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[dorothysantos]

Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects

Fortunate to be included in this epic anthology. I had the opportunity to write an essay about artist Chelsea Thompto’s work Landmarks for the book. Many brilliant artists and writers in this collection! More information below. “Edited by David Evans Frantz, Christina Linden, and Chris E. Vargas A compelling exploration of trans art, activism, and resistance.Spanning over four centuries, this…

[fuuka101]

(2) A New World! A New Home!

Second was just starting to regain his conscious after the events from yesterday against Patience and the Kimsubot. Red was watching him.

"Uuuhh."SC groaned.

"Hello! Earth to SC!"Red called to him with a worried look. A white fluffy looking dog came a licked SC's cheek causing SC to flinch a little.

"Huh?"SC questioned as he rubbed his eyes. The dog barked and jumped onto SC's lap.

"GAAH!"SC got a bit scared.

"Oh, sorry about that SC!"Red apologized as he took the dog off of SC.

"W-where am I, the last thing I remember is-"SC was talking until he got cut off.

"You just transformed back into your normal self after the fight against the Kimsubot and then you fell asleep."Red explained to him.

"Thanks for telling me that!"SC responded.

"Who's this little puff?"SC asked.

"Oh, this is Charlie. He's pretty rough or excited when meeting people. Sorry he jumped on you."Red introduced.

"Wow, they seem pretty cool, I love their fur!"SC complimented as Charlie got on him again and licking him/hugging him. SC was positive.

"Where am I, and where's Digit and Verruca?"SC asked.

"Over here!"Digit called and was on the nightstand along with Verruca.

"Verruca!"Verruca joyfully told.

"I took you into my house so you can get some rest."Red told SC.

"Thanks, you know, I do need a place to stay at since I don't think I have a way of getting back to Outernet."SC told the news.

"Hey! Why don't you, Digit, and Verruca live with me!"Red asked.

"That'll be great! Besides we need a place to stay since we're not from this world."Digit answered.

"Verruca!"Verruca responded.

"Mmm Hmm."SC said as he nodded his head.

{𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈}

𝑨 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅! 𝑨 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆!

𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆:𝑨𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊̄ 𝒔𝒆𝒌𝒂𝒊! 𝑨𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊̄ 𝒊𝒆!

~𝘈𝘵 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢

In the throne room, King was looking outside the shattered glassed window over all of Viralandia with many villages and markets there. Patience was behind him bowing down of disappointment.

"I'm apologize for falling you your highness. There was unexpected circumstances that caused me to loose."Patience apologized.

"An apology isn't enough, but one thing, who caused you to loose!"King questioned as he turned around to Patience.

"They're name's Cure Second, turns out he's a citizen from Outernet and he'd managed to escape into earth."Patience explained causing King to enrage.

"WHAT! I THOUGHT WE TURNED EVERYONE THERE INTO STONE! AND EVEN CAPTURE ALL THE DIGITAL PETS! HOW DID HE BECOME A PRETTY CURE!!!"King angered.

"From all the lousy protecting and fucking determination."Patience responds.

"Ugh, well go out there and fight off that pretty cure with your Kimsubot!"King commanded as he pointed fingers.

"Sure sure, if it will help say bye bye to them."Patience responded.

~Back on earth, at Red's house

"EEEHHHHHHHHHHH!"Red shouted.

"What do you mean he can't stay!"Red questioned.

"Well we don't know where did you even find him!"Red's father told him.

"Your father has a point Red, we don't know where he came from."Red's mother told Red in a calm positive tone.

"Besides, you already have enough pets."Red's mom added and SC looked angered.

"Are you calling me a k-nine!!!"SC confronted as he got up.

"No, no! Not calling you a k-nine, is that you have enough things in the house."Red's dad told him.

"Oh, alright then. Sorry for my act."SC apologized.

"It's fine,"Red's father replied.

"So can he stay!"Red replied with a determination tone. Both Red's parents huddled up.

"Gordon, are you sure we can let this stranger stay here?"Red's mom whispered.

"I dunno Marie, we would let him stay but who knows how he acts."Red's father replied.

"But then again, if we abandon him, he would have nowhere to go!"He added.

"Wait, I got a plan on what we can do!"Red's mother responded. Both parents got out of their huddle and told the boys.

"Red, we'll let SC stay with you un-"Red's mom said until she got cut off.

"YES! Thank you so-"Red was joyful and started hugging SC until he also got cut off.

"No no no! Red I'm not finished."Red's mom told him as Red's smile turned into a concerned frown.

"What your mother was trying to say is, if SC can prove he could be a good family member here we will let him stay with us."Red's dad said in a serious tone.

"Seriously!"Red complained.

"Yes seriously, just so we know we can trust him."Red's mother replied.

"Are you-"Red whined as he got cut off by SC.

"Don't worry Red, I'm sure I can be a good family member in your family!"SC encouraged Red.

"I hope."Red responded.

Later in the afternoon, Red's mom and dad were just getting ready to go out for the day leaving Red and SC home alone for the day until evening at 8:20pm.

"Red, can you please come downstairs!"Red's mom called.

"Sure mother!"Red responded as he walked downstairs with Charlie following him.

"Me and your father are gonna be going out for work today, I have a list of chores for you and SC to do, it may be a lot but they're pretty simple tasks."Red's mom told him as he handed a paper with the tasks.

"Also when it's 11:50am, ring this bell so the pets can come for lunchtime."Red's mom told him.

"Alright then got it!"Red responded.

"Ok, bye Red!"Red's mom waved as she left the house and Red's father was waiting in the car for her. Once the mother got in, the father started the engine and they drove off.

"Hey, I heard your mother leave, what's that about?"SC asked as he walked over to Red.

"She was just telling me we have a list of tasks to do before she and dad come back home later today,"Red explained.

"Woah, that a lot of tasks!"SC commented as he looked at the list.

"Don't worry, mother told me they should be simple and easy tasks so we nothing to fret about."Red responded.

"Well what are we waiting for! let's get started shall we!"Digit called as she was on SC's shoulder as Red started to read the list.

"Alright, first things first. We just have to take out the trash."Red read the list.

"Ok, so where's the trash?"Digit asked.

"Over there!"SC called as he managed to spot the trash bag that's in the kitchen.

"Oh, it's pretty big. Surely it's easy to carry right..."Red replied. Both of the boys grabbed the trash bag, they were struggling at first because of how heavy it is but they managed to get it in the thing (I don't know what it's called :c).

"Hey, what that thing?"SC questioned as he pointed at a mailbox near the house.

"Oh that, it's a mailbox. It's something we use to collect our letters that are sent to us, or we send to others we know aka a penpal."Red explained the logic to SC.

"And hey, speaking of mail. We do have to check it out."He added. Both of them walked over to their mailbox, Red opened it and it had a letter that was for his mother.

"Wow, what's that letter for?"SC asked as he pointed at it.

"It's a letter for my mother, I'll leave this in her bedroom so she can read it later."Red told SC.

"What's next!"SC cried as Red looked at the list.

"Sweep the floors!"Red answered.

"How do we do that?"SC asked.

"We get a broom from the basement, then we shake it back and forth until the dust's gone."Red explained.

"Sounds simple enough!"SC replied.

The boys managed to get the brooms and sweep the floors to get all the dust gone. After that, they were doing the dishes, Red taught SC how to clean dishes and he managed to get the hang of it very quickly. When that was done, they wiped down the dining table and luckily SC already knew how it works. Then they had to take out and fold the laundry which once again SC knew but Red was having trouble trying to fold the clothes, SC helped him with it and made Red happy. 

They got almost all the chores done and decided to take a break by sitting down.

"Whew, that was a lot of chores!"Red complained.

"On the bright side, we got them done."SC responded.

SC looked up at the clock and noticed it was 11:53am, almost time.

"Eleven-fifty-three, oh! Red, it's almost time to feed the pets!"SC reminded him.

"Oh really, thanks for reminding me!"Red said as he went into his pocket and took out the bell his mom gave him earlier.

He shaken it and it probably like 0.5 seconds all his pets had arrived in a flash.

"Wow, that's a lot of pets you got there!"SC replied.

"I know right, lemme introduce them to you,"Red told him.

"This is Charlie!"The dog barked and wagged his tail.

"That's Ginger!"The cat purred and licked their paw.

"The little fella is Lillie!"The bunny hopped and squealed in excitement.

"Over there, Reuben. My favorite."The pig snorted happily.

"And those two are Ruby and Alfie!"Both the blue and green parrots hawked.

"Wow, such great names they all have!"SC complimented.

"Now how do we feed them?"SC asked.

"Well each of them have their own bowls with their name and designated color, so I never get them mixed up on accident."Red explained.

Red takes out the pet food from the pantry but then he has trouble trying to open the parrot food.

"Do you need help?"SC asked as he noticed Red struggling trying to open it.

"Possibly, it's always so hard for me to open the parrot food!"Red complained.

"Grrrrrr!"Red continued trying to open it as he was slowly growling.

"Yeah, it's no use I need help."Red gave up as he handed the bag to SC.

"Alright how hard can it be?"SC questioned.

"Pretty hard but I don't think it'll be easy for y-"Red said as he got cut off when he noticed SC got the bag open.

"HUH!?!? WHA-WHAT!!!"Red was shocked.

"How did you open it!?"Red questioned.

"It's wasn't to stiff when I hold it."SC answered.

"Whatever just put it in the bowl."Red said with a moody face of defeat as SC poured it into into both Ruby and Alfie's bowls. They did the same with the rest of the bowls. SC then put the thing away making a depressed look on his face when he's not depressed.

"Uh, Sec, are you ok?"Red noticed and SC came back to him.

"Oh! Yeah I'm good, I'm just concerned about something..."He admitted.

"What is it?"Red asked.

"I transformed into a pretty cure."SC told him.

"Same, I don't know how you did it but it was cool to be honest."Red replied.

"By the way, what is a pretty cure to be exact?"Red asked.

"Dunno, why don't we ask Verruca and Digit."SC answered.

"Sure, that has to give us answers."Red agreed. They both walked upstairs to Red's bedroom where Digit is reading a story to her.

"Excuse us, Digit and Verruca!"SC called to her as she stopped reading and both her and Verruca looked at him and Red.

"Yes SC and Red?"She responded with a happy look.

"Do you know what a pretty cure is, and how did I become one?"SC asked and Digit closed the book and set it aside her.

"Actually yes, why are you asking?"Digit said.

"Because we would like to have answers and know what they are."Red replied with an honest look.

"Sure thing, sit down so we can begin this explanation."Digit replied as Red and SC sat down.

"Well you see, Pretty cures are Legendary warriors who fight the forces of evil and bring Justice to the world in order to protect the people they love. Even if they're down, they always get back up until it's done."Digit explained.

"Verruca! Verruca! Verruca!"Verruca shouted,

"Verruca's trying to say is, you became a pretty cure because you wanted to save everyone here and your home world from the top and bottom of your heart which gave you the power to transform into Cure Second." Digit added.

"Huh, that explains it."SC replied.

"Thank you for the explanation."Red thanked.

"No problem, and if you need to know more about this just ask us!"Digit recommended. Both SC and Red got up and exited the room. After that SC's stomach growled.

"Oooh, seems like I'm getting hungry."SC responded.

"Yeah, why don't we get you a snack to eat."Red commented. Both of them went downstairs to the kitchen to grab a snack for SC,

"What is there to eat?"SC questioned.

"I mean I do have these rice balls if you want."Red answered as he took out 2 rice balls in his hand and handed them to SC.

[Fun fact: the rice balls look like this]

[Pic was found on google]

Me: Tasty am I right, Alright back to the story...

"Wow, they look tasty."SC commented as he looked closely at them.

"I'll give it a try!"He added. SC took a bite of the rice ball, almost the whole thing and in seconds... he exploded in joy.

"IT'S SO GOOD! WHAT IS THIS BALL!?"SC shouted.

"Clean taste and firm texture, the sweetness dances in my mouth. LIKE STANDING IN THE OPEN WORLD LIKE NEVER BEFORE!"He added.

"I'm happy you love them!"Red complimented.

"Well now that we got everything done, can you tell me about your world SC?"Red asked.

"Sure, I mean Outernet's one amazing place so surely you'll love to get to know it!"SC responded.

"Outernet is a digital citizenship place full of peace and positivity. of course just like normal technologies we always keep ourselves and profiles safe there such as scammers, cyberattacks, bad users, hackers, and viruses. It's a fun place, I wish I can show you it if it wasn't attacked."SC explained the whole story to Red.

"Wow, that's such a cool place, maybe when we save the Outernet world, we can visit it someday!"Red admitted as he held SC's hand.

"I'm glad you support it!"SC commented with a joyful expression.

Meanwhile at a local city park, everyone was having fun especially the kids. On top of a city building, there reveals to be Patience watching everyone from there and he looked annoyed.

"Ugh, I can't believe I lost against a little boy who became a pretty cure yesterday...I'm determined to redeem myself!"Patience spoke,

"Well, let's get this over with so I can be given respect."Patience added.

"Ruru Darken!"Patience shouted as he created a purple and green gem in the shape of a Diamond.

"By the power of a negative virus, awaken Kimsubot!"Patience shouted as he launched the gem towards a stuffed bear plushy turning it into Kimsubot with a  bear and extremely sharp claws.

"KIMSUBOT!!!!"The Kimsubot roared making everyone hear.

"M-mommy what's that!"A girl cried as she was pointing at the Kimsubot.

"Dunno but we gotta run!"The mother shouted as she held her daughter's hand and they both started running including many other citizens.

"Heh, the sounds of crying and screaming in fear just make me positive,"Patience noted.

Meanwhile back at Red's house, both Red and SC continued chatting until they heard Verruca crying.

"What's that noise?"Red asked.

"That must be Verruca crying, let's go check it out!"SC exclaimed. Both of them raced upstairs to Red's bedroom and they found her jewel glowing in a dark purple color.

"Digit! What's wrong with Verruca!"SC questioned.

"She's senses there's danger in the city! It means there's a Kimsubot causing chaos!"Digit explained.

"Oh no! Not again!"Red looked scared but SC looked determined.

"I'm gonna go out there and take care of that Kimsubot!"SC told them.

"Are you sure, I don't want you to be in major danger!"Red warned.

"Don't worry about me, ever since I became a pretty cure yesterday I'm now willing to protect everyone."SC commented.

"You go boy! Now hurry and transform!"Digit told him with spirit.

"You got it! Here goes!"SC shouted as he grabbed out his StickFigure Mirror. SC's body minus his head was now glowing in a orange color as well as his clothes disappeared like yesterday.

"Mirror minor!"SC shouted as he pressed the button on mirror and it started to glow in an orange color. "Pretty cure, Silhouette Captive!" SC shouted again as he drew a circle and he began to transform.

SC spun around multiple times while moving and then the circle he drew circled around his waist, chest, arms, and legs(ankles). After the circles were circling around, SC's cuffs appeared on his wrists while his boots appeared on his feet as well as long socks and then his top and sleeves appeared along with a light going towards the middle of SC's chest turning into a broach. And the circle that was at SC's hips turned into shorts with a waist caps going down to almost the back of his knees. His orange and green colored earrings appeared and a accessory appeared on his head, after he put his Stickfigure mirror in a pouch on the left side of his hips then it closed and he landed on the ground.

"The stick figure of Illustration and leadership! Cure Second!"SC shouted as he struck a pose.

"I love it when he transforms."Red whispered.

Second jumped out from the window off to where the Kimsubot is.

"Alright, where could this Kimsubot be."Second questioned himself until he noticed some dust near the park.

"Ah, I got my answer."Second said as he jumped again over to the park.

"KIMSUBOT!!!"The Kimsubot roared as they were scratching and smashing everything in their path.

"Haaaaaaa!"Second shouted as he kicked the Kimsubot in the back causing it to stumble upon.

"That's enough of that!"Second commented with a heroic look.

"Ugh, seriously you again."Patience complained as he came over to Second.

"Yes and just like last time I'm not letting you get away with this!"Second commanded.

"Whatever you say, get him Kimsubot!"Patience commanded as he pointed that Second for the Kimsubot.

"KIMSUBOT!"The Kimsubot shouted and waved his claws rapidly to Second making it extremly windy and hard to see for him.

"What the,"Second complained as he was struggling to spot the Kimsu.

"Kimsu!"The Kimsubot surprised Second and punched him very hard.

"AAAH!"Second screamed and was tumbling through the field.

"*inhaling and exhaling* oh I'm not done just yet."Second responded.

Second got back up his feet and was running towards the Kimsubot, he was able to dodge their claws or more specifically scratches.

"Kimsu!"The Kimsubot stomped their foot making the ground shake a bit but it gave Second an advantage.

"Haaaaaa!"Second shouted as he punched the Kimsubot in the stomach.

"Kimsubot!"The Kimsubot screamed in pain as they fell down feeling pretty weak.

"No! No! Get back up before he finishes you!"Patience encouraged the Kimsubot.

"K-kimsu."The Kimsubot whined of pain.

"Now's my chance!"Second responded. Second then took out his stick figure mirror and then drew a circle on it then the glowing circle came out of the mirror in front of him like last time.

"The spirits of the Outernet, awaken your heart!"Second said as a green and orange colored pen appeared and Second grabbed it and then once again drew a four pointed star.

"Pretty cure! Second Celestial!"Second shouted as green star became a beam and blasted straight towards the Kimsubot making it turn back into a regular teddy bear.

"Grrr, Curse you pretty cure!!!"Patience raged as he left back into his world and everything that got damaged turned back to normal.

Second turns back into his normal self then he picks up the teddy bear which was on the floor after Patience turned it into a Kimsubot.

"I wonder who's teddy bear this belongs too."SC questioned, he then noticed a mint green stick figure, it was a girl crying on the bench with a sketchbook beside her showing a picture of her and her teddy bear.

"Hey, this teddy bear must belong to that girl over there. I must return it!"SC told himself. He walked over to the girl and then asked her this.

"Excuse me, does this happen to be yours."SC showed her the teddy bear and she turned around and then started to smile.

"Yes! It is, thank you so much!"The girl shouted in relief as she took the teddy bear and hugged it tightly.

"No problem, by the way I love your drawing on your sketchbook."SC said as he was secretly giving nostalgia because he drew like that as a kid.

"T-thanks, it takes a while for me to get the hang of it."The girl replied.

"Glad I can talk to you."SC replied as he left back home. "I hope I can see her again."He told himself.

"While the girl was wiping away her tears, a green stick figure came up to her with another dark green stick figure that's shorter than him.

"Come on mint, let's head home."The green stick figure told her.

"Already!"Mint complained.

"It's either come home or stay here and your food will get cold."Dark green teased her.

"Aw, fine."Mint replied as she closed her sketchbook and came home with the other two.

~Meanwhile back at Red's house

"Verruca!"Verruca shouted happily as her gem stopped glowing in a bloody red color returning to it's pastel blue color.

"Yes! SC did it!"Digit complimented.

"That's good, I was starting to get afraid what would happen to him."Red admitted.

"I'm here!"SC called from downstairs as he was just closing the front door.

"Second Coming!"Red shouted as he ran downstairs to greet SC.

"Are you ok! How was that battle!"He questioned.

"Woah, your quite the energetic kind of people in Outernet!"SC commented.

"It was great and also I met this girl and gave her back her teddy bear that got turned into a Kimsubot!"SC explained.

"That seems cool!"Digit replied,

"I know right, she was so sweet and so talented with her drawings!"SC added. Just then both of the boys heard the door open and then close.

"Oh! Mom and Dad are back!"Red replied. "Stay in my room please Verruca and Digit!"He added as the both of them flew into Red's bedroom.

"Whew, what a day it's been!"Red's dad said as he was hanging up his coat.

"I know Gordon, I hope I can put my feet up."Red's mother replied as she took off her heels.

"Mom! Dad!"Red called as he came to them.

"Mr. And Miss Shimizu!"SC called.

"Hey kids,-"Red's dad said until he got cut off noticing how great the place looked,

"Oh my word! This place looks better then we left!"Red's dad complimented.

"You really outdid yourself Red!"Red's mother commented.

"I can't take all the credit, SC did most of the work and helped me through. I could have not done it without him."Red gave credit and looked at SC and he smiled.

"You helped our son with this?"Red's mom eyes' widened of impressment.

"Mmm Hmm because they looked fine and simple."SC replied.

"Wow, I-I don't know what to say."Red's dad talked.

"Soooo, you said you were gonna decide if he can stay or not by the end of the day,"Red reminded them.

"Of course. SC, because you helped Red make this house a great place we love your skills and personality here and because of this."Red's mom told him.

"W-wait does this mean!"SC's eyes widened of happiness.

"SC, you'll be staying with us for as long as you want."Red's dad gave him the news and both him and Red were overfilled with joy.

"YES! THANK YOU!"Both of the boys shouted and then they hugged each other of happiness.

"Mom, Dad, Thank you!"Red told them.

"You know how much this means to me!"SC responded. Digit and Verruca both heard SC, Red and his parents cheering.

"Ah! Red's parents said yes! This is amazing Huh Verruca!"Digit told her.

"Verruca! Verruca!"Verruca responded as she was smiling happily.

This was perfect for SC, he finally has a home to stay at Red's house. What's more to come.

(End)

Days taken: A week or two

Word count: 3732

Next Episode: 𝗠𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗲'𝘀 𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗼! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗳 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝗯𝘆!

(I changed his cure name again)

[unloneliest]

hey besties. since we're going to be driving thru canada while we're moving & will be without phone coverage for huge chunks of time, we're trying to burn as much music to CD as possible/get the rest onto our old ipods. could anybody perhaps point me in the direction of where to download some tmg albums that we either don't have/don't digitally have/don't have on CD? (most of our non streaming listening is. vinyl or tape)

@cuartist is an angel and has made a stack of tmg CDs an inch think so far for our drive, but we don't have songs for pierre chuvin, goths, get lonely, nine black poppies, zopilote machine, nothing for juice, coroner's gambit, or sweden. there's also a number of EPs we're missing too. figured it's worth a shot to check? i know ripping it from youtube there won't be the greatest sound quality.

[jennyfromthebes]

happy January 31 to all who celebrate

[jennyfromthebes]

as the number one nothing for juice apologist I do have to say that ranking all eternals deck below nfj is INSANE. how do you not like never quite free and damn these vampires and liza forever minelli and for charles bronson and prowl great cain and estate sale sign and outer scorpion squadron and -

y'all might flame me for this but....

[lostlibrariangirl]

March 10, 2024

70 Days of Growth

✅ Cisco CS Module 2

✅ Booking my CC: Certified in Cybersecurity exam

✅ Listen to Cyberwire Daily Podcast (current and delayed ones)

✅ Publish my badge of Scrum Foundation Professional Certification - SFPC on LinkedIn

I am so nervous with ISC2 CC Exam!!! But I have to do it, afraid or not 😅

[the-darling-crusader]

All art shown is owned by the SFPC (SoulFetch Production Crew)

Au by: @the-darling-attendant

[tanmiahfoodcompany]

شركة تصنيع الأغذية الممتازة: أفضل دجاج حلال في الشرق الأوسط

اكتشف شركة تصنيع الأغذية الممتازة المحدودة سوبريم فودز (SFPC)، وجهتك الأولى للدجاج الحلال الفاخر في جميع أنحاء الشرق الأوسط. مع منشآتنا المتطورة في السعودية والإمارات، نحن نقدم لحوم القيمة المضافة عالية الجودة التي تقلل من مدة الطهي والهدر. منتجاتنا مثالية للفنادق ومطاعم الوجبات السريعة، لضمان مذاق مميز وفعالية عالية. بإمكانك معرفة المزيد عن شبكة توزيعنا الواسعة والتزامنا بالتميز في الدجاج الحلال في شركة سوبريم فودز.

[milestoneqs]

a very late birthday party

Name: Cecilia Age: 26 City: Brooklyn In the last year, what is one thing you have loved: It's a cop out answer, but I love my friends and thus, I have loved every instance in which I was shown love or had the opportunity to show love. I loved when Lynne and Kevin and Marvin and Grace helped me move into my current apartment. I loved treating them all to lunch at Dar 525. I loved when Grace made bossam TWICE this year. I loved watching Astra Lost in Space with Grace and Eric and how Eric would coerce me into watching "just one more" despite the fact we promised Jane we would wait for her. I loved that Tommy and James coordinated buying me a cake for my birthday and how all my Calgary friends saw kungfu panda with me on my bday. I loved when Rachel yelled "YOU WENT TO RAT SCHOOL?!?" across the dinner table because she couldn't hear Annie properly. I loved that Annie edited my SFPC application with me. I loved how forgiving and loving Lynne is to me despite the fact I had been a shitty friend all winter. I loved going to San Diego with friends and I loved that Jocelyn came to visit this Spring. I loved how I got to take care of Laika for Kevin and truly understand that I am not that good with dogs even though I love animals. I love Grace and I's shared oil paint set. I loved hanging out with Grace and Eric on a weeknight spontaneously and watching weird little animes while eating their leftovers. I loved when Jane brought me home a quarter of a souffle pancake from Rule of Thirds. I loved when she brought me home a pomengranete for us to split and I inhaled mine in three minutes then went to the grocery store and when I came back she was still picking at hers. I loved coming home on Wednesdays to neighbourhood group and seeing Rachel and Nathan and Eunice and Sarah. I loved hosting game night at Kevin's place and how many of my friends don't even know Kevin but they know his dog and where he lives. I loved getting to meet new people like Erik and Alice and Gwen and Rachel and Olivia...I love knowing that so many of these people will be in my life a very long time. It makes New York feel small and bright. In the last year, what is one thing you have learned: I could live with Jane forever <3 What is one way you have grown: I made it to my late twenties and I finally finally feel like an adult. I'm not scared of calling customer service and I stand up for myself at work. I am no longer scared of adults. They do not feel like adults, they feel like people. What is one thing that you hope for in the next year: I hope for a healthier relationship with creativity. To create out of delight and out of curiousity. To take myself and my work lightly but to prioritize the making.

[dorothysantos]

Software for Artists Book: In Poetic Coalition

“This publication is a coalition — it brings together experiences of combined action. With a focus on labor organizing within the arts and tech industries, In Poetic Coalition explores the potential of creating alternative networks of education and challenging the material conditions that prevent us from enacting new realities with dignity and security. When we defy existing models for…

[fuuka101]

(1) A Strange New World! The Awakening Of Cure Second!

[Note: This is based off of Hirogaru Sky PreCure, so you may see some scenes that are similar to the show.]

It was a sun-shinning day as always in Outernet, everyone was selling things in the markets, kids were playing in the parks, and other sorts of things going on in the lovely digital world. Then we have Second Coming Chuujiro riding on an blue and yellow eagle and looking around the city. 

"Can you please stop moving around, you'll fall off."The eagle warned him.

"Sorry, it's that the Outernet place looks so fantastic, all the people having so much fun and spreading good vibes to one another!"SC responded.

"I guess so, many other kids say."The eagle replied letting out a smile.

"You really are enjoying this ride aren't you!"The eagle questioned.

"Mmm Hmm,"SC added.

"After all, the Outernet is invincible!"SC continued releasing a huge smile.

[𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜]

{𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙡𝙚}:𝘼 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙! 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙊𝙛 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙!

𝙅𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙚:𝙆𝙞𝙢𝙮𝙤̄𝙣𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙠𝙖𝙞! 𝙆𝙮𝙪𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤 𝙠𝙖𝙠𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙞!

-At a meadow field of the Outernet with a forest nearby

The eagle was just dropping SC off at his destination where he was going and one he landed, SC got off the eagle.

"Alright kid, make sure to stay safe."He told them.

"Don't worry I will, thank you so much for the ride!"SC thanked.

"No problem kid!"The eagle replied. The eagle then jumped up and flew away off into the horizons.

"I can't believe this is the first time of me being out in Outernet on my own!"Sec told himself.

"What beautiful meadows there are!"SC replied.

SC was strolling on the meadows while picking up some pretty bloomed flowers, he kept doing it until he saw a cave with a sky blue glowing light from it.

"Huh?"SC questioned.

"What's that glowing light from that cave?"SC asked himself.

"Well, it's best I check it out so I can get my answer."SC responded.

SC then walked into the cave, it felt like a strange tunnel at first but then led him down to where the glowing light was. It revealed to be a black cat with neon blue and green glowing texture and cat like turquoise eyes, then there was a pixie like baby that with baby blue like skin with a baby clothing outfit along with a skirt in the colors baby green and baby yellow. The cat then turned to SC and he felt startled.

"Huh? W-who are you!"SC was scared a bit.

"Listen, listen, let us explain ourselves."The cat talked leaving SC even more scared.

"YOU CAN TALK!?!?"SC shouted in fear.

"Shhhhhhh! Don't let anyone else hear!"The cat warned.

"S-sorry it was just uncalled for."He replied.

"Lemme introduce myself first, I'm Digit."The female cat introduced.

"This baby pixie here is Verruca."Digit responded while pointing at Verruca who was laying down on the hard ground.

"Verruca?"Verruca said.

"Don't mind her, she's about a toddler age so she doesn't know how to say full sentences yet."Digit told SC.

"Oh alright then, nice to meet you two, I'm Second Coming Chuujiro, call me SC for short!"SC introduced himself.

"What are you two doing in this cave?"SC asked.

"Well, I'll explain to you, but you must know the whole thing."Digit told him.

"Alright then, tell me everything."SC replied.

"Well then, started the night before when everyone was asleep, a evil king and his follower came to kidnap all the pets and pixie fairies that lived here in Outernet. Me and Verruca were the only ones left so we had to hide in order to stay safe, The king was probably gonna watch over us so we hid in this cave until the time was right for us to go."Digit explained to SC and he looked shocked.

"Oh, I'm so sorry that king kidnapped all those pets and pixies, what's he gonna do with them?"SC questioned.

"I don't know, but it's not going to be good!"Digit added,

"V-verruca!"Verruca talked as she felt like she was gonna cry.

"I feel your pain Verruca."Digit responded as she comforted Verruca.

"H-hey, don't worry. Why don't you guys come with me! I promise i'll keep you two safe from that king and his follower!"SC confronted Digit and Verruca while picking them both up.

"Y-you will?"She asked and SC nodded.

"Thank you so much!"Digit cried in joy.

"Verruca!"Verruca also shouted her name!

Sometime later, SC was just taking Digit and Verruca out of the cave but just then some clouds started to cover up the sun with a little bit of lighting flashes.

"Huh? Why are the clouds covering up the sun?"Digit questioned.

"I dunno, the weather said it was going to be sunny all day."SC answered with a confused look on his face.

"Verruca! Verruca!"Verruca spoke.

"Verruca said let's go check it out."Digit told SC.

"Alright then."SC replied as he started to run all the way to the city.

Once he got there, SC was shocked because there were people screaming and running for their lives while there were Kimsubots turning people into stone statues. 

"W-what did I just walk into!"SC questioned.

"That must be the king and his follower causing chaos here!"Digit answered quickly.

"Verruca!"Verruca squealed as she started to tear up again.

"That's not good, what do we do!"SC started to panic.

"Let's hurry to the castle, that must be where everyone is for safety!"Digit responded.

"Ok!"SC commented.

SC started to run again all the way to the castle where everyone else might be and while he was doing that many people were screaming and turning into stone while some we're hiding and got found by the Kimsubots and there were the guards fighting them but they were sadly too weak and eventually got turned into stone statues.

SC managed to get to the throne room of the castle while the virus was slowly chasing him but soon started to pick up the pace and Alan was there slowly panicking that almost everyone has become stone statues.

"Excuse me!"SC called as he knocked on the door after he opened it.

"Oh phew, there's one more citizen who hasn't been turned to stone!"Alan was relieved.

"Your honor, what's going on!"SC quickly asked.

"I'm afraid the king and his follower have come and started a war on our turf!"Alan explained.

"What are we going to do!"SC questioned.

"Well there's only one thing I can do for you."Alan said.

"SC, you know why your name is Second Coming. It's because your the second chosen one, meaning your known as one of the strongest human beings here."Alan added.

"In order for you to be safe, I'm going to send you to earth so that way the king won't know where you are."He continued.

"And for you two."Alan commented as he looked at Digit and Verruca.

"If the king knows you two are on earth with SC, I have an important task for you both. I need you two to recruit magical warriors who can fight alongside us to help protect Outernet and the planet."Alan explained.

"They're known as the legendary warriors, the pretty cure."He added.

"And same thing with SC, you two must stay safe along with him,"He continued.

"Don't worry your honor, we won't let you down!"Digit commented.

"Verruca!"Verruca shouted.

"Alright then."He responded until they heard the sounds from the hallways meaning the king is getting closer.

"We don't have much time, hurry, I'll open a portal for you to go through!"Alan replied.

Alan then opened a portal which led to earth, SC jumped through the portal and after it closed.

A little while later, SC just came out of the portal along with Digit and Verruca. He was floating in the sky above a city but then...

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"SC screamed in fear as he was falling to his "death".

A minute earlier, the city was pretty and blue, there were cars driving or starting their engines, people getting to work, dropping off their kids to daycares, or some people out for walks of the pretty forecast. At an outdoor pet shop, there was a Red stick figure shopping for some parrot food.

"Hmm, which should I get? Unsaturated parrot food? Or zero sugar parrot food?"Red was having a hard time making his decision.

"Ah! Maybe I can let the parrots decide! That outta work!"Red answered. Just then Red started to hear a bit of screaming and then looked up noticing SC falling.

"Hey! Move aside!"SC warned Red, the two males were both panicking and Red didn't move out of the way he was just too scared and too shocked at the same time.

Just then Verruca's jewel on her forehead glowed green and then SC glowed in a green color as he started to slow down, after he landed softly on the ground while he stopped glowing green and he caught Digit and Verruca.

"Verruca!"Verruca shouted.

"Thank you so much for saving my fall Verruca!"SC thanked.

"Verruca!"Verruca commented.

"She said your welcome."Digit corrected and SC smiled. SC then noticed Red and his face was very confused and then...

"Ack! I'm so sorry for that chaos moment! I must have scared you, please let me explain!"SC apologized.

"I witnessed so many things! People turning into stone! Fairies getting captured! Tons and tons of screaming and agony! Nearly falling to my death!"He added.

"Wha, where am I! What is this town!"SC freaked out but then...

"TIME OUT!"Red shouted stopping SC's commotion and the both were silent for almost a minute while car starting

"Let's start this over, I'm Red Shimizu."Red introduced himself

"Nice to meet you Red Shimizu, I'm Second Coming Chuujiro."SC also introduced himself.

"I'm Digit and this is Verruca."Digit introduced herself and Verruca.

"Verruca!"Verruca said happily.

"Where did you use come from anyway, you just fell out of the sky?"Red asked.

"It's a long story."Digit answered.

"Well, I'm from this world, or more specifically a dimension. It's called Outernet!"SC answered.

"That seems like a cool place,"Red replied.

"Mmm Hmm, it's a world all about Internet and Digital Citizenship!"Digit commented.

"So, now that I'm here what should we do now?"SC questioned but just then the 4 of them heard screaming coming from somewhere.

"What was that!"Red asked.

"That might have came from a place,"SC answered.

"Over there!"Digit shouted as she was pointing at a place with trees and there was a ton of smoke.

Good eye Digit!"SC complimented.

Both of them started running to where the noise was coming from and once they got there, there was a huge royale purple and dark mint green giant monster causing chaos, at the sky there was a person floating. It was a Purple stick figure wearing evil dark ripped up clothing in a Prince style along with a pair a dark purple wings on,

"Yes Kimsubot! Cause all the chaos an destruction so we can collect more Outernet magic!"The stick figure commanded.

"KIMSUBOT!!!"The Kimsubot shouted and stomped his feet multiple times.

"Wait that monster looks familiar."SC questioned.

"What is that thing!"Red panicked.

"Red, that's a Kimsubot! One of the monsters that attacked Outernet earlier!"Digit answered.

"And who's that up there?"SC asked.

"That's Patience! The Kings prince!"Digit answered.

SC then had a moment to himself that he was known as one of the strongest human beings and didn't want anyone to suffer."I...I can't let this slide."SC quietly talked and Red managed to hear.

"Huh?"Red asked.

"Red, please hold Verruca and Digit,"SC told him.

"Ok but what are you gonna do?"Red questioned.

"Taking a stand!"SC replied.

SC then ran over to the Kimsubot who was about to hurt someone until SC called out to it.

"HEY! STOP RIGHT THERE!"

"Kimsubot?"The Kimsubot was confused.

"Huh?"Patience questioned as he and the Kimsubot turned around to see SC.

"Who the heck are you, can't you see I'm trying to cause chaos here!"Patience complained.

"Why are you and your huge monster hurting everyone here, it's not the right thing to do!"SC confronted.

"And why are you complaining...wait"Patience replied as he looked closer at SC and noticed he's one of the citizens in Outernet.

"Wait a minute, Your from Outernet!"Patience found out.

"Kimsubot! Get him so we can bring him back to Viralandia!"Patience commanded.

"Kimsubot!"The Kimsubot roared as was about to nearly kill SC.

"You attacked my family, you attacked my world, you attacked the people here..."SC told them.

"I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU THIS!!!"SC shouted. Just then a huge light that nearly blinded Patience and the jewel on Verruca's forehead started to glow. SC was glowing in a orange color while floating in the air.

"Ugh! What is this light!"Patience angerly asked.

"What the heck, what's happening!?"SC questioned.

"Hooray! SC your a pretty cure!"Digit congrats him.

"Verruca!"Verruca shouted in joy.

"I-I am!"SC wondered.

"You sure are!"Digit told him.

"Verruca!"Verruca squeaked as the jewel on her forehead glowed more and suddenly a orange light came out of it coming towards SC and the orange light landed on his hand and turned into a mirror looking pad

"What the, what is this?"SC asked.

"That's a Stickfigure Mirror,"Digit answered.

"Cool, what do I do with it?"SC asked again.

"You just shout Mirror Minor and it will start glowing and then just shout Precure, Silhouette Captive!"Digit explained and SC gave a determined face.

"Well I'm not going to let this slide, I'll do it!"SC replied. SC landed on the ground and stopped glowing and Verruca and Digit also landed softly landed next to Red.

"*takes a deep breath* here goes nothing."SC told himself. SC's body minus his head was now glowing in a orange color as well as his clothes disappeared.

"Mirror minor!"SC shouted as he pressed the button on mirror and it started to glow in an orange color. "Pretty cure, Silhouette Captive!" SC shouted again as he drew a circle and he began to transform.

SC spun around multiple times while moving and then he reached his arms out as they got covered in an bright Orange ribbon making SC's gloves appeared and bracelets on his wrists then a light going towards the middle of SC's chest turning into a broach and then the light spread threw his chest making his top appear. Then at SC's hips the light circled around and turned into shorts with a waist caps going down to almost the back of his knees. He then stepped onto the ground making his pastel green boots with anklets that were the same as his bracelets along with his long socks coming. His orange and green colored earrings appeared and pastel green halo appeared creating his accessory appear, after he put his Stickfigure mirror in a pouch on the left side of his hips then it closed and he landed on the ground.

"The stick figure of Illustration and leadership! Cure Second!"SC shouted as he struck a pose.

Red and Patience were both extremely shocked of how SC transformed into a pretty cure.

"C-cure Second?"Red talked.

"Woah, I became a pretty cure...Cool!"Second spoke.

"What, h-he's a pretty cure! That's impossible!!!"Patience also spoke while raising an eyebrow.

"Oh everything is possible with determination!"Second corrected him.

"Ugh! F*ck this! Kimsubot get him!"Patience commanded with anger.

"Kimsubot!"The Kimsubot roared and started going towards Cure Second.

"Oh crap, how do I fight?"Second whispered to himself."I'll just have to figure it out on the way."He sighed. Second jumped up and managed to dodge the Kimsubot's attack and then did a leapfrog move on it causing the Kimsubot to move around but almost fall down.

"Kimsubot?"The Kimsubot was confused on where did Second go but really...

"You hoo! Down here!"Second called as he was revealed to be on the bottom of the Kimsubot and it picked up it's foot.

"Kimsubot!"The Kimsubot was scared.

"Hey, we've got pretty good landscapes here, why don't you say we have a little spiny ride!"Second told it. Second started to spin the Kimsubot in circle's multiple times.

"HaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAA!"Second shouted as he then let go of the Kimsubot causing it to fly all the way to some trees and the Kimsubot screamed.

"Wow, I didn't know I could do that!"Second told himself.

"That's because your a pretty cure!"Digit told him.

"Ok, what do I do before it gets back up?"Second asked.

"You use your attack, just touch your stick figure mirror and draw something on it, then you'll be able to use your attack."Digit explained to him.

"Alright got it!"Second answered. He then took out his stick figure mirror and then drew a circle on it then the glowing circle came out of the mirror in front of Second.

"The spirits of the Outernet, awaken your heart!"Second said as a green and orange colored pen appeared and Second grabbed it and then once again drew a four pointed star.

"Pretty cure! Second Celestial!"Second shouted as green star became a beam and blasted straight towards the Kimsubot.

The Kimsubot didn't say anything and it turned back into it's object which revealed to be a cat plushie and everything that got wrecked turned back to normal.

"No! No no! Grr forget this, I'll just take you on another day. Later retard!"Patience insulted Second as he disappeared back to Viralandia.

"You did it Second!"Red complimented him as he ran over it Second.

"Heh, yes I did!"Second responded.

"Verruca!"Verruca replied.

"Who knew I could be a pretty cure!"Second told himself. Second then transformed back into his normal self, then he suddenly passed out and fell but Red managed to catch him.

"SC, SC!"Red cried hoping he didn't loose his consciousness.

"He must have passed out!"Digit said.

"Verruca?"Verruca questioned as she went over to SC's chest and heard it meaning he's still good.

"Verruca!"Verruca answered.

"Verruca said he's still breathing so he's good, must be sleeping."Digit told Red.

"Ok then, I should take him to my house so he can regain his conscious."Red told himself.

Red then carried SC all the way to his house and some people were looking at them thinking Red and SC are dating when they're not.

(End)

Word count: 2753

Next Episode: 𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱! 𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗛𝗼��𝗲!

[rebeccadumaurier]

my boss told me we have a $1k/year learning & development budget and i was like 👀 but now that i have to actually prepare a list of things i want him to pay for i am so embarrassed about it. like how bad i want to take an sfpc class but they've already rejected me 2x.

[ev-nhua]

January 2024 | Studio Log

Currently working on 🐝

CCA/OAC funded research project

Not a ton to share here; we're in the early stages of data collection and lots of reading! Grateful to both councils for being flexible with the timeline here while I balance these commitments with a full-time job 😵‍💫

Currently reading 🌱

Raving by McKenzie Wark

Reading this one as part of a mini-book club! It's such a treat and a brainstretcher to see rave culture framed as both reflective of and an escape from the post-capitalist terrors of the "real world".

Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown

This one is hitting hard, especially in tandem with SFPC's Solidarity Infrastructures class! It's filling the Octavia void left by wrapping up the bulk of OBAI last year.

"There is no such thing as a blank canvas, an empty land or a new idea – but everywhere there is complex, ancient, fertile ground full of potential."

Decolonization is not a metaphor by Eve Tuck & K Wayne Yang

Reading this to keep up with the syllabus of CCT395 (and it was also a piece I didn't get to as part of Beyond GLAM Land Acknowledgments at OCAD last year). They are incredibly clear in their stance that the phrase of "decolonizing our ###" may work to decenter settler narratives, but it not synonymous with decolonization and the reparations that follow.

"When metaphor invades decolonization, it kills the very possibility of decolonization; it recenters whiteness, it resettles theory, it extends innocence to the settler, it entertains a settler future."

 A Rant About “Technology” by Ursula K. Le Guin

"I could learn. We all can learn. That’s the neat thing about technologies. They’re what we can learn to do."

Technology & Ethos by Imamu Amiri Baraka

"See everything fresh and “without form”–then make forms that will express us truthfully and totally and by this certainly free us eventually."

Decolonizing Design by Ahmed Ansari

Very interesting to have this against the Tuck & Yang essay! Ansari uses decolonizing as a metaphor, but the central point of decentralizing eurocentric perspectives, and the pitfalls of what happens when we try this on the surface only, still stands.

"whenever we construct knowledge around an unfamiliar Other, we make what is local and familiar to them familiar to us through a process of reduction by passing what is observed through our own concepts of the world, in what amounts to a “globalization” of knowledge."

Currently thinking about 🌊

Fractal relationships as a way to view community

Consistency of change & the strive and acceptance of temporary perfection

The scale of waves

The coastline paradox as a proxy for zooming in and out

Currently listening to 🕯

Coming Home Song by Sammy Rae & The Friends

Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie

The Redwing by Feist

[hydralisk98]

Blackhand Engine? (draft #1)

I have a dream, one which has a sorta BUILD/XNGINE game ecosystem playing about, written entirely in some interactive REPL Lisp dialect for Qt (WebGPU, KDE Plasma, MacOS, Windows...)

???

Fish CLI shell, EVALDRAW, ZealC, Aleph One's Marathon MML?

For some TES 2 Daggerfall Unity-tier solarpunk modding game, EDUKE32, Raze, BUILD2, Quake 1...

Symbolic mesh library of PETSCII-like 3D layered elements

THIS PALETTE

THESE PRIMITIVES

Characters: { Kali, Aria, Shoshona; }

GLOSS software stack;

MegaOCEAN factions (Love/Hate + QuestMachine NPC personalities);

QGIS overworld symbolic / fontmap terrain in several maplayers;

Monte Carlo demographics;

Zachtronics multi-parameteric solvability feel...

Godot+Qodot+SFPC / Trenchbroom / Hammer 5+ modding powerhouse workload;

[noirnetwork]

from february to august 2022, i had the pleasure of being in struggle with my friend, confidant, collaborator, and co-organizer Melanie Hoff (@melanieh0ff) who invited me to support them in realizing their vision for a world in which accessible, queer centered, non-universal and gradiated, sex education was possible for 18 student-participants! together, Melanie, Zainab Aliyu and i made Sex Ed happen @sfpc_nyc!

the idea for sex ed was originally conceived 2 years ago in a collective visioning exercise at sfpc, where teachers and workers responded to the question: “what could SFPC be?” in my understanding, Melanie started sex ed in the hopes that we would create a model for all people to have access to the sex ed curriculum of Melanie and many other leading teachers including: Venus Cuffs (@venuscuffs), Elizabeth Perez (@elizabethslash), Daemonum X (@daemonumx), Belinda Adam (@adambelinda), Sophie Lewis (@reproutopia), Rebelle Cunt (@rebelwithoutabra), Nahee Kim (@nahee.app), and Es Leso (@babyratqueen). we’re working on a forthcoming publication that will make this a reality!

this was the hardest project i’ve ever taken on as an educator, organizer, DIY archivist, and person living as a survivor of gender based (sexual) violence. we didn’t accomplish this program without conflict, rigorous feedback from participants and teachers, and deep confrontation amongst ourselves as organizers and people. i’m thankful to the bundles of gifts of feedback from everyone who participated — i carry them with me every day. working as documentarian for this session challenged me to compile some of the most meaningful archival artifacts i’ve ever stewarded into the public domain! i’m proud of our work!

as Melanie said, we broke historical records for what “material is taught, of who teaches at the School for Poetic Computation, and what parts of themselves teachers can bring to their classes. We have surfaced, decomposed and witnessed each of our relationships to poetic computation changing, a relationship that always was and always will be changing.” endless gratitude to their visionary imagination! i’m infinitely amazed at what’s possible whenever we put our minds and resources together!