#last edit: 24/August/2024

[rockman-x]

ℹ️ iNTRODUCTiON: MEET THE BLOGGER

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[caelisblade]

i rarely talk about serious topics myself on this blog. at least not directly, in the way that i write the text. i mostly reblog, hoping my limited reach does something to spread awareness on serious topics.

today, i‘d like to do something different. i‘d like to talk about narin güran.

on august 21st, 2024, narin güran leaves her home in diyarbakir to go to her islam school, but she never comes back home. the eight year old girl, now missing, is searched everywhere after the police and volunteers.

a total of 24 arrests happen of suspected people who could have some sort of involvement in this little girl‘s disappearance. the arrests include her own brother, uncle and even her parents. her paternal uncle, salim güran, is named as the main suspect in the investigation.

her dna was found in her paternal uncle‘s car. they compared that dna with some they found on one of her shirts and it matched. they suspect her brother, because there was a bite mark on his body, but they were unable to confirm that narin bit him so they had to let him go on insufficient evidence.

searches last nineteen days. that is until she is found, covered in a blanket, placed underneath stones and branches in a river. nineteen days, nobody knew what had happened.

there is still no official confirmation on who killed her. there are rumors, that narin saw her mother cheating with her paternal uncle and was killed to keep the secret. i‘m not sure if they are correct or confirmed.

narin was eight years old. she had a future ahead of her. and she was taken from this world too early.

the day she was found, schools in türkiye were reopening. comments on social media were flooded with "narin, wake up, it‘s time to go to school."

my heart is breaking for this little girl and her friends and family, that weren’t involved in this. rest in peace, little angel. allah rahmet eylesin.

edit: the affair was confirmed to be true. it‘s said that narin‘s mother and her paternal uncle were in love but narin‘s mother was married to arif, narin‘s father instead. for context, marriages like this were very common in turkiye and still are in some places turkiye.

more edits will possibly follow.

edits made to this post: [september 17th 2:20am (germany time)]: use of words edited from unalived to murdered + additional information

[nearsbday]

hi everyone! we are very excited to finally reveal Near's birthday wishlist! above you will find the prompts for the event; you can use any one of these prompts to inspire your gift, or you can combine them however you wish. you'll also notice that there is a free day on near's actual birthday, so if you have an idea for a gift that doesn't fit within what's written on the wishlist, you're still welcome to bring it to the party.

this event will begin on August 17, 2024 and will run for 8 days; all types of gifts (fanart, fanfiction, edits, playlists, etc) are welcome!

if you'd like to learn more, you can visit the following pages:

GENERAL INFORMATION PARTY RULES HOW TO PARTICIPATE

we hope to see you there!

Image Description:

A graphic in shades of blue which gives instructions on how to use prompts, and lists out the prompts. The graphic reads:

for each day of the party, there are 3 prompts. you can use any one of these, or combine as many as you like (including from different days)! just make sure to indicate which of the prompts you're using for your submission.

the last prompt listed for each day is a tarot card. you can use this however you want to (the name of the card or any of its meanings)!

NEAR'S WISHLIST

august 17: toy, strategy, the star august 18: game, memory, the hermit august 19: match, comfort, the lovers august 20: dice roll, fortune, temperance august 21: bullseye, victory, the sun august 22: puzzle, mystery, the moon august 23: gift, fixation, the devil august 24: wild card, free day, the world

[vavuska]

Elon Musk is threatening a Brazilian Supreme Court justice after the court issued a summons to him which threatens the suspension of Twitter if he does not comply within 24 hours.

To combat disinformation, Brazil gave a Supreme Court justice sweeping powers to order social networks to take down content he believed threatened democracy. Here's how the experiment led to a ban on X, the social network owned by Elon Musk.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/world/americas/brazil-x-ban-free-speech.html?smid=threads-nytimes

Elon Musk claims this is a censorship, because previously he was ordered to ban and close a lot of far-rights account that spread fake news and hate online by that same judge. As protest, Musk closed X offices in Brazil - which means people losing their job or their income.

When free speech is interpreted as anything which matches the law (and viceversa). Under Elon Musk's Leadership, Twitter has approved 83% of censorship requests by authoritarian governments globally. The social network has restricted and withdrawn content critical of the ruling parties in Turkey and India, among other countries, including during electoral campaigns.

Since Musk assumed control in October 2022, the platform has received a total of 971 government requests, a significant increase compared to the 338 received between October 2021 and April 2022.

Prior to Musk's takeover, Twitter had agreed to 50 per cent of such requests, as indicated in their last transparency report. However, no transparency reports have been published since October 2022, making it challenging to assess the current situation. Nevertheless, data from the technology information portal Rest of World suggests that the compliance rate has risen to 83 per cent following Musk's leadership, which again contribute to detect what Elon Musk REALLY think about free-speech: this right is granted only if comply to what oppressive governments and far-right politician approves. Discrimination and criminal behavior are allowed and protected under Musk's Leadership, because targets minorities, immigrants and political oppositors. Musk is a conservative and apply censorship, he isn't the victim of a 'woke' complot lead against him. Musk is receiving the payment for his unlawful action.

Source: El Pais English

As far I can understand, without having many clues here, this order of summon says that Elon Musk refused to appoint a legal rapresentative for X Brasil. For some typology of corporates Brazil require a % of residents in management or a legal rapresentative, with power to vote and deliberate in meetings, to operate online in the country. Yeah. Law apparently seems to be applied to everyone except him.

Summons with translation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/technology/brazil-x-ban-elon-musk.html

Edit: A legal rapresentative is more a managerial position than what do you think of. Yes, it could be an attorney or a lawyer too, but still isn't simply the guy who defend the corporate's interests in court. In Brazil you need a % of residents in management position to operate. This was a problem issued also with WhatsApp and Telegram.

Edit 2 - 31th August 2024: I was curious about the consequences of Musk's decision to close X's offices in Brazil for his employees. Have they been fired? Suspended with or without salary? I didn't find anything. However, I found this article that adds some informations, like Musk declaring he did this to "protect his staff". However, his legal rapresentative is impossible to be found.

Edit 3 - 31th August 2024: Another article of NY Times that analyzes the matter.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/18/world/americas/elon-musk-x-brazil.html

Update - 31th August 2024: Brazil has turned off Twitter. Musk’s genius is again on glorious display in losing the 7th most populous country in the world. Oh well. At least the Cybertruck is doing awesome.

Another Update - 31th August 2024: Musk is freaking out right now. He knows if he gets blocked in Brazil it is just a matter of time before other countries follow suit.

However, someone forgot to tell Musk that you get fined for using VPNs to access Twitter in Brazil before he posted this.

Also seems that for a tech genius Musk isn't very smart though, doesn't he know using a VPN will worth the same with apps as it does with a browser?

However, The Brazilian Supreme Court has moderated its first rule. First, even the VPN apps were targeted and should be banned from App store and Google Store to prevent people getting access to Twitter exclusively. Now, the Court realized that banning VPNs is too extreme, so they will only apply a 50k (about $8,900) fine for those caught accessing the platform.

Basically, you don't get fined for using VPNs, that would be too 1984. You might get fined if they FIND OUT that you're accessing X via VPNs, and this is exactly the kind of thing VPNs are designed to prevent.

Just a reminder, you can always access better platform than X, even on your phone. No app is needed.

VPNs are great tools to use worldwide to get around authoritarian and abusive government surveillance and blocking. Zero to do with Musk. And they can only catch you if you aren't savvy.

In a perfect world you shouldn't need to download any VPNs to access innocent contents, because democratic countries will never block a platform that gives informations and entertainment to people. In a perfect world you won't be stuck with platforms that are not free from disinformation and neo-nazi posts.

3rd Update - 31th August 2024:

Musk owns more of SpaceX than Zuck owns of Meta or Bezos owns of Amazon, fwiw. For all intents and purposes, Musk is Twitter, SpaceX, Neuralink and X.

I'm gonna add some technicalities here:

In Brazil there is something called "Corporate Personality" that protects the shareholders patrimony from the company's debts.

But... If you hide behind legal shenanigans in a fraudulent manner, "corporate personality" is bypassed and thus the court moves into your personal patrimony.

Elon is, personally and fraudulently, removing X office from Brazil so they don't obey Brazilian laws.

So the judges target him on his other shares: SpaceX and Starlink.

[ducklooney]

Unfortunately, bad news for all comic book fans, the genius artist for Disney comics, Maximino Tortajada Aguilar, passed away last week. He is from Spain and is the brother of the equally brilliant artist José Miguel Tortajada Aguilar who is also an artist working for Disney and Egmont editing Disney comics. While José Miguel worked more on Mickey Mouse comics, Maximino Tortajada Aguilar worked more on Donald Duck comics combining various styles depending on the publisher and given outcomes. He was born on 24-X-1961 in Barcelona, ​​and he started his career back in 1980 and continued his career until this year. He also drew on the OG Ducktales comics, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Talespin and other Disney cartoons that made it into the comics, as he also drew for Egmont drawing for Dutch and Scandinavian comics. He is certainly one of my favorite artists and it is a great shame that he left us on August 20th of this year. Unfortunately, there is not much information about him, except on the Lambiek encyclopedia, and I learned about his death on the Inducks Discord from a friend of mine as well as here: https://www.tebeosfera.com/autores/tortajada_aguilar_maximino.html

lso bad news for all fans of Disney (Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck) comics. Yesterday, the genius artist for Disney comics, who did commission art, Sergio Asteriti, died. He was born on February 13, 1930 in Venice, and began his career in 1952. "Sergio Asteriti was born in Venice, and studied at the Scuola di Magistero d'Arte, section Publicity. In 1952, he moved to Milan, where he was employed by the advertising agency S.P.I.N.T.A. The agency folded two years later, and Asteriti turned to comics. He made his comics debut with the 'Bingo Bongo' series at the publishing house Alpe in 1955. He soon expanded his activities and did illustration work for various publishers and magazines. Asteriti joined the art studios of Roy d'Ami in the late 1950s. There, he drew for the British Fleetway agency ('Fun in Toyland', 'Freddie Frog', etc.) and for Il Corriere dei Piccoli, where he took over the 'Formichino' series from Roberto Sgrilli.

Asteriti has been an artist of Disney comics for Topolino since 1963. From 1974, he also took on the writing of Disney stories. He has mainly done stories with 'Mickey Mouse', but also other characters, such as 'Uncle Scrooge', 'Super Goof', 'Gilbert', 'Tanti Auguri', 'The Prince and the Pauper', 'Indiana Pips'." Taken from the Lambiek encyclopedia. He certainly contributed a lot to the Mickey Mouse universe. He died on August 27, 2024. Kudos to him for his truly outstanding work! Rest in peace! Amen.

[sterekweek-2024]

Sterek Week 2024 FAQs

Event Information

About the page:

Sterek Week is a celebration of our beloved pairing Stiles Stilinski and Derek Hale. It’s a week long event with daily themes meant to inspire fans to create and share their works!

The admins:

This year’s Sterek Week is brought to you by @boymeetswerewolf , @kcfriedchicken, and @halinski 

How it works:

Every day has a theme. Works must be inspired by or related to the theme. All kinds of works are accepted (fanart, fanfiction, edits, graphics, playlists, moodboards, headcanons/plotbunnies whatever you can think of!)

It just has to be Sterek 😊

All works should use the corresponding day tags so we can find them. Post on the day of theme, with the correct tag, and it will be reblogged to Sterek Week '24.

We accept late entries, so if you are running behind still post it! We continue to check the previous tags throughout the week.

Sterek Week Timeline

August 25th: The Sterek Week admins finalize this years themes

September 1st: We share the themes with you!

September 1st - October 17th: The Sterek Week admins are hard at work on the tags, art, and daily posts for Sterek Week '24

October 18th: We share the daily tags and Sterek Week '24 tag with all of you

October 25th - October 31st: STEREK WEEK TAKES PLACE

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a word limit or format for written pieces?

Nope! We accept all lengths of works and all different kinds of works, be it drabbles, ficlets, poems, one-shots, whatever you’re comfortable with!

What about artworks, or other mediums/playlists/moodboards/edits? Are there any formats/limitations?

We just want you to be creative! As long as it’s sterek in some way and fits within parameters of the themes and guidelines, create away and tag us!

What about NSFW works?

NSFW works are accepted, we just require them to be tagged accordingly and of course, they need to be posted according to Tumblr’s guidelines, as well as any other hosting site’s.

Can I talk about my work(s)?

Yes! As long as you don’t share it before the corresponding day.

How many works can I submit?

As many as you want! We’re ecstatic about every piece!

I’m not sure my work really fits a theme./It’s not necessarily perfect/as good as others. Can I still post it?

Please do! It’s the variety that does the trick. The sheer quantity of works in the fandom is what has made and kept us so strong! Just create!

Are AI works accepted?

Based on comments and requests from last years Sterek Week, AI works will not be accepted this year. Now that being said, there are only three of us and we are only human, sometimes we don't realize something is AI. We ask that no AI works are submitted, but if we find out later that they are, we will be removing them from the blog.

We ask that if you think something is AI, you politely message us and we can look into it. Please no hounding the artists directly as we have seen a lot of false accusations in the past. We can only count on people being upfront and honest and the fandom coming together as one.

Got anymore questions/doubts/troubles?

Send us an ask! We’re all in this together 😊

We’re super excited to see what everyone creates!

-Kiley (kcfriedchicken)

[klonnieshippersclub]

Klonnie Weekend 2024: Sweet & Spicy Edition

Hi Klonnie Friends! After the success of last year’s Klonnie weekend, I thought it would be a good idea to host another week. This time Sweet and Spicy! The one year anniversary of Klonnie Shippers Club is almost here. What better way is there to celebrate? Our "Sweet" prompts are for more fluffy content and the "Spicy" prompts are for sexy times. You get to pick and choose each day which one tickles your fancy.

Here are the prompts for each day!

August 22: First Kiss OR First Time August 23: Sweet Dreams OR Wet Dreams August 24: Trapped OR Bondage August 25: Public Displays of Affection OR Exhibitionism

It's your choice! Tag your content with #Klonnieweek2024 so I can reblog. All content (drabbles, mood boards, art) is welcome! Special thanks to the friends who helped organized this: @cancerian-woman, @24kmagiic, @mythorhuman and @mikaelsonstanaccount

[weeeeeekly]

quarter life crisis – ot5 txt x afab!reader masterlist

blurb !!! Reincarnation can bring soulmates together despite their time apart. Being a huge fan of TOMORROW X TOGETHER helped you get through the struggles of entering early adulthood. You would thank them personally if you ever could but when you possibly get the chance it’s more than what you could ever hope for.

info !!! txt are still idols, reincarnation au, soulmates au, polyamory, throuple²… they’ll all eventually date each other, mc has mental health struggles, universe assigned lactose intolerance, mc is team no kids, glasses wearer, lives in the middle of fuck nowhere but still a city (just go with it), pet names used are "our love" and princess, & not edited.

wc: 25k total

WARNINGS !!! NSFW, MDNI, 18+, extremely self-indulgent, soft yandere!txt, mentions of mental health & self-harm (nothing graphic) for entire series

author’s note !!! this is fiction!!! this is made up!!! i do not condone breaking in, stalking, and other ulterior motives to get close to someone you are romantically interested in. mandatory note that i do not think txt act like this in real life.

why are there not more ot5!txt x fem/afab or gender-neutral reader… I also cannot come up with a blurb for the life of me, so please peep the info tags.

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CHAPTER ONE — 6/25/24

CHAPTER TWO — 6/26/24

CHAPTER THREE — 6/27/24

CHAPTER FOUR — 6/28/24

CHAPTER FIVE — 6/29/24

CHAPTER SIX — 7/01/24

CHAPTER SEVEN — 7/10/24

CHAPTER EIGHT — 7/19/24

CHAPTER NINE (NSFW) — 8/04/24

CHAPTER TEN (NSFW) — 8/07/24

CHAPTER ELEVEN — 8/14/24

COMPLETED.

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last updated august 14, 2024 aka national hyuka day

[thundershieldbingo]

ThunderShield Bingo Sign Ups are OPEN!

Signups for Round 3 of ThunderShield bingo are officially open!

You can find the form HERE

Did you participate last round and want to reuse your card? You can! If you want any changes to your previous card reach out by email (thundershieldbingo@gmail.com) by the end of September 30th.

This bingo is dedicated to the romantic or platonic ship of Steve Rogers and Thor Odinson, a.k.a. Captain America and the Lord of Thunder. As Steve/Thor is a fairly rare ship, we encourage you to reblog this post!

What is a bingo?

A bingo is a type of fandom challenge wherein prompts are issued through a 5x5 card of 24 unique ideas + 1 free space. A bingo encourages people to create new fanworks for a certain fandom, theme, or ship.

What fanworks are accepted for this bingo?

The Steve/Thor bingo accepts all kinds of fanworks, including but not limited to: fanfic, fanart, moodboards, playlists, gifsets, edits, crafts, etc.! If it’s new content you can create for this ship, go wild.

What are the minimum requirements for fills?

There are no minimum requirements for each fill, and you are encouraged to create as little or as much as you want. This is a low-pressure event where everyone should have fun!

Schedule Signups Open: 15 September 2024 Signups Close: 30 September 2024 Cards Out: 15 October 2024 Square Swaps Close: 29 October 2024 Round Ends: 31 July 2025 Badges Due Out: 15 August 2025

Posting

Post your fills on Tumblr and tag us so we can reblog them and/or Archive of Our Own and add them to our collection.

Mods

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[aashi-heartfilia]

Everything you need to know about MHA's INTERNATIONAL POPULARITY POLL

(with link to vote)

So, as we all know, MHA has ended after 10 years of its serialisation and to celebrate it, an international popularity poll is being held in which everyone can vote!! No matter who you are, or where you live. Anyone in the whole world can vote for their favourite HERO/VILLAIN.

YES, YOU CAN VOTE TOO!!

This poll will take place in two stages: MAIN STAGE and PLUS ULTRA STAGE.

Main Stage:

The MAIN STAGE will go for about two months, starting from August 5, 2024 to September 30, 2024. Meaning each person, no matter who you are, gets around 56-57 votes in total that started voting from day 1, but that's okay even if you came to know about it right now.

It is 13th August today, so you should still have around 49 votes remaining to vote for your favourite HERO/VILLAIN (Depending upon your Time Zone)

RESULT ANNOUNCEMENT:

Mid-term result announcement: September 1, 2024

Final Results announcement: 2nd December, 2024

RULES:

The rules are pretty simple:

You can vote once per day.

The right to vote resets after each day at midnight according to JST(Japanese Standard Time).

REWARDS:

Summary: The 1st place will get an entire movie to celebrate its win (which will probably be Bakugo, until and unless a miracle happens). The characters in 1st, 2nd and 3rd position will move to PLUS ULTRA STAGE, which is a 24 hour poll (more on that later). And last but not least, a new illustration by our dear Horikoshi sensei to celebrate the 1st to 10th places, like how he does for every popularity poll.

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Link to participate:

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PLUS ULTRA STAGE:

Summary: It is a 24 hours limited edition championship 🏆 to decide the best HERO/VILLAIN. The TOP 3 characters from the MAIN STAGE will compete here. Here, your VOTE gets renewed PER HOUR. The winner of the Plus Ultra Stage will also get an amazing ILLUSTRATION by Horikoshi sensei and it will be used to create a BRONZE STATUE for the winner. RULES are as follows:

Voting Period: 2nd Dec, 2024 (8 pm) to 3rd Dec, 2024 (7:59pm) JST

Result Announcement:

Same day, 9:30 pm (i.e. Tuesday, 3rd Dec, 2024)

So, with all that being said, I hope this helps! Let's vote for our favourites and make them win! Also spread this news among as many anime fans as you can and enjoy!

~Thanks for reading~

Sunshine

[echoweb2]

Help evacuate our family and complete our studying

(july 25th edit: please check the reblogs for my updates on Firas' campaign)

Hey everyone, this is very different from what usually post, but it's important.

Firas Muhaisen (@firasmuhaisenn) and his sister are first-year medical students that traveled from Gaza to study in Egypt, leaving their family home in Gaza. But Israel began their attack, and the family has lost their ability to pay for the siblings’ tuition. And of course, they also lost their ability to have a normal, safe life in Gaza. They are trying to raise 82,000 CAD (59,500 USD$)

BY AUGUST 17TH, 2024!!

If you can, please go to his gofundme page, even the smallest of donations help. And just reblogging this, if you're not able to donate, can get this on more eyes.

This is his story, taken directly from his gofundme:

"We are two siblings from Gaza, two dreamers medical students, suppose to be doctors in the near future unless there’s no enough money to pay the university fees, which is 3000 USD$ per year for the one.

And that is the reality, my family has lost there only income, my dad had has construction factory, but it is crushed right now by the Israeli army 

My dad cannot pay us the university fees anymore. But we insist to complete our learning to the end, to be that hero doctors for our beloved Gaza. We are the last hope for our family.

We study in Egypt at Zagazig University, We are 1st year medical students, 4 years still to go.

12,000 USD$ for the 4 years per one

24,000 USD$ for both of us.

And we must pay the fees before the end of the year, otherwise we will pay fine.

Also, Sadly, since there’s no life in Gaza anymore, no schools, no universities, no hospitals, no medications, even no streets to walk in, no clear air, We decided to evacuate our family to be able for them to continue their lives as humans, to get their simplest rights Since there’s no jobs, no income, no at least 1$, They are living on assistance.

You are the hope for them, your 1$ donation is one step toward the life from death.

We are 6 members family, 3 adults and 3 under 18

2500 USD$ per child under 18

5000 USD$ per adult

22,500 USD$ for all

GoFundMe website takes 3% tip, Bank account also takes tip.

82,000 CA$ =59,500 USD$

13,000 CA$ is tip for GoFundMe

1 CA$= 0.7USD$

Sorry for the mathematics, but it is for honesty

WE APPRECIATE YOUR 1$ DONATION"

Again, if you can, do. Firas and his family are extremely underfunded, having only 24 donations as I type, and 962 CAD (673.40 USD$). Anything from a small one dollar donation or just sharing, reblogging, and spreanding the word can help them get a bit closer to safety. And if you do plan on donating, make it fast! Deadline is August 17, 2024 and that will come here fast.

Firas’ campaign is verified by 90-ghost, don't hesitate donating!

[lgcrp]

HAPPY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY!

HAPPY FIVE YEARS, EVERYBODY ! ♡ can you believe we're already half a decade old already ? the baby that is lgc is off to kindergarten, and we can't help but cry like proud parents. 😭 in all seriousness though, it feels like just yesterday that lgc opened, and now five years have already passed – and yet, it's as if we're still just getting started. of course, lgc would have never made it this far without its members, and we're all so grateful to still be able to provide a space through lgc for everyone – us included ! – to enjoy ourselves both personally and creatively. as a thank you to all of you –as there's not even enough words in the world to express it enough ! – for everything, we'll be gifting everyone +30 FREE SKILL POINTS to distribute. please submit your LGC 5TH ANNIVERSARY points to the points blog before AUGUST 24, 2024 11:59 EDT. you may use this post as proof for your points sheets. additionally, we've created a simple GRAPHIC TEMPLATE for the UNIVERSE platform to use on our FANSITES. moving forward, this template will be linked in the monthly sns updates. we also don't want to discourage anyone from creating their own graphics for the fansites, especially like some have been for the monthly universe prompt. there used to be a non-canon twitter account that acted as a fan translation account for lgc artists on bubble. while fun and enjoyable, it was confusing whether or not what was posted on that account was considered canon in lgc, so we wanted to OFFICIALLY create a way for members with debuted muses to send messages on universe. we also hope this encourages members to post on the fansites more than twice a month. we've put together a EXAMPLE on how the universe graphics can be utilized with tumblr's text editor. please keep in mind that your posts must be company-appropriate and that the usual rules for sns still apply. we also ask that you refrain from interacting with or commenting on other lgc artists' activities through universe. additionally, idols may only post with their group mates. make sure to tag your fansite posts with #lgc:universe, and let us know if you have any questions. ( if you don't have access to photoshop or other editing software, please message us ! a member of the admod team can create/update your muse's universe profile for you, and will upload the final images to the same drive folder where the templates can be found. ) we still have more cool and really exciting things ( as you might've already seen on the LGCMANAGER blog *wink wink* ) planned for our fifth anniversary, but before we get ahead of ourselves, we do want to reiterate yet again how incredibly thankful we are for everyone who's made lgc their home. we cannot stress enough how humbled we are to lead a group of such talented and passionate writers. under the cut, you can read a short letter from some of us to express our gratitude in our own words. but from us as a whole, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for five years. here's to many, many more ! ♡ your lgcadmod team

happy five years, everyone!!! i can't believe it, lgc has officially lasted longer than my high school career, my college career, etc... it's crazy to think that such pivotal moments of my life have happened with lgc always there, in the background, as one of the only constants in my life. i say it every year and i'll say it again, but i can't thank you all enough for making lgc be the home that it is for me. i mean, this is the longest relationship i've ever committed to in my life!! seriously though, i'm so grateful for everyone i've met here and everything i've accomplished here, but we're not done yet! we still have so much in store for you all, and the anniversary event is just the tip of the iceberg of the fun stuff we've got planned this year alone. after all five years is just a drop in the bucket, let's double it and make it ten. 😎

— love yall so much, kristin (admin *)

it felt like yesterday when i was writing a message for lgc’s first anniversary and now that we’re celebrating the fifth one is something that shocks me sometimes! from starting off as a regular member, to a points and press mod, and now an admin that handles an array of tasks, i’ve seen quite a lot and if there’s anything that these anniversaries remind me of, it’s the dedication and commitment that everyone has to building and maintaining this community. i still remember seeing the first batch of muses receiving their 200 notoriety reward and the excitement and anticipation of wondering what that special 200 notoriety reward submit had to…well, 1,000 notoriety rewards happening! as someone who loves seeing the muses’ progression, it brings me joy whenever i see other muses reach certain milestones because not only does it show the dedication the mun has towards their muse, but the development the muse has gone through, just like the rp itself. legacy started off as a new rp but over time, changes and additions were made to make this rp awesome and a lot of that is thanks to everyone’s contributions. your suggestions, reactions, and even written posts, shaped legacy to be the way it is right now and will continue to do so in the future too! i’d also like to give a special shoutout to the past and present admod team members! legacy itself is quite a massive roleplay to take care of, but thank you so much for all of your effort and ideas! it makes me happy reading and seeing some of the projects being worked on behind the scenes from the admods and every time i hope that everyone else enjoys them too! as mentioned above, there are exciting things coming and i’m certain that the rest of 2024 and 2025 will be quite a ride too (trust me, some stuffs for 2025 have been planned since q2)! once again, thank you everyone for being a part of such a special moment and happy 5th anniversary to lgcrp!

— love, cloud ☁️ (admin a)

five years already, it sounds surreal! Although my importance as an admin has become lesser since my return, I can’t help but feel pride that the roleplay has been thriving for such a long time. and that is all thanks to you, the members, as well as the wonderful team of admins and mods that work tirelessly to make LGC function. whether you have recently joined, or even to those who left, everyone who has passed through LGC has left their mark and helped make it the place it is today. when we created the rp, I don’t think any of us expected it to last this long with so many invested and wonderful members. it really warms my heart. let’s cheer to another five years, maybe?

— love, marie

[thecomposerthatwaspromised]

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Season Two: Amazon Original Series Soundtrack) To Be Released Worldwide August 23, 2024

Digital and streaming of the Season Two soundtrack will be available on August 23rd, and on that same date, vinyl can be pre-ordered at Amazon Music and HERE. A special Collector’s Edition will also be available for pre-order exclusively on Amazon Music. Following each episode, Amazon Music will release a weekly soundtrack album containing the score for that episode, only available on Amazon Music.

Tracklist:

1. Old Tom Bombadil (feat. Rufus Wainwright) 2. Rhûn (feat. The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices) 3. Life in the Canyon 4. Golden Leaves (feat. Benjamin Walker) 5. Cirdan’s Perfection 6. Stone Singers (feat. Sophia Nomvete) 7. Sandstorm at the Well (digital version only) 8. Eregion 9. Emissary at the Forge 10. Shelob 11. The Pyre (feat. Raya Yarbrough) 12. Estrid 13. The Great Eagle 14. The River-daughter (feat. Raya Yarbrough) 15. Barrow-wights 16. Forgiveness Takes an Age (digital version only) 17. Candles on the Tide (feat. Clydene Jackson) (digital version only) 18. Army of Orcs 19. The Last Ballad of Damrod (feat. Jens Kidman) 20. Battle for Eregion 21. Durin’s Bane (digital version only) 22. Last Temptation 23. The Staff 24. Old Tom Bombadil Reprise (feat. Rory Kinnear and Daniel Weyman) 25. The Sun Yet Shines

[gamerwoman3d]

A Family of Tornadoes

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Twin_landspouts_south_of_Milton-Freewater,_Oregon_on_March_5,_2024.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

Okay so there is more tornadic activity in this image from March 05, 2024 than meets the eye. But to see it you have to look at the ground. They're walking in a straight line, each kicking up a cone of dust and debris - even the invisible ones have a cone of dust and debris at the base.

That implies that there's a funnel above each of those cones. These funnels can be invisible- they're made of air, after all.

To see what I see, here's an illustration of what it might look like if the funnels were suddenly visible [marked in yellow above].

Below, a pair of illustrations highlight these possible debris cones in yellow. The first image highlights only the cones where visible funnels have dropped. The second highlights all the possible debris cones.

To me, this is a family of tornadoes. And they are dancing a line dance. They are having a meeting of some sort, the same day I started my "Old Man Yells at Cloud" warning rambling - which you can read here if you like.

Meanwhile, the New York Times is editing their latest tornado article that they titled "Three Killed [...] tornadoes [...]" after NOT A SOUL died yet. Lots of injuries, no deaths. They also had to change Indiana to Indian in this quote.

"We have never experienced anything like this, anything this severe in the 75 years that I’ve lived around here,” said John Coleman, the president of the Indian Lake Area Historical Society.

Don't expect up-to-date reliable twister news from that souce in particular. They are at least redacting their statements but the headline stayed the same. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/us/tornado-storms-ohio-indiana-kentucky.html

The Weather Channel also reported the deaths, but I believe those deaths were counted prematurely.

The National Weather Service received more than 400 reports of severe weather from Thursday morning through Friday morning. That's the most of any 24-hour period in the U.S. since last August.

Now keep in mind, nobody is dead yet to my knowledge. There have only been two deadly twisters recorded in 2024 and both fatal twisters were recorded on January 09, 2024.

Until the deadly twisters are recorded here, it's safest to assume no one had perished.

But the destruction across the USA so far, just on March 14 and 15, has been a lot. I'm still thinking a Dust Bowl type event is not impossible in the near futre, in the aftermath of these events.

[zurgles]

Tarot Decks I Own (as of June 2024)

I got most of these (after the RWS) when I last quit smoking a couple years ago (think I made it five years) as a deal with myself - I could spend my cigarette budget on indie tarot decks. I started up again but it was a good incentive at the time.

I have also traded and given decks away so there are more that I’ve had and lost, but this is my current collection of 27 tarot decks (I’ll make a separate post for oracle and misc decks). I also tried to get these in a way that corresponded to the majors order to help limit my spending but it got pretty neurotic with swapping out deck positions and stuff so I’ve stopped worrying about that as much. It kinda helps me remember my collection though.

I put in parentheses the year I got them in, more or less. I added pictures and I'll update with links to other posts if I ever do deck reviews.

1. Shadowscapes (June 2014)

2. Universal Waite (2016-17?)

3. Numinous Tarot (Sept 2018)

4. Britt's Third Eye Tarot (Oct 2018)

5. Sakki-Sakki Tarot (Nov 2018)

6. Ophidia Rosa (~2020, trade)

7. Cosmic Tarot (2019, trade, trimmed)

8. Next World Tarot (Dec 2018)

9. Persephone Tarot (Dec 2018)

10. Fantastic Menagerie, 2020 reprint (2021)

11. Naturescapes Tarot (2020)

12. Thoth Tarot (May 2019, trimmed, rebacked)

13. Tarot of the Sweet Twilight (June 2019)

14. Spirit Keeper's Tarot, Vitruvian edition (June 2019)

15. Halloween Tarot (July 2019)

16. Medieval Scapini Tarot (July 2019) (bday gift - partner)

17. Tyldwick Tarot, first edition (August 2019)

18. Deviant Moon Tarot borderless (Nov 2022)

19. Golden Tarot of Klimt (Sept 2019)

20. Cult of Tarot (participated, gift from forum creator ❤️)(2020)

21. Tabula Mundi - Manus perfectus (2020)

22. Tarot of Magical Correspondences (2020)

23. Baba Studios Fairytale Tarot (Sept 2019, trade) (no guidebook)

24. Dust ii Onyx travel edition (June 2020)

25. Mine (doodlebob tarot) (March 2019)

26. Spirit Keeper’s Tarot, Revelations edition (2021, unopened)

27. Fantastic Medical Tarot (majors only deck, gift)

[study-with-aura]

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Tomorrow is my last day of the academic year! I will take/present my finals and be done with school until August! I will still be studying of course to prepare for next year as well as my level 9 history exam, but I cannot believe that tomorrow is the last day of my first year of high school!

On another note, not only have most of my pens run out of ink, but all of my wite-outs are out too! That's why you see scribbles on my geometry practice test in the photo. Yes, I DO make mistakes and quite often! This is why I always check my work before having it graded because my biggest mistake is miscalculations! I forget about the negative sign or I accidentally add when I should subtract. Sometimes, my brain goes blank on easy simplifying for expressions (mostly quadratics) or I'll mix up a formula. This is why I have no wite-out left!

Julien drove me to ballet and picked me up again! Because I have a packed schedule right now, I still don't get to spend the time with him that I like. BUT that will change next week when I am done with school during the day! I wonder what we will do! Right now, I must focus on studying for my finals, and that means getting a good night's sleep tonight. Therefore, I shall bid you adieu! ¡Hasta mañana! 晚安!

Tasks Completed:

Geometry - Completed practice test for final exam (91%... ew but it's still an A)

Lit and Comp II - Reviewed Unit 24 vocabulary + studied notes + emailed non-fiction writing assignment to Mom for grading (58/60)

Spanish 2 - Completed vocabulary test portion of my final (100%) + reviewed verb conjugations for all tenses + grammar notes

Bible I - Read Matthew 27

World History - Completed edits on final presentation + practiced presentation with my brother

Biology with Lab - Reviewed notes and study guides + finished lab report for germination lab

Foundations - Read more on wisdom + watched a TEDtalk on grit + read about the difference between western and eastern cultures education styles

Piano - Practiced for two hours in one hour split sessions

Khan Academy - Completed High School Geometry daily mastery challenge + completed High School Biology daily mastery challenge and course challenge (57%, but in my defense, it asked a lot of questions about things that I didn't study in my biology course or on KA, since I didn't complete every unit or lesson in the KA biology course, and those were the majority of the missed questions)

CLEP - None today

Streaming - Watched Empire Games Episode 6

Duolingo - Studied for approximately 45 minutes (Spanish [primarily], French, Chinese) + completed daily quests

Reading - Read pages 245-274 of The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf and finished the book

Chores - Put away the dishes + took the trash out

Activities of the Day:

Personal Bible Study (2 Timothy 4)

Ballet

Pointe

Journal/Mindfulness