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[postcardsfromheapside]

I am old, and I am tired.

I just need to be so clear right now.

If y'all are using chatgpt to find information, you've already lost.

Also, I'm not sure what kind of connecting you're looking to do, but on a most basic level:

We used to have things called “third spaces,” which have effectively disappeared, where people (kids especially) could hang out - there are a couple books out about this whose exact names escape me at the moment but if you google “books” and “third spaces” you can find them.

But also, quite simply, you get invited to something with friends, then meet friends of friends, and talk to people. I met the person who has been sort of chatting at me that way - not through social media.

If you needed to find a specific person, for research, for information, whatever, you could ask Google, you could ask a librarian, you could start asking other adults until someone pointed you to who you needed to talk to, and gave you the contact info. It was work, and you actually had to communicate with other human beings, but it had a surprising success rate.

[scaredappliances]

Canonically fucks with sublime

[yuncheoligans-archive]

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Biker!Seonghwa x Nurse!Reader

Your pregnancy cravings kick in at 2am, unfortunately, your partner is part of a biker gang....and unfortunately, he loves trouble. At least you love him, and at least you can patch him back up.

warnings: Mentions of violence, blood, and slight gang-related activity. brief mentions of Self-doubt.

w/c: 2020

tags: @cromernet, @starillusion13

Masterlist

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This wasn’t the first time you had asked your partner to go and get you food at 2 in the morning, it certainly wasn’t going to be the last with the cravings setting in. You looked down at the swell in your stomach, much further along than comfortable, with the constant pressure on your bladder, the backache, your feet getting more swollen every day, the mood swings, the constant feeling of maybe this is a heart attack, everything feels like it���s going too slow and too fast at the same time, honestly the whole situation is overwhelming. Not to mention your partner's less-than-desired lifestyle, the danger, the fights, the injuries….sometimes it’s too much. Trying to convince him to get a van and not attach the car seat to his motorcycle, okay that was a joke he got you a brand new car with everything you could need the next day.

Yes the world sees Seonghwa as a hardened criminal in one of the most notorious biker gangs in the country, but to you, that’s your partner, soft, doting, loving, caring, sweet. That’s your Hwa, even when you call him crying because you’re scared, when you called him apologizing for even getting pregnant in the first place, when you found out you were having a girl, and when you wake him up at 2am because you can’t sleep now that your daughter has decided she wants ice cream. He’s always there to take care of you. 

“Hwa I’m sorry.” you mumbled into the phone. “I should’ve gone myself.”

“Nonsense it’s just around the corner, now do you want Chocolate? Strawberry? Peanut Butter?” he smiled looking at the ice cream selection. He loves you.

“Whatever is on sale.” you pick at your fingernails sitting on the couch.

“I know your favorite is Strawberry right now does that sound good?”

“...yes.” you blushed a little. “Hwa I’m-”

“Darling, please…it’s the least I can do. I’ll be home soon.” he smiled into the phone, he can’t wait for his daughter to be here, his little princess.

Always comforting. Always just what you need. Your Seonghwa, your home. Everytime he’s there it reminds you why this isn’t so scary anymore. He’ll always be there.

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“H-Hwa?” your voice trembled holding the phone up to your ear. It wasn’t possible you were careful, you were just feeling a little ill and Seonghwa wanted you to see the doctor.

“Darling? What’s wrong? Did everything at the doctors go ok?” he questioned worry lacing his voice.

“I-I’m so sorry!” the tears began streaming down your face. “I’m sorry, I should’ve been more careful I’m sorry!”

“Hey hey baby please, you’re scaring me, what could possibly be wrong? Are you ok?”

“I….I-I’m pregnant.” you whispered in the phone, sobs beginning to bubble up in your throat. “I understand if…” you want to leave…. He was in a biker gang, he couldn’t possibly want a baby….Just then he let out the most enthusiastic yell he’s ever felt come out of his mouth.

“We’re having a baby?!” you could hear the smile through the phone. “You and me? A baby?”

“Hwa?”

“Where are you? I’ll come get you! Stay right there I’ll….Appa is on his way!” he smiled and held the phone tighter.

When he got to you it was like your world froze, he ran up to you and spun you around.

“You’re happy?” you looked at him as he held your face.

“If you think for one second I had no intentions of keeping you forever you are mistaken. In fact I’d say just plain wrong. A baby….our baby.” he smiled and moved one of his hands to your hip and then just in front to your stomach.

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Here you were….sitting on the couch crying again over remembering how excited he was to learn of the pregnancy, a surprise for sure but now…a much welcomed surprise. Sure you had doubts and fears, would you be a good parent, would your daughter even like you….would Seonghwa still love you? He proves the last one every day, never complaining once about having to help or that you’re asking too much. You’ve seen him on the streets, he’s harsh, angry, mean…but that’s not the same Seonghwa that’s not the same dork who comes home and wraps his arms around you and hums into your ear, that’s your Seonghwa, that’s your home. Seonghwa sure is taking a long time to get home…Let me try his phone again.

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“And just what is one of the Chili Peppers doing here?” a voice sounded behind Seonghwa as he hung up the phone holding two containers of Ice Cream.

“I should be asking what a member of the Wolfgang is doing here, since this is Pepper territory after all.” Seonghwa turned seeing their main rival.  “Hello, Minho.”

“Seonghwa.” he nodded. “Ice Cream? At 2am?”

“Could be asking why you’re here as well.”

“Oh you know the wife and the cats….all very needy especially with a little one on the way.” he smiled before taking the bag from the cashier.

“Oh congratulations, I’ll have to send a gift.” Seonghwa smiled bagging his items up.

“Depends is it going to be like the birthday present you sent 4 years ago?” he held up the side of his shirt revealing a scar.

“Not with a little one on the way, I was thinking more like a breathable blanket, in case they put it over their head so they don’t hurt themselves.” he smiles thinking about what you told him.

“And the Ice Cream?” Minho raised an eyebrow.

“Craving. Sometimes I just get hungry.” he wasn’t about to reveal that he wasn’t single, let alone you were 7 months pregnant with his child.

“I am sorry I have to do this….just business.” Minho shrugged.

“Well hopefully the Ice Cream doesn’t melt before this is over then.” Seonghwa dropped the bag as they stepped into the nearby alleyway. Don’t worry, he’ll be home soon.

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“And why didn’t you answer your phone, I’ve been worried sick sinc-” you berated him walking through the front door, stopping upon seeing his condition. “Seonghwa!” you waddled over quickly seeing the blood on his face.

“Don’t move too fast.” you both said to each other as you pulled him to the bathroom and told him to sit on the counter.

“Darling I’m okay.” he held your hand as you held a worried expression on your face cleaning him up. 

“You’re bleeding.” you stated.

“You should see the other guy.” he chuckled.

“Did you??”

“No it was Minho. He’s probably going to be feeling that for a while.” he winced when I applied alcohol to the wound on his forehead.

You sighed. “His wife is going to make sure he feels it for the rest of his life. They’re a perfect match honestly.”

“Oh you two have met?”

“Oh yes we see the same prenatal doctor, told me her husband was in a biker gang and is reckless, likes to fight this one a lot, always gets injured…I told her it was relatable.” I gave him a pointed look.

“Except I usually win.”

“I wouldn’t call this winning.”

“Reminds me of how we met.” he has a dreamy smile on his face.

“Oh you mean when you barged into the clinic I work at bleeding out onto the floor?”

“Ah you remember it too beautiful.” he takes my hand in his.

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“H-Help.” came from the unkempt looking man. He put his arms on the desk blood hitting the papers. “I-I think I was stabbed.”

“Y/n!” the front desk attendant called over and in rushed who he would describe as an angel, the most perfect person he’s ever seen….why does she look so worried for him….why are the corners of his vision going dark.

He faints.

When he wakes again his in an all too bright room in a lumpy bed with IVs and monitors hooked up to him.

“Morning sleeyhead.” came a voice from beside him “You’ve been out for three days due to blood loss…don’t worry you should make a fine recovery.” she looked at him. Wow. even more beautiful up close. “I have to change your bandages so try to sit still for me.”

“S-Sure.”

“Do you have a name or should we keep calling you John Doe?” she got out the gauze and everything needed to clean the wound.

“S-Seonghwa. My name is Seonghwa.”

“Well Seonghwa, due to your great observation skills you were in fact stabbed. Luckily it was a mindless blow nothing more than a big bleeding wound.” she looked up at him. “I’m your nurse, and the one who stitched you up, y/n.”

“y/n.” he liked the way it felt on his tongue, liked the way it sounded hitting his ears. He enjoyed your sarcasm and the slight smile you gave him, he enjoyed the scent of you perfume hitting his nose. “Thank you.”

“Kinda my job.” she smiled up at him.

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“You changed you shampoo scent since we first met.” he looked at me cupping my cheek.

“A lot of things have changed since we first met, I think the biggest one is between us.”

“I love the snark you have.”

“Hopefully you’ll get a double dose here soon.” I finished cleaning small cuts and putting bruise cream on him. “Hopefully one of these days I’ll ask you to go get Ice Cream and you won’t get into a fight before coming back.”

“He did start it.”

“I know love.” I kissed his cheek.

I went to open the ice cream now that my partner was home and bandaged up.

“Well what do you know.” he chuckled holding me from behind. “I guess I did run a little late.”

“You think?” I looked at the soup of strawberry ice cream leaking out of the container into the bag.

“Here, you can still drink it…and I’ll hold you while you do.” he ushered us over to the couch with a straw and laid me down with him as he held the bump that was his daughter and I sat there drinking what was my Ice Cream.

Yeah this is my Seonghwa….My Home.

Bonus!

“And here comes the Strawberry for my angel Junghwa.” he smiled holding up the mashed strawberries on the spoon for the giggling child.

“Appa!” she smiled and threw her arms up at the fruit on the spoon blubbering and other noises coming out.

“Did you….did you just say Appa?” Seonghwa had tears gather in his eyes. “y/n!”

You ran into the room thinking there was an injury of some sort. How could there be the apartment was completely baby proof, she barely got a scratch running into anything and if she did Seonghwa was there to call for you and act like she was dying.

“She said…she…she said,..”

“Appa!” the girl chimed in again laughing at his shocked expression. “Appa-pa-pa-pa.”

“Oh sure I carry her for 8 and a half months, and you feed her strawberries and she says dad first.” I chuckled and held him as he cried tears of joy being his sweet princess’s first word. 

“I love you so much princess.” Seonghwa picked up the smiling girl and kissed her face as tears fell down it. “Take that Minho….my daughter is smarter than your son, already talking. And you look just like your eomma, beautiful and smart, the whole package.” he gleams.

“Ok finish feeding her Appa, then its nap time.”

“Appa.” she says again making him smile over and over hearing his daughter talk to him.

After she ate and was put down to nap we finally got our alone time, no rushing out to go to work or do any dangerous activities like get Ice Cream. I finally got to sit there in the presence of my now fiancee.

“I love you y/n. Thank you so much for Junghwa.” he kissed my temple.

“I love you too Hwa.” I smiled and he snaked his hand around my front, holding me so preciously.

“Let’s have another.” he smiles.

[writing-with-olive]

Alright so with the state of the world, you've probably heard calls to "get in community" and "support your community" and "do community" and lots of action phrases that otherwise involve the word community.

But how…. exactly…. do you do that?

First thing, toss out the idea that community is flashy. There may be outliers, but for the most part, your community isn't going to be some well-oiled commune that is also liberating the world with explosions and rousing speeches in front of millions. I know I'm being a bit over the top, but with the rhetoric I see online, newbie activists could be forgiven for thinking that's what they're supposed to be doing. Scale down. Community is about supporting each other, not about optics.

Next up, understand that you ARE ALREADY AMONG your community members. When people who know what they're talking about say "find community" or "get organized," they're not saying "find some new group of people and wrangle them together," they're saying "get intentional with your interactions with people you already know." A lot of getting organizing off the ground is mindset, more than it is anything else.

Identify what connects you to other people you already know, regardless of whether or not those other people know each other. I'm not talking about titles (employee, parent, friend, sister, coworker), I'm talking about how you engage with others. For particular individuals, do you provide monetary support, transportation, interesting conversation, advice, food, or something else? Do you receive any of these things from others? This takes practice, but I do encourage you to think about connections with others from the perspective of support. Do note that many dynamics won't be perfectly balanced, and that's normal -- we're observing how we help one another, not establishing a tit-for-tat system.

Once you have a sense of how you're connected to people, you can get intentional with it. To be clear, this doesn't necessarily mean formalizing something (though it can), it means making sure these connections don't fall by the wayside. If doing game night with your friends is something that helps you relax and de-stress, consider being the one to reach out to form plans instead of waiting for your buddy to do it. If you have a large platform, boost information you think people should know. If younger co-workers look to you for encouragement, let them know more often specific things they've accomplished that you appreciate. If you need help moving things and a friend is stronger and is cool with doing that with you, reach out and ask for help, rather than waiting for an offer. Recognize and respect if people say no, or aren't available for something, but there's no harm in asking for help or connection, or offering it.

If you want, scale up. There may be things that you want to do that aren't immediately attainable within the dynamics you already have with people. In this case, look for groups that are already doing the sort of thing you want to do -- community action takes people power. Be the people power. The personal benefit to this is that you'll be putting yourself in proximity with other people that have similar interests and motivations so you're more likely to hear about more stuff that's going on that might pique your interest as well.

If there is a hobby you're interested in, look up "[your city], [hobby name]" and see what groups are established. Same goes if there's an issue you want to address. For example, I do a lot of work with food insecurity in my town, which means looking up local food pantries or the food bank and signing up for volunteer slots. Sometimes I get friends or family to go with. If there is an organization in your area that does good work, but doesn't have an established volunteer program, call them or shoot them an email and let them know that you appreciate the work that they do (be specific, it lets them know what particularly caught your attention/that you actually did your research), and that if they have a need, you're interested in volunteering with them.

This post is getting long, so I'm going to cap it here, but if you want more examples, or me to go into more depth on anything send me an ask and I'd love to. TL;DR, toss out the idea that community is fancy and engage with the people you already know.

[talos-stims]

cisco packet tracer | source

[protoslacker]

Autocracy, Inc: Anne Applebaum and Ruth Ben-Ghiat in Conversation

The 92nd Street Y, New York

An important conversation from July.

Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum

[ve-lial]

bathroom cablegore

[spaceintruderdetector]

Since the 1990s, the virus and the network metaphors have become increasingly popular, finding application in a broad range of everyday discourses, academic disciplines, and fiction genres. In this book, Rahel Sixta Schmitz defines and discusses a trope recurring in Gothic fiction: the supernatural media virus. This trope comprises the confluence of the virus, the network, and a deep, underlying media anxiety. This study shows how Gothic narratives such as House of Leaves or The Ring feature the supernatural media virus to negotiate as well as actively shape imaginations of the network society and the dangers of a globalized, technologized world.

[dciricnetworks]

movement path generation: urban scenario definition, tree-search structure based on established network connectivities, displaying values for relevant parameters (e.g., proximity, landmark, heritage, etc.), decision-making differs with each path increment with respect to defined scenario and path parameter

Source: ©dciric, 2024

Software: Grasshopper

[proserpentina]

Everything is intricately interconnected

[coolcomicbookcovers]

[sensationally-senseless]

🌟 Help Me Out with a Quick Click! 🌟

Hey everyone! I’m currently participating in a super exciting challenge sponsored by Microsoft as part of my role as a Student Ambassador at my university. 🎓✨ This is an amazing opportunity for me, but I need a little bit of help from all of you to make it count!

Here’s the deal: I need to hit a target by getting clicks on a few links to earn points. It’s really simple—just click on the links below and then hit back. That’s all you need to do! 🖱️🔗

Why is this important? 🤔 If I don’t meet the target, I won’t be able to earn the university credits I need for this challenge. Your clicks can make a huge difference in helping me succeed!

How to Help:

Click on each of the links below.

Hit back to return to this post.

Repeat for each link!

Links to Click: 1. Azure 2. VSCode 3. DevBlogs 4. DotNet 5. Microsoft Developer 6. ImagineCup 7. Microsoft Learn 8. Microsoft Cloud 9. StartUps 10. MVP 11. Microsoft Tech Community

It’s a small favor that could mean a lot for my academic journey. If you can spare a moment, it would really mean the world to me! 💖🙏

Thank you so much for your support! 🚀💪

#UniversityChallenge #Microsoft #StudentAmbassador #HelpNeeded #QuickClick #Support #TechChallenge #UniversityLife #StudentSupport #Credits #ClickForPoints #ThankYou

[twilightau]

@alohajun and i are looking for welcome committee members for our network KFLIXNET. both adult or minor applicants are fine!

you will need to:

have a discord account

be assertive when needed

be able to navigate our discord server's channels

have knowledge on our guidelines and how to apply them

have spare time to welcome newly joined members into the server and moderate the main chatrooms occasionally

any help is highly appreciated!

— love from loki and maks.

interested? dm me for more info 💗 apply here

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