#.Jan Steward

[harrisonarchive]

Photo 1 by Mark Sullivan.

“When I got Dark Horse Records, I had a couple of artists come up with logos, and there was one guy who painted one that looked really nice, with a nice color scheme, but it was a Chinese horse. I wanted something kind of different, and I was in India early in 1974 and I just thought I’m bound to find something if I keep my eyes open. One day I was in this placed called Udaipur and I looked across the street in the market, and I thought I could see some little pictures of enamel. And I got across the street and it was tins of paint on this stall. And I looked at all the tins, and they all had different labels on them, and one of them had the horse. It was a white horse but it had seven heads, and I thought, there’s my logo! I bought the tin can, brought it back and gave it to the artist and got him to make it dark and turn it ‘round so it would run the right way around the label. That’s the drag now about CDs: you don’t get to have any nice logos you can see turning.” - George Harrison, Goldmine, November 27, 1992 “[Jan Steward] created the logo for George Harrison’s record label, Dark Horse. It features the seven-headed flying horse Uchchahishravas from Indian art and mythology.” - The Los Angeles Times, August 11, 2020 “‘George always considered himself to be a dark horse — under the radar,’ [Olivia] says. ‘It’s interesting considering he was so out there [in the public]. But he was very internalized. If you looked at him onstage, he didn’t physically jump around and express himself like that. In that dark-horse way, people wouldn’t expect you to be a songwriter or be spiritual or funny, because you’re a dark horse. Nobody really knows what’s going on with you.’ Harrison told [Jim] Keltner he was starting his own record company and even showed him an illustration of the Uchchaihshravas, a seven-headed horse common in Hindu mythology, which would serve as the company’s logo. ‘He was just the king of all horses, the prototype for all horses, the best horse ever,’ says Dhani of the symbol. ‘He turned the tide in the battle and just generally was seen as this powerful vehicle for protection and overcoming.’” - Rolling Stone, March 9, 2020

[wilwheaton]

Up until the moment of its collapse, the cult of Reagan appeared as strong as ever. In the Bush administration, the son of Reagan’s vice president let Dick Cheney, one of Reagan’s earliest supporters in 1980, and other Reagan alumni steer the country. At the same time, then-congressman Mike Pence even co-sponsored a bill to boot Franklin D. Roosevelt off the dime in favor of Reagan. It became tradition for GOP presidential contenders to hoof it to the Reagan presidential library in California for a debate beneath Reagan’s glistening Air Force One jumbo jet. Two decades later, Cheney is persona non grata in the GOP, exiled for the cardinal sin of criticizing Donald Trump. Also gone is Cheney’s daughter Liz, primaried out of Congress in 2022 by furious Trump-aligned voters. Pence had to flee the Senate floor as a mob of MAGA zealots threatened to hang him. None of those Jan. 6 rioters cared that Pence had been a good steward of Reagan Republicanism during his long political career. They only knew that he had betrayed Trump, and that alone merited execution on the Capitol steps.

Wednesday’s Republican primary debate might as well be a funeral

[abybweisse]

Looked this post up for info to add to a new ask reply, and I feel the need to correct something else: Tanaka was indeed the Steward when Vincent was earl and watchdog. The household image from ch151 says so:

Am I the only one who thinks that this is pretty similar to Sebastians last name?

[inexplicifics]

So it's already been asked how Maja's human family would react to her being a) alive and b) a witcher, but how would her family react to her being apprenticed to Jan, the good-hearted Steward of Kaer Morhen? Because I'd imagine her parents would be pretty proud.

Also, do you think she'd regularly send letters to her family with a magic mailbox if/when they got contacted?

I still need to write the fic for this, but I think her family are going to be Confused but Pleased at her elevation in social status.

I'm not sure she'd write letters. Short notes, maybe? Her family's not very literate. But she might send gifts.

[gravehags]

thinking about all the wonderful demonic art from a wide breadth of cultures that exist in the ministry's collections like i know the first time natalie saw an original jan van eyck tucked away in a dusty storage room she wept openly because how lucky is she to be the steward of such a fucking cool collection? i know that girl is writing and submitting academic articles like crazy lmao

[eregyrn-falls]

Yurok tribal members lead a redwood canoe tour on the lower Klamath River on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Klamath, Calif. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)

(I could have sworn I read this in a post on here, but I just cannot find it anywhere. So here it is... maybe again for some folks.)

California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods

By Associated Press Laguna Beach

PUBLISHED 4:54 PM PT Mar. 19, 2024

Source.

California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood National and State Parks visited by 1 million people a year.

The tribe signed a memorandum of understanding Tuesday with California and the National Park Service for 125 acres in Humboldt County to be transferred to the Yurok in 2026 after the restoration of salmon habitat Officials say the tribe will be the first Native people to co-manage returned land with the National Park Service The arrangement with the Redwood National and State Parks and the nonprofit Save the Redwoods League is part of a growing Land Back movement It seeks to return Indigenous homelands to descendants of those who inhabited those areas long before European settlers arrived

The Yurok will be the first Native people to manage tribal land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed Tuesday by the tribe, Redwood National and State Parks and the nonprofit Save the Redwoods League.

The agreement “starts the process of changing the narrative about how, by whom and for whom we steward natural lands,” Sam Hodder, president and CEO of Save the Redwoods League, said in a statement.

The tribe will take ownership in 2026 of 125 acres near the tiny Northern California community of Orick in Humboldt County after restoration of a local tributary, Prairie Creek, is complete under the deal. The site will introduce visitors to Yurok customs, culture and history, the tribe said.

The area is home to the world’s tallest treees — some reaching more than 350 feet. It’s about a mile from the Pacific coast and adjacent to the Redwood National and State Parks, which includes one national park and three California state parks totaling nearly 132,000 acres.

The return of the land — named ’O Rew in the Yurok Language — more than a century after it was stolen from California’s largest tribe is proof of the “sheer will and perseverance of the Yurok people,” said Rosie Clayburn, the tribe’s cultural resources director. “We kind of don’t give up.”

For the tribe, redwoods are considered living beings and traditionally only fallen trees have been used to build their homes and canoes.

More below the cut:

This drone photo taken Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, shows the site of a salmon restoration project at Prairie Creek, which runs from Redwood National and State Parks, Calif., and flows through land that will be returned to the Yurok Tribe. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

“As the original stewards of this land, we look forward to working together with the Redwood National and State Parks to manage it,” Clayburn said. “This is work that we’ve always done, and continued to fight for, but I feel like the rest of world is catching up right now and starting to see that Native people know how to manage this land the best.”

The property is at the heart of the tribe’s ancestral land and was taken in the 1800s to exploit its old-growth redwoods and other natural resources, the tribe said. Save the Redwoods League bought the property in 2013 and began working with the tribe and others to restore it.

Much of the property was paved over by a lumber operation that worked there for 50 years and also buried Prairie Creek, where salmon would swim upstream from the Pacific to spawn.

A growing Land Back movement has been returning Indigenous homelands to the descendants of those who lived there for millennia before European settlers arrived. That has seen Native American tribes taking a greater role in restoring rivers and lands to how they were before they were expropriated.

Last week, a 2.2-acre parking lot was returned to the Ohlone people where they established the first human settlement beside San Francisco Bay 5,700 years ago. In 2022, more than 500 acres of redwood forest on the Lost Coast were returned to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, a group of 10 tribes.

The ’O Rew property represents just a tiny fraction of the more than 500,000 acres of the ancestral land of the Yurok, whose reservation straddles the lower 44 miles of the Klamath River. The Yurok tribe is also helping lead efforts in the largest dam removal project in U.S. history along the California-Oregon border to restore the Klamath and boost the salmon population.

Plans for ‘O Rew include a traditional Yurok village of redwood plank houses and a sweat house. There also will be a new visitor and cultural center displaying scores of sacred artefacts from deerskins to baskets that have been returned to the tribe from university and museum collections, Clayburn said.

The center, which will include information on the redwoods and forest restoration, also will serve as a hub for the tribe to carry out their traditions, she said.

It will add more than a mile of new trails, including a new segment of the California Coastal Trail, with interpretive exhibits. The trails will connect to many of the existing trails inside the parks, including to popular old-growth redwood groves.

This drone photo taken on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, shows a salmon restoration project at Prairie Creek, which runs from Redwood National and State Parks, Calif., and flows through land that will be returned to the Yurok Tribe. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

The tribe had already been restoring salmon habitat for three years on the property, building a meandering stream channel, two connected ponds and about 20 acres of floodplain while dismantling a defunct mill site. Crews also planted more than 50,000 native plants, including grass-like slough sedge, black cottonwood and coast redwood trees.

Salmon were once abundant in rivers and streams running through these redwood forests. But dams, logging, development and drought — due in part to climate change — have destroyed the waterways and threatened many of these species. Last year, recreational and commercial king salmon fishing seasons were closed along much of the West Coast due to near-record low numbers of the iconic fish returning to their spawning grounds.

Thousands of juvenile coho and chinook salmon and steelhead have already returned to Prairie Creek along with red-legged frogs, northwestern salamanders, waterfowl and other species.

Redwoods National Park Superintendent Steve Mietz praised the restoration of the area and its return to the tribe, saying it is “healing the land while healing the relationships among all the people who inhabit this magnificent forest.”

[ausetkmt]

On this day in 1886: Black abolitionist shares Underground Railroad strategy ⋆ Michigan Advance

On Jan. 17, 1886, Black abolitionist William Lambert revealed that he was part of a secret order called, “African American Mysteries: Order of the Men of Oppression.”  He made the declaration in a Detroit Tribune newspaper article.

Lambert and others used codes, passwords and secret handshakes to help slaves gain freedom along the Underground Railroad, the Detroit tailor said. 

“These and other abolitionist efforts, by both groups and individuals, assisted thousands of fugitives on their travels on the Underground Railroad in Michigan,” according to the Detroit Historical Society.  William Lambert | Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

The “railroad” was a multi-state network of men and women, Blacks and whites African American who offered shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from Southern states like Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi.

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, ending slavery in America. 

Born in Trenton, N.J, Lambert was 21 when he arrived in Detroit in 1838. As a leader in the Underground Railroad movement, Lambert assisted in the escapes of Thornton and Rutha Blackburn in 1833. They were slaves from Kentucky.

In 1837, Lambert helped to form the Detroit Anti-Slavery Society. It included prominent Black abolitionists Robert Banks, and Madison Lightfoot as well as prominent whites Edwin Cowles, Robert Steward and Shubael Conant.

In 1840, Lambert addressed the Michigan Legislature and challenged the body to amend the state constitution to allow for African Americans to be given full citizenship. 

Three years later, Lambert also participated in a two-day Negro Suffrage Convention which was held at Second Baptist Church, Michigan’s first Black church congregation located in Detroit. There, 23 delegates discussed and planned a strategy to win voting rights and sustainable employment for African Americans.

A resolution adopted by the assembly read as follows:

“Whereas we find ourselves existing in this state, with no marks of criminality attached to our names as a class — no spots of disloyalty dishonoring our birthright; and whereas, we yet find ourselves the subjects and not the objects of legislation, because we are prevented from giving an assenting or opposing voice in the periodic appointments of those who rule us.”

Lambert died in 1890 at age 71.

[reasoningdaily]

Life Without Black People

A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of white people who were fed up with African Americans, so they joined together and wished themselves away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of a twilight zone where there is an America without black people.

At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief.

'At last', they said, 'no more crime, drugs, violence and welfare.'

All of the blacks have gone! Then suddenly, reality set in. The 'NEW AMERICA' is not America at all - only a barren land.

1. There are very few crops that have flourished because the nation was built on a slave-supported system.

2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander Mils, a black man, invented the elevator, and without it, one finds great difficulty reaching higher floors.

3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a black man, invented the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gambol, also black, invented the Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and Garrett A. Morgan, a black man,

invented the traffic signals.

4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because its procurer was the electric trolley, which was invented by another black man, Albert R. Robinson.

5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit system could operate, they were cluttered with paper because an African American, Charles Brooks, invented the street sweeper..

6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because John Love invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented the fountain pen, and Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine and W. A. Love invented the Advanced Printing Press. They were all, you guessed it, Black.

7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books, they would not have been transported by mail because William Barry invented the Postmarking and Canceling Machine, William Purveys invented the Hand Stamp and Philip Downing invented the Letter Drop.

8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented the Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower.

9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly ventilated and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented the Air Conditioner and Alice Parker the Heating Furnace. Their homes were also dim. But of course, Lewis Lattimer later invented the Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the lantern, and Granville T. Woods invented the Automatic Cut off Switch. Their homes were also filthy because Thomas W. Steward invented the Mop and Lloyd P. Ray the Dust Pan.

10. Their children met them at the door - barefooted, shabby, motley and unkempt. But what could one expect? Jan E. Matzelinger invented the Shoe Lasting Machine, Walter Sammons invented the Comb, Sarah Boone invented the Ironing Board, and George T. Samon invented the Clothes Dryer.

11. Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all of this turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because another Black Man, John Standard invented the refrigerator...

Now, isn't that something? What would this country be like without the contributions of Blacks, as African-Americans?

Martin Luther King, Jr. said, 'by the time we leave for work, millions of Americans have depended on the inventions from the minds of Blacks.'

Black history includes more than just slavery, Frederick Douglas, Martin Luther Kinbg, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marcus Garvey & W.E.B. Dubois.

PLEASE SHARE, ABUNDANTLY

[gtunesmiff]

Creating and analyzing are two different processes and can’t be done at the same time.

~ Jan Steward || Learning By Heart

[lia-the-normal-human]

Database Additions for MAGP 01: First Shift

Released 18 Jan 2024 Episode written by Jonathan Sims Co-written by Alexander J Newall

Episode summary from the The Magnus Database

SPOILERS BELOW CUT

CASES

CAT1RBC5257-12052022-09012024 Reanimation (partial) -/- regret [email] Read by Norris

Parties mentioned: Arthur Consultant Darla Winstead Harriet Winstead

Locations mentioned: Grantham Cemetery

Misc objects mentioned: None

CAT23RAB2155-10042022-09012024 Transformation (eyes) -/- Trespass [chat log] Read by Chester

Parties mentioned: ArcherK BadGrav31 Devan FlowersUnderground Magnus Institute RedCanary

Locations mentioned: Magnus Institute

Misc objects mentioned: Unidentified symbols Wooden box

Other Parties Introduced

Alice Dyer Augustus Chester Colin Becher Gwendolyn Bouchard Lena Kelley Norris Office of Incident Assessment and Response Response Department Samama Khalid Teddy Vaughn

Other Locations Introduced

OIAR Main Office The Steward

Other Misc Objects Introduced

FR3-d1 Response 121

Connections/Item Relationships Found (New)

Employees of the OIAR Episode 1 Case 1 Episode 1 Case 2 FR3-d1 voices Pub that OIAR employees have been to Former OIAR department Sam knows the Magnus Institute Sam and Alice's past relationship

Voiced Characters

Alice Dyer Teddy Vaughn Colin Becher Lena Kelley Gwendolyn Bouchard Samama Khalid Norris Chester

Database

The Magnus Database has been updated for this episode.

[harvestheart]

LIFE WITHOUT BLACK PEOPLE (author unknown)

A very humorous and revealing story is told about a group of white people who were fed up with African Americans, so they joined together and wished themselves away. They passed through a deep dark tunnel and emerged in sort of a twilight zone where there is an America without Black people. At first these white people breathed a sigh of relief. At last, they said, “No more crime, drugs, violence and welfare. All of the Black s have gone!” Then suddenly, reality set in. The “NEW AMERICA” is not America at all — only a barren land. 1. There are very few crops that have flourished because the nation was built on a slave-supported system. 2. There are no cities with tall skyscrapers because Alexander Miles, a Black man, invented the elevator, and without it, one finds great difficulty reaching higher floors. 3. There are few if any cars because Richard Spikes, a Black man, invented the automatic gearshift, Joseph Gambol, also Black, invented the Super Charge System for Internal Combustion Engines, and Garrett A. Morgan, a Black man, invented the traffic signals. 4. Furthermore, one could not use the rapid transit system because its procurer was the electric trolley, which was invented by another Black man, Albert R. Robinson. 5. Even if there were streets on which cars and a rapid transit system could operate, they were cluttered with paper because an African American, Charles Brooks, invented the street sweeper. 6. There were few if any newspapers, magazines and books because John Love invented the pencil sharpener, William Purveys invented the fountain pen, and Lee Barrage invented the Type Writing Machine and W. A. Love invented the Advanced Printing Press. They were all, you guessed it, Black. 7. Even if Americans could write their letters, articles and books, they would not have been transported by mail because William Barry invented the Postmarking and Canceling Machine, William Purveys invented the Hand Stamp and Philip Downing invented the Letter Drop. 8. The lawns were brown and wilted because Joseph Smith invented the Lawn Sprinkler and John Burr the Lawn Mower. 9. When they entered their homes, they found them to be poorly ventilated and poorly heated. You see, Frederick Jones invented the Air Conditioner and Alice Parker the Heating Furnace. Their homes were also dim. But of course, Lewis Later invented the Electric Lamp, Michael Harvey invented the lantern and Granville T. Woods invented the Automatic Cut off Switch. Their homes were also filthy because Thomas W. Steward invented the Mop and Lloyd P. Ray the Dust Pan. 10. Their children met them at the door -- barefooted, shabby, motley and unkempt. But what could one expect? Jan E. Matzelinger invented the Shoe Lasting Machine, Walter Sammons invented the Comb, Sarah Boone invented the Ironing Board and George T. Samon invented the Clothes Dryer. 11. Finally, they were resigned to at least have dinner amidst all of this turmoil. But here again, the food had spoiled because another Black Man, John Standard invented the refrigerator. Now, isn’t that something? What would this country be like without the contributions of Blacks, as African Americans? Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “by the time we leave for work, Americans have depended on the inventions from the minds of Blacks.” Black history includes more than just slavery, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Dubois.

[lovelyteng]

My Crossover Cast as No Straight Roads (2023 Remake)

Main Characters Bonnie (Brawl Stars) as Mayday Gus (Brawl Stars) as Zuke NSR (No Straight Roads) Artists Steward (Luigi’s Mansion 3) as Tatiana Qwartz/Kul Fyra Bertrum Piedmont (Bendy Series) as DJ Subatomic Supernova Balan (Balan Wonderworld) as Sayu Dr. Kahl (Cuphead) as Yinu Wally Darling (Welcome Home) as Rin/White 1010 Sally Starlet (Welcome Home) as Zimelu/Red 1010 Frank Frankly (Welcome Home) as Purl-Hew/Blue 1010 Julie Joyful (Welcome Home) as Haym/Yellow 1010 Eddie Dear (Welcome Home) as Eloni/Green 1010 Howdy Pillar (Welcome Home) as Neon J. Cactus Girl (Cuphead) as Eve Other Main Characters Leon (Brawl Stars) as DK West Cal Suresh (Balan Wonderworld) as Remi Jose Gallard (Balan Wonderworld) as Tila Sana Hudson (Balan Wonderworld) as Dodo Lucy Wong (Balan Wonderworld) as Sofa Dr. Kahl’s Robot (Cuphead) as Yinu’s Mother

Other Characters/NPC Home (Welcome Home) as Kliff Mortis (Brawl Stars) as Mystery Man Buster (Brawl Stars) as GiGi R-T (Brawl Stars) as DJ Zam Rumor Honeybottoms (Cuphead) as Barbara Ginny (Luigi’s Mansion 3) as Mia Barely (Brawl Stars) as Aunty Ash (Brawl Stars) as Zed Kuffs (Mixels) as Azma Colt (Brawl Stars) as Dash Mesmo (Mixels) as Joey Goob (Luigi’s Mansion 3) as Robot Dynamike (Brawl Stars) as Retdex Gale (Brawl Stars) as Timmy Sharx (Mixels) as Captain Torpedo Poppy Partridge and Barnaby Beagle (Welcome Home) as Daphne and Jan Buzz (Brawl Stars) as Amal the Unicorn Colette (Brawl Stars) as Kayane Edgar (Brawl Stars) as Yiruk Emz (Brawl Stars) as Celine Chambrea (Luigi’s Mansion 3) as Newscaster Morty (Luigi’s Mansion 3) as Reporter Piper (Brawl Stars) as Chef Sunshine

[tyrannosaurusman101]

I made this myself,

I wanted to make a reference to the Wall-E Title cover

But I didn’t know how I would add the trash everywhere and Amphibia itself so I just decided to add in Trash cube towers instead

now I did Marc-E’s design a bit different to Wall-E to make her feel more distinct and unique in her colorless, lifeless environment that is

post apocalyptic Amphibia and I do apologize if they looked like they been traced over is because yeah they’re traced

but in my defense I am terrible at drawing humans & other creatures that are not Dinosaurs

in the background I added the violet color on the top, it represents outer space while the blue represents the sky

I added in Marc-E’s love interest Ann-E she is the EVE of this AU and like eve she has a directive of finding plant life to prove Amphibia

is once again a habitable world

(Here’s the cast if you want to know)

Marcy Wu: Marc-E (Obviously [Wall-E] )

Anne Boonchuy: Ann-E (Obviously [EVE] )

Grubby The Grubhog: Hal

Sasha Waybright: Sash-A (M.O)

Maggie: Magg-I (GO-4)

Darcy Wu: Darc-E (Auto)

Oum Boonchuy: Ou-M (PR-T)

Bee Boonchuy: B-EE (VAQ-M)

Twig: TWI-G (BRL-A)

Molly: Moll-E (VN-GO)

Mr X: MR-X (Steward)

Anna: Ann-A (Wall-A)

Terri: Terr-E (Han-S)

Dr Jan: Ja-N (D-Fib)

Mr Wu: W-U #1 (Buf-4)

Mrs Wu: W-U #2 (Sr-V)

Emily: Emil-E (Nan-E)

Desi: Des-E (L-T)

Rico: Ric-O (Fix-It)

Mr Waybright: Way-Bright #1 (Grab-e)

Mrs Waybright: Way-Bright #2 (Typ-E)

Becka Salt: Beck-A (Pow-R)

Mitch Harbor: Mitc-H (Bird-E)

Cheyenne: Cheyenn-E (Saut-A)

Vince: Vin-C (Spr-A)

Jamie Krieger: Jami-E (Vend-R)

Ally: All-Y (Fil-R)

Molly Jo: Moll-E (Thrist-E)

Haddie: Hadd-E (Burn-E)

Sprig Plantar: (John)

Ivy: Sundew (Marry)

Andrias: (Captain McCrea)

Frogs, Newts, Axolotls, Olms, & Toads: Various people

[polizwrites]

WIP Update - 7 Feb 2023

Finally back on track after vacation with a very productive week!  I touched 8 fics ( 2 WIPs & 6 new works) for a total of  3567 words!  I also have over FOUR HUNDRED works posted on Ao3 as of this past Friday! 🎉 🎊🎉

On Ao3, I posted: Save Us All From the State We’re In  -  Bucky & Sam bonding through adversity. Come Again Some Other Day  - introspective Bucky thinking about getting caught out in the rain.   A Visitor to the Library -   Tony and Stephen established relationship fluff.

On Tumblr I posted: Make My Heart Come All Undone (Continuation) -  No Powers AU  surfer!Tony (with a secret) and amputee!Bucky.  A Secret Garden -  Bucky discovers a life-threatening secret Tony is trying to hide (spoiler: it’s hanahaki) Flying the Flag of Freedom -  No Powers/Pirate/Historic AU: Steve and Bucky are pirates who target slave ships. Recollection of Anticipation -  Steve & Bucky introspection mid-CA:TFA.

I have  12 active WIPs  with my current  deadline being the  Stuckony  Valentine Cards  event (due 10 Feb), along with the February Ficlet Challenge, Bucky Barnes Flash Bingo 2023  and the  Tony Stark Bingo (all ending 28 Feb)

See below cut for what I’m working on/planning to work on - arranged more or less by bingos/challenges/etc.  As always, feel free to send me prompts or plot bunnies as well as asks regarding any of these projects  or any other WIPs I’ve got out there.   Interaction really helps feed the Muse and keep me motivated!

Steve Rogers Bingo - Round 2  (SRB_R2) - Ends 31 Jan

Twenty-one fills posted over 18 fanworks with 6 bingos (Rows 1, 3 & 5 and Columns A & B and 1 diagonal) Masterpost

Stuckony Valentine Cards Event  [Ends 10 Feb]

This Ao3 Event solicited prompts for Stony, Stucky, WinterIron, and/or Stuckony works - it’s now in the creation phase, so if you’re looking to write something short and sweet (or smutty!) and are 18+ plus, feel free to check out the list of prompts!  I skimmed thru them before vacation, but now need to take another look & hopefully find something that I vibe with and can write by noon Friday!

Bucky Barnes Flash Bingo 2023  [BBB_F23] (Ends 28 Feb)

The Bucky Barnes Bingo team (@buckybarnesbingo​) is running a flash bingo this month - pick one of 5 premade cards (each with prompts starting from the same letter of his name)  and create some new content to share! 

I picked the U card  and here’s what I have so far:

* Unlucky -  Come Again Some Other Day  - posted last Friday. It’s an introspective piece with Bucky reflecting on how much he hates being rained on.

* Undone  - Filling this with a continuation of  Make My Heart Come All Undone  - No Powers AU featuring surfer!Tony (with a secret) and  amputee!Bucky.  I got a good start on this thanks to the  FFF23 Day 1 prompt: Wave.  Chapter 2  (Tony POV) is sitting at 584 words at the moment.

* Underdog - hoping to combine this  with my All Caps Bingo   Isaiah Bradley square - Bucky’s recollection of their fight. 

 Tony Stark Bingo - Round 6  (TSB_R6)  [Ends 28 Feb]

Twenty fills with only one bingo so far and four WIPs at the moment -    with  Vague Ideas for almost every other square.   I am gunning for a blackout, tho will probably have to pull my Adopted squares in to make that happen. 

S5 - James “Rhodey” Rhodes -- probably crossing over with my AvB  Vulnerability square - I have a vague plot idea & title:   Tensegrity that I think I can pull together in time.

* T3 - Pepper Potts/Rescue -  some sort of remix of/inspired by sabrecmc’s  Indecent Proposal  from Pepper’s POV.  At this point, I think I need to re-read the fic & take notes …   may need to scrap this idea & try something else. 

* T4 - KINK: Concubine - was going to combine this with  SRB  E4 - Mental Bondage but still may write up the idea I had - potential titled  My Voice the Chain that Binds You.

* A1 - AU: Regency -   finally cracked this with an outsider POV (Phil Coulson) of the events of To Tame a Werewolf.  The Steward of Brookside Manor is up to 185 words so far.  

*A5 - Scott Lang  - 27dragons shared an interesting plot bunny during the Sept TSB Discord party that I may end up using; that or a follow up to A Piece of the Action

* K2 - Secret Admirer -  carried this over from last round so I could try my hand a remix of Seeds of Love  (WinterIron hanahaki fic by the super-talented @hddnone).  Got inspired by last week’s Flash Fiction Friday  [#FFF188 Where Secrets Lie] and wrote up A Secret Garden  as the hopeful beginning of a longer piece.  It’s sitting at 289 words at the moment and will crossover with my AvB Unrequited Love square.

* K5 - Protectiveness – using this for the third (and probable final) chapter of my  Stony Western AU WIP   Come Down From Your Fences  (And Open the Gate)   The first draft is coming in at 907 words and I’m targeting posting on Friday.  

February Ficlet Challenge [FFC23]  (Ends 28 Feb 2023)

I’m participating in the @februaryficletchallenge,  where two prompts get posted each day.  You’re supposed to write a 200+ word ficlet within 24 hours and share it to the collection -  I’m ending up using these as prompts for longer works to fill bingo squares, but am posting each ficlet to Tumblr as I complete it.    Here’s what I have done so far:

Day 1: Wave -   see BBB_F23  Undone above.

Day 2: Caught in the Rain - see BBB_F23 Unlucky above.

Day 3: “What’s up, Doc?” -  I combined this with my AvB Kissed to Keep Quiet square for  A Visitor to the Library -- a bit of Tony/Stephen  (IronStrange) fluff.   It will get posted to Ao3 eventually.

Day 6: Pirate AU:  Combining this with my All Caps Bingo AU: Fugitive square.  Posted Flying the Flag of Freedom to Tumblr  and plan to expand on it for the bingo.  Steve and Bucky are pirates who target slave ships in order to free their cargo; but what happens when they come upon a ship of slaves who have freed themselves?

Day 7: Carnival/Amusement Park:  Combined this with my All Caps Bingo “This is payback, isn’t it?“  square for  Recollection of Anticipation  - where Bucky’s comment about the Coney Island Cyclone sparks memories for Steve. 

Stucky Bingo Round Four [SB_R4] (Ends 31 May 2023)

Eleven fills and one WIPs with a couple of other vague ideas.

* B1 - Mutual Pining -  no specific idea, but it’s so On Brand for me I’m sure I’ll come up with something!  (maybe  the Centerfold fic idea I’ve been toying with)

* O4 - AU: Supernatural - got inspired by a dream to start a Stucky fantasy AU (magician!Steve/ensorcelled!Bucky) that @bill-longbow  is collaborating on with me. We’re currently sitting at 1640 words  (984-ish of which are mine).   Will probably continue on this sometime in February.   Current Last Line:  "My men will accompany you back to Brookline in the morning.”

I also adopted the Writing Format: Remix one of your fics  square  – am thinking of taking one of my Stony or WinterIron  No Powers fics and adapting it to a Stucky pairing – if you have any requests - hit me up!  

WinterIron - No Powers AU  –  Stony No Powers AU

Avengers Bingo Round Four [AvB_R4] (Ends 2 June)

This time around the card is a 3x3,  so am looking at writing different pairings for my two favorite Avengers - Tony and Steve.    I have 1 fill completed and one WIP, with a couple more ideas in play.

* A1 - Vulnerability - see TSB James “Rhodey Rhodes square above

* A3 - Kissed to Keep Quiet - see  FFF23  “ What’s up, Doc?” prompt above.

* B1 - Unrequited Love -  see TSB Secret Admirer square above.

* C3 - Dog Tags - seems like a good  Steve/Bucky  (or Steve/Sam?) square.

All Caps Bingo [ACB_R1]  (Ends 30 Sep 2023)

This new bingo focuses on Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson as its main characters - paired up with each other or anyone else!    I’ve got 1 completed fic and two different ideas for the One Fill, One Bingo Challenge - see this Tumblr post for details. 

* B2 - AU: Fugitive - see FFC23 Pirate AU above

* N1 - Rogers: The Musical -  with the encouragement of the ACBB Discord folks, I returned to the well and wrote up  Save Us All From the State We’re In   418 words of  Bucky & Sam bonding through adversity.

* O1 - “This is payback, isn’t it?” -   see FFC23 - Day 7: Carnival/Amusement Park above.

* O3 - Pararescue Sam Wilson  - may try to squish this into an expansion of  A Rising Star -  a previous Flash Fiction Friday fill. 

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On other creative fronts:  I have a Captain America  Stuffed With Character figure in progress -  still working on the figures/props for my three Marvel Trumps Hate  auction winners as well (7 of 8 done so far) – thanks so much for your generous support!!  Finally, I am prepping for a superhero con in March  and another con in June  so am pretty well booked up through spring/early summer.

That said, if you’re looking for one of a kind gifts for birthdays or other celebrations later in the year, check  out Stuffed With Character   over on Facebook for a full list of my designs (now over 100!).   They’re  mostly Marvel and monsters, but I have some Star Wars, Star Trek, DC   and Disney figures as well. Plus I love to take custom design  requests  for any fandom!

[rank-sentimentalist]

D&D maker backs off new licensing rules that led to fan revolt

‘It’s clear from the reaction that we rolled a 1,’ Wizards of the Coast says

By Charlie Hall@Charlie_L_Hall  Jan 13, 2023, 12:05pm EST  

After more than a week of controversy, Dungeons & Dragons maker Wizards of the Coast says it’s backing off plans to alter its Open Gaming License in a way that incensed fans and led to some calling for a boycott.

On Friday, Wizards issued a statement responding to a leaked draft of the Open Gaming License, also known as the OGL. The Hasbro-owned company now says that it will not require creators to pay a royalty, and that content previously created for the 5th edition of the tabletop role-playing game will “remain unaffected.”

Wizards’ statement reads like a full retreat:

When we initially conceived of revising the OGL, it was with three major goals in mind. First, we wanted the ability to prevent the use of D&D content from being included in hateful and discriminatory products. Second, we wanted to address those attempting to use D&D in web3, blockchain games, and NFTs by making clear that OGL content is limited to tabletop roleplaying content like campaigns, modules, and supplements. And third, we wanted to ensure that the OGL is for the content creator, the homebrewer, the aspiring designer, our players, and the community — not major corporations to use for their own commercial and promotional purpose.

Driving these goals were two simple principles: (1) Our job is to be good stewards of the game, and (2) the OGL exists for the benefit of the fans. Nothing about those principles has wavered for a second.

That was why our early drafts of the new OGL included the provisions they did. That draft language was provided to content creators and publishers so their feedback could be considered before anything was finalized. In addition to language allowing us to address discriminatory and hateful conduct and clarifying what types of products the OGL covers, our drafts included royalty language designed to apply to large corporations attempting to use OGL content. It was never our intent to impact the vast majority of the community.

However, it’s clear from the reaction that we rolled a 1. It has become clear that it is no longer possible to fully achieve all three goals while still staying true to our principles.

Wizards says that the new OGL “covers only content for TTRPGs. That means that other expressions, such as educational and charitable campaigns, livestreams, cosplay, [and virtual tabletop platforms] will remain unaffected by any OGL update.” Furthermore, any content already created based on the existing OGL “will also remain unaffected.”

That statement is clearly intended to put at ease the many individual creators who now publish casual actual plays of their groups playing D&D, as well as companies who have invested time and resources into building online tabletop platforms like Roll20 that rose to prominence during the pandemic.

Wizards is also doing away with its proposed royalty structure:

What [the new OGL] will not contain is any royalty structure. It also will not include the license back provision that some people were afraid was a means for us to steal work. That thought never crossed our minds. Under any new OGL, you will own the content you create. We won’t. Any language we put down will be crystal clear and unequivocal on that point. The license back language was intended to protect us and our partners from creators who incorrectly allege that we steal their work simply because of coincidental similarities. As we continue to invest in the game that we love and move forward with partnerships in film, television, and digital games, that risk is simply too great to ignore. The new OGL will contain provisions to address that risk, but we will do it without a license back and without suggesting we have rights to the content you create. Your ideas and imagination are what makes this game special, and that belongs to you.

The tumult kicked off on Dec. 20 when, according to sources verified by Polygon, a new version of the Open Gaming License (OGL) was shared by D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast with some of its close publishing partners. The OGL was developed and refined in the lead up to D&D’s 3rd edition, and has been in place for some 20 years. It is part of the legal framework by which creators have been able to build their own tabletop RPGs alongside Hasbro’s own brand. It has given rise to games like Pathfinder, as well as successful companies Paizo, Kobold Press, and many more.

But according to io9, which reported to have seen this draft in full, the document included multiple trap doors that could have easily ensnared these same companies. Among them was a clause that revoked the existing OGL, thereby pulling the rug out from under dozens of publishers and independent creators. Another clause required OGL-related earnings to be reported directly to Wizards. Finally, for those making more than $750,000 from OGL-related materials, Wizards would demand a 25% royalty payment beginning in 2024.

On Dec. 21, the D&D team published a blog post hoping to tamp down on concerns. In that post, Wizards said its royalty scheme would impact “fewer than 20 creators worldwide.” But following the leak of the draft, fan outrage spiked. Many organized under the #OpenDnD hashtag, while others called for fans to cancel membership in D&D Beyond, the online version of D&D. That effort temporarily overwhelmed portions of the D&D Beyond website. Meanwhile, several online petitions also started gathering signatures — including one from former Wizards vice president and OGL architect Ryan Dancey.

Despite Wizards’ apparent course change, response on Twitter to the publisher’s statement seems just as strongly negative as the blowback to its proposed changes to the OGL.

Many take issue with Wizard’s seemingly petty post-script, which reads as follows:

A couple of last thoughts. First, we won’t be able to release the new OGL today, because we need to make sure we get it right, but it is coming. Second, you’re going to hear people say that they won, and we lost because making your voices heard forced us to change our plans. Those people will only be half right. They won — and so did we.

Our plan was always to solicit the input of our community before any update to the OGL; the drafts you’ve seen were attempting to do just that. We want to always delight fans and create experiences together that everyone loves. We realize we did not do that this time and we are sorry for that. Our goal was to get exactly the type of feedback on which provisions worked and which did not — which we ultimately got from you. Any change this major could only have been done well if we were willing to take that feedback, no matter how it was provided — so we are. Thank you for caring enough to let us know what works and what doesn’t, what you need and what scares you. Without knowing that, we can’t do our part to make the new OGL match our principles. Finally, we’d appreciate the chance to make this right. We love D&D’s devoted players and the creators who take them on so many incredible adventures. We won’t let you down.

Many unanswered questions still remain — chief among them how a near-final draft of the revised OGL got things so very, very wrong. The overall vibe on social media, however, can be summed up by Paizo’s director of marketing, Aaron Shanks: “Hey Siri, what does gaslighting mean?”

Plans to move Pathfinder, as well as other games and game systems, wholly off the OGL and onto a new, independent agreement were announced by Paizo Thursday night.

[thepolyamorouspolymath]

ADD IT TO THE LIST OF THINGS JOE BIDEN HAS GOTTEN RIGHT!

Including but not limited to:

-steady jobs growth

-free vaccines

-student debt reduction (if less than we or he wanted)

-closing federal for profit prisons, and releasing or relocating prisons in under 2 years

- INFRASTRUCTURE for the first time since 1980

-Inflation reduction giving us the lowest Inflation in the Western World.

-partnering the Dept of Land Management with Native nations to be better stewards of public lands

-continuing to hold together aid for Ukraine to keep fighting and staying alive

-convincing China to open its strategic oil reserves to help Europe continue to support Ukraine, despite being tentative allies with Russia

-refusing new drilling permits for federal land bc despite the need for oil there were already 19k unused permits so he wasn't writing a blank ticket

-not once trying to interfere with his son's case in court or in Congress

-not once trying to interfere in the Jan 6 cases

-not once trying to interfere in Trump's cases... the DoJ is meant to be independent and he respects that and the rule of law even as he hates Trump and loves his son

- stimulus checks within the first 100 days to deliver a campaign promise abd bc it was needed.

-proactive partial payment of the child tax credit so parents got it as child care bills came instead of the end of the year (not sure why that program didn't become permanent)

Now, you can list things he's gotten wrong -- every President gets something wrong -- but anyone who says he hasn't done anything is simply wrong. He just hasn't played it to the press while doing it, bc a) he was busy actually governing and b) not making a thing about it meant the GOP didn't have to oppose it, and could quietly vote in support without voter pressure such as the 18 GOP senators who voted for infrastructure.

Otoh, ONE significant piece of legislation was passed while Trump was in office -- a fucking awful tax plan that wasn't even his, it was the congressional GOP tax plan. His policies were done by fiat -- executive order and rule changes bc even his own guys would support him with their words but not votes in Congress, and most of those fiat policies were struck down in court, most often by Republican judges.

 Our Nation has made tremendous progress in advancing the cause of equality for LGBTQI+ Americans, including in the military.  Despite their courage and great sacrifice, thousands of LGBTQI+ service members were forced out of the military because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.  Many of these patriotic Americans were subject to a court-martial.  While my Administration has taken meaningful action to remedy these problems, the impact of that historical injustice remains.  As Commander in Chief, I am committed to maintaining the finest fighting force in the world.  That means making sure that every member of our military feels safe and respected.

     Accordingly, acting pursuant to the grant of authority in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution of the United States, I, Joseph R. Biden Jr., do hereby grant a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to persons convicted of unaggravated offenses based on consensual, private conduct with persons age 18 and older under former Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), as previously codified at 10 U.S.C. 925, as well as attempts, conspiracies, and solicitations to commit such acts under Articles 80, 81, and 82, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. 880, 881, 882.  This proclamation applies to convictions during the period from Article 125’s effective date of May 31, 1951, through the December 26, 2013, enactment of section 1707 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66).

     The purpose of this proclamation is to pardon only offenses based on consensual, private conduct between individuals 18 and older that do not involve any aggravating factor, including:  

     (1)  conduct that would violate 10 U.S.C. 893a, prohibiting activities with military recruits or trainees by a person in a position of special trust;      (2)  conduct that was committed with an individual who was coerced or, because of status, might not have felt able to refuse consent;      (3)  conduct on the part of the applicant constituting fraternization under Article 134 of the UCMJ;      (4)  conduct committed with the spouse of another military member; or      (5)  any factors other than those listed above that were identified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in United States v. Marcum as being outside the scope of Lawrence v. Texas as applied in the military context, 60 M.J. 198, 207–08 (2004).

     The Military Departments (Army, Navy, or Air Force), or in the case of the Coast Guard, the Department of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, shall provide information about and publicize application procedures for certificates of pardon.  An applicant for a certificate of pardon under this proclamation is to submit an application to the Military Department (Army, Navy, or Air Force) that conducted the court-martial or, in the case of a Coast Guard court-martial, to the Department of Homeland Security.  If the relevant Department determines that the applicant satisfies the criteria under this proclamation, following a review of relevant military justice records, the Department shall submit that determination to the Attorney General, acting through the Pardon Attorney, who shall then issue a certificate of pardon along with information on the process to apply for an upgrade of military discharge.  My Administration strongly encourages veterans who receive a certificate of pardon to apply for an upgrade of military discharge.  

     Although the pardon under this proclamation applies only to the convictions described above, there are other LGBTQI+ individuals who served our Nation and were convicted of other crimes because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.  It is the policy of my Administration to expeditiously consider and to make final pardon determinations with respect to such individuals.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.                              JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.