Dec. 3rd, 2017

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The FCC's plans to end net neutrality could be killed in court:

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justmelvin:

Keep this going!!!!

Keep making those calls, sending those emails, and signing your petitions!

We can’t get lax about this now!

We have their attention guys!
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I meant to respond to that and then Real Life hit me by surprise hard. 

But I think that it is awesome and Luci is enchanted by his niblings, especially his successor, Holly. 
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I meant to respond to that and then Real Life hit me by surprise hard. 

But I think that it is awesome and Luci is enchanted by his niblings, especially his successor, Holly. 
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I meant to respond to that and then Real Life hit me by surprise hard. 

But I think that it is awesome and Luci is enchanted by his niblings, especially his successor, Holly. 
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true nature – fantasy concept by Jakub Rozalski
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It’s been a while since I’ve made a post, and I figured that these tips might be extra helpful with exam season approaching. As someone who struggles a lot with procrastination, I do everything I can to fight the urge to put assignments off until the last minute (even though I’m not always successful). 

As always, good luck! (ᵔᴥᵔ)
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Netflix Castlevania coffee shop au where Drac’s the ceo of a large company and keeps coming in to check on his son, Alucard, who’s a barista currently going to med school.

He doesn’t really register the redhead and the brunette who are always sitting in the corner. Sypha considers the shop to have the perfect atmosphere for studying. Trevor just appreciates its hours - he tends to make coffee runs at 11 pm.
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A list of the senators who just voted for a bill nobody’d had a chance to read yet (that they were scribbling amendments in the margins up to the moment of the vote) that will do significant damage to the working and middle class (and their children), in order to benefit the ultra-wealthy.

Make their names a hissing, and their legacy one of shame, that their children and grandchildren choose to go by another surname and vote Blue in penance.

And call your Representatives, because the bill’s up in the House next.
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From Chapter 24 of Baba by @nestophersherb

This fic gives me life.
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Dear whoever is reading this: I wish you a life full of warmth and happiness and love. I hope you’re okay. And if you aren’t now, you will be.
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josh-ur-dun:

Hey can you please reblog this if you think sign language should be taught in schools

I’m trying to get my school to and i need stats (NZSL is an offial language of nz)
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Percival has felt off all day. No, not off. “Like shit,” as he elegantly sighed through his teeth to Phina, when she flowed down the stairs to share their customary coffee cups during break. In her soft-grey cloak and perfectly-coiffed halo of white curls, she looked like the polar opposite of his sorry person – but she still patted him on the back and told him she understood. This is what friendship looks like.

He was Percival Graves, though, so he did one of the things he does better – he bluffed his way through the day. He pushed through meetings and paperwork, Auror complains and improbable suspects telling him even more improbable bullshit down in the holding cells, powered mostly by caffeine, sense of duty and good ol’ spite.

He managed. But he doesn’t think he fooled anyone doing so: he’s seen the looks his Aurors shared over his head, Tina’s pinched face fastened on the bags under his eyes and his pastry complexion every time he stumbled out of the restroom. It annoyed him. It worried him. Does it mean he’s not even good anymore at faking? Does it mean Grindelwald actually made him look so miserable, so pitiful, so weak everyone’s just waiting for him to snap like a twig?

Percival has left for work that morning feeling off. Now he comes home feeling off and angry.

His mate knows it the moment he watches him fighting his way through the door – and stumbling in a heap of bags of Erumpent’s food in the process.

“You’re pissed,” Newt says, looking up from the essay on dragon wings’ membranes laying open on his knees. He got his reading glasses on, the left lens still cracked from an unfortunate disagreement with one of the Thestrals.

“No shit,” Percival growls, having lost his charming politeness somewhere down the Macusa’s offices’ stairs. He stomped his way to the kitchen. “We still got that half a strudel from the Goldsteins’ dinner, right? I need it. All of it. Now.”

Behind him, he hears a rustling of fabric, the soft thump of Newt climbing to his feet and crossing the room. Percival’s currently busy scavenging through their cupboards in search of the strudel, cabinets and drawers shoved open with way more force than strictly necessary. He only slows down when he feels Newt’s arms circling his waist – pressing him against the familiar, grass-scented warmth of his body.

He’s still angry, and still tired: but the feeling of his mate so close, of the bond flaring to life like a pulse and the stunning way their bodies simply click together is slowly seeping in his bones, easing the knots that had been twisting along his back all day.

Percival sighs, head lolling back against Newt’s shoulder – giving up the fight. Six months together, and this thing – this mating he had dreaded and despised all his life – still shocked him to the core.

Simply put, had never even dreamed it would feel so good.

Newt’s lips are a butterfly-caress against his temple. “Feeling like something sweet?”

“Yes,” he breathes out.

Newt shifts against him. There’s a tension, a jolt of alarm and jumbled things rushing down the bond, but is gone so soon Percival is pretty sure he’s just imagining things. “You’re not big on sweets,” Newt says simply. “Except for chocolate and raisin cookies.”

Percival feels a small smile pull at his mouth. It’s always a special pleasure to realize how closely Newt had studied him even before proper courtship – how interested he is in everything Percival is. “I know,” he growls, good-naturedly. “I don’t make any sense. This morning I’ve spent more time with the toilet than with my Aurors. Two hours ago, I was throwing up my guts for the third time. And now I’d gladly commit murder for a slice of Jake’s triple-chocolate cake.”

“You’ve been feeling unwell?” Newt is talking almost before Percival is finished. There’s urgency, in his tone, voice made lower and rougher by worry – arms closing a bit tighter around Percival’s waist. His lips are still pressed against his skin, and when they move, Percival is barely able to repress a shiver. “Percival, you should have told me,” he says. “You shouldn’t over overwork yourself like this.”

This time, Percival does crack one eye open – fixing it on his mate’s furrowed brow. Frost seeping in his voice. “I thought we already went over it, Newt,” he replies, teeth clenched. “I may be born an Omega, but I’m still the goddamn Director of Magical Security. If you ever try playing the big angry Alpha on me I’ll – “

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ASTROLOGY is divination using celestial bodies: the sun, moon, planets, and stars.

CARTOMANCY is fortune telling using cards such as the Tarot.

CLAIRAUDIENCE is “clear hearing” of divinatory information. Parapsychologist generally regard as a form of extrasensory perception.

CLAIRVOYANCE is “clear seeing” of divinatory information. Parapsychologist generally regard as a form of extrasensory perception.

CRYSTALLOMANCY is divination through crystal gazing.

DOWSING or DIVINING RODS are methods of divination where a forked stick is used to locate water or precious minerals.

NUMEROLOGY is the numerical interpretation of numbers, dates, and the number value of letters.

OCULOMANCY is divination from a person’s eye.

PALMISTRY is the broad field of divination and interpretation of the lines and structure of the hand.

PRECOGNITION in an inner knowledge or sense of future events.

PSYCHOMETRY is the faculty of gaining impressions from a physical object and its history.

RADIESTHESIA is the general term for divination using a device such as a divining rod or pendulum. Other forms include “table tipping” which was practiced at the White House in the 19th century, the Ouija board, automatic writing (or superconscious writing), and scrying.

SCIOMANCY is divination using a spirit guide, a method generally employed by chanelers.

SCRYING is a general term for divination using a crystal, mirrors, bowls of water, ink, or flames to induce visions.

TASSEOGRAPHY is the reading of tea leaves that remain in a tea cup once the beverage has been drunk.

Uncommon Types of Divination

AEROMANCY divination from the air and sky, particularly concentrating on cloud shapes, comets, and other phenomena not normally visible in the heavens.

ALECTRYOMANCY is divination whereby a bird is allowed to pick corn grains from a circle of letters. A variation is to recite letters of the alphabet noting those at which a cock crows.

ALEUROMANCY is divination using “fortune cookies”; answers to questions are rolled into balls of dough and once baked are chosen at random.

ALOMANCY is divination by table salt.

ALPHITOMANCY uses special cakes that are digestible by persons with a clear conscience but are unpleasant to others.

ANTHROPOMANCY is the long-outlawed means of divination by human sacrifice.

APANTOMANCY is divination through chance meetings with animals (e.g., a black cat), birds, and other creatures. Mexico City is said to have been founded where Aztec soothsayers saw an eagle flying from a cactus carrying a live snake.

ARITHMANCY or ARITHMOMANCY is an earlier form of NUMEROLOGY where divination is made through numbers and the number value of letters.

ASTRAGLOMANCY or ASTRAGYROMANCY is a form of divination by dice where the faces of the dice bear numbers and letters.

AUGURY is the general term for the art of divination and is chiefly applied to interpretations of signs and omens.

AUSTROMANCY is divination by the study of the winds.

AXIOMANCY is divination through the observation of how an ax or hatchet quivers or points when driven into post.

BELOMANCY is an ancient form of divination performed by tossing or balancing arrows.

BIBLIOMANCY involves divination by books.

BOTANOMANCY is divination from burning tree branches and leaves.

BUMPOLOGY strictly a modern term, a popular nickname for PHRENOLOGY

CAPNOMANCY is the study of smoke rising from a fire.

CATOPTROMANCY is an early form of crystal gazing that utilizes a mirror turned to the moon to catch moonbeams.

CAUSIMOMANCY is divination from behavior of objects placed in a fire.

CEPHALOMANCY refers to divination with the skull or head of a donkey or goat.

CERAUNOSCOPY seeks to draw omens from the study of thunder and lightning.

CEROSCOPY, CEROMANCY is a form of fortune telling in which melted was is poured into cold water.

CHIROMANCY is divination from the lines on people’s hands.

CHIROGNOMY is the study of the general hand formation.

CLEROMANCY is divination by “casting lots”, similar to dice but with objects such as pebbles or sea shells.

CLIDOMANCY or CLEIDOMANCY is divination using a dangling key. see RADIESTHESIA.

COSCINOMANCY is divination using a hanging sieve. see RADIESTHESIA.

CRITOMANCY is the study of barley cakes.

CROMNIOMANCY is divination using onion sprouts.

CYCLOMANCY is the practice of divination from a turning wheel.

DACTYLOMANCY is an early form of RADIESTHESIA using a dangling ring.

DAPHNOMANCY requires one to listen to laurel branches crackling in an open fire.

DEMONOMANCY is divination with the aid of demons.

DENDROMANCY is divination with either oak or mistletoe.

GASTROMANCY is an ancient form of ventriloquism whereby the voice is lowered to a sepulchral tone and prophetic utterances are delivered in a trance state.

GELOSCOPY is the divination from the tone of someone’s laughter.

GENETHLIALOGY is divination by the influence of the stars at birth.

GEOMANCY is the study of figures on the ground and the influence of the Earth’s “currents”.

GRAPHOLOGY is the analysis of character through handwriting.

GYROMANCY is a divination procedure where a person walks in a circle marked with letters until they become dizzy and stumble at different points, thus spelling out a prophesy.

HALOLMANCY see ALOMANCY

HARUSPICATION is fortune-telling by means of inspecting the entrails of animals, as practiced by priests in ancient Rome.

HIEROMANCY or HIERSCOPY is divination by observing object of ancient sacrifice.

HIPPOMANCY is a form of divination from the stamping and neighing of horses.

HOROSCOPY is the practice of casting of astrological horoscopes.

HYDROMANCY is divination by water including the color, ebb and flow, or ripples produced by pebbles dropped in a pool.

ICHTHYOMANCY is divination using fish.

LAMPADOMANCY is divination using lights or torches.

LECANOMANCY uses a basin of water for divination.

LIBANOMANCY is the study of incense and its smoke.

LITHOMANCY is divination using precious stones of various colors.

MARGARITOMANCY is the procedure of using bouncing pearls.

METAGNOMY is the divination using “visions” received in a trance state.

METEOROMANCY is divination from meteors.

METOPOSCOPY is the reading of character using the lines if the forehead.

MOLEOSOPHY is the study of moles and indicators of a person’s character and future indications.

MOLYBDOMANCY draws mystic inferences from the hissing of molten lead.

MYOMANCY is the study of the prophetic meaning of behavior of rats and mice.

OINOMANCY is divination using wine.

OMPHALOMANCY is counting the number of knots in the umbilical cord to predict how many more children the mother will have.

ONEIROMANCY is the interpretation of dreams and their prophetic nature.

ONOMANCY is the study of the meaning of names.

ONOMANTICS is the application of ONOMANCY applied to personal names, particularly in the sense of occult interpretation.

ONYCHOMANCY is the study of fingernails.

OOMANTIA and OOSCOPY is the method of divination by eggs.

OPHIOMANCY is divination from serpents.

ORNISCOPY and ORINITHOMANCY is the study of omens associated with birds, particularly birds in flight. see APANTOMANCY

OVOMANCY is another type of egg divination.

PEGOMANCY concerns itself with spring water and bubbling fountains and the omens contained therein.

PHRENOLOGY is the long practiced study of head formations.

PHYLLORHODOMANCY is a means of divination whereby one slaps a rose petal against the hand and judges the favorability of the omen by the loudness of the sound.

PHYSIOGNOMY is the study of character analysis through physical features.

PSYCHOGRAPHY is a form of mysterious writing having a divinatory nature.

PYROMANCY and PYROSCOPY are forms of divination by fire or flame, often assisted by substances thrown onto the flames.

RHABDOMANCY is divination using a stick or wand. These methods were forerunners of the divining rod.

RHAPSODOMANCY is a means of divination using a book of poetry whereby the book is opened at random and a passage read.

SIDEROMANCY is the burning of straws with a hot iron, the resulting figures having divinatory properties.

SORTILEGE is the casting of lots and the assessment of omens indicated.

SPODOMANCY is divination using cinders or soot.

STICHOMANCY is another form of throwing open a book and selecting a random passage for the purpose of divination.

STOLISOMANCY draws omens from the way people dress.

SYCOMANCY is performed by writing messages on tree leaves; the slower they dry, the more favorable the omen. A modern variation is to write on slips of paper (always including one blank) and rolling them up. They are then held in a strainer over a boiling pot; the first to unroll will be answered.

TEPHRAMANCY is divination by ashes obtained from the burning of tree bark.

TIROMANCY is a type of divination using cheese.

XYLOMANCY is divination from pieces of wood, either from their shape when collected or their appearance while burning.
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Character Aesthetics  :  T R E V O R   B E L M O N T  [Netflix timeline]

“I’m Trevor fucking Belmont, and I’ve never lost a fight to man nor fucking beast.”
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Imagine if Dante was the one who raised Nero

Commissions
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think-progress:

Members of Congress are living off food stamps for a week to protest Republican cuts. It’s a challenge for them, but GOP cuts would hurt millions of everyday Americans. 

Why does this not have more publicity. This needs it!

I want a reality tv show where politicians have to live in poverty for a month. They have to live in Government housing, shop with food stamps, and get only a limited amount of money for clothes. Because here, they still have all their trappings, lilke nice cars and thousand dollar suits. I want them in Walmart jeans trying to determine if they can afford a carton of milk. 

Give them a full calendar year. I want to see them confident in January, and sometime around June choking back tears at the Safeway because they are tired, so tired, of eating 25 cent cup noodles, eyeing other peoples’ full grocery carts with a dull bewilderment.

Let me see them despair because they have a persistent nagging cough that won’t go away and might be turning into pneumonia but the minute clinic is $60, which might as well be as six million dollars, either way they ain’t got it to spare - and that doesn’t count the cost of prescriptions. Let me hear them tell people about the muscle cramps they get at night due to eating non-nutritious garbage for months, the weakness from persistent hunger. 

Let them know the shame and frustration of only owning one pair of cheap polyester pants for work and one pair of thrift-store jeans, and both persistently have ripped crotches and seams coming undone, no matter how many times they get sewn back up.

Let the women know the particular sort of despair that comes once a month when you can’t afford even the cheapest pads or tampons.

Let them understand the frustration of being charged a $35 fee for a $2 overdraft. Let them watch as the bank holds charges from different days in “pending” till they all come through on the same day, and the bank charges them four times for a single overdraft because “the charges all cleared at the same time”. 

I want them to know the particular pain of having to decide between food for the week, or transportation costs to and from work. You can’t have both. Choose wisely.

You do not truly understand poverty until you’ve lived it and a month isn’t enough to encompass it. Not even close.

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inspired by this amazing comic by @abbuneki
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An elderly woman plays GTA V

OH MY FUCKING GOD

(( IT’S EVEN BETTER BECAUSE SHE’S BRITISH ))

OH. MY. GOD.

never reblogged faster in my life

Is nobody going to point out that she appears to be on a personal vendetta against British Gas???

@elenothar
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To Save Net Neutrality, We Must Build Our Own Internet:

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czechs-and-holdings:

Good, yes, 100% in support of this!

Just wondering how this could work

A town in colorado just voted to do just that

and a town in Massachusetts did it last year 

Turns out when these local governments do it it ends up being cheaper for everyone, and they often offer cell service too (The Massachusetts town had cell service for 10$ and internet for 25-45 depending on speed. Most residents had a 40% drop in cost)
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