#February 08 2023

[yahooanswersblog]

👤: Why did we ever look forward to be adults? I claim insanity.

Me: I couldn't go back to having that limited freedom, especially with a certain parent that I had, who was such trash.

[mcsrblrconfessions]

hey mods could you run another poll on when people joined mcsr? the demographic has shifted somewhat I think and I'd be interested to see the data on it. and poll takers!! I wanna know your pipeline, leave it in the tags if you want :3

For reference, the dates of notable wrs have been put under the cut.

November 2020: Couriway 14:36 April 2021: Brentilda 9:36 January 2022: Cube1337x 9:08 July 2022: sagi_enderman 8:36 November 2022: Doogile 8:15 February 2023: Zylenox 7:45 January 2024: Drip120 7:01

[jayujus]

BANANA - J. WONYOUNG SMAU

PAIRING model!wonyoung x fem!reader

SYNOPSIS in which na y/n was sitting on a park bench, talking to herself about how hungry she is, and jang wonyoung— who is sitting next to her, overhears and offers her a banana. it was a small gesture, surely it would lead to nothing for the both of them... right?

FEATURING nnin.seo as y/n, ive's 04z, nmixx's sullyoon and haewon, nwjns's hanni and minji, itzy's yuna, somi, nct dream's 00z and possibly more

GENRE(S) WLW!!! (men dni), strangers to lovers, fluff, maybe some angst, crack + more

WARNING(S) suggestive and kys/kms jokes, swearing + maybe more to come, ignore timestamps

STATUS ongoing

STARTED august 10 2023

COMPLETED february 20 2024

KAIA'S NOTES taglist is closed ... think this might be a bit shorter than my last smau saurrr maybe like 25 chapters.. i try to update twice a week, also y/n is na jaemin's younger sister but hes not that relevant in this au 😥 do not spam like

PROFILES powerpuff grills | young $ | other

01 : rotten banana

02 : found her!

03 : hi 😁

04 : awkward convo

05 : oops sry dropped my phone

06 : minji's rizz

07 : something fishy is going awn...

08 : alpha minji

09 : y/n gets kinaped

10 : playing double agent

EXTRA : minji and y/n break up

11 : wonyoung's problems...

12 : u just gotta life live on the edge

13 : into you

14 : dramamamamama

15 : king kylie

16 : feeling like a playa

17 : well this changes everything

18 : one-woman-woman

19 : until the bed breaks

20 : every summertime

21 : the power of a rotten banana

end

copyright © jayujus 2023 all rights reserved

[green-with-envy-phandom-event]

Welcome to Green With Envy's second year, folks!

The first one went so spectacularly and had so much support that we're back at it again!

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For those of you who didn't participate or spectate last year, this is an artist event that comes in two parts.

Part one is the chill half of the event, aimed at people who love to draw but hate to color. Over the next two months, a form will be open for anyone to drop Danny Phantom themed line art at the event's doorstep. Which we will promptly "ooh" and "ahh" over before hoarding away.

Part two is the competitive half of the event, aimed at people who love to color but hate to draw. This is where things get spicy~ After being divided into small pods of 3 to 8 people, colorists will compete for points by taking brushes to as much line art as physically possible!

But this competition has a twist. What line art you color and when completely changes how many points your team gets! It's all about strategy, and if you aren't careful, another team may just come in and Poach your precious lead away from you!

All are welcome regardless of skill level for both halves of the event.

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The official hashtag for the event this year is #greenwithenvy2024 

In-depth Rules can be found here and some things have changed this year, so make sure to look!

Tutorial can be found here

FAQ can be found here

The discord server for this event is here

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Line Art and All Sign-ups Due: Sunday, February 25th (02/25/24) 11:59 pm, Pacific Time Zone

Coloring Starts: Friday, March 8th (03/08/24) 8:00 pm Pacific Time Zone

Coloring Due: Sunday, April 7th. (04/07/24) Pacific Time Zone

Sign-ups for line artists are here (closed)

Sign-ups for colorists are here (closed)

Line artist submissions go here (closed)

Colorist submission form can be found in the Discord.

P.S. Remember when looking at the dates to account for your daylight saving's time. What day it happens on depends on where you are in the world!

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We are so excited to bring this awesome event back to the Phandom, and we can’t wait to see you all there!

Big shout out to @foxyteah for letting us use their bootylicious line art from last year's event to make this year's banner! And to @ectoblastfromthepast, @weshney, @englandamericaitaly and @tytach for coloring it!

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Looking for links to last year's stuff?

2023 Free-To-Color Line Art

2023 Event Decal?

2023 Masterpost?

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

de Adder

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

February 8, 2025

Heather Cox Richardson

Feb 08, 2025

Yesterday the National Institutes of Health under the Trump administration announced a new policy that will dramatically change the way the United States funds medical research. Now, when a researcher working at a university receives a federal grant for research, that money includes funds to maintain equipment and facilities and to pay support staff that keep labs functioning. That indirect funding is built into university budgets for funding expensive research labs, and last year reached about 26% of the grant money distributed. Going forward, the administration says it will cap the permitted amount of indirect funding at 15%.

NIH is the nation’s primary agency for research in medicine, health, and behavior. NIH grants are fiercely competitive; only about 20% of applications succeed. When a researcher applies for one, their proposal is evaluated first by a panel of their scholarly peers and then, if it passes that level, an advisory council, which might ask for more information before awarding a grant. Once awarded and accepted, an NIH grant carries strict requirements for reporting and auditing, as well as record retention.

In 2023, NIH distributed about $35 billion through about 50,000 grants to over 300,000 researchers at universities, medical schools, and other research institutions. Every dollar of NIH funding generated about $2.46 in economic activity. For every $100 million of funding, research supported by NIH generates 76 patents, which produce 20% more economic value than other U.S. patents and create opportunities for about $600 million in future research and development.

As Christina Jewett and Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times explained, the authors of Project 2025 called for the cuts outlined in the new policy, claiming those cuts would “reduce federal taxpayer subsidization of leftist agendas.” Dr. David A. Baltrus of the University of Arizona told Jewett and Stolberg that the new policy is “going to destroy research universities in the short term, and I don’t know after that. They rely on the money. They budget for the money. The universities were making decisions expecting the money to be there.”

Although Baltrus works in agricultural research, focusing on keeping E. coli bacteria out of crops like sprouts and lettuce, cancer research is the top area in which NIH grants are awarded.

Anthropologist Erin Kane figured out what the new NIH policy would mean for states by looking at institutions that received more than $10 million in grants in 2024 and figuring out what percentage of their indirect costs would not be eligible for grant money under the new formula. Six schools in New York won $2.4 billion, including $953 million for indirect costs. The new indirect rate would allow only $220 million for overhead, a loss of $723 million.

States across the country will experience significant losses. Eight Florida schools received about $673 million, $231 million for indirect costs. The new indirect rate would limit that funding to $66 million, a loss of $165 million. Six schools in Ohio received a total of about $700 million; they would lose $194 million. Four schools in Missouri received a total of about $830 million; they would lose $212 million.

Lawmakers from Republican-dominated states are now acknowledging what those of us who study the federal budget have pointed out for decades: the same Republican-dominated states that complain bitterly about the government’s tax policies are also the same states that take most federal tax money. Dana Nickel of Politico reported yesterday that Republican leaders in the states claim to be enthusiastic about the cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency but are mobilizing to make sure those cuts won’t hurt their own state programs that depend on federal money. Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt told Nickel that governors can provide advice about what cuts will be most effective. “Instead of just across the board cutting, we thought, man, they need some help from the governors to say, ‘We can be more efficient in this area or this area, or if you allow block grants in this area, you can reduce our expenditures by 10 percent.’ And so that’s our goal.”

Yesterday, Tim Carpenter of the Kansas Reflector reported that Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) is concerned about the Trump administration’s freeze on food distributions through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID buys about $2 billion in U.S. agricultural products a year, and farmers are already struggling with rising costs, low prices, and concern with tariffs.

Their spokespeople urge the continuation of USAID: the senior director of government affairs at the American Farm Bureau Federation said that “USAID plays a critical role in reducing hunger around the world while sourcing markets for the surplus foods America’s farmers and ranchers grow.” Moran added: “Food stability is essential to political stability, and our food aid programs help feed the hungry, bolster our national security and provide an important market for our farmers, especially when commodity prices are low.”

Meanwhile, federal employees are telling the stories of the work they’ve done for the country. Yesterday, a public letter whose author claimed to be an employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation whose job is at risk in Trump’s purge of the agency wrote an amalgamation of the FBI agents being purged: “I am the coach of your child’s soccer team,” the letter read. “I sit next to you on occasion in religious devotion. I am a member of the PTA. With friends, you celebrated my birthday. I collected your mail and took out your trash while you were away from home. I played a round of golf with you. I am a veteran. I am the average neighbor in your community.”

But there is another side to that person, the author wrote. “I orchestrated a clandestine operation to secure the release of an allied soldier held captive by the Taliban. I prevented an ISIS terrorist from boarding a commercial aircraft. I spent 3 months listening to phone intercepts in real time to gather evidence needed to dismantle a violent drug gang. I recruited a source to provide critical intelligence on Russian military activities in Africa. I rescued a citizen being tortured to near death by members of an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. I interceded and stopped a juvenile planning to conduct a school shooting. I spent multiple years monitoring the activities of deep cover foreign intelligence officers, leading to their arrest and deportation. I endured extensive hardship to infiltrate a global child trafficking organization. I have been shot in the line of duty.”

“[W]hen I am gone,” they wrote, “who will do the quiet work that is behind the facade of your average neighbor?”

Less publicly, Joseph Grzymkowski expressed on Facebook his pride in 38 years of service “with utmost dedication, integrity, and passion. I was not waste, fraud, and abuse,” he wrote. “Nor was I the “Deep State.... We are the faces of your Government: ordinary and diverse Americans, your friends and neighbors, working behind the scenes in the interest of the people we serve. We are not the enemy.”

Wth his statement, Grzymkowski posted a magazine clipping from 1996, when he was a Marine Analyst working in the Marine Navigation Department for the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA), located in Bethesda, Maryland—now known as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) in Springfield, Virginia. That office provides maritime intelligence for navigation, international obligations, and joint military operations.

On January 6, 1996, a historic blizzard dumped snowfalls of 19 to 31 inches on the East Coast. Stranded alone in the station when his relief couldn’t get through the snow to work, Grzymkowsky stayed at the radio. “I realized there were mariners who needed navigation safety messages delivered, and I wasn’t about to jeopardize the safety of life or cargo at sea simply because we were experiencing a blizzard,” he told a journalist. “One doesn’t leave a watch on a ship until properly relieved, and I felt my responsibility at the watch desk as keenly as I would have felt my responsibility for the navigation on the bridge of a ship.”

For 33 hours, he stayed at his desk and sent out navigation safety messages. “I had a job to do and I did it,” he recalled. “There were ships at sea relying on me, and I wasn’t going to let them down. It’s nothing that any other member of this department wouldn’t do.”

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

[reidshifts]

introduction post :P

hihi !! i’m still figuring out how to use tumblr in general but i figured the best way to christen an account is with an introduction post.

about me -

i’m reid! i’m a neurodivergent trans bisexual shifter who uses strictly he/him pronouns. i’m an aquarius and turn seventeen in february (08 baby). i live in california and i speak mostly english and a little french.

i’m the number one x-men fan, i call myself the irl spiderman, and i’m dan and phil’s love child who spends the weekends with hannigram.

i absolutely love movies and it’s kind of my dream to befome a screenwriter one day in this reality, as i’m an aspiring writer and future english major!

my shifting journey -

i began shifting in 2020 when dracotok was a thing (although i didn’t really participate in that) and began posting edits of my drs on shifttok in early 2021. i had many different tiktok accounts over the years, but in late 2023 i restarted my old account reidshiftss and started posting nearly daily until now — that is, if tiktok is banned.

my drs -

i edit my drs only when i’m motivated. i have probably over 50 drs that i’ve created, but i only think about around 10 of them, the ones i think about rotating depending on what i’m hyperfixating on. my main dr is my x-men dr, although here’s a list of drs i’ve edited a lot:

x-men

nepo baby & teen fame

mcu & ex-hydra

one direction

twilight

hogwarts & marauders

stranger things & it 2017

camp halfblood

my interests -

i have a LOT of interests but my main hyperfixations include x-men and all things marvel (team red!!), nbc hannibal, dan and phil, the marauders era, wicked, and one direction.

other interests include six of crows, brooklyn nine-nine, house md, good omens, the goldfinch, doctor who, the maze runner, bbc sherlock, dead poets society, supernatural, stranger things, it 2017.

some music i listen to (although i’m really down for anything) includes harry styles, hozier, one direction, billie eilish, the neighbourhood, gigi perez, salvia palth, phoebe bridgers, and cigarettes after sex. i also am a theater kid so i listen to a lot of broadway.

my variants -

my main partners !! -

when i shift, i have multiple s/os but i have two mains that i love love love with my whole entire heart.

finn wolfhard & jonathan bailey are reoccurring themes in almost all of my drs.

okay bai

[littlemagicalstardust]

Darby Allin Singles Career in AEW (So far) First Singles Win: 2019 First AEW Dark Win: CIMA (10/02/2019) First AEW Dynamite Win: Jimmy Havoc (10/09/2019) First AEW Rampage Win: Daniel Garcia (09/03/2021) First AEW Collision Win: Minoru Suzuki (07/29/2023)

First AEW Championship: TNT  First Reign: November 7, 2020 - May 21, 2021 (9 defenses) Second Reign: January 4, 2023 - February 1, 2023 (4 defenses) Second AEW Championship: World Tag Team (with Sting)  First Reign: February 7, 2024 - March 3, 2024 (1 defense) (Sting retired as a AEW World Tag Team Champion with Darby) 

How many singles total in AEW: 95 Out of 95 he has WON: 70

He’s defeated: Cody Rhodes, CIMA, Jimmy Havoc, Brandon Cutler, Sammy Guevara, Preston Vance, Kip Sabian, Serpentico, Robert Anthony, Powerhouse Hobbs, Luther, Ricky Starks, Nick Comoroto, Alex Chamberlain, Bishop King, Brian Cage, Joey Janela, Scorpio Sky, John Silver, JD Drake, Matt Hardy, The Butcher, Jack Perry, Ten, Cezar Bononi, Angelico, Ethan Page, Wheeler Yuta, Bear Bronson, Invictus Khash, Daniel Garcia, Shawn Spears, QT Marshall, Billy Gunn, Anthony Bowens, Marq Quen, Andrade El Idolo, Swerve Strickland, Bobby Fish, Brody King, Jay Lethal, Anthony Henry, Cole Karter, Samoa Joe, Mike Bennett, Juice Robinson, Kushida, Buddy Matthews, Lee Moriarty, Minoru Suzuki, Christian Cage, Nick Wayne, Lance Archer, Jeff Hardy, The Beast Mortos, Adam Page, Evil Uno & Johnny TV 

Total matches in AEW: 167

Longest Timed Singles Match (WIN): Christian Cage (20:34) Longest Timed Singles Match (LOSS): Christian Cage (25:17) Shortest Timed Singles Match (WIN): Brandon Cutler (0:59)  Shortest Timed Singles Match (LOSS): Jay Lethal (9:08)

[samijey]

If one were new to watching NXT and wanted to catch up with all the trickunov promos and matches... where does one start

Oooo you came to the right place, you know she got the full encyclopedia for those two 😩 but heads up, it's LONG

Carmelo is obviously gonna be all over this thing because this storyline was a three-way feud for a long time and Trick's relationships with him and Ilja paralleled each other for a long time.

Sidenote that I'm only pointing out the stuff relevant to the Trickunov relationship and the characters interacting with it, but there was a lot of fun "ship-friendly" stuff going on in NXT at this time that you can keep an eye out for in case you happen to enjoy it and want to follow it too - some examples are the Axiom/Nathan partnership (my beloved comic book bfs and the only duo that's still together today 🥲), the Lyra/Tatum toxic yuri saga, the creation of the Wolf Dogs, Tiffany vs Fallon etc.

For all the Trickunov canon thus far, we're starting in February of 2023 with their very first on-screen interaction - below is a list of pretty much all the moments that directly or indirectly impacted their rivalry:

February 07 - Carmelo (w/Trick) vs JD McDonagh

February 14 - Ilja backstage interview + in ring promo w/ Trick + Trick and Melo backstage segment

February 21 - Ilja vs Trick I + locker room segment w/ Trick, Melo and Tyler

Then they both get caught up in other stuff for a bit so you can skip ahead to:

July 11 - opening segment + Ilja vs Bron (much better than the one we just had on raw AND it had important stakes) + main event tag match w/ Judgment Day

July 18 - opening segment + backstage segment with Schism

The Great American Bash 2023 - Carmelo vs Ilja I

July 25 - Melo, Trick and Ilja vs Schism + post-match backstage angle + backstage segment with Trick and Melo + main event segment.

August 01 - Backstage segment w/ Trick and Melo + Ilja promo package (this one is easy to miss - it plays at the very end of the episode, after the main event match)

August 08 - In-ring promo between Trick and Ilja

Heatwave 2023 - Ilja vs Trick II

August 15 - nothing too relevant in this episode but I like the backstage segment between Melo and Wes for how it hints at Melo becoming a heel + Trick makes a silly dragon pun after his match with Gulak + there's a short hype package for their match that plays before Tyler vs Joe;

August 29 - Ilja in-ring promo (where he starts by singing Trick's praises and ends up getting bullied by Meta-Four lmfao)

September 05th - Ilja vs Oro post-match segment w/ Wes and Melo + backstage segment w/ Trick and Ilja

September 12 - Ilja vs Wes Lee + backstage segment between Trick and Melo

September 19 - Ilja backstage interview + Trick & Dom backstage interaction + Melo vs Dom (w/ Ilja on commentary) + Melo parking lot interview

No Mercy - Carmelo vs Ilja II

September 26 - Trick vs Gacy post-match interview + Backstage segment w/ Trick and Melo + Fatal Four-way match + Melo and Ilja contract signing

October 03 - In-ring segment between Ilja, Trick and Melo + Trick vs Dom

October 10 - this is the famous crossover episode extravaganza but watch the opening segment + Ilja vs Dom (w/ LA Knight as the ref lmfao) because it's messy fun and Trick makes an appearance. The Trick & Melo segment with John Cena is also important foreshadowing

October 17 - Carmelo in-ring promo feat. multiple "guests" + Trick's backstage attack + main event match

Halloween Havoc (Night 2) - Ilja vs Melo III

You can skip a bit again while Ilja deals with Corbin and Melo continues to act shady but please watch Ilja vs Nathan from the 28 November episode - it's short but it's great and it displays how volatile Ilja was during his feud with Baron Corbin - it's even on YT in full here. Then watch Deadline for the Men's Iron Survivor match and the brief post-match angle after Ilja vs Corbin (I'm not a fan of this match but the promo package is very good in giving Ilja some more depth, so check that out too)

December 12 - Two opening segments + medical room promo + main event segment

December 19 - Backstage segment between Trick and Melo + Ilja in-ring promo + backstage segment between Trick and Ilja + another one with Trick and Melo + Ilja vs Ridge Holland post-match angle (tw for like REALLY good selling - a lot of people thought it was legit when it leaked from audiences at the tapping)

December 26 - Backstage segment between Melo and Trick + Contract signing segment between Trick and Ilja (plays after the main event match)

January 02 - New Year's Evil is just extra story development with a few fun cameos - watch Kelly's backstage report after the opening match + the segment between Melo, Trick and a surprise Grayson Waller + another segment later between Melo and Trick + Trick vs Grayson (feat. another great cameo)

January 09 - Backstage Melo & Trick segment (also PLEASE watch the Fallon and Tiffany segments even if you're not following their story, they are GOLD)

January 16 - Opening match (optional) + Melo, Trick and Ilja backstage segment + another Trick and Melo one later on discussing Vengeance Day

January 23 - Ilja backstage interview + Trick and Melo backstage segment + Trick vs Briggs w/ Ilja on commentary + Trick and Melo backstage after the match

January 30 - Melo and Trick backstage segment + main event promo between Trick and Ilja

Vengeance Day - Ilja vs Trick III

Feb 06 - Opening segment + Ilja in-ring segment + Melo's in-ring promo + Ilja vs Dijak

Feb 13 - Not much here, just Melo defeating Gacy in a match and mouthing off at the camera to taunt Ilja

Feb 20 - Melo promo + Ilja promo

Feb 27 - Ilja & Melo in-ring promo + Ilja & Ava backstage + Melo promo + main event segment (Ilja was so unserious here and I live for it. also lots of Paxlyra on this one)

Not much happens between Roadblock and Stand & Deliver (April 06) - watch the post-main event promo from Trick on March 19 and the final confrontation between him and Melo on the April 02 main event segment. The Ilja vs Tony feud isn't mandatory viewing but the segments are fun and so was their PLE match. Trick vs Melo sadly wasn't that great, so you can choose to just watch their actual final match later on instead

Road Block - Melo vs Tony

April 09 - Main event segment between Ilja and Trick

Here you'll notice WWE started WILDLY rushing things due to the upcoming Draft (because ofc they'd fumble near the finish line).

I believe the final Trickunov match was originally supposed to be at Heatwave - marking exactly 1 year since the match that, in-storyline (and irl) started Trick's rise to stardom. This is based on the abrupt shift in storyline flow and the original Heatwave marketing, which prominently featured them both, as well as Lyra and Carmelo (it has since been updated to remove the three who got drafted).

So what ended up happening was the last match was booked for Spring Breakin' instead so Ilja could be called up immediately after. The same thing happened to Lyra and her story with Tatum and I'll be forever bitter about it. Back to viewing:

April 16 - Trick vs Melo (the "real" end to their feud + Ilja shows up at the end too)

Spring Breakin' April 23 - Ilja vs Trick IV

Bonus: backstage footage of Spring Breakin' included in this video package that honestly feels so in-character that I'm simply choosing to consider it kayfabe-compliant lmfao + Ilja's draft to RAW feat. a very funny reaction from Trick and the post-draft interview where you can see Trick in the background listening in and smiling + reacting and laughing when Ilja says sharing a roster with Gunther is "destiny" and I thought it was cute?

And that's it!... for now 🙏

Extra bonus moments post- Spring Breakin':

Trick thanks Ilja

Meta-Four make fun of their relationship

[ourincrediblejourney]

2011-08-31:

Mailchimp Acquires TinyLetter We’ve acquired TinyLetter. For those of you who don’t know, TinyLetter is a beautifully simple email newsletter app created by Philip Kaplan and launched late last year. We’re pretty excited about this. Sure, we think TinyLetter fills a gap in the MailChimp offering and all that, but more importantly, we think it has the potential to fill a significant gap we’ve seen growing in the social conversation. … We’re trying really hard not to make things disruptive for existing TinyLetter users. 

2017-12-11:

MailChimp to Phase Out Its Popular TinyLetter Email Service But now TinyLetter's days as a standalone entity are numbered, [Mailchimp Co-founder and CEO Ben] Chestnut told me in October. When I met with him in Atlanta and mentioned my newsletter plans, Chestnut advised me to stick to a basic MailChimp template instead of a TinyLetter, to avoid any potential headaches when MailChimp swallows up TinyLetter.

2018-01-05:

MailChimp’s CEO clarifies: TinyLetter won’t shut down this year "We have no plans to make changes to TinyLetter in 2018. And we’ll let you know what to expect before we make any changes in the future. In the long term, we do intend to integrate TinyLetter into MailChimp. Doing this will better enable us to support the product and its users. But we’re taking it slow because we want to get it right."

2023-11-29:

Since then, our business priorities have evolved, and we've been laser focused on building tools to serve marketers and help small businesses grow. The TinyLetter community's needs have changed too, with some customers moving to Mailchimp to scale and monetize their newsletters, and some moving to alternative services that cater specifically to writers. With all of that in mind, we've made the decision to close TinyLetter and focus on our core Mailchimp product. On February 29, 2024, we will officially sunset the product and you'll no longer be able to access your TinyLetter account or letter archive. You'll still be able to log in and access your account until February 29. We know you worked hard to build your audience, so we strongly encourage you to log in before February 29 to export your subscriber list.

[yahooanswersblog]

Els: Do you currently live in the same place where you were born?

Me: No. I was born in a casket, and if I was still in it, I would be dead too just like mother.

[crevicedwelling]

Can you tell me some slugs that have very unique patterns or body shapes?

some Athoracophoridae:

some Veronicellidae, like my slugs:

Testacella has a shell, but it’s not really doing anything:

Gaeotis is another (entirely unrelated) semi-slug with a wonderful appearance:

and something from the most “typical” family of slugs, Limacidae. probably Europe’s prettiest land gastropod:

[first-saturn-return]

Dates for people with Saturn in Pisces in the birth chart

• March 7, 2023, 08:35: Beginning of your Saturn return because Saturn arrived in Pisces, the sign of your natal Saturn.

• May 24, 2025, 23:37: Your Saturn return pauses because Saturn enters Aries.

• September 1, 2025, 04:05: Saturn retrograde re-ingresses at 29° of Pisces. Your Saturn return resumes.

• February 13, 2026, 19:12: Saturn leaves Pisces and enters 0° of Aries. This is the official ending of your first Saturn return! This planet won’t visit Pisces again in 29 years.

All times are in EST.

The dates that are missing here are those of your EXACT Saturn return.

Your exact Saturn return will occur when planet Saturn arrives at the degree of your natal Saturn in the birth chart.

To calculate those dates, follow these instructions: https://shorturl.at/snyqQ

[hskinhome]

Grandpa Eridan returns. Again.

To be the big bad mod because I can words a bit more concisely than some others.

As many of our blog viewers know, we began to decline any requests that ran into the realm of potential diagnoses for people for things that honestly should be a "visit to my therapist" priority around the middle of last year (primarily system-focused asks). Author's Note: Any asks prior to my first ask/response (linked below), I cannot speak for personally. However, for reference for those that are new to these events (even though I know Nepeta linked all the most recent past posts that I answered about this in their last ask), you can find them here.

Sept 24 2023 | Oct 26 2023 | Dec 08 2023 | Dec 31 2023 | Jan 15 2024

Since the original two-week ban at the start of the year, we hadn't had any hiccups (that I'm aware of; I have been gone since February due to RL constraints and just recently returned in time for this, joy). Yet, we still seem to be unable to push the point across no matter how it is phrased, or how many times it has been repeated. Thus, unfortunately, the mod team has come to a decision after the most recent asks (which the mod team has determined as of now to fall under the original ban criteria).

As of posting, asks regarding fictives/DAs/introjects/etc and their timelines, as well as system-specific questions are no longer permitted for submission via the inbox or submission box until further notice. Asks that have already been sent in prior to this post will still be honored, however.

Yes, we are well aware that you can lie and say it's for a kin type or something. Frankly, we don't care. What we do care about is the repeated stepping on our tails and toes (haha) when it comes to what we offer at this blog, and just what should be general common sense.

We cannot tell you if you're a system. We cannot tell you if you have X person as a fictive/introject/etc in your system. We can't tell you if you're a fictive/introject/etc of Y or Z. We can't even guarantee that you are a kin type; divination in general is not a pure science. It can be wrong, and it tends to be more often than not in some cases!

If the mod team decides to negate this ban (again) at a later date, a post will be made announcing so. For now, this is what we have determined is best as a group.

Apologies for the inconvenience. I personally wish you all the best, and I hope to be able to get back to your requests soon.

/Mod Eridan (Author) & the Mod Team

[addledmongoose]

All Good Omens Fanfic Recommendations (2024 Edition)

This is a pinned list of all the Good Omens fanfic recommendations I've made.

Yearly

Best of 2023 Good Omens Fanfiction

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Weekly

26 January, 2024

02 February, 2024

09 February, 2024

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Standalones

The Prince's Consort

Mark of the Serpent

A Model Guardian

This is Not my Beautiful House

#RAINBOWROAD

Saltwater on Skin

[gyuworm]

— CHIT CHAT • HHJ ! ✩ chapter 09 - guy from the lorax.

cw. profanities / arguing / miscommunication / jokes about sex / mention of therapy + something bad happening in the past

☏ february 1, 2023 - 10:11am

masterlist | chapter 08 | chapter 10

author’s note. i dare you to look up the tiktok links 🤭🤭 also please do not judge yn too harshly they are going through their own problems and their storyline is not as “revealed” as hyunes at this point in the story 😭😭🫶🏻

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index of meta posts

Quick index of my meta posts.

Indexes: [two] [three] [third semester] [akechi's confidant]

The script I work from (which I did not make!) is here—page down to "Persona 5 Royal".

new posts

On the deep meaning of "this isn't small potatoes". (posted 2025/02/22)

Would there be dodgy fanfic in Maruki's reality? Also, deleted scene about Maruki's thought control. (posted 2024/11/30)

"cursed child" and how Akechi thinks his own mother didn't want him. (posted 2024/11/23)

Why does Futaba say that everyone else was in danger on 11/21? (posted 2024/11/03)

What was the original version of Ryuji and Makoto's Bon Jovi reference? (posted 2024/10/07)

Rank 3: what Akechi sees in Ren by the end. (posted 2024/09/05)

Why does Sae say Kamoshida had a psychotic breakdown? (spoiler, she didn't) (posted 2024/09/26)

What did Akechi think was in Maruki's warehouse? (posted 2024/08/15)

On whether or not Akechi thinks he'll die at 18. (reblogged 2024/06/17)

Where is Akechi between the engine room and 12/24? (posted 2024/07/14)

translation and language posts (incomplete)

Would there be dodgy fanfic in Maruki's reality? Also, deleted scene about Maruki's thought control. (posted 2024/11/30)

"cursed child" and how Akechi thinks his own mother didn't want him. (posted 2024/11/23)

Why does Futaba say that everyone else was in danger on 11/21? (posted 2024/11/03)

What was the original version of Ryuji and Makoto's Bon Jovi reference? (posted 2024/10/07)

Why does Sae say Kamoshida had a psychotic breakdown? (spoiler, she didn't) (posted 2024/09/26)

"This one just got betrayed by its teammate!": the traps of bad translations. (posted 2024/06/18)

Does True Igor ever say "my Velvet Room"? Comparing the two Igors' use of language. (posted 2024/05/21)

How Haru provokes Akechi into opening up on 11/7. (posted 2024/05/14)

more translation and language posts

Did Akechi really say "Don't troll me online"? (posted 2024/04/01)

How does the use of honorifics compare between the Japanese and English releases? (posted 2024/01/26)

Shido's Palace: what do the posters say? Also, Shido and Akechi and their top buttons. (posted 2024/01/14)

Rank 5: what did Akechi really say? Also, notes from the Spanish translation. (posted 2024/01/10)

Terms of address: what do the squad call Maruki? (posted 2023/12/29)

[my translation] Deleted scene: Akechi at the refuge in February. (posted 2023/12/05)

8/28 and 9/13: Was Akechi really in state foster care? (updated 2023/11/20)

Akechi's deepest fear: "It's too late, I'm going to die." (posted 2023/11/12)

[translation] Akechi's P5T character trailer. (posted 2023/11/08)

Ann's confidant, rank 9: "you have the others". (posted 2023/10/20)

1/2: Joker's "true form" responses in Maruki's Palace. (posted 2023/10/19)

Haru: "we'll just take him out again". (updated 2023/10/19)

What song did Ryuji and Morgana originally sing in Mementos? (posted 2023/09/21)

"you trusted no one": life in single-player mode. (posted 2023/06/09)

Followup ask: "one for your lies, and one for your hate". (posted 2023/06/15)

Followup ask: is it rather Loki who represents lies, and vice versa? (posted 2023/06/15)

6/5: "pleasant boy". (posted 2023/06/06)

A karisuma X is not a "charismatic X". (posted 2023/06/05)

aijin kankei: Akechi's mother's relationship with Shido was more like sex work than a love affair. (posted 2023/06/03)

On translation: 4/10 and Shido's Palace: "a diplomat and some company president"? (posted 2023/05/28)

Does Akechi really say "the same strategy used in romance"? (posted 2023/05/27)

Character speech modes. Also, is Yoshizawa addressing her persona during her awakening? (posted 2023/05/12)

"Phan-site", "phandom", "phanboy", etc. (posted 2023/05/04)

Translation: the list of incidents in the background of the 4/10 cinematic. (posted 2023/04/22)

No, Akechi doesn't say "welp". (posted 2023/04/17)

Morgana uses wagahai, because he is, after all, a cat. (posted 2023/04/11)

The difference between a "phantom thief" and a "gentleman thief" in the localisation. (posted 2023/04/06)

"cursed child": "a child whose birth was unwanted". needs possible updating for negative suffering passive not being a thing (would remove "inflicted on the mother") (posted 2023/02/15)

Shido describes himself as making Akechi "dance", and Akechi later describes himself as compelled to dance. (posted 2023/02/15)

Cognitive Akechi: it's "you wanted Shido to love you." (updated 2023/07/01)

What's a change of heart called in Japanese? (posted 2023/02/03)

"the fish are beautiful": Joker's impromptu diversion at the aquarium. (posted 2023/01/20)

"good-girl type of pushover": what's going on here and wtf is he trying to say. (posted 2023/01/07)