#res: jack zhou.

[lovecharged]

happy birthday lucy ! 🥳🎉🎁 / @tkachukmatthew

this isn't the best, but it felt right to make an edit based around our fabulous new hockey players and (hint) of their drama.

dear miss lucy,

so, it's your birthday! the best day of the year! of course, i really, really, really hope you have the most wonderful birthday ever! you are the most incredible friend, roleplay partner and human being and i'm so lucky to have you in my life. i don't know if i always appreciate you the way i should, but i hope you know that at the very, very least. that i'm the luckiest to have met you, on this crazy hellsite and that crazy time that now gives us the ick. you also always try your absolute best to fulfill every insane shipping and plotting concept that my brain comes up with. i've never had that complete confidence to express my insane, whacky, and often downright ridiculous ideas before, but you've really given me that safe space to do just that and i'll always try and do the same for you, as it really is the least you deserve. getting to write four thousand ships (and counting) with you has genuinely been a dream come true. we have such similar visions and wants and we love the same faces and ships and absurd concepts and it really does feel like we were destined to write together. you're an insanely gifted writer, and you really should believe that. everyone who gets to write with you would be super lucky and i really hope you get to spread your amazing writing and characters through this community this year! not only that, but you are inspiring and it's the biggest privilege to get to call you my best friend. you are such a genuinely good, decent and remarkable person. your energy is so contagious and when you get excited about something, it'd be the biggest sin in the world not to get excited alongside of you. you're always such a incredible friend to me. you're patient, understanding and sweet and you make me laugh far more than i think you know. you've literally never failed to be there for me, even when i can be the most annoying person in the world. you're right there and i promise you, i really do recognise it. i hope that i'm even a percentage as good at being your friend as you are being mine. you deserve nothing but the best in the world and i really, really hope that your twenty seventh year on this wild planet is the best yet. (you'll still be stuck with me, so that's up for debate). love you very muchly, have the best birthday ever! lottie x

[the-lazy-leprechaun]

Re: your post:

- Lando dropped 3 places at the start and then kept going wide

- Zhou guanyu had an issue with his battery then dnf'd when he had further hydraulics issues

- The lead of the race was passed around by like 5 drivers (Leclerc, Hamilton, Sainz, Piastri, George, not in that order i don't think)

-Perez was in front of Max at some point and red bull pitted him so they wouldn't have to give team orders, which is also what happened when Tsunoda was in front of Ricciardo a bit earlier before on 14 lap old Mediums

- Originally George made the call to do a one stop which got him the win (now dsq but still)

- Oscar kinda messed up his race by going too far in the pits and bumping the front jack guy, making his pit stop 4.4 seconds

That's all I can really think of, hope this helped :))

Thank you!! That gives me more or less an idea of what happened. I also heard alot of teams made some strategic mistakes? Which honestly, how long do you need to race at Spa to give you an idea of what works and what doesn’t. Sometimes, the strategist just freeze here I think 😂

But thank you for the update 🫶🏻

[masonhawthorne]

What I read in October

Hoo boy, I sure did forget to post this earlier, didn't I!

Honestly I've been so busy so far this month that I just didn't even think of it. Also, this month is sort of evaporating. Before you ask, no I have written nothing at all for the not-NaNo that I was planning to attempt. But I did come up with another great idea for something that I'll probably start and not finish, so you can't say I've done nothing!

Anyway, on to the list:

Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, Hailey Piper ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ghost Bird, Lisa Fuller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Forest of Stolen Girls, June Hur ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Liar's Dice, Jeannie Lin ⭐️

Straya, Anthony O'Connor ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Toxic, Dan Kaszeta (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Illuminae, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Penhallow, Georgette Heyer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Myth of the Self Made Man, Ruben Reyes Jr (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Call, Christian White & Summer De Roche ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Death of the Necromancer, Martha Wells ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cretins, Thomas Ha (ss) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Kill Your Brother, Jack Heath ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Valley of Terror, Zhou Haohui, tr. Bonnie Huie ⭐️⭐️

The Curse of the Burdens, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️

Amazons, Adrienne Mayor (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Kraken Wakes, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Dead Mountain, Donnie Eichar (nf) ⭐️⭐️

Family Business, Jonathan Sims ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

In the House of Aryaman A Lonely Signal Burns, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Blessing of Unicorns, Elizabeth Bear ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

METAtropolis Anthology ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Plan for Chaos, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A Fatal Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum, Emma Southon (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Outward Urge, John Wyndham ⭐️⭐️

King Solomon's Mines, H. Rider Haggard DNF

The Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle tr. David Ross (nf) ⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was a bit of a mixed bunch!

At the end of September I went to a writer's conference, where Lisa Fuller and Amie Kaufman were guests of honour. I was a bit annoyed at myself because I had bought Ghost Bird the week before, not realising that she was on the program, so I had the book the whole time but hadn't yet read it! Oh well, better late than never.

Ghost Bird was a solid spooky read, dealing with family history and tensions, small town disturbances, and the violent inheritances of colonialism and racism in Australia. I originally bought it because it was on a list of books to read if you enjoyed Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina, which I did.

Illuminae was one that I had heard @slushrottweiler mention several times, but I'd never gotten around to it (YA, not my most favourite! Epistolary, not my most favourite!). But after the conference I figured I'd check it out, and I'm glad I did. While I wouldn't say that it's my favourite thing ever, it was a solid scifi story, with an interesting form and style, and I'll probably check out the sequels eventually.

Straya by Anthony O'Connor was the other book on this list that I picked up after the conference. Kind of a goofy action romp through post-apocalyptic Sydney, I was expecting to be a kind of brain-off funtime read (and it is! Don't get me wrong!) but it also had a lot of very clever little twists and turns that kept it really engaging. Also a refreshing take on the 'love interest' character, being that she's asexual, and when the protagonist confesses his feelings for her she says well... that's sweet and all, but I don't do that. Can we still be friends? And then they are still friends! A lot of the goofyness of this book is held up by a backbone of sincerity which is really nice, too. In all, a fun read.

Also revisited some faves this month, re-read Penhallow for my book club, and I have to say, it is one of those books which just gets more complex with each rereading. It's up there with Rebecca as some of my most books of all time.

There's one big fat DNF on the list this month, King Solomon's Mine, which through a combination of Victorian era racism, and very poor audio quality was pretty much unlistenable, and I don't think I'll be bothered trying to find a better recording.

And that's that!

nf= non fiction

ss= short story

stars awarded at my whim

[jollysunflora]

Dreams have corrected me re classpects/dream moons/lessons of overwatch folk...more dual dreamers than I expected...

Ana Amari: Bard of Breath lesson in blood (derse) Ashe/Elizabeth Cledonia "Calamity" Ashe: Witch of Time lesson in breath (prospit) Baptiste/Jean-Baptiste Augustin: Mage of Void lesson in void (true derse!) Bastion: Bard of Time lesson in time (true derse!) Brigitte Lindholm: Witch of Hope lesson in blood (prospit) Cole Cassidy/Jesse McCree: Rogue of Breath lesson in heart (derse) D.va/Hana Song: Maid of Blood lesson in space (derse) Doomfist/Akande Ogundimu: Lord of Space lesson in void (dual dreamer) Echo: Muse of Rage lesson in mind (derse) Genji Shimada: Mage of Mind lesson in breath (prospit) Hammond: Knight of Light lesson in doom (derse) Hanzo Shimada: Knight of Time lesson in heart (prospit) Illari Quispe Ruiz: Sylph of Heart lesson in mind (derse) Junker Queen/Odessa "Dez" Stone: Thief of Life lesson in time (dual dreamer) Junkrat/Jamison Fawkes: Bard of Mind lesson in heart (derse) Kiriko Kamori: Heir of Breath lesson in mind (prospit) Lifeweaver/Niran Pruksamanee: Sylph of Heart lesson in life (derse) Lucio Correia dos Santos: Thief of Blood lesson in void (prospit) Mauga Malosi: Prince of Void lesson in blood (derse) Mei-Ling Zhou: Witch of Light lesson in breath (prospit) Mercy/Angela Ziegler: Sylph of Rage lesson in hope (derse) Moira O'Deorain: Mage of Rage lesson in doom (prospit) Orisa: Witch of Life lesson in doom (derse) Pharah/Fareeha Amari: Knight of Blood lesson in breath (derse) Ramattra: Bard of Heart lesson in heart (dual dreamer) Reaper/Gabriel Reyes: Prince of Life lesson in doom (dual dreamer) Reinhardt Wilhelm: Knight of Doom lesson in blood (derse) Roadhog/Mako Rutlege: Prince of Time lesson in time (dual dreamer) Sigma/Siebren de Kuiper: Page of Space lesson in time (prospit) Sojourn/Vivian Chase: Seer of Blood lesson in space (prospit) Soldier: 76/John Francis "Jack" Morrison: Prince of Rage lesson in mind (prospit) Sombra/Olivia Colomar: Thief of Light lesson in void (derse) Symmetra/Satya Vaswani: Maid of Void lesson in heart (derse) Torbjorn Lindholm: Mage of Void lesson in space (derse) Tracer/Lena Oxton: Heir of Heart lesson in time (prospit) Venture/Sloan Cameron: Mage of Heart lesson in time (derse) Widowmaker/Amelie Lacroix nee Guilard: Thief of Mind lesson in hope (true prospit!) Winston: Seer of Rage lesson in rage (prospit) Zarya/Aleksandra Zaryanova: Heir of Heart lesson in life (derse) Zenyatta: Sylph of Space lesson in heart (prospit) Bonus: Efi Oladele: Maid of Life lesson in void (dual dreamer) B.O.B.: Page of Light lesson in time (prospit) Gerard Lacroix: Prince of Life lesson in space (true derse) Emily: Prince of Breath lesson in breath (prospit)

In addition to an "obligatory" request to classpect the new OW hero Venture I've got some classpecting-related stuff to talk about myself. Although I'm 99% sure I've figured out I'm a Prince Of Rage I feel like there's a lot more to my lesson than just the control issues/serenity prayer stuff we've talked about before. Additional things I need to work on include fear of failure, being too concerned with others' opinions and chronic indecision.

Well obviously I'll classpect Venture. Also congrats on figuring out your main classpect! it's also one of my alternates, aka how I relate to the Rage aspect. As for your lesson...hmm. Hmmmmm. I'm looking at my lesson posts and the stuff you mention can fall into several of them. The thing is I tend to figure out lessons from little things about that individual. Even in my dreams I had to ask what lessons some of my family members need, but once I was told I was all "that makes so much sense for them in hindsight".

[themotorsportblog]

MIRACLE FOR MATSUSHITA

Nobuharu Matsushita was able to win the Spanish F2 Feature Race from an unbelievable P18 on the grid in a Safety Car filled race.

Callum Ilott was robbed as he got mugged on the final two restarts, repeatedly being unlucky whenever he tried to pass a car he often ended losing a position to a car behind.

To add insult to Ilott’s injury, his championship rival Robert Shwartzman brought his car home for P2 to cut in to the Briton’s championship lead.

The race started quickly with the five red lights disappearing almost immediately, which allowed Shwartzman to get the jump on Ilott and they and Mick Schumacher went three wide into turn one, somehow not making contact, and Ilott ending up stuck in the middle of a Prema sandwich.

It only took three corners for the Safety Car to come out for the first time, with Marcus Armstrong trying an ambitious move around the outside of turn four, which resulted in him getting on the grass and spinning off into the gravel and beaching his car, becoming the race’s first retirement.

Racing resumed on lap three, but it took until lap six for any action, with Yuki Tsunoda battling past Jack Aitken down the pit straight and taking P6 around the outside of turn one.

Lap eight saw Ilott take the lead from Shwartzman at the same place on the track, as the Russian started to struggle with his tyres, whilst Nikita Mazepin also took P6 from Dan Ticktum.

At the end of the lap Shwartzman and Zhou headed for the pits, but Zhou’s stop was slow.

Ilott came in a lap later and stayed ahead of the Prema, which handed Mick Schumacher the lead as he opted to run an alternate strategy.

He was able to make his tyres lap 23, but got it all wrong  on lap 16, getting a huge whack of oversteer on the exit of turn eight and dipped his tyres on the gravel, costing him a huge chunk of time.

Schumacher re-emerged in P13, whilst Shwartzman lost a net P2 to Drugovich as the Brazilian closed in getting through the traffic and got through with a brilliant move up the inside of turn five.

The Safety Car then came out as Sean Gelael tipped Giuliano Alesi into a spin at turn ten, sending him out of the race and neutralising the race for a second time, which allowed Ticktum, Markelov, Matsushita, Ilott, Shwartzman and Drugovich to all pit for fresh rubber and handed Tsunoda the lead.

Racing resumed again on lap 29, and Schumacher immediately took P6 from Aitken with a move around the outside of turn one.

Matsushita then forced Mazepin off the road at turn two (which he was lucky not to get a penalty for) and then used that to build the momentum on Ilott and got through up the inside of turn four as the Brit struggled to clear Tsunoda.

Ilott then got pushed wide at turn seven allowing Shwartzman and Mazepin through, but he got back past the Hitech.

Matsushita fought past Tsunoda at T1 to take the lead and Shwartzman took P2 on the outside of turn three, just as the race was about to be neutralised.

This was becasue Roy Nissany flew off into the wall at turn three, just as the leaders came to lap him, bringing out the Safety Car yet again, he’d just pitted for a new front wing after contact with Samaia, immediately ruining all of his mechanics hard work.

The race timer hit 0:00 behind the Safety Car, but race control generously allowed one more lap of racing, which should’ve benefited Ilott, but didn’t.

He fell down to P7 behind Mazepin, Zhou and even Mick Schumacher, but was able to get back past the German on track and the Russian thanks to a time penalty for a Safety Car infringement.

Ticktum took advantage of the final lap to climb into the points and finish P9, as did Matsushita to take the bonus points for fastest lap.

Further behind, a similar time penalty cost Pedro Piquet his first F2 point, whislt Sean Gelael broke down just before the final chicane, meaning he failed to see the chequered flag

RACE RESULT:

MATSUSHITA (FASTEST LAP) SHWARTZMAN ZHOU

TSUNODA ILOTT SCHUMACHER DRUGOVICH GHIOTTO (REVERSE GRID POLE) TICKTUM DELETRAZ

LUNDGAARD MARKELOV MAZEPIN (5 SECOND TIME PENALTY) PIQUET (5 SECOND TIME PENALTY) SATO SAMAIA DARUVALA

AITKEN + 1 LAP GELAEL + 1 LAP

NISSANY - DNF ALESI - DNF ARMSTRONG - DNF

[popbee]

Celine、Givenchy 竟一直都讀錯？惡補 75 個名牌發音就不再尷尬！

讀錯品牌或設計師的名字，的確是頗難堪的事。無論你準備投身時尚行業，或者只是以購物為嗜好，能讀準拗口生僻的名稱，總會令人另眼相看。但別以為看起來很長的才有難度，平日我們常見的 Dolce & Gabbana、Celine、Louis Vuitton……以英語來發音其實也不太準確。雖說在這國際社會下這不是大問題，但學會它正宗的讀法，除了可以用來展示你對時尚的熱情，也是對品牌的一份尊重呢！以下是 《i-D》整理的 75 個品牌的正確讀法拼音，還附上教學影片，從今開始學起來吧！

A

Ahluwalia Studio: Ah-Loo-Wah-Lee-Ah Stu-Dee-Oh Alyx: Ah-Leeks Ann Demeulemeester: Ann De-Mule-Eh-Meester ASAI: A-sigh Azzedine Alaïa: Ah-Zeh-Deen Ah-Lie-Ah

B

Balenciaga: Bah-Len-See-Ah-Gah Balmain: Bahl-Mah Bottega Veneta: Bow-Tay-Guh Vah-Netta

C

Celine: Sell-Een Chalayan: Cha-lie-on Christian Louboutin: Christian Loo-Boo-Tan Comme des Garçons: Com dey Gah-sohn Courrèges: Koor-Ahj Cottweiler: Cot-Why-Lah CMMN SWDN: Com-on Swe-den

D

Dior: Dee-Or Dolce & Gabbana: Dol-Chey and Gab-ana Doublet: Doob-lay Dries Van Noten: Drees van Know-Ten

E

Eckhaus Latta: Eck-house La-Ta Erdem: Ur-dem

F

Fiorucci: Fee-Oh-Roo-Chi

G

Gareth Pugh: Gareth Pew GmbH: Ge-Em-Be-Ha Givenchy: Gee-Von-Shee

H

Haider Ackermann: Ay-Der Ak-Er-Man Hermès: Er-Mez Hyein Seo: Hyeah Suh

I

Issey Miyake: Iz-zah Mee-Yah-Key

J

Jacquemus: Jack-e-moo Jean Paul Gaultier: Jon Paul Go-Tee-Ay Junya Watanabe: Joon-Yah Wat-An-Ah-Bey

K

Koché: Kosh-Eh

L

Lanvin: Lahn-Vahn Loewe: Loo-Eh-Vey Louis Vuitton: Loo-Ee Vee-Ton Ludovic de Saint Sernin: Loo-da-vic De San Ser-nan

M

Maje: Mahj Maison Martin Margiela: May-Sohn Mart-in Mar-Jhell-Ah Marques’Almeida: Mar-Kes Al-May-Da Marine Serre: Ma-Reen Ser Marta Jakubowski: Mar-ta Yuk-Ow-Bofski Miu Miu: Mew-Mew Moschino: Mos-Key-No Mowalola: Moh-Wah-Lo-Lah

N

Noir Kei Ninomiya: No-wah Kay Nee-Nom-Ee-Yah Nike: Nai-Kee

O

Ottolinger: Otto-Ling-Er

P

Paria Farzaneh: Pah-Re-Ah Far-Zen-Eh Pihakapi: Pee-Ya-Kap-Ee Prada: Pra-Da Proenza Schouler: Pro-En-Zuh Skool-Er Pyer Moss: Pee-air Moss

R

Ralph Lauren: Ralf Lor-En Rochas: Row-Shahs Rokh: Rock Rodarte: Row-Dar-Tay Roksanda Ilincic: Rok-sanda Ill-In-Chik

S

Sacai: Suh-Kai Saint Laurent: San-Loh-Ron Salvatore Ferragamo: Sal-Vah-Tor-Re Fer-Ra-Gah-Moh Sies Marjan: See Mar-Jahn Simone Rocha: See-Mone Ro-Sha Sonia Rykiel: Sewn-Yah Ree-Key-El Stüssy: Stoo-See Sunnei: Sun-ee Supriya Lele: Soo-Pree-Ya Lay-Lay

T

Thierry Mugler: Tea-Eh-Ree Moo-Gler

V

Vetements: Vet-Mohn Versace: Versa-chay Vionnet: Vee-Oh-Nay

W

Walter Van Beirendonck: Wal-Tur Van Bai-Ren-Donk

X

Xander Zhou: San-der Zoo

Y

Yohji Yamamoto: Yo-Gee Yam-Ah-Mo-Toe

Z

Zegna: Zen-Ya

延伸閱讀：

Kendall 膺本年最高收入模特，吸金力比前輩 Karlie Kloss 還高兩倍！ Google 2018 年度深圳玩樂排行榜出爐，這個聖誕假期就跟著玩！ 年度時尚之最出爐：Google 搜尋榜的 2018 流行關鍵詞頭 4 位！ 2018 年寫下歷史的 8 場時裝秀：你可以少看任何一場，就是不能錯過這些！

Follow us on Facebook: fb.com/POPBEE Follow us on Instagram: Instagram.com/POPBEE

[grahamperryondisputeresolution]

CONFRONT CORRUPTION ALWAYS #314

https://grahamperryonchina.com/?p=2402 CONFRONT CORRUPTION ALWAYS #314 - GOOD MORNING FROM LONDON  Yesterday I highlighted the corruption within the now displaced Afghanistan Government which re-directed US Aid Funds from the people into the pockets of Government employees. I concluded with a glance at China’s relentless campaign against corruption within the Communist Party + Government Most UK first-year History students know the phrase attributed to Lord Acton “Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely”. China sees matters differently and argues that “Power Can Corrupt and Absolute Power Can Corrupt Absolutely.” Xi Jinping made clear at the start of his Presidency that fighting corruption was his #1 priority. He knew that corruption within the Leadership lay behind the Tiananmen Square Protests in May 1989. Yesterday – 23 August 2021 – the Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection warned Party officials in the West Lake City of Hangzhou to root out any “conflicts of interest” that they or their family members may have with local businesses. It followed the detention of the top Party official in Hangzhou – Zhou Jiangyong. The campaign will focus on links between Party officials and leading Technology Companies – Hangzhou being the Centre of the Technology Sector. Party Inspection will concentrate on Party Officials including those that have retired within the last 3 years. Capitalism there may be in China in order to use Capitalists’ initiative + business acumen to bring about growth and prosperity. But Capitalism needs to be controlled – see the Party decision to halt the $37bn public offerings by Jack Ma and the Ant Group. Recently, President Xi Jinping has targeted “the reckless expansion of capital” with a specific focus on the market concentration of private-sector technology groups. His focus is on “excessively high incomes”. Capitalism comes at a price. The challenge for the Party is to take the undoubted benefits of Capitalism without permitting Capitalist Ideology to infect the Party’s Socialist Goals. - #biden #profsachs #xijinping - https://grahamperryonchina.com/?p=2402

[cryptoevent]

Microsoft waffling over Bitcoin? BTC’s return to Xbox unlikely to spur adoption

Microsoft is sending mixed signals about its true intentions regarding bitcoin (BTC) and the crypto currency market in general. On the one hand, Microsoft chairman Brad Smith gave an interview earlier this year in which he said the multinational had no interest in bitcoin and claimed that Tesla’s decision to invest $1.5 billion made no difference to the company.

A few days ago, however, the tech giant seemed to change its mind by releasing an online survey asking customers how they would like to pay for their Xbox Games Store purchases in the future, with bitcoin being one of the top options on the list.

The development also comes shortly after Smith said fintech companies don’t need to issue their own digital currencies. He argued that central banks should be concerned with the common good of the masses and thus should be the ones managing the flow of the global money supply.

If bitcoin is indeed accepted as a payment method in the Xbox Games Store, it wouldn’t be the first time Microsoft has ventured into crypto currency, as in 2014 the company accepted bitcoin to fund its accounts, which allowed US users to purchase all Windows Store content, including Xbox games.

However, the company’s crypto sales came to a halt in 2018 when the general market went into a frenzied bear market that sent the value of most cryptocurrencies to relatively low levels. However, earlier this year, Microsoft again decided to allow bitcoin payments, but only for its MS Store.

Does the importance of Microsoft change anything in the industry?

The 24th. In March, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that his company would be accepting bitcoin as a payment method for its cars, prompting many in the social media world to finally bring the crypto to the forefront. But even if that’s the case, it’s unclear whether BTC will become the primary means of payment when other major companies like Microsoft, which have questioned cryptocurrencies in the past, do allow them as a means of payment.

On that note, Joe Zhou, founder and CEO of FirstBlood, a blockchain-based esports platform, told Cointelegraph that this development looks generally positive on paper, especially since it will help increase the adoption of crypto in the global digital landscape.

So far, game manufacturers have not been the first to adopt this technology. For example, the makers of League of Legends, Riot Games, do not have a blockchain policy. I think it is. If you allow your users to use cryptocurrencies for purchases in your ecosystem, your competitors will be more inclined to follow you, otherwise they will lose out.

Zhou went on to say that if Microsoft decides to allow crypto payments, it could potentially lay the perfect foundation for the marriage between the gaming and crypto communities, especially since he believes gamers between the ages of 18 and 35 are most likely to choose digital currencies in the future.

Ultimately, he believes that apps like Cash App and PayPal, which allow users to buy and store cryptocurrencies, will help unite the two worlds and enable even greater adoption in the gaming community. I would be very curious to see how Microsoft’s treasury would handle its crypto revenue. Will they be sent to landfills? Or they will keep them like Tesla and MicroStrategy, he added.

Is Microsoft myopic in its cryptographic perspective?

While many believe Microsoft’s interest in integrating crypto currency into its existing payment system is a sign of great things to come, Andrew Colosimo, co-founder of Xaya – a digital asset management gaming platform – told Cointelegraph that while the development is a positive sign in itself, he’s not entirely sure it will have much direct impact on bitcoin, adding

Transaction fees could add more than $5 to the existing cost, unless Microsoft wants to use payment channels like the Lightning Network, as some people in this thread have already suggested. Players will only pay for what costs less. More importantly, no one wants to spend their bitcoin.

However, he acknowledged that if just one major player like Microsoft starts accepting BTC as a form of payment, it could create a Ripple effect that would potentially cause other console operators to follow suit.

Hatem Hachana, COO of the Utopia Genesis Foundation – a blockchain-based platform for tokenizing music rights, assets, and royalties – also believes that most players are already familiar with the concept of in-game purchases, so adding a crypto payment option wouldn’t make much difference, even if it became even more widely accepted.

He added: If Microsoft accepts this, Sony and Nintendo will surely follow. If you look at the field as a whole, everyone is adapting, moving forward and integrating crypto.

The introduction of cryptography makes sense

It’s likely that Microsoft is sensing a new trend around crypto, especially with regard to the incomprehensible token market – an area that has been booming recently. To put things in perspective: The market for digital collectibles has grown significantly in recent months as more and more celebrities take advantage of the trend to digitize their artwork.

Looks like it: NFT Art Revolution: Knocking about his 5040 days of work of love.

For example, Jack Dorsey’s first tweet as an NFT recently sold for $2.9 million. Also, Mike Winkelman – the artist known as Bipple – recently sold one of his works to the Christie’s auction house for a whopping $69 million, making him one of the most valuable artists in the world.

So Microsoft has every reason to re-explore this ever-evolving space and potentially expose its huge customer base – the number of people who own an Xbox One console is estimated to be around 48.69 million – to the digital asset market. When BTC returns to the platform as a payment method, it will mark as a crypto currency exchange point, suggesting it could stay there for some time.

Related Tags:

dogecoin,bitcoin adoption rate chart,bitcoin price,coinbase,dogecoin price,ethereum price,Privacy settings,How Search works,Dogecoin,Software,cryptocurrency adoption rate,crypto growth calculator

[ao3feed-mchanzo]

The State of Dreaming

by stilesdiamandis

It has been a few months since Winston suggested a recall and Jesse McCree is determined to not let Overwatch fall again. After waking up from a nightmare early in the morning, he meets Hanzo Shimada in the training range of Watchpoint: Gibraltar and is immediately intrigued. The two share a bond and soon Jesse is quick to call the other a friend. Fareeha wishes she could be jealous, but she can't. What is Talon planning and how does the re-formed Overwatch expect to stop it?

Words: 1309, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Overwatch (Video Game)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Hanzo Shimada, Jesse McCree, Fareeha "Pharah" Amari, Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Lena "Tracer" Oxton, Soldier: 76 | Jack Morrison, Reaper | Gabriel Reyes, Sombra (Overwatch), Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix, Ana Amari, Reinhardt Wilhelm, Olivia "Sombra" Colomar, Mei-Ling Zhou, Hana "D.Va" Song, Lúcio Correia dos Santos, Moira mentioned, Doomfist mentioned

Relationships: Jesse McCree/Hanzo Shimada, Fareeha "Pharah" Amari/Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Ana Amari/Reinhardt Wilhelm, Emily/Lena "Tracer" Oxton

Additional Tags: McHanzo - Freeform, Nightmares, Post-Recall, Fareeha is Jesse's Kryptonite, Talon - Freeform, Missions, A few months after recall, McCree has nightmares, Jesse's POV, christmas in later chapters, Eventual Smut, Eventual Relationships, Fluff

from AO3 works tagged 'Jesse McCree/Hanzo Shimada' http://ift.tt/2kElN0u via IFTTT

[themotorsportblog]

ILOTT WINS AS TICKTUM HAS A TANTRUM

It was sweet, sweet redemption for Callum Ilott, as he won the F2 Feature Race and took the Championship lead, as fellow Brit Jack Aikten returned to the podium and Dan Ticktum chucked his toys out of the DAMS after the pit stops.

Ilott was never challenged as he dominated the race on his way to the chequered flag, narrowly missing out on taking the extra points for fastest lap as Robert Shwartzman finally relinquished the championship lead.

Dan Ticktum could well end up in more trouble after the race, having been shown the black and white flag, and releasing a sweary and threatening radio message aimed at another driver which you can read below.

The race started with Pedro Piquet stalling on the grid, as Christian Lundgaard fell back from P2 to P4 on the way into Abbey, however he immediately got back past Aitken at The Loop to slot into P3 as they ran down the Wellington Straight.

Guilherme Samaia ran off at the back of the field into the gravel at Luffield but was able to continue, whilst Nikita Mazepin fought past his team mate into Stowe and Louis Deletraz also got Luca Ghiotto around the outside of the Vale chicane for P6 and P7 respectively.

Lap three then saw Ticktum go off through the grass at Chapel as he tried to hold on to P2, but that allowed Lundgaard through initially, and then Aitken too going down the Hangar Straight.

Ticktum’s afternoon never recovered after that moment and two laps later Mick Schumacher was also through for P4 on the outside of Brooklands, whilst Mazepin took P5 from him after running side-by-side through Copse, Maggots and Becketts.

Luca Ghiotto then dropped back down the order after a slow pit stop saw him re-emerge from the pit lane down in P20.

Ilott made his only pit stop on lap eight, handing Schumacher the lead as he was chased by Mazepin, but the Russian was unable to find a way past before their pit stops.

Deletraz then passed Ticktum after the stops, initially trying round the outside of Ticktum and a HWA that hadn’t pitted into Stowe, and then finding a way past at his favourtie spot - on the outside of the Vale chicane.

Ticktum then shouted down the radio: “Next time that **** pulls a kamikaze move like that I’ll f****** crash with him! I’ll tell you that, I’ll never give him that much respect ever again”-  the frustrations of the afternoon clearly taking their toll.

A few laps later he also fell behind old F3 rival Schumacher in the middle of Becketts, and the other Prema of Shwartzman  also passed him on the outside of Stowe for P8.

One lap later and Mazepin forced his way past Schumacher for P6 down the Hangar Straight, having to dip to wheels onto the grass in order to do so.

The final laps saw Ticktum tumble out of the points as he asked his engineer to stop talking to him on the radio, whilst Lundgaard went off at Brooklands, but was able to continue without any drama.

Mazepin starred again as he took P5 from Tsunoda with four laps to go, before stealing P4 away from Deletraz on the final lap, as his confidence continues to grow since his maiden podium in Hungary.

RACE RESULT:

ILOTT LUNDGAARD AITKEN

MAZEPIN DELETRAZ TSUNODA SCHUMACHER SHWARTZMAN - REVERSE GRID POLE ZHOU DRUGOVICH

MATSUSHITA DARUVALA - FASTEST LAP BUT NO POINTS GHIOTTO ARMSTRONG TICKTUM ALESI SATO NISSANY MARKELOV SAMAIA PIQUET + 1 LAP

GELAEL - DNF

[ao3feed-pharmercy]

The shadow of your smile

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2s3pzHo

by boarsnot

When 17 year old Bassist Sombra's band finds no work in the autumn and her drummer Roadhog threatens on leaving the band, She desperately searches for work. She thinks herself as lucky when she finds a gig at rich girl Hana Song's halloween house party, but she never thinks she'd develop any feelings for the gamer...

Words: 2133, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Overwatch Higschool AU

Fandoms: Overwatch (Video Game)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Underage

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi, Other

Characters: Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix, Lena "Tracer" Oxton, Aleksandra "Zarya" Zaryanova, Mei-Ling Zhou, Soldier: 76 | Jack Morrison, Reaper | Gabriel Reyes, Hana "D.Va" Song, Ana Amari, Fareeha "Pharah" Amari, Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Satya "Symmetra" Vaswani, Genji Shimada, Hanzo Shimada, Jesse McCree, Reinhardt Wilhelm, Sombra (Overwatch), Junkrat | Jamison Fawkes, Roadhog | Mako Rutledge, everyone, If I missed anyone out, Emily (Overwatch), Torbjörn Lindholm

Relationships: Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix & Sombra, Amelie "Widowmaker" Lacroix/ Sombra, Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix/Lena "Tracer" Oxton, Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix/Lena "Tracer" Oxton/Sombra, Junkrat | Jamison Fawkes & Roadhog | Mako Rutledge, Fareeha "Pharah" Amari/Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Jesse McCree/Hanzo Shimada, Ana Amari/Reinhardt Wilhelm, Genji Shimada/Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Fareeha "Pharah" Amari/Genji Shimada/Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Soldier: 76 | Jack Morrison/Reaper | Gabriel Reyes, Aleksandra "Zarya" Zaryanova/Mei-Ling Zhou, Emily & Lena "Tracer" Oxton, Sombra/Hana "D.Va" Song, Sombra/Hana "D.Va" Song/Satya "Symmetra" Vaswani, Hana "D.va" Song/ Sombra/ Amelie "Widowmaker" Lacroix

Additional Tags: loud shrugging, This is poly af, Polyamory, I didn't want anyone to be left out ;-;, non canon ages, Highschool AU, OT3, otp, Widowtracer, tracemaker, McHanzo - Freeform, Tremily - Freeform, Spiderbyte, som.va, roadrat - Freeform, anahardt, Gency, Pharmercy, ZarMei - Freeform, other shit, Bands, Bassist! Sombra, Drummer! Roadhog, guitarist! Lena, NSFW, lesbian porn, gay porn, straight porn, canoodling, Threesome, This is so embarrasingly sinful, Gaming, House Parties, goth people, Liao is mentioned?, Anyawy, Nail Painting, Sleepovers, Guilt Sex, Make up sex, A lot of sex, Alcohol, Smoking, Drinking, Parties, probably incorrect spanish, Shh, let me be, Parent! McHanzo, Single mom! Ana, Footballer! Pharah, Cheerleader! Mercy, Smol nerd! Mei, Wrestler/ boxer! Zarya, Dj! Lucio, Everyone is cool with gay and shit, well they're all pretty gay ngl, teenage dirtbag, Fanfiction Re-write, If you squint there's an OT5, If You Squint - Freeform

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2s3pzHo

[ao3feed-widowtracer]

The shadow of your smile

Read it on AO3 at http://ift.tt/2s3pzHo

by boarsnot

When 17 year old Bassist Sombra's band finds no work in the autumn and her drummer Roadhog threatens on leaving the band, She desperately searches for work. She thinks herself as lucky when she finds a gig at rich girl Hana Song's halloween house party, but she never thinks she'd develop any feelings for the gamer...

Words: 2133, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Overwatch Higschool AU

Fandoms: Overwatch (Video Game)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Underage

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi, Other

Characters: Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix, Lena "Tracer" Oxton, Aleksandra "Zarya" Zaryanova, Mei-Ling Zhou, Soldier: 76 | Jack Morrison, Reaper | Gabriel Reyes, Hana "D.Va" Song, Ana Amari, Fareeha "Pharah" Amari, Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Satya "Symmetra" Vaswani, Genji Shimada, Hanzo Shimada, Jesse McCree, Reinhardt Wilhelm, Sombra (Overwatch), Junkrat | Jamison Fawkes, Roadhog | Mako Rutledge, everyone, If I missed anyone out, Emily (Overwatch), Torbjörn Lindholm

Relationships: Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix & Sombra, Amelie "Widowmaker" Lacroix/ Sombra, Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix/Lena "Tracer" Oxton, Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix/Lena "Tracer" Oxton/Sombra, Junkrat | Jamison Fawkes & Roadhog | Mako Rutledge, Fareeha "Pharah" Amari/Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Jesse McCree/Hanzo Shimada, Ana Amari/Reinhardt Wilhelm, Genji Shimada/Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Fareeha "Pharah" Amari/Genji Shimada/Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Soldier: 76 | Jack Morrison/Reaper | Gabriel Reyes, Aleksandra "Zarya" Zaryanova/Mei-Ling Zhou, Emily & Lena "Tracer" Oxton, Sombra/Hana "D.Va" Song, Sombra/Hana "D.Va" Song/Satya "Symmetra" Vaswani, Hana "D.va" Song/ Sombra/ Amelie "Widowmaker" Lacroix

Additional Tags: loud shrugging, This is poly af, Polyamory, I didn't want anyone to be left out ;-;, non canon ages, Highschool AU, OT3, otp, Widowtracer, tracemaker, McHanzo - Freeform, Tremily - Freeform, Spiderbyte, som.va, roadrat - Freeform, anahardt, Gency, Pharmercy, ZarMei - Freeform, other shit, Bands, Bassist! Sombra, Drummer! Roadhog, guitarist! Lena, NSFW, lesbian porn, gay porn, straight porn, canoodling, Threesome, This is so embarrasingly sinful, Gaming, House Parties, goth people, Liao is mentioned?, Anyawy, Nail Painting, Sleepovers, Guilt Sex, Make up sex, A lot of sex, Alcohol, Smoking, Drinking, Parties, probably incorrect spanish, Shh, let me be, Parent! McHanzo, Single mom! Ana, Footballer! Pharah, Cheerleader! Mercy, Smol nerd! Mei, Wrestler/ boxer! Zarya, Dj! Lucio, Everyone is cool with gay and shit, well they're all pretty gay ngl, teenage dirtbag, Fanfiction Re-write, If you squint there's an OT5, If You Squint - Freeform

Read it on AO3 at http://ift.tt/2s3pzHo

[shiftypixel]

Wire Cutters from Jack Anderson on Vimeo.

A chance encounter proves fateful for 2 robots mining on a desolate planet.

Contact: Hello@Jackanders.com

WIRE CUTTERS IN THE NEWS: NERDIST: nerdist.com/a-beautiful-animated-short-about-robot-teamwork/ FAST COMPANY: fastcocreate.com/3050627/its-hard-to-believe-this-gorgeous-9-minute-robot-animation-is-a-student-thesis VICE: motherboard.vice.com/read/the-most-adorable-film-ever-made-about-the-perils-of-space-capitalism CARTOON BREW: cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-brew-pick/wire-cutters-by-jack-anderson-118527.html iO9: io9.com/two-mining-robots-prove-the-importance-of-teamwork-1728336665 AV CLUB: avclub.com/article/cool-short-film-wire-cutters-features-cute-robots--224860 POPULAR MECHANICS: popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/a17210/wire-cutters-animated-movie/ THE MPLS EGOTIST themplsegotist.com/news/local/2015/september/1/jack-anderson-presents-wire-cutters BOING BOING bbs.boingboing.net/t/wire-cutters-a-wonderful-short-film-on-the-rough-lives-of-off-world-robot-miners/64847 CG SOCIETY cgsociety.org/news/article/1084/wire-cutters SHORT OF THE WEEK shortoftheweek.com/2015/08/31/wire-cutters/ HONEYWAGON CONFIDENTIAL: honeywagonconfidential.com/2015/09/07/jack-anderson-on-the-future-and-limitations-of-animation/ 3D TOTAL: 3dtotal.com/index_interviews_detailed.php?id=649#.VgBKvCBVhBd PHILLY VOICE: phillyvoice.com/sci-fi-short-wire-cutters-viral-robot-fable/ THE GRAPHIC SLATE: thegraphicslate.com/animation/people-animation/student-film-wire-cutters-wins-hearts-across-the-world-wide-web/2015/09

Crew: Created By: Jack Anderson Original Score By: Cody Bursch Sound Design By: Jackie! Zhou Additional Animation: Jen Re, Erica Robinson, Hunter Schmidt, Justine Stewart, Jacqueline Yee Additional FX: Danny Corona, Matthew Robillard, Tim Trankle Cloud FX: Chase Levin Colorist: Bryan Smaller Rigging: Katelyn Roland Advisor: Bill Kroyer

FINALIST: 2015 Student Academy Awards FINALIST: 2015 Student BAFTA Film Awards GRAND JURY PRIZE: BEST STUDENT FILM: NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL WINNER: BEST ANIMATED FILM- SONOMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WINNER: "BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMATION" CECIL AWARDS 2014 RUNNER UP: ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (ANIMATION CATAGORY)

Festivals & Markets: Santa Barbara International Film Festival Ottawa Film Festival Cleveland International Film Festival River Run International Film Festival LA Shorts Fest Rhode Island Film Festival Traverse City Film Festival New Hampshire Film Festival FIRST CUT 2014 @ DGA in Los Angeles & New York Fargo Film Festival Pune International Film Festival Omaha International Film Festival Sedona International Film Festival Independent Film Festival Of Boston Minneapolis International Film Festival Athens Animfest Cannes Short Film Corner Newport Beach International Film Festival River Film Festival Prescott Film Festival Free Range Film Festival Breckenridge Film Festival Fareham Arts Festival

[ao3feed-mchanzo]

The shadow of your smile

by boarsnot

When 17 year old Bassist Sombra's band finds no work in the autumn and her drummer Roadhog threatens on leaving the band, She desperately searches for work. She thinks herself as lucky when she finds a gig at rich girl Hana Song's halloween house party, but she never thinks she'd develop any feelings for the gamer...

Words: 2133, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Overwatch Higschool AU

Fandoms: Overwatch (Video Game)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Underage

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi, Other

Characters: Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix, Lena "Tracer" Oxton, Aleksandra "Zarya" Zaryanova, Mei-Ling Zhou, Soldier: 76 | Jack Morrison, Reaper | Gabriel Reyes, Hana "D.Va" Song, Ana Amari, Fareeha "Pharah" Amari, Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Satya "Symmetra" Vaswani, Genji Shimada, Hanzo Shimada, Jesse McCree, Reinhardt Wilhelm, Sombra (Overwatch), Junkrat | Jamison Fawkes, Roadhog | Mako Rutledge, everyone, If I missed anyone out, Emily (Overwatch), Torbjörn Lindholm

Relationships: Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix & Sombra, Amelie "Widowmaker" Lacroix/ Sombra, Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix/Lena "Tracer" Oxton, Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix/Lena "Tracer" Oxton/Sombra, Junkrat | Jamison Fawkes & Roadhog | Mako Rutledge, Fareeha "Pharah" Amari/Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Jesse McCree/Hanzo Shimada, Ana Amari/Reinhardt Wilhelm, Genji Shimada/Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Fareeha "Pharah" Amari/Genji Shimada/Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Soldier: 76 | Jack Morrison/Reaper | Gabriel Reyes, Aleksandra "Zarya" Zaryanova/Mei-Ling Zhou, Emily & Lena "Tracer" Oxton, Sombra/Hana "D.Va" Song, Sombra/Hana "D.Va" Song/Satya "Symmetra" Vaswani, Hana "D.va" Song/ Sombra/ Amelie "Widowmaker" Lacroix

Additional Tags: loud shrugging, This is poly af, Polyamory, I didn't want anyone to be left out ;-;, non canon ages, Highschool AU, OT3, otp, Widowtracer, tracemaker, McHanzo - Freeform, Tremily - Freeform, Spiderbyte, som.va, roadrat - Freeform, anahardt, Gency, Pharmercy, ZarMei - Freeform, other shit, Bands, Bassist! Sombra, Drummer! Roadhog, guitarist! Lena, NSFW, lesbian porn, gay porn, straight porn, canoodling, Threesome, This is so embarrasingly sinful, Gaming, House Parties, goth people, Liao is mentioned?, Anyawy, Nail Painting, Sleepovers, Guilt Sex, Make up sex, A lot of sex, Alcohol, Smoking, Drinking, Parties, probably incorrect spanish, Shh, let me be, Parent! McHanzo, Single mom! Ana, Footballer! Pharah, Cheerleader! Mercy, Smol nerd! Mei, Wrestler/ boxer! Zarya, Dj! Lucio, Everyone is cool with gay and shit, well they're all pretty gay ngl, teenage dirtbag, Fanfiction Re-write, If you squint there's an OT5, If You Squint - Freeform

from AO3 works tagged 'Jesse McCree/Hanzo Shimada' http://ift.tt/2s3pzHo via IFTTT

[ao3feed-pharmercy]

The State of Dreaming

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2kElN0u

by stilesdiamandis

It has been a few months since Winston suggested a recall and Jesse McCree is determined to not let Overwatch fall again. After waking up from a nightmare early in the morning, he meets Hanzo Shimada in the training range of Watchpoint: Gibraltar and is immediately intrigued. The two share a bond and soon Jesse is quick to call the other a friend. Fareeha wishes she could be jealous, but she can't. What is Talon planning and how does the re-formed Overwatch expect to stop it?

Words: 1309, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Overwatch (Video Game)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Hanzo Shimada, Jesse McCree, Fareeha "Pharah" Amari, Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Lena "Tracer" Oxton, Soldier: 76 | Jack Morrison, Reaper | Gabriel Reyes, Sombra (Overwatch), Widowmaker | Amélie Lacroix, Ana Amari, Reinhardt Wilhelm, Olivia "Sombra" Colomar, Mei-Ling Zhou, Hana "D.Va" Song, Lúcio Correia dos Santos, Moira mentioned, Doomfist mentioned

Relationships: Jesse McCree/Hanzo Shimada, Fareeha "Pharah" Amari/Angela "Mercy" Ziegler, Ana Amari/Reinhardt Wilhelm, Emily/Lena "Tracer" Oxton

Additional Tags: McHanzo - Freeform, Nightmares, Post-Recall, Fareeha is Jesse's Kryptonite, Talon - Freeform, Missions, A few months after recall, McCree has nightmares, Jesse's POV, christmas in later chapters, Eventual Smut, Eventual Relationships, Fluff

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2kElN0u