#unsure if i will have extras to sell but if i do then i may sell some stuff online
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going to be tabling for the first time ever at RICE 2024 :O learn more abt the event here!
#yippee whoopee yahoo#im very aware its not a huge event and also that like 99.9% of the people who follow me will not attend or be interested#but i still think its nice to be like yay look at what i did :-]#unsure if i will have extras to sell but if i do then i may sell some stuff online#and i'll probably post everything here including the comics eventually so worry not about missing out#koob art#I FORGOT TO POST THUIS OOPS
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BEING A LIST OF THE THIRTEEN GREATEST RIVERDALE LINES, ON THE OCCASION OF THAT SHOW'S TERMINATION
As our much loved/hated show comes to an end, I feel compelled to record, for posterity, the greatest thirteen pieces of dialogue to spring from the pens of RAS and his henchmen. It was, of course, originally a top ten list, but I simply could not exclude a few of these treasures. Without further ado:
13.
“I dropped out in the 4th grade, to sell drugs, to support my nana.”
“That means you haven't known the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of high school football.”
Spoken by: an inmate of Leopold and Loeb Juvenile Detention Center, and Archie Andrews.
In: 3 x 2
Yeah, okay, this one had to be on the list. It’s funny, I’ll admit. It’s a great example of the overwrought semi-sincere melodrama that helped make this show so special. It’s low on the list largely because The Normies got their hands on it, so every time I hear someone make a reference I get all “do not cite the deep magic to me, witch.”
12.
“No! No! What are we supposed to do now? I’m horny as heck!”
Spoken by: Archie Andrews
In: 7 x 16
Season 7 is undeniably dreadful, and yet there are diamonds in the rough. The occasion is the failure of a projector, just as Archie and Reggie prepare to watch a pornographic film. The utter desperation with which KJ Apa delivers this line is exquisite. One is made to feel they are witnessing a genuine tragedy.
11.
“Tonight, they’re making an exception and debuting a cover of the song my parents claim they were listening to the night Jason and I were conceived.”
Spoken by: Cheryl Blossom.
In: 1 x 1
Really a fantastic line. A wonderful encapsulation of the casual absurdity of Cheryl’s character, and a foretaste of the lunacy we would plumb in later episodes and seasons.
10.
“In case you haven’t noticed, I’m weird. I’m a weirdo. I don’t fit in and I don’t want to fit in. Have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on? That’s weird.”
Spoken by: Jughead Jones
In: 1 x 10
A genuine classic. “High school football” before “high school football.” One is never entirely sure just how sincere the line is meant to be, both on a meta-level and in-universe. A perfect illumination of Jughead’s pretentiousness. It is made all the better by the occasional cuts to Lili Reinhard’s agonized face.
9.
“At the last dance, multiple students were murdered.”
Spoken by: Principal Holden Honey.
In: 4 x 2
Delivered as an explanation to Toni and Cheryl, as to why there would be no school dance this year. Principal Honey is in fact supremely rational in the cancellation of this dance. This being Riverdale, he is of course treated as an unreasonable tyrant.
8.
“Bro, I know all the secrets of this universe.”
Spoken by: Archie Andrews (evil version)
In: 6 x 5
Spoken as evil Archie reveals his evil plan to keep the parallel universes apart. KJ Apa’s delivery once again makes this line. He is comically sinister. Strangely, he sells it.
7.
“A Vughead kiss, right now, in the present might be precisely what it takes to save a future Bughead from imploding.”
Spoken by: Jughead Jones.
In: 2 x 14
One of those lines that both makes me laugh and makes me genuinely angry. This was a fairly early season, and this may have actually been the first line to get me asking, ‘did they genuinely write and deliver that?’ Extra points for use of the atrocious ‘Vughead’ portmanteau ship name rather than ‘Jeronica.’
6.
“I’m the ultimate wild card. I am the daughter of The Black Hood. The nightmare from next door. I’m training with the FBI and I’m coming for you, you psycho bitch.”
Spoken by: Betty Cooper
In: 4 x 14
Just delicious. Another one of those lines that leaves you somewhat unsure whether or not the writers understood how genuinely hysterical it was. “The Nightmare from Next Door” sounds like an announcer hyping up a wrestler. Spoken with a raw sincerity by Lili Reinhart. Also points for the heavy homoeroticism between Betty and Donna.
5.
“For I am Cheryl Blossom, Queen of the Bees.”
Spoken by: Cheryl Blossom.
In: 5 x 16.
This one really doesn’t require any elaboration.
4.
“Elijah ascended…and I will, too.”
Spoken by: Edgar Evernever.
In: 4 x 5.
Admittedly, this one is only spectacular with context. But in context—the context being that Chad Michael Murray delivers this line while dressed like Evel Knievel and standing in a cartoon rocket right out of a Warner Bros cartoon—it becomes utterly magnificent.
3.
“It’s not queer baiting, it’s saving the world.”
Spoken by: Veronica Lodge.
In: 6 x 22.
It’s actually hard for me to decide whether this one is funnier with or without context. Without context it’s wonderful, but it possibly becomes even funnier when you know that the context is that Veronica needs to kiss Cheryl to transfer superpowers into her body so she can turn into a Scarlet Witch knock-off and stop a magic comet summoned by Sephiroth an English wizard who is also the Devil.
2.
“If there’s no wedding reception, it means the Gargoyle King has won.”
Spoken by: Kevin Keller.
In: 3 x 12.
One of my personal favorites. This is a perfect line because like #3, it requires no real elaboration. There is absolutely no context in which it isn’t hysterical.
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“Word of my exploits serving Nick his comeuppance has seeped into the demimonde of mobsters and molls my father used to associate with, so the five families are sending their youngest and brightest, their ‘princes,’ as it were to, well, come court the rare Mafia Princess who can belly up to the bar with the big boys.
Spoken by: Veronica Lodge.
In: 2 x 20.
This is, in my opinion, the all-timer. Every word is perfect. The rapid-fire alliteration. The use of the word ‘demimonde.’ The entirely unnecessary addition of ‘as it were.’ This is borderline Dr. Seuss. The fact that Camila Mendes delivered it without cracking a smile should have won her an Emmy. No. An Oscar. This line is Riverdale.
#riverdale#veronica lodge#jughead jones#betty cooper#archie andrews#kevin keller#cheryl blossom#edgar evernever
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Attention Metalocalypse fans
Do you miss Dethklok? Just want a tiny bit more?
I’m not sure how many people are aware, but I’d thought I’d spread the word anyway-
There were DVD special clips of unscripted Dethklok interviews, some tv extras, other little tidbits and it’s extremely important to me that they are seen and HEARD
First of all, there’s a classic of Dethklok listing bands for over 20 minutes. It’s so dumb but nothing has made me smile so stupidly like this has. They all hype eachother up, Toki goes sicko, it fucking rules.
There’s also Skwisgaar teaching us how to play guitar. If you’re into silly degradation by a bimbo Swedish guitar god, this is probably for you. He also…sells us a guitar?
You obviously got Nathan Explosion reading Shakespeare (not really) and then he does it some more! (Not really)
Dethklok just…watching NASCAR. (Part of the reason why I think Murderface is from the deep south) Maybe that’s not classy enough for you; not enough Zazz? That’s alright, they also visit IKEA!
(A non-video one, which is surprising) Revolver interviews Nathan Explosion, in which this goth himbo realizes he doesn’t remember being borne
Okay, so I’m editing this bit by bit and this lovely person posted another non-video Dethklok interview, this time with Toki and Murderface reviewing music!
Eddie Riggs roadies for Dethklok. Reminder to all the Jack Black was/is a large fan of Metalocalypse! Also, they summon death (may or may not be related, I’m unsure)
Charles gettin drunk with the band! (This one might’ve been in the show…I don’t remember)
Murderface goes to the opera and talks awkwardly on the phone for too long. Like, way too long. Seriously.
Pickles goes on a trip. It’s wonderful to just hear him ramble honestly.
Don’t like Murderface? First of all, how fucking dare you. Secondly, you can listen to Charles Offdensen on the phone instead! Maybe they’re talking to each other!
Toki vs Skwisgaar staredown, courtesy of @doomstar because I forgot it! Skwisgaar, honey, your homosketuality is showing.
Dick Knubbler interviews Murderface and Toki over the song ‘Takin’ it easy’ (a classic)
Murderface plays wheelchair bound, “I wish my grandma was dead.”
Pickles the drummer is drunk is public. That’s the whole thing.
You can listen to Facebones selling you Dethklok references or even Facebones giving a special Mordhaus tour!
Facebones listing types of klokateers? Sure! How’s about Facebones (also the scientists) explains moshing? Not your cuppa tea? That’s ok, you can listen to Facebones…names… places…
A memorial for the dead klokateers, very emotional. Also Inside Mordhaus; The Klokateer story, which sorta gives us a small view into the true intensity of the job.
SoundGarden’s ‘black rain’, which pretty heavily includes Dethklok in the music video. It’s actually a very cool reference.
Dethklok gets in tune, where they just struggle with their instruments for a bit…yeah
A ‘fact or fiction’ interview that’s actually pretty recent, all things considered.
This extras compilation video, while it does include a lot of the stuff already on this list, it also has other stuff that I can find individually or some random interviews. If you have some time, I’d give it a looksie!
There’s also short ‘interview’ clips. Dethklok talking about;
Politics
Education
Family
Insects (I particularly like this one because pickles forces the rest of the band into a closet so he can have alone time)
Women
Fans
Disasters
Food
And the future
It’s just nice to get a little extra content, ya know?
#metalocalypse#dethklok#pickles the drummer#skwisgaar skwigelf#nathan explosion#william murderface#toki wartooth#adult swim
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hey
due to Unforeseen Expenses I am temporarily opening digital commissions! you can now get a lineless limited-palette illustration of your blorbo/s of choice for the fixed price of 28 USD.
it will look something like this:
these are only available until the end of March and there are 6 commission slots
additional info:
payment upfront via fourthwall
visual reference required
I won’t be charging for extra characters (you can have up to 3 characters in total)
if you give me a song in English to base the illustration on you will get a $1 discount because I love doing these (I won’t put lyrics in the artwork because I am Unsure how legal selling lyric illustrations is)
these may take a while to complete but I’ll try to get the last of them done before the end of April. this means my commissions will probably be closed for a while after this
if you prefer a traditional watercolor illustration you can look at the prices here (these are faster for me to finish) (the watercolor commission prices have not changed)
you will be helping to fund a home vet visit for a cat who hates going outside
#artist commissions#commissions open#digital commissions#emergency commissions#dragon age#pillars of eternity#baldur’s gate 3#bg3#the elder scrolls#tes#oc commissions
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Soooo this has been in the works for a while. Some fun and self indulgent and silly au that I actually got way too attached to!!! To the point I've actually got a whole outline of a story for it! Going to put it in under the cut :^]
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For context: I haven't really decided if this is a completely parallel universe where kris and susie and everyone else has any input on the world. Or if its simply just a year or two early to main storyline stuff. Idk, still thinking, I'll figure it out eventually.
Story time now though! Just as they are in their actual canon story, arrfs is from space! An alien trying to integrate into the Lightner world. Despite pups best efforts over the years, she still manages to wind up without a friend. I'm still heavily workingshopping what exactly their Lightner life was like or how exactly they stumbled into the dark world, all I know is pup gets there somehow!
Once arrfs DOES reach the dark world, pup is absolute terrified. Not only is there no one to tell them what's going on or where they are, but there's also no one to face the unknown with her. Unsure what to make of the change of clothes and new surroundings, pup treks on until- just as she does in the actual deltarune canon- queen pops up out of nowhere to capture her!!! Arrfs instinctually turns into a little tiny worm as a way to hide and defend pupself and queen just accepts it, going "Oh shit lol they disappeared woah. Okay bye."
Skipping ahead a bit bc otherwise we'll be here all day (and also bc I mainly have the meat of this story planned out rather than anything prior)! Arrfs stumbles around cyber city lost and confused after a close run-in with some ambyu-lances. That is, until they find themself in an alleyway. And who else do they find there other than spamton g. spamton himself!!! Instantly picking up on the fact that pup is a Lightner, spamton attempts to lure her into buying one of his wares so that pup may learn to trust him. Which quickly goes south when he realizes that arrfs doesn't have a single cent to their name. He frowns, instead offering her a place to relax. A place to stop running from every Darkner that attempts to approach them. This lands arrfs in spamtons shop, of course! While it seems like a friendly offer, in reality it's mainly offered so that spam has more time to think up a deal. One that would really hook arrfs and ultimately benefit spamton himself.
But then it hits him. This Lighter is lost and confused with nowhere to go and no one to turn to. If he were to hire them with promise of a roof over their head and a place to stay (however low quality and surrounded by garbage it may be), they would not only be a much friendlier face to lure his customers in, but would also come to trust him. THAT'S how you hook a customer and make them into a returning one. That's his ticket into getting into the basement. And to his surprise... arrfs jumps on the idea! Pup's very desperate to get a controlled grip on this world, and most of all, really just to find a friend after all these years. Blissfully unaware of the real nature behind the deal, she seals it.
I'm still working on the exact details of how the rest of it plays out, all I know is that the two actually do wind up becoming genuine friends! Spamton initially was in it for himself, sure, but instead he finds himself so comfortable with the first genuine friendship he's had in years. He fufills his goal of enabling arrfs to be completely trusting of him, but he never figured he would be so trusting of them as well. Not to mention that with all of arrfs help, they've pulled together a bit more of a stable income. She's even encouraged him to create his own art that sells for a much higher price than his normal wares. He almost wants to delay getting his hands on want he wants down in the basement out of fear he may lose all the good he's found. Almost.
And that's what I've got so far! I think it's fun!
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Extra design notes!!!
I know I stylized black and gray as blue on spamton btw but that was just the fit the blue theme on the rest of this. Arrfs' cloak is actually just that color blue!
Arrfs is surrounded by butterfly themes in the dark world! I figured that since their themes are mainly focused on grubs and caterpillars outside of the au just as a normal sona, butterflies would be a cool approach to show some kind of change! That's also the shape of their cloak- butterfly wings!
#spamton#spamton g spamton#deltarune#self insert#technically. bc arrfs is my sona after all#my art#oc tag#arrfs#if any of this seems a little cliche or smthn thats okay bc its still a wip but also its simply just for fun so it doesnt really matter ^_^#ref sheet#lightner arrfs au
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COMMISSIONS! FROM ME! YAY!
Status: Open!
okay, gonna start this with.. i have no idea how to make a comms info post. i was going to try and make a carrd but it's... a lot! so, under the cut, i'll have some examples and prices and some info on what to expect! (LONG POST) (YE BE WARNED)
Rules! (and some general info)
because we need that
Don't haggle with me. I'm not selling you old furniture, you're paying me for my time and effort.
For smaller commissions, I require pay up-front
Larger commissions (over $30) can be paid half up-front, and half later. For both ours' insurance!
I can do cashapp, zelle, or paypal.
Time taken on each piece will vary, of course, and I can give you an estimate when we hash out details. For pieces that take over 2 days, I can provide updates! Don't be afraid to check in whenever! I won't feel rushed or hassled if you just want to know how progress is :)
If you have literally ANY questions. ANY OF THEM. at all. just message me. Even if you're not sure if you want to commission, or don't intend to at the moment. Have a curiosity? My dms are open, friend. And my ask box too, if you'd rather. I'm so open to questions it's unbelievable. I am almost begging you to ask... If you have something to ask.
YAY / NAY / MAY(or, what i will and won't do)
YAY!
Furries
Humans
Roblox avatars/characters
Fandom
Oc
Light/medium mech
Ships (including selfship)
Suggestive
(Artistic) nudity
Multiple characters
Whatever's not on my "no" list! Please please just message me and ask if you're unsure. Even if you're not sure about commissioning and just want to see if it would be possible! I won't bite, I promise. :)
NAY!
Nsfw
Fetish (even if not explicit)
Heavy mech
Heavy gore
Anything proship/comship/whatever the hell they're calling it. NO KID DIDDLING! OR INCEST!
Anything vivziepop related. I don't like her or anything that she makes. (her absolute slop doesn't deserve to be drawn by my hands)
Celebrities (actors in a role, sure, but just the guy? the plain dude? just some guy on our earth who works a job? a real person with a life? no.)
MAY! (or, things I'm on the fence abt)
Horror
Minor gore
Large scenes (not my strongest skillset)
Whatever! I'm okay with stepping outside of my artistic comfort zone, so long as you're okay with the result varying in quality (and possibly taking longer, depending on what you ask for) Again, and I CANNOT say this enough, JUST ASK ME!!
WHAT I HAVE TO OFFER!
Okay, so, as shown here, for a standard commission i'll have 3 sizes, along with 4 stages of completion.
The stages are sketch, line art, flat colors, and render (shading/lighting)! sketch is the cheapest, and render is the most expensive. I'll list some prices for each size below :3
Head
Sketch - $5
Line art - $7
Colors - $10
Render - $15
Half
Sketch - $10
Line art - $15
Colors - $20
Render - $25
Full body
Sketch - $20
Line art - $25
Colors - $30
Render - $50
Add-ons!
Background (any commission automatically comes with a simple one, to be pictured in examples) - $15
Extra character - $7-$20 depending on what you're getting! just ask
COMPLEX object (like a weapon) (simpler ones r free) - $5-$10 (again, depending. just ask)
Anything that would take me more time and effort than usual, really. Time and effort is what you're paying for! I try to keep most of these pretty cheap, cus you're already paying for the drawing itself lol. Just ask if you're unsure.
Other kinds of stuff I'll do!
Icons! (or emojis, they're very similar)
These are basically just the head w/ colors, so $10
If you want an emoji set (or icon set, i guess?) it'll be +$5 for each additional one!
Reference sheets!
These are fun to make! They'll include 2/3 full-body shots of your character (front, side, and/or back), 1 head shot, flat colors, and some spaces for info! You can add in the info yourself, or have me add it in for you (no additional cost). They'll run you around $50 (however, you can add/take away stuff to change the price.)
Character page!
I will just. draw the character a bunch of times. $30 base price (sketch quality) can go up to $70 if you want them VERY spruced up (full render)
FINALLY. What we've all been waiting for... Examples!
These are rendered fullbodies! (with simplistic backgrounds, which are free!) (also, the first 2 are from 2022, so they don't look like how I would draw them today) (Last one is moff, @/sneablebeable 's character!)
these are rendered pieces w/ backgrounds! (though pokémon like these, I would consider chibi, making them a slightly lesser price.)
Reference sheets! Highly customizable, these are 2 I did for art fight last year :)
sketches! (with complex background, with extra character) For these, I can include basic values to help with composition. Will be done at my own discretion (no extra charge if I do).
Half body (in the style of a valentines card)
Icons!
Thanks for considering me! or... just checking this out! reading this far! whatever!
#labyposting#take a fucking drink for every time i say “just ask”#or a hit or WHATEVER#god. guys. you know you can ask me stuff right. did i pound it into you enough? should i say it again just to be sure?#commission#commission info#commission example#commission promo#commission open#commissions open#commissions#FEED ME MONEY!#labyart#posting this on my art account first because. it's my fucking art account LMAO#long post#took me over an hour to make holy shit
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Have you been thinking that there's a real lack of hopeless strangers on your dash asking for help lately? ☆Congratulations, I have arrived!☆
I feel obligated to a certain level of jesterdom while doing this, like perhaps I can earn my keep by entertaining people. It's bleak and humiliating, but we're gonna Have Fun With It! :D This is perhaps more a note to make to self and to a therapist rather than note here, but it segues well into the important point of:
~.•°¤.°•○~☆ I Can't Afford Shit ☆•*.°○.•°*×
let alone a therapist
I'm currently stuck in a weird position, both physically and situationally, because I have some sciatica scoliosis spinal bone spur nonsense that decided that now was its time to shine. I'm in pain all the time at every angle and position, so I'm not doing Great?
I'm in the middle of the process of filing for disability and if you've ever applied for a job and been frustrated that you gave them all of your information and then the application asked you to give them the same information all over again, applying for disability is like doing that, but times 40, and with information you don't have memorized the way you have your phone number and home address. They also insist on doing it through the mail. My next step is to be evaluated by some kind of impartial physician. My appointments are in mid to late July. I am unsure what they want me to do with myself until that time.
The work I'm trying to do is not enough. I'm making buttons like crazy but in the end they are just buttons and they sell for 2 to $4 and so you really need to be someone who is absolutely psyched about buttons and buys 40 of them or I need to tap into a market that is Larger in order for this to be reliably sustaining. I do not know what that market is. I was the weird kid in school - what is popular, I don't know, I was never meant to know, it is a mystery.
Do not get me wrong, I am currently holding my face above water because of some really enthusiastic fans of buttons.
But I can't sell a month's rent worth of buttons. I don't even think I have the supplies to make that many.
My rent is USD$670, which is hiked up an extra $70 from where it was last year because my landlord wanted to bleed me dry while the world is on fire. Despite how poorly insulated and badly maintained this house is as a structure, I do enjoy having even a badly insulated roof and a place to put all my shit.
If you've got a need for $700 worth of buttons for some reason, hit me up.
If you don't, then hey, I'm another artist in crippling pain on your dash hoping people in better situations than I can help out. I would love to cover my rent to remove that anxiety for myself for another month, but Every Bill keeps happening, so more beyond that it going to my electric which hasn't been paid since February, and my internet which will keep me afloat in nearly every way possible. I'm also almost at the bottom of the bag of Science Diet food that keeps my beloved cat, Onyx, healthy. I do not know how best to keep a ticker tape of a goal, because there isn't one? I need to survive until at least July. It's June 17th as I write this. Two months rent and some cat food? Don't know, I'm five minutes from a phone call which will determine if they will still allow me food stamps.
SO.
Ways in which I can dance for your amusement so that you may throw coins in my direction:
Art Commissions! I can paint like a motherfucker! I have an extremely ill-advised expensive piece of paper saying I can do it!
Check it out, man. There are COLORS and everything.
Radical.
I have a Patreon where you can see Secrets!
And a Ko-fi! I sell buttons on Ko-fi, in case you were wondering when that plot point would come back. It's not very satisfying narratively, I am sorry. Thinking about offering prints there, as well!
I have other options in my sidebar - RedBubble, Society6, etc!
There is also paypal.me/ladyyatexel if you just want to give money to my literally actually broken ass without getting a cool item in return.
And yes, if you're thinking this all looks and feels kinda familiar, I had to dance and beg on the internet in Dec 2021, and I made that go as far as I possibly could. It's six months later and everything I'm trying to do to better my situations is just taking Forever. I'm trying to come up with a way to stay afloat while rescuing myself takes its time.
Thanks for reading if you made it this far, friend. Even just knowing someone listened to you yelling for a minute is helpful.
No need to feel obligated, especially if you don't feel I deserve a second round of help, I understand. But if you wanna spread this around and let me 'Will Art For Food' on someone else's dash, that would be sick.
Take care of yourselves, friends, it is brutal out there.
#assistance#help#in need of help#donations#art commissions#i don't think any of these tags are actually going to work because of the links womp womp
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By Steve Holland, Gram Slattery and Katharine Jackson
May 27, 20236:25 PM PDT
Updated a min ago
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy have reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, ending a months-long stalemate.
However, the deal was described in terms that indicated it may not be absolute, and without any celebration -- an indication of the bitter tenor of the negotiations, and the difficult path it has to pass through Congress before the United States runs out of money to pay its debts in early June.
"I just got off the phone with the president a bit ago. After he wasted time and refused to negotiate for months, we've come to an agreement in principle that is worthy of the American people," McCarthy tweeted.
The deal would raise the debt limit for two years while capping spending over that time, and includes some extra work requirements for programs for the poor.
Biden and McCarthy held a 90-minute phone call earlier on Saturday evening to discuss the deal.
"We still have more work to do tonight to finish the writing of it," McCarthy told reporters on Capitol Hill. McCarthy said he expects to finish writing the bill Sunday, then speak to Biden and have a vote on the deal on Wednesday.
The deal will avert an economically destabilizing default, so long as they succeed in passing it through the narrowly divided Congress before the Treasury Department runs short of money to cover all its obligations, which it warned Friday will occur if the debt ceiling is not raised by June 5.
Republicans who control the House of Representatives have pushed for steep cuts to spending and other conditions, including new work requirements on some benefit programs for low-income Americans and for funds to be stripped from the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. tax agency.
They said they want to slow the growth of the U.S. debt, which is now roughly equal to the annual output of the country's economy.
Negotiators have agreed to cap non-defense discretionary spending at 2023 levels for one year and increase it by 1% in 2025, sources said.
The two sides have to carefully thread the needle in finding a compromise that can clear the House, with a 222-213 Republican majority, and Senate, with a 51-49 Democratic majority.
One high-ranking member of the hardline House Freedom Caucus said they were in the process of gauging member sentiment, and unsure what the vote numbers might be.
The long standoff spooked financial markets, weighing on stocks and forcing the United States to pay record-high interest rates in some bond sales. A default would take a far heavier toll, economists say, likely pushing the nation into recession, shaking the world economy and leading to a spike in unemployment.
Biden for months refused to negotiate with McCarthy over future spending cuts, demanding that lawmakers first pass a "clean" debt-ceiling increase free of other conditions, and present a 2024 budget proposal to counter his issued in March. Two-way negotiations between Biden and McCarthy began in earnest on May 16.
Democrats accused Republicans of playing a dangerous game of brinkmanship with the economy. Republicans say recent increased government spending is fueling the growth of the U.S. debt, which is now roughly equal to the annual output of the economy.
The last time the nation got this close to default was in 2011, when Washington also had a Democratic president and Senate and a Republican-led House.
Congress eventually averted default, but the economy endured heavy shocks, including the first-ever downgrade of the United States' top-tier credit rating and a major stock sell-off.
The work to raise the debt ceiling is far from done. McCarthy has vowed to give House members 72 hours to read the legislation before bringing it to the floor for a vote. That will test whether enough moderate members support the compromises in the bill to overcome opposition from both hard-right Republicans and progressive Democrats.
Then it will need to pass the Senate, where it will need at least nine Republican votes to succeed. There are multiple opportunities in each chamber along the way to slow down the process.
The two sides had struggled to find common ground on spending levels. Republicans had pushed for an 8% cut to discretionary spending in the next fiscal year, followed by annual increases of 1% for several years.
Biden had proposed keeping spending flat in the 2024 fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1, and raising it 1% the year after that. He also had called for closing some tax loopholes, which Republicans rejected.
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a/n: IB that war scene in The King’s Men.
warnings: mentions of killing, blood, it’s a little angsty.
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The room was frigid, uninviting to someone who just slaughtered enough people to fill a small theatre. You were trained to be callous and calculated but something about doing heinous acts asked of you beyond the walls of the Red Room made it feel painfully real.
“Dibs on showering first,” Natasha calls out as she pads over to the bathroom. You slump onto the bed, eyes staring straight ahead.
You can hear their screams still. The cracking of bones and squelching of organs from your meticulous handy-work. You were a pro, and that scared you so much.
Your training kept you immune from even the heftiest of bargains your victims tried to sell you on. Families, riches, property, you worked a little faster to end their suffering as some semblance of a counter-offer.
Your stomach turns and you clench your fists, white-knuckling onto whatever stability you have left. You start to think you may have been a fluke, somehow side-stepping all the tests that were supposed to weed out the weak.
“Y/N,” Natasha calls, toweling off auburn locks, “your turn.”
You dumbly look at her, realizing what she meant when you hear the rushing water of the shower waiting for you. You peel off the bed and in a few steps you’re in the bathroom. When you’re in the shower, you make sure the water is just below scalding and lean against the wall, softly sobbing.
Natasha stands still by the bed, haunted by the faint whimpers creeping into her ears from the bathroom.
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When you emerge from the bathroom, Natasha is laying on her side, reading a file for the next job. Your stomach does another flip and you wince just thinking about having to do this all again so soon.
You trudge over to a chair on the opposite side of the room and find something to put your feet on. Sleeping arrangements as a Widow were always less than pleasant, but sleeping on a chair beat sleeping handcuffed to a bed, you figure.
You cross your arms and with a soft huff you lean back into the chair, Natasha glances towards you, your shoulders haven’t stopped kissing your ears since you got here. She bites her lip in thought before finally speaking.
“Can you help me out? It’s awfully cold in here,” you lift your head, Natasha’s soft expression is puzzling.
“I can see if there’s an extra blanket around here,” you start to stand and look around, Natasha is on her feet now and holds her hand out.
“Come here,” her voice is impossibly soft, you turn to her, unsure of what she’s asking until she approaches you slowly and grabs your arm.
“Come on,” she leads you to the bed but you wait to lay down until she does first. You don’t realize you’re still standing until she pulls you down into the bed, into her arms. You can’t remember the last time you felt any kind of intimacy. It’s almost panic-inducing, feeling like you’re about to be suffocated but you fight to stay in the moment.
Natasha’s fingers start to trace your muscles through your shirt and you close your eyes, focusing on the gentle touch until everything starts to bubble up into your chest and spill out.
She holds you tenderly, staying so still as your body trembles against her.
“I know, I know,” she whispers.
“I don’t think I can do this,” you confess, feeling small under the woman’s gaze.
“You don’t have to,” Natasha says, you crane your head up to look at her, unsure of what she means by this.
“How?”
Natasha waits a few beats, your eyes don’t leave hers. You see her lips twitch to speak.
“I know a guy,” she says, “can help us both defect.”
“What about the others?” you ask softly.
“We’ll come back for them, I promise,” Natasha’s fingers tangle in your hair, you close your eyes to try and subdue the emotions swirling around inside yourself.
Freedom is just one sleep away.
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Non FR Players that may want to trade for LW things:
another commenter mentioned this but Night of the Nocturne (NOTN) is coming up this month
"but hag, my fr account has nothing/is new"
that's ok!! it's honestly so easy to make money during NOTN that even new accounts can benefit from the holiday even without grinding.
things you can do once a day quickly:
1. make sure you keep your dragons fed to keep up your extra gathering turns every day (super easy with a new account if you only have your progens)
2. use your gathering turns every day (i recommend scavenging. lower levels of the skill have a higher chance of giving unhatched eggs - easy 200g during notn)
3. do daily activities in the trading post: Tomo's Trivia (you can Google the answers), Crim's (easy if you already play coli or other parts of the site, but if you have a brand new account you most likely won't be able to use him much), Pinkerton (free daily item), Baldwin (just melt anything non valuable, check the AH if you're unsure), Fiona's (6 familiar interactions a day)
4. attach any familiars you get to your dragons and interact with them once daily (optional because you likely won't have many dragons and it can be time consuming)
all of these activities have a chance to give you NOTN related items and chests (what you really want). the non chest items can either be sold, converted to food points, or used in trades at Swipp and NOTN recipes at Baldwin to get more chests.
**DO NOT** open these chests. while you have a chance to get a Nocturne Egg (again around 200g), you'll get more gems in the long run just selling the chests on the AH to other players. iirc last year they were going for around 20g a pop.
**these chests will disappear after the festival ends so don't hang on to them**
both eggs and chests will sell fast if you list them at the current lowest price on the AH. eggs do slightly increase in value during the summer, but that's up to you if you want to wait. alternatively eggs also work as a good currency for cross site trading due to how easy they sell on FR.
if you really want to get into it and grind, coliseum is going to be your best bet. but if you just want to make gems for cross site trading and have no interest in the game, it's probably not worth it for you to learn and spend the time.
sorry for the long post but hopefully this is helpful to someone. i'm happy to answer questions or offer help, my dms here on tumblr are open.
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“how do you know one of your rarer vinyls is real and not a fake?”
i don’t. i’ve not looked much into it. i actually just found out that’s a thing. they may be considering i buy them for pretty cheap - but if they play, sound how i expect and hold up like a regular vinyl…. i mean, it sucks so bad that shit like this happens, but i don’t know how to check for authenticity via ebay and stuff when they can just fucking send me photographs of the real thing that they pulled off google so. or of the actual vinyl that they probably have. so yeah it sucks, it’s sketchy, it’s disrespectful to the artists, it’s fucked to the buyers, but i’m not ever planning on selling them. i didn’t buy them to sell twenty years from now for a butt load of money so if the worst that happens is i lost out on like 20 extra dollars for a record i THOUGHT was legit, that’s okay bc they all play and they all sound amazing. i have never spent $300+ on a vinyl. i once saved up for like a $200-ish one and that purchase had me anxious puking. so. i’m not concerned that some record i spent $60 on (including shipping!) is a fake atm. i can’t do shit about it, i’m not looking to make more than i spent on it and i enjoy listening to it so i’m not gonna cry about it. i’m angry artists and fans get fucked over, of course, but again. i’m unsure how to remedy this specific issue.
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08/07/2022
“Online Marketplace: How to spot red flags”
Author: Annalise Wagner
Online marketplaces have evolved from the times of simple Ebay / gumtree (Or Craigslist for our American friends). Now you can hop onto any of your favourite social media platforms and find a marketplace filled with all the horsey items you need at a pretty affordable price.
Theres plenty to love with these buy / sell platforms. You can essentially get all your ‘horsey shopping’ done in the comfort of your own home, and save a bit of money on new, lightly used and second hand items. The best part is that these items will just be shipped to your door. No need to drive anywhere at all!
When selling online, you are given the opportunity to find new homes for your old / discarded horse gear, and you can make a bit of money on the side! The money goes straight into your account (No annoying cash) and you can just post it out rather than having to spend half a day waiting for someone to come and collect.
There is however a dark side to the wonderful online ‘horsey marketplace’ that comes in the rare form of a terrible human being. Scamming. People with nothing but dollar signs (Or GBP / Euros signs for our UK and European friends) on their mind, and no intentions of earning that money honestly.
So how do you protect yourself? This article will highlight red flags and common scams done within the ‘horsey marketplace’. Although scammers are continually getting more clever with their scams, these red flags will ideally arm you with the knowledge to identify potential scams in the future.
1. The PayPal Scam:
You’re selling something online. Someone messages you, they normally have a very ‘plain’ profile. They offer to buy your item for the ‘asking price’, offer to pay an astronomical amount extra for ‘shipping’ and ‘kindly ask’ for your PayPal email.
You send them your PayPal email right away, excited to be finally selling your item. They claim you ‘may have gotten an email’ and to ‘please kindly check your email inbox’.
You get an alleged email from PayPal claiming the funds are held. At this point the email will either ask you to pay money to an ‘account’ to unlock your funds, or they will ask you to post the item for you to receive the money.
This is a scam. PayPal will never send you an email, you will get a notification directly into your PayPal account. If you are unsure, using your PayPal account go to the ‘contact us’ option and clarify with PayPal themselves whether or not this was a genuine transaction.
These scams are ordinarily done by people in different ‘non english’ speaking countries. Look out for ‘please kindly’, ‘Ma’am’ ‘Sir’. They ordinarily are using a translate app so if the text looks funny, or it’s misspelt or they have used the wrong words. They will always say “you have gotten an email from PayPal”. These are your red flags.
2. The ‘Friends and Family’ Scam:
This is easily one of the oldest scams on the ‘horsey marketplace’.
You want to buy an item. This seller offers you an exceptional deal on something. You decide to buy it and ask for their payment information. They offer PayPal. You know PayPal has buyer protection and is safe. They ask you to pay ‘Friends and Family’. They usually have an elaborate story or excuse as to why. “Your money will be held for 15 days”, “I wont get as much money if you don’t”, “I have to pay expensive fees if you don’t”. Stop right in your tracks at that point. Don’t pay anything yet as you may be getting scammed.
Paying ‘Goods and Services’ on PayPal will protect you. ‘Friends and Family’ will not. There will not be a ‘money on hold waiting time’ for either. Offer to pay extra to cover the fees. Normally a genuine seller will accept this, as long as they’re not out of pocket for the fees they’re normally happy. A disingenuous or dodgy seller however will not accept this. They will insist for bank transfer or ‘friends and family’ payment. Don’t walk away from those sales, run. You’re being scammed.
Red flags to look out for will be the persuasive language they use to try and convince you to pay via ‘friends or family’. They will sometimes also offer that you can pay via FB payment (Not safe) or other payment options that are equally unsafe. They’ll never accept safe payment because the item they’re selling does not exist.
3. The ‘Bank Transfer’ Scam:
Bank transfer is one of the most unsafe ways you can pay for items on the ‘horsey marketplace’.
Bank transfer is however one of the most common ways people pay on facebook marketplace, and most sellers and buyers prefer it.
So how can you arm yourself to make a wise choice when purchasing items on ‘horsey marketplace’ through bank transfer?
Here are some common red flags:
- They will rush you into payment. “Please, it’s an emergency I need the payment now’. They just want to rush you to prevent yourself from doing any research or thinking thoroughly about what is going on.
- Their profile looks sketchy. It has minimal friends, you have no mutual friends with them. They have no photos of horses, or very minimal and the photos they do have are not using the items you’re wanting to purchase from them.
-You do a ‘reverse image search’ and the items come up on google images or through being sold by other sellers. (A reverse image search is available on google images. It allows you to search a specific image directly to see if there are any matches of the image elsewhere).
- You search the brand, shape, size of the item and theres another seller selling the exact same item using the exact same photo.
- They overcompensate. They offer their license, address, phone number- anything to make you feel at ease. All this information is usually fake.
-They have a bad rating on Marketplace / Gumtree / Ebay. You can always check ratings of a seller. If they have no ratings, buyer beware.
- Something feels wrong. Trust your gut, if it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it.
-They wont let you or a family member pick it up. Or they offer you a fake address.
If you’re still unsure but really want to make the purchase, there are heaps of ‘dodgy horse sellers’ ‘name and shame horse sellers’ ‘horse scammers’ groups on social media that you can screen the name through. Always ask if unsure.
4. The ‘Paid’ scam.
You’re selling an item. Someone wants to buy your item. They pay immediately and send you a screenshot of the transfer and their postage information.
This could be a safe purchase, but NEVER post an item to the buyer until the money has cleared into your account.
If they have sent you a bank transfer receipt, and there is a ‘due date’ or ‘Scheduled transfer date’ on the payment receipt, you are being scammed.
They scheduled payment intentionally as it means the money will not leave their account until that scheduled date. They then take a screenshot of the transfer, and cancel the payment immediately. There is no money coming to you but it looks like there is. This is their scam.
The best way to avoid being scammed in this instance is to never, ever post an item until the money has cleared into your account. If it takes a few days, wait.
Sometimes these scammers will be crafty and claim that ‘the banks are closed for the weekend but the money is coming’. Sometimes they will crop the transfer receipt to hide the transfer date. There is never a need to crop a transfer receipt, it never has private information on it. These are red flags.
At the end of the day,
It is important that you keep your wits about you when making payments and receiving payments online. If something doesn’t feel right, follow your gut.
Generally, try to only pay via PayPal ‘goods and services’. Check social media groups and accounts that share online ‘horsey marketplace’ scammers. Ask local groups if they know of the individual. Check the sellers / buyers marketplace ratings. Being smart will protect you from being scammed.
Pick up doesn’t mean safe either. Always meet at a local public area with cameras and people. Bring a friend or family member with you. Make sure the cash is legit and not fake. There is always a risk when meeting strangers from the internet in real life.
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Review: Everything Everything's "Mountainhead"
Mountainhead is to my knowledge the first Everything Everything album truly sold around its concept. At least two of their previous efforts have had thematic through-lines - 'Get To Heaven' around radicalisation, extremism, and in vocalist Higgs' words 'becoming the Other'; and 'Re-Animator' playing with Julian Jaynes' bicameral mind theory. And of course their immediately previous album 'Raw Data Feel' was partially composed with input from an AI and toys with ideas of technology and the future. However, none have been teased with as strong a concept as 'Mountainhead' - set in a dystopian society where a cult is building a mountain by digging a pit, with the lowest members of society living in the pit and the highest on the peak - an immediately compelling metaphor for the rat race and inequality; and of course the title itself recalls Ayn Rand's 'The Fountainhead' and suggests a critique of that work's strident pro-capitalism message.
In practice I am unsure exactly how well this theme comes together - Higgs admits only about half the tracks on the album contribute directly to the theme, and it certainly doesn't seem to me like as a concept album Mountainhead is trying to be a 'rock opera', in the sense of having a story that develops throughout the album.
'Wild Guess' is the album opener, and it seems to me that it's doing triple duty as a re-introduction to the band ("Do you know where I've been (…) where are we now?"), a societal critique ("Take a wild guess" as to where things are going to go from here given the ominous political and environmental trends), and a scene-setting track for the album's concept. When Higgs sings "This is the most important thing you'll ever buy from us" this may be the cult of the mountain selling themselves to an unfortunate convert, or the band itself describing the album; an unsettling duality that blurs the line between the critical perspective of the band and the protagonist (something Higgs has played with on numerous occasions before). It's unusual for an EE song insofar as it begins with a long instrumental section, showing off the band's chops at, perhaps, the expense of an explosive opener. The use of almost barbershop harmonies is a high point. It's grown on me after a few listens and I now think it's above average for the album, despite a bridge that annoys me due to its mixed metaphors ("Nothing but endless fields of bodies swimming in the pit").
(As a note: I think there's a mistake in mixing in this song. At the end of the song, Higgs sings "Oh take a wild guess" while the backing vocals sing "You don't take it in". I think 'take' is probably intended to line up so it hits with some extra punch but never quite manages it)
'The End of the Contender' is a surprising and perhaps weak choice for second song despite being musically solid on its own. One of the singles released ahead of the album, 'Contender' is based in part on the viral video of Ronnie Pickering, a former British boxer who became involved in a road rage incident, raging "Do you know who I am?" (the cyclist didnt'). As such, other than a fleeting reference to Creddahornis, the snake at the bottom of the pit, there's relatively little sense of the album's concept and it's more of a personal meditation on former 'big men' who feel the world has passed them by.
'Cold Reactor' was the first single to be released from the album and remains probably the strongest song on the LP, as well as serving as the most concise description of the album's concept ("So we built the mountain by digging an almighty hole (…)But now the hole is deeper than anybody ever planned/And we're blocking out the sun"). Looking back after the release of the album, Cold Reactor suffers from its slightly schizophrenic premise; it is at once a description of the cult digging frantically to build the mountain, with the protagonist raging ("If God is the mountain he won't answer me a single question"), but also a description of isolation from the perspective of what seems like a shut-in only communicating with others through chat ("I haven't left the house in nearly thirty thousand days; I sent you/The image of a little yellow face") and perhaps planning an act of violence, a call-back to some of the themes of 'Get To Heaven'. It remains however an extremely catchy track with a devastating chorus ("I'm sorry Satan, but I can't do this evil on my own").
'Buddy Come Over' suffers from a weak, if memorable, chorus ("Empty but for us and the vomit/Elvis sitting dead on the toilet") and appears to be describing an individual familiar to the UK political scene - a "sucker for the law" who thinks "PC (has) gone mad". An excellent bridge with a genuinely menacing melody makes up for the chorus ("It's a golden age/I'm wearing half your face").
It's not clear if 'R U Happy?' is intended to be the concept album cult's pitch to members, a first stirring of dissatisfaction by the protagonist in their life ("The mountain is a lie") or a more general statement by the band. While some reviewers enjoyed the themes I felt it was a bit meandering.
'The Mad Stone' was the second of the three singles released ahead of the album launch and seems to be from the perspective of a real estate agent selling homes on the mountain and in the pit. It's a little unclear what part of the narrative voice should be understood to be from an actual cult member - is "I'm a Mountainhead too! What is that, a religion?" a telling aside from the same character who seeks belonging but doesn't seem to know what they're getting into, or two characters in a back and forth? The very rapid falsetto delivery of the chorus may not be everyone's cup of tea.
'TV Dog' should ring bells for listeners of previous albums, where 'dog' is used to mean someone falling prey to propaganda or easily led; who is learning to hear the dog whistles (e.g. 'Lord of the Trapdoor': "This is a whistle for only the dog. Can you believe you were nearly a dog?"). The song opens strongly with a harpsichord leitmotif that recalls 'Two for Nero' and the lyrics "Why is it always/Liars and ballgames/When I turn on the television?"). Sadly, as the song goes on, it seems to lose track of of the metaphor ("If it's not free will/Is it a treadmill?") and is rather short.
(UPDATE: This may be because the line in question was actually taken from another unused song which would have revolved around a shooting at a gym. EE have done this before when they fused 'Only The Dogs' and 'Come Alive Diana' to create the final version of 'Come Alive Diana', with the intriguing line "First I lost an author, then I lost a daughter's awe" sadly not pertaining to anything in the themes of the latter, having been lifted directly from the former.)
'Canary' returns to the themes of the album, while also perhaps developing the themes of the radicalised character from the previous song, with the 'canary under the ground' who gives into the "drumming of the hellkite priest". It suffers from a somewhat repetitious chorus and outro and, in contrast to TV Dog, feels like it drags on somewhat, despite a stronger through-line.
'Don't Ask Me To Beg' is one of the weaker songs on the album from my perspective; it seems to be broadly a breakup song, and despite some memorable lines ("If I'm gonna be tomorrow's bacon/You deserve a Michelin star") the second half lumbers along with the same issues as 'Canary'.
'Enter the Mirror' is clearly being positioned as one of the big tracks of the album, though to my mind it's probably the weakest. Its new-love theme sits uncomfortably coming immediately after 'Don't Ask Me To Beg' and the leitmotif of the chorus "Two! Men! Enter! The! Mirror!" feels worryingly familiar. It's not quite Michael Jackson's "The Man In The Mirror" but isn't far off, which gives it a presumably unintentionally comedic effect.
'Your Money, My Summer' clearly nods back to the band's early single 'MY KZ, UR BF', a track specifically about being confronted by an angry man after cheating with his significant other. Here the message is somewhat vaguer; does the money-splashing protagonist have the 'Babylon witch's' credit card after the breakup in 'Don't Ask Me To Beg'? Confusing matters is the line 'All summer my powers did fade', which seems like it recalls 'Lost Powers', a song about Alex Jones and the Sand Hook shootings.
(UPDATE: The meaning may be given away by the cryptic reference to Robin Hood's Bay, which seems to be referencing Bram Stoker's Dracula, who reaches shore in nearby Whitby after a shipwreck in the form of a dog. 'The dog's in the dinghy sun-tanned' thus seems to identify the parasitic protagonist as a figurative (?) vampire, whose fading powers of seduction may nod back to similar tracks such as 'Warm Healer')
'Dagger's Edge' wasn't a favorite of mine as it felt quite derivative and something I've heard before, both musically and thematically, though it's a lot stronger than the preceding three tracks and I can see why some have labelled it a high point. It connects, oddly, to 'Don't Ask Me To Beg' ("We've all become tomorrow's bacon/The customer is always right") as well as to the 'rancid hellkite' cult.
'City Song' was a standout for me with some evocative synths, and what seems like a nod to the structure of 'No Reptiles' ("They didn't know my name/I didn't know my name"). City Song has been excoriated by some for what is probably the weakest couplet on the album ("You are a woman, and I am a man/We live in the city, and we do what we can"). For my part I assumed this was deliberately trite and not a genuine attempt at a romantic line. It also has for me the best outro on the album.
'The Witness' makes for a strange closer to the album, with its 16-bit MIDI melody and vocals that seem to sit awkwardly on top. For me this (deliberate?) incongruity detracts from what are actually quite powerful lyrics - albeit feeling very cryptic and almost painfully personal: "And the way you wanted it never comes true/And the bird in the shed, it was looking at you/But you blew off its head because that's what we do/And I'll always believe in you". Should we understand the "blinding light" and "water falling" to mean the collapse of the pit and the mountain; the system ending and the light rushing into the darkness? The line "If you stood up in school and just burst into flame" suggests to me this is all still Higgs playing with ideas of martyrdom and terrorism left over from 'Get To Heaven', when the final two tracks on what is billed as a concept album haven't really engaged with the concept, dancing away to a city filled with light or a cryptic scene in a shed where the protagonist kills an avian 'witness'?
Overall ranking each song out of five I ended up with an overall average rating for 'Mountainhead' of 2.78, which is better than Arc and Re-Animator and comparable to 'Raw Data Feel'. However, it's quite front-loaded, with 'The End Of The Contender', 'Cold Reactor', 'Buddy Come Over' and 'Mad Stone' all in the first half. I feel the album progressively loses track of its conceit after 'Canary' and the second half is significantly weaker.
In terms of the overall narrative, you might construct something as follows:
The scene is set ('Wild Guess') with an ominous premonition of the end (the bodies floating in the pit), also serving as a re-introduction to the band itself and its new direction ("Where are we now? - Take a wild guess")
'The End Of The Contender' describes someone who might fall prey to the cult, who feels like yesterday's man and seeks purpose
'Cold Reactor' overtly spells out the setting and how it relates to alienation (the pit = depression and disconnection)
'Buddy Come Over' might (?) suggest attempts to find connection with other people in the pit
'R U Happy?' suggests the protagonist remains dissatisfied with their life
'Mad Stone' introduces a new character, the estate agent who by the end of the song has seemingly joined the cult)
'TV Dog' relates the cult to real-world media on TV radicalising people
'Canary' develops how the protagonists are manipulated and encouraged to sacrifice themselves for the good of the cult
'Don't Ask Me To Beg' suggests some kind of breakup or disagreement with the cult
'Enter The Mirror' sees the protagonist climb the mountain and reach the mirror, reaching some kind of revelation and embarking on a campaign of destruction and arson against the cult
'Your Money. My Summer' might or might not see the protagonist stealing money from the cult (it might also be from the perspective of the cult's leadership, enjoying the unearned fruits of their followers' labours)
'Dagger's Edge' relates the cult situation to the increasingly perilous real-world political landscape
'City Song' sees the protagonist attempting to rediscover themselves in the city after leaving the cult but still feeling unsatisfied
Finally 'The Witness' sees them return and dynamite the mountain, flooding the pit and killing the cult; their last victim is the canary, who saw them commit the crime.
Update: The 'bird in the shed' is a real bird who Higgs shot with an air rifle as a child, with the rest of the song being about "some fucked up stuff that happened to me in the pandemic"; my sense then that this was a painfully personal song seems to have been bourne out. While the lyrics are evocative, the almost chiptune melody and lack of connection to the album make it to my mind a poor closer.
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How To Link Your Bank Accounts
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You can also use a similar course of to hyperlink a bank account to a cost app like PayPal or Venmo or budgeting apps like PocketGuard and Quicken. Online brokerages additionally let you hyperlink external accounts out of your account dashboard, but you might find the setup underneath an option to "Move Money" or "Enroll Account." Bring photo identification and your financial institution card to the bank. When you go to the financial institution, keep in mind to convey alongside some photo ID, such as your driving license, in addition to your bank card. The necessities can vary from bank to financial institution so if you're unsure, name up your branch or look on the website for extra particulars.
There’s a threat of receiving a fraudulent cashier’s check, as criminals have increasingly sophisticated printing strategies that can mirror a sound cashier’s examine. For instance, if you’re selling an item, a purchaser could want to pay you with a cashier’s verify. You hand the item over, and only later do you study out of your bank that the verify isn’t legitimate. In that case, you’re out the money as nicely as the merchandise, and the client has vanished.
Multi-currency account Explore the account used by 16 million folks to reside, work, travel and transfer money worldwide. Customer selects their financial institution from the record of obtainable financial institutions. Global Payments Accept funds online, in particular person, or by way of your platform. Accept funds online, in particular person, or through your platform. You’ll receive a notification when the funds have efficiently been transferred to the recipient’s account.
The Bottom Line: How To Switch Cash From Bank To Financial Institution
Unfortunately, electronic money switch methods are targets for scams as a result of payments usually can’t be canceled. Many schemes contain receiving an unsolicited e mail or message from someone you don’t know. They would possibly ask or even threaten you to ship them money for an uncommon or surprising function. Although PayPal helps several payment methods, you would possibly find the fees a drawback.
The on-line interface should then ask you to enter the routing and account numbers for the account you want to link. Information supplied on Forbes Advisor is for educational purposes solely. Your monetary situation is exclusive and the services and products we evaluation is in all probability not right on your circumstances. We don't provide financial recommendation, advisory or brokerage providers, nor do we suggest or advise people or to buy or promote explicit shares or securities.
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The ACH community bundles together any ACH transactions that are available inside a given time-frame after which settles the transactions in batches periodically throughout the day. Customer enters their account credentials to log into their checking account. Revenue and Finance Automation Grow your business with automated income and finance.
Here are 5 methods to transfer money between financial institution accounts. When it involves sending cash there are a quantity of choices out there so that you simply can use. You might use a fee platform similar to PayPal or you could use a financial institution switch to send funds.
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Many cell banking apps allow you to deposit a paper check by taking photos of the back and front of it, saving you time compared to going to a financial institution or ATM in particular person to make the deposit.
After a transfer is full, the funds are normally obtainable to the recipient for instant use or withdrawal.
For example, in case you have a 1-year certificate concluding, they'd doubtless supply to roll your stability into a brand new 1-year CD.
Once verified, you presumably can sometimes transfer cash between banks within one to five days.
It’s usually free to ship and receive cash through digital-payment apps which would possibly be linked to bank accounts, but payments made with credit cards could incur fees. Google Pay is able to sending money to your contacts on both Android and Apple units, in addition to paying at retailers. It supports paying people and splitting group payments using your linked debit card, bank account or Google Pay balance. You can ship cash to individuals within the U.S. and India, and home transfers are free.
The Reliable Approach To Switch Money To Financial Institution Accounts Around The Globe
Setting the Google Pay app up entails utilizing your Google account and completing a step to confirm your telephone number. You’ll then select your privacy settings and add your fee method so you could make purchases and transfers. Venmo, Cash App, Google Pay, Zelle, PayPal, and wire switch are a variety of the safest approach to send cash digitally. Some choices are setting up an external transfer or using a service such as Zelle.
Review your account agreement for policies particular to your bank and your account. In different states, the program is sponsored by Community Federal Savings Bank, to which we’re a service supplier. All transfers must be instant — we’re on a mission to bring you just that. So hold track of your cash by using our in-app Money tracker. You should at all times understand how long your transfer’s going to take.
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This is also a great way to transfer cash between your individual accounts at different banks. One of the easiest methods to switch cash from one financial institution to another could be using a fee app like Zelle or Venmo since it just takes a number of clicks inside the app to ship and obtain cash. But if you aren’t snug with cell banking, a personal check may be the best approach to ship money to somebody. A conventional method of transferring cash between banks is by writing a examine and depositing it both at a bank department, on-line, through a cellular app or by mail. A cash order can be used instead, though some bank’s web sites and/or apps lack the capability to deposit a money order.
Financial Institution Credit Transfers
We comply with strict guidelines to guarantee that our editorial content material just isn't influenced by advertisers. Our editorial group receives no direct compensation from advertisers, and our content material is completely fact-checked to ensure accuracy. So, whether or not you’re studying an article or a review, you'll find a way to trust that you’re getting credible and reliable info. Online transfers are usually free, although some banks do charge, and transfers often take as a lot as three business days to complete. Check along with your establishment when setting up a transfer to know when to count on funds to arrive and whether or not there are charges.
Convenient choice for sending money to and/or from a Walmart retailer. To improve your restrict, you’ll want to supply extra personal information such as your full name, date of start, and last 4 digits of your Social Security quantity. You can create your individual $Cashtag, or username to make it easier for individuals to seek out you and ship you funds.
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What Am I Supposed to Do if I Can’t Pay My Bills On Time?
One of the most common struggles Americans face is paying their bills. One of the worst things you can do in this struggle is disregard the issue because it can lead to a serious debt problem. It’s vital that you understand what to do when you can’t pay your bills.
Unexpected trips to the emergency room, student loan payments, and veterinary care are all bills you may need to pay in the future. Take steps now so you avoid acquiring a mountain of debt in the future.
Regardless of your financial situation, you have options for digging yourself out of your money struggles. Learn more about what to do if you can’t pay your bills and about emergency funding from MaxLend.
What to Do if You Can’t Pay Your Bills
A few bucks here and there charged to your credit card account doesn’t sound like much, but these charged expenses can accrue interest, and your balance can rapidly increase. Unsure what to do if you can’t pay your bills? Let’s dive in and dissect the many ways you may be able to pay your debt.
Focus on Paying Living Expenses
If you’re late on paying credit card bills, you can expect to receive calls, emails, and even snail mail trying to convince you that your credit card bill payment is more important than paying your living expenses.
Before you pay your credit card or other bills, make sure you are focusing on these four items:
Food
Shelter
Utilities
Transportation
Before spending any more money on your bills and debt, make sure you’re taking care of your living expenses. It’s a priority to make sure you have food, a roof over your head, lights and water, and a form of transportation to get to work.
Create a Budget
After your living expenses are sorted out, it’s time to create a budget to take care of the bills you can’t pay. While you may think it’s silly to budget now if you have no money to pay your bills, it’s actually a good idea to create a budget to better prepare yourself for the future.
Start by making a budget that includes your income and expenses to help reduce your spending. Listing out all of your expenses will help you find ways to cut out excessive spending. You might even be able to find ways to increase your income with a revised budget plan. Once you have your budget in place, you can devote realistic amounts of money to your debt.
Change Your Lifestyle
If you can’t pay your bills on time, then it may be time to reevaluate your lifestyle. If you need extra cash fast, that may mean taking a second or even a third job, starting a side business, or selling some of your unused belongings.
There are many ways to make ends meet and help pay your debt:
Sell your car and purchase a used, reliable vehicle
Host a garage sale
Cook meals at home instead of dining at a restaurant
Find a second or third job
Downsize your home for more realistic payments
Change cell phone plans for a cheaper option
Share living expenses with roommate(s)
You can put extra money toward overdue bills. Put aside $1, $5, or any extra cash regardless of the amount. Changing your lifestyle can drastically change how you spend your money and help you pay your bills on time. Remember, you have options, but you are the one responsible for making the changes.
How Can I Get Money to Pay My Bills
After you focus on living expenses, create a budget, and change your lifestyle, now it’s time to start tackling your debt.
This is one way:
First, list out all of your bills from smallest to largest.
Only pay the minimum amount on each bill except for the bill that is the smallest amount.
Pay as much as you can on the bill that is the smallest amount – and focus on paying that bill off. Once you pay it off, you will be able to apply that money to the next smallest bill while still paying the minimum amount on all of your other bills.
Repeat the steps above every month, and you’re on your way to becoming debt-free. The more bills you pay off, the more money you will have in the coming months. Tackle each bill one at a time so you aren’t overwhelmed with a large amount of debt.
MaxLend Loan Solutions
Here at MaxLend, we may be able to help you in your time of need if you can’t pay your bills. We offer short-term installment loans for those emergencies. Cover your living expenses while earning installment loan rewards. You could receive Same Day Funding* today when you apply online. Apply for cash online today to see if you qualify for up to $3,750 with MaxLend.
*Same Day Funding is available on business days where pre-approval, eSignature of the loan agreement and completion of the confirmation call, if a call is required, have occurred by 11:45 a.m. Eastern Time and a customer elects ACH as payment method. Customers who complete this process by 1:30 p.m. Eastern on business days may still receive funds on the same day, but some banks may not disburse the funds until the next business day. Other restrictions may apply. Certain financial institutions do not support same day funded transactions. When Same Day Funding is not available, funding will occur the next business day.
The content on this site is for informational purposes only and is not professional financial advice. MaxLend does not assume responsibility for information given. All information should be weighed against your own abilities and circumstances and applied accordingly. It is up to readers to determine if this information is safe and suitable for their own situations.
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