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xaviaaaaaaaaa · 7 months

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What's your highest score (and preferred version) of Tetris? And if you have one, your best time (and difficulty) of Minesweeper

Mild Tetris infodumping time!! :D

TL;DR: I prefer TETR.IO, where my sprint PB is 25.612 (811th global as of writing), Blitz PB is ~435K (not top 1K also just a lot of SDPC looping). I also do not have any best times in minesweeper (yet :3)

ngl i'm realizing most of what I put here is unrelated to the ask but uh um uh

The vast majority of the time, I am playing either on Jstris or TETR.IO. Both of which aren't technically "Tetris" and are unofficial browser-based clients.

Within both of these I normally only play sprint / 40 Lines (very self-explanatory, clear 40 lines as fast as possible). Most of the time I'll just constantly play sprint without really thinking about it while I listen to a YouTube video or go through an album or smth. Unfortunately tetrio doesn't keep track of my total completed sprints but jstris does, and the number has climbed to be just a little high (3,148 as of right now). There are also other modes but they range from slightly to vastly less popular and I've played 40L by far the most sooooooo-

My PB is 25.465 seconds which is very good according to this graph :3

(Jayson is my other name ignore that part)

Also also also fun story my PBs in 3 of the 4 sprint categories on jstris I got within a few hours (I got a 100L pb on that day but improved it later 😔)

Also this is even more unrelated but I feel like mentioning; tetrio and jstris play largely similarly but with minor differences to DAS and finesse but I've had someone try to die on the hill that tetrio finesse is better which is rather silly of them in my imo

uh um there is Blitz mode on tetrio which i don't play often cause it requires too much mental attention and also a lil bit of luck and also also lots of SDPC DPC looping which is really cool and satisfying but also ngl kinda lame but

(replayed at 2x speed cause 2 minutes is a long time)

Occasionally, I play the default mode on Tetris.com. This is an offical client and generally far more popular. Unfortunately I don't have my high scores saved cause i just switched to a new PC build but my best is around ~700K. I pulled it up while writing since it's been a while and did pretty decent but I really struggle with instadrop gravity

Also worth noting is Tetris 99 since it's what got me into tetis in the first place. I have ~700 hours according to my Switch profile and played around 3,000 games (mostly in 2020). Not really much of highscore to point at with this one except one time I won 10 games in a row which is neat.

(I couldn't find the screencap from the 10 games in a row bit but I did find this which is way funnier)

nowadays I absolutely can not be bothered to play this game cause I've gotten to a point where it is boring and slow and uninteresting and if i want to play a long stressful multiplayer tetis i will go to Tetra-League instead.

I played a bit of PPT and PPT2 but never really got into it, I think my highest rating was around 11 or 12K on PPT.

also I've recently tried playing the mobile app and it is awful and frustrating and terrible and bad and lags a whole lot. my highscore there is like 1.3 million which would've put me far and away in first place in my city, but for some reason it decided that I lived in New Jersey that day so instead I was like 30th.

I got into NEStris at one point and I'm pretty sure my best was a little over 300k but i never put that much practice into it.

most of this was entirely unrelated to the ask but I really felt like ranting :3

#i like tetis #i rarely get to infodump about this because noone cares so i am taking this as an invitation sorry :3 #still gotta get around to really learning minesweeper #i really like the word 'also'#Tetris 99 #Puyo Puyo tetris #tetrio #jstris #SDPC DPC #oops #tetris #minesweeper #hopefully i don't look too dumb for this rant #I may be cringe but I am free

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bapple117 · 2 months

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I'm so sorry for a THIRD message but I JUST noticed the chapter 14 update and got to Alastor grieving him mom and KLJADLKD ACK my heart! ;3; It's beautiful and painful and a little crazy considering what I just sent you. Anyways I'm done I promise I'll stop bothering you now!

Oh my gosh THANK YOU so much for all three of your sweet messages 😭 brb crying forever (and I’m sorry it took me so long to respond, I didn’t realise the ask inbox is separate 💀)

I’m so sorry to hear about the difficult thing you went through - big hugs from someone else who’s also in the DPC ❤️ I apologise in advance if anything else mentioned in the fic is triggering in that regard - just a heads up, it will be a theme explored a little more in Chapter 19, right at the start. I’ll pop a warning in the summary 🫂

I’m SO unbelievably happy that my silly little fic has given you something to be excited about, I am truly honoured. I hope it continues to make you happy!! 😭❤️

Okay brb gonna go sob happy tears forever now

#bapple chats #q&a #bapple writes

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mariacallous · 1 year

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On January 4, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €390 million ($414 million) for violating Europe’s privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and directed the company to bring its data processing operations into compliance within 3 months. Shortly thereafter, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), which consists of all the European data protection authorities, released the text of its binding decision that dictated the Irish DPC’s ruling. The key finding is that Meta cannot rely upon its contract with users as providing a sufficient legal basis for processing user data for personalized ads. If upheld on appeal, this decision might require social media companies and other online businesses to significantly revise their data-focused advertising business model in the name of protecting privacy.

I want to discuss the EDPB’s decision in two parts. In this post, I will first analyze its legal basis and assess its likely business implications. In the next part, I will consider whether this decision holds some lessons for policymakers as they seek to revise U.S. laws to protect privacy more adequately.

The European Privacy Approach

The European Union’s GDPR became effective in 2018. It requires companies to have a legal basis for data processing, the European term of art for collecting and using personal information. “Processing shall be lawful,” says Article 6 of GDPR, “only if and to the extent that at least one of the following applies,” and includes a list of legal bases for data processing.

The key bases are fulfillment of a contract, consent, and legitimate interest. Under fulfillment of a contract, processing is lawful only if it is “necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.” Under consent, processing is lawful only if “the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes.” Under legitimate interest, processing is lawful only if it is “necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party…”

The interpretation of these key legal terms of contractual necessity, consent, and legitimate interest is complex and contested. But for the purpose of understanding the broad outlines of the EDPB’s decision, the uses of the different legal bases can be simplified as follows.

Contractual necessity

Contractual necessity applies when the company needs personal information to fulfill a contract that they have made with you to provide service. An online retail stores clearly needs users’ contact details in order to send the items they have purchased. The store can rely on contractual necessity in this case as the basis for collecting and using this information.

Consent

Consent is the legal basis to use if a company wants to process personal information that is not needed to provide service to the customer. If a company wants to collect users’ zip codes at the point of sale, it must ask the customers’ permission and tell them why it wants the information (understanding the company’s customer base for instance, or direct marketing). If the customers refuse, the company must still sell them what they want to buy. If the customers provide the store with their zip codes in these circumstances, they have consented, and the company can claim that as its legal basis for collecting the information.

Legitimate interest

Legitimate interest applies when neither of the other two apply. If a company wants to collect and use user information for direct marketing but has not obtained consent and does not need the information to provide a service, it can nevertheless obtain it and use it if it can show that it has a real business need for the information, an urgent need that overrides any interest the consumers have in protecting their privacy. The comment on legitimate interest in GDPR Recital 47 says that fraud prevention and direct marketing could be justified under legitimate interest. Neither consent nor contractual necessity would be required for data use justified under legitimate interest.

Further, Article 21 of GDPR limits the use of legitimate interest as a basis for direct marketing. This article provides users with an absolute right to object to direct marketing. A company can assert its legitimate interest as a basis for direct marketing, but as soon as a user objects it must honor this request to stop direct marketing. This right to object overrides any claim of business interest.

The European Data Protection Board’s Meta Decision

The Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC) January 4, 2023 announcement was the product of a complex process. Meta claimed to the Irish DPC that its legal basis for processing user data for personalized social media services and for advertising purposes was contractual necessity. The Irish DPC essentially agreed, but its decision was challenged by other European data protection authorities, which triggered a process of negotiation to seek a resolution of that dispute. The dispute resolution procedure failed and, pursuant to procedures set out in the GDPR, the issue was referred to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), a body that consists of all the European Union’s data protection authorities. The EDPB is authorized to issue binding decisions to ensure that the national data protection authorities apply the provisions of the GDPR in a correct and consistent manner.

On December 9, 2022, the EDPB announced that it had “settled” the question of whether or not the processing of personal data for the performance of a contract is a suitable legal basis for social media behavioral advertising. In conformity with that binding decision, the Irish DPC announced in January, that it was reversing itself and rejecting contractual necessity as the basis for Meta’s processing of personal data for advertising purposes. While this decision is formally one made by the Irish DPC, it effectively was determined by the collective body of European data protection commissioners. A few days later on January 11, the Irish DPC released the text of its decision, and the following day the EDPB released the text of its binding decision that had dictated the Irish DPC’s ruling.

The EDPB ruling is the key one for understanding the basis of this decision. It finds in the record it reviewed in coming to its decision information that reveals “the complexity, massive scale and intrusiveness of the behavioural advertising practice that Meta IE conducts…” (Par 96). This indicates immediately its suspicion of Meta’s data practices, revealing that it will need substantial evidence to indicate that this “massive” collection of data for personalized ads is needed to provide social media service.

On the basis of the “objectives” and “normative context” of GDPR and of earlier European court decisions the EDPB concludes that GDPR “treats personal data as a fundamental right inherent to a data subject and his/her dignity, and not as a commodity data subjects can trade away through a contract.” (Par. 100, 101). This reassertion of the fundamental premise of European privacy law that privacy is prior to business interests is a guiding principle of the decision.

The EDPB recognizes that while data subjects cannot arbitrarily trade away their privacy, they are permitted under GDPR Article 6 to provide personal information needed to obtain a service. So, the EDPB turns to the question of “whether behavioural advertising is objectively necessary for Meta” to provide its service. (Par. 111). If it is, then Meta may claim contractual necessity; if it is not, then Meta may not.

EDPB then argues that personalized advertising is not needed to provide social media services. It asserts that if “there are realistic, less intrusive alternatives, the processing is not “necessary”. (par. 120). It considers that there are such alternatives including “contextual advertising based on geography, language and content, which do not involve intrusive measures such as profiling and tracking of users.” (Par. 121). Meta has found it useful for it business purposes to generate revenue through personalized ads. But that is not contractual necessity, since there are realistic alternative funding mechanisms. EDPB concludes that personalized advertising “is useful but not objectively necessary for performing the contractual service, even if it is necessary for the controller’s other business purposes.” (Par. 121).

EDPB also argues that processing for the purposes of personalized adverting cannot be necessary to provide social media services in light of the data subject’s “absolute right” to object to data processing for purposes of direct marketing under Article 21 of GDPR. Data processing for the purposes of personalized ads “cannot be necessary to perform a contract if a subject has the possibility to opt out from it at any time, and without providing any reason.” (Par 122).

EDPB notes that an important consideration in its rejection of Meta’s contractual necessity justification is that “the main purpose for which users use Facebook and accept the Facebook Terms of Service is to communicate with others, not to receive personalised advertisements.” (Par 124)

Next Steps

The consensus among analysts is that for the immediate future Meta will be able to continue to fund its operations through personalized ads. Matt Perault at New Street Research, for instances, considers that the EDPB judgment “won’t affect its ads business in the short run.” Meta’s reaction to the decision bears out this analysis. In a company-issued blog post, Meta says it thinks its legal justification of contractual necessity “respects” GDPR and complains about the lack of “regulatory clarity” on the issue. The company said it would appeal both the ruling and the size of the fines, noting that the European courts may yet reach “a different conclusion altogether.” Presumably, it would also ask a court to stay the implementation of the ruling during the pendency of the appeal, which would allow its personalized ad business to continue uninterrupted, potentially for years.

Even if Meta fails to obtain a stay, it is open to the company to revise its legal basis and to present an alternative justification for its data processing. This could be consent, but Meta seems uninterested in pursuing this option. In the same blog post, it says that the EDPB decision does not “mandate the use of Consent” as a legal basis for its data processing. It rejects the idea that it can no longer offer personalized ads unless each user’s agreement has been obtained. And it holds out the prospect of “another available legal basis under GDPR” for personalized advertising.

But the only plausible alternative legal basis other than consent or contractual necessity would be legitimate interest. Legitimate interest is a complex legal basis that would require Meta to show its legitimate interest in personalized advertising overrides “the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data.” If Meta pursues that route, it could submit a justification to the Irish DPC based on legitimate interest and try to satisfy the heavy burden involved in defending that legal basis.

The Irish DPC order says that Meta must “bring its processing operations into compliance with GDPR” within three months. Meta could argue, however, that it had complied with the ruling by providing this alternative legal basis of legitimate interest and should be allowed to provide personalized ads until the Irish DPC has had a chance to evaluate this new claim, which could take months or years. The Irish DPC may very well accept this argument, which would provide a significant delay in any operational changes. It is worth remembering that the objection to Meta’s contractual necessity justification was filed four years ago and will likely continue several more years with appeals.

In the longer term, however, Meta faces a seemingly insuperable hurdle in maintaining its personalized ad business in its current form, even if it succeeds in its legitimate interest justification. This is because Article 21 of GDPR provides an absolute right for users to object to the processing of their personal information for direct marketing, which would include personalized ads on social media. Even if Meta successfully invokes legitimate interest to justify the use of personal information for personalized ads, it must still honor this absolute right for users to object.

Will Meta change its existing ad model to comply?

Observing this right to object is likely to mean that Meta would have to offer its users the alternative of receiving the personalized social media services without also receiving personalized ads. Providing users with a choice, however, is extraordinarily risky for Meta’s personalized ad business. When Apple gave its app store users a yes or no choice on whether they wanted apps to track them for purposes of serving ads, 96% of U.S. citizens rejected personalized ad tracking. It is for this reason that analysts are concerned that in the long run Meta’s personalized ad model is in trouble. Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, for instance, thinks that the ruling could put “5 to 7 percent of Meta’s overall advertising revenue at risk.”

The alternative to a social media service paid for by personalized ads might well become an increasingly important part of Meta’s business model. The company could seek to fund this alternative through contextual ads alone. But it could also offer users an alternative of paying a fee to receive a personalized social media service free of targeted ads, a model that is widely followed in other services such as streaming music. Whether the fee could be set so high ($100 a month, for instance) that as a practical matter it forced users to accept personalized ads would be a question for the Irish DPC to address when it approves or rejects Meta’s proposal for coming into compliance with GDPR. Assessing the commercial necessity of Meta’s rates would force the agency into the new and uncomfortable position of economic regulator supervising the rates that Meta could charge its users.

Despite the potentially far-reaching nature of the ruling for Meta’s personalized ad business, it is also worth remembering that it might not mean that the company will collect any less personal information or no longer construct detailed profiles of its users. The ruling simply says that Meta cannot collect information or construct profiles for the purpose of serving personalized ads under its contractual necessity basis. The ruling seems to allow Meta to continue to collect and use personal information on the basis of its terms of service for the purpose of providing personalized social media services. So, users who accept Meta’s terms of service will still be allowing the company to collect and analyze information derived from their use of the social media platform for the purpose of ranking, prioritizing, and recommending material posted by other users. Nothing in the decision appears to mean that Meta will have to stop offering algorithmically driven social media service. It would not, for example, be required to provide a chronological feed as one or the only alternative for its users. The ruling imposes no limitation on algorithmic amplification based on personal information.

Moreover, the ruling does not say that Facebook or Instagram must be ad-free. The ads that appear on these services that many find to be annoying and intrusive will likely continue and might even increase. But now these ads would not be personalized. They would be static ads that would be shown indifferently to all users or targeted contextually to all users in a certain location or who speak a given language. Even a fee-based service might contain these non-personal ads.

Conclusion

Privacy advocates might then wonder what they have concretely gained from this apparent victory. Social media surveillance likely will not diminish, nor will the bombardment of users by distracting and confusing commercial advertising. Still, an important precedent has been set, one that vindicates the primacy of privacy rights. The decision delivers a message to all social media companies and other digital companies that they must respect the privacy interests of their users first. Their commercial interests are secondary. To paraphrase the great philosopher of human rights, Immanuel Kant, businesses must first be certain that they are respecting people’s fundamental rights, including their privacy rights. Only then are they entitled to look around for ways to satisfy their economic interests.

In a forthcoming blog, I will look at whether U.S. policymakers should reimagine for the U.S. context the European privacy requirement to demonstrate a legal basis for personal data use and if so, what the implications might be for the data practices of social media companies and other digital companies in the U.S.

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depraved-prompts · 1 year

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#depraved prompt, #depraved meme, #depraved ask game, #depraved coining, #depraved ask, #depraved submission,

Content and Content Warning tags

All content tags will be formatted as #dpc; _____ (‘dpc’ stands for ‘dark prompt content’). New tags can be added and requested at any time.

; nsfw - anything that is of a sexual nature

; noncon - prompts that involve sexual situations that are non-consensual

; underage - prompts that involve one or more characters who are underage in sexual situations

; necrophilia - prompts that involve dead bodies or undead in sexual situations

; bestiality - prompts that involve non-sapient animals/monsters in sexual situations

; dubcon - prompts that involve sexual situations where consent is ‘dubious’ (this is a strictly fictional distinction that does not exist in real life)

; mind control, ; pheromones, ; heat, ; hypnosis, ; blackmail - see above

; consensual

; monsterfucking - prompts that involve sapient animals/monsters in sexual situations

; relationships - prompts that focus on the relationship between two or more characters

; power imbalance - prompts that focus on a power imbalance between two or more characters

; large age gap, ; teacher/student, ; boss/employee, ; doctor/patient - see above

; incest - prompts that involve two or more characters who are related to each other in a sexual/romantic context

; sibling incest, ; parent/child incest, ; cousin incest, ; grandparent/child incest

; selfcest

; stalking, ; kidnapping, ; stockholm syndrome

; gore - any prompts that are focused on gore

; violent - any prompts that focus on violence

; death, ; murder, ; snuff

; cannibalism - this tag will include any instance of a sapient creature being consumed, regardless of if it's 'technically' cannibalism'

; torture - any prompts that focus on mental or physical torture, intentionally afflicted or otherwise

; mental torture, ; mind destruction,

; self harm, ; suicide

; substance use, ; substance abuse, ; smoking

; weapons - any prompts that involve the use of weapons

; knives, ; guns, ; swords, etc

; kink - any prompt that involves kinks, yes this is incredibly vague

; edgeplay - any prompt that involves risky kinks

; gunplay, ; knifeplay, ; breathplay, ; bloodplay, ; fireplay, ; cnc

; sadism, ; masochism, ; sadomasochism

; abuse - any prompts that feature mental or physical abuse

; gaslighting, ; physical abuse, ; yelling, ; verbal abuse, ; emotional abuse, ; bullying, ; reproductive abuse

; pregnancy - any prompts that involve a character getting pregnant, losing a pregnancy or the possibility of a character getting pregnant

; risk of pregnancy, ; miscarriage, ; abortion

; orientation specific - keep in mind that I will not post any prompts that are exclusionary about this

; mlm, ; nblm, ; nblnb, ; nblw, ; wlw, aromantic, asexual, aroace - see above

; gender specific - same as orientation tag

; male character, ; female character, ; non-binary character, ; agender character, ; xenogender character

; genre - for prompts within a specific genre

; horror, ; existential horror, ; apocalypse, ; post apocalypse

; non-human - any prompts that feature non-human characters specifically

; monster, ; AI,

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yvetteheiser · 2 years

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Yvette Heiser-Taking Prints at academy events – Where common sense comes into play

The preface of the General Data Protection Regulation( GDPR) has touched off a significant shift in people's perception of data protection, and organizations across all types of sectors are contending with different challenges in terms of icing they're balancing their interests with the rights of individuality around their particular data.

Yvette Heiser an expert photographer shares his views on academic event photography .The DPC frequently receives queries from seminaries, parents, and indeed shutterbugs about taking photos at academy events. These events range from musicals and football matches, right up to sports days, holy rapprochement, and award observances. Common questions postdate similar as " Do you need the concurrence of a child's guardian before you can take a print of a child? ", " Do you need concurrence for each separate academy event? ", " Can seminaries ban parents from taking prints at academy events? ", and " Can people take prints of other people's children without the guardian's authorization " The expression " Because of GDPR " is also trending of late, and this environment appears to be no different when we hear effects similar as seminaries saying " We can publish a print of a pupil but we can't name them because of GDPR " or parents saying " I can't take a print of my child in the play because of GDPR ", pressing the real sense of confusion girding this issue.

Back to basics

Before we claw into the academy- and child-specific environment, let's go back to basics for a moment. As Commissioner for Data Protection Helen Dixon stated in a recent interview with the Irish Independent, there's nothing under the GDPR proscribing people from taking prints in a public place. Handed you're not draining anyone, taking photos of people in public is generally allowed. Still, whether you can publish a snap to broad- grounded follower ship is a different question. In other words, taking a print in public is generally fine; it's what you do with that print that can potentially come to a data protection issue.

Family and musketeers taking prints at academy events

Academy plays, rugby matches, Christmas hymn musicales – all important mileposts that parents, family, and musketeers understandably want to record on camera. But questions similar as “Is it OK if you capture the image of another child while snapping film-land of your own? " face time and time again, leaving parents, and indeed seminaries, at a bit of a loss as to what to do. A lot of the time, families taking prints at this kind of event are simply doing so for reminiscence's sake and they don't intend to post or publish the prints anywhere. This type of exertion falls under the so-called " manage impunity " under the GDPR, which provides that the GDPR doesn't apply when a person processes particular data( for illustration, a snap of someone) in the course of a purely particular or manage exertion ,e.g. with no connection to a professional, business, functionary or marketable exertion.

That being said, the ubiquitous nature of social media means that numerous prints like these will inescapably wind up on some proud parent's Instagram account. And in fact, the GDPR doesn't rigorously enjoin this either, with Recital 18 stating that particular conditioning could include social networking. still, if a parent published a print of their child online that also contained images of other children, and the parent of one of the other children was uncomfortable with this and asked the parent to take the print down, common sense and indeed common courtesy would suggest that you should take the prints carefully.

#Yvette Heiser #photographer #photography #academy #events

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dailypokemoncrochet · 3 months

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OKAY BUT TAROUNTULA, A LITERAL YARNBALL?? IM CRYING I LOVE HER

THIS IS AN OLD ASK BUT I FINALLY MADE ONE TAROUNTULA AND YOURE RIGHT SHES SO LOVABLE AAAAA ♥️♥️♥️

#pokemon #crochet #amigurumi #pokemon crochet #dpc asks #tarountula #anon #art #artists on tumblr #fiber art #plush #toy #bug #foth #fresh off the hook #that means i just finished this one!#shes so 😭😭♥️♥️♥️#also a lil blurry pic i know lmao my b

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jellogram · 1 year

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I think my main beef with Firefox is that it keeps fucking updating without asking me and every time it does, it's slow as fuck for the next week or so and finally when it's speeding up it downloads another fucking update and becomes virtually unusable. Sitting here for half an hour now because I tried to pause a YouTube video and this thing gave me a fucking blue screen with a dpc watchdog violation. I know my computer is old but jfc I'm not even doing anything complicated.

#if you know how to turn these updates off hmu lol #still better than chrome unfortunately but if i can import my shit into another browser and I'm outta here

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disneyprincessconcertfans · 2 years

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(IG) REPOST: @brauhala

@brauhala: DPC at the D23 Expo!!! 😮 What a pinch-me-oh-my-gosh-what-is-happening-dream-come-true moment for me and the girls that "Disney Princess - The Concert" was asked to be the closing show of the 2022 convention! 😭 From playing a basement cabaret venue in 2015, to playing to *7,000* of Disney's biggest fans at the company's biggest fan event, the first in three years?! AHHH! The significance of this entire moment is not lost on me, and the energy in the room was INCREDIBLE!!! Each of the girls SOARED, as did our @adamjlevy, slaying a brand new Heroes Medley I wrote just for him for this day! We did NEW NUMBERS!!! @anneliesevanderpol and @iamsusanegan sang a new duet arrangement of "Home," my absolute fave, and there wasn't a dry eye in the house. And we did a brand new QUARTET of "Just Around the Riverbend," and the girls blended so gorgeously! 🤩 I hadn't written anything new for the show in almost a year, and was so nervous I'd forget how. 😂 And let's not forget, it was somehow @izzymccalla's first full show with us!? She slayed every moment and her fun-loving spirit brought so much warmth to the show! And of course our @syndeewinters slayed the house down boots hunty, and the whole thing was just SO MUCH FUN! 😍 Thank you for embracing this Fairy Godfairy and his Princess besties, D23 Expo - it was an honor to make magic for you!!!

And thank you @imagegroupla and @gettyimages for these incredible shots. I feel like Heléne York in @othertwoshow, proudly posting them with the watermark! 😂

#disney #disney princess concert #disney concert #disney princess #disney prince #ben rauhala #benjamin rauhala #susan egan #izzy mccalla #isabelle mccalla #anneliese van der pol #syndee winters #d23 #d23 expo #d23 expo 2022 #disney d23 #broadway

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helenofsimblr · 2 years

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List 5 facts about a favorite sim of yours, and send this to 10 simblrs whose sims you adore ♥♥♥

Many thanks for the ask @igglemouse Here we have Bob Robinson for this ask.

Bob was an only child and grew up with his mom after she left his alcoholic abusive father. Consequently, Robinson was his mother's maiden name. Bob refusing to carry his father's name

Bob was a mechanic and computer scientist which is how he got a job with the Space Agency as non field personnel. Before being chosen to take part in Eichler's super soldier experiments with 4 others.

Bob initially met Kyleigh, not Lyra. However, despite wanting him for herself, she introduced him to Lyra and the two got married.

Bob so far is the father of 4 children, Lysa, Judith, Guy and Elita. He was captured by sixamites who attempted to create two super sixamites using him John and Jennifer. Whom Bob was able to keep and regarded as his own.

Bob is highly trained in various combat forms, particularly DPC and has had a lot of scraps since joining the space agency.

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thetoxicgamer · 10 months

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ATF departs Quest Dota 2 after ‘unacceptable’ contract offer days before Riyadh Masters

After contract negotiations with loaned Nigma Galaxy offlaner Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf on July 15 fell through, Quest Esports was left searching for a replacement player just days before the Dota 2 Riyadh Masters. Early in the morning, Quest delivered the startling revelation and thanked both ATF and Nigma for the player's assistance. ATF played a significant role in Quest's top-four result in the Bali Major a fortnight ago as well as their victory over Team Secret ME in the qualifier for the Riyadh Masters. At the time of writing, NAVI player Abdimalik “Malik” Sailau has been listed as ATF’s replacement for the tournament according to Liquipedia, but without an official announcement confirming his addition, it remains unclear whether this will be the case for the July 19 tournament. Quest also mentioned that, despite their “best efforts,” a negotiation over the player’s continued contract with the squad was unable to be resolved, meaning ATF will return to Nigma and likely be riding the bench ahead of 2023’s version of The International in October. https://twitter.com/questesports_/status/1680184196021485568 The situation took a turn just hours after Quest’s announcement, with ATF himself revealing Quest offered him a full-time contract as his loan period ended after the Bali Major, but it was “not acceptable” for him. “The Quest org don’t want to extend the loan for there own reasons, they offered me a contract that I don’t agree on,” said ATF, adding that Quest offered the Jordanian an ultimatum: sign the new contract, or miss out on Riyadh. ATF felt hurt at being forced to make the decision, calling it “sad” that Quest would rather recruit a stand-in than extend Nigma’s loan to include the Riyadh Masters since he helped Quest qualify for the event. He also added Nigma did their best to help with an attempt at extending the loan or a possible buyout. As the Dota community went into a frenzy over the sudden decision, Nigma Galaxy issued their own statement, saying it was best for ATF to compete at Riyadh and for TI qualifiers in late July and was hoping on reaching a resolution with Quest. However, no such agreement was made. “Unfortunately, Quest decided not to continue the path of the loan,” wrapped Nigma, noting that they rightfully could not influence what another organization could commit to in regard to player contracts. Nigma only wanted the best for ATF, according to their statement, even going so far as to play against him and Quest in the Riyadh Masters qualifier. Nigma would ultimately fall to Quest and Team Secret ME, missing the tournament. Quest responded hours later with a Twitter thread responding to Nigma and ATF’s statement at length. The organization said its mission has always been to “build a team based on respect, hard work, and shared goals,” and that a renegotiation of the previously agreed-upon loan was out of the question. https://twitter.com/questesports_/status/1680328595422556160 Quest said they had stuck to the terms of the contract all the way throughout, while “others” wanted to renegotiate these terms days before the Riyadh Masters. Quest added that ATF had asked for a new agreement to continue through the TI period, which would see the loaned player represent Quest at TI should the team qualify. “Our team’s commitment goes beyond personal and financial gain—it’s about the love for the game and shared success, and anyone who joins us must share this vision,” finalized Quest. It’s an ugly end for the partnership between ATF and Quest, with the squad just barely missing out on qualifying for TI. Had they earned enough Dota Pro Circuit points to receive an invite to Seattle, it may have been enough of a caveat to extend the loan to prevent the loss of DPC points. As it stands, Quest will take to the server in Riyadh without ATF this week, while the Jordanian remains benched from Nigma Galaxy in the interim. Both Quest and Nigma will be forced to battle it out for a spot at the TI regional qualifiers in late July, as neither squad secured a top 12 DPC spot. Read the full article

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