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was scrolling tiktok while cooking and washing dishes (this is normal i do this all the time) and i sat my phone down and it promptly slid into the sink :) so now it is sitting in front of a fan so it can dry out and charge again. if it doesnt dry ... i am going to have to get a new phone :(
#dont mind me#ive been thinking about getting a new phonw anyway bc my charging port is hella loose and its glitching now that its on ios 17 (its an 11)#but i really dont wanna have to pay 30$ a month for the next two years#(0% apr bc apple credit card thank god)#or maybe i just spring for a wireless charger and cope ?#idk we'll see#im for sure giving it all day and probably most of tomorrow to dry before i freak out lol#not that im not freaked out#oh god the last time i bought a phone was july 2020 and now its four years later and the politcal landscape#is frighteningly worse but i still need a new phone and a new job and oh god
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For people still in denial whether Israel has committed war crimes, here is a comprehensive list of war crimes Israel has committed both before and after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the list being taken from the Wikipedia article of war crimes with some notable missing examples being the usage of chemical weapons, famine, disease and apartheid. The 7th of October attack did not occur in a vacuum, but is the product of decades of Israel not being held accountable for its war crimes.
Killing civilians:
Israel/Palestine: Unlawful Israeli Airstrikes Kill Civilians by Human Rights Watch on 15/Jul/2014
‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza – The Guardian on 2/Apr/2024
Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45, prompts international outcry by Reuters on 27/May/2024
Intentionally killing PoWs:
Israel’s Hush-Up Machine in Action: Denying Story Israel Executed Egyptian Prisoners by Washington Report on Middle East Affairs on 8/Apr/2010
Torture:
Israeli government report admits systematic torture of Palestinians by The Guardian on 10/Feb/2000
Israel/OPT: Horrifying cases of torture and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees amid spike in arbitrary arrests by Amnesty International on 8/Nov/2023
Israel: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Tortured by Human Rights Watch on 26/Aug/2024
Taking hostages:
Infographic: How many Palestinians are imprisoned by Israel? by AlJazeera on 17/Apr/2022
The thousands of Palestinians Israel arrests, tortures, holds even in death by AlJazeera on 17/Apr/2024
UN report: Palestinian detainees held arbitrarily and secretly, subjected to torture and mistreatment by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on 31/Jul/2024
Unnecessarily destroying civilian property:
Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices by Reuters on 15/May/2021
Israel targets infrastructure in Gaza to ramp up civilian pressure on Hamas, report claims by PBS News on 11/Dec/2023
Widespread destruction by Israeli Defence Forces of civilian infrastructure in Gaza by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on 8/Feb/2024
Deception by perfidy:
Israeli soldier gives 74-year-old Palestinian woman water then shoots her in the head by Middle East Monitor on 20/Jan/2015
Israeli special forces disguised as doctors kill three militants at West Bank hospital by The Guardian on 30/Jan/2024
NBC News investigation reveals Israel strikes on Gaza areas it said were safe by NBC News on 26/Apr/2024
Wartime sexual violence:
Stripped, beaten and blindfolded: new research reveals ongoing violence and abuse of Palestinian children detained by Israeli military by Save the Children on 10/Jul/2023
Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on 19/Feb/2024
‘Everything is legitimate’: Israeli leaders defend soldiers accused of rape by AlJazeera on 9/Aug/2024
Pillaging:
The Biblical Pseudo-Archeologists Pillaging the West Bank by The Atlantic on 28/Feb/2013
Jewish Soldiers and Civilians Looted Arab Neighbors' Property en Masse in '48. The Authorities Turned a Blind Eye by Haaretz on 3/Oct/2020
Israeli soldiers boast about looting from Gaza by AlJazeera on 14/Feb/2024
Any individual that is part of the command structure who orders any attempt to committing mass killings:
Netanyahu incites violence by casting protesters as clear and present danger by Middle East Eye on 30/Jul/2020
Israeli minister's call to 'erase' Palestinian village an incitement to violence, US says by Reuters on 1/Mar/2023
Netanyahu cites 'Amalek' Theory to justify Gaza Killings by Times of India on 29/Oct/2023
Database exposes 500 instances of Israeli incitement to genocide in Gaza by TRT World 4/Jan/2024
Genocide:
The Genocide of the Palestinian People: An International Law and Human Rights Perspective by Center for Constitutional Rights on 25/Aug/2016
Genocide Warning: Israel & Palestine by Genocide Watch on 21/May/2021
A top U.N. court says Gaza genocide is 'plausible' but does not order cease-fire by npr on 26/Jan/2024
‘Reasonable grounds’ to believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, UN rights expert says by CNN on 27/Mar/2024
Is Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza? New Report from BU School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic Lays Out Case from Boston University Today on 5/Jun/2024
Ethnic cleansing:
UN Human Rights Council: ‘Israel engaging in ethnic cleansing’ by the European Union Parliament on 23/Mar/2011
Israel's ethnic cleansing in Palestine is not history - it's still happening by Middle East Eye on 22/May/2019
UN expert warns of new instance of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, calls for immediate ceasefire by the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner on 14/Oct/2023
‘Plan for ethnic cleansing’: Israel’s north Gaza siege sets off alarms by AlJazeera on 22/Oct/2024
Granting of no quarter despite surrender:
White Flag Deaths Killings of Palestinian Civilians during Operation Cast Lead by Human Rights Watch on 13/Aug/2009
Investigators: Israel fired on Gaza civilians carrying white flags by The Electronic Intifada on 28/Jan/2015
3 hostages killed by Israeli soldier in Gaza were waving a white flag, Israel says by npr on 16/Dec/2023
A group of Palestinian men waving a white flag is shot at, killing 1 by NBC News on 24/Jan/2024
She was fleeing with her grandson, who was holding a white flag. Then she was shot by CNN on 26/Jan/2024
Two brothers shot by Israeli forces in Khan Younis, white flag ignored by AlJazeera on 29/Jan/2024
Conscription of children in the military: First one where I couldn't find anything. Way to go, Israel!
Flouting the legal distinctions of proportionality and military necessity:
Israel violates the principles of necessity, proportionality in its attacks on Gaza by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor on 13/May/2023
Enough: Self-Defense and Proportionality in the Israel-Hamas Conflict by Just Security on 6/Nov/2023
War Crimes and Accountability: The Case Against Israel’s Military Operations in Gaza by JURIST News on 5/Jul/2024
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On this Yom Ha'Zikaron Le'Chalalei Ma'rachot Yisrael (Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers and Terror Victims), I figured it's important to remember that Israeli victims did not exist solely on Oct 7. We have lost loved ones before and since. Here's a list with just one random victim to represent each year. Please scroll down the list to see how far back it goes.
(part 1/5, all parts in the reblogs)
2024: On Jan 7, we lost 19 years old Shai Garmai
2023: On Oct 7, we lost 28 years old Osama abu Madiam
2022: On Nov 23, we lost 18 years old Tiran Faro
2021: On May 12, we lost 5 years old Ido Avigal
2020: On Aug 26, we lost 39 years old Shai Ochayon
2019: On May 5, we lost 49 years old Zaid al-Chamamda
2018: On Dec 12, we lost Amiad Israel Yish Ran, who was murdered in his mother's womb
2017: On Nov 22, we lost 21 years old Hodaya Nechama Assoulin
2016: On Oct 25, we lost 14 years old Rami Namer abu Amar
2015: On Feb 17, we lost 4 years old Adelle Biton
2014: On Oct 22, we lost 2.5 months old Chaya Zissel Brown
2013: On Dec 24, we lost 22 years old Salech al-Din abu al-Atayef
2012: On Jul 18, we lost 28 years old Yitzchak Idan Kolangi
2011: On Apr 17, we lost 16 years old Daniel Aryeh Viplich
2010: On Feb 26, we lost 52 years old Netta Blatt Sorek
2009: On Apr 2, we lost 13 years old Shlomo Nativ
2008: On Mar 6, we lost 26 years old Doron Trunach Mahareta
2007: On Jun 17, we lost 85 years old Meir Cohen
2006: On Aug 10, we lost 4 years old Fatchi Assdi
2005: On Jul 12, we lost 16 years old Nofar Horvitz
2004: On Sep 29, we lost 2 years old Dorit Massarat Binsan
2003: On Sep 9, we lost 20 years old Naava Appelbom
2002: On Nov 10, we lost 4 years old Noam Levi Ochayon
2001: On Dec 12, we lost 42 years old Ester Avraham
2000: On Nov 21, we lost 19 years old Itamar Yefet
1999: On Jun 24, we lost 34 years old Tony Eliyahu Zanna
1998: On Dec 2, we lost 41 years old Osama Moussa abu Aisha
1997: On Mar 13, we lost 13 years old Natali Alkalai
1996: On Feb 25, we lost 57 years old Yitzchak Elbaz
1995: On Jul 24, we lost 60 years old Zehava Oren
As Tumblr limits a post to 30 images... part 1/5 - the next parts will be posted in the reblogs momentarily. Please check out the full list.
(for all of my updates and ask replies regarding Israel, click here)
#israel#antisemitism#israeli#israel news#israel under attack#israel under fire#terrorism#anti terrorism#hamas#antisemitic#antisemites#jews#jew#judaism#jumblr#frumblr#jewish#israelunderattack
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Hi Steph ! I do realise you get an enormous amount of requests, but I hope you'll find time to answer mine. I hope this hasn't been answered before ?
What are, in your opinion, the most in-character, and BBC accurate Johnlock fanfics you've ever read ?
I'm currently looking for something very canon-compliant, and I'm having a bit of trouble. Any length and rating will do !
Thank you for everything you do ! Your work for the Sherlock (especially johnlock/TJLC) has always been quite remarkable :)
Excellent day to you !
-Mea
Hi Lovely!
Thank you for your kind words, it's much appreciated!!!
As for in-character fics, I should state here that "in-character" is subjective to each individual, so my idea of "in-character" will be different from other people's!
That said, any of my fic recs on any of my Fic Rec Lists that aren't appended with MFL (because I haven't read them) could be considered what I call in-character, LOL. BUT if you want some of my faves, these will be the ones to start with:
I-J’s Last 50 Bookmarked Fics (June 2017)
Last 17 Bookmarked Fics (July 2017)
Last 30 Bookmarked Fics (November 2017)
Last 86 Bookmarked Fics (Jan 2019) || [MOBILE]
Top 20 Fave 40K+ w. Fics (April 2017)
Ten Fave Short Johnlock Fics (Easy Reads April 2018)
25 Fave Johnlock One Shots (April 2018)
Top 10 Fave Fics (September 2018)
Top 20 Bookmarks of 2018 (March 2019)
Another Top 10 Fave Fics (June 2019)
Top 30 Read-Again Fics (March 2019)
Top 30 Read-Again Fics Pt. 2 (Sept. 2019)
Fave Read-Again Fics (10) (Dec 11/20)
Top 25 Fave Non-Ao3 Fics (Nov. 2019)
Top 25 Fave Non-Ao3 Fics Pt 2 (Apr 2022)
Top 25 Fave Non-AO3 Fics Pt 3 (May 2023)
Top 25 Bookmarks of 2019 (Dec. 29/2019)
Top 30 Bookmarks of 2020
Top 25 Bookmarks of 2021
Top 20 Bookmarks of 2022
Top 35 Bookmarks of 2023
Top 20 Comfort Fics (Feb 2022)
Top 30 Fave Angst Fics Under 10K
25 Fics for Fic Rec Bingo
10 Current Fave Multi-Fandom Fics (June 2023)
Alternate First Meetings (Canon-Feeling)
Sorry I can't be more specific, but I genuinely would be listing dozens of fics for you, LOL.
Let me know if there's anything else I can help you with, and again, I hope you enjoy your time here!!! *HUGS*
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Ghoap Analysis/Meta (1?)
The Evolution of GhostSoap Redux
Continuing thoughts on how Ghost and Soap's relationship has changed over the course of mw(19), mwii(22) and mwiii(23)
Spread out amongst several posts. This will be long 😅
(Part 1)
BEWARE SPOILERS TO MWIII(23) !
I've had time to settle my thoughts on Ghostsoap in mwiii (23) and this will go more into depth of the re-contextualising of Ghost and Soap's relationship in mwii (22) from the verdansk mission: "Flashpoint".
Flashpoint is set 4 years to mwiii(23). The game places it as April 6, 2019. This is important to us because it sets a different potential first mission (meet cute lmao) between the two and thus changes the tone of their interactions in mwii (22)
So let's set up a timeline with the available dates. Thankfully, the game sets some very concrete dates for us. Not all missions are included.*
2019
Flashpoint - April 06, 2019
First canonical appearance of SAS Ghost and Soap
Ghost provides sniper cover for Soap
Price/Soap capture Makarov and transport him to a helo with Ghost and Shepherd
There's a failed interrogation by Ghost and Soap.
Makarov implies he has met Ghost before and thought him dead at an airport
2019 Mw(19)
Piccadilly - Oct 25, 2019
First canonical appearance of SAS Gaz
Gaz is attached to Met Counter Terrorist Police. This implies he has worked largely in his career in conjunction to the Police. It's unknown whether he met Soap or Ghost before.
First meet of Gaz and Price to combat terrorists in London
Old Comrades - Oct 31, 2019
Gaz meets Nikolai
Interrogation scene. Arguably strengthens Gaz and Price's relationship
Into the Furnace - Nov 03, 2019
Last mission, they kill general barkov
Credit Scene - Nov 03-04, 2019* (hypothetical)
Laswell and Price form task force 141
Price seconds Ghost, Soap, Gaz. This implies that Price has worked with Soap and Ghost on missions for x amount of years. It's Gaz who was the surprise recruit.
2020 Cod Warzone
Season 2 - Mar 2020
First appearance of 141 Ghost
Unknown amount of 141 stationed in Verdansk. Ghost asks for backup.
Season 3 - Apr 2020
Armistice dissolved
Price and Gaz show up to help Ghost
Implied- unknown amount of 141 to Verdansk (possible meeting of Soap and Ghost)
Season ? - Dec 2020
Price kills Zakaev
First appearance (via call) of 141 Soap asking for backup in Verdansk
Price, Ghost, Gaz, Farah etc backup Soap who is somewhere else in Verdansk getting pinned down by enemies
2022 Mwii(22)
Strike - July 15, 2022
Ghost calls an airstrike on Ghorbrani with the aid of Shadow Company
Hindsight - Aug 12, 2022
Shepherd/Shadow Company loses American missiles to terroists
Kill or Capture - Oct 28, 2022
Ghost gets assigned Soap as his sergeant for Al Mazhrah mission to kill or capture Hassan
They find American missiles instead
Cartel Protection - Oct 30, 2022
Ghost/Soap meet Ale/Rudy in Las Almas
They fight the Mexican army under control of the cartels
RV with Graves/Shadow Comp.
El Sin Nombre - Nov 01, 2022
Soap infils cartel mansion
Valeria is revealed as El Sin Nombre
They take her into custody
Dark Water - Nov 02, 2022
Boat/oil rig mission with Shadow company
Missile launch averted by Ghost, Soap and Graves
Alone - Nov 03, 2022
Graves and Shepherd betray 141/mexi bros
Ghost and Soap get out of Las Almas
RV at ale's hideout with Rudy
Prison Break - Nov 03, 2022
Ghost, Soap, Rudy break out ale from prison
Meet up with Price/Gaz
Ghost Team - Nov 03, 2022
141 with mexi bros take back mexi bros base
Soap and Rudy "kill" Graves
Countdown - Nov 04, 2022
Stop missile launch in Chicago
Ghost and Soap kill Hassan
2023 Mwiii (23)
Operation 627 - Oct 13, 2023
Makarov breaks out of prison
Reactor - Nov 10, 2023
141 find out that Makarov escaped
141 assaults konni base
Price finds chemical weapons (almost died)
Payload - Nov 11, 2023
141 split up to stop missile launch of chemical weapons
They fail to stop 2 missiles to Russia
Oligarch - Nov 12, 2023
Ghost/Soap island mission to find Makarov's financier
Interrogation of Milena for Makarov's location
Frozen Tundra - Nov 14, 2023
141 ambush konni convoy
Find Shepherd was Makarov's prisoner
Interrogate him on Makarov's location
Gora Dam - Nov 16, 2023
Ghost/Soap split up to stop chemical weapons in Verdansk
Trojan Horse - Nov 21, 2023
141 split up in London tunnels to stop Makarov from using chemical weapons in subway system
So now that's done. I've mostly ignored Farah and Alex and focused on Price, Ghost, Gaz, Soap and Nikolai as it pertains to relationships within the core group of Price/Ghost/Gaz/Soap.
What can we make of this ?
Well, a couple things.
We can now say that from 2019 to the events of "Kill or Capture" in 2022, Ghost and Soap have most likely worked together on missions before. The timeline shows that they at least had to have met in Dec 2020 in Verdansk as Soap had called for backup to Price and group.
That makes it actually at least 3 years of knowledge of each other prior to mwii(22). So a total of 4 years + potentially at the start of mwiii(23).
It also shows us how quickly their relationship changed from the Alone mission in '22 despite the 3 years of prior knowledge they had since '19.
Let it be said that it took 1 week, ONLY 7 DAYS!! to change Ghost and Soap's relationship. 7 days out of a total at least 3 years total.
Ghost started at not even bothering to name Soap in 2019, to presumably basic Soap/Mactavish/sergeant for the next 3 years.
Cut to the events in mwii(22). Lets say beginning at "Kill or Capture" and finishing at "Alone" and suddenly Ghost ends up having made up his own personal nickname that no one else can use for Soap in just those 7 days.
I posit that this was in part due to "Kill or Capture" in '22 being the first mission that Soap has directly worked under Ghost's command.
This is all hypotheticals and guesswork so take it as you may.
Assuming Ghost was mainly a solo mission sort of guy, let's also assume he mostly helped as sniper overwatch if he ever had team missions (like in Flashpoint). Most 141 missions have him taking that position as well, so it's safe to say he is support most of the time.
Given that assumption, it's also likely that Soap and Ghost had to have interacted mainly on comms and any physical meeting would be restricted to transport via heli or otherwise.
It's possible Soap and Ghost have worked together on a more physical basis (aka Ghost leading Soap on a squad), but given how much Ghost seemed to be testing Soap in "Kill or Capture" I find that somewhat unlikely.
In 2019 we see how brusque Ghost is with Soap. It's very likely that Ghost was largely monosyllabic with Soap pre or post missions to Flashpoint.
Considering Soap's propensity to chatter in 2022 and 2023, it's also very likely Soap annoyed the hell out of Ghost on comms. Lol.
This could explain why Ghost was so dismissive of having Soap as his sergeant in "Kill or Capture", despite working together 3 years ago.
I, and arguably most of fandom had theorised that "Kill or Capture" was the first mission that Soap and Ghost ever had together. And we weren't quite right, but we weren't completely wrong either.
With Flashpoint, it's obvious now that was not quite true. It even suggests in it that Ghost and Soap had worked together prior to even that, as there was no formal introduction between the two.
This dramatically changes how Ghost's dialogue and Soap's to a lesser degree can be read in mwii(22) and implies much much more if you consider how they interact with each other in '23.
So why does it matter when Ghost and Soap's relationship started?
With mwiii(23) we can now definitively tell when Ghost and Soap's relationship changed. We now have a rough basis of a timeline and we can track down the differences between '19 -'22 and then '22- '23. Its important because we can see how their relationship deepens and how it changed within a span of 3 years, 7 compelling days and 1 heartwrenching year later.
For all that mwiii(23) was lax with explicit Ghostsoap moments, it's rich in how much context we gain to their relationship. We see how Ghost changes and how his relationships differ between 141. It's an interesting and compelling look at both Ghost and Soap's characters.
In this discussion I separate this analysis into 3 parts. Part 2 will cover the implications of "Flashpoint" on mwii (22), with discussion line by line. Part 3 will most likely go over comparisons a year makes from the events in '22 to '23. (This might be subject to change as I get further into the analysis)
Onto Part 2.
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ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝐎𝟒 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐄 (9 AUG. 2021)
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝐎𝟓 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐎𝐃 (12 JAN. 2022)
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝐎𝟔 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐋 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 (12 MAR. 2022)
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝐎𝟕 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 𝐄𝐌𝐌𝐀 (27 DEC. 2022)
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝐎𝟖 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐒 (26 MAR. 2023)
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝐎𝟗 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐁𝐘 𝐋𝐀𝐖 (27 JUN. 2023)
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝟏𝐎 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐍 (20 SEP. 2023)
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝟏𝟏 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 𝐀𝐒 𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈 𝐒𝐀𝐖 𝐎𝐂𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐅 𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐘 (18 APR. 2024).
ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝟏𝟏 𝐁𝐈𝐒 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐈 (30 APR. 2024)
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The Amateur's Guide to Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
In this video, I return to the world of Moominvalley to analyze the hotly anticipated game Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley and its relationship with the original Moomin stories, Tove Jansson, and the philosophies it connects with.
Special Thanks to Kiki from Transparency for looking at the script. You can follow her Moomin Stuff at @marsmombestmom
Disclosure: My copy of the game was provided to me by Hyper Games and Raw Fury. While I think objectivity is overrated, the opinions in this video have not been influenced by the developers and are a reflection of my own thoughts on this game and the Moomins.
Work Cited Page
Bletchly, Rachael. “How Moomin Author Built a Brand Worth £700m and Why Brits Still Love Them.” The Mirror, Reach PLC, 4 Jan. 2021, www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/how-moomin-creator-built-brand-23260983. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.
Dymel-Trzebiatowska, Hanna. “Moomins Take the Floor. Finnish Trolls in Contemporary Mass Social (Media) Events.” Children’s Literature in Education, Aug. 2022, pp. 1–16. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-022-09497-6 Link
Ellis, Rowan. “Why Is Cottagecore so Gay?” Rowan Ellis, YouTube, 30 July 2020, youtu.be/5odKiL7jRW0.
Kramer, Ash. “Philosophical Materialism: Vital Materialism.” Philosophical Materialism: A Study of Early Modern Literature and Contemporary Theory, The Alliance for Networking Visual Culture, scalar.usc.edu/works/material_philosophy/vital-materialism#:~:text=Frequently gendered female, vital materialism. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.
Meereboer, Arwen Dagmar. "Moomins and Complicity with Matter: Tove Jansson’s Moominpappa at Sea as an Intervention in Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things by Jane Bennett." SATS 23.1 (2022): 17-32. https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/180011/meereboer_arwen.pdf?sequence=2
O’Connell, Joe. “The Melancholy Promise of Heidi, Girl of the Alps.” Beyond Ghibli, YouTube, 20 Sept. 2018, youtu.be/_DFPoZN-FoI. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.
O’Luanaigh, Robin. “Co-Opting Cottagecore: Pastoral Aesthetics in Reactionary and Extremist Movements.” Global Network on Extremism and Technology, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, 19 May 2023, gnet-research.org/2023/05/19/co-opting-cottagecore-pastoral-aesthetics-in-reactionary-and-extremist-movements/.
Peter Marten. “Moomin Characters Ltd Keeps a National Treasure in the Family.” This Is Finland, the Finland Promotion Board , Apr. 2010, finland.fi/business-innovation/moomin-characters-ltd-keeps-a-national-treasure-in-the-family. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.
Samson, Anna. “How the Moomins Became an Anti-Fascist Symbol.” Huck Magazine, TCO London, 22 Sept. 2021, www.huckmag.com/article/how-the-moomins-became-an-anti-fascist-symbol.
#video#video essay#youtube#moomin#moominvalley#snufkin#snufkin melody of moominvalley#tove jansson#snufmim#snufmumriken#snufmin#melody of moominvalley#Youtube
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Quick comic: Kefla in a nutshell. - Ash
Originally posted on Twitter Apr 30, 2020
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🍨What Flavor Cookie are you based on the BAKER ASTEROID? PT.2 🍡
🧁BAKER ASTEROID◇◇ 《2549》🧁
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DESCRIPTION: The baker asteroid is said to be the bakers asteroid for baked goods and even bakers themselves.
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Baker in Libra/7th house: I just get a loving vibe from this placement, either baker in libra likes to bake for their partner or your partner bakes for you( especially if it's in the 7th house) you could sell baked foods because libra does rule over merchandise and businesses. Venus influencing this y'all could have very beautiful techniques when baking especially if you decorate your cakes, cookies,etc. this placement has the ability to get very creative as well. I feel like y'all baking can be very good but kinda on the healthier side as well. Also y'all could actually have a bakery store
Cookie: canestrelli cookies// madeleine cookies
Baker in Scorpio//8th house: imma keep it real this could go 1 of 2 ways y'all might either be a good or bad baker that's just what I was called to say. Or you could be good but you guys might add some sort of knowledge that you have leared abou/ baking or edgy touch into your baking. This could be a hidden talent you have. Unless this is in a certain house or sign it could vary. In the 8th house, I would definitely say like a hidden talent. A gift you inherited from your ancestors this could get really spiritual or occultic. Also you could constantly be burning your baked goods. But don't get me wrong here y'all food definitely could be very good just a little over cooked . I have this placement in the 8th house and I like baked sweets soft but a tad burnt. Y'all cookie will be interesting to come up with.
Cookie: white chocolate red velvet cookies/ brown butter Carmel cookie
Baker in Sagittarius/9th house: its kinda giving foreign baking vibes like y'all take recipes from foreign cultures. Very adventurous with your baking style. Exspansive flavourrrrrr 🤤, y'all give me professional chef/ baker vibes here . Blessed in baking, might even go to school for baking or travel to learn about baking. I feel like y'all can become experts in baking. My little alchemists got the perrrrfect recipes to make your tastebuds explode!
Not really a cookie but they're good asf : Galab jamun/Big Blue Monster stuffed cookie (he he he he 😉)
Baker in Capricorn/10th house : now if baker is in the SIGN Capricorn I feel like y'all baking can be good but very old school if you look at your cookie you'll see what I mean. If it's in the 10th house this could be your career or just something your known for. Baker here it may have taken you some time to master baking. But I feel like Capricorn/10th house could make some good bakers. Depending on aspects,degrees,house,signs it will vary. But like I said very old fashion but good. If it's badly aspected, I feel like the baking might be a little dry or brittle. But all in all you could be a professional baker.
Cookie: oatmeal raisins/loornadoone/ snicker doodle
Baker in Aquarius/11th house: Eccentric, creative, different. Aquarius can blow some minds away or may be horrible. (depending on aspects don't beat me up😓) . I feel like y'all a little spicy/tangy it's giving lemon meringue or like y'all the type to mix pb&j into a cookie or sum like that. This placement as well could make you very popular for your cooking online. Friends may know how to bake. Baking may even be a dream. You guys as well could have a bakers blog or just be popular on social media for that.
Cookie: churro chocolate stuffed cookies/ pb& j cookies
Baker in Pisces/12th house: it's either lost or it's found here, y'all have it all or nothing. You either can bake your a$$ off or not. If you happen to be a good one then I feel like your really good you definitely could have the ability to heal others through your baking. But also since Neptune is here and Neptune rules 🍷🍺🥃💊🚬 there's a possibility of **cough cough** (edib----🌿🌿) im just being mindful if there's any kids reading this. These bakers could make comfort foods. Maybe even holistic,chemical free baked foods. I feel like this placements food could taste good and take your your taste buds to outerspace. 🤗😇
Cookies: raspberry swirl cream cheese cookie/ cosmic brownie cookies
#asteroid#astro notes#natal chart#astrology posts#occult#baker's#foodstrology#astro community#libra#capricorn#sagittarius#scorpio#aqaurius#pisces
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OC Maker (Number 1)
Species (Month you were born)
Jan - Human
Feb - Alien
Mar – Dragon born
Apr - Naga
May - Warewolf
Jun - Zombie
Jul - Angel
Aug - Demon
Sep - Elf
Oct - Faries
Nov - Vampire
Dec - Mermaid
Skin Colour (birthstone)
Garnet – White
Amethyst – Beige
Aquamrine – Tan
Diamond – Chocolate
Emerald – Cocoa
Moonstone – Peach
Ruby – Olive
Peridot – Chestnut
Sapphire - Red
Tourmaline – Green
Citrine – Grey
Blue Topaz - Blue
Hair (age)
10 – 15 – Straight
16 – 20 - Curly
21 – 25 - Wavy
26 – 30 - Ringettes
Hair colour (number of siblings)
1 – Brown
2 – Orange
3 – Black
4 – Blonde
5+ - Coloured
Eyes (favourite genre of music)
Rock – Black Sclara
Pop – Green or Blue
R&B – Pink or Purple
Indie - White or Black
Metal – No iris
Country – Brown or Amber
Accessories (year you were born)
2000 – 2005 - Glasses
2006 – 2010 - Piercings
2011 – 2015 - Tattoos
2016 – 2020 - Freackles
Appendages (sexuality/gender)
Straight – Tail
Cis – Elf ears (if your character isn’t an elf)
Trans – Horns
Gay (mlm) – Wings
Lesbian – Extra arms
Bisexual – Extra legs
Aro/Ace – Extra eyes
Clothing (pet you have)
Dog - Goth
Cat – Goblincore
Rat - Punk
Lizard – Pastel Goth
Turtle - Royal
None – Whimsical
[Reblog with your art work!!]
#art#oc maker#oc character#drawing#characters#character art#my art#oc#oc art#ocs#my ocs#original character#artists on tumblr#my oc maker
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HATSUNE MIKU(VOCALOID 2) [31 AUG] !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hatsune Miku is a japanese synth developed by Crypton Future Media and released in 2007. shes voiced by Fujita Saki. her v2 is illustrated by KEI, v2 append by Asai Masaki, v3 english by Zain, rest of v3 by iXima, v4 chinese by Mamenomoto with support from iXima, rest of v4 by iXima, and NT by iXima. miku is the most popular vocaloid, and vocal synth in general. she is part of the cfm Character Vocal Series. miku is 16yo and 158cm tall. her name means "the first sound from the future" as "hatsu" means first, "ne" means sound, and "miku" shares a spelling with the japanese word for future. her character item is a spring onion, though this is often misinterpreted to be a leak, and so she is often depicted with a leak instead. she is an "android diva" from a world in the near future in which songs are lost. her vbs include: hatsune miku original- v2- 31 aug 2007 hatsune miku append sweet, dark, soft, light, vivid, solid- v2- 30 apr 2010 hatsune miku v3 original, sweet, dark, soft, solid- v3, vocaloid neo, piapro studio- 26 sep 2013 hatsune miku v3 light, vivid- v3, piapro studio- 26 sep 2013 hatsune miku v3 english- v3, vocaloid neo, piapro studio- 31 aug 2013 hatsune miku v4x original, sweet, dark, soft, solid, english- v4, piapro studio for v4x/ piapro studio 2- 31 aug 2016 hatsune miku v4 chinese- v4, piapro studio standalone- 6 sep 2017 hatsune miku nt original- piapro studio nt- 27 nov 2020 shes also available on the moblie vocaloid editor, vocaloid keyboard, and on the pocket miku piano. she was supposed to have a english v2 but that turned into luka, and an experimental falsetto bank which was never released.
also she is THE Hatsune Miku, idk what more there is to say !!! i originally was going to write more but i kept hitting the character limit on everything, so ill just share that for her 10th anniversary over 40k usd were crowdfunded to create a digital shrine for miku in Samseong Station, because this has just been on my mind recently, and i just love miku
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Convicted monopolist prevented from re-offending
This Sunday (Apr 30) at 2PM, I’ll be at the San Francisco Public Library with my new book, Red Team Blues, hosted by Annalee Newitz.
In blocking Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, the UK Competition and Markets Authority has made history: they have stepped in to prevent a notorious, convicted monopolist from seizing control over a nascent, important market (cloud gaming), ignoring the transparent, self-serving lies Microsoft told about the merger:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/644939aa529eda000c3b0525/Microsoft_Activision_Final_Report_.pdf
If you’d like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here’s a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/27/convicted-monopolist/#microsquish
Cloud gaming isn’t really a thing right now, but it might be. That was Microsoft’s bet, anyway, as it plonked down $69b to acquire Activision-Blizzard — a company that shouldn’t exist, having been formed out of a string of grossly anticompetitive mergers that were waved through.
Activision-Blizzard is a poster-child for the failures of antitrust law over the past 40 years, a period in which monopolies were tolerated and even encouraged by the agencies that were supposed to prevent monopolies from forming and break up the ones that slipped past their defenses. Activision-Blizzard is a giant, moribund company whose “innovation” consists of endless sequels to its endless sequels, whose market power allows it to crush its workers while starving competitors of market oxygen, ensuring that gamers and game workers have nowhere else to go.
Microsoft is another one of those poster-children, of course. After being convicted of antitrust violations, the company dragged out the legal process until George W Bush stole the presidency and decided not to pursue them any further, letting them wriggle off the hook.
The antitrust rough ride tamed Microsoft…for a while. The company did not use the same dirty tricks to destroy, say, Google as it had used against Netscape. But in the years since, Microsoft has demonstrated that it regrets nothing about its illegal conduct and has no hesitations about repeating that conduct.
This is especially true of cloud computing, where Microsoft is using exclusivity deals and illegal “tying” (forcing customers to use a product they don’t want in order to use a product they desire) to lock customers into its cloud offering:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-says-microsofts-cloud-practices-anti-competitive-slams-deals-with-rivals-2023-03-30/
Locking customers into Microsoft’s cloud also means locking customers into Microsoft surveillance. Microsoft’s cloud products spy in ways that are extreme even by the industry’s very low standards. Office 365 isn’t just a version of Office that you never stop paying for — it’s a version of Office that never stops spying on you, and selling the data to your competitors:
https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/25/the-peoples-amazon/#clippys-revenge
Microsoft’s Activision acquisition was entirely cloud-driven. The company clearly believes the pundits who say that the future of gaming is in the cloud: rather than playing on a device with the power to handle all the fancy graphics and physics, you’ll use a low-powered device that streams you video from a server in the cloud that’s doing all the heavy lifting.
If cloud gaming comes true (a big if, considering the dismal state of broadband, another sector that’s been enshittified and starved by monopolists), then Microsoft owning the Xbox platform, the Windows OS, and the Game Pass subscription service already poses a huge risk that the company could grow to dominate the sector. Throw in Activision-Blizzard and the future starts to look very grim indeed.
It’s a nakedly anticompetitive merger. As Mark Zuckerberg unwisely wrote in an internal memo, “it is better to buy than to compete.”
(These guys can not stop incriminating themselves. FTX got mocked for its group-chat called “Wirefraud,” but come on, every tech baron has a folder on their desktop called “mens rea” full of files with names like “premeditation-11.docx.”)
Naturally, the FTC sued to stop the merger (after 40 years, the FTC has undergone a revolution under chair Lina Khan and is actually protecting the American people from monopoly):
https://www.vice.com/en/article/ake97g/ftc-sues-to-block-microsoft-acquisition-of-call-of-duty-publisher-activision-blizzard
The FTC was always in for an uphill battle. “Cloud gaming,” the market it is seeking to defend from monopolization, doesn’t really exist yet, and enforcing US antitrust law against monopolies over existent things is hard enough, thanks to all those federal judges who attended luxury junkets where billionaire-friendly “economists” taught them that monopolies were “efficient”:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/08/13/post-bork-era/#manne-down
But the FTC isn’t the only cop on the beat. Antitrust is experiencing a global revival, from the EU to China, Canada to Australia, and South Korea to the UK, where the Competition and Markets Authority is kicking all kinds of arse (see also: “ass”). The CMA is arguably the most technically proficient competition regulator in the world, thanks to the Digital Markets Unit (DMU), a force of over 50 skilled engineers who produce intensely detailed, amazingly sharp reports on how tech monopolies work and what to do about them.
The CMA is very interested in cloud gaming. Late last year, they released a long, detailed report into the state of browser engines on mobile phones, seeking public comment on whether these should be regulated to encourage web-apps (which can be installed without going through an app store) and to pave the way for cloud gaming:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/13/kitbashed/#app-store-tax
The CMA is especially keen on collaboration with its overseas colleagues. Its annual conference welcome enforcers from all over the world, and its Digital Markets Unit is particularly important in these joint operations. You see, while Parliament appropriated funds to pay those 50+ engineers, it never passed the secondary legislation needed to grant the DMU any enforcement powers. But the DMU isn’t just sitting around waiting for Parliament to act — rather, it produces these incredible investigations and enforcement roadmaps, and releases them publicly.
This turns out to be very important in the EU, where the European Commission has very broad enforcement powers, but very little technical staff. The Commission and the DMU have become something of a joint venture, with the DMU setting up the cases and the EU knocking them down. It’s a very heartwarming post-Brexit story of cross-Channel collaboration!
And so Microsoft’s acquisition is dead (I mean, they say they’ll appeal, but that’ll take months, and the deal with Activision will have expired in the meantime, and Microsoft will have to pay Activision a $3 billion break-up fee):
https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/big-tech-blocked-microsoft-stopped
This is good news for gaming, for games workers, and for gamers. Microsoft was and is a rotten company, even by the low standards of tech giants. Despite the sweaters and the charity (or, rather, “charity”) Bill Gates is a hardcore ideologue who wants to get rid of public education and all other public goods:
https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/13/public-interest-pharma/#gates-foundation
Microsoft has a knack for nurturing and promoting absolutely terrible people, like former CEO Steve Ballmer, who has played a starring role in Propublica’s IRS Files, thanks to the bizarre tax-scams he’s pioneered:
https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/24/tax-loss-harvesting/#mego
So yeah, this is good news: Microsoft should have been broken up 25 years ago, and we should not allow it to buy its way to ongoing dominance today. But it’s also good news because of the nature of the enforcement: the CMA defended an emerging market, to prevent monopolization.
That’s really important: monopolies are durable. Once a monopoly takes root, it becomes too big to fail and too big to jail. That’s how IBM outspend the entire Department of Justice Antitrust Division every year for twelve years during a period they call “Antitrust’s Vietnam”:
https://onezero.medium.com/jam-to-day-46b74d5b1da4
Preventing monopoly formation is infinitely preferable to breaking up monopolies after they form. That’s why the golden age of trustbusting (basically, the period starting with FDR and ending with Reagan) saw action against “incipient” monopolies, where big companies bought lots of little companies.
When we stopped worrying about incipiency, we set the stage for today’s Private Equity “rollups,” where every funeral home, or veterinarian, or dentists’ practice is bought out by a giant PE fund, who ruthlessly enshittify it, slashing wages, raising prices, stiffing suppliers and reducing quality:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/16/schumpeterian-terrorism/#deliberately-broken
Limiting antitrust enforcement to policing monopolies after they form has been an absolute failure. The CMA knows that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure — indeed, we all do.
From Apr 26–28, Barnes and Noble is offering a 25% discount on preorders for my upcoming novels (use discount code PREORDER25): The Lost Cause (Nov 2023) and The Bezzle (Red Team Blues #2) (Feb 2024).
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[Image ID: A promotional image from the Call of Duty franchise featuring a soldier in a skull-mask gaiter giving a thumbs up on a battlefield. It has been altered so that he is giving a thumbs-down gesture. Superimposed on the image is a modified Microsoft 'Clippy' popup; Clippy's speech-bubble has been filled with grawlix characters; the two dialog-box options both read 'No.']
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Do you have a list of works that are your favorite to reread? I'd love to hear about them if you do.
Hi Lovely!
I actually have a few lists that can summarize ALL the fics I love rereading, hahaha! Check these out!
Top 20 Fave 40K+ w. Fics (April 2017)
Ten Fave Short Johnlock Fics (Easy Reads April 2018)
25 Fave Johnlock One Shots (April 2018)
Top 10 Fave Fics (September 2018)
Top 20 Bookmarks of 2018 (March 2019)
Another Top 10 Fave Fics (June 2019)
Top 30 Read-Again Fics (March 2019)
Top 30 Read-Again Fics Pt. 2 (Sept. 2019)
Fave Read-Again Fics (10) (Dec 11/20)
Top 25 Fave Non-Ao3 Fics (Nov. 2019)
Top 25 Fave Non-Ao3 Fics Pt 2 (Apr 2022)
Top 25 Fave Non-AO3 Fics Pt 3 (May 2023)
Top 25 Bookmarks of 2019 (Dec. 29/2019)
Top 30 Bookmarks of 2020
Top 25 Bookmarks of 2021
Top 20 Bookmarks of 2022
Top 35 Bookmarks of 2023
Top 20 Comfort Fics (Feb 2022)
Top 30 Fave Angst Fics Under 10K
25 Fics for Fic Rec Bingo
10 Current Fave Multi-Fandom Fics (June 2023)
A lot of my fave re-reads this year so far have been out-of-Sherlock-fandom fics, so unless you want me to give you those, I got those lists up above LOL. They're all Lokius and I think a couple Moon Knight fics, so yeah :P
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2020.apr.30 Look out for hot blondes in your area. _____ Now him I absolutely need to make more of as well. ___
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