#INVEST 97

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[meteorologistaustenlonek]

Straits of Florida and Eastern Gulf of Mexico (AL97):

Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for additional development after that time, and a tropical depression is likely to form this weekend over the Straits of Florida or eastern Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Peninsula. Tropical storm watches or warnings could be required for portions of Florida later today.

A NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate this system later today.

[magnetostits]

the 5 rougeneto stans really won today

[shobiolovechild]

what? You're telling me Martha was the first "elegant" of his life? stop, this is so cute

[killlerfang1]

Pacing really is the make or break of tv shows because X-Men 97 could have EASILY been a 10/10 for me if it weren’t for the fact the plot and relationships were going at 1000 mph

[originalavenuefox]

When you realize Jean's sentence about Madeline fighting alongside her was true. Because when things were at the lowest point for the X-Men on Earth, when Bastion and Sinister were literally discussing on whether kill Cable or take him as a glorified hunted animal, Jean becomes the Phoenix once more. To protect Nathan. To do exactly what Madeline would have done if she could, because while they are different people, while Madeline was the one to give birth to Nathan, both women chose him as their son. And just like Jean helped Madeline remember that choice and break free from Sinister, Madeline's memories helped Jean become a mother too. Madeline was in that fight, helping save Nathan and the world.

[magicwithclass]

7 mana for a 5/5 is not on curve so the ability needs to really stand out to compensate for the suboptimal stats. You really want a 6/6 for 7 at minimum before the card becomes woefully overcosted. This is a legendary creature so it can be your commander but this card does not lend itself to a clear strategy. On edhrec, there are currently 20 commander decks that Veldrane leads and he does not see significantly more play in the 99 of any commander deck. Obviously, this is not a competitive card by any means. The only deck I would play this card in is a Baron sengir flavor deck as Veldrane was the most loyal servant and minion of the vampire. Veldrane is primarily responsible for hunting for food for the Baron. Veldrane often carries a Dwarven sword and this is one of the only identifying features. Many believe Veldrane is but a puppet of Baron Sengir. As a hunter, Veldrane would often hunt in the woods of the Autumn Willow. While he can get through the words unscathed as evidenced by his ability to gain forestwalk he is not quite as powerful going through the harsh woods. The autumn Willow does not like Baron sengir and likewise does not care for Veldrane. In order to insult him she made a miniature replica of him out as a form of open mockery. The replica is represented on the reserved list cars faerie noble. Notice that both arts have the characters wearing eye patches. The story of Homelands was probably the best thing about he set. It is interesting to see how the legendary creatures interact. Homelands seemed to be a precursor to the stories of today which also sometimes uses legendary creatures to represent events in the actual story. I would not be surprised if we never revisit the Homelands or Baron sengir storyline especially with the omenpaths. The card is about 75 cents or less currently and only ever held a high of about 4 dollars. There's no playability here so unless you really enjoyed Homelands or you think that all of these characters will get a redesign then you can pick up one copy to have one of every legendary creature and call it a day. What would a new version even do? Would it be a hate card against green decks? Would it have abilities that trigger when a creature with lower power than its printed power attacks? Even then, are you really going to use this minion? Baron Sengir barely sees play and that character is way more interesting and beloved than Veldrane. Everything I like at this card though I think of the mutant callisto from x-men.

[moodr1ng]

ive been failing at writing for so long that ive decided to just jump on whatever feasible idea i can muster and so im like. outlining a shitty ya novel. truly paint by the numbers kinda story like literally a "teenage protagonist discovers they have inherited special powers and must join a secret society of people with these powers" type of basic. usually i would consider this too cookie cutter of an idea to actually work on but ive been a dry well of no writing for like a year so ill write anything atp

[ace-beef]

I did not expect my evening to consist of not only watching all of X-Men 97 but also CRYING ABOUT IT WHAT THE FUCK

[katvazamo]

is anyone else finding it hard to get invested into media

[probablyasocialecologist]

Lindt, Mondelēz, and Nestlé together raked in nearly $4 billion in profits from chocolate sales in 2023. Hershey’s confectionary profits totaled $2 billion last year. The four corporations paid out on average 97 percent of their total net profits to shareholders in 2023. The collective fortunes of the Ferrero and Mars families, who own the two biggest private chocolate corporations, surged to $160.9 billion during the same period. This is more than the combined GDPs of Ghana and Ivory Coast, which supply most cocoa beans. Decades of low prices have made farmers poorer and hampered their ability to hire workers or invest in their farms, limiting bean yield. Old cocoa trees are particularly vulnerable to disease and extreme weather. Many farmers are abandoning cocoa for other crops, or selling their land to illegal miners.

[reasonsforhope]

"The coral reefs of south Sulawesi are some of the most diverse, colorful and vibrant in the world. At least, they used to be, until they were decimated by dynamite fishing in the 1990s.

As part of a team of coral reef ecologists based in Indonesia and the UK, we study the reefs around Pulau Bontosua, a small Indonesian island in south Sulawesi...

In many places around the world, damage like this might be described as irreparable. But at Pulau Bontosua, the story is different. Here, efforts by the Mars coral restoration program have brought back the coral and important ecosystem functions, as outlined by our new study, published in Current Biology. We found that within just four years, restored reefs grow at the same rate as nearby healthy reefs.

Speedy recovery

The transplanted corals grow remarkably quickly. Within a year, fragments have developed into proper colonies. After two years, they interlock branches with their neighbors. After just four years, they completely overgrow the reef star structures and restoration sites are barely distinguishable from nearby healthy reefs.

The combined growth of many corals generates a complex limestone (calcium carbonate) framework. This provides a habitat for marine life and protects nearby shorelines from storm damage by absorbing up to 97% of coastal wave energy.

We measured the overall growth of the reef framework by calculating its carbonate budget. That's the balance between limestone production (by calcifying corals and coralline algae) and erosion (by grazing sea urchins and fishes, for example). A healthy reef produces up to 20kg of reef structure per square meter per year, while a degraded reef is shrinking rather than growing as erosion exceeds limestone production. Therefore, overall reef growth gives an indication of reef health.

At Pulau Bontosua, our survey data shows that in the years following restoration, coral cover, coral colony sizes, and carbonate production rates tripled. Within four years, restored reefs were growing at the same speed as healthy reefs, and thereby provided the same important ecosystem functions...

Outcomes of any reef restoration project will depend on environmental conditions, natural coral larvae supply, restoration techniques and the effort invested in maintaining the project. This Indonesian project shows that when conditions are right and efforts are well placed, success is possible. Hopefully, this inspires further global efforts to restore functioning coral reefs and to recreate a climate in which they can thrive."

-via Phys.org, March 11, 2024

[eucatastrophicblues]

I also want to add that these posts aren’t solely about people who took a DNA test five minutes ago and have suddenly decided that they’re going to solely identify as whatever their European ancestors were. I understand gently teasing for that kind of behavior, because it is a little ridiculous.

But “Irish-American” and “Italian-American” (two of the cultures I see cited in these kinds of posts a lot) are themselves vibrant diasporic communities with their own specifically immigrant traditions that are tied to having left Europe and come to the US, and in the latter case many Italian-Americans do simply say “I’m Italian” to mean “I come from an Italian-American family and we have our own cuisine and traditions and cultural practices”. There are street festivals for Catholic saints who have similar festivals in Italy, and there are similar Irish-American practices that originated here on this side of the Atlantic, too. A lot of these communities are full of people who know they’re immigrants with thin ties to their former homelands, and know that they’re only Irish or Italian compared to the rest of the US population, and so shaming their extant traditions always felt a little cruel to me. Plus, plenty of people do go on to reconnect in earnest and research their ancestors and learn about where their families came from - is leaving somewhere because of a humanitarian crisis or for the sake of economic opportunity, and navigating a hostile country where you’re forced to assimilate to survive, really an experience we want to gatekeep?

anyway blood quantum is a colonizer’s game and we really do all suffer when we play it. diaspora communities will develop their own traditions, and those traditions will look different than back home, and the question of whether or not they belong is one that even they themselves don’t always have the answers to.

It's very well and good to talk about how usamericans will act like they're whatever nationality despite having 1 relative that was that thing 25 generations ago but does referring to it in percentage terms make anyone else's skin crawl. hmm where have I heard the concept of saying that someone must have whatever percent [thing] blood to be considered [thing] before

[attud-com]

Silicon Valley Bank Fully Exits One 97 Communications, No Current Investments Due to Financial Irregularities

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According to a recent news report, Silicon Valley Bank has closed its operations due to financial irregularities. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the chief of fintech major One 97 Communications, clarified on Twitter that the bank has fully exited his company and has no current investments. He added that SVB made a total investment of $1.7 million and exited with handsome returns after selling to other…

[razbb]

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[not-the-cheese]

one sentence(ish) summaries of every magnus archive episode PART 2

(eps 61-110) thank u for the funny comments and tags on the last part i love u guys

the rest of these may take a while as i've caught up to where i am currently in the podcast but i will finish them like in a month i promise

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61. the thrilling sequel to man does not open coffin: man DOES open coffin.

62. surely this doctor can find an easier way to scam people out of money than putting them in a little book.

63. THE DARK ATE MY BROTHER IN LAW.

64. this is possibly the plot of laura croft tomb raider

65. mmm crumchy

66. what's the opposite of an unboxing video

67. as close to a coffeeshop au as you're going to get from this podcast

68. Doctors hate him! Man REFUSES to die from tuberculosis!

69. your college's psych department has the worst idea ever.

70. reverse death note

71. not even death will stop this woman from taking the british subway

72. man doesn't want to be low key racist in his last moments before getting eaten

73. police versus the second coming of dark jesus

74. lady is haunted by an ad for coffee

75. mike crew says "uh fuck it let's just put this guy on a skyscraper forever"

76. ryan from buzzfeed unsolved breaks into a train yard and suffers consequences

77. you're not a enough of a bitch to be my real mom

78. man gets harassed by his cousin and then exorcises him

79. you know that chase scene in scooby doo with the doors

80. stupid idiot motherfucking jurgen leitner

81. i have been personally victimized by the sequel to the hungry hungry caterpillar

82. pov: elias threatens to cancel you

83. mannequin takes matters into its own hands after people don't like its pitch for a new window display

84. a hoarder put newspaper on my friend's face :(

85. hey there's maybe a little man upon these stairs?

86. man gets got by a squiggly thing in the dark.

87. plumber is so oblivious to spooky happenings around him that it possibly saves his life.

88. guys i think this guy likes to dig

89. lesbian investment banker finds a new, less evil job: arson!

90. guy who turns people's bones starts a gym where he promises not to turn your bones! (he is lying)

91. i was stalked by lightning for 10 years and i all i got were these stupid scars

92. jonah magnus is a bad friend // another day another elias slay

93. ocd is no match for purple fuzz

94. let the bodies drop gently to the floor let the bodies drop gently to the floor

95. im so sorry my brain refuses to remember what the war ones were about but i think one guy got gently kissed on the forehead so that's pretty nice.

96. diversity wins! the not-quite-human delivery men who stole your identity and business are maybe gay?

97. man gets gaslighted by an entire town about a hole

98. 🎶mister sandman bring me a dream, actually don't, please stay far from me 🎶

99. another one bites the dust

100. archival assistants face off against the general public (they lose)

101. jon finally levels up high enough to unlock an eldritch horror's tragic backstory

102. LOCAL MAN MARRIES BUG

103. peppa eats a clown and they cover her in concrete instead of congratulating her.

104. pennywise stole my brother's skin

105. it's world war z baby

106. Something Big Is In Space.

107. man is interrogated about the time he saw thomas the train roasts people alive and also sans is there

108. actor is stalked by mask who liked his monologue so much that it tells its mask friends to come watch.

109. sometimes a family is just a serial killer's daughter and that guy who maybe killed some vampires

110. yeah man those spiders be eating

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