#susan richter

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Blue Jays Prayers First

Lake Upsilon - Turtle Mountains

By Susan Richter

[specs-shoe]

Just watched Spies Are Forever for the first time recently and I've just have to say that the small cast does this show WONDERS! Loads of Starkid shows have very small casts and all of them that I've seen have had actors take on multiple roles, but given the fact that this show is literally about spies it really helps with the suspense. I thought that all the characters Joey was playing was Owen in disguise, which made the fact that he's actually the Deadliest Man Alive even more shocking. The same goes for a lot of side characters is this. Is this person Susan? Or are they a random person in a casino or the Royal Notary? All the characters are immediately called into question and you can't count on a costume change to be a character change, it just makes everything better.

[perfettamentechic]

10 maggio … ricordiamo …

10 maggio … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2022: María Duval, nome d’arte di María Mogilesky, attrice argentina. Sposò con José Grosman, e poco dopo si ritirò dallo spettacolo. (n.1926) 2021: Neil Connery, Neil Niren Connery, attore scozzese. Fratello di Sean Connery. (n. 1938) 2019: Maurizio Ancidoni è stato un attore italiano, attivo come attore bambino tra il 1969 e il 1973. Fratello dei doppiatori Sandro Acerbo e Rossella Acerbo, ha…

[loneberry]

After I finished making a midterm exam, Molly and I went to a secret Japanese tea house. It appears on no map, has no hours, no sign. It is as though it exists, somehow, outside this world. When you enter, you give your phone to the owner to lock in a box for the duration of your visit.

We stayed for nearly 6 hours—sat reading poems, chatting with the eccentric owner about Sufism and the ocean and his peculiar flower arrangements consisting of a mix of living and dead plant matter.

How can I describe it, the strange sensation of being alive, late at night in those dim lights, surrounded by beauty. I got up to look at the wares, inhaled the hinoki essential oil—Max Richter was playing as I stared at blank notecards and imagined writing someone a heartfelt note, writing bravely, from that bewitched and emotionally authentic space I was in. I felt a sudden pang. It was the moment opening, with all its counterfactuals, what could have been, what will never be—how deeply I could feel, in that instant, the texture of my grief.

When I’m in the hustle and bustle of my busy and now quite ordinary life, I think, if only I could really hear the voice that says,

“Jackie, it was not for this that you were created.”

Then I would give away all my things and spend my days in prayer.

Susan Howe writes that for Sarah Edwards, “all works of God are a kind of language or voice to instruct us in things pertaining to calling and confusion.”

“...each soul comes upon the call of God in his word. I read words but don’t hear God in them.”

Did I pray, how long in supplication, with my inner eye fixed on that phantom, the phantom with her eyes stitched shut, limbs covered in oak moss. A dream of the opening of the eyes, the inert limbs now lithe and moving toward you. Ordinary objects and sounds are suddenly strange. That’s when the phantom slips through, when I hear the birds singing in a tree...

The blooming moment. Retrospectively, I am convinced that its condition of possibility was the confiscation of my phone, that it is only when we are unplugged that we can sense these holy emanations.

How calm we were, leafing through the book of Japanese death poems (jisei) in the tea house. What will be the last words I write before dying? For all I know, it could be this, or this. I remembered the dying words of George Mackay Brown: “I see hundreds and hundreds of ships sailing out of the harbour.” I remember the fragments Kafka wrote while dying, “lemonade everything was infinite,” his concern for the peony, the improvised performance—the incantation—I did at the Zinc Bar in 2015 using Kafka’s dying words, how J wept in the audience, then wrote me about the snow:

I am the guy, by the way, who said hi on the street, in the snow, after your reading. … I did indeed cry after your Kafka-Cixous incantation, partly because that phrase has been magic to me my whole life. I read Cixous' novel by that name when I studied with her and Derrida in my twenties... Her seminars were amazing. One day, funnily enough, she gave a seminar on snow in Proust, simply because snow was on the ground in Paris. For all sorts of reasons your whole reading shook and tenderised me deeply. I suppose, with the snow through the tinted glass outside, it will forever be, my imagination of what you read will forever be blanche niege texte.

(standing on the corner in manhattan with that powdery snow i was looking at the flowers when you walked past actually, turned, swivelled, i had needed to get out of the bar because the reading had touched me so much . . . i then went and wandered in the snow for an hour, till i happened on a subway, and back to my friend's in brooklyn . . . i have been thinking more today about how effective your reading was to me. it sort of made me feel i could only read poetry from now on if i was embodied, since what convinced in your reading beyond the obvious was the adjustments to us, the audience, the interruptions, the ability to break off, and then the actual concentration because of the embodiments . . . at most poetry readings i am constantly thinking 'i am at a poetry reading' and can't really get beyond the poem-as-poem-at-reading. when you read i was suddenly completely focused. the bodily resonation was right, a recuperation of grace, so i could listen. like before the internet or something. it returned me all the way to early cixous and feminine writing and what that could still mean, a writing beyond master-works and over-sociality of tact, agua viva, what korine might call 'mistakist' heaven. it was my first time in new york. my last night. stop. for now. cut the flowers.)

[wishblown]

The Great Question before us is: Are we doomed? The Great Question before us is: Will the Past release us? The Great Question before us is: Can we Change? In Time? And we all desire that Change will come.

— Tony Kushner; Angels in America

March Reads!

Closer Baby Closer by Savannah Brown — 5/5: Sav Brown you did it again <3 def my most anticipated release of the year (preordered a signed copy last year hehe) and it did not disappoint! not sure if it's better than Sweetdark but why pit them against each other??? Brown is a genius, a miracle worker, the one whose poetry I always send to my gf (ty sm for Sex poem), she truly is for the lovers, the no longer lovers, the longers, and for anyone looking up at the stars and feeling horny. will re-read this so so so many times just like Sweetdark

On Photography by Susan Sontag — 4.5/5: ‘must read’ for anyone who’s interested in photography even the least bit!!!! besides Sontag’s writing just generally being incredible, this is just such a good source on the complex history of the art and ‘non-art’ (!) of photography and what it does to both the photographers and their subjects. informative and never boring.

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides — 4/5: has anything ever depicted the male gaze better fr; just a group a boys romanticising and stalking a group of sisters who’re in a desperate situation and grieving the death of their sister to the point they cannot even help them bc they’re so obsessed with the fantasy world they’ve created for these girls and themselves in their minds, just men being men </3

The Employees by Olga Ravn — 3.5/5: this one was different! not your usual scifi I suppose. I enjoyed the style of the logged interviews of the different crew members that slowly revealed the plot yet never fully and also let you see some personality and reoccurring characters even though they were anonymous. compelling story and questions asked — who’s human? what’s human? can you become human? what do you gain, what do you lose? — in a somewhat new light

Der Richter und sein Henker (The Judge and His Hangman) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt — 3.5/5: I’m a Dürrenmatt girl I have to admit :/ this one wasn’t my favourite of his (not as much depth to the story perhaps?) but still very enjoyable and a typical Dürrenmatt plot twist and character types

Angels in America by Tony Kushner — 5/5: absolutely incredible. if you haven’t read this, please please do. beautiful writing, great characters, great insight into lgbt history. looking into seeing this actually played on stage now.

[burningexeter]

Here's a fairly solid amount of all the different kinds of media that I think both can fit well in and could share the same universe as The Women From I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E., which you can both read and see below for yourself:

• Tim Schafer's Brutal Legend (2009)

• W. D. Richter's The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension

• Steve Barron's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

• Kevin Munroe's TMNT (2007)

• Alfred Gough & Miles Millar's Wednesday (Netflix)

• James Gunn's Super (2011)

• Chris Columbus' Adventures In Babysitting (1987)

• Michael Lehmann's Heathers (1989)

• Doug Liman's Go (1999)

• Alexander Payne's Election (1999)

• Dean Parisot's Galaxy Quest

• Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan's Josie and the Pussycats (2001)

• Michael Dougherty's Trick r Treat & Krampus

• Mark Waters' The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

• John Carpenter's Big Trouble In Little China

• Joe Dante's The 'Burbs (1989)

• Bede Blake & Robert Butler's Creeped Out (Trolled, A Boy Called Red, Kindlesticks, Shed No Fear, Side Show, Itchy, The Many Place, The Unfortunate Five, No Filter, The Takedown & Splinta Claws)

• James Wan's The Conjuring Duology

• David F. Sandberg's Annabelle: Creation

• Gerard Johnstone's M3GAN

• Wes Craven's The People Under The Stairs

• Eli Roth's Thanksgiving (2023)

• David Mirkin's Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

• Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse

and last but not least,

• Neil Gaiman's Good Omens (Amazon Prime)

CONTEXT:

Items from many of these "events" are collected by the main antagonist-later turned-deuteragonist, Miss Robin Rose (Susan Egan).

[the-irrelevant-trumpeter]

mischief members cast in starkid shows part 1: me and my d*ck

hello hello, welcome to me casting the members of mischief comedy into musicals by team starkid. aka my two interests rolled into one. i'm doing all of the starkid shows except avpm (because i found it too hard) and ani (bc i feel like i don't know enough about star wars). which means the first show is me and my d*ck.

a couple of notes that will apply to the whole series:

i didn't cast based on vocals because i don't know enough about singing to do that. purely based on acting and characterisation.

i've only cast using people i have personally seen (aka anyone from tgws and mmni). people i am more familiar with will obviously be cast more bc i understand them as actors better.

my reasoning ranges from "detailed list of characters they've played in mmni that have the same type of characterisation" to "idk vibes". enjoy that.

with that, let's go:

joey richter: dave hearn

i think he'd be very good at it, at times joey really gives max vibes so that works. he could pull off the awkwardness with vanessa and then the romantic bits with sally, and the combo of him and dick (below) would be chaotic and brilliant.

dick: matt cavendish

listen. LISTEN. it would be hilarious. his portrayal would definitely be different to joe's, but i don't think that's a bad thing. as i said, the chaotic vibes he and dave have when they perform together in mmni fits really well for this show.

sally: susan harrison

i think she could really pull off the sweetness and dorkiness. her and dave haven't played anything romantic before, but they have a good stage dynamic and i think it could work quite well.

miss cooter: lauren shearing

no explanation just vibes

vanessa: bryony corrigan

no it's not because of her tgws character. i just think she works really well with the part. she has a great dynamic with dave as well, so it just felt like the natural choice.

tiffany: charlie russell

good dynamic with bry, good dynamic with sue, and i think she could nail the vibes.

the old snatch: henry lewis

do i need to explain??? it just feels so right. especially when you factor in flopsy. he also has the right dynamic with charlie.

flopsy: henry shields

do i need to explain (part 2)??? him and hen as flopsy and the old snatch is a combo made in heaven. also good dynamic with bry.

joey's heart: greg tannahill

"listen to your heart" has "we are the ensemble" vibes ngl. idk i just really think he has the right energy for the part.

big t: joshua elliott

reminds me of panda gary from good guys finish last, but also the way he has a bit of a redemption made me of samantha from ipswich it up or jimbo jumbo from fraud of the blings. i just think he makes a good villain.

weenie: ellie morris

quite literally six from wild feast. like that's it that's the character.

sally's heart / high council pussy: rhyanna alexander-davis

she'd be great all round, but especially in the ice-cream scene (my memory of mamd is fuzzy but you know the bit i'm talking about). also they haven't interacted before, but i think she and greg would have a fun dynamic.

rick / the kid that hates joey: harry kershaw

an iconic role for an iconic man.

rick's dick: jonathan sayer

it makes me think of dennis in a trial to watch for some reason... like i just think it'd be great. especially him interacting with shields as flopsy.

[starkiddreamcasting]

Strakid Pretty Woman: The Musical

Welcome to Hollywood! It’s the Starkid dreamcast for Pretty Woman: the Musical! I saw this show on tour twice recently (because I work the venue that hosted it) and I thought it was a... fine show. But what matters more is that it gave me ideas, ideas I had to share with you guys!

1. Mariah Rose Faith as Vivian Ward 2. Curt Mega as Edward Lewis 3. Dylan Saunders as Happy Man/Mr. Thompson 4. Britney Coleman as Kit De Lucas 5. Joe Walker as Phillip Stuckley 6. Corey Dorris as James Morse 7. Nico Ager as Ensemble 8. Clark Baxtresser as Hotel Staff/Ensemble 9. Jeff Blim as Fred/Alfredo/Ensemble 10. Tyler Brunsman as Giulio/Ensemble 11. Denise Donovan as Ensemble 12. Nick Gage as Senator Adams/Hotel Staff/Ensemble 13. AJ Holmes as Landlord/Hotel Staff/Ensemble 14. Janaya Mahealani Jones as Violetta/Ensemble 15. Lauren Lopez as Rachael/Erica/Ensemble 16. Alle Faye Monka as Ensemble 17. Joey Richter as Mr. Hollister/Hotel Staff/Ensemble 18. Rachael Soglin as Amanda/Ensemble 19. James Tolbert as David Morse/Ensemble 20. Kim Whalen as Susan/Scarlett/Ensemble 21. Tiffany Williams as Ensemble

Swing: Julia Albain, Brant Cox, Ali Gordon, Brian Holden

Understudies: Clark Baxtresser (Edward Lewis), Jeff Blim (Happy Man/Mr. Thompson, James Morse), Nick Gage (James Morse), AJ Holmes (Happy Man/Mr. Thompson, Phillip Stuckley), Lauren Lopez (Kit De Lucas), Alle-Faye Monka (Vivian Ward), Joey Richter (Edward Lewis, Phillip Stuckley), Rachael Soglin (Kit De Lucas), Kim Whalen (Vivian Ward)

Make sure to leave any show suggestions or any questions on my casting choices so I can explain them.

[mar-sibilina]

Freedom Master: There’s good and evil in the world. And some people are – are special, and they’re chosen to help keep evil forces at bay. Susan: You don’t think you can stop bullets, do you? Freedom Master: I move out of their way. Richter: Can you read minds?

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 11.18 (before 1930)

326 – The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I. 401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy. 1095 – The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land. 1105 – Maginulfo is elected Antipope Sylvester IV in opposition to Pope Paschal II. 1210 – Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV for invading the Kingdom of Sicily after promising to recognize papal control over it. 1302 – Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam, claiming spiritual supremacy for the papacy. 1421 – St Elizabeth's flood: A dike in the Grote Hollandse Waard in the Netherlands breaks, killing about 10,000 people. 1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico. 1601 – Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor, routs the Habsburg forces commanded by Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria who were besieging Nagykanizsa. 1626 – The new St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is consecrated. 1730 – The future Frederick the Great of Prussia is granted a pardon by his father and is released from confinement. 1760 – The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners. 1803 – The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere. 1809 – In a naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal. 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Krasnoi ends in French defeat, but Marshal of France Michel Ney's leadership leads to him becoming known as "the bravest of the brave". 1863 – King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the German–Danish war of 1864. 1867 – An earthquake strikes the Virgin Islands, triggering the largest tsunami witnessed in the Caribbean and killing dozens. 1872 – Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872. 1883 – American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times. 1901 – Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama. 1903 – The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone. 1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway. 1909 – Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya. 1910 – In their campaign for women's voting rights, hundreds of suffragettes march to the British Parliament in London. Several are beaten by police, newspaper attention embarrasses the authorities, and the march is dubbed Black Friday. 1916 – World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916. 1918 – Latvia declares its independence from Russia. 1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon. 1929 – Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.

[wonderkat11]

SSBU Characters and Their GoAnimate Voices

So, today that I wanna talk about the Smash Ultimate characters and their GoAnimate Voices, so here they are.

So, today that I wanna talk about the Smash Ultimate characters and their GoAnimate Voices, so here they are.

Mario = Brian

Donkey Kong = Dallas

Link = Paul

Samus & Dark Samus = Callie

Yoshi = Kidaroo

Kirby = Shy Girl

Fox = Young Guy

Pikachu = Young Guy (Unfortunately, I don't have any choice)

Luigi = David

Ness = Young Guy

Captain Falcon = Brian

Jigglypuff = Ivy

Peach = Julie

Daisy = Ivy

Bowser = Scary Voice

Ice Climbers = Justin & Emma

Sheik = Kayla

Zelda = Emma

Dr. Mario = Brian

Pichu = Ivy

Falco = Kidaroo

Marth = Joey

Lucina = Salli

Young Link = Young Guy

Ganondorf = Alan

Mewtwo = David

Roy = Young Guy

Chrom = Paul

Mr. Game & Watch = David

Meta Knight = Steven

Pit = David

Dark Pit = Young Guy

Zero Suit Samus = Grace

Wario = Wiseguy

Snake = David

Ike = James

Pokemon Trainer = Paul & Kayla

Squirtle = Young Guy

Ivysaur = Steven

Charizard = Scary Voice

Diddy Kong = Justin

Lucas = Ivy

Sonic = Young Guy

King Dedede = Dave

Olimar = Justin

Alph = Young Guy

Lucario = Alan

R.O.B. = Wiseguy

Toon Link = Justin

Wolf = Alan

Villager = Young Guy & Emma

Megaman = Young Guy

Wii Fit Trainer = Susan & Joey

Rosalina = Kayla

Little Mac = Joey

Greninja = Kidaroo

Mii Fighters = Young Guy, Joey, & Princess

Palutena = Princess

Pac-Man = Justin

Robin = David & Princess

Shulk = Young Guy

Bowser Jr. = Brian

Larry = Young Guy

Roy = Steven

Wendy = Princess

Iggy = Kidaroo

Morton = Alan

Lemmy = Tween Girl

Ludwig = Joey

Duck Hunt = Brian

Ryu = Eric

Ken = Brian

Cloud = David

Corrin = Kidaroo & Kayla

Bayonetta = Amy

Inkling = Kayla & Kidaroo (Similar to Corrin for one)

Ridley = Kidaroo

Simon = Himself

Richter = Joey

King K. Rool = Scary Voice

Isabelle = Ivy

Incineroar = Wiseguy

Piranha Plant = Fiona

Joker = Young Guy

Luminary = Paul

Erdrick = David

Solo = Young Guy

Eight = Justin

Banjo = Brian

Kazooie = Salli

Terry = Steven

Byleth = David & Kayla

Min-Min = Justin

Steve = David

Alex = Salli

Zombie = Young Guy

Enderman = Alan

Sephiroth = Alan

Pyra = Salli

Mythra = Ivy

Kazuya = Alan

Sora = Young Guy (Not David)

[perfettamentechic]

10 maggio … ricordiamo …

10 maggio … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2022: María Duval, nome d’arte di María Mogilesky, attrice argentina. Vinse un concorso di lettura indetto dal Teatro Municipale. Successivamente, lasciò la sua città natale e si recò a Buenos Aires per partecipare a un concorso al fine di far parte del cast di Canción de cuna. Nel 1942 girò sei film. Inoltre, lavorò nel 1944 anche nel teatro. Alla fine del 1947 diventò una delle attrici più…

[byebyenicotine]

Many people hold the belief that substance abuse is a choice, not a medical condition. People with addictions face criticism and are often seen as reckless, irresponsible, and of less value as those who do not face this predicament. People believe this mainly because “when a health condition is thought to derive from bad behavior, a character flaw, or moral deficit, it produces a markedly different reaction than when is thought to derive from a genetic predisposition, neurological disorder, or a medical disease.” (Richter, Linda and Susan E. Foster, 2014, p. 62) The myth that addiction is a choice creates a misconception that “all addicts” are in control of their predicament; they chose their own fate and now is their problem. Are they failing us because of their “poor decisions”? Or are we failing them because we are perpetuating a myth without scientific exploration?

All of our existence is based on nature. Relating this to what goes through our body when we are addicted to a toxic substance as drugs or alcohol. According to scientific research “supports that some individuals may have a predisposition toward physiological dependence to certain substances, such as alcohol, opioids, cocaine and nicotine.” (Brym, Robert and John Lie, 2018, p. 108). In order to understand us we need to understand our nature. Our brain and bodies, under the influence of stupefactives, undergo a physical change that makes them a slave of that addiction, making our prefrontal cortex thinking it does not have a choice. There is a disorder of choice, we know is corrupting our minds and bodies but we are unable to make a better choice, or at least it seems so. Not all people have addictions to drugs and/or alcohol, so is still a choice? Or a failure of society as a whole?

“Social-cognitive theorists: suggest that people often try alcohol and tranquilizers such as Valium (generic name is diazepam) on the basis of recommendation of observation of others. Expectations about the effects of a substance predicts it use.” (Brym, Robert and John Lie, 2018 p.108) In other words, we are conditioned by those around us. In certain communities the use of drugs and alcohol is not stigmatized and certain behaviors are normalized even when we hold the information that is harmful for us. A clear example of this is, even though we are talking about nicotine in this case, is France. Lung cancer is the fourth leading cause of death according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (http://www.healthdata.org/france). Some friends of mine that were in Paris said to me that walking through the city was like walking through a clouds of cigarettes smoke.

Another cause of addiction may very well be the self-fulfilling prophecy, “which holds that situations that we define as real become real in their consequences.” (Brym, Robert and John Lie, 2018 p. 57) This hits very close to home because I, as part of the First Nation community have endured the expectancy that we as a race tend to have problems with addictions, especially alcoholism. Talking to some of my native friends about if we all concluded that yes, there is a problem in our community with them, could it be that a generalized opinion in Canada that we tend to and so we do. Adding to this that I just wrote about is Bandura’s Theory of Social Learning in which proposes that what children see, children do. One of my native friends told me that not only does she knows many addicts in her reserve but had family members that were on the business of drugs.

As we can see there are many underlying factors that can impact a person’s vulnerability to addictions. First, there is that scientific research has proven that they alter our brain function and our ability to take reasonable and adequate choices. We also saw that normalizing the behavior and seeing it as just a bad habit can create addictions because we are all aware that these can be mortal. Finally I reflected on my peers lives and mine based on the self-fulfilling prophecy. Because of all these reasons I can firmly state that although there is free will in all of us, some of us, are more subject to be susceptible to fall into the dark deeps of addictions.

[creatiview]

A quake that struck a densely-populated part of southeastern Turkey and that was felt as far away as Israel and Cyprus was strong and shallow enough to be lethal on a devastating scale, seismologists fear. Authorities in Syria and Turkey said at least 200 people have died and expect the toll to rise.The earthquake, which hit at 4:17 a.m., according to the United States Geological Survey, measured at magnitude 7.8. Quakes can be far stronger, experts said, but what matters more than the numerical magnitude is relative strength combined with location — whether many people live nearby — and depth, or whether a quake is shallow enough to impact a wide area.In a report issued about 30 minutes after the earthquake, experts at the U.S.G.S said there was a 34 percent chance of between 100 and 1,000 fatalities, and a 31 percent chance of between 1,000 and 10,000 fatalities.“Extensive damage is probable and the disaster is likely widespread,” the report said. It estimated economic losses of as much as 1 percent of Turkey’s gross domestic product.Januka Attanayake, a seismologist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, said that the energy released by the earthquake was equal to about 32 petajoules, enough to power New York City for more than four days.“In terms of energy, the magnitude 7.8 that occurred is 708 times stronger than a magnitude 5.9,” he said, citing as an example an earthquake in Melbourne, Australia, in 2021, in which some minor damage was sustained to the city.The strength of earthquakes is measured on a scale known as the local magnitude scale. An earlier version was known as the Richter scale. It is a logarithmic scale: For each whole-number it rises, the amount of energy released by an earthquake increases by about 32 times.But the potential damage of an earthquake depends on far more than its magnitude, with the population density of a given area as well as the shallowness of the epicenter both contributing to the level of devastation, with a shallower quake holding the potential for more damage. This one was about 10 miles deep.Another important factor is the quality of construction of buildings in the area. “The population in this region resides in structures that are extremely vulnerable to earthquake shaking, though some resistant structures exist,” the U.S.G.S report noted, adding: “The predominant vulnerable building types are unreinforced brick masonry and low-rise nonductile concrete frame with infill construction.”In a post on Twitter, the seismologist Susan Hough of the U.S.G.S. said that the quake, while far from the strongest the world has seen in recent decades, risked being particularly dangerous because of its location and shallow depth. At the lowest end of the scale, a magnitude 1 quake would be a micro-earthquake that is all but imperceptible to humans. A magnitude 7 earthquake has been described by seismologists as having “an energy equivalent to around 32 Hiroshima atomic bombs,” as Renato Solidum, the director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, told The Times in 2013.At magnitude 7.8, the earthquake in Turkey is classified as a “major” earthquake. Other quakes of a similar magnitude have included a 2013 earthquake in Pakistan, in which about 825 people died, and the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, when nearly 9,000 people were killed.This earthquake appeared to be one in a series, said Dr. Attanayake, the seismologist in Melbourne. A long fault line of roughly 1,500 kilometers, or 930 miles, dividing the Eurasian plate to the north from the Anatolian plate to the south, had produced multiple earthquakes of magnitude 6.7 or greater since 1939.

[sarcasm-and-references]

tin can bros:

“spies are forever” is the name of the musical and the opening song! it’s also a repeating motif throughout the show along with “remember, spies never die”

me, anyway, when owen isnt dead:

[moonlightserenadeeznutz]

I literally just finished re-watching Spies Are Forever last night but I already wanna re-watch it again istg I’m OBSESSED