Eldritch Mlems

Hi all!

I've been looking into shapewear a lot recently and looking for any input/advice. I think I'm between rectangle and inverted triangle shape and looking to do some tummy squeezing, waist cinching trying to get more of waist and hip pads or something to make a more hourglass shape. A lot of hip stuff also has butt pads, which I already have enough butt I think 😅 is there one garment that could do all of these any kind of decent, or is it easier/better to get a couple of things more focused on doing one thing good?

Also been thinking about breastforms, so any advice there would be appreciated there too!

A cute video I saw from the perspective of a cat living its best life.

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Hi there, we are interested in specific types of skirts (or dresses), namely those that go up at the front and down at the back (especially if there's a significant difference i.e. shorter at the front and longer at the back so the back going down is obvious) and was wondering if any of y'all knew their name or where to get them.

We would especially love it if they could have multiple layers but a single layer would be okay if that's not possible.

Oh and a request, if possible, since we don't use amazon since they do not treat their workers well we would prefer no links to them, thank you!

Extra bonus points if any of them have pockets, but that's a big ask, we know.

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Ilya Yashin made his comment during a livestream on Aug. 4, days after his release in a historic prisoner exchange.

Yashin was one of 24 detainees swapped by Russia and Western nations on Aug. 1, the largest such exchange in almost 15 years. The activist had spoken out against Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and was jailed in 2022 for "discrediting" the Russian military.

"The criminal war of aggression against Ukraine should be stopped immediately," Yashin said.

"Russia must withdraw absolutely all troops from the territory of Ukraine."

"The main task of the Western world today, as it semes to me, is to save Ukraine from (Russian President Vladimir) Putin," he said.

In response to an official who asked Yashin what Western countries can do to help activists in Russia, Yashin reiterated this point.

"If you want to help the Russian opposition and Russian society and Russia as a whole, save Ukraine from Putin," he said.

Yashin's rhetoric positions Putin as Ukraine's primary enemy. A former politician who served in the Moscow City Council from 2017-2021, Yashin identifies as a Russian patriot and argues that is antiwar stance is not in conflict with his patriotism.

"Yes, indeed, it is possible to be against Putin and the war but at the same time be a Russian patriot," he said, insisting that the "natural" [Russian] patriotic position is to demand Russia's withdrawal form Ukrainian territory.

Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned incidents in which signage supporting Taiwan was snatched from spectators watching badminton at the Paris Olympics, saying it contravened the spirit of the Games and freedom of speech.

The incident took place during the men’s doubles match on Friday, when Taiwan’s Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin advanced to the final after beating Denmark’s Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.

A unidentified man in a pink shirt was seen seizing the sign from a female spectator — later identified as Yang Chih-yun (楊芷芸), a Taiwanese studying in France — before being removed from the stands by security. The sign was cut out in the shape of Taiwan proper and said: “Go Taiwan” in Mandarin.

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The “malicious individual” who forcibly took the sign has “seriously violated the cultural spirit of the Olympic Games, showed contempt for the rules and harmed freedom of speech,” the ministry said.

Although the Republic of China (ROC) flag is prohibited, there is no explicit ban on items that have the word “Taiwan” written on them, the Taipei Representative Office in France said.

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Taiwanese athletes compete in the Olympics under the name “Chinese Taipei.”

Yang said whenever she cheered “Taiwan go” during the match, the man in the pink shirt shouted “Chinese Taipei” or “Taipei team.”

In a separate incident during the same game, an Olympics staff member was “overzealous” in removing a green towel that read “Taiwan In,” the ministry said adding that it has instructed officials to issue a complaint to the Paris Games’ organizing committee.

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In yet another incident on Friday, two Reuters journalists saw a spectator with a green banner reading “Taiwan go for it” being bodily removed up a staircase, shouting, while Taiwanese shuttler Chou Tien-chen was playing.

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Zaporizhzhia Oblast, a frontline region in southeastern Ukraine, is to construct 10 underground schools as a protective measure against Russian missile strikes, an offical says.

With Russia’s full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022, Ukrainian towns fell under devastating missile and artillery strikes. For many frontline regions, this meant that schoolchildren were forced to transition to online learning, as schools lacking underground shelters could not ensure their protection during Russian attacks.

Such shelters have since been renovated and constructed, but some locations, such as Zaporizhzhia’s frontline regions, are so close to the frontline that a Russian missile can hit them within less of a minute of being launched.

Hence the need for schools located fully underground.

According to Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, the project aims to accommodate nearly 45,000 students for in-person learning by the end of the year. “We’re doing everything to create safe conditions for the educational process in Zaporizhzhia, despite the difficulties and challenges,” Fedorov stated, Suspilne reported. Currently, six schools are under construction.

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At the end of July 2024, the destructive #it'snotmyukraine was among the three most popular hashtags on the TikTok Creative Centre website, the Ukrainian media outlet Texty has found.

The numbers were impressive: 41,000 posts in a week and 10 million views — incredible results for a hashtag that didn't exist a month ago.

"We know for sure that hundreds of identical profiles on TikTok have been created with one goal in mind - to distribute videos about the misconduct of Recruiting office or actors playing Recruiting office representatives to the widest possible audience," the organization says. "We are not even considering the veracity of the videos themselves, as we are talking about 2,100 accounts that are trying to bypass the platform's algorithms and go viral among Ukrainians."

Fake accounts carefully try to redirect users to the "Renaissance of Ukraine" telegram channel. Created on 7 July, the channel posts "up-to-date information about Recruiting office, their actions and lawlessness. Useful tips and tricks", as well as calls for information to be sent to the bot and promises to create an up-to-date map with Recruiting office employees in different cities of Ukraine.

Sometimes, it also compares the 2014 Olympic Games in Paris and Russia. With the classic propaganda question, "Why is the West promoting this gayness and debauchery?"

Germany: Lawsuit claims data watchdog acted as lawyer for German media outlet 'Der Spiegel', seeks to overturn its decision that the paper's 'pay or okay' banner is legal

The non-profit Noyb, founded by Austrian activist lawyer Max Schrems, filed a complaint under the General Data Protection regulation (GDPR) with the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (HmbBfDI) back in 2021 over Der Spiegel’s “pay or OK” banner.

It took the court three years to rule that Der Spiegel’s banner was permissible.

Now, noyb argues that the Hamburg Data Protection Agency (DPA) "was in close contact with SPIEGEL during the proceedings".

"Instead of investigating and deciding impartially, it also met with representatives of the company several times, invited them to its premises and provided feedback on the proposed changes," the non-profit argues.

Dr Raphael Rohrmoser, lawyer for the complainant: “The Hamburg data protection authority has obviously provided SPIEGEL with legal advice. The administrative fee charged by the data protection authority is likely to be significantly lower than the fees charged by law firms providing legal advice. For SPIEGEL, the authority’s approach represents a win-win situation.”

Max Schrems, Honorary Chairman of noyb: “Nobody should be a lawyer and a judge at the same time. However, the Hamburg data protection authority seems to see no problem in advising companies or even actively calling for the introduction of ‘Pay or OK’ instead of objectively investigating the facts. It is obvious that the authority will not consider the changes it has arranged as illegal.”