#Global Resources

[globalsourcing24]

Global Sources | Verified Suppliers, Wholesale Manufacturers & Distributors from Global B2B Sourcing Platform https://m.globalsources.com/?utm_source=3009308 global sourcing, global resources

#global resources

[counterintuitivecomics]

MASK UP FOR GLOBAL LIBERATION

Protect your community by wearing N95s and KN95s when meeting indoors or in crowds! The more of us mask up, the less we get sick, the harder it is for police to surveil us, and the safer we make our shared spaces for our disabled and immuno-compromised comrades and loved ones.

Get started by finding local mask resources on the global COVID Action Map (you can also submit groups to be added). If you have the means, donate masks and tests to your local orgs and encourage accessibility so we can ALL join the fight (bringing in interpreters/translators and medics, ensuring accessibility for wheelchairs/mobility devices, offering child care, filtering the air indoors, setting up virtual options etc).

UPDATE: Download this 8.5"x11" poster for free on itch.io to print and distribute! Includes files suitable for color, black and white, and risograph printing. Any donations will go to printing costs, or buying masks for my local mutual aid groups.

Pandemics have no borders, and all our struggles are united!

#covid 19 #covid isn't over #free palestine #free sudan #free haiti #free the congo #free tigray #free puerto rico #global liberation #community care #covid cautious #protest resources #illustration

[witchywitchy]

The thing about some people thinking that Palestinians are only deserving of living when they're submitting -or 'peaceful' in their own white man's words- is that this is not an uncommon narrative, and even being "peaceful" doesn't guarantee freedom, but guarantees a quieter and more discreet murder. POC are usually held at very high moral standards -white Western standards of course- and they're not given the right to be humans who have flaws and have varying opinions and ideologies. POC have been portrayed as "barbaric" and "savage" throughout history to justify the white man's narrative of ethnic cleansing being "self-defense". In simpler words, if this POC submits to my oppression and abuse, then they're my definition of "peaceful" but I'll continue oppressing them anyway with less noise from the public. If they, however, resist, then they fit the misconception that I, a white man, spread, and therefore I can justify my killing them. The West thinks basic human rights are conditional when it comes to POC, with current emphasis on Palestinians, because they think if a person doesn't subscribe to every single Western ideology, then they're undeserving of living. If we apply the idea that if a person -any person- doesn't subscribe to certain ideologies then they're deserving of death, it'd be safe to say that this world would end in just a couple of hours. Palestinians are humans and they don't need to live up to the unrealistic moral standards of the West to be deserving of their basic human rights.

#free palestine #palestine #gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #signal boost #social justice #palestine resources #colonialism #imperialism #jerusalem #the west bank #free Gaza #gaza strip #Global Strike Week #WitchyWitchy's Colonial Discourse

[mayrine]

Information for the march 2nd shutdown

Link to the original twitter post and the links shown in the photos at the bottom

SITES FOR THE MARCH

Shut It Down For Palestine: https://shutitdown4palestine.org Palestinian Youth Movement: https://instagram.com/p/C3naNP2gDTg/

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition: https://al-awdapalestine.org/2024/02/march-2-join-the-global-day-of-action-hands-off-rafah-all-out-for-palestine/

ANSWER Coalition: https://answercoalition.org/rafah_protest

Link to the original post: https://x.com/bioloveds/status/1763642738325737664?s=20

ANSWER Coalition has provided action listings for the US and some international locations: answercoalition.org/rafah_protest

Mods from various communities have come together to design a carrd, in MULTIPLE languages, for the march and additional resources for Palestine: https://modsforpalestine.carrd.co

Do not post / reblog about anything else tomorrow except the strike

#free palestine #shut it down for palestine #palestine #free gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #palestine resources #global strike #global shutdown

[mindblowingscience]

The extraction of the Earth's natural resources tripled in the past five decades, related to the massive build-up of infrastructure in many parts of the world and the high levels of material consumption, especially in upper-middle and high-income countries. Material extraction is expected to rise by 60% by 2060 and could derail efforts to achieve not only global climate, biodiversity, and pollution targets but also economic prosperity and human well-being, according to a report published today by the UN Environment Program (UNEP)-hosted International Resource Panel.

Continue Reading.

#Science #Enviroment #Climate Crisis #Global Warming #Pollution #Resource Extraction #UNEP #UN Environment Program

[totallynotcensorship]

tags update: palestine, free palestine, gaza, free gaza, gaza strip, bisan owda and global strike are all trending

DON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE

#global strike week #gaza #end the occupation #palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #palestine resources #social justice #colonialism #imperialism #free gaza #gaza strip #signal boost #free palestine #jerusalem #bisan owda

[updatingranboo]

ranboo retweeted this thread with information regarding today’s global strike for Palestine 🍉

“On March 2, millions across the world will march for Gaza. People around the world are going into the streets in cities and towns, including in the United States, as part of the global day of protest on Saturday, March 2. All out for Rafah! All out for Gaza! Stop the genocide!"

“Shut It Down for Palestine have asked people during the 2nd to:

- Attend protests, walk-outs, & other direct demonstrations

- Call representatives and demand a ceasefire

- Only use social media to share information

- Educate and encourage the people around you to participate”

site with information regarding march times and locations

mods4palestine carrd with resources linked

shutitdown4palestine

Palestinian youth movement (instagram)

Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition

ANSWER Coalition

#ranboo #ranboo update #twitter update #apologies this is a little late!! i didn’t see it was retweeted I’ve been busy #palestine #Palestine resources #global march for Palestine

[notbecauseofvictories]

I think the "weary sigh" emoji might be the most relatable.

#job woes. work I have to do over the weekend. maybe a situation I didn't handle as....deftly as I should have. #there's a regional vs. global tension in our team and I don't know if our manager really understands it. #or sympathizes with it. #next week I have discussions with external legal counsel and while this is a triumph! we need those resources! #it also somehow feels like a betrayal? and I hate that so much. #anyway. going to do chores and hope that fixes me. #no wonder the company has to secretly manipulate you

[olessan-lokenosse]

Cahaya and Arum are the oldest dragons in my lair. They're in fact older than my lair. My own progen hitting 9 reminded me that they hit a decade:

Back in April 2015, when I'd just joined and was wanting to dip my toes into the coliseum, I wandered into the Lending Library thread to borrow a pair of level 25s to help me level up my own team.

A user called Ruinia (#234) happily let me take on Cahaya and Arum. After about a couple weeks I was ready to return them, but Ruinia didn't return until August when she was retiring from FR and looking to send off her dragons to adoptees, etc. She replied to my PM to keep them. They've been officially part of my clan ever since, and she doesn't appear to have logged in again after that week.

Ruinia's clan profile has comments up until 2019, some from 2015-2018 wishing her well wherever she is. 2018 was 7 years ago.

It's a bit daunting to think that they were with Ruinia's clan (led by her 1st gen imperial Solastiir) for about a year and a half, and have been with my clan for the nine years since.

They each have a piece of cute art that predates April 2015, and one of the artists (GwenniethePooh #377) appears to still be active on FR! It's just. It's been a long-ass time.

They're still major fixtures of my coli team, along with the team I levelled with them.

🫡

#I always wonder how the people who disappear and leave their presence in an online space are doing #I hope you're doing well Ruinia and everyone else #I AM still active my lair appears starving because food is spensive and I'm trying to save resources lol #I'm just semi active as I don't have a lot of time to do FR activities atm vs scraping by to keep my head above water IRL #I still stand FIRMLY by the opinion that the covid pandemic massively messed up the perception of time for a lot of people #time seems messed up since then which frankly tracks with such a widespread traumatic event as A GLOBAL PANDEMIC #flight rising #fr #flightrising #lokenosse talks

[the-lady-maddy]

#endisraelsgenocide #israeli terrorism #israeli government is a global terrorist network #israeli war crimes #israel is a terrorist state #palestine #gaza #i stand with palestine 🇵🇸 #free gaza #free palestine 🇵🇸 #gaza strip #free palestine #gazaunderattack #palestine resources #israel is committing genocide #Instagram

[zvaigzdelasas]

Which do you think will collapse first, Israel or the United Stabes?

Israel without a doubt, much less stable material basis for statehood.

#just even in terms of the settler regimes #& the relation between settlers & neighboring sovereign states is incomparable #theres no sovereign indigenous states inside or around the US that have any significant purchase w geopolitics #or formalized armed forces comparable to those of the settler regime #which isnt to say one might not emerge #just current situation #plus factors of economic purchase & domestic resources #if organized labor in the US starts to gain more purchase across industries instead of being largely relegated to craft unionism #or if a vanguard party starts to actually gain purchase w the masses #then that could change #but even tho that can happen quickly it doesn't happen immediately #imo the more intereting question is what happens to the US global monopolist capital-imperialist regime without an israel

[witchywitchy]

And still some idiots think it's just a "conflict".

Call it what it is: Colonialism and ethnic cleansing!

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! 🇵🇸🍉

#end the occupation #free palestine #palestine #gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #signal boost #social justice #palestine resources #colonialism #imperialism #jerusalem #free gaza #gaza strip #global strike week #bisan owda

[purpleajisai]

Boycott list for Peruvians/Latinoamericans || Lista de boicot para peruanos/latinoamericanos

English/Español

This is a pro Palestine boycott initiative. The following list contains products whose manufacturer’s name may be hidden or unknown to the general public. This is a common phenomenon to trick the buyer into thinking they’re acquiring a locally manufactured product instead of supporting big brand names. If you are Peruvian or Latinoamerican, beware of this phenomenon. Reblog/submit via ask box to OP to further expand this list.

Esta es una iniciativa de boicot pro Palestina. La siguiente lista contiene productos cuyos nombres de fabricantes pueden estar ocultos o ser desconocidos por el público general. Este es un fenómeno común para engañar al comprador y hacer que crea que está adquiriendo un producto fabricado localmente en vez de estar apoyando a compañías grandes. Si eres peruano o latinoamericano, cuidado con este fenómeno. Rebloguea/escribe en la caja de preguntas de @purpleajisai para seguir expandiendo esta lista.

List of products/Lista de productos

Inca Kola (owned by The Coca Cola Company since 1996)

Cheese Tris (owned by Frito Lay, parent company is PepsiCo)

Los Cuates (owned by PepsiCo)

Inka Chips (Peruvian company, selling in Israel)

D’Onofrio ice cream (owned by Nestlé

Inca Cola (pertenece a The Coca Cola Company desde 1996)

Cheese Tris (pertenece a Frito Lay, su empresa matriz es PepsiCo)

Los Cuates (pertenece a PepsiCo)

Inka Chips (compañía peruana, venden en Israel)

Helados D’Onofrio (pertenece a Nestlé

Questioning/En cuestionamiento

AJE Group, there is no definitive information on whether they source materials from Israel. They are producers of BIG Cola, Sporade, Free Tea and KR Cola.

Grupo AJE, no hay información definitiva sobre si obtienen materiales de Israel. Son los productores de BIG Cola, Sporade, Free tea y KR Cola.

#free palestine #palestine #gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #signal boost #social justice #palestine resources #colonialism #imperialism #jerusalem #bds #boycott #boycott israel #free gaza #global strike #strike #strike for palestine #israel #current events #genocide #america #united nations

[thetiredstuff]

The holidays are coming up and for some religions are already here, and this time of year can be incredibly hard for people. I just want you all to know there are so many resources out there to help you so

Please do not hesitate to contact suicide prevention hotlines or emergency services when you need help:

Worldwide

Befrienders  http://www.befrienders.org

Australia

Lifeline Australia  http://www.lifeline.org.au Phone: 13 11 14 

Kids Helpline  http://www.kidshelp.com.au Phone: [phone] 

Headspace  http://www.eheadspace.org.au Phone: [phone] 

Austria

Rat auf Draht  http://rataufdraht.orf.at Phone: 147

TelefonSeelsorge – Notruf 142  http://www.telefonseelsorge.at Phone: 142 (24 hours/day)  Email: https://onlineberatung-telefonseelsorge.at (chat & email) 

Belgium

Centrum Ter Preventie Van Zelfdoding  http://www.zelfmoord1813.be Phone: 1813 

Brazil

CVV  http://www.cvv.org.br Phone: 188  Email: [email protected] 

Canada

Kids Help Phone (for youth under 20)  Phone: [phone] 

For people over 20, find a crisis centre that serves your area:  http://suicideprevention.ca/thinking-aboutsuicide/find-a-crisis-centre

Czech Republic

Linka bezpečí  https://www.linkabezpeci.cz/ Phone: 116 111 

Pražská linka důvěry  http://www.csspraha.cz/linka-duvery Phone: [phone] 

Linka důvěry Ostrava  http://www.mnof.cz/linka_duvery Phone: [phone]  Phone: [phone] 

Linka duševní tísně Most  http://www.mostknadeji.eu/linka-dusevni-tisne Phone: [phone]  Skype: ldt.most 

Linka důvěry DKC  http://dkc.cz/linka_duvery.php Phone: [phone]  Skype: ld_dkc 

Linka bezpečí  http://www.linkabezpeci.cz Phone: 116111 (children and youth) 

Denmark

Livslinien  http://www.livslinien.dk Phone: [phone] 

Børne  https://bornetelefonen.dk/ring Phone: 116 111 (Child Helpline is open daily from 11:00-23:00.) 

Finland

Suomen Mielenterveysseura https://mieli.fi/ Phone: [phone] 

France

S.O.S Amitié  https://www.sos-amitie.com/ Phone: [phone] 

Germany

Telefonseelsorge  http://www.telefonseelsorge.de Phone: [phone]  Phone: [phone] 

Nummer gegen Kummer  https://www.nummergegenkummer.de Phone: [phone] (adults)  Phone: [phone] (children) 

Greece

Klimaka NGO  http://www.klimaka.org.gr

Suicide Help Greece  http://www.suicide-help.gr Phone: 1018 

Hong Kong

The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong  http://www.help4suicide.com.hk

The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong  http://www.sbhk.org.hk Phone: [phone] 

The Samaritans Hong Kong  http://www.samaritans.org.hk Phone: [phone] 

Hungary

Magyar Lelki Elsősegély Telefonszolgálatok Szövetsége  http://www.sos505.hu Phone: 116 123  Email: [email protected] 

Kek Vonal  Phone: 116-111 

India

AASRA  http://www.aasra.info Phone: [phone]  Phone: [phone]  Email: [email protected] 

Israel

ERAN  http://www.eran.org.il Phone: Free call within Israel: 1201  Phone: Out of Israel: 972-76-8844400 

SAHAR (Emotional support chat line)(Hebrew)  http://www.sahar.org.il

SAHAR (Emotional support chat line)(Arabic)  http://www.sahar.org.il/?categoryId=63068

Palestine

Sawa organization https://sawa.ps/en/ Phone: 121 for West Bank & Jerusalem

Aisha Organization https://aisha.ps/en Phone: [phone] for Gaza

Italy

Telefono Azzurro  https://www.azzurro.it Phone: 19696 

Telefono Amico  http://www.telefonoamico.it Phone: [phone] 

Latvia

Skalbes  http://www.skalbes.lv Phone: [phone]  Phone: [phone] 

Lithuania

Lietuvos emocinės paramos tarnybų asociacija  http://www.klausau.lt

Vaikų linija (Child line)  http://www.vaikulinija.lt Phone: 116 111 

Jaunimo linija (Youth line)  http://www.jaunimolinija.lt/laiskai/ Phone: [phone] 

Vilties linija (Hope line)  https://www.viltieslinija.lt/ Phone: 116 123  Email: [email protected] 

Pagalbos moterims linija (Women's line)  http://www.moteriai.lt Phone: [phone]  Email: [email protected] 

Linija Doverija (Support for Russian-speaking clients)  Phone: [phone] 

Luxembourg

SOS Détresse – Hëllef iwwer Telefon  http://www.454545.lu Phone: 454545 

Kanner-Jugendtelefon  http://www.kjt.lu Phone: 116 111 

Mexico

Consejo Ciudadano  http://consejociudadanomx.org Phone: [phone] 

Instituto Hispanoamericano de Suicidologia, A.C  Phone: [phone]  Email: [email protected] 

Netherlands

Stichting 113 Zelfmoordpreventie  http://www.113online.nl Phone: [phone] 

New Zealand

National Depression Initiative  http://www.depression.org.nz

The Lowdown  http://www.thelowdown.co.nz Phone: [phone]  SMS: 5626  Email: [email protected] 

Youthline http://www.youthline.co.nz Phone: [phone]  SMS: 234  Email: [email protected]  Email: [email protected] 

Norway

Kirkens SOS  http://www.kirkens-sos.no Phone: [phone] 

Poland

Fundacja Dzieci Niczyje  http://www.116111.pl/napisz Phone: 116 111 

Portugal

SOS voz amiga https://www.sosvozamiga.org/ Phone: [phone] (Daily from 15h30 to 00h30)

Russia

Samaritans (Cherepovets) Phone: [phone] (9am-9pm)

EMERCOM Psychological Service (Интернет-служба экстренной психологической помощи) https://psi.mchs.gov.ru/ Phone: [phone]

Serbia

Centar Srce  http://www.centarsrce.org Phone: [phone]  Email: [email protected] 

Singapore

Samaritans of Singapore (SOS)  http://samaritans.org.sg Phone: [phone]  Email: [email protected] 

South Africa

The South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG)  http://www.sadag.org Phone: [phone]  SMS: 31393 

South Korea

Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention (한국생명존중희망재단) http://www.kfsp.org/ Phone: [phone] 

보건복지부 보건복지콜센터 (Ministry of Health & Welfare Call Center)  Phone: 129 (24시간 위기상담 / 24 hour hotline) 

정신건강증진센터 정신건강위기상담전화 (Mental Health Center Crisis Counseling)  Phone: [phone] (24시간 위기상담 / 24 hour hotline) 

Spain

Teléfono de la Esperanza  http://telefonodelaesperanza.org Phone: [phone] 

Sweden

Mind  https://mind.se/

Switzerland

Tel 143 - La Main Tendue – Die Dargebotene Hand – Telefono Amico  http://www.143.ch Phone: 143 

Taiwan

MOHW Suicide Prevention Line (衛生福利部) https://www.mohw.gov.tw/cp-16-48244-1.html Lifeline http://www.life1995.org.tw/

United Kingdom / Ireland

Samaritans  http://www.samaritans.org Phone: 116 123  Email: [email protected]

United States:

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline  http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org Phone: [phone] TALK (8255) 

Lifeline Crisis Chat  http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/gethelp/lifelinechat.aspx

Veterans/Military Crisis Line (for active U.S. service members, veterans, and family members)  http://www.veteranscrisisline.net Phone: [phone], Press 1  SMS: 838255 

The Trevor Project (for LGBT youth, friends and family members)  http://www.thetrevorproject.org Phone: [phone]

Ukraine

Lifeline Ukraine https://lifelineukraine.com/en Phone: 7333

Again: Please use the Befrienders.org website to find the suicide prevention hotline in your country. Help is out there. Please reach out

#i definitely missed a ton of countries but all the way at the top is a list of resources globally #suicide prevention hotlines #tw suicide mention #holidays #mental heath support #suicide prevention #mental help #mental health

[thepeopleinpower]

Capitalism and colonialism took community away from us and I want it back. I’ve heard about it from my grandparents and in books and articles online. All throughout history and still today in some parts of the world. People looking out for each other. Regularly. Relentlessly. Neighbors watching each others children, having enough food to share and actually sharing it, being invested in each others lives because everyone has different strengths.

Today community has been strategically painted as a weakness and something to be skeptical of because it is a threat to the very foundations of capitalism. And that’s a real fucking shame because in reality, growing up with community and still having that through adulthood would probably make most people generally happier and less perpetually tired and stressed. It is renewable resilient versatile adaptable self-sustaining and kind of the Ultimate Resource.

#I wish I could bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone would eat and be happy #fuck capitalism #global community #local community #communities #community #fuck colonialism #fuck western media #settler colonialism #land back #indigenous liberation #indigenous communities #indigenous culture #human rights #renewable resources #sustainability #intersectional social justice #disability advocacy #social reformer #racial justice #wealth redistribution #healthcare reform #economic justic #environmental justice #generational healing #ancestral healing #industrialization #anti imperialism #religious tolerance #coexistence

[cnovelartreblogs]

How to Read Manhua on Bilibili: Legal, Free, and in English

In my posts on this blog, I keep sharing screen caps from manhua I've read on Bilibili, along with the link to read it yourself, but I know:

This blog doesn't have all that many followers.

It's one thing for me to post the link and quite another for people to realize just how easy this is to do.

Considering how often I see English-speaking MXTX/c-novel/c-drama/donghua fandom peeps screaming and begging for more content, I'm now begging you in return:

STOP SLEEPING ON THE BILIBILI APP!

If you want more danmei content, fully legal, entirely free, already translated, you literally c.a.n.n.o.t. do better than using the Bilibili app to read manhua. That's not to say this is a perfect method - their translations are...um...wanting sometimes? (Shout out to the four pages in a row I recently read where someone broke in to a residence and every time the breaker-inner was mentioned they were called "the intrud") But it's still ALL THERE, FOR US, ANYTIME, and the more eyes the manhua in the apps gets, the more content we'll get, so please, PLEASE, if you're out there thirsting for danmei content, DO THIS.

Wondering how?

Well, I've got you covered.

WAY 1: The Bilibili Manhua Website

I know I said "get the app" but honestly you don't even need an app to do this! You can read on Bilibili using any web browser.

The website is Bilibilicomics.com.

It looks like this:

Yes, you're reading that right: there's an entire section of BL.

There's also an entire section of GL!

There are 38 titles in GL and 121 titles, yes ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE titles, in BL.

AND there's het stuff, and non-romance stuff too!

New episodes general come out weekly or biweekly, though a few things are daily. The website is often a few chapters ahead of the app (which I actually didn't realize until just now - Chapter 55 of Legend of Exorcism, for example, came out today on the app, but it lists 60 episodes as available on the website. Which, considering the cliffhanger I just read... *eyes emoji*...though apparently in other cases there are more chapters on the app than on the website, so ymmv.)

The best-known title available (again: FOR FREE. OFFICIALLY. LEGALLY. IN ENGLISH) is Tian Guan Ci Fu. When you go to a specific title's page, you get this...

...and reading it is as simple as selecting the chapter you want, clicking it, and et voila! Just scroll down and read to your heart's content!!

NOTE: SOME CHAPTERS WILL HAVE WAIT TIMES. More on this shortly.

WAY 2: The Bilibili App for Android

I personally have been reading primarily from the Android app, since I have a Samsung Galaxy phone and a lot of time sprawled on my couch while my kids watch cartoons.

You can download the app from the Play store - here's a link, for what that's worth.

It looks, essentially, like this (I'm logged in so mine looks a little different than non-logged-in, I made an account even tho you don't actually need one):

If you don't want to make an account, you don't have to. If you choose to, as you see it'll try to guess what other titles you might like. tbh I have no idea how good these recommendations may be; I'm still reading/catching up on the specific titles I wanted to read so I haven't had to try their recommendations yet. But, there's definitely some stuff that looks interesting (that top middle one definitely looks up my alley...)

You can also "favorite" things (again: EVEN WITHOUT AN ACCOUNT) and it'll store them in your library and make a red dot (like you can see on the above screen cap) when something has an update you haven't read yet. For example, here's my Favorite list, which helps me keep track of what I'm reading and enjoying (or, well, in one case I'm more "wtfing" than "enjoying" but hey that still counts).

There's even a weird, like, "dress up" side game??? So like, every chapter you read there's a chance the app will drop a "card" and you can use the cards to dress your avatar up, and there's a whole crafting system built in? It's. A little odd. But, considering I recently quit my Love Nikki addiction after 3+ years, it's nice to get a small hit of pointless dress up.

Yes, my avatar is currently wearing San Lang's shirt.

The point is, again: this app is free to download, and incredibly easy to use, and even has a fun pointless side game.

BUT. There is one "but" here. See the Coins: 0 Top Up right below my randomly assigned username?

There is an optional pay system. What does it do? It reduces wait times.

Some titles, but not ALL, have a "built in delay" that kicks in at some point. On some, it seems to start when you're "within 5 chapters of the most recent" (that's what's happened with Global Examination and TGCF, for example). For others, it seems to be arbitrary - for A Single Strike of Shimmering Frost, it kicked in at chapter 40 even tho there are, like, 80 something chapters up. Regardless, it always works the same.

The system functions using wait times, and it has 5 tiers that are always the same.

Tier 1: You must wait one minute before you can read the next chapter. This tier is rarely an issue; the count down sometimes (but not always??? it's weird) starts when you start a new chapter, and it almost always takes more than one minute to read a full chapter, so this tier is often "satisfied" before you even get to the next chapter.

Tier 2: You must wait six minutes before you can read the next chapter.

Tier 3: You must wait one hour before you can read the next chapter.

Tier 4: You must wait six hours before you can read the next chapter.

Tier 5: You must wait twenty-four hours before you can read the next chapter.

I initially thought this system functioned as "once you reach Tier 5, you're just stuck there and can only read a chapter a day" but it's turned out that's not the case - A Single Strike of Shimmering Frost having 40+ semi-locked chapters has given me the chance to actually test this a bit. In fact, what happens is:

The first time you hit a "wait delay" chapter, it puts you at Tier 1 and you have to wait a minute. The next chapter, you up to Tier 2, the next to Tier 3, then Tier 4, then Tier 5...and then it cycles back to Tier 1. So, with a little care and planning (which I almost always fail at) I can time reading something with many wait-delayed chapters such that I can read 5 chapters in one day, then I have to wait a full day, then I can read 5 more chapters.

Here's how it looks when you've done your waiting in purgatory and can now read on...

...and here's how it looks when the sad trombones play...

Now, I mentioned I'd circle back to the coins? THE TIME HAS COME! Because, look - for 17 coins, you can read on instantly!! Alternatively, if you're willing to share on social media, you can also skip (I have no if that's something you can do over and over, or just once, cause I haven't tried - you can skip the wait time once for free). This begs the question, then...is 17 coins a lot?

And the answer is...

...eh not really, no. Ten bucks will get you the ability to pay 17 coins many, many times (58, to be precise), but honestly? I haven't spent a penny yet and I've caught up on 7 different titles and am steadily reading through two more (one of which hasn't had wait times kick in yet, I just can only read so fast).

All of which is to say: yes, there's a pay system, and tbh, I'm probably going to throw them a few bucks not because I care about the wait times but because I'm getting so much enjoyment out of reading these titles and I want to support them a little (I also bought the print version of the TGCF vol. 1 and will likely buy the other volumes, and I once-upon-a-time paid to watch TGCF s. 1 streaming as they came out). With a little patience there is absolutely zero call for spending even one penny to read as much of this cornucopia as you want.

WAY 3: Download the Bilibili App on Apple

I don't have access to an iPhone and don't feel like grabbing my tablet rn and I've hit the Tumblr image limit anyway, but the Apple app looks about the same as the Android app, and you can download it HERE.

Basically: use the website, or download the app for whichever platform you're using, and READ, READ, READ!

So, what is there to read?

I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED!

(okay, cutting to a read more)

I've been reading on the app pretty regularly for like two months (prior to that I was only reading TGCF, and only when I remembered, which was rarely), but I'm juggling a lot AND reading other stuff too so I am far from having explored the wide range of options. I can, however, highlight a few I think are likely to be of interest to a danmei-reading audience. Note that of these, I've only read the novels for TGCF, TYQHM, and Daomu Biji, which means that I only know as far as the manhuas have covered for the rest - I haven't read farther than that yet.

A. Tian Guan Ci Fu by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu. The one, the only - this is the official manhua with art by Starember. It tells the story of newly ascended god Xie Lian trying to navigate the intricacies of the heavenly bureaucracy, figure out his place in the world, and understand why a sexy guy in red keeps showing up in his life. (Worst synopsis ever award goes to: ME!). The English translation is currently on episode 77, which has Xie Lian and Hua Cheng in the gambler's den. A volume just ended, which means it's on hiatus temporarily - there's usually a month or two break between volumes - so it'll be back soon!

B. Global Examination by Mu Su Li. Based on the book Global University Entrance Examination, featuring art by E Zi. Global Examination is a story set in a dystopian near-future about a world where groups of people are randomly selected (read: kidnapped and forced) to participate in an "exam" where they have to answer extremely complex puzzles. If they succeed, they get to live and become one of the people who administer the exam. If they fail, they die. Despite the premise sounding dark, it's really not been so bad and I've been reassured it won't become so. The story itself focuses on You Huo, a recently selected examinee with amnesia, the other people in his examinee group, and Examiner 001, who clearly has some kind of history with You Huo. If only he didn't also have amnesia, we might even know what that history is...

C. Dinghai Fusheng Records and Legend of Exorcism, both based on the books of the same names written by Fei Tian Ye Xiang. The art for Dinghai Fusheng Records is by Qianerbai (who has also done a lot of work for the Mo Dao Zu Shi audio drama) and for Legend of Exorcism, it's by Warp. These stories are set in the same 'verse, at least several hundred years apart; it's a xianxia high-fantasy setting, and the main enemies are resentment monsters and demons (...or are they? dun dun duuuun). Dinghai Fusheng Records takes place, chronologically, first, and occurs a couple hundred years after a calamity caused all qi to fade from the world - there are only mortals, and no one can cultivate. It follows Chen Xing, a young man born with a gift, as he seeks his protector - Xiang Shu - and others, and they encounter (surprise!) unspeakable evil. Legend of Exorcism takes place in the "future" of Dinghai Fusheng Records, and focuses on Kong Hongjun, a half-demon boy who has received a summons to join the Exorcism Department, as he explores the mortal world for the first time and gets to know the others who have summoned to join the Department, especially the mortal leader Li Jinglong.

D. Daomu Biji titles, originally by Nanpai Sanshu. There are two DMBJ titles on Bilibili right now, though both only have a few chapters, and the website lists them as "on hiatus." I've read them both, and am not entirely sure what's up with one especially, but... Grave Robbers' Chronicles starts where Book 1 starts, with changes of course but it's quite recognizable as the initial "Wu Xie is brought a silk scroll and gets curious and then Wu Sanxing gets involved" plot line. The Grave Robbers' Chronicles Seven Dreams is...odder...and as far as I can tell is an alternate canon/AU which starts with a "what if" of "what if the Zhang's were incredibly abusive, raised child!Zhang Qiling themselves, and Wu Xie and he met as kids." It's. Um. Extremely weird. And not for those sensitive to kids getting beaten bloody. But I'm still hoping they'll release more than 9 chapters, if only because I'm curious.

E. A Single Strike of Shimmering Frost, based on the novel A Sword of Frost by Yu Xiao Lanshan. This one opens with the Prince Ji Yanran approaching Sect Master Yun Yifeng, who runs a sect of spies and information collectors, to ask for help finding an item that has been stolen from the palace. In exchange, he promises to give Yun Yifeng the cure to an ailment that plagues him. Problem 1: he doesn't actually have this cure. Problem 2: everywhere they go people start dying. Problem 3: catching feels for the pretty Sect Master. Despite having the trappings of xianxia, this story has actually thus far been a sequence of murder mysteries with politics-related causes.

F. Saved the Public Enemy By Mistake by Liu Muqiao. If this is based on a novel, I haven't been able to track it down. It's xianxia; demon immortal cultivator Liu Jianghe shows up, nearly dead, on the doorstep of famed doctor Lu Jiu who is just trying to live a quiet life in seclusion. Not knowing who Liu Jianghe is, Lu Jiu saves him, and thus stumbles into a mess of politics and history he doesn't understand...but nothing is actually how it seems, there's amnesia and hidden back stories galore, there's a heavy side plot of sword lesbians, and honestly I've read like 50 chapters and I'm still a little lost but the art is pretty and I really need to read the reveal on the two MCs history together so I'm sticking with it. Warning that it's got a fair amount of blood and gore.

G. Those Years in Quest of Honor Mine by Man Man He Qi Duo. A historical (non-cultivation) setting focused on politics, machinations, and the long history and deep love between Zhong Wan - former top-scorer on the national exam who lost his position when his adopted father was accused of treason - and Yu She, of dubious parentage and believed by most people to be the bastard son of the Emperor. I loved the book for this, and finding out that the manhua was on Bilibili is a lot of what drove me to download the app.

So - that's everything I'm currently reading: 6 titles inspired by explicitly BL danmei titles, 2 based on other books I like that aren't BL, and 1 BL that just looked interesting and my taste.

There's SO MUCH MORE, seriously. I'm going to be reading on this app for months and still finding more, I'm positive of it.

But unforth, I hear you say, there's some other manhua I want to read! What about Mo Dao Zu Shi? What about Erha? Are those on Bilibili? Can I read them? And the answer, sadly, is no. Those two are published by Kuaikan, which does not offer free legal English translations at this time. But! I am holding out hope that if the audience for Bilibili grows, other manhua publishers will see the profitability in emulating them. I cannot guarantee that anything we do will result in this happening, but I do feel pretty confident that if we don't read with the options currently available, we sure ain't likely to get more options.

SO. GO FORTH. READ THE THINGS I'VE MENTIONED. READ OTHER THINGS. COME BACK AND TELL ME WHAT YOU LOVED SO I HAVE SOME IDEA WHAT TO READ NEXT.

PLEASE.

I'm begging. GO READ MANHUA!!!

RIGHT NOW.

ON BILIBILI.

(and signal boost this post to get other people to do the same!! help the small fandoms grooooow! I really just wrote all of this so I'd have someone to scream with about the current awful that is the recent chapters of Legend of Exorcism PLEASE WE ALL NEED SQUEEMATES COME READ!!! THE THINGS! THEY'RE GOOD! WITH PRETTY ART!)

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