patterns are listed as being by May Manton (see more here and here).

#also trust me I am NOT happy about having to rely on The National Library of Israel for research #but to view the ones from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research you have to go to New York #or order microfiche and the only library in town with the machines for microfiche is currently closed #real history #rebecca rubin #jewish history

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Do not Boast about Tomorrow

1 Do not boast of tomorrow, For you do not know what a day brings forth.

2 Let another man praise you, And not your own mouth – A stranger, and not your own lips.

3 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both.

4 Wrath is cruel and displeasure overwhelming, But who is able to stand before jealousy?

5 Open reproof is better than hidden love.

6 The wounds of a friend are true, But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

7 One satisfied loathes the honeycomb, But to a hungry one any bitter food is sweet.

8 Like a bird that wanders from its nest, So is a man who wanders from his place.

9 Ointment and perfume gladden the heart, So one’s counsel is sweet to his friend.

10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, And do not go into your brother’s house In the day of your calamity – Better is a neighbour nearby than a brother far away.

11 My son, be wise, and gladden my heart, That I might have a word for him who reproaches me.

12 A clever man foresees calamity, hides himself; The simple shall go on, they are punished.

13 Take the garment of him who is guarantor for a stranger, And for a strange woman pledge it.

14 He who greets his friend loudly early in the morning, Shall have it reckoned to him as a curse.

15 Drops that never cease on a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike;

16 Whoever represses her represses the wind, And his right hand encounters oil.

17 Iron is sharpened by iron, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

18 He who tends the fig tree eats its fruit; And he who guards his master is esteemed.

19 As in water face reflects face, So a man’s heart reflects a man.

20 The grave and destruction are not satisfied; So the eyes of man are not satisfied.

21 A refining pot is for silver and a furnace for gold, So a man is tried by his praise.

22 Even if you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle Along with crushed grain, His folly shall not leave him.

23 Know well the state of your flocks; Set your heart to your herds;

24 For riches are not forever, Nor a diadem to all generations.

25 Grass vanishes, and new grass appears, And the vegetation of the mountains are gathered in.

26 The lambs are for your garments, And the goats for the price of a field;

27 And goats’ milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your girls. — Proverbs 27 | The Scriptures 1998 (ISR 1998) The Scriptures 1998 Copyright © 1998 Institute for Scripture Research. All Rights reserved. Cross References: Genesis 21:14; Numbers 21:5; Deuteronomy 22:1; Job 5:2; Job 19:9; Psalm 2:10; Psalm 12:2; Psalm 23:5; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 22:3; Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 28:1; Jeremiah 5:3; Jeremiah 40:10; Matthew 26:49; Luke 6:26; Luke 12:19-20; Luke 12:42; John 10:3; 2 Corinthians 10:12; Galatians 2:14; 1 John 2:16; 1 John 3:12

#boasting #unknown future #praise #humility #foolishness #wrath #rebuke #friendship #trust #provision #Proverbs 27 #Book of Proverbs #Old Testament #ISR 1998 #The Scriptures 1998 #Institute for Scripture Research

[quatregats]

My grades are okay and I'm not going to fail out of the program and I got a week and a half of socialization to boot. Crops are watered skin is cleared nature is healing etc etc

#ignore everything i've said in the past three to six weeks #the thing about not trusting your thoughts after 9 pm also goes for 9th week #god though i do miss my undergrad #going back for [redacted] was so nice like what an amenable social environment #someone at my current institution described it as a 'preserve for neurodiversity' and like. yeah. yeah #it was good to see people i hate life much less rn #and i am probably going to get the first b of my academic career (don't ask) but as long as it's only one i'm good #fully was not sure for a moment there if i was going to make it though :') #perce rambles

[alwaysbewoke]

#francis scott key bridge #baltimore #conspiracy theories #misinformation #online rumors #erosion of trust #social media #fact-checking #disinformation #alternative realities #distrust in institutions #media credibility #angela chao #mitch mcconnell #false claims #social media rumor #shipping company #bridge collapse

[vastpotato]

As much as I love her….I cannot be the only one who doesn’t trust Alice right???

She’s just said too many suspicious things and we’re only 3 eps in

#the way she’s also set Sam against Colin twice now also doesn’t sit right with me #I actually have so many reasons and things to back this up bu it’s 3 am and my brain wouldn’t stop until I told the people that #I dont trust Alice #like at all #I love her #but I don’t trust her as far as Sam and his noddly arms can throw her #Colin is favorite tho #idly but he is ok #which means he’s gonna die #cause my favs always die first without fail #Sasha was my fav and we saw how that panned out #I’m normal about this #the magnus institute #magnuspod #tmp #samama khalid #alice dyer

[electricsynthesis]

The keith mothman thing is a relic of the past so it’s silly to be annoyed by it but I am because I actually agree that keith would be something of a paranoid antiestablishment “””conspiracy theorist””” but you all must understand that mothman and the Loch Ness monster and stuff are just folklore. they are modern day myths. keith doesn’t give a shit about that, but I’ll bet you money he thinks mk ultra was the craziest shit ever

#conspiracy theorist has a different connotation now than it did in 2016 anyway #now it evokes far right fascists #whereas I think keith just thinks the cia is morally bankrupt and hates the government #and trusts no institution. Ever

[the-monkey-ruler]

I was reading The Monkey King's Daughter (you can read the whole book for an hour) and apparently the protagonist is also Guanyin's grandchild? Can Guanyin be shipped?

I mean I can’t say like what are like the moral implications of shipping GuanYin itself cause that is so not my place but I’m still going to answer this cause it kinda of interesting when it comes to modern media. First off saying that like I have never really seen romance done with GuanYin. At least in a serious way. But if I had to take a guess it can be seen as 'possible' as much as like shipping anyone in Chinese mythos, in that isn't really taken seriously at all. In a lot of modern fan spaces there are a variety of crack ships for more humorous or hypothetical situations like I have seen literally the Star of Venus shipped with Jade Emperor just cause. But I don't see much with buddhas or bodhisattvas in either post-modern media nor in fan spaces. At least that isn't Wukong or Sanzang since they are both Buddhas. And I have done a whole thing about how Wukong for decades wasn’t seen as a romantic figure until like there was a huge character reconstruction, but that isn’t usually the case for most characters.

I would say that the most mainstream instance I can think off the top of my head is The Lost Empire (2001) where it had the main character has a romantic plot with Gaunyin herself. Of course, that wasn't really a masterpiece within itself but this was considered like a 'bad choice' more so that it was just a very strange and awkward romance at that.

Funny enough I think I see more romantic for humor's sake on Guanyin in comic books or games as likes gags at most. Like in Westward comics (later a tv series) Guanyin has a celestial-turned-demon trying to pursue him that he always rejects. Another is more play for laughs but Guanyin in the Fei Ren Zai where people just don't know it's Guanyin and think she is so attractive.

I've seen some games that have Guanyin as like a pretty boy/girl but otherwise nothing even close to a romance plot. Those are more just for like aesthetics of making every character look overly attractive to sell it.

The best I can say is that is just kinda strange and a little strange personally but I can't say that it can be taken seriously. I mean Wukong is supposed to be a Buddha by the end of the novel, so if The Monkey King's Daughter has it that a buddha can have a daughter then there wouldn't be anything stopping the author from having a bodhisattva having kids.

#anon ask #anonymous #anon #ask #sun wukong #monkey king #guanyin #chinese mythos #monkey king's daughter #Wukong is pretty self contained within Xiyouji himself so asking for a little bit of suspension of disbelief can be understood #but Gaunyin has a much longer history that is far more embedded with Buddhist mythology #She isn’t just a character in Xiyouji #and it would be limiting to her just to make it so #but I do think that might be the case in some media when it comes to portraying Gaunyin #esp since most modern interpretations of Guanyin are from xiyouji material just cause the sheer amount of xiyouji content there is #I rarely see Guanyin stand alone moves/shows and there are some trust me but most of her portrayals are within xiyouji spaces #there is a lot of conversation about xiyouji either being a reconstruction or a deconstruction of religion #and while the book is SATURATED in allegorical meaning whether in taoism buddhism or chinese lore it is also seen as satire of religion #people can take xiyouji as pointing out the flaws in humanity but also the flaws of heaven as well as it humanizes both gods and buddhas #this kinda of humanization can be seen as disrespectful to a certain extent but it is what makes these figures more engaging as characters #from a writing standpoint at least #this is me just rambling now about the interesting dycotomy that xiyouji has and has had with religion and how that can be see as today #to a certain extent a lot of directors take xiyouji plots as also their own way to show the heavens in their own way to convey satire #or humor as well depending on what their direction is aiming for #Some even go so far to make that heaven is just straight up the bad guy and that includes buddha as well which is a FAR more wild take than #just having romance in the heavens #But xiyouji does have it that we see these mythological figures have flaws #that heaven can lie or trick or they can take bribes and its up to the audience to interpretation as either satire or if it is critiquing #perhaps religion itself or rather the religious institutions since we do see both daoist and buddist monks as antagonists in the book #this as nothing to do with the ask at this point but i just wanna say my thoughts