#NNW

[whostamera]

This is where I post from

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Some People Dream in Abstract (Great Smoky Mountains National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: Some People Dream in Abstract Thoughts Like an Expressionist's Painting While other are bizarre, almost seemingly surreal Mine have been both, and sometimes in red But right now, I only dream wonderment for what stands in front Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one afternoon in the Cades Cove area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This was at a roadside pullout along the main park road with a view looking to the north-northwest to a group of black bears (momma bear and three cubs) who happened to be crossing this asphalt road. I captured quite a few images at this location, but this is one of the few that I really liked of the group because the momma bear happened to be looking in my general direction while her cub continued on.

[thorsenmark]

When One Comes Across Beautiful Places Mabry Mill, Blue Ridge Parkway) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: When One Comes Across Beautiful Places A person can be enraptured in the moment Sometimes it’s a sight that takes the breath away Others it’s some blue skies and clouds coming out on a rainy day While others are a little piece of Appalachian history You stand there and attempt to find something to remember it Perhaps an image Perhaps a painting Perhaps a poem or story told to another But you have to remember it because it made the day special And that is all that matters in the end. Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one morning at Mabry Mill (Milepost 176) along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The setting is looking to the north-northwest from a small rise along a nearby pond to a water mill (or grist mill) on the other side. What drew me into this setting was the pond with the reflections along with the water mill, but what really made for this was an opening in the skies after a very overcast and slightly rainy morning. It just seemed magical with the blue skies coming out right about the time that a friend and I showed up at this location along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The rest was aligning myself to the setting, capturing some foreground interest along with the trees and blue skies as a backdrop, while centering the water mill in the image, more or less. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 7 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

[mediaheights]

National Nutrition Week (NNW) is an annual nutrition event of great importance and is observed in the country from 1st to 7th of September every year. The government implements programs to promote awareness about healthy eating and proper nutrition for maintaining a healthy lifestyle during this week.

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[holokaylan]

I thought about making a photo "diary" in my Oc's world. (It has nothing to do with the original story, just some photos I want to test)

For example, the challenge was allergy/poison

[degenerateturtle]

[godbirdart]

june 21 is national indigenous peoples day up here in canada; a day focused on celebrating the arts and cultures of our indigenous neighbours and communities.

if you’re looking for ways to support, or generally further your education on indigenous history, here are a bunch of links to help you get started! please go further and look up events hosted by your local community specifically, as some may not be listed on the sites below.

remember that if you cannot attend events or monetarily support businesses - you can always boost indigenous artists and voices online too.

indigenous tourism; lists businesses, events, and other indigenous-owned / led programs for the respective province or territory

indigenous tourism canada [generalized resources, event listings etc]

yukon

northwest territories

nunavut

british columbia

alberta

saskatchewan

manitoba

ontario

quebec

newfoundland and labrador

new brunswick

nova scotia

prince edward island

art

bill reid gallery of the northwest coast

lattimer art gallery

native northwest [while NNW itself is not indigenous-owned, it is a good way to discover artists and purchase their work. some artists sell on other sites too, so look around]

strong nations [sells books by indigenous authors]

education and resources

two-spirited people of manitoba

alberta indigenous history timeline [pdf]

alberta indigenous history resources

british columba history timeline

list of first nations peoples [wikipedia; could be incomplete / inaccurate]

cbc indigenous [indigenous-focused news]

missing and murdered indigenous women and girls

national centre for truth and reconciliation

native land interactive map

orange shirt day

qikiqtani truth commission

lil’ red dress project

whose land interactive map

charities / support / donations

clan mothers healing billage & knowledge centre

first nations health authority

indian residential schools survivor society

indigenous peoples resilience fund

qajuqturvik food bank

niqinik nuatsivik nunavut food bank

nunavut food security coalition

reconciliation canada

urban native youth association

additional links are always appreciated

[petoskeystones]

happy 176th victory point note day to all who celebrate!

25th April 1848

HMShips Terror and Erebus were deserted on the 22nd April 5 leagues NNW of this having been beset since 12th Sept 1846.

The officers and crews consisting of 105 souls under the command of Captain F. R. M. Crozier landed here — in Lat. 69°37’42’’ Long. 98°41’

This paper was found by Lt. Irving under the cairn supposed to have been built by Sir James Ross in 1831 — 4 miles to the Northward — where it had been deposited by the late Commander Gore in May June 1847.

Sir James Ross’ pillar has not however been found and the paper has been transferred to this position which is that in which Sir J. Ross’ pillar was erected.

Sir John Franklin died on the 11th of June 1847 and the total loss by deaths in the Expedition has been to this date 9 officers and 15 men.

[signed] F. R. M. Crozier Captain & Senior Offr

And start on tomorrow 26th for Backs Fish River

[signed] James Fitzjames Captain HMS Erebus

[chrisfriel]

NNW 030124

sorting the back catalogue

these are from 030723

[onarangel]

Waterfall near Meallan a Chuail

4 km NNW of Corrykinloch, Highland, Scotland

By Chris Ward on Geograph,May 2007

[theworldibuilt4you]

Th-thank you! Hehe...

[Addie reddened, warmth blooming in their chest at his appraisal. Sonny liked their games!!]

[At the mention of the heavy asset, they immediately went to open the project.]

Oh! Really? Where is that… … Huh. I… Never noticed that. Must've imported it in early on without thinking twice… It sure looks nice up close, though. Must be why I downloaded it!

Sigh. Goodbye beautiful high resolution toothbrush…

[They hesitated to remove the monstrous file at first, but did it eventually. Wherever it was, it probably wasn't even noticable.]

That's done…

I'll take a look on how to further lower the ram usage later on - for all of em. And here I just thought it was my computer being old…

Anyways! Thanks a ton, sunshine; being smart and amazing, as usual! I'm lucky to have ya!

[The heat moved to their face, but oddly enough, they didn't react to their own open fawning.]

-Addie

[He chuckled fondly, watching them bid the rogue asset a farewell. It reminded him of how he would have to cut features from projects that he liked but knew wouldn't fit well.]

"Mobna... ywh... dco nke nnw hib divq.."

[...Would Addie be able to bring themselves to do what needed to be done...? Maybe... maybe he should give it to someone who is... more neutral?]

[thorsenmark]

Gold Medal Day along the Blue Ridge Parkway by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: At the Mabry Mill location along the Blue Ridge Parkway with a view looking to the north-northwest to the famous, historical watermill. In composing this image, I chose to use zoom in a little with the focal length and include some of the surrounding landscape to this setting. I did though want to have the watermill itself more less centered in the image.

[helluvaoutlaw]

(((Art belongs to @OTPresent on X )))

https://x.com/OTPresent?t=bb5DfNHlI5oevflG0t-nNw&s=09

[usafphantom2]

Wolfhounds on Bear escort. a 32 TFS F-15C intercepts a TU-95 during a QRA scramble over the North Sea approximately 27 nmi NNW of Wilhelmshaven, (West) Germany, c. 37 years ago.#f15 #EagleCountry skytrailer.nl #F15eagle #Airpower #USA #USAF

@SkytrailerCOM via X

[lnsfawwi]

Sokovia Accords as Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: the political implications

In reality, NPT is a good thing. HOWEVER, Sokovia Accords isn't framed as an NPT, it's a Registration Act aimed at drafting (mostly) non-government actors. With this knowledge in mind, let's talk about what interpreting it as a NPT means.

NPT exists because the world collectively agree we don't want to blow up the planet in ten seconds in case WW 3 happens, and because nuclear powers and those who can never realistically develop nukes don't want those who could to have them. Some non-nuclear weapons states (NNWS) have criticised the inherent power inbalance (ie. super power competition) NPT enforces. In the MCU, the Avengers were the only canon superheroes who existed in the entire universe at that time, the members were either Americans (was Nat a citizen? likely.) - three of which were high-ranking current or former US servicemen- or hold some kind of refugee status (Wanda) in America. Others aren't even humans and one of them is still technically American (Vision). Then, America would, by the logic of a non-proliferation treaty, continue to hold the only nukes in the world because no where does a NTP say you surrender your nukes to the collective supervision and use of the UN. This power inbalance will have repurcussions and it goes against the American hegemony the Accords is trying to address. Or is it the plan all along? You can never be certain in politcs.

Futhermore, unlike the real NPT, America is the only country that is giving up power thus far. In exhange for this power dissemination, the US will want some sort of compansation, for instance, a permanant seat in the committee that makes decisions about whether and when to deploy the Acengers. This again grants them an unofficial but significant influence over the deployment of the weapons. Not to be a realist but if the US is on the committee, there is no way Russia and China aren't. And given the reality of international relations, there is no way it doesn't end up a political power move that could end disasterly. We will likely get another dysfunctional UN organ like the UNSC. [also can you imagine Captain America following Russia's orders? LMAO]

Not to mention a nuclear weapon has to be made by the state, a process that require years of dedication of a large amount of resouces, which means it will come out sooner or later. But look at the Avengers, only Steve and Nat techinically can be characterized as a nuclear weapon in this sense. Even if the state wishes to honor the treaty, they can't. There is no way a state can control individuals from gaining superpower through birth, alien matters, or just being smart, therefore there is no way the treaty can prevent the proliferation. At best it offers a guideline for states to follow should they discover they actually have nuclear weapon. which is kind of funny. In addition, there is no guarentee that other countries, if they have super powered individuals, will willingly surrender them to the UN. Russia canonly has other supersoldier which they hide from the public cus their super soldiers are insane and they have no control over them. Also, does anyone remember Wakanda? This brings me to my next point.

It has to be remineded that the Avengers are, in fact, not nuclear weapons, despite what Tony Stark so crudely referred to regarding Wanda. They are humans (most of them anyway) capable of making evaluations and desicions (again, most of them). The nuclear weapons aren't going to launch themselves when they get unhappy with, say, p*tin. Team Ironman likes to throw around the word 'accountability', but whose accountability? The Avengers have proven to not follow orders/protocols when it counts. What if they disobey orders? If Vision went rougue and ended up killing a Syrian citizen in Lebanon, who would take responsibility for it? The sitting memebers of the committee? Himself? What if the original mission mandate was wrong, Vision could've caused hundreds of deaths instead if he had listened? And do you really think there wouldn't be serious consequences just because there is a treaty that says the Avengers are common propoerty so it should be considered friendly fire?

Another crucial issue is that NPT is built on the promise that nuclear powers will not use nuclear weapons, but the Accords is basically trying to give everyone a chance to deploy WMD, which is in direct conflict with the purpose of NPT.

We are not even talking about non-state actors (SHIELD/HYDRA) and non-signatories.

To summerize, the Accords first and foremost isn't, and cannot be a NPT; even if seen as NPT it simply will not work because 1. America monolopy over the 'nuclear weapons' that exacerbates existing power inbalance, 2. Canon evidence that states won't adhere to the rules, 3. States have no control over the emergence of superpowered individuals, 4. No effective regulatory power and accountability mechanism.

Even in real life we can see countries breaking the treaties. Not saying we shouldn't try, because we should, but the situation with super powered people is different as stated above. The fundimental difference between the Accords and NPT is that NPT is a result of arms race among countries, and is a practical solution to avoid nuclear disater, the Accords is a result of a mix of governmental and individual and celestrial incidents, most of them are not within the power of human control or are the result of the corruption of the exact political body that's trying to regulate them now. The latter is a security issue therefore can be resolved via politics & policy, the former is not. The Accords as a NPT is a pipe dream with extremely undesirable consequences.

[sarcophagid]

love yuor art so bad...xxv and nnw have given me new enlightment on the funniest ship/kinda not ship dynamics ever and also appreciation for how funny and also terrifying yidhra is. like I went on a 5 hour rampage for yidhra content and lore. I owe you my life and also my therapy bill

NNW 😭😭😭😭... i will be thinking abt this... also ty i'm rlly happy u like them :,D

(dont have a ton of sketches on hand so heres an old one of them in the chess essence 🤔)

also yidhra is so much fun... she doesn't have a ton of concrete personality lore last i checked but she allows for a lot of versatility when u write her i think... i will stay #normal abt this but i love the idea of yidhra not seeing physical biological death as the 'end' but instead sees transition to a different meaning as the 'end', this being the reason behind the transformations - like a sort of experiment or test into stretching the durability of identity