#nexta

[mysteryman-17]

Part 3 of what I am now calling the Cozette Needs Help series is live! You can read the other two installments here (Part 1) and here (Part 2.)

And... I wound up creating 7 OCS OUT OF THE LIL SHITS COZETTE'S SEEN TEACHING IN THE CREDITS CUTSCENE. ALL IN ONE FELL SWOOP!! Huge thanks goes to @art-tea-chill for helping me come up with their names! You can read the brief descriptions I gave them, and see an edited screenshot showing who is who as well, under the cut.

Volto (yellow one) - choir boy, always follows the rules to the letter. He/him. Flurro (blue one in front) - jokey, but nowhere near as chill as other Slippenglide people. He/him. Infurus (red one w/ flame on head) - hot headed personality. He/him. Rássiva (green one) - adventurous, probably more accurately described as a tomboy. She/her. Nexta (pink one w/ pink/orange dress) - teacher's pet /pos. She/her. Juniper (purple one) - rather shy. She/her. Silvia (dark blue mf in the back) - the most prim and proper of the bunch, but still not hesitant on calling someone out. They/them.

Edited screenshot ref.

[tomorrowusa]

NEXTA is a news aggregator staffed primarily by journalists from Belarus who are in exile because of the repressive pro-Putin régime in their native country.

In the tweet posted above they show how Putin’s bots are taking advantage of Elon Musk’s mismanagement of Twitter.

It’s doubtful that Musk cares about NEXTA’s problem, he has sporadically parroted the Kremlin’s line about the invasion of Ukraine. He probably is happy that Putin is able to squelch opposition voices.

Rather than wait in vain for Musk to do something (sorry NEXTA, he won’t), legit news organizations should form a consortium and launch a new microblogging platform which concentrates on news and current affairs and is bot resistant. Only member news organizations could post though visitors could repost on other platforms or forward stories to friends. This would effectively become a news feed to replace ones on Facebook and other platforms. 

Twitter will only continue to deteriorate under Musk. It’s time to work on something new before Twitter becomes totally unusable.

@nexta_tv – perhaps you should consider posting at Tumblr. 😎

[egyfoxtechnology]

ليه نكستا قفلت حسابات ناس كتير ؟ - السبب الكل مشترك فيه | NEXTA

[polysjmweek]

Day 2 Masterlist: Reveal

Fanfic

"Hymns and Hearthfire" by @sonics-atelier (Nesta X Gwyn X Emerie)

"Well That Was Unexpected: A Spring Time Affairs Prequel" by @nocasdatsgay (OC [Flora] X Elain X Lucien X Tamlin)

"Just Need You" by @manicmanuscription (OC X Azriel X Eris)

"Tell me I'm the only, only, only, only one - part 8" by @daycourtofficial (Reader X Azris)

"Meet The Famly" by @slytherin-pen (Reader X Cazriel)

"Mother Knows Best" by @potatoplace (Reader X Kallias X Viviane)

"That Funny Feeling" by @danikamariewrites (Reader X Lysaedion)

"Starlight" by @readychilledwine (Reader X Rowan X Aelin)

If your creation is missing or you see an issue with the masterlist, please reach out to the blog so we can rectify it!

[kirstythejetblackgoldfish]

[acourtofladydeath]

An untrained eye might not have noticed, but Nesta could read every flex of every muscle in her mate’s body. He was not okay.

From Chapter 3 of "Take These Broken Wings", currently in final edits.

Totally optional tags: @iftheshoef1tz, @born-to-riot, @thehighladywrites, @readychilledwine

When you see this post, add one sentence to your current WIP.

(I need to work on my thesis, so I’ll add a sentence per note as long as that’s sustainable. We can do this together 🧡🧡)

[ask-the-curtis-gang]

have you been watching the sunset pony? (i think johnny and soda would like it if you invited them to watch too.)

I have. I watch the sunset most days. Hell it's almost become an event. I'll be out on the porch n sometimes dar'll come out n sit on the steps nexta me. sometimes two'll come out n plop down in the grass or soda'll come to test his attention span against a 10 minute sundown. Hell sometimes even steve'll come out (mostly with Soda but. every once in a long while. Just him) Johnny has started makin Dallas. man when he first started on that I though for sure dal was gonna pitch a fit. but. he didn't really. he just stood there on the porch n didn't say anythin. sometimes he'll still come out n stand in the doorway when he thinks nobody's payin attention. seems to me that nowadays there's always someone on the east side watchin the sunset.

[pebbles-agere-blog]

am go see mary popins on stage tomoro fr a feld trip !!! m goin wit m drama clas n n um ona th teechrs thats in gsa is in it!! cuz um its a um volonteer show n m teechr s play a bank charwomen n a bakgroun!!! n n n n um m gona do a stanin ovayshon at th en n n m gona cheer SOOPER DOOPER lowd wen she dos her bow n n n ummmmm i mabe be lil th HOLE tim coz mary popins n um m gona try sit nexta m fren z cuz z nows bowt m agere n n n they lil too somtims bu not i don tink as ofen as me cuz m im lil liiiiik a bit evry day bu i don tink they lil TAT ofin lololololol

mkay mkay i gota do homwrk now buuuuu yea i likd jus takin lik this is fun :3 i mabe do dis mor i lov you !!!!

tldr ummmm mary popins feld trip tomoro n m teechr s in it n now i do homwrk i lov you!!

[therealbigc]

Do you like my plushie of you :3

yeah yeah, whos dat nitwit nexta me tho?

[murdereyesnicky]

Protas standin nexta to Koken will never not be funny as fuck to me

[beardedmrbean]

"Babaryko is alive!"

Those were the words of Viktor Babaryko's team after seeing the first images of the imprisoned Belarusian opposition politician in more than 630 days.

Arrested in 2020 as he tried to run for president against authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko, Babaryko was then held incommunicado behind bars as extra punishment.

His political team describe the time with no contact or information about him at all as "torturous".

In a short video just released, Babaryko is filmed sending greetings to his family. There are also three photographs, including one that shows him writing a letter, apparently also to relatives. It's not clear exactly when the pictures were taken.

Dressed in black prison overalls, the former banker has lost a considerable amount of weight since his detention.

Other high-profile political prisoners have also been held incommunicado in Belarus, including Maria Kolesnikova, who was part of Babaryko's 2020 presidential campaign team until his arrest.

She then became one of the leaders of the mass protests that erupted after the election, which the EU said had been falsified to keep Lukashenko in office.

Last November, similar images were suddenly released of Kolesnikova, taken in prison when her father was allowed his first visit in more than a year-and-a-half. There has been no news of her since.

In both cases, the photos and videos were published by Roman Protasevich, co-founder of the Telegram channel Nexta that was widely followed during the 2020 mass protests.

In 2021, he was arrested after his Ryanair flight was diverted mid-air to Belarus and forced to land following a fake bomb threat.

The former activist was later released from prison after making a public apology, and now co-operates with the authorities.

In a short video that he posted alongside the photographs of Viktor Babaryko, he said the prisoner had "looked well", claimed he was cheerful and that the two had chatted, joked and "even laughed" together. Babaryko doesn't get to comment for himself.

The pictures of the former presidential contender have emerged shortly before the next election in Belarus, on 26 January. This time, no genuine opposition candidates at all have been allowed to take part.

There have been reports that well-known political prisoners are under pressure to request an official pardon from Lukashenko ahead of the vote, so that he might release them and look merciful.

It's also possible the images of Viktor Babaryko in prison are meant to remind Belarusians of the immense risk of open opposition.

A few dozen less prominent figures have been released in recent months, but others have swiftly been arrested to replace them.

The human rights group Viasna currently calculates that there are 1,258 political prisoners in the country.

Among the high-profile names still not seen or heard of for many months are Sergei Tikhanovsky, the political activist arrested in 2020 whose wife Svetlana went on to run in the election in his place.

Now leader of the opposition, forced into exile, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya told the BBC this week that the upcoming presidential vote was a "sham" and a "performance" staged by Alexander Lukashenko in order to extend his grip on power.

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

Russian Il-76 military plane crashes in Belgorod region, Russia, January 24, 2024. Source: NEXTA

P.S. Most likely, the reports of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the the Russian "media" about the plane's cargo and passengers are disinformation or a carefully planned provocation to hide the failures of the Russian army during invasion in Ukraine. Any Russian military aircraft or any other military asset is a LEGIT TARGET ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!

[stevebattle]

VisiON NEXTA (2005) by Vstone, Osaka. Since the beginning of the Humanoid League in 2002, the Best Humanoid Award has been given every year to the team with the best humanoid robot. The winner of the best humanoid award at RoboCup 2005 in Osaka, was VisiON NEXTA for Team Osaka.

[thatcheeseycandle]

Olivia doesn't know that North has died yet oh god

AND I DONT KNOW IF IM FONNA SURVIEJFJ THE NEXTA CHAPETES CAUSE DIOS IF OLIVIA EVEN FINDS OUT I KNOW SHE WILL BE OUT FOR MURDER.

THE WOMAN IS GONNA HUNT DOWN MS PARSONS I KID YOU NOT. AND HEY IF POLLY FINDS OUT OH BOY IS IT GONNA GET MORE CRAZIER

But hey, maybe he isnt dead yet and just needs some gold dust??

(<- still in denial of him being dead AAAAAAAAAAAA)