#fmns friday

[forgetmenauts]

Hey all! Here's a quick lil' mockup I did of how to play Charlatan in Red. There's also a 10min tutorial video that's... just not high enough quality to go on our youtube page? Or at least I'll have to ask the band if they're ok with me doing that before I post it. I wanted to just throw it up on Tumblr but it was toooo big.

Please do reach out if it is confusing, I'm happy to provide clarity!

<3

-Walker

[miralines]

so I’ve passed the point of “acclimating myself to unfamiliar music like a flock of chickens needing to be in two adjacent enclosures while they get used to each other” with Dr. Carmilla’s solo music

(un?) fortunately the next step after that tends to be looping said unfamiliar music to the exclusion of everything else so I’m now starting thevoidsings’ youtube playlist for the fifth or sixth time today

[bantambookeater]

I will say the fun thing about the FMNs fandom is that I'm never quite sure if someone's just getting hyped over the exsistance of a song or if there's a new release. I saw a dash full of RUSULKA AND THE SHEPARD GIRL from several accounts and just went "Yeah, ok, Rusalka and the Shepard Girl Friday/Early Saturday I guess" until someone eventually put the video up over here xD

[armonial]

FMN (SPOILERS) update has me running around. Luke’s mom meeting Jacaerys mom? Jace beating the Shit out of Aemond when they first meet? Jace reuniting with Rhaenyra? Papa Harwin with little Jace and Joff? Harwin and Jace discussing Lucemond shamelessly eye fucking? LUCEMOND COMING FRIDAY?!?! I’m going to have a heart attack one of these days

Also poor Aemond just wanted to go see a movie and got beaten bloody on sight. (Obviously more to it but Jace was not playing around)

[unohanabbygirl]

New FMN and ‘take me with you’ chapters will be out this Friday! Currently doing some major editing to past chapters so please bear with me for now ☺️

[coven-bloodbath]

Round 1 - 15

Cecil @bloopdydooooo propaganda:

"i haven’t been into the forgetmenauts for very long but i’ve already made three paintings for them!! and i’m just a super cool guy who can win on autism swagger alone 😎" -Cecil

Aegis @charlataninred propaganda:

the main reason I ended up Actually listening to the forgetmenauts

Does fun Activities for us and lists the coven introduction post. Provider of many many many lovely animals like Muffin and Cupid, Huey, Luna, and Izzy

One of the people who got me into the coven. One of the limdest most wonderful amazing people I know and a great friend. Has an amazing humor. Accidentally told a train "happy fuck you and fuck your friend friday". Is named after charlatan in red (a fox's wedding)

"Spouse beloved dearest darling double spouse triple removed!!!! Not sure if you're putting yourself in automatically or not so i want to make sure I have the chance to absolutely destroy you <333" - Dino (I was not automatically adding myself but i appreciate the fighting spirit lmao <33)

Got me into the FMNs :3

cool 👍

[charlataninred]

i was going thru the fmns songs bracket and it's looking likely that rusalka and the shepherd girl is going to go up against charlatan in red sometime. what's your availability for single combat?

Well on Friday I can meet by the crossroads when it’s late and quiet. If that doesn’t work I could always just spirit you away to Faerie Land for like 7 years whenever

[hobbyspacer]

Space habitat reports – July.1.2024

Here is this week's selection of videos and news items about government and commercial space habitats, living in space, and space settlement. === International Space Station & NASA ** Space to Ground: Laying the Groundwork: June 28, 2024 - NASA Johnson https://youtu.be/pBJ509DpwFA ** Expedition 71 Space Station Crew Talks with Yahoo Finance – Friday, June 28, 2024 - NASA Video Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 71 Flight Engineers Tracy Dyson and Jeanette Epps of NASA discussed life and work aboard the orbital outpost during an in-flight interview June 28 with Yahoo Finance. Dyson and Epps are in the midst of a long-duration mission aboard the microgravity laboratory to advance scientific knowledge and demonstrate new technologies for future human and robotic exploration flights as part of NASA’s Moon and Mars exploration approach, including lunar missions through NASA’s Artemis program. https://youtu.be/JTg_0F7x7JA ** NASA accidentally broadcasts space station medical emergency drill - Hear it here! - VideoFromSpace On June 12, 2024, NASA accidentally broadcasted a drill that simulated an astronaut with a medical emergency. A NASA flight surgeon can be heard suggesting treatment during the call the Internatlonal Space Station. Full Story: https://www.space.com/no-emergency-si... https://youtu.be/WwXeMWL4goA === Commercial space habitats ** Axiom Space ---- Axiom aims to offer "in-space cloud computing" services from its orbital habitat: Axiom Space Plans To Test Orbital-Based Data Center Tech on ISS This Year | FMN News Axiom plans to test their new designs on ISS this year. “We plan to fly and install an Axiom Data Center Unit (AxDCU) prototype onboard the ISS,” Aspiotis says. That prototype will “Test and demonstrate use cases for in-space cloud computing, AI/ML, data fusion and cybersecurity applications. The primary objectives are: (a) continue to develop the orbital data center market by demonstrating and proving the efficacy of in-situ cloud computing use cases, and (b) raise the technical readiness level of commercial and terrestrial-grade hardware operating in a space station environment.” As Axiom completes its ODC development, the company sees a good market for its services, “Any terrestrial company that could stand to benefit from space-derived data or insights being processed and delivered with lower latency and more security could be a user of ODCs. Financial institutions requiring faster insights from Earth observation data could be an example,” said Aspiotis. ---- Axiom says it's space suit development projects remain on track: @Axiom_Space continues development & testing of #AxEMU to deliver a next-gen spacesuit for #Artemis, ready for the challenges of the lunar south pole. We are on track, meeting/exceeding all milestones for the nation’s return to the Moon by 2026. ** Gravitics ---- Gravitics will work with NASA to develop procedures and systems for certifying space structures much larger than the usual satellite type of spacecraft. The company signed a Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA ... to develop verification and validation by similarity approaches for 6 to 8-meter diameter structures. “It is time to build bigger,” said Colin Doughan, CEO of Gravitics. “I am optimistic that the qualification and validation solutions being pioneered by Gravitics will be used across the industry from 6 to 8-meter diameter payloads and beyond.” More at: - NASA and Gravitics Sign Space Act Agreement with Focus on Verification and Validation for Large Spacecraft | Gravitics - June.18.2024 - Gravitics prepares a testing gauntlet for a new generation of giant spacecraft | TechCrunch - June.20.2024 ** Sierra Space ---- Robb Report tours inside of the Sierra inflatable habitat: Inside Sierra Space's LIFE Inflatable Space Station | Robb Report - June.25.2024 Robb Report’s recent visit to the aerospace company’s headquarters and research facility in Louisville, Colorado, included an exclusive tour of its inflatable space habitat. The full-scale prototype is designed to launch into space inside a conventional rocket and then expand—while in orbit—into globular living quarters. “Walking through it now might feel claustrophobic, but when you’re floating, it’s very roomy,” says Sierra Space’s chief safety officer Angie Wise. Above her is an upside-down hammock harnessed to the ceiling—“The astronauts have to strap in, or they’ll float around”—and beside it, a copy of sci-fi thriller Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (who also wrote The Martian), nestled within its own perch like a makeshift nightstand. ** Starlab / Voyager Space ---- Starlab aims to launch Starlab habitat on a Starship: Team #Starlab is out at @SpaceX this week working closely with their team as we work towards our launch on Starship. Starlab will launch on a single flight prior to @Space_Station decommissioning. pic.twitter.com/FiuxTToXrC — Starlab (@Starlab_Space) June 24, 2024 ---- Starlab will use Palantir Technologies data management software for space station: Palantir will become the exclusive supplier of enterprise-wide software data management solutions for the Starlab commercial space station. Palantir's AI-driven software enables analysts, users, and decision-makers alike to optimize the entirety of space architecture. Palantir helps deliver cutting-edge, adaptable software solutions from the ground to the edge – helping ensure space capabilities are maximally resilient, effective, and accessible, - Starlab Space Announces Strategic Partnership with Palantir Technologies, Inc. | Starlab/PRNewswire - June.20.2024 - Starlab Space announces Palantir Technologies as strategic partner | SatellitePro ME - June.23.2024 === Lunar habitation ** China's Plan to Establish a Permanent Base on the Moon - Dongfang Hour While the US and its partners are planning to carry out the Artemis Program in the coming decade, China is preparing the competing "ILRS", aka the International Lunar Research Station. In this episode, we do a deep dive into China's permanent lunar base project and its scientific and political ramifications. If you like what you see and would like to support me, please consider joining our small Patreon community at / dongfanghour ! We also have some very cool space merch available at https://shop.dongfanghour.com. 00:00 Artemis and the ILRS (introduction) 00:43 China's Moon Program: Early Beginnings 01:58 Chang'e 1 to Chang'e 6 02:35 First Mention of the ILRS 03:21 Private Internet Access 05:14 The ILRS Becomes a Sino-Russian Project 06:02 ILRS Phase 1 - Moon Base "Basic Model" 06:57 ILRS Phase 2 - Moon Base "Construction Phase" 10:09 How China plans to launch the ILRS hardware 11:20 Can the ILRS become international? https://youtu.be/FKorcw_BiBA ** Gateway Lunar Space Station Flyby - NASA Johnson NASA and its international partners will explore the scientific mysteries of deep space with Gateway, humanity’s first space station to orbit the Moon. Witness Gateway in stunning detail with this video that brings the future of lunar exploration to life. For more information about Gateway, visit: nasa.gov/gateway. https://youtu.be/T3Mh65QPN6s === Other space habitat and settlement news and articles: - Calendar: - 13th annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC 2024) -  July 30-August 1, 2024,  Boston. - Exploring a Martian Economy at 2024 Mars Society Convention - Aug. 8-11, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Washington. -  ISS: - Boeing Starliner: - Starliner landing now on indefinite hold for more tests, but NASA insists crew not ‘stranded’ in space | Spaceflight Now - June.29.2024 - Starliner to remain on ISS for more thruster tests | SpaceNews - June.28.2024 - NASA, Boeing Discuss Ground Testing, Starliner Timeline | Commercial Crew Program/NASA Blogs - June.28.2024 - NASA indefinitely delays return of Starliner to review propulsion data | Ars Technica - June.21.2024 - Star-crossed liner | The Space Review - June.3.2024 - De-orbiting at end of life: - NASA will pay SpaceX nearly $1 billion to deorbit the International Space Station | Ars Technica - June.27.2024 - NASA awards SpaceX contract for space station deorbit vehicle | SpaceNews - June.26.2024 - NASA Selects International Space Station US Deorbit Vehicle | NASA - June.26.2024 - The Space Station Now Has Blisteringly Fast Internet | Universe Today - June.30.2024 - Crews Conduct Spacewalk Review, Physics Research, and Orbital Plumbing | Space Station/NASA Blogs- June.25.2024 - Spacewalk Cancelled Due to Spacesuit Cooling Unit Water Leak | Space Station/NASA Blogs - June.24.2024 - One of Humanity’s Greatest Architectural Feats Will Be Dismantled Soon — What Happens Next? | Inverse - June.20.2024 - Amateur Radio on ISS (ARISS) - Status ISS Stations - Livestream - Misc. settlement topics: - Bryan Versteeg to Showcase 'Future Habitats' at the 2024 Mars Society Convention | The Mars Society - June.29.2024 - Determining the Safest Martian Caves for Future Astronauts | Universe Today - June.29.2024 - NASA’s commercial spacesuit program just hit a major snag | Ars Technica - June.26.2024 - Using energy from space to power in situ resource processing on the Moon | Space Settlement Progress - June.26.2024 - NASA Advances Research to Grow Habitats in Space from Fungi | NASA - June.26.2024 - The Space Race Gets Serious | Newgeography.com - June.23.2024 - Potential Terraforming Breakthrough to Be Presented at Mars Society Convention | The Mars Society - June.22.2024 - Resources: - Space Settlement National Space Society – NSS - Space Studies Institute | Technology for Human Space Settlement - Space Settlement Progress – Cutting-edge technology enabling settlement of the solar system and beyond - Factories in Space - Making products for Earth and space === Earth views from ISS ** Highlight: SoCal - Los Angeles - San Diego - Jun 25, 2024 - 10:38 PDT - ISS Above NASA EHDC6 Live views of the Earth from the International Space Station https://youtu.be/HltM7PbDJPQ ** Expedition 71 International Space Station Flyover of Hurricane Beryl - Monday, July 1, 2024 - NASA Video The International Space Station flew 260 miles over Hurricane Beryl at approximately 9 a.m. EDT Monday, July 1, 2024. External cameras on the orbiting laboratory captured views of the storm as it traveled across the Caribbean near the Windward Islands as a Category 4 hurricane with winds around 130 miles per hour. https://youtu.be/c2vB7LLqvNU ** Live Video from the International Space Station (Official NASA Stream) - NASA Watch live video from the International Space Station, including inside views when the crew aboard the space station is on duty. Views of Earth are also streamed from an external camera located outside of the space station. During periods of signal loss due to handover between communications satellites, a blue screen is displayed. The space station orbits Earth about 250 miles (425 kilometers) above the surface. An international partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries operates the station, and it has been continuously occupied since November 2000. It's a microgravity laboratory where science, research, and human innovation make way for new technologies and research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. More: https://go.nasa.gov/3CkVtC8 Did you know you can spot the station without a telescope? It looks like a fast-moving star, but you have to know when to look up. Sign up for text messages or email alerts to let you know when (and where) to spot the station and wave to the crew: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov https://www.youtube.com/live/xAieE-QtOeM?feature=share ====

ISS after undocking of STS-132 === Amazon Ads === Lego Ideas International Space Station 21321 Toy Blocks, Present, Space, Boys, Girls, Ages 16 and Up  ==== Outpost in Orbit: A Pictorial & Verbal History of the Space Station  Read the full article

[mountaingnomes]

Oh! I’ll try to see if I can make some in the next couple weeks for Fmns Friday! Sorry I haven’t been super on top of that recently, it’s camp season, I’ve been busy teaching the kiddos backflips (not a metaphor).

I CANNOT BELEIVE that my rumbkr blog comes up when you type "the forgetmenauts ukulele chords" on google 😭😭😭

[askamnesiamoonjumper]

So uh the iOS update huh

it won’t effect me even though I use mobile (because I use it on the search engine/web browser not the actual app)(I use desktop basically )

but I do know a lot of people that follow my blog use the app version and I’m not sure if any of my posts will be effected or not? I know what tags are currently being censored and I don’t believe I’ve used them but Im not sure, But I would say for anyone using the app version to do what I do and just use the search engine/safari etc to use tumblr like I do, but I don’t believe any of my posts will be effected by the tag bans so most of you should be good, but If you want to be safe you can use desktop

[inventors-fair]

Schedule Updates

When I had a bunch of time to myself, I’d run the contests on a fairly consistent basis for me. Lots of free time and lots of consistent life events meant that I could sit down on Friday, do the winners, go to FMN, then spend all of Saturday doing commentary. When more judges came on board, the schedule didn’t change, and as a result, neither did the individual workload.

For anyone who isn’t me, well, that turned out to be a bit of a problem.

Burnout is real, and asking for 2K-10K words to be cranked out in a weekend isn’t easy. Additionally, the last-minute entries make the time between their submission and winning pretty narrow. Keeping the Fair healthy for judges and contestants alike means that things are going to have to shift a little bit for everyone’s sake.

Here is the proposed Inventor’s Fair weekly schedule going forward:

Sunday: New contest announced

Monday + Tuesday: Example posts and/or blog posts as time allows

Wednesday: Midweek reminder

Thursday: Last time warning

Between Monday and Thursday: The commentary for the previous contest will be posted alongside whatever posts come on that day.

Friday: No submissions will be accepted past noon on the current judge’s time zone.

Saturday: Winners and entries will be posted.

Commentary is hard, and each individual’s needs for how they write it are different. I mean, coming up with contests and judging is hard in general. Everyone’s stepped up their game so much over the past few years that it’s agonizing to choose sometimes. The easy choice for us, though, is to ensure that everyone’s needs are met. Hopefully going forward this will ensure that realistic human expectations are met and that you as inventors can get the feedback you need.

Thank you! —@abelzumi​ and the Fair Judges

[greenglasslov3]

Looking forward to next chapter of FMN. 🙃Could you give us a sneak peek? 🥰

Hi Nonnie - I’m working on it, I promise! Even though I’ve had this story outlined for over a year, this next chapter took a bit of a turn, and it looks like we’re getting an extra chapter out of it.  Maybe I can have it ready for Friday (writing gods and goddesses be willing).  In the mean time, here’s a wee sneak peek:

“Claire has a migraine,” Ian declared firmly with a curt nod in her direction (the corner of his mouth quirked upward slightly as if to say, “trust me - I’ve got ye”).  “I got her squared away wi’ yer assistant, Jamie, and ye and Geneva are all set for an appointment at her shop next week.”

A flurry of well wishes for Claire to rest up and to feel better filled the front parlor as she attempted to inch her way towards the exit.  She kept her eyes trained towards the floor (micromanaging her legs to evenly place one foot in front of the other).  Terror gripped her low in her gut, impossibly mortified that if she met the eyes of the company before her that her glass face would betray her (as it always had without fail).  Her gaze turned inward, focusing on matching her breath with the rhythm of her steps - four steps to inhale, four steps to exhale, and repeat.  Once she was sure she’d turned her back towards her clients (away from him), she allowed her chin to tilt skywards, eyelids sliding closed to capture tears that threatened to fall… except she hadn’t anticipated the tripping hazard that was yet another thick Persian rug in the foyer.

Claire felt her body toppling forward, her mouth opening indelicately wide as her joints jutted sharply forward (with the grace of a small child ice skating for the first time - a skill she never mastered).  She was certain - she would fall flat on her face in the hallowed halls of the ancestral Fraser manor, ruining the beloved carpet with blood from her own busted chin and the mud that caked her boots.  For a moment, she was airborne, floating above the floor she threatened to crash into and hovering above her clients, who’d only proved to be her greatest and most lethal enemies… 

Until she felt her body being pulled back to earth in reverse (gravity was a fickle mistress after all).

Strong hands cupped her elbow and braced her lower back, gently guiding her upright before she could fall flat on her face.  Gripping her shoulders, they steadied her before gently rubbing warmth into her shoulders.  Claire sighed, melting into the comforting embrace (the calloused skin of working hands eliciting immoral thoughts and feelings through the thin cotton of her shirt).  A familiar scent wafted across her face (freshly turned earth, rough hewn wood, and the spice of mulled wine).  She turned in the arms of her savior - the person who prevented her total embarrassment…

… only to meet the piercing blue gaze of betrayal.

[hellfireklub-blog]

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You’ve got only a few hours/minutes to vote for tonight’s movie. 

Equilibrium or Matrix? 

Reply with your pick and see in here at 9PM (GMT+1)! 

[foilmountain]

Friday (FMN) EDH/Commander report:

Played 6 games of commander! Game:1 Zada vs Omnath vs Angry Omnath Vs the red/green and green/white partner commanders Winner: Zada Thoughts: basically had to sneak Zada into this game because there are a few decks that players have in my play group that were created to counter Zada so I don't get to play Zada very often. This match up was in my favor since I didn't run into a lot of removal, I was possibly 1-2 turns away from being locked out of the game by the Angry Omnath player that had Goblin bombardment that could have just sac an elemental to shoot Zada for 4 dmg thanks to his commander if he was able to cast Omnath soon enough. Game:2 Jaya (Red Mastery) vs Angry Omnath vs Ydris vs Norn Winner: Jaya Thoughts: kinda just fumbled into the win here with mana geyser and reiterate into Comet storm after basically just wheeling and rummaging all game constantly Game:3 Jaya (Red Mastery) vs Geth vs Angry Omnath vs Ydris Winner: Geth Thoughts: the Geth player had a crazy mana rock start (like 5 mana possible turn 2) and also had dark depths and vampire hex mage like turn 4. So we all basically died to that Haha my deck only has like one answer to that and no of the other decks really had answers soon enough Game:4 Jaya (Red Mastery) vs Norn vs Wanderer vs Cromat 5 colors Gods and good stuff Winner: Jaya Thoughts: Had to all is dust and O stone to clear the board at important parts of the game. Won with Mizzix Mastery and Molten Psyche after Psychosis Crawler got everyone super low before it got Path'd Game:5 Jaya (red Mastery) vs Wanderer vs kynaios and Tiro Winner: Wanderer Thoughts: really subpar game for Jaya, didn't do much. Got super crushed by Wanderer when he cascaded into Avenger of zendikar and had his whole team getting +5/0 Game: 6 Sram vs Wanderer vs Ydris Winner: Sram Thoughts: Got a sweet hand with two lands and puresteel in my opening, went off like turns 3-4.

[unohanabbygirl]

Hi! When is your spring break over? Im not an American or a university student yet so I am a little unsure what date that is 😅

My spring break ends this Thursday! I’m currently in the editing stage so the next FMN chapter will be out either that day when my classes are over or Friday morning :)

[9jabreed]

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has identified poverty and illiteracy as some of the factors responsible for insurgency in

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has identified poverty and illiteracy as some of the factors responsible for insurgency in

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has identified poverty and illiteracy as some of the factors responsible for insurgency in the country.⁣ ⁣ Zulum stated this on Friday, in Abuja, at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Nasarawa State Government and Flour Mills Nigeria (FMN).⁣ ⁣ The MoU by the two parties was for the establishment of a sugar company in Toto Local Government…