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foxingpeculiar · 2 years ago

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Disco Elysium liveblogging, round 3 (spoilers):

Okay, so I’m talking to the Union dudes on morning two. There’s a LOT going on here. 1) I did not expect them to confess, just like that. Like I thought they were gonna draw that out longer, at least. So what does that mean, where is this going? Is that there is an eighth person (a woman) unaccounted for? Is it that Whirling hired mercenary strikebreakers on the sly? Who are they protecting and why? How are those things going to tie into each other? I need to talk to that lady on the boat again—she’s up to her neck in this. 2) The way these guys are describing the behavior of the man they killed… sure sounds like something Harry would do, based on some of the prompts I was getting at the start of the game. Y’know, the whole “I’m Oranjenese (or w/e) Special Forces and I’m gonna fuck you all!” while singing karaoke bit. And the worse stuff—the harassment and rape… I dunno, there’s a sexual self-loathing flavor to some of Harry’s subconscious that I could see that fitting into pretty neatly. They’re really hammering home the connection between Harry and the corpse, like HARD. That has to have some major significance (and I still think it’s an ontological one at this point, at least in some way).

The cargo container is fucking with me. Like IS there some significance to it, and that’s why it keeps prompting me to think about that? Or is this the game playing “what’s in the box” to make some psychological point about me as a player? Like, I am *I* getting played by being as drawn to that as Harry potentially is? This feels like the kind of game that would pull that shit, and hard.

The highest mountain in the world is a volcano called “Corpus Mundi?” Okay. What is a volcano—it’s where new Earth spills out from underneath the surface. It’s also specifically a shield volcano. Which, scientifically, I think refers to the shape, but c’mon… shield, like defense, like from something horrible? And Corpus Mundi? That’s almost too easy. A direct acknowledgement of a layered existence, I suppose you could say. Like the hits just keep coming that all is not as it seems here.

And that ^ is why I knew before I even clicked on it that whatever was behind the “Slipstream SCA” button was gonna be weird. I was not disappointed. And like whatever she was talking about, it fits with the whole “left and leaving” theme that’s been cropping up. And it said she sounded “submerged,” which reminded me of the whole car-saying-it-was-underwater thing. I dunno. Why’d she call me Michel, though? Something to tick away.

Okay, I knew there was going to be something with the racist mug. So Evrart talked me into doing his thing (that conversation generally did not go that well) and, cat-killing curiosity be damned, I went in and now here we are. Kim is like “I don��t think this will lead to anything” but I do.

I sweet-tongued Plaisance (“yeah, I’m totally a paranormal detective!”) and now I’m back examining the diagram on the wall in, I think the window shop? The network of radio frequencies. And the one at the center is called “The Game Master Frequency,” and a thing about “Developers of the most advanced RPG in the universe.” I just… I dunno. Is there some meta-level happening here? Something else to kind of watch for. Like on the “Project Dread Board” nearby, the “Heat Death scenario” wherein “Wirral becomes untethered from its sun, drifting through the Universe.” That sounds like a very flowery way of describing a breakup, and maybe, by extension, the game I’m currently playing?

So I got the body into the bear fridge (which is awesome, btw) and then, against the odds (28%) passed the perception check and found the bullet. So what do I know? Dude was killed with a bullet. Meaning the Union dudes are protecting someone by faking a lynching. That someone is probably a woman, the so-called “eighth Hardie” and she has an odd gait. There’s also supposedly a woman hiding back in here somewhere (the “entity” that Plaisance was talking about). And there’s the mysterious nightclub lady at the Whirling-in-Rags. But I dunno. I guess we’ll see.

Okay, hold up. I’m talking to the dice lady, who says that none of the doorbells on the building work. But I talked to Plaisance through one, and heard the weird Slipstream message through another. So either she’s an unreliable source of information or I’m hallucinating. Either way, that seems worth registering. Wait no, Tricentennial Electric was there 100 years ago? Okay, so… I dunno. I don’t know what to make of that. This lady seems genuine, I guess, but there’s something creepy about her, lurking back here.

#personal #video games #Disco Elysium

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starlightinhumanform · 5 years ago

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The Art of Love: Chapter 1

Fandom: She Ra (2018)

Ship: Glimadora

Summary: Glimmer is a grumpy artist who gets paired up Adora, the ever-popular soccer player, for a project in her dreaded chemistry class.

Warnings (for this chapter): Negative self talk, Some descriptions of emotional distress, (please tell me if anything needs to be added)

Genre: High School AU, Angst with a Happy Ending, Rivals/Enemies to Lovers, Eventual Fluff

A/N: This started out as a short little drabble idea I had for @glimadora-week‘s AU day and then I kind of got carried away... I hope you enjoy! Love you all 🖤✨

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Glimmer slumped forward into her seat and piled her bag of art and supplies onto the desk. Her teacher’s eyes flicked up directly in front of her, making it seem like a spotlight was shining over her head. Why did she have to sit right next to the teacher’s desk?

“Do you have a late pass?”

Her eyes snapped from side to side incredulously, “No?”

The teacher clucked, “Don’t sound so surprised- you’re late!”

“By two seconds! Besides,” she swung her arm out to draw Ms Weaver’s attention over to the two soccer girls chatting in the corner, “they’re not even sitting down!”

Ms Weaver’s scrutiny didn’t shift from Glimmer’s face for even a second, but the two girls were staring at her now. They were both wearing high-waisted shorts and the red shirts of the school soccer team- ever popular, ever beautiful. Adora was the taller of the two with blond hair kept tightly in a ponytail that hypnotized anyone who walked behind her with its rhythmic swing. She was Ms Weaver’s favourite and everybody knew it.

“Stop making a spectacle, Glimmer,” Weaver’s voice brought her back to the present, “Now, if you don’t mind, I would like to start the class.”

Glimmer huffed and glared at the other girl who was sticking her tongue out in her direction. Her name was Cateline or something like that but everybody just called her Cat.

Glimmer rolled her eyes and shifted to face the front of the room as the girls walked (or rather sashayed) to their seats and put her head down on her desk. She let her mind wander as Weaver’s voice droned on a few feet ahead of her. The paint spots splattering the canvas bag lying on her desk always became exponentially more interesting in her chemistry class. She hummed softly, rocking her head gently from side to side from where it rested on the crook of her bent elbow.

“... so I’ll be choosing your partners.”

Those cursed words brought Glimmer’s mind crashing back into focus. She shot up, “What?!”

Ms Weaver glared at her and hissed her words through gritted teeth, “Maybe if you payed attention you would know what’s going on.”

Glimmer sunk down into her seat and tried to hide her face behind her art bag, her face burning and her stomaching churning. She could hear the class giggling and snickering around her.

“Are there any relevant questions?”

Behind her there was movement.

In front, Weaver sighed, “Yes, Kyle?”

“When are we going to find out who we are partners with?”

“Now, actually,” Weaver reached for a paper, “Know that these are almost completely random- except for a few I know would have been disasters- and these are final- no changes, no negotiations. That being said: Cat, you’re with Scylar; Kyle, you’re with Lonnie...”

As she continued to read through the list of students, the pace of Glimmer’s tapping foot sped up as her anxiety grew proportionally higher.

“-and Adora, you’ll be with Glimmer...”

Glimmer groaned quietly and let her face sink even further into her arm.

Ms Weaver came to the end of her list and Glimmer felt her glare momentarily pause on her curled back as the woman scanned over the class, “Well? What are you waiting for? Get to your partners and get it work!”

The classroom erupted into scuffling chaos filled with “Should I move over there or do you want to come over here?” “Hey, that’s where I was going to sit!” and “Wait who’s my partner?”; Glimmer didn’t move.

The seat next to her that had recently been vacated was refilled by a hesitant red splotch in her peripheral vision. Glimmer refused to react, unsure of what to say or do in the presence of ‘Miss Perfect’ herself and instead continued staring at the plastic wood of the desk only inches from her face.

Weaver was moving towards her hunched form; her red pencil skirt swished and her red pumps tapped on the floor as she walked, stopping a little left of Glimmer.

“You know, Adora,” she purred, “I really am sorry you had to be paired with... her, but I think you’re the only one in the class who could pull it off.”

She wasn’t even trying to whisper or keep her voice down- she wanted Glimmer to know what a failure and a nuisance she was.

Glimmer couldn’t help but growl under her breath, a sound that didn’t even escape the suffocating cave of her arms she was creating around her head. It’s not like she asked to be here. In fact, she’d rather be in any other class, in any other situation, with any other partner.

Ms Weaver swished and tapped away into another direction; off to reign terror over some other poor student.

The sound of the classroom was reaching a volume hardly ever seen in the presence of Weaver- a kaleidoscope of yelling, and discussing, and laughing-the room was filled to the brim with noise. That is, filled everywhere except the roughly 5 square feet around her and Adora. There seemed to be a bubble around them filled with a sense of awkward uncertainty that muffled the sounds of the other partners.

A hand suddenly moved to place itself on Glimmer’s still-hunched shoulder and she flinched away, but it was too late. She couldn’t go back to pretending she was a tightly curled ball now that she had proved she could actually move.

She settled on rolling her eyes and letting out a huff, “What do you want?”

Adora blinked in surprise and Glimmer realized how harsh her tone had been- oh well.

“Oh! Well, um, to work together, I guess?”

Her voice was softer than Glimmer had been expecting, but Glimmer knew better. Her soft voice and pretty eyes and her charming laugh were all a cover up for what a snake she was. She had to be- that’s the only way somebody could possibly climb up the rigorous mountain that was high school’s social hierarchy.

“Fine. What do we need to do?” Blunt. Short. Simple. The sooner she could get this over with, the better.

Adora took a deep breath and spread her hands over the desk as if she were smoothing the folds in a skirt, “So we need to make a Bohr’s model of an element and then we need to make a poster about it with that information.”

She pointed to the projected screen and Glimmer looked up in that direction just long enough to registered the fact that there were words on the screen.

“K. I’ll do the model, you do the poster.”

“Oh,” Adora glanced down for a moment before looking at Glimmer again, “Ok. I wouldn’t mind working together more, though, if you wanted?”

“Nope. This is fine,” Glimmer turned to begin rummaging through her bag for her notebook as if she could pretend the other girl wasn’t sitting next to her.

“Do you know what the Bohr model looks like?”

Glimmer whipped around, seething and with her short, bobbed hair swinging against her cheekbones for a few moments in reaction to the sudden movement, “I’m not stupid.”

Adora was taken aback and a small amount of satisfaction seeped into Glimmer’s rage.

“I’m not stupid, I’m not lazy, I’m not useless! I’m not anything Ms Weaver or you and all your nasty little friends say about me!”

If Adora was taken aback before, she was shocked now, “I- I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to imply anything!”

What was that: scared? apologetic? Glimmer didn’t believe either.

Adora’s face seemed to glitch for a second, “Wait- we don’t say those things about you?”

“Yeah? Then what do you say?!”

“Uhhhh,” she bit her lip and looked from side to side, “No offense, but uh, we don’t really say anything about you.”

Glimmer let out a “humph” and rolled her eyes again. She was getting close to breaking her record for most eye rolls in a 20 minute period, “What element are we doing?”

“Oh, uh...”

Could she stop saying that? Could she stop acting like she was so surprised every time Glimmer opened her mouth?

“Well, we need to choose an element. Together.”

Yuck. If Glimmer ever heard Adora using the word ‘together’ in reference to the two of them again, she would probably (no, definitely) puke.

“What about Hydrogen; that’ll be the easiest, right?”

“I think Lonnie and Kyle already took it,” she gave an apologetic frown.

“Right, fine. Lithium?”

“Penelope and Maha.”

“Calcium?”

“Elizabeth and Heith.”

Glimmer let out an exasperated cry that sounded slightly like she was being strangled, “Sodium god damn it??”

“Noelle and Sebastian.”

“Heliu- wait. Noelle isn’t in our class! She isn’t even in our grade!”

“Oh yeah, haha...” She gave Glimmer an awkward grin as if that could explain whatever the hell she was trying to do.

“Ok, why are you lying to me about this stuff?! You’re obviously making up that list as you go along- there’s literally no way you could know what elements everybody has! So what are you trying at; do you want me to fail?”

Glimmer’s firery anger was exploding again, little flames of tone lashing out at Adora as she spoke. The other girl looked surprised, as if the idea had never occurred to her and that she hadn’t expected Glimmer to be mad about lying to her.

Surprise shifted to embarrassment and a red blush settled over Adora’s cheekbones.

Why did she have to look nice even when she was all red-faced and flustered? It wasn’t fair.

Adora was poking her two index fingers together as she spoke, “Ok so, I really wanted to do this one element, Bismuth, but I wasn’t sure if you’d go for it?”

Glimmer blinked at her; she didn’t have a clue about what was going on.

“Sorry,” Adora gave a lopsided grin to compensate for... whatever she had tried to do.

“Why? Why that element; what’s so special about it?”

Adora giggled and the blush deepened to to almost scarlet on her pale skin, “Ok so like, I’m gay and like, uh, it’s gay. Ya know, bi-smuth. I would prefer lesbian-smuth, haha but, oh well...”

She shot finger guns in Glimmer’s direction and tried for a smile, but her clenched teeth just made her look more awkward, “Also it’s a rainbow so, you know, that’s cool too.”

Glimmer’s brain was short circuiting: what? The gay disaster in her head was lighting up all sorts of colours- many of them she didn’t like. She usually felt a certain sense of camaraderie with other people in the LGBT+ community and a pull started growing towards Adora; a rainbow coloured rope that wrapped around her waist and pulled by an invisible force. On the other hand, Adora simply repulsed her; she was annoying and snarky and arrogant. There was no place for someone like her in Glimmer’s world.

Adora was still rattling on, “-I mean, of course, I’d get it if you don’t want to do that, I totally-“

“I’m gay too.”

“What?”

“You go for girls right? I do too.”

“Oh!” Again with the look of surprise on her face; it made Glimmer struggle not to roll her eyes, “Cool! So, uh, could we do Bismuth or...”

She looked at Glimmer with big, round puppy-dog eyes of the clearest blue. It wasn’t fair she was so pretty while Glimmer had to sit here looking like a paint-covered potato. What a brat.

Glimmer let out another exasperated sigh and threw her hands into the air; god knows what sort of revenge someone of powerful as Adora could get if Glimmer didn’t follow along with what she wanted, “Yeah fine, let’s go ahead and do it.”

Adora’s blinding grin would have been a nice sight if Glimmer didn’t see through it to the venom, “Great! Thanks!”

She jumped forward, obviously attempting to give Glimmer a hug only to be met by a stare dripping in icicles.

Adora retracted hers arms with a quiet, “Oh, right. Sorry.”

Glimmer shifted towards the far edge of her desk to in an attempt to create more space between them. She remembered something about how increased volume decreases pressure, but maybe that only applies to gases and not people.

She pulled out her Chemistry notebook and was suddenly embarrassed for the art, stickers, and glittery puff paint adding a quarter inch of height to the cover; she wanted to prove that she wasn’t the ditz everyone was convinced she was but here she sat with a notebook that looked like it belonged to a fourth grader. She glanced at Adora who had pulled out her notebook now; it was plain black with Chemistry aggravatingly neatly written in silver sharpie. Glimmer began scolding herself in her mind for feeling ashamed for the over the top style she had always enjoyed. And since when was she trying to prove anything to anyone? Why should she care if they think she’s stupid; that’s their problem and she didn’t care... did she?

Adora had noticed Glimmer mistakenly staring at her while the turmoil boiled in her head but apparently hadn’t noticed the scowl she was wearing. The soccer girl gave her a cheery smile, looking almost hopeful. Hopeful over what?

Glimmer blew an unhumored puff of air through her nose and shook her head as she turned away from Adora once again.

“I like your notebook,” She sounded sad, hurt even; Adora was probably the strangest person Glimmer had had the inconvenience to interact with.

She threw open the cover of her notebook with as much aggression one can possibly direct at an object covered with 3D unicorn stickers.

Glimmer pulled phone out of her pocket so she could get a reference to base the model on. In the searches, an image of the metal popped up. It was quite rainbow. Maybe there was hope for this project anyways.

She tapped on an image and set her phone to rest on the side of her bag before hunching over to begin sketching her plans for the model and brainstorming possible materials. It was a relief to settle into a situation that was familiar and far more comfortable than being forced to talk to Adora. This entire class period had been one nightmare scenario chasing after another. Now, she could just focus on the paper in front of her, on the way her pencil made dusty, smooth curved lines in contrast to the ridged blue ones pre-printed on it. This was her world: the smell of graphite and the small scritching sound the tip of her pencil made as it met the glossy sheet.

But, of course, things could only go right for Glimmer for a few minutes at the most in this class. Her light source of flickering fluorescent bulbs set in the ceiling tiles was blocked out after only moments by the looming figure of Weaver.

Glimmer glared up at her, refusing to move her body, “Can I help you?”

“I just hope you’re working. I know you sometimes struggle with staying on track or accomplishing anything productive.”

The patronizing words boiled in Glimmer’s veins and she straightened out to make direct eye contact Weaver. Furious; that’s what Glimmer was. It was obvious Glimmer was working on her project and that should have been easy to tell from where Weaver was crowding her space. She just wanted to embarrass Glimmer and call her out in front of everyone. And that had certainly been accomplished; the entire class was unblinkingly watching them except for the guy two rows ahead who was watching what looked suspiciously like porn. Why didn’t Weaver bother him??

Glimmer’s face continued to grow red as the urge to yell back grew stronger. Unfortunately, the sensation of barbed wire being wrapped around her throat was growing stronger as well and she began praying that she wouldn’t burst into tears in front of everyone.

She was about to retort back something that probably would have gotten her suspended or at least landed her in detention when a voice beside her quipped, “Actually, Ms Weaver, we’ve gotten a lot done!”

Glimmer didn’t even try to hide the incredulous look on her face; why would Adora get involve with this? This had nothing to do with her.

Weaver raised an eyebrow at Glimmer before turning to address Adora, “I’m sure youhave, dear, but you don’t need to cover for your partner if she’s not doing her work.”

Adora’s eyebrows knit together as if she were confused, “No, really! We’ve got a lot done and Glimmer’s been helping with the planning a lot!”

Glimmer couldn’t help but look at her like an idiot. Was she so much of an airhead that she didn’t understand no matter what Glimmer did, Weaver would still pick on her? Had she really never noticed before?!

The glowering teacher strutted away with a final, “Hmm, well don’t work yourself too hard for the sake of your partner; it’s not like she cares but her grade anyways.”

Glimmer shot a scalding glare at her teacher’s back before curling around her notebook once more and again picking up the steady rhythm of pencil strokes on paper.

“I don’t know why she does that,” Adora’s voice startled her out of the space she had settled into inside her own mind, “She has no right and it’s cruel.”

“Yeah, well,” Glimmer snorted without looking up, “that’s what you get when the teacher hates you.”

“It’s not fair though! You get your work done and I knowyour grade is pretty good so-“

Glimmer spun around, “Wait a second, how do youknow anything about my grade?! That’s weird as hell!”

A pink began creeping its way onto Adora’s face again and her eyes widened in shock, “Oh god sorry, that does sound weird! Um let me explain? So sometimes I come after school to grade for Weaver for volunteer hours and I just noticed that you do really well on your tests and I just remembered that when Weaver was, well, basically just calling you lazy just then.”

Glimmer stared at the other girl for a second trying to figure out what the hell was going on for maybe the 50th time that period, “You say that as if it’s supposed to make it less creepy? Why are you paying so much attention to my grades and why do you remember them??”

“Um... just because I thought it was strange that she picked on you so much and didn’t really have a reason to?”

Yup, Adora was, without a doubt, the strangest person Glimmer had ever met.

“I just don’t know how you can like her,” Glimmer muttered under her breath and certainly not expecting a response.

“I don’t!” Adora almost seemed to be laughing.

Glimmer once again shifted from where she had been attempting to resume her work to face Adora (GOD this girl was distracting), “What do you mean you don’t like her?? You’re her favorite!”

“So?! That’s not my fault!” She was definitely laughing now and it made Glimmer mad, hearing what a nice of a sound it was, “I didn’t ask to be her favorite!”

“And I didn’t ask to be her leastfavorite,” Glimmer grimaced in Adora’s direction.

The smile fell from her face, “Oh, sorry, I didn’t mean to-“

“Look can we just back to work?!” Glimmer snapped. She didn’t like how personal this conversation was getting; it made an uncomfortable anxiety begin bubbling up somewhere in her stomach that needed to stop right now.

Just as they both scooted in opposite directions, hoping the space between them would dissolve the awkward silence, the bell rang it’s annoying, screechy laugh that always made Glimmer jump.

Adora grabbed her bag and flashed Glimmer a smile that would have been kind or maybe even excited if it were real, “See ya tomorrow!”

Glimmer returned it with a grimace that she hoped conveyed how unfortunate she found that fact before grabbing her things and stomping her way out of the classroom without looking at anyone else.

This project was going to be hell.

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etompson · 5 years ago

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Studio Project 1 proposal

The self-directed work I plan to produce over the course of this semester stems from ideas I have investigated previously in my art practise at SCA. Last year, I looked at themes of identity, figural, and individuality. I wanted to continue exploring some of these ideas, mainly focussing on the idea of the figure as well as experimenting with materials I explored last year including acrylic paint, transparent vinyl plastic and other reflective material such as Perspex and mirror.

I intend to produce a series of paintings/ installation continuing to explore the idea of the figural, as I did in first semester last year where I looked at reinterpreting Matisse’s Dancers on Vinyl plastic. I intend on exploring depicting movement through figural art, with no focus on identity but rather a collected embodiment depicting movement. I want to address the idea of the figural as a figure, without an identity or ‘face’.

In semester one last year, I was looking at traditional figural expressive painters such as Henri Matisse, Frances Leger, as well as more contemporary figural painters such as Francis Bacon, Kiki Smith and Gerhard Richter. I plan to continue experimenting with similar techniques these arts have used to portray the figure in their art as well as exploring more contemporary figural artists, such as Alberto Giacometti and Mattias Alfen.

I also plan to research figural representation in Islamic art, historically figures of humans and animals were not depicted in Islamic art stemmed from the “the belief that the creation of living forms is unique to God” . Figural bodies were still depicted in some traditional Islamic art, removing the identity and ‘human’ form breaking down the raw form of embodiment and figure. I want to reciprocate these historical concerns by depicting movement and the form without identity but rather a snapshot into embodiment.

I intend to incorporate several materials in experimentation and narrow down my final piece through the process of experimentation. I plan to use reflective material: Perspex, mirror and vinyl plastic; as well as; painting with a combination of water based and oil-based paints and free stitching/ embroidery. I understand this is an ambitious plan for this project, but I trust the process will allow me to choose which material portrays what I’m trying to address with my art.

I feel my art practice develops and narrows into a stronger theme over time, thus making the experimental process integral to my final concept and practise.

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UNCLOCK LOVER 頼田陵介さん「9/12高田馬場AREA アンクロは18:20からとちょっと早めです(｀_´)ゞステージにちゃんと透明なシートがあります👍 寛さん、じゅんさん、なる様もよろしくお願い致します✨」 https://twitter.com/yorita_ryosuke/status/1304019839187476480

gaizao officialさん「【gaizao live】開催迫る！ 9/12 SCA主催『New Wav.3』京都夜想開場18:30 / 開演19:00 ¥2,000(+1d) 出演: SCA BODIL gaizao Douglas DJ　KIYOTO from anaphylaxie ※入場制限の可能性あり！チケットのご予約はお早めに！ ※体調にはくれぐれもお気をつけください！」 https://twitter.com/gaizao_official/status/1304015582283481089

DEATHROさん「DEATHRO/FILM THE BEATDAM2020 JULY.24 宮ヶ瀬湖畔園地野外音楽堂 Directed by 佐々木堅人 9月10日(木)22:00(jpn) YouTubeプレミア公開します！プ��ミア公開とは公開時にチャット機能を使って皆さんで一緒に動画視聴を楽しめる機能です是非チャット欄でお逢いしましょう」 https://twitter.com/deathro_com/status/1303687983682347008

マナヅルさん「満たされるのが寒いってこと間違だってはやく見抜いてそして黙って離してレントゲン @erina_chas」 https://twitter.com/tgkynm/status/1304038589831852032

マナヅルさん「魚住英里奈の消された曲が良すぎて、謎の怒りが込み上げる。よくもまぁこんな良い曲を隠し持っていられるのだ。そんな曲に出会えた今夜はすこし、心がほぐれている。そんな気になる。さっきまでの生き急ぎようが嘘のようさ、世界は愛に溢れている。愛に浴びて生きていこう。愛を遮るものは殺そう。」 https://twitter.com/tgkynm/status/1304008319200194560

魚住英里奈 (独唱)さん「今晩泊めてください。あなたの物件心理的瑕疵物件にして差し上げますこんばんはゴールデン街の魚住英里奈です。」 https://twitter.com/erina_chas/status/1304059383597264898

シビィさん「ム・モリソ」 https://twitter.com/sivydish/status/1304000879935152129

シトクロム【CYT】さん「@sivydish ッタリンジ」 https://twitter.com/cytochromeinfo/status/1304045101648281605

シトクロム【CYT】さん「バニャ」 https://twitter.com/cytochromeinfo/status/1304047557736243200

青月泰山【左ききのゴーシュ】さん「セロと星空のライブ投影「セロと青い月の夜」＊１０月３１日（土）１３時／１７時 ※ライブチケットはpeatixにて９月１５日（火）１２時より前売り販売」 https://twitter.com/seigetusha/status/1304041694967418881

青月泰山【左ききのゴーシュ】さん「今年のブルームーンの日に（！）、また渋谷のコスモプラネタリウムで演奏をさせていただけることになりました☽ 思えばコロナで、３月の桜祭りから数回延期があり…実現に向けてご尽力いただいた関係者の方々、本当にありがとうございます。今年は青誕祭もできなかったので、とても嬉しいです。」 https://twitter.com/seigetusha/status/1304041837406027778

青月泰山【左ききのゴーシュ】さん「チケットは9/15から発売になります（公式HPにリンクがございます）。まだ少し先の予定ですが、お待ちしております。今、新しいフライヤーをネイチさんに作っていただいてます！」 https://twitter.com/seigetusha/status/1304042335022379010

Radiostarさん「私も物販で出店いたします✨ 桜のテーマ作品も準備していたのですが叶わず…。 10月には美しい演奏を聴きながら美しい星空をみなさんと楽しむことができたら嬉しいです。どうぞ宜しくお願いします✨　＞RT」 https://twitter.com/radio_stars/status/1304046241056092160

Rayflower_Officialさん「【配信ライブリハーサル2日目終了❗️】#Rayflower」 https://twitter.com/RayflowerSTAFF/status/1304026838784643072

Köziさん「養生用に敷いてたゴミ袋の上で固まってたアクリル絵の具達を集めて適当に並べてみました」 https://twitter.com/Kzi_official/status/1304052135147921408

こもだまり/昭和精吾事務所さん「来週火曜まで無料公開中の、イッキ監督作品「君の瞳に恋してる」公開日に見ました。インタビューあるし、昭和精吾事務所とは違うイッキさんの演技も見られるし、ヒロインの平田さん、カ亀岡さん（カムカムミニキーナ所属）と3人の掛け合いが楽しい。カメラワークも凝ってる。ぜひこの機会に見てね！」 https://twitter.com/mari_air/status/1304058414952116226

ふなもと健祐さん「僕の趣味��将棋です。年齢一桁の時分に祖父に仕込まれました。今も、周囲のノイズを振り切って集中したい時にネット将棋指してます。ライブの直前とか。得意戦法は四間飛車です。 #Peing #質問箱」 https://twitter.com/funamoch1/status/1304059183008890881

こもだまり/昭和精吾事務所さん「カ亀岡さんてなんだ。亀さんごめんなさい…」 https://twitter.com/mari_air/status/1304060498875310081

キリ(luin/…。【ｻｲﾚﾝｽ】)さん「本っ当に久しぶりに、友達とお茶をしてきました。今迄も頻繁なわけではなかったけど、やはりこの時間大切〜！ありがとうございましたo(｀ω´ )o きれいに撮れた部分だけ。。」 https://twitter.com/kiri_drums/status/1304059302835965952

キリ(luin/…。【ｻｲﾚﾝｽ】)さん「そして注文してた絵本が届いた〜◎本屋さんで広告をみて、一目惚れしたけど品切れだった素敵すぎて感動してます…！桜田千尋さん(@ChihiroSAKURADA)の『満月珈琲店』 #満月珈琲店」 https://twitter.com/kiri_drums/status/1304059543169560577

lucy+peter=esolagotoさん「ﾗｲﾌﾞﾊｳｽだけではなくｽﾀｼﾞｵも徹底してるﾏｲｸを借りるとｱﾙｺｰﾙのにおいがして(※消毒の意) ﾏｲｸを返すとｱﾙｺｰﾙで拭き上げている音楽がある場所の方がよっぽど無菌なのではないか･･･？」 https://twitter.com/lucy_peter/status/1304060637039882241

イチロウ(ex.毒テロ)さん「10/3、4のイベントは限りなく無観客に近い配信イベントとなりますので、是非とも配信でのご鑑賞をお願いいたします。今後の詳細についてはレッドアイランドレコード@r_islandrecords のTwitterにてお伝えいたします。」 https://twitter.com/dokutero/status/1304251252214202370

イチロウ(ex.毒テロ)さん「今回この様な事になった原因は新型コロナウイルスであり私の判断と決断の甘さによるものです。心よりお詫びします。本当にごめんなさい。くれぐれも他の出演者の皆様に対しての誹謗中傷や誤った情報をSNSなどで発信しない様にお願いいたします。もしも書かれた場合は即刻削除いただく様にお願いします」 https://twitter.com/dokutero/status/1304252863233884162

打首獄門同好会さん「声に出して言いたくなる言葉「ラニーニャ現象」」 https://twitter.com/uchikubigokumon/status/1304002877560553472

前Ｑ（前田久）さん「「政治に関心が無くても平和に生きられる国にいる方がよっぽど良い」なんて、善政を行っている政権にしかい��資格ないでしょうよ。今の政権は「関心がないのをいいことに、自分たちの都合のいいように好き勝手やる」状態なわけで、その中心のひとりがこれをいうのは醜悪だわ。」 https://twitter.com/maeQ/status/1303962929704742917

オオクワはじめましたさん「悪意ある見出しだね、本人が受け取らずに企業が国に預けたお金に課税したってことやん、しかもこの人自分に特許のお金をよこせと言ってるのではなくて基礎研究の補助にそのお金を回せっていってるはず」 https://twitter.com/sorai1028/status/1303839773799317504

時事ドットコム（時事通信ニュース）さん「政府は新型コロナウイルス対策として5000人までに制限しているイベント参加人数について、上限を数万人程度まで緩和する方向で調整に入りました。屋内イベントは収容定員の50％以内に制限していますが、落語や歌舞伎、クラシックコンサートなどでは撤廃する方針です。」 https://twitter.com/jijicom/status/1303588187743440897

ひろゆき, Hiroyuki Nishimuraさん「自民党って日本を不景気にし続けるための密命とか帯びてるの？ >菅氏、消費税増税は必要」 https://twitter.com/hiroyuki_ni/status/1304079289382563843

kai-heiさん「【閉店】ヤマダ電機 LABI新宿東口館」 https://twitter.com/kaitenheiten/status/1304022666916003840

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Recognizing Coffees from Black-owned Coffee Companies

Roaster Alex Carlson; Direct of Coffee Ali Gulduren, and Owner Efrem Fesaha at Boon Boona Coffee in Reston, Washington. Photo by Jeriel Calamayan, courtesy of Boon Boona Coffee.

For new readers who may not be familiar with Coffee Review, we introduced the first-ever 100-point, wine-style coffee reviews to the specialty coffee industry in 1997. Our mission is to help consumers purchase superior quality coffees while recognizing and rewarding the farmers and roasters who produce these coffees.

Since our founding, Coffee Review has reviewed coffees in an objective, unbiased manner, with our ratings and descriptions based on tasting the coffee rather than starting with information about the coffee. This objectivity is critical for our credibility with consumers and industry professionals alike. For a more detailed explanation of our rating system and evaluation processes, read How Coffee Review Works. For more on our history, check out Reflecting on Two Decades of Coffee Review.

In short, we evaluate coffees on a blind basis, meaning we don’t know the details of the coffees we are tasting when we taste them. Our cuppers don’t know the race, gender, sexual orientation, or anything else about the people who farmed, imported, or roasted the coffees that appear on our cupping table. We evaluate coffees purely on their merit in the cup. Coffee Review is and always has been color blind when it comes to rating coffees.

Color Blind is Not Enough

As we mourned the tragic deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmoud Arbery, and Rayshard Brooks this spring; as the broader impacts of systematic racism became increasingly obvious to most; as millions of protesters across the United States and throughout the world demanded racial equality and social justice, all of us at Coffee Review felt the need to act, to make some contribution to change.

Like many well-intentioned companies, we issued a statement of unity with protesters. We made financial contributions to support several Black causes. However, it felt reactive and inadequate. We needed to take action or end inaction.

As we reflected more critically on what we might do to be part of the solution, we realized that, despite our concerted efforts to be objective and unbiased, we were guilty of a type of unconscious bias, not ON the cupping table but on getting everyone TO the cupping table. Sure, we’ve reviewed coffees from Black roasters, often not being aware of it. For example, in 2013, the No. 2 coffee in our inaugural Top 30 Coffee list, was roasted by BeanFruit Coffee Co., a Black-owned coffee company in Jackson, Mississippi. But, overall, it was clear to us that Black-owned coffee companies are underrepresented in our reviews.

One of our colleagues, Jason Sarley, raised the possibility of doing a tasting report that featured coffees from Black-owned coffee companies. We embraced the idea immediately.

I don’t normally write tasting reports for Coffee Review but I twisted Editor-in-Chief Kenneth Davids’ arm into letting me lead this effort. Of course, as a middle-aged white male who grew up in Connecticut and lives in Portland, Oregon, I’m not the right person to lead a conversation about race. I reached out to Phyllis Johnson, a black woman, respected coffee professional, founder of BD Imports, and an accomplished writer, speaker, and advocate for minorities and women, to see if she would be willing to help me.

Phyllis Johnson, President and Co-Founder of BD Imports.

I explained the concept for our report, which Phyllis embraced. I shared that we didn’t want the report to be “white folk writing about black folk.” After a brief and not quite silent chuckle that seemed to reflect equal parts “that’s refreshing self-awareness” and “oh my, we have some work to do,” Phyllis graciously agreed to share her expertise, perspective, and support for the project.

We also invited Phyllis to write a stand-alone companion article for our August report. Our reports generally focus on coffees and we felt our normal report format may constrain her ability to fully share her thoughts on what she thinks is important right now. We’re pleased to publish her article Two Centuries of Enslaved Labor: The Contributions of Blacks in the Early Americas Coffee Trade.

At the same time, we’ve maintained a high degree of consistency with our normal tasting report format. Our mission and approach have not changed, we’re simply pursuing it in a way that assures greater inclusion. As always, we strive to help consumers identify and purchase superior quality coffees, while recognizing and rewarding, in this case, the Black-owned coffee companies that roasted those coffees.

Co-Cupper Alicia Adams

On occasion, Coffee Review invites a co-cupper to join one of our cuppings to provide an expertise or a unique perspective. For our first-ever tasting report focused on roasted coffees from Black-owned coffee companies, we felt it would be important to invite a Black co-cupper to join us. Phyllis recommended Alicia Adams, a certified Q Arabica Grader and former Director of Coffee at Red Bay Coffee in Oakland, California. We are pleased the Alicia was able to cup with us.

14 Impressive Coffees Reviewed

For our August report, we contacted 33 Black-owned coffee companies, 19 of which submitted samples for the cupping. We cupped 44 coffees, all told, and reviewed the top 14, which scored a very impressive 92 to 95. In tribute to the theme of this cupping, we added a review at 90 for a quietly lovely coffee from Haiti, a rare origin on coffee menus today but one with a complex legacy that figures importantly in coffee’s history in the Americas.

No Origin Left Unroasted

Overall, the 19 submitting companies sent us an unusually broad array of origins. True, among them were nine Ethiopias, five Kenyas and five Colombias, all origins that frequently appear in our reviews. But we also received three coffees each from Honduras and Jamaica, two Tanzanias and two Ugandas, three blends, and one coffee each from Bali, Brazil, Burundi, Costa Rica, DR Congo, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Sumatra, and Vietnam. Among the coffees we review here are four Ethiopias, two Kenyas, two Colombias, one Burundi, one Haiti, one Hawaii, one Nicaragua, one Sumatra, and one Tanzania. All of this origin enumeration is just to say that this report cupping was not entirely about the usual suspects, although Ethiopias do predominate.

A Burundi and a Rare Ethiopia Variety at 95

The two top-scoring coffees, both of which earned an impressive 95 points, are a classic Burundi — Boon Boona’s Burundi Karehe — and a rare variety, experimentally processed, from Ethiopia — Equiano Coffee’s Ethiopia Wush Wush Ginbo Keffa. This pair is a study in contrasts, the former coffee being balanced, richly sweet-tart with notes of dried mango and oolong tea, while the latter is a headily perfumed dessert-like coffee with notes of Jolly Rancher and lush narcissus.

Boon Boona coffee spilling from mug. Photo by Jeriel Calaymayan, courtesy of Boon Boona Coffee.

Massachusetts-based JNP Coffee, owned by Burundi native Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian, underwrites 100% of the International Women in Coffee Association’s (IWCA) coffee produced in Burundi. The Karehe Cooperative provides recognition to the women farmers whose labor has long gone unrecognized: JNP pays them directly based on the premium prices this high-quality coffee fetches in the global market. Niyonzima-Aroian met Washington-based Boon Boona’s head roaster Ali Gulduren at SCA 2019 in Boston, who excitedly shared these coffees with owner Efrem Fesaha, and an ongoing relationship was formed.

Okon Udosenata, owner of Equiano Coffee in Eugene, Oregon, at Finca Samaria in Colombia. Photo courtesy of Equiano Coffee.

Eugene, Oregon-based Equiano Coffee submitted the Wush Wush, a candy-like fruit bomb of a coffee processed by an unorthodox “anaerobic” method in which fermentation takes places in an oxygen-deprived environment, encouraging a range of wildly various fruit notes.

Three Ethiopias, a Colombia, and a Nicaragua at 94

Of the impressive Dávila Kafe Estelí Nicaragua (94), co-owner Gaïna Dávila says, “Our Estelí is cultivated in one of the lesser-known coffee growing regions in Nicaragua. In addition to being grown in volcanic soil, at 1,400 meters above sea level, this Maracaturra variety is a hybrid of Caturra and Maragogipe created by a Nicaraguan farmer. To Nicaraguans, this variety is as Nicaraguan as it gets.”

Davila Kafe coffee selection, including 94-point Nicaragua Esteli. Photo courtesy of Davila Kafe.

She and her husband and co-owner David founded Dávila Kafe to highlight coffees from Nicaragua and Haiti (origins to which they have family ties), “whose cultural contributions to the world of coffee have been, for far too long, overlooked and underappreciated.” Dávila continues, “Yet, to be Nicaraguan or Haitian is to have a direct link to the world of coffee by virtue of its importance in both countries’ cultural narratives. We believe that the overall lack of appreciation of coffees that hail from these two nations is correlated with, among other things, the lack of compelling representation given to their coffee products. This is why we are dedicated to shifting the narrative of both Haitian and Nicaraguan coffee beans wherever and whenever we can.” (We also review Dávila Kafe’s Haiti submission below.)

Merge Coffee Company location in Virginia. Photo courtesy of Merge Coffee.

Paul Bonds of BeanFruit Coffee submitted an exceptionally high-toned, juicy Colombia Finca El Roblar (94) that is a staple on its Jackson, Mississippi menu, while the remaining coffees that scored 94 are all Ethiopia naturals: Des Moines, Iowa’s BLK & Bold Limu Ethiopia Natural, Harrisonburg, Virginia’s Merge Coffee Company Ethiopia Gera Estate Natural, and Atlanta-based Portrait Coffee’s Ethiopia Guji Natural.

(Left to right) Full Commission coffee manager Brynn del Risco; Portrait Coffee founder Aaron Fender; team member Kiyah Crittendon, and founder John Onwuchekwa at a Full Commission pop-up. Photo courtesy of Portrait Coffee.

Hawaii and Sumatra at 93

Alicia, in particular, was taken with Rusty’s Hawaiian Ka’u Classic Medium Roast (93), the one coffee on this list that is grown, processed, and roasted by the same company.

Ralph Gaston, co-owner of Rusty’s Hawaiian Coffee, on the farm in K’au, Hawaii.

Co-owner Ralph Gaston says, “The Classic series is built on a combination of the washed processing method and the Typica variety, which is the most prevalent coffee variety here on the Big Island. Our farm has a mix of “Old Hawaiian” Typica (from the trees originally brought to Hawaii from Brazil in the 1820s), and the newer version, which is Ka’u Typica (from the Guatemalan Typica trees that arrived in the 1890s). This style of coffee dates back to when Rusty and Lorie [Obra] founded the company, and it’s also the coffee we can produce in the biggest volumes — unlike some of our experimental lots.” This is, indeed, a classic Ka’u cup, nuanced, balanced and quietly complex, with an elegantly sweet structure and Meyer lemon-like acidity.

Candy Schibli’s Baltimore-based Southeastern Roastery submitted a Sumatra Blend (93), another classic profile with its paradoxically sweet-savory, spice-toned, richly earthy cup. Schibli’s chief interest in founding Southeastern Roastery in 2016 was to promote the cultural exchange, open dialogue, and collective creativity that coffee communion has historically nurtured, and this friendly Sumatra blend is an instant conversation-starter.

Candy Schibli of Southeastern Roastery. Photo by Rey Lopez.

Two Kenyas, a Colombia & a Tanzania at 92

It’s never surprising to see Kenyas crack any of our top-rated lists, and the two we review here — Kahawa 1893’s Safari Blend and RND’s (Roasters Next Door) Kenya Kapsakiso — demonstrate the range possible from this diverse-cupping origin. The former is crisply bright, floral-toned, while the latter is chocolaty, berry-driven and sweetly herbaceous.

Kahawa 1893 owner Margaret Nyamumbo is a Kenya-born, Bay Area-based third-generation farmer whose family is part of the Morumba Cooperative in Kisii where this lovely coffee was grown. Nyamumbo says, “I founded Kahawa 1893 to empower women farmers. In Kenya, over 90% of coffee labor comes from women, but since they do not own the land, they are not adequately compensated. Our goal is to close that gap, and we provide a QR code for consumers to tip the farmers directly.”

Roanoke, Viginia-based RND’s managing partner Quincy Randolph says of the Kapsakiso, “We submitted this coffee as a self-challenge to roast the Kenya darker than the majority of our other coffees, without masking or losing any of the subtleties within the coffee. It has enough nuance and complexity to satisfy the consumers looking for depth and excitement in their coffee, while still being approachable enough to those simply wanting a bold cup.”

Memphis-based Dr. Bean’s Coffee Roasters submitted a Colombia Huila Geisha Las Mieles (92), the one honey-processed coffee on the list, a deep-toned cup with notes of cherry, brown sugar, and pink grapefruit zest.

Red Bay Coffee’s East Fourteenth Street (92) is a Tanzania from a farm, Sweet Unity, that the Oakland-based roastery has been working with for years. The darker roast profile brings out the coffee’s dark chocolate and dried fruit notes. Head roaster Karla Mancio says of RBC’s flagship offering, “East Fourteenth pays homage to Oakland’s roots and the communities that RBC is proudly a part of. People in the community connect with the name and then get hooked on the deliciously smooth dark roast. This coffee has a little blackberry acidity that backs off and into a smooth dark-chocolate bitterness, which pleasantly dissipates into a warm, sweet, lingering feeling.”

Providing further background on the coffee’s name, Mancio adds, “East 14th Street, now renamed International Boulevard, runs through some of the most diverse communities in the Bay Area, communities that have their own unique preferences and buying power — communities that specialty coffee might once have overlooked. East Fourteenth offers an approachable roast profile for people who might not find sparkling acidity and overly fruity coffees, which have dominated the specialty coffee scene in this area, pleasing. Our intention is to provide a solid direct-trade, single-origin coffee that is reminiscent of the coffees our communities were previously used to, but with specialty coffee beans and the artisanship that BIPOC can also provide, given the opportunity — flavors of mom’s coffee pot, or a cafecito con leche.”

A Very Good Haiti at 90

One of the better Haiti coffees ever to cross our cupping table here at Coffee Review is the Dávila Kafe Jacmel, which Gaïna Dávila says is produced from one of the oldest coffee varieties to arrive in the Western Hemisphere. She adds that, “When we drink it, we like to think that we’re drinking a cup steeped in both excellence and history. Haiti is a treasure trove of historical narratives that has helped shape the world as we know it today and, in its infancy, coffee was a central player in each part of the story. The Jacmel beans deliver sweet undertones with a floral aroma combined with clean and crisp floral acidity. We love that it is both complex and balanced.”

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Are Regulators Dividing in Order to Conquer?

As regulators are now seemingly dividing the markets geographically, are they perhaps even disturbing a possible level playing field of the markets? It, therefore, warrants a closer look at regulators, and—perhaps more importantly—ascertain what sets them apart.

The past few months we have seen regulators taking positions when it came to cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and the million dollar question of whether we should see cryptos as securities. The ruling, with only a few weeks between them, of the SEC (US) and the SCA (UAE) for instance—both ruling on whether or not tokens have to be seen as securities—could not be farther apart.

What is a Regulator?

But, before we dig in, let’s define the role of a regulator. In the United States of America, the SEC describes their mission as follows:

“to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. The laws and rules that govern the securities industry derive from a simple and straightforward concept, namely that all investors should have access to certain basic facts about an investment prior to buying it, and so long as they hold”.

In the Netherlands, the AFM supervises the conduct of the entire financial market sector and is committed to promoting fair and transparent financial markets, ensuring a sustainable financial system.

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) regulator SCA, safeguards the rights of investors, promotes sound practices, and creates an environment attractive to capital, using innovative systems, leading to a sustainable investment environment within an advanced financial market. Additionally, it lists as a priority that it wants to keep the UAE in the top 10 most competitive countries.

In Singapore, the regulator is part of the MAS (Central Bank) and oversees all financial institutions, spearheads investor education, and helps shape Singapore’s financial industry by promoting a strong corporate governance framework. It also wants to ensure that Singapore’s financial industry remains vibrant, dynamic and competitive, and promote Singapore as a regional and international financial center. It works closely with other government branches to achieve this goal.

Four Approaches Four Systems

Four different jurisdictions, all having the same scope (overseeing the financial markets) and more or less the same goal (create a fair and level playing field). The common charter sets up guidelines, rules, and regulations—perhaps better summarised as standards.

To provide consumer protection—for instance against fraud, and to ensure equal access to information throughout the process. All regulators see that this is especially needed in areas where there is not enough competition or not enough (self-regulatory) market power.

Ordinarily, a regulator is part of the executive branch of government and is empowered to legislative oversight. There is a significant organizational difference, however, when looking closer at the Singaporean and UAE regulators. Singapore has chosen to incorporate the regulator within the Central Bank and stimulates the regulator to work together with other Ministries. It also states that it wants to ensure Singapore’s financial industry remains competitive and remains a strong regional and international financial center.

That choice might challenge independence and objectivity. In the UAE, the Chairman of the regulator is also the Minister of Economy, where potential conflicts might arise. Like Singapore, the UAE also has a competitiveness priority, namely, to keep the UAE in the top 10 most competitive countries. Could this fact explain how is it possible that regulators from different countries, while having the same scope and having a similar charter, arrive at sometimes opposite positions?

Most likely there is not a direct, causal relationship, but that they are correlated.

As the US is more likely to spearhead economic, financial, and technological development, it is therefore also more likely “issues” arrive sooner in the US. This brings the US to the regulatory forefront, forcing the regulator to act first, potentially setting the tone globally.

Antitrust legislation in the 1970s was already taking place in the U.S. but virtually in its infancy in Europe, and hardly heard of in Asia. Most often, other regions learn from the available cases and more or less follow suit. Now, however, with no jurisdiction isolated from exposure to cryptos and ICOs, we see all regulators, in all corners of the world, being confronted with regulatory challenges. And all are forced to step up to the plate at more or less the same time. For better or for worse, this is a global market.

When we look at how regulators in different jurisdictions interpret and enforce their rules, ruling over an identical, global phenomenon, like an ICO, we see significant different outcomes. Let’s start with examining the various rulings and positions the regulators take. At the moment, we see three different clusters in which the various jurisdictions can be divided that represent their positions on cryptos and ICOs.

Looking Ahead for 2019

The friendly Island jurisdictions, who we know have regulators who also look at macro-economic interests, are predominantly innovation-friendly. Most likely, they will put up a fight to get the “biggest and baddest” projects registered in their jurisdiction. This will also propel more and more innovation, which will generate even more friendly regulation. Onshore jurisdictions will try to compete with traditional offshore jurisdictions, or will be required to compete, in order to stay in the game.

For the neutral or in-progress and indifferent environment (predominantly EU), it looks like there is a 50-50% chance the EU will become the next big arena for crypto/blockchain ventures or a barren wasteland that nobody wants to invest in. Although it is a toss-up for crypto, it looks like it is leaning more towards the US stance.

For negative or hostile environments (China, India, US) we will most likely see institutional actors, especially from the financial sector (like banks), feeling confident in entering this new market. This is, of course, driven by strict regulatory oversight. In the US, we may see a power shift between individual and institutional investors. Ironically, the United States is still the country that generates the most investments, yet fosters a hostile and over-regulated environment. To summarise this cluster, the playing field is once again changing from the Wild West to George Orwell’s 1984.

Issues Regulators Face

A big issue regulators face is, in our view—ironically—a reliability issue. The sheer existence of divisive views between regulators in just one country raises eyebrows, to say the least.

Why, having a similar scope and charter, and being confronted with the same phenomenon, can you arrive at such different positions on cryptos and ICOs? Unfortunately, we do not only see this demonstrated in the three regulatory clusters, but we also see it in one specific jurisdiction. Again, let’s look at the United States, where the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) all have different views and opinions and seek validation (or clarification?) at different Federal Courts.

The charter of any regulator is to inform and protect the market and the consumer. This ambiguity is far from helpful, let alone logical for the consumer.

The US is still considered to be a pioneering country when it comes to regulatory development, not to mention a tech-embracing country. But it seems to be losing part of its lustre. How can we have such a simple, but a globalized concept like Distributed Ledger Technology exposed to three different opinions and interpretations globally, and, even more curious, by three various regulatory agencies in the US alone?

The United States’ Approach

Decentralization is a strong and powerful concept, and popular for a reason. To some, it is an answer to the many and complex challenges we currently face in our society, far outstretching technological applications. That “fear” of relinquishing power is something we see with an array of stakeholders (bankers, politicians, corporations) and can cause panic.

Also, the inability to oversee the consequences of an approval can prompt a better-safe-than-sorry approach. Forbid everything, and once we understand what it is, we give access slowly and gradually. Perhaps there are political lobbying forces at play?

Interestingly, over a dozen members of Congress have recently asked the SEC Chairman for clarity on cryptocurrency. Last November, when a US Judge ruled cryptocurrency is a commodity for purposes of a CFTC case, the ruling, almost by default, classified cryptocurrency as a security, a tradable financial asset. By doing so, the door was swung wide open for the SEC to step in. Until then, the SEC’s stance was perhaps best described as looking for an excuse to intervene. That judge’s ruling might have been the perfect excuse to do just that.

That regulatory ambiguity is not serving any purpose and leads to an impasse in the market. A lot of VCs, investors, and service providers believe whatever is tokenized in the US has to be considered to be a security. By adopting that attitude, they drop out of that part of the market. This results in missed opportunities, not stimulating innovation, and narrowing the pool of actors that can contribute to the growth of US-based tokenized companies. This does not honor the pioneering spirit set forth by the blockchain movement.

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The Very Best From Inside Tamper Tantrum San Francisco

San Francisco’s very first Tamper Tantrum event rocked the Github HQ over a buzzy weekend in September, bringing with it a set of spicy conversations around science, relationships, and the future of coffee. Since 2009, the traveling podcast has engaged novel coffee concepts through discussion and debate, and its second journey to the US was no exception.

Part lecture series, part immersive coffee experience, the day started with coffees from Intelligentsia, Hasbean, AKA, Sweet Bloom, Madcap, and host company Wrecking Ball. Tamper Tantrum host and Hasbean Coffee owner Steve Leighton took the stage with 2012 US Barista Champion and Counter Culture‘s green coffee buyer Katie Carguilo, who seamlessly covered TT co-founder Colin Harmon’s hosting duties.

Carguilo (right) with Pim Techamuanvivit and Steven Leighton (left).

World Coffee Research’s Hanna Neuschwander started us off with a mission to discuss the future of coffee. Setting her reference frame for the talk at 2050, a year well within the professional lives of most audience members, she broke down the challenges facing coffee as a crop, then turned her focus to the opportunities those challenges provide. By 2050, she explained, if demand keeps growing in proportion to the population, we’ll need to double the world’s coffee production. Meanwhile, if climate change progresses at its current rate, we’ll lose half the arable coffee land by 2050. So, she said, “coffee agriculture is at a crossroads.”

While the challenges to the coffee supply are well-known (climate change, pests, labor shortages), the opportunities presented by Neuschwander were novel: F1 hybrids bred not only for drought, frost, and pest resistance, but also for exceptionally high cupping scores, all of which means more profit for producers.

As F1 hybrids, it was pointed out, these coffees won’t breed true to seed and only provide one generation of plants for farmers. When audience members raised concerns about these valuable hybrids being used as a control mechanism in the way that genetically modified corn seeds have been, Neuschwander explained that WCR will be pursuing plant breeders’ rights, which will protect their intellectual property from being monetized and controlled by anyone else, but which will also mean others have to pay to proliferate the plant.

Reflecting on the controversy of releasing only F1 hybrids for trial, some audience members felt that it would be more ethical to keep these varieties open-source in the future. Emma Sanchez, assistant manager at Verve, acknowledged the complexity. “It’s very much a grey area.”

Photo by Michal Vardy.

After Neuschwander left the stage, we were joined by UC Davis Professor Bill Ristenpart. A chemical engineer, he pioneered a massively popular freshman seminar on coffee and is working with UC Davis’s new coffee campus to create a master’s program for in-depth coffee research.

Their vision: “To take the work of organizations like WCR and figure out what happens next.”

They’ll be researching the science behind green coffee storage, roasting, brewing, and sensory assessment, among many other variables that have lacked substantial scientific research. To illustrate how much of current coffee science is based on specious or outdated work, he broke down the equations that underpin the popular Brewing Control Chart, which, he revealed, was based almost entirely on the brews of 1950s housewives using percolators.

When asked about the practical outcomes for coffee workers as research progresses, Ristenpart expressed a goal of creating certification programs for higher-level coffee education based on modern science. In fact, he revealed that the SCA is about to fund the development of a new Brewing Fundamentals course.

After an extended coffee break, former investment banker and current owner of Finca Argentina Alejandro Martinez took the stage to discuss the importance of relationships in coffee as a means to achieve equity. He introduced the problem that coffee production does not make money, and because of that, the children of producers don’t want to take over that work.

Martinez then proposed the solution: relationships. When he started his farm eight years ago, he sold coffee at the volatile C price, never knowing if he was actually going to recoup the investment of a season’s planting, harvesting, and processing. When he started to form personal relationships with buyers and focused on increasing quality, he realized that it was the only way to assure consistency and the ability to invest in new projects. When costs shift for a producer or a buyer, real avenues of communication are the only thing that can ensure that everyone’s needs and interests are considered. If the roaster has to shoulder a higher price than they can afford and their business folds, that hurts the producer; if the producer can’t get enough money for their crop and has to stop growing coffee, that hurts the buyer. These symbiotic relationships, he says, are the road to sustainable supply chains.

After a tasty allergen-friendly lunch by Github, we reconvened for a talk by Wrecking Ball owner, former Q Director and current Q instructor Trish Rothgeb on the parallels between the first, second, and third waves of coffee and feminism, as well as some thoughts on what comes next. Inspired by third wave feminism, Rothgeb coined the term “third wave” coffee back in the early 00s. As in feminism’s third wave, which embraced the personal as political, coffee’s third wave allowed companies to realize a personal vision of their businesses, embracing the fact that not every company could please every customer. During the third wave, we experimented with rarefied roasting styles and smaller menus, and we centered personal relationships in the buying process through direct trade. “Congratulations,” she said. “We did it. We completed the third wave.”

So what comes next? Rothgeb introduced a school of feminism that actually predated the third wave, which has recently been gaining traction in the coffee community: intersectionality. Conceptualized by and for black women, the mission of intersectionality is “to legally challenge notions of oppressive institutions,” addressing the interdependent and interlocking structures of systemic oppression that construct society as an individual and group experience. Building on the work of coffee’s black women activists like Michelle Johnson, Rothgeb proposed that there is no fourth wave to coffee or feminism; now that their third waves are complete, there is only intersectionality and the work of dismantling oppressive structures across the globe in every setting.

Trish Rothgeb of Wrecking Ball Coffee.

While inspired by her talk, certain audience members felt that the issues discussed were all too apparent in that very room, where there were no black women invited to speak and only one black woman attendee. Since its introduction into the coffee community’s popular lexicon at Expo 2017, the concept of intersectionality has been thrown around in many contexts without centering black women, and unfortunately, that sidelining is representative of the very real work the coffee community has yet to do, said one attendee who chose to remain anonymous.

After Rothgeb’s talk, Carguilo and Leighton teamed up to interview Pim Techamuanvivit, owner of Michelin-starred SF Thai restaurant Kin Khao. While not a classically trained chef, Techamuanvivit does not identify as self-taught. “I didn’t sit under the bodhi tree and understand all of a sudden how to cook Thai food,” she joked, “I learned from my family, I learned from other chefs.”

She discussed how perceptions of popular Thai food lead people to pigeonhole Thai cuisine in the same way that the popularity of Starbucks has led people to pigeonhole coffee. “People are resistant to paying for what they perceive as ethnic food,” she said, noting that people will gladly pay a higher price for the same ingredients at an American restaurant. Like many specialty coffee shops, she doesn’t feel that she needs to meet every customer’s expectation of what Thai food should be. Despite the fact that she’s not doing what every other restaurant does, she made it very clear that she isn’t “elevating” Thai food; she is just expressing an aspect of it that has been underrepresented in American Thai cuisine.

Demoing the Ikawa home roaster at Tamper Tantrum.

Last but not least, Carguilo and Leighton squared off in a heated debate on whether or not it is exploitative to use pictures of coffee producers in the marketing and sale of coffee. Colleen Anunu of Fair Trade USA joined Carguilo to argue that the use of producer photos is exploitative, while Royal Coffee’s Mayra Orellana-Powell paired up with Leighton to argue that it isn’t. Wrecking Ball’s Nick Cho moderated.

Carguilo and Anunu started by acknowledging the privilege they hold as white women, then laid out the bones of their argument: these images are supposed to act as proof that producers aren’t exploited, but in doing that, they actively promote the consumption of brown bodies and distract people from the real issues of equity that aren’t being addressed. They’re meant to pacify consumers rather than promote change, the team argued. And, they asserted, given the asymmetries of power between producers and coffee buyers, how can producers give true consent?

On the other side, Leighton argued that these photos aren’t meant to ensure traceability; they’re meant to give emotional impact and personal connection to the stories that sell coffee. If these photos are effective, they allow buyers to pay producers more. Orellana-Powell, a renowned coffee producer, scored what was perhaps the winning point by explaining that if we really see coffee producers as equals, we have to acknowledge that they want their hard work to be appreciated just like we do stateside. If we acknowledge them as equals, we have to acknowledge that they have the agency to give real consent and express their wants and needs, even within an asymmetrical power balance, just like we all do. The audience voted, and Leighton and Orellana-Powell were declared the winners.

The eight-hour jam-packed roster definitely left attendees with a lot to unpack, and a central question throughout the day was the role of equity in the future of coffee. Can interpersonal relationships solve traditional imbalances of power within the supply chain? Will technology empower entrenched systems to move forward uninterrupted, or will it act as a means to question old assumptions? Is the current crossroads of climate change an opportunity to change our base systems, or can we solve problems piecemeal by addressing them individually? Tamper Tantrum isn’t here to answer those questions but to ask them.

RJ Joseph (@RJ_Sproseph) is a freelance journalist, publisher of Queer Cup, and coffee professional based in the Bay Area. Read more RJ Joseph for Sprudge.

Photos by Cris Mendoza, except where noted.

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64 Progress (64P) Undock: 64P successfully undocked from the Docking Compartment 1 (DC-1) port this morning at 8:25 AM CST. Deorbit burn was at 11:34 AM CST today followed by atmospheric entry and destruction. Crew Autonomous Scheduling Test (CAST): The third of five sessions was completed today. The objective of this session was to allow the crew to self-schedule and execute a flexible afternoon using the Playbook tool. This is the final step before the crewmember will schedule a full crew day. Space missions beyond low-Earth orbit require new approaches to daily operations between ground and crew to account for significant communication delays. One approach is increased autonomy for crews, or Autonomous Mission Operations. The CAST investigation analyzes whether crews can develop plans in a reasonable period of time with appropriate input, whether proximity of planners to the planned operations increases efficiency, and if crew members are more satisfied when given a role in plan development. Multi-Purpose Experiment Platform (MPEP) and Small Fine Arm Attachment Mechanism (SAM) Removal: The crew extended the JEM Airlock (JEMAL) slide table into the cabin and removed the MPEP and SAM facilities. On Thursday, the JEMAL will be depressed and the empty Slide Table will be extended. Ground controllers will be removing an Exposed Facility Unit (EFU) from the JEM External Facility (EF) and installing it on the Slide Table to make space on the EF for the High Definition Television Camera –Exposed Facility 2 (HDTV-EF2) experiment. HDTV-EF2 is a high-definition television camera system, which is used for earth observation from the ISS. Story Time From Space – Pendulous Demonstration: The crew configured and performed the pendulous experiment to demonstrate pendulous motion in a microgravity environment. The crew aligned the support stand (fulcrum) on the wall such that the beam points in the direction of the ISS’s velocity vector and is able to freely rotate and point towards Earth. Story Time From Space combines science literacy outreach with simple demonstrations recorded aboard the ISS. Crew members read five science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related children’s books in orbit, and complete simple science concept experiments. Crew members videotape themselves reading the books and completing demonstrations. Video and data collected during the demonstrations are downlinked to the ground and posted in a video library with accompanying educational materials. This is a videotaped narrated demonstration based on the children’s (K-8) book Max Goes to the Moon. Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Slosh Tank Maneuvers: The crew, with ground support, performed manual maneuvers using the two partially filled tanks from the SPHERES Slosh experiment. Following ground instructions for the maneuvers, the crew observed the bubble formation in tanks of different fill quantities using single and double tank combinations and motions. The maneuvers that the crew will perform will provide valuable data for potential future in-space propellant storage required for deep space exploration. Several concepts include a configuration where two partially filled tanks are spinning in tandem. The SPHERES-Slosh investigation uses small robotic satellites to examine how liquids move around inside containers in microgravity. Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) Modal Test Preparation: In preparation for Thursday’s BEAM modal test, the crew gathered and configured the necessary equipment including Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) sensors and video cameras. BEAM is an experimental expandable capsule attached to the Node 3 aft Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) port. The BEAM investigation will run approximately 2 years. BEAM is not an occupied module, and not used for stowage. During this time, BEAM is constantly monitored for temperature, pressure, and radiation. Periodically, four times per year, the ISS crew enters the module to collect data and check on its structural condition. Following the BEAM investigation, the module will be released from the ISS and burn up on reentry into the atmosphere. Radiation Dosimetry Inside ISS-Neutron (RaDI-N): After retrieving the RaDI-N hardware from the Russian crewmembers, a USOS crewmember deployed eight Space Bubble Detectors in Node 3 for the Radi-N2 experiment. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) RaDI-N investigation will be conducted by measuring neutron radiation levels while onboard the ISS. RaDI-N uses bubble detectors as neutron monitors which have been designed to only detect neutrons and ignore all other radiation. Haptics-2: The crew completed two Haptics-2 protocols in coordination with ground support teams. The first protocol attempted to quantify the performance characteristics of the communication channel between the ISS and ground teams via software connections and data measurements. The aim of the second protocol was to demonstrate bilateral teleoperation with force-feedback between ISS and ground facilities. During the protocol the crew was asked to move a master one Degree of Freedom (1DOF) Setup joystick inside the Columbus module, in order to control in real-time the slave robotic joint located on Earth at European Space Technology Center (ESTEC). The crew was able to successfully complete the 15 trials, and due to crew efficiency repeated trials 1-11 a second time. The crew also executed a remote hand-shake with the members of the science team at the slave work-site. Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL) Sample Cartridge Assembly (SCA) Exchange: The crew performed an exchange of the SCAs, replacing the used cartridge with the next in the series, Solidification along an Eutectic Path in Ternary Alloys (SETA)2-#9. The SETA investigation looks at how two phases that form together organize into lamellar, or fiber, structures when cooling Aluminum (Copper-Silver Alloys). Both, the SETA and Metastable Solidification of Composites (METCOMP) projects provide benchmark samples that will enable numerical model tests that aim to predict these structures. Lab Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Valve Power Cable Installation: Due to the intermittent Remote Power Controller (RPC) trip on the Lab CDRA, the CDRA Valve Power Cable was installed in order to isolate this trip. The six valves within CDRA are currently all powered from a single RPC. This new cable will initially power half of the six valves via a different RPC. Based on the results of the troubleshooting, the cable will be reconfigured to further isolate the trip source. Today’s Planned Activities […] from ISS On-Orbit Status Report http://go.nasa.gov/2jWMfmN

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ISS Daily Summary Report – 1/31/2017

64 Progress (64P) Undock: 64P successfully undocked from the Docking Compartment 1 (DC-1) port this morning at 8:25 AM CST. Deorbit burn was at 11:34 AM CST today followed by atmospheric entry and destruction. Crew Autonomous Scheduling Test (CAST): The third of five sessions was completed today. The objective of this session was to allow the crew to self-schedule and execute a flexible afternoon using the Playbook tool. This is the final step before the crewmember will schedule a full crew day. Space missions beyond low-Earth orbit require new approaches to daily operations between ground and crew to account for significant communication delays. One approach is increased autonomy for crews, or Autonomous Mission Operations. The CAST investigation analyzes whether crews can develop plans in a reasonable period of time with appropriate input, whether proximity of planners to the planned operations increases efficiency, and if crew members are more satisfied when given a role in plan development. Multi-Purpose Experiment Platform (MPEP) and Small Fine Arm Attachment Mechanism (SAM) Removal: The crew extended the JEM Airlock (JEMAL) slide table into the cabin and removed the MPEP and SAM facilities. On Thursday, the JEMAL will be depressed and the empty Slide Table will be extended. Ground controllers will be removing an Exposed Facility Unit (EFU) from the JEM External Facility (EF) and installing it on the Slide Table to make space on the EF for the High Definition Television Camera –Exposed Facility 2 (HDTV-EF2) experiment. HDTV-EF2 is a high-definition television camera system, which is used for earth observation from the ISS. Story Time From Space – Pendulous Demonstration: The crew configured and performed the pendulous experiment to demonstrate pendulous motion in a microgravity environment. The crew aligned the support stand (fulcrum) on the wall such that the beam points in the direction of the ISS’s velocity vector and is able to freely rotate and point towards Earth. Story Time From Space combines science literacy outreach with simple demonstrations recorded aboard the ISS. Crew members read five science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related children’s books in orbit, and complete simple science concept experiments. Crew members videotape themselves reading the books and completing demonstrations. Video and data collected during the demonstrations are downlinked to the ground and posted in a video library with accompanying educational materials. This is a videotaped narrated demonstration based on the children’s (K-8) book Max Goes to the Moon. Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES) Slosh Tank Maneuvers: The crew, with ground support, performed manual maneuvers using the two partially filled tanks from the SPHERES Slosh experiment. Following ground instructions for the maneuvers, the crew observed the bubble formation in tanks of different fill quantities using single and double tank combinations and motions. The maneuvers that the crew will perform will provide valuable data for potential future in-space propellant storage required for deep space exploration. Several concepts include a configuration where two partially filled tanks are spinning in tandem. The SPHERES-Slosh investigation uses small robotic satellites to examine how liquids move around inside containers in microgravity. Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) Modal Test Preparation: In preparation for Thursday’s BEAM modal test, the crew gathered and configured the necessary equipment including Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) sensors and video cameras. BEAM is an experimental expandable capsule attached to the Node 3 aft Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) port. The BEAM investigation will run approximately 2 years. BEAM is not an occupied module, and not used for stowage. During this time, BEAM is constantly monitored for temperature, pressure, and radiation. Periodically, four times per year, the ISS crew enters the module to collect data and check on its structural condition. Following the BEAM investigation, the module will be released from the ISS and burn up on reentry into the atmosphere. Radiation Dosimetry Inside ISS-Neutron (RaDI-N): After retrieving the RaDI-N hardware from the Russian crewmembers, a USOS crewmember deployed eight Space Bubble Detectors in Node 3 for the Radi-N2 experiment. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) RaDI-N investigation will be conducted by measuring neutron radiation levels while onboard the ISS. RaDI-N uses bubble detectors as neutron monitors which have been designed to only detect neutrons and ignore all other radiation. Haptics-2: The crew completed two Haptics-2 protocols in coordination with ground support teams. The first protocol attempted to quantify the performance characteristics of the communication channel between the ISS and ground teams via software connections and data measurements. The aim of the second protocol was to demonstrate bilateral teleoperation with force-feedback between ISS and ground facilities. During the protocol the crew was asked to move a master one Degree of Freedom (1DOF) Setup joystick inside the Columbus module, in order to control in real-time the slave robotic joint located on Earth at European Space Technology Center (ESTEC). The crew was able to successfully complete the 15 trials, and due to crew efficiency repeated trials 1-11 a second time. The crew also executed a remote hand-shake with the members of the science team at the slave work-site. Microgravity Science Laboratory (MSL) Sample Cartridge Assembly (SCA) Exchange: The crew performed an exchange of the SCAs, replacing the used cartridge with the next in the series, Solidification along an Eutectic Path in Ternary Alloys (SETA)2-#9. The SETA investigation looks at how two phases that form together organize into lamellar, or fiber, structures when cooling Aluminum (Copper-Silver Alloys). Both, the SETA and Metastable Solidification of Composites (METCOMP) projects provide benchmark samples that will enable numerical model tests that aim to predict these structures. Lab Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (CDRA) Valve Power Cable Installation: Due to the intermittent Remote Power Controller (RPC) trip on the Lab CDRA, the CDRA Valve Power Cable was installed in order to isolate this trip. The six valves within CDRA are currently all powered from a single RPC. This new cable will initially power half of the six valves via a different RPC. Based on the results of the troubleshooting, the cable will be reconfigured to further isolate the trip source. Today’s Planned Activities […] from NASA http://go.nasa.gov/2kgzEcI via IFTTT | Java Wisata

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