#Rakowski

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Michał Rakowski (@michalrakowskiphotography)

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@louiseconstad: Onwards and upwards getting ready. #punk #helenabonhamcarter @dianerakowski @louiseconstad wearing #viviennewestwood

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CHASING The DAYLIGHT: One Woman's Journey to Becoming a U.S. Army Intelligence Officer by Joanna Rakowski - Memoir, Life in the Military, Inspirational

  Chasing The Daylight by Joanna Rakowski is a revealing memoir that captures the rigor, intensity, and ferocity of military training in a salient style. Ever wondered what it takes to become a soldier in one of the most powerful armies in the world? Joanna Rakowski was born in Poland and grew up practicing dance from a young age, eventually becoming a professional classical ballet dancer and…

[hearteyesforvanny]

God, please take all of Vanessa’s pain, triple it & give it to William 🙏🏽.

Here’s a second edit centering Vanessa Shelly-Afton to celebrate the first anniversary of the FNaF movie. Have a wonderful anniversary and any constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!!!

Font: Lilith by David Rakowski

Song: It Was All A Lie by Evanescence

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Mecislas RAKOWSKY

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Verena Rakowski

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A 21st-century house of worship has opened in Poznań that gives the faithful 24-hour access through an app and comes complete with an assistant powered by the ChatGPT AI chatbot.

While other churches have held AI-powered services in the past, the Nano Chapel’s creator, Father Radek Rakowski, believes his brainchild may be a world first.

Faced with falling attendance at Mass, which has dropped dramatically in Poland, particularly in large conurbations, the parish priest of the Łacina district of Poznań struck on the idea of bringing faith into the modern age.

“We are in the 21st century and the religious and social needs of the residents have changed,” the priest told the Arkitektura i Biznes website earlier this year. “Traditional churches are plentiful in Poznań.

“And, importantly, they stand empty and closed for most of the day. This does not make sense.”

Rakowski, who has a reputation locally for his unconventional approach to his vocation, took inspiration from the round-the-clock staffless outlets of Poland’s largest convenience store chain, Żabka.

The Nano Chapel system is similar to car sharing, with users downloading an app and creating a profile.

But then, instead of clicking to open a car door and go for a spin, they open the chapel and enter to pray, contemplate, meet other parishioners, or discuss ecclesiastical matters with the on-site cyber-assistant.

Around 100 local people already have the app, including older worshipers.

CatechismGPT?

The priest has plans to build a church for his parish, which is in a new-build residential district, but does not have the roughly 20 million złoty (€4.6 million) required.

Instead, the local devout chipped in to raise 100,000 złoty (€ 23,000) through crowd-funding site Zrzutce.pl to take over the premises of a local real estate agency. The result is a site that people can visit at any time, and which comes with free Wi-Fi and a coffee machine.

“In our parish we look for solutions for how the church can adapt to parishioners, rather than the other way around,” Rakowski told a local news service, wPoznaniu. Visiting the facility, the Gazeta Wyborcza daily asked the ChatGPT-powered assistant a series of questions ranging from who the next head of the Polish Episcopal Conference would be, to what the Catholic Church’s position is on LGBT people, and whether the newspaper itself was against the Church. Its responses were guided by the Catechism, the Bible, and church teachings. Rakowski told Gazeta Wyborcz the assistant gives answers that are “calming and constructive” rather than unsympathetic and “often speaks more beautifully than some priests.” The priest spent a year working with the cyber-assistant to help train it to answer questions and give advice, including on theological and moral issues, as well as teaching it which topics to avoid. It will not offer guidance on how to vote, for example, and if asked to hear confession will refer the parishioner to an ordained minister.

[yellowmagicalgirl]

sidewalk reinventions by meikuree

Nimona, the Best and Most Renowned Shapeshifter in the World, or: a chronicle of the shapes Nimona takes through the years.

I made this cover for the Late Treat Exchange over on Dreamwidth as a treat for meikuree for their Fandom Gift Basket prompt.

Sidewalk image from shaireproductions, font from David Rakowski, and all other images were taken from either the Nimona comic, movie, or artbook.

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SU45-079 por Kamil Rakowski Por Flickr: 14.10.2023 - Świerki Dolne. Pociąg specjalny "Kalenica" wyjeżdża z tunelu pod Świerkową Kopą (609 m.n.p.m.).

[therapardalis]

— character info sheet.

(repost, don’t reblog)

[For main verse.]

name: Thera Pardalis / Thera Landsend / Therese of Lands End. name meaning: Therese was originally from the old Greek or old English, 'harvester' or 'huntress'. Thera, as she was known after leaving home, means 'wild', 'untamed' and, according to some sources, 'guardian'. (I swear I did not know this when I named her!) 'Landsend' was a surname she adapted from 'of Lands End', her birthplace. alias/es: Thera D'Gaea, Felicia Cornwall, 'not her again', and 'HELP! Get her off me!!' 'Pardalis' is an alias as well, one she picked up in the late 20th century. ethnicity: English (Cornish)

one picture you like best of your chara:

three h/cs you never told anyone (not never, but haven't for a while!):

The first time she sailed away from Cornwall, she was so worried about being seasick that she actually made herself feel seasick.

She's climbed to the top of each of the Pyramids of Giza (on different days of course) back when it was only frowned upon rather than illegal. She was also disguised as a young man at the time!

She knows exactly what happened at Tunguska.

three things your character likes doing in their free time: 

Exercise - going for a run, weight training, combat training, dance, yoga, cross-training, cross country, obstacle courses.

Reading, studying.

Shopping at markets (flea markets, farmers' markets etc).

eight people your character likes / loves: ('v' means verse dependent) (If we are or were actively shipping, your muse is also on this list!)

Gaia (obvs!)

Ares (@ares-godofwar) (ex-lover, long time friend, partner in unspeakable crimes)

Loki (v, @princesilvertongue) (Lover (first ever ship on here, 11 years strong!))

Mike Williams (v, @strikelikeahawk) (Friend, chaos-buddy, partner in crime)

Ilona Rakowski (v, @thestorycontinues) (Friend, colleague, partner in crime)

Chi (v; @dontstepinmypuddle) (Friend, though neither will admit it. Also crimes.)

Strife (@godofskirmishes) (Friend, bad influence, more crimes.)

Ace and Germaine (@specialagentace), Ray ( @empatheticagent), Theo (@toodamnloyal), Pris (@herstoriies) (all 'v', but deserving an honourable mention <3)

two things your character regrets:

Only two?

She doesn't often have regrets, except for the 'I shouldn't have said that to [person]' or 'why did I choose this [method/thing]?' kind. There are plenty of things she doesn't like to think about or that make her cringe, but everything that's happened has helped her learn and led her to where and who she is now, so she doesn't really regret them.

two phobia fears your character has:

Old fashioned asylums, or hospitals/medical/research facilities that bring that sort of place to mind. She's been captured and experimented on in similar places twice before and gets very twitchy about them.

Failure. Not being good enough, in multiple meanings of the term, but especially failing in her duty to Gaia.

tagged by: Absolutely no-one, but the cool kids are doing it

tagging: All y'all who haven't yet!

[greenlikethesea]

WIP word search

thanks @riality-check for the tag! my words are: decide, peace, follow, door, and proud

door, from an untitled fair ithilien WIP, about the relationship between Mike, El, and Will:

“You keep changing the goal posts, Will!” Mike shouts. There’s a thump on Will’s wall by the living room, no doubt a boot hurled as a warning from Mr. Rakowski next door. It’s a stark reminder that it is, indeed, a quarter to eight in the morning on a fucking Saturday. 

“I have no idea what you mean by that.”

“I do something, you’re angry. I don’t do something, you’re still angry. Which is it? I can’t guess how you feel! I can’t –”

“Read my mind,” Will finishes. “Yeah, it doesn’t take a genius to figure that one out, Mike.”

peace, from an epistolary WIP set in fair ithilien verse, primarily consisting of emails between Dustin and Max:

SUBJECT: Re: Two photos, one question

Darlingest,

Claire is the absolute coolest. I’m pretty sure I’m in love with her, which is frightening and not something I want to touch now that I’ve written it out, so don’t ask for elaboration. The only annoying thing about her is that she works nights right now, so coordinating plans with her can be tricky. But that means I can write this email to you in peace, and that also means that she’ll be wide awake when you see Accordion Man next month, thankfully without me.

follow, from an upcoming installment of the jargyle:

“Why don’t you fucking do it?” Will yelps, with that awful, sniveling tone that has crept in from years of embodying what Eddie has snidely called New York Will in their conversations whenever he’s come up. 

“I have been doing the laundry,” El says, with that jagged staccato leftover from her youth that still graces her vocal delivery every so often. “You have done nothing.”

“Oh sure, caring for our mother is doing nothing,” Will bites back.

“You do not care. You are an asshole.” Another crash, followed by a yell from Will – something expensive that belonged to him, no doubt.

proud, from a fair ithilien installment set during the one and only friendsgiving megan and steve host:

“Yeah, I thought so too,” Megan says. She sounds proud of herself. She should be, Eddie guesses, which is maybe a weird thought to have. He doesn’t know. “I’d really like it if you were there, Eddie. Steve would, too. It’s okay if you can’t come, but I really hope you can.”

It’s the earnestness of that statement that makes something in Eddie’s heart clench. 

“I’ll be there,” Eddie says. 

“Oh, that’s great, Eddie, thank you,” Megan says, immediately joyous. “Well, I should go, but it was really nice talking to you.”

decide, from a fair ithilien installment about drag:

With the way Eddie’s eyebrows shoot up, Steve knows it was the right thing to say. “You’ve worn a dress?”

“It was a King Steve classic,” Steve says, waving it off like he hasn’t just exposed part of his soul. “Brought it out at parties sometimes.”

“I went to a few parties at Chez Harrington and I think I would remember that,” Eddie says. His tone is…unreadable. Too steady, almost. Like he can’t decide how to approach this conversation.

Steve shrugs again, starts sorting through stuff again just to give his hands something to do. “Only happened when shit got really wild. Like, 1am shitfaced exclusive. Mom was never home, so I knew which dresses of hers I wouldn’t stretch out. ”

“No kidding,” Eddie says.

no pressure tags!: @sparklyslug, @the-barn-rat, @geddyqueer, and @r-o-s-e-f-i-r-e! your words are chance, hot, press, smirk, and lose.

[paulinedorchester]

Here's something I haven't done in a while: a highly personal, idiosyncratic news roundup!

If anyone wonders why Chicago has a short but not unimportant street that's named after a high-ranking Italian fascist military officer, here's the reason:

Here's why the Kasia & Tomasz storyline in World on Fire s1, although heartwarming in its way, was unrealistic (as was Zofia Wichlacz' statement afterwards that she thinks that Kasia, on the verge of being rescued, would want to remain in Poland and "help the Jews there"):

And finally, this link constitutes a wholehearted endorsement (and I might add that we need this as well in television, fiction, and other media):

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"Es un patio de recreo queer": Jessica Walsh habla sobre la nueva marca para la aplicación LQBTQ+, Lex

La dirección de la marca se centra en la idea de que Lex es un patio de recreo queer con un toque original: un espacio dinámico y en constante crecimiento que alienta a los usuarios a explorar relaciones auténticas con ellos mismos, su ciudad y su comunidad. Lex surgió de una cuenta de Instagram creada por el fundador y director ejecutivo Kell Rakowski en 2017. La cuenta reflejaba los anuncios…

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learning half of emily rakowskis career brand is engaging with feminist discourses is… something. like she’s actually well read no ghost writers or PR ppl copyediting her use of half these vocab words. like she has an actual interview w andrea long chu on her podcast lol

[vivianbernadetteaurora]

Can somebody tell me why every go looks like this now?

I just seen that every girl is aspiring to have this blonde hair being really skinny and all those, having no Cupid bow, eyes are like completely filtered, and so it’s a phase even when you go back on Pinterest, they show pictures from like earlier the 90s or the 2000s or even the 70s and they filtered certain peoples face.

We’ve just got no originality anymore. It’s kind of like the whole go to school go to university go to prison they’re all institutions different kinds of institutions obviously obviously., but you’ve got to admit why do every girl you say want to look like this even black girls do it too a bit, I’m not saying it’s not pretty, it’s just like can we all be a bit different and I like that, but well just hasn’t felt the same to me for such a long time that maybe I’m just old and out of it but tell me if this is something you have noticed, it’s kind of like the Emily Rakowski Kendall Jenner look that it was a very popular, this seems to be another sub type.

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Make Your Dreams Come True Now with a Dallas Home Loan

Author Gerard Rakowski Published July 22, 2011 Word count 517 Now by mortgaging your current home you can have an extra money or can get a home in Dallas. Dallas home loans are more affordable than ever before given the low interest rates. Now is the perfect time to buy a house in Dallas or to get some extra money by mortgaging your current home. Dallas home loans are more affordable than ever…