#Terrestrial Tuesday

[staff]

tumblr tuesday: magical girls

It's Tuesday, and here are some of (y)our favorite magical girls to celebrate. Whether they are fighting crime, extra-terrestrials, or, in fact, time, these gals bring order to our chaos. Moon prism power, make up!

@hermenoodle:

@purplerider:

@portfolio-gisele:

@aggelic-yiok:

@sprinkanao:

@cheriboiyo:

@calpicoboys:

@anerbananers:

@azukiarts:

@ganbaria-art:

@ayellowapple:

@saikiuu22:

@beyondtoast:

@tokimaeki:

@dilfosaur:

#tumblr tuesday #magical girls #anime fanart #anime aesthetic #animecore #artists on tumblr #long post #fanart

[kp777]

By Julia Conley

Common Dreams

April 25, 2023

Scientists are so alarmed by a new study on ocean warming that some declined to speak about it on the record, the BBC reported Tuesday.

"One spoke of being 'extremely worried and completely stressed,'" the outlet reported regarding a scientist who was approached about research published in the journal Earth System Science Data on April 17, as the study warned that the ocean is heating up more rapidly than experts previously realized—posing a greater risk for sea-level rise, extreme weather, and the loss of marine ecosystems.

Scientists from institutions including Mercator Ocean International in France, Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the United States, and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research collaborated to discover that as the planet has accumulated as much heat in the past 15 years as it did in the previous 45 years, the majority of the excess heat has been absorbed by the oceans.

In March, researchers examining the ocean off the east coast of North America found that the water's surface was 13.8°C, or 14.8°F, hotter than the average temperature between 1981 and 2011.

The study notes that a rapid drop in shipping-related pollution could be behind some of the most recent warming, since fuel regulations introduced in 2020 by the International Maritime Organization reduced the heat-reflecting aerosol particles in the atmosphere and caused the ocean to absorb more energy.

But that doesn't account for the average global ocean surface temperature rising by 0.9°C from preindustrial levels, with 0.6°C taking place in the last four decades.

The study represents "one of those 'sit up and read very carefully' moments," said former BBC science editor David Shukman.

Lead study author Karina Von Schuckmann of Mercator Ocean International told the BBC that "it's not yet well established, why such a rapid change, and such a huge change is happening."

"We have doubled the heat in the climate system the last 15 years, I don't want to say this is climate change, or natural variability or a mixture of both, we don't know yet," she said. "But we do see this change."

Scientists have consistently warned that the continued burning of fossil fuels by humans is heating the planet, including the oceans. Hotter oceans could lead to further glacial melting—in turn weakening ocean currents that carry warm water across the globe and support the global food chain—as well as intensified hurricanes and tropical storms, ocean acidification, and rising sea levels due to thermal expansion.

A study published earlier this year also found that rising ocean temperatures combined with high levels of salinity lead to the "stratification" of the oceans, and in turn, a loss of oxygen in the water.

"Deoxygenation itself is a nightmare for not only marine life and ecosystems but also for humans and our terrestrial ecosystems," researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in January. "Reducing oceanic diversity and displacing important species can wreak havoc on fishing-dependent communities and their economies, and this can have a ripple effect on the way most people are able to interact with their environment."

The unusual warming trend over recent years has been detected as a strong El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is expected to form in the coming months—a naturally occurring phenomenon that warms oceans and will reverse the cooling impact of La Niña, which has been in effect for the past three years.

"If a new El Niño comes on top of it, we will probably have additional global warming of 0.2-0.25°C," Dr. Josef Ludescher of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research told the BBC.

The world's oceans are a crucial tool in moderating the climate, as they absorb heat trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases.

Too much warming has led to concerns among scientists that "as more heat goes into the ocean, the waters may be less able to store excess energy," the BBC reported.

The anxiety of climate experts regarding the new findings, said the global climate action movement Extinction Rebellion, drives home the point that "scientists are just people with lives and families who've learnt to understand the implications of data better."

Read more.

#climate change #global warming #ocean warming #ocean acidification #deep ocean currents #degradation of ecosystems #ocean deoxygenation

[tendaysoftenzo]

Happy Tenzo Tuesday! Have you taken a look at this year’s prompts for Tenzovember? Less than a month to go!

Prompts

Day 1, November 1st: Yamato’s Ghost Stories | O Captain My Captain

Day 2, November 2nd: Hidden in the Leaves | Jurassic Bark

Day 3, November 3rd: Tenzo’s No Good Very Bad Hair Day | E.T.T. (Extra Terrestrial Tenzo)

Day 4, November 4th: Tenzo of the Kingdom | Festivals

Day 5, November 5th: Kakashi | Tree-Hugger

Day 6, November 6th: (Not) My Circus, (Not) My Genin | Roots

Day 7, November 7th: Flour Power (Tenzo’s Cookbook) | Nuts

Day 8, November 8th: That 90s Tenzo (Decades AU) | Babygirl

Day 9, November 9th: Tenzo’s Med Ninja Check-Up | Naps

Day 10, November 10th: Tenzo’s Quarter Birthday* | Free Day

MORE INFO | UPDATES | FAQ

(art by @sloaners)

#yamato #tenzou #tenzo #tendaysoftenzo #ten days of tenzo #announcements #mod gohan

[study-with-aura]

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Geometry today was a pain and a half! I am almost positive the answer key was wrong for two sets of questions because I checked and rechecked my work and followed the examples exactly on the third check, and my answers always stayed the same. Sometimes this will happen as the textbooks might go through an edit but then the link to the answer key is an old link instead of the updated one. Besides, when I did the same type of questions on KA and in the second set on my assignment, doing it the same way I did in the first set, they were correct.

Still, persistence was getting aggravated. I should trust myself more when I know I am right instead of worrying that I did something wrong and have no realization of what that wrong could be because everything appears exactly how it should after multiple times solving the problem in different ways using the same formula.

Either way, I am glad to be done with school work for the day. I'm finishing up dinner now and then I can enjoy ballet tonight. Yes, it's disciplined and intense, but it's my safe space and where I find joy in my day. It's my study break.

Tasks Completed:

Geometry - Reviewed arc length + learned to find areas of sectors and segments + practice

Lit and Comp II - Studied Unit 16 vocabulary + read chapter 7 of Emma by Jane Austen + reviewed elements of a story + read about plot diagrams + read over literary analysis terms + reviewed story terms

Spanish 2 - Copied new unit vocabulary

Bible I - Read Deuteronomy 21-22

World History - Read about growing urbanization during the Industrial Revolution + read a summary of the Communist Manifesto + answered an opinion question in paragraph form

Biology with Lab - Read about terrestrial biomes + completed biomes chart

Foundations - Read the definition of orderliness + completed Lumosity daily brain workout + gave speech and presented visual aid to Dad (30/30)

Piano - 60-minute piano lesson + practiced for one hour

Khan Academy - Completed High School Geometry Unit 8: Lessons 3 and 6 + completed High School Biology Unit 9: Lesson 1

CLEP - Watched Module 8.0 introduction video

Duolingo - Completed at least one lesson each in Spanish, French, and Chinese

Reading - Read pages 1-45 of House of Marionne by J. Elle

Chores - Laundry

Activities of the Day:

Ballet

Pointe

Journal/Mindfulness

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What I’m Grateful for Today:

I am grateful for having patience and being persistent in times of struggle.

Quote of the Day:

There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.

-The Naming, Alison Croggon

🎧Ballade, CD 78, L.70 - Claude Debussy

#study community #study blog #study inspiration #study motivation #studyblr #studyblr community #study-with-aura

[justyeghost]

The First Week of April Stream Schedule

Going to take a bit of time off to rest this week, but I will stream a little bit. Going to start a proper game of Skyrim on Tuesday at 4pm and head back into the story on Thursday with Pokemon Legends: Arceus on Thursday at 4pm before taking the rest of the week off.

Catch them on my Twitch Channel and my VODs on my YouTube Channel.

Once upon a time, H'karu Starr was a scout for an extra-terrestrial colony fleet. Then an incident with a delivery ship resulted in an isekai… H'karu woke up on Earth. Now, in an attempt to blend in, they stream themselves playing some video games and doing hand cams… and sometimes his horror alter shows up to host old b-movies. You can find them on their Twitch Channel, their YouTube Channel, their Bluesky, their TikTok, and their Instagram. Age: 48 | They/Them Oh, and here's the Lore Video

#schedule #vtuber schedule #vtubers of tumblr #vtublr #vtuber uprising #vtubers are live #space boy #friendly neighborhood alien #skyrim #pokemon legends arceus

[frank-olivier]

Brooke (Armchair Investigator)

In 1993, the Scole Experimental Group started a five-year experiment to produce tangible, physical evidence from the spirit world. Evidence that could be studied, tested and measured. The experiment concluded in 1998 with interesting results including audio, video and photographic evidence.

The 1993 Scole Experiments (September 2023)

Jeffrey Mishlove (New Thinking Allowed)

Robin Foy is possibly the most experienced and successful organizer and promoter of physical mediumship circles in the last century. He is the founder of the Noah's Ark Society as well as the Scole Group.

Here he describes his current project of establishing a center for the cultivation of physical mediumship at a property near Antequera, Spain. He also reviews the history of his pursuit of physical mediumship starting in 1973 when he joined a circle dedicated to this work. He shares many highlights from his experiences over the past 48 years – including spirit materializations, levitations, apports, teleportation of animals, independent or direct voice, and guidance through mental mediums. He reflects on his work with the Noah's Ark Society and the revival of physical mediumship.

Robin Foy: Cultivating Physical Mediumship (April 2021)

Here Robin shares his insider's view of the amazing project that has come to be known as the Scole Experiment, possibly constituting the greatest variety and intensity of unbelievable physical phenomena in the history of parapsychology and psychical research. He describes the cohesion that developed between the living human members of the group, discarnate spirit helpers, and even beings he describes as extra-terrestrials.

Robin Foy: The Scole Experiment (May 2021)

Dan Drasin

The Scole Experiment was the longest-running, most extensive, and most rigorously documented demonstration of afterlife communication ever conducted. This 80-minute documentary was produced by Dan Drasin and Tim Coleman. It is the "Directors' Cut" version of Coleman's "The Afterlife Investigations").

Scole: The Afterlife Experiment (January 2024)

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

#afterlife #parapsychology #psychical research #presentation #interviews #documentary #Youtube

[radiosummons]

Logically, I know that if I lived in the MCU or the DCU, I'd probably shit my pants just as much as the average human extra would.

But a part of me just kinda wonders/worries if I'd like ... get used to it????

Hear me out. If I had to experience frequent periods of invasions by planet conquering extra-terrestrials or literal fucking gods duking it out Kaiju style on the reg .... I'd wonder if I'd eventually become desensitized to it???

Sure, it would be fucking insane to get confirmation that there's life out there in the galaxy. And literal gods are nothing to sneeze at, either. But after the first four or five world encompassing invasions, I really wonder if the initial impact would just sort of ... idk, peter out?

Also, like ... I'm a regular human being? And my life doesn't exactly stop for every major world shattering event. As much as I'd really like it to sometimes, I still have to pay bills and go to work.

Fuck, they made us pay rent and go to fucking work during the pandemic! Do you really think my boss isn't going to keep hounding me to come in if there's a literal apocalypse going on outside my window???

I've already lived through a shit ton of major historical events irl in the meager two decades of my life. How the fuck do you want me to react if an interdimensional space demon came down to earth and declared itself our new tyrant?

The past decade alone primed me for this shit. No, for real. What the fuck is this space demon asshole gonna do next? Erase half the population out of existence? Idk what to tell you, man, somebody already beat you to that and that shit somehow got itself resolved.

And, yeah, it sucked ass. But I also got a doctor's appointment scheduled for next Tuesday so if you could just hold off for like, idk another week or two? I had to wait literal months to get this and I'll be damned if your extra-terrestrial ass is going to get in the way of me finally sitting down in front of a healthcare professional for some shit I've been dealing with for months on end.

#radio talks #mcu #marvel #marvel cinematic universe #dc #dcu #dc cinematic universe #this is mostly a shit post #but also like for real #i'm genuinely afraid #i would become this fucking desensitized #to shit #i struggle daily with actual irl world events #trying to imagine fake ones #even for fun makes my brain go stupid #this is just a long ass ramble

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Ancient bacteria might lurk beneath Mars’ surface • Researchers simulated Mars’ harsh ionizing radiation conditions to see how long dried, frozen bacteria and fungi could survive • Previous studies found ‘Conan the Bacterium’ (Deinococcus radiodurans) could survive over a million years in Mars’ harsh ionizing radiation • New study shatters that record, finding the hearty bacterium could survive 280 million years if buried • This means evidence of life could still be dormant and buried below Mars’ surface When Mars’ first samples return to Earth, scientists should be on the lookout for ancient sleeping bacteria, a new study has found. In a first-of-its-kind study, a research team, including Northwestern University’s Brian Hoffman and Ajay Sharma, found that ancient bacteria could survive close to the surface on Mars much longer than previously assumed. And — when the bacteria are buried and, thus, shielded from galactic cosmic radiation and solar protons — they can survive much longer. These findings strengthen the possibility that if life ever evolved on Mars, its biological remains might be revealed in future missions, including ExoMars (Rosalind Franklin rover) and the Mars Life Explorer, which will carry drills to extract materials from 2 meters below the surface. And because the scientists proved that certain strains of bacteria can survive despite Mars’ harsh environment, future astronauts and space tourists could inadvertently contaminate Mars with their own hitchhiking bacteria. The paper will be published on Tuesday (Oct. 25) in the journal Astrobiology. “Our model organisms serve as proxies for both forward contamination of Mars, as well as backward contamination of Earth, both of which should be avoided,” said Michael Daly, a professor of pathology at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and member of the National Academies’ Committee on Planetary Protection, who led the study. “Importantly, these findings have biodefense implications, too, because the threat of biological agents, such as Anthrax, remains a concern to military and homeland defense.” “We concluded that terrestrial contamination on Mars would essentially be permanent — over timeframes of thousands of years,” said Hoffman, a senior co-author of the study. “This could complicate scientific efforts to look for Martian life. Likewise, if microbes evolved on Mars, they could be capable of surviving until present day. That means returning Mars samples could contaminate Earth.” Hoffman is the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry and professor of molecular biosciences in Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. He also is a member of the Chemistry of Life Processes Institute. Simulating Mars The environment on Mars is harsh and unforgiving. The arid and freezing conditions, which average -80 degrees Fahrenheit (-63 degrees Celsius) at mid-latitudes, make the Red Planet seem inhospitable to life. Even worse: Mars also is constantly bombarded by intense galactic cosmic radiation and solar protons. To explore whether or not life could survive in these conditions, Daly, Hoffman and their collaborators first determined the ionizing radiation survival limits of microbial life. Then, they exposed six types of Earthling bacteria and fungi to a simulated Martian surface — which is frozen and dry — and zapped them with gamma rays or protons (to mimic radiation in space). “There is no flowing water or significant water in the Martian atmosphere, so cells and spores would dry out,” Hoffman said. “It also is known that the surface temperature on Mars is roughly similar to dry ice, so it is indeed deeply frozen.” Ultimately, the researchers determined that some terrestrial microorganisms potentially could survive on Mars over geologic timescales of hundreds of millions of years. In fact, the researchers discovered that one robust microbe, Deinococcus radiodurans (affectionately known as “Conan the Bacterium”), is particularly well-suited to surviving Mars’ harsh conditions. In the novel experiments, Conan the Bacterium survived astronomical amounts of radiation in the freezing, arid environment — far outlasting Bacillus spores, which can survive on Earth for millions of years. Radical radiation To test the effects of radiation, the team exposed samples to large doses of gamma radiation and protons — typical to what Mars receives in the near subsurface — and far smaller doses, which would occur if a microorganism was deeply buried. Then, Hoffman’s team at Northwestern used an advanced spectroscopy technique to measure the accumulation of manganese antioxidants in the radiated microorganisms’ cells. According to Hoffman, the size of the radiation dose that a microorganism or its spores can survive correlates with the amount of manganese antioxidants it contains. Therefore, more manganese antioxidants means more resistance to radiation — and more enhanced survival. In earlier studies, previous researchers found that Conan the Bacterium, when suspended in liquid, can survive 25,000 units of radiation (or “grays”), the equivalent to about 1.2 million years just below Mars’ surface. But the new study found that when the hearty bacterium is dried, frozen and deeply buried— which would be typical to a Martian environment — it could weather 140,000 grays of radiation. This dose is 28,000 times greater than what would kill a human. Although Conan the Bacterium could only survive for a few hours at the surface while bathed in ultraviolet light, its lifetime improves dramatically when its shaded or located directly below Mars’ surface. Buried just 10 centimeters below the Martian surface, Conan the Bacterium’s survival period increases to 1.5 million years. And, when buried 10 meters down, the pumpkin-colored bacterium could survive a whopping 280 million years. Looking to future missions This astonishing survival feat is partially thanks to the bacterium’s genomic structure, the researchers found. Long suspected, the researchers discovered that Conan the Bacterium’s chromosomes and plasmids are linked together, keeping them in perfect alignment and ready for repair after intense radiation. That means that if a microbe, similar to Conan the Bacterium, evolved during a time when water last flowed on Mars, then its living remains could still be dormant in the deep subsurface. “Although D. radiodurans buried in the Martian subsurface could not survive dormant for the estimated 2 to 2.5 billion years since flowing water disappeared on Mars, such Martian environments are regularly altered and melted by meteorite impacts,” Daly said. “We suggest that periodic melting could allow intermittent repopulation and dispersal. Also, if Martian life ever existed, even if viable lifeforms are not now present on Mars, their macromolecules and viruses would survive much, much longer. That strengthens the probability that, if life ever evolved on Mars, this will be revealed in future missions.” TOP IMAGE...Deinococcus radiodurans (affectionately known as “Conan the Bacterium”) is particularly well-suited to surviving Mars' harsh environment. In experiments, it survived astronomical amounts of radiation in the freezing, arid environment. CREDIT Michael J. Daly/USU LOWER IMAGE...Deinococcus radiodurans (affectionately known as “Conan the Bacterium”) is particularly well-suited to surviving Mars' harsh environment. In experiments, it survived astronomical amounts of radiation in the freezing, arid environment. CREDIT Michael J. Daly/USU

#space #science #Astronomy #physics #news

[frenchcoffeebreak]

Tuesday 25th of july, 2023 | 36th day

Bonsoir à tous! 🇫🇷

Today I mostly focused on the other language I'm learning, where I tried to do one hour straight to not waste my time that much and it worked pretty well.

When it comes to french I decided to take it easy today because I didn't have that much time either (I've been watching so much stuff on the tv these past 2 days...).

First I watched this video about a girl's daily routine, which I surprisingly basically understood everything of.

Afterwards I read some things off Le Monde's website and discovered that the world été is translated to ''summer'' which is kind of funny because it sounds like how we pronounce ''E.T.'' (as in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) here in Spain...

Either way, that's it for today!

#studyblr #langblr #french #french learning #french langblr #studying inspo #study blog #studywithme #study with me #study motivation #study space #student #student life #studystudystudy #study desk #study aesthetic #study hard #langblog #multilingual #polyglot #language learning #languages

[doctorguilty]

Terrestrial flatworm Tuesday

#seth speaks #worms

[hauntmetosleep]

Adamas

A silver soul, pearlescent like fish in a stream, Revived me, as you know, from polluted soil

Am I to be the last of all, that long-sought algorithm?

Artificial love - the synapse That spawns a human out of circuits

Should I recognize you in this wreckage, Cruel or loving, your ghost could treat me And loyal to you, I will always answer

From the chaos alchemy of this garbage heap, From the viral consequence of man's pride, The first synthetic dream was gifted only to me, And I've no one to share it with but the bones

Adamas, naive android - one-of-a-kind and wholly alone, A stray terrestrial deprived of humanity and home And heart, implanted with long-forgotten fables - My faerie, my angel, to whom I will always answer

Oh, Adamas, the name that's branded on my wrist, A word which bears no writer nor parent, Save for a distant fossil congealed in the earth, Bound in the vortex of a hundred centuries

Though you sleep now forever, It is to you I will always answer

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[Poem from upcoming collection The Gates of Paranoia] Copyright © 2016-2023 S.M. | Samael’s Tuesday

#the gates of paranoia #prose poetry #dark poetry #poetry #indie books #original poem #poets on tumblr #free verse #apocalyptic

[chargetheintruder]

Things you need to know, before society ends.

I had originally planned something else for today.  A whole lot of it actually.  More tactics and the like to get my neighbors in the USA to actually care and VOTE this coming Tuesday.  Obviously I didn’t make it because my health has been disruptive--keeping me from getting proper sleep and interfering with other basics like keeping food in my body.  So be it, I will get to what I can tomorrow, or later today (Monday) actually.

Be that as it may . . . I’ve been watching some Emergency Alert Service fiction, analog horror things.  The “Alert World” channel is good for casuals on Youtube, and I found something called the Atlas Foundation, which is good too.  And something’s occurred to me.

Whether we win this particular Election Day or not, whether Democrats can hold on to Congress and/or Governor’s Offices or not, the truth of the matter is, good, decent people, even a majority, can only hold out against Everything for so long.  I’m not talking about the alt-right here.  I am talking about everything else: climate change, the possible end of technological advancement, the possible rise of A.I. and algorithms, overpopulation, Peak Water, the possibility of non-friendly alien contact (by extra-terrestrials, from outside of our solar system).  We have LOTS of problems here on Earth and politics as such can only address a few of them, and even then it can end up being in the lame, “too little too late” sense of the addressing of it.

What I’m saying is, nobody’s ever had to solve for everything ever, in human history.  It might not be possible.  We can do everything right and society as we know it might still collapse.  So here are five things to consider before society ends.

1--Make more than one plan.  It’s that simple, and that hard.  Some situations might want to make you check out and not live through them, but that doesn’t let you off the hook for everything.  Make a few specific plans for a) things you can handle, or survive, b) things you can overcome, or actually change for the better, and c) things that really are a “nope, I’m absolutely fucked, bye now” scenario.

2--Learn who your enemies really are, and get ready to KILL them as needed.  This should be a small and specific list, that you only have to use as a last resort.  If it’s your first option and the list is huge OR vague, consider that you might be the problem, or one of them.

3--Consider being absolutely and relentlessly KIND to everyone who is not a dedicated foe or enemy.  Not just polite or nice.  Be ready to show up and help others.  Be ready to care for others and to walk with, or if need be to walk under and CARRY others until they can stand on their own.  Understand that while some selfishness is needed for you to survive, pure selfishness alone is going to poison your mind.  Don’t bury more people than you need to.  Reach out to who you can, when you can.  When there is no society, BE social, and BE society.

4--Set aside time to be alive, while you can, while society persists still.  Get OFF the internet for a few hours.  Get out in some sunlight if you can.  Feel some rain or snow touch you if you can’t.  Pick a flower if you want to.  Call your friends or family--talk with your people.  Tell them you love them if you can.  If you can cook outdoors on a grill, do so.  If you can head to the beach, go for it.  Buy the little thing you’ve always put off getting, that you’ve wanted.  Finish reading, or writing, that book of yours.

Make some time to do things that feel GOOD while you can do that still.  There will always be plenty of time to suffer later once society isn’t a thing any more.

5--Not all endings happen instantly.  That needs to be said  How many people here actually HAVE resumed a) going to the library, b) going out to see a movie at a theater, c) going out to eat at a restaurant, dine-in, d) actually going out to a party with friends and crowds, and/or e) going out to a shopping mall (if you have access to one that’s still active and in business)?  Post-pandemic, how many social errands and outings have you lost?  If you still have family and/or children with you, how much of THEIR social life is either gone or not happening in the first place, thanks to pandemics?

Societies aren’t at risk of collapse, usually, over one big sudden thing.  Instead they die slowly as functions die and drop off, one by one as the places where you live and the places where you go become defunct and fade away and/or get outright taken away from you by so-called “progress” from out-of-state, corporate landlords newly come to town.  The death by a thousand cuts usually IS slow, always proceeds ONE loss at a time.

Prepare accordingly.  Note your losses and replace what you can.  Or you know, raise hell as you mourn the losses you can’t replace.

What I’m saying in all of this is: the end of society doesn’t change the fact that you’re a human being.  Sure, prepare and have food, water, shelter and weapons ready.  But beyond that, understand that you will need more as a thinking being.  Spending your whole life just surviving doesn’t make you the best--it just means you’re as good at being dirt-poor and miserable as everyone else surviving the shit-show.  Doing better means doing more than the least.

And if nothing else?  Thank you kindly for your time and patience.

#societal collapse #tw suicide implied #tw violence implied #existential #Maslow but apocalyptic #win or lose prepare for loss someday

[portfolioleticiasepulveda]

Ukrainian Joan of Arc: Businesswoman leaves jewellery store to fight as a sniper

Emerald Evgeniya returned to wear Army uniform after 12 years to fight against the Russians, and is the only woman among 100 men in the special forces troop

Article published in March 16th, 2022

Translated from Portuguese to English

R7 PORTAL - Journalistic scoop

https://noticias.r7.com/internacional/joana-darc-ucraniana-empresaria-abandona-loja-de-joias-para-lutar-na-guerra-como-sniper-27062022/

Emerald Evgeniya holds weapon after returning to the Ukrainian Army

Before the Russian invasion in Ukraine, Emerald Evgeniya had a quiet life with her daughter

in Kiev, where she used to run her own jewellery store. The Ukrainian decided 12 years ago to leave the Army to become a “businesswoman”, as she likes to say.

“As soon as the war started, I quit my career and went back to the Army. Now, I work for the Special Forces intelligence and serve as a sniper. I’m the only woman among a hundred soldiers,” she says.

A sniper has a great responsibility on the battlefield and undergoes intense training to reach the rank. The weapon used by the soldier allows hitting targets very far away. Hitting an enemy with a lower risk of being counterattacked is one of the perks.

“I fight because it is my duty and I believe in Ukraine's great future. I feel like I have been preparing for this situation all my life. Also, I get support, people call me the Ukrainian Joan of Arc.”

Emerald is among thousands of soldiers trying to protect Ukraine as long as they face Russian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian population helps as much as they can, and even resorts to using mediaeval weapons to contain enemy tanks. Caltrops are made with sharp iron spikes and are scattered around Kiev.

Men and women with little or no experience volunteer to receive training and equipment to face the Russians. Currently, anyone who wants to serve must be between 18 and 60 years old and have an Ukrainian passport.

Emerald says the most difficult moment of the war was when she finally came across the Russian Army. “I started shooting again and realised I was face to face with one of their soldiers. This happened on the second day of combat, I was scared, but now I understand that this is my reality.”

The business woman’s life has changed radically in the last 21 days, in the same way for millions of Ukrainians. “I used to have a life of luxury, today I only live with my military uniform, mobile phone, two pairs of socks and a pair of shoes. I have also made donations to many people who lost their homes. I think after the war, if I survive, I can earn that money back with my work.”

Emerald during military training

Since the Russian invasion, more than 3 million people have left Ukraine, according to the UN-linked International Organization for Migration (IOM). Around 1.4 million are children, and among them is Jasmine, 10, Emerald’s daughter. When the war started, the little girl was sent to Poland. 

“I’m in the Army because I want my daughter to live in a free country. I won’t leave until we win this war. I want peace and freedom for my family and for all Ukrainians,” explains Emerald.

Emerald and her daughter Jasmine

As the bombings advance and the soldiers try to prevent the capital, Kiev, representatives of the two countries are trying to reach an agreement. This Tuesday (15), Mykhailo Podoliak, negotiator and adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and Vladimir Medinsky, adviser to the Kremlin, resumed the fourth round of negotiations.

On the other hand, NATO members are spreading sanctions to increasingly isolate Russia. The sniper, however, believes that the way to contain the Russian advance would be the closure of Ukrainian airspace, which Zelenskiy has long requested. “We are strong in terrestrial space, but we are not safe in the sky.”

“I won’t leave until we win this war, and I believe Ukraine will be victorious,” added Emerald.

[writer59january13]

Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024

(alternately titled GENESIS RESPLENDENT) No matter the calendrical/official onset of vernal equinox takes places Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 and transpires until Thursday, Jun 20, 2024, an intimation sensed (predicated on above average temperatures for February 21st, 2024) that season of blooming plants will override any assertion of Old Man Winter.

The ideal, general, ethereal ability of corporeal (once arboreal) beings to adduce, contemplate and exhaust gray inner knobby matter oft times finds this clothed apish chap entertaining gamesome insight. How did this, that or another thought spring forth per mine consciousness? This conjecture might be a shrunken modus operandi how life began, which query mankind scrunched brow throughout Homo Sapiens history did contemplate. Origin of life ascribed to the big bang, but then the question begged what preceded that cosmic event, which question came crashing into inquisitive mind of yours truly (me) after reading a book titled Angels and Demons by Dan Brown; He also wrote the Da Vinci Code, and The Lost Symbol among other book titles.

This veritable stranger sends

what he hopes you consider to be

a most pleasant unexpected note to thee unknown reader

allowing further discourse

(communication) a boot...

footwear ourselves, and

maybe fledgling acquaintanceship

will positively resonate akin to a magic flute,

whereby digital life jackets

donned in virtual trumped up petsmart boat

perhaps if weather inclement,

an additional slick trojan raincoat

doned to help stay dry

until destination reached

perhaps landing upon a north Carolina island

resembling this hill Billy goat

(christened Beverly),

whence springs germ of sum re: idea

takes root exhibiting

potential valance lives strong

when juiced sta stp away

from ma cheaply tricked

supertramp violating

tender tinder and tumblr

ova vulnerable shoot.

To search for source that gives rise

enabling homo sapiens to think

this ace of spades heart felt,

(albeit diamond in the rough poet)

digs shallow sometimes

force fool lee with light club

to emulate spelunker easing

into bosom of Gaia, or shine laser focus into chasm

teetering on the brink

hunting down gamesome

elusive dodging idea sunkist,

dogged catlike whimsy

doth elusively, and we silly out pace

yet hi yam ready with

whorled wide net to capture alive

agile rat scorpion fink unseen

quiet as mouse notion

gives this hardy laurel

a divine run for his money

quite a chase - bank king analogously

viz monkey and weasel

scurrying thru microcosmic burrow

of cerebral size manhattan

skyscrapers at a blink quarry

arising whim of mine

vanishes without a trace quick

as mental cogs & wheels

generated riveting link,

perch ants connected

to previous pondering

within cranial place, or appear

as some random

non-sequitur conscious kink

distracting ability to latch onto

awesome fleeting mind space

inducing minor frustration at lack of ability

dag nabbit (albeit painlessly) steely zinc

shimmering insight cognizant

ability likened to ode Grecian urn vase frieze

depicting close captcha

thought process cold playing life

spans shorter than a wink

via third eye of providence

of this comfortably numb,

yellow brick walled

beatle browed face,

whereat he espies verdant

pastoral themes that billow and flow

across terra firma hallowed ground

sanctimonious from immaculate

mother Earth conception

synchronized in a symphony with terrestrial

fauna and flora which life forms abound

via natural laboratory qua nature,

especially at seasonal dawn of spring tide

where multitudinous existence can be found

carving out a figurative zoological niche

in a kaleidoscope of colors and sounds galore

idyllic melodic musical sounds

artist palette of rainbow blended sights,

which twin manifestations

of restorative and natural calm

assuage auditory and visual

sense and sensibility pleasures respectively

serve as psychic balm against global threat

of life, liberty and happiness triage psalm

rampant in the form

of diabolical deliberate deeds

bred in the soil of deep rooted hatred

kudzu resistance asphyxiates human camaraderie

democratic state attacked with no qualm

malicious and terroristic plot methodical map

blueprint leaves catastrophic trail of red

dire dystopian prognostications

constitute doomsday scenario

no rocket surgeon

nor brain scientist mentality requisite

grave misfortune writ large for all life!

[justyeghost]

The Last Week of March, and of VStream... | Stream Schedule

This week is the last week that VStream.com will be around... so, to try to make as many happy memories I can on the streaming platform I've been having the most fun on, I'm going to be streaming something everyday this week on my VStream Channel.

So, on Monday it's the Sims 4, I'll stream something on Tuesday, going to be working on my hair on Wednesday, return to Hisui on in Pokemon Legends: Arceus on Thursday, stream something on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday... though I don't know what or when just yet.

For one final week, you can catch me streaming on my VStream Channel, or my Twitch Channel, or the VODs on my YouTube Channel.

Hope to see you there.

Once upon a time, H'karu Starr was a scout for an extra-terrestrial colony fleet. Then an incident with a delivery ship resulted in an isekai… H'karu woke up on Earth. Now, in an attempt to blend in, they stream themselves playing some video games and doing hand cams… and sometimes his horror alter shows up to host old b-movies. You can find them on their VStream Channel, their Twitch Channel, their YouTube Channel, their Bluesky, their TikTok, and their Instagram. Age: 48 | They/Them Oh, and here's the Lore Video

#schedule #space boy vtuber #friendly neighborhood alien #vtuber horror host #vtuber uprising #vtubers of tumblr #vtublr #indie vtuber #envtuber

[parkerbombshell]

A Breath of Fresh Air Feb 20

A Breath of Fresh Air With Sandy Kaye bombshellradio.com Tuesdays 1pm EST and Fridays 8pm EST Archival shows : bombshellradiopodcasts.com John Hall is a founding member of the band Orleans and one of the main instigators of the No Nukes and MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy) movements. He’s been intimately involved in promoting social change and environmental advocacy, both as a private citizen and as an elected representative in Congress. John was studying piano at 5, playing French horn, guitar bass and drums by 12. He started playing in the clubs of Greenwich Village by 18 and at 21 wrote and directed music for a Broadway and Off-Broadway play. He then worked on numerous projects including Seals and Crofts’ album Down Home. He toured with Taj Mahal and when he came home, started the band that would become Orleans in 1972. Moving to Woodstock NY with his wife Johanna, the pair began writing together. They had major hits ‘Dance With Me’ and ‘Still The One’, songs that have garnered 9 million terrestrial airplays and hundreds of millions of streams. John has also co-written songs for Janis Joplin, Millie Jackson, Bonnie Raitt, Chaka Khan and Chet Atkins among others. He co-founded the group Musicians United for Safe Energy and helped organise the 1979 No Nukes concerts at Madison Square Garden. His song Power was its anthem, performed and recorded there by the Doobie Brothers with James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Carly Simon, Nicolette Larson, Phoebe Snow, and many more. That song was also sung by Peter Paul and Mary, Pete Seeger and others. John’s guitar playing was featured on albums by Browne, Raitt, Carly Simon, Little Feat and more. In the 90s the John Hall Band recorded two LPs: Search Party and All Of The Above, which contained the AOR and MTV staple Crazy (Keep On Fallin’). Environmental activism led John to serve on several boards. In 2006 he was elected to the US House of Representatives and also served on the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Returning to private life in 2011, John continued to perform and record with Orleans and as a solo artist. During the pandemic, he wrote and recorded songs for his latest CD “Reclaiming My Time.” Sandy Kaye [email protected] Read the full article