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Ceres-class Missile Battleship
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Several views of a large, long, and slightly bulky Terran warship in space. The ship has repeating triangle motifs in with various paneled textures throughout. Near the pointed front the nameplate of the ship is visible, reading 'CNS Temeraire'. The long front hull has a flat section on the top, covered in massive missile launch bays. Amidships, several armor plates, painted bright red with the Jovian Eagle in gold, protect the armored hab rings and a series of tubes. Aft, the radiators glow brightly as the engine burns hot. Embedded heat pipes run from the tip of the engine to the radiators
The first view is of the ship from above and in front, showing a dramatic angle. Several 'running lights' blink down the length as navigation lights flash
The second view is located to the side, looking forward, again showing the various lights
The third view is focused on the engine, showing it powering on to 100% thrust, then beyond. As it powers on the heat pipes glow in sequence
The fourth and final view repeats the engine power on sequence but from further, allowing the viewer to also see the coolant vents venting coolant
Excerpt from History of Pre-Domestication Terran Warships (3rd Revision), §685.8: Late Terran Accord & Pacification Program Era Battleships (Guided Projectile), Eltrin Yne, Forty-Seventh Bloom, xe/xem, Elly Yne, Twenty-Sixth Floret, et al.
Designed in 2521 CE (33 BT) by a consortium of Jovian shipbuilding corporations and first commissioned in 2526, the Ceres-class missile battleship was envisioned as a platform to launch massed missile strikes against enemy fleets while providing enhanced point defense and electronic warfare. At 750 meters in length and nearly 100 meters at its widest extent, this class represented one of the largest mass-produced spaceframes fielded by the Cosmic Navy.
Over the course of its service history, the class had numerous revisions. Most notably, the type-3 revision in 2539 (2521-CERES-III) which added coolant vents ahead of the hab rings, reducing their size in the process. The vents were positioned forward of the hab rings to expel hot coolant from over-driven point defense domes and electronic warfare equipment rather than the main engines, though they had a limited ability to expel engine coolant in extreme emergencies. These coolant vents essentially functioned as expendable liquid droplet radiators, which may have led to the development of more practical liquid radiators, had domestication been delayed. (See also §359, Speculation on Terran Shipcraft Development)
While there were no major engagements which featured a Ceres functioning in this intended role, classified TCN documents obtained after the fall of Terra stated that one of the primary goals of the class was to counter contemporary corporate navies, which largely consisted of small anti-piracy vessels, should a coalition of corporations ever come into direct conflict with the Accord.
However, the most significant hostile force that the Accord encountered prior to pacification were various pirate flotillas, which would generally consist of smaller, older, and less militarized vessels. While in a direct engagement a Ceres-class or other contemporary Accord capital ships would easily destroy such vessels, smaller ships were quite capable of outmaneuvering and escaping their would-be-predators.
At the start of the Terran Pacification program, there were 157 Ceres-class vessels active. After the signing of the treaty, only a handful of these ships refused armistice, as the amount of logistical support that the Ceres required to function effectively and the implausibility of that support without the Terran core sectors dissuaded overt feralism. Several dozen of the surviving vessels now serve as museum ships across Terran Protectorate space.
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Do you think Bassenwaite and Tilly ever fall in love? Like to me it feels like it’s one of those “slowly then all at once” things but idk maybe you feel it’s just friendship and I 100% bow down to you on all things Changleing/Armistice (honestly my fave series of all time. I’ve never found anything like it)
Okay, so, like that was my original intention, even though there were some parts about that that didn't really sit well with me, mostly how much none of it was ever Tilly's choice. But, my intentions took a sharp turn after a very fun conversation with @runawaymarbles, and I changed my mind entirely. They are besties who would die for each other who end up staying married to each other for a long time out of necessity. They have a great relationship. It's just not romantic.
But there is another enemies-to-rivals-to-lovers pipeline for Tilly that I am rabid for, my friends, only made more delicious by her plantonic marriage. (I swear I already shared a bit of this, but tumblr loves to eat stuff, so who knows.)
but here! have a snippet:
“Fair warning,” Ron announces as they enter George’s flat. “Ginny’s just gone back to Ballycastle, which means Harry is still firmly in his standard three solid days of moping.”
Harry shoves him, Lee cackling with delight as he starts handing around drinks. It’s going to be one of those nights apparently.
Everyone gets pretty drunk. George is bitching about Tilly and her stupid fucking shop stealing his market share.
“Is the shop really losing business?” Harry asks Ron.
He shakes his head. “No. I think it’s more an ego thing.”
“It’s the principle!” George shouts. “This is my turf. And this shit about artisanal alchemy and hoity toity packaging. Give me a break.”
Ron glances over at Lee. He shrugs. “She just released a new product.”
“A fucking truth serum!” George exclaims. “Can you believe that?”
Harry frowned. “Is that legal?”
“See, that’s the thing,” George says, leaning close and poking him in the chest. “It’s recreational. It only works when the person who takes it consents to drink it. Can you even believe that? How fucking complicated it would be to make something like that work?”
Harry doesn’t even have a clue, but Lee nods along like it’s a miracle. “It’s brilliant.”
“Traitor,” George says, giving him a cutting glance.
“I’m sure it’s not that great,” Harry says, hoping to keep George from doing anything rash.
“No, it bloody is.” George shifts his gaze to Ron, eyes almost manic. “Did you have a wank today?”
“What?” Ron sputters. “No!”
“See? See how easily he lies?”
Ron makes a squawk of protest, face burning red. “Who said I lied!” He pauses, eyes narrowing. “Wait, you gave me the truth serum?”
George nods. “Put it in both your drinks!” He turns to Harry. “Did you shag Ginny this weekend?”
Harry refused to even dignify that with a response.
“But see? Watch this.” George pulls a delicate glass vial with floral designs etched around the side. “I take this truth serum knowingly and fully willing to let it work on me.” He swallows it down. “Ask me something.”
Lee doesn’t even hesitate. “Admit it, you find McGonagall sexy.”
George blows out a breath, instantly crumpling. “Fuck. Yes. I did. Still do.” He throws his arms up in defeat. “Ugh. This serum is bloody fucking brilliant, I have no idea how she managed it, and it fucking infuriates me.”
Lee grins at them. “Someone has a bit of a crush.”
George lets out a disgusted sound. “On Tilly?! She’s a bloody Slytherin. Who the hell would wish that on themselves?”
Harry slowly raises his hand and points at himself. And then, just to get back at George for daring to insult Ginny, “Also, I definitely shagged her this weekend.”
Everyone starts yelling at him at once, pillows flying in all directions.
“Just admit it,” Lee says once they settle again, taking a swig of fire whisky. “You like her.”
“Fuck,” George says, dragging both his hands down his face. “I do.”
“Isn’t she married?” Harry asks.
George collapses down on the floor with a wail, and everyone breaks down into absolute hysterics. They all get really drunk after that, mostly out of self-defense.
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I've never heard the phrases "Hanukkah is a minor holiday" or "Hanukkah is not a major holiday" made in good faith. Ever. And at least half the time I hear people say it, it's coming from non-Jews. 100% of the time, it's someone trying to knock Hanukkah down a peg. And it makes me sad. And angry. Yeah, I get that Hanukkah isn't a high holiday and that it's the most well-known and marketable Jewish holiday because of its proximity to Christmas, but I hate how it's dismissed as borderline frivolous even by some Jewish people.
Hanukkah is an important holiday (commemorating our indigenous rights and freedom) celebrated in an unimportant way (conspicuous gift-giving so Jewish kids wouldn't feel left out of Christmas).
But in a VERY meta way, maybe the gift-ification of Hanukkah is itself a survival adaptation. Maybe that was the only way to keep it from being swallowed up by Christmas altogether.
If you had Armistice Day vs Christmas, nobody would ever hear of Armistice Day again. But add "giving presents" to Armistice Day right around Christmas, and it might have a chance - and in the midst of the gift-giving, people would remember the war. It would never be what it used to be, but it would still be something.
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President Trump will be abroad on 12/7 ...
The last time he was in Paris was to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the 11.11.1919 World War I armistice ....
He missed ceremony due to stormy weather...

(Zoom in) 👆
His trip to Paris on 12/7 has a 6 year delta with Q2565 ..
Note that ”Scott Free = WWG1WGA” is a reference to the movie White Squall ....
White Squall = Sudden Storm...
There's a Storm Brewing 🤔
#pay attention#educate yourselves#educate yourself#reeducate yourselves#knowledge is power#reeducate yourself#think about it#think for yourselves#think for yourself#do your homework#do research#do your own research#do some research#ask yourself questions#question everything#donald trump#president trump#news#update#decode
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Destiny: the year of Very Well Structured Things In Sets of 2
Defiance+Wish: The Sovs Mara and Crow, the Eliksni Misraaks and Eramis, and the Regular Ass Humans Devrim and Petra(PV counts as a regular-ass human she isn't a figure of prophecy or royalty in the reef she's a cop who's been promoted too much out of necessity)
Deep+Witch: The Truncated Heros Sloane and Eris, the Osmium OGs Xivu and Savathun, the Concerned Boss-Parents Zavala and Ikora, and the Wriggly Enablers Ahsa and Drifter (okay you got me) I mean the Nonhuman Guides Ahsa and Immaru
Lightfall: Osiris with no Sagira and Nimbus with no Rohan and Caiatl with no Recognizable Dad and the Witness with no Disciples and Chioma with no Maya and the Vex with no Chill the Living People of Neomuna with no Meatspace to live in. (The dreaming city curse will never end and the people on Neptune will never get to leave the matrix Im sorry but that's the way it is)
The story and themes for this year of Destiny are SO GOOD the writers have done SUCH A GOOD JOB. If making a tighter relationship between the expansion narrative and the seasonal narratives was one of the goals this year they fucking knocked it out of the park, I can't put any of these arcs into its own box because they have been knit together so sturdily. It's all one great narrative, one Very Big narrative, they haven't done it like this before!
(And Im so mad people couldnt stop shitting on Lightfall they are stoping themselves from seeing how good the WHOLE NARRATIVE IS they are probably gonna say come march/near TFS launch "uhh yeah the seasons were good i guees but maybe they shoulda worked harder on Lightfall I mean who even likes Nimbus" and for their Ignorance and Haterism I am sentencing them to reading part two of The Two Towers while they get attacked by Paper-Tube Ninjas and a broadcast system shouts at them 'YOU CANNOT HAVE THE VICTORIES IN RETURN OF THE KING IF FRODO AND SAM DIDNT KEEP WALKING ALL THE WAY TO MORDOR' for 100 hundred years.) (The link there is I didn't get the Point of that part of Two Towers when I first read it and assumed the whole would have been better without it. Obviously...I was wrong, and so are these clowns who think Lightfall has a bad story)
The name of the game this year is Resolution, Catharsis, Armistice, Acceptance. The structuring is so simple and so elegant and so well executed, the 2s, the 3s, the mirroring and the inverting and the unfathomable gloriousness of the victories personal and community and galaxy wide. There is no way to overstate the bitterness of Amanda's death, the relief of exhalation when Sloane retreats, the VINDICATION of Eris's vengeance.
You remember when Zavala 'discovered' Crow's former identity? How that was the crowning on-screen narrative jewel in destiny up to that point? What I am saying is EVERY ARC THIS YEAR IS AS GOOD OR BETTER THAN THAT BEAT AND DESERVES AS MUCH RECOGNITION FOR THE ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SO MANY COMPLEMENTARY COMBOS PACKED INTO ONE EXPANSION STORY.
If Shadowkeep was the first sign of symptoms, if Beyond Light was trying to irradiate the disease, if Witch Queen was a tug of war with scar tissue, then Lightfall is the world after recovery and making peace with what will Never Be The Same, and the home and family that has been changed forever but is still Your Home and Your Family. We don't stop fighting but we also don't stop loving and growing and caring.
One last thing for my fellow Sjur copium addicts out there: Sloane's retreat was mirrored and inverted by Eris's victory, so for the complementary-ness of the story to continue, Amanda's death and Crow's subsequent emotional anguish over losing the person he fought with but who also saw him for who he really is will need to be mirrored and inverted by SOMEONE who Mara fought with but who also saw her for who she really is and I expect you will agree this is SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE reasoning that Sjur's comin back home.
#destiny 2#season of the wish#obviously yeah Im calling the shot that Wish is gonna be very good narratively but im confidant on that given the track record now#and Im also confidant coupling it to Defiance like this. can't think of a good reason why it shouldn't be like this.#little russian nesting doll of a story about angy traumatized warriors resolutely taking care of each other#sjur's coming back! I wont belive she's not until TFS actually launches and she hasnt shown up yet.#sjur eido
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“the black god’s drums” by p djèlí clark is a charming little novella that I would call “creole steampunk.” it’s set in the walled city of free new orleans in a world where the American civil war ended in an armistice but Haiti and Trinidad are world powers. the main character is a black street thief touched by the goddess oya who enlists a queer black airship captain to help untangle a plot. she’s a kid and the captain is an adult so there’s no romance between them, it’s just this kid trying to impress a cool older woman. it’s only about 100 pages and it’s a fun read
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In summary: I am in graduate school and don’t have as much time for drawing/writing as I did previously.
Following some recent comments, I realized that some followers are interested in a more detailed update on the status of my creative projects. I wanted to offer an explanation to those curious, as I often like knowing what my favorite creators are working on.
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What follows is a summary of my active projects and their status; they are ordered alphabetically rather than in order of importance:
City of Medusa: A semi-modern retelling of the story of Perseus and Medusa becoming friends, emphasizing that both were victims of circumstance. -- This project is canceled. The first draft was completed, but the story felt too personal and emotional to tell, focusing heavily on themes of depression and mental illness. I would have made myself depressed while fleshing it out as a comic.
Daughters of the Sea: Focusing primarily on the protagonist, Photine, this story is of several teenage protagonists (and one villain) who find magical rings that imbue them with the power of the Greek god Poseidon. The two groups fight over personal drama, and who will unite the rings to become Poseidon’s heir. -- This project is inactive. I would like the prose series to be a trilogy, but I am stuck on the second book's ending.
Juno’s Legacy: The story of a young woman who discovers that she’s the reincarnation of an ancient, immortal warlord. She travels the universe while trying to establish her role in a series of interplanetary nations that have gone on 1,000 years after her death. This world is filled with allies and enemies who have a variety of opinions of who she was and who she should be. -- This project is semi-active. I am several drafts into the first book, but I keep putting this project on the back burner.
Maite: The story is set in the Late Greek Bronze Age, during a period of armistice in the mythological Titanomachy War. A young woman partially raised by Athena discovers that her father was an Ancient Greek Titan. After running away from her home, she sets out on a quest to discover who her father is. -- This project is semi-active. Currently, the comic is in its first draft of the script. I am not 100% sure I will pursue this project, but I will make my decision after I wrap up Our New Hope.
Our New Hope: A comic-format fanfiction of the Skywalker twins discovering their identities in their teen years (12-14) thanks to Ahsoka Tano and Darth Vader entering their lives. -- This comic is on hiatus. I had planned to finish this before leaving for graduate school, but my laptop broke, so I wasn’t able to work on it anymore. I hope to finish this project after completing my one-year program.
Resurrection OCT: An Original-Character Tournament around the theme of winning a flower that can return one individual from the dead. This is my only active project on the list. I help judge and moderate this community. If you’d like to follow the story, check out the canon reading guide I made on TVTropes.
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As a final announcement: I am aware my art is slowing down. I’ve decided to queue up some of my old works. If you don’t want to see these “re-runs” just blacklist the tag “OonaLuna reblog.” Once I’m done my graduate school program, I will resume my old hobby. You will still see a handful of new posts, as I haven’t totally given up drawing.
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The Dewoitine D.520—France’s elegant answer to the high-speed dogfighting demands of World War II.
Sleek, fast, and seriously underrated, the D.520 was one of the few French fighters of the time that could go toe-to-toe with the German Messerschmitt Bf 109E—and actually stand a chance.
Quick Overview:
Role: Fighter aircraft
First Flight: October 1938
Top Speed: Around 530 km/h (329 mph)
Armament: 1× 20 mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon (firing through the propeller hub) and 4× 7.5 mm MAC 1934 machine guns
Engine: Hispano-Suiza 12Y-45 V12 liquid-cooled piston engine
Range: Approx. 1,250 km (776 miles)
What Made It Special:
Unlike many early French fighters that were quickly outclassed, the D.520 had modern features—like a retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit. It also boasted good handling and agility, especially at low altitude, which made it a solid platform for dogfighting.
War Record:
By the time of the Battle of France in 1940, the D.520 was just entering service—there were only about 36 operational when Germany invaded. But the number quickly rose to over 400 during the campaign, and D.520 pilots put up a spirited fight. Despite being outnumbered, they managed to claim over 100 German aircraft in just a few weeks.
Interestingly, the D.520 continued to serve with the Vichy French Air Force after the armistice, and some were even used by the Free French, Italians, and later the Germans for training purposes. Talk about a jet-setter of its time.
Fun Fact:
The D.520 was the only French fighter of WWII that was considered equal—or close enough—to the best of the Axis fighters in 1940. Its pilots often favored it over older models like the Morane-Saulnier MS.406, which felt like flying a bathtub by comparison.
So if you're into WWII aviation history, the Dewoitine D.520 is definitely a standout—a nimble, modern fighter that showed just how much potential French aircraft engineering had right before the war turned the tables.
#zelena #Military #aviation
@Johnschmuck via X
#d.520#dewotine aviation#fighter#french air force#french aircraft#ww2#aircraft#ww2 aviation#ww2 history#ww2 aircraft#aviation photography#ww2 photo
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The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in November 2023
01/11 Princess Anne, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke & Duchess of Gloucester attended the Senior Serving and Retired Officers’ Briefing at the Army and Navy Club on Pall Mall in London. 🪖💼
As Chancellor of Harper Adams University, attended the launch of the University’s Strategic Plan at London Bridge Arches. 🎓
With Sir Tim As Royal Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, attended the Grand Day Choral Evensong Service at Temple Church in London. 🎶
With Sir Tim As Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Engineers, attended a Dinner to mark their 40th Anniversary at Mansion House in London. ⚙️
02/11 Held two investiture ceremonies at Buckingham Palace. 🎖️
03/11 As Patron of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, visited Citizens Advice Malvern Hills in Malvern, Worcestershire. 👩⚖️
Opened the Specialist Operations Centre at the Gloucestershire Constabulary and Office of Police and Crime Commissioner in Cheltenham. 👮♀️
07/11 Alongside King Charles & Queen Camilla, Princess Anne in her role as Gold Stick in Waiting, was present at the State Opening of Parliament. 👩⚖️🪶
Opened the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage and the McDonald Road Community Fire and Ambulance Station in Edinburgh. 👨🚒
The Princess Royal, As Patron of the Eric Liddell 100, attended the inaugural Lecture and Reception on board Fingal, Alexandra Dock, in Edinburgh. 🏃🏽🥂
Unofficial Sir Tim attended the memorial service for former university friend and newsreader George Alagiah at St-Martin-in-the-Fields church in London 🎓🕊️
08/11 As Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, presented Royal Medals and attended a Reception at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 🏅
As Patron of Catch22, attended the National Leaving Care Benchmarking Forum in Birmingham ✍️
As Patron of the Wooden Spoon Society, attended a Reception at the House of Lords in London. 🥄🏉🥂
As Court Member of the Fishmongers’ Company, attended a Livery Dinner at Fishmongers’ Hall in London. 🐟🍽️
09/11 As President of World Horse Welfare, attended the Annual Conference at the Royal Geographical Society. 🐴
As Patron of the Butler Trust, visited HM Prison Wandsworth in London. 🚓👮♂️
As Patron of the Whitley Fund for Nature, held a 30th Anniversary Dinner at St James's Palace. 🦋🍃
10/11 The Princess Royal, As President of Royal Yachting Association, chaired the Annual General Meeting and presented Awards before attending a Luncheon in London SW1. 🛥️
Unofficial Announcement that Princess Anne will take over Presidency of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, taking over from the Duke of Kent who Presided over the Commission since 1970 🌹🪦
~ Remembrance weekend ~
11/11 With Sir Tim Attended the Armistice Day Service of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum. 🌳 🫡
With Sir Tim Attended the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall with members of the royal family. 🌹
12/11 With Sir Tim Attended the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London. Princess Anne laid a wreath whilst Sir Tim stood on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office balcony. 🌹
With Sir Tim Took the salute at the March Past of Ex-Servicemen and Civilian Organisations on Horse Guards Parade, London SWI. 🫡
~ End ~
14/11 As Patron of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK), attended the 10th Anniversary Transport and Logistics Safety Forum Conference at the National Memorial Arboretum. 🚚
Visited the new Institute of Shipbuilding course at City of Glasgow College Riverside Campus in Glasgow. ⚓️
As Patron of the Royal Celtic Society, attended a Reception at Glasgow City Chambers. 🏴
Attended Interfaith Glasgow’s Scottish Interfaith Week Forum at Glasgow City Chambers. ☪️✡️✝️🕉️🪯
Unofficial Sir Tim attended a Kent Cricket celebration dinner at Lords Cricket Ground 🏏
15/11 Visited BAE Systems Submarines' Submarine Academy and the University of Cumbria. 🤿 👨🎓
Visited the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in Barrow-in-Furness. ☢️
As Patron of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, visited the Barrow-in-Furness branch to mark its reopening. 🤝
As Patron of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, attended a Dinner at St George's Hall, to mark its 125th anniversary. 🦜💊
16/11 As Vice Patron of the British Horse Society, attended a Coaching Career Insight Day.
As Patron of the Butler Trust, visited HM Prison Drake Hall.
As Patron of Transaid, attended a Reception at London Transport Museum.
17/11 Not Counted Departed Heathrow Airport for Gibraltar but was diverted to Madrid, Spain and arrived in Gibraltar later than intended. ✈️🇪🇸🇬🇮
With Sir Tim As Royal Patron of the Gibraltar International Literary Festival, attended the Literary Festival Opening Dinner at the Sunborn Hotel. 📚🍽️
18/11 In Gibraltar Princess Anne;
As Patron of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, visited Gibraltar Citizens Advice Bureau to mark its 20th anniversary. 👩⚖️
Opened the renovated premises of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment Association. 🫡
Met representatives of the Emergency Services and members of the Armed Forces at the Convent. 🚑🪖
With Sir Tim visited specialist vehicles provider Bassadone Automotive Group. 🚗
Unofficial Sir Tim visited the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron, 🇬🇮⚓️
21/11 As Master of the Corporation of Trinity House, presented Merchant Navy medals for Meritorious Service at Trinity House, London. 🏅
With Sir Tim Attended the State Banquet in honour of the President and First Lady of South Korea. 🇬🇧🇰🇷🍽️
22/11 Visited Retrotec Limited near Northiam, East Sussex. ✈️
Visited Focus SB Limited in St Leonards-on-Sea. ⚙️
As Commandant-in-Chief of St John Ambulance (Youth), attended a Reception for Young Achievers at the Priory Church of the Order of St John in London. 🚑
As Chancellor of the University of London, attended Foundation Day at Senate House in London 🎓
23/11 As Commodore-in-Chief of Portsmouth Naval Base, opened Alford Schools of Military Music. 🎶
Attended a Luncheon at Spithead House, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, for The Princess Royal's Patronages based in Hampshire. ⚓️
As President of the City and Guilds of London Institute, presented The Princess Royal Training Awards at St James's Palace. 🏆
With Sir Tim As President of the British Olympic Association, attended the Team GB Ball at the Savoy Hotel. 🏋️♀️
24/11 As Royal Patron of the London Scottish Football Club, attended the 10th Anniversary of the St Andrew's Day Luncheon at the Sheraton Grand London on Park Lane. 🏴🏉
28/11 Presented The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Awards at Fishmongers’ Hall in London. 🏆
As Chancellor of the University College of Osteopathy, attended a Graduation Ceremony. 🎓
As Royal Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, attended a New Fellows’ Dinner. ⚙️🍽️
29/11 The Princess Royal, As Royal Patron of the National Coastwatch Institution, visited Canvey Island Station and attended a Reception at the Island Yacht Club. 🔎🏝️
Opened Huntingdon Fire Station and Service Training Centre. 🚒
Opened North Cambridgeshire Training Centre. 💼
As Honorary Member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers, attended the Annual General Meeting and Discussion Dinner. 👷🍴
30/11 As Patron of the Not Forgotten Association, held the Christmas Reception at St James’s Palace. 🎄🎅🏻🎁
Total official engagements for Anne in October: 58
2023 total so far: 458
Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in October: 11
2023 total so far: 92
#hardest working royal#a busy bee#always there to support his wife 🥰#unofficial engagement count 2023#princess anne#princess royal#tim laurence#timothy laurence
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It's been a while since I've done bullet points for verse info, but I've been thinking about my Westworld season 1 AU so naturally the brain rot is setting in and I wanna hyperfixate on it.
The What If Caleb Was In Westworld S1? AU
Caleb winds up in possession of an obscene amount of wealth by saving Mr. Whitman's life and in an effort to find something to do with even just a fraction of the money he'll never use, he learns about Westworld.
Aa per canon lore, black hats and white hats are by far the most popular choice among the human guests, typically categorizing them into one of two roles.
Color theory and symbolism in the western hemisphere often dictates that the color white represents purity, innocence, light, and/or heroism as traditionally "good" traits whereas black is often chosen to represent power, darkness, death, mourning, and/or villainy as traditionally "bad" traits.
These are of course not the ONLY color hat a guest is permitted to wear. There are hosts and some background guests seen wearing brown hats or gray hats.
Brown hats and gray hats are naturally more "neutral" options than black hat or white hat. They represent a tendency to make impulsive decisions that happen in the moment. In color theory, brown often symbolizes a neutral but more earthy connection to the world around you. Gray is often chosen to represent an option directly in-between black and white, sometimes thought to be "boring"
Caleb would likely wear a brown or gray hat. I almost wanna say he'd go hatless because that is what he does in the 20s-themed knockoff park but. Cmon, playing cowboy without a hat is like. blasphemous?? So he really should have a hat. So I’m giving him one.
Caleb's outfits resemble Marty McFly's from Back to the Future Part III. Marty's clothes in turn vaguely resembled Clint Eastwood from the Man With No Name Trilogy.
I'm not 100% committed to this idea but. Young William takes on a bounty hunt for Slim Grant during the Past Timeline. Caleb could *maybe* take on the bounty for Hector Escaton in the Present Timeline. Ultimately, he'd probably forego collecting the bounty and let Hector and Armistice go. Tenderloin and the one other bandit whose name I don't remember are still gonna die tho.
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(Nov. 12)
@AydinDikerdem: Peace activists from XR laid out the names of the 4100 Palestinian children killed in Gaza & the 26 Israeli children killed. They placed 100s of children’s shoes on the steps & held a silence for armistice & children. Then the thugs arrived. My Mum is one of those attacked.
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Hi Anne, hope you’re having a nice day. I am a huge fan of the Changeling and the Armistice series and I was wondering if you would reveal what you had planned for future installments, such as if Rowle acted alone or if there was a conspiracy, or if instead you hope to one day return to writing in that world.
The thing is. I can do this. I can just list all the plot points. I don't have a problem with that. But once I do, that is saying 100% that I will never write it. So I am hesitant to do that. Yet.
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In all honesty I want some sorta armistice with some amount of Lucent Hive for really 3 major reasons:
Absolute banger aesthetic and designs. Super cool I honestly wish I could play as one (My Necro.Grip+Osteo build & GotD armor set is the closest I'll get)
They're such an interesting concept and I need to actually see how theyre dealing with being Lightblessed. Culturally, personality I want a Hive that isn't a god to talk to us
Haha what if we were both immortal beings from opposite factions, given powers that are our ontological opposites going through a philosophical metamorphosis bc if it... ,and we kissed 👉👈🥺
Yeah, same! I would love some section of the Hive to ally with us OR to at least have a temporary truce. It would be super cool to see how that develops and if those Hive maybe look at our way of doing things and consider joining us permanently instead of following those that they were essentially born to follow.
Some Lucent Hive making a choice to stand with us would offer some super interesting implications for the Hive as a whole and also for how we would deal with that. I'm soooo interested in how Lucent Hive are developing and we've not really had any substantial exploration of that yet. It's actually one of my biggest problems with WQ and that whole year. It was such a fundamental change to the setting but didn't actually meaningfully change anything. They're still all our enemies, Lucent Hive follow the same type of philosophy, none of them have shown any sort of doubt or change of heart outside of that one from Lucent Tales who didn't want to perma-kill a Guardian.
I really hope that at some point (soon) we'll see how they're developing and how they'd act if they were given a friendly hand from us. I can see this happening either if we extend that hand on our own or if we're forced to work together and some Lucent Hive end up liking our way of things.
100% agreed on the last point. Lucent Hive are sooo kissable.
#destiny 2#hive#ask#i need to see what's going on with the lucent hive. i need to know how their culture evolves now that they have the light#biological need
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SEOUL (Reuters) - More than 100 North Koreans have gone missing after being caught by secret police while trying to defect from the isolated country or even for trying to call relatives in South Korea, a Seoul-based human rights group said on Thursday.
The Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) released a report detailing patterns of enforced disappearances through its study based on interviews with 62 North Korean escapees in South Korea.
Tens of thousands of North Koreans have defected in the decades since the Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice, with many of those caught or repatriated sent to prison camps or other detention facilities before being released.
The group identified 113 people in 66 disappearance cases, including the cases in an archive run with other international organisations, as well as maps depicting transfer routes.
Of the 113, 80%, or 90, were arrested inside North Korea and the rest in China or Russia, with about 30% disappearing since leader Kim Jong Un took power in late 2011.
Almost 40% of them went missing after being caught trying to flee the country, while 26% took responsibility for another family member's crime. Nearly 9% were accused of being in touch with those in South Korea or other countries.
More than 81% vanished after being transferred to and detained by the Ministry of State Security (MSS), the North's secret police known as "bowibu", according to the report.
An interviewee who defected to the South in 2018 from the Chinese border city of Hyesan said his friend was arrested by the MSS while trying to recover a Chinese mobile phone hidden in the mountains, and was now rumoured to have died.
"Once (the MSS) finds call records with South Korea, they are considered serious offences," the interviewee was quoted in the report as saying.
Kang Jeong-hyun, director of the project, said the report was intended to underscore enforced disappearances committed by the Kim regime as transnational crimes also involving China and Russia.
The report was published just days before the U.N. Human Rights Council is due to issue its five-yearly Universal Periodic Review on North Korea.
The United Nations estimates up to 200,000 people are held in a vast network of gulags run by the MSS, many of them for political reasons. A 2014 U.N. Commission of Inquiry report said the prisoners faced torture, rape, forced labour, starvation and other inhumane treatment.
Pyongyang has long denounced defectors as "human scum", and Kim has further tightened border controls over the past few years.
The North's Korea Association for Human Rights Studies this month rejected a U.N. report on its human rights violations including forced disappearances, calling them "fabrications" and a conspiracy by the West to escalate confrontation and tarnish the country’s image.
Beijing has denied there are any North Korean defectors in China, instead describing them as illegal economic migrants.
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For the ship + fic title: Shakarian + Oblivion Calling?
This is 100% a post first contact war AU and also a horror story where the monster is isolation and PTSD and also probably a monster.
Shepard is a grizzled special forces agent who got stuck behind enemy lines before the armistice. He lost contact with the fleet and doesn't know the war is over.
Garrus is sent with a team to find missing scouts only for his team to meet the same unfortunate fate by mythological monster, he gets away only to run into Shepard.
Will they be able to get over their distrust/hatred to survive? Is the monster real? Will the nightmares both real and dreamt ever end?
Tune in sometime in the next 3 years when I decide that actually maybe I should make this real.
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"For months we have slept under the guns … We cannot comprehend the stillness.”
On the personal train carriage of General Ferdinand Foch, deep in the Forest of Compiègne, four representatives from the German Empire and four leaders of the Allied Powers met to discuss the terms of an armistice. After three days, on the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 the Armistice went into effect. Thus ending four years of unprecedented death and destruction, the Great War was finally over. Today, 105 years after this moment in history, that so drastically effected the lives of millions upon millions, we observe it as Veteran’s Day in America. Veteran’s Day is a day that we remember all of the veterans, in all of their capacities, who have served our nation. Veterans Day is a day to remember those veterans who have passed, yet even more importantly, to remember those who are living.
I listened to a great podcast this week from History That Doesn’t Suck. Professor Greg Jackson does an incredible job telling the story of the Armistice in such an interesting way, yet still including all of the names and facts that are important. Episode 146 is titled, The Armistice of November 11, 1918. It’s a little over an hour long but so worth your time.
Armistice Day 1918: 100 Years of Heroes - YouTube, video of various American troops celebrating the armistice around the world in 1918.
They Shall Not Grow Old – New Trailer – Now Playing In Theaters - YouTube, this documentary is incredible.
1918 Peerless Quartet - Goodbye France - YouTube, this song came out in 1918.
1919 Nicholas Orlando - Till We Meet Again (Charles Hart & Harry MacDonough, vocal) - YouTube, this is a favorite of mine – I didn’t realize that it was written during The Great War!
Armistice Day 1918 (1918) - YouTube, oh my the confetti being thrown at 0:18!
“This Veterans Day, may we honor the incredible faith that our veterans hold, not just in our country but in all of us. They are the solid-steel backbone of our Nation, and we must endeavor to continue being worthy of their sacrifices by working toward a more perfect Union and protecting the freedoms that they have fought to defend. In respect and recognition of the contributions our veterans and their families, caregivers, and survivors have made to the cause of peace and freedom around the world, the Congress has provided (5 U.S.C. 6103(a)) that November 11 of each year shall be set aside as a legal public holiday to honor our Nation’s veterans.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim November 11, 2023, as Veterans Day. I encourage all Americans to recognize the valor, courage, and sacrifice of these patriots through appropriate ceremonies and private prayers and by observing two minutes of silence for our Nation’s veterans. I also call upon Federal, State, and local officials to display the flag of the United States of America and to participate in patriotic activities in their communities.”
I hope that your weekend is enjoyable, fun, restful, active – whatever you need it to be. And remember our veterans.
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