#13 March 2022

[brian-in-finance]

Video 📹 from Instagram

Remember… growing up in Ireland, our town did not have a movie theatre so we had to travel. — Caitríona Balfe

“that film” was Belfast.

[blackbloodteeth]

Past Rambles #1

Okay so: Deaf Soul, already a fun idea. But I'm thinkin' just a regular world and he's pretty introverted since most people don't automatically know ASL.

So he didn't become a musician 'cause he was born with no hearing, and instead he just draws and reads. He actually hangs out at the library a lot and that's how he meets Maka, who at first didn't realize he couldn't hear her and thought he was just rude, but starts writing in her notebook to talk to him.

They kinda get along 'cause they both read and start hanging out. Maka actually tries to learn sign to talk to him easier, and he shares music with her that he likes to feel to. Soul actually invites her to sneak into his room at a later point because I think her stealthing when Wes shows up to check on him is funny, while Maka invites him over whenever her dad isn't home and they watch movies with subtitles on.

I think it would be really cute that Soul starts writing for her (which he does secretly at first 'cause he's unconfident, of course), like maybe she finds it and he bluffs saying he didn't write it himself but has to not blush to hell and back after she gives a positive review for it haha

Maybe that even goes on for a bit before she admits she figured out he wrote it haha

Aaaaand...

Maybe... they even hold hands.

And it loops back to the music thing 'cause he likes being able to feel her heartbeat in her wrist.

Still only asexual Souls here.

The kinda stuff Soul writes is probably like poetry; Writing that kind of hits like how lyrics do.

....Slam poetry maybe, I dunno I just have one brain cell.

(Also for anyone curious I think this variant would like reading more fantasy-based stuff, but like dark y'know haha)

[agarchive]

ariana grande ੈ✩‧₊˚ march 13 2022

[sammusbird]

happy 2 years to the best ever instagram comment

[wiiildflowerrr]

@5SOS: 💙 @shmandeluca

13 March 2022

[anniehathaways]

annehathaway: Thank you Austin! (Especially you @ nixtataqueria 💕) @ jaredleto @ appletvplus @ sxsw

#wecrashed

[littlemixdaily]

March 13, 2022

[roanofarc]

chappell roan & gerard way stage outfit parallels

chappell looks:

vmas, sept 11 2024 / hinterland, august 4 2024 / bonnaroo, june 16 2024 / hangout fest, may 18 2024 / coachella, april 12 2024

gerard looks:

corona capital mexico, nov 18 2022 / london, nov 2005 / detroit, sept 13 2022 / los angeles, oct 11 2022 (but first worn in nashville, aug 23 2022) / sydney, march 19-20 2023

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[reasonsforhope]

"In one of Africa’s last great wildernesses, a remarkable thing has happened—the scimitar-horned oryx, once declared extinct in the wild, is now classified only as endangered.

It’s the first time the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation organization, has ever moved a species on its Red List from ‘Extinct in the Wild’ to ‘Endangered.’

The recovery was down to the conservation work of zoos around the world, but also from game breeders in the Texas hill country, who kept the oryx alive while the governments of Abu Dhabi and Chad worked together on a reintroduction program.

Chad... ranks second-lowest on the UN Development Index. Nevertheless, it is within this North African country that can be found the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve, a piece of protected desert and savannah the size of Scotland—around 30,000 square miles, or 10 times the size of Yellowstone.

At a workshop in Chad’s capital of N’Djamena, in 2012, Environment Abu Dhabi, the government of Chad, the Sahara Conservation Fund, and the Zoological Society of London, all secured the support of local landowners and nomadic herders for the reintroduction of the scimitar-horned oryx to the reserve.

Environment Abu Dhabi started the project, assembling captive animals from zoos and private collections the world over to ensure genetic diversity. In March 2016, the first 21 animals from this ��world herd” were released over time into a fenced-off part of the reserve where they could acclimatize. Ranging over 30 miles, one female gave birth—the first oryx born into its once-native habitat in over three decades.

In late January 2017, 14 more animals were flown to the reserve in Chad from Abu Dhabi.

In 2022, the rewilded species was officially assessed by the IUCN’s Red List, and determined them to be just ‘Endangered,’ and not ‘Critically Endangered,’ with a population of between 140 and 160 individuals that was increasing, not decreasing.

It’s a tremendous achievement of international scientific and governmental collaboration and a sign that zoological efforts to breed endangered and even extinct animals in captivity can truly work if suitable habitat remains for them to return to."

-via Good News Network, December 13, 2023

[rabbitcruiser]

National Jewel Day

It’s a well-known truth that jewels and diamonds are a girl’s best friend. One truly can’t go wrong gifting jewels for a special occasion such as a birthday or anniversary. Ornaments are also an excellent way to dress up an outfit and help boost one’s self-confidence.

Jewels are sparkly and attractive and fun to wear all year-round. Anyone would be lucky to receive a brand new jewel to show off to friends and family. It’s all about celebrating the makers, the jewelers, and the actual pieces that have and will continue to delight customers regularly. The day encourages people not only to wear and enjoy their jewels but to take a moment to appreciate the artisans who work hard and diligently to create these beautiful gems.

Learn about National Jewel Day

National Jewel Day is the perfect opportunity to pull out old pieces or to purchase new ones to give to someone else. It’s not just about the beauty of the jewels but also the creative makers who produce these striking items. The purpose of the day is to come together to commemorate these unique pieces that are shiny, blingy, and sparkly and can help enhance one’s outfit and style any day of the week.

One of the hardest substances known to man is a diamond. The word diamond comes from the Greek word invincible, which is very fitting. National Jewel Day is an excellent way to highlight makers and designers who work hard to please their customers. It’s essential to admire their talent and ability to come up with custom solutions and options for each person who shops with them.

Most jewelers offer a wide variety of gemstones and can please even the pickiest of customers. These artisans are talented and crafty and deserve some recognition when it comes to all their creativity and abilities. Not only do artisans make jewelry and work with clients to design pieces made for them, but they also know how to repair and clean jewels so that they look brand new again.

History of National Jewel Day

The word jewel originates from the Medieval Latin word jocale, which means plaything or pastime. One can define a jewel as a gemstone, or precious or semi-precious and natural or man-made. Also, for ornaments made from these gemstones. People have been wearing jewels for centuries, and many view them as a way to reflect one’s status in society. Ornaments of all shapes and sizes have been, and today people wear them for both functional and decorative purposes. While the origins of National Jewel Day are unknown, many people acknowledge and celebrate this special day annually. One historical fact that should be touched on is that one can purchase birthstones by month and personalize a gift based on this idea. See the information below for more details.

Birthstones by Month

January – Garnet

February – Amethyst

March – Aquamarine

April – Diamond

May – Emerald

June – Pearl

July – Ruby

August – Peridot

September – Sapphire

October – Opal

November – Yellow Topaz, Citrine

December – Tanzanite, Zircon, Blue Topaz

How to Celebrate National Jewel Day

There are many ways for how a person can celebrate and participate in National Jewel Day. It’s a chance for anyone who’s been eyeing up a piece of jewelry to indulge and treat oneself to a special gift.

On the other hand, a shopper may want to purchase a jewel or gemstone for someone they care about deeply. A person may want to save up his or her money over the year so that when this day rolls around, he or she can make a purchase and call the pieces their own or gift it to someone special. It’s also fun to exchange handmade jewelry with friends and family members or use the day as a chance to polish and take care of one’s personal jewels. Get together and observe each other’s jewels and share about why each piece is important to the person and reasons why that’s the case. Pull out all the favorites and wear them on National Jewel Day.

One should take advantage of the day as a way to celebrate and take pride in the jewels that a person has collected over the years. Someone looking to celebrate National Jewel Day should plan ahead and schedule a dinner or outing with family or friends to show off some of the most precious jewels one can find in their home that they own. Those celebrating the day may want to take pictures and post these images with a hashtag on social media to help spread the word.

Another way to celebrate jewel day is to take the time to learn more about jewels from a range of historical time periods and about what different cultures are wearing and making. Sign up for a jewelry-making class to get a better feel of what it’s like to be a creator and inventor of jewels. It’s a chance to expand one’s knowledge and education around the topic and better understand the importance and significance of jewels. It’ll help to make one appreciate these items even more and may give a person ideas about what jewelry they may want to own next.

Many people look forward to celebrating National Jewel Day, and it’s no wonder why given how much fun and how enjoyable it is to appreciate and shop for diamonds and gemstones. Anyone will take pleasure in the act of going through one’s jewels and remembering who they’re from and reasons why they’re so special and meaningful.

No one should let this day pass by without acknowledging the beauties one has in their jewelry drawer or case or going out and buying a new jewel to gift to someone they care about in their life. Presenting someone with new jewels is an excellent way to make their day and bring a smile to their face. It’s never too early to begin scoping out what’s popular and selling in the stores and online and going through one’s inventory at home to figure out what to buy when National Jewel Day arrives.¨

Source

[mermaidinthecity]

iamjojo: pre- show rituals 💙🎨 📸 : @ dougkrantzii

[yahooanswersblog]

Spam Ask: When you’re by yourself, what do you usually think about?

Me: Random bits from songs is one thing.

[suppermariobroth]

Top: as I previously pointed out in a 2022 post on the Supper Mario Broth twitter.com account, there are extremely few characters with their birthdays explicitly given in official Mario media. One of them is 5-Volt, whose birthday (March 13) was stated once, in a blog post on the 2003 official Japanese website for WarioWare: Mega Microgames. Note that this was before 5-Volt even appeared as a character; the birthday was simply attributed to the then unnamed and unseen "9-Volt's mother" at that point.

Bottom: surprisingly, 20 years later, this obscure snippet of lore was brought back in official capacity on Nintendo's new WarioWare, Inc. portal website, where she mentions that her birthday is March 13. This may be one of the most in-depth pieces of trivia that Nintendo referenced in official material decades after they were first published.

Main Blog | Twitter | Patreon | Source: twitter.com user "BabyDanielBD"

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

On 7/31/2019 Trump has a private meeting with Putin. On 8/3/2019, just 3 days after his private meeting with Putin, Trump issues a request for a list of top US spies. By 2021 the CIA reports an unusually high number of their agents are being captured and/or being murdered. During the search executed at Mar A Lago the FBI find more documents with lists of U.S. informants on them.

A Timeline

• FBI wiretapped Russian gambling ring headquartered at Trump Tower for two years - March 21, 2017

• Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador - May 15, 2017

• Trump, Putin Meet For 2 Hours In Helsinki - July 16, 2018

• Rand Paul Goes To Russia And Delivers Letter For Trump, Marking Our Era Of Irony - August 9, 2018

• Following the Money: Trump and Russia-Linked Transactions From the Campaign to the Presidential Inauguration - December 17, 2018

• The US extracted a top spy from Russia after Trump revealed classified information to the Russians in an Oval Office meeting - September 10, 2019

• Trump’s Loose Lips Force US to Extract Spy From Kremlin - September 10, 2019

• Was Mar-a-Lago Trespasser a Tourist or a Spy? A Judge Said Her Story Didn’t Hold Up. - November 25, 2019

• Trump downplays massive cyber hack on government after Pompeo links attack to Russia - December 19, 2020

• Russia has been cultivating Trump as an asset for 40 years, former KGB spy says - January 29, 2021

• There was Trump-Russia collusion — and Trump pardoned the colluder - April 17, 2021

• Longtime GOP operatives charged with funneling Russian national’s money to Trump, RNC - September 20, 2021

• Captured, Killed or Compromised: C.I.A. Admits to Losing Dozens of Informants - October 5, 2021

• Files Seized From Trump Are Part of Espionage Act Inquiry - August 12, 2022

• Ex-Clinton aide implies 'President of France' file found at Trump's home during Mar-a-Lago raid could be valuable to Putin as 'kompromat' - August 13, 2022

• Inventing Anna: The tale of a fake heiress, Mar-a-Lago, and an FBI investigation - August 22, 2022

• Russians used a US firm to funnel funds to GOP in 2018. Dems say the FEC let them get away with it - October 30, 2022

• Trump makes shocking comments about trusting Putin over US 'intelligence lowlifes' - January 31, 2023

• Russia's Prigozhin admits links to what US says was election meddling troll farm - February 14, 2023

• GOP operative sentenced to 18 months for funneling Russian money to Trump- February 17, 2023

• Trump allegedly discussed US nuclear subs with foreign national after leaving White House: Sources - October 5, 2023

• 'So appalled': What witnesses told special counsel about Trump's handling of classified info while still president - April 24, 2024

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[clairegregoryau]

I've been tracking this down for a while now and I've finally found confirmation of what I suspected: Google Maps imagery for Piha Beach in Aotearoa New Zealand captured the setup for filming of Our Flag Means Death's Season 2, Episode 8!

[EDIT 25 June: the north end current imagery is sadly no longer this version, but I've captured it for posterity here, and it's still visible in the free Google Maps Pro app- read on for more info].

On the left is the north end of Piha Beach with the inn set. On the right is the south end carpark with the film crew base.

Why is that cool to me? Because it truly was a fleeting moment in time, no more than a handful of days of possibility, and yet it was captured as the image on the map, at least for a period of time. As an archaeologist I love a moment preserved in time, and in this one you can even see the OFMD production crew on the beach and on the path. It's places and people caught in the flashbulb of this aerial image.

The specifics of how I pinned down the imagery and the date are in this Twitter thread, but the short version is, I was hunting for a better visual on the area immediately surrounding the inn while writing Full Fathom Five, and noticed that the carpark in particular seemed to line up exactly with images from the final day of filming.

The final day of filming overall was 13 December 2022, filming at Piha was on 12 December 2022, and this aerial image was taken on 11 December 2022.

I had already been through the first image to make a comparison to the aerial map and it looked like a match, but Google Maps had 2024 in their attribution. [Noting that I'd put 13 Dec on my image notes, but I'd got that tangled with the last day of filming in the Kumeū studio the next day, and it was 12 Dec on location].

Thankfully Google Earth came through with the actual date.

And I just took a further dig into Google Earth Pro, which allows you to switch between previous satellite images, and it confirms a date of 11 December 2022 for the north end image as well.

[EDIT 9 September 2024- thinking about this again and suddenly realised... you know what, very often things will put the date it was in the US when a picture was taken, even when that picture was taken on the other side of the world, in a different timezone. Which made me realise that actually, if this was taken on the 11th of December in the US, that was on the 12th of December in AoNZ. A quick search shows that Google Maps confirms the date can be one day out, so- odds increasing that we're seeing the actual filming of Ep8 here!]

You can also compare this to a few months earlier in March 2022, right around the premiere of OFMD S1 (everything moved so fast in hindsight!) when there was no inn in that spot.

Which means we now know that for now, if you hop onto Google Maps (not Google Earth, because they have a different image for the north end that does come from 2024) and zing on down to Piha Beach, you can take a look at a preserved moment in time from the filming of S2Ep8.

[EDIT 25 June: the north end image has now been updated to the 2024 version across all of Google Maps and Google Earth, but the south end is for now still from the filming day. You can find the previous version for the north end on Google Earth Pro].

You can hop straight to the inn here.

And straight to the parking lot here.

And remember to put the layers into Satellite mode to view the aerial imagery.

Everything that was/is shown at the north end lines up with what we've seen both in the show and in behind the scenes content, all of which I delved into in this Twitter thread last month. That goes into a lot more detail about specifics, but the evidence is solid across the board.

The sandy path that runs beside the inn is a distinct feature seen in the show.

The peak that sits behind it, likewise (from Google Maps user uploads here and here).

The inn itself, and the way the path gives way to an unseen carpark, from Simone Nathan's TikTok video.

Based on all of that, it's easy to see that we've got our inn right here circled in red, preserved in that moment in time, even though it was no doubt taken down as soon as filming was done.

Prep looks like it took a couple of days before filming; filming was pretty much done in a day, according to an article at the time.

So, there you have it- it's a minor little thing and it won't be up forever, but for now you can hop into Google Maps and see an aerial view adjacent to the filming of S2Ep8 at Piha. The other beach scenes from Eps 1, 3 and 8 were filmed at Te Henga/ Bethells Beach.

[stellastra-scribbles]

Arrival at Seyda Neen (April 25, 2021)

Report to Caius Cosades (April 28, 2021)

Antabolis and gra-Muzgob Informants (May 10, 2021)

Sleepers Awake (June 12, 2021)

Vivec Informants (August 6, 2021)

Meet Sul-Matuul (October 3 and October 10, 2021)

Sixth House Base (January 26, 2022)

Corprus Cure (March 3, 2022)

Mehra Milo and the Lost Prophecies (May 13, 2022)

The Path of the Incarnate (October 3, 2022)