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[jsmithcameronx]

Cate Blanchett attends the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on February 26, 2023.

[chisungie]

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[run2u]

i want a new url soooo badddd oh my god

[iz-nomerants]

I told myself I wouldn’t let soc med tell me what to do but Mr. Spin the Wheel clearly isn’t doing their job well.

Glares at that one item on the wheel it keeps landing on. “I will stop being self-conscious of my own writing and will start working on my fic.” Hah! In your dreams.

So well. Here goes nothing.

25 Notes - I will sleep at 10 pm for 2 days straight (I might do it everyday from there on out.)

(I don’t really expect this post to get too much notes XD)

65 Notes - I will take a break from writing, ya’ll can decide how long (I have been writing (trying to at most) everyday since May 3.

CB Hanahaki fic - 1,403 words + 6 A4 size ruled notebook pages

CB Little Mermaid AU - 11,885 words (chapter 1 + plot, character and episode outline, unfinished.)

CB Internalized Homophobia fic - 2,947 words (29% done)

100 Notes - I will do & fold my laundry

150 Notes - I will apply for driving school

200 Notes - I will apply for vocational school

250 Notes - I will go for a long overdue check up

300 Notes - I will try not to lose my job and make the damn shirts

350 Notes - I will set up my stationery business.

500 Notes - I will (try to) stop trying to reconnect/interact with my ex-friend of 6 years (who my parents and friends said were horrible to me)

I don’t really expect much from this post, but eh, scroll down if you want.

[bruces-midlife-crisis]

Southern California is still on fire and we need your help

Today, it is January 10th, 2025.

In good news, the the Sunset fire is now considered inactive and all evacuations have been reversed. It only grew to 60 acres at it's peak. The Hurst fire has shrunk to over 700 acres and is now 37% contained. The Lidia fire is still at over 300 acres but it is now 75% contained.

Sadly, that is all the good news I have. The Palisades fire has grown to over 20,000 acres with 6% containment. The Eaton fire has grown to over 13,000 acres. To put the sheer size of these fires into perspective, Manhattan has an area of 14,604 acres.

Tragically, 10 people have lost their lives.

At 2:43 PM, a fire known as the Kenneth fire started near the Woodland Hills area. It is 1,000 acres and is 35% contained as of writing. Sadly, this fire appears to have started due to an arson attack. Police currently have the suspect in custody after neighbors performed a citizen's arrest.

This morning, CBS conducted an exclusive interview with LAFD Fire Chief Kristin Crowley where it was revealed that Crowley warned LA Mayor Karen Bass that budget cuts would hamper the LAFD's ability to handle fire emergencies. Crowley confirmed that the city defunded LAFD by $17.6 million, which included a $7 million decrease in overtime pay.

THE EATON FIRE

The Palisades fire has received the most attention from mainstream media after celebrities and high profile Angelenos evacuated the region. Pacific Palisades is considered to be the most sought after real estate in the country as it sits on the Pacific Coast Highway between Santa Monica and Malibu. We now need to shift our attention to the Eaton fire.

The Eaton fire started on Thursday, January 8th, near Altadena Drive and Midwick Drive in the Altadena area. The city primarily affected by this fire is Altadena, home to over 40,000 people and is a mere 4 miles (6 kilometers) away from Pasadena. As of writing, it has burned to over 13,000 acres, has destroyed over 5,000 homes, with 0% containment.

Altadena has a large population of working and middle class families, particularly black families, whose families have lived in the region for generations. During the Great Migration of the 1900s, many black people fled to Altadena to escape the Jim Crow South. Octavia Butler, the world renowned author of Parable of the South, was from Altadena. As these Eaton fire continues to destroy the city, California is losing it's black history.

Do-Not-Drink Water alerts have been issued in Pasadena and Eaton Canyon as the Eaton fire has destroyed and contaminated the water pipes in the region as firefighters continue to fight the fires.

If you're able, please consider donating to the Gofundmes of Black families who have been impacted by the Eaton fires.

Please also consider donation to those have been effected in Eaton Canyon.

WAYS YOU CAN HELP

The Los Angeles Times has shared organizations that you can donate to included the California Fire Foundation. If you're in Southern California, this list also include mutual aid organizations where you can donate materials directly.

If you would like to directly donate to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation which will go towards emergency shelters, hydration backpacks, and wildland brush tools, you can do so here.

If you're in Southern California, please use the MALAN Fire and Wind Storm Resources spreadsheet to find mutual aid organizations near you and find places where you can donate or volunteer.

Finally, if you still have a Twitter account, please routinely check the app for Gofundmes from families who have been affected by the fires. Most Gofundmes are not listed on spreadsheets or official websites yet and many families are sharing them on Twitter. I found multiple has I was working on this post but I know for a fact there are more: (here), (here), (here), (here), (here), (here), (here), and (here).

Please continue to keep Southern California in your hearts. As the days pass, it has become increasingly clear that the damage being done by these fires is more than we can comprehend. Drone footage shows that Palisades has practically disappeared. It's now being estimated that these fires have done over $50 billion in damages.

Once these fires subside, Los Angeles County will never be the same again. Please continue to support us as we try to heal our wounded home.

[jmagnabo92]

2024 AO3 Wrap Up

Thanks @onthewaytosomewhere

Wow, I wrote a lot of different fics this year for 4 different fandoms.

Fandoms: HP, RWRB, Ghosts CBS and 911

Number of Fics: 241

HP - 212

RWRB - 24

Ghosts CBS - 3

911 - 2

Number of Words: 459,191

Long list below the cut.

January:

Good Godfather Sirius Black Fest: Sirius & Harry - 62 fics -> link to series

Prongsfoot Micrfics - Sirius/James - 205, 206 & 207

If Hats Could Talk - Alex/Henry - When Alex finds a hat on the subway, he goes to any length to find the owner despite his friends teasing him about it. Luckily for him, the owner finds him.

February:

Prongsfoot Microfics - Sirius/James - 208 to 257

Mirror Talks - Sirius & Harry - Ch 18-25 -

Almost Expelled - Sirius & Harry - After the DA is outed, although Harry isn't expelled, Sirius has to talk him through the betrayal, which is difficult given his feelings about rats.

Lingerie Games - Alex/Henry - When Alex and Nora make a bet, Alex ends up learning some new things about himself - like he enjoys lingerie - and Henry really enjoys Alex wearing lingerie. Or. 5 Times Alex surprises Henry with lingerie and the 1 time Henry surprises him.

Midnight Munchies - Sirius/James - When James can't sleep, he convinces Sirius to take a trip down to the kitchens.

March:

Almost Never Apart - Sirius/James - James loves that he's almost never apart from his boyfriend, but on one of the rare times they are apart, certain Slytherins attack Sirius and James is not happy.

Prongsfoot Microfics - Sirius/James - 258 to 296

Getting Lucky - Sirius/James - Six months after they started dating, James and Sirius finally have a date outside of school. Thus, James makes a plan to get lucky for the first time.

Umbridge Squad - Sirius & Harry - Umbridge has taken over and chaos ensues. Harry and Cho finally deal with the Marietta situation hanging over them and Sirius helps him through his first heartbreak.

April:

Not a Dog, Bro! - Trevor & Jeremy - When Jeremy comes to visit, Trevor's desperate to keep him around and the episode ends a bit differently.

Prongsfoot Microfics - Sirius/James - 297 to 300

Massage of the Future - Sirius/James - After a tough quidditch practice, James returns home expecting that Sirius will give him a massage and pamper him like always only to overhear a conversation that leads to a fantasy come true.

May:

The Worst Memory - Sirius & Harry - With no buffer and things going crazy at Hogwarts, Harry still ends up seeing Snape's Worst Memory, and it causes a rift in Sirius and Harry's relationship when he confronts him.

Princess Alex - Alex/Henry - After the boys celebrate their engagement, Alex teases about if he's going to get the chance to be Princess Alex.

June:

Prongsfoot Microfics - 301 to 304

July:

Prongsfoot Microfics - Sirius/James - 305 to 308

Underwear Mishap - Alex/Henry - When Alex gets back to his hotel room the evening after Zahra had caught them, Henry reveals that he's been accidentally wearing Alex's underwear all day, and some fun ensues.

August:

Prongsfoot Microfics - Sirius/James - 309 to 312

September:

Prongsfoot Microfics - Sirius/James - 313 to 316

Mistaken Advice - Buck & Bobby - When Abby doesn't believe him about the catfisher, Buck breaks up with her and returns home to Connor and the frat house and gets a happy ending he deserves

Loyalty of Friendship - Alex/Henry - When Henry leaves him at broken-hearted at the Lake House, Alex struggles with returning to life before Henry, but he's lucky to have a good support system with very loyal friends.

Making You Proud - Trevor & Family - All Trevor ever wanted was to make his parents proud, when the conversation at the end of Trevor's Body goes a little differently, he finds the answer to getting sucked off and peace at last.

Trevor's Sam Day - Trevor & Sam - When Trevor's not himself during his Sam Day, Sam learns that he's more upset after the memorial because he realizes what his 'bros' did didn't just affect him.

Lucky Mirrors - Sirius & Harry, Sirius/Kingsley - After the attack on Harry, Sirius NEEDS to see and talk to him, and luckily his boyfriend, Kingsley has an idea to make that possible.

Lucky Secrets - Alex/Henry - While Alex and Henry can be out in the open now, Alex did likes his secret notes to elicit endless teasing from Henry.

New Year's Gold - Alex/Henry - “Do you think I could win a gold medal in dick sucking?” Henry nearly chokes on his drink that he’s holding in his free hand (tea to warm him up) while he’s holding hands with Alex on their walk. or. A conversation about dick sucking leads to the happiest New Years, yet.

Race Maze to History, Huh? - Alex/Henry - Alex put his blood, sweat and tears into creating a corn maze on his and Henry's property in Texas, and it's time to test it out and have fun :)

It's Getting Hot in Here - Alex/Henry - Alex decides to play a game of hot or cold to help Henry find his ring.

October:

Little White Quiches - Alex/Henry - Alex has always had a problem remembering to eat when he's in the zone, so Henry takes it upon himself to remind him and cook for him... if only he were good at it.

Sour Soulmates - Alex/Henry - Before Alex's twenty-first birthday, he fully doesn't like the idea of soulmates, mainly because he's been burned before, but what he doesn't know is that he's already found his soulmate, he just doesn't know it, yet.

Hatred For Snape - Sirius & Harry - The day before fifth year, Sirius can't sleep and checks on Harry. This check leads Sirius to give Harry the mirror that night allowing them to forge a new fifth year with Sirius supporting Harry as much as he can.

A Moment at Your Side - Alex/Henry - After getting outed, Henry takes Alex with him on his visit to his father's grave.

Love of the Sea - Sirius/James - When Sirius Black was fifteen, he was cursed to be a merman until he kisses his one true love. He never imagined meeting that one true love while he was captive at the DOM.

Puppy Love - Sirius/James - Sirius comes home to discover James has gotten Harry a puppy.

Puzzle Lovers - Sirius/James - James and Sirius celebrate six months together with their love of puzzles.

All I Want is a Mini-You - Sirius/James - All James wants is a mini-Sirius, while all Sirius wants is a mini-James.

The Broken Hearted - Buck & Bobby - When Bobby gets the emergency contact call on Halloween when Buck helps the guy stuck in the girl's windshield, he assumes the worst and resolves to make up with Buck entirely.

Return From the Veil - Sirius/Harry - When Sirius falls through the veil, he's met with James, Lily and Regulus, who give him a mission to protect Harry throughout the rest of the war (and their lives). OR In a world where Sirius doesn't actually die but returns out of the veil looking like he's sixteen, he relishes the chance to support Harry through the toughest times of their lives and struggles with falling in love with his godson along the way as they fight the school and the second wizarding war.

The Casanova of James' Heart - Sirius/James - James has been pining for his best friend, would a stranger's comments help him realize that Sirius has been pining for him, too?

Birthday Blues - Sirius/James - James is mad when it appears that Sirius has ignored his birthday...

A Spin of the Bottle - Sirius/James - After Sirius' housewarming cools down, he and some friends decide to play spin the bottle so he can finally get that kiss from James that he's been craving.

The Broken Sort - Sirius/James - When Dumbledore decides to flip it so the sorting is reverse ABCs, and eleven-year-old James Potter opts for Slytherin so he'll be with Sirius Black (his destined BFF), things don't go to plan and instead a rivarly is born.

Fun in the Sun - Sirius/James - When Sirius' divorced is finalized with the result of his ex-wife's gotten full custody, James finds a way around that by getting Sirius and his kids with James and his kids to his summer beach house. He never expected a little fun in the sun would change things between him and his best mate in the best way possible.

Just Benefits - Sirius/James - James and Sirius have been friends with benefits for years until James decides to end it so he could save his friendship and have someone to be with romantic with since that's not Sirius... or so he thinks...

The Obvious Choice - Sirius/James - Three times everyone assumes James and Sirius are together and the one time that they actually are together.

Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way - Sirius/James - When an order mission goes awry, James and Sirius get stuck in a shack together... naturally things get... interesting.

Kiss Me Before It's Too Late - Sirius/James - James and Sirius share a kiss before it's too late.

November:

Totally In-Sync - Sirius/James/Lily - When Lily feels like there's something missing in her friendship with James and Sirius, she decides to ask them out in a big way.

Lacey Birthdays - Sirius/James/Lily - James tries to overdo it for Sirius' first birthday with the three of them as a throuple, but Lily has a better idea for what Sirius would like.

Tipsy Kissing - Sirius/James/Lily - As they celebrate their last party at Hogwarts, James doesn't know how to tell both Sirius and Lily that he wants them - good thing they're ten steps ahead of him.

A Midnight's Change - Sirius/James/Lily - Sirius thinks that Jily will tire of their friends with benefits thing, but Lily and James are determined to start the New Year as more than just Benefits.

Best as a Trio - Sirius/James/Lily - When they are celebrating ten years as best friends, someone asks them how they make it work as a throuple prompting James to question why everyone assumes they're together...

Who Wants a Normal Marriage? - Sirius/James/Lily - When Sirius gets a letter that makes him question why he's hiding with Jily, despite their three-person marriage, and out there fighting for the Order.

A Mission For Love - Sirius/James/Lily - When enemy aurors are forced to go undercover at a sex club, they come away with more than a vanquished Voldemort.

A Valentine's to Remember - Sirius/James - Prongsfoot has the most mutually over-the-top, elaborate, honeymoon of a Valentine’s Day during their 7th year and Remus and Regulus get to very platonically hear about how amazing Prongsfoot is - not only from Sirius and James, but from everyone else, too.

My Thoughts of You - Siirus/James - When a mission goes wrong, James' thoughts are of his first and last kiss with Sirius.

For Now, Not Forever - Sirius/James - When James and Sirius' parents insist on a summer split before magical university, James has the worst summer of his life, but luckily, the reunion is worth it.

Don't Have to Play Hero - Sirius & Harry - It's time for Harry to pick a future career so, naturally, both he and Sirius struggle with his certain expectations.

December:

Fancy Letters - Alex/Henry - After the leak, Alex and Henry decide to write letters, but when Henry asks for some clarification, Alex thinks his handwriting sucks and takes up calligraphy as a surprise.

Hug Me to Save Me - Sirius/James - When the Slytherins go after Sirius, James has stop him from getting into trouble by hugging him.

Playing Their Parts - Alex/Henry - When they get home after playing their parts as the prince and the first son, Alex decides it's time for some playing fun.

All Mine - Sirius/James - When James sees people flirting with his husband, he decides to stake his claim.

First Son of My Heart - Alex/Henry - The death of the queen means Alex is stuck in the US without Henry during all of the pomp and circumstance of his gran's death, until now. Finally, they're reunited.

Never Again - Sirius/James - The Order tries to keep James away from Sirius because they think he's the traitor despite their relationship, which naturally hurts them.

Super, Cuddly Alex - Alex/Henry - When the duo revisits the lake house for the second time, Alex's abandonment issues turn him into super cuddly Alex, not that Henry minds.

Start of the Show - Alex/Henry - When Henry sees a couple flirting with Alex, he doesn't care that he's breaking the rules when he kisses Alex to make sure everyone knows that Alex is his.

Lucky Charms - Alex/Henry - Alex and Henry have different ways of dealing with things as the one-year anniversary of the leak moves closer.

Can't Put My Finger On It - Sirius & Harry - Sirius has an itch under his skin that something is off, but he can't figure out what it is. The itch isn't helped at all by Harry's story about grawp.

A Life Together - Alex/Henry - Alex is surprised to learn that Ellen assumes that Alex isn't moving in with Henry, causing an interesting fight with Ellen.

To Protect and Watch Over - Sirius & Harry - Summary of recent events - Sirius and Harry have been using the mirror to help them both have someone to talk to. It's made 5th year better for Harry, and living in GP better for Sirius, but Sirius has an itch about something being off as we near the end of the year... Voldemort sets a trap, an elf is an ass, and chaos ensues.

Mirror Talks - Sirius & Harry - The day before fifth year, Sirius can't sleep and checks on Harry. This check leads Sirius to give Harry the mirror that night allowing them to forge a new fifth year with Sirius supporting Harry as much as he can.

Making it Up to You - Alex/Henry - Alex's first finals stress out his relationship with Henry, so the day after they end, he makes a promise.

Comforting Kiss - Sirius/James - When Sirius is feeling down about something, James knows how to make him feel better.

Sailing to Freedom - Alex/Henry - After making up at Kensington and deciding to come out someday, Alex jokes that if things go awry they could always get on Henry's yacht and sail to freedom of being happy and in love together, he never expected to repercussions of doing just that on the election and their relationship.

Tagging @roalinda @lovelymasks @iboatedhere @padfootastic @goldenlionprince @strugglequill

[buckets-and-trees]

Field Guide to Forestry

Here's the official guide to who I am, what you'll find around here, and the guidelines for being a good visitor to the forest...

UPDATED DECEMBER 2024

CHIEF FORESTER: ASPEN Elder Millennial/deep 30s, she/her

THINGS ASPEN KNOWS WAY TOO MUCH ABOUT Trader Joe's, Disney Parks, the Great British Bake Off, CBS Survivor, Houseplants

IN THIS FIELD GUIDE YOU WILL FIND:

↠ Maps & Masterlists: my writing ↠ Forest Rules & Regulations: my guidelines and boundaries ↠ Visitors to the Forest: my approach to asks, requests, and tagging ↠ Upcoming Expeditions: projects I'm working on ↠ Tree Classification: my current tags ↠ Tales of the Teller: more about me and my writing

↠ THE FOREST OF FICS latest & greatest, challenges and events I've done, links to my specific fandom areas

↠ Bucky Barnes Boreal Forest ↠ Steve Rogers Streamside ↠ Orchard of Other Marvel Characters ↠ Sebastian Stan Savanna ↠ Chris Evans Coppice

↠ I do not interact with minors. It's not safe for anyone under 18 in these woods, and I'm honestly more comfortable knowing folks are over 21 because of the nature of things around here.

↠ I do not consent to having my works translated or posted to other platforms. If I wanted to, I would.

↠ I will block at my own discretion. This is my forest, and I set the boundaries. Underage? Blocked. Pornbot pigeon? Blocked. Bigotted? Blocked. Rude? Blocked. Comments of only "more" or "part two" etc? Blocked. Just be a reasonable human over the age of 18, and you'll be free to roam the woods.

↠ ASKS Always open. I adore asks! Send thoughts, thots, questions, gifs, pics... Asks are NEVER a bother and you can ask about anything - questions about my existing works, stuff I'm working on, fandom things, my life... I'll answer within reason (no spoilers, I'm semi-open about my life but do keep some things private, etc). FULL DISCLOSURE: I'm not always prompt with answering them. Some have inspired fic or drabble ideas, and sometimes that writing goes fast, sometimes it goes slow, and there are a few that are sitting in my box that are "future" parts of current WIPs. But the hope is to always get to everything eventually.

↠ REQUESTS The only thing I'm actively entertaining requests for is my Cedar Trees Royal AU collection - but even these will be fulfilled subjectively and only as I have time and muse cooperation. Periodically I may host a request fest (as I did for my 300 follower celebration or for other occasions in the future).

↠ TAGLIST At the forest of fandom is exceedingly vast, I do not maintaining an official taglist. HOWEVER, you can follow @buckets-and-stories and turn on notifications to know when I post new writing. On this secondary blog, I reblog ONLY the initial posting of my stories (and not the reblogs).

↠ ASPEN'S 2025 BIRTHDAY BASH: 9 works to countdown to turning 39 ↠ BUCKY BOY BINGO 2025: 25 prompts from January 15-July 13th ↠ THE GREAT BUCKY BAKE OFF: a Bucky x Reader episodic story with a Great British Bake Off format (coming fall 2025) ↠ ASPEN'S HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA 2025: eight days of fics followed by one day of many, many fics (coming December 2025)

↠ FOREST NAVIGATION: field guide, masterlists, story collections ↠ AN ASPEN THING: when I post something more to do with me than anything fandom ↠ ASPEN MILESTONES: ONLY YOU CAN CREATE THESE FOREST FIRES ↠ ASKpen: responses to things from my ask box ↠ ASPEN IS WRITING: any commentary, sneak peaks, progress posts ↠ ASPEN WROTE SOMETHING: new writing post (fic, drabble, chapter) ↠ WRITER COMMENTARY: commentary either as a response to an ask or in a reblog ↠ OMG REBLOGGED THANK YOU: responding to or thanking people for reblogging my fics ↠ READING: my reblogs of other people's fics ↠ MY MOOTS: flailing about or responding to one of my mutual friends

↠ HISTORY OF ASPEN I grew up in a family that was steeped in all things stories: grandparents, aunts and uncles always telling stories at family gatherings; parents read to me before bed; watching too many movies and cartoons; staying up way past my bedtime trying to sneakily keep the light on to read and read and read; playing elaborate imagination games after school with my best friends (house, princesses, orphans, dance coaches, etc). I wrote my first story in my eighth grade English class where one day in the computer lab we were assigned to write a mystery that was at least one page. I loved it. My teacher said it was good...

That summer our family moved - mere days before I started my freshman year of high school - so that fall before I made friend friends, I read a lot and I started writing. I was desperate for the next Harry Potter book to come out, so I started writing my own... the next year I learned about fan fiction on the internet and that it was a thing. I was drawn into Lord of the Rings fanfic, then I wrote a Pirates of the Caribbean fanfic, and then I went back to Harry Potter and actively wrote in that fandom for around six years.

In college I majored in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing because while I was writing fan fiction, I was also occasionally dabbling with original fiction... the dream was to be a famous writer.

↠ WHY BUCKETS-AND-TREES Buckets because I thought I'd be writing almost exclusively Bucky and Trees because Aspen. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

↠ ASPEN NOW In summer of 2022 I aggressively reclaimed HAVING hobbies in an effort to re-establish Aspen having a life outside of work. I love my career and I've worked incredibly hard to establish myself in the professional world, but... I needed to be more than just my work again.

So, again I write.

Throughout 2023 I started venturing out and participated in A LOT of challenges, which was so much fun in pushing my creative boat out into new waters. In 2024 I wrote nearly 300k and explored many tropes and themes that stretched what I thought I was capable of. So now with few to no excuses left, in 2025 I plan to DO THE DAMN THING and write a novel. I've always intended to, and I've got about five solid ideas I've been stewing on for years, but 2025 will be the year. ↠ MY WORK Primarily I'm writing MCU fan fiction - typically Bucky Barnes or Steve Rogers; I have written some pieces with Sam, Natasha, Matt Murdock, Namor, and Wanda; I have some ideas for Thor, Carol, and M'Baku that I may or may not ever get around to. I've written for a slew of Sebastian Stan and Chris Evans characters and that's mostly where my muse lives.

I write a range of fluff, smut, soft-dark and dark. Nearly all of my work has mature elements whether that's stronger language, sexual situations, or mature themes. HEED THE WARNINGS FOR EACH WORK AND DO NOT READ IT IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T LIKE. If I miss tagging something properly in the content warnings, please send me a message or an anonymous ask and let me know.

Nearly all of my stories feature a reader insert. Reader is typically female, but when the reader is gender neutral I will designate accordingly! Striving to write an inclusive reader as much as possible, but if I stumble, please send me a message or an anonymous ask and let me know how I can grow.

[is-the-battlemech-cool-or-not]

Elemental III Battle Armor CBS-Evelyn

Type: Elemental III Battle Armor

Manufacturer: Clan Blood Spirit

Primary Factory: Argo Mechlab

Tech Base: Mixed (Unofficial)

Chassis Type: Biped

Weight Class: Medium

Maximum Weight: 1,000 kg

Battle Value: 61

Swarm/Leg Attack/Mechanized/AP: Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes

Equipment Slots Mass

Chassis: 250 kg

Motive System:

Ground MP: 3 80 kg

Jump MP: 3 150 kg

Manipulators:

Left Arm: Heavy Vibro-Claw 60 kg

Right Arm: Manipulator (Basic) 0 kg

Armor: Stealth (Basic) 3 300 kg

Armor Value: 11 (Trooper)

Slots

Weapons and Equipment Location (Capacity) Mass

Anti Personnel Weapon Mount Left Arm 1 5 kg

Machine Gun (Bearhunter SSA)* Right Arm 2 150 kg

Improved Sensors Body 1 45 kg

Advanced SRM 2 Body 3 70 kg

* MML Unofficial version

[bikebound]

For Sale: Honda "CB530TT" Street Tracker

For Sale: 1975 Honda CB500T “CB530TT” street tracker by John Wood (@woodysmobikes) of Sudbury, MA, USA. As featured on BikeBound.com and for sale via BikeBound.com/Classifieds. From the ad: Up for sale is my 1975 Honda CB500T street tracker. This bike is well sorted and ready to ride! Engine: • 530cc big bore pistons from Team Hanson Honda • Head completely rebuilt with new valves, guides, seals, cam chain • Barnett clutch with new Honda springs • New points • Carbs are dialed in for my location • Exhaust is custom by me, with vintage Kerker muffler Chassis • Custom seat and tail section • de-tabbed frame • custom “mid set” controls • Amazing A&P brake caliper, ss lines, brembo 12mm master • rear brake has cable conversion • Hagon shocks out back • Race Tech gold valve emulators up front, fresh oil and seals • motogadget speedo and blinkers I’ve owned this bike for 15 years, my dad had it before that. All work done by me save machine work and seat cover. Bike is garage built, but built well. I regularly do 300+ mile days on this bike and it’s a blast on twisty roads. More photos / info / price: https://www.bikebound.com/advert/honda-cb-500t-street-tracker/

[ncisfranchise-source]

Mark Harmon created one of network TV’s most beloved characters on NCIS back in 2003: Leroy Jethro Gibbs. How did he and fellow producers of new prequel series NCIS: Origins cast a younger version of the iconic special agent? 

“I felt the room jump a little when Austin came in, before he said anything,” Harmon tells PEOPLE of Austin Stowell, the actor playing a 1991-era Gibbs in the new spin-off (premiering Monday, Oct. 14). 

After his audition, recalls Harmon, “He walked out and someone said, ‘I'll just say it, that's a movie star.’”

The 73-year-old former Sexiest Man Alive is involved in Origins as well, as both executive producer and narrator — and appears in the premiere episode. It marks Harmon's first reappearance as Gibbs since his departure from NCIS in 2021. 

But the new drama is ultimately led by Stowell, 39, who admits to PEOPLE he’s “never been on a show like this.” It’s what made his casting so crucial. 

“There was heavy competition there,” recalls Harmon of the other actors in contention for the role. “There were a lot of good people. I would say that there were really few who drew the attention Austin did.”

In fact, he adds, “I can say that about any role that was cast in this show, because they all came in one after another. We got everybody we wanted.”

NCIS: Origins follows the beginnings of Gibbs’ career as a special agent at the fledgling NCIS Camp Pendleton office, led by NCIS legend Mike Franks (Kyle Schmid, inheriting a role played in the flagship series by Muse Watson). Costarring are Diany Rodriguez as the no-nonsense Vera Strickland (played on NCIS by Roma Maffia), plus Mariel Molino, Tyla Abercrumbie, Bobby Moynihan and more. 

Harmon says casting was just one example of the new series becoming what he and writers Gina Lucita Monreal and David J. North envisioned. “So often when you pitch something or talk about something or dream about something, the format by the time you get on air changes a lot,” he says. “Very rarely at the other end of it, does it come out the way you thought. This has come out the way we thought — so far.”

Stowell has nothing but praise for Harmon and his Origins costars and crew. “I like that responsibility,” he says, of leading a show that keeps a team employed in Hollywood. “It gives me great purpose. I don't just go to work for me, I go to work with everyone. It's the opportunity of a lifetime. I love it.”

Plus, he adds, “The fact that I know that there's 300 million [NCIS fans] out there who are waiting to see what this is only makes me fight harder and make me want to fulfill their expectations.”

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2024, aber auch 1977 und die Zeit dazwischen

CQ Italia

Frühsommer 1977 in Niederbayern. Ich bin 13 und sitze auf dem Beifahrersitz eines weißen Opel Kadett, der in der Einfahrt unseres Hauses parkt. Auf dem Kofferraum des Autos wippt eine 278 cm lange Antenne und innen hängt unter dem Armaturenbrett ein Funkgerät. Seit zwei Jahren ist CB-Funk in Deutschland freigegeben und mein Papa und ich haben uns begeistert in das neue Hobby gestürzt. Freier Funkbetrieb. Einfach so mit Leuten sprechen, ohne Telefon und über größere Entfernungen. Kostenlos. Neben mit sitzt mein Vater und lauscht ebenso angestrengt wie ich, was da mit kratziger Stimme aus dem Lautsprecher kommt: “CQ undici metri, CQ undici metri, chiamata generale. C’è qualcuno ascoltando? Chiamata generale dall’Italia!” Was meint der? Ich vestand mehr oder weniger nichts, bis auf das letzte Wort: Italia! Da sitzt jemand in Italien, hunderte Kilometer von uns entfernt und wir könnten mit ihm sprechen, einfach so. Könnten, denn die Sache hat einen kleinen Haken. Weder mein Papa noch ich sprechen Italienisch, abgesehen von einer Handvoll Worten, die uns der Patron unseres lokalen Italieners beigebracht hat.

Für alle, die keine Zeit zum Weiterlesen haben: es hat letztlich doch geklappt. Mit einem Spickzettel voller vorgeschriebener Formulierungen und der Tatsache, dass unser Gesprächspartner auf der Gegend von Salurn in Südtirol kam und zweisprachig aufgewachsen war. Ein paar Kilometer weiter südlich und es wäre nur in Italienisch gegangen. 😉

Warum ich jetzt einen Blogpost über ein vor 47 Jahren aktuelles Hobby schreibe? Der CB-Funk war mein erster Kontakt mit einer Gemeinschaft, die nicht nur aus Leuten im Bekanntenkreis und an einem physischen Ort zusammen kam, sondern eine “virtuelle Community”, aus der ganz unvirtuelle echte Freundschaften und Lerngemeinschaften entstanden.

Grund für diesen Blogpost war ein Post von mir in einer anderen virtuellen Gemeinschaft, dem Fediverse:

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Angefangen hatte alles mit zwei Handgeräten, dem berühmten HF12 von dnt (der sehr kreativen Abkürzung für “Drahtlose NachrichtenTechnik”). Im Vergleich zu einem heutigen Smartphone ungefähr so handlich wie ein Flugzeugträger im Vergleich zu einer Motoryacht. Ganz nerdig mit einer riesigen Teleskopantenne zum Ausziehen und mit einem halben Watt Sendeleistung auf damals zwölf Kanälen (von denen das HF12 zwei nutzen konnte).

Der Faszination, einfach mit Leuten sprechen zu können, die weit weg von einer Telefonzelle Kilometer entfernt waren tat das keinen Abbruch. Je nach Standort und Bedingungen waren „Kilometer“ 3 oder weit über 300, Kurzwelle ist sowohl faszinierend als auch frustrierend. 😉

Ich habe zusammen mit meinem Vater damals daher Leute aus der näheren Umgebung als auch von weit weg kennen gelernt. Als Identifikation gab es damals ein „Handle“, das Rufzeichen, das man sich selbst aussuchte. Wer sich also heute über die Schwierigkeiten der Namensfindung für den social media-Account beschwert, kann beruhigt sein: das war auch Ende der 70er schon so. 😆 Mein „handle“ damals war übrigens „Mosquito“ (flink und lästig, weil ich dauernd Fragen stellte 😁).

Eine große Gruppe damals stellten die Trucker, wie in den USA damals schon, die damit eine Möglichkeit bekamen, sich auszutauschen, vor Kontrollen und Blitzern zu warnen oder sich auf einem Rastplatz zu verabreden. Für einen Teenager aus der niederbayerischen Provinz tat sich eine ganze Welt auf.

Ich hatte Glück, dass zu der Zeit die Sonne sehr aktiv war (einfach nach Sonnenfleckenmaximum oder Sonnenzyklus im Web suchen!) und größere Reichweiten eher öfter als selten möglich waren. Ein Lerneffekt war auch, dass jede Community ihre eigenen Regeln hat. Da beginnt bei Protokollfragen (es gibt einen Anrufkanal und danach wird für die Unterhaltung auf einen anderen Kanal gewechselt) und „funksozialem“ Verhalten (genau, auch damals gab es schon Trolle und andere Idioten, das ist keine Erfindung des Internets) und geht dann zum Lernen des Jargons der Community. Beim CB-Funk war das eine krude Mischung aus Ankürzungen aus Zeiten der Morsetelegraphie (die heute noch von Funkamateuren und anderen genutzt wird) wie „QTH“ für den Standort, dem amerikanischen „Ten Code“ des Polizeifunks (wie einem „10-4“ für „Verstanden“) und anderen Abkürzungen und idiomatischen Wendungen. Noch etwas Truckerjargon und Sprache der Elektronik-Nerds dazu.

Kleiner Exkurs für alle, die sich fragen, was denn da so schwierig sein soll (das Beispiel ist in Englisch, weil ich diesen Text in mehreren Sprachen veröffentlichen werde):

On the flip-flop from Big A to Shakytown I came by a 10-33. Was a fender bender on the big road, they even had a bear in the air. Some suicide jockey got some gator teeth in his donut and flipped the dry box.

Ja, das ist Englisch, aber der CB-Slang von amerikanischen Truckern, bei denen der freie Bürgerfunk damals das war, was heute WhatsApp-Gruppen für die Teenies sind.

Mein Vater und ich sind damals zu zu CB-Treffen gefahren, wir haben gelernt, verschiedene Antennen und ihre Eigenschaften zu nutzen, Stationen per Kreuzpeilungen, Trigonometrie und Kartenkunde zu orten (es ist erstaunlich, was sich aus einer topographischen Karte alles herauslesen lässt).

Das alles wurde wesentlich interessanter und motivierender als jemals in der Schule möglich dargeboten. Das Faszinierende: “on the air” interessierte sich erstmal niemand dafür, dass Du Teenager bist. Wenn Du Dich anständig benimmst und Interesse zeigst, spielt das Alter und wer Du bist keine Rolle.

Interessanterweise gab es damals schon eine andere Gruppe, die per Funk unterwegs war: die Funkamateure (wer „Amateurfunker“ sagt, outet sich sofort als Aussenseiter 😉). Damals wie heute musste dafür gelernt werden (nicht wenig) und eine aufwändige Prüfung (je nach Lizenzklasse mit oder ohne Morsen) abelegt werden. Dafür durften die wesentlich mehr Frequenzen nutzen, Antennen und Geräte selbst bauen und mit mehr Sendeleistung unterwegs sein. Aus diesem Grunde gab es sehr oft eine herablassende Haltung gegenüber den CB-Funkern, manche aber waren froh, über den CB-Funk „Nachwuchs“ zu finden.

Noch mehr Neues, noch mehr und weiter entfernte Kommunikationspartner und noch mehr basteln? Ich war sofort Feuer und Flamme. Ein großer Vorteil (den mein damaliger Englisch-Lehrer zu schätzen wusste) war es, dass mir nie jemand erklären musste, warum ich Englisch lernen sollte. Zusätzlich habe ich gelernt, dass es neben der „lingua franca“ der Neuzeit wichtig ist, nicht nur diese und die eigene Muttersprache zu kennen (siehe oben 😉).

Im Herbst 1977 habe ich meinen Vater auf ein Treffen in Konstanz am Bodensee begleitet, auf dem sich CB-Funker, Funkamateure und andere Elektronikbastler trafen. Dieses Wochenende war übrigens der Beginn von allem, denn dort standen die ersten Personal Computer an Messeständen! Aber das ist eine andere Geschichte …

Ich habe dann im Frühjahr 1980 meine Funkamateurlizenz erworben, so richtig mit Kurzwelle, Morsen und selbstgebauten Antennen. Ich bin mit meinem Vater schon ein, zwei Jahre vorher zu den Vereinsabenden des örtlichen Amateurfunk-Clubs gefahren und habe zugehört, dumme Fragen gestellt und gemacht. Anfangs vor allem Fehler. 😏 Seltsamerweise kommt es beim Antennenbau wirklich auf Millimeter an. Kabel an Stecker löten lernst Du nur durch Kabel an Stecker löten. Alles schon damals “multimedial”, über Bücher, über das Tun, direkte Gespräche, Fotos und den Kontakt mit anderen Funkamateuren (zuhören darf man auch ohne Lizenz). Ich durfte als “Greenhorn” jede Menge lernen, hatte aber keine Lehrer, sondern Mentoren, Fragesteller und mit mir Lernende. Ich lernte Schaltpläne lesen, lehrte Betriebstechnik, baute Geräte, erkundete mit anderen Kurzwellen-Funkfernschreiben und hörte Morsezeichen.

Und man hatte die ganze Welt in seinem Kopfhörer! Ich werde nie vergessen, dass eine meiner ersten Runden ein Farmer in Texas, ein Apfelbauer in der Ukraine, ein Arzt in Schweden und ich waren, die sich auf Kurzwelle mehr oder weniger regelm��ßig trafen. Jetzt hatte man auch ein offiziell zugeteiltes Rufzeichen, das weltweit eindeutig ist (falls irgendein OM mitliest, vy 73 de DL2RBZ 😎). Auch hier war eine neue Community, mit wieder neuen und eigenen Regeln, Jargon und sozialem Verhalten.

Wie auch später (mit Computern, dann Mailbox-Netzen, dann dem Internet, dann den sozialen Medien) hilft es, sich mit den Dynamiken solcher virtueller Gemeinschaften zu beschäftigen und bestimmte Dinge „vererben“ sich, da Leute im Laufe ihres Lebens auch diese Communities durchwanderten. Jede solche Gemeinschaft besitzt einen Lebenszyklus und eigene Entwicklungsphasen. Und seltsamerweise scheint beispielsweise die 90/9/1-Regel eine solche universelle Konstante zu sein (die sicher auch jede und jeder mit ehrenamtlichem Engagement kennt). 90% der Leute konsumieren (oder „lurken“), das ist keine Wertung, sondern ein völlig valides Verhalten, etwa 9% der Leute sind sehr aktiv engagiert und 1% geht wirklich in diesem Feld auf und ackert, produziert Inhalte, organisiert, kümmert sich und so weiter.

Ich habe übrigens sowohl das CB-Funkgerät als auch ein paar meiner Amateurfunk-Kisten noch zuhause im Keller. Beim Schreiben dieses Artikels habe ich festgestellt, dass beim Morsen nur noch etwa die Hälfte des Alphabets vorhanden ist und hier etwas Arbeit für den Winter wartet. Schließlich gilt immer noch, dass, wenn alles andere versagt, Morsecode per Funk immer noch durchkommt, auch im 21. Jahrhundert. Kein Internet, keine Mobilfunkmasten, keine Router, alles was man braucht, ist ein genügend langer Draht, Strom mit 12 Volt und etwas Kleinkram. 😉 Hoffen wir, dass wir das nicht so schnell brauchen.

(Armin Hanisch, zuerst veröffentlicht hier: www.arminhanisch.de/2024/09/rueckblick-cbfunk/)

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Carraville drabble prompt: wine tipsy gary or carra getting too sweet and mushy and complimentary and just TOO MUCH in the comment section of the other's instagram.

I LOOOOOVE TIPSY CARRAVILLE AND I LOVE! LIGHTWEIGHT GARY!!

just a short n sweet one, bc I woke up to this prompt in the carraville discord and couldn't resist

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gneville2 posted a story

[Image:  Jamie mid rant, he’s wearing his glasses and reading out something from his phone]

gneville2 he is so fkin annoying ❤️

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[Video: an awkward selfie angle of Gary – his phone lying on the table or propped up against a glass – he’s resting his chin on his hands and is nodding and humming while you can just about hear Jamie ranting in the background]

gneville2 active listening 🤔👂

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23_carra shared a story by gneville2

23_carra he fell asleep at table not 5 minutes later 😂🥴🍷

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@GNev2 8 premier leag titles jamessssss

@GNev2 ‘dominated europe’ my arse. got more ucl titles thn him

@GNev2 GOT MORE THN TITI & @MicahRichards TOO!! whts cbs want w that lot

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🔔 gneville2 commented on 5 posts (just now)

[Image: Jamie standing up doing match commentary]

23_carra I bloody love football (posted 2 years ago)

Comments (290)           gneville2 🍑🍑🍑

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Comments (150)           gneville2 so unfortnute lookin

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Comments (110)           gneville2 nvm its good face just shame abt th scouser thing

[Image: Jamie on holiday at the beach, wearing swim trunks and a tight tshirt] (posted 2 years ago)

Comments (300)           gneville2 take it OFF james

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Comments (270)           gneville2 hiiiiiii gorjus           gneville2 georgious           gneville2 gorguose

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[Image: Selfie of Jamie, red from drinking and smirking at the camera.  Gary’s arms are loosely wrapped around him and his head is resting on his shoulder, eyes closed. From the positioning, he must be sat on Jamie’s lap]

23_carra after just 1 bottle… he wouldn’t last a day in liverpool 🍷🍷

Comments (430)           23_carra COULD EVEN SAY HE BOTTLED IT 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣                     gneville2 that dont even make sense though does it

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Somewhat related to this poll but DC was pretty much my first fandom. First at least in actually reading fanfiction or looking at fanart, etc. And then it escalated. So.

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UFC 100 Full Event Replay

UFC posted the entirety of UFC 100 to YouTube in anticipation of UFC 300. If you've never seen the event in full, here is your chance.

Brock Lesnar vs Frank Mir 2

Georges St-Pierre vs Thiago Alves

Dan Henderson vs Michael Bisping 1

Paulo Thiago vs Jon Fitch

Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Alan Belcher

Stephan Bonnar vs Mark Coleman

Jon Jones vs Jake O'Brien

Mac Danzig vs Jim Miller

Dong Hyun Kim vs TJ Grant

CB Dollaway vs Tom Lawlor

Shannon Gugerty vs Matt Grice

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FAA investigating possible close call between Southwest flight and air traffic control tower

The Federal Aviation Administration is looking into a Southwest flight that veered off course while on approach to land at New York's LaGuardia Airport and may have buzzed the air traffic control tower with as little as 67 feet of clearance, CBS News has learned. 

The incident occurred around 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, when pilots of Southwest Flight 147 aborted their first approach because of bad weather. While on final approach of their second landing attempt, an air traffic controller is heard urgently telling the pilots of the Boeing 737 to "go around" and climb to 2,000 feet. 

"Go around! Go around!" Fly runway heading, climb and maintain 2,000. Climb and maintain 2,000. 2,000," the air traffic controller said, according to a feed from liveatc.net.

The plane had apparently drifted to the east and was no longer lined up with the runway. Preliminary flight tracking data from Flightradar24 put the airliner at an altitude of 300 feet when it began to climb. The FAA said it's investigating to see if the off-course airliner flew over the 233-foot tall air traffic control tower. 

Flightradar24's flight tracker map put the plane over the terminal building, not the runway. It appears the plane flew over the parking garage immediately adjacent to the air traffic control tower, based on Flightradar24's approximate track.  

The same controller told the pilots a few minutes later their plane, "was not aligned with the runway at all. It was like east of final. He was not gonna land on the runway."  

The airline said there were 147 passengers and six crew members on board the flight from Nashville. 

Southwest told CBS News the airline is "reviewing the event as part of our Safety systems." The carrier said the plane encountered turbulence and low visibility while approaching LGA. 

Southwest Flight 147 elected to briefly divert to Baltimore/Washington International Airport, where it landed safely. It then eventually landed safely in New York.

*** I have talked to a Airline pilot, who told me we are so close to a major incident. DEI / Wokeism is behind much of it on both sides. ATC & Airlines...

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Accountability day 15 cb diet

Idk/300

I b&p today and then had a lil food after and I dunno if I purg3d everything I’m sad but tomorrow is a new day I feel horrific but I’m trying to get all the bad stuff out of my house it’s getting too much for me now