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URGENT: KOSA GOING TO HOUSE TODAY!!

[ID: a screenshot of a discord message from user @Taikeero-Lecoredier which reads: "@everyone

‼️URGENT: KOSA has been officially introduced in the House as of today.

We need to spread the word on social media and urge people to send emails to Congress through stopkosa.com.

https://www.stopkosa.com/

• There will be a hearing on Wednesday (17th April) where KOSA, along with some other bad internet bills, like the Protecting Kids on Social Media Act could be pushed.

• We will be having a calling day on TUESDAY (16 th April) to make clear to Congress that there is still a ton of opposition to these bills.

https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chair-rodgers-and-ranking-member-pallone-announce-legislative-hearing-on-data-privacy-proposals-1

• House Energy and Commerce is holding the hearing so they are the best offices to call this week ‼️

https://energycommerce.house.gov/representatives

DONT FORGET: You can go to what-to-write-and-say and check pins to know what to say !!

• You can use http://badinternetbills.com/ to contact your congress people!

• And https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative to find all of the phone numbers of your House Representative, and faxzero.com to send up to 5 free faxes a day

SPREAD THE WORD !!" End ID]

^^ PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND CALL, EMAIL AND FAX YOUR REPS ASAP!!

here's another site where you can find your Reps if the one provided above gives you trouble.

here's a perma link to the Stop Internet Censorship Discord, where there are loads of resources and petitions to sign and actions you can take to keep the Internet censorship free.

#signal boosting #ayo how did it come this far??

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“Brief” Relink-based one-shot, ahoy!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Granblue Fantasy (Video Game) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Djeeta (Granblue Fantasy), Lyria (Granblue Fantasy), Vyrn (Granblue Fantasy), Katalina Aryze, Rackam (Granblue Fantasy), Eugen (Granblue Fantasy), Io Euclase, Rosetta (Granblue Fantasy), Id (Granblue Fantasy) Additional Tags: Mind Control, Kinda Djeeta/Lyria?, Brief mentions of a Perpetuity Ring, Elpis Swap AU, That was the best name I came up for this thing, Granblue Fantasy Spoilers, specifically Relink spoilers Summary:

After having lost Djeeta to the Church of Avia, Lyria and the Grandcypher crew gave chase to the kidnappers, reaching Leautagne Island.

They find their captain near the altar of the primal beast, but things are not as simple as they may seem...

#lui writes #lui talks granblue #djeeta #lyria gbf #granblue fantasy #id gbf

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#music #okay but this is really good though??

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I’m thinking about perfectionism again, specifically with respect to how it can skew your opinion of success and failure.

There’s this concept that comes up a lot when you read about issues like perfectionism: all-or-nothing thinking. It’s a trap that’s easy to fall into.

If you’re a fic writer falling into this trap, you might feel like you’re an absolute failure if your fic isn’t a 100% accurate depiction of the scene you see in your head with flawless grammar and zero typos. That is a, quite literally, impossible standard to meet and as a result of never meeting it, you probably feel one or more of the following:

lack of motivation

certainty that there’s no point in even trying

self-hatred or some other form of intense dissatisfaction with yourself and/or your skills

This is a completely logical way to feel in that mindset, by the way. Your standard for success is so high that you’re constantly a failure. If your standard for success is impossible to meet, then there is no point in trying. If there’s no point in trying, how could you possibly feel motivated?

In order to move away from those feelings, you need to move away from that all-or-nothing, black & white mindset.

One way to do this is by figuring out a new standard for success that actually can be achieved. For example, give yourself permission to have occasional typos in your stories. Gaiman’s Law states that an author will always find a typo the first time they open their published book. If even Neil himself has resigned himself to this fate, then hopefully you can too. If you managed to write your story then that’s a success and finding a typo after you’re done doesn’t turn that success into a failure.

Another thing that’s helped me is to think of every failure or mistake or dissatisfying result as a learning opportunity. If I’m not able to do something now, that doesn’t mean I won’t be able to do it at some point in the future. I just need to keep trying. Practice makes better. Practice also helps you figure out the things that are easy for you and the bits that are hard and where you might need some help - either from a fellow fan or from another kind of resource.

I think part of the reason why people can get so anxious about their fanworks is because we care so much about them. We love the characters. We love the world. We want to do them justice in our writing, and we want other fans to love our creations too.

It’s important to remember that all of us love imperfect things all the time. It’s not perfection that makes a thing lovable. It’s the heart that’s put into it.

There’s a lot of fear behind perfectionism. Fear of being caught doing something wrong. Fear of being shamed for a mistake. Fear that imperfection makes us unworthy or unlovable. Fear that a single flaw will ruin an entire work. Fear of failure.

If you want to be able to move through that fear, you need to be able to reduce it somehow. The most effective way that I’ve found is to stop writing with the goal of posting something online. Write for the sake of writing, without the pressure of showing it to someone else. That might help you to get out a first draft (or second or third) without that worry about being judged and found wanting.

If you’re not ready for positive self-talk or reframing the internal narrative (I get it. Been there.) then allowing yourself to be less than perfect in a place where no one else can see you might be a good first step.

And just because I think it’s important that you hear it from time to time: you are a wonderful, creative, amazing human being - mistakes included.

#a reminder for myself #lui writes

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so the house of representatives just passed a bill that will now move to the senate to BAN tik tok completely in the united states and they are expected to argue that “national security risks” outweigh the freedom of speech and first amendment rights. biden has already said that if it gets to him, he will sign it. whether or not you use the app…….this is something to be worried about

#signal boosting #ah great this mess again

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Hey, psst. New ‘The Beginning’ chapter out.

...I think I gotta stop posting these at the dead of night.

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Granblue Fantasy (Video Game) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Djeeta (Granblue Fantasy), Vyrn (Granblue Fantasy), Lyria (Granblue Fantasy), Katalina Aryze, Pommern Vettner, Bahamut (Granblue Fantasy) Additional Tags: there are OCs somewhat but they're more like named NPCs, Canon-Typical Violence, Hydra scene has no explicit blood but it is still The Hydra Scene, Blood is mentioned a bit, Not Beta Read Summary:

Djeeta dreams of leaving the sleepy island of Zinkenstill in search of her father and the Island of the Astrals, Estalucia.

A chance meeting with a blue-haired girl in a not-so-ordinary day suddenly expedites her dreams into reality.

#granblue fantasy #gbf #djeeta #lyria gbf #vyrn #katalina #lui talks granblue #luis fics #i gotta figure out a better tag for my written works

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heart of the sun

#granblue fantasy #granblue fantasy spoilers #gbf #nanashi gbf #sabrina gbf #heart of the sun spoilers #get his ass!! #lui talks granblue #lui talks gbf10th

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Great, now I'm imagining Lucilius hugging someone before he launches into a full minute or two explanation that this "skydweller custom" has "a positive effect on emotional and power output", so he used it to ensure the best performance.

Also of course Yaia helped! She's such a sweetheart!

8 hours until Heart of the Sun is released and all I can think of is Djeeta and Lyria waking up from whatever happens in Part 1 to find Lucilius and Belial "not arguing, don't be ridiculous" over what to give them for breakfast...

Lucilius: They need a balanced diet if they're to take down God.

Belial: I mean, sure, Cilius, but they've had a tiring day. Let's give them something sweet to tide them over, hmm?

Lucilius: And then they'll run laps (in the Dimensional Rift) until they pass out again. I know your methods.

Belial: :) You really do~.

Djeeta and Lyria: D:

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(The answer is yes-)

I can't blame him. Knowing Belial, he would keep pestering him about cooking meals for him so he can operate at max efficiency, and Lucilius isn't buying any of that. It's just more contradictions.

Aw, see, he does care. (About his plans to destroy the Sky Realm)

Also Djeeta just showed up at his raid with a frying pan as a weapon once, and after he got utterly trounced by it, he decided to learn the art himself. For research.

8 hours until Heart of the Sun is released and all I can think of is Djeeta and Lyria waking up from whatever happens in Part 1 to find Lucilius and Belial "not arguing, don't be ridiculous" over what to give them for breakfast...

Lucilius: They need a balanced diet if they're to take down God.

Belial: I mean, sure, Cilius, but they've had a tiring day. Let's give them something sweet to tide them over, hmm?

Lucilius: And then they'll run laps (in the Dimensional Rift) until they pass out again. I know your methods.

Belial: :) You really do~.

Djeeta and Lyria: D:

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Congrats, you put the image of Lucilius wearing an apron and having three frying pans floating at his back in my head.

I'm expecting his cooking to be top notch now.

8 hours until Heart of the Sun is released and all I can think of is Djeeta and Lyria waking up from whatever happens in Part 1 to find Lucilius and Belial "not arguing, don't be ridiculous" over what to give them for breakfast...

Lucilius: They need a balanced diet if they're to take down God.

Belial: I mean, sure, Cilius, but they've had a tiring day. Let's give them something sweet to tide them over, hmm?

Lucilius: And then they'll run laps (in the Dimensional Rift) until they pass out again. I know your methods.

Belial: :) You really do~.

Djeeta and Lyria: D:

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happy 10th ani granblue fantasy

#granblue fantasy #djeeta #absolute gremlin energy on this one #lui talks granblue

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I've done the 'Your Journey' thing on the 10th Anniversary Event page!

(Got some thoughts on what's going on with that event, but that's for another post-)

You can tell I used to be somewhat of a 'seasonal' player (somewhat because I didn't return specifically for the seasonal rewards, it was more when I felt like it and sometimes the timing matched up lol). Nowadays though I wanna try to be less like that, because I genuinely like this series. Fiery's Soul marks the first time I actually tried to consistently grind for tokens for the draw box.

Of course my light team's the one I fought the most with, they are probably my best team so far, and I doubt that'll change for a while.

Genuinely amazed at SR Ladiva being my most used Earth ally. You go girl.

I joined right as The Doss event started, I have no idea about this Art of Mercy-

Anyhow, this was really cute. Happy (upcoming) 10th Anniversary, Granblue! Hopefully I'll stick around more.

#granblue fantasy #lui talks granblue #lui talks gbf10th

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Friday night bump? Friday night bump.

Seriously though, that word count's crazy. Never imagined I'd be writing something so big like this...ever.

Here's hoping Chapter 2 isn't gonna be as chonky. I think the size of it is scaring people off lol-

…this ended up being much, much longer than I expected. Enjoy this big boi??

Chapters: ½ Fandom: Granblue Fantasy (Video Game) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Djeeta (Granblue Fantasy), Vyrn (Granblue Fantasy), Lyria (Granblue Fantasy), Katalina Aryze, Pommern Vettner, Bahamut (Granblue Fantasy) Additional Tags: there are OCs somewhat but they’re more like named NPCs, Canon-Typical Violence, Hydra scene has no explicit blood but it is still The Hydra Scene, Blood is mentioned a bit, Not Beta Read Summary:

Djeeta dreams of leaving the sleepy island of Zinkenstill in search of her father and the Island of the Astrals, Estalucia.

A chance meeting with a blue-haired girl in a not-so-ordinary day suddenly expedites her dreams into reality.

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...this ended up being much, much longer than I expected. Enjoy this big boi??

Chapters: 1/2 Fandom: Granblue Fantasy (Video Game) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Djeeta (Granblue Fantasy), Vyrn (Granblue Fantasy), Lyria (Granblue Fantasy), Katalina Aryze, Pommern Vettner, Bahamut (Granblue Fantasy) Additional Tags: there are OCs somewhat but they're more like named NPCs, Canon-Typical Violence, Hydra scene has no explicit blood but it is still The Hydra Scene, Blood is mentioned a bit, Not Beta Read Summary:

Djeeta dreams of leaving the sleepy island of Zinkenstill in search of her father and the Island of the Astrals, Estalucia.

A chance meeting with a blue-haired girl in a not-so-ordinary day suddenly expedites her dreams into reality.

#granblue fantasy #djeeta #lyria gbf #vyrn #katalina #lui talks granblue #lui fic

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Dusting off my old Ao3 account to satiate my Granblue brainrot. Enjoy some momdad stuff.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Granblue Fantasy (Video Game) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Orologia (Granblue Fantasy), Danchou | Captain (Granblue Fantasy) Additional Tags: They/Them Pronouns for Orologia and Captain, Angst with a Happy Ending, '...and you.' Spoilers, The Captain can be either Gran or Djeeta, Not Beta Read Summary:

Being the wedge that controls causality and the flow of time is...difficult.

#granblue fantasy #gran gbf #djeeta #orologia gbf #lui talks granblue #lui fic

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Random Granblue Relink talk. Contains some story spoilers, so I'm putting everything under the cut juuuust in case the tags don't do the trick.

So after the whole mind sealer reveal, part of me went on to dream later about a scenario in which the crew managed to pull it off her, but Rolan turned out to be a twist villain and they placed the mind sealer on Djeeta/Gran/the Captain/Dancho(u), and the crew have to give chase to rescue them.

Then I finished the main story, my head went "no. I can't believe I did Rolan dirty. He was just a nice man doing nice things!!" and soon after it goes "wait...Lilith's right there. She would do that."

Sure, they're no Shaman of Salvation, but maybe they can still be useful to her. So she puts the mind sealer on them to have them as 'live bait' of sorts. Have the crew chase after their captain, and she has Lyria absorb the primal beast, then have the Captain (+ Id?) capture her, either during or after the commotion.

And well, if this somehow fails, there's always the idea of using them as a bargaining chip...

#gbf relink #gbf relink spoilers #granblue fantasy #djeeta #gran #lyria gbf #lilith gbf #rolan gbf #lui talks granblue #i have no idea if there's a specific tag for 'the captain/dancho(u)' so there #just gonna put the two of them in there lol #it's been a while since I tried being a non-lurker so the tags are kinda weird #hope y'all don't mind the random musing #it's granblue fantasy brainrot hours here!! #apologies to rolan. you didn't deserve my dream doing this to you my guy

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Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

#for future reference #ooh this is neat! #gonna have to keep this bookmarked somewhere