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neilmach · 2 years

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An introduction to #Fantology What is a #fantologist ?

An introduction to #Fantology What is a #fantologist ? #fantasy #creativefantasy #creativethinking #amwritingfantasy

#fantasy #creativefantasy #creativethinking #amwritingfantasy What is a fantologist? What does the fantologist do? First let’s think about fantasy. What actually is it? Fantasy is an experience that transcends logic. The general belief is that the universe described by science is the real one. That means that everything “outside” the general vision expounded by science is represented as unreal…

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rawrampmag · 3 years

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GARY MOORE #NewAlbum #GaryMoore @gmooreofficial #InMyDreams @ProvogueRecords @MLG_Rocks #AlbumReview #HowBlueCanYouGet

This month, Provogue Records will release a new album from the late master blues-rock guitarist GARY MOORE. “How Blue Can You Get” will feature previously unreleased material and will be out on April 30th. From the Moore family archives, the album will feature never-before-heard deep cuts and alternate versions of previous songs by the dazzling former Thin Lizzy and Skid Row…

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fraseris · 2 years

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both at the exact same time. i feel like you as a person are to the queen what vocaloid is to victorian children. mainly because i thought you were english for so long

listen okay i need to address this it isnt even funny the way that the british have effected my entire personality and speech patterns dude it isnt even funny the other day i forgot the word for sweater and called it a "jumper" worst time of my life ive been religiously watching minecraft youtubers since the age of like 6 years hold and theyve all been british every last one of them its a miracle i dont have a british accent from young child sponge brain and ive watched 4 seasons of doctor who in the last week and thats not even getting STARTED on the old good omens & bbc merlin fixations dude every single good book that i like is british and its so british is like neil gaiman once talked about the classic british humor style of writing like in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy which is 1) a really good book that i adore and 2) JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER BOOK I ADORE and its so british its so british and i cant even write fic now without using words like "quite" and "rather" what am i do i look like micheal sheen to you and its just such an ordeal and ive only known one british person in my entire life she was from the south and i cared not for her but she was a furry and she was making a paper mache statue of her fursona and i had mad respect but we never talked and the last week before this pandemic started i saw her at my old dance studio and we were like the spiderman pointing meme and then over the weekend my life fell apart and everything was cancelled and i was stuck inside with WILBUR SOOT who had just grown a beard and was posting more often because of lockdown and you know that changed me it really did because i never talked to anyone because i was inside all the time and it was just me & my favorite haha funny insignificant minecraft youtuber wilbur soot it was a dark time for me and it never ended throughout this quarantine my only comfort and my only friend has been british media dude its all just british media and theres this youtube named justin kuritzkes and hes got this called "in love with a pizza" which is really good and i would seriously consider watching it along with the rest of that guys content he is american bless his soul a bright light & beacon of hope in these dark times and in that video he uses a BRITISH ACCENT and you know im watching doctor who right now in the background as i type this all out for you to illustrate the woes of my life and theres a person whos obviously supposed to be american but hes a british actor and i can TELL i can TELL that hes british and its really just very painful all the time and my dad wants to move to wales to wales which seems more interesting than england but theyre still british yknow and i dont want to go i will hate it there it will be so sad and gloomy and andrew garfield is british andrew garfield can you believe that ???? hes british and i learned that while watching doctor who this reminds me that david tennant is in both doctor who & good omens which happens to be a screen adaption of my favorite book good omens by neil gaiman and terry pratchett and theyre BRITISH and the book is BRITISH and david tennant is BRITISH and ive been watching this series called "staged" which is an adaption of this really interesting play called six characters in search of an author by some italian dude and its really actually kind of dull but the kind that makes you go "why does this exist i need to understand whats happening here whats its purpose" and in the show micheal sheen speaks welsh and it just reminds me that someday i might be forced to move to wales because of my dad and i think they should improve minors rights to their own mental and emotional and physical property and right to exist

#i am posting #mutuals #ask #havocspiral

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babes-and-baddies · 6 years

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Tagged by @theteapotofdoom !!! sorry this took so long to fill out, i forgot it was in my drafts oooops,,,,

Lock Screen Image: my dog!!!! i lov him so much <3 <3 <3

Ever Had A Crush On A Teacher: Aizawa, lol. He counts, right??? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? not homeless, hopefully, and with enough money for food and basic stuff. ideally, a writer with enough money to travel and adopt a cat (but it would take a lot of luck to get to that point)

If you could go anywhere, where would you go? i’d love to go hiking/caping in BC, or maybe somewhere in Europe with mountains to go climbing. also, japan! i’d love to check out the countryside, the nature there looks amazing (wow im such a crunchy granola hippie lol)

What was your coolest Halloween costume? i helped my dad make me a homemade paper-mache + hand-sown costume in like 3rd grade that was LIT. i was a robot alien chicken and loved every second of it

Favorite 90s TV-show? x-files (god scully is so Pretty and im so Gay, also ALIENS AND GOVT CONSPIRACY THEORIES!!!)

Last kiss? uuuhhhhhhhhhhh,,,,,,,,,,,, its been Years i can barely remember. i think at a convention back like 4 years ago when i was in hs? it was w/ a girl tho, i remember that

Have you ever been stood up? no, I’ve never been on a date

Have you ever been to Las Vegas? nope

Favourite pair of shoes? ive got these leather hiking boots from lowa that are super durable and comfy (Lowa not iowa lol)

Favorite book? Good Omens. terry pratchett and neil gaiman are both two of my fav authors, so them teaming up? LIT

Stupidest thing you’ve ever done? everything ive ever done tbh. uuuhhh, ive eaten dog food once bc i was hungry and too lazy to buy groceries? sometimes i forget my own name? sometimes when i see a dog or kitty or other small animal i start crying?? i got lost once driving bc i can point out which direction is north, south, etc but don’t know left from right? i didnt understand that for-profit companies were an actual thing until 10th grade bc the whole idea made no sense to me as a concept (it STILL doesnt make sense,,,,,, everyones getting paid, what do they need the rest of the money for??). honestly i could go on for hours. im a Dumb Bitch

Tagging: uuuuhhhhhhhhhh i dont know whos already been tagged for this, but anyone who wants to fill this out???

#chat #about me

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opedguy · 4 years

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CBS Asks Trump About Employment Plan

LOS ANGELES (OnlineColumnist.com), May 20, 2020.--Showing how the fake news media operates, CBS White House reporter Paula Reid asked 73-year-old President Donald Trump what he intends to do to deal with Depression levels of unemployment. Trump’s been advocating opening up the economy for weeks against the objections of infectious disease specialists concerned about more cases and deaths from the deadly coronvirus AKA SARS CoV-2 or Covid-19 crisis, leaving the U.S. today with 1,591,991 cases and 94,994 deaths. Trump was the first to push back on infectious disease experts, including 80-year-old National Institute’s of Health chief of infectious disease Dr. Anthony Fauci and State Department virologist Dr. Deborah Birx. Both experts urged Trump to issue “shelter in place” orders Mach 19, shutting down the U.S. economy. Trump acquiesced, watching unprecedented damage to the U.S. economy, from a record 3.5% unemployment rate to near 20%.

In a feisty exchange with Trump yesterday, Reid hit Trump hard for the nation’s insufferable unemployment rate. “Mr. President, why haven’t you announced a plan to get 36 million unemployment Americans back to work? You are overseeing historic economic despair. What is the delay? Where is the plan,” asked Reid. Reid’s questions shows for all to see how the fake news media operates. Incorporate Democrat talking points into your question, which, in effect, blames Trump for the record unemployment. Reid and her colleagues blamed Trump for daring to ask that the country’s economy opens up at the earliest possible time. Reid was the first to blame Trump for putting the economy over human lives. Now that it’s a Democrat talking point, Reid goes for the jugular, blaming Trump for the economic mess. When Trump responds, it becomes another Democrat talking point.

No one has pushed back harder about reopening the country than Trump, accused by Democrats and the press of disregarding the health of U.S. citizens to help the economy. “Oh, I think we have announced a plan. We are opening up our country—just a rude person, you are. We are opening up our country and we’re opening it up very fast . . “ Trump said to Reid. Yet the press reports Trump’s response as if he has no right to defend himself against baseless accusations. “Where is the plan,” Reid asked, knowing that Trump is the only one with a plan to get people back to work. If the country listened to infectious disease experts, Democrats or the press, you’d think that more stimulus checks or unemployment benefits is the way to go. Trump urged throughout the shutdown, in the strongest possible way, to reopen the country at the earliest possible time.

Trump tried to explain to Reid that the White House plan was to open up the country as soon as possible. “The plan is each state is opening and it is opening up very effectively, and when you see the numbers I think even you will be impressed, which is pretty hard to impress you,” Trump said to Reid. If you listen to the media’s report, Trump lambasted Reid for asking an innocent question. Reid’s question was designed to make Trump look like a fool, like he trashed the U.S. economy. When Trump heard a presentation April 24 by Homeland Security Science and Technology Chief Bill Bryan about how the coronvirus was killed by sunlight and household disinfectants, Trump wondered out loud whether that could happen inside the body. When reported in the press, Trump’s statements were twisted to say Trump urged people to drink Clorox Bleach or Lysol disinfectant.

When it comes to Trump’s enemies in the press, they find anything he says objectionable. At Trump’s daily coronavirus briefing Tuesday, May 19, Trump admitted to taking anti-malarial drug hydroychloroquine as a preventive treatment. By the time Trump was finished, the press reported Trump urged U.S. citizens to take a dangerous medication, causing life-threatening heart arrhythmias. Trump’s comment prompted Fox New daytime host Neil Cavuto to warn his audience not to follow Trump’s advice taking hydroxychloroquine, saying, “This stuff can kill you.” Yet plenty of doctors around the country treat patients with hydroxychloroquine, azithromax [Z-Pak] and zinc, a protocol used by world famous Marseille-based French infectious disease specialist Dr. Didier Raoult to treat Covid-19. Yet if you listen to Cavuto or others in the press Trump has done something reckless and self-destructive.

When it comes to the press dealing with Trump, they don’t ask questions to inform the public, they use Democrat talking points to ask questions to discredit the president anyway possible. Trump takes hydroxychloroquine under the direction of White House physician Sean Conley, M.D. If the press has a problem with hydroxychloroquine they should take it up with the medical community. When it comes to the economy, the press rejoices in how widespread “shelter in place” orders go, knowing the devastation to the U.S. economy. Democrats and he press operate on former President Bill Clinton’s edict, “It’s the economy, stupid.” If the economy tanks, Trump doesn’t deserve a second term. It’s that simple for the press. Forget the fact that pressure from infectious disease experts shut down the economy to slow the coronavirus spread to save lives, something Trump accepted but didn’t like.

About the Author

John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma.

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futureentech-blog · 7 years

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Space Travel on Earth - Hyper Chariot Aims for Hypersonic 4,000 mph Tube Transportation

Nick Garzilli, founder, and CEO of Hyper Chariot is a leader in the tube transport industry plans for extensive infrastructure to move people long distances in short periods of time. He has a mission to bring hypersonic tube travel to life and provide it at a much lower cost than the way you travel now! His hypersonic 4,000 mph tube technology proposes to transport passengers via lightweight tubes that run on electric energy for a fraction of the cost of traditional ground or air transportation. During research on the concept, Garzilli found a documentary about a futurist Jacques Fresco who recently passed away at 101 years old. He started the “Venus Project”. In this documentary, Jacques explained his vision of the future that included the idea of evacuated tube transport. Images credit: Hyper Chariot via Indiegogo Joanna Garzilli, co-founder & COO of the Hyper Chariot, is a motivational speaker and author of, "Big Miracles,” published by Harper Collins. She is a backbone for developing this amazing technology. What’s the difference between Hyper Chariot and Elon Musk’s Hyperloop? According to Garzilli, Hyper Chariot is a saloon car-sized vehicle for one to six people that is ultra-light, weighing as little as 400lbs. It will travel through 5ft vacuumed ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) tubes and will be able to travel anywhere with the network using patented passive maglev interchanges. The size of the tubes is important, as this smaller size tube allows enough air to be evacuated to make the sound barrier no longer a problem. Hyper Chariot Team at SpaceX to meet Elon Musk (Image credit: Hyper Chariot) While Elon Musk’s Hyperloop, is a bus-sized vehicle carrying 28-40 people, weighing 20 tons, that will travel through low grade vacuumed tubes (so air resistance will still be an issue) going from point-to-point every 40 seconds. At 760mph Hyper Chariot will have a capacity for 120 passengers per second, compared to Hyperloop’s 1.33, and be cheaper at approximately $25m per mile compared to Hyperloop One’s $64m per mile and high-speed rail (HSR) at $120m. The capacity, mobility (with a maximum range of 16,000 miles contrasted to Hyperloop’s 600 miles) and costings of Hyper Chariot make it competitive against traditional forms of personal and cargo transportation such as airlines, rail, car or shipping industries. “We choose to go the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” John F. Kennedy “This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong Hyper Chariot is the first company to commercialize evacuated tube transport technologies (ET3). Its project is currently live at Indiegogo and the company labels itself as the “limo” of tube technologies versus the “buses” proposed by hyperloop technology companies Hyperloop Alpha, Hyperloop One and Hyperloop Transport Technologies. The company is building a 3-mile long, 400 mph demonstration to prove this technology works and is safe for people to travel. On successful, it will go for the fastest ride on the planet, “The Velocitator”. According to the company, “the Velocitator is the first step towards the 4,000 miles per hour version. It will take 18 seconds to reach 400 miles per hour at 1G of acceleration. Our plan is 5-10 years from now, you’ll experience 3 minutes of 1G acceleration to reach 4,000 miles per hour and break Mach 5, truly hypersonic.” Hyper Chariot Networks are self-driving car-sized pods that have their own dedicated tracks and separate right of way from the havoc of our roads. Award Winning Actor and Environmentalist, Matthew Modine is a president of the Hyper Chariot, in a promotional video, said “the future of transportation must continue to expand. We need to find some way to get from one place to another that is efficient, and is fast, and is fun.” The first “Velocitator” could potentially open at an extreme sports amusement park in Casa Grande, Arizona in 2021. Other short-listed locations include sites in Medley, Florida, Las Vegas, Nevada and Bangalore, India, with projected opening dates outside of the USA is UK 2022, India 2022, China 2022, and Australia 2023. http://dlvr.it/PNBLzY

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neilmach · 3 years

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Where do you start a story? Story Exposition explained

Where do you start a story? #StoryExposition explained #WritingCommunity #amwriting

In a movie, there’s an exciting launch incident that pushes the viewer straight into things… But when you tell an anecdote to friends, you don’t start your storytelling in the same way, do you? You don’t say: “Pans and lids flying… sounds of crashes, police cars howling in the night. People screaming with foreign accents. Pandemonium. Hot and sticky, I need to get away. I can’t think straight.…

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rawrampmag · 3 years

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MARVA VON THEO @marvavontheo #darksynthpop #darkwave #synthwave #Dissolve #Afterglow #DarkPop

Here on RAW RAMP island we’re excited to hear new dark-synth sound and especially when they come with as much sparkle, ingenuity and frothiness as this… We’re pleased to present the darkish yet anxious sounds of MARVA VON THEO who are a Greek-Austrian pop-synth duo (Marva Voulgari and Theo Foinidis) — two classically trained musicians who united together in 2017 to experiment with sounds. One…

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#Afterglow #author neil mach #bubbling sensuality #cold as a priestess #dark synth #Darkish yet anxious #dissolve review #MARVA VON THEO #Marva Voulgari #neil mach #neilmach #raw ramp #rawramp #shadowy as a coffin #shadowy as a coffin lid #synth pop #tethered emotion #Theo Foinidis

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neilmach · 3 years

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The mysterious magic of the corn doll

Corn dolls or sometimes “corn mothers” are miraculous forms of straw fashioned from the last sheaf of cereals after a summer harvest. Therefore, these straw dolls are a noteworthy & supernatural part of the harvest customs of pastoral Europe. Some pagan cultures called these mothers “vetulas” (the Latin for “Old Woman” is vetula) though, in the 7th century, Saint Eligius (born 588) instructed…

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neilmach · 3 years

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Ask Phyliss — #Seventies #TeenAdvice #TeenageYears #Glam70s #BritishTeens #DavidCassidy #DonnyOsmond #SeventiesChildhood #SeventiesNostalgia #PhylissFannock

Do you remember Amazin’ Raisin bars, Old English Spangles, bubble-gum tattoos, chiclets, sherbert pips, and Tooty Frooties? Welcome to 1972 and Teen Hoops magazine, price 4p. If your manager interfered in your daily activities, what would you have done? Can an English hippie stop progress? Or will American business interests triumph? This is the story, compiled from historical fragments, about…

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neilmach · 3 years

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Celebrating 100 Episodes of Myth + Magic #podcast for #fantasyfiction #authors #amwritingfantasy #writingcommunity

Hi listeners, readers and authors! I’m overjoyed to be celebrating 100 episodes of Myth & Magic and I thank each and every one of nearly 6,000 listeners who have tuned-in! We reach Episode 100 on Wednesday 22 September… hip-hip hooray! Don’t forget, the show goes out every Wednesday. As part of this week’s centennial festivities I wanted to share with you the TOP TEN most popular…

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neilmach · 3 years

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The fairytale English landscape that inspires myth and magic

The fairytale English landscape that inspires myth and magic #amwriting #mythmagic #amwritingfantasy

You’ll know, if you’re a regular visitor to the Myth & Magic show, that I regularly state that as an English author, I am blessed to live in a “real life” fairy land. For example, I remind you that we, the people of this ancient kingdom, are “subjects” and not really citizens like (perhaps) you might be; our thousand year-old government, the military, the courts, and all our institutions take…

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#Alfred Tennyson #Alfred Watkins #Arthur’s Stone #Arthurs Stone #author neil mach #Barbara Erskine #king arthurs stone #Lady of Hay #magical Herefordshire #Merrily Watkins #Mysterious Britain #Myth and Magic #myth and magic podcast #mythmagic #neilmach #Owain Glyndŵr #Phil Rickman #podcaster Neil Mach

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neilmach · 3 years

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Useful alpha list of scientific words for magical abilities — for #fantasyfiction #authors #amwritingfantasy

Agathodemoning – asking good spirits to do our magical bidding Alchemy – changing the fundamental substance of elements (or matter) Angelspeak – communicating with lesser deities and messengers (angels) Apotropaism & countercharms – defense against demons, ghosts, and evil sorcerers using magic Apportation or bilocation (psychic ability to be in two places or more at once) Astral projection…

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neilmach · 3 years

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What is fantasy?

What is fantasy? #amwritingfantasy #amwriting #writingcommunity #fantasyfiction

Fantasy (sometimes spelled phantasie) is identified as “play of imagination and invention…” You can remember it using the acronym: P.I.In (pin it to your mood board) playimaginationinvention Let’s investigate each ingredient of “fantasy” and let’s get started with play… What is Play? Play is an activity that’s done purely for recreational pleasure & enjoymentPlay is intrinsically motivating…

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#aphantasia #author neil mach #definition of imagination #Geoffrey Chaucer invented the minds eye #Johan Huizinga #National Institute for Play #neilmach #novelty test #ntural imaginers #the definition of fantasy #what is aphantasia #what is fantasy #what is fantasy fiction #what is imagination #What is Invention?#What is Play?#what is the mind&039;s eye

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neilmach · 3 years

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Are humans anthropoidal honeybees? Here's why some people are drawn to fringe theories, superstitions, pseudoscience + supernaturalism

Are humans anthropoidal honeybees? Here’s why some people are drawn to fringe theories, superstitions, pseudoscience + supernaturalism

Have you ever seen a swarm? It’s a simple question and I ask it because some people have never seen one. If you have lived your entire life in the city, it is unlikely that you have witnessed this amazing spring phenomenon. When I was a teenager I lived on the North Downs in England and so I have seen quite a few swarms for myself. And they can be very frightening. If you didn’t know, honeybee…

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#are humans bee like?#are humans bees?#author neil mach #beekeeper #ever wanted to fly away?#groupish #Jonathan Haidt #neilmach #Pseudoscience #supernaturalism #swarm mentality #The Righteous Mind #what is a hive mind #what is swarm mentality?#why are people drawn to supernaturalism?#why do people believe fringe theories #why do we swarm

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