#EU in my region

[greencheekconure27]

When the leftist party you were going to vote for starts talking about "de-escalation" in Ukraine 🤦‍♀️(which translates to "we will stall military aid and try to appease Russia again")

Meanwhile their equivalent in the neighbouring country is all-in for proper support.

Le sigh.

[legionofpotatoes]

i've been following my (western european) country's news coverage of what's going in on in Georgia for the past few weeks, and it looks terrifying. i hope you, your bean, and the people you both care about are safe, and i fervently hope the cliffdive can at the very least be held at bay this time. thank you for sharing the donation post, whatever i can contribute will go straight over there

Thanks nonnie, we both appreciate your words! Things aren't looking too great but we're doing what we can to support the activist movements and publicize any dents we make in exposing the corruption. Donating/sharing support channels really helps, especially as the state starts cracking down in earnest, so I appreciate that.

We are essentially choosing between internal annihilation now or external annihilation later, so no one's having a particularly good time. But I also can't pretend to know what wrinkles the future might hold, so maybe we slip out of this somehow? Can't afford that thought now but it certainly helps to type it out every once in a while.

edit: oh and personally me and the bean and our folks are all right for now, yes. Thanks for asking!

[sudaca-swag]

i honestly tell every latin american who tells me they want to move to live in europe not to do it, europe is holding on to its last breath meanwhile latin america is (with some exceptions) seeing a shift society-wise that is mostly positive

[avaritia-ffxiv]

I am. So mad. About the lack of region travel. Like I was already before! 'Cause you know, Gia's on NA but my ping there is lmao awful, which sometimes makes content a bit annoying (the cannons in M4 man. The cannons). And I can't play with any of my friends in EU, or the FC that I'm in from when I was still primarily playing on EU. I want to get back to running maps for them!!! That was fun!!!!

But also, when you have a character on EU. I've been playing Saga, and he's on Chaos, and just. The place is fucking dead. It's so fucking dead. On Aether I can queue for anything any time of the day, and depending on the hour it is for NA, the wait times can be longer, but the q will still pop eventually for just about anything.

EU? Haha good fucking luck if you're trying to do something like alliance outside of the more active hours. Saga's needed to do the CT raids to progress the ARR patches, and timing when I'm going to queue based on the hour of the day is just. IF WE HAD REGION TRAVEL I COULD JUST GO TO NA AND GET IT DONE. YOSHI P. WHY.

So anyway I still haven't gotten WoD done 'cause I tried to queue at 9am on a weekday while waiting for my dog to finally come out of her carrier. I'm glad she likes the carrier even after getting brought home from the vet in it yesterday, but man if getting her out of there against her will isn't an exercise in futility.

[kayzero]

YHE COOY OF FFREMAKE I GOT IS EU AND NOW SONY WONT LET ME PLAY INTERMISSION I AM SO SAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDD

h. hey. who wants to give me uh. fifteen dollars and nineteen cents you ess dee. to buy a merica copy of the video game. so i can play ninja with my favorite ninja girl.

I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR WEEKS DUDE I WAS PLANNING ON BUYING P3LOAF (P3rsonaS5 successfully purchased) ON FEBRUARY THE FIRST AND THEN SPENDING THE WHOLE DAY PLAYING INTERMISSION AND THEN I WOULD FINISH PLAYING WITH YUFFIE AND FALL ASLEEP AND WAKE UP AT MIDNIGHT TO BURN MY BREAD

but now i sont have a cute ninja girlfriend to play fort condor with

Someone Please Help Me Buy A Girlfriend To Play Fort Condor With

[goodguydotmp3]

Hi. Is there any reason that this does not count as a world war? There are a lot of regions who are defending themselves, often against a common enemy or enemies, a lot of countries are threatening to get involved, there have been devastation to land, peoples comes, populations of people themselves. The destruction (that we know of) grows larger and larger, and the resistance news network as well as the cradle both give very detain explanations of military operations across several countries.

There's a war happening on another front that is affecting this, and the main offending body (isreal) has had to pull its diplomats from several countries whether by choice or by being kicked out. Much of the world either is involved, considers itself involved, or has been touched by this imperialist agression.

How is this not a world war?

I want to be clear that I am not excited by the thought of a world war nor is this a joke. I just think it's important to consider who gets to be counted as "the world" when it comes to a "world" war, and I think if the answer is that only europe or western superpowers get to decide when it's a world war then I think we should reexamine why these war mongering countries get to tell everyone else when there's a "world" war

🚀 People trying to blame Iran for this measured and calculated “escalation” conveniently ignore the facts. The real question is why are the UK and US so quick to condemn Iran for its attacks tonight, but so unwilling to condemn the Israeli attack on Iran’s embassy in Syria?

[fogemorfem]

Listening to a radio show where they are discussing immigration laws in Europe. The politics are all about "protecting the borders". From what? People who are risking absolutely everything for just a chance at a better life? Who are we to deny them that, who are we to say "don't bring your misery over here", who are we to decide who gets a chance. How about we actually try to help? How about we give legal ways to come here so people don't have to die? How about we actually welcome them, giving them the support they need to cope, get their families here so they can relax, allow them to work, you know, allow them to live?

I'm so tired of Europe gatekeeping our luxury. In Sweden it's all "we can't even afford to take care of our elderly, boohoo", oh we can afford it alright, we're just not paying enough to do it. The money is there, but taxes have lowered or been cancelled for ages now, especially for the rich, and not even the socialist party talks about raising or reinstating them again. Everything is about budget cuts and "efficiency", the staff in hospitals are burning out, but almost no one wants to bring up the obvious solution. Get. The. Money. And when the hospital staff can breathe, let's talk about how to best welcome refugees, instead of how to best shut them out.

[leafofkudzu]

Hooray hooray, it's Wintersd- oh, not quite yet, but happy December, everyone! I hope those of you in colder regions have a nice warm spot to bundle up and get cozy for the holidays! Meanwhile, the first Saturday of a new month is this Saturday, which means it's time for another art party hosted by my guild, [VS] Verdant Shield!

I've said this in almost two dozen posts now, but there are always news eyes around, so a quick tl;dr: art parties are a concept carried over from Final Fantasy XIV - in-game get-togethers for artists of all kinds to hang out, chat, and create together! For GW2 parties there's more of an emphasis on hanging out and gathering references during the party itself, and then in the days/weeks following to work on your creations at your own pace and then post to the shared art party tag. We've used the same one (#VSArtParty) since the very beginning so you can go allll the way back and explore what people have made!

Even more tl;dr is this: the ‘goal’ of an art party isn’t to be drawn, but to draw others, and share with the community!

Time and /squadjoin information is below the cut, but will also be posted again on the day of the party as things begin!

Location Information:

No fighting this time, we're in a nice no-combat corner of Snowden Drifts (the Southwest corner, to be precise!). There is a nearby dredge event that we might catch some dialogue from from time to time, but because we're up on the main part of the building across the bridge from it, no enemies should ever come close - simply relax and get cozy! Podaga Steading Waypoint has the matching name of course, but Skradden Waypoint (by the map entrance from Gendarran Fields) is just as close!

Time & Squad Details:

As is customary, we'll be having two parties - the first one on EU servers and the second on NA - with an hour break in between for those who may want to attend both!

The EU server party will begin at 9pm Central European Time (aka 3pm Eastern Standard Time or 4 hours before in-game reset). I'll be hosting this one on my EU alt account, so please either /whisper or /squadjoin Stormcaller Nell for a taxi invite if you don't end up on the right map!

The NA server party will begin 1 hour after the EU party's official end, at 7pm Eastern Standard Time (aka 1am Central European Time or at in-game reset). I'll be on my main account for this one and may switch 'host' characters a few times, but please /whisper or /squadjoin Freja Owlsong for a taxi invite if you don't see my customary white cat tag hanging around on your map!

Closing Words:

Feel free to consider this a Wintersday-themed party if you like! Because Anet likes to start their festivals midway through the month and I like to do the art parties at the start, it often means if I want to have a party during a festival it ends up awkwardly late, like Halloween in November..... but regardless! We just celebrate a bit earlier than the game does! Anyway!

Thank you everyone who comes out to these events and makes them so fun and memorable - there wouldn't be an art party without all of you! Take care of yourselves, keep yourselves warm, and I'll see you all this Saturday! ♥♥♥

[deadinsidewithglitterontop]

EU VOU TOMAR UM TACACÁ,

DANÇAR,

CURTIR,

FICAR DE BOA

(Desculpa, eu TIVE que fazer isso)

Here's my piece for @suenitos dteam worldwide collab featuring Dream and George having a tacacá, a typical Brazilian dish from the Amazon region made with tucupi broth, cassava gum, shrimp and jambu

I was very excited to participate in this collab, imagining any foreign character in a Brazilian context is a lot of fun for me, and being able to do this with some of the dteam was incredible, so I decided to go further and portray elements of the the culture of the northern region of Brazil (the region of where I'm from)

Fun fact: I speedrun to finish this drawing at the beginning of the month because I was going away on a trip for the rest of the month and couldn't bring my sketchbook or any drawing materials with me, so this photo has been in my gallery since the 4th of this month

[ayeforscotland]

Hi, I noticed on your post that you said that the politics of Scotland and England differs. So my question is in what ways do they differ?

England doesn't have its own parliament which changes the dynamic quite a lot. Part of the reason I want Scottish independence is because I think it would force England to have a look at more regional government.

Scotland has the Scottish Government which is responsible for devolved matters and the UK Government is responsible for A. Reserved policy areas (Defence, Energy, etc) and B. The budget of the Scottish Government.

Probably the most significant difference in the past decade was the Brexit vote, the map speaks for itself. Not one constituency area in Scotland had a majority wanting to leave the EU.

[bokujou-monogatari]

Cool Fun Giveaway Time

Giving away the Bokumono Collector's Special! Official chick and calf plushies from My Nintendo / Club Nintendo JP. Calf comes with a box! You will also receive the JP version of Harvest Moon 64 - the box cover was designed in clay by Igusa himself.

To top it off, you'll also receive the Harvest Moon GB2 campaign mug - 1000 lucky winners received this mug in 1999 (25 years ago!) Please treat it with love and care.

To enter, please reblog this post and include your favorite non-marriage candidate NPC in the tags. I'd like this to go to someone who really enjoys the series.

If you like, feel free to include a little something about your favorite Bokumono in the tags as well, so others can read!

Winner decided on 9/30 through random name pull lottery. NA and western EU regions are okay to ship. Due to the size and fragile nature, I'm a little worried about regions that are farther away, we may need to work something out but willing to do what I can to help if you win and live in a non NA or western EU place. Please do not reblog if you are under 18 as I will not be mailing anything to minors.

[alwida10]

Ugh. I hate getting political, so have some bullet points.

- Putin laments the fact that the Soviet Union has vanished. One of his major goals is to re-establish it. This has been said openly.

- the Soviet Union included regions young people from today know only as autonomous countries, including Armenia, Aserbaidschan, Estland, Georgia, Kasachstan, Kirgisien, Lettland, Litauen, Moldawien, Tadschikistan, Turkmenien/Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Usbekistan, Belarus. (Countries in bold are the countries I remember evidence of Russia has tampered with. Might be more, since my memory sucks.)

- to ensure the comeback of the Soviet Union, Putin (Russia) uses war tactics to destabilize, control and manipulate the countries to make it more likely to re-unite with Russia. Remember how Belarus’s elections have been tampered with and the bloody crushing of the protests? Moldavia has been calling for help regarding the Russian troops in their country. If you haven’t heard about Ukraine, this post isn’t for you.

- if you are able to read Russian, it’s easy to find the war plan Russia has developed to ensure this goal, including the annexation of Ukraine, Moldavia up to attacks on Poland and east-Germany.

- the biggest problem for Russia to reach this goal is the NATO, and that mostly because the USA had the NATO’s back.

- as long as the nato stands together it’s almost impossible for Putin to reach his goal.

- “devide and conquer”

-by now it’s well documented that Russian involvement led to Trump’s victory.

- the same people, who organized Trump’s campaign, later campaigned for the pro-Brexit side.

- Trump (being right wing) wanted the US to leave the NATO. Brexit has weakened the cohesion in the EU.

- the right wing parties have been growing in Europe. Italy and Netherland have already elected right wing parties as their leadership. The right wing party in Germany is most likely the second strongest party in the eu elections right now. (Yes, the modern day Nazis. Yes, Nazis.)

- right wing parties are more likely to say “what do I care about my neighbors getting bombed? I’m caring about MY people.” They support getting big (hence powerful) positions such as the NATO getting divided into smaller, easier to beat fractions. Poland does not stand a chance against Russia on its own. The NATO does.

- both Iran (because of the conflict in the Middle East) and China (because of their intend to annex Taiwan) love and support Putin’s tactic to divide and weaken the NATO. The USA are madly powerful, but not even they are able to take on three nuclear powers at the same time.

——

k, why am I talking about this?

-> if you come across anti-Biden, anti-EU, anti-democrat, pro-segregation posts or opinions you NEED to ask yourself if this might be political manipulation to weaken your country. It had been the young voters who put Trump out of office. It’s the young voters Russia and other manipulative powers have on their radar now. YOU are the target to reach their goals.

-> yes, this includes pro-Palestine messaging if it leads into a “don’t vote for Biden” narrative.

[corruptimles]

Small Shop Update + EU/Northern Ireland Regulations

Heyo! I've restocked on Venture stickers along with restocking a limited amount of Ice Cream Venture acrylic charms and The Thingku posters on my Etsy shop. Alternatively, for NA customers specifically, you can still find my stuff on Big Cartel shop (which I would prefer because it'd support me a lot more 👉👈)

IMPORTANT NOTICE for anyone within the EU+Northern Ireland that may be interested in buying from my shop: Due to changes in regulations that will take effect later this month, I sadly won't be able to ship anything to those regions anymore. If you live within those regions and would like to buy something, the cutoff to order will by December 7th before I will be removing those shipping options until further notice.

On a related note if people would like things to arrive in time for the holidays, I recommend ordering by around the same time but I cannot guarantee how busy the actual postal services will get. And as Canada Post is also still on strike, that will affect which shipping options are available for the time being.

[tncts]

✨💜SH✷P OPEN💜✨

Happy holidays everyone, my 2024 shop update is now LIVE! Featuring lots of new keychains, stationery items, risograph prints and much more. My store will be open for two weeks before closing on Friday, December 13th at 11:59pm EST. This will be the final opportunity to grab something before the year is over!

Below you will find additional info regarding the update. Please read if you are shipping to either the EU/UK or Canada! Thank you so much for being patient, I know it's been quite a while since my work has been available online to purchase. Likes + Reblogs are sincerely appreciated! Thanks for looking and happy shopping!!

✨💜 SHOP HERE 💜✨

✷ STOCK ✷ All items stocked are leftovers from the 2024 con season with a good quantity of each product available to purchase. If by chance anything sells out, I will offer preorders (depending on the item) which may ship out later to account for restocking. Anything that is marked as "Last Act" has a low quantity and will not be restocked in the future. This will be the final opportunity to purchase these items other than in person at cons if any stock is remaining after the shop closes!

✷ DAFT RALLY ✷ I know a few people expressed interest in the DP Stamp Rally prizes from Anime Expo way back when. Just to be transparent, there's only 3 available (sorry)! That includes the sticker sheet and two risograph prints along with the original packaging for the prize. While the sticker sheet will not be reprinted, there will be a listing for the risograph print I created for the rally available separately for anyone that's interested!

✷ SHIPPING: EU/UK + CANADA ✷ I will be shipping both domestically and internationally but there will be some changes this time around. Regarding shipping fees, there will be a slight increase to $25 for orders outside of the US to account for the holiday season but like domestic orders ($7), it will remain a flat fee.

While shipping is available to the EU/UK, customers will be responsible for any VAT fees on the package. I've read there is a regulation change coming that could make it impossible to send packages to the region in the future. Therefore, all EU/UK orders must be received on or by FRI, DEC 6TH to be shipped before they come into effect.

Regarding shipping to Canada, USPS has suspended all package types for delivery due to the ongoing postal strike. However, I will still be accepting Canadian orders to be held until further notice. Please keep in mind that I do not know when service will resume and it could potentially be after the holidays! Any alternative carrier would cost approximately $40 at the minimum but if a customer expresses interest, I can ship a package sooner. If you're located in Canada and are interested in a USPS alternative, please let me know in the order note and I'll contact you!

✷ TRACKING ✷ Smaller items such as stickers and patches are sent via stamped mail by default. This delivery method is low-cost and does NOT include tracking information. If your order contains small items but you would like tracking included, please include the "Tracking Add On" in your order from the shop menu. All other items will be sent through Ground Advantage and includes tracking.

Thanks for looking! ✌🏾✨

[apas-95]

abt the 'exit strategy for capitalism' thing obviously the natural advantages of socialist states will lead to their uncontested military and economical dominance in the coming decades, at which point they'll have both means and motive to buy out bourgeois interests and their 'possessions' and transition the economical system while there's no easy way for imperial core states to outright end these trends, their policies obviously do affect the economical development of socialist states and there's probably enough variance to shift the timetable on all this happening by a couple years, so y'know exert whatever influence you have on the particular flavor of capitalism that's in vogue if done well (and what I'm seeing rn actually gives me hope for that) the capitalists at no point have an incentive to burn the whole thing down out of spite bc they keep earning right until they don't, you know how the saying abt ropes and hangings goes (and if done poorly and they cling to and suck dry the last scraps of the world's economy they control at least everywhere else should be out of reach by then) and my main concern with a revolution is actually that one will 100% get accused of having foreign backing, at which point you just needlessly raise the odds of some general deciding he (or she #imwithher) might as well let those nukes fly (even if they're losing, especially if they're losing) But it's all w/e, I could be convinced either way, this all just makes a lot more sense to me than a succesful imperial core revolution that doesn't end with the northern hemisphere irradiated

fundamentally the notion of a peaceful transition out of capitalism is simply not in agreement with reality. no class has ever abandoned the world stage without fighting to maintain itself, and the imperial core is already both undertaking massive violence and war against the sections of the global south it already has under its heel, and preparing for high-intensity conflict against the communists that have slipped its shackles. there is no point where the bourgeoisie would simply peacefully allow themselves to be stripped of power.

the point of nukes is exactly *why* there has to be revolution within the imperial core, rather than having the rest of the world do the job for them - there is precisely one place the US has no nuclear deterrent against, which is itself. if the thing we're supposed to fear is that both 'the US military's high command, likely facing severe mutiny, rather than ordering a negotiated surrender during civil war, decides to nuke themselves' as well as 'the US strategic missile forces, upon receiving the order to nuke themselves, carry it out', then so be it - such a fundamental strategic insanity would be just as likely to start a nuclear exchange even if there weren't a revolution - which brings us to the final point.

world war is on the horizon. the economic reasons for world war remain as they did a century and a half ago. the world has been fully carved up, and the profits are drying out. the imperialist blocks, principally the US and EU, are driven to compete against each other for their holdings, first peacefully, then through proxy war, and finally through direct conflict. as it was a hundred years ago, the buildup of war is accepted on all sides with the target of the socialist bloc and the potential for its pillaging, but (as has already started breaking out among larger and larger regional powers) any conflict of this sort would manifest as general war and looting, as desperate, recession-wracked imperialists take opportunity as it presents itself. in inter-imperialist war the most ruthless techniques are used, and a nuclear exchange would not be off the table -- and, fundamentally, the conditions that lead to world war are the same that lead to instability, insurrection, and revolution within individual countries.

war is, at this juncture, an inevitability. the only question is whether revolutionary war will win out over unjust war, will convert the war between nations to a war between classes. we are against war, but we are not afraid of it.

[cringecompanionapologist]

Moffat, Sexy Women, and More 80s Who Complaints:

Note: I am a woman and everything I'm saying is my opinion as an individual woman and not an attempt to represent women as a whole. We're like half the world's population. We're not gonna agree on everything.

I'm just gonna randomly say a bit about the Moffat era and women that's sort of a defense in an "this still feels better than other things" sort of way.

Look, I will not deny that the Moffat era (mostly 11's part) has some issues with women. Most of it, at least for me, has less to do with how the female characters are written and more to do with how the male characters address them (Let's Kill Hitler, I'm looking at you).

But, one thing that bothers other people that doesn't bother me as much is the sexualization. This is mostly compared to what came before it.

For me, because sexuality isn't an inherently negative thing, a character of any gender being sexualized isn't automatically a bad thing. It's more of a matter of subject vs. object.

To illustrate my point, let's bitch about 80s Who for a bit.

Now, when I say 80s Who, I'm mostly referring to the Saward Era (seasons 19-23/5th and 6th Doctors). Ace wasn't really sexualized in the same way the companions before her were.

If you dig through this blog, you'll find that this is sort of the third in a miniseries about various issues with 80s companions that mostly come down to something about gender. With Tegan, it's that she's an outspoken woman and treated negatively for it. With Turlough, it's that the EU tries to downplay the more gender-nonconforming aspects of his character, which admittedly mostly happened by accident.

This time, I'm talking about Peri. Peri was heavily sexualized but in a way that I don't particularly like. It ultimately comes down to how the era handles sexuality in general.

JNT was more of a marketing guy than a creative guy, but his ideas of marketing the show ended up contradicting one another. On one hand, he wanted to avoid controversy. Doctor Who had a bit of a history of controversy, though most of it was about how violent it was, something this era of the show clearly did not care about. Instead, the primary JNT/Saward obsession was with sex. It had to be clear that the Doctor did not fuck and never had. But, this sort of extended to the companions as well. 60s and 70s Who would occasionally give companions one-off love interests. This didn't happen a lot, but there was a history of it dating back to The Daleks, where Barbara makes out with one of the Thals for a bit. In 80s Who, the only time a companion got a love interest was right as she was leaving the show and that was a last minute change.

(Side Note: I'd once again like to comment that Doctor Who wrote women better in 1964 than in 1984 and that Barbara is a great character. The worst thing Moffat every did was have Twice Upon a Time trick people into thinking of this era as The Sexist One.)

You might be wondering, "so what? It's a kids show. Of course nobody's gonna be horny!". And yeah. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. The problem is that the show isn't horny, but it is sexy.

What I mean: Horny is sexuality in-universe. It's the characters having sexual attraction and interests. Sexy is sexuality out-of-universe. It's characters being attractive to the audience.

Peri is the ultimate example of this. She's completely normal for this era of the show when it comes to sexuality. It's not really a thing and when it is it leads to almost immediate marriage. But, she's always dressed in revealing outfits. In Planet of Fire, she's on vacation in a warm region, so that makes sense, but she continues to dress that way everywhere she goes.

Peri is sexualized as fanservice for the audience and for villainous characters to leer at to make them more threatening. Her personality doesn't really match her choice of outfits. It's all for the benefit of the audience and a justification for creepy bad guy behavior.

I mentioned before the sexual subject vs. object. A subject does while an object is done to. A subject looks while an object is looked at. When a character's sexuality isn't an aspect of their character, existing primarily as something for the audience and other characters to leer at, she's a sexual object. And that sucks.

The reason Moffat's sexualization of characters like Amy and River doesn't bother me is that they do not have this problem. The women in this era are just as horny as the men. It's clear that these characters are the sort of people who'd choose to wear the outfits they wear. Yes, it's still fanservice written that way due to Moffat's horniness, but the female characters he writes have sexual agency. They're sexy because they're horny. They flirt with people they're attracted to. They're not just being leered at by the audience and other characters. They're looking as well as being looked at. They actively participate in the show's sexuality. They are sexual subjects.

Of course this doesn't work all the time. There's a lot of "men are horny idiots about women" jokes. When it comes to other aspects of female characters, there's a lot of talk of them being overly emotional and focused on romantic relationships. This did get better over time, being less of a thing with Clara and basically not a thing at all with Bill. I think Moffat was aware of the criticism he was getting and learned from his mistakes. But mistakes were certainly made.

But, though Moffat was obviously horny for his female characters, he them sexual agency. It might not be for everyone but it meant that the horniness of the era didn't bother me.

Besides, I'm horny for Moffat's female companions too. Is it morally different because I'm a woman being horny in a gay way?