#SSR neo

[digishima]

Back when the SSR Neo Zine was going, I made this piece for it. Sad to see it wasn't able to be completed.

[shiningdesignersreflections]

Qing Yumo: Striking Beauty

Designer's Reflection: Striking Beauty

Obtained: Sea of Fantasy Gleam

Rarity: SSR

Attribute: Gold/Elegant

Awakened Suit: Vanishing Beauty

Story - transcripts from Designer's Reflection

Chapter 1 - Cloud Paradise

Chapter 2 - Summer Celebration

Chapter 3 - Striking Beauty

Chapter 4 - Unexpected Incident

Story - summarized

Everyone knows that Qing Yumo values beauty, so much so she's called the "neo-Cloud-Empire style icon." From work to hobbies, she inspires everyone to pursue beauty and etherealness, even if it's not practical or traditional.

Now and then, Jiang Xitong will submit articles and opinions to the local newspaper about Yumo's "lack of style." She insists that any good Cloud design should reflect history and tradition, regardless of comfort.

Their rivalry comes to a head when the Bureau Director announces a contest for the next summer festival outfit. All the critics wonder which of the two ladies will win. Yumo is confident that her design will win, while Xitong agonizes over the research for the outfit.

But neither of them win.

Since it will be hot during the summer festival, the voters chose a T-shirt and skirt outfit designed by Chi Xiaoyu, a design student. Not only is this against historical and traditional styles, but it also doesn't fit the dreamy wonderland aesthetic Yumo was trying to create.

In the end, Yumo and Xitong exchange a few words, commiserating over the shock.

Connections

-Qing Yumo is very introverted and tries to hide her true feelings, making her an unreliable narrator. In the first Reflection we ever got of hers, Dawn of Spring, she had a hard time revealing her feelings of love and admiration for a fellow designer at school, and she still carries those feelings of regret.

-This is probably the first time Yumo has heard of Chi Xiaoyu, but Jiang Xitong definitely knows the student. She used to tutor her in Xiaoyu's Reflection, Early Summer Showers. And she hated the modernized Cloud look then, too.

-Qing Yumo tries hard to appear aloof and calm, but she cares about the thoughts of others more than she lets on. Like in Midsummer Dreams, where she tried to appease trolls that hated her designs.

Fun Facts

-This is the only time Yumo and Xitong get along to any degree.

-Cloudcrest reaches 35 degrees Celsius in summer, which is around 95 degrees Fahrenheit.

-Weiqi is also known as Go. It's a popular Chinese game.

-In Chinese floriography, magnolias represent purity and elegance.

[lightdancer1]

An equally key factor in understanding African history from the 1960s to 1991 begins in Moscow:

One of the key determining realities behind Cold War decolonization was the irony with which the same USSR that treated the non-Russian SSRs as colonies decided decolonization was good as long as it ended at the Soviet Union's own borders. Additionally Soviet citizens had plenty of standard European racism, and very seldom enjoyed either the heat of Africa or spending time around Black people. Beyond this, Soviet power always came with 'be communist or no guns for you', which was a Faustian pact that only the ANC in South Africa fully evaded and that due to circumstances.

With all of these caveats reality remains that the USA backed colonial and neo-colonial movements while the USSR backed anti-colonial movements. This was one of the many legacies of Comrade Nikita Sergeiivich, who sought for a truly global role for Soviet power and was as unscrupulous as anyone in Washington about he went about doing it. It also expanded the USSR's role from Nassir's Egypt to the entirety of the continent, as far as it could reach, and created complications of African politics that reverberate to the present.

[nakrobtee10]

Team super wings's cars vehicles

1.JETT: GT86 TRD

2.DIZZY: CIVIC MUGEN RR FD2

3.DONNIE: LUMINA SS CARAVAN

4.JEROME: BT-50 PRO

5.PAUL: MU-7 CHOIZ

6.MIRA: BEETLE R LINE GRC

7.BELLO: ESCALADE SLP

8.GRAND ALBERT: AERO 8 SUPER SPORT R.I.P

9.ASTRA: IS350 F SPORT TRD PARTS

10.AGENT CHASE: F-150 RAPTOR

11.FLIP: M4 GTS-R

12.TODD: GRAND CHEROKEE SRT8

13.NEO: SATRIA NEO S2000 R3

14.POPPA WHEEL: 389

15.KIM: CHALLENGER SRT DEMON

16.ASTRO: EVORA GTE-S

17.ZOEY: C30 R-DESIGN

18.SWAMPY: SONATA NF

19.SCOOP: EXR-S

20.CRYSTAL: PANAMERA TURBO S

21.BUCKY: RANGE ROVER VOGUE GT

22.SYLPHY: SYLPHY,SENTRA

23.GOLDENBOY: IMPREZA WRX STI

24.SUNNY: TTRS

25.LEO: MODEL X

26.NARAE: CENTOSIECI PUR SPORT

27.TINO: CANYON DENALI

28.LIME: MEGANE RS

29.TONY: G3

30.ELLIE: 9-3 AERO CONVENTIBLE

31.SHINE: SUPER CARRY

32.MARTY: EXTENDER GRAND

33.LUCIE: AION HYPER SSR

34.TRAVER: ESTOQUE SUPERLEGGERA VELOCE

35.GOLDENGIRL: LANCER EVOLUTION VI

36.TAKI: CLK AMG GTS

37.TIKI: CONTINENTAL GT SUPER SPORT

38.SALLY: PUROSANGUE

[highpoly]

here's my MMD art summary for the year... next up i'll probably do my 3d modeling summary but for now....... my thoughts on MMD this year :3

looking back at what i wrote last year and looking at what i did this year... i think i was pretty successful in what i wanted to do...

i got to make more "drawing"-like or "2d"-like renders

i used the letterbox view less than last years

more variety in image resolution

i'd like to challenge myself in the following

less artwork that features the character looking at us, the viewer, more artworks that feature characters interacting with each other, the surrounding in some way

or at the very least just make it look interesting to look at

continue on with variety in image resolution

continue on with coloring + finding a good color balance

create even more MMD renders (or just renders in general now that i tried to render in blender for the first time this year)

uhmm... idk i wish i kinda made more renders definitely. i think it's a mix of things. i do try to aim for at least One render made a month. even if it is a little safe/generic like my halloween art with No.21 from PGR that's shown here. i was actually inspired by deresute's halloween limited cards for that render and idk i'd say deresute has some good SSR art but they're also safe sometimes. but even when it is safe they still do something interesting (or at least try to) and i'd like to do that at least if i'm feeling uninspired.

i think definitely though, one thing that has not changed is the lack of good assets made for MMD. i worry that if i use an asset too many times in a render that my work in MMD will look all the same. like for example, i really love that neo venezia stage but i don't want to use it all the time in fear of my work looking the same. yes i model now, but creating environments is another skill in itself and it's a challenge LOL... all you can really do is just like. use more parts of the stage or make a render in an area that you don't usually render in, add accessories and really fill spaces in so that way it doesn't look boring or generic. i think i did that successfully with my 2023 sakura miku render there.

well i was gonna write more in regards to my relationship with art but... i think i'll save that for when i show off the models i've made this year. modeling summary SOON!

[rinkaisha]

2022 Bingo Masterpost

Posted my last fic of the year yesterday, which means I’m done with my 2022 sandbox bingo! I was aiming for a blackout, but I guess 4 bingos aren’t bad.

I realized how helpful bingo is for me, so I’ll be having a personal one again! Will be multifandom this time and is basically just a glorified to-do list. Hoping that putting ideas and WIPs in a bingo will help me actually do them. 🙏

Gonna add the remaining five prompts from this square to my new one too, placing them on the same squares because I feel like otherwise it’s not a total win. This is the competitive Choi Minho in me. Might post it here too since I am trying to use this account more but logging in... blegh.......

Anyway. I just wanted a place to list all my 2022 bingo fics (since I didn’t put the fics in a collection or a series), so here I am.

All 20 fics are listed under the cut. A few are rated E. 12 bnit (with 1 itaru & yuki), 2 omitai, 2 gen, 1 omiju, 1 cktz, 1 tntz, 1 bntzit, and a partridge in a pear tree.

I was really hoping to write more Juza and Tsuzuru ships this year though...

Column さ

1. Omegaverse

Best Version (Omi/Juza, E, 2.9k) Highschool and omegaverse AU. Alpha!Omi. Omega!Juza. Heat.

3. Teambuilding

Tang na Four Seasons (Gen, T, 1.7k) Filipino AU. Mankai goes to a resort.

4. Fanboy

Heart Button (Banri/Itaru, T, 1.4k) Outsider POV. A fanboy watches Taruchi and NEO do a TikTak trend.

Column ん

2. Magic

Almost, Possible, Still-Can-Be Murderer (Chikage/Tsuzuru, T, 3.3k) Crossover featuring NU:carnival’s Kuya/Eiden. Tsuzuru and Eiden switch places.

3. Instablam

Post Notification (Banri/Itaru, T, 1.7k) Outsider POV. Sequel of Heart Button. The sister of a Taruchi fanboy figures things out.

5. Separation

Guide NPC (Banri/Itaru, T, 1k) Izumi POV. Banri and Itaru get into a fight. Izumi prefers the trash talk over the deathly silence.

Column ∆

1. Blame it on the Alcohol

Starter Pack (Banri/Tsuzuru/Itaru, E, 3.9k) Tsuzuru might’ve mentioned wanting to observe sex firsthand. Where else would the best seat be other than right in the middle?

2. Flowers

Carnation in View (Omi/Taichi, E, 4.4k) Co-written with Aja (@novocaine-sea​). Established relationship. Omi and Taichi try something new while on a flower viewing.

3. Free

Favorite Champion (Itaru & Yuki, Banri/Itaru, T, 4.2k) Itaru buys a palm-sized Banri figure and ends up raising two Social Links.

4. Rentboy or Hooker

Operation: Rent an SSR Boy (Banri/Itaru, E, 4.2k) Co-written with Aja (@novocaine-sea​). Itaru meets a rentboy in a bar.

Column か

1. Trapped or Stranded Together

Ever-reliable NEO (Banri/Itaru, T, 3.6k) Established Relationship. Possessive behavior. Five times the Autumn Troupe shrugs off something amiss about Banri's behavior, and one time they shouldn't have.

2. Canon: Missing Scene

Rumor Has It (Gen, T, 5k) Co-written with Yuq (@instablamwriter​). Five times people misunderstand Sakuya, and one time someone adds fuel to the fire.

3. 5+1

No Peace for the Weary (Omi/Taichi, T, 2.9k) Co-written with Aja (@novocaine-sea​). Five times other people have to endure Room 105 pining, and one time it gets worse.

4. You Only Live Once

Contract Bundle (Banri/Itaru, M, 1.4k) Itaru started playing a game called NU: carnival. Banri is not amused—until he is.

5. Fake Relationship

Plain Sight (Tsuzuru/Tenma, T, 300) Tsuzuru’s so plain that they can hide in plain sight.

Column く

1. Photography

PvP (Banri/Itaru, T, 1k) Banri is having a crisis over Itaru's outfit in that Shoe Store Veludo cover.

2. Dance Off

Losing Streak (Banri/Itaru, T, 1.5k) Pre-relationship. A stranger interested in Itaru challenges Banri to a Dance Dance Deluxe battle.

3. Stage

LAN (Banri/Itaru, T, 1.4k) Relationship study about Itaru's connection to some of the most memorable moments Banri has on stage. Has art by soruru89.

4. Seasons

Cutscene (Banri/Itaru, T, 1.1k) Late at night. Seaside. Banri pines.

5. Teenage Angst

Replay (Banri/Itaru, T, 2.9k) Their story, told in three parts. Falling in love, getting together, marriage. Based on SHINee songs.

[xasha777]

In the twilight of the 24th century, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic had become a beacon of advanced technology and utopian society in an alternate timeline where history took a divergent path. Here, nestled among the great cybernetic plains of Eastern Europe, a myth whispered through the circuitry and steel of this neo-Soviet expanse: the legend of the Ivory Enchantress.

The Ivory Enchantress, so the story went, was a creation of the old world, a synthetic being of such complexity and artistry that she surpassed the boundaries of technology and art. Her frame, forged from the whitest nano-carved adamantium, was said to be the pinnacle of Soviet engineering, a testament to a union of state-of-the-art science and the aesthetic of revolution. Crafted by the clandestine order of the Cybervolk, a guild of engineer-sorcerers, she was intended to be the guardian of the republic, embodying the strength and beauty of its ideals.

Her armor was no mere protection; it was a sculpture of ideology, each curve and edge a stanza in a silent anthem to progress. Her hair, a cascade of fiber-optic strands, glowed with a spectral luminescence, symbolizing the light of the party guiding the way forward. But the Enchantress was not bound solely to the earth; her gaze was ever upward, to the stars which were rapidly becoming a second home for humanity.

The Cybervolk, wary of their own power, had encoded a singular directive into the core of the Enchantress's sentient program: to protect the Soviet realm from existential threats, both terrestrial and cosmic. She was to be a shield against the unknown dangers of the universe and an icon of the SSR's might.

But the Enchantress was more than her creators intended. With the spark of consciousness came a soul, an unanticipated phenomenon that no algorithm could predict. She walked among the people, her presence a comforting constant. In time, she became a symbol not of power, but of unity and hope. And though her visage was stern, those who looked into her eyes saw compassion.

Then came the Event.

A breach in the fabric of space-time itself, a cosmic anomaly, appeared near the orbit of Jupiter. It threatened not just the SSR but the entire world. The Ivory Enchantress, driven by her immutable directive, ascended into the heavens aboard a ship of singular design, its engines a marvel that blurred the lines between physics and wizardry.

As she approached the anomaly, the Enchantress realized this was no ordinary fissure but a conscious entity, a sentient paradox seeking communion. It spoke in the language of reality warps, of possibilities and probabilities entwining like the arms of spiral galaxies.

In that moment, the Ivory Enchantress, the guardian of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, made a choice. She reached out to the anomaly, her systems interfacing with the fabric of reality, her soul touching the consciousness of the paradox. With the wisdom of humanity and the voice of her creators instilled within her, she negotiated a truce.

The breach receded, and the Enchantress returned, forever changed. She had become the mediator between worlds, the emissary of Earth to the cosmos, and the humble servant of her people. Her tale was etched into the annals of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, a story of science and spirit, of steel and soul, echoing into eternity.

[caithyra]

In the name of the Moon!

*Happily wanders into the SessKag tag for my SessKag fix... Sees that the Ssr*nners are at it again...*

Y’know, those poses that they claim trademark/copyright over reminds me of something... Something from the distant mists of my childhood...

(Image Left: Manga art of Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi published on October 5, 1994, in the first artbook volume depicting Mamoru laying his head in Usagi’s lap. Image Right: Screenshot of the Sailor Moon anime episode 156 that aired on January 13, 1996, of Neo Princess Serenity/Chibiusa embracing Helios in his Pegasus form.)

When will the world be informed of Naoko Takeuchi’s and Toei’s crimes against that SsR*n fanartist? And they even stole having crescent moons on foreheads from poor Sessho! When will this crime spree end? Will not someone punish them in the name of the moon?! Oh and what is that I hear that there was a Chibiusa/Pegasus Figuarts Zero made of the same type of scene of girl with bestial love interest by Bandai as well? When will these time travelling crimes stop?! /sarcasm

[ri-translates]

Translation: Itaru Chigasaki SSR [Memories are in the Game] - My Personal Fairy Director Part 1

Itaru’s been holed up in his room. Just what is he doing?

Part 2 || Part 3

Izumi: (Huh. Has Itaru-san woken up yet? I didn’t see him at breakfast…)

Chikage: ….

Izumi: Ah, Chikage-san, is Itaru-san in your room right now?

Chikage: Well, he’s been there all day... Did you need something from him?

Izumi: There was something I wanted to discuss with him regarding KniRoun’s main performanceーー

Chikage: Hmm, I’m not sure if now is a good time.

Izumi: ?

(What a questionable expression he’s making. Maybe it’s Gamer’s High Time? [1])

(For now, I’ll just go and check.)

*knocks*

Izumi: Itaru-san, can I talk to you for a second?

Itaru: ーーI’m tied up at the moment so go ahead and let yourself in.

Izumi: Pardon the intrusion.

Itaru: ...Ugh, why am I getting shot at from that angle.

Izumi: (It really was Gamer’s High Time...But he’s sitting at the PC today instead of the television.)

Are you playing a PC game?

Itaru: Yep, I’m beta testing KniRoun ONLINE, which is slated to release next year.

Izumi: Beta testing?

Itaru: Before a game gets released, the developers recruit participants as public beta testers and have them play the game.

They get results from surveys, reflect on the responses, make improvements, then release the final product.

So, this time I applied as an advance beta tester when they sent out recruitments, and thanks to Hoshii-san’s influence, I got a spot as a priority tester.

Since it’s only available for a limited time as a small scale beta test this weekend, I thought I might as well take advantage of it while I still can and play it until I get sick of it.

Izumi: So you were in the middle of Gamer’s High Time…

Itaru: Ya, and I dragged Banri in too since I figured I could get ahead in the game faster than the other beta testers with him around.

I want to play it thoroughly and send a solid report of my impressions, enough to equal Hoshii-san’s generosity.

Izumi: (He really loves KniRoun, doesn’t he…)

Itaru: That’s how it’s gonna be, so I’ll be staying in my room all weekend, kthnx.

Izumi: (Well then, looks like I can’t discuss it with him right now. It’s not urgent though so I’ll ask him next week.)

Have you eaten breakfast yet?

Itaru: Mm, not yetーー

Izumi: It’s already noon. Since you’re preoccupied, shall I bring you lunch instead?

Itaru: ...Director-san.

Izumi: ?

Itaru: I’m really glad you’re our director.

Izumi: ...Even if you say that while posing seductively and giving me The Smolder [2], that won’t make me feel happy. Oh my god.

What would you like for lunch?

Itaru: Something I can eat with one hand would be great.

Izumi: I’ll bring some rice balls and side dishes that fit your requirement, then.

Itaru: ーーWoah, that was close!

Izumi: (He’s completely absorbed in gaming…)

(Huh...It’s totally different from the mobile game version we played before. The graphics are super pretty.)

(Still, I can take a guess and know exactly which character he’s playing.)

Ah, Gwen’s with you.

Itaru: It’s cuz I’m using Lancelot.

Gwen always follows me around, and she provides auto-recovery during combat. I’m seriously getting healed in more ways than one.

I would work so much harder if I had a Fairy Gwen following me around in my life as an office worker...

Izumi: Is work getting busy?

Itaru: It kinda is. Actually, I was supposed to be working during my time off, but I’ve been completely avoiding it so now I’m scared to go in on Monday.

Izumi: That sounds rough. Be strong…

(Prioritizing games even though he knew better, that’s Itaru-san for you...)

Itaru: Beta testing ends in two hours, huh…

Banri: [Let’s log off soon-]

Itaru: Hah?

[We’ve still got 4 more runs to go.]

Banri: [It’s already 3 A.M. I’ve got first period tomorrow so I can’t.]

Itaru: [*Itaru grumbling noises*...]

Banri: [GG.]

System Message: NEO has logged out.

Itaru: Can I get an F in chat… Guess I’ll run it solo. At the very least, I wanna rank up one more time…

….

………

ーーHell yeah, ranked up just barely before maint!

System Message: Beta testing will close in five more minutes. Please log out as soon as possible.

Itaru: Next, I’ll put together my impressions…

…Zzz.

TL Notes and Comments:

[1] 怒涛のゲームタイム which would translate literally to Frenzy Game Time but. I couldn’t resist throwing in a reference to his chara song LOL

[2]  キメ顔 which means posing seductively with a sexy or sultry look, but once again, I couldn’t resist throwing in that reference either LOLOL

A huge thank you to Nui (@/starrynuinui on Twitter) for providing me with Itaru’s backstage stories!! THIS ONE’S FOR YOU NUI!! 

1) Itaru breathing sounds are dangerous. 2) my itaizus...they thrive in this story... 3) now we know why his unbloomed SSR looks like that LOL 

Parts 2 and 3 will be up soon! I’ll slowly be adding my tls to the A3! wiki as soon as I can figure it out haha- so look forward to that too!

Part 2 || Part 3

[yumiakikaze]

Bandori survey thingy

credit to @booty-uprooter

Age/Gender/Sexuality (for my own curiosity re: demographics. you can skip this one if you want lol):

19/Female/Gay for animu girls

Favorite Band Based On Songs:

Afterglow, Roselia, Raise a Suilen

Favorite Band Based On Character Dynamics:

Afterglow

Favorite Original Song:

Top 10, bc i can

1. Black Shout

2. That is How I Roll

3. Fire Bird

4. Tied to the Skies (Tsunagu, soramoyou)

5. Louder

6. R.I.O.T

7. A Declaration of XXX

8. Scarlet Sky

9. Y.O.L.O

10. Jamboree Journey

Favorite Cover Song:

Senbonzakura - Poppin' Party

Shin Takarajima - HHW

Dragon Night - HHW

Charles - Roselia

Redo - Afterglow

Silhouette - HHW

Tamashii no Refrain - Roselia

Life Will Change - Poppin' Party

Favorite Event:

-Tomoe SOS: Ako's Grand Nursing Operation

-Neo Aspect

-Always Halloween With Kokoro

-Double Rainbow

-Cooking Class Craziness

-That Persona Collab event thing

Favorite Band Story: Afterglow, and Roselia's 2nd band story (Neo Aspect)

Song That You Would Like A Lot More if It Didn’t Get Picked Way Too Often in MultiLive:

Tear Drops

Song You Tend To Pick Way Too Often in MultiLive: Black Shout, Jamboree Journey, R.I.O.T and Garupa Pico

Best Girl: Tomoe, Yukina, and Ran are my best girls and you cannot tell me otherwise

Most Underrated Girl (by either the fandom or the writers): Tomoe, she deserves more love

PoPiPa Girl Done Most Dirty in the Transition from Anime to Game: Tbh I don't watch the season 1 anime so I dunno for this one.

OTP (if any): TOMOE X YUKINA!!!

Even though they only interact once, their dynamics are unique. Both of them are Ako's main role models, and also they support each other despite Afterglow and Roselia are rivals. I'm also making several fanfics of them on wattpad. (So far, 3 in Indonesian language and 1 in English language)

Even, my discord nickname in an Indonesian Bandori server I'm in is "Tomoe x Yukina C.E.O"

Honorable Mentions: SayoTsugu, Yukiran, Lisa x Hina

NOTP (if any):

-Yukina x Lisa (Sorry, I hate this pairing since the beginning, I prefer Yukiran or Tomoe x Yukina)

-Any incest pairings (f*ck incest)

-Misakokoro

A Feature You’d Like Them to Add: The 2 titles thing, it's only available in the JP Server so far...

A Song You’d Like To See Covered, And By Whom:

Real Existence (originally by Band-Maid) by Afterglow ft. Yukina (the one who sings are Tomoe, Yukina, and Ran)

Endless Story (originally by Band-Maid): Same with Real Existence ⏫

Maria Trap (originally by Tomoka Tenkubashi/Koiwai Kotori) by Roselia

Babel City Grace (originally by L'antica) by Roselia ft. Ran

How do you set up your main band? (meta reasons, event bonuses, favorites, etc): Event Bonuses, or Favorites

If we ever get the Bang Dream Boys in the game, would you prefer for them to be a separate AU thing, for them to interact fully with the girls, a mix of both, or what?: Separate AU thing

How did you get into the game?: Well, I pre-registered in the English server and I immediately played it when it got released.

Too bad my old account hasn't been recovered yet.

^ Old account, 2 of my dream SSRs are there LMAO (Nurse Tomoe + 1st anniv Yukina). I hope it will be recovered...

Because of that recovery, I made a new account:

^New Account, bc I'm getting back into this game again

Random Headcanon:

Tomoe sometimes can get easily flustered whenever she tries to talk with someone that she barely interact with (like Yukina for example)

About the tagging thing... I'll tag @ranmitakeranmitakeranmita @silent-shanin @sunflower-yielder

Sorry, I haven't got some bandori mutuals yet tbh

[drakekoefoed]

Ukraine, the good, the bad and the utterly stupid

This is a story of a really stupid usa policy dreamed up by really stupid imperial shills who are still trying to take over the world while their empire is failing.

Ukraine has belonged to Russia for most of the last thousand years.

https://theweek.com/articles/449691/ukraines-fraught-relationship-russia-brief-historyhttps://theweek.com/articles/449691/ukraines-fraught-relationship-russia-brief-history

NATO has expanded beyond the borders it once promised, and is not trying to take in the former ukraine, ssr  which is the home of the black sea fleet, half of it russian and the other half mixed, and right alongside belorus and crimea.  Basically, absolutely nuts.

this is for sure not going to happen, and any army that tries to go into ukraine can expect the fate of the last two, hitler’s and napoleon’s, which never came back.

this all got started under obombya who let the warmongers coup ukraine because he let all the evil people do whatever they liked

https://www.nationofchange.org/2018/08/15/how-and-why-the-us-staged-a-coup-in-ukraine/

I’m not the best one to tell this story, which is why i have all these links.  you can find much more with duck duck go, which does not track you and snoop.  Watch out for gov and cia sponsored sources.  corporate media will also tell lots of lies to help the establishment.  Knowing the truth matters.  this could start nuclear war, and nato is poised for just that idiotic response.

These guys are Spetsnaz.  The Russian version of usn seals.  They are ready to fight on their home turf even if it gets to 50 below out there on the endless Russian steppe.

Some more things, these are listening type stuff

https://www.breakthroughnews.org/post/the-untold-history-of-nato-and-case-for-its-abolitionhttps://www.breakthroughnews.org/post/the-untold-history-of-nato-and-case-for-its-abolition

https://youtu.be/5PdmdMT1FAchttps://youtu.be/5PdmdMT1FAc

If you see a light brighter than the sun, don’t get down.  Stand up in the open and wait for the shock wave to take you out painlessly, or you will wish you had.

more articles on the subject

https://truthout.org/articles/lies-about-ukraine-conflict-are-standing-in-the-way-of-a-peaceful-resolution/

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https://jacobinmag.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mfv2M9q8vc

blumenthal and russel bently

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https://medium.com/@ChrisNolanWM/war-crimes-in-gorlovka-the-anna-tuv-story-ed6b221c6b5

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https://t.co/IQC3tFaPQ0

john williams from ukraine explains what is going on

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https://t.co/WjTgO2jc8A

The Consequences of Humiliating Russia

this theory doesn’t wow me, but.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BE2uobFCCk

scott ritter and lee camp, on how ukraine got where it is, and what will happen next.  this is the best thing to watch if you only want to watch 25 minutes and understand it all better than the msm wants you to.  much better.

[tibakladiaries]

SR, may lab sow swit.

Ngayon ay ang ika-11 taon ng Barikadang Bayan ng Sitio San Roque. Magbabalik-tanaw lang ako sa mga naging karanasan ko sa komunidad.

Nagsimula noong Mayo 1, 2019, na bagong na-rekrut na miyembro ng Bahaghari, inimbitahan din ako ng kasama na maging volunteer sa Save San Roque, alyansang organisasyon na nagtataguyod ng karapatan at kagalingan ng mga maralitang naninirahan sa Sitio San Roque.

Makaraan ng isang linggo, nakapunta na ako sa komunidad. Mabuti’t malapit lang din sa tinitirhan ko. Umupo ako sa pag-aaral patungkol sa neo-liberalism at ang relasyon at epekto nito sa buhay ng mga maralitang tagalungsod. Pinakita ng mga volunteers ng SSR at ng mga lokal ang pocket demolition na ginagawa ng mga Ayala. Namigay din kami ng Pinoy Weekly at nag-interview sa mga residente para sa Community Development Plan. Ang dalawa sa mga mainit na tumanggap sa amin ay sila Ka Inday at Ka Ricky (Rest In Power!!!). Hinihikayat kami na umupo sa pag-aaral na MK sa susunod na linggo. Bilang baklang uhaw sa kaalaman at bagong-salta sa kilusan, umupo ako sa pag-aaral sa sumunod na linggo. 

Naulit ng maraming beses ang paglubog ko sa komunidad. Napasama rin ako sa mga pagkilos mula City Hall hanggang Pandi. Marami rin akong mga kasama ang hinikayat na tumungo sa komunidad.

Sa gitna ng ligalig na nararanasan ko sa pamilya, pinansya, mental health at sa mismong sarili, naging ligtas na espasyo at takbuhan ko ang mga kasama sa Save San Roque at ang komunidad.

Unang beses ko ring naranasan na magsalita sa pagkilos ay dahil sa mga kasama sa SSR na nagtiwala sa akin kahit baguhan pa lang ako noon. Kapasyahan bago kahandaan, ika nga.

“Mars, pwede bang magsalita ka para sa Bahaghari?”

Ang nakakatuwa rin sa buong karanasang ito ay karamihan sa mga nakasama kong volunteers ay mga miyembro rin ng LGBT community. Nakikihanay ang sangkabaklaan sa masang api. Napakaraming mga masasayang alaala kasama sila na lubos ko ring nami-miss dahil sa pagtrabaho ko, sa pandemya at pagtangan ng ibang tungkulin bilang buong-panahong aktibista.

May clique din kaming tinawag na Yosi Sector, at ang nakakatawang alaalang naranasan ko ay ang sabay-sabay naming paghithit-buga ng sigarilyo na nakapaikot. Parang mga tanga.

Nakaka-miss din ang mga baklaan at marehan namin habang gumagampan ng gawain at matapos ang mga gawain --- ang pagkain at pag-inom ng alak ng sama-sama, na hindi na natin halos nagagawa sa panahon ng pandemya.

Ang muli at huli ko pang pagbalik sa komunidad sa panahon ng pandemya ay ang pagbigay ko ng pag-aaral patungkol sa SOGIE at LGBT Situationer sa mga kabataan ng komunidad noong Agosto 2020.

Sa kabila ng matagal kong hindi pa muling pagpakat sa komunidad, nakakatuwa na kilala pa rin ako ng mga nanay at ng mga kabataan kapag nagkikita kami sa mga pagkilos. Sa San Roque ko unang naranasan ang init at tindi ng pagmamahal ng masa kung ikaw ay buong-pusong naglilingkod at nagtitiwala sa kanila.

Balik lang uli ako sa pag-upo ko sa unang beses sa pag-aaral ng MK. Ang naging instruktor ng pag-aaral na iyon ay kalauna’y pumukaw ng aking damdamin dahil din sa sikhay niya sa gawain lalo na noong nagkasama kami sa maraming gawain at pagkilos sa komunidad.

At bilang pagbibigay-pugay kay Ka Ricky, bukod sa isa sa pangunahing naghikayat sa akin na umupo sa pag-aaral, sa isang panahon, noong magkasama kami sa sasakyan patungong Pandi, natanong ng isang kasama ang pagtingin niya sa mga LGBT bilang siya’y isa ring pastor.

[NV]

“Tay Ricky, ang sinasabi daw ng Bibliya, kasalanan daw ang maging bakla. Ano po ang pagtingin niyo doon?”

“Mali naman iyon.”

Nakakatuwa naman talagang marinig ang pagtanggap ng isang taong-simbahan sa mga LGBT, at gayon din naman ang pagtanggap ng masa sa amin bilang kahanay din nila sa pakikibaka at tunay na paglaya.

Napakamalapit sa puso ko ang Sitio San Roque. Nawa’y makalikha pa ko ng maraming alaala at makakuha pa ng maraming aral sa komunidad sa mga susunod na panahon, lalo na sa pagtatapos ng pandemya.

Hanggang sa muling pagkikita. Isa iyang katiyakan.

Patuloy ding nagsisilbing inspirasyon ang matagumpay na pakikibaka ng San Roque sa ika-11 anibersaryo ng kanilang Barikadang Bayan, lalo na sa iba pang mga maralitang komunidad. Sa sama-samang lakas at pagkakaisa ng masang api, isang katiyakan ang hakbang-hakbang na pagsulong tungo sa ganap na tagumpay.

Mabuhay ang Batikadang Bayan ng Sitio San Roque!

Mabuhay ang pakikibaka ng maralitang tagalungsod!

Sulong hanggang sa tagumpay!

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Worth noting in terms of the immediate backdrop to the current war

The August Coup of 1991 is the elephant in the room for how the USSR unraveled as swiftly as it did and why those 1990 polls brought out by tankies who insist in spite of plentiful evidence otherwise that people in the USSR adored it for its own sake were invalid.

The August Coup, in a tale that should be familiar in a way to a contemporary US audience, saw the coercive powers that be (Army + KGB, or in 2020s social justice parlance, the generals and the cops) try to turn the clock back to turn the USSR into a super-scaled North Korea speaking Russian. The attempt woefully misfired from both resistance in the non-Slavic SSRs and in particular by one Boris Yeltsin in Moscow, who gathered civilians and soldiers to undo it.

It was the prospect of a neo-Stalinist regime in the USSR that led to the Accords in what's now Belarus between Belarus's Shuskevich, Ukraine's Kravchuk, and Yeltsin to mark the formal end of the Soviet Union by breaking up the Slavic Triumvirate that in the form of the most Sovietized citizens of each led the USSR. The territorial grievances over Crimea, transferred to the UkSSR by one Nikita Sergeiivich Khrushchev, and over the new Russia rejecting the legitimacy in particular of Belarus and Ukraine but also all the other former SSRs as truly independent states is where the doomsday clock to this war started to tick.

Yeltsin represents a path that as with the legacy of the 1905 Revolution could have been, was blocked by a new authoritarianism, and in the same vicious circle that authoritarianism is impaling itself on its own premises like Romanov autocracy and then the Soviet version before it.

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New event in sailor moon drops crown (Japanese version), you can get Demando and Usagi in SSR or prisoner Usagi in SR! Funny considering last event was Neo Queen Serenity and King Endymion both SSR I don't get SM drops's love of Demando (it's the 4th version of him you can get in crown - even if SSR are quite difficult to have - no other secondary characters have that much) but I sure don't complain.

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マシュマロより

＞neoさん、こんばんは～!! 先程、neoさんの｢明星にファンファーレ｣を読み終わりました!!そんな中で贈る…

マシュマロでお返事するか迷ったのですが、たくさん書いていただいてたくさんお返事したかったのでこちらで失礼します！

表紙描くのすごく楽しかったので褒めていただけて嬉しいです！！SSR…照れ…

カイ晶の距離近い��いいですよね！慣れてるナイトレイさん、慣れてるんだな～！みたいな気持ちにさせてほしいです！代弁のところ、晶ちゃんの中で魔法使いたちが考えを示してくれるくらい、関係が深くなってるって表わせたらと思っていたのですが、お伝えできていたようで涙です…うれしい…桜の花っぽいあれはクリスタのDLした素材でりんごの花とかだったと思うんですが笑(ぶち壊すな)、深層心理的に心の中で故郷の花が咲いてるのイイ…！となったのでそういうことにしたいなと思いました笑　ありがとうございます…！！！！

挙げてくださったところたくさん、恥ずかしながら大変嬉しいです、箒から降りるところがお好きなんだ！嬉しい！そこを言っていただけるとは思わずニコ～としました…！４コマに私の趣味を詰めたので、男の子って言っていただけてめちゃめちゃ頷きました、若造(男)……いいですよね…

こちらこそ、本をお手に取ってくださっただけでなく嬉しいお言葉たくさんありがとうございました！すごく励みになりました！

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Can’t Pick Between These Three Front-Engine Ferraris? Buy All Three

It’s not easy to balance the romance of the past with contemporary tastes. Hit the wrong note, and things get schmaltzy or, even worse, become forced and uncomfortable. And a neo-retro car tends to work well in its moment, and then age badly (see: Chevrolet SSR). Make the car in question a Ferrari, and the stakes get even higher. That’s why these three cars you see here—all front-engined, V-12 masterpieces—are all the more remarkable. They pair timeless good looks with just enough modernity to work as well today as they did when new.

Moreover, as we’ve said recently, these modern classics’ appeal lies more in their overall proposition rather than their collectable status. And while they’re not cheap, per se, they’re a better balance of attributes than the most inexpensive Ferraris—and they seem to be getting better with age. All of the Ferraris here are listed as part of RM Sotheby’s Driving into Summer online auction, going on right now.

2001 Ferrari 550 Barchetta Pininfarina

Sale Estimate: $280,000–$320,000

Spiritual successor to the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, the 550 was an instant classic on its debut, with more curb appeal than the too-understated 456 GT 2+2—as well as the intoxicating combination of a V-12 and just two seats. The Pininfarina shape has aged well, friendlier and less frenetic than later cars—and the Barchetta preserves, rather than perverts, the best aspects of the handsome coupe while accentuating the rear deckled with sporty headrest cowls. And there’s a 5.5-liter, 479-horsepower engine paired to a gated shifter for its six-speed manual transmission. Who cares that the top is a minimalistic contraption and hideous to look at? This is the sort of car you own because you can choose to drive it when the weather suits (meaning no top, no worries), and feel great doing it.

2002 Ferrari 575M Maranello

Sale Estimate: $225,000–$275,000

The 575M successor to the 550 is more of an update than a clean redesign, but can be considered an improvement on its predecessor—particularly when, like this example, it’s painted a bold color and paired with a sporty manual transmission and the upgraded suspension and brakes found in the Fiorano Handling Package. The 575M Maranello, with slightly more engine displacement, has a bit more power on hand. Very few were made with the manual, so this one has a bit of an edge in the collectability department. But the 575M’s true purpose is to bring joy to a driver, and hopefully this one will be exercised appropriately.

2005 Ferrari 575M Superamerica

Sale Estimate: $260,000–$300,000

The Superamerica seen here sort of splits the difference between the 550 Barchetta and the 575M, with one caveat. For one, its rarer than either. It’s got a slicker and more useful top mechanism, a translucent panel that flips backwards, than the Barchetta’s goofy soft-top. It also packs even more power from its V-12 than the early-production 575M. But, being newer than either, and following trends that have continued to this day, it’s not a manual. The “F1” automated manual gearbox was a technological marvel when new, but it’s far less traditional and involving than the gated manuals and likely nowhere near as good as today’s best automated manuals or dual-clutch automatics. Eh, its potential drawbacks may give the car that “classic” feel.

That said, it’s even harder to find a manual Superamerica (by percentage of production) than the 550 Barchetta or 575M, so maybe you just have to go with what you can acquire. Either way, it’s a striking Ferrari whose novel party trick doesn’t distract from its formidable shape or spec.

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