#mike's monitors!

[fimbry]

Finished this logo commission! Sooo many scales, but I was glad to really get some monitors under my belt.

These two are the first Varanus togianus to successfully breed in captivity. Logo is for Mike's Monitors!

[tt-di1]

[i-am-not-a-who-i-am-a-what]

so about the header that proceeded today's statement:

Viability as agent: Low

Viability as subject: None

Viability as catalyst: Medium

i didn't know what to think of this part of the entry at first, but the longer the statement went on... was the institute in this universe trying to manufacture avatars?

the dice can't do anything without someone to use them, they can't be an "agent" by themselves, but might be capable of manipulation, so in that aspect their viability is "low."

the dice could be a "subject" in the sense that they could use further studying, but the statement itself was a very thorough investigation of their workings, so in that aspect their viability is "none."

the dice seem to influence their holder to roll them, or at least find more victims to roll them, and could therefore be described as a "catalyst" for someone's becoming. but, as seen in the statement, their owner can give the dice to someone else (albeit not without consequences), so in that aspect their viability is only "medium."

so what about the line following all this, what does "Recommend referral to Catalytics for Enrichment applicability assessment" mean? if we go by this interpretation, i'd say it could mean the institute wanted to find a way to make the dice even more potent as an artifact, maybe even remove that pesky ability for their owner to reject them.

imho all of this this brings a whole new level of context to the events of episode seven, of unknown violent agents going after an influx of objects that seemed straight out of artifact storage. was that the nature of the titular "magnus protocol" first mentioned in episode four, the one that involved the starkwall group? containing or destroying potential artifacts before the institute could get their hands on them?

it also makes their "gifted kids program," and sam's link to it as one of the kids being studied, all the more horrifying to think about. was it not just avatars in general they were after, but child avatars specifically? no wonder gertrude got so defensive over the possibility of sam and celia dragging gerry back into the institute's business last episode, we all picked up on her clearly knowing more than she's letting on but now we might know the shape of that information a bit better.

and one final bit of food for thought... this statement had a lot of familiar themes, didn't it? free will or the illusion of it, gambling and not-so-random chance, the statement giver being done in by one final hit from what feels like a bit of an addition... all hallmarks of a certain mother of puppets. doesn't it seem fitting that "chester" would use this kind of statement to warn sam about what harm pursuing the magnus institute could bring to him, considering the one his voice might draw from? and doesn't it seem so painfully ironic that his warning seems to have only driven sam further into that web?

[drfirsnogayny]

Crossover Halloween AU at Kindergarten and at Flower Color Gram AU

I position FCG Halloween as my AU because these are not official designs, unless everyone else decides to admit it. And I'm also not sure that I would have had time to draw it all before Halloween, so that's the only way. Maybe I'll do the full versions later.

(None of this is shipping. It's just duets and trios that have a similar role or species)

Halloween AU by @gabycantart @flower-color-gram

Adonis by @cloverstar-li, Alina by @onsennnnn

Abigal by @ketchupandpickles, Callum by @juststupid882

I decided to leave the version with Austin the Pirate, because otherwise Abigal would not have had a character in the duo.

Pixy by @bebebowie, Mike by @rainrayne

Chris by @cloverstar-li

Hop by @milgoooram

Ivy by @lammy-art

Byron by me

And bonuses:

Old version + Mike as a vampire

I wanted to make full-length versions, but then abandoned this idea in favor of what I had already done.

There is also an alternative version of Mike, especially considering that he is Felix and Ted's brother according to FCG canon

And another crossover

But, since the plot of Cleavers Cult runs simultaneously with the plot of BRev (after twenty years of Kindergarten events), I raised the age for Felix and Theodore.

[exsqueezememacaroni]

for real adhd mike gets bored on stage

FNM in Lisboa Portugal 2010 part 6 (bonus) X

[arvoze]

would you like to learn about what's in my head.

[bringbackwendellvaughn]

[onlylonelylatino]

The Atom, Donna Troy, Jason Todd and Bob the Monitor find Ted Kord in the Nanoverse by Mike Norton

[unusualwhatsits]

Grumpy

[epically-epic-epicosity]

[nocturnalcider]

[leos-fever-dream]

watched fib nights at febbys on sunday

it was great

[okadaizoirl]

so i'm writing a self-ship drabble and the thought of my self-insert being investigated by mike to be sure saul can trust him just to find a personal blog with a big banner that says "TRANSFAG" is sending me into fucking hysterics

[t-jfh]

Australia gains reprieve on threat to Great Barrier Reef World Heritage status.

By Mike Foley

The Age - August 1, 2023

Great Barrier Reef escapes 'in danger' recommendation ahead of UNESCO World Heritage decision

By the Specialist Reporting Team's Leonie Thorne, Penny Timms, Emilia Terzon and Evan Young

ABC News - 1 August 2023

Great Barrier Reef's first mass bleaching during La Niña season halts coral recovery.

AAP Australian Associated Press

ABC News - 9 August 2023

YouTube video >> Recovery has paused on the Great Barrier Reef - Marine Scientist Dr. Mike Emslie: AIMS (Australian Institute of Marine Science) annual summary update for 2023 [9 August 2023 / 3mins.+44secs.]:

Dr Mike Emslie says the Great Barrier Reef's recovery has paused.

Climate Change is the greatest threat to the Reef

In-water monitoring hard coral cover across the Great Barrier Reef remains at similar levels to that recorded in 2022, with small decreases in the Northern, Central and Southern regions.

AIMS' Annual Summary Report on Coral Reef Condition for 2022/23 (published 9th August 2023) found that while some reefs continued to recover, their increased hard coral cover was offset by coral loss on other reefs.

Most reefs underwent little change in coral cover.

The pauses in recovery in the Northern and Central regions were due in part to the 2022 mass coral bleaching event. Low numbers of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish and a cyclone in January 2022 also contributed to coral loss in the Northern region.

Continued crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks and coral disease kept coral cover similar to last year's levels in the Southern region, with bleaching playing less of a role.

Read the report: https://www.aims.gov.au/monitoring-great-barrier-reef/gbr-condition-summary-2022-23

More about the AIMS Long-Term Monitoring Program: https://www.aims.gov.au/research-topics/monitoring-and-discovery/monitoring-great-barrier-reef/long-term-monitoring-program

YouTube video >> Monitoring the Great Barrier Reef - AIMS Coral Reef Ecologist Kate Osborne [25 July 2022 / 3mins.+52secs.]:

Monitoring the Great Barrier Reef

Not only is the Great Barrier Reef big, it is also diverse and dynamic.

For more than 35 years, the Australian Institute of Marine Science's Long-Term Monitoring Program (LTMP) has been dedicated to measuring its coral reef habitats to understand how surveyed reefs are responding to disturbances, such as severe cyclones, outbreaks of coral eating starfish and coral bleaching.

The LTMP provides an invaluable record of change on coral communities across the Great Barrier Reef.

To learn more, visit: https://www.aims.gov.au/research-topics/monitoring-and-discovery/monitoring-great-barrier-reef

[exsqueezememacaroni]

im not sure of my fav eras but the awakening!! i was getting into fnm and i was watching i think pinkpop 1997? and during just a man he walks up to the camera and kisses the lens,,, it was like a cupids arrow for me i’ve been obsessed with him since

This?? oh god, i cry!!! who wouldn't fall in love with this human?? that camera guy definitely had an awakening

thank you!!! i forgot about this moment!! it's so many things

Tell me your most/least fave mike

[catdammitjackie]

i personally would rather die than relive scriptgate especially through twitter