#Government Gardens

[nando161mando]

[enyasaints]

Hi I’m a Failure and I’m in overdraft.

Hey so I haven’t asked for help in months because I felt bad for asking. I am so behind financially. Currently I am in overdraft and seeking $200 for to get me to equilibrium. I have a cost breakdown for transparency.

Venmo: Enyasaint

Cash App: $Enyasaint

$200 Breakdown

• $30 Gas

• $80 Health Necessities (metabolic supplements + vitamins + protein)

• $60 Beeswax & Propolis Magic Salve Boils Treatment Hidradenitis Suppurativa

• $26 Overdraft

🔅 $200 Goal 🔅

Venmo: Enyasaint

CA: $EnyaSaint

I have nothing - Whitney Houston

Please help 💕

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 291

You know what? I’m feelin’ a Prompt with the whole halfa family, all the clones and everything. 

See, Danny? He’s grown up, he’s moved out, started looking at colleges himself after spending a few years travelling and learning about himself without the threat of a ghost attack. 

He’s kept in touch with his friends, both living and dead, and ignores Vlad for the most part now that they’ve reached a truce of sorts, and honestly? He’s just living his life. 

But see, it’s kind of hard to figure out what college to pick, with his admittedly not-great choices. Look, he might have a new-ish ID but he’s still visibly not exactly human (though thankfully doesn’t have to worry about the GIW after a… summer activity that ended with several missing buildings) 

And most people he goes to? Finds him ‘too unsettling’ which excuse him?? How is he unsettling? He’s a twenty-five year old with six kids ranging from one to six! How is that “scary” huh? Ancients, and all this is making him use the cash he’s saved up over time. 

And then- as though all of this isn’t stressful enough and he’s not genuinely worried that he won’t have enough money to feed the kids if he goes to school- a hero nearly trips over Jordan and starts freaking out. He is so fucking done. 

[melveres]

letters from his Spellbinder

[kojiarakiartworks]

November 2021 JAPAN HOKKAIDO SAPPORO

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Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）

[flowergardeninthewall]

I voted in the @qsmpficsarchive 's Fic awards! Did you?

[cyber-corp]

Lately I’ve been leaning towards discovering new music through radio and music video stations, as they do a lot more in helping me find new music than streaming services ever did.

I think the problem is that streaming’s algorithmic nature leads to locking yourself into a comfort bubble with the same old playlists with the same old recommendations. “Made For You” playlists further lock you into that box as long as the songs get more streams.

Meanwhile, I watched Rage recently (the Australian equivalent of MTV) and it got me hooked on Reel Big Fish and Little Simz, two amazing artists I had no interest in before because I was never made aware of their music. I rediscovered The KLF through listening to Radio X on the RadioGarden app. Two mediums of listening to music known for constant repeats of popular songs have done more for me (in terms of finding music) than Spotify has ever done.

At the end of the day, all three still want your money, but Spotify wants your money by locking you in your comfort zone and all your “favourite playlists”.

[bolithesenate]

oh gods it is way too early in the morning for me to be awake (on a saturday no less) but i just downloaded another plunny from The Aether TM and it seems Mines relevant enough that yall might enjoy

for Reasons everyone in Dooku's familie dies when he's still a teen (Jenza maybe only in a coma or smt) and he HAS to take over (also for Reasons)

only. he has no clue.

the only thing he DOES know is that a ruler needs lackeys. loyal officers. something like that (sifo had him watch a period drama the week before, it left an impression)

so he recruits the only people he can think of as his definitely-not-jedi-padawan certainly-loyal-to-a-fault goons: Sifo-Dyas, Jocasta Nu, Lorian Nod and Arath Tarrex (well, Arath just kinda inserted himself there but Dooku can see the merits of having someone who's more of an asshole than him close by. Makes him look bettter, and that's what this all is about, no?)

cue a LOT of shenanigans where five jedi-raised teens suddenly take over a planet's government and proceed to do politics with, like, medium success

at most

but a lot of violence (mostly on Arath's part, he kinda just attracts explosions) to make up for it

oh but they found the dragon in the basement, so that's fun (the serennians are horrified)

[cresneta]

Another thought on chapter 86 and a possible implication for the future

They brought up the whole 'couldn't move on this overtly' thing again this chapter, so I can't help but think it's significant somehow

Here's the SSS guys talking about it earlier for reference

While it's possible that tge SSS guy is correct in that the the current admin just wants to be able to deny the op, the fact that the WISE spy squad is somewhat surprised by them keeping the op on the down low does suggest that mobilizing the police wouldn't have been out of character in the past.

I suppose this could all just be signs of relations slowly thawing between the east and the west.

Then again, and I'll admit this is a bit of a reach, perhaps the director is afraid of getting offed by Garden or something if they find out about this op? There's still a lot we don't know about Garden - like we don't know what vice minister Brennan from the auditing department did to earn him a visit from Thorn Princess in the beginning of the manga. If we assume that Endo was trying to setup a parallel between Twilight and Thorn Princess in the beginning of the story, then I'm inclined to believe the vice minister was doing something that could restart the war. Twilight saves the Ostanian foreign minister who I assume was helping to keep the peace, while Thorn Princess takes out the vice minister who I assume was trying to restart the war.

If the above assumptions are correct, then perhaps Endo is setting up a conflict between the SSS and Garden, or maybe just setting the stage to have Thorn Princess take out their director or something. Perhaps we'll get a twist where Yuri just so happens to be in the room with the director when this all goes down and Yor will also end up sparing him when she should have killed him (although her getting into a situation where she really should kill someone like Franky or Fiona for being in the room with the target when she shows up, but spares them for Loid's sake, may be the more satisfying scenario.)

[turtlesandfrogs]

One big thing that gets missed in the conversation about native plants is that when considering a plant, you really should ask two questions:

1. Where, specifically, is it native to?

2. Within that region, what ecosystem conditions does it live in? Will it thrive where you intend to plant it?

I cannot tell you how many times I've come across a plant labeled as native that doesn't even grow in my state. Sure, it's native to the continent, but not this side of the rocky mountains! That's not nearly specific enough if your goal is to support endemic animal species and the overall ecosystem.

You also need to consider what conditions that plant needs to thrive. One example I see a lot of here is planting understory plants in full sun. They're stressed out, they're getting sunburnt, and they're slowly dying. People will also try the reverse, planting praire plants in deep shade, and wonder why they're all floppy and anemic looking. Plants may be native to your area, but they still have specific needs and you will have much greater success if you match the conditions you have to a plant that will thrive there.

A third, extra credit question is a two parter: is it endemic (aka, unique to your region) or does it have a a broader, or even circumpolar distribution? I mean, check out the range maps for Henderson's shooting star & twinflower:

Twinflower is found across the northern portions of Eurasia as well.

The second part is, are any of the vulnerable species in your area depending on it? An example from my area is Viola Adunca, which has a pretty broad range,

But is also host to multiple fritilary butterfly species in my area, some of which are on the decline and some of which are no longer found in my state. Due to habitat loss. Both due to human activity (agriculture, subdivisions, etc) and human inactivity (banning the intentional burns the Native peoples did, that maintained the Oak savanna ecosystem, leading them to be "invaded" by non-fire adapted Douglas firs, another native species. Also at the same time making the region more vulnerable to bigger and more devastating wild fires).

[rowanthestrange]

(well, might have just sold the house! i don’t breathe til we actually are inside the one we want to move to, but…!)

[nando161mando]

It shouldn't be

[minakoaiinos]

Me when I think my dad is cool and admirable

[sugar-cookys]

aldnoah zero s2 ending was so bad that after i binge watched it i dreamt of an alternate ending

[befuddled-calico-whump]

ok well now that you've raised the scenario:

How long would it take sahota (or even vic) to break themselves out of jail?

-🕯

so if Sahota had a mission to complete or thought he didn't deserve to be there, he could escape with relative ease

if the guards/warden knew his skillset and who they were dealing with, they'd implement countermeasures to make escape a lot more difficult for him, but he'd likely still get out on his own eventually, it would just take a lot more time

However, if it was Vic who turned him in/betrayed him to save his own skin, he might just... stay. It might even turn out he likes prison better than being Vic's captive.

[kojiarakiartworks]

November 2021 JAPAN HOKKAIDO SAPPORO

© KOJI ARAKI Art Works

Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe ：）