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"Your enemy travels by private jet, not migrants dingy"

Poster seen in London

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had the state pave over the memorial for the 49 Pulse Nightclub massacre victims.

Members of the community responded

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"minor unhappy disagreements" and it's wei wuxian digging up graves while lan wangji is running after him trying to snatch away the shovel. mxtx why did you fast-forward the entire sunshot campaign this is hilarious

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i’d love to see more fantasy/sci-fi worlds where a species lifespan difference between a married couple, or between friends, is a normal factor of life. i’m tired of dramatic angsting about it, i want to see how people cope with it when it’s just an everyday part of the world

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This new piece was created in collaboration with The Marine Mammal Center! We have made signed prints available and a portion of all proceeds will go to them :)

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I love it when people use "shrimp" to mean "beyond the human range". like "shrimp colors" but applied to other things. "shrimp emotions" "shrimp sounds" "shrimp morality", as if shrimp are living some kind of transcendent existence that humans can never comprehend

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~ Colors ~ Cerulean Blue ~

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With the cooler weather plus August being the premier move-in/move-out month, the alleyway pickings were particularly good this weekend. Enough that I also acquired a deep tissue separation "blister" on the ball of one foot from doing too much walking while under load. Oops.

The find that nearly made me pee myself was someone getting rid of a massive hoard (likely literal) of old canned food. I made three trips on Saturday to ferry at least 300lbs of cans back to my shed for the chickens and that was less than half of what was there:

There are three regular crates, the one oversize crate, 10 cans of canned chicken, 10 cans of tuna, and 5 cans of pink salmon. I did have to toss a few cans that I brought back for seal failures, but the plan is to feed all of this out over the next few months before it freezes. It'll be mixed about half and half with the fresh stuff from the garden and on my regular weekly runs because it's all about 6-8 years past the best by date. Safe to eat, but the quality has degraded by that point in terms of taste, texture, and some nutrition. The chickens don't care though. I opened a few cans just to make sure it was okay and they snorfed down the peas and beans and ravioli just fine.

Other non-food finds include:

An IKEA-clone desk sans legs. I'll either make legs myself or snag some later off of an alley table. Hoping to make this my new sewing machine station. It's on a long card table right now which bounces with each plunge of the needle, so less than ideal.

Nearly pristine medium dog crate. This one is getting sold or traded. I'm going to need more cat food soon.

Pieces from one of those cheap shelving-style greenhouses. The clear plastic cover was trash and I'm guessing they kept the actual shelves, but I use these tinkertoy-like modular building sets to make frames for my garden to drape netting or row cover over.

Wall shelf for my kitchen and a hanging rack for the shed for smaller tools.

Wire basket with velcro loops for hanging. Destined for basement or garage for storing stuff.

Two plastic sweater boxes with lids. For storing tools in the basement. I think my belt sander and sandpaper loops will fit into one. May do ratchet straps in the other. One of my dearest wishes is to be gifted a huge stack of matching shoe and sweater boxes so I can properly and aesthetically organize my entire basement. But I'll settle for piecemeal.

5 gallon bucket with a dent in the side. By the end of today this will have holes drilled into the bottom and a dying tomato plant that I'm trying to save planted inside. I did also pick up half of a small bag of potting soil, so I'll mix that with some garden soil and fertilizer granules to fill it.

Furniture legs. Too short for my new desk, but they're nice so I'll save them for a different project.

Shortish lengths of treated lumber. Going to use these (along with scrap lumber gathered previously) to refurbish the older coop/run this week while the weather's nice. Aiming to get at least one project done this week dammit. As well as a general cleanup of the outdoors, including the scrap lumber pile.

Today, however, is nominally a rest day. You know, given all the effort I put in this weekend gathering all this stuff. Gotta let the muscles recover and injuries heal. Still going to hem some jeans, but that shouldn't take long.

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Belgium Chase Tag Compilation

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FAQ

This blog is used solely for posting about the ORV Retranslation Project that some fans are working on.

Q: What is the ORV Retranslation Project?

The web novel Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint currently has two available translations in English: One which is official (though incomplete at this time 8/5/25), and an unofficial one. While we are grateful for both, both translations fail on a couple fronts that leave us feeling like English audiences are missing out on the "true" ORV. As such, we have taken it upon ourselves to Retranslate ORV.

Q: What does retranslating it do?

We are attempting to keep as close as we can to the original text of ORV and maintain its core feeling with as little changes to it as possible. We want the authors' intent and artistry to come through. The current free translation is machine translated (MTL) and loses the "voice" and personality. It is also full of so many grammar mistakes that it is difficult to read, and it turns many people off from ever trying to read ORV because of it. The official English has changed a lot of the "voice" of the story and localized it quite a bit (in ways that are too subtle to put into words, but build up to a completely different tone and feeling when you compare it to the original) so we feel it does not capture the story well either. This is not to dissuade people from reading it, but it is not the "true" ORV we'd like people to see.

We understand it's not possible to capture everything due to neither of us being native speakers and because some nuance will always be lost in translation, but we plan to do our best.

Q: Is it the full novel? Is it the ebook or the original?

We will be making the novel available by volume (There are a total of 23 for the Main Story. Not confirmed for the Side Story) when we finish retranslating and cleaning up our edits. We are retranslating the original version, not the ebook version. If you want the ebook version, please purchase it from official sources.

However, our version will contain some ebook edits within it where applicable. So, it is not "purely" the original. The parts we take from the ebook will not change the integrity of the original and will be minimal, for the most part and with rare exception.

Q: How do we access it?

We will be posting the link(s) to the downloadable document(s) here for 24 hours upon release, and then we will delete the posts. We recommend following this blog and keeping an eye out for when we warn a new volume will be released. If you miss the release, you can contact us at one of the sources below, and we can go from there.

Q: Does it cost money?

We only want two things from the people who wish to read the retranslation as a "payment": Please purchase from official sources (whether Ize Press's official English, or the Korean raws) in order to directly support the authors SingNSong, and do not repost the links to these documents on public platforms. Otherwise, it's completely free. No need to show us proof of purchase of the official sources either. We do not want any money for this translation.

Q: I'd like to support you guys to thank you for your hard work! Is there anywhere to donate?

We greatly appreciate that! Please feed us by expressing your excitement and feedback via our DMs, tagging #ORV Retranslation here on tumblr (or #ORVReTL on Bluesky), messaging us in our Ask Box, emailing us at demonlikejudgeoffire1864@gmail.com, and by following what is said in the above answer. :3 The enthusiasm is enough for us. (And following our only two requests above).

Q: How do we contact you for the links?

Email: demonlikejudgeoffire1864@gmail.com

Discord: demonlikejudgeoffire1864

Our ask box is open as well.

Q: Can we share the link with others?

This retranslation is for the free use of fans. But due to copyright concerns, we ask that you only share the links PRIVATELY. Meaning, please share through discords, email, private DMs, etc. Please do not repost the links on public platforms like twitter, tiktok, reddit, tumblr, etc.

Sharing screenshots on public websites are fine, though. Our main concern is that we'll be forced to take down the retranslation.

If we find our links posted on public platforms, we will no longer post future retranslations of the volumes. Please be considerate and discrete.

We may change our stance on this later pending how things play out. For now, please play nice.

Q: What is the progress so far? What's available to read in the Drive?

Part I Volume 1: Complete and Posted 8/5/25 Volume 2: Fully Translated. Secondary Edits In Progress. Volume 3: Translation In Progress Volume 4: Initial Edits Done Volume 5: Initial Edits Done Volume 6: Initial Edits In Progress Volume 7: Untouched Volume 8: Untouched Part II Volume 1: Untouched Volume 2: Untouched Volume 3: Untouched Volume 4: Untouched Part III Volume 1: Untouched Volume 2: Untouched Volume 3: Untouched Volume 4: Untouched Part IV Volume 1: Untouched Volume 2: Untouched Volume 3: Untouched Volume 4: Untouched Volume 5: Untouched Part V Volume 1: Untouched Volume 2: Untouched

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Free or Cheap General Language Resources Because idk I Just Wanna Help

All resources either have a free tier or have a low ($10 USD/month or less) subscription fee or a one time purchase option below $100 USD. All prices I give are in USD because I live in the US and this list was already hard to put together okay I'm not also doing conversions

I have given the links in text format because tumblr has a link limit. Copy and paste into your browser to look at them.

These are generalized. Not for your specific language.

LinQ, a website for reading: https://www.lingq.com/en/

You can click on words you don't know and get a definition and save a flashcard. They provide readings for all levels from beginner to advanced and you can upload your own texts and podcast or video transcripts and there's stuff uploaded by other users to browse through. The website also has some texts with audio included. You can also purchase books through the website. This is all included in the free tier. The paid tier allows you to save an unlimited number of flashcards and includes some forum and tutoring options. It's either $15 a month or $120 for a full year.

Languages available in full: Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian

Languages partially supported or with incomplete beginner courses: Afrikaans, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Catalan, Traditional Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Georgian, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Khmer, Macedonian, Malay, Persian, Punjabi, Serbian, Slovenian, Swahili, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese

Migaku, a web extension and app: https://migaku.com/

Paid service at $10 a month. It has beginner courses and allows for dual language subtitles on things like netflix or youtube. It also allows users to save flashcards from subtitles or articles and sync flashcards between devices

Supported languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese

Storylearning Books: https://storylearning.com/books

These are short story, dialogue, or history books by Olly Richards written for beginner to intermediate learners that in my experience at least are written to not be boring for adults. Each chapter of a book includes a key vocabulary list and comprehension questions. Storylearning also has online courses available but they're too expensive for what you get in my opinion. The books are way cheaper, though depending on the language you may have more or less books to buy. The books are usually in the $15-$20 range new but they're often available at used bookstores both online and irl for much cheaper.

Books available in: Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Arabic (MSA), Brazillian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Korean, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish, Irish

Mango Languages, a pretty standard language app: https://mangolanguages.com/

This is actually a pretty pricey one at like $20 a month but the reason I bring it up is that a lot of people can get it free through their local library and it has a large selection of languages.

Languages supported: Armenian, Azerbaijani, Egyptian Arabic, Iraqi Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), Bengali, Cantonese, chaldean Aramaic. Cherokee, Mandarin, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Dzongkha, English, Tagalog, Finnish, French (European and Canadian), German, Greek (modern, ancient, and kione), Hatian Creole, Hawaiian, Hebrew (modern and biblical), Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latin, Malay, Malayalam, Norwegian, Farsi, Polish, Potawatomi, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Shanghainese, Slovak, Spanish (castillian and latin american), Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Tuvan, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Yiddish

Comprehensible Input Wiki, a website for finding language specific comprehensible input resources: https://comprehensibleinputwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page

Comprehensible input is input in a language you understand the message of, not necessarily input you understand every word of. It's good for you to get a lot of it from day one. This website gathers resources like podcasts, kid's shows, youtube channels, books, etc. that are perfect for this sort of thing.

Languages currently on the website as I am writing this: American Sign Language, Arabic (MSA), Armenian, Basque, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Haitian creole, Hakka, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Sanskrit, Sardinian, Serbo-Croatian, Sicilian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Toki Pona, Tunisian Arabic, Turkish, Ukranian, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yoruba, Zulu

Drops, a vocab app: https://languagedrops.com/

Drops teaches vocab through pictures and matching and spelling games, though you can also customize your settings to show translations and different alphabets or not. The free tier has ads and a daily time limit. The lifetime subscription is technically against my personal rule for this post because it's $160 but it often goes on sale for half off or $80. There's also a monthly or yearly payment option. At the paid tier you can practice for an unlimited time without ads and choose which types of vocabulary words you want to learn.

Supported Languages: Ainu, English (American and British), Arabic (MSA), Bosnian, Portuguese (Brazilian and European), Cantonese, Spanish, (Castilian and Mexican), Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galacian, German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Maori, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit for yoga, Serbian, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Yoruba

Anki, a general flashcard app: https://apps.ankiweb.net/

You can make your own flashcards on Anki or download flashcard packs that other users have made. It also allows for importing of audio and visual aids. It has a spaced repetition system that a lot of people swear by. Some companies like Refold also sell premade flashcard packs specifically for Anki. Free on desktop, I believe about a $20 one time purchase on iOS.

Muzzy In GondoLand (1986): https://archive.org/details/muzzy-in-gondoland-level-i-1986

No, really! The old Muzzy movies from the 80s made to teach kids foreign languages are fairly easy to find for free on archive.org or on youtube. The new Muzzy with workbooks and an app and whatnot requires a paid subscription to the BBC but the older ones are much easier to find. They're available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Korean, Esperanto, and Welsh.

Easy Languages, a connected group of Youtube channels: https://www.easy-languages.org/

Easy Language channels are channels where people interview speakers of the language on the street about everyday topics like dating, tourism, and shopping for example. They have dual language subtitles in their videos in the target language and English. Many of them also have series about useful phrases for beginners and intermediate podcasts. Most also have bonus worksheets and other learning materials on their patreons but the free content available is already a lot.

Current active channels: Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

wordreference.com

A website that lets you look up words in another language. It's better than google translate. It has pronunciation in multiple dialects and in depth explanations that some other websites don't have.

Supported Languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Icelandic, Russian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Greek, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic

edX, a website for taking college courses, often for free: https://www.edx.org/learn/language

I can't tell you precisely what's available because it changes year to year but they usually offer a wide variety of courses. You can also often get real college credit through these if that's something you're interested in. Programming languages are often mixed in with spoken or signed languages though so you may have to do some digging through the lists to fins what you want.

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If you got enough money to live happily and comfortably for the rest of your life, but everyone who saw you immediately knew what fandom you are in and understood what that means, would you take it?

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thinking again about that yoko taro quote

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a good ship is always improved by having at least one other random character who is so so fucking mad that the ship is happening and is either seething about it or actively trying to break them up. i see the appeal of "everyone else played matchmaker and they're all cheering to see the ship holding hands!!" but i need at least one character, with any motivation, to be the world's pettiest hater about it come hell or high water. bonus points if the beef is completely onesided and they still get warmly invited to the wedding anyway

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sometimes I think about how paranoid and lonely JGY must have been to feel like he can't tell even the person he cares most about in the world what's really going on in his head and I have to take a moment just to be like. jfc. babes.

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peoplpe are always saying very online things to me