the2maximoffs:

i think i love you.

hchollym:

I got bored and made some things…

ariel2me:

“Willas has a bad leg but a good heart,” said Margaery. “He used to read to me when I was a little girl, and draw me pictures of the stars.” (A Storm of Swords)

His stories grew darker and darker after his first and only tourney. He did not come to Margaery’s room to read to her as he used to; she went to him instead, in his sickroom that was almost always dark, day and night.

“Read to me, Willas,” she asked, pulling the curtain to let the sun in.

“No!” He shouted, angry at her as he had never been before.

“It’s too dark,” Margaery said. “How can you see the words in the book?”

“I don’t need to see the words. I know the story by heart. The whole damn story, and how it will end,” Willas replied bitterly.

She had never heard him curse or swear before. Margaery set the book aside and sat on her brother’s bed.

“Do you want to hear the story of the gallant knight, or the crippled heir?” Willas asked.

“I want to hear about the crippled heir who becomes a gallant –“

“I will never be a knight, sweet sister. Not now.”

“- who becomes a gallant and good lord.”

He did not smile as she had hoped, but he looked slightly less bitter and miserable than he did when she first came into the room. He drew more stars for her, but these were not stars in the night sky, he told her. They were the stars he saw when the sun was shining brightly, and he thought he would never see her again.  

wasureneba:

juicetrump:

The Frito-Lay workers' strike has revealed some horrifying working conditions

In the United States, conversations about getting people back to work have dominated, as doing so is seen as a sign that the pandemic is fin

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Pepsi-Co brands include:

Beverages: Pepsi, Pure Leaf, Mountain Dew, Bubly, Gatorade, Tropicana, Naked, Soda Stream, Lipton, Starbucks, Aquafina, Brisk, KeVita, Life Wtr, Sierra Mist, Stubborn, Izze, Propel, One, SoBe, Mug Root Beer

Food: Lay’s, Dorito’s, Stacy’s, Quaker Oats, Bare, Sabra, Ruffles, Smart Food, Cheetos, Tostitos, Fritos, Near East, Imagine!, Sun Chips, Off the Eaten Path, Simply, Rold Gold, Miss Vickies, Red Rock Deli, Cracker Jack, Nut Harvest, Life, Matador, Santitas, FunYuns, Cap'n Crunch, Pasta Roni, Rice-a-Roni, Maui Style Potato Chips, Sabritones, Munchies, Muncho’s, Grandma’s Cookies, Pearl Milling Company

poesflygirl:

kaelio:

A persons fanfic tells you a lot about them, i , a fanfic writer, realize in terror

new ask game: give me an extremely specific assumption you have about me based off of my fanfic. go.

constellrose:

jenniferrpovey:

So, this hasn’t crossed my dash yet. (Not blaming anyone, there is soooo much going on in the world and I’d also missed it in the noise).

There is currently a strike at Frito-Lay. in Topeka. These workers are striking because:

They were being forced to work 84 hour weeks. The company’s best offer so far is a 60 hour cap. This is shit we fought for a century ago, people.

Their generous offer also includes a whole 4 percent wage increase…over the next 2 years. I’m not sure what COL is in Topeka, but… Well, it’s better than the entire 77 cents they’ve apparently gotten in the last decade.

There’s also a report that a worker literally collapsed and dropped dead on the line and the foreman’s response was to make them move the body out of the way and put in a replacement. (However, this is unconfirmed and, of course, the company denies it).

There have been multiple OSHA violations at this plant over the last few years, including a forklift accident that’s under investigation.

They’ve now been striking since July 5 but, of course, it only hit the national media yesterday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/14/frito-lay-strike-forced-overtime/

So, why am I signal boosting this?

Because Frito-Lay is refusing to budge. They are attempting to make the excuse that union leadership agreed to the 60 hour work week and crappy pay cut…when union leadership only agreed to put it to a vote.

And this means that we need to put the thumbscrews on them. Remember, this is about 19th century style working conditions.

So, I’m calling on my followers to boycott Frito Lay’s until the strike is involved.

Frito-Lay owns:

Lay’s

Doritos (Sorry. I really am. I KNOW there’s no good alternative to Doritos, although Zapp’s are good if you can find them).

Fritos

Tostitos

Cheetos

Ruffles

Sun Chips

Baken-ets

Chester’s

Cracker Jack

Islen plantain chips

Funyuns

Grandma’s (the cookies)

Matador Meat Snacks

Maui style potato chips

Miss Vickie’s

Munchies

Munchos

Rolled Gold

Sabritones

Santitas

Simply

Smartfood

Stacys

The Walking Taco

NatuChips

PopCorners (this one wasn’t on their website, but was bought by Pepsi’s in 2019 with the intent of adding it. So best avoided just in case).

Yes, this really is more than half of the snack aisle. Suggested alternatives:

Kettle Brand Chips

Zapp’s (If you can find them. My supermarket had them once and not since, so I’m guessing the culinary cowards in this neighborhood were afraid of “Voodoo” flavored chips).

Pringles

On the Border for salsa.

Wise Cheez Doodles

Bugles

Utz

Store own brand alternatives, if your store has ones that are any good.

Cheez-its

Check before you buy and let’s tell these people they don’t get to treat workers like that.

This was posted on FB recently by someone supporting the strike!

inthetags:

reblog and put your first fictional crush in the tags

enlightenmentboi:

the-busy-ghost:

gablehood:

i’m tired of historical dramas trying to spice things up with sex scenes instead of giving the audience what they really want which is excessively long scenes of noble women being dressed in sumptuous and period accurate layers by their attendants with gratuitous shots of the era-appropriate fastenings and lacings being done

And long panning shots of historical buildings and locations that still exist, but bustling with activity back in another time period

Don’t forget: explaining what the politics and leading philosophies of the time period actually are

ocfairygodmother:

I’m SO sorry things aren’t going that great. I’m glad the poster could at least help lighten things a bit! :) All the love! If you need to chat, please don’t hesitate to send a message.

To whoever nominated me: Thank you.

You have no idea how badly I needed something nice to happen today.

astronautdiaz:

combine your first real fandom with your current one to create a terrible, terrible au

inthetags:

Reblog this and put a running joke your family has in the tags

rumaan:

How footballers of non European descent are routinely treated when representing their European nation