#its about the grey space

[silver-inked]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Silk (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Felicia Hardy/Cindy Moon Characters: Felicia Hardy, Cindy Moon, Lola (Silk), Rafferty (Silk) Additional Tags: fluff and a bit of angst, them working would have its ups and downs Summary:

Living and loving each other is like falling, its rapid and quick. But even then, between betrays love and loss, finding the right pace and words finds itself harder in practice than in theory. It's the grey space that attracted them to each other in the first place that binds them like a silver bow and breaks them in the process. But it's getting better, and one day it will all click. For today kisses and confusion and love and excitement are enough.

"It’s this gray area that they are searching for still, where heroes can be villains and villains, heroes. Where you can be good and bad and switch in between flawlessly. They are getting there, but it's equally as hard as it is rewarding.

[volivolition]

DAY 10: EMPATHY - Lost little pearls of light. Tiny fires in the dark.

YAY YIPPEE a collab piece with @euclydya!! it drew the LOVELY linework and i finished the colors/shading!! wah im incredibly happy i got to do an art collab with y'all, thank you so much my beloveds :D!! <333 <222

without overlay!!

[electricpurrs]

i feel a slight weirdness about the huge presence of maned wolves in furry spaces.. as in maned wolves are awesome and one of my favorites animals ever, and they look cool it makes sense why furries like them. but the same way maned wolves and also capybaras are so popular in english internet spaces in art and memes n shit i still feel weirdly defensive about them and somewhat sad that south american animals native from my home country are very appreciated but also it seems like the fact theyre south american is just glossed over and ignored. like does that make sense. that i feel kinda heart broken at seeing a white usamerican furry have a maned wolf fursona and see this animal im familiar with be turned into an American. does it make any sense that for some reason i gatekeep animals

[walker-lister]

I just have to remind myself sometimes that no matter what anyone else says, the way a piece of media makes me feel and the positive impact it has had on my queer identity is valid, and that tearing myself apart thinking I have to defend it or questioning my own place within queer communities is not at all important when compared to the almost tangible sense of 'rightness' that piece of media helped me to feel about myself.

[blackvahana]

Ohhhh right. I wanted to comment something that was effectively... "you don't fuck with capital G God, I'm not saying 'Yahweh' I hate that name, I'm not saying 'the Christian god', I'm not talking about anything that's remotely recognisable as a thing let alone something with a mind, I mean BRAHMAN in a way I can only communicate by capitalising those letters. You don't fuck with The Source And Everything Created All Existence Unified And Shattered And Separate without... heavy consequences. This life I've been adamant that connecting with God brings death because God is both Self and Other and the meeting of those two is what kills beings, and yeah, no, I'm pretty sure that's backed up by things before this life. I can say though that the whole 'we walked back out to experience God' thing had drastically different effects on Grey and Black, Grey taking the experience as true apotheosis and Black saying actually I'm gonna exist as a person - both of them went different directions to extremely oversimplify it including oversimplifying by implying they changes course or went anywhere because it was just waking up, but Grey said 'I have seen and now I understand (therefore I am God)' and Black went 'I have seen and now I understand (therefore I am Person)'. Again, very simplified, this is. this is like trying to explain a complicated novel by listing the alphabet one by one, it's technically truly a recounting of what happened but really removed from context... But I think it affected the way they went separate-ish directions. Always complicated because they also went the same directions Too, but..."

Basically. Sitting here thinking that the viewing God thing is part of why Black is so Dreaming, so intent on being small and singular and living really subjective small lives and trying to be a singular instance.......................... And uh. Oh. Right. Whether that's true or not, this is definitely on the right symbolic track. Black kept symbolising his dreaming as "Last place I was was the surface of the water just beneath God". Right.

[nuvomica]

sometimes i look at the whole Thing that western gay culture got goin on and just. man. none of that's for me bro idk

[baby-prophet]

we did so much painting today and jesus christ that purple is rough on the first coat 😬

[rowrowronnie]

she has less than 3 minutes of screentime why am i so attached to her what is happening …..

[vampyroteuthid]

do you guys remember that huge wool blanket i started crocheting last april or may or whatever. well in case you were wondering it has been sitting by my bed in a state of ~95% completion for months now. also i still have not received an adhd diagnosis

[databent]

talking about having a circadian rhythm disorder is so odd because it is so hard to pin down where it falls as a disability. its like. im able bodied but its not as though it isnt still a physical disability. am i making any sense there idk. just. whatever. you know

[beckiboos]

Gonna rant about starfield so if you like the game just dont read this it’s not for you.

Gave starfield another go, lasted a couple hours this time got to the planet with the city on but…

It’s just so boring.

And grey

And fuzzy?

And bg3 on ultra looks stunning on my pc, ultra settings on starfield looks like a bit sharper grey boringness. And runs like a potato?

I don’t think this game is playable tbh. Also another game where you pointlessly make a character to never see it again… Maybe I’m still obsessed with bg3 but Larian is just really showing up how LAZY Bethesda has gotten

[pucciverse]

:-)

[abyssalpriest]

This fucking description for the character Zervaika (the one i keep fucking saying is messing me up name-wise because its literally Leviathan with Z for L and K for TH before I think id ever heard the term leviathan) like....... oh my god younger me you dont even fucking know what youre saying youre an atheist at this point in your life or at the very least dont believe in spirits holy shit

"Long term watchers-Youve seen him before. Only once or twice, but youve seen him. Youve also seen aspects of him, different… Not him but types of him. You know , how you might have a persona and a animalsona and a fursona, theyre different things, but theyre all… Based off you.

Well say hello to KaZervaiKa, or as you may know him, Finality. Finality/TCK (...)

BEFORE U SAY I AM RIDICULOUS LET ME no lets not go there

Hes been with me for a while. Too long, i love him to bits, but hes a [affectionate slur removed because 2013 teen me was like that]. He doesnt even have a personality unless you personify him. You know, like poets do. This is just one of his many guises. And i think this is closest to what he really is.

(...)

Translated into metaphorical story, (story of him and my sona). Funny how its not even basedoff a fuckin love story and taken out of context it is one.

(...)

Hes so sexy, demonic shit that looks like an anthro dragon gone wrong (this is the funniest and most disrespectful description of Lev i have ever heard thanks younger me)

(...)

But out of story, hes not a god. Hes just a character. You can call him Z or Zervai or whatever the fuck you want. He doesnt have a… Normal name yet bar finality but thats story-orientated too.

Prolly be something stupid like Entwine"

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Fucking saying " And i think this is closest to what he really is." oh my g o d younger me you dont even KNOW

Like this was him, a huge centipede-esque being pitch black with a catlike humanlike dragonlike face, the embodiment not just of death but finality like god fucking damn

[darkestrellar]

I think I decided against the idea of making any adaptation of the shadow crystal any more like a definable entity. So much of the appeal (for me personally) comes from the fact that it has no individuality, no personality, it's not an "entity", it's just a thing that exists and apparently just the fact that it exists is enough to enable weirdness.

[myothertardisisonthemun]

If you've got a moment to help us out by writing, it helps to be specific. There's a lot of details in the links here, but in short

1 Reduction of the space from over 15,000m2 of space to about 6000m2, due to removal of internal levels and new back of house areas.

2 Loss of the carefully restored engine room, which was used to host the live steam engine display

2 Loss of the postmodern facade, a great example of a rapidly disappearing era of australian architecture.

4 Changing the Wran building from an open area to closed corridors, ruining the viewing area of the Boulton and Watt engine in the process.

A quick comment, clearly objecting, which falls along the same lines as what the expert criticism is saying really helps.

Hi.

I'm going to break my very strict format for once because I need your help. For the past 9 years, the irl human behind this blog has been involved in the effort to save a museum from incompetent and money hungry executives.

The museum is filled with precious objects, telling the story of the history of technology, and how it relates to art and society.

Many of these are objects are large, but delicate and have been in place for over 30 years.

No one within the museum's community trusts the CEO, who was appointed by a hostile former government, and prefers renting out museum spaces for business functions over educating the public.

In a few days, the museum is set to close down for renovations. Yet none of the staff or volunteers have been given any clear details about these plans. All we know is displays which have inspired generations will be torn down, likely never to be restored.

We have a petition asking the new government to step in and stop the closure:

If you could sign this, you'd be doing the human behind this blog a massive favour.

[nasa]

25 Years of Exploring the Universe with NASA's Chandra Xray Observatory

Illustration of the Chandra telescope in orbit around Earth. Credit: NASA/CXC & J. Vaughan

On July 23, 1999, the space shuttle Columbia launched into orbit carrying NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. August 26 marked 25 years since Chandra released its first images.

These were the first of more than 25,000 observations Chandra has taken. This year, as NASA celebrates the 25th anniversary of this telescope and the incredible data it has provided, we’re taking a peek at some of its most memorable moments.

About the Spacecraft

The Chandra telescope system uses four specialized mirrors to observe X-ray emissions across the universe. X-rays that strike a “regular” mirror head on will be absorbed, so Chandra’s mirrors are shaped like barrels and precisely constructed. The rest of the spacecraft system provides the support structure and environment necessary for the telescope and the science instruments to work as an observatory. To provide motion to the observatory, Chandra has two different sets of thrusters. To control the temperatures of critical components, Chandra's thermal control system consists of a cooling radiator, insulators, heaters, and thermostats. Chandra's electrical power comes from its solar arrays.

Learn more about the spacecraft's components that were developed and tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Fun fact: If the state of Colorado were as smooth as the surface of the Chandra X-ray Observatory mirrors, Pike's Peak would be less than an inch tall.

Engineers in the X-ray Calibration Facility at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, integrating the Chandra X-ray Observatory’s High-Resolution Camera with the mirror assembly, in this photo taken March 16, 1997. Credit: NASA

Launch

When space shuttle Columbia launched on July 23, 1999, Chandra was the heaviest and largest payload ever launched by the shuttle. Under the command of Col. Eileen Collins, Columbia lifted off the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Chandra was deployed on the mission’s first day.

Reflected in the waters, space shuttle Columbia rockets into the night sky from Launch Pad 39-B on mission STS-93 from Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA

First Light Images

Just 34 days after launch, extraordinary first images from our Chandra X-ray Observatory were released. The image of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A traces the aftermath of a gigantic stellar explosion in such captivating detail that scientists can see evidence of what is likely the neutron star.

“We see the collision of the debris from the exploded star with the matter around it, we see shock waves rushing into interstellar space at millions of miles per hour,” said Harvey Tananbaum, founding Director of the Chandra X-ray Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Cassiopeia A is the remnant of a star that exploded about 300 years ago. The X-ray image shows an expanding shell of hot gas produced by the explosion colored in bright orange and yellows. Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO

A New Look at the Universe

NASA released 25 never-before-seen views to celebrate the telescopes 25th anniversary. This collection contains different types of objects in space and includes a new look at Cassiopeia A. Here the supernova remnant is seen with a quarter-century worth of Chandra observations (blue) plus recent views from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (grey and gold).

This image features deep data of the Cassiopeia A supernova, an expanding ball of matter and energy ejected from an exploding star in blues, greys and golds. The Cassiopeia A supernova remnant has been observed for over 2 million seconds since the start of Chandra’s mission in 1999 and has also recently been viewed by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO

Can You Hear Me Now?

In 2020, experts at the Chandra X-ray Center/Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) and SYSTEM Sounds began the first ongoing, sustained effort at NASA to “sonify” (turn into sound) astronomical data. Data from NASA observatories such as Chandra, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the James Webb Space Telescope, has been translated into frequencies that can be heard by the human ear.

SAO Research shows that sonifications help many types of learners – especially those who are low-vision or blind -- engage with and enjoy astronomical data more.

Click to watch the “Listen to the Universe” documentary on NASA+ that explores our sonification work: Listen to the Universe | NASA+

An image of the striking croissant-shaped planetary nebula called the Cat’s Eye, with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope.  NASA’s Data sonification from Chandra, Hubble and/or Webb telecopes allows us to hear data of cosmic objects. Credit: NASA/CXO/SAO

Celebrate With Us!

Dedicated teams of engineers, designers, test technicians, and analysts at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are celebrating with partners at the Chandra X-ray Center and elsewhere outside and across the agency for the 25th anniversary of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Their hard work keeps the spacecraft flying, enabling Chandra’s ongoing studies of black holes, supernovae, dark matter, and more.

Chandra will continue its mission to deepen our understanding of the origin and evolution of the cosmos, helping all of us explore the Universe.

The Chandra Xray Observatory, the longest cargo ever carried to space aboard the space shuttle, is shown in Columbia’s payload bay. This photo of the payload bay with its doors open was taken just before Chandra was tilted upward for release and deployed on July 23, 1999. Credit: NASA

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