#Current Affairs February 2023

[gkcurrentaffairs]

America declares McMahon Line as international border, Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India.

The US passed a resolution on 14 March. The United States has recognized the McMahon Line as the international border between China and Arunachal Pradesh, according to a bipartisan Senate resolution. Under this, the McMahon Line has been recognized as the international border between Arunachal Pradesh and China and the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh has been described as an ‘integral…

[athena5898]

🚨 Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs' Commission: — Testimony of the detainee (S.D), 37 years old, detained since November 2023, currently held in Naqab Prison: I was arrested in November through the so-called 'safe passage' during my displacement from the north to the south. I was severely beaten after my arrest, with the focus on sensitive areas. They even intentionally pulled the hair from my body in a painful and humiliating way while I was tied up and blindfolded. After being transferred to one of the camps in the Gaza Envelope alongside many other detainees, we were subjected to torture around the clock. One of the guards tied my hands behind my back for eight days, and I was beaten on my back until I bled. This is in addition to the insults and systematic humiliation in all forms and methods. In the initial phase, detainees were forced to relieve themselves in their clothes, and we suffered from thirst and hunger. During that period, food was limited to three pieces of bread. All the detainees in that initial phase suffered from fractures and severe wounds, and we did not receive any medical treatment. I spent eight months wearing the same clothes, and we were deprived of bathing for 18 days. The goal of the beatings in the first phase was to execute us and cause permanent disabilities among the detainees. Despite that, we are still subjected to very harsh conditions. We are detained in the tent section, and all of us are suffering from diseases and fractures, particularly skin diseases (https://t.me/RNN_Prisoners/2093), which have spread due to the lack of cleanliness and poor health conditions inside the prison. I, along with the majority of the detainees (https://t.me/RNN_Prisoners/2150), suffer from the spread of boils and sores all over our bodies, which have caused severe infections. What worsened the situation were the foam mattresses, which have no covers, and the friction of our bodies with them, along with the lack of cleanliness, intensified our suffering from severe itching and infections. In the section where I am currently held, with 150 detainees, we had been using one bathroom throughout the past period. The blankets are never washed, and during the extreme heat, snakes and insects spread. Since February, the food containers have not been changed, turning them into a major source for the spread of diseases. In April and May, we faced a real famine as we were deprived of food. Only recently, a second bathroom was added for the 150 detainees, and specific hours have been set for its use, from 8 AM to 1 PM.

[sgiandubh]

It all starts with a smoke alarm

This wasn't supposed to happen like that, of course. It was supposed to happen with an ”allow me to introduce myself”, at the least. But hey, I am playing the cards I've been dealt, and since an anonymous ask on Tumblr does not allow pictures or links, this will have to do. We'll have plenty of time later.

Yesterday, I said that reading that Single Report reaped benefits. I have screen capped and summed up all the things that made me rise an eyebrow, to make things easier. Hopefully, this is going to be short: who would wax lyrical about a septic tank, after all?

I did not use my superpowers to do this, but simply the link provided by a very active Anon on several shipper blogs, in order to properly stir shite, I presume: https://corumproperty.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/HomeReport-31.pdf

Armed with my wits and a virtual highlighter, I started to carefully read the whole document. Ownership details aside - this, I discussed yesterday -, I remind you that it should give any prospective buyer a good, detailed idea of the available fittings and current condition of the house put on sale.

In Europe and elsewhere, I guess, inspections of this type are rather a dull and thorough affair. And these people did an excellent job: they checked every single nook & cranny, used binoculars to have a closer look at the roof tiles and listed it all on these papers a good researcher should read, before dropping to conclusions.

This is how we know, for example, that the inspection happened on a rainy day:

.. and that the guttering was overflowing. Does that sound like a well loved, lived-in house to you?

Thought so.

This brought a smile. And the image of a Christmas tree left near a London dustbin in June. Home, sweet home?

Like all properties, this also comes with burglar and fire alarm systems. However, apparently not much has been done, in this respect. Or at least, not recently. Not since February 2022, to be accurate: otherwise, they would have been upgraded. Yet, no such thing: it's up to the buyer to do and pay for the upgrade.

Lived-in? Certainly not after February 2022 and probably even earlier, would be my best guess. But lived-in at some point in time, most certainly.

You see, since I was on the real estate agent's webpage, I also took the virtual tour of the house. It is available to everyone, here: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=AFKibrk8QiD

Now, I don't know about you, but when I visit somebody's house for the first time, I always check the bookshelves: yes, I am a shameless nerd. I am also well aware that the rest of the furniture was staged, it looked that sad, clinical way it does all over the world. Did not expect to find any books in there, to be honest. And yet, there they were.

I didn't bother with the fashion coffee table books, although I thought they were a nice nod to Ms. B's past, and totally the kind of things she might have on her credenza.

A built-in bookshelf in the basement caught my eye. That did not look staged. It looked as she might have left some of her own books in there, like an afterthought, if you want. And people's choices of books are always speaking volumes to me, about who they really are.

It did not disappoint.

More fash-un. And yeah, Tiffany & Co! I knew it!

A Tina Turner bio or memoir. Awww:

Bette Davis and some feminist literature. Her books, I am pretty sure of that:

And, to save the best for last, lo and behold, what do we have here?

Bear Grylls?

That Bear Grylls?

Hahahaha. Of course. I have all the reasons in the world to believe the music producer/PA/whatever is into masculine thrillers written by a world-renowned survivalist, haven't I?

Not a chance in hell, to be honest. I grinned like the Cheshire cat because, ladies, we do know WHOSE book is this, don't we?

Judging by its jacket, well-read. Not a prop.

Belonging to someone with a dry, wicked sense of humor who apparently also left this gem:

A Captain's Duty. At this point in time, I wasn't grinning anymore. I was laughing like an idiot, of course.

Slàinte mhath, ladies. We'll have time for a proper introduction later.

[theculturedmarxist]

Immediately after Joe Biden announced that he would not seek re-election and instead endorsed Kamala Harris, she was anointed as the Democratic Party presidential nominee with little analysis of her record or her program. In fact, her website, KamalaHarris.com , makes no mention of a political program at all. While foolish debates about whether she should be considered Black garner media attention, questions about policy are largely ignored. Black Agenda Report has been writing about Harris for some time, and we share what we and others have noted about her record over the years.

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, July 19, 2017 Kamala Harris and America’s Oligarchs Briahna Joy Gray, Current Affairs, September 3, 2017 How Identity Became a Weapon Against the Left Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, January 16, 2019 Kamala Harris Destroyed Black Lives Teodros Fikre, Ghion Journal, January 16, 2019 Evoking Muckrakers: Hannah Giorgis’s Devastating Critique of Senator Kamala Harris Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report, January 24, 2019 Bernie Sanders vs Kamala the Jailer and Her Corporate Backers Danny Haiphong, Black Agenda Report, January 30, 2019 The U.S. is a Political Prison, Kamala Harris is a Prison Guard Teodros Fikre, Black Agenda Report, January 30, 2019 When Politicians Use Marginalized People As Human Shields

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, February 20, 2019 Kamala Harris: The Fix Is In Marjorie Cohn, Black Agenda Report, July 10, 2019 Kamala Harris Has a Distinguished Career of Serving Injustice Danny Haiphong, Black Agenda Report, July 24, 2019 Kamala Harris Embodies the Most Dangerous Myth of American Exceptionalism Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, August 14, 2019 No Racism, Just Russians

Erica Caines, Hood Communist, August 13, 2020 Political Copaganda and the November Elections

Ahjamu Umi, Black Agenda Report, August 19, 2020 Kamala Harris: Class Struggle and the Illusion of Identity in Capitalism Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, August 19, 2020 “Feet to the Fire” and Other Lies Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Black Agenda Report, August 26, 2020 Obama, Harris and the Ruse of Racial Representation

Julie Kuttapan, Black Agenda Report, August 26, 2020 "Kamala Auntie": On the Vulgarity of Bourgeois Identity Politics in 2020

Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report, October 15, 2020 The Useful Tool: Kamala “Heartbeat Away” Harris Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, November 11, 2020 The Real Resistance Begins Tye Salandy,Trinidad and Tobago News Blog, November 13, 2020 Biden-Harris and the Diverse Faces of U.S. Imperialism

Erica Caines, Hood Communist, February 21, 2021 The Caribbean Diaspora Has a SOUTHCOM Problem

Erica Caines, Hood Communist, June 10, 2021 Kamala Harris and the Americas Ready for Revolution, Hood Communist, January 27, 2022 Biden Harris and the Never Ending Commitment to War Gyasi Lake, Black Youth Project, August 8, 2022 There’s No Such Thing as a “Progressive Prosecutor” In a System Designed to Criminalize Blackness Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report, April 7, 2023 Ajamu Baraka Discusses the Zone of Peace and Kamala Harris’ Trip to Africa | Black Agenda Report Salifu Mack, Hood Communist, July 6, 2023 More Than Meets the Silk Press: Kamala Harris and U.S. Imperialism Peoples Dispatch, March 25, 2024 Puerto Ricans Take to the Streets Against Kamala Harris Visit

Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report, July 24, 2024 War, Genocides, and Coups: Biden/Harris and the Irreversible Crisis of Neo-Liberal Fake Democracy Jacqueline Luqman, Luqman Nation, The Coup for the Democratic Nomination, July 26, 2024 Darker Than Blue 7/26/24: The Coup For The Democratic Nomination

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

at this point my tumblr is just becoming a british politics blog but anyway, updates on the police misconduct at the coronation:

[Alt text:]

Anti-monarchy arrests at coronation to be scrutinised by MPs

Chair of home affairs select committee says decision to be made whether to hold inquiry into use of Public Order Act

Matthew Weaver, Wed 10 May 2023 10.38 BST

The arrest of anti-monarchy protesters at King Charles’s coronation and intimidatory Home Office warnings to campaigners before the event are to be scrutinised by a committee of MPs.

In a statement, the home affairs select committee said it would examine the Metropolitan police’s handling of republican protests at an evidence session next Wednesday.

It will investigate the force’s approach to public demonstrations, the practical implementation of the public order bill and the arrest of republican protesters. A full list of witnesses will be announced in the coming days.

Dame Diana Johnson, the chair of the home affairs select committee, said there were “real questions” about how the new Public Order Act was used to hold leading members of Republic for up to 16 hours during the coronation.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Johnson said she would be interested in reviewing how broad the law was and “what guidance was given to frontline police officers and whether there is an issue about training”.

Johnson added: “So there are real questions about that and we think this morning we’ll need to look at that and decide whether we want to have that short inquiry to learn some lessons and see what the implementation of that act actually means in practice to frontline police officers.”

The force also released without charge three women’s safety volunteers who were arrested on suspicion of committing a public nuisance for carrying rape alarms at the coronation.

Johnson also wants answers about the treatment of these women. She said: “There’s also an issue about the women who were giving out the rape alarms as well and the how they ended up arrested. I don’t think it was under the Public Order Act 2023, but they were arrested as well.

full article here

so, while the home affairs select committee (its basically like a bunch of mps from different parties who examine what the home office is doing. that includes policies, laws, policing, etc.) are meeting to look at what happened, they havent opened an official inquiry, and we dont know if they will.

the last inquiry the hasc opened was on the 7th february this year relating to human trafficking. there is currently an inquiry open on policing priorities (opened 21 july 2022). this seems to have been triggered by the chief inspector of policing andy cooke (truly these titles are pretentious as fuck) who has repeatedly criticised police for not focussing on preventing or solving crime.

you might think that would be the first priority, but considering on the night of the coronation, they were arresting people essentially for thought crimes, youd be wrong. most forces (including the met) often just dont record crimes, and andy cooke is apparently an outlier in believing police should attend every burgulary.

there hasnt been a report published yet for this inquiry but they stopped accepting evidence last november though the evidence transcripts are available for the public to review.

i would like to note that although the hasc is cross-party, 6 out of the 11 members are tories. the rest are made up of 3 labour, 1 independent and 1 snp. as far as i can tell theres no representation for northern island in the committee.

percentage wise, that makes the committee roughly 54% tory, 27% labour, 9% independent and 9% snp. so while diana johnson is labour and from up north, dont get your hopes up regarding an inquiry. i dont know how the ins and outs of their committee, but tories make up the majority.

we do now have official confirmation that six of the protesters were held for 16 hours on suspicion of committing a crime.

im also glad that diana johnson has brought up how the uh taking away the human right to protest act public order act 2023 was implemented. i discussed with my mom how fucking stupid it was to implement a new law thatll affect an event happening the next day.

i am interested as to what she means by the night star volunteers not being arrested under the no seriously guys the right to protest is protected as a human rights act public order act 2023 because why the fuck else were they arrested then? its been reported as "a conspiracy to disrupt public peace", and they were counted within the 64 arrested.

also just gonna mention, diana johnson has said publicly that she wants to review how broad the this law literally suppresses a human right public order act 2023, and idk, it feels like maybe we should have established that before it was enacted ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

tl/dr: the home affairs select committee are examining whether they should open an inquiry into the police action during the coronation. unfortunately its majority tory so dont get your hopes up for an actual inquiry happening.

[lookingforcactus]

Non-paywall version here.

"Shawna Freeman Lane, 34, continued to teach college-level business by laptop after she gave birth by C-section in 2017. Her husband, Eric Lane, was home with her in Fircrest, Wash., for three weeks. The same thing happened in 2018, when their second child was born—except this time, Mr. Lane only got two weeks at home.

Having to leave his still-healing wife in the lurch was hard for Mr. Lane, as was tracking his children’s development via text messages while at work. But when their third was born last May, things were different. In 2020, Washington state had passed a new law entitling working parents to 12 weeks of paid leave, to bond with their newborn.

“It felt like winning the lottery, honestly,” said Mr. Lane, who stayed home for six weeks after their son was born, then another six weeks when Ms. Freeman Lane went back to work.

They are part of an explosion in the number of workers taking parental leave. In the 12 months through February [2023], a monthly 406,000 workers were absent on average due to paid or unpaid parental leave, up 13.5% from 2021, according to Labor Department data. The 478,000 working parents absent in January was the most since records began in 1994.

One driver behind the upswing is likely the increase in births in the past two years versus the prepandemic trend. The pandemic itself may also be a factor, as lockdowns and Covid kept many workers home.

But the main factor appears to be government and employer policies. While the U.S. remains the only advanced economy without nationally mandated paid parental leave, the share of workers with access to leave is growing, to 25% in March last year versus 19% in 2019, according to the Labor Department. Seven states plus the District of Columbia now require employers to provide paid leave, up from four in 2018, while private employers are also expanding the benefit. Four more states will require paid parental leave by 2026.

“As the state laws have passed, there has been a culture change, and more awareness and support for mothers and—especially—fathers around taking leave,” said Jane Waldfogel, a public affairs professor at Columbia University.

A greater propensity by fathers to take leave is an important contributor. The number of men on parental leave tripled to an average of 76,500 in the six months ended in February [2023] from five years earlier, whereas the number of women rose 11% to 336,000, according to census data.

More parental leave-taking benefits the economy in the impact on families’ well-being, said Emily Oster, economics professor at Brown University—ranging from near-term outcomes such as infant mortality rates to longer-term measures, including child test scores and adult earnings. “In this sense, leave now is an investment in the economic future,” Ms. Oster said...

Leave policies are a small but increasingly key way that firms compete for workers, according to Julia Pollak, chief economist at ZipRecruiter. About 3% of currently active online job postings nationwide explicitly advertise parental leave, about a fivefold increase from before the pandemic, ZipRecruiter data show.

Industries seeing the biggest increase are retail, and transportation and warehousing, said Ms. Pollak—something she calls the “Amazon effect.” The e-commerce giant was at the forefront of offering parental-leave benefits, prompting competitors to do the same...

Parents are also taking longer leaves. The typical mother now takes 120 days of bonding leave, up from 110 in 2019, and the median father is out for 60 days, a 15-day increase, according to Sparrow, a leave-management platform. New York state family bonding claims data show a similar trend, with moms claiming 9.9 weeks in 2021, a three-week gain from 2018, and dads extending their average leave by 2.3 weeks, to 6.9...

“My son is so much fun now. He’s getting to the stage where he’s his own human,” [Jonathan Leslie, a 36-year-old software engineer] said. “Having the open-ended play with him—that opportunity won’t come again.”

-via The Wall Street Journal, 4/8/23. Non-paywall version via ProgramBusiness, 4/10/23.

[seafoamreadings]

week of february 12th, 2023

aries: an atmosphere of uncertainty doesn't need to slow you down. no need to fear the unknown. the trouble is that the unknown could bring the unwanted but the good news is that necessarily you don't know that and it could just as well lead to a pleasant future.

taurus: the vibes are earthy and fixed which is frustrating for many but solidly in your own wheelhouse. of course it's always better to be flexible than brittle, and magical thinking is powerful for the time being, but your slow and steady approach to things pays off.

gemini: mercury, your ruling planet, trines nurturing ceres. they're both in the other air signs, highlighting all things fun, creative, and interesting - these are some of your specialties even in less supportive times than this!

cancerians: mercury now in aquarius takes some focus off your relationships, in a way that might be refreshing. at the same time, there is a focus on debts and taxes. if you have anything here to clear up it is auspicious to do so in the next couple of weeks.

leo: a flurry of 7th house activity before the start of pisces season. get your commitment/partnership related affairs in order before the shift so that they don't come back to haunt you when it is less auspicious to shuffle things around.

virgo: if you've felt a little *too* focused on the sacred mundane these days, transcendent relationships are about to become a big thing. brace yourself, and try to keep your feet on the ground in case of major romantic swooning.

libra: even with relatively little explicitly libran energy, varied cardinality + airiness + venusian vibes add up to = everyone loves libra. be kind to the pisceans in your life for bonus points, but it should be a good time to you!

scorpio: that strange shimmery quality to the astral plane currently is magic, and that's not a joke. logic and realism have their places, but they don't always work in such a surreal atmosphere. actually if you manage to combine them, that's when you get the best results this week.

sagittarius: those of you with siblings - do something fun with them or at least reach out to them soon if it's at all possible. if not, or for only-child sagittarians, consider bonding with neighbors and your immediate community. big aquarius vibes all week smile on such behaviors.

capricorn: your ruling planet saturn is and has been, of course, in aquarius, but you likely feel it all week as it gears up to move into pisces. it is still good to be frugal, but you can start to plan ahead a bit to small indulgences.

aquarius: if everything seems strangely foreboding right now, that's because it is. nothing happens which isn't a sign or omen of some kind. the good news is, they can be good omens!

pisces: it is the last week before your own season begins; pisces welcomes the sun on the weekend. but in a way, it is already getting started, and you can take what occurs in the coming weeks as omens of what saturn into your sign next week will bring. not to mention you have a lovely conjunction between venus and neptune occurring before the week is up. you may dream of your (future?) lover, or they will make your waking life a sort of dream.

[pagansheep]

Iplier Appearances by Date

Welcome to all of the Iplier Ego Appearances from the very first to current!

YouTube Playlist Here

2012

June 19th, 2012: Don’t Blink

July 4th, 2012: Don’t Move

November 9th, 2012: The Fall of Slender Man

2013

January 23rd, 2013: King of the Squirrels

February 7th, 2013: Danger In Fiction Part One [Feat. Markiplier]

June 12th, 2013: The Warfstache Affair

July 23rd, 2013: Mr. Kitty Saves The World

July 28th, 2013: Raspy Hill

August 20th, 2013: Danger In Fiction | Chapter II

October 16th, 2013: Warfstache Plays Slender

October 31st, 2013: Are Jumpscares Scary?

2014

June 3rd, 2014: Super Infidelity 

August 26th, 2014: The Ned Affair [feat. Markiplier]

October 31st, 2014: Google in Real Life | ft. Markiplier (Matthias Ending)

October 31st, 2014: Google IRL (Markiplier Ending)

December 10th, 2014: Hire My Ass [feat. Markiplier, Danny Sexbang & Matthias]

2015

March 7th, 2015: Five Nights at Freddy’s Interview 

March 24th, 2015: Ed Edgar Adoptallott's Baby Bulk Buy

March 26th, 2015: King of the Squirrels Returns

September 8th, 2015: Worst News Doctor

September 13th, 2015: Warfstache Interviews Markiplier

2016

August 13th, 2016: Relax

August 24th, 2016: Now We’re Cooking

November 13th, 2016: MAKING LOVE FOR SENPAI | Yandere Simulator #12

2017

February 14th, 2017: A Date With Markiplier

April 1st, 2017: 360 Video | Let’s Play Minecraft | Part One

April 16th, 2017: Don’t Play This Game

May 5th, 2017: Markiplier TV

May 20th, 2017: Google Gets an Upgrade

June 29th, 2017: The Voice of Darkiplier | Markiplier Remix

October 10th, 2017: Who Killed Markiplier? - Chapter One

October 11th, 2017: Who Killed Markiplier? - Chapter Two

October 12th, 2017: Who Killed Markiplier? - Chapter Three

October 13th, 2017: Who Killed Markiplier? - The Final Chapter

October 14th, 2017: Corpse Abduction?

October 14th, 2017: Suspect With A Shooty?!

October 14th, 2017: Demons Jim, Demons!!

October 14th, 2017: Dummy Jim Reenacts Grisly Scene!

November 19th, 2017: Don’t Remember

November 20th, 2017: Big MOOD?

 November 21st, 2017: THE ANIMATRONIC IN THE SHADOWS | POPGOES - Part 6 (ENDING)

December 23rd, 2017: A TOTALLY NORMAL GAME... NOTHING SUSPICIOUS AT ALL... | Doki Doki Literature Club - Part 1 (Description Only)

December 24th, 2017: SO MANY BEAUTIFUL WOMEN | Doki Doki Literature Club - Part 2 (Description Only)

December 26th, 2017: EVERYTHING IS SO... NORMAL | Doki Doki Literature Club - Part 3 (Description Only)

December 30th, 2017: THE PERFECT DATE w/ ThE ̸̗͍̮̼͙P̏͂̈́ͦ͂̂E͆̈́ͧͮͣ̍̄Ŕ̓͋F̿̒ͦĒͫ̑ͧCT̓ ͏̪̜̗͔̻̘GiRL | Doki Doki - Part 4 (Description Only)

December 31st, 2017: WARNING... THINGS GO VERY VERY WRONG... | Doki Doki Literature Club - Part 5 (Description Only)

2018

January 1st, 2018: BE WITH ME FOREVER | Doki Doki Literature Club - Part 6 (ENDING) (Description Only)

January of 2018: A Compromise (Tumblr)

August 15th, 2018: Wilford “MOTHERLOVING” Warfstache

August 20th, 2018: Go Back To Sleep…

December 10th, 2018: SANTA SPILLS THE TEA

2019

May 12th, 2019: DAMIEN

December 21st, 2019: CyberMark (Facebook, THIS HAS ENDED)

October 30th 2019: A Heist With Markiplier 

2021

February 11th, 2021: Cooking Simulator #2

February 11th, 2021: The Best Kind of Love Story… (Instagram)

March 7th, 2021: The Warfstache Automated Interview Automaton

August 24th, 2021: MY WORST NIGHTMARE | Mannequin House

September 3rd, 2021: Everything has to End

December 11th, 2021: Everything has to Begin

2022

March 4th, 2022: In Space With Markiplier | Official Trailer

April 4th, 2022: In Space With Markiplier Part One

April 11th, 2022: Ë̸̼R̴̢̼̂R̵̡̙̚͜Ǫ̸͙͚̈R̶̦̮̝͗

April 13th, 2022: We Went Back

April 15th, 2022: Try Not to Crash Simulator | Drive Time Radio

April 18th, 2022: P̴̮̌̓A̵̧͌͜R̶̰̀A̶D̶O̵X̴͓́͗͗͊̆̀͝ ̵͙̈̚D̴̖̍E̷T̷E̵̩͑͜ͅC̵̻͊T̸̺͎̾̾È̷͕Ḓ̴̵̛̊͗̔̃̌̅̀̓̂̕͝

April 25th, 2022: The Multiverse Is Littered With the Corpses of Your Failures

May 2nd, 2022: In Space With Markiplier Part Two

2023

September 16th, 2023: 3 Scary Games #102

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@thequietdoll

[nothing-but-glitter-and-lashes]

one of the best things that happened to me in 2023

getting a tumblr really was one of the best things that ever happened to me in 2023

let me explain

so i have very… sheltering parents. they like to control what im watching and listening to, they don’t like me having social media. not an insane amount, but just like… to make sure i don’t see or hear anything completely appropriate, cos i am 13 years old. maybe control is the wrong word. but you know what i mean.

the problem with this is, it means that i don’t tend to know about current affairs/events that happen in the world/any major issues going on. not like in a way that lead me to have wrong ideas about anything, like for example the LGBTQ+ community, but in a way that means that i don’t know anything about that community… at all. i didn’t know what the word gay meant until much more recently than probably anyone else on this site. i don’t hear anything about the Palestinian occupation, because my parents will always turn the radio off if it’s talking about something “upsetting”. i mean fuck, i barely knew anything was going on in the middle east until i got a tumblr.

its not that i had the wrong opinion, it’s not that i support israel. i just didn’t have an opinion. full stop.

so when i got a tumblr, i had to very quickly catch up on everything that’s happened… ever. like yes i updated myself on the Palestinian occupation, i learnt what the rest of the letters in the LGBTQ+ acronym were, what they stood for, and what those words meant. but the way i grew up meant that i never heard very much music on the radio, just whatever my parents wanted to listen to. which would’ve been fine, because we have similar music taste. but it was getting genuinely ridiculous. to give an example, i never heard the song Blank Space until 2023.

2023.

that song came out in 2014. hell, it was RE released in 2023. people would sing popular songs and ask me why i didn’t know them. what was i supposed to tell them? that my parents didn’t listen to that music, so i didn’t either?

so why did they act like that? were they scared, for example, that i would become LGBTQ+ if i ever found out that that community existed? nope. i came out at bisexual to my parents February 2023, and they were both pretty ok with it (it was awkward and still is, but they’re not homophobic). were they worried id upset myself by finding out about the horrific things happening to innocent Palestinians? well, even if they were, it’s better that i know, so that i can try to do something about it. nothing can change if we’re all kept in the dark, right?

so. in November 2023, i got me a tumblr. found out about it from Pinterest, which my parents would also kill me for having. i love this site. i love my moots. my parents will never know.

thanks for reading, i guess. i don’t really know where i was going with that, but i am pretty pissed at my parents for not letting me find out about fucking current events. letting me listen to normal pop music like a lot of teens do. i may only be 13, but im not stupid. and they’ll never find my tumblr.

love you all <3

[christinescupofcoffee]

one of my 9 wips — As the Seasons Grey

the other 8:

Quarter After Twelve | Throughout the Dark Months of April and May | Love is Not Enough | Blood & Chocolate | The Confectioner’s Tale | The Skeleton Key | Midnight Oil | Time is Coming | (i also have a few works that are anonymous)

started — February 2023 | genre — erotic romance, fanfic | pov — 3rd person perspective | status — first draft | currently — writing book two (Dark Roots of Earth)! | themes — student/teacher dynamics, higher education, affairs, secrets, escapism, death, unlocking memories, healing

blurb | “You’re a sweet man, Alex—you deserve a break once in a while.” He was the substitute teacher with the hands as fast as lightning, and she couldn't help but feel something with him. But it's a collegiate setting, and there's a boy next to her with unsaid secrets and adventurous streak, a quartet of girls like moths to a flame, a lady with her eyes wide open, and a mysterious woman on his caller ID.

excerpt | She was the kind of person that only entered a classroom once in every while, and yet she seemed like someone who should have been there forever. A spirit in the night, the way that she moved about, everything and more. She wasn’t one to have a crush on anyone else around her, either; merely someone who had come to class to do her work and ask a few questions here and there, to which she held on to every word that emerged from his lips, and she tended to her notes all the while. There was something so hypnotic about her, especially for him. 

She had come to the college on a whim, much like how he had as well. It was as if the stars had bound them together, and yet, there was nothing to tie them by the hip. 

The whole entire thing resembled a dream of sorts, as if something beyond them wanted them to be together forever. 

There was something in the air that day at school as well, especially once she strode into the classroom and took her spot there at the front of the room. She caught him there at the teacher’s desk on the far-left side of the room. He sat there with his back to the classroom: she knew right away that it wasn’t Mr. Hansen. 

note: a personal favorite! This one actually started life as a one shot for Kinkmas 2022 and then I began thinking about how much I love Alex and how much I want the best for him. I started writing this one during a stream of bad snowstorms and we didn’t have internet for four days—before it went out, I caught Lana Del Rey’s then-new song “A&W” and it became sort of a driving force behind it. I made lots of art to go with it, too. I did have to put Dark Roots of Earth on hiatus this past summer because a.) my 10-year-old laptop finally died on me and I had to rely on my iPad to write, and with this, I had to choose what to write over the summer; and b.) I needed to take more notes. Christine is undoubtedly my avatar and her relationship with Alex is undoubtedly one that I think about quite often.

And I won’t go into it—and it’s purely speculation at this point, too, i.e., I can’t really confirm anything—but it seems this fic has more or less gotten me into some trouble recently 😅 oh, well. Nothing I can do about it and I’m pressing on anyway.

[mariacallous]

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stepped down from his role on Wednesday following the resignations of several other members of the cabinet amid a wide-ranging reshuffle of the Ukrainian government, the largest since Russia’s full-scale invasion more than two years ago. 

The shake-up comes at a critical juncture in the war, as Ukrainian forces seized a chunk of Russia’s Kursk region in a surprise cross-border offensive last month and as Moscow continues to strike energy facilities across Ukraine, leading to rolling blackouts and sparking fears of a grim winter ahead. 

On Tuesday, at least 51 people were killed in a Russian strike on the central Ukrainian city of Poltava. 

“Fall will be extremely important for Ukraine. And our state institutions must be set up in such a way that Ukraine will achieve all the results we need,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Tuesday evening address. “To do this, we need to strengthen some areas in the government—and personnel decisions have been prepared.”

Zelensky is expected to travel to the United States this month to attend the United Nations General Assembly and has said he intends to present U.S. President Joe Biden as well as presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris with a “victory plan” to win the war. 

Ukrainian lawmakers said they expect another round of firings and resignations—which have been rumored as part of a major government shake-up for some time—to continue Thursday. David Arakhamia, the head of Zelensky’s Servant of the People party in Ukraine’s parliament said in a Telegram message that as much as 50 percent of the cabinet of ministers could be reshuffled. 

In a meeting with his party in the Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday, Zelensky said the reshuffle was intended to reenergize the government and increase efficiency in certain areas, according to Oleksandr Merezhko, the chair of the parliament’s foreign affairs committee.

Rumors of a reshuffle have circulated in Ukraine for months. Almost a quarter of cabinet posts have been held by acting ministers following previous resignations, said Andrii Osadchuk, a member of the Ukrainian parliament with the opposition party Holos. 

Ukrainian analysts struggled to explain the logic of the reshuffle, noting that some of those who have tendered their resignations are expected to remain in senior government posts.

“I don’t think anyone can explain why most of the changes are happening,” said Andrii Borovyk, the executive director of Transparency International Ukraine. “We cannot say that this is a new team in the government,” he added, noting that many of the new appointees currently serve as deputy ministers or as officials in the Presidential Office. 

Ukraine has been under martial law since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, and elections, which are typically held every five years, have been postponed indefinitely.

But with much of Ukraine’s foreign policy already being run by Zelensky and Andriy Yermak, the head of the Presidential Office, former U.S. officials and experts saw the moves as a reshuffling of the deck chairs in Ukraine’s cabinet instead of a full-on personnel makeover.

“These are Ukrainian decisions to make and indeed the president’s decision to make,” said former Ambassador William Taylor, who led the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv in an acting capacity until January 2020. “I don’t anticipate this being a problem in relations with the United States.”

In the past year, Zelensky has taken a firmer hand with personnel changes. In September 2023, he swapped out then-Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov for Rustem Umerov and followed that up by replacing the popular Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi as the commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces with Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi in February. With the new moves likely to continue to see power centralized in the hands of Zelensky and Yermak, some lawmakers chafed at the changes.

“President Zelensky does not believe in institutions—he believes in people,” said one Ukrainian lawmaker who spoke on condition of anonymity to talk about the ongoing changes. “But institutions should work, and institutions should have strategy. That’s not how it’s happening in Ukraine.”

In the wake of Kuleba’s resignation, Andrii Sybiha will be nominated as Ukraine’s foreign minister, two people familiar with the decision said. Sybiha was a deputy to Yermak in the Presidential Office until earlier this year and previously Ukraine’s ambassador to Turkey. 

“He’ll have a different style from Kuleba,” Taylor said. “He’ll probably instill a little more discipline in the [Ministry of Foreign Affairs]. He’s more formal.”

As part of the changes, the portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olha Stefanishyna is expected to be folded into the Justice Ministry, with Stefanishnya tipped to lead the ministry in an expanded role as the country pursues accession talks with the European Union, said Alyona Getmanchuk, the director of the New Europe Center, a Kyiv-based think tank.

Oleksandr Kamyshin will be promoted to become a strategic advisor to the Presidential Office, two Ukrainian officials said, putting the former Ukrainian railroad and arms czar much closer to the powerful president. 

“For me, it’s time for new challenges,” Kamyshin said in a post on X on Wednesday after Ukraine’s parliament voted through his resignation. “I will remain part of the team and continue doing everything possible to bring our Victory closer. I will keep building the Arsenal of the Free World.” Herman Smetanin, the head of Ukroboronprom, the Ukrainian state defense conglomerate, is expected to take over the Ministry of Strategic Industries.

Ukrainian officials said Kuleba may take an ambassador role in Africa, where he has championed boosting Ukraine’s diplomatic footprint to counter rising Russian influence in the global south, or at a major European institution, such as NATO or the Council of Europe. 

Ukraine has been trying to move ahead with anti-corruption reforms. It has moved up 40 places in Transparency International’s scorecard on addressing corruption over the past decade, despite two Russian military invasions. And experts don’t expect the shake-up to further delay those efforts. 

“Let’s be fair: There’s still this ongoing war, a very serious situation in the east. They’re still scrambling to get the weapons and support that they need in Ukraine from the United States and other partners in the west,” said Jonathan Katz, the senior director for the anti-corruption, democracy, and security project at the Brookings Institution. “Certainly some consolidation of power is seen in scenarios like this where you have an ongoing conflict.”

[gkcurrentaffairs]

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According to the Constitution of India, India does not have a national language, rather it has Hindi and English as official languages. Hindi is the language to be used by the central government as per Article 343 while communicating with the states of the Hindi belt. English is the associate official language and the language used when communicating with the states. List of Official Language…

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🚨 Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Affairs' Commission: — Testimony of the detainee (S.D), 37 years old, detained since November 2023, currently held in Naqab Prison: I was arrested in November through the so-called 'safe passage' during my displacement from the north to the south. I was severely beaten after my arrest, with the focus on sensitive areas. They even intentionally pulled the hair from my body in a painful and humiliating way while I was tied up and blindfolded. After being transferred to one of the camps in the Gaza Envelope alongside many other detainees, we were subjected to torture around the clock. One of the guards tied my hands behind my back for eight days, and I was beaten on my back until I bled. This is in addition to the insults and systematic humiliation in all forms and methods. In the initial phase, detainees were forced to relieve themselves in their clothes, and we suffered from thirst and hunger. During that period, food was limited to three pieces of bread. All the detainees in that initial phase suffered from fractures and severe wounds, and we did not receive any medical treatment. I spent eight months wearing the same clothes, and we were deprived of bathing for 18 days. The goal of the beatings in the first phase was to execute us and cause permanent disabilities among the detainees. Despite that, we are still subjected to very harsh conditions. We are detained in the tent section, and all of us are suffering from diseases and fractures, particularly skin diseases (https://t.me/RNN_Prisoners/2093), which have spread due to the lack of cleanliness and poor health conditions inside the prison. I, along with the majority of the detainees (https://t.me/RNN_Prisoners/2150), suffer from the spread of boils and sores all over our bodies, which have caused severe infections. What worsened the situation were the foam mattresses, which have no covers, and the friction of our bodies with them, along with the lack of cleanliness, intensified our suffering from severe itching and infections. In the section where I am currently held, with 150 detainees, we had been using one bathroom throughout the past period. The blankets are never washed, and during the extreme heat, snakes and insects spread. Since February, the food containers have not been changed, turning them into a major source for the spread of diseases. In April and May, we faced a real famine as we were deprived of food. Only recently, a second bathroom was added for the 150 detainees, and specific hours have been set for its use, from 8 AM to 1 PM.

[tellthemeerkatsitsfine]

what's the mark watson thing?

Well, it is Google-able, and I’ve kind of hesitated to actually spell it out on this blog, just because I feel gross writing about that kind of celebrity gossip (I realize I write things about famous comedians’ lives on this blog all the time, but something related to their actual love life feels like a new level of tawdry). But I guess it’s not really any better to vaguely refer to it, as I’ve done a few times, than it is to spell it out. So since you asked, I’ll do that.

I’ll try to tell the story according to his comedy material, because anything he’s put in a stand-up routine doesn’t count as tabloid-style gossip, it’s just reporting on comedy. Last year I listened to all his radio shows in chronological order (those radio shows being basically made up of chunks of his stand-up, so it’s the closest I can get to hearing his old stand-up shows aside from the DVDs he released in 2011 and 2014 and a couple of other recordings I’ve found, which also follow the same pattern), the story is: early radio shows from the late 00s involve him talking constantly about being really excited to have a (relatively recent) wife. Next few years of shows involve a whole lot of jokes about anxiety about having babies and what it’s like to fight with your wife a lot. Then moves into a lot of jokes about drinking too much, more severe fighting while trying to raise children, drinking wine in hotel rooms on tour to escape family. Then he stops referring to his marriage at all for a bit, then in the late 2010s starts doing some jokes about what separation and divorce are like. In 2022, does a show that’s a bit unusually aggressive for him (still not very aggressive, it’s Mark Watson), talking about depression and divorce and having a drinking problem that is a cause and effect of both those things, a brief story about how he’d lived in Adam Hills’ attic for six months as his marriage/life fell apart. His 2023 show took this even farther, with a couple of jokes about being frustrated that he has to pay so much alimony, and some of the struggles of co-parenting with an ex-wife.

Things I know even though I haven’t heard it in a comedy routine: after getting divorced around 2018, he was in a relationship with Lianne Coop, the comedy producer who runs the Inpatient Productions company with him and occasionally appears in No More Jockeys videos. A relationship that I’m fairly sure ended in mid-2023, because I heard him do some stand-up in February that said his son had Googled him and learned about his ex-wife and current girlfriend, but when he streamed the same stand-up show from Edinburgh in August, he said his son had Googled him and learned about his ex-wife as well as the woman who until recently was his girlfriend, a change that I think made the bit more convoluted and work less well. Almost as though comedians don’t plan their love lives around what will make a line in their show sound smoothest. After seeing that, I said that’s probably the theme for next year’s show sewn up, I guess he’s got a breakup show coming. Though I now think he may have bigger issues than that to discuss next year.

I give the background because it is relevant to why I care about the recent revelations, which are that it turns out the reason his marriage fell apart is he had a three-year affair, including while his wife was pregnant with their second child. If this were a comedian I find funny but their material weren’t all that personal, I’d find it easier to separate the art from the artist.

But in this case, Mark Watson has been talking about that part of his personal life for years. Not just in stand-up, either. He did nine episodes of Sofie Hagan’s podcast from 2017 to the end of 2020, in which he’d come on every 6-12 months and they’d have a long, involved conversation about their personal lives, their mental health, their recovery from difficult things, which in Mark’s case included divorce. He talked about coming back from suicidal thoughts, from self-hatred, a lot of serious stuff that he was able to discuss insightfully and interestingly and at times in a way I found really emotionally moving and resonant, because he’s intelligent and analytical. But I did notice, during all those podcast episodes and also all his stand-up material, that while he talked about the pain of a marriage ending, he never actually explained why or how it ended. I just figured he wanted to keep that private, which is absolutely fair enough. It was a contrast, being so open about many things and keeping that topic closed, but celebrities should be allowed to do that. To open up about deeply personal things without being expected to tell us everything.

But now that we know what he was avoiding telling us, it feels pretty fucking disingenuous to me. He didn’t have to tell us why his marriage ended, but if he wasn’t going to tell us that, I think he shouldn’t have spent all those years talking about it at all. Because talking about it without mentioning the fact that it was all his fault is pretty misleading. Obviously got him a fair bit of unearned sympathy. It’s a new piece of context that makes me look back at years of his comedy material, and stuff he’s staid on podcasts (on Sofie’s podcast, and a couple of others, he did a really good one on Susan Calman’s mental health podcast in I think 2018), in a new light.

So that’s my defense for caring, at least a bit, about a celebrity affair/breakup – it is related to his work. I’m a lot less disposed toward hearing him complain about the pain of divorce when I know it wasn’t a mutual no-fault process, but him facing the consequences of something horrible he did to his wife.

Also, a whole lot of the appeal of Mark Watson’s comedy is based on him being likeable. I’m thinking of John Mulaney’s latest show, which opens with him saying “likeability is a prison”, as his explanation for how it felt to be vilified when he failed to live up to the “likeable” image he’d created to his fans. And I saw his point, I really did. I think there is no defense for what the tabloids or fans did to John Mulaney when he got divorced, which is why I’ve filled this post with about 80 caveats so far to try to avoid doing the same thing to Mark Watson. Celebrities should be allowed to be flawed human beings without tabloids or the public on Twitter jumping all over them for being insufficiently likeable.

But also, I would say the same thing about Mark Watson that I said about John Mulaney’s “likeability is a prison” line, which is that “don’t cheat on your wife” isn’t that high a bar. I said something yesterday about how the lesson here should be to not put celebrities on pedestals, but I don’t think this is all that high a pedestal. I didn’t find out that Mark Watson was rude to a stranger after a bad day once, making him disappointingly imperfect. I found out he carried on an affair for three fucking years including while his wife was pregnant. I mean… fucking hell. Three years. That’s not one mistake, where things get out of hand and then you feel terrible and never do it again. Surely there’s a happy medium somewhere between “Mark Watson has to be perfect” and “Mark Watson can have a 3-year affair and that’s fine”. Some middle ground where celebrities can be flawed but we’re still allowed to get mad when they do something absolutely awful.

Also, I don’t think I had Mark Watson in that prison of likeability. I knew he had, as his friend Tim Minchin would say and for lack of a less dramatic term, a dark side. If you only know him from panel shows and stuff it seems like his persona is of a really really nice innocuous guy, and I do like the really really nice harmless Mark Watson from panel shows, but I think my favourite side of Mark Watson is the darker stuff that comes out in his stand-up sometimes, when he gets a bit aggressive, gets into rougher topics like depression and alcohol and anger and jealousy. I never expected Mark Watson to always be sweet and innocent. I just… didn’t expect this. This new context for all his old bits.

But even if I like aggressive and dark Mark Watson just as much I like sweet and nice Mark Watson, that’s still all based on him seeming like the kind of person I like, and therefore making me want to hear what a person like that has to say. His humour is tied more tightly to who he is than it would be if he were a less personal comedian. So yeah, learning new stuff about who he is changes how I can enjoy his work. Makes it harder to separate the art from the artist. If I don't like him personally anymore, then it's no longer as much fun to hear what he has to say.

I don’t think Mark Watson should be canceled. And I do think some people should be canceled. I think comedians or other famous people who do horrible things to innocent people in their personal lives should lose their fans and ability to make money off their public image. But that should apply to predators and things like that. This isn’t that, I don’t think there should be professional consequence for cheating on your wife. It is, when it comes down to it, his own business. But I can't help that it changes the way I feel about him.

There’s also the question of why he said this publicly now, after not saying it for so many years. And he did choose to say it, by the way. This wasn’t some tabloids uncovering it through dirty journalism. He talked about it in a recent interview of his own volition. And he did, to his credit, say he regrets it and he knows it was an awful thing to do and he’s sorry and he makes no excuses. Which I think would be a plausible defense… if it happened one time and then he felt awful enough to stop. But three fucking years… Jesus Christ, I don’t know how anyone could keep that up for so long.

I don’t know why he decided to talk about it now. The most horribly, horribly cynical guess would be that his autobiographical book is just coming out and he wanted something in the papers that’s interesting about his personal life to make it sell better. I want to believe that’s not what happened, but I have to say it’s crossed my mind. I pre-ordered his book months ago, paid extra for a signed and dedicated copy, and I rather regret that now. I haven’t received it, and when I do I’ll still read it. But it feels weird.

It is also possible that he just decided to talk publicly about it now because his other relationship has ended recently, maybe that changed how he looks at things. Or maybe he didn’t want to worry about it “coming out” anymore. There is some stuff in Sofie Hagan's latest show that may possibly suggest that what was showcased on their podcast conversations may not have been the beautifully deep healthy cross-gender friendship it appeared to be, because actually nothing good is real and you can't trust anything, and that could have made him worried that someone else is going to put his secrets out there so he'd rather get them out himself. Point being that I can think of several things besides the release of his book that happened this year and could have caused this, and I really hope one of them was the cause, rather than the incredibly cynical possibility that it was for book publicity.

All right, this has been the comedian gossip section of the blog. Likeability is a prison but also I'd prefer it if my favourite comedians would keep the extra-marital affairs to under three years. Surely it's not too parasocial to say that.

[onenettvchannel]

#K5NewsFMExclusive: 'Glitch Techs' celebrates 4th Anniversary, unveiling the New Animatic Season 3 Sneak Preview and beyond at a Virtual Q&A event forum

(Written by Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong / Freelanced News Writer, Digital Media Reporter and Presenter of OneNETnews)

(2nd UPDATE) FORT WORTH, TEXAS -- Nickelodeon's popular American-animated cartoon show 'Glitch Techs', commemorates the 4th anniversary with an exciting update on the anticipated 3rd Season. To mark this occasion, a pre-recorded virtual Discord video conference was held on Friday (February 23rd, 2024 -- Central local time) on a video-sharing platform (owned via Google's Alphabet), hosted by a male YouTuber 'Seekingthesky' from 'NewGamePlus' on his YouTube channel. The guests for the virtual Q&A forum is Mr. Dan Milano, one of the creators of the show, hailing from Long Island, New York, United States of America (U.S.A).

The news team of DWFH-FM 97.7mhz's K5 News FM: Dumaguete can exclusively reveal that the creators of 'Glitch Techs' are breaking their silence for the first time to introduce the show to a broader audience, including us adults in the specified target demographic. They hinted that the 3rd Season is currently on hold, with the animated production frozen indefinitely at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio (NAS), now a part of the 'Nickelodeon Group' under the American streaming company 'Netflix'.

At the start of a pre-recorded Q&A forum on YouTube with a new video message to their web streaming viewers: "You guys are on this journey with Miko Kubota and Hector Nieves (Mee-KO & Hi-5), we have so many other ideas that we wanna do with this project. But you know, it is what it is, we do have a secret Season 3 so… Nickelodeon someday, and hopefully they'll let that out, and let us show you what are plans were with 'Glitch Techs'. But for now, continue to enjoy this show, it really helps us out and keep the awareness of this show out there by you guys sharing it, talking about it and everything that you guys continue to do", Mr. Eric Robles, who is a co-creator of 'Glitch Techs' from a video message and spoke exclusively to 'K5 News FM: Dumaguete' (formerly Radyo Bandera Sweet FM network).

As part of the 4th anniversary celebration, the male YouTuber 'SeekingTheSky' treated fans to an exclusive sneak peek of the animatic episode #7 titled "Mobs and Minions" during this said forum, offering a glimpse into what lies ahead in the upcoming season.

K5 News Patrol #4 reporter of OneNETnews, Station Manager & President of OneNETtv Channel; and a current 'Hinobi' employee in Bailley City, Texas, U.S.A., spilled the beans on 'Glitch Gauntlet' during a candid couch discussion with her daughter's father 'Mr. Hugh Kubota' by wiping system memories of our brains, pretending none of them is going to happen except only Miko. He has ensured if they can play together with their family gaming sessions for Kubota(s).

During the virtual Q&A forum, Mr. Milano reflected on the show's journey over the past four (4) years, highlighting both challenges and successes. Fans were treated to the inside scoop, and a glimpse behind the scenes, building anticipation for the forthcoming 3rd season.

Yet, in a recent Instagram post (owned by Meta Platforms Inc.) in late-November 2023, Mr. Eric Robles hinted at 'Glitch Techs' bidding farewell to the streaming company 'Netflix', and transitioning to 'Paramount+' in the near future, adding a new chapter to the show's evolution.

The anniversary celebration was a joyous affair for dedicated 'Glitch Techs' enthusiasts, offering them a peek into the artistic process behind their beloved series and leaving them eager for more adventures in the world of glitches and tech-savvy heroes, with a touch of a technical support.

SCREENGRAB COURTESY: NewGamePlusLD2512 via YT VIDEO BACKGROUND PROVIDED BY: Tegna

SOURCE: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLFPiW90Z9g [Referenced YT VIDEO via NewGamePlus] *https://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCxfSP0jcakreVZGo9Mxwh0g *https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz28Tu5uJTc/ [Referenced Instagram Captioned Post via Eric Robles] *https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-milano-35324a59 *https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586850/bio/ *https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-milano_glitch-techs-the-power-of-friendship-and-activity-7165076874040205312-QkLK [Referenced LinkedIn Post via Dan Milano] and *https://offcolour.org/2020/09/07/glitch-techs-the-power-of-friendship-and-collaboration-on-and-off-screen/ [Referenced News Article via Off Colour News Bureau]

-- OneNETnews Team

UPDATE #1 (as of March 1st, 2024 -- Manila local time): Per the male YouTuber's response via the X Network with respect, we redact his legal full name for privacy reasons and to be edited out for clarification purpose.

UPDATE #2 (as of March 1st, 2024 -- Manila local time): Corrections made per the male source YouTuber. It's actually 'Seekingthesky', not 'SeekingWithSky' in their misheard nickname. We extremely but sincerely apologize for a confusion.

[grandmaster-anne]

22 February 2023 The Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) was honoured to host His Royal Highness (HRH) The Earl of Wessex and Fulfar, at its base in Savannah Newlands. Due to its size and location, the CICG Base was selected as the venue of choice for HRH to receive a Royal Salute from The Cayman Islands Cadet Corps (CICC), and to inspect equipment that will be used by the Cayman Islands Regiment (CIR) when deploying to assist in Humanitarian Aid & Disaster Recovery operations. During this visit, HRH toured the facility, and received a walking brief on the CICG’s current capabilities and future initiatives. While on site, HRH also met with, and engaged in discussions with members of Recruit Class 02, who were participating in training exercises that day. This is the first Member of the Royal Family to visit with the CICG since its inception, and it is was quite an honour, especially as HRH is a staunch supporter of youth development programmes, and maritime conservation initiatives. Accompanying HRH on his tour of the base and his interactions with the CIR and CICC, was HE The Governor of the Cayman Islands, Mr. Martyn Roper. The Minister Responsible for Home Affairs, Hon. Sabrina Turner, and the acting Chief Officer in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Mr. Julian Lewis. 📸: Adrian Clarke & @picturesbyshankar — Cayman Islands Coast Guard