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ok you know what, lets introduce them this is the occult research club, a small unsanctioned school club spearheaded by violet Violet is the leader of the group, despite not being very fit for leadership, shes hard to read, impulsive, not very good at socializing, despite this, shes pretty good at getting scoops through the internet, dragging the rest of the group along with her, the club is one of her few outlets, plays bass at church, shes pretty good at it, has weird dreams, its probably nothing

Mary is the brains of the group, her's and violet's parents go to the same church, so they met through there, shes quiet but determined, thoughtful, with few interests that she follows through with diligently, really really likes baseball, her favorite player is terrence gore, good with numbers, but dont ask her to explain it

Paula is the only other classmate who decided to join, thinking it was a stage magic club, nice, but naive, has a theater kid's temperament, being the other one interested in magic, she's usually the only one to follow the long tangents sol goes in, and responds in turn,she brings homemade snacks to the meetings, sol really likes them, her bunny is named houdinni! only she can catch it when it scampers off

Sol is a fox nature spirit, shy and mischievous, they met the group during a chance encounter during one of the excursions, and they ended tagging along, theyre the onle to show the group how real magic works, but being a perfectionist, theyre not a great teacher nor caster, focusing on creating artifacts and tchotchkes alike, they overwork themselves often, but to what goal? big fluffy tail haver

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ok you know what, lets introduce them this is the occult research club, a small unsanctioned school club spearheaded by violet Violet is the leader of the group, despite not being very fit for leadership, shes hard to read, impulsive, not very good at socializing, despite this, shes pretty good at getting scoops through the internet, dragging the rest of the group along with her, the club is one of her few outlets, plays bass at church, shes pretty good at it, has weird dreams, its probably nothing

Mary is the brains of the group, her's and violet's parents go to the same church, so they met through there, shes quiet but determined, thoughtful, with few interests that she follows through with diligently, really really likes baseball, her favorite player is terrence gore, good with numbers, but dont ask her to explain it

Paula is the only other classmate who decided to join, thinking it was a stage magic club, nice, but naive, has a theater kid's temperament, being the other one interested in magic, she's usually the only one to follow the long tangents sol goes in, and responds in turn,she brings homemade snacks to the meetings, sol really likes them, her bunny is named houdinni! only she can catch it when it scampers off

Sol is a fox nature spirit, shy and mischievous, they met the group during a chance encounter during one of the excursions, and they ended tagging along, theyre the onle to show the group how real magic works, but being a perfectionist, theyre not a great teacher nor caster, focusing on creating artifacts and tchotchkes alike, they overwork themselves often, but to what goal? big fluffy tail haver

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Hi 👋, My name is Mohammad, and I’m reaching out in a moment of desperate need. I’m a father of three young children living in Gaza, and we are caught in the midst of a catastrophic war. Our home is no longer a safe haven, and the future here seems increasingly uncertain. 💔

I’ve launched a fundraising campaign with the goal of raising $40,000 to relocate my family to a safer place where my children can grow up in peace and have a chance at a brighter future.

Unfortunately, my previous fundraising efforts were abruptly halted when my account was terminated without explanation. However, I remain determined to keep fighting for my family’s safety and well-being. 🫶

If you could take a moment to read our story, consider donating, or simply share our campaign with others, it would make an incredible difference. Every act of kindness, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to safety and a new beginning. 🙏

Thank you for your time, compassion, and support. ❤️‍🩹

https://gofund.me/fd1faea2 🔗

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Hello I'm from Gaza City because of the war,my house was destroyed. We lost everything,my family and I did not have anything left. We left our homes in search of a safe place and we were displaced three times to different places to survive, but unfortunately there's no safe place in Gaza.

We have no food to eat please Help me and my family to survive. Please, your small donation can make a huge difference.

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AYA NOO

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浅野暢晴 「トリックスター百鬼夜校」

Nobuharu Asano "Night Parade of One Hundred Tricksters"

2021

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the way i paint and work is nothing like my peers, but it doesnt make me feel unique, just alienated, its not even that special :-(? am i doing something wrong?

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René Magritte, L'État De Veille (1958) Philipp Igumnov, Cloudhouse (2013)

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Constant Companions Closeup #1: DYAD

(also on spotify!)

Hello everyone!! It's been a couple weeks and change since Constant Companions, my newest album, was released unto the world, and I've been genuinely blown away by the response. Genuinely, thank you to everyone who's been streaming, commenting, making mashups, changing their pfps and usernames - it means the world to me!

I wanted to give some of that love back with something people have been asking me a lot about - and, admittedly, something I love doing. Song explanations! Deep dives! Dropping the lore! Welcome... to the Constant Companions Closeups...

For the next eleven days, I'll be going into each track one by one and babbling about the process, inspiration, details, feelings, and thoughts behind each one! We're getting sappy. We're bearing our hearts. We're telling unfunny jokes. And we're starting with track one - DYAD (featuring unit.0)!

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Naturally, since this is the first track, it also serves as a great point to talk about my intention with this album as a whole!

I'll elaborate more on this with future tracks, but to me, there are really two main things that define the sonic progression of this album versus my previous work - guitars and vocal synths. Obviously, these things have been present in my work since I first started calling myself Jamie Paige, but Constant Companions is intended to be my overwrought, sappy confession of love to these two things that time and time again have made me simply want to make music. I love rock and I love Hatsune Miku dammit!!!

I had originally written this song in February of 2023 for a game-jam-esque online festival hosted by my friend Loni called HAPPY PARTY TRI, and at that time, I had found myself at a major crossroads. I had put out People Posture Play Pretend and :women_wrestling: the previous year, and while the response was nice, I was feeling listless and lost.

I love singing. I like my voice well enough. I certainly love writing music with lyrics!! But... there was something uniquely electrifying about using vocal synths. Amidst a lot of insecurity and emotional turmoil surrounding the process of making art and putting myself out into the world, it was one of the few things that just made everything feel right. Suddenly, I was making the same kind of music that had touched my heart so many times over.

Would it alienate people, though? Would I lose longtime listeners? Yes, that weighed on my mind more than I'd like to admit, but even more than that... I was worried I'd lose some part of myself, as silly as it sounds. Maybe what I thought was a bridge would become a barrier, and the messages I wanted to send across the gap would never find their way.

Ultimately, I felt that Dyad was the only kind of opener I could've possibly given this album, and a perfect fit for the album's motif. A dialogue between myself, stricken with loneliness and a lack of inertia running in circles, and that synthesized voice (ANRI Arcane my darling), grabbing the outstretched hand and asking a question I already know the answer to -

"Baby, do you know what you wanna hear?"

Yes, it's a love song, but it's not just for a person - it's a love song for the creative impulse, and for the places I wanted it to take me.

im resisting the urge to be jokingly dismissive of myself to diffuse tension but i still need to signal that the emotionally bare part of this is over so pretend im doing a funny little dance Anyways let's talk more technical stuff

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Like many of my songs, Dyad came together from a patchwork of different snippets and ideas I had laying around. The back half of the chorus - "dream together, we can dream together" - originally came from this idea I had jotted down something like 9 months prior, but ended up being a perfect fit for Dyad in basically every way. The verse snippet that I'd written to go with it got reused for a later song on Constant Companions as well! (I say without naming it, as if it isn't literally lifted wholesale from this demo and thus incredibly obvious)

I wasn't originally planning on brazenly quoting the bridge of a Tally Hall song when I set out to write this song, but while toying around with a bridge idea involving a shortened version of the pre-chorus melody, I realized I had inadvertently copied it anyways. I was going to scrap it... but at the request of my dear friend and certified Tally Hall lover Marcy Nabors, I made it an explicit reference. Which I'm fine with, personally! The first CD I ever owned was a copy of Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum my sister bought me all the way back in 2006 - You can pry that sentimental attachment from my cold, dead hands, TikTok kiddies.

Lastly - not really behind the scenes so much as just a shoutout - thank you to unit.0 for the lovely lead guitar work on this song!! He's been a beloved collaborator of mine for many, many years now, and one of the people who ultimately convinced me this direction was the right one to go in, so it means a lot to share this song with him. Go listen to his music!!! Now!!!!!!

That's about it for this song! Not to sound like a fucking YouTuber, but genuinely, if there are any details you'd like to hear more about, let me know and I might made a bonus post at the end of all this. Otherwise, thank you for listening! Tomorrow: Not Quite There, featuring telebasher!

❤️💚

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just a couple minutes of watching black ops 6 gameplay made me rember why im so uncomfortable with the cod series

too real!!

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egghead !

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resa

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