#Poll 225

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Bracket D Round 1

Poll 17

Romero Astrophel (@ratwhowrites) vs. Misty Gobarrah (@orcacatraph)

225. Romero Astrophel (@ratwhowrites)

He/him

Because he’s a drama king who deserves to have everything go his way.

A tall crow-human hybrid with three eyes. His eyes are blue and his hair is brown. He dresses nice and takes time to make his hair look nice.

(Romero is the shorter one with brown hair. This is an old design minus the wings and eyes)

226. Misty Gobarrah (@orcacatraph)

she/her

Misty gobarrah, a chaotic, yet extremely friendly child from a planet long gone. Self proclaimed magical girl, she has a mastery over ice and astral magic.

Adopted by the god of the universe, misty lives a pretty cushy life in comfort and peace. Yet, she is an energetic, adventurous type, and as such, often leaves the comfort of her fathers abode to go out on adventures in others people’s stories.

Technically, she has access to powers one would say are overpowered and universe shattering, but chooses to limit herself for the sake of an interesting story. Why crush everything in your path when it’s not even your story to begin with?

Extra facts: - Is only capable of cooking one thing, pumpkin soup - Is a trans girl! - She’s a hybrid of two species from her long gone home planet, and has decided to call herself an ‘orcacat’ - Her main family may be with whimzee (before mentioned god), but she’s been adopted by another man too. Bit of a collector of family (she has, at least, 7 sisters.) - Eats dice. As a snack.

[purpleplaid17]

Jess Watches // Thu 9 May // Day 225 Synopses & Favourite Scenes & Poll

911 (with mum) 7x01 Abandon Ships & 7x02 Rock the Boat

Athena and Bobby set off on their honeymoon cruise, but when duty calls, their vacation is put on hold. Meanwhile, Hen questions her instincts in a life-taking call and grows concerned about Athena and Bobby's whereabouts.

Didn't realize this was a 3-parter otherwise would've watched 2&3 together instead but hey ho, all aboard. It would have been a bold move to kill 2 beloved lead characters in a season, network changing, opener. I really thought for a sec they were gonna do it.

Amphibia 1x11 Grubhog Day / Hop Pop and Lock

Sprig has to decide whether to uphold his responsibilities or have fun at the carnival. / To impress Sylvia Sundew, Hop Pop asks Anne to teach him to dance.

Grubhog will return for vengeance, but spare Anne and Sprig because they looked after it and gave it new thrilling experiences. And Hop Pop's original moves sure were something! It's cute he found someone to dance with who is equally freaky.

Heartbreak High 2x06 Just Kid $h*t

A video gains momentum for Amerie's school captain campaign. Darren grows worried when Ca$h doesn't show up to their housewarming party.

Amerie's goodbye peck on the lips and ily to Harper had more romantic energy than whatever is supposed to be happening with Rowan. And I'm always uncomfortable when they graphically show teen characters having sex. Even with actors in their 20's it still feels exploitative. The farting interlude was hilariously awkward though.

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Roxette - The Look 1989

"The Look" is a song by pop duo Roxette; Sweden's second-best-selling music act after ABBA. It was released in early 1989 as the fourth single from their second studio album, Look Sharp! (1988). The album was an immediate commercial success in their home country, spending seven weeks at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart. "The Look" was written by Per Gessle as an exercise while learning how to operate the Ensoniq ESQ-1 synthesizer he had recently purchased, using a repeated A–G–D bass line as the song's core. The track's sixteenth-note rhythm was inspired by the work of ZZ Top. The original title was "He's Got the Look", with the lyrics using male pronouns. Gessle said this was done because he initially wanted Marie Fredriksson to sing the track. Both he and EMI Sweden had chosen to highlight Fredriksson as Roxette's lead vocalist. However, when recording the demo, Gessle realised the song "didn't fit her style that well, so I had a go and it sounded OK."

The singles from Look Sharp! at the time were only released in Sweden, Germany and France. However, an American exchange student from Minnesota named Dean Cushman returned from Sweden and gave his copy of the album to his local Top 40 radio station, KDWB-FM in Minneapolis. The station's program director Brian Phillips initially ignored Cushman's request to play a song from the album, leaving the CD unplayed in his office for several weeks. Phillips eventually listened to it after learning Cushman had come to the office requesting the return of his CD. Immediately impressed by the album's opening track, "The Look" was played by the station for the first time on US radio less than an hour later, and the response from listeners was overwhelmingly positive; the station immediately began receiving phone calls to replay the track.

KDWB began distributing the track to their sister radio operations, sending 500 copies to other stations throughout the United States. EMI America promptly signed the duo to a recording contract as a result of the airplay. The label had previously rejected Roxette as "unsuitable for the American market". The song had already entered the top fifty of the Billboard Hot 100 before official promotion began, peaking at number one on the chart eight weeks later. This made "The Look" the third number one single by a Swedish act on the Billboard Hot 100, following Blue Swede's "Hooked on a Feeling" (poll #152) in 1974 and ABBA's "Dancing Queen" in 1976.

The track went on to top the charts in 25 countries. It spent three weeks atop the New Zealand Singles Chart, and six weeks at number one in Australia, where it was certified platinum for sales in excess of 70,000 copies. It also topped the charts throughout Scandinavia. The song spent five weeks at number one in West Germany, and an additional five weeks at number two. It was a massive success in Spain and Switzerland, spending eight weeks at number one in both countries. It reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart.

"The Look" received a total of 80,5% yes votes!

[sillysillykittygirl]

um. so. hiii ehehe

im um. im gonna do a poll,, ummm,, soo,,

um,, im going to um, also be edging a whole lot today before the polls up if it helps your decision,, and i wont look at the poll until its done,,, ehehe,,,,

and also, umm,, notes thingie,, because um,,, yes,,,, i dont know if itll get this high at all but,,

10 - ill spank myself a good bit,,

25 - will buy myself a gag,,

35 - edge 2 times a day

50? - ill spank myself a lot,,,,,

75? - edge 4 times a day,,

100! - will buy myself chastity stuff,,,

125! - will do a hold for as long as i can,,

135! - edge 6 times a day,,,,,,

150! - ill record my moaning and post it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

edit to add more,, um,,

225 - ill buy myself a collar,,,

275 - extend denial for 1 day ><

300 - edge 8 times a day,,,,,,,,,

350 - extend denial for 2 days ><

[icewindandboringhorror]

On average, what is the total MONTHLY amount that you spend on dining out*?

*(This doesn't only count going out to restaurants, but also stuff like picking up fast food to bring home, getting a coffee on the way to work, getting a premade sandwich from a grocery store deli during lunch, buying a quick snack from a convenience store or food cart whilst walking somewhere, ordering a pizza or any other food to be delivered to your home, etc.)

*(If you often dine out in groups/as a household: calculate and divide the costs so that you get a Per Person average. This is for YOU individually, NOT the total household/group costs)

(I'm sure polls similar to this have been made before (very common topic), I just haven't personally seen one that I can remember, so, I was curious to do my own! I was discussing this with a group of people today and it was very interesting to see how widely the number varied between individuals. :0c )

(Reblog for bigger sample size if you can, and feel free to explain your answer in tags if there's anything extra to add!)

[atimeofbeing]

How many physical books do you own?

In honour of the people who misread my last poll question about the number of standalone volumes by a single author... How large is your collection of books?

For the purposes of this poll, it would only be books that would be a pain in the ass if you were to move (ie no e-books, but ttrpgs, cookbooks, art books, etc count)

[hauntedppgpaints]

Hottest Alternate on Each Team Poll Results!!

GOOOOOOOOOD EVENING HOCKEYBLR!

I've got the piping hot results of the poll I posted this week, served fresh and ready to be read! The final count was 623 votes!

TOP 10 ACROSS THE LEAGUE:

Leon Draisaitl, 537

Ryan O'Reilly, 521

Travis Konecny, 520

Claude Giroux, 519

Brendan Gallagher, 504

Nick Schmaltz, 496

Kris Letang & Victor Hedman, 464

Mark Scheifele, 461

Marcus Foligno, 445

Matthew Tkachuk, 443

BOTTOM 10 ACROSS THE LEAGUE:

Corey Perry, 7

John Carlson, 11

Jakob Silfverberg, 14

Lawson Crouse, 19

Sam Reinhart, 22

Jaden Schwartz, 28

Darnell Nurse, 29

Connor Murphy, 31

Cam Fowler, 37

Jonathan Huberdeau & MacKenzie Weegar , 40

Detailed tallies, pie charts, and fun facts are below the cut! Sorry about how the teams are paired together, there's a 30 image limit on posts :(

Ducks:

Adam Henrique, 338

Troy Terry, 130

Mason McTavish, 104

Cam Fowler, 37

Jakob Silfverberg, 14

Coyotes:

Nick Schmaltz, 496

Clayton Keller, 108

Lawson Crouse, 19

Bruins:

David Pastrnak, 398

Charlie McAvoy, 225

Sabres:

Rasmus Dahlin, 390

Zemgus Girgensons, 233

Flames:

Elias Lindholm, 300

Rasmus Andersson, 138

Chris Tanev, 105

Jonathan Huberdeau, 40

MacKenzie Weegar, 40

Hurricanes:

Sebastian Aho, 310

Jordan Martinook, 170

Jaccob Slavin, 143

Blackhawks:

Seth Jones, 268

Jason Dickinson, 173

Nick Foligno, 144

Connor Murphy, 31

Corey Perry, 7

Avalanche:

Mikko Rantanen, 292

Nathan MacKinnon, 231

Cale Makar, 100

Blue Jackets:

Zach Werenski, 376

Sean Kuraly, 182

Erik Gudbranson, 65

Stars:

Tyler Seguin, 426

Miro Heiskanen, 100

Joe Pavelski, 56

Esa Lindell, 41

Red Wings:

Ben Chiarot, 324

Andrew Copp, 199

David Perron, 100

Oilers:

Leon Draisaitl, 537

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, 57

Darnell Nurse, 29

Panthers:

Matthew Tkachuk, 443

Aaron Ekblad, 158

Sam Reinhart, 22

Kings:

Phillip Danault, 433

Drew Doughty, 190

Wild:

Marcus Foligno, 445

Kirill Kaprizov, 114

Joel Eriksson Ek, 64

Canadiens:

Brendan Gallagher, 504

Mike Matheson, 119

Predators:

Ryan O'Reilly, 521

Ryan McDonagh, 102

Devils:

Jack Hughes, 327

Erik Haula, 171

Ondrej Palat, 81

Jesper Bratt, 44

Islanders:

Cal Clutterbuck, 329

Scott Mayfield, 120

Brock Nelson, 105

Jean-Gabriel Pageau, 69

Rangers:

Mika Zibanejad, 240

Adam Fox, 207

Chris Kreider, 71

Artemi Panarin, 59

Barclay Goodrow, 46

Senators:

Claude Giroux, 519

Thomas Chabot, 104

Flyers:

Travis Konecny, 520

Scott Laughton, 103

Penguins:

Kris Letang, 464

Evgeni Malkin, 159

Sharks:

Luke Kunin, 288

Mario Ferraro, 188

Mikael Granlund, 88

Tomas Hertl, 59

Kraken:

Jordan Eberle, 258

Adam Larsson, 201

Yanni Gourde, 136

Jaden Schwartz, 28

Blues:

Colton Parayko, 225

Justin Faulk, 202

Robert Thomas, 196

Lightning:

Victor Hedman, 464

Nikita Kucherov, 159

Maple Leafs:

Mitch Marner, 310

Auston Matthews, 188

Morgan Rielly, 125

Canucks:

J. T. Miller, 407

Elias Pettersson, 216

Golden Knights:

William Karlsson, 235

Jonathan Marchessault, 168

Alex Pietrangelo, 118

Jack Eichel, 102

Capitals:

Tom Wilson, 289

T. J. Oshie, 240

Nicklas Backstrom, 83

John Carlson, 11

Jets:

Mark Scheifele, 461

Josh Morrissey, 162

[paradoxcase]

Since this doesn't appear to have been specified in Nona the Ninth, I'm making a poll:

The main requirement for this is that it has to be a country with nuclear weapons, and since that's a very short list, I've just included all of them as poll options. (Data from here.) The book also says that it was a "major country" which probably makes some of these unlikely, but I decided to include them anyway for those of you who wanted a vanilla extract option (or who knows, maybe North Korea is somehow considered a "major country" by this time this story happens). Keep in mind that the number of nukes has decreased a lot since the Cold War and may continue to decrease in the future rather than increase depending on the political situation, etc.

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Númenor Dashboard Simulator

🌲 maiden-of-andunie Follow

What if we kissed 😘 beneath Nimloth 😳😳 in the Kings Court? 🤪🤪 Haha just kidding.... unless...... 🤔🤔

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🐻 thebearwhisperer Mutuals

Daily reminder that if you see a bear in your garden, always give them fresh honey!

🍯 honey-bear Follow

And if a mama bear comes into your garden, don't forget to give honey to her cubs!

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🌊 daily-numenor-pics Follow

The Port of Rómenna

#numenor #arandor #numenor cities #romenna #my photos #sunset #ocean #ulmo

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🍃 lady-of-emerie Follow

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#istg mariners are the worst #the way they cut down trees for their boats and just leave their wives on numenor to go to middle earth is disgusting #they don't care about the nature of this island #all they care about is how they can use it for themselves #vents #do not reblog

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🌳 wild-man-of-numenor Following

This will be my last post on this blog. After today, I'm moving back to Middle-earth.

When I started this blog, I enjoyed giving you an insight into the lives of the Drúedain on Númenor. However, ever since Tar-Aldarion started his regular voyages, I no longer feel safe on Númenor. I don't know why, but I feel like the king's voyages are going to bring back something truly evil. For my own safety, I can no longer stay here in Númenor.

I don't know if I'll create a new blog about the lives of the Drúedain in Middle-earth. For now, I'll leave this blog up as a way for people to learn about our culture.

Thank you for all your support. May you all have the strength to withstand whatever ill omens come your way.

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⚓️ uinens-lover Follow

*Blows a kiss to the sea* For my lady Uinen

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⭐️ vingilotaaayyyy Mutuals

Poll time!

🌄 mountainclimber Follow

🌿 mittalmar-shepherdess Following

Everyone who voted ocean is a pathetic simp for Uinen. #rollinggreenhillssweep

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Colm Meaney Vs. LeVar Burton

Propaganda

Colm Meaney - (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) - wife guy. man of the people. appeared in more star trek episodes than anyone except worf (225 in total). suffered more than jesus.

LeVar Burton - (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Roots) - as well as his wonderful performance as geordi laforge in next generation, levar burton had his breakout role starring as kunta kinte in the 1977 miniseries roots which set records for television viewership (its finale was estimated to have been watched by 130 million+ viewers, more than half the U.S. population at the time). he also directed numerous episodes of tng, ds9 (including the one where rom unionizes quark's), voyager and enterprise, and promoted literacy with his beloved pbs show reading rainbow, which he hosted for 23 years!

- No Negative Propaganda Please -

Master Poll List | How to submit propaganda | What is vintage? (FAQ)

Additional propaganda below the cut

Colm Meaney:

LeVar Burton:

[mcytblrsexymen]

How many votes in total did both Joe and quackity have each? I can see the total votes for the poll but I'm curious the exact difference between the two and I can't find it in the statistics.

The final votes from the Glittering World data is that Joe Hills got 31,035 votes, and Quackity got 30,810 votes, a difference of 225 votes.

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Gyllene Tider - Sommartider 1982

Puls is the third studio album by Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider, released on 26 August 1982. The album peaked at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart and number 12 on the Norwegian Albums Chart. "Sommartider", written by Per Gessle, is the song that throughout the years has become considered the band's signature song. It was released as a single on 18 June 1982. It was re-released both on 27 June 1989 and in 1995. The original version peaked at number six on the Swedish Singles Chart and number three on the Norwegian Singles Chart, and the 1989 version peaked at number three on the Swedish Singles Chart.

"Sommartider" was also recorded with lyrics in the English language, with the name "Summer City". It has over the years become a popular long time hit song, often played by radio and other public media to this day. In addition to Gyllene Tider, Per Gessle also had another band, Roxette, as well as a solo career.

"Sommartider" received a total of 60,7% yes votes! Previous Per Gessle polls: #225 Roxette "The Look".

[mariacallous]

Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ODNI News Release No. 29-24 November 4, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the following statement:

“Since our statement on Friday, the IC has been observing foreign adversaries, particularly Russia, conducting additional influence operations intended to undermine public confidence in the integrity of U.S. elections and stoke divisions among Americans. The IC expects these activities will intensify through election day and in the coming weeks, and that foreign influence narratives will focus on swing states.

Russia is the most active threat. Influence actors linked to Russia in particular are manufacturing videos and creating fake articles to undermine the legitimacy of the election, instill fear in voters regarding the election process, and suggest Americans are using violence against each other due to political preferences, judging from information available to the IC. These efforts risk inciting violence, including against election officials. We anticipate Russian actors will release additional manufactured content with these themes through election day and in the days and weeks after polls close.

The IC assesses that Russian influence actors recently posted and amplified an article falsely claiming that U.S. officials across swing states plan to orchestrate election fraud using a range of tactics, such as ballot stuffing and cyber attacks.

Russian influence actors also manufactured and amplified a recent video that falsely depicted an interview with an individual claiming election fraud in Arizona, which involved creating fake overseas ballots and changing voter rolls to favor Vice President Kamala Harris. The Arizona Secretary of State has already refuted the video’s claim as false.

Iran also remains a significant foreign influence threat to U.S. elections. As noted in a prior update, we have assessed that Iran has conducted malicious cyber activities to compromise former President Trump’s campaign. Iranian influence actors may also seek to create fake media content intended to suppress voting or stoke violence, as they have done in past election cycles. We previously reported that Iran also remains determined to seek revenge against select former US officials whom it views as culpable for the death of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) Commander Soleimani in January 2020. It has repeatedly highlighted former President Donald Trump among its priority targets for retribution.

In light of continued influence efforts by foreign adversaries and the increasing volume of inauthentic content online, CISA recommends voters seek out information from trusted, official sources, in particular, state and local election officials.

The FBI and CISA encourage campaigns and election infrastructure stakeholders to report information concerning suspicious or criminal activity to their local Election Crime Coordinators via FBI field office (www.fbi.gov/fieldoffices), by calling 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), or online at ic3.gov. Cyber incidents impacting election infrastructure can also be reported to CISA by calling 1-844-Say-CISA (1-844-729-2472), emailing report@cisa.dhs.gov, or reporting online at cisa.gov/report. Election infrastructure stakeholders and the public can find additional resources about how to protect against cyber and physical threats at CISA’s #PROTECT2024 (https://www.cisa.gov/protect2024).”