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[tokyodolldiaries]

2000s Gyaru chan Line stickers by Bisuko Ezaki

[anbaisai]

Happy birthday to @crystallizsch and the lovely Yuusha! May you have another wonderful year full of happiness and currynoodles💜

[sophiethewitch1]

kinda wanna write a fic where the dog is literally the deus ex machina

[ashipiko]

hihi! ^^ how are you? :3

🙏 heyhey!! 🤔 doin okies thinkin bout my fansekai HBU??

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夕暮れた色 空を飛んで このまま大気さえ飛び出して 真下、次第に小さくな��てくのは 君の居た街だ

[callilouv]

i love going outside when its night time, going to stores and buying random shi with my brother

[mx-pastelwriting]

Kinktober Day 2: Bruising

Carlisle Cullen x GN! Reader

Summary: Carlisle being a little too rough with evidence to show for it in the morning.

Warnings: Established Relationships, Smut, Rough, Bruises, Pain

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Minors do not interact!

Conflict sparked along your hips, starting all from Carlisle's cold hands guided by tunnel vision. Cock sunken deep within your warm mortal insides, making the sliver venom rush to his face. Foggily watching as his face glows in the dim rays of the sunrise.

Spiraled on the bed, pillows had been kicked off while others brought comfort, propping parts of your body up for Carlisle to devour.

Moans danced around the room, pathed into both of your ears, accompanied by the instrumentals of the bed threatening to break under Carlisle's unmerciful movements of love. Dull pain stung around your body with the waves of feral pleasure, it all mixing into a perfect harmony that you sang to, enchaining the vampire further.

Leaning in, burying his hips into you, wanting to feel every inch of you, loving as your head drew back, hearing as his balls slammed against you with eyes blinded by the euphoric feeling.

"Carlisle," you plead, but he ignores you, leaving you to burst at the seams, watching as you arched back, whining out his name, pulling your vampire lover close to his climax.

Not having to wait long, hearing as his heavy breaths increased, his groans so close to your ear threatening to reignite a hunger for another round. Moans curl out of your throat, feeding his greed to cum. Quickly pull out of you, leaving a sharp emptiness, trading it for a white warmth that spilled atop your body.

Purple bruises shined in the morning sun's light, painting a timeline of the night, some resembling the silhouette of hands now etched on your body for the next two weeks. Two weeks of having to remind your passionate lover of their existence the next time he wanted to make more.

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[stvolanis]

Your lover, Lestat, was sickening in every way possible. Sickeningly charming. Sickeningly cunning. Sickeningly handsome. He was the master of manipulation, with his charismatic tendencies aiding him. Lestat, controlling in every sense of the word, seemed to control everything and everyone around him—except for you. And God, did it drive him absolutely mad.

Lestat was so used to getting his way. Torturing peoples bones till they bended to his liking, before meeting their inevitable doom and snapping. Rubble at his feet. He had a way with words, that was no surprise and was well known by those who knew him and lived. He was a greedy, narcissistic man, but you—you were his remedy. The right to his wrongs.

Lestat bowed for no one, yet he’d fall to his knees in your presence if you’d ask. He was an evil man, yes, he knew this to be a fact. But that didn’t matter to him, when little ol’ you peered up at him through those bashful lashes of yours like he was nothing but a saint. How could someone so devastatingly beautiful be the devil himself?

Lestat was madly in love, madly obsessed, and madly captivated all in one. An ambush of tiny angels plucking at the dead strings of his unbeating heart in a chilling melody only you knew the chords to.

Sex was an otherworldly experience. He was your first everything, including your first time. He was gentle, loving, and tender with each thrust he’d give you. Strings of praise slipping past his lips in his native tongue, accent thick and heavy as sweat dripped down his forehead. He was holding himself back, afraid his power would hurt you. He’d laid with mortals, uncaring of their comfort—but even as you were a vampire, he treated you like you would accidentally break at any moment. More fragile than human.

“Our beings as we know them are tied for eternity now, mon cher. I am yours as you are mine.”

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[yuomizuu]

♡ | open arms ── kinich x reader !

synopsis: a bit of kindness can go a long way. at least, that was what the elders in kinich’s clans would often say. though in a land where war with the abyss is at a constant, he finds it difficult to truly believe such a notion. perhaps meeting you simply had the sole purpose of erasing those doubts that shrouded his mind.

additional: w.c 899 ⸝⸝⸝ content includes . . .gn reader, implied friends to lovers, character study www

( 💌 ) yuomi’s note: slowly but surely reverting back to my musical kid phase ty mr. jorge for creating epic and what better way to commend that than doing some kinich brainrot ^w^

natlan — a nation of eternal oaths and converging fires. where the sacred flame burns brighter with each chant of the epic hymn that echoes from land to sea, bringing back valiant warriors, now deemed heroes, anew.

yet beyond those blazing flames of ardent also lies a resplendent nation full of color and life. made up of magnificent gorges and valleys that stretch as far as the eye can see, vibrant fields where the saurians roam free, and rejuvenating springs that ease the weary, you'll find a unique beauty reflected within it all.

for most of his life, kinich had often found it difficult to view his homeland through the lens of the latter. since a young age, misfortune has always seemed to follow him wherever he goes, like a relentless beast chasing down its prey that's slowly becoming more and more exhausted. where no matter how far he soars, the shackles of a brutal reality always drag him back down. eventually, such experiences would sometimes render the lone saurian hunter an austere individual, whether intended or not. in his eyes, the world was but a tapestry of unbridled battles.

it was only after meeting you that, slowly but surely, kinich would gradually learn to appreciate the more charming aspects of life and even gain a sense of tenderness towards it. however, that still doesn't cause him to lower his guard completely.

"kinich, you're doing it again," you mused, the lush grass below softening your footsteps as you and your companion tread through the forest. the occasional murmur of wild animals hidden within the trees or nestled away in burrows echoes throughout.

hearing this, the male ahead of you briefly stops in his tracks to glance back at you with a puzzled look. "doing.. what exactly?"

stopping beside him, you motion at the weapon held in his hand. "gripping onto your sword so tightly that the tips of your knuckles are turning white. i swear… it's like you're expecting us to get ambushed out here any minute."

in response to your sigh though, he simply shrugs. "perhaps we will be."

"kinich, we barely took on this commission not that long ago, and we aren't even at our intended destination yet. i doubt we'll find ourselves walking into trouble so soon."

"better to be prepared for catastrophe before it strikes when you least expect it."

an air of laughter escapes from you then. "catastrophe," you repeat to yourself, head shaking in slight amusement. "we aren't exactly tackling the abyss here you know."

"no, but if we were, your lack of attentiveness would surely lead us to such." in between his pause, you catch sight of the subtle curl of his lips. "not even ajaw would be so heedless, and that certainly says something."

"you little…!"

balling your hand up into a fist, you immediately go to throw a punch on his arm that ultimately does not land when the now chuckling male catches it effortlessly. not that such a punch would've hurt him in the first place, but kinich is all for finding the humor in evading your poor attempts at attacking him. plus, you've managed to land a good punch or two on him before, although he blames ajaw for distracting him during those moments.

before you can pull your hand away from his grasp and unwillingly accept defeat this time, kinich intertwines his fingers with yours, holding your hand firmly. without saying another word, he turns to continue walking along with you at his side now.

due to your good-natured sense of self, it's often left kinich to be roped up in more conflicts than he'd usually expect: said conflicts are getting you out of trouble.

but even in the face of danger, you never cease to look for the good in others. while many have considered this trait of yours to be a display of naive foolishness, it felt like a breath of fresh air for kinich. while he was also considered to be different from those of his tribe concerning certain viewpoints and beliefs, you were an oddity that transcended beyond his own novel ideals. if you had not been born and raised in natlan, kinich would've surely mistaken you for being an outlander. even you had once jokingly said that perhaps you were actually a child of the anemo god, barbatos, that the wind had accidentally blown too far from home.

because, unlike the fierce fires that dwelt within the spirit of every warrior in natlan, your flame was akin to that of a candle: a gentle yet comforting light that simply wished to share its warmth with the world around them and kinich would do anything to keep that light of yours burning for evermore.

he'll never admit to you aloud, but he secretly thanks the anemo archon every day for sending him a beautiful soul such as yourself. your presence alone was as calming as a gentle breeze, and his love for you a sweet, sweet melody.

"speaking of ajaw, where is the little rascal anyways?" you ask, breaking the silence as you look around to find the creature that has strangely gone quiet.

"i sent him to scout ahead for a bit. he'll be back soon enough."

a soft smile creeps onto your face. you spare the male one more glance before giving his hand a light squeeze.

"of course you did."

[romaritimeharbor]

FAMILY, OF SORTS. — in which kafka, blade, and silver wolf are an odd but quite special found family to be a part of.

— trigger & content warnings. mentions of unspecified injury.

— pairings & notes. fluff, found family. kafka & teen!reader, blade & teen!reader, silver wolf & teen!reader. 1.3k words. reader is a stellaron hunter. reader is gender neutral (they/them pronouns used).

— author's notes. the sillies <3 APHE POSTING???? APHELION POSTING REAL AND TRUE????????? i had a request for this on my old blog (from my dear beloved moot @starryshinyskies <3) so i decided to finish it 💪 nd tagging @www-brontide since i know you were excited for this post HEHE anyways how are we feeling about this formatting? if you guys don't like it i'm very open to changing it back. i'm just experimenting with my post format is all 🫶

kafka seems strangely motherly to me. caring and doting in her own unique ways, but also quite strange and odd in those same ways. an enigma of sorts.

she is the kind of person to always send the stellaron hunters' youngest member texts throughout the day; these texts range anywhere from silly and inconsequential to sweet messages letting [name] know that she was thinking about them.

(her doting nature is not dissimilar to how she thinks of and regards the trailblazer... hm.)

KAFKA

My coat got stained again :(

Won't you help me clean it when you get home, little one?

[ 1:22 PM ]

KAFKA

I saw a new movie today.

It made me think of you. It was quite to your tastes.

Perhaps we should go see it together sometime, hm?

Ah, but you're probably asleep by now...

That's fine. You do need it more than the rest of us.

Sleep well, darling.

[ 11:34 PM ]

she thinks of her little one quite frequently and has been known to pick up little trinkets from different planets that reminded her of them. a phone charm, a set of rings, something more practical like a new weapon... she once returned with a nice coat that matches one of hers. her gifts are always unpredictable but nonetheless very thoughtful.

and when or if they get injured, she is the one who treats their wound(s) with a tender hand.

she does chide them, however.

"you are a stellaron hunter, little one," she reminds, pulling the bandages wrapped around their wound a little tighter, making them wince. it is akin to a slap on the wrist—not enough pain to seriously harm them, but enough to force them to take her words to heart. "if it is not a part of the plan, try your best not to get caught or injured, hm? silver wolf doesn't like to see you this way, and it causes a unique stir in bladie. your getting injured causes quite the unrest among us all! do be more careful next time."

if there is ever a night during which they are struggling to sleep, they are more than welcome to seek out kafka's company.

she would be willing to read them to sleep, if that is what they desired.

however... a far easier method that would ensure they would stay asleep? her spirit whisper ability, of course.

they know kafka would not use it to harm them.

kafka finds their earnest trust beyond endearing. the trust of a little one like them is quite an important gift! the least she can do, she thinks, is assist them when her assistance is needed.

and sometimes, that just means lulling them to sleep.

blade is quite a difficult person to read, regardless of whether he intends to be so or not.

some days, he is distant and prefers to keep to himself. others, less so.

this, though, should not be mistaken for a lack of care. in fact, he cares quite deeply. his care is simply very quiet and he desperately, earnestly, truly does not wish to cause [name] harm.

he is also most likely the one who spars with them and trains them in the ways of combat, which... he isn't exactly the gentlest at doing. training sessions can be quite frustrating in that they often emerge sore and with new cuts and bruises (but really, these injuries are small and insignificant; they are confident in saying that blade would never truly hurt them, nobody in their family would). he does mean well in his tough methods, though.

the universe is not kind or gentle. it will never treat them that way. therefore, he does his best to prepare them so that they can effectively handle the universe's cruelty and defend themselves from it.

one of the ways in which his quiet care manifests is through his treatment of the small wounds he gives them during training. kafka has said many times that she can treat them, but blade always insists on doing it himself.

out of all of their coworkers, blade becomes the most restless when they're away. he gets particularly antsy when they've been gone for a long period or when they're out there alone. kafka always giggles and points out to him how utterly restless he becomes when such circumstances occur.

(he should be assured that they can handle themselves, given that he is their mentor—there is surely nobody else who would know their skills as well as he would—but somehow he simply isn't.)

blade is also, generally speaking, the most protective.

should they come back injured... if it is anything other than a shallow scratch on the cheek, a rage hotter than the brightest star burns under his skin. in those moments, he almost does not dare to touch them, for fear that he might harm them unwittingly... but he does. his hands are somewhat rough when he snatches their face and tilts their chin around to get a better look at the blood (is it theirs? he hopes not) and grime dirtying their face. there is a terrifying threat present in his voice when he demands, not asks, "who did this to you?"

(if kafka was not present in these moments, he might worry that his mara would get the best of him. thankfully, kafka is intentional and present in such situations.)

unless the ones responsible for the wound have already been adequately... taken care of, he will do so himself. there is nowhere in the universe that the perpetrators could hide from him.

it's about protecting them, but it is also about sending a message.

something along the lines of "anyone who lays hands on them will suffer a fate worse than death," perhaps.

death is anything but a terrible fate to blade, but he knows that it is the worst imaginable to some. he will be certain to deliver something infinitely worse, something beyond imagination, to those daring to hurt his younger teammate.

silver wolf is perhaps the least enigmatic of their little family. she isn't an open book, per se, but she's easier to read than kafka or blade... at least, for someone like [name], anyway.

she never fails to harrass them to play a few rounds (which tends to spiral into many, many rounds...) of a game or two with her. why them, specifically? she insists that blade isn't good at them and kafka is kafka. really, it may very well just be that she enjoys spending time with them, but she—of course—will not simply say that.

however... she bullies them terribly about how bad they are. it comes from a place of affection!

she is also the type to win them every single prize at carnivals, just because she likes the joy it seems to bring them. when she encounters rigged games, however, she becomes all the more motivated by her unadulterated annoyance to beat them.

what do you mean she of all people can't beat this awful and horrible rigged game? her???? the silver wolf????? seriously????????

unfortunately, it does not always end in her victory, even when she is infinitely motivated by her anger.

...and she really isn't above just taking one of the prizes when the stall's owner isn't looking. she has done so multiple times for [name].

she would definitely try to teach them hacking (keyword: try) if they aren't already familiar with it. since it has come in handy for her, she figures that they might also find use in it. it's her quiet way of looking out for them.

(her more obvious way of looking out for them is often seen when she is on missions with them. most commonly, it manifests as her snatching their arm and pulling them out of the way of an enemy before obliterating said threat.)

silver wolf is totally the sort of person to pinch their cheeks (to different degrees, kafka and blade also do this!). they are very cute to her.

overall they are a weird but very special little family to be a part of <3

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[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

What do you think Divus was like during his student years in NRC?

Personally I think he was a mixture of Ace, Cater, and Vil. A mischievous troublemaker who was also trendy and sociable with a good fashion sense. Since he is the potion and science teacher, I think he was in Pomefiore.

Also I don’t know if this is true or not, but I heard somewhere that Divus mentioned that he was always followed by two lackeys, who I have no doubt are the twisted versions of Jasper and Horace.

We actually already know some things about Crewel's student days from canon (mainly taken from his Unified Exams voice lines and/or from Happy Beans Day):

Trein was a teacher at NRC when Crewel was a student. They didn’t get along (Crewel was not enthusiastic to see Trein still teaching at NRC), but Trein is credited with teaching Crewel to respect his elders. They continue to bicker, usually passive aggressively and cheekily from Crewel’s end.

Trein says that Beansfest got out of hand during the time Crewel was studying there, which led to there being stricter rules imposed for the current iteration of Beansfest. (It is not known if Crewel himself contributed to that aforementioned chaotic run.)

There was an incident when student!Crewel accidentally overturned a pot of mandrakes. Their screams shattered all the glass in the Alchemy workshop.

Trein says that Crewel used to get into many fights.

Crewel tells us what he wasn’t as rowdy as the kids are nowadays.

He’s still in contact with two of his “henchmen” (ie his juniors) that he met back in school. Crewel says they aren’t clever, but that he can be himself around them; he also trusts them to dogsit for him. These two men are most likely twisted versions of Cruella’s hired help, Jasper and Horace.

From what we know of the canon, here are some conclusions I've personally drawn:

Knowing Trein and Crewel's current relationship (they disagree on trivial things like whether cats or dogs are better; it gets Trein riled up), I assume that they've never really gotten along. Perhaps Crewel was a constant sore spot for Trein or was frequently reprimanded for his behavior in spite of having excellent grades.

Crewel has a voice line in which he advises the player to not wholly devote their efforts to studying and keeping their head down, or else they will become inflexible as adults. He also advises them to “go wild once in a while”, but not so wild that professors will scold you. This makes me think that Crewel had a similar attitude when he was a student himself. That is to say, he was a good student, but also had his rebellious streaks and moments of acting out. Maybe he went too far sometimes, which is why he now informs the player to not cause trouble for their teachers in the pursuit of seeking thrills or a break from their studies.

As the sender has mentioned, Crewel has good fashion sense and currently teaches science courses, meaning he must be proficient in the area. These traits make him a suitable ex-Pomefiore student, as that dorm tends to have students that enjoy aesthetics and excel in potion-making. (This is also the popular headcanon within the fandom.

Crewel has what I would call “refined” tastes and interests, such as sports cars. I feel like he also had this discerning eye for quality and trends as a student.

Crewel is strong-headed and asserts himself well. He walks into a room and just commands it. Because of this, I see him easily being kind of a “leader of the pack” kind of guy—a cool, charismatic person that others can’t help but follow or admire, even if they hate his guts or find him pretentious. I don’t know if I would call him friendly (like, I don’t see him as outgoing), but rather he’s just got a magnetic presence that attracts people to him and definitely knew how to navigate a complex social web.

He gives me the impression that lots of his classmates looked up to him or called him “aniki” (as a sign of respect) 😂 (Twisted Jasper and Horace definitely do this www)

Sometimes I feel like Crewel’s leadership capabilities weren’t used for the… best purposes? Like I’m sure he had his spats of immaturity and led his boys to pull off some stupid pranks or fights or whatever. Maybe they put Lucius in a tree so they can all get out of an exam while Trein is looking for his familiar?? But then they all get an earful about it later… That’s just one example off the top of my head!

The student!Crewel I picture is a lot like Vil in many ways, but stands on his own due to his wild side. Someone who is cool, confident, fashionable… with his own set of rules and a slight edge to him that isn’t very Vil-like.

I hope that sufficiently explained my thoughts ^^

[eldritchravens]

Welcome Home - The Homewarming Update : A compilation of the secrets I could find

⚠️SPOILERS AHEAD!⚠️

This post is simply a compilation of all the things I could find during my exploration of the website. I'm not going to delve too much into theories. Enjoy the read!

1- Statics

Every background is now filled with statics. I tried zooming out but I couldn't find anything. Not really a secret, but still interesting to note.

2- It's a dog! Oh, and a pea!

Found in the "Official Welcome Home Cook Book" in the merchandise page. I am... A little worried about Barnaby. For those who are aware, the pea is foreshadowing for a much bigger secret.

3- Audio distortion

Surprisingly, I was only able to find one instance where the audio distorts. In the "Homewarming Storybook Record", when Wally speaks here (timestamp is 18:16), the audio gets distorted. Please let me know if you found more audio glitches on the main website!

4- The page is breathing

I was able to capture something that made my skin crawl. Look very closely at this illustration. It's... breathing. I'm unsure if any other image in the website does that too. Very troubling.

5- Lost track of time

Uh-oh! Looks like our beloved writer is losing their perception of time itself. An effect of the black substance maybe? You can find this on the News page.

6- Pixels? Smudges? Oh, and a new friend!

In The Neighboorhood page, Home now has little white pixels around him? I'm unsure if this was intentional or not. Interestingly, the secret link under Home dissapeared along with every other traces of Wally.

The logo on certain pages looks... dirty? Look closely, there are brownish stains on some letters. This doesn't appear everywhere.

And! New friend! Hello new friend!

7- Symbols!

Okay, now onto the main course. Something I think we've all noticed straight away! There's a ton of tiny little doodles splattered around the website. The doodles are all named after a letter. Here is every letter translated from their respective symbol you can find on the website :

Home : M I O A Merchandise : P Y E R Media : Y G About us : A R Stickers : E News : T Neighboorhood : S F N E Wally : W Exhibition : N Ghestbook : W W W Transcript : Y

"www" huh? Interesting, like a web link. At first, all of this doesn't really mean anything, until we stumble upon this!

Fascinating, it's a code! Eddie here is giving us the translation to every single doodle. Next, if we solve the question here "What does Home wear at parties?", it gives us the next clue we need. The answer is "ADDRESS". Address? Now, remember the "www" thing? That's right! We need to assemble the letters we found to make a link!

8- Away from Prying Eyes

After assembling a link, you will be able to visit a secret page. In it is by far the biggest secret in this update : https://www.awayfrompryingeyes.net/

When I tell you I lost my marbles when I discovered this. There is a lot to say here! Firstly, one thing to note is that unlike any other secrets we had found in previous updates, Wally didn't put this here. Instead, it was this mysterious "W". Go read the whole thing! It's PACKED with information!

"W" purposely put this here for US to find. W is in distress, confused and scared; this looks like a call for help.

Might or might not be important, but the word "Paranoid" here starts with a capital. It did catch my eye, so maybe it is noteworthy.

This entire phone call is absolutely fascinating and gives us answers about the lore. I highly recommend people to give it a listen : https://www.awayfrompryingeyes.net/phone

AND THIS??? OH MY GOODNESS!!! Clown is spoiling us with gifts for this Homewarming! Truly, thank you Clown and the whole WH team, you're doing such a marvelous job. Watch the whole thing here : https://www.awayfrompryingeyes.net/commercials

And what's this hidden among the commercials? Eddie! Remember how I said the pea was foreshadowing? Eddie can hear Home's heartbeat. Well, our dearest mailman doesn't look too well :( Thankfully Frank seems to be looking out for him!

_________________________

Important things to note: This update is almost completely void of any trace of Wally infesting the website. The symbols were placed by the website manager here. Wally is not there anymore. Also, Eddie is purposely left out of the main update, only to be the center of attention in the commercial compilation.

Well! That's all I managed to find for now! Please let me know in the replies if I've missed anything. Thank you for reading, and Happy Homewarming! <3

Edit : Added some new things I just noticed!

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Too big to care

I'm on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in BOSTON with Randall "XKCD" Munroe (Apr 11), then PROVIDENCE (Apr 12), and beyond!

Remember the first time you used Google search? It was like magic. After years of progressively worsening search quality from Altavista and Yahoo, Google was literally stunning, a gateway to the very best things on the internet.

Today, Google has a 90% search market-share. They got it the hard way: they cheated. Google spends tens of billions of dollars on payola in order to ensure that they are the default search engine behind every search box you encounter on every device, every service and every website:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/03/not-feeling-lucky/#fundamental-laws-of-economics

Not coincidentally, Google's search is getting progressively, monotonically worse. It is a cesspool of botshit, spam, scams, and nonsense. Important resources that I never bothered to bookmark because I could find them with a quick Google search no longer show up in the first ten screens of results:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/21/im-feeling-unlucky/#not-up-to-the-task

Even after all that payola, Google is still absurdly profitable. They have so much money, they were able to do a $80 billion stock buyback. Just a few months later, Google fired 12,000 skilled technical workers. Essentially, Google is saying that they don't need to spend money on quality, because we're all locked into using Google search. It's cheaper to buy the default search box everywhere in the world than it is to make a product that is so good that even if we tried another search engine, we'd still prefer Google.

This is enshittification. Google is shifting value away from end users (searchers) and business customers (advertisers, publishers and merchants) to itself:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/05/the-map-is-not-the-territory/#apor-locksmith

And here's the thing: there are search engines out there that are so good that if you just try them, you'll get that same feeling you got the first time you tried Google.

When I was in Tucson last month on my book-tour for my new novel The Bezzle, I crashed with my pals Patrick and Teresa Nielsen Hayden. I've know them since I was a teenager (Patrick is my editor).

We were sitting in his living room on our laptops – just like old times! – and Patrick asked me if I'd tried Kagi, a new search-engine.

Teresa chimed in, extolling the advanced search features, the "lenses" that surfaced specific kinds of resources on the web.

I hadn't even heard of Kagi, but the Nielsen Haydens are among the most effective researchers I know – both in their professional editorial lives and in their many obsessive hobbies. If it was good enough for them…

I tried it. It was magic.

No, seriously. All those things Google couldn't find anymore? Top of the search pile. Queries that generated pages of spam in Google results? Fucking pristine on Kagi – the right answers, over and over again.

That was before I started playing with Kagi's lenses and other bells and whistles, which elevated the search experience from "magic" to sorcerous.

The catch is that Kagi costs money – after 100 queries, they want you to cough up $10/month ($14 for a couple or $20 for a family with up to six accounts, and some kid-specific features):

https://kagi.com/settings?p=billing_plan&plan=family

I immediately bought a family plan. I've been using it for a month. I've basically stopped using Google search altogether.

Kagi just let me get a lot more done, and I assumed that they were some kind of wildly capitalized startup that was running their own crawl and and their own data-centers. But this morning, I read Jason Koebler's 404 Media report on his own experiences using it:

https://www.404media.co/friendship-ended-with-google-now-kagi-is-my-best-friend/

Koebler's piece contained a key detail that I'd somehow missed:

When you search on Kagi, the service makes a series of “anonymized API calls to traditional search indexes like Google, Yandex, Mojeek, and Brave,” as well as a handful of other specialized search engines, Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, etc. Kagi then combines this with its own web index and news index (for news searches) to build the results pages that you see. So, essentially, you are getting some mix of Google search results combined with results from other indexes.

In other words: Kagi is a heavily customized, anonymized front-end to Google.

The implications of this are stunning. It means that Google's enshittified search-results are a choice. Those ad-strewn, sub-Altavista, spam-drowned search pages are a feature, not a bug. Google prefers those results to Kagi, because Google makes more money out of shit than they would out of delivering a good product:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024-home-use-office-use-labels-school-homework

No wonder Google spends a whole-ass Twitter every year to make sure you never try a rival search engine. Bottom line: they ran the numbers and figured out their most profitable course of action is to enshittify their flagship product and bribe their "competitors" like Apple and Samsung so that you never try another search engine and have another one of those magic moments that sent all those Jeeves-askin' Yahooers to Google a quarter-century ago.

One of my favorite TV comedy bits is Lily Tomlin as Ernestine the AT&T operator; Tomlin would do these pitches for the Bell System and end every ad with "We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company":

https://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76aphonecompany.phtml

Speaking of TV comedy: this week saw FTC chair Lina Khan appear on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. It was amazing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaDTiWaYfcM

The coverage of Khan's appearance has focused on Stewart's revelation that when he was doing a show on Apple TV, the company prohibited him from interviewing her (presumably because of her hostility to tech monopolies):

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/apple-got-caught-censoring-its-own

But for me, the big moment came when Khan described tech monopolists as "too big to care."

What a phrase!

Since the subprime crisis, we're all familiar with businesses being "too big to fail" and "too big to jail." But "too big to care?" Oof, that got me right in the feels.

Because that's what it feels like to use enshittified Google. That's what it feels like to discover that Kagi – the good search engine – is mostly Google with the weights adjusted to serve users, not shareholders.

Google used to care. They cared because they were worried about competitors and regulators. They cared because their workers made them care:

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/4/18295933/google-cancels-ai-ethics-board

Google doesn't care anymore. They don't have to. They're the search company.

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/2024/04/04/teach-me-how-to-shruggie/#kagi

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where the heart leads, the eye follows @chenfleur

you've got to be kitten me! @star-sim

a pin straight to my heart @snwpcktz

scream for me @alvojake

perv!won @gardenwons

pool breeding @gureumz

I’M A FEMINIST, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I WOULDN’T REALLY MIND HIM SAVING ME. @leaderwonim

smart, sexy, lacy, i’m losing it lately. @leaderwonim

START NOW ! (PT.1) ALWAYS BE HERE ! (PT.2) @loveywon

push my buttons @yeonzzzn

谷　it wasn’t us @kissofenha

KISSES FROM YOU 〻ᯇ @yizmiu

— THERE'S SOMETHING THERE @flwrstqr

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knock, knock @jjunae

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the misfortunes and misconceptions of lee heeseung @jayflrt

wont let you go (this time) @zreamy

little love (with sjy) @hrdenha

pervert!heeseung @jaylaxies

cherry blossom kiss @nenabi

ꖛ 100% ; 완전히 @jun9w0n

baby fever @rinbowaman

dating down bad! lee heeseung @sleepyhoon

push my buttons @ja3yun

SECRET ˒ 엔하이픈 @flwrstqr

plushies and headsets? @heetos

𖧷 HEARTSHAKER @bywons

INTO IT @cjayius

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nevertheless… @palajae

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pjs

the gig @bee-the-loser

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INCOMPATIBLE HARMONY @colectingstrz

STARS AND RAINDROPS @haknom

late night calls with jay @moon7jay

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sjy

champagne problems @stllmnstr

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To, Future You @ja3yun

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dont let them hear you @moon7jay

secret never kept @boyfhee

hoon liking mean girls @lilmashae

for lovers @euncsace

the 24-hour dating challenge @jaeyunverse

car sex @neo-percs

big boy bf!sunghoon headcannons @heelcvr

everything @pshcomforts

pre-midlife crisis @solarswonderland

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BUT WHY? WHY NOT. @leaderwonim

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HEART DEFENDER────── @seosracha

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──౨ৎ ˙🚬 ̟ cigarettes out the window@strawberrynull

soccer!captain boyfriend @dilrmma

[lissomelace]

THE EUROPA CLIPPER LAUNCHED THIS MORNING, AND I AM SO NOT NORMAL ABOUT IT!!!!!

Space is so fucking awesome. We're headed to one of JUPITER'S MOONS!

Every time a launch happens, it makes the latent space enthusiast in the back of my brain jump up and down. It also derailed all my plans for today. I did have plans.

Instead, someone made one comment about how I could now maybe make mission patches on my embroidery machine, and the space thing crossed over with my current hyperfixation (silm) to produce THIS:

Mission patch for the launch of Gil-Estel! A bit messy, but a good place to start!

Design and linguistics details under the cut, because I put WAY too much thought into it and now must talk SOMEONE's ear off about it. Feel free to ignore this bit:

So, to start: Elvish NASA. I chose to call them Vardildi Elengolmo Vilciryamoyë, or VEV. The Followers of Varda, Astronomers and Astronauts. This could very much be totally wrong. Vardildi is Varda+the suffix used in Yavannildi, the followers of Yavanna. Elengolmo comes from the coined word for astronomer, Elengolmë (star-lore), with the -o suffix from nolmo, wise person. Vilciryamoyë takes the vil- from the root of vilya, meaning air, sky. ciryamo is mariner, and yë is the suffix added to the second word meaning 'and'. (I may be very, VERY wrong on this! If anyone has better ideas, I very much welcome input/guidance/constructive criticism)

So I stuck the tengwar for this on either side of the patch. (None of the tengwar is all that legible, though, I'm working on getting that sorted out) Most NASA mission patches don't actually have NASA on them, but I put it on anyway. Here is the tengwar and the start of a logo I made an attempt at (the tehta is supposed to be a shooting star, but that did NOT come through clearly in the embroidery [because it's tiny]):

(Probably going to try to make an elvish NASA patch before too long, honestly)

Most NASA patches (from research I did with great self-restraint here) have the (last) names of the astronauts. Not sure if they also have the name of the craft or if that's generally somewhere else, but I put both--Eärendil Ardamírë (his fathername and mothername) are the tengwar at the bottom of the patch, and Vingilotë is written on the keel of the ship. None of these are legible because they are small, and my machine has limits. It's a work in progress. Also I apologize for the bad lighting in the photo.

NASA patches sometimes also have a mission motto. That's the tengwar across the top of the patch here-- aiya Eärendil elenion ancalima, Hail Eärendil, brightest of stars (a common cry among elves and Frodo [when facing Shelob]).

(I half wanted to do something a bit more funny--maybe something like 'Now I have become Venus,' or 'Do I get to come down?' but this was a bit easier since it comes pre-translated into Quenya and tengwar, and also I have no faith in my Quenya translations that are any longer than a word)

The horizon is flat because Númenor exists, in the middle there between the shore of Middle-Earth and a teensy bit of Valinor and the Enchanted Isles.

The design for the Silmaril is sort of taken from the heraldic device Tolkien designed for the Silmarilli (though it isn't clear), and it is rayed with the six-pointed star from Eärendil's device. (I stuck the moon phases from the same source around the edges as well)

This was really fun, even if it might be the silliest thing I've ever made! It definitely needs some workshopping--i don't mind the black lines framing some sections from the background fabric, but I might try turning all the tengwar into lines of stitches instead-the satin columns really are illegible.

I now need to restrain myself from doing some sort of NASA/Astronaut Earendil AU, because it now sounds kind of fun (I do not have the background knowledge for this)

Sources:

NASA patches here: https://www.shopnasa.com/collections/patches

Quenya translations here: https://www.elfdict.com/

Tengwar transcriptions here: https://www.tecendil.com/

And if you want info on the Europa Clipper mission, here: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper

Embroidery digitization done with Embrilliance Stitchartist 1, embroidery done with a Brother SE630 machine. Thread is Brothread Cotton and YLI cotton bobbin thread, with a little sulky rayon on the Silmaril. Cloth is a black linen from Fabric Wholesale Direct.

[caroletheperfumeaddict]

Louis livestreams to help us through the dark times

Here is a list of Louis livestreams I've compiled. Most of them were compiled over the course of FITFWT but some date from LTWT and earlier - they vary in quality and there are some duplicates, but shot from different viewpoints. Feel free to add any others you find. :) NB: you'll have to cut and paste some of the links, I don't know why. All links were working at the time of posting.

2020

London livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0or2ZerDMQ

Barcelona: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jvHXBXqR4sk&t=4s…

Madrid: https://youtube.com/watch?v=PE8NNkAt39U&list=PLZM0lUMngUKG2PhNKKxpq9CB_9RMhWfz_

2022

Louis Lokerse 2022: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0ZNqfoCw44-F2MJuOb7DzGKp56Xalvp6

Louis Rio 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpO5I7_nAZE

Louis Melbourne 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=cqvnx87wuvg

Manila: https://youtube.com/watch?v=H0LnChhArzQ…

Mexico City N3: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fUNjzwm7E8E

Dallas: https://youtube.com/watch?v=H3_oS67TU_w…

LA N1: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qkqGbYJeRds…

Portland: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zAR_GGhOwT0…

Milan: https://youtube.com/watch?v=aFfM-kSgwq0…

Taormina: https://youtube.com/watch?v=S5_OgZ9GCFs

Faith in the Future World Tour 2022-2024

2022

Pryzm N1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uV-IGBPwXg&t=4s

Pryzm N2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kg0J8TC6xc&t=3s

Pryzm N2 (playlist KMM to end): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5cIJRWJmR--kJiDDZrHOJZJ5ooFWZQ3

Shepherd’s Bush (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3_QC-3L9GXL6TTg4NcB1sqfMt9XrwLe0

2023

Uncasville: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atCdjfGtcNE&t=1s

Uncasville: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbGvwf0vQ1E

Uncasville (Kimberly playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3R918fe46KgDnYvGsrX9sZ4Qb0bSTLB1 

Gilford (Kimberly playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3R918fe46KjfMXK3R0Yc-qchBM0YuDOt

Gilford (Jess snippets): https://instagram.com/p/Cs2U9XVLtOT/?img_index=6…

Laval (Kimberly playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3R918fe46KiKPtvFcQEj381PbvvW-d8v

Laval: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d_NakXbaTU&t=4s

Laval: (few songs, and some from Forest Hills): https://www.youtube.com/@mareeclo/search?query=louis%20tomlinson

Toronto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnjfYFf0ayI

Toronto (30 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slt8dOOJd7M

Cuyahoga Falls (46 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYKK51OaZGQ&t=7s

Cuyahoga Falls (playlist, not full, out of order): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDrROakgOvk&list=PLN47JqnNNd98AJKaTFkU9q8Y67koILZpA&index=1

Sterling Heights (playlist, thanks to 1D clips): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcDG0A3CirddH3gORm5lb-JG

Cincinnatti (playlist, not in order): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCme743TXSo&list=PL0OWNO0y9lueVqu5cmK0rOkmkvamVQbcR

Columbus (my playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RbpiZFZ7j8&list=PLOuTN46aTVcC9NgEglvTpTbSk5lDaQG3K

Indianapolis (vlog highlights, about 17 minutes. Starts about 2.54): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd6I8XVsUSk

St Louis: no go

Kansas City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug_YUAZck-k&t=1s

Milwaukee (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbtmq1JSj3A&list=PLycEgOOgImiY84Elgd0u14IVIuZCXgh7l

Chicago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWRcrczXb3o&t=4901s

Minneapolis (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wSEobcd2uk&list=PLycEgOOgImibQoDwFFpkEDAcqZNzpqNI9

Council Bluffs (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ64jEqP7Ts&list=PLycEgOOgImiZaxVhd6PEgEAEZQXKQbv9z

Sioux Falls (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ngyXZF145g&list=PLycEgOOgImiZD6rbQRE1P8e7G-ODjp8Bt

Seattle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSOiMt2_xPc&list=PLycEgOOgImiY8zP7zNh9EPdnBcAOIYlnk

Vancouver (highlights playlist, 7 songs): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyHnFg9h41pk8WIaRdmiL8NSVkw5xGpCz

Troutdale (Jess):https://instagram.com/p/CuBXRkFOFIw/

Berkeley (Jess):https://instagram.com/p/CuGlVbWuIWD/

Berkeley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEW3m_2Qwy8&t=2s

Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbe6HRWSlao&t=1s

Las Vegas (Jess):https://instagram.com/p/CuLwKknvDq3/

Phoenix: (15 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwoGhh0j1Vs

Irving (my playlist, some songs and gender reveal): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcA5NhCKcVm0-qDSO39wQI-T

Austin: (almost complete, starts with KMM): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT3TmpIwUHI

Woodlands (Jess): https://instagram.com/p/CudlhRQvoiD/

St Augustine (Kimberly playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEdHQKc2iSE&list=PL3R918fe46KgJjNBIDP6G4zA6Yh2z_CyT

Hollywood Fl (Jess): https://instagram.com/p/CuqWbPDpXVl/

Tampa (Kimberly playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqbHTB9Jm2w&list=PL3R918fe46Kh6KSsxqRHMs8Xe-y_1rEWa

Atlanta (my playlist, half a dozen songs): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcAlWbBLyn6R316qjxMjzzdD

Nashville (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEFQ1Qu1ijs&list=PL3R918fe46KhGsrLUiP9NQLIbmJbQyNGD

Charlotte: (my playlist, 17 songs): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcCItJdg0o16oVsRVKJKi92_

Raleigh: no go

Columbia (quiff night. My playlist, inc 6 snippets, did my best): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcAQTbk1p9c0eIh9jbTsP81Q

Columbia: (vlog, 16 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RemQ7MBqmw4 

Columbia (a few songs, good quality - can’t be added to a playlist): https://www.youtube.com/@JOEJONAS2696/search?query=Louis%20tomlinson

Boston N1 part 1: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvGm4pgJXf7/?igsh=MTYyMXBxOHB3ZWFlaA%3D%3D

Boston N1 part 2: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvGsSYspOh_/?igsh=andqdWRtcjJ5NW1w

Boston N2: no go

Philadelphia: https://www.instagram.com/p/CvObpHlJDCF

Asbury Park: no go

Forest Hills: (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtA8Re6VuYz-omIcyuGI1uPhlCCW-s-Q8

Hamburg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Z_qM1PjX8

Copenhagen (my playlist, some snippets): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcDGvZbJDVtlU_fbzFuRBpDB

Oslo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JNqCm4RuAs

Stockholm (my playlist, most tracks): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcCQsBpHsWqyp5IdzXlqQm_7

Helsinki (my playlist, selected songs - what I could find): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcCoSCtacy6YT7jWNsgOpB-a

Helsinki: (most of second half of concert - creator skipped some tracks): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_uFbfGiS6A

Tallin Estonia: no go

Riga Latvia (highlights, 20 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4e2ocxKhRY

Kaunas Lithuania (vlog 41 mins inc meet and greet): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYU9p2ToZ6w 

Krakow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd-Ds3Uv0L0

Lodz Poland (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKSBnlYmMEc&list=PLsU9N7Y3vbPE8zRkvjrUX1Wb8X_gb4qxb

Vienna: https://youtube.com/watch?v=gHhEYyU1yDk&list=PLVbrA3oEcVDAJZY9SO_6N6n1Ke0qavXhR

Ljubljana Slovenia: no go

Budapest (highlights, inc Andrew Cushin, 30-odd minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIO8s9V8O9E

Bucharest Romania: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6yU12hPOpo

Sofia Bulgaria: no go

Athens: (my playlist, incomplete): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcBoV0yw2jEjgXCFElTBEUDC

Bilbao Spain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt0giPsaXyw&t=1s

Lisbon: no go. 

Madrid: (my playlist, just a few songs and snippets): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcBqmeKg5kvGHanFx4EIj2Mg

Barcelona (playlist, out of order): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJuQ3R4btMw&list=PL3dpZKr_ut9NKQKBPIfz4yoZViPEMjlgd

Turin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EKRp_vpWIw&t=3s

Turin, again: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_EKRp_vpWIw&list=RD_EKRp_vpWIw&start_radio=1…

Bologna: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wd-Pa4QsNfY…

Esch sur Alzette Luxembourg (highlights, 37 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iVDb3rxYIc

Esch sur Alzette Luxembourg (French-speaking vlog, about 15 minutes in centre): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZO_4ioFBXg

Antwerp; https://youtube.com/watch?v=cxU6e7_lXZY…

Paris (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE5GN1hVky2vIKU1IxYedafxSsdYKvAGU

Paris: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q-iAvmhxv-4

Paris (highlights, inc barricade jump): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-iAvmhxv-4&t=1s

Amsterdam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBqWfrdnyHU

Amsterdam (35 mins): https://youtube.com/watch?v=KxyMe_CHEfc…

Cologne (audio only): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5MRo-AuX98

Prague: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEpDLzbaf7w

Berlin (short playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcD301jjIicnQ1h2xqUR6mlr

Munich (incomplete playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcB_fpWxFptGqhf9lyTxxeRu

Munich (highlights, 37 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L14ZP9lKpw

Zurich: no go

Dublin: https://www.instagram.com/p/CzZvsPLCN1C/

Sheffield https://instagram.com/p/Cze5n6hBIR8/

Sheffield: https://youtube.com/watch?v=DGOI2AOloLA&list=PL3R918fe46KgOy3WPzUKDPhum7YPHfsyj…

Manchester:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3R918fe46KhPZD9i75dwl1iU9on6Bz9c…

Manchester: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bW1vIEoSDvE&list=PL3R918fe46KhPZD9i75dwl1iU9on6Bz9c…

Glasgow (playlist, KMM onwards): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnGxGzE1lkc&list=PL3R918fe46KjXL7p2_EV2lPhqI_QvdF2y

Glasgow (highlights, about an hour): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSrO_09SzVE

Brighton (GemAgathe):https://instagram.com/p/CzpWJDCiPpG/

Cardiff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwfV07vhxhQ&list=PL3R918fe46KgsArgMWExStCPmyKwy4b6a

London O2: https://instagram.com/p/Czw7hqMrf9F/

London O2 again: https://instagram.com/p/Czw70FaMVaW/

London O2 again (Kimberly playlist): https://youtube.com/watch?v=zs-Ghkk9s8w&list=PL3R918fe46KiuyXrvsF-_ma0wsU4KNrGp

Birmingham (my playlist, thank you to ‘H’): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcBdNfRKzgYTcRfDAeKfpqti

2024

Jakarta part 1: https://instagram.com/p/C2fNpe8PSfQ/

Jakarta part 2: https://instagram.com/reel/C2fORlJvU2g/…

Jakarta part 3: https://instagram.com/p/C2fRzW6vz0Q/

Melbourne part 1: https://instagram.com/p/C2pDVzqrKHf/

Melbourne part 2: https://instagram.com/p/C2pH91JrXfd/

Brisbane: https://instagram.com/p/C2uSBGpLYye/

Brisbane: https://instagram.com/p/C2uSTvuLUks/

Brisbane part 1: https://instagram.com/p/C2uNaRELE1V/

Brisbane part 2: https://instagram.com/p/C2uSaXorh2m/

Sydney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pxBuJqyNFA

Sydney: https://instagram.com/p/C22AvP7LLlu/

Sydney - great sound: https://instagram.com/p/C22AdaqL05Qt9S4BNzVr9ZXpANo0qP8FrSfrek0/…

Panama City (vlog, 40 mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIAfrdU4a8E

San Juan Puerto Rico: https://instagram.com/p/C6nDZrdL9wW/

San Juan Puerto Rico: https://instagram.com/p/C6nDCK1LlxTj9RVEeYmgQ7eTUg4gRSMF6jGJn40/…

Rio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnf1mpQa1dc&t=1s

Sao Paulo: no go

Curitiba almost full show: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CtOozz9qbSQ…

Montevideo part 1: https://instagram.com/p/C7As9-ULfrS/

Montevideo encore: https://instagram.com/p/C7AvnFjLqXD/

Buenos Aires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WshmIXEp08&t=1373s

Buenos Aires: https://instagram.com/reel/C7Ig0BUrmy-/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D…

Buenos Aires: https://instagram.com/p/C7IWh_ZO8Lz/

Buenos Aires, in the pit: https://youtube.com/watch?v=8WshmIXEp08

Asuncion (streamer not well): https://instagram.com/p/C7QOwKosX8a/

Asuncion Gabi part 1: https://instagram.com/p/C7QKDSRMXct/

Asuncion Gabi part 2: https://instagram.com/p/C7QOk_vML_j/

Santiago part 1: https://instagram.com/p/C7X2YLIsMNT/

Santiago part 2: https://instagram.com/p/C7X312iMYg_/

Santiago part 3: https://instagram.com/p/C7X_sPQsr4U/

Lima: no go

Bogota (playlist, most songs): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLteZClQIiEvw0EE5qjVbRL3WjQ2iCV-QF

San Jose Costa Rica: https://instagram.com/reel/C7nhgXYMTI8/?igsh=d3pvamx2eXp2OWl1…

Mexico city FEQW: https://youtube.com/watch?v=XT-peYum5Bo…

Mexico N3: https://youtube.com/watch?v=fUNjzw

Queretaro (poss part concert): https://instagram.com/p/C70ibURvTOC/

Guadalajara: no go

AWAY FROM HOME FESTIVALS

AFHF 1, UK: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ASLDNfDr2I4…

AFHF 1, UK: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OZHUmLg8FXA&t=902s…

AFHF 2, Spain: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zUsdEJ-5G_o&list=PLZM0lUMngUKEDS0kW4qilbif5xSnACFwz…

AFHF 3, Italy: https://youtube.com/watch?v=R_-w-oQ9pqw…

AFHF 4, Mexico (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3R918fe46Khhf7usAn0ZbrQxdaX3DkAz

FESTIVALS 2024 

Tecate Pa’l Norte: https://instagram.com/reel/C5KpAHNsyxv/?igsh=MW05Mjd3dTRiOWY1Nw%3D%3D…

Tecate: https://instagram.com/reel/C5Kl7nkOXx3/…

Tecate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXnKc5CaxG8

Pinkpop: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8hoMz8iSpu/

Pinkpop (playlist, various): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3CElOapQ9F2gLCC01BD_uH1i00Yl_vEB

Main Square, Arras: https://instagram.com/p/C9AdgGjMIPp/

RuisRock: https://instagram.com/p/C9ISyEbMXTd/

MEO Marés Vivas, Porto; https://instagram.com/p/C9s1yj0solS/

Morrina, Coruña https://www.instagram.com/p/C952lWtIHNK/

Arenal Sound: https://instagram.com/reel/C-L0nayILAA/?igsh=bXd0M2U3YzRtMGVv…

Santander Music (half) https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-OkRx-I4Pe/?igsh=ZHhueXY0ZmRrdHIx

Untold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtqFW2bMugc

Sziget (part 1): https://www.instagram.com/p/C-f8YYiMzg1/

Sziget (part 2): https://www.instagram.com/p/C-f90dFsW5X/

FM4 Frequency Austria: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3dpZKr_ut9NA2Cv9Z5EnBzBDnQGeZQ88

Frequency: https://instagram.com/p/C-vmvElsGzm/

Cabaret Vert Charleville (playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3dpZKr_ut9Pq0EvgnVPNNl2uHq1IhNPB

Cabaret Vert Charleville (beginning to WDBHG) : https://www.instagram.com/p/C-0cb2UIvqf/ 

Victorious: https://instagram.com/p/C_UE4ZVi8MR/

Victorious: https://instagram.com/p/C_BPbxjMhl6/

Zurich: https://instagram.com/p/C_EBwtEvAVN/

Festningen Norway https://instagram.com/p/C_TQizaMQ9B/

Istanbul: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOuTN46aTVcA8LBKKvEnb7cwuu5wehyTo

Lollapalooza Berlin: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_n7VONM2qZ/

Lollapalooza Berlin https://www.instagram.com/p/C_n7vBVM8Jp/

Lollapalooza Berlin (Highlights playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3dpZKr_ut9M-0_if_pZThtaI-I2EsNy6

Superbloom Munich: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_qcyafMGZQ/

Superbloom Munich: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_qbYp0s8fI/

Superbloom Munich: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_qgK57MgHK/