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samcat18 · 4 months
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Well it took like a week and a half of being exposed to both positive parents, but guess who's got her first positive covid test?? Literally couldn't tell aside from the test, thankfully (aside from some fatigue and nausea yesterday and today that i thought was more stress-based) so hopefully i'm able to stay that way...
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loveliesttime · 2 years
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i have been drunk for the past 50 hours 👍🏼
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Pluralistic is four
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I'm on tour with my new novel The Bezzle! Catch me TOMORROW in SALT LAKE CITY (Feb 21, Weller Book Works) and then SAN DIEGO (Feb 22, Mysterious Galaxy). After that, it's LA, Seattle, Portland, Phoenix and more!
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Four years ago, I started pluralistic.net, my post-Boing Boing, solo blog project: an ad-free, tracker-free site that anyone can republish, commercially or noncommercially. It's been a wild four years, featuring over 1,150 editions, many consisting of multiple articles:
https://pluralistic.net/2020/02/19/pluralist-19-feb-2020/
As a project, Pluralistic has been a roaring success. I've published multiple, significant "breakout" articles that popularized obscure, important, highly technical ideas, most notably "adversarial interoperability":
http://pluralistic.net/tag/adversarial-interoperability
"End-to-end" as a remedy for multiple internet ripoffs, including as a superior alternative to link-taxes as a means of saving the news industry from Big Tech predation:
https://pluralistic.net/tag/e2e/
and, of course, "enshittification":
https://pluralistic.net/tag/enshittification/
These are emblematic of the sorts of ideas that I've spent the past 20+ years trying to popularize in tech-policy debates dominated by technologically illiterate policy ideas ("abolish Section 230!") and politically illiterate technical ideas (so many to choose from, but let's just say "cryptocurrency"). They require that the reader come along for a lot of cross-disciplinary analysis that often gets deep into the weeds. These are some of the hardest ideas to convey, but nuanced proposals and critiques that work on both political and technical axes are the best hope we have of successfully weathering the polycrisis.
Blogging has always been a part of this project. For nearly 20 years, I posted nearly every day on Boing Boing – 53,906 posts in all! – taking note of everything that seemed important. Keeping a "writer's notebook" in public imposes an unbeatable rigor, since you can't slack off and leave notes so brief and cryptic that they neither lodge in your subconscious nor form a record clear enough to refer to in future. By contrast, keeping public notes produces both a subconscious, supersaturated solution of fragmentary ideas that rattle around, periodically cohering into nucleii that crystallize into full-blown ideas for stories, novels, essays, speeches and nonfiction books. What's more, those ripened ideas are supported by a searchable database of everything I've thought about the subject, often annotated by readers and other writers who've commented on the posts. I call this "The Memex Method":
https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/09/the-memex-method/
Pluralistic marks a new phase in my deployment of the Memex Method. With 50K+ notes in a database, I've gradually turned Pluralistic into a forum for far more synthetic, longer-form work that pulls on threads from decades of research into nothing in particular and everything that seemed important.
Pluralistic is also an experiment in retaining control over my destiny – but not my work. Rather than hitching my ability to reach an audience through a platform that can be enshittified at the whim of a mercurial, infantile billionaire or their venal, callous shareholders, Pluralistic is published web-first, on a site I control, and then syndicated to every platform that matters to me. It's a process called POSSE (Post Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere):
https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/13/two-decades/#hfbd
I want to spread the ideas I fight for, so I post them everywhere, and license them Creative Commons Attribution-Only, encouraging others to repost them. Lots of small sites do this, but so do large ones. Notably, Wired picked up my first breakout piece on enshittification and republished it under the CC terms:
https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/
This was a really interesting process. On the one hand, I didn't get paid for this feature, which did really well for Wired. On the other hand, nearly 30 years of writing for Wired makes me doubtful that I could have gotten this piece out in the form it emerged, without substantially toning down (or, if you prefer, neutering) the rhetoric that made that piece more persuasive. A commissioning editor from one of the largest newspapers in the world got in touch with me after it came out and said they wished they'd published it – but also that they knew they couldn't possibly have done so. By publishing the story first on my blog, proving its audience, and establishing its canonical form, I was able to get it amplified by a service with a much bigger platform than me, without having to compromise on the form.
That republication gave me the much-maligned "exposure" – but it also carried the message to places it wouldn't have reached on its own. I don't write – have never written – solely as an income source. As both an artist and an activist, connecting with audiences has always been co-equal in my mind with earning my living. That's why I don't do a lot of film-writing: it pays well, but most of it never sees the light of day. It's also why I stopped writing for ad agencies: it paid well, but it didn't matter to me or my audience. To mangle Dr Johnson: "No man but a blockhead ever wrote solely for money."
The open nature of this blog, with its many open syndication channels, creates multidirectional pathways for evaluating and refining my attempts at making my ideas understood and my art land. My posts often circle back to points I made earlier, incorporating useful feedback from readers and colleagues, sure, but also anticipating and rebutting those areas where critics have convinced others in various forums. Vanity searching is unjustly maligned: I learn a ton about how to make by work better by lurking in Reddit comments, Hacker News, Twitter, Slashdot, Metafilter and other forums. I also take a sneaky pleasure in knowing that the persistent trolls who reliably pop up to grind their weird axes about me (sometimes referencing blog posts I made decades ago) have taught me how to neutralize them in advance, and it's delightful to see them try their same old lines, only to have other commentators point out that my latest piece makes it absolutely undeniable how wrong they are. Living well is the best revenge, indeed.
Four years. I've been writing Pluralistic for four years. During that time, I've published eight books – and beyond any doubt, Pluralistic helped me get those books into readers' hands. But far more importantly, during that time, I've written nine books – and contracted for a tenth – as the Memex Method paid off again and again.
I don't know how long I'll do Pluralistic for, but I don't foresee stopping any time soon. What's more, no matter what happens to Pluralistic, I can't ever see giving up on the Memex Method, keeping notes in public and making them work for me.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/20/fore/#synthesis
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ffviirarepairweek · 2 months
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FFVII Rare Pair Week 2024
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Urban Dictionary defines rarepair as “A ship or pairing that not many people ship or is very rare to find fanfiction and fanart of. Typically happens within small fandoms or with minor characters.” So what’s your favourite Final Fantasy VII related rare pair? Do you have more than one? Here’s a chance to showcase them and help them move up from being rare! Not all parts of the pairing have to be from FFVII, and you don’t have to do the same pairing or group for the whole week! ** Pairings can be romantic or platonic. ** Below we have a list of prompts for this year. Feel free to be as creative with those as you want to, and take your time working on your entries, but please don’t forget to post them on the right date if you can. (But remember, no matter how late it’s better than never!)
For this event we are using a category approach. You can use the category as a theme for your prompt and the listed items suggested ideas. If none of the prompts give you any ideas, don’t worry! You can create anything you like for the week, provided it involves a rare pair! The goal of the week is to celebrate and share our rare pairs more than to just follow a list. Be it art, writing, mood boards, or even fic recs, just spread the love!
Feb. 16 | Day 1. Weather. Sunshine. Rain. Storms. The weather can create a meaningful moment, or a huge inconvenience. 
Feb. 17 | Day 2. Unexpected Challenges. How does your pairing deal with an unexpected challenge? (For example, they come back home from a trip to find the pipes have frozen and they have no running water. Is one of them using the last of the drinking water to save their dying house plants while the other is desperately melting snow to keep the humans alive?)
Feb. 18 | Day 3. Favourite Things. From favourite things about each other to favourite items of clothing stolen to wear around the house (much to the other’s chagrin), or favorite things to do for or with each other.
Feb. 19 | Day 4. Near Death Experiences. For the angst lovers, the whumpers, this could be a true near death experience. For the lighter side, it could be something much less serious but someone is clearly being dramatic for sympathy. 😀
Feb. 20 | Day 5. Free Day/Combo Day. Combo space to mix and match prompts from this year (or a previous year’s list) or go wherever your canoe takes you!
Feb. 21 | Day 6. Events. Holidays, celebrations, traditions. Whether it’s a joyful day like a birthday or one of mourning like a memorial, there are many days throughout the year that bring us together. What’s a day that’s important to your pairing, or a time that brought them together for something that isn’t part of their regular day to day?
Feb. 22 | Day 7. Stories. Stories play a big part in our lives. They inspire, they entertain, they teach. Is there a story that your characters hold dear, or that they recount often to friends (or their kids)? (Or is there a story about your rare pair that you want to recommend to others today?)
Need more inspiration? Our past prompt lists can be found below, and you’re welcome to use any of them!
2023 List | 2022 List | 2020 List | 2019 List | 2018 List
Also, mod Asylos is taking requests for things to write again this year. That’s right, you can get something written for your rare pair, and not just do all the heavy lifting yourself. Send in your requests as an ask any time now up until the end of the event week. 
Please remember to include the week’s tag (ffviirarepairweek) within the first 5 tags or else we might be unable to find your work! We will NOT accept/reblog anything containing Character/Ship Hate, so avoid including those in your entries. Also don’t repost anyone else’s work as your own! You are welcome to reblog other’s posts, but credit where credit is due. 
You can submit your works on AO3 to the event collection at https://archiveofourown.org/collections/FFVIIrarepairweek
And if you have any questions, don’t be afraid of sending in an ask.
We hope it turns out to be a fun event for everyone!
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the-moon-devi · 1 year
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🍨What flavor Cookie are you based on the BAKER ASTEROID? PT.1 🍡
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DESCRIPTION: The baker asteroid is said to be the bakers asteroid for things like cookies and baked goods and even bakers. However in this post I'll be focusing more so on cookies.
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Baker in aries/1st house: a very fast baker, your baked food could taste hot/spicy or maybe very health yall are the type to bake ginger spiced cookies or something like that if that exists. Maybe even Nutritional baked foods. If in the 1st house this could actually be what your known for!
Cookie: spicy Chai molasses cookies / Gingerbread
https://pin.it/6K3b4Pd: gingerbread
Baker in Taurus/ 2nd house: your baking is very good and warming to the senses. I feel like people really feel comfort and secure with your baking. This placement wouldn't be the type to try anything too risky when it comes to baking. Baker in the 2nd could make you spend alot of money on baked goods/ maybe even earn $ through baking. Yall baking could be very beautiful and pleasing to the eyes as well. Yall like sweet and soft but flavorful
Cookie: rich&gooey Butter pecan chocolate chip cookies/ oatmeal cream pies 《 ik ik it's not a cookie well kindaaaaaa🤔🤭》
Baker in Gemini/ 3rd house: I feel like if you have this placement you have potential to be a great baker I think there's a lot of versatility in your baking. If your not a baker then you could have siblings who can bake. You could talk about baking or teach people how to bake even create baking recipes and stuff like that maybe even a baking blog. (ESPECIALLY 3rd house people) I feel like yall might might be a little picky or you just like a lot of different flavors or you don't mind putting in something different in your baked foods.
Cookie: Neapolitan Cookie/ lemon crinkle cookies
Baker in Cancer/4th house: baker here yall goodddddd. Like mama's famous poundcake type good. Of course depending on the aspects. But yall like cooking for your kids/ loved ones. You guys definitely would be the type to either make recipes for future generations or follow recipes from your ancestral lineage. You could also come from a line of women who bake really well. Yall baking is sweet,soft,moist. ***"It's like a reward 😇🤤" *** do yall know that tik tok sound that's going around saying that? Anyways if this is aspect by your 10th house ruler or by planets in the 10th house/Mc you could easily be a professional baker. Once you become a mother your baking could get better or you might bake more (ik wierd I just channeled that, take it or leave it)
Cookie: chocolate chips ofc this is the original/ biscoff cookie butter cookies
Baker in Leo/5th house: possibility of being famous for your baking. Your baking could look very appealing to the eye or it just stands out. Baking could be a way of expressing yourself it could even be a hobby. I feel like yall baking taste very flavorful that's all I can say but I know it's good. You may have learned how to bake at a young age. Cooking could be a creative outlet. Your child could be a great baker.
Cookie: lemon cheesecake cookie
Baker in virgo/ 6th: virgoss yall the type to cookie healthy cookies or raw vegan cookies stuff like that. I feel like y'all would do diary free/ cleaner options when baking <<This could even go for Pisces>> this could be your occupation or your co-workers may know how to bake very well. Since Virgo is mercury ruled you could be very analytical about what you cook. Baking may be a stress reliever or apart of your daily routine. Definitely gluten free sugar free diary free perservative free placement for baking. Yall Could bake for the homeless or less fortunate.
Cookie: matcha sugar cookie/date cookies
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©𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓽𝓽𝔂 𝓒𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓵
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Hey Y'all,
Our blog is now old enough to start kindergarten lol so it's time for our favorite time of the year! SInce it has been FIVE WHOLE YEARS (!!!!??!?!?!??!!!!!) of running this blog, we decided we'd look back at the past five years and the fun we've had along the way, please enjoy!
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YEAR ONE: THE BEGINNING
First Post!!! Blog is Born!!! Oct 30 2018
First Request! Nov 19 2018
First MDZS Post!! Nov 19 2018
First Gif with a Fluffy Companion!! Dec 6 2018
Undertaker 7/11 lol Feb 26 2019
F$#@$#@ GRIFFITH March 27 2019
UNO!!!! May 26 2019
Trump investigator on the blog????? Oct 1 2019 
FIRST BLOGIVERSARY!!! Oct 30 2019
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YEAR TWO: THE AGE OF MDZS SUPREMACY
Birth of the MDZS Counter! Nov 3 2019
Life Sexy lol Nov 6 2019
First T+Q+A! Feb 1 2020
Edward Elric is Lost to the search and then he was found  March 29 and 31 2020
MDZS counter hits 1 month for the first time May 8 2020
Day of Reckoning!! And ULTIMATE LIFEFORM TAKEOVER Sep 9-10 2020
SECOND BLOGIVERSARY!! Oct 30 2020
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YEAR THREE: EVERYTHING CHANGED WHEN THE CHERRY BOMB ATTACKED
Birth of the days our search has failed us counter lol Dec 12 2020
We start a revolution with a bot apparently lol Jan 29 2021
CHERRY BLOSSOM!!! Feb 18 2021
The boyfriend, Mullet Man (Rip to the OG reblog) Mar 10 2021
Jesus post comes back from the grave, as he does lol Feb 27 2021
Cherry bomb!! March 21 2021
Total Posts Lost to the Search counter is born!  Jul 25 2021
We are all Jin Ling’s Uncle Aug 4 2021
Last known MDZS post lol Sep 29 2021
THIRD BLOGIVERSARY!!! Oct 30 2021
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YEAR FOUR: YEAR OF HIATUS
T+Q Roast u!! Dec 8 2021
5000 followers!!! Dec 29 2021
 Worm on a string the anime lol Feb 10 2022
Birth of the days since mod q's sleepy hours posting mishap counter April 15 2022
DARK TIMES IN THE KINGDOM (Hiatus) June 19 2022
RETURN FROM THE DEAD (End of Hiatus) Sep 5 2022
Birth of the days since mod q’s last non-sleepy hours posting mishap counter Sep 5 2022
Scrotum Jam lol Sep 10 2022
FOURTH BLOGIVERSARY!!! and Obligatory comment collection lol Oct 30 2022
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YEAR FIVE: 666
Search Failed us 666 days Dec 18-19 2022
Compelling Poetry Jan 22 2023
We confirm that we do, indeed, like jazz Jan 30 2023
Mod Q Receives MDZS Volume 1 Feb 12 2023
Brokeback Mountain Vibes April 13 2023
GET IT PEEPAW May 16 2023
Char/Eduard/Casval/Quattro July 10 2023
We were not qualified to answer this question lol Aug 10 2023
First Jin Ling's Uncle Day/MDZS counter hits 666 lol Oct 23 2023
FIFTH BLOGIVERSARY!!!! and Comment Roundup! Oct 30 2023
Thank y'all for all the support over the years!!!! Cheers to another five years y'all horny acorns and gender enviers!!!! (and fingers crossed our blog graduates kindergarten lol)
-Mod Q
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saywhat-politics · 1 month
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By Ryan Boldrey | [email protected]
PORTAGE, MI — A Portage restaurant that made national news in 2020 after defying COVID-19 shutdown orders has announced its pending closure.
D&R’s Daily Grind Café, 8712 Portage Road, announced the closure in a Facebook post on Saturday, Feb. 10. The cafe’s last day of business will be Sunday, Feb. 25, according to the post.
Attempts to reach the café’s owners, Dave and Rittia Morris, prior to publication were unsuccessful.
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bubbloquacious · 5 months
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Effortpost registry
Recommendations for learning category theory; 28 mar 2024
The hairy ball theorem and stably free modules; 11 feb 2024
Topological connectedness and generalized paths; 24 nov 2023
Graphs as presheaves 3: subobject classifiers; 19 oct 2023
Effortpost registry; 18 oct 2023
Graphs as presheaves 2: limits and colimits; 11 oct 2023
Hydrogen bomb vs. coughing baby: graphs and the Yoneda embedding; 7 oct 2023
Extending the D ⊣ U ⊣ I adjunction sequence; 23 sep 2023
The Riemann rearrangement theorem and net convergence; 18 sep 2023
Thoughts on the axiom of choice; 18 feb 2023
Topological spaces and simple graphs as neighbourhood spaces; 15 feb 2023
The exponential function applied to sets; 24 dec 2022
But IS the empty space connected?; 11 nov 2022
Monads monads monads; 8 nov 2022
Calculating what the triangle identities mean for a bunch of adjunctions and being amazed when it works every time; 7 nov 2022
Defining the Lebesgue integral as a net limit; 27 jul 2022
Rambles about describable sets; 28 oct 2021
Functions with cycling derivatives; 30 aug 2021
Why the rationals have zero length; 31 may 2021
An infinite cardinal valued random variable; 30 may 2021
A field-based functor; 20 mar 2021
Generalized sides; 13 mar 2021
Rambles about metric convexity; 22 feb 2021
Wiggle function convergence; 28 jan 2021
Rambles about infinity; 5 sep 2020
Generalized golf; 24 jun 2020
Rambles about continuousifying series; 10 may 2020
Rambles about being closed under exponentiation; 7 may 2020
Rambles about the groups that come with fields; 3 may 2020
A compilation of donutified functions; 17 mar 2020
Rambles about arithmetic functions; 24 jan 2020
Graphing real functions on a torus >:); 29 nov 2019
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lands-of-fantasy · 2 years
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All STAR WARS Entertainment Weekly Print Covers
1997-2022
>> Press for Episode I: The Phantom Menace: 1. JAN 1997 - Photo from Episode VI: A New Hope 2. JUN 1997 - Cast Photo 3. MAR 1999 4. MAY 1999 - Cast Photo
>> Press for Episode II: Attack of The Clones: 5. APR 2000 - Cast Photo 6. JUN/JUL 2000 - Cast Photo 7. APR 2002 - Cast Photo 8. MAY 2002 (2 Covers)
>>  Press for the new DVDs 9. SEP 2004 - Photo from Episode VI: A New Hope
>> Press for Episode III: Revenge of The Sith 10. APR 2005 – Star Wars Special Edition             6 Covers, 1 from each Episode 11. MAY 2005
>> The Empire Strikes Back 30th Anniversary 12. APR 2010 – Behind The Scenes Photos
>> Disney announces deal to acquire Lucasfilm and plans for new movies 13. NOV 2012 – Original Trilogy montage
>> Press for Episode VII: The Force Awakens 14. AUG 2015 15. NOV 2015 (4 Covers)
>> Press for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 16. JUL 2016 17. DEC 2016 (2 Covers)
>> Press for Episode VIII: The Last Jedi 18. AUG 2017 (2 Covers) 19. DEC 2017 (4 Covers)
>> Press for Solo: A Star Wars Story 20. FEB 2018
>> Press for The Mandalorian 21. OCT 2019
>> Press for Episode XIX: The Rise of Skywalker 22. DEC 2019 – 3 Covers: Montages of characters from the Prequels, OT and from The Rise of Skywalker
>> Press for The Mandalorian (Season 2) 23. OCT 2020 (2 Covers) 
>> Press for Obi-Wan Kenobi 24. APR 2022 – This was the last print issue from EW, with the magazine going digital-only from then on
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vocalsynthbdays · 1 month
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happy (late (im sorry)) birthday kaito(vocaloid 1), kokone(vocaloid 3), uni(vocaloid 4), wei yang(muta), liee(utau), seymour(utau), and zuii takoe(utau) !!! [feb 14]
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kaito is a japanese synth developed by crypton future media, and released on 14 feb 2006. kaito is voiced by Naoto Fuga, his v1 is illustrated by Takashi Kawasaki and his v3 by iXima. kaito is one of the "project daisy" vocals, beginning production when Vocaloid was still called "daisy project" (look at last years posts if you want a bunch of kaito lore/ facts, i dont have the characters to spare for it this year). kaito is also available in english. Yamaha lists his birthday as the 14th and crypton as the 17th so his birthday will be both of those days
uni is a korean synth developed by ST MEDiA, and released in 2017. her vp has not been revealed but shes designed by K170 and illustrated by OSUK2. uni is one of the only 2 korean vocaloids (with the only other one being seeu)
kokone is a japanese synth developed by internet co, and released in 2014. her vp has also not been revealed, but shes illustrated by AkkeyJin. kokone is capable of reaching some of the highest notes out of any Vocaloid as she was originally a failed attempt at a megpoid gumi falsetto vb
wei yang is a chinese synth developed by Tianyi Love Music Culture Technology Co., and released on 10 jan 2019. wei yangs character birthday is feb 14 however. he is voiced by paigujiaozhu and illustrated by Krenz
liee (aka Velirio Eden Nasaranta) is a japanese synth managed and voiced by julieraptor, and originally released on 7th aug 2020. liee is nonbinary and uses they/ he/ she pronouns. their different vbs are illustrated by different people, and the art im showing is by rev_bmp. liee is filipino, and has vbs also available in english and korean
Seymour Delaware (aka sey) is a japanese synth created and voiced by dav-p, and released on 19 jan 2023. seymour is a demiboy and uses he/ they pronouns. he is illustrated by C-Cream. seymour is aroace, african american, deaf, and selectively mute. they also have an instrumental vb made with a steel tongue drum
Zuii Takoe is a japanese synth voiced and managed by srscyn, and illustrated by TerrainAkka. zuii uses she/ he/ they pronouns. according to utau wikia and utau wiki 2.0 shes released on 4 apr 2009, but according to vocadb its 27 nov 2009. either way his character birthday is feb 14
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unhinged-jackles · 1 month
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Dearest mutual. I know nothing of formula 1. Why are the ferrari and red bull brands fighting???
oh frosty i am so so so glad you asked bc now i get to be insane.
(this got super long so I essentially have an essay below the cut. if you're curious about formula 1, give it a read!)
Ok so first let me get into a few key people in this. Lewis Hamilton is a 7 time F1 World Drivers Champion and he has the most race wins of anyone in F1 history. He is regarded as one the best if not THE best F1 driver of all time. He has been on the Mercedes team since 2013 and has won 6 of his WDCs with them.
However, in 2021, he lost the championship to Max Verstappen of team Red Bull in a controversial final race in Abu Dhabi. Max Verstappen has been the WDC since 2021, winning in both the the 2022 and 2023 season. His 2023 season broke records I believe, winning 19 out of 22 races. Not only is Verstappen an incredible driver, just a real force to be reckoned with on the race track, but Red Bull's F1 cars are just fucking insane, especially in 2022 and 2023 because of new regulations leading to a new designs. It literally sounds like a fucking rocket and he wins by large margins.
On the other hand, the Mercedes cars that dominate from 2013 to 2020 took a huge dip in 2022 due to the new designs because of new regulations, and Hamilton has been very vocal about these cars not being up to par. Hamilton has always been very loyal to Mercedes, so it came as an extreme shock when it was announced on Feb 1st that he would be moving to team Ferrari in the 2025 season. Like imagine if when Zayn left 1D he went to 5SOS. Or if a member of Stray Kids joined BTS. Idk what else to compare it to but it was fucking insane, which is why I got into F1 because I was like "ok idk what's going on but I do want to know." However, with Hamilton moving to Ferrari in 2025, this means that Carlos Sainz is essentially fired from Ferrari (also I should have mentioned this before, there are 10 F1 teams and each team has two drivers). Charles Leclerc is Ferrari's favorite, I've seen him being referenced as the 'Prince of Ferrari' by fans. So it came as no surprise that soon after Hamilton announced he's joined Ferrari in 2025, Sainz issued a statement that he and Ferrari would be parting ways at the end of 2024.
So now the definite line up for Ferrari in 2025 is Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc. Max Verstappen is also staying with Red Bull but the future of Sergio "Checo" Perez is uncertain. His contract is up at the end of 2024 and there have been rumors that he might be replaced.
Carlos Sainz has not signed with another team for 2025, at least not publicaly, so there is a lot of speculation on where he may go next. He is the only driver not from Red Bull who won a Grand Prix in 2023. Verstappen won 19, Perez won 2, and Sainz won 1. While everybody else I mentioned in this post did have a higher standing in the final rankings of the 2023 season, Sainz did get a trophy, and that's a result that matters.
2025 is going to be an incredible season to see the fight between Hamilton and Verstappen. Hamilton signing with Ferrari after finished 12 years with Mercedes shows he's really doing whatever is takes to get that 8th WDC, because that would make him the F1 driver with the most world championships of all time. Verstappen is a favorite to be the 2024 Champion, so he will probably be defending the title.
Now let's say that Perez doesn't renew his contract and Sainz has a good season this year. There is a non-zero chance that he could sign with Red Bull. Sainz was in their F1 academy, and he was beat out for the Red Bull F1 seat by Verstappen at the beginning of their F1 careers. I would literally do anything to see real hard racing between Carlos Sainz for Red Bull and Charles Leclerc for Ferrari, because frankly Ferrari keeps prioritizing Leclerc over Sainz, even if Sainz has a better pace. So to have the the 2025 lineup for Red Bull be Max Verstappen AND Carlos Sainz, while the fucking FERRARI team is Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc would be so insanely awesome.
If you read this far, thank you for coming to my ted talk 💋
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zoe-oneesama · 2 years
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I know you said you're not doing time travel-related episodes in the SLau, but I was wondering where they'd fit into the timeline? Like, which seasons/which episode numbers they'd be using your organisation? Purely out of curiosity, since you're not doing the rabbit miraculous/time travel, and there's no pressure for an answer, just wondering where you'd place them in the timeline
Alright, you asked for it. This is an alternate universe where the Pandemic didn't happen btw, for my own sanity:
September 2019:
Origins part 1: Mon, Sept 2 (First Day of School)
Origins part 2: Tues, Sept 3
Stormy Weather: Sat, Sept 14
Bubbler: Mon, Sept 16 (SL Adrien's Bday!) and Tues, Sept 17
Lady Wifi: Thurs, Sept 26-Sat, Sept 28 (all 3 days)
October 2019:
Copycat: Wed, Oct 2 and Thursday, Oct 3
Mr. Pigeon: Mon, Oct 7
The Pharaoh: Fri, Oct 16
Horrificator: Sat, Oct 26 and Sun, Oct 27 (over "Fall Break")
November 2019:
Rogercop: Fri, Nov 4 (after "Fall Break" ends)
Darkblade: Tues, Nov 11 and Wed, Nov 12 (biggest inaccuracy since this isn't when mayoral elections would take place)
Gamer: Thurs, Nov 14 and Fri, Nov 15
Reflekta: Mon, Nov 25
December 2019 (Where I start keeping a physical planner because my digital one kept deleting notes):
Timebreaker: Sat, Dec 7 (SL Alix's Bday!)
Simon Says: Sun, Dec 8 and the next Sun, Dec 15
Volpina: Wed, Dec 18
Collector: Wed, Dec 18, Thurs, Dec 19, and Fri, Dec 20
Befana: Fri, Dec 20 and Tues, Dec 24 (SL Marinette's Bday!) (During "Christmas Winter Break")
January 2020:
Kung Food: Fri, Jan 3 (End "Christmas Winter Break")
Evillustrator: Mon, Jan 6 (SL Nathaniel's Bday!), Tues, Jan 7
Vanisher: Mon, Jan 13 - Wed, Jan 15 (all 3 days)
Riposte: Fri, Jan 17 and Mon, Jan 20
Captain Hardrock: Sat, Jan 25
February 2020:
Syren: Sat, Feb 1
Dark Cupid: Fri, Feb 14
Interlude 1: Mon, Feb 17
Animan: Fri, Feb 21, and Sat, Feb 22
Puppeteer: Mon, Feb 24, and Tues, Feb 25 (during "Winter Break")
March 2020:
Pixelator: Fri, March 13
Guitar Villain: Sat, March 14-Mon, March 16 (all 3 days)
Princess Fragrance: Fri, March 27
Despair Bear: Mon, March 30
April 2020 (Things get weird here thanks to reordering some episodes):
Sapotis: Fri, April 3 and Sat, April 4
Anansi: Mon, April 20 (during "Spring Break")
Troublemaker: Sat, April 25-Mon, April 27 (technically "spring break" should still be going but we'll pretend it's done)
[Silencer Montague Sequence starts from Fri, April 17, since the contest is for the bands to make something in 2 weeks]
May 2020:
Silencer (the main episode): Fri, May 1 and Sat, May 2
Desperada: Sun, May 3
Ikari Gozen: Fri, May 15 and Sat, May 16
Crocoduel: Thrus, May 21 and Sat, May 23 (SL Luka and Juleka's Bday!)
Robostus: Mon, May 25
Prime Queen: Fri, May 29
June 2020:
Zombizou: Tues, June 2 (SL Caline's Bday!), and Wed, June 3
The Mime: Fri, June 5
Gorizilla: Sat, June 6
Sandboy: Mon, June 8
Reverser: Tues, June 9 - Fri, June 12 (all 4 days)
Party Crasher (all dates after this point are loose guesses): Sat, June 13
Frozer: Between Mon, June 15-Friday, June 19
Frightningale: Sat, June 20
Malediktator: Fri, June 26
Style Queen: Sat, June 27
Queen Wasp: Sat, June 27 and Sun, June 28
July 2020:
Catalyst/Mayura: Fri, July 3 (Last Day of School)
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On Jan. 27, Dutch blogger Lauren Hoeve passed away through assisted suicide. After enduring years of chronic fatigue syndrome (also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME/CFS), autism, ADHD, and anxiety, she, at the young age of 28, chose euthanasia to escape a life dominated by pain.
As a Canadian, I am familiar with the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program, which has allowed eligible adults to request assisted death services since the federal legislation passed in June 2016. As of this year, the MAID program was also set to allow those with mental illness to choose euthanasia.
However, a recent development on Feb. 1 proposed legislation to temporarily exclude individuals with a sole underlying medical condition of mental illness until 2027.
This legislation is currently under review by Parliament, and unless it passes, the exclusion will be lifted on March 17, 2024. This means individuals struggling solely with mental health issues may become eligible for assisted death.
A confession: Initially, I welcomed the idea of assisted dying, believing it could be a humane choice for those at the late stages of irreversible illnesses to make choices on their own behalf. However, my growing concern lies in the application of MAID by the Canadian government.
I am now skeptical about the true autonomy of individuals opting for assisted death, especially in a country with socialized health care. The risk of medical practitioners recommending MAID as a cost-cutting measure to alleviate strain on the health care system is unsettling, as suggested by a 2020 analysis estimating potential annual savings of save $66 million annually in health care costs.
Individuals considering MAID are already vulnerable due to physical or mental suffering, making them susceptible to external pressures. Reflecting on my own past struggles, I recognize the unpredictability of emotions and circumstances. What seems unbearable one day may change with time and support—yet the choice to end life is a permanent one.
Like many others, I've lived with chronic pain for much of my life. I can recall many days where I've wondered what the point was of continuing to suffer. And then, a miracle drug had come along. Will it continue to work indefinitely? I don't know, but for now, I feel like I have my life back.
And that's the thing, there's an unpredictable nature to health care. What one experiences one day, can change tomorrow.
There are exceptions. I recall reading about Canadian journalist John Scully, an 82-year-old man dealing with severe depression. He was hospitalized many times, had 19 treatments with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and takes up to 30 pills a day to manage his chronic pain and health issue. Shouldn't he have a choice?
And yet, I was struck by something in the statement put out by Lauren Hoeve's parents. "Millions of people are affect by ME/CFS, with no established treatment pathways and no cure," they wrote on X on Feb. 2. "Why is their suffering acknowledged enough for euthanasia but not enough to fund clinical research?"
And herein lies the rub. Why is euthanasia offered as a viable solution to a potentially non-permanent problem, when other options are possible?
Mental health services in Canada (and elsewhere) are scarce. Psychologists are expensive and out of reach for many. Psychiatric services are free of charge, but the wait lists are even longer than those for psychologists and few people can get access. The wait to get help is usually over a year. Family physicians just end up prescribing medications based on a checklist and see what sticks.
Those living with chronic pain and disability have been put at the front of the line for MAID. Readily being presented with assisted dying services—instead of treatments or alternatives—can create a sense of being undervalued or marginalized. It implies that end-of-life choices should be prioritized over efforts to provide care, support, or treatments that could improve one's quality of life or extend their lifespan.
Moreover, individuals feeling like a burden on their families may be easily swayed.
I've heard of least one case where a woman decided to end her life because she couldn't get access to opioids for pain management. And while opioids are far from ideal, when it's a choice between life and death—perhaps her doctors should have considered giving her another chance at life.
For me, the troubling part of all of this is that instead of enhancing life-staining systems—whether for people with mental health concerns, chronic pain, or disabilities—our government is opting for permanent exit plans that alleviate strain on the health care system, instead of improving it.
People deserve to have choices—and the choice to end their life should only be considered once every other possible option has been exhausted.
An estimated 836,000 to 2.5 million Americans and more than 580,000 Canadians suffer from ME/CFS. Their lives are inherently valuable.
The views expressed in this article are the writer's own.
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🍄🥃 Let’s reflect back on a special Outlander moment at The 92nd Street Y, New York recorded live on Feb 19, 2020! ‘Are there any lessons you learned from your character that you applied to your own life?’ This was a night of whiskey, friendship, and outstanding conversation! Stars Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin, and author Diana Gabaldon talked with Elle.com editor Julie Kosin about the trajectory of the series so far, stories from behind the scenes, and much more. So much has happened since Season 5! Tap the link in our bio to view the entire talk. What have you learned this year that you’ll bring into 2024? #92NY #92Y #92ndstreety #CaitrionaBalfe #SamHeughan #SophieSkelton #RichardRankin #DianaGabaldon #JulieKosin
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HELP STEPH!!
I’M STARTING TO DOUBT TJLC??!?! (is that even possible?? Shame on me my parents are starting to contaminate me with their heteronormativity)
Anyway,
I KNOW that you can put faith in me again and remind me that it’s there so idk could you pls pls, anything, something… I need some good proof of Johnlock that would even make the straightest most boring person ever believe in it.
<3
Hey Lovely!
OH GOSH, I'm probably the worst to restore faith since I have maintained some skepticism since S4 aired myself, HAHAH. A lot of people have left me because of it, sadly misunderstanding that my skepticism comes from other external factors rather than JUST the show. Because I do genuinely believe that it WAS supposed to be a Johnlock ending but then ~~THINGS~~ happened, lies were told, and shit was stirred behind the scenes. Just various happenings OUTSIDE of JUST the show made me skeptical, is all. If you're only looking at JUST the show, I can see how one remains hopeful (minus S4, but that's a personal opinion, LOL)
I do, though, have some posts made after S4 that I have either written or compiled here:
S4 Meta Masterpost (Aug. 3, 2018)
Convincing a Friend of TJLC
Is There a Difference Between TJLC and Johnlock?
Johnlock Isn’t Just a Coincidence
Is Johnlock Canon After S4?
Do I Still Believe in Johnlock After S4?
ASK: I’ve Been Away for Awhile; Do You Think Johnlock Will Happen?
ASK: Do you think S4 was Queerbaiting?
General Meta On S4 Masterpost (Feb 2020)
Johnlock / TJLC Meta (All the Gay Subtext Masterlist June 24/19)
TJLC Analysis of ACD Canon?
The last link has lots of amazing links to other meta that should help restore your faith :)
Sorry I'm not much help otherwise, Lovely! <3 I have tried my best, because I just want you happy <3
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Pinning down The Amelia Project Season 5 Date
Ok, back on my BS here. I'm working on trying to narrow down when the present day scenes of season 5 of The Amelia Project takes place. I have vague ideas of some early season timing but there's some hand-wavey bits. Here's what I have so far, which I'm sure perfectly aligned with everything Pip and Oystein has planned, right?
2012
February 14, 2012 - Julia Thorpe fakes her death and joins The Amelia Project as Alvina Wright
Alvina mentions in 12 Deaths Day 1 she joined in 2012
Alvina mentions in Episode 24 that it’s her 5 year anniversary with TAP
2013
Approx Late Feb-March 2013 - Alvina learns The Interviewer’s middle name is Arthur
Epilogue of Episode 42 - Overture takes place “just over a year” after Alvina joined TAP
2017
February 14, 2017 - Episode 24 - Phil and Amber
Alvina mentions it’s her 5 year anniversary since joining TAP
2018
Approx. January 2018 - Episode 11 - Tara and Lily
Arthur, Alvina, Joey, and Salvatore saw Pitch Perfect 3 the night of the Buckingham heist. PP3 premiered on Nov 30, 2017 and likely ran for 60 days in theaters. December is also very busy for TAP so they likely couldn’t see it until January. 
2020
The Lockdown Tapes. (Debatably non-canon)
COVID-19 🙁
2021
Approx. Early to Mid 2021 - All present day scenes of Seasons 4 and 5
Alvina has been stated to be with the company 9 years in both Episode 43 - Faith and Episode 56 - Curtain
All of Season 4 takes place over the course of one month, as stated by Alvina in Episode 56 - Curtain
“I haven't had a glass of Veuve Cliquout since our first evening here. At the opera with Amelia. Watching you prancing around in that silly suit…Feels like more than a month ago doesn't it?”
All of Season 5 takes place over the course of one night as Kozlowski and The Interviewer share their stories with Jackie/Mia and Alvina respectively
We can narrow this down a little further looking at some weather data. In Episode 56 - Curtain, they mention that it's a warm evening in Paris. That means we're probably in the Summer.
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We also know that, in Scotland, Jackie and Mia are absolutely freezing. I figure they're probably around Cairngorms National Park and I ended up with this weather data.
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Alvina also references turning 30 "next November," though it's not really relevant and I just came upon that info. But anyway, I'm thinking our best bet is either Late May to Early June or, more likely, I think, late September 2021. This would put the events of Season 4 over the course of September. I haven't tried to check the timeframe for season 3 but the Panaragua adventures were likely in August then.
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