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11 People Reveal What Life Is Like Under Sharia Law

1. I lived in Saudi Arabia most of my life. Not Saudi myself, and am a woman and left Islam. I hate that place with a passion.

I had to wear a headscarf at the age of nine, lived a segregated life style and in fear of half of the population. I was deprived of my own childhood, and the moment I started wearing a headscarf was the moment I stopped going outside to play because other kids and local imams and religious police would give me shit when they saw a girl in a headscarf at the playground or in the street rollerblading. That’s also when my depression started.

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Picture of the Day

Jason Vukovich, known as the “Alaskan Avenger,” who was convicted of using the state’s sex offender registry to track down offenders, break into their homes, and beat them with a hammer

As a child, Jason Vukovich was sexually and physically abused by his stepfather. As an adult, he decided to get revenge — by tracking down sex offenders and attacking them with a hammer. Because of this, Vukovich himself was charged with assault in 2016, but many hailed him as a hero. Though he remains in prison today, some are still campaigning for his release. ⁠

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What If It’s All Just a Simulation? – The Ringer

When could everyone in the U.S. get vaccinated? – Reuters

How Common Are Gay Animals? – Ned Hardy

Even At Half The Price, These Noise-Canceling Earbuds Give AirPods a Run for Their Money – Amazon

Why Did The Military Stage A Coup In Myanmar? –

Combating Misinformation When A Loved One Is Caught In A Web Of Conspiracies – NPR

Amazon’s Next Headquarters Is A Glass Poop Emoji Covered In Trees – The Verge

An astonishing video captures a woman doing an aerobics routine while Myanmar’s coup rolls on behind her – Twitter

How To (Re)Organize Your Kitchen, According to a Professional Organizer – Bon Appetit

The 30 Best HBO Series Of All Time, Ranked – Esquire

10 Common eBay Scams to Be Aware Of – Make Useof

Meet Marianne Bachmeier, Germany’s ‘Revenge Mother’ Who Shot Her Child’s Killer In The Middle Of His Trial – All That’s Interesting

“Disability Design For The Win!”: Here Are Nike’s New Sneakers That Require No Hands – Bored Panda

How the World’s 8th Richest Man Lost 99.6% of His Fortune – Entrepeneurs Handbook

Alicia Vikander, Anne Hathaway and Other Random Women – G-Celeb

Sleek, minimalist and under $30 wallet that doesnt take up a lot of space in your pocket and holds everything you need – Amazon

17 Mandala Effects That Feel Like You’re In An Alternate Dimension – Ruin My Week

Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Sentenced to Over 2 Years in Penal Colony – Foreign Policy

Elizabeth Hurley Reveals Her Mom Snapped Those Viral Instagram Photos – Maxim

20 People Who Chose Their Own Happiness, Opted for Plastic Surgery, and Won – Bright Side

LeBron James trolled a ‘Karen’ who called him a ‘f—ing p—-‘ and a ‘b—-‘ after a heated exchange of words courtside during a Lakers game – Insider

Idiot Gets Reversed Into and Other Videos of the Day – Drunken

 

 

 

What Does A Hollywood Agent Actually Do?

hollywood agent

When I was starting in the industry I worked at a major agency. I am no longer in representation. When someone is a star they often require more negotiation. They get a piece of the back end (if the film makes money they get money) or what is more popular now because of wonky Hollywood accounting are box office bonuses.

The film makes $100M you get $250k bonus for example. If there are multiple stars I’ve seen deals where the first person that signs on has some protection that their salary matches the other star that joins if it ends up being higher.

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Picture of the Day

The King of Thule, Piet van der Ouderaa, 1896

The King of Thule, Piet van der Ouderaa, 1896

There was a king in Thule,
⁠Was faithful till the grave,
To whom his mistress, dying,
⁠A golden goblet gave.
Nought was to him more precious;
⁠He drained it at every bout;
His eyes with tears ran over,
⁠As oft as he drank thereout.
When came his time of dying,
⁠The towns in his land he told,
Nought else to his heir denying
⁠Except the goblet of gold.
He sat at the royal banquet
⁠With his knights of high degree,
In the lofty hall of his father
⁠In the castle by the sea.
There stood the old carouser,
⁠And drank the last life-glow;
And hurled the hallowed goblet
⁠Into the tide below.
He saw it plunging and filling,
⁠And sinking deep in the sea:
Then fell his eyelids for ever,
⁠And never more drank he!

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The Daily Man-Up: If You Don’t Do It Now, You Never Will

procrastination advice

I always plan a ton before carrying out the actual tasks as a way to avoid doing the actual things so that I can have a perfect start for another task that I will never take action for or just give up half way through.

I always convince myself that I will do it when the minute hand hits 0, 15, 30 because it just doesn’t feel right starting anything when the time is as odd as something like 11:47. Guess what. I never do it even when it’s a perfect 12:00.

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