#Rivers in the Desert

[stardust948]

Urzai adopts the gaang au

Ozai, mumbling: Where is that idiot?

Katara: Zuko's upstairs.

Aang: I think Sokka went shopping.

Toph: Aang is right here.

Aang: Hey-

Ozai: I meant the spider-fly that I was chasing but thanks for the information, I guess.

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Ozai, for months: *Debates whether or not he should leave Zuko*

Zuko: Maybe we should split up-

Ozai: ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! How dare you suggest such a thing! *proceeds to go on a 20 minute rant about the importance of staying together*

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[After the Gaang destroy another cabbage cart]

Cabbage Merchant: You again! You and your brats took everything from me!

Ozai: I don't even know who you are.

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Lu Ten, out of curiosity: How did all six of you even convince Uncle to team up with you?

Aang: I accidentally blackmailed him after escaping jail.

Sokka and Katara: We showed up at his house in the middle of the night drugged.

Toph: I stalked him so his long-lost wife would quit nagging me.

Zuko and Azula: We're his only biological children and there's no refund button.

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Ozai: *says something sarcastic*

Sokka: *responds in sarcasm*

Ozai and Sokka: 👀

Katara: Oh no.

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Ursa: I left instructions for everyone while I'm gone.

Toph, after Azula read it out loud: Mine just says "Toph no."

Ursa: I want you to apply it to every possible situation.

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Sokka and Azula: [develops a plan]

Ursa: ...That sounds like a war crime.

Toph: It’s never a war crime the first time.

Ozai: We'll change the laws later. Continue.

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Ursa: You are our emotional support children.

Zuko: Running across rooftops at top speed and breaking and entering is the first and only option.

Sokka: My favorite weapon is a curved piece of steel that can knock my head off if I don't catch it in time.

Azula: Who needs therapy when you have blue fire, lightning bending, and a bone to pick with the Firelord?

Katara: Nothing you can do will stop me from starting riots and committing ecoterrorism.

Toph: I run con schemes for fun.

Aang: I love announcing to enemies I'm the one they're looking for.

Ozai, sighing: …and you are also the reason we need emotional support children in the first place.

[ziracona]

[spdy4]

I did a cover of Rivers in The Desert from Persona 5 in the style of Deltarune.

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[akechi-if-he-slayed]

gang am i cooked

[ragecndybars]

Persona Dancing Soundtrack Tournament - Round Two, Match #10

Wiping All Out - ATLUS Kozuka Remix:

Rivers in the Desert - mito Remix:

[mysticdragon3md3]

"Rapper Reacts to Person 5 OST!! | Rivers In The Desert (FIRST REACTION)" by Knox Hill Reacts

Guy who knows nothing about Persona 5, gives frighteningly accurate interpretations of lyrics.👀

[underdoug]

The Holy One of Israel will make a way through the Sea

The Holy One of Israel will do something new. As the Bible tells us. “The time has come for judgment to begin in the House of the Lord.” We read that in 1 Peter 4:17.  The Apostle Peter wrote those words nearly two thousand years ago. When he penned those words, the term ‘Christian’ was new to the world. And the Christian Church was just getting started. Surprisingly, the intense persecution they…

[stardust948]

Spoiling my fic through memes bc I have no self-control

[stardust948]

After the newly crowned Firelord Iroh finds out what happened to his father, Ozai and Ursa have no choice but to take the children and flee his wrath. In the chaos, Ozai and Zuko end up separated from Ursa and Azula across the nations. Years later, density brings them together as they aid Team Avatar in defeating Firelord Iroh.

Anyone know any good Azula and Ursa fics? Preferably no ships or anything but it’s fine if it gives me what I’m looking for just. Just Azula and Ursa like actually interacting😭

I can never find anything like it because everyone refuses to write Ursa actually caring about Azula so I’m seriously hoping that I was just looking in the wrong place

[ziracona]

Rivers in the Desert really is the best song of all time. It’s a bunch of scared angry damaged incredible kids rejecting the government, rejecting society, rejecting God. It’s a powerful strong song, but it’s all about how almost impossible it is. With that last bit of faith. Because there’s that 0.01% chance. The last Ace in a lost hand. A heartbeat for a Tinman. Rivers in the Desert. It’s do or die. No justifications, no argument. Just the last stand, and they’ve all decided a long time ago to fight. The undertone all song of fear. Hope burning your feet, spurring you to move. You have to move, it’s pain to hope and not. They’re creating new life. The claim that one drop of water is all they need to make it. Looking for time itself in the promise of rivers in the desert desert. Rivers they’re the only ones going to create. The fact that the ultimate act of rebellion and violence to destroy the established norm is framed wholly as an act of creation—utterly necessary creation, and of love.

[graceandpeacejoanne]

Isaiah 44: Sheer Madness

They are mindless, the prophet wrote, utterly without a clear thought in their heads. Otherwise, how could they look at this perfectly good log, get so much good use out of it – thanks be to God who provided that log – then worship what’s left? #Isaiah44

In response to the need of God’s people, the Lord will pour out God’s Own Spirit. Water on the Thirsty Ground Thus says the Lord who made you,    who formed you in the womb and will help you:Do not fear, O Jacob my servant,    Jeshurun whom I have chosen.For I will pour water on the thirsty land    and streams on the dry ground;I will pour my spirit upon your descendants    and my blessing on…

[stardust948]

I headcanon one of Zuko’s love language is physical touch so he enjoys being carried around. He knows better to say that out loud to Ozai of course. Sometimes he acts more tired than he really is just to be carried. He thinks he's being slick but it's really obvious. His parents still indulge especially Ursa. Ozai only indulge because it's faster and he's paranoid he's going to lose Zuko again or get trampled.

Azula is the exact opposite. She's one of those "I can do it myself don't touch me" kids. In Rivers in the desert, Ursa has to resist the urge to scoop her up and cuddle because Azula would go into wet cat mode. That said, once they grow closer, Azula does allow Ursa to carry her every now and then to please her mother.

We all talk about smol Azula but the truth is both Zuko and Azula are smol.

[ragecndybars]

Persona Dancing Soundtrack Tournament - Round One, Match #10

Rivers in the Desert - mito Remix:

The Whims of Fate - Yukihiro Fukutomi Remix:

[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Desert Tones ~

[reasonsforhope]

"Namibia is the driest country in Sub-Saharan Africa, and home to two of the world’s most ancient deserts, the Kalahari and the Namib. The capital, Windhoek, is sandwiched between them, 400 miles away from the nearest perennial river and more than 300 miles away from the coast. Water is in short supply.

It’s hard to imagine life thriving in Windhoek, yet 477,000 people call it home, and 99 per cent of them have access to drinking water thanks to technology pioneered 55 years ago on the outskirts of the city. Now, some of the world’s biggest cities are embracing this technology as they adapt to the harshest impacts of climate change. But Namibia leads the way.

How did this come about? In the 1950s, Windhoek’s natural resources struggled to cope with a rapidly growing population, and severe water shortages gripped the city. But disaster forced innovation, and in 1968 the Goreangab Water Reclamation Plant in Windhoek became the first place in the world to produce drinking water directly from sewage, a process known as direct potable reuse (DPR). 

That may sound revolting, but it’s completely safe. Dr Lucas van Vuuren, who was among those who pioneered Windhoek’s reclamation system, once said that “water should not be judged by its history, but by its quality”. And DPR ensures quality. 

This is done using a continuous multi-barrier treatment devised in Windhoek during eight years of pilot studies in the 1960s. This process – which has been upgraded four times since 1968 – eliminates pollutants and safeguards against pathogens by harnessing bacteria to digest the human waste and remove it from the water. This partly mimics what happens when water is recycled in nature, but Windhoek does it all in under 24 hours...

Pictured: These ultrafiltration membranes help to remove bacteria, viruses and pathogens. Image: Margaret Courtney-Clarke

“We know that we have antibiotics in the water, preservatives from cosmetics, anti-corrosion prevention chemicals from the dishwasher,” Honer explains. “We find them and we remove them.”

Honer adds that online instruments monitor the water continuously, and staff ensure that only drinking water that meets World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines is sent to homes. If any inconsistencies are detected, the plant goes into recycle mode and distribution is halted until correct values are restored. 

“The most important rule is, and was, and always will be ‘safety first’,” says Honer.  The facility has never been linked to an outbreak of waterborne disease, and now produces up to 5.5m gallons of drinking water every day – up to 35 per cent of the city’s consumption.

Namibians couldn’t survive without it, and as water shortages grip the planet, Windhoek’s insights and experience are more important than ever.

Interest from superpowers across the globe

In recent years, delegations from the US, France, Germany, India, Australia, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates have visited Windhoek seeking solutions to water shortages in their own countries. 

Megadrought conditions have gripped the US since 2001, and the Colorado River – which provides 40 million people with drinking water – has been running at just 50 per cent of its traditional flow. As a result, several states including Texas, California, Arizona and Colorado are beginning to embrace DPR.

Troy Walker is a water reuse practice leader at Hazen and Sawyer, an environmental engineering firm helping Arizona to develop its DPR regulations. He visited Windhoek last year. “It was about being able to see the success of their system, and then looking at some of the technical details and how that might look in a US facility or an Australian facility,” he said. “[Windhoek] has helped drive a lot of discussion in industry. [Innovation] doesn’t all have to come out of California or Texas.”

Pictured: The internal pipes and workings of Namibia's DPR plant. As water becomes scarcer in some parts, countries are looking to DPR for solutions. Image: Margaret Courtney-Clarke

Namibia has also helped overcome the biggest obstacle to DPR – public acceptance. Disgust is a powerful emotion, and sensationalist ‘toilet to tap’ headlines have dismantled support for water reuse projects in the past. Unfortunately, DPR’s biggest strength is also its biggest weakness, as the speed at which water can re-enter the system makes it especially vulnerable to prejudice, causing regulators to hesitate. “Technology has never been the reason why these projects don’t get built – it’s always public or political opposition,” says Patsy Tennyson, vice president of Katz and Associates, an American firm that specialises in public outreach and communications.

That’s why just a handful of facilities worldwide are currently doing DPR, with Windhoek standing alongside smaller schemes in the Philippines, South Africa and a hybrid facility in Big Spring, Texas. But that’s all changing. Drought and increased water scarcity worldwide are forcing us to change the way we think about water. 

Now, the US is ready to take the plunge, and in 2025, El Paso Water will begin operating the first ‘direct to distribution’ DPR facility in North America, turning up to 10m gallons of wasterwater per day into purified drinking water – twice as much as Windhoek. San Diego, Los Angeles, California, as well as Phoenix, Arizona are also exploring the technology."

Of course, DPR is not a silver bullet in the fight against climate change. It cannot create water out of thin air, and it will not facilitate endless growth. But it does help cities become more climate resilient by reducing their reliance on natural sources, such as the Colorado River. 

As other nations follow in Namibia’s footsteps, Windhoek may no longer take the lead after almost six decades in front.

“But Windhoek was the first,” Honer reminds me. “No one can take that away.”"

-via Positive.News, August 30, 2023

[thomaswaynewolf]