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Casio SA-76 | Mini Keyboard Review & Demo | 44-Keys 100 Sounds 10 Integrated Songs

There's no question that Amazon happens to be the primary place many people shop for goods, and that now includes keyboards. Huge amounts of keyboards are sold through Amazon every year.

We decided to go onto Amazon ourselves to see which digital pianos happen to be most popular and determine whether they're actually good buys, and whether or not they're worth all of the 5-Star reviews.

In today's article, we're going to look at one of Amazon's best sellers with the Casio SA-76 44-key portable keyboard.

Let's start with some background.

Casio SA-76 | General Background Battery Powered Option

The first thing that you should know is that this instrument does not come with a power adapter. It supports a power adaptor, but that's an optional extra that you'll have to add on if you want one. As long as you've got the right pin polarity and the right adapter size, pretty much any universal AC adapter will do the trick, so you don't necessarily need to add the Casio branded one.

You can also operate the Casio SA-76 with 6 AA batteries as the power supply, and that's probably the way most family's buying this for young kids will use it.

Super Affordable

The next thing worth noting about the Casio SA76 keyboard is how inexpensive it is. To be able to get something with any kind of piano function for under $100 is a big deal, and up here in Canada, it runs for around $70 CAD and $60 USD in the United States.

Accurate Tuning

It's easy to take for granted when you're playing on a $200, $300, or $400 musical electronic instrument that it happens to be in tune, but so many baby and toddler musical toys aren't even close to being in tune.

Some people might ask if that even matters, but if you're trying to give a young child a musical toy to start laying some musical foundation, it should absolutely play in tune.

Casio SA-76 - Key Specs Casio SA-76 - Key Specs 44 Note Keyboard with Mini Keys

The keyboard has 44 total notes, meaning it's half the number of keys you'd find on a normal piano or keyboard. The keys are also thinner and shorter, hence the name mini keys, as smaller size keys make it easier for small fingers to play. The keys are not touch-sensitive, but that's not going to matter for a young child beginner.

LCD Display

There's a helpful LCD display screen for navigating the different music options, and the interface, in general, is going to be very easy even for a young kid to use.

100 Sounds + 8 Note Polyphony

You have the option of 100 different tones to choose from, with 8 notes of polyphony. 8-note polyphony is not much but fine for the intended use of this beginner keyboard.

Built-In Songs & Rhythms

There are 10 built-in songs and 50 drum patterns, as well as a couple of different playing modes, and even a metronome.

Speakers

There are 2 small speakers and amps on each side, with a total of 2.4 watts of amplifier power.

Casio SA-76 - 3 Piano Modes Casio SA-76 - 3 Piano Modes Tone Mode

As mentioned, there are 100 sounds to choose from on this keyboard. Some of the sounds are quite convincing, while others definitely are not, but it's expected that an instrument this inexpensive would not have the most consistent sound quality.

Out of the 100 sounds, there's a mix of pianos, electric pianos, organ sounds, synthesizers, reeds, harmonica, brass, strings, guitar, bass, mallet instruments, and various others. All of this is available to you in Tone Mode.

Pattern Mode

The second mode on the keyboard is called Pattern Mode. Which is where you start getting into the rhythms. There are 50 drum patterns to choose from and have fun with and 5 drum pads.

Song Bank Mode

Then, there's a third mode called Song Bank Mode. There are 10 built-in songs that you can play back, and this is what is going to get toddlers up and dancing around the house. The songs are fun, high-energy, and perfect for getting a little one excited about music.

Who Is This Instrument For? Casio SA-76 - Young Beginners Best to Avoid If...

Who is this instrument for? Well, we can start by saying who it's not for. The Casio SA76 doesn't have any MIDI connectivity so anyone looking for a super inexpensive and compact MIDI controller or portable & arranger keyboard for production, this won't cut it.

While it is made for toddlers, it's also not the most durable, so the average 18-month-old wouldn't have a problem quickly breaking the keys, and that unfortunately won't be covered under warranty. You'll want to make sure your child is at an age where there a little more gentle with toys.

Young Beginners

So, we're left at this being aimed at young learners to see if there's some musical interest there, at the most basic of levels. This would be a really great gift for a young child, instead of a bit of a cop-out of a gift card, and having them interact with it even for a few minutes a day would probably be a good gauge of whether or not there's some early musical interest.

It's hard to pinpoint an exact appropriate age, but we'd probably it's going to be great for kids around 2 and a half years of age, up to about the age of 7. It's not quite technical enough to keep an older child interested since there's no Bluetooth or other connectors to get it working with a phone.

Perfect Musical Exposure Toy

For the price, this is a really good way to expose a child to some basic musical ideas that can serve as a great building block for furthering musical education.

The biggest downside is that there's no MIDI output which would have actually opened this up to a lot more power. There's no sustain pedal, but this isn't a big deal given the fact that the action isn't touch-sensitive.

Other than that, for what you're getting for the money, this is probably one of the best musical exposure toys on the market. And sure, you could jump for one of the Casiotone 61-key portable keyboard workstations or something from Yamaha that's a bit more substantial, but that's not really necessary.

Closing Remarks

Thanks for reading! We hope you've enjoyed this look at a popular seller on Amazon the Casio SA-76 Mini Keyboard. If you're a parent out there and you are looking for exactly what we're just described, hopefully, you found this helpful.

We'd recommend checking out the accompanying video for a more in-depth review and checking out the rest of our YouTube channel for more musical instrument reviews. Don't forget to visit our website for more article reviews.

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Hoy putangina makakapunta ako sa day 2

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//Inbox call for a Sa 'familiar' upon ye u wu

Unless otherwise requested they'll stay light hearted in nature, and similarly w.o specifying the exact creeture shape will be a roullette

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Trigger warning: SA and Rape

India seriously has the biggest and most prevalent crisis of rape and sexual violence against women and girls. You cannot tell me a country that allows a doctor to get gang raped by 15 men and killed brutally is in any way okay. In 2024 alone, India had an average of 86 rape cases reported daily, with states like Rajasthan leading with over 5,399 cases. In Goa, 76% of reported rape cases in 2022 were involving little girls. Of course the justice system, controlled by men, fails to protect the women and shields other men. This systemic failure must end. The justice system should not be controlled by men, and men in India should not feel safe committing sexual violence and femicide with impunity. They’re not even addressing this. Indian women deserve better, they deserve to live safely and be protected.

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I decided to try this but for the girlies instead.

Are you sure want to click on ”keep reading”?

For Pauline Léon marrying Claire Lacombe’s host, see Liberty: the lives of six women in Revolutionary France (2006) by Lucy Moore, page 230

For Pauline Léon throwing a bust of Lafayette through Fréron’s window and being friends with Constance Evrard, see Pauline Léon, une républicaine révolutionnaire (2006) by Claude Guillon.

For Françoise Duplay’s sister visiting Catherine Théot, see Points de vue sur l’affaire Catherine Théot (1969) by Michel Eude, page 627.

For Anne Félicité Colombe publishing the papers of Marat and Fréron, see The women of Paris and their French Revolution (1998) by Dominique Godineau, page 382-383.

For the relationship between Simonne Evrard and Albertine Marat, see this post.

For Albertine Marat dissing Charlotte Robespierre, see F.V Raspail chez Albertine Marat (1911) by Albert Mathiez, page 663.

For Lucile Desmoulins predicting Marie-Antoinette would mount the scaffold, see the former’s diary from 1789.

For Lucile being friends with madame Boyer, Brune, Dubois-Crancé, Robert and Danton, calling madame Ricord’s husband ”brusque, coarse, truly mad, giddy, insane,” visiting ”an old madwoman” with madame Duplay’s son and being hit on by Danton as well as Louise Robert saying she would stab Danton, see Lucile’s diary 1792-1793.

For the relationship between Lucile Desmoulins and Marie Hébert, see this post.

For the relationship between Lucile Desmoulins and Thérèse Jeanne Fréron de la Poype, and the one between Annette Duplessis and Marguerite Philippeaux, see letters cited in Camille Desmoulins and his wife: passages from the history of the dantonists (1876) page 463-464 and 464-469.

For Adèle Duplessis having been engaged to Robespierre, see this letter from Annette Duplessis to Robespierre, seemingly written April 13 1794.

For Claire Panis helping look after Horace Desmoulins, see Panis précepteur d’Horace Desmoulins (1912) by Charles Valley.

For Élisabeth Lebas being slandered by Guffroy, molested by Danton, treated like a daughter by Claire Panis, accusing Ricord of seducing her sister-in-law and being helped out in prison by Éléonore, see Le conventionnel Le Bas : d'après des documents inédits et les mémoires de sa veuve, page 108, 125-126, 139 and 140-142.

For Élisabeth Lebas being given an obscene book by Desmoulins, see this post.

For Charlotte Robespierre dissing Joséphine, Éléonore Duplay, madame Genlis, Roland and Ricord, see Mémoires de Charlotte Robespierre sur ses deux frères (1834), page  76-77,  90-91, 96-97, 109-116 and 128-129.

For Charlotte Robespierre arriving two hours early to Rosalie Jullien’s dinner, see Journal d’une Bourgeoise pendant la Révolution 1791–1793, page 345.

For Charlotte Robespierre physically restraining Couthon, see this post.

For Charlotte Robespierre and Françoise Duplay’s relationship, see Mémoires de Charlotte Robespierre sur ses deux frères (1834) page 85-92 and Le conventional Le Bas: d’après des documents inédits et les mémoires de sa veuve (1902) page 104-105

For the relationship between Charlotte Robespierre and Victoire and Élisabeth Lebas, see this post.

For Charlotte Robespierre visiting madame Guffroy, moving in with madame Laporte and Victoire Duplay being arrested by one of Charlotte’s friends, see Charlotte Robespierre et ses amis (1961)

For Louise de Kéralio calling Etta Palm a spy, see Appel aux Françoises sur la régénération des mœurs et nécessité de l’influence des femmes dans un gouvernement libre (1791) by the latter.

For the relationship between Manon Roland and Louise de Kéralio Robert, see Mémoires de Madame Roland, volume 2, page 198-207 

For the relationship between Madame Pétion and Manon Roland, see Mémoires de Madame Roland, volume 2, page 158 and 244-245 as well as Lettres de Madame Roland, volume 2, page 510.

For the relationship between Madame Roland and Madame Buzot, see Mémoires de Madame Roland (1793), volume 1, page 372, volume 2, page 167 as well as this letter from Manon to her husband dated September 9 1791. For the affair between Manon and Buzot, see this post.

For Manon Roland praising Condorcet, see Mémoires de Madame Roland, volume 2, page 14-15.

For the relationship between Manon Roland and Félicité Brissot, see Mémoires de Madame Roland, volume 1, page 360.

For the relationship between Helen Maria Williams and Manon Roland, see Memoirs of the Reign of Robespierre (1795), written by the former.

For the relationship between Mary Wollstonecraft and Helena Maria Williams, see Collected letters of Mary Wollstonecraft (1979), page 226.

For Constance Charpentier painting a portrait of Louise Sébastienne Danton, see Constance Charpentier: Peintre (1767-1849), page 74.

For Olympe de Gouges writing a play with fictional versions of the Fernig sisters, see L’Entrée de Dumourier à Bruxelles ou les Vivandiers (1793) page 94-97 and 105-110.

For Olympe de Gouges calling Charlotte Corday ”a monster who has shown an unusual courage,” see a letter from the former dated July 20 1793, cited on page 204 of Marie-Olympe de Gouges: une humaniste à la fin du XVIIIe siècle (2003) by Oliver Blanc.

For Olympe de Gouges adressing her declaration to Marie-Antoinette, see Les droits de la femme: à la reine (1791) written by the former.

For Germaine de Staël defending Marie-Antoinette, see Réflexions sur le procès de la Reine par une femme (1793) by the former.

For the friendship between Madame Royale and Pauline Tourzel, see Souvernirs de quarante ans: 1789-1830: récit d’une dame de Madame la Dauphine (1861) by the latter.

For Félicité Brissot possibly translating Mary Wollstonecraft, see Who translated into French and annotated Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman? (2022) by Isabelle Bour.

For Félicité Brissot working as a maid for Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, see Mémoires inédites de Madame la comptesse de Genlis: sur le dix-huitième siècle et sur la révolution française, volume 4, page 106.

For Reine Audu, Claire Lacombe and Théroigne de Méricourt being given civic crowns together, see Gazette nationale ou le Moniteur universel, September 3, 1792.

For Reine Audu taking part in the women’s march on Versailles, see Reine Audu: les légendes des journées d’octobre (1917) by Marc de Villiers.

For Marie-Antoinette calling Lamballe ”my dear heart,” see Correspondance inédite de Marie Antoinette, page 197, 209 and 252.

For Marie-Antoinette disliking Madame du Barry, see https://plume-dhistoire.fr/marie-antoinette-contre-la-du-barry/

For Marie-Antoinette disliking Anne de Noailles, see Correspondance inédite de Marie Antoinette, page 30.

For Louise-Élisabeth Tourzel and Lamballe being friends, see Memoirs of the Duchess de Tourzel: Governess to the Children of France during the years 1789, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793 and 1795 volume 2, page 257-258

For Félicité de Genlis being the mistress of Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon’s husband, see La duchesse d’Orléans et Madame de Genlis (1913).

For Pétion escorting Madame Genlis out of France, see Mémoires inédites de Madame la comptesse de Genlis…, volume 4, page 99.

For the relationship between Félicité de Genlis and Louise de Kéralio Robert, see Mémoires de Madame de Genlis: en un volume, page 352-354

For the relationship between Félicité de Genlis and Germaine de Staël, see Mémoires inédits de Madame la comptesse de Genlis, volume 2, page 316-317

For the relationship between Félicité de Genlis and Théophile Fernig, see Mémoires inédits de Madame la comptesse de Genlis, volume 4, page 300-304

For the relationship between Félicité de Genlis and Félicité Brissot, see Mémoires inédites de Madame la comptesse de Genlis, volume 4, page 106-110, as well as this letter dated June 1783 from Félicité Brissot to Félicité Genlis.

For the relationship between Félicité de Genlis and Théresa Cabarrus, see Mémoires de Madame de Genlis: en un volume (1857) page 391.

For Félicité de Genlis inviting Lucile to dinner, see this letter from Sillery to Desmoulins dated March 3 1791.

For Marinette Bouquey hiding the husbands of madame Buzot, Pétion and Guadet, see Romances of the French Revolution (1909) by G. Lenotre, volume 2, page 304-323

Hey, don’t say I didn’t warn you!

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why is Israel bad?/genq

In just a few words because of the ongoing genocide they've been doing to millions of Palestinian families for like 76 years while being financed and supported by the USA and other countries and they love doing that, they shot at kids knees for fun and torture, kill, sa and chase everyone. They're literally like the mustache guy we all know.

You can do more research to understand Palestine's history or to know how to help. You can donate to families' Go Fund Me s or at least share them and you can also click daily here to help Palestinians and the Middle East itself. By the way it's not the only genocide going on, there's a lot of other countries like Sudan and Congo for example, I can't remember all of them.

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Polyhedron of the Day #76: Square orthobicupola

The square orthobicupola is a Johnson solid (J28). It has 18 faces, 32 edges, and 16 vertices. It is constructed by attaching two square cupolae at their bases, with like faces adjacent to one another. This shape forms space-filling honeycombs with a host of other polyhedra, including tetrahedra, cubes and cuboctahedra, square pyramids, and others. Its Bowers style acronym is squobcu. Its dual is the deltotrapezohedral hexadecahedron.

Square orthobicupola image created by AndrewKepert using Cyp's povray macros, distributed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.

Square orthobicupola image created using Robert Webb's Stella 4D software (https://www.software3d.com/Stella.php).

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La Mode illustrée, no. 13, 25 mars 1866, Paris. Toilettes de Mme Bréant-Castel, 58 bis. rue Ste. Anne. Coiffures de Mr. Croisat, r. de Richelieu, 76. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

Description de toilettes:

Toilette de jeune fille. Robe en gaze de soie blanche; le bord est orné avec une très-large bordure grecque ayant environ 40 centimètres de hauteur, exécutée en ruban de taffetas vert. Corsage décolleté en taffetas vert, formant par derrière trois basques repliées en dessous, et se prolongeant en autant de pans très-longs et très-larges, entièrement encadrés avec une étroite guipure. Cluny blanche qui borde aussi les contours du corsage; celui-ci est complété par une chemisette bouillonnée, traversée à distances régulières par un étroit ruban de velours vert. Manches courtes en taffetas vert; peigne de métal pour retenir les cheveux.

Robe de dessous en taffetas blanc, garnie avec huit bouillonnés en gaze blanche. Robe de dessus (forme princesse) en poult-de-soie bleu vif, à corsage décolleté, garni avec une draperie de gaze blanche; cette draperie est retenue sur les épaules par une chaîne de corail rose. La robe bleue est relevée très-haut, sur chaque côté, avec des chaînes en corail rose; derrière, cette robe reprend sa longueur. La coiffure est ornée de chaînes en corail rose, disposées en bandelettes, et fixées sur chaque côté du chignon de façon à garnir le cou par devant. Agrafes de corail rose dans les cheveux; bracelets en môme corail.

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Girl's ensemble. Dress in white silk gauze; the edge is adorned with a very wide Greek border about 40 centimeters high, executed in ribbon of green taffeta. Low-cut bodice in green taffeta, forming from behind three basques folded below, and extending into as many very long and very wide sections, entirely framed with a narrow guipure. Cluny white which also lines the contours of the bodice; this is completed by a buttoned shirt, crossed at regular intervals by a narrow green velvet ribbon. Short sleeves in green taffeta; metal comb to hold the hair.

Underdress in white taffeta, trimmed with eight white gauze bubbles. Overdress (princess form) in bright blue poult-de-silk, with a low-cut bodice, trimmed with a drapery of white gauze; this drapery is held on the shoulders by a chain of pink coral. The blue dress is raised very high, on each side, with pink coral chains; behind, this dress regains its length. The hairstyle is adorned with pink coral chains, arranged in strips, and fixed on each side of the bun so as to adorn the neck in front. Clips of pink coral in the hair; kid coral bracelets.

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U.S. Army Officer Confirms Russian A-50 Radar Jet Was Shot Down With Patriot Missile

The U.S. Army colonel described how Ukrainian Patriot operators staged a “SAMbush” to bring down the A-50 in January of this year.

Thomas NewdickPUBLISHED Jun 10, 2024 6:55 PM EDT

The Beriev A-50U ‘Mainstay’ airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft based on the Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft belonging to Russian Air Force in the air. ‘U’ designation stands for extended range and advanced digital radio systems. This aircraft was named after Sergey Atayants – Beriev’s chief designer. (Photo by: aviation-images.com/Universal Images Group via Getty Images).

A U.S.-made Patriot air defense system was responsible for shooting down a Russian A-50 Mainstay airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft over the Sea of Azov on January 14, according to a U.S. Army officer. The high-value aircraft, one of only a handful immediately available to Russia, was the first of two brought down in the space of five weeks. Previously, a Ukrainian official confirmed to TWZ that the second A-50 was brought down by a Soviet-era S-200 (SA-5 Gammon) long-range surface-to-air missile.

Speaking on a panel at the United States Field Artillery Association’s Fires Symposium 2024 last week, Col. Rosanna Clemente, Assistant Chief of Staff at the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, confirmed that the first A-50 fell to a German-provided Patriot system, in what she described as a “SAMbush,” or surface-to-air missile ambush.

“They have probably about a battalion of Patriots operating in Ukraine right now,” Col. Clemente explained. “Some of it’s being used to protect static sites and critical national infrastructure. Others are being moved around and doing some really, really historic things that I’ve haven’t seen in 22 years of being an air defender, and one of them is a SAMbush … they’re doing that with extremely mobile Patriot systems that were donated by the Germans, because the systems are all mounted on the trucks. So they’re moving around and they’re using these types of systems, bringing them close to the plot … and stretching the very, very edges of the kinematic capabilities of that system to engage the first A-50 C2 [command and control] system back in January.”

Fifteen crew members were reportedly killed aboard the A-50.

Col. Clemente also provided some other interesting details of how the Ukrainians worked up their capabilities with these particular systems, which included a period of validation training involving the U.S. Army in Poland in April 2023.

Elements of a German Patriot air defense system stand on a snow-covered field in Miaczyn, southeastern Poland, in April 2023. Photo by Sebastian Kahnert/picture alliance via Getty Images

According to Col. Clemente, the German soldiers tasked with training the Ukrainians on the mobile Patriot systems woke up the Ukrainian battery in the middle of the night, marched them to a location where they fought a simulated air battle, and then made them march again. “I was like, ‘Huh, wonder why they did that?’ And it was a month later, they conducted some of their first ambushes where they’re shooting down Russian Su-27s along the Russian border.”

As we reported at the time, the use of Patriot to engage the radar plane over the Sea of Azov seemed likely, especially as it followed the pattern of an anti-access counter-air campaign that Ukraine was already waging against Russian military aircraft using the same air defense system.

Accordingly, in May 2023, Ukraine began pushing forward Patriot batteries to reach deep into Russian-controlled airspace. Most dramatically, a string of Russian aircraft was downed over Russian territory that borders northeastern Ukraine. Among them may have been the Su-27s (or perhaps another Flanker-variant aircraft) that Col. Clemente mentioned.

A screen capture from a Ukrainian Air Force video shows images of three Russian helicopters and two Russian fighters painted on the side of a Patriot air defense system. The three helicopter and two jet images bear the date May 13, 2023. Defense Industry of Ukraine

While the use of German-supplied weapons within Russian territory previously led to friction between Berlin and Kyiv, German officials more recently approved the use of Patriot to target aircraft in Russian airspace.

In December 2023, similar tactics were used against tactical jets flying over the northwestern Black Sea.

These kinds of highly mobile operations were then further proven with the destruction of the first A-50, on the night of January 14.

A Russian Il-22M radio-relay aircraft was also apparently engaged by Ukrainian air defenses the same night, confirmed by photo evidence of the aircraft after it had made it back to a Russian air base. It’s not clear whether the Patriot system was also responsible for inflicting damage on this aircraft, but it’s certainly a probable explanation.

A photo of the Il-22M which purportedly made an emergency landing in Anapa, in the Krasnodar region of western Russia. via X

Both incidents appear to have taken place in the western part of the Azov Sea and, as we discussed at the time, the distances involved suggested that, if Patriot was used, it was likely at the very limits of its engagement envelope.

Based on Col. Clemente’s account, it seems likely that the Patriot system in question was not only being pushed to the limits of its capabilities but was likely being deployed very far forward in an especially bold tactical move.

As we wrote at the time: “Considering risking a Patriot system or even a remote launcher right at the front is unlikely, and these airborne assets were likely orbiting at least some ways out over the water, this shot was more likely to have been around 100 miles, give or take a couple dozen miles.”

Of course, all this also depends on exactly where the targeted aircraft were at the time of the engagement.

A map showing the Sea of Azov as well as Robotyne, which is really the closest Ukraine regularly operates to that body of water, a distance of roughly 55 miles. Google Earth

Once again, the A-50 shootdown may be the most important single victory achieved so far by Ukrainian-operated Patriot systems, but it was part of a highly targeted campaign waged against the Russian Aerospace Forces which has seemingly included multiple long-range downings of tactical aircraft.

The Ukrainian tactics first found success in pushing back Russian airpower and degrading its ability to launch direct attacks and even those using standoff glide bombs, which have wreaked havoc on Ukrainian towns.

The same anti-access tactics extended to Russia’s small yet vital AEW&C fleet have arguably had an even greater effect. After all, these aircraft offer a unique look-down air picture that extends deep into Ukrainian-controlled territory. As well as spotting incoming cruise missile and drone attacks, and low-flying fighter sorties, they provide command and control and situational awareness for Russian fighters and air defense batteries. According to Ukrainian officials, the radar planes are also used to direct Russian cruise missile and drone strikes.

Dmitry Terekhov/Wikimedia Commons

The importance of these force-multipliers has seen earlier efforts to disable them, with A-50s in Belarus having been targeted by forces allied with Ukraine.

The recent appearance of a photo showing a Ukrainian S-300PS (SA-10 Grumble) air defense system marked with an A-50 symbol also indicates that previous attempts were made to bring these aircraft down using this Soviet-era surface-to-air missile, too.

With all this in mind, it’s not surprising that Ukraine’s highly valued, long-reaching Patriot air defense system was tasked against the A-50.

In demonstrating the vulnerability of Russian aircraft patrolling over the Sea of Azov, the January 15 shootdown might have been expected to push these assets back. That may have happened, but another example was then shot down at an even greater distance from the front line, on February 23. The fact that the second A-50 came down over the Krasnodar region fueled speculation that it may have been a ‘friendly fire’ incident.

However, Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR), subsequently confirmed to TWZ that the second A-50 — as well as a Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber, in a separate incident — were brought down by the Soviet-era S-200 long-range surface-to-air missile system.

Undoubtedly, there are more details still to emerge about the shootdowns of the two A-50s, not to mention other engagements that the Ukrainian Patriot has been involved in.

However, Col. Rosanna Clemente’s comments confirm that the Ukrainian Air Force is using these critical systems in a sometimes-daring manner, using limited numbers of assets not only to protect key static infrastructure but also to maraud closer to the front lines and bring down high-profile Russian aerial targets. Not only does this force Russia to adapt its airpower tactics for its own survival, reducing its effectiveness, but it also provides another means for Ukraine to fight back against numerical odds that are stacked against it.

Contact the author: thomas@thewarzone.com

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Lore olympus gave me whiplash

I'm only 78 episodes in and so far, its feels so whiplashy? Like the sa scene happens at episode 4....EPISODE 4?! And its the episode where the r4pist is first introduced (apollo) like holy shit, i assume it would be in a later episode but jeezus christ.

From what i heard, they want apollo to be liked by people so why not show that like show that hes an arrogant guy yet can be likable until he r4pes persephone. That way, you wouldnt glorify a r4pist while still doing your goal. It's just too quick for it to happen.

Now onto episode 76

Idk why but it feels so...rushed? Like from the timeline, we establish their relationship, they are now commited, hades suggests dinner for both of them which minthe accepts yet doesnt come from alcohol blackout and now were here? Maybe its just the pacing or how much we see minthe and hades together, or maybe im wrong here but this episode seems too fast paced

Oh and dont get me started on hades and heras kiss after she 'comforts' him after getting domestically abused

Like what is this, wtf is this?

Then their flashback where they only just met and are already smooching

This is soap opera levels of pacing, what are we doing?

Edit; the episode where persephone gets r4pes by apollo happens in a different episode though its still the same episode where apollo is first introduce so its still pretty fast paced, especially with what from what i have heard, intended to do

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Hedy Lamarr

Le drame de sa vie : avoir été belle, trop belle, car elle était une scientifique exceptionnelle. Mais personne ne voulait y croire. Elle le disait elle-même, "on ne m'aime pas pour ce que je suis, mais pour ce que je parais". Aujourd'hui encore, on retient l'icône d'Hollywood des années 1940. Disney s'inspira d'elle pour Blanche Neige.

Tout le monde oublie qu'elle est à l’origine de grandes inventions. En 1942, elle invente un système de transmission de données cryptées basé sur le saut de fréquence, invention encore utilisé pour les liaisons chiffrées militaires, les téléphones portables ou le wifi.

En 1990, alors qu’elle a 76 ans, une journaliste reconnaît enfin son rôle dans l'invention du système de saut de fréquences. On découvre même à ce moment-là que son brevet a été utilisé pour fabriquer des drones de surveillance utilisées par l'armée américaine pendant la guerre du Vietnam. En 1997, l'Electronic Frontier Fondation américaine lui offre un prix pour son invention.

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MYLÈNE FARMER ET LA CULTURE DE LA DIFFÉRENCE

‘’La force est féminine’’ écrivait et chantait-elle dans sa chanson Méfie-toi, datant de 1999 et issue de son cinquième album, Innamoramento. Elle avait bien raison, et n’a eu cesse de le prouver. Bientôt quarante ans après sa première chanson (Maman a tort - 1984) qui posait déjà toutes les bases de son univers si particulier, elle est l’artiste de tous les records : record du nombre de disque de diamants pour une chanteuse (elle est d’ailleurs la seule artiste à en avoir obtenu un pendant quatre décennies), unique artiste féminine à avoir classé un album au top de ventes sur cinq décennies différentes, seule artiste française à avoir rempli deux fois le Stade de France, … La liste est longue, bien trop pour la faire ici. 

Quand on demande à Mylène, dans les rares interviews qu’elle accorde, les raisons, la recette de son succès, bien souvent, elle répond qu’elle ne saurait pas l’expliquer. On entend très régulièrement que ce qui marche, avec elle, ce serait la culture qu’elle fait du mystère. Généralement, ce sont des gens qui n’y connaissent pas grand-chose. 

La seule chose qu’elle a pu cultiver, au fil de sa carrière, c’est la différence. Différence dans sa manière de créer ses spectacles, différence dans sa manière d’aborder les clips musicaux, différence dans sa musique, mais surtout, différence dans les thématiques qu’elle aborde, et qui reviennent de manière récurrente dans ses textes.

S’inspirant régulièrement d’autres formes d’art, comme le cinéma, allant de Stanley Kubrick à Ridley Scott, travaillant avec des cinéastes de renom, comme Luc Besson, Abel Ferrara, ou Pascal Laugier, la littérature, surtout, puisant aussi bien dans les écrits du Marquis de Sade que dans ceux de Zweig, Baudelaire, Allan Poe, Pierre Reverdy, Arthur Rimbaud, Guillaume Apollinaire, la peinture et la sculpture, évoquant Egon Schiele, Paul Gauguin ou bien encore Auguste Rodin, elle laisse une place de choix aux femmes dans l’univers audiovisuel qu’elle choisit de nous présenter. 

Ainsi, elle fait référence à Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Etty Hillesum, Marie de Hennezel,  Greta Garbo, et tire son pseudonyme d’une actrice des années 1930, Frances Farmer. 

Cette longue aventure commence en 1984 : sa première chanson, Maman a tort, est un succès, mais il a failli être de courte durée, puisque son deuxième titre, On est tous des imbéciles, qui livre une critique plutôt acerbe du show-business, est un échec. Puis arrive Libertine en 1986, une chanson sulfureuse, pour la promo de laquelle Mylène se teint en rousse, couleur iconique aujourd’hui dont elle ne se départira plus, et pour laquelle, avec son compositeur et ami, Laurent Boutonnat, elle décide de réaliser un clip digne d’un court-métrage, dans lequel Mylène elle-même n’hésite pas à se montrer nue : le premier d’une longue série. Il dure 10 minutes, pour un budget étonnamment bas de 76 000€, et surtout, fait scandale à sa sortie. Encore une fois, le premier d’une longue série. Mais peu importe : le succès est immense, et la carrière de Mylène décolle vraiment. 

Car s’il y a bien une chose pour laquelle Mylène affirme sa différence, allant même jusqu’à la provocation quelques fois, c’est pour les thématiques qu’elle aborde de manière régulière dans ses chansons. Que ce soit la peur de vieillir et de mourir, la solitude, la perte d’être chers, du suicide, de l’amour et de ses chagrins, de l’emprise, ou bien de la sexualité, elle brise allègrement un à un tous ces tabous, ces choses que beaucoup de gens peuvent connaître, mais sans jamais oser trop les verbaliser. Autour de cela se crée une véritable communauté de fans, qui se sentent différents, eux aussi, et qui ont enfin trouvé quelqu’un pour dire tout haut ce qu’ils pensent tout bas.

Pour ces fans, Mylène est une artiste à part dans les coeurs, quelqu’un qui se dévoile si intimement dans ses chansons qu’on a la sensation de la connaître personnellement, qu’elle n’est pas qu’une célébrité éloignée, mais quelqu’un de proche, quelqu’un qui est là pour tenir la main dans les moments de solitude en faisant se sentir compris, quelqu’un en qui on peut se reconnaître, et qui peut nous aider à grandir, qui que l’on soit. 

Et puisque sur ce site, on a à coeur de mettre en avant les femmes, et les personnalités queers ou en faveur des queers, voici une petite sélection de ses chansons queers et féministes : 

La première : Maman a tort - 1984

Mylene Farmer - Maman A Tort (1984) HD 720

Dans cette chanson aux allures de comptine saphique, Mylène chante l’amour d’une petite fille hospitalisée pour son infirmière. Si ce titre ne figure pas parmi les plus connus à ce jour, il a été un véritable succès à sa sortie, et posait déjà toutes les bases de l'univers de Mylène : une chanson aux allures presque innocentes, des paroles qui le sont nettement moins, et une bonne dose de provocation avec Mylène qui fixe la caméra en disant qu'elle "aime l'infirmière, Maman".

La duologie : Libertine & Pourvu qu'elles soient douces - 1986 & 1988

Mylène Farmer - Libertine

Mylène Farmer - Pourvu Qu'Elles Soient Douces

Si ces deux chansons ne sont pas ouvertement queers ou féministes, la première parle d'une prostituée, que Mylène revendique fièrement être, et la deuxième parle de sodomie : des pratiques quasiment jamais évoquées dans des chansons à cette époque, encore moins chantées par une femme, et encore moins destinées à un grand public. Les clips, inspirés notamment de Barry Lyndon de Stanley Kubrick, montrent Mylène tour à tour nue et revêtant des habits masculins de l'époque, arborant un look androgyne et se battant, pour une durée totale de 27 minutes en cumulant les deux. Du jamais vu en France, surtout qu’à l’époque, les clips étaient faits pour passer à la télévision !

L'iconique : Sans Contrefaçon - 1987

Mylène Farmer - Sans Contrefaçon Une chanson en particulier attire à Mylène les faveurs de la communauté LGBT+. Sans Contrefaçon sort en 1987, et parle de transexualité : quelque chose d’assez inédit, pour l’époque, et qui dérange, encore une fois. Mais peu importe. Mylène aime la communauté LGBT+, le dit et le répète à plusieurs reprises, n’hésitant pas à poser “en garçon” pour la couverture du magazine Têtu en 2008, et répondant quand on l’interroge sur la question des mariages homosexuels et des adoptions d’enfants par des couples homosexuels “C’est un sujet de société que certains voudraient traiter sous l’angle moral… Pour moi cela pose la question de l’égalité des droits. Au 21è siècle, il serait temps de traiter le sujet !”, et refaisant la une pour les 25 ans du même magazine, maintenant ses propos.

“J’ai le sentiment d’être privilégiée. Le public gay est un public sensible, pointu et avant-gardiste. Nous nous suivons depuis de nombreuses années, c’est important pour moi. Je pense aussi que je partage avec le public gay, comme avec d’autres publics d’ailleurs, le sentiment d’être « différent », sensation qui provoque des difficultés de vivre dans ce monde.”

Le pied de nez : Fuck them all - 2005

Mylène Farmer - Fuck them all (Clip Officiel)

Rarement la plume de Mylène aura été aussi acérée. Dans Fuck them all, elle rappelle avec verve les siècles de domination de l’homme sur la femme, quitte à passer pour de la provocation gratuite aux yeux de certains. Mais ce qui rend cette chanson encore plus crue reste le contexte de la sortie de ce single. Alors vainqueure aux “Victoires des Victoires de la Musique” dans la catégorie “Meilleure artiste féminine des vingt dernières années”, qui récompensent, pour la 20ème édition, des lauréats d’éditions précédentes, Mylène ne se présente pas pour venir chercher son prix. En effet, elle boude cette cérémonie depuis sa victoire dans la catégorie “Meilleure artiste féminine” en 1988, récompense pour laquelle elle ne remerciera d’ailleurs que son public, alors que le prix est décerné par des professionnels. Elle dira : "J'ai passé des heures en coulisses pour les répétitions de cette soirée télévisée. Tout le gratin du show-business était là et ces gens m'ont écoeurée. Ils se détestent tous. J'étais triste d'avoir été récompensée et reconnue par ces gens-là. Ce sont les Victoires de l'hypocrisie ! J'ai failli m'enfuir, mais je suis restée pour faire plaisir aux gens qui regardaient l'émission. Ils n'auraient pas compris..".  Mylène ne se présentera plus aux remises de prix décernés par des professionnels, et demandera même à ce qu’ils arrêtent de la nommer, et ne se déplacera que pour les remises de prix décernés par le public. Après sa victoire en 2005, elle aurait envoyé un message à Nagui (qui lui avait, en outre, déjà tenu des propos insultants), alors hôte de la cérémonie des Victoires le message suivant: "Merci. N'oubliez pas que mon dernier single s'appelle Fuck them all."

La méconnue : Elle a dit - 2012

Mylène Farmer Elle A Dit Live 2013

Parue dans l'album Monkey Me en 2012, Elle a dit a fait beaucoup moins de bruit que les quatre chansons citées précédemment. Et pourtant ! Vraisemblablement inspirée de la bande dessinée Le bleu est une couleur chaude de Jul' Maroh, qui raconte l'histoire d'amour entre Clémentine et Emma, Elle a dit parle d'une fille hospitalisée qui va mourir ayant du mal à comprendre qu'elle aime une autre fille. "Pour le plus petit mot qui a guéri, sauver une âme, c'est si fragile."

Et si cet article vous a donné envie d’en découvrir plus, voici une liste avec les chansons que vous connaissez peut-être par album, et les chansons qui gagneraient à être plus connues

Sources :

♦ mylene.net

♦ innamoramento.net♦ Diverses interviews, notamment celle de Têtu le 20 août 2008

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Kings//Shades of Black // Imposter//Lost in Time// Hope Seeker - Comic

Line up (and ref sheets) HERE

PAGES (104)

Mini stories (2)

Kings, Imp. and HS are stories for specific characters, but SoB and LiT are the "Linksmeet" It starts with less characters and builds up to more of them :)) more notes at the bottom

*Pages in green have a guest artist

⚠️Tw for Imposter : SA mentions, please skip the section if it's a subject you are uncomfortable with

Kings (p.1-32)

1-7 • 8-15 • 16-19• 20-22 • 23-28 • 29-30 • 31-32

SoB (p.33-43)

33-37 • 38-41 • 42-43

Kings (p.44-52)

44-47 • 48-50 • 51-52

SoB (p.53-76)

53-56 • 57-60 • 61-62 • 63-66 • 67-71 • 72-76

Imp (p.77-86)

77-81 • 82-84 • 85-86

Kings (p.87-94)

87-89 • 90-92 • 93-94

SoB (95-104)

95-100 • 101-102 • 103-104

HS (105-)

105-109 • 110-111 • 112-

Imp (...-)

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>>>All guest artists<<<

@blackstarchanx3new • @plateapus • @hai2700 • @thenmichael

Open for anyone :)

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Introducing Mini stories! They are little comic pages that don't go anywhere specific in the timeline of the mains ^^ They are named so you can find them easily :D

Coffee (Dielli) : Part 1 • Part 2

Pyjamas (Zeldohna) : Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 •

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*** Additional Info ***

Kings : Fisher, Gan, Zeli

Shades of Black (sob) : Shade, Malon, Hunter, Midna (the four are the SMMH's) , Ruth, cat Fisher, Sky and Mini

Imposter : Albi , Ravio, Zelda, Hylda

Each title has the link (https, not the character lol) to the original fic

In case anyone prefers to read on Ao3, I now have an account ^^ I'll try to put all the chapters the fastest I can!

• 2023 (Nov.19): p.1-30 • 2024: p.31- •

Good reading

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SAS: shitposts 76/∞

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Welcome to my fandom writing blog :]

I mostly write full fics for myself, typically reader-insert so others can enjoy. I probably won’t take requests for a full narrative.

I can do headcanons and short imagines for you readers though! Currently I will only do these for almost any characterin Overwatch and Spiderverse, however, since these are my current hyperfixations. (Hammond/Wreckingball and Spider-Ham not included)

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R*pe, non-con, or forced scenarios

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Sigma. I’m so sorry. I just can’t.

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Nearly anything else

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And because I am open to doing NSFW, I will have to block any minors I see interacting with this blog.

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