#be a part of the solution

[honestlyghostlyfestival]

It Takes A Village

They say it takes a village to raise a child. Where is this village when this child needs them the most? Where is this village when the child is calling for help? Where is this village when only a small part of it is willing to make a difference and change? People are quick to point their fingers at the child's parents or school. But what about them? Where is this village when it needs to come together. Be strong and form some kind of support for this child? Quick to judge others and point out all the faults that they see. One thing is for sure. They fail to see their fault. They fail to see that they too can make a difference. They fail to see that they can come together as a community with a positive solution. They are quick to tear each other down. For what? You can't be a strong community if you don't know how to be there for each other. If kids are stirring up trouble in either local schools or the area. Maybe instead of saying expel this child, but come together as a community. Find out how you can make a difference. What struggle is this child really facing? What are they really trying to tell you? If your area lacks community resources for kids, maybe it's time to unite and start that change. Build a center, build a support system these kids, families and schools can rely on. One that is truly showing that you care. You want to see these kids have a brighter future versus just being a part of a statistic. C'mon people. Do better. It is for the future. It is for your kids. For your community.

It takes a village to raise a child. It's time for the village to work together to help this child to excel in life. Be a positive change. Be part of the solution. Time to unite and make a difference.

[neongummywormevangelion]

waynerWin

[chappellrroan]

repeat after me: ai p*rn/nudes of anyone is disgusting, gross and vile and illegal thing to do. this shouldn't happen in the first place. it does not matter if you hate the person or how privileged or popular they are, this shouldn't happen to anyone.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Remember: The burning sensation is part of the process.

[kathaynesart]

Cowboy Omega.

Because he felt left out.

[a2zillustration]

It looked like it wanted a kiss what do you want from me

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[canisalbus]

Would Machete still be Catholic in modern!AU?

He was raised in a very traditional household, went through a fraught crisis of faith in his teens, became a disillusioned atheist and then eventually more or less made his peace with the whole thing and slid back a little bit to the secular/lapsed catholic territory.

[odinsblog]

Never settle for being less than 100% of the problem

[royaltea000]

I love Bai Long Ma he truly don’t gaf

[b4kuch1n]

simulated earth (it does not matter)

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[astrariums]

Nobody asked, but I saw a few people having issues running Dragon Age: Origins on PC. This usually occurs after playing for a while, then it suddenly crashes. Now, I don't know if this will help everyone, but I do remember it helping me (it was a RAM-related issue).

Steam Guide

Nexus

You can also search for `dragon age origins 4gb patch' there are a few guides there as well.

[zoe-oneesama]

Scarlet Lady AU Chapters Master Post - Season 1

If you’re on mobile, my links (which go to my blog’s Season Chapter pages) probably don’t work for you, so instead here’s a Master Post of the chapters.

Scarlet Lady Season 1

  Episode 1 - Origins Part 1

     1   2   3   4   5   6   7

  Episode 2 - Origins Part 2

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  Episode 3 - Stormy Weather

     1   2   3   4  5   6   7   8  9   10   11   12   13   14   15

  Episode 4 - Bubbler

     1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15

  Episode 5 - Lady Wifi

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  Episode 6 - Copycat

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  Episode 7 - Mr. Pigeon

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  Episode 8 - The Pharaoh

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  Episode 9 - Horrificator

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  Episode 10 - Rogercop

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Season 2 Master Post

Season 3 Master Post

Season 4 Master Post

Season 5 Master Post

[audliminal]

It's Just a Game, Right? Pt 8

Masterpost

"So I think they're using other languages," Tim says, the moment Bernard opens the door.

"Well hello to you too my beloved boyfriend," Bernard responds, kissing Tim on the cheek and pulling him into the apartment.

"Shut up," Tim says, following Bernard to the table. This is hardly the first time Tim has skipped past pleasantries like that, and Bernard seems to find it more amusing every time.

"Aw, I dunno if I can do that. I really like to talk to you," Bernard grins conspiratorially. "Plus, then I wouldn't get to tell you that you're half right."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, obviously other people noticed the comment, right?" Bernard, gestures towards the computer, where Tim can see the cryptic comment. It already has dozens of responses. "Mostly people are just freaking out about it, because this is like, our first instance of direct communication from them, but one of the people who saw it actually recognized what language it is."

"Just one?" Tim frowns.

"Yeah. It's called esperanto. I googled it and apparently it's a conlang from the late 1800s which is pretty cool. It was, like, invented to be kind of a universal language, I guess? It pulls from a lot of different languages, so that's why it looks like multiple languages."

"Huh."

"But! There's still the encoded portions to figure out, because the translation as-is doesn't really make any sense." Bernard scrolls and points to the translation that a commenter had offered. It reads To be fqzuhsx-ayccas is to be qtdkv-avnwkwkb; the veil afph-gqkduik but it is meant to igpmtwi-ocdq. Determination in the face of doubt.

"Huh," Tim studies the text, then notices something. "They've specifically encoded the verbs."

"Yep," Bernard shrugs. "I haven't tried anything for the encrypted stuff yet; figured i might as well wait for you."

"Okay, well I guess we start with the simplest? We know they've used caesar ciphers before, plus this is in response to what we did with the first caesar ciphers before, so we might as well try one of your decoder websites for that first."

"Seems reasonable," Bernard says, pulling up the website from before. He quickly copies the first word over and hits the button. "Well shit, that was quick."

"Only the first half, though." Tim mutters. "Do it to the rest of them." Bernard copies and decodes the rest. In short order, they have a the first half of each encryption decoded.

"To be gravity is to be orbit, the veil disk but it is meant to eclipse?" Bernard frowns. "That... doesn't make much more sense."

"What's up with the focus on astronomy, too."

"Oh, right, we haven't gotten that far yet. They keep referencing space stuff. There's like, a running theory about these messages being supposed to have come through a black hole?"

"Is that even possible? i thought black holes ate stuff forever."

"I dunno, I'm not really into space stuff. Besides it's like, sure there's evidence for it, and space seems to be narratively important? But the premise seems kind of contrived to me."

"You think they're doing something bigger than what everybody is seeing." Tim stares at the forum thread. If anything was going to give Bernard's theory some credence, it would be what literally just happened.

"Exactly." Bernard posted on a forum arguing that he thought the game ran deeper than people realized. And the creators, who so far hadn't interacted directly, had responded to that post, with a triple-encrypted message.

"Each shift was one further away than the last," Tim thinks rapidly. "It started with language, which could be either a part of the effort to encrypt it, or a part of the intended meaning. Possibly both. Then, they used caesar ciphers for the first layer of encryption, the same thing they used in their first post. How did they encrypt things in the second post?"

"I think I kind of mentioned it before, but the second post used a vigenere cipher. The names of the people in the first video were the keys, if I remember right."

"The first is the key to the second."

"What-"

"Take the second part and decode it with the first."

"Dude your mind is scary sometimes," Bernard laughs, but moves to do as Tim says, revealing the first encrypted word. "To be seen. That works..."

Tim starts writing down the full message, as Bernard decodes the rest. Finally, they have the full text of the message the creators intended to send.

"To be seen is to be remembered; the veil distracts but it is meant to hide. Determination in the face of doubt." Tim reads.

"Huh," Bernard says, leaning over to read it for himself. "Well, now we know what it says. Now we just need to figure out what that means."

[shaunashipman]

nah ur right and you should say it. like the whole freak out over the daddy joke really clearly showed there are a lot of women placing themselves in bucks shoes and then acting like their experiences would be the same as a bi man's. like if we ignore buck initiating the whole thing and just look at "but you think I do?" "god I hope so" I 100% understand why some women would get skeeved out by that if it happened to them considering the way men talk about women with daddy issues (I mean christ I still think about that how I met your mother episode about that) it's always in this weird predatory manipulative way. but that simply is not how it is for men dating men. the connotations are very different when it's 2 dudes. I never wanna say women can't relate to mlm couples, but you just will never fully understand the difference in the dynamic unless you either are mlm or listen to us when we speak (something a lot of these people seem to struggle with)

there's always been a disconnect between fandom mlm ships and actual mlm people, since women make up the majority of fandom, to the point that in one fandom i was in, i can't remember which one, this post/article was going around about how anal sex actually works, and women in the fandom were literally arguing against it. i don't remember if the author was the one in fandom or if someone else just shared it, but the op was clear that he wasn't saying people needed to change how they wrote smut, it was just sort of a psa, and they were still telling him, a queer man, that he was wrong about how the sex he was having worked.

that's what the daddy issues aftermath felt like. queer men saying "yeah that's accurate, that feels right" and women yelling back "no! it was degrading! you're feeling degraded!"

queer men said they were fine with it, and buck said he was fine with it as much as he could, what with 911 not being in a children's show where they turn to the audience and explain the lesson. he was smiling, the one to bring it up and even pushed it. but they ignore both the man on screen and the men in the audience because of course, they know better.

[officialrailscales]

B&T vibes for the weekend 🥷

GL06

LDAG | Carbon Black

APC45-SD

RSB | Terra Bronze

QTR Stop | Terra Bronze

TerraCore 4-Slot G10 RailScales | Dragon Texture

TerraCore 2-Slot G10 RailScales | Dragon Texture

TerraCore 1.5-Slot G10 Solo’s | Dragon Texture

TerraCore 1-Slot G10 Solo’s | Dragon Texture

QDX Sling Mount | Terra Bronze

- RS

[murasaki-cha]

Tcf part 2 chapter 371

'This place is complicated.'

I'd like to see the queen's husband's face. Of course, I'd have to do something about him. Why is there so much going on? Do we just invade the palace? But it isn't easy because of the formation barrier.

'Hmm.'

A calm and relaxed voice was heard by Cale, who was worried.

“Can't we just get rid of them?”

Cale turned his head in the direction of the sound. Heavenly Demon looked at him with a smile. Cale looked at him and blurted out.

"Are you having fun?" "Yeah. It's fun."

Heavenly Demon was enjoying this new world to the fullest.

Heavenly Demon @ Cale at any given moment: