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So, while I've talked about this in other posts, I figured I may as well compile it in one post with this nifty propaganda poster (more on that later)
Long story short, they're bringing back KOSA/the Kids Online Safety Act in the US Senate, and they're going to mark it up next Thursday as of the time of this post (4/23/2023).
If you don’t know, long story short KOSA is a bill that’s ostensibly one of those “Protect the Children” bills, but what it’s actually going to do is more or less require you to scan your fucking face every time you want to go on a website; or give away similarly privacy-violating information like your drivers’ license or credit card info.
Either that or force them to censor anything that could even remotely be considered not “kid friendly.” Not to mention fundies are openly saying they’re gonna use this to hurt trans kids. Which is, uh, real fucking bad.
As per usual, I urge you to contact your congresscritters, and especially those on the Commerce Committee, who'll likely be the ones marking it up.
Those senators are:
Maria Cantwell, Washington, Chair
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
Brian Schatz, Hawaii
Ed Markey, Massachusetts
Gary Peters, Michigan
Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin
Tammy Duckworth, Illinois
Jon Tester, Montana
Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona
Jacky Rosen, Nevada
Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico
John Hickenlooper, Colorado
Raphael Warnock, Georgia
Peter Welch, Vermont
Ted Cruz, Texas, Ranking Member
John Thune, South Dakota
Roger Wicker, Mississippi
Deb Fischer, Nebraska
Jerry Moran, Kansas
Dan Sullivan, Alaska
Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
Todd Young, Indiana
Ted Budd, North Carolina
Eric Schmitt, Missouri
J.D. Vance, Ohio
Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming
Again, it doesn't work unless you do it en-masse, so make sure to call ASAP and tell them to kill this bill, and if they actually want a bill to allow/get sites to protect kids, the Federal Fair Access To Banking Act would be far better.
Also, this poster is officially, for the sake of spreading it, under a CC0 license. Feel free to spread it, remix it, add links to the bottom, edit it to be about the other bad internet bills they're pushing, use it as a meme format, do what you will but for gods' sake get the word out!
Also, shoutout to @o-hybridity for coming up with the slogan for the poster, couldn't have done it without 'em!
#poster#cc0#creative commons#internet censorship#internet freedom#us politics#american politics#KOSA#kids online safety act#censorship#scary
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IYO, what would AK's playlist look like?
Excellent question! I think Jason would be a metalhead definitely listens to some punk and rock. I do have some other songs he'd listen too as well.
AK! Jason Todd's Music Playlist 🎶🎵🎧
R&B:
"Hurt" by Johnny Cash
"Lost One" by JAY-Z
"Sorry" by Beyoncé
"Drown" by Lecrae ft. John Legend
"Rise Up" by Andra Day
Metal:
"Down with the Sickness" by Disturbed
"Chop Suey!" by System of a Down
"Indestructible" by Disturbed
"Paranoid" by Black Sabbath
"Ace of Spades" by Motorhead
Rock:
"The Pretender" by Foo Fighters
"Animal I Have Become" by Three Days Grace
"Bleed It Out" by Linkin Park
"One Step Closer" by Linkin Park
"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen
Pop:
"Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
"Shape pf You" by Ed Sheeran
"Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake
"Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey
"Beat It" by Micheal Jackson
Rap:
"Lose Yourself" by Eminem
"Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine
"Money Trees" by Kendrick Lamar ft. Jay Rock
"Power" by Kanye West
"In the End" by Linkin Park
Additional Songs:
"Hall of Illusions" by Insane Clown Posse
"Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden
"Everything I Am" by Kanye West
"Duckworth" by Kendrick Lamar
"Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones
"Till I Collapse" by Eminem ft. Nate Dogg
"Hit Em Up" by Tupac
"Dear Mama" by Tupac
#arkham batman#headcanon#jason todd#arkham knight#jasonswh0rre#arkhamverse#red hood#music playlist#you ask#i answer
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the usa senate passed the budget that banned all aid to UNRWA and Biden signed it.
the senators who voted for this budget (preventing usa from funding UNRWA) are under the readmore. if your senator is on this list, call (202) 224-3121 and demand they find another way of funding relief to palestine.
Tammy Baldwin Wis.
Richard Blumenthal Conn.
Cory Booker N.J.
John Boozman Ark.
Katie Britt Ala.
Sherrod Brown Ohio
Laphonza Butler Calif.
Maria Cantwell Wash.
S. Capito W.Va.
Benjamin L. Cardin Md.
Tom Carper Del.
Bob Casey Pa.
Bill Cassidy La.
Susan Collins Maine
Chris Coons Del.
John Cornyn Tex.
C. Cortez Masto Nev.
Tom Cotton Ark.
Kevin Cramer N.D.
Tammy Duckworth Ill.
Dick Durbin Ill.
Joni Ernst Iowa
John Fetterman Pa.
Deb Fischer Neb.
Kirsten Gillibrand N.Y.
Lindsey Graham S.C.
Chuck Grassley Iowa
M. Hassan N.H.
Martin Heinrich N.M.
John Hickenlooper Colo.
Mazie Hirono Hawaii
John Hoeven N.D.
Cindy Hyde-Smith Miss.
Tim Kaine Va.
Mark Kelly Ariz.
Angus King Maine
Amy Klobuchar Minn.
Ben Ray Luján N.M.
Joe Manchin III W.Va.
Edward J. Markey Mass.
Mitch McConnell Ky.
Robert Menendez N.J.
Jeff Merkley Ore.
Jerry Moran Kan.
Markwayne Mullin Okla.
Lisa Murkowski Alaska
Chris Murphy Conn.
Patty Murray Wash.
Jon Ossoff Ga.
Alex Padilla Calif.
Gary Peters Mich.
Jack Reed R.I.
Mitt Romney Utah
Jacky Rosen Nev.
Mike Rounds S.D.
Brian Schatz Hawaii
Charles E. Schumer N.Y.
Jeanne Shaheen N.H.
Kyrsten Sinema Ariz.
Tina Smith Minn.
Debbie Stabenow Mich.
Dan Sullivan Alaska
Jon Tester Mont.
John Thune S.D.
Thom Tillis N.C.
Chris Van Hollen Md.
Mark R. Warner Va.
Raphael G. Warnock Ga
Elizabeth Warren Mass.
Peter Welch Vt.
Sheldon Whitehouse R.I.
Roger Wicker Miss.
Ron Wyden Ore.
Todd Young Ind.
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2 thoughts on the same basis
Do you have one of those songs where you say "This is 100% such a character"? If so, which ones?
Do you use music to write (Music is one of my main sources of inspiration)?
I DOOOOO!! I use sm music inspiration and I also use it as motivation!!
Sighhh it’s hard to see the songs I listen to be able to relate to the characters I love.
But I do see Jason Todd being paired with Crack Baby by Mitski
Miles Morales & M!42 with Duckworth by Kendrick Lamar
Soap & Ghost with PPP by Beach House.
These prob don’t all make sense to anyone else!!!11!1 idk how to explain it but THATS JUST HOW I SEE IT LMAO
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THE BRACKET WILL INCLUDE...
1. Barnabus Collin (Dark Shadows)
2. Brook (One Piece)
3. Reaper (Overwatch)
4. Jason Todd (DC Comics)
5. Snatcher (AHIT)
6. The Chosen Undead (Dark Souls)
7. Sid (Soul Eater)
8. Marx (Kirby)
9. Madhouse Mike (Cryptid Crush)
10. Rottytops (Shantae)
11. Sakura Minamoto (Zombieland Saga) and Lily Hoshikawa (Zombieland Saga)
12. Sissel (Ghost Trick)
13. Broken Vessel (Hollow Knight)
14. Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom)
15. Amy Martin (Faith) and Micheal Davies (Faith)
16. Minos Prime (Ultrakill) and Sisyphus Prime (Ultrakill)
17. Penny Lamb (Ride the Cyclone)
18. Aradia Megido (Homestuck) 3
19. Leif (Bug Fables)
20. Gerry Keay (The Magnus Archives)
21. Godwyn the Golden (Elden Ring)
22. Countess Alcina Dimitrescu (Resident Evil 8)
23. Duckworth (Ducktales 2017)
24. The Four Champions (Legend of Zelda)
25. Dimple (Mob Psycho 100)
26. Mia Fey (Ace Attorney) 3
27. Sadako Yamamura (The Ring)
28. Lup (The Adventure Zone)
29. Protagonists (Crawl)
30. Ik (The Upturned)
31. Gideon Nav (The Locked Tomb)
32. Claus (Mother 3) 3
33. Cesare (Big Top Burger)
34. Falin Touden (Dungeon Meshi)
35. Mad Rat (Mad Rat Dead)
36. Abigail Carter (Don't Starve)
37. Looks to the Moon (Rain World)
38. Sparrow (Fable 2)
Please note that I do not know all of the source material and I won't notice if some don't qualify.
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Thursday, 23rd June (Midsummer Eve; Harriet's birthday): The Donwell Abbey party takes place
Read: Vol. 3, ch. 6 [42]; pp. 234–240 (“Under a bright mid-day sun” to “before the following evening”).
Context
The Westons, the Woodhouses, the Eltons, Harriet Smith, and Jane Fairfax arrive at Donwell. Jane Fairfax leaves early. Frank Churchill arrives late.
This occurs at “almost Midsummer” (vol. 3, ch. 6 [42]; p. 234); the next day is “not [...] above six-and-thirty hours” (vol. 3, ch. 9 [45]; p. 254) before Frank’s return to Richmond on “the 26th” (vol. 3, ch. 14 [50]; p. 289), making this the 23rd.
Lionel Trilling notes that for “English culture” we ought to read “English agriculture” (p. 53). Per Kaythryn Sutherland, “[a]t the time Austen wrote, the older and more recent senses of the word ‘culture’ (as cultivation of land and intellectual work) still coexisted, and the division […] did not yet gape between physical and mental labour” (p. 50).
Note that the sections “Wearied Spirits” and “There’s No Place Like… Swisserland?” contain spoilers.
Readings and Interpretations
A Lecture on the Picturesque
The strawberry party marks the first time that Donwell Abbey is directly described, despite its having been referred to repeatedly in the preceding narrative. We see Emma considering the “respectable size and style of the building, its suitable, becoming, characteristic situation, low and sheltered—its ample gardens stretching down to meadows washed by a stream, of which the Abbey, with all the old neglect of prospect, had scarcely a sight—and its abundance of timber in rows and avenues, which neither fashion nor extravagance had rooted up” (p. 234). Ruta Kaufmann writes that Donwell is “one of the most significant dream homes” in Austen:
Donwell acquires its features of a dream home gradually as the narrative advances, although it never forms such a striking picture as Pemberley or Northanger Abbey. In a way, it is always in the background of the action and comes to the foreground only in a couple of passages. […] [W]e get a proper tour of the domain only in Summer, during the strawberry party, when all the guests get a chance to admire it. Symbolically, it is viewed on the Summer solstice—at the “highest” point of the year—surrounded by ripe fruit, which evokes fertility, self-sufficiency, and dream-house quality. (pp. 113–4)
Alistair Duckworth notes that the “distrust of fashionable improvements” expressed in this first description of Donwell is typical of Austen. It “not only reminds us of the theme in Mansfield Park, but comments, too, on the recent actions and intentions of the visitors to Donwell—especially, perhaps, on Mrs. Elton’s attempt to redefine what is ‘natural’ by coercing Knightley into giving an alfresco ‘gipsy-party’” (p. 175). Janet Todd similarly notes the unabashed old-fashionedness of Donwell, putting it into historical context:
For […] Mrs. Elton, the world has begun its unstoppable shrinkage into a series of described and packaged tourist spots complete with artificial, designated activities. Mr. Knightley’s putdown to Mrs. Elton is the putdown of a whole new manner of being and seeing, which is, despite his momentary power, about to triumph. Mrs. Elton tries to make the strawberry party a tripper’s day out, where Mr. Knightley insists on its being an old-fashioned visit to his country property. […] Mr. Knightley is against tourism, and his land is closed to sightseers. Village folk can have a right of way across it—and he insists that they do even when he has to move his path to avoid damage to the home meadows—, but he makes no effort to provide vistas for them. He is unperturbed by his house’s “old neglect of prospect” (389) and in no rush to “improve” the pleasure grounds; his avenue of limes leads to a wall and pillars framing neither house nor view. (pp. 21–2)1
Critics therefore tend to argue that Donwell presents an image of an idyllic, idealized, or even nationalist England. Alistair Duckworth writes that “the description of the view from Donwell,” coming as it does after the sense of “social disintegration” conveyed by the party’s splintering as they walk through the grounds, “posits an alternative hope in her description of the view from Donwell of the Abbey-Mill Farm, as if to underscore the contrast between the present fragmentation of the party and the enduring possibilities of an organic society” (pp. 174–5). Lionel Trilling argues that Austen presents Highbury as an idyll (a literary genre which presents an innocent and happy humanity), contrasting it with the outside world from which “insincerity and vulgarity come” (p. 58): “we cannot help feeling that ‘English verdure, English culture, English comfort, seen under a sun bright without being oppressive’ make an England perceived—if but for the moment,—as an idyll” (p. 57). For Trilling “Emma is a novel that is touched—lightly but indubitably—by national feeling” (p. 53). Per Deirdre Le Faye, here “Knightley and Donwell Abbey are both synecdochic of a larger national concept of Englishness, which itself carries overtones of provincialism, honesty and integrity” (2005, p. 26).2
Douglas Murray, however, questions whether “the novel as a whole endorse[s] this view of Donwell as metonym for the kingdom,” arguing that the text may “interrogate or even undermine that notion”:
I would like to argue that readers would be naive to interpret this passage as mere unreflective nationalist discourse, as Jane Austen’s unqualified, freestanding ode to post Napoleonic England. This passage, like most narration in the novel, adopts the technique of free indirect discourse and is filtered through the consciousnesses of all the visitors: the party ‘insensibly followed one another to the delicious shade of a broad short avenue of limes’ [p. 235]. […] [T]he primary perceiver of Donwell is Emma herself […]. In fact, almost the entire visit to Donwell consists of Emma’s impressions. (p. 956)
Thus, because it is focalized through Emma, “the description of Donwell Abbey presents a landscape which very much accords with Emma's personality and preoccupations,” including “a compulsive rage for order and, in a semiotic sense, purity”—but the code of values presented here is not Austen’s (ibid.). Similarly, Paul Pickrel argues that here Emma “is beginning to think of Donwell Abbey as her own future home,” which explains in plot rather than political terms why the description of the estate seems “excessive” (p. 305; see also Burrows, p. 108).
The view from Donwell also includes “what [Emma] has previously excluded from her outlook,” namely Abbey-Mill Farm (Duckworth, p. 175). For Trilling, the “almost solemn vision of England’s green and pleasant land” culminates in the “favourably placed and sheltered” Abbey-Mill Farm for a reason: “the little burst of strong feeling has the effect, among others, of pointing up the extremity and the large import of Emma’s mistake” (p. 53). “English culture, English comfort” is thus linked to moral improvement.
Paul Pickrel, however, argues instead that the description “shows how unconcerned with Harriet she has become”:
Trilling does not quote these words from the same passage: “There had been a time ... when Emma would have been sorry to see Harriet in a spot so favourable for the Abbey-Mill Farm; but now she feared it not” [p. 236]. She thinks that she no longer fears calling attention to the Farm in Harriet’s presence because Robert Martin is no longer a threat, but the truth is that by this time Harriet has turned out to be so much more trouble than she is worth that Emma would be glad to get her off her hands to almost anybody. (And by the way, the Farm is not the property of Robert Martin; he rents it from Mr. Knightley). (p. 305)
Delightful to Gather
Emma’s famous ‘strawberry monologue’ occurs in this section. It runs:
The best fruit in England—every body’s favourite—always wholesome.—These the finest beds and finest sorts.—Delightful to gather for one’s self—the only way of really enjoying them.—Morning decidedly the best time—never tired—every sort good—hautboy infinitely superior—no comparison—the others hardly eatable—hautboys very scarce—Chili preferred—white wood finest flavour of all—price of strawberries in London—abundance about Bristol—Maple Grove—cultivation—beds when to be renewed—gardeners thinking exactly different—no general rule—gardeners never to be put out of their way—delicious fruit—only too rich to be eaten much of—inferior to cherries—currants more refreshing—only objection to gathering strawberries the stooping—glaring sun—tired to death—could bear it no longer—must go and sit in the shade. (pp. 234–5)
There is much to notice in this passage. There is the gradual depreciation in the value of strawberries as the party grows tired (“always wholesome” to some varieties “hardly eatable” to “inferior to cherries”); the laconic “Maple Grove,” as though this reference is so frequent that the term may stand on its own in place of the entire discourse which Mrs. Elton must have given; (presumably) Mrs. Elton’s conspicuous show of her employment of and dealings with servants through her presumed knowledge of their temperaments (“gardeners never to be put out of their way”); and then, of course, there is the syntax that is used to relate the discourse, as though we are being presented with an index or chapter heading rather than conversation (e.g. “beds when to be renewed”).
Linda Bree writes that Austen uses “[f]ragmented syntax” such as this “to merge and summarise series of events into a single flow of expression”:
Mrs Elton’s comments at the Donwell strawberry party form a celebrated tour de force of condensed monologue, accounting for her whole strawberry-picking experience. […] The paragraph following this shows the versatility of Austen’s elliptical style for other purposes, as the narrator records Mrs Elton’s efforts to persuade Jane to take on an appointment as governess: ‘Delightful, charming, superior, first circles, spheres, lines, ranks, every thing’ – a tumble of words vividly evoking Mrs Elton’s almost hysterical insistence – ‘and Mrs. Elton was wild to have the offer closed with immediately’ [p. 235]. Wild indeed. (p. 99)
For Margaret Doody, the “wonderfully telegraphic monologue” on strawberries has the effect of bringing “the asinine bride [Mrs. Elton] back with a jolt into the physical” from the “painted pastoral” she had earlier imagined the party to be (see “Making An Ass of U and Me”): she “descends from pretentiousness to frank admission of being too hot.” Thus “[t]he corrective to the mind’s misrepresentation of the world lies in the senses’ contact with the physical realm” (2009, p. 181).
Lisa Hopkins does not read the passage as a monologue belonging to Mrs. Elton, instead calling it a “medley of unattributed indirect speech” with “individual voices […], as in the talk of Maple Grove, occasionally briefly discernible” (p. 66). However, she concurs with Doody’s assessment of the importance of the physical in the passage:
The very impersonality of the dialogue […] serves to emphasise the universality [as opposed to something mediated by cultural preconceptions] and inevitability of the movement it sketches, a cyclical one which takes the characters through a predictable progression from freshness to tiredness, eagerness to satiety, comfort to heat, and activity to rest. The brief interlude thus incorporates the text’s key issues: the wholesomeness of strawberries and their price both find a place in the conversation, linking the episode with the connections of food to health and finance, but this rare hands-on experience of crop-gathering, with its sharply realistic depictions of the pleasures and pains of strawberry-picking, is also situated firmly within the context of the seasonal progression of agricultural life. (ibid.)3
Ripe for the Picking
Margaret Doody argues for a Georgian association between strawberries and sexuality, reading the strawberry party and its surrounding incidents in this light:
Strawberries are traditionally the fruit of Venus. Mrs. Elton’s desire for a strawberry party intimates sexual desire. But it is Mr. Knightley who says suggestively, “Come, and eat my strawberries. They are ripening fast” (III, ch. 6). He is ripening fast and needs to make more haste in the service of Venus—though it is not with Mrs. Elton that he wishes to enjoy strawberries. (Mrs. Elton’s lack of staying power in berry gathering perhaps points to a deficiency in sexual stamina.) (2015, p. 348)
The motif of ripening, fertility, and sexuality runs through this section in another way: Nicholas Preus notes that Mrs. Weston, “by the time of the Donwell Abbey strawberry party, which she attends, is nine months pregnant” (p. 207; see “A Pregnant Silence”).
Bringing the Outdoors Indoors
The guests at Donwell, after picking strawberries outside, are treated to cold meat indoors. Hopkins recalls Mr. Knightley’s insistence that the meal take place indoors, arguing that food is “demarcated and subdivided in Mr Knightley’s terminology”:
[T]here are strawberries outdoors, and cold meat indoors. […] The strawberries belong to the outside world, which is precisely defined here as that which is not natural; inside, in the proper place of gentlemen and ladies with all their inevitably attendant servants and furniture, we find cold meat. This is presented to us, with Mr Knightley’s endorsement, as being in fact the simpler and more conventional of the two foodstuffs, and it is certainly ultimately experienced as such by the wearied strawberry-pickers, glad enough to seek the shelter of the house; and yet the processes involved in the preparation are far more laborious and complex than the mere plucking of fruit. Here, though, they are occluded, rendered invisible by the voice which glosses over the materiality of production in order to present the class structure as “natural”. (pp. 67–8)
Hopkins also points out that this is “the only time in the novel” when Mr. Knightley may “appear publicly as the squire” of Highbury:
Squire of Donwell Abbey but short of ready cash, [Mr. Knightley’s] social position is nevertheless preserved by his largesse with food, even though, as in the case of the apples he sends to Mrs and Miss Bates, it is at the expense of his own consumption and almost, arguably, his own reputation, since he has virtually lied about it: “To think of your sending us all your store apples. You said you had a great many, and now you have not one left” (p. 251). […] Beth Fowkes Tobin suggests that this foregrounding of Mr Knightley’s personal involvement with food production is a politically enabling strategy for Austen: “in linking Mr Knightley’s gentlemanly virtues with his owning land, and Emma’s moral inadequacies with her money and lack of property, Austen, acting as an apologist for the landed classes, was defending the ‘paternal system of government’” [p. 229]. (p. 32)
Wearied Spirits
Later in this section, Jane, “for the only moment in the novel until the dénouement, speaks openly to Emma” (Wiltshire, p. 114): “‘I am fatigued; but it is not the sort of fatigue—quick walking will refresh me.—Miss Woodhouse, we all know at times what it is to be wearied in spirits. Mine, I confess, are exhausted. The greatest kindness you can show me, will be to let me have my own way, and only say that I am gone when it is necessary’” (E pp. 237–8). Howard Babb calls this a “very untypical speech” of Jane’s:
Jane’s generalization about “we all know” makes an almost direct plea, though less for Emma’s sympathy, perhaps, than for the indulgence of a superior. And the major weight of what she says is still borne by the personal “I’s” and “me’s.” Most of the time Jane keeps herself at a much greater distance from her generalizations, characteristically speaking in her own person and reserving them, as it were, for the opinions of those above her. Her first report on Frank Churchill, for instance, is sprinkled with such phrases as: […] “He was generally thought so”; “She believed every body found his manners pleasing” [vol. 2, ch. 3 [21]; p. 109]. Jane talks in this way, I take it, not merely because she wants to hide her interest in Frank Churchill, but because her lack of position makes it improper for her to judge authoritatively. (p. 185)
For John Wiltshire, this passage is “[t]he most telling instance of [Emma’s] conflicted feelings” about Jane Fairfax:
Jane’s open appeal goes straight to Emma’s heart: she responds quickly and kindly, at her best. She ‘sees’ Jane’s situation with an intelligent compassion that breaks free of her ingrained prejudices. ‘She saw it all’, though, is not quite true, even at that moment. What Jane has been suffering is Mrs Elton’s railroading her into accepting ‘a situation, a most desirable situation’—made all the more intolerable because she is anxiously waiting for Frank to arrive—not the company of Miss Bates. Emma is quite ignorant of Jane’s feelings about Frank, but she has overheard Mrs Elton and wondered at Jane’s patience. In attributing Jane’s misery to her home, she is expressing her own feelings at the same time as she is picking up Jane’s. So her kindness doesn’t last—in fact in her reflections a few minutes later it turns into something else entirely. Her prejudices and antagonisms return. Once again, ‘such an aunt’ is the especial target of her dislike. The phrase ‘their just horrors’ is especially confronting. ‘Horrors’? ‘Just horrors’? She is praising herself for the snobbery she feels and momentarily attributes to Jane. So this passage displays Emma at her moving best and her dismaying worst, and the selfhood they each express is entirely coherent. (p. 114)
There’s No Place Like… Swisserland?
Only after Jane’s departure does Frank Churchill finally arrive. Rachel Brownstein writes that Frank’s conversation continues the national theme:
[S]ulky Frank Churchill, looking over views of remote “Swisserland” in the snugness of Donwell Abbey, says to Emma, “I am sick of England—and would leave it tomorrow” [p. 239]. The sour remark damns him as Byronic—he also promises a self-expressive effusion from abroad—before his character is revealed as thoroughly bad; the contrast between Frank the would-be wanderer and Emma’s own home-loving male relations could not be more dramatic. In the England of Emma tourists cut off from the Continent by the Napoleonic wars (they include an “Irish car party”) are pleased to explore the local beauties of Box Hill. The reader is invited to think that only a fool or knave like Frank would want to leave England: we recall that he is said to be “aimable” only in French, not amiably English, having “no English delicacy towards the feelings of other people” [vol. 1, ch. 18; p. 97]. (p. 215)
Deirdre Le Faye points out that Waterloo had occurred before the time period in which Emma is set. “Following the end of the war in 1814 the English were again free to visit Europe after being twenty years cooped up at home”: thus “Frank Churchill is able to talk of going abroad to ‘Swisserland’, a statement he could not have made at any earlier period of his life” (2002, p. 309).
Of course, in evaluating Frank’s statement it is important to remember that his movements, though freer than Jane’s or Emma’s, are at many points circumscribed or frustrated by the influence of his aunt. His poor mood, which Emma attributes to the hot day, has in fact resulted from an argument he has just had with Jane, after she left the party and before he arrived; thus he has just been reminded of what his aunt’s temperament is costing him.
Footnotes
On this passage see also Rehman (pp. 131ff); Wallace (p. 174).
For readings of this passage as nationalist see also Jordan (pp. 35–6); Barchas (pp. 132–3).
On this passage see also Brown (pp. 131–2); Davidson (pp. 23–4).
Discussion Questions
Can the attitude underlying the descriptions of Donwell throughout this section appropriately be called “nationalist”? To what extent does Austen participate in Emma’s ideas?
Who is speaking in the strawberry monologue? Why did Austen use fragmented syntax in this passage?
What is revealed about Emma and/or Jane through their conversation as Jane leaves the party?
What is the narrative purpose of Frank’s frustrated desire to leave England?
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Babb, Howard S. “Emma: Fluent Irony and the Pains of Self-Discovery.” In Jane Austen’s Novels: The Fabric of Dialogue. Columbus: Ohio State University Press (1962), pp. 175–202.
Barchas, Janine. “Setting and Community.” In The Cambridge Companion to Emma, ed. Peter Sabor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2015), pp. 120–34. DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316014226.011.
Bree, Linda. “Emma: Word Games and Secret Histories.” In A Companion to Jane Austen, ed. Claudia Johnson and Clara Tuite. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell (2009), pp. 133–142.
Brown, Lloyd W. Bits of Ivory: Narrative Techniques in Jane Austen’s Fiction. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press (1973).
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Murray, Douglas. “Donwell Abbey and Box Hill: Purity and Danger in Jane Austen’s Emma.” The Review of English Studies 66.277 (November 2015), pp. 954–70. DOI: 10.1093/res/hgv046.
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Democrat, Republican senators agree expansion of NATO into Asia 'inevitable' amid growing China concern
Sens. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., agreed Sunday that the expansion of NATO into Asia is only a matter of time amid the alliance’s growing concern about China.
During appearances on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, host Chuck Todd asked each senator, who described one another as close friends, whether they thought NATO expansion into Asia was “inevitable” over the next…
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Republicans took important early wins in Tuesday night's midterm election with Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio racking up victories in Florida
Control of the House and Senate remains up in the air after several states saw polls close at 8 pm ET
Key Senate races in Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are too close to call as are several House districts in Virginia, New Jersey, and Rhode Island
Republicans did pickup two House seats in Florida
Inflation topped concerns of voters followed by abortion, exit polls found
In troubling signs for President Joe Biden, three-quarters of the electorate that voted Tuesday felt negative about the economy
All 435 seats in the House and one-third of the Senate, along with several governor races, are being decided on Tuesday
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By EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER
Republicans took important early wins in Tuesday night's midterm election with Gov. Ron DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio racking up victories in Florida.
But control of the House and Senate remains up in the air after several states saw polls close at 8 pm ET.
The DeSantis and Rubio wins in the Sunshine state cemented Republicans' grip there. Donald Trump has made it his new home state and is spending election night at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach.
DeSantis' win sets up an intriguing dynamic for the next two years. He's rumored to be considering at 2024 bid. Trump, who helped DeSantis win his first gubernatorial race, will announce his White House intentions next week.
Trump held a campaign rally with Rubio in Miami on Sunday while DeSantis held a competiting rally in another part of the state. Still, the former president said he voted for DeSantis when he cast his ballot in Palm Beach on Tuesday morning.
DeSantis defeated Democrat Charlie Crist, who had previously served the state as a GOP governor before he switched parties. Crist campaigned with President Joe Biden last week but that couldn't help him across the victory line.
Meanwhile, key Senate races in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are too close to call as are several must-win House districts in Virginia, Texas, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.
Republicans did pickup two House seats. They need a net gain of five seats to win the majority.
In Florida's seventh district, GOP candidate Cory Mills won the race to replace retiring Democratic Representative Stephanie Murphy. But the district was heavily gerrymandered by Republicans during the redistricting process, making it a hard seat for Democrats to keep in their column.
And in Florida's 13th district, Republican Anna Paulina Luna won the seat Democrat Charlie Crist left for his unsuccessful gubernatorial run.
Democrats retained several Senate seats: Chuck Schumer in New York, Peter Welch in Vermont, Richard Blumenthal in Connecticut, Tammy Duckworth in Florida, and Chris Van Hollen in Maryland.
And Republicans kept several in their column with Tim Scott's victory in South Carolina, John Thune's in South Dakota, Rand Paul's in Kentucky, Jerry Moran in Kansas, John Boozman in Arkansas, Todd Young in Indiana, Markwayne Mullin's in Oklahoma, and Katie Britt's in Alabama. Britt is the first female elected to the Senate from Alabama.
Thus far the Senate remains at a 50-50 balance, with any one contest can tip the majority to either party.
In another governor's race, Democrat Wes Moore won the gubernatorial race in Maryland. He will be the first black governor in that state. President Biden and first lady Jill Biden campaigned for him on Monday night - their final rally of the 2022 midterm election.
In Massachusetts, Democrat Maura Healey became the first openly lesbian woman to be elected governor in the United States.
In Arkansas, Republican Sarah Huckabee Sanders won the gubernatorial mansion. Her father also served as governor of the state. Huckabee Sanders became a national figure when she served as White House press secretary for President Donald Trump.
Republican Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis (left) won a second term; Republican Senator Marco Rubio (right) of Florida won re-elelection; he campaigned in Miami with Donald Trump on Sunday
Republicans pick up House seats: In Florida's seventh district, GOP candidate Cory Mills (left) won the race to replace retiring Democratic Representative Stephanie Murphy; in Florida's 13th district, Republican Anna Paulina Luna (right) won the seat Democrat Charlie Crist left for his unsuccessful gubernatorial run
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2022 Midterms Preview
I will quickly recap all the senate races.
Alabama - Republican Hold, New Senator Katie Britt
Britt worked with Brooks... but I don't know much more.
Alaska - Republican Hold, Incumbent Lisa Murkowski (probs)
Jungle Primary really is a beautiful thing.
Arizona - Democrat Maybe?, Incumbent Mark Kelly
Kelly is a good fit and Arizona Republicans are too out there. Shame Katie Hobbs is struggling in the governor's race. I liked her.
Arkansas - Republican Hold, Incumbent John Boozman
California - Democrat Hold, Incumbent Alex Padilla
Colorado - Democrat Probably, Incumbent Michael Bennet
Why did he ran for president in the first place...
Connecticut - Democrat Hold?, Incumbent Joe Blumenthal
Can be wonky at times, but usually reliable.
Florida - Republican Probably, Incumbent Marco Rubio
We will never get Florida, aren't we?
Georgia - Tossup, Inc. Raphael Warnock vs. Herschel Walker
Walker is floundering too much, but it'll be close.
Hawaii - Democrat Hold, Incumbent Brian Schatz
One of the brightest Senators out there.
Idaho - Republican Hold, Incumbent Mike Crapo
Illinois - Democrat Hold, Incumbent Tammy Duckworth
A bit moderate, but her strength are in line with the left.
Indiana - Republican Hold, Incumbent Todd Young
Iowa - Republican Hold, Incumbent Chuck Grassley
If there is an Democrat upset, I would probably look here.
Kansas - Republican Hold, Incumbent Jerry Moran
Kentucky - Republican Hold, Incumbent Rand Paul
Booker kind of floundered, unfortunately... maybe it will work?
Lousiana - Republican Hold, Incumbent John Kennedy (prob)
Maryland - Democrat Hold, Incumbent Chris Van Hollen
Much too moderate, but he is not hard to sway.
Missouri - Republican Hold, New Senator Eric Schmitt
Nevada - Tossup, Inc. Catherine Cortez Masto vs. Adam Laxalt
I really don't know what will happen here. If we lose one seat...
New Hampshire - Democrat Maybe?, Incumbent Maggie Hassan
New York - Democrat Hold, Incumbent Chuck Schumer
North Carolina - Republican Probably, New Senator Ted Budd
I don't think it's going to happen, but it'll be a pleasant surprise.
North Dakota - Republican Hold, Incumbent John Hoeven
Ohio - Republican Probably, New Senator J. D. Vance
Why did it have to be him? He is going to be so annoying...
Oklahoma - Republican Hold, Incumbent James Lankford
Oklahoma (special) - Republican Hold, New Markwayne Mullin
Oregon - Democrat Hold, Incumbent Ron Wyden
The scary one is the governor's race. Given Republican's behaviors in the state house, I would very much dread a Republican governor.
Pennsylvania - Tossup, Mehmet Oz vs. John Fetterman
I would be really, really sad if Oz wins. Fetterman is our chance.
South Carolina - Republican Hold, Incumbent Tim Scott
South Dakota - Republican Hold, Incumbent John Thune
Utah - Republican Hold, Incumbent Mike Lee
I don't know about Evan McMullin. He's such a Utahn oddity.
Vermont - Democrat Hold, New Senator Peter Welch
Leahy was cool, and Welch is good person to follow him.
Washington - Democrat Hold, Incumbent Patty Murray
Murray struggled so much... seen lots of ads. Quite interesting.
Wisconsin - Republican Probably - Incumbent Ron Johnson
I think he got slightly lucky, although the state is pretty much toast.
There is a bit of hope Democrats can still hold congress... we'll see.
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More Screen Shots from Friday the 13th: The Series episode Scarecrow, Season One, Episode Eleven, air date 2/6/1988
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Do you think Section 230 is pretty much going to be passed? I've been thinking about leaving the internet completely over this.
...Well, like many things, the answer is "It's Complicated,"
Firstly, for the most part, efforts to screw up Section 230 aren't direct repealing all of it so much as carve-outs that majorly weaken it, in ways that could still deeply screw up free speech.
The recent Kids Online Safety Act/EARN IT Act is being pushed for, and while it's not in committee, given the former was sent to the Commerce Committee last time and the latter to the Judiciary Committee, they're probably gonna send it next time, and you're probably going to want to call your senators if they're in said committee to tell them to kill those bills.
The membership of the Commerce Committee:
Maria Cantwell, Washington, Chair
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
Brian Schatz, Hawaii
Ed Markey, Massachusetts
Gary Peters, Michigan
Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin
Tammy Duckworth, Illinois
Jon Tester, Montana
Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona[a]
Jacky Rosen, Nevada
Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico
John Hickenlooper, Colorado
Raphael Warnock, Georgia
Peter Welch, Vermont
Ted Cruz, Texas, Ranking Member
John Thune, South Dakota
Roger Wicker, Mississippi
Deb Fischer, Nebraska
Jerry Moran, Kansas
Dan Sullivan, Alaska
Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
Todd Young, Indiana
Ted Budd, North Carolina
Eric Schmitt, Missouri
J.D. Vance, Ohio
Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming
The membership of the Judiciary Committee:
Dick Durbin, Illinois, Chairman
Dianne Feinstein, California
Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
Chris Coons, Delaware
Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut
Mazie Hirono, Hawaii
Cory Booker, New Jersey
Alex Padilla, California
Jon Ossoff, Georgia
Peter Welch, Vermont
Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, Ranking Member
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
John Cornyn, Texas
Mike Lee, Utah
Ted Cruz, Texas
Josh Hawley, Missouri
Tom Cotton, Arkansas
John Kennedy, Louisiana
Thom Tillis, North Carolina
Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
So yeah.
I may as well add, If you've got the misfortune to be calling a Republican, be sure to bring up how KOSA will be used as a way for Big Government to spy on people via mandated age verification, and how EARN IT will be used to censor conservative speech.
That'll get the bastards attention. And no matter what you do, don't shut up about it, because silence means the fuckers win, just look at FOSTA/SESTA...
...Tho, in better news, the questioning in those Supreme Court suits tackling Section 230 seem to show that the justices are at least reluctant to try and do much to 230, very specifically because of how much it could fuck up.
Which begs the question, if even these fucking demons know why fucking with Section 230 is a godawful idea, what excuse do these senators have?
Point is, the efforts to undermine it aren't all at once so much as gradual and insidious. Call your senators folks, and stay vigilant.
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Progressive Veteran Group Silent on Cal Cunningham After Extramarital Affair Revelations
Progressive Veteran Group Silent on Cal Cunningham After Extramarital Affair Revelations
Progressive veterans group VoteVets has stayed silent on Army Reserve Lt. Col. Cal Cunningham, a candidate it has endorsed for the U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina, after revelations last week he engaged in at least one extramarital affair.
Cunningham, a 47-year-old married father of two, has apologized for the affair, which was with a younger Army veteran’s wife, 36-year-old public relations…
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A Reminder of some of my sideblogs.
@notintheipswichboyband A singular character blog for the character Chase Collins from the movie The Covenant. This blog was one that was made before deciding to do multi’s with Movie characters. Featured Muse: Chase Collins
@wrongeddeadthenevermourned A blog full of canon muses I tamper with playing from various movies or tv shows. But don’t think they are popular enough or their fandom’s too small or dying to be a single blog. Featured Muses: Kai Parker, Michael Myers, Jeff Winger, Rick O'Connell, Sylar, Diego Hargreeves, Malcolm Bright, Jayne Cobb, The Master, Pennywise, Castiel, Anakin Skywalker, Darth Maul, Butters, Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes), Leo Davidson, Chris Halliwell, Oscar Diggs, John Bender, Eugene Duckworth, Harry Hook, Graydon Hastur, Will Rodman, Jason Carvey, Technical Boy, Gregory House, Nathan Bateman, Tweek Tweak, Gomez Addams, Linus Van Pelt,
@onebadwinter A blog where I put all the superhero’s, villains, or other such kind of similar things. That I want to mess around playing. Featured Muses: The Joker, Bucky Barnes, Magneto, Baron Zemo, Jason Todd, Daredevil, Moon Knight, Killmonger, Flash Thompson, Harry Osborn, Peter Parker, All-Black, Loki, Vision,
@bloodredrosesintheforest A blog for muses that I like from books. Many muses here that have characters on shows are more because I prefer their book versions over their tv/movie portrayals. Others are just characters that have never left their book formats. Featured Muse: Viserys Targaryen, Thranduil, Sauron, Daemon Targaryen, Theon Greyjoy, Rhaegar Targaryen, Gray Worm,
@justoneneck This blog is historical based. Most muse, if not all will be loosely or mostly fictional from real life historical people. Or characters from period pieces that fit more with this kind of setting than my movie/tv show blog above. Featured Muses: Hvitserk, Ivar, Ragnar, Caligula, Achilles,
@notasliceoflife Where I roleplay anime/manga based canon characters. Features Muses: Ulquiorra, Katsuki, Neji, Dabi, Gaara, Roronoa Zoro, Sesshomaru, Sebastian Michaelis, Hitsugaya, Aizen, Vegeta, Madara, L, Killua, Itachi, Sanji, APH America, APH Hong Kong, APH Iceland,
@graceandcruelty is where I roleplay a Jekyll and Hyde muse.
@caressedorcrushed is the main blog for where I roleplay a muse that has since been moved onto my main blog. Only will be used if I am just feeling like roleplaying that particular muse at the moment.
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Письма и война
Сегодняшняя речь президента Байдена не очень впечатлила, поэтому, друзья, начинаем политическую жизнь, как и все уважающие себя граждане этого ебанутого несовершенного мира. Те, кто живут в США, открывайте почты и отправляйте письмо. В конце заметки - шаблон письма. Можно отправлять от себя лично, или от всех членов семьи.
Сначала надо найти своего сенатора, который активно ищет поддержку будущих избирателей, у каждого штата он свой:
📌Alabama - Richard Shelby
📌Alaska - Lisa Murkowski
📌Arizona - Mark Kelly
📌Arkansas - John Boozman
📌California - Alex Padilla
📌Colorado - Michael Bennet
📌 Connecticut - Richard Blumenthal
📌 Florida Marco - Rubio
📌 Georgia - Raphael Warnock
📌 Hawaii - Brian Schatz
📌 Idaho - Mike Crapo
📌 Illinois - Tammy Duckworth
📌Indiana - Todd Young
📌Iowa - Chuck Grassley
📌Kansas - Jerry Moran
📌 Kentucky - Rand Paul
📌 Louisiana - John Neely Kennedy
📌 Maryland - Chris Van Hollen
📌 Missouri - Roy Blunt
📌 Nevada - Catherine Cortez Masto
📌 New Hampshire - Maggie Hassan
📌 New York - Charles Schumer
📌 North Carolina - Richard Burr
📌North Dakota - John Hoeven
📌 Ohio Rob - Portman
📌 Oklahoma - James Lankford
📌 Oregon - Ron Wyden
📌 Pennsylvania - Pat Toomey
📌 South Carolina - Tim Scott
📌 South Dakota - John Thune
📌 Utah - Mike Lee
📌 Vermont - Patrick Leahy
📌 Washington - Patty Murray
📌 Wisconsin - Ron Johnson
В интернете гуглите имя сенатора и office или contact. Обычно находится сразу автоматическая форма его официального сайта. А вот такой текст уже написали опытные люди. остается просто добавить его имя а в конце свое. Если вас много - можно всю семью. Говорят, соседей тоже можно.
Dear <<Congressperson/Senator>>
On February 24, 2022 Russian federation launched an unprovoked aggression against Ukraine.
Over the course of several months the Pentagon and the White House issued numerous warnings about the Russian federation’s intentions to attack Ukraine to the global community. Undoubtedly this interfered with Vladimir Putin’s plan to quickly capture Kyiv. For over three days Ukraine has been holding defense against a 200K strong army of the aggressor.
We are very grateful to the US government for a comprehensive sanctions package and for the financial support and shipments of armaments. We are grateful for the US agreement to disconnect Russia from SWIFT.
These are very powerful measures; however, they take time to make an impact. Russian rocket artillery, cruise, and ballistic missiles as well as cluster ammunition with infantry mines prohibited by the Geneva convention, are already falling on Ukrainian cities.
Starting with the morning of February 24 when Vladimir Putin declared war live on Russian TV, in less than 4 days, over 350 Ukrainian lives were lost (including 16 children).
The Russian federation is targeting residential areas and civilian infrastructure with no purpose other than to cause casualties and panic among the civilian population.
On February 25th, Russian forces hit a kindergarten in Okhtyrka (Sums'ka Oblast') with a rocket artillery system Grad. As a result, 3 civilians died and 17 children were wounded. On the same day, in the city Vorzel' (near Kyiv), Russian army opened fire with Grad on a civilian building with 50 children. On February 26, Russian army hit a children's hospital "Okhmatyd" in the center of Kyiv, one child died, two children and two adults were wounded.
Ukrainian diplomats are negotiating with Turkey to close Bosphorus straits to the Russian navy. Russia has a significant air superiority, closing air space (establishing a no-fly zone) over Ukraine to help helps limit the casualties.
- Establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine
- Use US diplomatic power in the UN to lobby for revocation of Russian Federation's permanent Security Council seat
- Lobby UN to recognize Russian actions as genocide against Ukraine
- Russia's current abuse of its Security Council seat makes the UN ineffective and undermines global security architecture
You have the power to help stop this war.
Respectfully, (your name)
*****
Друзья и читатели, что в Украине, мы очень переживаем и верим в победу! Я строчу письма всем местным, звоню, убеждаю, кто еще не послал меня, прошу денег и помощи в борьбе с путинскими солдатами, уже есть отсылка денег из моего музея, другого музея (Лиана, спасибо тебе, без тебя я бы не достучалась до музея Текстиля), и даже отклик из большой группы волонтеров, где мы фостерили котят! Многие американцы вообще не понимают, чо я кипешую, но уже есть небольшие сдвиги. А значит, будут дергать своих политиков и высылать деньги.
Нашим местным друзьям-одесситам сегодня под двери соседи положили цветы, подсолнухи. Это тренд, символ Украины.
Обнимаю каждого особенно мамочку!!!
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