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Hello! Sorry I’ve been putting a lot of asks. You can feel free to push this one later. I just wanted to submit this ask while I still remembered this idea. A while ago I read your post about Optimus Prime with a daughter who was his exact opposite, and I loved that one! So may I request a similar idea with TFP Ratchet? Like TFP Ratchet with a daughter bot Buddy who is his exact opposite. Like who had a gentle and sweet and that “Does it hurt here? Aww, you poor thing” “Hey you are doing so much better! Aww! Great job” type of classic cartoon nurse personality, as well as the classic “I love these little creatures! Can we keep them? Father pleaaase?” type of little girl personality (probably to the humans, to Ratchet’s dismey). And she also looked up to Arcee a lot. Like, A LOT! Her absolute idol! she would want to copy every way Arcee talk and behave (even the bad examples)(much to Ratchet’s dismay) and copying the way Arcee battle too. And thanks to Arcee she now wished she could join the battlefield and do all these wonderful cool and dangerous things too! (Once again, much to Ratchet’s dismey)

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! YES! Give Ratchet a child!

Hope you enjoy!

Ratchet with a daughter who has the exact opposite personality to his own

SFW, Platonic, Familial, Cybertronain reader

TFP

Buddy was originally a sparkling from a dear friend of Ratchet and Orion Pax’s.

Their caregiver was an extremely pacifistic bot who wanted nothing more than peace on Cybertron. But once in a while the caregiver would join a rally with Pax and Ratchet. They believed in change and agreed something needed to be done.

They sadly passed away from natural causes one day when they dropped Buddy off at his clinic to pick up some rust sticks for Buddy. The two friends were devastated hearing the news while the sparkling was happily playing around with her toys.

Their caregiver had placed Ratchet as the primary care giver if anything should happen, Orion was to be the sparkling godparent.

Ratchet took on the new duties immediately.

It was the least he could do for his friend and the sparkling.

Ratchet made sure to let the sparkling know what happened to their caregiver when they were older.

“And that’s the story.”--Ratchet

“So, they’re really gone then?”--Buddy

“Yes…”--Ratchet

“…Does that mean I can’t tell bots you’re my caregiver?”--Buddy

“What?”--Ratchet

“I mean, you take care of me, you feed me, you help me with stuff I don’t know, you helped me choosing my alt mode, you let me rant when things get too much, and you love me… right?”--Buddy

“Of course, I do!”--Ratchet

“Then?”--Buddy

“…I am…I…”--Ratchet

“You don’t have to say it if you aren’t ready. I love you, you take your time.”--Buddy

“… I love you, Buddy. I love you, my sparkling.”--Ratchet

“To Luna 1 and back?”--Buddy

“To Luna 1 and back.”--Ratchet

The sparkling grew up with a peculiar personality contrasting his.

She wasn’t as sarcastic as he was. If fact it was rare to hear her say sarcastic things. Buddy rather expressed herself open when she could.

“Hi Arcee! Hi Cliffjumper! How was patrol this evening?”--Buddy

“It was fine. Not a Con in sight.”--Arcee

“And too bad too. We would have knocked out their processors out right away!”--Cliffjumper

“Any wounds today? Dents? Dinges? Scratches?”--Buddy

“Yeah I think some of the gravel clipped my servos.”--Cliffjumper

“Oh! Let me!—”--Buddy

“He was joking Buddy.”—Arcee

“Oh…”--Buddy

“…But I do have some cool looking rocks to add to your collection.”—Cliffjumper

“Really! Awesome! Let me go get my collection right now!”—Buddy

“Nice save.”--Arcee

“No thanks to you ‘Cee.”--Cliffjumper

She was a very sensitive individual and extremely empathetic in nature. Just like her former Caregiver, a near perfect image of them.

That being said, Buddy did pick up some of Ratchet’s habits.

Sleep schedule? Never heard of them.

Perfectionist? Absolutely.

Think highly of a certain bot? Yes, but not the same one.

Buddy cleaning some of the medical equipment.

Bumblebee coming out from his habsuite.

“Beep beop! (Morning Buddy!)”--Bumblebee

“Morning? But it was just—oh! God morning Bumblebee!”--Buddy

“Beep… bep bep bop? (Buddy… how many hours did you sleep?)”--Bumblebee

“… So, are you going to pick up Raf today?”--Buddy

“Bep beep (Like Daughter like Father)”--Bumblebee

“Hey!”--Buddy

“Bep bop? (Am I wrong?)”--Bumblebee

“…No…”--Buddy

Buddy stayed by Ratchet’s side through the thick and thin as his nurse. It seemed like the best role for Buddy to play. They did get taught by the very best anyways.

The kids for the longest time thought that Buddy was simply a student to Ratchet.

“Hey Buddy, do you have parents?”--Miko

“Miko!”--Jack

“What it’s a valid question.”--Miko

“Umm… I’m confused. You know him already.”--Buddy

“Wait your parent is one of the bots on the Team?”--Raf

“Yes? I thought you knew already.”--Buddy

“Who is it! I bet its Optimus!”--Miko

“Actually, he is my godparent as you’d say it on Earth.”--Buddy

“Then who?”--Raf

“Ratchet.”--Buddy

“RATCHET!?”--Miko

“What’s wrong?!”--Ratchet

“You’re Buddy’s dad!?”--Miko

“Yes? I thought you knew already.”--Ratchet

“That’s what I said!”--Buddy

“But how—I want a Cybertronain DNA test, cause there is no way sweety Buddy is related to salty you.”--Miko

“I’m actually adopted Miko.”--Buddy

“Oh?”--Miko

“But that doesn’t mean you aren’t my daughter, Buddy.”--ratchet

“And that doesn’t mean you aren’t my father Ratchet.”--Buddy

“Wow…”--Jack

“This is too cute I’m going to go puke.”--Miko

“And you ruined it.”--Jack

This clears a lot of things for the humans.

Buddy was the eldest of the youngest group on Team Prime. She took her job as big sister seriously with Bumblebee and later with Smokescreen. She made sure to always be there for them in any way she could figure out was necessary.

The two bots enjoyed having someone have their backs and fixing them when they came back from patrol.

“Hey Smokes’, you’re doing amazing there.”--Buddy

“Really?”--Smokescreen

“Yeah, just a bit longer and you’ll be on your pedes in no time!”--Buddy

“Yeah!”--Smokescreen

“Then you can start the physical therapy.”--Buddy

“Can I skip that?”--Smokescreen

“Did I studder?”—Buddy

CRUNCH!

Bumblebee accidentally crushed a tool with his pede.

“Bee… Honeybee… I needed that.”--Buddy

Ratchet on the other side of the base.

“…I suddenly feel proud for some reason?”--Ratchet

Like Ratchet Buddy looked up to certain teammates.

While Ratchet looked up to Optimus, Buddy looked up to Arcee.

Buddy saw a hero and great friend in Arcee.

A part of Buddy, like Ratchet, wished she could do more to help the team. When she saw Arcee sparring and hearing the retellings of her stories, she could only imagine doing the stuff Arcee could do.

“Then what happened?”--Buddy

“That’s when me and Cliff went into the groundbridge while Shockwave shot at us with his canon.”--Arcee

“I remember hearing that cliff was knocked unconscious when he went into the portal. What did you do to Shockwave?”—Buddy

“Are you sure you want to know?”--Arcee

“Absolutely!”--Buddy

“Heh…I shot the Cyclops right in that giant optic of his! He fell straight back to Cybertron with a BANG!”--Arcee

“COOL!”—Buddy

“Please don’t influence my child.”--Ratchet

“No promises.”--Arcee

“Yeah, no promises!”--Buddy

“…Maybe you were right…”--Arcee

Ratchet just hopes that Buddy doesn’t follow Arcee exactly.

He is too old for these jump scares.

And its not like Buddy would go into battle with nothing more than their med kit for Arcee alone, right?

Right?

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Bonjour Erabu-san ! Comment ça va ? Je continue d'apprendre français. :) J'ai changé la langue dans Genshin Impact en français avant de commencer la quête d'histoire de Arlecchino. 😂 J'ai réalisé que l'anglais et le français ne sont pas le même. Quelle langue vous écoutez ? Allez-vous obtenir Arlecchino ? Je suis impatiente de revoir Cyno aussi ! Vous pouvez répondre en français. Je vais utiliser Google Traduction. 😂 (Je ne sais pas si je dois dire tu ou vous 😅) - @mimi-cee-genshin

Oooh ! En tout cas, ton français est vraiment ! Bravo pour touts tes efforts 🤭 Tu peux me tutoyer hihi Je joue le jeu avec la langue Anglaise, mais quand je joue Tighnari, je change en Japonais (j'aime bien sa voix en japonais) Alors. J'étais censé pull Arlecchino, mais l'avenir à choisi différemment (le Hunter's Path est venu... et mes économies sont passées sur l'arme). Je vais la skip, en me disant que j'ai déjà un pyro dps, et je vais attendre Furina et Sethos (je me demande sur quelle bannière Sethos sera !! Si il n'y a pas Furina et qu'il est dans celle de Sigewinne, avec grand plaisir je la pull hihi) Ouii J'ai aussi hâte pour Cyno ! 🥹

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L'Europe ? Mais quelle Europe ?

Hier, en ce qui concerne la France, mais depuis 3 jours pour tous les pays intéressés, quelque 450 millions d'électeurs –le chiffre exact serait 447-- étaient appelés à choisir leurs représentants à une Chambre de députés strasbougo-bruxelloise qui, pour des raisons de simplification évidentes, est le plus souvent appelée ''l'Europe'' –ce qu'elle n'est pas. Ce vote est intervenu au terme d'une caricature de campagne électorale où très peu se sont intéressés au sort de notre embryon de continent de plus en plus incontinent, leur préférant les querelles de clocher, les motivations électoralistes et la cuisine de basse-cour...

De quoi s'agit-il ? L'air est connu, mais il n'est pas inutile de le rappeler : au lendemain d'une guerre terrible entre peuples voisins, semblables, comparables et historiquement frères ou peu s'en faut, une poignée d'hommes d'Etat à la foi chrétienne vibrante et solidement ancrée a fait de la belle phrase ''Plus jamais ça !'' le leit-motiv d'un rapprochement entre ancien ennemis. L'idée était belle à en être utopique, mais leur volonté était telle qu'ils sont arrivés à proposer une démarche par étapes qui rapprocherait de plus en plus ceux qui ne savaient ���en apparence-- que se haïr, jusqu'à bâtir entre eux des raisons de s'aimer. Tant qu'on s'en est tenu à cette sagesse, tout avait bien marché.

Les premières années furent fort belles : je me souviens être parti avec un de mes frères à Hambourg, ville littéralement ravagée, anéantie par les bombes des ''Alliés'', pour reconstruire un stade réduit en poudre, armés d'une pelle chacun... Quelles amitiés, avec les jeunes allemands qui pelletaient avec nous : il n'y avait ni fritz, ni chleuhs, ni fridolins... ni franzosen, ni franzaken... On y croyait, tous... et c'était beau. Mais les jeunes successeurs n'ont pas su attendre... et tout est parti en quenouille : entre le traité de Rome (15 mars 1957) sur la CEE et la CECA, et le désastre actuel, qui se traduit dans les urnes et se mesure en abstentions, il faut se résoudre à parler d'un échec du succès, et d'un désastre en cours.

La question qui se pose, est, évidemment : ''Que s'est-il passé ?''. Le nom propre ''Europe'' ayant été volé et confisqué à tort et sans raison, il est devenu un nom commun... et, depuis que les miasmes du progressisme ont tout esquinté, tout salopé, tout dégueulassé, il est même devenu un nom détesté –et j'exagère à peine : on sent que c'est une solution possible... mais elle ne nous montre que ses aspects négatifs, des inconvénients et des contraintes, le plus souvent perçues comme inutiles –ce qu'elles sont, majoritairement. Pour ''les gens'', c'est quoi, l'Europe ?

1 - ''L'Europe est une fourmilière de technocrates inutiles''. Ce reproche est le plus fréquent, surtout adressé à la Commission : des autocrates qui incarnent un pouvoir froid, distant, sans racines et sans freins –donc sans cœur-- et a besoin, pour justifier son manque d'utilité, d'une armada fort coûteuse de fonctionnaires grassement payés et libres d'impôts. Un pouvoir perçu comme ne pensant qu'à multiplier les contraintes, les normes absurdes, les règlements déraisonnables, et intéressé exclusivement par la destruction de toutes les racines grâce auxquelles... ils sont ce qu'ils sont –ce qui n'est pas faux ! Depuis la création de cette ''Commission'' en 1958, elle est passée de zéro à quelque 35 000 fonctionnaires surpayés, mais jamais élus par personne (auxquels ils faut ajouter les armées de lobbyistes que le pouvoir et la corruption attirent comme des mouches). Pour se doter d'une crédibilité, ils ont fabriqué un processus avec certaine forme de légalisme... qui n'est que cela : malgré ces écrans de fumée, ils ne sont pas légitimes pour deux sous.

2 - ''L'Europe est une passoire pro-immigration''. C'est un autre jugement à l'emporte-pièces, qui fait florès aussi... et qui, comme le précédent, est le reflet d'une cruelle vérité, malgré des astuces de présentation qui ne dupent plus grand monde. Profondément marquée par la mauvaise rhétorique progressiste qui fait des ravages dans les milieux faussement intellectuels, les résultats sont là, cruels et menaçants : en 2023, l'UE a enregistré au moins 380 000 arrivées irrégulières (source : Frontex), ce qui est déjà énorme, mais n'est que le 1/3 de toutes les demandes d'asile de l'année (1,14 million). Mais ce qui est plus grave (si possible...), c'est que les fameux ''réfugiés politiques'' que la Gauche passe son temps à invoquer ne sont que 15 % du total, le reste étant composé de 35 % de ''regroupements familiaux'' (Merci, Giscard !), de 20 % de ''permis de travail'', et de 4% d'étudiants.

Avec 20 % de permis de travail (s ic !), on sait quoi répondre aux tenants illuminés de ''l'immigration rapporte à la France''. La ''cata'' est immense. Rattrapable encore ? Sans doute pluss : les fameuses ''OQTF'', obligations de quitter le territoire, sont si rarement exécutées (cf les viols, les attaques au couteau, les dealers, ou les cambriolages violents) qu'on ne voit pas d'où viendrait le progrès.

On voudrait nous faire croire qu'un soi-disant ''Pacte pour la migration et l'asile'' (vous avez bien lu : ''pour'', et non pas ''contre''!), va s'attaquer au problème. Mais son texte prévoit qu'il a pour seule ambition de ''tenter de gérer le flux des personnes arrivées de façon irrégulière''.... ce qui est vraiment le ''minimum syndical'' ! Déjà qu'un texte ne vaut que par la manière dont il est appliqué, on nage ici dans l'abstraction. Et la cerise sur le gâteau est que, lorsqu'ils se réunissent pour disserter sur des mots creux (''tenter''... ''de gérer''... ''les flux''...), ils avouent que leur seule raison pour laquelle ils s'attaquent à ce problème –le seul qui soit mortel pour leurs administrés-- c'est , exclusivement, ''pour ne pas laisser le sujet à l'extrême Droite''. Question : De qui se moque-t-on ?

3 - L'Europe a-t-elle renoncé à nos racines chrétiennes ? C'est le dernier sujet d'importance, et c'est encore un de ces débats qui refont surface ''tous les'de temps en temps''. Jusque là, il était important, certes, mais avec la poussée agressive de l'Islam contre nos sociétés, le sujet devient primordial, vital même. Parlant des conséquences de la bêtise crasse de Jospin qui refusait les racines chrétiennes de l'Europe, FX Bellamy parlait à la tribune du Parlement européen d'une ''véritable haine des racines qui ont fait l'Europe''. Ce faux débat pose 2 questions. L'une est historique... et l'Histoire a répondu depuis longtemps : depuis le IV ème siècle, ''la messe est dite'' : la civilisation européenne (devenue ''Occidentale'' depuis) est et ne peut être que d'inspiration chrétienne. L'autre est politique, et est davantage sujette à débats.

Certains la refusent au nom de leur laïcité (ce qui revient à refuser quelque chose au profit de... rien !), comme ce zéro pointé de Moscovici qui affirmait sans apporter un seul argument : ''Je ne crois pas aux racines chrétiennes de l'Europe''. Quel crétin ! D'autres y voient une opposition au rêve universaliste de la Gauche … comme si avoir des racines signifiait ''n'avoir que ça'' ! D'autres, encore plus myopes, voient dans ce mouvement plus que millénaire ''une tentative de s'opposer à la poussée actuelle de l'islam''. De belles têtes bien faites comme Rémi Brague (''Il faut distinguer les chrétiens –qui croient dans le Christ-- des ''christianistes'' qui ne voient qu'une civilisation, une morale, une philosophie'') ou Pierre Manent (''Le danger vient de la confusion du christianisme avec un humanisme. Mais au delà des ''racines'', où cette querelle mène-t-elle ?'') ou encore notre ancien Pape, Saint Jean-Paul II (''Un arbre sans racines pourrait-il vivre et se développer ?''), ont enrichi ce débat, sans pourtant ''emporter le morceau''.

Pour une fois, c'est au Pape actuel que je vais demander de conclure (ce qui prouve mon objectivité et une certaine honnêteté intellectuelle !) : ''Ils n'ont pas voulu reconnaître les racines chrétiennes de l'Europe ? Il semble que Dieu leur fait payer très cher cette infamie''. Et devant la situation d'échec programmé --mais déjà atteint pour partie-- de ce que devient l'Europe (''un machin dont personne ne veut, mais que l'on subit par crainte de l'inconnu que serait un arrêt''), il est permis de se demander si le remède n'est pas à portée de la main... mais demanderait une vraie intelligence, que nos ''leaders'' actuels ont perdue en chemin... Alors... on aurait voté pour rien ? Réponse à cette question le 7 juillet prochain, puisque l'Assemblée Nationale n'a pas résisté à ce tsunami contre l'Europe macroniste et progressiste. Et ça, c'est la bonne nouvelle du jour !

H-Cl.

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La ministre néerlandaise de la Santé : la pandémie de Covid était une opération militaire de l’OTAN

Iustina Filimon

📍Un membre du gouvernement néerlandais a admis que la pandémie de Covid était une « opération militaire », révélant que pendant la pandémie, son pays recevait les ordres de l'Alliance de l'Atlantique Nord.

La ministre néerlandaise de la Santé, Fleur Agema, a révélé que « l'opération militaire » était dirigée par l'OTAN et le coordinateur néerlandais pour la sécurité et la lutte contre le terrorisme (NCTV).

📍 english.nctv.nl

NCTV est l'agence de sécurité nationale des Pays-Bas.

Dans un discours prononcé au parlement néerlandais et cité par SlayNews,  Agema a admis que la politique pandémique des Pays-Bas est menée "sous la direction de NCTV et du ministère de la Défense" . Elle a souligné que le gouvernement néerlandais a répondu à la pandémie conformément aux « obligations de l'OTAN ».

📍 slaynews.com/news/dutch-gov…

Ainsi, l'Agema a confirmé que la politique de lutte contre la pandémie était un « coup d'État » exécuté par NCTV.

La célèbre médecin néerlandaise Els van Veen a déclaré qu'elle comprenait enfin ce qui lui était arrivé - ainsi qu'à d'autres médecins éminents - pendant la crise de Covid. Dans un  article sur X , van Veen dit : « C'était une opération militaire. Le ministère de la Santé obéit à l'OTAN et à NCTV" .

L'intervention de la ministre Fleur Agema, jeudi 24 octobre, était une première : elle est la première ministre de la Santé de toute l'histoire du Parlement à expliquer son action en mettant en cause "les obligations de l'OTAN". Et il ne l'a pas fait une seule fois, mais six fois, comme l'a souligné le député Pepijn van Houwelingen (FVD).

Une vidéo de trois minutes dans laquelle l'Agema déclare devant le Parlement que la préparation à une pandémie est liée aux obligations du traité (OTAN) et que l'agence de sécurité NCTV est à la tête de l'ensemble de l'action est devenue virale sur la plateforme X. Van Houwelingen a promis de réagir immédiatement aux questions posées par les parlementaires.

L'Agema a fait ces révélations lors d'un débat sur la "résilience". Elle a déclaré que les Pays-Bas doivent se préparer à tout type de catastrophe, comme « les menaces hybrides, les menaces militaires, les catastrophes naturelles ou une nouvelle pandémie » . Un « renforcement substantiel » de la résilience du pays est nécessaire , a-t-elle déclaré, ajoutant :

"Sous la direction de NCTV et du ministère de la Défense, nous présenterons au printemps un plan d'action."

Agema a expliqué que peu de temps après avoir pris ses fonctions de ministre, elle a été informée de la résilience et des obligations envers l'OTAN :

"Depuis ce briefing, nous travaillons avec des collègues du ministère pour déterminer ce dont nous avons besoin pour remplir nos obligations envers l'OTAN. Nous faisons tout cela sous la direction de NCTV. Plusieurs ministères y participent. J’ai demandé s’il y avait un chevauchement entre la préparation à une pandémie et la résilience et on m’a répondu que oui. »

Elle a ajouté :

"Nous voulons disposer des mêmes outils que ceux dont nous aurions du avoir pendant la crise du Corona."

La vidéo entière peut être vue ici :

x.com/veen_els/statu…

Dans un article sur X, le chercheur Cees van den Bos, qui utilise des ressources obtenues dans le cadre de la loi néerlandaise sur la liberté d'information (Woo), a répondu à ces révélations, affirmant que la pandémie était un "coup d'État" .

Il a qualifié NCTV de marionnette de l’OTAN.

« Ce pays ne sera pas libre à moins que NCTV ne soit complètement aboli et que ce genre de gouvernement fantôme ne soit plus jamais autorisé à exister.

"C'est le plus grand obstacle à la démocratie."

Van den Bos a ajouté qu'il n'y a aucun contrôle sur NCTV :

"NCTV a carte blanche comme on l'a également vu pendant la crise corona". 🔽

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Danger Mouse et Black Thought annoncent l'album "Cheat Codes"

Après un projet abandonné au milieu des années 2000, le producteur et le MC signent un projet collaboratif avec Raekwon, MF DOOM, Joey Bada$$, Michael Kiwanuka ou A$AP Rocky.

Beck, Gorillaz, The Black Keys, Norah Jones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Parquet Courts ou les derniers albums de Michael Kiwanuka et Curtis Harding; derrière ces noms prestigieux on retrouve les productions en or de Brian Burton alias Danger Mouse. Génie du son, l'ex-membre du groupe néo soul Gnarls Barkley, avec Cee Lo Green, quitte rarement l'ombre des studios, s'affichant de façon épisodique sur des projets en duo comme en 2019 avec la new-yorkaise Karen O sur l'album Lux Prima.

Dix-sept ans après son projet The Mouse and the Mask ,en collaboration avec le regretté MF DOOM, le producteur revient au hip hop avec une autre légende, le MC de The Roots, Black Thought, qui nous a gratifié récemment en solo de sa trilogie de mini albums Streams of Thought. Les deux amis de longue date ont décidé d'unir leurs forces sur l'album Cheat Codes dont ils dévoilent le premier titre No Gold Teeth :

Les deux artistes s'étaient déjà rencontrés en 2005 avec la volonté de collaborer. Un projet commun abandonné qui renaît aujourdhui avec les douze titres de Cheat Codes sur lesquels le tandem a invité un véritable All Stars; de Raekwon & Kid Sister à Michael Kiwanukaen passant par Joey Bada$$, MF DOOM, A$AP Rocky & Run The Jewels ou Conway the Machine. L'album est attendu le 12 août.

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4:    1842 1908 abdo able ably acce acin acru acti actu adep ages ainf ajor akes akin alis allo alls ally almo alog also amil ampl anal anat ance ands andu aneo ange anim answ ants anus aped appa appe area aren arge arki arks arly arms arou arra arsa arte arti arts ased aske atar ated ater athe atid atio ativ atom atte atty atur avit awar aybe babl back ball base bdom bear bedd behi belo betw beyo biof bitt blog bodi body bone boun boyl brat brev bsta bula burr bute call cavi ccen ccyx ceed cent ceps cept cher chiu cial cien ciet cing cles cloa clus cocc comp conn cons cont cosu cret crib crum ctio ctua ctus cula cuta dard ddar deal deed denb denc deos depo dept desc dfis died dies diet ding disp dnes does dome domi dors dula duri eaki eall ears eart ebra ecia ecre ecti ectu edda edin edis eedi eein eems efer egio ehin eing eith elat elet elop elow elvi emal emel emen emor empl emur enbo ence endi ends engt engy enhn enop enor enti entl entu enve eous epos epti eque eral eran ered eres erio erly ermi erru erse ersi erte erti erto erus escr espe esti esty etal etat eton etwe ever evic evid ewha excl exem exte extr exus eyon fami fatt fema femo femu fest fibu fied fift find firs fish form foss frac frog from furt fuse gely geme gest gica gion gird glan glue gold gona gous grea grou gyst hape have head hear heir here hert herz hese hich high hims hind hing hips hird hite hium hnac hole hoto houg hroa hume hyme hymu iall ibed ibio ibul ibut ical icep icks icky icul idea iden ideo ides idfi ienc iety ifes ifie ifth ight ilar ilia illi imag imal imil imse inal incl inde infr ings inky inse insi inst inte into ints inuo iofi ions ious irdl irst isch ishe isop ispo issu ists ites ithe itio ittl itty ivel join jori just juts kele king kink kive knee know ksch land larg larl late lati latu lden legs leng leta leto lexu liar lier life lifi litt llie llow lmos loac logi logo lond loos lope lops lowe lowi lung lusi lvic lymp lypm mage majo make male mall many mark mass mati mayb mely meno ment meru meta mewh mila mili mina mite moot mora most moun mous mple mpli mpri msel murs musc must mygo naci nads nali nalo nato nboy nclu ndee nder ndin ndne ndon ndul nect neit neou ness next nfro ngem ngth ngys nhna nima nnec nopt norm nost note noxi nsec nseq nsid nsis nste nswe ntai nter ntin ntio ntly ntri ntua nuou nusu nvel oaca obab occy ocee ocie odie oesn ofib ogic ogou oint olde olog omat omen omew omin ompr onad ondo only onne onse onsi onta onti ontr oolo oose ooth oped oper opte oral oria orit orma ormo orsa oses osit osso oste osto osty osus otal oted othe otic ough ound ount oups outs ower owin oxio oylo pare part patt pear peci pelv perl phot pica pine plex plif poin pose posi post ppar ppea ppos pred pris prob proc prop pter ptid pubi quar quea quen ques quit ract rain rang rans rapp rate rath rawr rdle real reat rect redi refe regi rela reme rent rest rete reve revi rgel rges rial ribe ribu righ ring rior rise rity rkiv rksc rmat rmit rmou roat roba roce rogs rope rost roun roup rowe rpri rran rrou rrow rruc rsal rsed rsio rstl rteb rter rthe rtic rton ruco sacr sacs sals same save sche schi scie scle scri scul secr sect seei seem self sequ shap shes side sidf simi sion sist siti sits sive size sked skel skin smal smoo soci soft some sopt sori spec spin spos sque ssor ssue stan stea ster stic stin stio stly stom stot stud styl sual subs such supp surp surr swer syno tain take talk tanc tane tars tata tead tebr tend tera tere teri term tern than that thei them ther thes they thig thin thir this thou thro thus thym tibi tica tick ticu ting tinu tiny tion tips tiss tive toma tomy tons tota toti trem trib tsid tter ttle tual tuat tudi ture turn twee tyle typi uall uart uate ubis ubst ucos udie ueak uenc uest uite ular ulat umer unde undi undn ungs unus uous uppo urin urns uros urpr urro urth uscl uscu used usio usiv usua utan utsi velo vely verr vers vert very vice vide vill vity ware ween well were wers what when whic whit whol wing with xclu xemp xiou xten xtre ygol ylou ymen ymph ymus ynos

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5:    abdom accen acing acrum actio actua adept ainfr ajori aking allow almos alogo amili ample analo anato andul aneou angem anima answe appar appea arent argel arges arkiv arksc aroun arran arsal arter artic asked atars atera ather ation ative atomy atter ature avity aware bably balls based bdome bdomi bedda behin below betwe beyon biofi bitty bodie bound boylo brate brevi bstan burro cally cavit ccent ceedi centu cepti cherz chium ciall cienc ciety cloac clusi coccy compr conne conse consi conta conti contr cosus crete cribe ction ctual cular culat cutan ddard denbo dence depos descr dfish dings dispo dness doesn domen domin dorsa dular durin eakin eally earts ebrat ecial ecret ectio ectus eddar eding edisp eedin eeing egion ehind eithe elati eleta eleto elope elops elvic emale emely ement emora empli emurs enboy endin ength engys enhna enopt enorm entio ently entua envel eposi eptid equen erans erest erior ermit erruc ersed ersio erteb ertic erton escri espec estin estio estyl etata etons etwee evers evice evide ewhat exclu exemp exten extre eyond famil fatty femal femor femur festy fibul fifth first fishe forma fosso fract frogs furth fused gemen gical girdl gland golde gonad great group gysto haped heart herto himse hnaci hough hroat humer hymen hymus ially ibiof ibula ibute icall iceps icept icula ideal idenc ideos idfis ience ifest ified ilarl iliar illie image imila imsel inali inclu indee infro insec insid inste inter inuou iofib irdle irstl ischi ishes isopt ispos issue ither ition ittle ively joint jorit kelet kinky ksche lands landu large larly later lativ latur ldenb lengt letal leton lexus lifes lifie littl llier llowi lmost loaca logic logou londo loose loped lower lowin lungs lusio lusiv lymph lypmh mages major makes marks matid matio maybe menop menti merus metat mewha milar milia minal mites mooth moral mount mplex mplif mpris mself muscl muscu mygol nacin nalis nalog natom nboyl nclus ndeed nding ndnes ndula necti neith neous nfrog ngeme ngyst nhnac nimal nnect nopte normo nosto noted noxio nsect nsequ nside nsist nstea nswer ntain ntere ntinu ntion ntrib ntuat nuous nusua nvelo obabl occyx oceed ociet odies ofibu ogica ogous oints olden ologi omati omewh omina ompri onads ondon onnec onseq onsis ontai ontin ontri oolog operl opter orial ority ormat ormou orsal ositi osits ossor oster ostot ostyl other otica ounde oundi oundn outsi owers owing oxiou oylou paren parti patte pears pecia pelvi perly photo pical plexu plifi point poses posit poste ppare ppear ppose predi prise proba proce prope ptera pubis quart queak quenc quest quite racti rainf range rathe reall rectu redis refer regio relat remel rentl resti rever revic rgely rgest ribed ribut right rkive rksch rmati rmite rmous robab rocee roper rosty round roups rower rpris rrang rroun rrowe rruco rsals rsion rstly rtebr rther rtica rticu rucos sacru scher schiu scien scles scrib scula secre seein seems seque shape sides sidfi simil sists sitio sivel skele small smoot socie somew sopte soria speci spine spose squea ssori stanc stead steri stick sting stion stoma stoti studi style suall subst suppo surpr surro swere synos tance taneo tarsa tatar tebra tendi tends teral teran teres terio termi their there thert these thigh thing third thoug throa thymu tibio tical ticks ticky ticul tinuo tions tissu tomat total totic treme tribu tside ttern tuall tuate tudie turns tween typic ually uarte uated ubsta ucosu udied ueaki uence uesti ularl ulatu umeru under undin undne unusu uppos uring urost urpri urrou urrow urthe uscle uscul usion usive usual utane utsid velop verru verse versi verte verti vicep viden video villi wered which white whole xclus xempl xious xtend xtrem ygold ymeno ynost ypica ystom zoolo    622/60466176    (622/11881376)

6:    abdome abdomi accent action actual ainfro ajorit allowi almost alogou amilia amplex analog anatom andula aneous angeme animal answer appare appear arentl argely argest arkive arksch around arrang arsals articu atarsa ateral athert ations attern bdomen bdomin beddar behind betwee beyond biofib bodies boylou brevic bstanc burrow cavity ccentu ceedin centua ceptid cially cience cloaca clusio clusiv coccyx compri connec conseq consis contai contin contri cribed ctions ctuall cularl culatu cutane denboy deposi descri dfishe dispos domina dorsal during eaking ebrate eciall ecrete ection eddard edings edispo eeding either elativ eletal eleton eloped emoral emplif enboyl ending engyst enhnac enopte enormo ention entuat envelo eposit equenc eresti ermite erruco ersion ertebr ertica escrib especi esting estion estyle etatar etween everse evicep eviden exclus exempl extend extrem famili female femora femurs festyl fibula firstl fishes format fossor fracti furthe gement girdle glands glandu golden gonads groups gystom hearts herton himsel hnacin humeru hymeno ibiofi ically icepti icular idence idfish ifesty ilarly illier images imilar imself inalis inclus indeed infrog insect inside instea intere inuous iofibu irstly ischiu isopte ispose jority keleta keleto kscher landul largel larges latera lative lature ldenbo length letons lifest lified little llowin logica logous london lowing lusion lusive majori marksc mation menopt mentio metata mewhat milarl miliar minali mplexu mplifi mprise muscle muscul mygold nacing nalogo natomy nboylo nclusi ndness ndular nectio neithe nfrogs ngemen ngysto nhnaci nnecti nopter normou nostot noxiou nseque nsists nstead nswere nteres ntinuo ntribu ntuate nusual nvelop obably oceedi ociety ofibul ogical oldenb ologic omatid omewha ominal ompris onnect onsequ onsist ontain ontinu ontrib oologi operly optera ormati ormous ositio ossori osteri ostoti ostyle otical ounder oundin oundne outsid oxious parent partic patter pecial pelvic plexus plifie points positi posits poster pparen ppears predis probab procee proper pteran quarte queaki quence questi ractio rainfr rangem rather really rectus redisp region relati remely rently restin revers revice ribute rksche rmatio rmites robabl roceed roperl rostyl rounde roundi roundn rowers rprise rrange rround rrower rrucos rtebra rtical rticul rucosu sacrum scherz schium scienc scribe scular sculat secret seeing sequen shaped sidfis simila sition sively skelet smooth societ somewh sopter sorial specia sposes squeak ssoria stance sterio sticks sticky stomat stotic studie sually substa suppos surpri surrou swered synost taneou tarsal tatars tebrat tendin terans terest terior termit therto though throat thymus tibiof ticall ticula tinuou tissue tomati totica tremel tribut tually tuated tudied typica uarter ubstan ucosus ueakin uestio ularly ulatur umerus unding undnes unusua uppose urosty urpris urroun urrowe urther uscles uscula usivel usuall utaneo utside velope velops verruc versed versio verteb vertic viceps vicept videnc videos villie xclusi xempli xtendi xtends xtreme ygolde ymenop ynosto ypical ystoma zoolog    446/2176782336    (446/308915776)

7:    abdomen abdomin accentu actuall ainfrog ajority allowin alogous amiliar amplexu analogo anatomy andular angemen answere apparen appears arently arksche arrange articul atarsal atherto bdomina beddard between biofibu brevice bstance burrowe ccentua ceeding centuat clusion clusive compris connect consequ consist contain continu contrib ctually cularly culatur cutaneo denboyl deposit describ dfishes dispose dominal ecially ections edispos eedings elative eletons emplifi enboylo engysto enhnaci enopter enormou entuate envelop eposits equence erestin ermites errucos ertebra ertical escribe especia etatars eversed eviceps evicept evidenc exclusi exempli extendi extends extreme familia femoral festyle firstly formati fossori fractio further glandul goldenb gystoma himself hnacing humerus hymenop ibiofib iceptid icularl idfishe ifestyl imilarl inclusi infrogs instead interes iofibul ischium isopter isposes keletal keleton kscherz landula largely largest lateral ldenboy lifesty llowing logical lusivel majorit marksch mations menopte mention metatar milarly minalis mplexus mplifie muscles muscula mygolde nalogou nboylou nclusio nection neither ngement ngystom nhnacin nnectio noptera normous nostoti noxious nsequen nswered nterest ntinuou ntribut ntuated nusuall nvelope nvelops oceedin ofibula oldenbo ologica omewhat ominali omprise onnecti onseque onsists ontinuo ontribu oologic opteran ormatio osition ossoria osterio ostotic oticall ounding oundnes outside parentl particu pattern peciall plified positio posteri pparent predisp probabl proceed properl pterans quarter queakin questio raction rainfro rangeme redispo relativ resting reverse revicep rkscher rmation robably roceedi roperly rostyle rounder roundin roundne rrangem rroundi rrowers rrucosu rtebrat rticula rucosus science scribed sculatu secrete sequenc sidfish similar skeleta skeleto society somewha soptera special squeaki ssorial sterior stomati stotica studied substan suppose surpris surroun synosto taneous tarsals tatarsa tebrate tending teresti termite therton tibiofi tically ticular tinuous tomatid totical tremely tribute typical ubstanc ueaking uestion ulature undness unusual urostyl urprise urround urrower uscular usculat usively usually utaneou veloped verruco version vertebr vertica vicepti vidence villier xclusiv xemplif xtendin xtremel ygolden ymenopt ynostot ystomat zoologi    297/78364164096    (297/8031810176)

8:    abdomina accentua actually ainfrogs allowing amplexus analogou angement answered apparent arkscher arrangem articula atarsals atherton bdominal biofibul brevicep burrower ccentuat ceedings centuate clusivel comprise connecti conseque consists continuo contribu culature cutaneou denboylo deposits describe disposes dominali edispose emplifie enboylou engystom enhnacin enoptera enormous entuated envelope envelops eresting errucosu ertebrat escribed especial etatarsa evicepti evidence exclusiv exemplif extendin extremel familiar formatio fossoria fraction glandula goldenbo gystomat hymenopt ibiofibu icularly idfishes ifestyle imilarly inclusio interest iofibula isoptera keletons landular ldenboyl lifestyl lusively majority marksche menopter metatars mplified muscular musculat mygolden nalogous nclusion nections ngystoma nhnacing nnection nopteran nostotic nsequenc nteresti ntinuous ntribute nusually nveloped oceeding oldenboy ological ominalis onnectio onsequen ontinuou ontribut oologica opterans ormation ossorial osterior ostotica otically oundness parently particul pecially position posterio pparentl predispo probably proceedi properly queaking question rainfrog rangemen redispos relative reversed reviceps revicept rkscherz rmations roceedin rounding roundnes rrangeme rroundin rrucosus rtebrate rticular sculatur sequence sidfishe similarl skeletal skeleton somewhat sopteran speciall squeakin stomatid stotical substanc surprise surround synostot tatarsal terestin termites tibiofib ticularl toticall ubstance unusuall urostyle urroundi urrowers usculatu utaneous verrucos vertebra vertical viceptid xclusive xemplifi xtending xtremely ygoldenb ymenopte ynostoti ystomati zoologic    189/2821109907456    (189/208827064576)

9:    abdominal accentuat analogous apparentl arkscherz arrangeme articular bdominali biofibula breviceps brevicept burrowers ccentuate centuated clusively connectio consequen continuou contribut cutaneous denboylou described dominalis edisposes emplified engystoma enhnacing enopteran enveloped errucosus ertebrate especiall etatarsal eviceptid exclusive exemplifi extending extremely formation fossorial glandular goldenboy gystomati hymenopte ibiofibul inclusion interesti isopteran ldenboylo lifestyle markscher menoptera metatarsa musculatu mygoldenb ngystomat nnections nopterans nostotica nsequence nterestin oceedings oldenboyl onnection onsequenc ontinuous ontribute oological ormations ostotical particula posterior pparently predispos proceedin rainfrogs rangement redispose revicepti roceeding roundness rrangemen rrounding rticularl sculature sidfishes similarly skeletons sopterans specially squeaking stoticall substance surroundi synostoti tatarsals teresting tibiofibu ticularly totically unusually urroundin usculatur verrucosu vertebrat xclusivel xemplifie ygoldenbo ymenopter ynostotic ystomatid zoologica    112/101559956668416    (112/5429503678976)

10:    abdominali accentuate apparently arrangemen articularl bdominalis brevicepti ccentuated connection consequenc continuous contribute engystomat enopterans especially etatarsals exclusivel exemplifie formations goldenboyl gystomatid hymenopter ibiofibula interestin isopterans ldenboylou markscherz menopteran metatarsal musculatur mygoldenbo ngystomati nostotical nteresting oldenboylo onnections onsequence ostoticall particular predispose proceeding redisposes reviceptid roceedings rrangement rticularly stotically surroundin synostotic tibiofibul urrounding usculature verrucosus vertebrate xclusively xemplified ygoldenboy ymenoptera ynostotica zoological    60/3656158440062976    (60/141167095653376)

11:    abdominalis accentuated arrangement articularly breviceptid connections consequence engystomati exclusively exemplified goldenboylo hymenoptera interesting menopterans metatarsals musculature mygoldenboy ngystomatid nostoticall oldenboylou ostotically particularl predisposes proceedings surrounding synostotica tibiofibula ygoldenboyl ymenopteran ynostotical    30/131621703842267136    (30/3670344486987776)

12:    engystomatid goldenboylou hymenopteran mygoldenboyl nostotically particularly synostotical ygoldenboylo ymenopterans ynostoticall    10/4738381338321616896    (10/95428956661682176)

13:    hymenopterans mygoldenboylo synostoticall ygoldenboylou ynostotically    5/170581728179578208256    (5/2481152873203736576)

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Why are rain frogs so round? What's /inside/ of them around such an itty bitty skeleton?

So it turns out this is a really interesting question.

The first thing we must be aware of is that rainfrogs as we see them in videos of them squeaking are not quite the same shape as they are when at rest:

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But you are quite right, they are very round. This is exemplified by the skeletal photo you refer to:

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So what are we seeing?

Well, firstly, note that the body cavity in these frogs actually envelops the femurs, such that only the tibiofibula (fused in frogs) and the tarsals and metatarsals are outside the body. The arms are quite similarly enveloped, but a bit of the humerus does extend outside the body cavity too. This predisposes them to a rounder body shape.

Next, note the ilia - the U-shaped bone in the pelvic region. These in some breviceptid frogs are synostotically fused with the sacrum - that is to say, they are bound by bone-based connections to the bow-shaped vertebra at their tips. This whole joint seems to be quite smooth, and as a consequence, the back of the frog is quite smooth. The other thing we can see here is that the urostyle (i.e. the frog version of a coccyx) juts quite far beyond the ischium and pubis. This extends the body cavity beyond the hips. Note also that the pelvic girdle seems to be largely below the spine, rather than the typical position for frogs behind it and continuous with it. This makes the legs sit below the spine, rather than at its end, enhnacing the vertical roundness of the animal.

Next, let’s talk some soft tissue. Now, I’m not as familiar with soft-tissue in frogs as I am their skeletons, so you’ll have to bear with me a bit (rawr). Beddard (1908!!) studied the soft tissue of Breviceps verrucosus Rapp 1842. It seems that the majority of the body of these frogs is actually muscle. Beddard noted that muscles join the leg at the knee that extend into the body cavity, such that the inclusion of the thigh in the body cavity is further accentuated by musculature. The rectus abdominalis muscle is unusually large, extending from the lower abdomen up and around the sides of the body. Indeed, this large size appears to be the pattern with all of the major muscles, though in the throat the typical arrangement of large and small muscles is somewhat reversed. On the lateral side of the head, there is a substance that is not muscle, but appears to be loose tissue in which sits what is apparently the thymus gland.

There is a very large gap between the end of the urostyle and the anus (one fifth of the total length of the frog), in which there are almost no muscles, save for the one surrounding the lower cloaca. On either side of this area, between the posterior-most muscles of the thigh, lie two large ‘lymph-hearts’, as described by Beddard. These are between one quarter and one third of the total length of the frog. A further lypmh-sac sits between these lymph-hearts and the skin of the femoral region, and they are thus probably analogous to the femoral lymph-sacs of other frogs.

I find it interesting that Beddard (1908) did not mention any glandular formations in the dorsal region. As is evidence from many images (see below), these frogs are able to secrete a white, sticky, noxious substance from their skin (which they actually have to use during amplexus, as the male is too small relative to the female to mount her properly, and so he sticks himself to her with his glandular glue… kinky).

[x]

These glands do not apparently take up a great deal of the cutaneous tissue, and so I suppose are of no consequence to the size of the frog, especially relative to its enormous muscles.

The diet of these frogs consists almost exclusively of hymenopterans and isopterans (ants and termites). Neither of these insect groups are particularly fatty, so it is little surprise that their bodies appear to contain no large fat deposits - fatty bodies extend from the gonads up to the lungs and heart, but these comprise only a tiny fraction of the frog’s mass, and don’t contribute to the round shape. Instead, their bodies are extremely muscular, allowing them to be adept burrowers, ideal for their fossorial lifestyle.

So TL;DR: rain frogs are little balls of muscle (maybe the largest muscle mass relative to body mass of any vertebrate? science just doesn’t know).

Ref:

Beddard, F.E. 1908. On the Musculature and other Points in the Anatomy of the Engystomatid Frog, Breviceps verrucosus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1908:11-41 [x]

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PMA Médaille d'or au label Employeur Pro-Vélo

Porté par la Fédération des Usagers de la Bicyclette et soutenu par l’ADEME, le label "Employeur Pro-Vélo" valorise les sites employeurs qui mettent en œuvre des actions pro-vélo ambitieuses. Avec ce label, Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération (PMA) devient la première collectivité en Franche-Comté à obtenir le niveau or ! "Développer la pratique du vélo auprès de ses 650 agents et de ses 140 000 habitants a toujours été une priorité pour Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération qui possède aujourd’hui environ 160 kilomètres d’itinéraires cyclables sur son territoire", développe PMA. La réhabilitation de la passerelle entre Lougres et Colombier-Fontaine, l’installation de boxes-vélos et de bornes de réparation ou encore l’ajout de 4,7 kilomètres de liaison cyclable entre Hérimoncourt et Audincourt sont autant d’exemples qui renforcent la politique cyclable de l’Agglomération. "Ce résultat est une véritable reconnaissance du travail réalisé par les équipes de Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération pour agir de manière positive sur le bien-être physique et mental de ses agents et sur l’environnement", souligne Charles Demouge, Président de Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Dans le cadre du label Employeur Pro-Vélo, de nombreuses actions ont été menées pour favoriser l’usage du vélo par les salariés et réduire leur impact sur l’environnement : renfort de la communication interne pour valoriser les équipements et la flotte de vélo accessible au siège de PMA, formation "sécurité routière à vélo" des agents et distribution de kit « sécurité » aux agents participant au challenge "je vais au boulot à vélo, mise à disposition de matériel d’auto-réparation en cas de panne sur le trajet domicile-travail, mise en place de casiers à proximité du stationnement vélo au siège de PMA. "Afin de valoriser notre engagement en matière de mobilités douces, nous nous sommes lancés en automne 2023 dans l’aventure Objectif Employeur Pro-Vélo, un programme de Certification d’Économie d’Énergie (CEE) visant à accompagner les employeurs privés, publics et associatifs dans le développement d’une culture vélo sur leurs sites", explique Damien Charlet, Vice-Président à Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération en charge des mobilités. À l’issue de ce parcours d’accompagnement et d’un audit effectué à partir d’un cahier des charges contenant 5 thématiques et 75 critères d’évaluation, l'agglomération a obtenu un résultat de 87% lui permettant d’accéder à la labellisation niveau or ! 1. Pilotage et stratégie (connaissance de la part modale du vélo et stratégie à mettre en place) PMA a pour objectif d’augmenter sa part modale de 10% (aujourd’hui à 7,8%). 2. Communication et mobilisation (communication récurrentes en internes et externes) Création d’un guide du cycliste, information sur les intermodalités et les démarches pro-vélo, désignation d’un référent vélo... Des temps forts ont été organisés en interne : un atelier auto-réparation avec Vélocité, une balade au parc des alliaires à Vieux-Charmont sur la pause méridienne des agents, une formation sécurité et un challenge pour venir au travail à vélo depuis sept départs différents. 3. Services (outils mis à disposition des salariés)µ PMA possède 9 vélos musculaires, 8 vélos à assistance électrique et 1 vélo à assistance électrique pliant, soit 18 vélos qui sont mis à disposition des agents. 4. Sécurité (formation des employés) Formation sur la sécurité en tant que cycliste et automobiliste, ou encore suivi des accidents de trajets ou de lors des déplacements professionnels à vélo. 5. Équipements (infrastructure et accessibilité) PMA dispose d’un parking vélo en extérieur et en sous-terrain, de deux douches et de casiers pour les agents. Read the full article

[masons-tours]

occasionally... OU CEE AY 🤣🤣

Sometimes I watch just for a little giggle and then follow up with him actually spelling it correctly 🤣

I love his accent when he mispelt & when he said OMG in the Wagamama video

[schoje]

A Secretaria de Saúde de Itajaí realiza na próxima semana a eleição da Primeira Comissão de Ética de Enfermagem (CEE). Todos os profissionais de Enfermagem do Município (Enfermeiros(as), Técnicos(as) e Auxiliares de Enfermagem) estão convocados para participar da votação virtual. A eleição ocorrerá nos dias 22, 23 e 24 de novembro (segunda a quarta), das 8h ��s 21h, no sistema de Intranet do Município (https://intranet2.itajai.sc.gov.br/). Cada categoria profissional vota em um candidato da sua respectiva categoria profissional. Ou seja, enfermeiro vota em enfermeiro e auxiliar/técnico de enfermagem vota em auxiliar/técnico de enfermagem. Os resultados da eleição serão divulgados no dia 25, a partir das 8h. Comissão de Ética de Enfermagem A CEE tem função consultiva, fiscalizadora e educativa do exercício profissional e ético dos profissionais de enfermagem. Além disso, promove a divulgação e zela pelo cumprimento do Código de Ética dos Profissionais de Enfermagem dentro Secretaria Municipal de Saúde e das demais normas disciplinares do exercício profissional. Entre as atribuições dos membros da comissão estão: a atenção à qualidade do atendimento dispensado aos pacientes e familiares; colaboração com o COREN-SC nas atividades de divulgação, educação, discussão e orientação sobre temas relativos à ética na enfermagem; além da averiguação das infrações éticas ocorridas para notificar e encaminhá-las ao COREN-SC, entre outras responsabilidades. Conheça os candidatos para eleição: Enfermeiros - Carolina Moreira Amorim - UBS Votorantim - Jaci Simão Boing - UPA III CIS - Leide Dayana Caetano - DVE - Marina Uriarte Francisco Schauffert - UPA Cordeiros - Odisséia Fátima Perão - UAME Auxiliares e Técnicos de Enfermagem - Dorilei Fiamoncini - UPA III CIS - Fernanda Kormann - UPA III CIS - Flávio Franca de Paula - UPA III CIS - Lilian Doerner Uessler - UPA III CIS - Lucileia Junkes - UPA III CIS - Marcos Antonio Cordeiro - Transporte - Marion da Silva - UPA III CIS - Paula Magali de Azeredo de Oliveira - UBS Murta - Regiane das Graças - Auditoria - Robson Luiz Gastaldi - UPA III CIS Fonte: Prefeitura de Itajaí

[sdj-official-fictive]

ITS NOT SONIC ACTUALLY ITS A JOTAVERSE OC

Aaaaaaaaaa!!! I see!! Sorry i am not knowledgable about these ou cee things-Jenny

[naturelawyer]

Indemnisation pour un soumissionnaire illégalement écarté d’une procédure de passation de marchés publics

Référence de l’affaire : CJUE, 6 juin 2024, aff. C-547/22, INGSTEEL La Cour de Justice de l’Union Européenne (CJUE) a clarifié que l’article 2, § 1, c) de la directive 89/665/CEE est incompatible avec une réglementation ou une pratique nationale qui empêchent un soumissionnaire illégalement écarté d’une procédure de marché d’être indemnisé pour la perte de chance de participer à ladite…

[encion-study-posting]

Very quick sketch trying out some new brushes, without reference

idk who he is but i guess ill addopt him as a new "ou cee"

[guiltypleasure-girl]

Cee!!! You absolute star!! I will never stop being blown away with the richness of your storytelling!!! You immediately set such an enticing and gripping mood and I can't help but be sucked into the little world you've created - eagerly eating up every word you so thoughtfully put down for us to enjoy.

I can also tell that you really did your research on this one and you should be super proud of this as your first ever attempt at Javier! You nailed it bestie. The inner turmoil, self hatred and need to lose himself in someone else - mwah - chefs kiss!!

I think you're analytical brain can not only be seen in your brilliant character analysis/comparisons/matrix posts but also in your writing. The skillful way you construct a story in so few words - cleverly and seamlessly pulling us through the shifts in emotion and dialogue - just SENSATIONAL. We're blessed to have you.

He doesn’t wear it often - he’s in suits mostly these days, which you can tell pisses him off to no end. He almost never does his tie up properly, a subtle middle finger to the establishment, perhaps.

You breathe in the faint but unmistakable scent of cigarettes and you can feel the weight of a full box swing against your side. He keeps insisting he’s trying to quit, but obviously not very hard.

OBSESSED with the way you so effortlessly sprinkle in little moments of character analysis throughout.

And of course it’s tight and the neckline unbuttoned halfway down his chest, the poor fabric stretched to an inch of its life by his obnoxiously wide shoulders. It’s tucked into even tighter jeans that seem to struggle to contain all of him.

Love you bestie. Always putting a giant cheesy grin on my face with your new and creative ways of highlighting the bulge in each piece. Never stop being you, Cee.

The words are so quiet, so matter-of-fact, they have no right to hit you as hard as they do. You’re horrified to feel the sting of tears on the seam of your eyelashes, and your lips part wordlessly before you regain your voice. ‘Fuck you, Peña.’

He winces and sits up, setting his glass next to yours on the table. ‘Shit. That came out wrong -’

Ugh. This is seriously one of my favourite tropes. YES YES YES. The man saying something he immediately regrets when he sees the hurt on your face. Yes fucking please. Beg for my forgiveness. 😌

‘Goddamnit, won’t you just hear me? I can’t decide if I want you to shut the fuck up or if I just - want you.’

The TENSION. Dee-lish-ous.

‘Well, what are you doing tomorrow?’ he asks almost conversationally, and with a casual flick, he undoes the front clasp of your bra.

Obsessed with the way you keep the playful banter going even once the sexual tension has broken and the smut begins. Queen of banter, my beloved!

He grins at you - a real one that lifts both corners of his mouth and chases away the shadows of his demons, and it has absolutely no business making your heart lurch the way that it does. ‘Touché, cariño.’

Just brilliant, bestie. In awe of you.

There’s no polite way of putting this. Javier eats you, meticulous and sloppy in turn, until your slick and his spit trail down the inside of your legs, and you feel the leather growing slippery underneath your bare ass.

Literally drooling. Melting my mind into horny mush. PLEASE. 🫠🫠🫠

I can't even pick out anymore excerpts because it is ALL so insanely brilliant and delicious and life ruining (affectionate)!!! Squelching and ears popping and muscles flexing - PLEASE BESTIE - let a girl catch her breath. (But actually don't. I'm eating it up and licking the plate clean. Can never get enough of this).

‘I want you to make a mess,’ he declares in his rich baritone. ‘Want your pussy to soak my jeans, cariño.’

OKay. OKAY. I had to highlight this one because ARE. YOU. TRYING. TO. KILL. ME. Thigh riding is my WEAKNESS. 😩🙈

Living for the way it started all tension and angst and ended on not only a sexy note but also a tentatively caring one too. Javi might have a playboy reputation but we all know he just yearns for connection and love deep down and you really nailed all his facets here. What a fabulous tribute to an often forgotten Javi fashion item! ❤️❤️❤️

Letterman Jacket

Javier Peña x F!Reader oneshot

{ Main Masterlist }

Rating: E (18+ only)

Summary: Tensions come to a head between you and Javier on the private jet back to Bogotá after a long, frustrating day. Or rather - after six long, frustrating years of bad blood.

Word count: 3.5k

Warnings: My first PW(much)P, enemies to lovers, arguing, swearing, drinking, dirty talk, oral sex (F receiving), fingering, thigh riding, no use of Y/N, soft!Javier

Notes: After obsessing over this damn jacket forever, I finally pulled the trigger. This is my first ever Javier, and I know he’s not perfect, but my 2023 resolution is to not overthink things, and I had a blast writing this in a couple of days since the idea came to me. I��m so nervous posting this, but excited to have finally made a start with Javier. Please be gentle with me ❤️

P.S. I’m going on my honeymoon the next 2 weeks. I’m sure I’ll be lurking around, and I also have new content all queued up for @fuckyeahpedropascal! See you!

I’m still finding Javier’s voice, but my understanding and interpretation of this man so far is definitely shaped by @the-ginger-hedge-witch character analyses and The Crush (which I’m still catching up on). Thank you Professor Ren for sharing your insight into our favourite DEA agent 🥰

It’s cold.

Why is it cold in fucking Miami?

If only you’d checked the weather report beforehand - oh wait, that’s right. You weren’t exactly given much notice, even less detail, when the phone call came this morning. Not that 4am should count as "morning" in your books.

We found him.

Who?

Jurado. Take the first flight out to Curacao this morning, it’s in two hours. We’re taking him in and flying straight to Miami. Get the papers ready, he’ll be testifying tomorrow.

What the actual fuck, Peña -

You can’t even remember what you stuffed into your weekender bag after he hung up without another word. Mostly legal papers and pens and a change of clothes - all of which are now redundant. The bag hangs heavy in your grip, the taste of failure bitter in your mouth.

Something warm descends onto your shoulders, and you almost jump out of your skin, eyes wide as they snap up. Javier isn’t looking at you though, his unseeing gaze trained on the tips of his brown leather boots, hands in the pockets of his dark blue jeans. He trudges across the tarmac, the bravado that is usually so loud in his walk conspicuously absent.

Reaching up, you pull his jacket tighter with your free hand, the stretch of the fabric distorting the bold letters DEA emblazoned on the left lapel. He doesn’t wear it often - he’s in suits mostly these days, which you can tell pisses him off to no end. He almost never does his tie up properly, a subtle middle finger to the establishment, perhaps.

Your lips twitch despite yourself. Peña’s always been happier going on literal wild goose chases.

The jacket easily engulfs you, blocking out the unwelcome evening chill. You breathe in the faint but unmistakable scent of cigarettes and you can feel the weight of a full box swing against your side. He keeps insisting he’s trying to quit, but obviously not very hard.

Somehow, it doesn’t feel any warmer in the plane cabin, and you put your arms through the sleeves of the jacket properly before sinking heavily into one of the plush leather seats with a sigh, relieved to get off your sore feet.

You don’t notice the small plane taking off with just the two of you, sitting silently opposite each other until the flight path levels, at which point Javier promptly heads to the small bar at the end of the cabin and comes back with two generous glasses of whiskey.

Sipping in silence, you let your gaze settle on him, no subtlety left in the tank after your shitty day at twenty hours and counting. Javier, in turn, stares listlessly out of the window, uninterested in your scrutiny. Strands of mussed hair fall over his tired eyes, the dark circles underneath shadowing his entire countenance.

His pink shirt, which was drenched in sweat when he’d finally, finally caught up to Jurado in that square in Curacao, has long dried in the cool Miami air. And of course it’s tight and the neckline unbuttoned halfway down his chest, the poor fabric stretched to an inch of its life by his obnoxiously wide shoulders. It’s tucked into even tighter jeans that seem to struggle to contain all of him.

Honestly, it’s a damn miracle he could do any running at all in this ensemble.

You stare at the little fold-up table between the two of you. It had been covered in papers en route to Miami just hours ago, the Cali moneyman sitting exactly where you are now. Jurado agreed to the lesser charges of money laundering and racketeering in exchange for testifying for the DEA. You had him. He was in that interview room. The lawyers from the Miami county court were ready to take over.

But somehow, that smarmy, rotund excuse of a cartel lawyer got there first.

A heavy sigh catches your ear over the whir of the plane engines, and you watch as Javier drags one heavy hand over his face, the tips of his thick fingers resting above his pursed lips, before he shakes his head.

The words are out of your mouth before your head catches up. ‘Stop it.’

Dark eyes flicker your way, brows drawing into a frown. ‘What?’

Your empty glass clunks loudly when it hits the table. ‘Stop beating yourself up. We both know this is out of our hands. Quit the self-martyrdom bullshit.’

The grin comes quickly and sarcastically. You hate it. He’s never been big on smiles, but you’ve seen how his face can light up with a laugh over a drink, or at a good joke. From a distance, of course, and never in your direction. You’ve only ever had scowls and glares thrown your way.

You’re not alone though - these days, that’s all anyone ever gets from him.

Leaning back in his chair, one big palm cradling the bottom of the crystal tumbler that looks much smaller than it should, and the other resting on his thigh, Javier huffs a sardonic laugh. ‘Is that what you think of me?’

‘I don’t think it. I know it.’

‘You don’t know me,’ he answers coolly.

You roll your eyes. ‘Don’t flatter yourself, Peña. You’re not some pouty, brooding mystery to me. I’ve been cleaning up after your mess for six fucking years.’ Shaking your head, you can’t help adding, ‘Not that you’ve ever appreciated any of it.’

He gives you a derisive snort. ‘I wasn’t aware that I should be thanking you for getting in my way at every turn.’

‘Getting in your way?’ you chuckle mirthlessly. ‘I’ve been trying to keep you out of jail, asshole.’

‘Maybe you shouldn’t be.’

‘Is this what all this is about? Some survivor’s guilt bullshit?’ Unperturbed by his silence, you press on. ‘Well guess what, I don’t work for you. Having the attaché in jail isn’t really a good look for our employer, so bad news, you’re a free man as long as I’m legal counsel for the DEA.’

‘It would make my life a lot fucking easier if you weren’t.’

The words are so quiet, so matter-of-fact, they have no right to hit you as hard as they do. You’re horrified to feel the sting of tears on the seam of your eyelashes, and your lips part wordlessly before you regain your voice. ‘Fuck you, Peña.’

He winces and sits up, setting his glass next to yours on the table. ‘Shit. That came out wrong -’

Nails dig into your palms as hurt threatens to claw its out of the carefully locked compartment where you keep it. ‘No, I think it came out exactly as you meant it. You’ve hated me since day one.’

‘I don’t hate you -’

You glare at him. ‘You think I don’t know what people say behind my back over drinks at the embassy bar, when I’m stuck in the office dealing with whatever legal bullshit you’ve dug yourself into? I bet you like a good laugh at my expense.’

Shifting forward in his seat, Javier reaches out and grabs your left wrist. ‘Stop it. I don’t. You know I wouldn’t.’

You try to pull back but he doesn’t budge, easily holding you in place. You bite out, ‘I’ll quit if that’s what you want. Might as well make both of our lives easier with one resignation letter.’

Javier’s hold on you tightens, and he bares his teeth in frustration. ‘That’s not what I want.’

‘That’s exactly what you said you wanted just now. Why don’t you make up your fucking mind, Peña?’ you snap back.

‘I can’t,’ he snarls, his other hand finding your free wrist, almost jolting you out of your seat. He’s so close you can smell the whiskey on his breath. ‘I’ve never been able to with you.’

You go as still as the air around you, the mixed signals scrambling the wires in your already exhausted head. You narrow your eyes and him and hiss, ‘What?’

Javier heaves a sigh, breathing out the words through gritted teeth and eyes screwed shut. ‘You drive me up a fucking wall, woman.’

Anger surges in you, and you manage to yank both of your wrists free. Pushing him away, you spit at him with all the venom you can muster. ‘Fuck you, too!’

He growls, raking one hand through his hair before slamming it onto the fold-up table, making the glasses clink when they knock together from the force. ‘Goddamnit, won’t you just hear me? I can’t decide if I want you to shut the fuck up or if I just - want you.’

You watch his broad chest rise and fall in quick succession as he slumps in his chair, as if the last two words that are still ringing in your ears knocked the wind out of him.

Want you.

His eyes follow from under thick lashes when you reach out for the glasses, relocating them to the carpeted floor on the other side of your chair, before finding the lever underneath the table and folding it down. And you don’t miss the way his stare falls to your legs as you cross them deliberately, skirt hitching higher up, his Adam’s apple bobbing thickly in the column of his neck.

You tilt your head to one side in a challenge. ‘Well? What are you going to do about it, then?’

He’s out of his chair and on you in a beat, his arms caging you in as you pull him close by the collar of his shirt. You murmur against his lips, ‘You’re a fucking asshole, Peña.’

‘I know. Let me make it up to you -’ The words barely make it out of his mouth before he kisses you, lips warm and wet and pressing into yours insistently.

You let out a surprised yelp when Javier tugs you onto your feet, hot hands pushing his jacket off your shoulders but leaving it hanging from the crook of your arms. Goosebumps bloom where his fingers brush your sternum as he unbuttons your sleeveless shirt underneath, tugging it free from where it’s neatly tucked into your skirt.

You retort, ‘You’re going to make up for six years of bad blood on a three-hour flight?’

‘Well, what are you doing tomorrow?’ he asks almost conversationally, and with a casual flick, he undoes the front clasp of your bra. He breathes a raspy fuck as he palms your tits reverently, the contact making you shudder.

‘Actually, I was going to have a sit down with you. A little birdy told me some outrageous story about the DEA attaché endorsing wiretapping,’ you reply teasingly, wrestling with the small buttons on his shirt.

Javier chuckles, clever fingers sliding down your back and undoing the zipper on your pencil skirt, which pools about your now bare feet after kicking off your sensible low heels. ‘Fucking Stoddard. I knew he'd tattle on me.’

‘You better come prepared with a good defence, Peña,’ you quip, letting him spin you around and ease you into his seat, the leather still warm under your bare thighs. His pink shirt hangs open as he looms over you, so broad that he’s the only thing you see.

He hums and kisses down the side of your neck, stopping to suck on your pulse point. ‘How about a bit of incentive to go easy on me instead, hmm?’

You arch an eyebrow while he gets on one knee, then the other, but there’s no denying the wild rabbiting of your pulse despite your banter. ‘Bribery? Just one of the dirty tricks up your sleeves, Agent Peña?’

He peels your panties down the length of your thighs unhurriedly, smirking at the way you bite into your bottom lip as the scrap of fabric makes its descent. He hooks your right leg on his shoulder, then the left one, opening you up to his dark gaze as he smirks, ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet, cariño.’

It’s been too long. Too fucking long since you’ve been with anyone. Your hips arch clean off the leather seat at the first broad stroke of his tongue, confidently charting its way all the way up your folds. His weathered palms hold your thighs firmly apart as you writhe in his grip because it’s too much.

‘Javier,’ you breathe, meeting his almost cocky gaze as he stares up at you. He suckles wetly at your clit, lips puckering, and you buck hard into his mouth.

Granting you a brief reprieve, he moves off you with a wet smack of his lips and teases, ‘Am I making a good case for myself?’

‘Clearly not good enough if I’m still speaking in complete sentences,’ you somehow manage to counter.

He grins at you - a real one that lifts both corners of his mouth and chases away the shadows of his demons, and it has absolutely no business making your heart lurch the way that it does. ‘Touché, cariño.’

There’s no polite way of putting this. Javier eats you, meticulous and sloppy in turn, until your slick and his spit trail down the inside of your legs, and you feel the leather growing slippery underneath your bare ass. You can hear yourself over the roar of the plane engines, and you babble incoherently when he pushes his tongue into your pussy. ‘Javier, Javi -’

‘Gonna cum for me, cariño?’ He slurs as he sinks one, and then two fingers into you, biting out a filthy groan at how wet you are.

You nod desperately, finding purchase on his broad shoulders. ‘I’m so close, please -’

Pumping his fingers inside you until you squelch around them, he ducks down and laves your clit in earnest, pushing you until there’s nothing left - no air, no sound, no time and space - all the oxygen is sucked out of your lungs and your ears pop, and you cum so fucking hard with your hands tangled in his curls and his name on your lips.

‘Fuck, you’re so beautiful,’ he murmurs almost absent-mindedly, chasing your skin when you try to push him away. His moustache scrapes your thighs and sends a shudder running through you as you catch your breath. ‘I’m an idiot for waiting this long.’

Gently setting your legs down - not that you can feel them anyway - Javier his face turns to his right shoulder, and you watch in rapture as he smears the slick coating his mouth and chin onto his pink shirt, the wet spot staining the fabric.

Your lip curls in giddy amusement as you think to yourself - you look good on him.

Then he leans up to kiss you, and your head spins at the taste of yourself on his tongue and your scent on his moustache.

Pushing back the loose locks that now curl against his forehead, you sass, ‘That’s one trick. Are you going to show me another, Agent Peña?’

Without warning, his hands slide under your bare buttocks and he lifts you clean off the seat. You laugh and close your grip around his upper arms, feeling his muscles flex under your palms. You know without looking how his biceps must be straining against the short sleeves of his shirt.

He falls heavily into the chair with you straddling him, and you protest, ‘Stop, Javi, I’m going to make a mess of your jeans.’

‘I want you to make a mess,’ he declares in his rich baritone. ‘Want your pussy to soak my jeans, cariño.’

Desire flashes hot and fast up and down your spine. ‘But Javi, I just came -’ you break off as he grasps your hips and settles you onto his right thigh.

‘You can cum again,’ he shrugs with a cocksure definitiveness, coaxing a moan from you when he shifts and your folds drag along the denim. ‘Ride me, cariño.’

‘But what about you?’ You trace one palm down his bare chest and soft stomach to rest on the prominent bulge straining against the front of his tight jeans. He chokes when you give his erection a bold squeeze through the denim, which has you grinning smugly.

Covering your hand with his, he brings it up to kiss it softly. ‘Another time, it’s been a long day. Now - can I get back to making it up to you?’

Winding your arms around his neck, you rock against his thigh, feeling the wet imprint of the slick you leave behind on the coarse fabric as you move back and forth. His palms squeeze the swell of your ass reassuringly but loose enough so that you can find your own rhythm.

Javier patiently mouths his way down your neck and further, sucking hard on one nipple and then the other, making you throw your head back in a gasp.

‘You look so good wearing my jacket with your gorgeous tits out,’ he praises you, letting go of your hips to push your breasts together and laps at the soft flesh with his tongue.

‘Javier,’ you whine, tipping forward to bury your face in the long line of his neck.

The same neck you’ve sometimes wanted to wring in the heat of the moment, but also caught yourself staring at when he cradles the office phone in the crook of his shoulder. You can taste the salt on his skin - sweat and sea breeze and sunshine - and when the breath catches in his throat, your hips stutter, your orgasm so close to the surface.

As if sensing you need a bit of help, he whispers into your ear. ‘I can feel you so wet for me through my jeans, cariño. You’re doing so good for me.’

Feeling his nails dig into you as he guides you over his thigh, you whimper needily, ‘I’m so close.’

‘I know you are. You can do it - cum on my thigh.’

‘Oh fuck,’ you choke, pressing your forehead into his as you begin to shake, and he brushes his nose soothingly against yours. The impending vertigo sends you crashing into him, hands trembling on his shoulders, torn between clinging on and letting go. ‘Javi - I’m cumming, oh my god -’

And then he’s lunging towards you in a deep kiss, tongues tangling as you break again, a moan in his windpipe when he feels your pussy leak into his jeans as it clenches and clenches around nothing. Needing air, you pull back to slump bonelessly against him, panting hard into his neck, his palms drawing circles over your back.

You only realise you’ve drifted off when a sudden drop in altitude wakes you, and the PA system cackles to life with the captain’s ten-minute warning to landing. From the corner of your eye, you catch Javier watching you with a lopsided smile.

You duck your head sheepishly. ‘Sorry, I didn’t mean to fall asleep on you.’

‘Well, you did have a 4am wakeup call,’ he quips.

Sitting back on your haunches, you do up your bra and then the buttons on your now very crumpled shirt. Easing off him on wobbly legs, you pick up your panties and skirt from the floor and dress yourself quickly, smoothing out the wrinkles as best as you can. You smile at Javier, watching him he button up his pink shirt, stopping at the fourth one as always.

Stepping in between his spread legs, hands on his upper thighs, you press a soft kiss to his lips. You smile and drag a finger over the wet spot you left on his jeans. ‘That was fun.’

The corners of his eyes crinkle and he swipes his thumb across your bottom lip. ‘That might be an understatement of criminal proportions.’

You make to take off his jacket, but Javier shakes his head, tugging on the collar so it sits squarely on your shoulders. ‘Keep it. It looks better on you anyway.’

You can’t tell if it’s actually warmer when you step off the plane or if it’s the afterglow, but you keep the jacket on. Your respective cars are waiting on the airstrip next to each other, and Javier loads your weekender bag into the backseat before opening the door on the driver’s side, shutting it after you climb in.

You palm the steering wheel self-consciously as you stare at each other in a slightly awkward lull, before clearing your throat. ‘So, 9am sharp tomorrow at the 3rd floor conference room, Agent Peña?’

Javier smirks, but his eyes are warm as he shifts on his feet, leaning one elbow on the open window and cocks his head to one side. ‘Depends. Will you be wearing my letterman jacket?’

A bark of laughter escapes you. ‘Your letterman jacket? Should I pick up matching friendship bracelets for us before our meeting?’

With a lighthearted shake of his head, Javier half-turns to leave before stopping abruptly. Tapping two fingers on the window frame, he hesitates briefly, before looking up at you with earnest eyes, his voice quiet and almost solemn in its sincerity. ‘Thank you.’

Watching him go, your chest blooms with warmth at the eight letters and two little words you’ve waited six years to hear.

At twenty-seven minutes to nine the next morning, you’re flinging open the front door of your apartment, car keys jingling and thermos balanced precariously in one hand, when a flash of white on navy catches your attention.

For a long moment, you stand off dramatically with the jacket draped across the back of a kitchen chair, the letters DEA staring back at you - before you reach for it and shrug it on with a silly grin.

What can you say? You’ve always had a thing for letterman jackets.

More notes: Thank you so much for reading, I hope you enjoyed this little oneshot! Comments and reblogs are always encouraged and so appreciated ❤️

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L'UE ''en état de mort cérébrale'' ?

   Le Royaume-Uni a préféré faire face à d'énormes difficultés économiques et politiques plutôt que de rester dans l'étouffoir bruxellois, enrégimenté, pervers, et amoral puisque progressiste... Le pseudo couple franco-allemand bat de l'aile sans avoir jamais existé –sauf dans les rêves d'enfants de cœur... L'Italie est ''sous surveillance'' pour avoir fait un ''mauvais choix'' (?)... Les pays dits ''du Pacte de Visegrad'' ont de plus en plus raison... Ursula poursuit ses dérapages aux relents nauséabonds... Et l'Ukraine souligne la dépendance aux USA de cette soi-disant ''Europe'' qui n'est plus qu'une usine à gaz, normative, liberticide et de plus en plus lourde à subir, à laquelle les peuples tournent le dos.... L'Europe, c'est quoi ?

Le 7 novembre 2019, Emmanuel Macron, pour une fois bien inspiré (c'est si rare qu'il faut le souligner !) avait déclaré : ''l'Otan est en état de mort cérébrale'' (seul ennui, la mort clinique n'a pas suivi : cela nous eût épargné la calamiteuse gestion de la crise du covid et l'actuelle crise ukrainienne qui, de moins en moins limitée, risque d'exploser, à tout instant, en un champignon vénéneux). La tentation est grande, de se demander si ce ne serait pas l'Europe, qui est en état de mort cérébrale... à ceci près qu'il eût fallu qu'elle ait un cerveau... alors que, à la place de cet organe de toute première nécessité, on trouve, et ''c'est vraiment pas de bol'', la pernicieuse Ursula ''Von der des der'' qui est aussi dangereuse (et aussi ''con'', mais des choses comme ça ne s'écrivent pas ! Je ne vais donc pas l'écrire) qu'elle est jolie ! (NDLR : c'est dire combien elle est belle !). Il ne reste guère que la grosse Commission du Berlaymont dont les membres croient encore pouvoir nous persuader que quelque chose de bon pourrait sortir de... rien !

''Couac'' qu'il en soit (orthographe de circonstance), les membres de l'Union s’opposent sur tout. Nous sommes entrés –durablement, semble t-il-- dans une ère du ''chacun pour soi'', au grand dam du président français (qui est le seul à n'avoir rien compris à cette nouvelle distribution des cartes). Même une crise majeure comme la guerre Russie-Ukraine, dont on a pu croire qu'elle allait resserrer les liens entre les nations européennes, n'a pu le faire autrement que ''en façade'' et ''en paroles'', sur des sujets qui peuvent paraître faire consensus, feu artificiel plus que d'artifice dont les excès-mêmes auraient du attirer l'attention (NDLR - J'écrivais ici-même le 27  février dernier, (éditorial n°1375) : ‘'Mourir pour Kiev ?  Après un ''baroud d'honneur'', la réponse est maintenant connue, et c'est NON. L’Union européenne n'est pas prête à sacrifier son bien-être, même pas à avoir un peu froid ! La solidarité avec Kiev, les discours creux ruisselants de pseudo ''valeurs'' réinventées, et les grands serments, la main sur le cœur ? Un tsunami de bluffs''... qu'on essaye de faire oublier, à coup de tanks Abrams de 60 tonnes ou Leopard à 6 millions de US $ l'un... qui sont autant de chiffons rouges qu’on agite pour exciter Poutine ! A force de flirter avec la ''zône rouge'', on va finir vitrifiés ! Les soi-disant ''experts-télé'', ces va-t-en guerre, s'en pourlèchent d'avance les badigoinces !

Après l'illusion des premières années ''post CEE'', la crise larvée qui finira inévitablement par éclater au grand jour (la seule question étant : ''quand ?'') s'est peu à peu structurée, à travers quelques grandes étapes : le rêve des années '60... le réajustement des années '70... le sursaut des années '80... le relâchement des années '90... l'effondrement des années 2000... les mensonges et les promesses intenables des années 2010... et la chute terminale qui sera, tout porte à le croire, pour les années 2020. Contrairement à des espoirs insensés  –dont ceux de notre Président, qui est le dernier (donc le seul) dirigeant européen à rêver encore à cette caricature d'Europe et à une souveraineté européenne qui croyait trouver une excuse dans sa jeunesse et son inexpérience abyssale-- l'union sacrée n'a pas eu lieu... Ces naïfs répétaient qu'ils attendaient un prodige, pendant que, au même moment, ils tiraient chacun de son côté. Ah ! Les cons ! Et... ''pauvres de nous'' !

Devant l'ampleur d'un tel désastre annoncé (voir le prix que paie le Royaume Uni pour s'être libéré de cette hydre –qui est si juteuse, pour les prébendiers qui la servent, qu'ils rendent presque impossible de se libérer de ses griffes), la question qui se pose est, évidemment : ''Que reste-t-il de l'Union européenne voulue par les ''Pères Fondateurs'' ? ''. Cette question paraît incongrue à beaucoup, tant nous sommes imprégnés par une phraséologie qui parle (dans le vide) d'une Union prétendue évidente et dite incontestable, travestie avec emphase et approximation par des formules incroyables telles que : ''La France est notre patrie, l’Europe est notre avenir'' (ça, c'est du Mitterrand. Ça ne veut rien dire !), ou : ''Il y a une souveraineté européenne à construire'' (celle-là est de Macron. Même remarque). Ces verbiages n'ont aucun sens... Ils peuvent faire illusion et même sembler beaux... tant qu'on ne voit pas qu'ils sont désespérément vides !

Je regardais hier une récente vidéo de la ''sulfurieuse'' Ursula (NDLR - je promets que le ''i'' (bienvenu) dans ''sufurieuse'' est involontaire. Ce n'est qu'à la relecture que je m'en suis aperçu... et ai décidé de le garder : il est trop beau, trop vrai !) : elle était toute vêtue en bleu et jaune, aux couleurs de l'Ukraine, comme une insulte à la neutralité-de-fonction due à son job. J'attends avec impatience le ''thésard'' qui osera lister tout le mal qu'elle a pu causer, à elle toute seule, à l'Europe, à la civilisation, à l'humanité, à la paix dans le monde... et aussi à l'intelligence ! Elle vaut Erdoģan ! Mais contre tout ce qu'elle croit, raconte ou représente, il reste un espoir : l’Histoire nous enseigne que c’est à l’épreuve de la guerre que les peuples prennent conscience de leur identité (l'Ukraine illustrant parfaitement cette vieille sagesse des nations). Un espoir, donc, mais aussi une crainte : dans ce cas précis, il semblerait plutôt que, par une ruse dont l’Histoire est coutumière, la guerre a rouvert les cicatrices mal fermées des précédentes crises.

Un seul point d'interrogation subsiste : y aura-t-il un miracle qui nous sauvera ? Et si ''oui'', nos vieilles nations, épuisées par des décennies –ou par trois siècles, si on prend 1792 pour ''point zéro'' de notre décadence-- d'attaques ininterrompues et de guerres ravageuses entre membres d'une même famille, auront-elles encore la force, le ressort et la santé morale pour rebondir ? Rien ne permet d'en être certain. Et en attendant, ce machin abusivement appelé l'Europe, plus proche d'une déroute programmée que d'un chemin vers l'espoir, s'élargit à l'infini : n'ayant rien de moral, d'intellectuel, de culturel, et surtout pas d'intelligent à proposer comme ''projet à partager'', elle se rabat sur la taille en km² et la contrainte normative des citoyens.

L'arrivée de la Croatie (pays sympathique, mais c'est hors sujet) dans le pervers et mortifère ''espace Schengen'' et sans doute de l'Ukraine, bientôt –qui pourtant ''coche un minimum de cases''-- n'est qu'une étape de plus vers la Turquie, à qui personne n'a jamais osé dire que ce n’est que comme envahisseur indésirable qu’elle a jamais joué un rôle en Europe... qu'elle aimerait tellement torpiller une bonne fois pour toutes, de l'intérieur...  Mais nos européâtres sont si stupides, si incultes et si confits dans leur ''maso-aveuglement''... qu'ils finiront bien par inviter le renard dans le poulailler : ils semblent avoir fait le choix criminel de ne considérer souhaitables que les chemins sans issue et conséquences autres qu'effroyables !

H-Cl.