#page 258

[madokamanga]

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

"Art is where what we survive survives."

John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed (Kaveh Akbar's The Palace)

[pesterloglog]

Vrissy Maryam-Lalonde, Tavros Crocker

Page 258

-- adamantGriftress [AG] began pestering glutinousGymnast [GG] --

AG: Hey.

GG: Vrissy,,, its the middle of the night,,,

AG: Oh, quit whining.

AG: It's not like I woke you up, right?

GG: Well,,, no,,,

GG: But thats beside the point,,,

GG: Weve got a big day tomorrow,,,

GG: And today was,,,

GG: A bit of an ordeal,,, to say the least,,,

AG: Yeah.

AG: You can say Th8t again.

GG: Do you,,, want to talk about it,,,?

GG: ,,,

GG: Hello,,,?

AG: I was just t8lking to Harry for a moment. Chill.

GG: Oh,,, okay,,,

GG: I didnt know he was still up,,,

GG: Its been awfully quiet on the top bunk,,,

AG: You two are Sharing, right?

AG: I 8et that's weird.

GG: Hah,,, it is a little,,,

GG: I havent ever shared a bedroom before,,,

GG: Not even for a slumber party,,,

AG: Tavvy, you are just a8out the saddest person I've ever met.

[quotes-from-oz]

"It would be such fun to have a girl playmate of my own age, you see. And Hank is such a dear little mule!" Ozma laughed at the wistful expression in the girl's eyes, and then she drew Dorothy to her and kissed her. "Am I not your friend and playmate?" she asked. Dorothy flushed. "You know how dearly I love you, Ozma!" she cried. "But you're so busy ruling all this Land of Oz that we can't always be together." "I know, dear. My first duty is to my subjects, and I think it would be a delight to us all to have Betsy with us."

Dorothy and Ozma in Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum

[writergracethepanda]

[chiarrara]

Quick question....

...does this shit mean nothing????? anymore???????

[croissantlover24]

PERSPECTIVE CHANGE????

Oh my goodness Caleb looked at you that’s so crazy Piper /sarcasm

[twelvefifteencomic]

258 - Poker Face

[vintage-royalty]

"My own darling one,

I hate not being with you at this time when you need me most and when my place is by your side. I will be thinking of you every minute and holding your hand very tight and giving you all the courage I have to go through gracefully with this ordeal. Take care of yourself in every way - and the famous charm must come out. I hate, hate having you go away alone-but you are not really alone because I am so much a part of you. Maybe one telephone call or even two just to hear your beloved voice… Darling I shall miss you each second and you know I love you more than anything in the world for always my dearest darling David.

-Wallis"

Letter from Wallis to David written immediately after he left New York to attend the funeral of his brother Bertie on February 7, 1952.

A few months later, Wallis wrote to her Aunt Bessie about David:

"It is heaven living with someone with the disposition of an angel and a rubber ball quality to bounce over British rudeness."

[oflgtfol]

when i talk and ponder about the different marvel universes with the number designations and number naming conventions i truly honest to god feel like a nerd. a geek even

[heahven-2023]

sep 17, 2023

i went to praise night today. it was nice to be with a group of catholics to sing in prayer 🙏🏼

[secondbeatsongs]

as a bi person, the bisexual flag brings me infinite joy and always puts a smile on my face, however as a person who has a Passion for Graphic Design, that undersaturated shade of purple infuriates me when it's used digitally

like, on an actual flag - which was its original purpose - it looks great!

those look fine! lovely, even! with the semi-transparent fabric, the way it catches the sunlight, it looks beautiful!

but now look at how it looks digitally

the pink and blue are so vibrant compared to the sad, lonely lavender!

and let's look at this statement from Michael Page, the creator of the bi flag:

(sidenote: he created this flag in 1998, so if his takes on bisexuality is different from yours, it's okay to notice that! a lot has changed since the 90s when it comes to lived experiences and the way we describe them. but, it's also important to respect his thoughts about this and the way he presented them, even if today, we'd probably not say that bi people "blend unnoticeably into both the gay/lesbian and straight communities.")

so in pantone colors, the pink is 226 C, the blue is 286 C, and the purple of the flag is 258 C.

but...here's the deal

Michael talks here about how the key to understanding the symbolism is to know that the purple blends into both the pink and blue. and on a physical flag, I think you can see that!

but digitally, it absolutely does not blend. it clashes badly, and looks oddly separate from the other two colors.

which got me wondering...what purple do you get if you actually blend 226 C and 286 C?

oh! oh, my god.

look at that! look at how nicely it fits between those colors!

look at it next to the original color scheme! look at how much more vibrant the purple is!

and friends. this is just blending through rgb! you get even more purple variations when you use other color spaces!

let's compare all of them:

(top: original, lab. middle: lrgb, lch. bottom: rgb, hsl)

look at all of the different purple options you can get just by combining these two colors!

if you want almost too-vibrant saturation, you can go hsl, if you want something more relaxed that's closer to the original, you can go lab or lrgb. and if you want to split the difference, lch is bright and violet, while rgb is there with its saturated but darker purple.

anyway, I guess I don't really have a point here? this isn't so much an informational post as it is Me Getting Weird About Colors, but I think it is a useful lesson about how colors look very different on screens compared to how they look on objects in real life.

and sometimes, I think it's okay to compensate for that.

out of all of these, this is my favorite bi flag:

it's the one where the colors were blended in lab color space. for me, the lighter, softer purple is close enough to the original bi flag purple, while also feeling like a smoother blend of the blue and pink

but that's just me! and it might not even look the same to you, since every screen is different, because technology is a nightmare!

anyway, thank you for coming with me on this colorful journey! I will now retreat back to inkscape and make pained sounds about inkstitch gradients until something tangible pulls me back into reality

[dayscrazed]

Violet: “They’re just threats. The only time I’ve actually been targeted was at night, and it’s not like Liam here is sleeping in my bedroom.”

Liam: “I mean, I’m not opposed—”

Violet: “Don’t even start. You are a shameless flirt.”

Liam: “Thank you.”

Violet: “It wasn’t a compliment.”

Rhiannon: “Don’t mind her, she’s just sexually frustrated. Makes a girl crabby.”

Violet: “That has nothing to do with it.”

Rhiannon: “And yet I don’t hear you denying it.”

Liam: “I’m sorry I don’t make the cut. But I’m sure Riorson would be fine with my reviewing a couple candidates, especially if it means you’ll stop flipping him off in front of his entire wing.”

Rhiannon: “And how exactly would you be reviewing candidates? What will you be scoring? This I have to hear.”

Violet: “Thanks for the offer, though. I’ll make sure to run any potential liaisons by you.”

Rhiannon: “I mean, you could watch. Just to be sure she’s fully covered. You know, so no one…sticks it to her.”

Ridoc: “Oh, are we telling dick jokes now? Because my entire life has led up to this moment.”

Liam: “Fuck me.”

- Fourth Wing, page 258-259

[meanderingcomic]

(Page 258) chapter five: page 6

[allidrawscomics]

Tigress Queen 258-260

New pages of Tigress Queen are up!

[odinsblog]

Kenn Dahl says he has always been a careful driver. The owner of a software company near Seattle, he drives a leased Chevrolet Bolt. He’s never been responsible for an accident.

So Mr. Dahl, 65, was surprised in 2022 when the cost of his car insurance jumped by 21 percent. Quotes from other insurance companies were also high. One insurance agent told him his LexisNexis report was a factor.

LexisNexis is a New York-based global data broker with a “Risk Solutions” division that caters to the auto insurance industry and has traditionally kept tabs on car accidents and tickets. Upon Mr. Dahl’s request, LexisNexis sent him a 258-page “consumer disclosure report,” which it must provide per the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

What it contained stunned him: more than 130 pages detailing each time he or his wife had driven the Bolt over the previous six months. It included the dates of 640 trips, their start and end times, the distance driven and an accounting of any speeding, hard braking or sharp accelerations. The only thing it didn’t have is where they had driven the car.

On a Thursday morning in June for example, the car had been driven 7.33 miles in 18 minutes; there had been two rapid accelerations and two incidents of hard braking.

According to the report, the trip details had been provided by General Motors — the manufacturer of the Chevy Bolt.

Eight insurance companies had requested information about Mr. Dahl from LexisNexis over the previous month.

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